Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[cwrite]

Lucky I am on acreage heavens knows what my neighbours would think

Satay - I'm not on acerage & often talk to the chickens. I'm sure the neighbours even know all their names by now.

A bit of craziness keeps you young at heart. Also, I love that nearly all your Belgiums have their heads down & butts up in the pics. I find it hard to get a pis of mine any other way. Lol.

K Spot - that's so sweet.

 

[cwrite]

Well I think Mr. Yokohama is trying to tell us that he is felling much better this morning with him CROWING for the first time

. I have never been so excited to hear a rooster crowing, it's like getting a first egg

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That great Luke - he sure put you through the wringer!

 

[cluckcluckluke]

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Thanks. Oh he wasn't that bad

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[satay]

Satay - I'm not on acerage & often talk to the chickens.  I'm sure the neighbours even know all their names by now.    A bit of craziness keeps you young at heart.  Also, I love that nearly all your Belgiums have their heads down & butts up in the pics.  I find it hard to get a pis of mine any other way.  Lol.

K Spot - that's so sweet.  

I agree with you . I sat out there for an hour with them trying to take some nice pics. Everytime they looked up so i could take a pic as i hit the button they looked down Cheeky girls.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I agree with you . I sat out there for an hour with them trying to take some nice pics. Everytime they looked up so i could take a pic as i hit the button they looked down Cheeky girls.

That's when the zoom lense comes in handy. A little secret of mine , to get them standing at attention, is to make a hawk noise. Mean I know, but affective.

 

[satay]

That's when the zoom lense comes in handy. A little secret of mine , to get them standing at attention, is to make a hawk noise. Mean I know, but affective.

Funny too. One day i'll get a real camera but for now its the phone.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I've been researching the use of ivermectin in poultry and I thought that some of you guys might find this information useful.

http://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2540&Itemid=2816

 

[cluckcluckluke]

I've been researching the use of ivermectin in poultry and I thought that some of you guys might find this information useful.

http://parasitipedia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2540&Itemid=2816

I didn't read anything about Ivermectin in there, but it was helpful. Now I know that all the mites I have had are red mites, not anything else.
Good read.

 

[RedKell]

Hi everyone

I am a first-time chicken Mumma, and I think I am well on my way to being obsessed (oh, who am I kidding, already there! Lol)
I live in North-west WA, in a town called Karratha. It's pretty much always summer here, and gets super hot, so I will be on the lookout for great ways to keep the girls cool.

Chooks are fairly hard to get hold of up here, and there doesn't seem to be much choice in breed. Good thing I'm not picky Last week I picked up 2 Isa Brown's who are one month old. Went into mad building mode (as of coure I got the chickens BEFORE I built the run...doesn't everyone?!) Then somehow came home with 2 more chicks, these ones 10 days (also Isa browns). Not quite sure how that happened

So now there are 4.

I got the run and coop finished today, and all 4 girls seem very happy in their new digs. They seem to be getting along well, and the babies snuggle up to the bigger ones. So cute
Being in a fairly isolated town means that it is quite hard to get supplies, so I will be trying to do as much as I can with what I have, so fairly old-fashioned upkeep and feed.

Anyway, just wanted to say Hi

 

[Bens-Hens]

Welcome RedKell!