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

[satay]

Unfortunately everyone has stories of chicken woes. Goes with the ownership of fluffy butts !

Rats will operate during the day too and would your cat get the eggs? Crows are really smart too.

Don't we all. I am sure between the lot of us we could write a book or two about it.

 

[satay]

Well spotted!
The bottles are a heat sink in case of emergency.
The black  ceramic bulb is also a back up on a thermostat in case the main bulb blows.

I learnt well from Ash about back up bottles. I use them too now. Last hatch it was so hot here the heat lamp only came on for a few hours at night and not at all during the day for the 3 weeks they were in the brooder. First for me.

 

[satay]

My they are gorgeous Ash!


 Frizzylizzy.  Good to have you on board.  You most certainly can get Wyandottes in Tasmania.  @Fancychooklady
 has them and she lives in Tassie   
What breeds do you have now?  Do you want them more as pets or as egg layers?  I have a mixed bag for my flock - I have Araucanas, Faverolles, Welsummers, Sussex, Dorking, Black Sex Links, Opringtons, Plymouth Rock bantams and a Naked Neck frizzle bantam.

x2 and hers are stunning.

 

[satay]

At least I'm not the only one with chicken woes. If a crow got in I doubt it would ever get out. Or navigate once in there. See what the next few days bring I guess.

Don't give up Aussie, if at first you don't succeed try try again . I'll keep my fingers crossed for the other eggs for you.

 

[satay]

That would be an interesting picture to see. I don't have any pictures of my grandfather from that time. What does the back say?

By the way, here's a collection of wartime photographs that our army opened last year. I think they take additions to their collections too.

http://sa-kuva.fi/

Morning Felix.. Any new snow pics?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Me too and darn goannas and foxes as well,. Do you loose many eggs to snakes down there Fancy? .

No . Crows , rats and one sneaky ridgeback are the main offenders here. I've only seen 4 snakes since we've been here, one swimming across the inlet, one on the lawn and 2 x flying overhead. ( in the talons of a sea eagle ).

 

[satay]

No . Crows , rats and one sneaky ridgeback are the main offenders here. I've only seen 4 snakes since we've been here, one swimming across the inlet, one on the lawn and 2 x flying overhead. ( in the talons of a sea eagle ).

Me either. I have seen young red belly a few times lately but it's no where near the coups. Goannas and crows are our main offenders and Thor if he finds an egg before me.

 

[AussieChics]

The cat doesn't like egg. Ive tried feeding him some and he turns his nose up at it.

any pigeons that get in the coop get stuck in the netting I have so if a crow got in I would suspect the same. I'll just keep feeding her scrambled eggs every 2 days to make sure its not her eating them.

 

[vehve]

Satay, not really, sorry. We got some snow a week and a half ago, but it's been too warm to stick. Snowed again a bit this weekend, but that melted too. Now it's below zero, but no snow to go with the temperatures yet.

I did snap a few shots on our walk in the weekend.




And here's one from a bit over a week ago.

 

[AussieChics]

Very pretty vehve