Howdy folks
Just back tracking to some posts I missed when I jumped on the FF-wagon; sometimes it is better to reply while a topic is hot and not hours or days later
Sidhe13 sounds like you made excellent progress with the roosting lessons, not bad numbers at all.
appps lols at the bedtime bickering; happens every night here.
Deej211 I am so sorry to read about your little one; it is a very good thing that the highs of owning chickens far out weighs the lows. It would be wonderful if we could have no lows.
I hope you have a turn of luck for the better also.
ChristieB sleeping chookens is always cute; regardless of the bad lighting; they look so content.
Congrats on the new additions; very nice! Lol at Hermione the sticky beak; they do not let anything go unnoticed.
I reckon buying chooks to break the drought definitely counts; I hatched them to break the drought and still have money on the bubs laying an egg before some of the other slackers in the flock
K Spot your Casanova tale gave me a good chuckle, thank you.
Woot woot Steampunked congrats on the drought break and from a rooster also
. See, did I not say it was possible .. lol. Now to keep an eye on the cats that eat layer feed
Anniebee I agree on throwing out the medicated chick start. I had some left over from the last hatch but tossed it and started off with a new bag for this hatch.
Wow cwrite that is one exciting day that I would not like to have here. Kudos to you for rescuing the dogs and caring enough to find them somewhere to stay. I have done similar on a couple of occasions but kept the dogs on a lead, out the front, well away from my cats and chickens and was lucky enough to find the owners quickly because both times the dogs were wearing tags with phone numbers.
News from Bambrook Bantams:
OK, ho hum, yawn, been there, done that but please indulge me for a moment as I am so very excited and want to share.
After much patience and weeks of planning, may I introduce all of BB’s flock in one picture(s). Granted, it is only on free range and the coops are still divided and will be for a couple more weeks but today I got to throw open both doors and let everyone out together.
No fights, no pecking, no bickering and I even got to sweep and do other stuff as opposed to watching their every move .. I am sooo happy!
Remember how I mentioned that I have never clipped wings and my fly-like-rocks bantams have never attempted to leave home? You can see how low the fence is in this photo:
Just back tracking to some posts I missed when I jumped on the FF-wagon; sometimes it is better to reply while a topic is hot and not hours or days later
Sidhe13 sounds like you made excellent progress with the roosting lessons, not bad numbers at all.
appps lols at the bedtime bickering; happens every night here.
Deej211 I am so sorry to read about your little one; it is a very good thing that the highs of owning chickens far out weighs the lows. It would be wonderful if we could have no lows.
I hope you have a turn of luck for the better also.
ChristieB sleeping chookens is always cute; regardless of the bad lighting; they look so content.
Congrats on the new additions; very nice! Lol at Hermione the sticky beak; they do not let anything go unnoticed.
I reckon buying chooks to break the drought definitely counts; I hatched them to break the drought and still have money on the bubs laying an egg before some of the other slackers in the flock
K Spot your Casanova tale gave me a good chuckle, thank you.
Woot woot Steampunked congrats on the drought break and from a rooster also
Anniebee I agree on throwing out the medicated chick start. I had some left over from the last hatch but tossed it and started off with a new bag for this hatch.
Wow cwrite that is one exciting day that I would not like to have here. Kudos to you for rescuing the dogs and caring enough to find them somewhere to stay. I have done similar on a couple of occasions but kept the dogs on a lead, out the front, well away from my cats and chickens and was lucky enough to find the owners quickly because both times the dogs were wearing tags with phone numbers.
News from Bambrook Bantams:
OK, ho hum, yawn, been there, done that but please indulge me for a moment as I am so very excited and want to share.
After much patience and weeks of planning, may I introduce all of BB’s flock in one picture(s). Granted, it is only on free range and the coops are still divided and will be for a couple more weeks but today I got to throw open both doors and let everyone out together.
No fights, no pecking, no bickering and I even got to sweep and do other stuff as opposed to watching their every move .. I am sooo happy!
Remember how I mentioned that I have never clipped wings and my fly-like-rocks bantams have never attempted to leave home? You can see how low the fence is in this photo:
My Pekins laid one egg and none since so I am now totally egg free as the quails have gone on strike the last few days as well.
