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

[Anniebee]

Thanks Annie, just go easy on the cheese. Hubby just arrived with a trailer load of Lucerne . It must be so sweet, Jack has his eyes closed whilst he eats it.

I am pretty careful with cheese - they get it only about once every 2 > 3 weeks in their mix. And then only a handful all chopped smaller !! If it were up to them they'd eat a bag full.

They tend to pick that out first to eat. !!

Lovely to hear that Jack so enjoys his lucerne. It's such good stuff, and always smells delicious.

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[Anniebee]

Have thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the wonderful photographs here, of new bubs, baby dove, ducklings, chickens etc.

Sorry - I can't recall everyone who has posted them, without going back many pages.

Great to hear Fizzybelle that Agnes is so much improved.

We have had a few torrential downpours in the past day or so - Geelong ( Victoria ) was flooded all over, and we have had thunderstorms and 3 good dumps of rain, so far up here.

Sure hope all in Tassie get a good drenching. From the weather chart - ( newscast admittedly ) it looked like you were going to be awash with it all. But it has yet to happen ?

Cheers to all .........

 

[Fancychooklady]

Have thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the wonderful photographs here, of new bubs, baby dove, ducklings, chickens etc.  

Sorry  - I can't recall everyone who has posted them, without going back many pages. 

Great to hear Fizzybelle that Agnes is so much improved.

We have had a few torrential downpours in the past day or so - Geelong ( Victoria ) was flooded all over, and we have had thunderstorms and 3  good dumps of rain, so far up here.  

Sure hope all in Tassie get a good drenching.   From the weather chart - ( newscast admittedly ) it looked like you were going to be awash with it all.   But it has yet to happen ?  

Cheers to all ......... 

The thunder storm hit about 20 mins ago, I was out dead heading the roses. Yes it is finally raining. Our little Castiel is not sure what to make of the ' big bangs ' in the sky , nor the wet stuff. Time to drag the kayaks up the bank , just in case. . My garden just let out a huge sigh of relief. It's pouring.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Looks like you sent us your weather Annie. What's that saying ? ' it never rains , it pours.

 

[kat79]

Oh Kat they are adorable. I miss baby ducks. Don't have a drake anymore.

they are....and so friendly with the silkies. hey when were you able to sex them... read so many sites saying feather sexing about 4 week and a half weeks where others are saying you cant and have to wait til they are older or the boys go through a growth spurt.I really dont mind either way but apparently 2 drakes to 2 females are to stressful for the girls.

 

[sjturner79]

sjturner79  - - - -    

Barastoc  ... Golden Yolk, is indeed a very well balanced mix of food - and perhaps in South Australia is the cheapest, but not so in Victoria that I have noticed.   There are a couple of cheaper brands that I've seen, but I was mainly referring to any kind of generic or home brand chicken pellet .... which would be much cheaper.  Pet Barn sell a  cheap chicken layer pellet ( that's what I wouldn't touch either ).      And as mentioned here before, I do not buy on line.     I purchase at a Pet Store in our village in the Dandenongs, ( which is expensive ) and at the Stock and Produce merchant about 10 mins. drive away.   They have a huge range of many items for most animals and birds.  

Barastoc has a good reputation, and is - as you mentioned, 'one of the best balanced' 

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Yes here the cheap and nasty foods are 18-20 for a 20kg bag, but one of the 2 food stores always has the barrastock gold yoke at 14-17.

The reason I would use other mixed, or types if I could afford it is that most of the time less than half my flock is layers, I always have heaps of jubilees and roosters. Right now I have 4 laying hens, 2 broody hens, 2 hens raising chicks , 2 pullets yet to lay, 4 roosters, and 10 chicks born late December. So as you can see the golden yolk is slightly high in calcium for my flock, but it's the best I can afford, as the duck food that would be ideal is 27 for 20kg

 

[Fancychooklady]

Being in SA you should be able to get laucke cheaper than the rest of us. I use the game bird finisher cut down 50/50 with a free range grain. It's 22% protein but less than 2% calcium. My silkies love it because it is a micro pellet. It contains all the essential ingredients including amino acids methionine and lineolic acid.

 

[sjturner79]

Being in SA you should be able to get laucke cheaper than the rest of us. I use the game bird finisher cut down 50/50 with a free range grain. It's 22% protein but less than 2% calcium. My silkies love it because it is a micro pellet. It contains all the essential ingredients including amino acids methionine and lineolic acid.

I don't know what that costs where you are - but that one is 29-32$ a bag here.

 

[satay]

I had 2 drakes and 2 females on 600sq in Brissy and they all got along well. Maybe i was lucky.

 

[satay]

I don't know what that costs where you are - but that one is 29-32$ a bag here.

I don't buy the finisher but i do by the game bird starter for the quails here and it's $25, I also buy show bird breeder for $21 and Starter and grower which are about $21 each as well and i forgot duck feed as well it's around the $24. (all laucke brand) I pay $13 ish for the avigrain for the princesses Keeping in mind i have to drive 35km each way to get it. We have a produce in town that only stocks Barrastock and refuses to get other brands in.