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

[Susan Hampshire]

He he

Mabel crowing? Hope it wasn't too early Fuzzy!
Welcome Harmsody.
My poor Black Betty is limping badly. I can't see anything that could be causing it. She eating normally but stands on one leg when she is up and about. Should I isolate her ? Welcome any suggestions.

 

[Susan Hampshire]

Oops meant Fizzy!

 

[Fizzybelle]

Heh. It was 10 to 6 in the morning on a Sunday, so early enough yes.

 

[Teila]

Howdy folks

Still packing and cleaning! It looks like the pets may be relocating in the next couple of weeks as the coop is nearly done; hopefully it will be finished next weekend.

Hey Harmsody .. Welcome!

I used to live in Bundaberg before moving to Brisbane now I am in the process of moving to Forrest Beach; last move, never again!

Fizzy ooops! Cheeky Mabel!

Susan sorry, I do not know what could be ailing Black Betty. Did you try posting on the ER Forum? It is monitored probably more frequently than this thread so you should get some assistance quickly: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures

The gals have been letting me sleep in until 06:30AM .. heaven!

 

[Fizzybelle]

My oldies came home from the RSPCA yesterday with a kitten. A little male tabby, his name is Darcy. I keep calling him a chook and clucking at him to get his attention. Haven't had a cat in a while now He slept on my bed his first night here. Our beds will never be cat free again.

 

[Susan Hampshire]

Awwww...

.... my son is staying with us until he finds his new home...so we have Serenity staying too . This pussy cat is only serene when she wants something!!! She bosses both my dogs... a Tricolour cav and a Jack Russell that were afraid would kill her! The Jack Russell is terrified of her....the grandkids has named her the 'Princess of Darkness'. My hubby 'hates' cats

...try telling that to Serenity... every opportunity she is purring around his legs, laying in him in bed

She just can't get close enough

 

[satay]

Still in clean up mode but making progress. Not many eggs here either at the moment. I have a feeling my blue wheaten marans has a stash in the downed trees somewhere.

 

[LuckysMum]

Still in clean up mode but making progress. Not many eggs here either at the moment. I have a feeling my blue wheaten marans has a stash in the downed trees somewhere.

I hope you get some eggs soon. I hope the clean up goes quickly now. I hope you find the marans stash

 

[satay]

I hope you get some eggs soon.  I hope the clean up goes quickly now. I hope you find the marans stash

Thank you . I did find her stash this morning as i suspected under leaves of a fallen gum. Only 2 eggs but i will leave them be there for now as it is just down from their pen.

 

[Scintillation]

Hi all! I'm new and recently directed here by the excellent Teila (thanks Teila!) but please forgive me if I'm not very vocal! I love reading all your posts and seeing what's up with all your chooks but being a long-time lurker it's hard to shake the habit of just reading and never replying

Quick run-down of my situation; currently the mum of 5 8-week old Easter Eggers (they fit our standard for Araucana but the rest of the world probably just calls them EEs) and 4 week-old babies from the same source. It's been weird with these guys because my first batch came out all varying shades of grey colours(3 lavenders, 1 splash and 1 pale blue) but now with my 4 babies, one's black, 1 is splash, 1 is blue and 1 is the palest chipmunk I have seen that still has black on her (she's the one with the funky eye if you've seen my other posts). Luck of the draw I guess.

Here's some pics to make this long-ish post worthwhile!
8-week-olds that are ~6 weeks old in this pic;

Babies!

This was their first day

Love the little splash guy's bump. Hoping it's a girl!... Hoping they're all girls

Them fighting over something that must be super super special...