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

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View attachment 1185989 Morning, busy time here with the nsw visitors, but it hasn't stopped the business of chicken hatching. Suprise hatch yesterday and 4 x silkie hens in various hutches brooding. Finally some beautiful weather my visitors were elated to see the platypus at the bottom of the garden yesterday.

Oh so pretty. I saw on the news last night that Hobart is going to be hotter than here today... How odd is that.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Oh so pretty. I saw on the news last night that Hobart is going to be hotter than here today... How odd is that.

We are heading out to our annual garden walk today it's going to be a scorcher, but we have been promised a thunderstorm. I have more silkie chicks hatching in this heat.

 

[satay]

We are heading out to our annual garden walk today it's going to be a scorcher, but we have been promised a thunderstorm. I have more silkie chicks hatching in this heat.

I bet there will be some fantastic gardens to see. Have fun .

 

[Fancychooklady]

Just found that someone on the Australian poultry site has stolen my profile name.

 

[LuckysMum]

Jessbonnitcha Yours birds look lovely.
Fancychooklady congratulations on the surprise hatch. Wow a platypus lucky you and your visitors. Enjoy your warmer weather.

 

[LuckysMum]

Fancychooklady Enjoy your walk tomorrow. I hope its not to hot for you. How dare someone steal your profile name.

 

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Just found that someone on the Australian poultry site has stolen my profile name.

 

[OldMacDonalds]

Hi Everyone, it's been a month since I've been on and it seems everyone's had a few disasters. So sorry to hear about everyone's losses and mite infestations. I've been scratching in sympathy as i have been reading through the posts i've missed.

Fancychooklady: Your garden is gorgeous! I love TAS, my partner doesn't know it yet but we're moving there when we sell our house in a few years. I'm planning a weeks holiday down there this year to warm him up to the idea. LOL

Update on my poultry world. My two silkies Magnolia and Cricket (Silkies) hatched 2 out of 7 Belgium D'uccle eggs then they abandoned the rest. One had started to pip so i rushed it to the incubator and hoped it would hatch. Don't laugh... i played it chick noises for 3 days and it responded by rocking the egg and unzipping but then got stuck. On 4th day there was no movement so I did the unthinkable. I raised the humidity levels and temp in my bathroom to 37.5 degrees with 65% humidity, grabbed the egg from incubator and ran to bathroom. I helped it hatch, which was so unbelievably gross. It started to push at the egg halfway through so i just let it do the rest and popped it straight back in incubator.

Poor little thing had straddled legs so i hobbled them with a bandaid and 33 days later she was ready to go into brood box when tragedy struck. I was babysitting my sisters dog who does not go well with chickens, when i'd ducked to pet store he tore through the kiddy gate, knocked over the incubator and ate her! I came home to a mess but no chick, was furious at myself more than anything, it wasn't the dogs fault.

Anyways, moving on from the tragedy, the 2 chicks i have left are just gorgeous, they look like little brown birds and this week they've been hilarious to watch, jumping over their mummies, flitting here and there and chirping there little heads off when they're not happy. Magnolia is a great mum and protects both of them, Cricket is more laid back and almost seems inconvenienced by the whole thing. LOL

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[LuckysMum]

OldMacdonalds So sad to here about your little chick. Your new babies look so cute.
I would love to move to Tasmania too. But its a little far from my family.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Hi Everyone, it's been a month since I've been on and it seems everyone's had a few disasters. So sorry to hear about everyone's losses and mite infestations. I've been scratching in sympathy as i have been reading through the posts i've missed.

Fancychooklady: Your garden is gorgeous! I love TAS, my partner doesn't know it yet but we're moving there when we sell our house in a few years. I'm planning a weeks holiday down there this year to warm him up to the idea. LOL

Update on my poultry world. My two silkies Magnolia and Cricket (Silkies) hatched 2 out of 7 Belgium D'uccle eggs then they abandoned the rest. One had started to pip so i rushed it to the incubator and hoped it would hatch. Don't laugh... i played it chick noises for 3 days and it responded by rocking the egg and unzipping but then got stuck. On 4th day there was no movement so I did the unthinkable. I raised the humidity levels and temp in my bathroom to 37.5 degrees with 65% humidity, grabbed the egg from incubator and ran to bathroom. I helped it hatch, which was so unbelievably gross. It started to push at the egg halfway through so i just let it do the rest and popped it straight back in incubator.
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Poor little thing had straddled legs so i hobbled them with a bandaid and 33 days later she was ready to go into brood box when tragedy struck. I was babysitting my sisters dog who does not go well with chickens, when i'd ducked to pet store he tore through the kiddy gate, knocked over the incubator and ate her! I came home to a mess but no chick, was furious at myself more than anything, it wasn't the dogs fault.

Anyways, moving on from the tragedy, the 2 chicks i have left are just gorgeous, they look like little brown birds and this week they've been hilarious to watch, jumping over their mummies, flitting here and there and chirping there little heads off when they're not happy. Magnolia is a great mum and protects both of them, Cricket is more laid back and almost seems inconvenienced by the whole thing. LOL

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Oh so sorry for loss.
I love tassie and seriously can't imagine living anywhere else. I find myself longing for tassie whenever I go to nsw to visit family. The weather is unpredictable, yesterday we were sweating and today it's softly raining and the garden is getting a well deserved drink, but the beauty of this place makes up for the weather. I hope you enjoy your holiday . You never know it might be ' love at first sight ' for hubby.