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

[Oz chic]

Welcome!

Another NSWelshmen!

Thanks for the welcome, I am in the southern tablelands of NSW

 

[satay]

Hello, can I jump i here?

I am from country NSW, interested to chat with some fellow Aussies and get some ideas too

Thanks

welcome.

 

[Oz chic]

welcome.

Thanks

 

[MaryJanet]

@kattfink I love your set up and it's good to see Lucy doing so much better

 

[MaryJanet]

Wow! She looks so much better @kattfink . And gold! She looked red in the first pic you posted. Is she sleeping with the other chooks? Maybe you could get chicken blinkers for the perpetrator. @MaryJanet who was it that posted a picture of those a while back?

Ummm I think it was @CrazyChookChookLady who mentioned the blinders. I think they're called "pinless peepers"

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Ummm I think it was @CrazyChookChookLady who mentioned the blinders. I think they're called "pinless peepers"

You can get them from Amazon or ebay, possibly even someplace more local to you. Just google Pinless Peepers.

 

[Elliebeans]

Hi all, new member here, from that funny little island that I swear sometimes feels like a different country...

Currently struggling with rain and mud making a mess of my new silkies. Have just ordered a couple of marquee tents to put over the worst areas of the run, hopefully that will help a bit. If anyone else has any silkies or other breeds with feathers that struggle with the wet and live in rainy areas have any suggestions I would love to hear from you.
I also laid wood shavings on the worst areas too which seems to help.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Ummm I think it was @CrazyChookChookLady who mentioned the blinders. I think they're called "pinless peepers"

Thanks MJ and @CrazyChookChookLady .

@kattfink here's what they look like:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HO0Y3MY/?tag=backy-20

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Hi all, new member here, from that funny little island that I swear sometimes feels like a different country...

Currently struggling with rain and mud making a mess of my new silkies. Have just ordered a couple of marquee tents to put over the worst areas of the run, hopefully that will help a bit. If anyone else has any silkies or other breeds with feathers that struggle with the wet and live in rainy areas have any suggestions I would love to hear from you.
I also laid wood shavings on the worst areas too which seems to help.

Welcome!

I saw a video where someone recommended sphagnum moss for waterlogged areas if that's any use.

 

[MaryJanet]

Hi all, new member here, from that funny little island that I swear sometimes feels like a different country...

Currently struggling with rain and mud making a mess of my new silkies. Have just ordered a couple of marquee tents to put over the worst areas of the run, hopefully that will help a bit. If anyone else has any silkies or other breeds with feathers that struggle with the wet and live in rainy areas have any suggestions I would love to hear from you.
I also laid wood shavings on the worst areas too which seems to help.

Hi @Elliebeans ! Nice to meet you I love Tassie and I was in Hobart in February and I hope to be down there for a couple of days later in the year. Such natural beauty in the tassie wilderness. I hope those awful summer fires weren't near your place.

I think the marquee will make an improvement. Unfortunately I'm a bit clueless wrt chickens and mud because my place is on sand. But I'm sure other folks will chime in with advice.

I'd love to see a photo of your chooks if you've got one handy