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

[IamSamSam]

!!! I have a little chickie!!! One actually hatched! Totally worth the $$ for the incubator XD

Also, sorry about before...

YAY ! Is it one of your girls ??

 

[Pinky Macgyver]

Not mine. Got some barnevelder and barnevelder cross white leghorn eggs at the traralgon auction to test the incubator
It works

 

[IamSamSam]

 

[appps]

Oh O.K,

appps recommend this   http://www.kathmandu.com.au/camping/lighting/other/solar-camping-light.html
But it is only 1 watt solar panel.
How could it be powerful enough for anything then?

Not so much recommending that one, rather an example of similar things available in camping stores so worth expanding your search terms to include camping lighting

 

[Debstar1204]

Hi, I have spent the weekend putting pergola roofing on top of my coop. I too had tarps but it was just getting too wet.. I have covered the top and closed on one end entirely I even put a 1 foot high piece of roofing across the front at the bottom. Hoping this will stop all the mess being flicked out from them scratching.. Ill post a pic when I have finished.. It has been a lovely weekend really & I'm sure my NEW girls will be happy I'm in Sydney too & yes it's great the raing has stopped - for now. And my coop used to be a either a dust bowl or a mush pit til we paved it last Oct. (It's 3.6m x1.4m and wasn't too expensive.) It's made a huge difference. But even so, the tarp I have over the top was 2 years old and leaking, and so last week I had to put another one over it by myself, which is not held down very safely at present - just with bricks! .. .I'll have to get someone to help me secure it. But it makes such a difference! But re the wet feet - I've really had it forced in to me by the old fellow at my local produce who knows everything to know about chooks, that chooks mustn't get really wet feet - that that's the one bad thing for them. That they don't mind getting wet in the rain, but they mustn't stand around in lots of mud - just what he says. Btw, you might have read my earlier posts where I said I had to help my chooks get used to eating their chook food and not all the treats I was giving them? I'm currently 'de-sensitiving them' and they are so hungry and keep crying out - it's awful! But we're making a little bit of progress. Meanwhile, they're really digging up the grass in desperation. well, it was my fault in the first place... I've been told I can give them a little bit of a treat today (Day 3) sss

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Not so much recommending that one, rather an example of similar things available in camping stores so worth expanding your search terms to include camping lighting

Oh O.K.lol. Thanks, did you get my PM?

 

[appps]

W

[COLOR=A52A2A]this was listed today[/COLOR]

Pure bread Faverolles point of lay $35.00

Variety of younger birds from 4 week to 12 week old including

Rhode Island Red X Light Sussex and Pure bread Faverolles Girls

and Pure breed Silkies lots of colours.

From $15.00 each.

Call Sebastian 0416 008 046

Where was it listed? I'm still waiting for my faverolles what area was it from?

Never mind just saw your extra bit saying Sydney. Cool closer than Canberra for me and I need to do a run up there anyway to get a flash fixed. Will ring them tomorrow

 

[cluckcluckluke]

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Where was it listed? I'm still waiting for my faverolles what area was it?

Have you still not got them, when were they supposed to come?

 

[Debstar1204]

Did you order your faverolles?? Or just looking?

 

[appps]

I've been emailing them on and off for ages but they said they were low on eggs. Last email a week ago they said they had just put me in the order book.

I'm worried if I don't get them soon its going to start getting cold and putting them outside as they get older is going to be harder. I'm after 3 week old chicks so they will need to acclimatize.