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

[Karen Whitfield]

and this is the gold lace mumma with her

 

[Fancychooklady]

my blue lace gold hen with 2 of her chicks.
There are 4 chicks altogether with 3 mums!

Lovely.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Oh golly....I've been using it for at least a year! The hardware guy didn't want to give me pine shavings because he thought they'd be toxic!I just put it under their roost so it's easier to clean up the poop which they seem to produce at a great rate at night. At least I've trained them to not sleep with their bums overhanging the nesting box. It took about a month of going and turning them around  after dark, but it seems to have worked.

On another note...I've had my girls for over a year now, and as yet they haven't moulted. Is there a timetable to this, or does it just happen randomly? Not that I'm wishing it to, as I'm so lucky to have such happy, healthy looking ladies.

I would just do some research on it. I tried shavings and found that the chicks were inclined to eat it. The stronger smelling sawdust has been attributed to causing upper respiratory problems.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Wow, your GLW's are beautiful!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Yeh I was thinking that! They still haven't completely got their combs and they are still pink! Does this mean they will be a while? Is there anything I can do to move it along lol

Some people believe that increasing the protein levels will help. I just let nature take it's course.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Peekaboo!!

I love it when they drink!!



Gulp!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Fancy, Satay, Ash and Chook. I want to know how do you keep such large flocks so good looking an free of lice, mites etc.
Like how do you possible manage so many birds when they get lice? It must be a mountain of work.

There are times that it is a full time job Luke. But as with anything after a few years you start to wise up. 1 ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
I've found leg mites to be the most annoying and persistent little critters,while my Broodie's are on the nest I apply Vicks to their legs , dust them with pestine and sprinkle sulphur in the nest under the hay. This way the chicks are hatched into a relatively bug free environment .

 

[Karen Whitfield]

Wow, your GLW's are beautiful!

Thank you Luke. I have 2GLW hens 1BLG hen and rooster, 2 SLW hens (just recently got one b of fancys chics indirectly) BL hen,4 wyandotte chicks. A turkey with 8 chicks a peacock and a peahen (my husband got them for Christmas) just want to get some BLR hens.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Peekaboo!! I love it when they drink!! Gulp!

Sweet.

 

[Karen Whitfield]

Peekaboo!! I love it when they drink!! Gulp!

Oh they are just gorgeous Luke, I love baby chicks. Can watch them all day.