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

[Fancychooklady]

Hey guys I'm back on deck. Had an exhausting weekend, but fun was had by all. Jess won a couple of hundred dollars and best combination of the weekend.
She is very happy with her boys ( they may even get a day off ).
Why is it that when I'm not here my chooks run a muck?? Yesterday my little silkie ' ginger ' got trapped down behind the nest box, hanging upside down for god knows how long. She's twisted her wing. I'd say she was trying to avoid the amorous attention of a Cockerel . Yes that's 2 days in a row I've come home to a chook hanging. This morning I found a young rabbit dead in one of the pens and didn't have time to remove it. When I got home this Arvo it's been half eaten, eek.
Oh and whilst we were gone two little chicks hatched under silkie momma, one is blrw roo over gold laced and the other is a wylkie. Very cute, and once I've had a rather long 'nana nap ' I'll get some pics.

 

[MyHaven]

I have tried every trick to stop my lorp being broody and nothing has worked. Locked her out wet her ect so I am thinking of outting an egg or two under her. Some can be just very persistent

One of my blue Australorps lays 12 eggs, goes clucky. It only takes two days to break her but it takes weeks to get eggs again. She lays twelve eggs she goes clucky. I heard giving them eggs to hatch sometimes stops the frequency they go clucky.I gave her a clutch to hatch - she mothered them well then evicted them 6 weeks to the day and laid the next. She laid 12 eggs and went clucky.

Her sister has gone clucky only once in her 20 months.
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[Bens-Hens]

Are any of you in the heat wave area down QLD/WA way?

Yes, been melting all weekend hahahaha

I laid out a tray of frozen fruit left over from a fruit stand, shocked the flock a bit as they knew thy were grapes but thye were hard hahahaha

Didn't take long and it was all gone.

 

[satay]

Are any of you in the heat wave area down QLD/WA wy?

Yes we are meant to be back in heat wave again this week. Not sure what temps but we have had 38 and 37c the last few days so I am guessing we will be in the low to mid 40's again from today.

 

[satay]

I have tried every trick to stop my lorp being broody and nothing has worked. Locked her out wet her ect so I am thinking of outting an egg or two under her. Some can be just very persistent

I have broodies everywhere including most of my Muscovy girls.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I have broodies everywhere including most of my Muscovy girls.

Yes so do I . I have decided to put them to work on the eggs of my choosing this year.
Sneaky buggers have still managed a few suprise packages though. I have 2 gold laced Wyandotte co- mothering 7 chicks and a Wyandotte and a partridge silkie sharing 2 chicks
With more to hatch today. I gave up on trying to ' break ' Broodiies , they are so single minded once they lock into that mode, better for me to give them a few eggs and know where they are than have them sneaking off into the bush.
I hope it's not so hot for you guys today. It looks like it will be a good day for bringing hay in here. Satay you'd be suprised how many people stop to watch the old holland square baler spit out bales. We cut 590 bales off the hay paddock last year, so we watch the first row and then it's ' heads down, tails up ' for us.

 

[satay]

My barnies. Girl on the left roo on the right lol

So cute

 

[IamSamSam]

It looks like it will be a good day for bringing hay in here. Satay you'd be suprised how many people stop to watch the old holland square baler spit out bales. We cut 590 bales off the hay paddock last year, so we watch the first row and then it's ' heads down, tails up ' for us.

LOL I loved watching them when I was a kid. But was always thankful it wasn't me doing the work! Once it's cut and baled how long do you leave it to dry ? Do you stack it straight away or leave it in the paddocks like they did down home for a few weeks?

 

[satay]

Hey guys I'm back on deck. Had an exhausting weekend, but fun was had by all. Jess won a couple of hundred dollars and best combination of the weekend.
She is very happy with her boys ( they may even get a day off ).
Why is it that when I'm not here my chooks run a muck?? Yesterday my little silkie ' ginger ' got trapped down behind the nest box, hanging upside down for god knows how long. She's twisted her wing. I'd say she was trying to avoid the amorous attention of a Cockerel . Yes that's 2 days in a row I've come home to a chook hanging. This morning I found a young rabbit dead in one of the pens and didn't have time to remove it. When I got home this Arvo it's been half eaten, eek.
Oh and whilst we were gone two little chicks hatched under silkie momma, one is blrw roo over gold laced and the other is a wylkie. Very cute, and once I've had a rather long 'nana nap ' I'll get some pics.

Well done Jess

 

[Fancychooklady]

LOL I loved watching them when I was a kid. But was always thankful it wasn't me doing the work! Once it's cut and baled how long do you leave it to dry ? Do you stack it straight away or leave it in the paddocks like they did down home for a few weeks?

It will be dry, it's been laying on the ground for a few warm days. The first tractor will come in once the dew has dried and fluff it up , then the baling machine will come in and work it's magic. Then the race to get it into the shed before it rains is on. If you bale it green or damp there's no point in shedding it and you run high risk of it self combusting.
The chick count this morning is 1x wylkie 2x blue laced red Wyandotte and 1 x silver laced Wyandotte , with more pipped. I'm off to tucker box to get more medicated chick starter before the farrier arrives.