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

[Brodz22]

Hello, I'm fairly new here and thought I'd catch up with my fellow Aussies. I'm from the WA wheatbelt and have buff sussex, Indians and Bantam brown leghorns. Is there anyone else out this way?

 

[Teila]

Satay Oooh, I hope you have blue also

“I will not cave”! (Well maybe

) Hubby has already caved so now it is two against one!

Howdy Brodz22

Definitely not out your way but raised in Perth and lived for a while in Beverley. Welcome!

Patience has paid off .. After a week or so of letting the little ones have a free range by themselves before the big girls got their free range, the little ones have grown in confidence in the garden and found some good hidey spots. This afternoon, I bit the bullet and let all of them out together (except cranky, grumpy broody Cilla who is still in lock down to break her broodiness and also the fact that she is taking her matriarch role a little too seriously and needs some time out to readjust her attitude). Everyone seems a lot more relaxed!

Anyways, the littlies copped a couple of pecks but definitely nothing too serious and at one point, they were all together pecking in the grass .. the big gals were so very well behaved so tomorrow they will hopefully be able to spend the majority of the day with the flock (- Grumpy!).

 

[AussieChics]

They are the cutest little fluff balls ever! Glad it all went well!

I haven't had the guts to try and integrate the babies with the big girls yet.

 

[C8yJayne]

Hi guys I just got 2 new red Isa Pullets to join my flock of 8 chickens and 2 geese. Just seeking advice on how long I should wait before letting them out to be free range like the others during the day?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Hi guys I just got 2 new red Isa Pullets to join my flock of 8 chickens and 2 geese. Just seeking advice on how long I should wait before letting them out to be free range like the others during the day?

Hi, ideally they would be in quarantine for 4-6 weeks.

 

[IamSamSam]

Satay Oooh, I hope you have blue also “I will not cave”! (Well maybe ) Hubby has already caved so now it is two against one! Howdy Brodz22 Definitely not out your way but raised in Perth and lived for a while in Beverley. Welcome! Patience has paid off .. After a week or so of letting the little ones have a free range by themselves before the big girls got their free range, the little ones have grown in confidence in the garden and found some good hidey spots. This afternoon, I bit the bullet and let all of them out together (except cranky, grumpy broody Cilla who is still in lock down to break her broodiness and also the fact that she is taking her matriarch role a little too seriously and needs some time out to readjust her attitude). Everyone seems a lot more relaxed! Anyways, the littlies copped a couple of pecks but definitely nothing too serious and at one point, they were all together pecking in the grass .. the big gals were so very well behaved so tomorrow they will hopefully be able to spend the majority of the day with the flock (- Grumpy!).

Aww I would wanna so keep both

 

[IamSamSam]

I gave a girlfriend some eggs this morning and she had one right a way (blue one cause nobody ever believes there the same)

An now everyone at work either wants a chicken or eggs !

 

[LordStark]

Fancy, cute chick, and Tim, he's a nice looking boy, hopefully he'll make a nice meal.

Here's a weather update:

Same view as earlier:


We cleaned out the run and did some roost modifications, so the chickens were driven out in the snow. They kept trying to find a dry spot though.






Hopefully they'll like their new roosts, they got a bit of a swing too.

Looks great! we're going into our godless summer, wanna swap?

 

[AussieChics]

Took some pictures of my girls thought I'd share

While I've got a pic is there something wrong with the black ones wings?

 

[smhoekzema]

Took some pictures of my girls thought I'd share

While I've got a pic is there something wrong with the black ones wings?

It's called a split wing. Don't breed from her. It won't hurt her though. One of my girls has it.