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

[Fancychooklady]

Excited to announce that Fancy finally laid her first egg, e I went to let out Ash, Fancy and Appps this morning (millie Belgians) and as i open the door she jumped up and out popped and egg I can still here her celebrating her success now over 30 minutes later.

Yay for ' fancy ' !

 

[Teila]

Excited to announce that Fancy finally laid her first egg,

I went to let out Ash, Fancy and Appps this morning (millie Belgians) and as i open the door she jumped up and out popped and egg

I can still here her celebrating her success now over 30 minutes later.

Well done Fancy!

 

[Chook Newby]

Good morning everybody

I have a question that I'm hoping someone might be able to help me with...
When my girls go to bed at night, they all huddle on top of each other in one of the nesting boxes (yes all four of them in one nesting box!)

They have roosts that are low in the coop (poor design by the manufactuer I think) but they won't sit on them. I did prop up a branch higher for them and they will get up there but then they just end up piling on top of each other in the nesting box. I have to admit I haven't secured the branch up high and it has fallen which may have scared them a bit.

When I let them out during the day, they find places to roost on some of my outdoor furniture and on pot plants so I know they can roost and know that they should be doing it.

On the outdoor furniture and pot plants;





They are about 6 months old now and I thought they would have been well and truely roosting at night properly by now. Maybe they do it when Im not watching.... I just dont know.... below is picture of them up on the branch and you can also see the lower roosts which I think have been stupidly placed. I would love and welcome and advise not only on why my chickens are not roosting but also on my coop design based on what you can see in the picture

(oh BTW, no they not eggs in there, they are fakes

)

 

[Chook Newby]

Excited to announce that Fancy finally laid her first egg,

I went to let out Ash, Fancy and Appps this morning (millie Belgians) and as i open the door she jumped up and out popped and egg

I can still here her celebrating her success now over 30 minutes later.

OMG thats awesome!!!!!! Well done little lady! How exciting for you Satay

 

[Chook Newby]

They love chickens.

Well! if this isnt the most adorable thing I've seen all week.....

I dont know what is!!!!! Thanks for shareing Fancychooklady, you have made my Tuesday morning!!!!!!!

 

[Chook Newby]

I have a visitor .. this little guy wandered into my front yard and I am trying to find his owners. He is wearing a Council tag and Council has placed a call to the number they have for the owner but that was 08:30am and I have not heard anything back. I have a call into a few local Vets and also placed an ad on Gumtree's Lost & Found.

When hubby gets home with the car, I will take him down to my Vet to see if he is microchipped.

The scary thing ....

This is Charlie-Bear who passed away just over 5 years ago:




and this is my visitor .... I hope his mum and dad contact me soon or I may just get attached

Awwww good on you for taking care of him! He looks lovely How did you go finding the owners?

 

[Fizzybelle]

Excited to announce that Fancy finally laid her first egg,

I went to let out Ash, Fancy and Appps this morning (millie Belgians) and as i open the door she jumped up and out popped and egg

I can still here her celebrating her success now over 30 minutes later.

Hooray!! first eggs are always a super proud moment. I've got two who should start laying soon that are keeping me in suspense >_<

Such a cute egg, any pics of Fancy? I loooooove d'uccles!

 

[Fizzybelle]

Good morning everybody

I have a question that I'm hoping someone might be able to help me with...
When my girls go to bed at night, they all huddle on top of each other in one of the nesting boxes (yes all four of them in one nesting box!)

They have roosts that are low in the coop (poor design by the manufactuer I think) but they won't sit on them. I did prop up a branch higher for them and they will get up there but then they just end up piling on top of each other in the nesting box. I have to admit I haven't secured the branch up high and it has fallen which may have scared them a bit.

When I let them out during the day, they find places to roost on some of my outdoor furniture and on pot plants so I know they can roost and know that they should be doing it.

On the outdoor furniture and pot plants;





They are about 6 months old now and I thought they would have been well and truely roosting at night properly by now. Maybe they do it when Im not watching.... I just dont know.... below is picture of them up on the branch and you can also see the lower roosts which I think have been stupidly placed. I would love and welcome and advise not only on why my chickens are not roosting but also on my coop design based on what you can see in the picture

(oh BTW, no they not eggs in there, they are fakes

)

I'd say block off the nest box if possible, and put in new perches, or adjust them. I agree, the bottom one is too low, I had one on my old kit coop that was way too high and too far back for standard sized chooks. Those kit manufacturers need to do some actual product testing with real chickens. Natural perches are usually the best for feet though, see if you can saw some large branches to fit and secure them from the outside with long screws. Or do the same with the ones you have, though maybe they're not wide enough for their tastes, perhaps that's why? Chickens can be fussy over the strangest things. Mine go through phases, sometimes the perch is where it's at, other times the nest boxes. Another thing is once it's dark, move two of them out of the nest box where they're squashed, onto the perches or other areas of the coop.

Those are my suggestions, hope if gives you some food for thought

 

[sjturner79]

Good morning everybody I have a question that I'm hoping someone might be able to help me with... When my girls go to bed at night, they all huddle on top of each other in one of the nesting boxes (yes all four of them in one nesting box!) They have roosts that are low in the coop (poor design by the manufactuer I think) but they won't sit on them. I did prop up a branch higher for them and they will get up there but then they just end up piling on top of each other in the nesting box. I have to admit I haven't secured the branch up high and it has fallen which may have scared them a bit. When I let them out during the day, they find places to roost on some of my outdoor furniture and on pot plants so I know they can roost and know that they should be doing it. On the outdoor furniture and pot plants; They are about 6 months old now and I thought they would have been well and truely roosting at night properly by now. Maybe they do it when Im not watching.... I just dont know.... below is picture of them up on the branch and you can also see the lower roosts which I think have been stupidly placed. I would love and welcome and advise not only on why my chickens are not roosting but also on my coop design based on what you can see in the picture (oh BTW, no they not eggs in there, they are fakes )

Well with that design I'm not surprised. The bottom perch is to low and a bit thin. The top perch is far to thin for most chicks to be comfortable sleeping on. For them to roost comfortably you really want a 5cm round or 4 cm flat perch about 3/4 of the way between where those 2 are, after taking both those out.

 

[User395221]

I am really intrigued to know what his story is

Yes, it's a mystery. With a working dog, he could have gone that far on his own, but why he would have set off/got lost would be a story. I do hope his people claim him.

I had one dog who I got as a puppy, my others have been adopted, mostly from the pound. I used to wonder where they'd been before and why they weren't found/claimed. I can't imagine ever losing a pet and not getting it back if it was handed into the authorities and I can't imagine not wanting them back.... (even a guinea-pig annoying, can't keep herself clean, always looks like a stray even if just had a bath, doggie.)