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

[cheep82]

Locknest - how is your chicken going? Any signs of improvement?

Silkiechick - cute bubba parrots. I love how weird baby parrots look. I have 2 male lorikeets so no babies for us.

Satay - hope she turns up soon. I hate it when I can't find the girls. Usually mine are off somewhere in the yard they shouldn't.

Fizzybelle- Rainbow is a bit like Annabelle. I bought calcivet and just put some on a spoon and she drinks it. I'm not sure if its nearing the end of her laying days or just starting again from winter. She did lay a hard shelled egg Sunday after 2 soft shells the week before.

Well DNA results are in for the dorkings and both are boys. Then someone on here said one of my black ones (who we were told were sex links) looked like a boy so I've tested them too. I'm thinking maybe they're australorp x then if not sex links like Rainbow is. Both had no white on the head. So I'm hoping to find out today or Saturday. They're 5 weeks old this week. I've been impatient this time around. Last time I waited until Rainbow laid eggs before I knew.

 

[satay]

Locknest - how is your chicken going? Any signs of improvement?

Silkiechick - cute bubba parrots. I love how weird baby parrots look. I have 2 male lorikeets so no babies for us.

Satay - hope she turns up soon. I hate it when I can't find the girls. Usually mine are off somewhere in the yard they shouldn't.

Fizzybelle- Rainbow is a bit like Annabelle. I bought calcivet and just put some on a spoon and she drinks it. I'm not sure if its nearing the end of her laying days or just starting again from winter. She did lay a hard shelled egg Sunday after 2 soft shells the week before.

Well DNA results are in for the dorkings and both are boys. Then someone on here said one of my black ones (who we were told were sex links) looked like a boy so I've tested them too. I'm thinking maybe they're australorp x then if not sex links like Rainbow is. Both had no white on the head. So I'm hoping to find out today or Saturday. They're 5 weeks old this week. I've been impatient this time around. Last time I waited until Rainbow laid eggs before I knew.

Thanks everyone. So far i have had no luck finding her but ill keep checking around when i am outside, hopefully she will turn up somewhere. Finally bidda has given up being broody and i am now down to 5 broodies in the main pen and all the pekins still but I am making slow progress. I have aprox 30 baby budgies about to come out of the nest and one of my ring necks has 4 eggs, Forgot to add squirty (rainbow lorikeet) laid 2 eggs a week ago. She doesn't have a male though.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thanks everyone. So far i have had no luck finding her but ill keep checking around when i am outside, hopefully she will turn up somewhere. Finally bidda has given up being broody and i am now down to 5 broodies in the main pen and all the pekins still but I am making slow progress. I have aprox 30 baby budgies about to come out of the nest and one of my ring necks has 4 eggs,

She'll turn up. I put eggs in the incubator and then 2 days later a silkie decided to brood on 2 x eggs. I decided not to give her anymore eggs as I have a coronation sitting on something like 20 eggs and she's sure to hatch some out and then leave the nest. Now I have a broody in reserve.
I can't keep up to egg orders ATM and the silkie babies are all ready to go, but 30 budgies , wow do you sell them all?

 

[Teila]

Good morning folks

satay I hope your little girl shows up soon, may be even with some bush babies in tow. Hoping also that you get some much needed rain.

Aaaaw SilkieChickStar your bubbas are growing so fast. While of course they are still cute, they are funny looking things hey? Are the two eggs duds which did not hatch? Are you keeping the little ones or selling them?

Fizzybelle great to hear that Annabelle’s check up was pretty good. Dusty has passed a couple of soft shelled eggs prior to or during a moult and I always know when it is going to happen because she is so uncomfortable. I think the reason Annabelle “feels off” afterwards is due to the effort required to lay them. Not being hard, there is nothing for the muscles to grip and push so it takes them much more effort to get the soft shell out.

Sorry that I can not help with the orb weaver question or hay substitute. I use straw in the nest boxes but do not have next box poopers. May be the very occasional poop but that just gets scooped out.

cheep82 sorry, I forget, are you able to keep the boys or are you going to have to find homes for them?

After the quiet start to their day yesterday, the girls stepped up the pace around 07:30AM and waged a full on nest box war

Dusty has not laid an egg since the 19th of September and I think she might be coming to the end of her egg laying days. She is fit and healthy otherwise. She still likes to scratch around in the nest box and play at laying.

Anyways, yesterday we had Cilla in one nest box [the favourite], Blondie in the one next door and Dusty in the one next to that. When Cilla laid her egg and left the nest, Blondie moved over to the favourite and also laid. When Blondie vacated Dusty moved over to the favourite, sat there for a few minutes and then jumped out and sang the egg song. She had not laid an egg but the silly thing must have thought that she had because there was an egg in the nest

Mumma & Babies at dusk:

 

[satay]

She'll turn up. I put eggs in the incubator and then 2 days later a silkie decided to brood on 2 x eggs. I decided not to give her anymore eggs as I have a coronation sitting on something like 20 eggs and she's sure to hatch some out and then leave the nest. Now I have a broody in reserve.
I can't keep up to egg orders ATM and the silkie babies are all ready to go, but 30 budgies , wow do you sell them all?

I didn't plan for that many babies that's for sure. I will advertise most of them maybe keep a couple.

 

[satay]

Good morning folks satay I hope your little girl shows up soon, may be even with some bush babies in tow. Hoping also that you get some much needed rain. Aaaaw SilkieChickStar your bubbas are growing so fast. While of course they are still cute, they are funny looking things hey? Are the two eggs duds which did not hatch? Are you keeping the little ones or selling them? Fizzybelle great to hear that Annabelle’s check up was pretty good. Dusty has passed a couple of soft shelled eggs prior to or during a moult and I always know when it is going to happen because she is so uncomfortable. I think the reason Annabelle “feels off” afterwards is due to the effort required to lay them. Not being hard, there is nothing for the muscles to grip and push so it takes them much more effort to get the soft shell out. Sorry that I can not help with the orb weaver question or hay substitute. I use straw in the nest boxes but do not have next box poopers. May be the very occasional poop but that just gets scooped out. cheep82 sorry, I forget, are you able to keep the boys or are you going to have to find homes for them? After the quiet start to their day yesterday, the girls stepped up the pace around 07:30AM and waged a full on nest box war Dusty has not laid an egg since the 19[SUP]th[/SUP] of September and I think she might be coming to the end of her egg laying days. She is fit and healthy otherwise. She still likes to scratch around in the nest box and play at laying. Anyways, yesterday we had Cilla in one nest box [the favourite], Blondie in the one next door and Dusty in the one next to that. When Cilla laid her egg and left the nest, Blondie moved over to the favourite and also laid. When Blondie vacated Dusty moved over to the favourite, sat there for a few minutes and then jumped out and sang the egg song. She had not laid an egg but the silly thing must have thought that she had because there was an egg in the nest Mumma & Babies at dusk:

Oh that's a cute picture. Mumma magie bought her two newest babies down yesterday, Unfortunately i couldn't quite get a good shot of them.

 

[satay]

Update, Appps turned up this morning looking for food so she is now locked back in her pen. She is none to happy about it either. but i can't have her out there somewhere at night at her size. Also found 3 little ring neck babies this morning.

 

[Teila]

Update, Appps turned up this morning looking for food so she is now locked back in her pen. She is none to happy about it either.

but i can't have her out there somewhere at night at her size. Also found 3 little ring neck babies this morning.

Great news satay I am pleased she turned up

Do you think she may have eggs out there somewhere? Is it worth letting her out and following her so you can may be save the eggs also? I guess if she is too quick though you might lose her again?

Congrats on the bubbies!

 

[Fizzybelle]

Fizzybelle- Rainbow is a bit like Annabelle. I bought calcivet and just put some on a spoon and she drinks it. I'm not sure if its nearing the end of her laying days or just starting again from winter. She did lay a hard shelled egg Sunday after 2 soft shells the week before.

Well DNA results are in for the dorkings and both are boys. Then someone on here said one of my black ones (who we were told were sex links) looked like a boy so I've tested them too. I'm thinking maybe they're australorp x then if not sex links like Rainbow is. Both had no white on the head. So I'm hoping to find out today or Saturday. They're 5 weeks old this week. I've been impatient this time around. Last time I waited until Rainbow laid eggs before I knew.

Darn, are you able to keep roosters where you are? I hope Rainbow's eggs keep improving, I got a soft shelled one today, it was already on the floor of the pen when I let them out this morning.

Speaking of roosters and mornings, I was rudely awoken today by an awful sound. At a twenty to five, Mabel whose praises I was singing yesterday, decides to try CROWING. I know hens can crow, and Mabel laid an egg today to reassure me, but dear god. Since Agnes passed, there has been some kerfuffles between her and Beatrice (Mabel's bottom of the pecking order, Bea is just above her). Bea won't back down (she's a bossy little D'Uccle), and I'm assuming this attempt at crowing is a part of this dominance struggle. Mabel's unhappy at being at the bottom, but Bea will not give in. It sounded like my rooster Iris, who I had to rehome earlier this year, when he started. Completely off key, but definitely a crow. It certainly had the effect she wanted, it got me out of bed in a hurry and outside. She stopped when I let them out thankfully, but I swear they must sit and ponder ways in which to test our relations with the neighbours. I think we'll need to hand out some more 'apology eggs'.


Satay, hooray for a happy ending! I can imagine the tantrum she's throwing about being locked up too lol, they're sassy little birds.

 

[cheep82]

Update, Appps turned up this morning looking for food so she is now locked back in her pen. She is none to happy about it either. but i can't have her out there somewhere at night at her size. Also found 3 little ring neck babies this morning.

Glad she arrived home!

Fizzybelle- nope no roosters in our council, although I know of one nearby as I hear him. Got the other results in and the black ones are boys too. So all 4 chicks will need to be rehomed. I promised the kids after the new bigger coop is built (all bought in prep for chicks) then we'll get some POL girls.