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

[MaryJanet]

Hello all! I'm still newish here, and have only just realised this thread exists!
Checking in from SE Melb

Gday from Adelaide!

 

[Sussex19]

Hello all! I'm still newish here, and have only just realised this thread exists!
Checking in from SE Melb

Hello!
I'm in the south east corner of NSW.

 

[ChookieG]

Hello all! I'm still newish here, and have only just realised this thread exists!
Checking in from SE Melb

Hello and welcome fellow Aussie!!!

 

[ChookieG]

Thank you, I don't think its anything much, so no doubt I'll feel much better soon.
Here's a couple of chick pics, instead! Which is all I've got on the computer.
(these chicks are soo hard to take photos of, they seem t

And something that makes even more exciting, is that I don't know which eggs these hatched from, the flock has a Cuckoo Orp x Light Sussex rooster, and the hens are RIR, RIR x Light Sussex, two BOs, SS, and a Cuckoo Orp. Any ideas?
This broody hen is mean, by the way, and gives one of the others a hard time! Great with her chick though.

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And something that makes even more exciting, is that I don't know which eggs these hatched from, the flock has a Cuckoo Orp x Light Sussex rooster, and the hens are RIR, RIR x Light Sussex, two BOs, SS, and a Cuckoo Orp. Any ideas?
This broody hen is mean, by the way, and gives one of the others a hard time! Great with her chick though.

Mean mummy = protective = good mummy!!

I think one of my favorite girls had gone broody as she's sitting on the eggs the girls & her laid this morning!!!

Was wondering as I'm not ready to hatch more chicks whether it's possible to break her broodiness & then get her to go broody again when I'm ready? Does it work that way? What's been your experience?

 

[Sussex19]

Mean mummy = protective = good mummy!!

Yeah, yeah, but the other two manage to chase of cats and stuff, without seeking out the other broody hens and their chicks. Still, I'm not really complaining, and I think its settling down a bit now.

I think one of my favorite girls had gone broody as she's sitting on the eggs the girls & her laid this morning!!!

Ooh, how exciting! With mine it can take up to a week before they really commit though, so you might want to wait a bit before giving her eggs.

Was wondering as I'm not ready to hatch more chicks whether it's possible to break her broodiness & then get her to go broody again when I'm ready? Does it work that way? What's been your experience?

I don't really know, as I have never broken one, so far I have just given them eggs as soon as they want them. I know that another experienced member has said that gives them bad habits. (i.e. leaving the nest to soon)

 

[Poultry mum]

Hello all! I'm still newish here, and have only just realised this thread exists!
Checking in from SE Melb

Hello we’re the crazy mother hen club welcome aboard

 

[Poultry mum]

@ChookieG @Sussex19 @MaryJanet ive just sexed my babies…. And the verdict is…
Oddball is a boy!
And…

Pipsqueak is a…..
GIRL!!! Yay!! One of each…

 

[ChookieG]

@ChookieG @Sussex19 @MaryJanet ive just sexed my babies…. And the verdict is…
Oddball is a boy!
And…

Pipsqueak is a…..
GIRL!!! Yay!! One of each…

Congrats!!!

I'm guessing FuzzyBaby is a girl as well as she's rather passive....unlike daddy when he was a chick....she doesn't have daddy's fuzz but she inherited his gigantic cushion comb!

 

[Poultry mum]

Congrats!!!

I'm guessing FuzzyBaby is a girl as well as she's rather passive....unlike daddy when he was a chick....she doesn't have daddy's fuzz but she inherited his gigantic cushion comb!

Lol sounds like she’s got her grandma chickens temperament

 

[ChookieG]

Lol sounds like she’s got her grandma chickens temperament