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

[ChookieG]

Oh bother, I completely forgot about those instructions. Oh well, I'll remember next time.
I mostly used an article here on byc.

It seems to have worked out pretty well!

 

[ChookieG]

Welcome @Somewhere_In_The_Clouds!

 

[ChookieG]

I just can't get over how cute they are. Something that I didn't realize when I ordered them, was that they are French Marans, meaning that they have feathers on their legs, which is just so adorable!

Awwwww... .those feathered feet ones are interesting but I hesitate to get them as I'm worried it'll be really messy when it rains.

 

[MaryJanet]

Hi @Somewhere_In_The_Clouds I'm in the Adelaide suburbs with 4 hens, 3 pullets, and a cat. And three eggs under a broody, but how that will turn out is anyone's guess

 

[Sussex19]

Awwwww... .those feathered feet ones are interesting but I hesitate to get them as I'm worried it'll be really messy when it rains.

I'll let you know how it goes, thats my slight concern as well.

 

[MaryJanet]

One of the hens at my house has heavily feathered feet and another one has lightly feather feet.

There have never been any problems, but we live on very sandy soil. Clay would be a different matter.

 

[ChookieG]

One of the hens at my house has heavily feathered feet and another one has lightly feather feet.

There have never been any problems, but we live on very sandy soil. Clay would be a different matter.

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Oh they're beautiful...what breed are they ? Are they good layers?

 

[MaryJanet]

Oh they're beautiful...what breed are they ? Are they good layers?

They're both bitsas.

To my way of thinking, they're excellent layers. 3-4 eggs each week per hen, except when moulting or broody.

And the blue hen lays blue eggs. So there's some Araucana in there somewhere.

 

[ChookieG]

They're both bitsas.

To my way of thinking, they're excellent layers. 3-4 eggs each week per hen, except when moulting or broody.

And the blue hen lays blue eggs. So there's some Araucana in there somewhere.

And there I was complaining about one of my bantam EEs not laying well with 5 eggs per week!

Yes I do see the blue feathers ....parent must be a blue Araucana....

 

[ChookieG]

Its a pity that we aren't closer together.....

May not b a good idea...we'll b talking kitties & chicken all day & won't get any work done!

In the moment there's 1 light sussex, 2 coronation sussex, 1 speckled sussex (who is brooding at the base of a tree, because she ran away!) and 2 BOs. Another LS and another CS have already raised broods this year. Those two, a RIR, RIR x and a Cuckoo Orpington (who lays about one a egg a week) are all that are laying for me

...then I should b thankful none of mine are broody!