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

[satay]

Welcome thebigdog and qldchook. Another qlder here. Thebigdog we have a lot of grey nomads that pass through this way. Infact my in laws are due here in a few weeks and they do the grey nomad thing. I have chooks ducks and turkeys. Forgot to add i am an hour or so from Brissy in the brisbane valley.

 

[qldchook]

I wonder how everyone has gone thru the string of natural disasters we have had , bush fires, cyclones, floods, re their poultry. I realise for a lot of poor people, poultry no matter how loved would be the last thing on their minds. It is not as simple as chucking the dog in the car?

 

[duckyfromoz]

qldchook i was reading last night of a fellow by the name of Tully in QLD. He is well known around the country for his breeding of a large number of different birds. Sadly in a relatively short period of time Mark has lost his house bought flooded and burnt to the ground and his mother also passed away. What birds he didnt loose int he floods he lost in the fire from what I could gather- and he is not in a good way emotionally over it all. He has lost everything that held any meaning in his life.

http://www.rarechooks.com.au/

Im sure it has happened to others too- I dotn have many birds- but would be totally devastated to loose them all. Those that are not part of my breeding of an extremely rare colour of Runners are my pets with incredible personalities- Making them all irreplaceable. I have sold some bird to one fellow in Victoria who I could approach to get back some off my own bloodline- but since they are a work in progress- it would put me back a few years to start again from his birds and resource other birds.

 

[satay]

We were lucky in the floods. We live on the side of a hill so our property got inundated with water as it flowed down the hill but our house was safe and the birds were too. I do know of many breeders in grantham and forest hill (grantham is 45km from here and forest hill about 30km. Not far at all when you live out here.) that lost their entire flocks which was very sad. Most of them lost their houses too.

 

[qldchook]

Hi guys,
Satay that would be FAR too close for comfort. It must be good to know that you 100% floodproof though.I have a VERY open high set house so I moved up the road to my parents when Cyclone Yasi came through. My ute had two cockatiels, 2 dogs and 10 chooks. We built this little coop in the lounge room!

 

[qldchook]

We were lucky in the floods. We live on the side of a hill so our property got inundated with water as it flowed down the hill but our house was safe and the birds were too. I do know of many breeders in grantham and forest hill (grantham is 45km from here and forest hill about 30km. Not far at all when you live out here.) that lost their entire flocks which was very sad. Most of them lost their houses too.

I just looked at your album and you have bantam frizzle hen JUST like my girls who have now all gone from old age. Where are you located? Do you ever breed frizzles? The rooster showing in my picks is a smooth frizzle, he used to breed with his frizzle wives and always threw frizzles but has outlived sister wife, daughter wife and grandaughter wife, he is 12 yrs old.I should not get any more but really miss my frizzle girls.

 

[qldchook]

Hi there! I'm in Canberra

I've got 8 adult ducks and 7 ducklings between 3 and 5 weeks old.

Finally getting a bit of warm summery weather here - Canberra is slow to catch up....

Are you going to let your ducks sit, Duckyfromoz?

I just looked at your albums, the chook & duckling photo is FANTASTIC! Are they yours? That duckling makes me want ducks.

 

[satay]

I just looked at your album and you have bantam frizzle hen JUST like my girls who have now all gone from old age. Where are you located? Do you ever breed frizzles? The rooster showing in my picks is a smooth frizzle, he used to breed with his frizzle wives and always threw frizzles but has outlived sister wife, daughter wife and grandaughter wife, he is 12 yrs old.I should not get any more but really miss my frizzle girls.

Yes i do breed frizzles. I am in Esk.

 

[satay]

Hi guys,
Satay that would be FAR too close for comfort. It must be good to know that you 100% floodproof though.I have a VERY open high set house so I moved up the road to my parents when Cyclone Yasi came through. My ute had two cockatiels, 2 dogs and 10 chooks. We built this little coop in the lounge room!

We actually have a low set house and were very fortunate not to have it come in the house. We live 8km out of Esk. The main township went under as did most other little towns around here. So for 2 weeks we were basically stuck in our street. Even when the flood waters went down the roads and bridges were so destroyed you couldn't get anywhere and when we finally made it out to gatton there was no food on the shelves as nothing could be brought in from brissy but hey we were so lucky compared to friends of ours thats mum was lost in postmans ridge.(just below toowoomba) Her low set brick house was washed away all they found was a slab and 3 bricks. Her car was found 7km away up a tree and a week later she(her body) was found in gatton (25km away). We had other friends in grantham that were on the rooves of their houses with small children for hours waiting to be rescued. (lucky the got rescued). All of this happened in an area renouned for drought not rain. I could not imagine a cyclone that must have been really scarey.

 

[qldchook]

We actually have a low set house and were very fortunate not to have it come in the house. We live 8km out of Esk. The main township went under as did most other little towns around here. So for 2 weeks we were basically stuck in our street. Even when the flood waters went down the roads and bridges were so destroyed you couldn't get anywhere and when we finally made it out to gatton there was no food on the shelves as nothing could be brought in from brissy but hey we were so lucky compared to friends of ours thats mum was lost in postmans ridge.(just below toowoomba) Her low set brick house was washed away all they found was a slab and 3 bricks. Her car was found 7km away up a tree and a week later she(her body) was found in gatton (25km away). We had other friends in grantham that were on the rooves of their houses with small children for hours waiting to be rescued. (lucky the got rescued). All of this happened in an area renouned for drought not rain. I could not imagine a cyclone that must have been really scarey.

Wow, that is such a sad story, I remember hearing about it on the news. 20 hours may be too far to drive for one frizzle! Then again, they are pretty incredible chooks. One of my girls who lived a completely normal outdoor life but would come up the back stairs each day & have some chill out time in the house.I really missed her visits when she died.