Australians - Where are you all????

[MEEmery]

Hi MEEmery,
Nice to find another Aussie here, welcome What do you plan to do with your roosters? I don't have one but when I have a hen that is almost continuously clucky, I have a friend who breeds and shows chooks and she gives me some fertile eggs. We've had a couple of boys, but my husband gets too annoyed with their crowing so I'm not allowed to keep them
Fortunately my egg-giving friend will always take back the roosters . Because all of her hens are beautiful breeds, she gets good money by selling them. I am very grateful to have such a friend.
All the best with your new brood, keep us updated on how you're getting on

We accidently short changed the local we brought form. A bit of a miscommunication between hubby and I. The local was gracious and despite probably being only $5-$10 short of what she originally asked for I'd like to return them to not burn a bridge should we ever need more babies. I'll keep them till they start crowing so they're returned nice and plump. Will give us time to weed out any potential other roos

 

[Bonnieboo]

Smart thinking about the roosters a plump bird is usually well appreciated. I'm glad you have a good "disposal option

 

[Down Under]

We accidently short changed the local we brought form. A bit of a miscommunication between hubby and I. The local was gracious and despite probably being only $5-$10 short of what she originally asked for I'd like to return them to not burn a bridge should we ever need more babies. I'll keep them till they start crowing so they're returned nice and plump. Will give us time to weed out any potential other roos

Hi MEEmery,

Most of the serious breeders that I know keep their best, sell their seconds and have someone that comes past to "collect" all of their excess roo's, one that I know just gives his excess to the local Indian restaurant but that is another story.

If you plan on returning your cockerels to the breeder it might pay to ask if there is a minimum and maximum age for roo returns, she will probably appreciate the question because if you return them too young she will have to raise them until they are big enough to pass on and if they are returned too old she may be stuck with birds that nobody wants.

 

[MEEmery]

Hi MEEmery,

Most of the serious breeders that I know keep their best, sell their seconds and have someone that comes past to "collect" all of their excess roo's, one that I know just gives his excess to the local Indian restaurant but that is another story.

If you plan on returning your cockerels to the breeder it might pay to ask if there is a minimum and maximum age for roo returns, she will probably appreciate the question because if you return them too young she will have to raise them until they are big enough to pass on and if they are returned too old she may be stuck with birds that nobody wants.

she intends to turn them into dog meat I believe

 

[Down Under]

she intends to turn them into dog meat I believe

Ok thats a new one lol. In that case I don't think that the dogs are going to be too fussed about tough roast chook.

 

[Silkie seller 123]

hmmm lemon ants

i can't say I've heard of them either, I've heard of Honey ants and fire ants green ants but not lemon ants. Honey ants taste like honey they have a really big bum lol which is full of a honey like substance.(i've put a link to a pic of a honey ant below) They must be bush tucker(food) I know that if you go on an outback tour of Australia they get you to taste all the things that the Aboriginals eat (living off the land) but in the suburbs we eat normal food, Australia has a wide variety of foods here because of all the different nationalitys of people who live here, There is greek food, italian food,chinese food japanese food ,malaysian food and indian just to name a few.

We even eat our National Emblems(not all of us) the kangaroo and the Emu. I've never tried roo meat or emu and I never plan too. You can buy Kangaroo meat at the supermarket, don't know about emu meat. I said to my hubby next thing you know we'll be eating Koala lol we eat our other wildlife lol

Bush tucker is food from off the land in the outback of australia, alot of people from overseas think we have Kangaroos jumping through the citys and suburbs but this isn't true, The kangaroos are everywhere in australia but mostly out in the farm lands and outback, I have a friend who moved over to Australia from Holland about a year ago and she still hasn't see a kangaroo. We live on the coast and there isn't many along the coast but you don't have to go far inland to find one.

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jintaart.com.au/images/honey_ant.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jintaart.com.au/iconography/anticon.htm&usg=__2EeUDL8rYkBWV2_6hk7lCZlQyqw=&h=87&w=150&sz=7&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=G-VlWGZitGqttM:&tbnh=56&tbnw=96&prev=/images?q=honey+ants&hl=en&sa=X&um=1

I googled Lemon ants and they are from the Amazon Not Australia no wonder we haven't heard of them

haha soo true never heard of them

 

[Silkie seller 123]

Hi Everyone!

wow that is really neat!

and vegemite would seem to make sense in that case

sorry im so out of touch with australian lingo

i just find it really cool and thank u pixie74943 for telling me this stuff!

are drop bears cute like koalas?

and thank u anyone who has posted on this topic and enlightened me as i am obviously very enlightenable (wether thats a word i dunno)

and feel free to send me a message or help me out with a dilemma i posted about concerning the gender of some of my dear chicks which u find more pics. of on my page

if u want to help i would appreciate it soooo thank u all!

Mate drop bears don't exist and they are def not cute

 

[Bonnieboo]

Speaking of lemon ants. I met some lemon flavoured ants on a trip to Kakadu. We were encouraged to eat the ants that frequented a particular type of tree (don't remember the name), and they tasted just like a tart lemon! Amazing!