Wyno Queen
In the Brooder
- Oct 4, 2017
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I keep a small flock of Wyandotte chickens in my Ballarat backyard, with two silver laced and two blue laced red girls. They are my second flock. My first was taken by a fox, some years ago and it took a while for me to grieve the loss of my first girls, before I returned to chicken keeping late last year.
I am a permaculture designer, teacher and blogger and run a pet sitting business and blog petandplants.com.au, where you can find out more about Wyandottes and chicken keeping, in my blog.
I share chicken keeping and vegetable growing with friends who are renting and have only a minescule backyard. This works brilliantly for us all. With a third of an acre, there is too much space and work for me alone to keep up with the demands of both, plus the girls benefit from extra food scraps and someone to care for them when I go away.
I originally began keeping Wynos on the recommendation of my dad, as Wyandottes were always his favourite breed, having also kept flocks of many other varieties. My dad was in charge of the family backyard chickens as a boy and continued to keep chickens into his 30s. By the time I was born, we were living in a house with a very small backyard, so vegetable growing and chicken keeping were out of the question. However, when I was seven, my family acquired a hobby farm and soon had a flock of lovely buff columbian Wyandotte bantams, with a few grouse companions. My dad selected bantams to help me overcome my chicken phobia, which began when I was savagely attacked by several renogade roosters at my cousins farm and cornered by a viscious huge white leg horn rooster at my brother's house. The bantams helped me a lot, but I was still wary of roosters and remain so to this day.
I spent most of my working life teaching in Melbourne, but at the end of 2011, I made a tree change back to my hometown of Ballarat and in 2012, completed a Permaculture Design Certificate. For those of you who have never heard of permaculture, it basically revolves around sustainable living. I was determined to grow as much of my own food and leave a minimal footprint on the planet. Chicken keeping is part of such efforts.
Meanwhile, my Wynos do much more than supply me with gorgeous eggs. They are able compost turners, producers of manure and love to eat many pesky garden menaces, like slugs, snails and codling moth.
My girls have their own run, complete with a three bale composting system. They sleep in their chicken tractor, which keeps them safe from foxes at night. The tractor can be wheeled into the rest of my garden as needed.
The rest of our family consists of a dog and cat.
I am available to visit your chickens and or other pets, to look after them while you are away, if you live in Ballarat
I am a permaculture designer, teacher and blogger and run a pet sitting business and blog petandplants.com.au, where you can find out more about Wyandottes and chicken keeping, in my blog.
I share chicken keeping and vegetable growing with friends who are renting and have only a minescule backyard. This works brilliantly for us all. With a third of an acre, there is too much space and work for me alone to keep up with the demands of both, plus the girls benefit from extra food scraps and someone to care for them when I go away.
I originally began keeping Wynos on the recommendation of my dad, as Wyandottes were always his favourite breed, having also kept flocks of many other varieties. My dad was in charge of the family backyard chickens as a boy and continued to keep chickens into his 30s. By the time I was born, we were living in a house with a very small backyard, so vegetable growing and chicken keeping were out of the question. However, when I was seven, my family acquired a hobby farm and soon had a flock of lovely buff columbian Wyandotte bantams, with a few grouse companions. My dad selected bantams to help me overcome my chicken phobia, which began when I was savagely attacked by several renogade roosters at my cousins farm and cornered by a viscious huge white leg horn rooster at my brother's house. The bantams helped me a lot, but I was still wary of roosters and remain so to this day.
I spent most of my working life teaching in Melbourne, but at the end of 2011, I made a tree change back to my hometown of Ballarat and in 2012, completed a Permaculture Design Certificate. For those of you who have never heard of permaculture, it basically revolves around sustainable living. I was determined to grow as much of my own food and leave a minimal footprint on the planet. Chicken keeping is part of such efforts.
Meanwhile, my Wynos do much more than supply me with gorgeous eggs. They are able compost turners, producers of manure and love to eat many pesky garden menaces, like slugs, snails and codling moth.
My girls have their own run, complete with a three bale composting system. They sleep in their chicken tractor, which keeps them safe from foxes at night. The tractor can be wheeled into the rest of my garden as needed.
The rest of our family consists of a dog and cat.
I am available to visit your chickens and or other pets, to look after them while you are away, if you live in Ballarat
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Thanks for the welcomes everyone. May you and your flocks all thrive!
