Hi. I'm Andrew (Kooka) from Australia

Got into chooks about four years ago. I am on a small farm/large property and wanted to produce my own eggs. Researched suitable breeds and selected Wyandotte in the end as it can snow here and I was looking for something different from the straight out egger, I wanted a breed that also had eye appeal. Glad I did as they have turned out to be a lot of pleasure, in lots of ways. Currently have Blue Lace,Gold and Silver. No roosters due to complaints from the family related to the crowing!!! I get up early, have poor hearing and just don't notice "normal' behaviourMy 'flock' comprises seven GL Wyandotte hens, 3 older hens and 4 chicks, now 3 years old.

As part of my 'corporate planning strategy' decided to extend the family with a couple of younger hens......Long story but have now got :-
6 assorted Wyandotte chicks 5wk old, from bought eggs running with a hen AND 5 - 2wk old chicks in a 'brooder'. The brooders are 2 x GL, 2 x Wheaten Maran and a Campine. Sadly Campine will be a rooster I fear.

Anyway looking forward to meeting you,

Cheers,

Andrew

 

Many thanks for the welcome, I had seen the thread and it will be a great addition to the Forum as a whole.

Have not yet worked out site navigation and general geography yet but from the posts its apparent that its a 'friendly' site so I am looking forward to being part of the community.