Introduction about me and my Chooks :)

[Australorp Chook]

Hi everyone! I live in New Zealand, or Aotearoa with my family and pets. We’ve got 5 Australorp pullets around 2 months old. We got them two weeks ago, and are loving the new addition to the family! They are free-range chickens, and we’ll be expanding their garden space in a couple of days. They’re still getting used to us, but are getting more confident and come to greet us when we go to say hello. They get very excited when we come down with a silver bowl as it means they’re getting meatloaf (I think it’s they’re favourite food)! We’ve also got 2 dogs and a cat, but the dogs can’t get to them and our cat doesn’t seem interested. We’ve been researching about chickens for a few months, and the BYC has come up nearly every time we’ve googled something. All of the threads were very helpful, so we thought we’d join Thanks to the BYC and everyone who’s posted, you’ve helped a lot so far in looking after chickens!

 

[Jener8or]

Ha, I love that meatloaf is their favorite food! (I bet it's a good recipe!) Australorps are some of my favorite chickens! Welcome to BYC!

 

[Karoo permaculture]

Welcome, this is the place to be, beware of the nasty chicken math.
Share some pictures of your flock if you dont mind.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC! Glad you've found many answers here. Most of us got here due to that very same reason!

If you haven't hit our Learning Center yet, you might want to check it out. It's full of so many helpful articles about raising poultry.

 

[Australorp Chook]

Welcome, this is the place to be, beware of the nasty chicken math.
Share some pictures of your flock if you dont mind.

(Sorry about this space, don’t know how to delete it)

Ha, I love that meatloaf is their favorite food! (I bet it's a good recipe!) Australorps are some of my favorite chickens! Welcome to BYC!

Same! Their previous owners said they love meat loaf, so we tried giving them some. It’s actually meat loaf that we give to the dogs (we get it from the super market) They go crazy for it!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Australorps are a wonderful breed, I wouldn't have a flock without them! Your babies look and sound adorable, thanks for sharing!

Make yourself at home here!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

they love meat loaf

You can drop the 'loaf' off this statement and it applies to all chickens.

I routinely feed mine cans of tuna and tins of sardines. I also tossed a whole sardine out to them but I think it freaked them out initially that it was staring back at them. So I sliced it open and they went bonkers tearing the rest of it apart and they ate the whole thing, bones and all. They've also been given turkey carcasses to strip down.

I've seen them play chase with a garter snake that was unfortunate enough to wander into their pen. The same for any frog they can catch. They will also kill but not eat toads. I unfortunately also saw them tear apart and eat a fledgling sparrow one morning.

Chicken are true to their velociraptor ancestry to the core.

 

[muddy75]

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with your first flock!