Our introduction to keeping chickens, the high's, the lows and pics of our journey.

[lindz8504]

I have graduated from basic chicken math to Advance Cluckulus!

After just getting the 3 new EE girls last night, I went and got 3 more FBC maran chicks from the lady I bought the others from! My original 3 have definately turned out to be roos, so I wasn't going to get any DARK eggs from them! What else was I supposed to do, but go buy some more!

The new ones are within a week of being the same age as mine, so I compared my definate roos, and the couple of definate roos left in the brooder and picked the ones that looked the most pullet-ish! I am

that they all turn out to be girls! Hubby thinks I have lost my mind!

I dunno why though?!?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thought you'd like these Ben.

 

[Bens-Hens]

Yes, I like those very much. I decided this morning while out for a run that we would honor Lisa's flock with naming our firt Coro roo, "King". He will be the only roo we keep, and he shall rule out flock.

We have a date

Lindz, you sounds as bad as me hahahaha

 

[Fancychooklady]

These were my early morning visitors. I had to creep around the verandah, so as not to spook them. The shadow is the chimney and I couldn't get any closer.

 

[Bens-Hens]

Very cool. Nice black swans, something that is common here, but rare everywhere else!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Very cool. Nice black swans, something that is common here, but rare everywhere else!

I remember walking to perry lakes and feeding them. They used to be a lot more common here , but the locals ate them. The French explorer De' castreaux parked his sailing ship literally in our front yard and sent the sailors off to gather up as many swans as they could catch for the journey back to Europe.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Yes, I like those very much. I decided this morning while out for a run that we would honor Lisa's flock with naming our firt Coro roo, "King". He will be the only roo we keep, and he shall rule out flock.

We have a date

Lindz, you sounds as bad as me hahahaha

That's really cool, but you really do have bator brain, is there any time when you are not thinking about chickens. Your jogging along ,

with chooks on your brain.

 

[ozexpat]

black swans sell for $2500 here

I love them.

Are those wood ducks there as well?

 

[Fancychooklady]

black swans sell for $2500 here

I love them.

Are those wood ducks there as well?

What ? To eat ?
No they are black ducks, but we do have wood ducks nesting in a gumtree on the rivers edge just outside the chicken coop.

 

[Bens-Hens]

Anything to not be thinking of my legs and what I am doing to them hahahah. Today I lapped the Bibra Lakes path (6km) 5 times....nearly 3 hours of trying to avoid thinking about running while running lol Plus, I clearly REALLY do have a bad case of 'bator brain.

Also, the swans are sold over there for so much as they are not local birds, Gala's and other Australian natives go for about $2100. That's a boat load of cash for a pink and grey! For that price, I don't think anyone would be eating them, they have turkey's to nibble on.