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Who knows this might become successful! I say just speak up in one that is interesting to you. I am a pain in the side of a few threads.
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Chickerdoodle is one of my favorite people to read a post by. or wait. that is the awkwardest sentence ever.
She writes great posts and I try to read all of the ones she replies to. err. Well, now we know why mine don't fly.
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3goodeggs said:
Who knows this might become successful! I say just speak up in one that is interesting to you. I am a pain in the side of a few threads.
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Chickerdoodle is one of my favorite people to read a post by. or wait. that is the awkwardest sentence ever.
She writes great posts and I try to read all of the ones she replies to. err. Well, now we know why mine don't fly.
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Well I am a younger person and perhaps this forum is older?
I only think I have found 3 people that would be roughly my age and the rest either older or younger. So perhaps my idea of a good subject is not one of others.
 
There are a bucket load... perhaps an entire pallet of younger members here. Join a joke, counting, or role playing thread. They are all good kids- dive in and get to know them. introduce yourself and ask if you can play. They'll be good neighbors. You all have chickens in common. That is rarer in other parts of cyber space.
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Take a deep breath and jump in! You have been here for a year and a half. I think it took me a little longer to come out from behind the trees and stop lurking. you are on schedule. it's all good.
 
Australia?
That is interesting and something neat and unusual for us in the states. Start posting pictures of Australia- you do not have to be in them, or even take them.

Make a pen pal Australia thread. Ask for BYC pen pals. There are people in Africa, England, Thailand, Russia, Uzbekistan... That is really cool.
That's your hook. Go fishing!

This is a really friendly place, and those that are not friendly, eh... you know, treat it with a grain of salt. There are more decent people here than not. Join our coffee thread. they are spread over a lot of time zones.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/826429/sitting-with-a-cup-of-coffee-coffee-lovers/0_50


Also, the random pictures thread. -start that one at the beginning. It will take you weeks to get through. but it is so hilarious.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-rambling-thread-we-post-random-pictures/0_50
 
Quote: Lol, as long as they lay eggs, who cares if they can't fly? Not me. :D

More seriously though in my experience there is nobody, no matter how seemingly ignorant or uneducated, who can't teach me something. Everyone's got pieces of the puzzle, not the whole picture. So due respect even if the person seems quite noob or random in their posts.
Quote: Lol, I won't forget, you're one of the few Aussies who seems to move beyond the Aussie threads within the same sorts of topics I check out, and I do believe our circumstances in Australia are somewhat specific to our geographical differences, so I always pay a bit of extra attention to stuff Aussies say as it may directly affect my flock too.
Quote: Your youth isn't an issue. I'm younger than most people guess. What info you have to share, whether fact or opinion, is all valuable regardless of your age and whether or not people agree with it. There's a lot of different schools of thought in rearing chickens and your personal experiences will not be identical to everyone else's so there's a valuable point of difference in itself. Aussie chicken issues are slightly different than many USA ones for example, as diseases adapt to their environments, so your experiences are potentially more important for fellow Aussie members than some other countries. Even if your threads are mainly ignored, someone, sooner or later, will search for these issues and come up here seeking answers and you may help them with whatever you posted.

You're already doing well with this thread. I thought your other thread, regarding the waste of those quarantined rare breed chickens, was a good thread. Good on you for trying anyway. What a pity nothing useful eventuated of it. We keep and breed some mammals in permanent quarantine, why the heck not birds?! Some of those birds were irreplaceable, the importers were right, Australia badly needs new blood. Wasting them because they carry a disease already within our shores and stock is just... OK, I'm running out of nice ways to refer to this. lol.

I do believe Aussies need to look into developing more of our own breeds though, as trying to preserve purebreds indefinitely with such limited stock is a guaranteed way to degrade it further. Our birds are adapting to our environment, so I expect we will have some noticeably unique strains or breeds emerging sometime in future, as has been the case with other countries. This is a totally uncool opinion though as some Aussie breeders subscribe to the idea that anyone who is not maintaining an already existing pure breed is merely "making more chickens". Lol, that's how most breeds began.
Quote: Yeah.... Infinitely variable, lol. Or almost so. Mix away, it'll be very educational.

I've crossed bantams and LF's back and forth, often letting them choose their mates to see what results, and the results have been quite variable. Some offspring will likely be bantams, who may produce LF's in turn, some offspring will likely be LF's, who may produce bantams in turn, and some will be inbetweenies. I've had such mixes come out, even LF fowl with bantam feet, which is obviously not the best mix.

I've had fowl that look like miniature standard LF's and fowl that look like oversized bantams. When I say 'LF' or 'bantam' I am generalizing them into two groups though, with 'bantam' meaning it has fluffy feet with short legs, a boofy hairdo, coral crest, etc and 'LF' meaning normal head feathering, no leg feathering, etc. But of course not all banties and LF fit within those generalizations, just most of mine. But you get the idea.

I prefer bantam crossed with LF for meat and eggs. Mine have excelled in both areas, compared to the closer to purebred LF and bantam stock I bred them from, but what a mongrel mix they are! Bantams contributed darker, juicier, better flavored and fine textured flesh, and the LF contributed higher laying capacity, and the results ended up being a very productive dual purpose LF bird with bantam features. Maybe one day I can refine it into a breed but I'm pretty wary of developing anything purebred with such limited bloodlines, and after moving house so much, I've lost some of my best breeders, so I anticipate a bit of a long climb back to the standard I had them at.

Best wishes.
 
Quote: Lol, I won't forget, you're one of the few Aussies who seems to move beyond the Aussie threads within the same sorts of topics I check out, and I do believe our circumstances in Australia are somewhat specific to our geographical differences, so I always pay a bit of extra attention to stuff Aussies say as it may directly affect my flock too.
hahah, thanks!
Well as I said before I think it has to do with my age. Being the "tech" generation and all.
It is rather hard to be from other countries and try to get information from a very American based sight. Like I just spent 20minutes trying to figure out all the bloody seasons ( very different then Aus ) and counting weeks just to find out when to breed and hatch eggs!

Quote: Your youth isn't an issue. I'm younger than most people guess. What info you have to share, whether fact or opinion, is all valuable regardless of your age and whether or not people agree with it. There's a lot of different schools of thought in rearing chickens and your personal experiences will not be identical to everyone else's so there's a valuable point of difference in itself. Aussie chicken issues are slightly different than many USA ones for example, as diseases adapt to their environments, so your experiences are potentially more important for fellow Aussie members than some other countries. Even if your threads are mainly ignored, someone, sooner or later, will search for these issues and come up here seeking answers and you may help them with whatever you posted.

You're already doing well with this thread. I thought your other thread, regarding the waste of those quarantined rare breed chickens, was a good thread. Good on you for trying anyway. What a pity nothing useful eventuated of it. We keep and breed some mammals in permanent quarantine, why the heck not birds?! Some of those birds were irreplaceable, the importers were right, Australia badly needs new blood. Wasting them because they carry a disease already within our shores and stock is just... OK, I'm running out of nice ways to refer to this. lol.

I do believe Aussies need to look into developing more of our own breeds though, as trying to preserve purebreds indefinitely with such limited stock is a guaranteed way to degrade it further. Our birds are adapting to our environment, so I expect we will have some noticeably unique strains or breeds emerging sometime in future, as has been the case with other countries. This is a totally uncool opinion though as some Aussie breeders subscribe to the idea that anyone who is not maintaining an already existing pure breed is merely "making more chickens". Lol, that's how most breeds began.
Ahh yes I know where I first met you chooks. You where on that "Pheasant Chicken Hybrids" thread. You are a very strongly opinionated person from recollection. Which is good!
You seem to know and awful lot about everything for someone that you say is young. How are you so knowledgeable?
Yes I remember that thread about the salmonella "filled" chicks that had to be put down despite Australia ALREADY having it. That was more to help a friend out as she was going to acquire some of the stock if they passed regulations.
We desperately need new birds, inbreeding is going to become rife throughout Aus probably in the not to distant future.

I have another thread called "Please share you pictures, any pictures" and is on about 100 posts which isn't an awful lot but it's Ok I suppose for a non game thread.
I am just going to get into breeding purebred WLH's. So hopefully I wont be one of those people just "making more chickens" ( apart from my little LF x bantie
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Quote: Yeah.... Infinitely variable, lol. Or almost so. Mix away, it'll be very educational.

I've crossed bantams and LF's back and forth, often letting them choose their mates to see what results, and the results have been quite variable. Some offspring will likely be bantams, who may produce LF's in turn, some offspring will likely be LF's, who may produce bantams in turn, and some will be inbetweenies. I've had such mixes come out, even LF fowl with bantam feet, which is obviously not the best mix.

I've had fowl that look like miniature standard LF's and fowl that look like oversized bantams. When I say 'LF' or 'bantam' I am generalizing them into two groups though, with 'bantam' meaning it has fluffy feet with short legs, a boofy hairdo, coral crest, etc and 'LF' meaning normal head feathering, no leg feathering, etc. But of course not all banties and LF fit within those generalizations, just most of mine. But you get the idea.

I prefer bantam crossed with LF for meat and eggs. Mine have excelled in both areas, compared to the closer to purebred LF and bantam stock I bred them from, but what a mongrel mix they are! Bantams contributed darker, juicier, better flavored and fine textured flesh, and the LF contributed higher laying capacity, and the results ended up being a very productive dual purpose LF bird with bantam features. Maybe one day I can refine it into a breed but I'm pretty wary of developing anything purebred with such limited bloodlines, and after moving house so much, I've lost some of my best breeders, so I anticipate a bit of a long climb back to the standard I had them at.

Best wishes.
WOW! What haven't you done chooks.lol.
I am not a big one for mixes ( they look fantastic but not for me ) but that aside I put 2 bantam frizzle over LF WLH eggs in my bator just to see the result and now one has hatched. She/he is a little smaller than her/his LF counterparts but she is only 1 day old so has a lot of growing to do. I am really hoping she is frizzled.
That's wicked how the bantam x LF's offspring can come out to be LF or bantam.

Thanks for all the help chook
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You do like your looooong post don't you
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hahaha. It's good, thank you.
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