oberresford
Hatching
- Jul 17, 2015
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Hi Guys,
So I've always wanted a couple of chickens and so a freind of my partners had to get rid of theres due to selling off part of there land. So anyway I've taken on two Isa Browns and I've already learned a lot along the way.
Firstly I had such little time to get a chicken coop that I bought some flat pack job from a hardware store which cost me $250 australian dollars. Anyway this was a mistake, it was made of thin cheap wood and now I pretty much use it as a glorified nesting box. Anyway I went on to build an enclosure(2.4m sq) as can be seen in the pictures which funnily enough cost me only $200 and I've since built a little coop as well, and added a run (about 2.4mq also). So in summary these are probably the most expensive eggs in the world but hey live and learn and they are great little characters.
One thing I don't get is that initially only one of them way laying then they both started and now just one again. I have used a lice powder on them and a wormer in there water so I think its just a case of waiting and natural cycles. It only gets down to 5 deg C in Melbourne in winter so I don't think I need heating , do I ? I use pine chippings as bedding and it seems to work great. Oh and they seem to love Weetbix !
So I've always wanted a couple of chickens and so a freind of my partners had to get rid of theres due to selling off part of there land. So anyway I've taken on two Isa Browns and I've already learned a lot along the way.
Firstly I had such little time to get a chicken coop that I bought some flat pack job from a hardware store which cost me $250 australian dollars. Anyway this was a mistake, it was made of thin cheap wood and now I pretty much use it as a glorified nesting box. Anyway I went on to build an enclosure(2.4m sq) as can be seen in the pictures which funnily enough cost me only $200 and I've since built a little coop as well, and added a run (about 2.4mq also). So in summary these are probably the most expensive eggs in the world but hey live and learn and they are great little characters.
One thing I don't get is that initially only one of them way laying then they both started and now just one again. I have used a lice powder on them and a wormer in there water so I think its just a case of waiting and natural cycles. It only gets down to 5 deg C in Melbourne in winter so I don't think I need heating , do I ? I use pine chippings as bedding and it seems to work great. Oh and they seem to love Weetbix !
and Welcome To BYC!
