A while ago we got some week-old chicks from a pre-school. We have divided our pen in half and kept them segregated from our older birds so we could feed them Pullet Grower mix without them being molested by the adults. However this morning I went into their area and...
Polly – The Layer of Eggs
Our White Leghorn / New Hampshire Cross chook known as Polly has finally started laying. Which has taken a month or so longer than the Rhode Island / New Hampshire crosses took to begin laying. She laid her first egg last Friday (15/Aug/08) and the 2nd one came today....
Automatic Drinker
If you are interested in creating an automatic drinker without spending 10-20 dollars on a bought one you can make a drinker out of a plastic tub and a drink bottle you will need to drill holes in the drink bottle to let the water out to the right height and then just...
Re-coop-eration
We have been slowly refining our Chook Pen and Coop. The first thing we found is the girls didn't like how exposed the nesting boxes felt and weren't using them. So we stapled a privacy curtain to front and put small cutouts in them to allow them to enter. They now...
Double Yoker
On Tuesday (5 Aug 08) we had our first double yoked egg layed. It was 89 grams. The average egg we get at the moment from our young chooks is about 54-59 grams. It tasted really nice:
I am chicken hear me roar
OK this will be of virtually no interest to the world community. I put it here simply for posterity and to answer the "When did chicken X start laying?" question. I think we now have two chooks laying. The new egg is on the right. My lovely wife found an egg in the...
Wheel Rim – Garden Hose Holder
This wheel rim was taken from my parents property which they sold. I have had it in the garage forever. After digging round for a concrete anchor or loxin I have finally mounted it on a concrete post near the tap. It's not beautiful but it's functional.
Chicken Coop Security Appliance
This is a shot of my new chicken gate latch. It's made of a plank of wood, 2 welding rods, a mop handle and some 1.2mm galvanized wire.
Chicks and Chickens sometimes don’t mix
Our chickens are about 26weeks old but we have just gotten some smaller ones. If it wasn't for the wire between the older chickens and the chicks I'm fairly sure they would peck the babies to death. The chicks are oblivious to the danger they are in. The older chooks...
First Eggs! and 2 New Isa Browns
OK so this morning I had a more thorough look for eggs and lo and behold in the back of the coop, in the most private corner are two eggs We weighed them and the first eggs are 46 + 48 grams. We haven't identified which of the 3 girls are the actual layers yet And...