DDU / klarry

DDU can I ask you about your chooks? You do have chooks don't you?
Roughly what sort of cage do you have i.e. wooden? How many chooks & what/how much do you feed them? I searched chook houses on ebay, do you suggest a good one?


Klarry what is needed to fox proof a chook house? We were thinking wire underneath and perhaps sleepers too? Are snakes & rats a problem?


Any information would be good ๐Ÿ™‚
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What? Is that all you got freddie?
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double*dare*u
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Roosters are randy! X-(

Poor hens


My rooster is very rough .. I reckon he's a rapist.
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I'm a bit concerned about the little silky frizzy I reckon he's too big for her even though he's a bantam sussex
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I'm a bit concerned about the little silky frizzy I reckon he's too big for her even though he's a bantam sussex


My silkies had to endure a full sized australorp rooster .. they seemed to be OK.
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Alright then. She's started laying again if I had the camera I'd take a photo show you how bad she looks. Just moulting I guess *shrugs*

She's the one that sat on the rotten eggs for months
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It sounds like she may need intensive therapy claire, look for a chooken whisperer in your area. I'm sure there would be lots but she'll probably have to go on a waiting list if you don't have private chook insurance.

as for mr rooster, Sunday dinner sounds good !!
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have to go, the tennis is on. ๐Ÿ˜„
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The back of her neck is bald!
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She was so lovely when we got her, full of feathers, we called her the feather duster


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borrowed:

During autumn, many household poultry keepers, particularly people keeping poultry for the first time, are puzzled because egg production markedly declines or ceases despite their laying birds appearing healthy. This seasonal decline in egg production occurs when birds go into a condition known as the 'moult'.

Moulting is the process of shedding and renewing feathers. During the moult, the reproductive physiology of the bird has a complete rest from laying and the bird builds up its body reserves of nutrients.

The provision of new feathers or a coat (a feature inherent in most animals) is a natural process, designed by nature to maintain a bird's ability to escape enemies by flight and better protect against cold winter conditions.

Under usual conditions, adult birds moult once a year. Some may moult twice in one year and, rarely, once in two years.
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