DDU / klarry

[clair.de.lune]

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 🙂

[annies_fancy_dress]

🙂 )

Now I have two little black australorp hens, about 13 weeks old.
They are still small but will grow over the next weeks to their 'real' size.

Should have eggs started in 4-6 weeks. They are sooo cute :-x

They should be thrilled with the two apple cores, and tomato and cucumber trimmings they will get for breakfast. 😄

One of my cats saw them and had twitchy tail syndrome, the other cat hasn't seen them yet.
I locked them into the nesting box just before dark.

I'm hoping the cats' presence will deter mice from trying to get into the grain feeder.

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I thought I'd leave the naming until I see their personalities. The website of the place I got them from said that Australorps are 'real larrikins', so names like buffy or fluffy probably won't suit them. 🙂

[*panda*girl*]

Never get a moments peace!


"watta doin' mum? mum? mum? is that food? mum? can i eat it? mum?"

[clair.de.lune]

LOL Love it panda! I pick mine up as much as I can so they get used to it, if I sit down they all come up slowly to see what I've got 🙂

Is that a leghorn because that's like one of mine

[*panda*girl*]

she's an Aracuna Leghorn cross, so hopefully i'll get blue eggs!

[double*dare*u]

you can put soapy water into the microwave and heat it gently and the softens the stuff on the side of the microwave.

[soul_art]

umm, it's not stuff DDU, it's cooked DUCK :^O

[double*dare*u]

umm, it's not stuff DDU, it's cooked DUCK :^O

works for duck too 🙂

[annies_fancy_dress]

My chickies did not like the big winds over the last two days. 😞

They kept hiding in their box.

[*panda*girl*]

Mine are too dumb to get out of the rain!

[clair.de.lune]

Ha Ha mine get out of the rain 🙂