Chapter 1
And so it begins… My girlfriend, Niki, and I had talked about getting chickens for quite a while. She wants to cuddle them, I want the eggs. We had chooks when I was a kid. I have no idea what …...
View ArticleMeet Lilya
So I said at the end of the last post that I would do some introductions. I’m thinking I’ll do them one at a time, mostly because one of the girls still doen’t have a name, and hopefully by the …...
View ArticleIntroducing… Honey!
So next up we have Honey, the ISA Brown. The ISA Brown is actually a hybrid, bred from the Rhode Island Red, and the Rhode Island White. They were first bred by the French company Institut de...
View ArticleTilly!
This is Tilly. She is a Silver Pencilled Wyandotte. The Wyandotte originated in the USA in the late 1800’s. They’re classed as a dual Purpose breed, and we can expect to get about 200 light brown...
View ArticleThe artist formally not known as anything, Madge.
We finally have a name for our Barnevelder! After many ideas… Gina (after Gina Rhinehart), because she’s huge and does what she wants. Grace, an ironic name because she was quite clumsy the first week...
View ArticleFeeding time at the zoo
So we’ve had the chooks for just over a month now I think, and already they’ve grown. We’re experimenting with what we give them to eat, seeing what their favourite foods might be. I’m even giving...
View ArticleTilly the Tricken
So leading on from my last post about food, it turns out that the chooks love sultanas. Tilly in particular. To the extent that…. well… I’ll let the video speak for itself…
View ArticleWe Have A Winner!
We have a winner in the race to lay the first egg! With a come from behind (she’s younger), against-all-odds effort, the winner is……. HONEY! It is only a little one, but at least she is on the layer...
View ArticleFalse Starts
As I mentioned in my last post, Honey started laying about a week ago. Shortly afterward (maybe 2 days?), Madge joined in the fun. We can’t all be perfect all the time, and so it isn’t a huge...
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