Gwydion's chicken

Gwydion · **Posted:** Fri Dec 20, 2013 8:12 pm

Yes, I guess they do... But the girls are already bigger and whenever he tries to be the big guy and puts his neck feathers up, the girls do the same and silly makes a runner. At the food bowl it's the same, first the girls and when they loose interest he can sneak in. Like real life... :help:

Jaymie · **Posted:** Fri Dec 20, 2013 10:52 pm

roosters can live on nervous energy

Gwydion · **Posted:** Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:38 pm

Today so had to rescue the chickens from an 0.75m long olive python. The snake was in one corner of the run, the chickens in the opposite. :-D

To calm them down afterwards they got a big bowl of cooled watermelon leftover... ;-)

Peasants · **Posted:** Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:15 pm

Eventful!!

Gwydion · **Posted:** Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:43 pm

Did you know that chicken can get brain freeze when they eat chilled watermelon... like humans when they eat slushies or ice cream...

The chickens were gulping down the watermelon pieces when one after the other started to put there feathers up like goose bumps and started shaking like a wet dog trying to dry his fur... sounds weird, looked better while it was happening.

Gwydion · **Posted:** Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:52 pm

We parted from our rooster yesterday, he was just to rough on the girls, biting their necks and pulling them around. His morning vocals didn't support an extension on his stay either as we had to put him in a seperate enclosure which was a lot closer to the house. ;) So he became a freebie on gumtree...

But the girls are much better now, the run extension will be started next week, i got a dingo to drill all the fence post holes already on order. That will give them another 40sqm run in addition to the existing 15sqm.

Gwydion · **Posted:** Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:30 pm

we just got our first egg... unexpected early after 4 months... But still a great result, luckily I found it this evening. I was just locking the chook shed as we have taken in a stray dog which was running around on the highway and I didn't want to trust her in the first night that much. ;)

Gwydion · **Posted:** Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:22 pm

And the second egg already... looks more like a miniature egg... but shell intact and hard

Gwydion · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:58 pm

Another 2 today... one in the nesting box, the other one outside, exactly were i found the first two... in front of the feeder... maybe they eat until the egg shoots out...

The have to stay inside tomorrow for worm treatment, maybe that gets them used to the nesting boxes.

Gwydion · **Posted:** Sun Feb 16, 2014 7:08 pm

One of the chickens is eggsaggerating with her eggs... 76g... it didn't fit into the carton and i had to put 2 small ones next to it in the egg cooker to make it fit.

We are thinking about giving 2 of the 7 to a mate, because at the moment we are getting 4 eggs a day from 4 layers, when the other 3 are starting to lay we will drown in eggs...

Placing golf balls into the nest boxes did really work, in the first days we found eggs in the run, but now the share one nesting box.

Charlie · **Posted:** Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:48 pm

Hi Gwyd, just letting you know I always read your thread - I just don't have much to add other than your progress is cool to watch. Once I get my own chickens Ill be hitting up yourself and the members here for help.

cheers!

Perpetuitas · **Posted:** Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:32 pm

Just love your chicken!

The Hopefulls · **Posted:** Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:59 am

looks like you are well into production now.

Gwydion · **Posted:** Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:39 pm

Thanks for your comments...

Cheers

Gwydion · **Posted:** Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:35 pm

Hey Charlie...

That's OK, I don't need an answer every time... I sometimes like talking to myself, it feels like home... :-D

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