tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post2018565199781931944..comments2023-08-11T00:48:09.154-07:00Comments on Living In The Land Of Oz: WE GOT ONE !!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-71565225972178182172013-07-26T09:57:44.139-07:002013-07-26T09:57:44.139-07:0012 days....hmmmm....everything ok in the land of o...12 days....hmmmm....everything ok in the land of oz?Fresh Eggs Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718985258467172827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-59502189874733673282013-07-24T06:27:24.656-07:002013-07-24T06:27:24.656-07:00Hi Lynda Sorry I have not been able to comment for...Hi Lynda Sorry I have not been able to comment for a while. I can understand your excitement about your egg I still love finding eggs in the nest and we have had chickens for years. I am wondering if you are over feeding and that is why they are not wanting anything else? Also try splitting the food between 2 containers. The bantams we have are keen on silverbeet but not as keen as the chickens. Our 2 like to dust bath and they do scratch a bit but again not as much as big chickens. However I love their personalities so would never be without them. We have one silkie and one cochin which is like your grey one. When she runs it is like an old lady who has hitched up her skirt. How are the feet coming along?Fiona from Arbordale Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196630415124998431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-29876200758388463482013-07-17T16:16:41.371-07:002013-07-17T16:16:41.371-07:00Youll have to go back to my post, but two (Molly &...Youll have to go back to my post, but two (Molly & Blackie) came with the Coop. I was looking for a tractor for my friend Jess on gumtree and came across the coop with two Pekin Bantams in Melton (say 20 min away)for $100 inclusive. We have been wanting chooks but i thought this would be good taster for the boys who have never had chickens before. A day later i had 5. Jess has lots of chooks including big roosters that were preying (sexually) on the bantams. It was too cruel to just walk away, so i took them as well. Yes, they are beautiful, like little of ladies with bussle dresses. I only wish they would act more like chickens. My only advice if you are buying them is turn them over and inspect their feet. They should be healthy. Have a look at Chicken Bath post. They are due for more treatment this weekend. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-70122588373912724642013-07-17T02:42:15.114-07:002013-07-17T02:42:15.114-07:00How exciting that's exactly what I did when my...How exciting that's exactly what I did when my chooks layed their first egg, I think everyone thought I was crazy I sent photos to everyone lol. I must say your girls are beautiful where did you get them I wouldn't mind adding some bantams to my flock . Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956302484387429985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-39947102825600996432013-07-16T23:36:15.545-07:002013-07-16T23:36:15.545-07:00Good to know Kathy. I thought perhaps it was just...Good to know Kathy. I thought perhaps it was just mine which of course reflects on me. Such a comforting thought to know others have the same predicament. I did spray them once and they held a grudge so i havent done it again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-1935936490472118932013-07-16T23:26:47.214-07:002013-07-16T23:26:47.214-07:00So happy for you that you have got your first egg....So happy for you that you have got your first egg...trust me it will be first of many. Chickens are so great to have but yes, why chickens love the concrete is beyond me and of course that's where they decide to poop most of the time. I have a spray bottle with water in it and if they come onto the area I just spray them and the move away (given you have to be in the backyard yourself at the time). Before that we could pick them up and move them and they walk back, shoo them, nothing worked but the spray bottle with water in it. I think maybe if you let them out first thing without having eaten food they might be encouraged to scratch around because they are hungry. Have fun with your little chickens. Regards Kathy A, Brisbane, Australia<br /><br />www.oursimpleandmeaningfullife.blogspot.com<br />Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278810299840471966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-15226622502813069882013-07-15T16:27:48.850-07:002013-07-15T16:27:48.850-07:00ROFLMAO I love the way your mind works. ROFLMAO I love the way your mind works. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605358521258969537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-6292350457156359262013-07-15T12:27:18.941-07:002013-07-15T12:27:18.941-07:00Kudos on your egg...there is nothing like that fir...Kudos on your egg...there is nothing like that first egg to make you feel like a grandma to that small calcium encrusted ova. We have lost track of where our hens are laying. NO doubt some of them are laying low like brer rabbit and hunkered down on 20 - 30 eggs, they love NOTHING more than all laying in the same nest and one gets clucky then the rest move on...sigh... chooks are worse than Hitler with their aspirations to take over the world. He was only one man but they are legion! Beware... your fluffies might just be planning to take over the compound. Where you see cute fluffy benign bums, I can see keen minds the size of metal ball bearings turning over the possibilities that surround them...be afraid...be VERY afraid! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849427743103205586.post-85651861195688931982013-07-14T17:04:55.343-07:002013-07-14T17:04:55.343-07:00Hey Lynda that's fantastic! There must have b...Hey Lynda that's fantastic! There must have been a commotion when that egg was laid! Such fun having chooks and observing their carrying ons.<br />BarbBarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511242657757784812noreply@blogger.com