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Peckers and Quackers

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25.01.2022 This is Kermit and she’s a theif! She’s been sitting for around 2 weeks now. When she sat I gave her half a dozen eggs and there were no more under her for a good few days so I left her be. Yesterday I thought I’d have a sticky when she got off (she likes to take your arm off when you go near her!) and found this! 18 eggs!! The other Muscovy have obviously started to lay again and she’s being a greedy guts! They are all marked now so I’ll have to keep a good eye on this little thing. It’ll be interesting to see how many of these actually hatch

24.01.2022 POULTRY MARKET UPDATE! I’m hoping to have some babies to take with so keep an eye out for my posts.

23.01.2022 She’s got the taste for chickie hugs! The first time she’s been able to hold a little chook on her own, she makes this 7 week old look huge

22.01.2022 Let’s play... Where’s James! This isn’t one of those forced perspective photos. She’s decided to make a nest in the deep straw and her head was just sticking out

20.01.2022 20 little balls of puff

19.01.2022 Check out the crazy Pom Pom on this little thing

18.01.2022 Nothing better than some fresh grass! Our poor little hut seems to be on its last legs it has served us well!

17.01.2022 C H I C K E N & D U C K S E E D S Our usual barnyard chook mix Aylesbury dozen ... Pekin dozen Ready to go NOW! Pozieres Qld Express Available in eggspress carton

16.01.2022 With the warmer weather coming up, keep an eye on your ducks

16.01.2022 Pretty accurate!

15.01.2022 I think it’s safe to say he’s pretty friendly!

14.01.2022 She definitely wants to see the manager

14.01.2022 One of the little helpers is ready to go

13.01.2022 Nuggets galore! For the pan - OR - ... For the ‘bator Please message me for ‘bator and breeds.

12.01.2022 Fresh and fertile ready to go! THESE WILL ALL BE BARNYARD (CROSSBREED) CHICKS PLEASE DM ONLY! ... Eggs are from: 1x silver laced Wyandotte cross 1x partridge Wandotte 6x Sussex - Light and Buff 1x black araucana 1x lavender araucana 2x French Wheaten Marans Rooster is a Wyandotte x

11.01.2022 I want some geese soo badly

10.01.2022 Getting ready to kick off the season! We will only ever post in these bad boys to make sure your eggs have the best chance at getting to you as safe as possible thanks to Eggspress Safe

10.01.2022 How cute are these baby swans!

09.01.2022 Gotta start the obsession young

08.01.2022 The Marans have grown and we’ve got a trio! It’s time to enter the outside brooder you messy little things

07.01.2022 Little babes growing up nicely and will be off to the poultry sale next month

07.01.2022 If you are unfamiliar with the difference between meat chickens and heritage chickens, this is a good visual. A heritage chicken is on the left and the modern ...day meat chicken is on the right. The meat chicken, or Cornish Cross, is a combination of two chickens, the Cornish rooster and the White Plymouth Rock. It was first bred in the late 1950's as a result of a contest with a $5,000 prize! The cross has been selectively bred for the past 60 years to produce a chicken that grows twice a fast with breast meat so large "you can cut it like a steak", which was the original goal. The chicken you buy at the store is Cornish Cross, and it's only 7-8 weeks old when processed. The Cornish Cross (also called Cornish Rock) breeding program is owned by "big chicken". The birds do not reproduce, mainly because they die of heart attacks or break legs before becoming sexually mature. They're just too big and lazy to mate, but even if they did, the result won't be another Cornish Cross. They are also a very fragile bird. A mortality rate of 10-20% is not uncommon. What that means to homesteaders is that Cornish Cross is not a sustainable meat source. You buy chicks from the hatchery, raise them, process them, and then buy more. If the hatchery goes away, no more Cornish Cross. If you are old enough to remember eating chicken in the 1950's, then you ate heritage chicken. Heritage chicken is what we have running all over our yard. Certain breeds lend themselves to being "dual purpose", meaning good for eggs and meat. Breeds like Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, and Orpingtons are considered "heavy breeds" that are good for meat. Heritage breeds are sustainable, meaning they mate and hatch more. Homesteaders of old would let their chickens hatch new chicks, and eat the young roosters before they got tough (usually around 5-6 months old). Later they would process the old hens to make soups, stock, and the most delicious chicken and dumplings! Heritage chickens have much less breast meat and longer legs, but a much deeper flavor because they are older and have more time to develop flavor. Heritage chickens (or young roosters) are popular with our customers that grew up in another country. It's what they ate in the village where they grew up. They also tell us that the chicken in the store has no flavor! We tend to have more young rooster meat available because we incubate to replace old hens, and half of the chicks turn out to be roosters. It's tastier chicken to us, but if we show it to customers that grew up here, they say "What happened to your chicken?". So now you know. Class dismissed!

06.01.2022 Group tanning session

05.01.2022 Rachel and her ducks

04.01.2022 Phoenix Rooster - Think I need one!

03.01.2022 CANCELLED ORDER READY TO GO NOW! Mixed barnyard Araucana (lavender and black)... French wheaten Marans Sussex (light and buff) Wyandotte (partridge and silver laced cross) Rooster is Wyandotte x Marans Pickup Pozieres or postage available

03.01.2022 Pretty happy with the Aylesburys current fertility rate! Are available to order Available as well

03.01.2022 Ready to go NOW 1 Dozen Aylesbury Seeds! Pickup or post available... Located pozieres Qld

02.01.2022 Muscovy #3s turn to sit!

01.01.2022 Let’s see how friendly we can get this little cockerel