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Wyandotte Chickens

Locality: Watson

Phone: +61 412 000 812

Address: 245 Antill Street 2602 Watson, ACT, Australia

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22.01.2022 We had a tiny D'uccles chicken hatch (they are a mini chicken or bantum - its about 1/4 of the size of a normal chick - you almost need a microscope to see it) and it seemed to have splayed legs or hips and could not walk. So hubby put a splint on it to fix it. D'uccles are tiny little chickens that only lay about 100 eggs a year they are very sweet and quite precious and people fall in love with them and have them as pets. We call them Duckels for want of knowing how to pronounce their name of which i have hear there are many versions. How cute is this precious chick with his splint on?

18.01.2022 Blackies second Brood of nine. Blackie wanted to be with her bestie's and after 4 weeks of being the mother of nine she had had enough. So we took her out of the enclosure and let her be with her mates. The little's hung out together and still do. They are really funny sometimes I would find them in the mid day heat sitting together in a pot with my pot plant. They thought they were little flowers. Here they are just hanging out together in a garden bed.

17.01.2022 Here is a photo of one of the Wyandotte pullets eating with her friend Speedy the light Sussex. I had always imagined my yard full of hens of all different sorts. I have now created "Chickenland" for myself. So much joy and everyday they give us presents. I didn't know you could fall in love with chickens. Our Wyandottes are pure bred they have their own enclosure.

17.01.2022 I've been away for a few days and during this time hubbie was learing how to hatch another batch of chickens in the incubator. His hatch rate is going up. We have 4 pure bred Salmon faverolles and 2 pure bred Red Ancona's. We bought a brooder which they slept under the first night and second night they slept out beside it huddled together in a little bunch. Then Pearl who already has 7 chicks 2 weeks and 1 week old was given 6 more chicks. I said to hubbie over the phone sure...ly 13 chicks won't fix under Pearl. He said they do he went out in the dark and all he could see was a couple of tiny heads poking out. Here is a picture of the 6 chicks Pearl inherited. Not all broodie hens will accept chicks like Pearl does. Blackie did not and Cheepie and Rhodie certainly wouldn't either. Pearl gets the Mother Hen of the Year Award from our batch of broodie girls. See more

17.01.2022 How Many Chicks Can fit In The Mealworm Bowl?

16.01.2022 My Yard Stock - my egg laying girls. Blackie and Blondie (the adopted hatchee) and Maisy our top Chick who keeps order in the yard. (Pearl, Rhodie and Cheepy are all in their own enclosures at the moment with their own chicks. They are also usually our egg laying girls.) Blackie hatched Blondie and brought her up. Blondie was an only child as such we never really got near her. She was a hysterical child - we called her the pretty Princess - if we caught her and picked her up she would scream blue murder. She would never come near us and eat out of our hands. What magic a little mince can do. She is now eating out of my hand with all the other chooks and is no longer such a fraidy cat. But she does still like to hang out with mama cause her bestie - Cheepy is with her chicks in a separate enclosure.

15.01.2022 Brownie had splayed hips - she couldn't walk when she was born - couldn't even get her body upright, so we splinted her legs for 36 hours. I thought she might die she looked so bad. Here's what happened when the splint came off. She ran up the hill. (The electric throw rug)

14.01.2022 It is hard getting pictures of chickens because they are such busy little creatures. You will see one in a great pose and before you can get your iphone out of your pocket to take that photo it has moved. Here are Wave Flash and Hoodie busy together. I love chickens never have to worry about spiders any more. If I go into the front yard and I want to work somewhere I take Maisy our head chook with me and put her down beside me and if anything moves she grabs it. She makes me feel safe.

13.01.2022 Meet Inky-1 standing on my laptop - 1. Our first chick out of the incubator. Had no mates, so for the first 2 days I was mum. Then on the 3rd day I decided to put her in front of 'Pearl' our Australorp mum with 2 week old chicks. I didn't want to be mum again for 2 months. Pearl looked at Inky and made a little sound like yep a chick. I put Inky down and she was immediately accepted into the flock. This had not the case with Cheepy our Australorp chick, her sister was pecked to death and we rescued Cheepy and brought her up till she could fend for herself and join the flock. Things do not always go this smooth so I was pleasantly surprised and had lots of treats for Pearl and her chicks that day for being so accomodating.

12.01.2022 My 2 beautiful boys. Blue and Merlin. We are keeping Blue because we are breeding pure Wyandottes - not sure if we can fit in another enclosure for Merlin the Cuckoo Maran and some girls. I will sell him only if he is going to a nice home. It is now June and I thought I would continue the story. Both boys are now grown up and look very impressive. Merlin has his own flock of girls and we are waiting for them to lay to see what sort of chicks they produce. Cuckoo Maran's are not common they are a rare chicken but they like a bit like Plymouth rock. Blue has some girls who are not quite grown up but Spring should be busy.

12.01.2022 Say Hello to Merlin, he is our Cuckoo Maran rooster only 7 weeks old and already role playing with the girls. Here he is keeping watch over his flock. I picked him as a boy from the word go. When mum Blackie would take all the other chicks to bed Merlin would do patrol of his little yard and make sure his family was safe - one week old and this tiny chick already knew his duty to his family. Safe keeper of the flock.

10.01.2022 I want to show you some pictures of my pullets that are for sale. Here is Wave she has been very timid up till now but since I started giving her little mince meat treats she flies up onto my lap when I sit down and asks for her treat. Very Pretty girl would look good in any garden. No pest man required as there are no spiders.

02.01.2022 We have some pullets for sale they are like my children. We have some Wyandottes and they are most attractive with lacy design on their wings, we have a handsome Cuckoo Maran Rooster, some Bantum light sussex and an Araucana we call hoodie - a very handsome bird. Here is a photo of my Flash the fastest chick in the west about 6 weeks old.