Hi from Violet Town.... Most of our hens have been at my mother's place in the country since mid November when we went on the Great Vic Bike ride. We also had so many hatchings that I lost count of the number of chicks - it has been a crazy couple of months, all the chooks are mixed up and some of them even I can't tell apart! Bobby is in town and Colin has moved to the country since he has decided to take over and be the head rooster. Colin has been giving Bobby a hard time so they can't live together any more. We are planning to on holidays for the last couple of weeks of January and my mother is moving off the farm at the end of February so now is a good time to downsize. Bobby is free to a good home if you would like him. He is a beautiful rooster - darker colouring, large wonderful shape, very quiet and a real gentleman. He is able to service up to 5 hens and will produce lovely chicks. We have a couple of little girls still available - they must have been hiding in the daisy bush when I collected all the pullets in December and I missed them. They are between 6 and 10 weeks old. We also need to find homes for some older ladies - most of them are around 4 years old so should live another 4-5 years. They are all healthy and are still laying. I'll keep the grandmas because I couldn't part with my old girls. For the first time we are offering a Clucky Chook Package - a hen and 8 fertile eggs to hatch, along with detailed instructions and of course you can always email me for some advice and I do want to hear how it all works out. Have a look at the For Sale page for more details... I'm off to the garden to take some photos before I make some more updates to these pages this evening.... best wishes and happy chooking, Rosemerry
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I have finally put some current photos on the photos page.... I think this is Betty and Jessica. I also see that I didn't write anything about the pre christmas chicks. We had 20 chicks hatch and only 1 survive - I'm pretty sure it was a local cat. I was beside myself. Only Julia had one chick left so we have called her Nicola to keep the political theme and sent her to the country for safe keeping until she is a bit bigger. Joan (b May 2012) - A lovely dark pullet, very even colouring and round shape.
Poor Joan was caught by the dog and has not survived. I am very disappointed, she was quite different to all the other hens and I like the darker colours, also a very sweet personality. Last weekend 5 chicks hatched so of course it has started raining again! Chicks in the kitchen all week again. :)
I don't think we will sell any of these as we are down to just 6 hens and Frankie. At any rate we will wait and see what they grow into. None of the other hens are looking clucky and we are getting random eggs, some days 4 and other days just 1. Despite the differences in the hen colours (only subtle, they are all buff) all our chicks seem to grow into the same mid buff colour. These eggs came from Gilbert The Eaten. I'm hoping for one last clutch of chicks from Frankie since he is darker - just to see if the chicks are darker. I'm making lemon tart - takes a dozen bantam eggs! mmmmm Five families collecting free roosters this morning. It is great to see so many city kids growing up breeding chooks. Best of luck and lots of chicks to you!
JoJo is already clucky so we'll give her some eggs. These eggs are the oldest so cross our fingers that they will still hatch. They are the last eggs from Gilbert the rooster before he was eaten by the dog! Josephine has 7 new little chicks, they were all very strong and we didn't have to help any hatch. 1 of the 8 eggs did nothing and wasn't fertile when I had a final look. We should have candled they to check earlier - I always say that but never get around to it. Josephine is a much better mother than Beatrix and has been busy showing the chicks how to eat their weetbix. This batch has 6 little light brown chicks and 2 golden yellow. I wonder if any will be as light as Josephine?
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AuthorHi, I am Rosemerry and I breed buff Pekin Bantams. I live with my husband at Staughton Vale. We moved to the country in 2021 and left our 3 adult children behind in the city. By day I am a Business Systems Analyst but after hours I am a Chook Fancier Archives
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