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. Lettie had only 4 chicks hatch. 3 from Rodney (my Mother's rooster & hens) and 1 from Bobby. Seems everyone has a poor hatch rate this year. Anyway the 4 that did hatch are perfect. No spots of colours anywhere not even on the new feathers. I'm praying they are all hens. Lettie is lovely with them and is very patient teaching them to eat their weetbix.
Jo Jo left her 6 chicks and returned to the rooster, when the chicks were only 4 weeks old. They are doing well but get lots of extra attention from me so are extremely tame and always come when they are called. I am getting so many requests for eggs I can't keep up. The pullets are laying but the eggs are too small for hatching yet. Jasmine is back from Wembly Primary. She had 6 lovely little chicks and many admirers. It was a very successful experiment. Hopefully we can repeat it next year.
Eustace has found a new family. I hope he will be be happy with you Suzie and do all the right things! It sounds like a wonderful place with a lovely variety of chooks. We have sold a few chicks and have a few hens on waiting lists so we only have eggs for sale and roosters available free now. Maybe more in Feb but not really sure at the moment. JoJo would like some more eggs to hatch but it is too close to Christmas now so I have taken the nesting boxes out overnight and hopefully she will forget about it soon. We have sold so many little hens I am losing track but there are only 3 left. Lots of people are taking roosters too and we only have 8 left. Only one is crowing in the morning yet and the sound just makes you laugh. They are not yet in the proper coop but they will move across next weekend.
While I was away on the weekend my son the salesman - Ted, sold so many chooks I can't believe it. We have only a single 8 week old pullet left ($30). I haven't listed it on the for sale page as there is only one left and we're happy to keep her if no one asks! We haven't had to cull a single rooster yet which always makes me happy particularly when they are so promising. We are going to take a gamble with the up coming batch of chooks as we all reckon we can spot a few hens and we'd rather send people home with hens if we can.
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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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