New Chicks on the Block

Hi there keepers, and readers, we have new chicks in the flock. Three new Wyandotte Gold Lace, we did have a Minorca too, but if fear it landed on a thorn or got stung by a Weta, unforseen dangers. As we have no rooster, we got some fertile eggs from our friendly breeder, Raewyn Norton [...]

Counting Your Chickens

Hi there keepers, I have truly found out the meaning of  ‘ Do not count your chickens before the eggs have hatched ‘ . We bought eight fertile eggs from our regular breeder, she said at the time she was having about an 80% hatching rate, good we thought, we’ll have six new chicks, which [...]

Changing Seasons

Hi there keepers, the seasons are a changing, we’re in springtime down here in New Zealand, the Daffodils have been and gone, the Bee’s are swarming, and the hens are aware of the new year, Renee has already started to brood 2 days ago, we want to get some fertile eggs to put under this [...]

Chicken Update

Hi there, just a post to let you know i’m here, and general update on the girls. They are all molting at the moment, feathers everywhere, I’m afraid they do look rough, tails have gone, poor Gloria has gone bald on top, and as for Betty the previously beautiful Golden Lace Wyandotte, she looks like [...]

Broody Hen Moves Out.

I have been very busy working away from the house for the past couple of weeks, and it dawned on me late last week, that I hadn’t seen one of our hens Daisy for a few days. She is prone to being hassled by swamp hens and traffic as she tends to roam the neighbourhood [...]

Betty Our Wyandotte

Hi there keepers of the chickens, great news, we have another layer, hoorah!,  just as my patience were wearing thin with them, they have pulled through. I happened to notice that this morning, Betty was missing from the group, who were seeking the sun patches in the garden, so I started to look around for [...]

Nancy’s Gone Broody Again

Hi there keepers, it seems Nancy has gone broody again, I didn’t expect her to do that in the wettest part of winter, I thought her maternal instinct would tell her that this isn’t the right time of year to bringing chicks into the world, but not so, she has managed to find her way [...]

Nancy’s Back

Hi there keepers, just a quick update on the broody hen Nancy, it seems she has decided to return, it has been about 6 weeks since she set up home in Mani’s garden, well behind his shed to be precise. I have been over and physically pushed her out of the nest, trying to get [...]

All’s Quiet On the Western Front.

Hi there, we live in west Auckland,  any one living in these here parts are coloquilly known as Westie’s, nothing like the small terrier with the same name, as the dress code for a ‘Westie’, is black jumper n jeans, with a goatee beard. Any how all is quite of the chicken front really, I’m [...]