Poultry in Urbania

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Comment by Cynthia Chapman on July 22, 2009 at 9:50pm

Hi, the organic chicken care day was held be Paul Healy at his farm in Judbury, Tasmania - about 50 mins drive from where I live. One day was not enough! Paul has been breeding chickens for at least 30 years and currently breeds Barnevelders. A dual purpose chicken which lays glossy brown eggs and is also good to eat. He writes a regular column in our local n'paper (The Mercury - Hobart) on Saturdays. Quite happy to answer specific question (if I can remember everything he talked about!) :0)

Comment by Daniel Andrews on July 22, 2009 at 8:33pm

we had five today although one egg was small so i dont know if it is a second egg from a chicken or whether a fifth has come into laying

Comment by Michelle on July 22, 2009 at 7:59pm

I've got three of my five girls laying now, lots of eggs and soldiers for my boys!!!
My chooks were very considerate and laid the eggs all together and one after the other. It was very funny to watch :^)

Comment by KATE MORONEY on July 21, 2009 at 7:18pm

Yes please more info on the 'organic chicken care day!'

Comment by KATE MORONEY on July 21, 2009 at 7:17pm

Hi All,
This group is awesome. We just got our 1st ever chooks, 2 of them, on Sunday avo & I have read through all your comments so far 7 have got HEAPS of info & useful tips. Heki laid her 1st egg for us today and Oma is yet to get to the laying stage but hopefully soon! I have been told by so many people once you get chooks u always have chooks, I am starting to see why!

Comment by Daniel Andrews on July 21, 2009 at 4:34pm

i had four eggs today and three yesterday they seem to be laying regular now. i don't know which ones aren't laying i have a feeling it is the first two chickens a friend of mine gave me but how can i be sure?
would love to hear more on the organic chicken care day!

Comment by Cynthia Chapman on July 21, 2009 at 10:28am

I really enjoy all the ides in this chicken forum. Thanks everyone for sharing your ideas and experiences.

I recently went to an organic chicken care day. The person running this course has been breeding chickens for over 30 years. His advice was that only really rhubarb was toxic for chickens. A variety of greens is the best and he ties his into bundles and hangs them up so that the chickens get some exercise reaching up to peck at them and then they don't all get trodden into the ground either.

Comment by Jenny Freewalker on July 21, 2009 at 6:39am

l'm delighted to announce the arrival of my first egg from the 3 chooks that l bought at the Poultry and Pigeon show at Kumeu a couple of weeks ago. They seem to have settled in well and l look forward to more eggs. l enjoy all the comments that everyone is sharing. l have been feeding my chooks soaked wheat and food scraps including the cat's meat that she dosen't eat, some layer pellets and all the weeds out of my garden. l pulled up a big borage plant the other day and they loved that. Not sure about giving them too many plants though as l'm aware that there are plants that are poisonous to chooks especially if given too much.

Comment by Daniel Andrews on July 20, 2009 at 9:19pm

that's so commercial you must have shares in the feed company!
i feed mine wheat from a flour mill and old home storage cabbage greens, wondering jew and weeds from the garden and i feed them a hand full of meat from the pet section for $1.50 a tray i cook it up and they gobble it up they also eat and forage in the grass in there run which is moved daily and they get and garden enemy bugs i can find.

Comment by Gabi Prince on July 20, 2009 at 8:44pm

Hi Fel, you have already worked it out. They very rarely lay during moulting and during the winter months since there are not enough daylight hours, Chickens (depending on the breed) start reducing their egg-production at about 4-5 years. They can live up to 6-8 years, but rarely past 10, although the Leghorns are the most long lived chickens around. In the spring start them of again with layermash or layer pellets to start the egg-production. In the winter they need mixed corn to put on some fat to keep them warm. And of course, don't forget the greens, lol, Hope this helps a bit x

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