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Gender

Female


Location

Hawkes Bay


Birthday:

November 21


Suburb

Havelock North


Food Growing Skill Level

Moderate


I am interested in...

Buying Local Food, Learning, Preserving, Helping Others, Seed Savers


Tell us about your garden and what you're growing

Black currents, cherries, daikon, nectarines


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  • Hester January 11, 2011 at 7:16am
    Thanks for letting me know you can't come. Hope to see you another time. Happy Gardening.
  • Hester October 18, 2009 at 8:22am
    That's fine, as long as you keep an eye on them, I'm happy with that.
  • Hester October 18, 2009 at 1:12am
    Hi Susan, you are most welcome to bring your husband too.
  • Earl Mardle September 26, 2009 at 11:49pm
    Hi Susan,

    I'm also a poultry subscriber but I can't find your question about getting chooks off being broody.

    We just picked up our two shavers yesterday so I am no expert but the guy I bought them off is. Here's what he says.

    Method 1. Hold the chook by its legs and neck and dunk the back end into a bucket of cold water for about 20 seconds. Take it out, let it think its all over for about half a minute, then dunk it again. Repeat a third time.

    Method 2 Place inside an upturned box that is propped open far enough to let air in but is too heavy for the chook to push off. Leave it there for 3 days. No food, no water.

    The theory seems to be that the broody chook's metabolism switches to a higher temperature when they are broody and the shock treatments switch it back.

    I haven't tried either yet, Dolly and Polly only arrived yesterday and are still a couple of weeks away from laying anyway. If you decide to give it a try, I'd love to hear the result.

    BTW, they are brown shavers.
  • Hester August 31, 2009 at 5:58am
    Wow-you have been busy.Hope things are easier now.
  • Pete Russell August 21, 2009 at 1:53pm
    Hello Susan. Welcome. Great to have you here. You might want to check out the Hawkes Bay group to stay in the local loop. Have fun oooobying!!
  • Hester August 21, 2009 at 12:35pm
    Hi Susan
    Welcome to Ooooby. We are having a Hawkes Bay Ooooby get-together on Sunday. Check out the events box on the main Ooooby page. The last one was lots of fun.
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