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Saturday, 19 September 2009 15:37 |
Barnevelders
 Three small Barnevelder hens have moved in!
They came from a local breeder of rare chickens, Heidi Allison in Meredith, (see http://www.rarepoultry.net/ ).
I was looking for some hens to give me eggs, be a "chook tractor", and provide me with straw and chook manure to help improve the Buninyong Garden's soil.
They will lay brown eggs (in a few mothhs!).
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 Two friendly geese have come to stay, just for 7 weeks while their family is on holiday in the USofA.
Sharna and Rikki are 9 year old and live out at Duram Lead when they are not staying in Buninyong.
Rikki came to the family as Richard, but he turned out to be a she (a common story with poultry I'm sure).
13-09-08 - Rikki has now made a full recovery, so Heidi thankfully was quite right. After about 5 days of not walking, Rikki first stood up (to dry her under feathers) and then progressed to a slow walk, and finally back to normal!
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Late July (Winter) and these two little squawkers have moved in - right on the edge of the driveway! Some bricks have been placed near the nest to stop anyone from accidentally driving over them. The mum and dad take it in turns to sit on the eggs. Update: August, 3 little chicks have hatched, but very hard to get a photo because their parents are very good at keeping rubberneckers with cameras away! Update:1st of September - two little birds left...
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