Anyone keeping chooks? if so what do you have?
I have 3 hens, one is a pure bred Australorp and the other two are mixed Rhode Island Reds with something but I'm not sure on that one.
Nothing better than home grown eggs.
Chooks
- TomDeGraaff
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Chooks (not roosters!) are all-round great! Scrap-eaters, pets, fertilisers, food producers, feathers, eggshells. Every birdo should have them.
The only downside I can think of is the risk of blackhead to pheasants and, I presume, true quail and partridge.
I got a couple of red jungle fowl
The only downside I can think of is the risk of blackhead to pheasants and, I presume, true quail and partridge.
I got a couple of red jungle fowl
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I have a mixed flock of Araucana,Australorps,Silkies and Red Shavers and also some Red Legged Partridges.
A friend quit her job, sold her house, and is going traveling. I'm adopting her 3 chickens and madarian ducks. Looking forward to having them.
I really like the Rhode Island reds. Not only prolific egg layers, but good on the table. Nothing like going out back and snatching a chicken. Can't get any fresher than that. Mmmm, now u want some chicken and dumplings.
I really like the Rhode Island reds. Not only prolific egg layers, but good on the table. Nothing like going out back and snatching a chicken. Can't get any fresher than that. Mmmm, now u want some chicken and dumplings.