**KAZ** 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) here are some of the current babies.............will add more later note..as usual way too many hen babies Edited June 8, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) New nesting materials......have converted over to using porridge oats. Edited April 14, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
Richo 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 5,074 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 392 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,415 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Brilliant !!! Go girl Go... Link to comment
nitsuD 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 4,788 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 114 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/11/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 7, 2013 Birthday: 26/07/1995 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Very Nice KAZ. What are the benefits of using oats? Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I've used oats before and I found they absorbed the droppings and the other stuff alot better than shavings. I went off the oats because the hen would spend all day throwing it out and making a huge mess. Nice babies as always kaz. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) Very Nice KAZ. What are the benefits of using oats? The eggs and babies dont sink in it as easily as the pine shavings. Soft but firm enough to create a good "floor" for them. Easily mouldable into a concave section. Doesnt scatter and fly into the air as easily as shavings. Keeps warmth for the chicks better than anything else I have tried. When chicks begin to pick at things in their nest, its edible. Also bored Mums in the nest can nibble something not harmful to them. Pearce..........if you go to the deeper nestboxes like Daz makes then nothing gets thrown out...too deep and too many trips for the Mums to bother throwing stuff out of the nestbox. Edited April 14, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I will be getting some nest boxes from Daz so it will be good. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 More photos.... Fledged babies........... Nests Link to comment
shannon bird breeder 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 4,671 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 60 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,386 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 7,755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/09/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 24, 2011 Birthday: 12/09/1994 Share Posted April 14, 2009 good babys kaz good pied hen Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 good babys kaz good pied hen The pied is a scatty thing, she screams and burrows when I look in the nestbox. Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted April 14, 2009 A few of my hens do that too Kaz. One bites and does not let go. She is not intimidated in the slightest. She stands her ground more than any bird I've ever seen. I've come away second best a few times with that hen. Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Gorgeous bubs If you have an excess of hens i have space over here - lots of hens are awesome! you will never get too many I like oats as nesting material. i have been told they are no good for eggs, but are great when the chicks come. Link to comment
Dave_McMinn 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 3,092 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 103 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,831 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 21,560 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/01/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2018 Birthday: 23/05/1975 Share Posted April 14, 2009 how do they compare cost wise? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 how do they compare cost wise?Not cheap. A kilo plain brand pack does about 4-5 nestboxes at around $1.46 per pack. I am currently negotiating a price for a 25 kilo sack from Quaker oats as you can buy the lower grade that isnt sold for breakfast eating.I like oats as nesting material. i have been told they are no good for eggsWhat was the reason ? Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2009 nice to see your babies again Kaz, as aways they are so adorable and healthy looking Link to comment
*libby* 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 3,634 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 60 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,442 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 15,475 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/08/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 9, 2011 Birthday: 10/11/1989 Share Posted April 14, 2009 okay... i want... let me see... ALL OF THEM! haha Link to comment
Jodie 0 Posted April 14, 2009 Member ID: 4,257 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 150 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 981 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 6,495 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 7, 2014 Birthday: 28/07/1993 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Cute babies Kaz I love the yellow faced blue fledgling, he's beautifull Link to comment
Dezdemona 0 Posted April 15, 2009 Member ID: 4,785 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 124 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 31/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Woaaha! They are very sweet Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 21, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 (edited) Updated photos one of Omelette's babies and another Edited April 21, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted April 21, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted April 21, 2009 excellent pictures Kaz. Are all the babies in the nest with the mother opalines? Very nice. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 21, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 excellent pictures Kaz. Are all the babies in the nest with the mother opalines?Very nice. No...not all of them...a couple of hers are in another nestbox and some of the ones in her nestbox are fosters. The pied in the other nest is hers too. Link to comment
GenericBlue 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Member ID: 4,737 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,156 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 08/09/1973 Share Posted April 22, 2009 very nice kaz this going to be lovley when adult Link to comment
the pie 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Member ID: 2,384 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,172 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 7,460 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/06/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 27, 2012 Birthday: 25/08/1981 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Little pied chick looks good in the nest, are you still breeding many Rec pieds? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) Little pied chick looks good in the nest, are you still breeding many Rec pieds? I have some recessives breeding but have more cocks than hens and waiting for some recessive hens and splits to grow up to breeding age. Edited April 22, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 22, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 More photos Link to comment
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