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Fowl Play: Aylesbury ducklings
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Wednesday, 7 January 2009. The lovely "Lucky" duckling. hatched at the start of Nov 08, pictured 5 Jan 09 among the same age group and several younger ducklings. Goofing around together hunting for bugs. And of course the very cheeky Matilda wondering WHY I am in a pen without HER and taking pictures of DUCKLINGS when she is around! Wheep wheep wheeepp whok! Posted by Amanda O. Wednesday, January 07, 2009. They are so funny. Arabella and Pipi do exactly the same thing. They want to be in every photos.
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Fowl Play: Liquorice Allsort chick Pt II
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Saturday, 13 June 2009. Liquorice Allsort chick Pt II. I know. I know. for such a cute little chick out of pretty parents, poor Liquorice is not the most pretty chook around! Poor dear has smutty black feathering, whiteish skin and ears and pale eyes and a horn coloured beak and a mishmash looking comb. Her face is a weird looking combination of Wyandotte/Silkie/Pekin that looks perpetually a bit cross and hawkish. She is sweet though and hopefully she makes a very good broody like mum. Posted by Amanda O.
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Fowl Play: December 2008
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008. Meanwhile the older OEGb and Wyandotte chickens are doing well, the first batch of ducklings is almost all feathered out and the younger batch are growing like weeds and eatting like pigs. LOL I'll get photos on the weekend if it's not pouring rain! Posted by Amanda O. Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Near Gembrook, Victoria, Australia. Please don't be shy - leave comments or e-mail me at cabrissi@esc.net.au! I love to hear from visitors!
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Fowl Play
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Saturday, 8 November 2008. Lucky the lone duckling is still doing well, joined the other day by 3 Aylesbury buddies her age. Tonight was the night for candling the clutches I've got set currently. Tiger's lot are a mix of Wyandotte eggs and OEGb eggs. A few of the 'dotte eggs fertile, a few clear, shell quality on 2 was not pleasing especially considering they do have free access to calc/shellgrit. The older pair of Chinese geese have laid a single egg for a second clutch. Mind you it's the only one ...
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Fowl Play: June 2009
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Monday, 29 June 2009. Wyandotte National 2009 - Albury. Appologies to those who love the silver/gold lace, white, black, blue etc but I mostly snapped my favorites since I was sure the BYP contingent would more than adequately cover the rest. Tempted by their being in the auction but in the end we decided to save our pennies and enjoy Albury and catching up with BB, Judy and gang in the evening. The trophy table - the framed illustrations were especially nice! Std Partridge PB Roo. Bantam CB Partridge Roo.
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Fowl Play: October 2008
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008. Unfortunately after looking like he'd made it around the bend yesterday morning and afternoon, I left yesterday to pick DH up and get a bit of shopping in and when I came back we found the poor little one had passed away. Even more disappointing beyond the sadness of the loss of such an adorable little one is that the savy people of BYP had said he was definitely purebred Chinese - which means he was from my older pair most likely. Posted by Amanda O. Sunday, 5 October 2008.
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Fowl Play: Duck-Duck the goose
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Tuesday, 9 June 2009. Meet Duck-Duck. No, I did not name him. He's an aproximately 9 month old Embden gander who was turned in to a shelter after being hand-raised as a pet. Lucky for him one of the people who works at the shelter has a soft spot for fowls and asked me if I might be interested as she knew I had an Embden girl without a partner. Posted by Amanda O. Tuesday, June 09, 2009. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Near Gembrook, Victoria, Australia. I love to hear from visitors!
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Fowl Play: Interesting...
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Thursday, 6 November 2008. Commercial birds miss half the genetic diversity native to the species. Scientists have discovered that, on average, super-productive modern chickens have lost more than half the genes present in ancestral populations. Commercial birds miss half the genetic diversity native to the species. The consequence of this is that the birds are more vulnerable to diseases such as avian influenza. Small genetic differences exist. In the19th century, breeders turned the common European chi...
