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I'm going to say Merry Christmas to all now too. If you guys stop posting over Christmas I might be able to catch up. I don't have any fancy pictures but my sentiment is the same. AB is right, I have had a shocker of a year but my friends on BYC helped me get through some of the toughest...

Merry Christmas to you too and stay safe on the road. I hope you are feeling well. CHeers

Thanks, the sawdust is compressed not shavings. I don't believe they are eating it. They were scratching yuk into the water. When I got home my little blue girl was dead but all the others including the one I was worried would die were all great considering. All bright and flighty. And that...

Thanks I have no personal experience with coccidiosis as I am a little paranoid about keeping chicks water and feed containers clean and scrubbing them out daily. I have had trouble with the compressed sawdust I have being using on the base of the brooder getting in their water so I thought...

Good morning, my australorp chicks are sick. Symptoms started late yesterday and include: lethargic, Huddled and fluffed as if cold, Bright red blood in watery stools, Excessive thirst, Squishy crops. They are 4 weeks old, on medicated chick starter and because of the stormy weather here...

Thanks for that. They aren't mine so not sure of the roo. Free ranging I saw both a blue and white roo. I am just surprised to see a different colour white. Kind of like a cool light versus a warm light. They are feathering out to be the same colour Very cute chick Appps

I share that argument. You can't find something you don't look for. The people I know with it have not left the country to get it. Although one did to get treatment.

A question to anyone out there who knows about colours. I just hatched australorp eggs from a mixed colour pen - black, white, blue and splash. Two chicks are white white while half a dozen are the normal yellow. They are two weeks old now and they are all feathering white. Does anyone know...

Hi, I have a condition that is inflaming all my joints. It is not arthritis and not lupus or anything bad they say as I have been tested for all that. When I asked if they had tested for limes disease they said they don't test for that. I personally know two people with it so it must be common...

Hi, what is the bait called? Cheers

AB, If they offered you another pup I don't think they worked out you weren't in agreement with their techniques.

Oh my, I can't believe they promoted/advised negative reinforcement techniques. How is an assistance dog supposed to build confidence necessary to do the job. Knowing you - that must have been difficult to hear.

Lovely. I have a cat that thinks she's a dog and a chicken that thinks she can drive. It takes all kinds. Cheers

The owners should accept responsibility and that as the council officer said "dogs will be dogs" and will do it again if the opportunity arises. If I had a dog do similar I would not hesitate to have it put down. That is the only way it couldn't repeat the behaviour, but more importantly build...

I Couldn't raise a puppy and let it go. I admire you for giving it a go. I am an advocate for crate training though. The crate is like a den for them and is a great way of keeping puppies safe when you can't watch them and stops them building the bad behaviours they do when not supervised. It...

Thank you and welcome to the site. Sorry if you have told us already but what makes up you r flock. We love pics here. Cheers

Oh that Is terrible. Are you coming to Bris for the CT? There is still a banana plant here with your name on it!

Thanks. Lizzy has made me think. Firstly the vets confirm that my flock was hit so hard with the infections earlier this year because they had been kept so clean and they hadn't developed immunity. After the CRD I made a decision that I would euthanise any bird with recurring illness. I...

The storms were mad. I thought I was going look out in the morning and see no trees or houses left standing. Thanks for you kind thoughts.

Thanks, I did describe the possessive behaviour the dogs displayed to the investigator. The picked the birds up and carried them around when they pace. They dropped them and looked at me and then picked them up and walked with what was left of them again. It was the same behaviour (but with...