HI SD, thats a fantastic result – but then again you put in a lot of hard effort and pampering on those 4…. more so than most others I think.

I hope they buck the Hybrid Layer trend and live very long and productive lives.
It’s a damn site better than where they came from.
Cheers
Roogz

under normal(scratch feed) conditions sunflower seeds will make your chooks lay better and have nice shiny feathers – however if they have a sunflower only diet they will get very fat and you will risk prolapse and heat stroke (summer) in chooks – never heard of chook feathers falling out – but then again it would be a very expensive experiment…[Read more]

beat me too it..
Samtech will supply the straws, you just need to contact them get all the details and then call them when she comes into heat…..
Cheers, Roogz

anything to get a bit more feather – especially a the onset of moult when the girls aren’t wanting his attention as much.

Sort of like buying the girls drinks at the bar – hopefully one of them will fall for it.
Roogz

recently sold My Saanen buck (too closley related, to my girls ) have a very nice Toggy buck that you can use, if you want to travel this far (Inverleigh) Toggy X BA throw BA looking kids some of wich have a choc hint to the coat as adults, and usually not quite as tall.

However if you want to buy a Saanen buck I can ask around for you, BA are as…[Read more]

dispatching depends on breed, and end product –
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most dual purpose and crossbreeds (meat egg) birds for roasting around 18-22 weeks (first crow), pieces for slow cooking 22-30weeks anything over that is usually casserole or soup.

commercial meat birds depends on size but anywhere from 8 weeks on.

layers don’t really flesh out enough for a…[Read more]

nice healthy roo you have there- if your not too attached- looks like he’d make a fantastic roast
Roogz

HI BW hope you find a home for your boys soon – if I wern’t so far away I’d offer my dispatching services for you.

Hint to those in the burbs (to far away to take up BW’s offer) if you can get your hands on cockrells (large Breeds Not mederteranian) between 18-22 weeks – they will usually started working the girls by 18 weeks but are not yet…[Read more]

I know this sounds silly but i have found the best way of preserving meat is the chest freezer B) the new models don’t cost heaps these days and use very little elec compared to the old types.

even if the power goes out – keep the lid down and you are still good for 24hrs.
lamb, rabbit and beef make great Jerky.

Cheers
Roogz

milk crates – a couple of G&T’s and some Tom Jones – on dusk, how could you go wrong.

The AI guys seem to be used to dealing with the strange requests of hobby farmers –
and they eyeball the cow before they get the gloves out of the ute- if the cow’s not well behaved they get in the truck and don’t come back.:)

Cheers
Ray

although Saanens are large – in England they seem to be the prefered breed for small lot production- I have by far found them to be the most laid back in terms or temprement- noise and easy to confine. thry produce a large volume of milk however it is lower in fat –

a friend who lives in Bannockburn has kept a Toggy and a BA on a 2 acre block in…[Read more]

I take it she isn’t halter broken – pity most of the time a halter cow will just stand even back up for the AI :laugh: no need for a crush.

A regular dexter should be able to reach – Bulls have very long penises for just this reason – seen a 12 month old angus bull mounting cows the other day – looked funny and he was just about falling…[Read more]

yep that’ the one – give them a buzz first – make sure the price hasn’t changed in the last 10 days and that they have it in stock – its a reasonable guage – not the really heavy one though ( we haven’t had any fox’s chew through yet – go over and under yes :angry: but not through
Cheers
Roogz

not sure who spun you the furphy on different coloured goats not being able to eat the same things :unsure: – after all once you take the skin off they are all the same underneath – the only difference that i have noticed between the goats and I keep Saanens, Toggies, Anglos, Boar and have even had the odd BA (don’t particularly like the BA but…[Read more]

AI dexters can reach no probs;) and you don’t have to transport the cow either.
Lowlines are another breed commonly used over first calvers –
but you want to look at the size and birth weights of the breed being used not nessacirly the end product.

If you get your cow AI then you can choose your bull and breed. ( even go pure breed) it’s…[Read more]

my local – Geelong farm suplies (if people come down this way) 30mtr rolls $50

the reson why I have so many chook runs around here;)
Cheers
Roogz

Hi All, if you want alpacas to protect the lambs from fox’s then you want the alpacas that will make a fuss about the dogs 👿 – not ones that will casually accept them. However if you want pets and fleece produces go for the ones that don’t blink and eye – but don’t expect to much in the way of livestock guards:whistle: .

Alpaca’s will get…[Read more]

what a brilliant idea.

a hanging waterer will be o.k for now. however later on the ducks head will be to big and it will prob end up tipping all the water out and playing in the puddle – She will be delighted with the mess – you prob wont 👿 I’d go to a heavy tub later on.

Unlike chooks, ducks eat and drink wake up and much about alot at night – I found the runner…[Read more]

HI Bel, from the sounds of it you have a girl- congratulations,:woohoo: the boys always whisper and peep, never anything deeper – She will need water in her house _ but not a lot of it, just enough to dunk her head and clear her nostrills.
Cheers
Roogz