Hello all,
I am new on the forums and introduced myself on the welcome board. I am the proud owner of two chickens which my kids gave to me for mother's day this year. I have 1 ISA brown and one Black Australorp which were purchased for me as POL hens in May. We haven't got any eggs as yet, but the girls are happy and healthy and very spoiled! They get along well enough except when 1 acre of land full of billions of worms is just simply nowhere near enough for two hens, and then the feathers tend to fly!
Joyfull (I think is was) asked me to come here and post photos of my girls so I am now attempting to do just that.
These are not the first chickens I have ever been associated with, but they are the first that I can call my own. My dad raised chooks when I was growing up and I had the chore of feeding and watering them, and gathering the eggs, so apart from those things, I don't know terribly much, but am hoping to glean advice and knowledge here. OK here I go looking for photos.
This is my black Australorp (Blackie) who decided to build a nest under our orange tree this afternoon, but she kept forgetting it was a nest and getting confused and kicking dust up like in a dust bath. In between bathing, though, she was arching her back, pushing, and rolling from side to side, so I am interpreting all of that as imminent egg laying behaviour? Does anyone know if I am right, or was she just being a dill?
Both girls on the day we got them. It's amazing how much they have grown and filled out even in that short space of time. I don't have a name for the ISA Brown yet. I just tend to call her chook, or missus. I am not good at coming up with names.