Comments on: Our New Chicken – A Cuckoo Leghorn http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/our-new-chicken-a-cuckoo-leghorn/ An Australian family choosing to go green Tue, 08 May 2012 23:20:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Darren http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/our-new-chicken-a-cuckoo-leghorn/#comment-841 Darren Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:23:49 +0000 http://green-change.com/?p=166#comment-841 <p>@Lydon: Welcome! I don't have an actual cuckoo, just a chicken that has cuckoo plumage. I'm not sure how big your cuckoo will get.</p> @Lydon: Welcome! I don’t have an actual cuckoo, just a chicken that has cuckoo plumage. I’m not sure how big your cuckoo will get.

]]> By: Lydon Xuereb http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/our-new-chicken-a-cuckoo-leghorn/#comment-736 Lydon Xuereb Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:40:29 +0000 http://green-change.com/?p=166#comment-736 <p>hallo I am lydon I'm 9 years old I bought small cuchoo can you tellme the size when he grow thks.</p> hallo I am lydon I’m 9 years old I bought small cuchoo can you tellme the size when he grow thks.

]]> By: Darren http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/our-new-chicken-a-cuckoo-leghorn/#comment-63 Darren Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:58:05 +0000 http://green-change.com/?p=166#comment-63 <p>Hi Sarhn,</p> <p>Yeah, lots of the 'green' bloggers seem to have chickens. I guess it's a relatively simple step to take, with a pretty good payoff. Chickens don't need a lot of space, aren't expensive to buy or keep, they'll eat most of your kitchen and garden waste, they provide you with fertiliser, and they give you eggs. Oh, and lots of entertainment!</p> <p>I only know of a few other households in Kiama that have chickens, though, and none of my immediate friends or neighbours do. When I was a kid, at least half of my friends had chickens. It seems everybody is too busy now.</p> <p>Darren.</p> Hi Sarhn,

Yeah, lots of the ‘green’ bloggers seem to have chickens. I guess it’s a relatively simple step to take, with a pretty good payoff. Chickens don’t need a lot of space, aren’t expensive to buy or keep, they’ll eat most of your kitchen and garden waste, they provide you with fertiliser, and they give you eggs. Oh, and lots of entertainment!

I only know of a few other households in Kiama that have chickens, though, and none of my immediate friends or neighbours do. When I was a kid, at least half of my friends had chickens. It seems everybody is too busy now.

Darren.

]]> By: Sarhn http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/our-new-chicken-a-cuckoo-leghorn/#comment-61 Sarhn Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:45:12 +0000 http://green-change.com/?p=166#comment-61 <p>Hi,</p> <p>Very impressed you have chickens! It appears that everyone has chickens - with the blogs I read anyway. It is the one area of being sustainable I would love to get into but living in the inner city I don't think it is fair on the chickens or our neighbours (and not sure if the Sydney local council will approve anyway).</p> <p>I will enjoy reading about everyone's chickens until the day I can have my own.</p> <p>Thanks for the post.</p> Hi,

Very impressed you have chickens! It appears that everyone has chickens – with the blogs I read anyway. It is the one area of being sustainable I would love to get into but living in the inner city I don’t think it is fair on the chickens or our neighbours (and not sure if the Sydney local council will approve anyway).

I will enjoy reading about everyone’s chickens until the day I can have my own.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Darren http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/our-new-chicken-a-cuckoo-leghorn/#comment-58 Darren Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:49:05 +0000 http://green-change.com/?p=166#comment-58 <p>Thanks guys! We like her, and it's nice that she's a little bit different. I think our silkies are about 20-22 weeks old now, I'll have to do the maths to work it out. I thought they'd start laying about 20 weeks or so, but the chook guy yesterday told me they lay a bit later than other chooks so it might still be a few more weeks.</p> <p>The leghorn should be in lay now, although we haven't got an egg yet. Still, it hasn't even been 24 hours :-).</p> <p>I'll have to check out the Organic Gardening mag - mine hasn't arrived yet, so hopefully it's waiting for me at home!</p> <p>Darren.</p> Thanks guys! We like her, and it’s nice that she’s a little bit different. I think our silkies are about 20-22 weeks old now, I’ll have to do the maths to work it out. I thought they’d start laying about 20 weeks or so, but the chook guy yesterday told me they lay a bit later than other chooks so it might still be a few more weeks.

The leghorn should be in lay now, although we haven’t got an egg yet. Still, it hasn’t even been 24 hours :-) .

I’ll have to check out the Organic Gardening mag – mine hasn’t arrived yet, so hopefully it’s waiting for me at home!

Darren.

]]> By: libby http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/our-new-chicken-a-cuckoo-leghorn/#comment-57 libby Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:01:59 +0000 http://green-change.com/?p=166#comment-57 <p>Very cute. We're on the look out for some new chooks - our girls are over 2 yrs old so we're only getting about an egg a day. I'm going to give your contact a call.</p> <p>Libby</p> Very cute. We’re on the look out for some new chooks – our girls are over 2 yrs old so we’re only getting about an egg a day. I’m going to give your contact a call.

Libby

]]> By: Ally and Rich http://green-change.com/2008/11/27/our-new-chicken-a-cuckoo-leghorn/#comment-56 Ally and Rich Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:51:58 +0000 http://green-change.com/?p=166#comment-56 <p>What a gorgeous chook! Wow, you have me tempted to get on of these beauties and one Australorp now...Glad to hear she is settling in well.</p> <p>We've been getting about 6 eggs a week from one of our silkies who is about 5 months old now. Our other silkie (who is a replacement for the 2 roosters we got by accident) is only 11 weeks old, and still has a way to go before laying. I think the older silky started laying about 25 weeks, with an egg here and there, but now it's almost every day.</p> <p>Good luck with finding a name, and we look foward to seeing your list of chicken contacts! Chickens really are all the rage - this months Organic Gardening magazine has 2 articles all about chooks :-)</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Ally and Rich www.happyearth.com.au</p> What a gorgeous chook! Wow, you have me tempted to get on of these beauties and one Australorp now…Glad to hear she is settling in well.

We’ve been getting about 6 eggs a week from one of our silkies who is about 5 months old now. Our other silkie (who is a replacement for the 2 roosters we got by accident) is only 11 weeks old, and still has a way to go before laying. I think the older silky started laying about 25 weeks, with an egg here and there, but now it’s almost every day.

Good luck with finding a name, and we look foward to seeing your list of chicken contacts! Chickens really are all the rage – this months Organic Gardening magazine has 2 articles all about chooks :-)

Cheers,

Ally and Rich http://www.happyearth.com.au

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