tiger snake by the pond

farmyard animals & wildlife

Folder: at Boodarai - home on the farm
chooks, cattle, birds, snakes and more
teensy first chook egg

teensy first chook egg

05 Aug 2010 86
Found this tiny, bean shaped egg in the chook house this week. I think it is the first attempt at egg laying by one of our younger hens. (shown next to one of the older hens' eggs)
chook kill II & Sandy

chook kill II & Sandy

31 Jul 2010 36
We finally identified which of our Isa Brown hens was laying eggs with no shells (or with shells as thin as tissue paper), so... off with her head, and into the pot. The first chook we killed had yellow skin; this time it was pink.
a diversity of eggs

a diversity of eggs

27 Aug 2010 89
today's eggs: 1 white, 1 brown, 2 light brown, 1 double yolker, 1 deformed
big chook egg

big chook egg

23 Sep 2010 68
Biggest we have had so far from our hens. It is almost 8cm long and weighs 96g. Can you get triple yolkers? It will be a special breakfast egg for our weekend guests.
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

09 Oct 2010 80
A pair of these have been coming to our garden to eat the seeds on one of the trees. They are so shy, it is difficult to get close enough for a photo, so although they are huge, they are still hard to see in the pics.
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

09 Oct 2010 76
A pair of these have been coming to our garden to eat the seeds on one of the trees. They are so shy, it is difficult to get close enough for a photo, so although they are huge, they are still hard to see in the pics.
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

09 Oct 2010 87
A pair of these have been coming to our garden to eat the seeds on one of the trees. They are so shy, it is difficult to get close enough for a photo, so although they are huge, they are still hard to see in the pics.
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

09 Oct 2010 113
A pair of these have been coming to our garden to eat the seeds on one of the trees. They are so shy, it is difficult to get close enough for a photo, so although they are huge, they are still hard to see in the pics.
Light Sussex roosters

Light Sussex roosters

31 Oct 2010 72
one of these lads will replace Russell, as we want more Light Sussex in the offpsring. Russell has too much ISA Brown in his blood, and we want to breed our chooks for both meat as well as eggs.
chook laying boxes

chook laying boxes

01 Nov 2010 71
3 out of 5 boxes occupied - and one is a maternity ward!
first chick this spring

first chick this spring

01 Nov 2010 34
with 5 more eggs to go under Ms Bantam
Russell the rooster

Russell the rooster

01 Nov 2010 67
proud dad
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

08 Nov 2010 54
such magnificent birds, and in our garden so often, but so hard to photograph! (well, for ME to photograph|) (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

08 Nov 2010 48
such magnificent birds, and in our garden so often, but so hard to photograph! (well, for ME to photograph|) (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

08 Nov 2010 91
such magnificent birds, and in our garden so often, but so hard to photograph! (well, for ME to photograph|) (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

08 Nov 2010 43
such magnificent birds, and in our garden so often, but so hard to photograph! (well, for ME to photograph|) (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
yellow tailed black cockatoo

yellow tailed black cockatoo

08 Nov 2010 64
such magnificent birds, and in our garden so often, but so hard to photograph! (well, for ME to photograph|) (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
newly hatched chicks

newly hatched chicks

11 Nov 2010 48
the blue eggs in the nest deep in the fencepost have started to hatch!
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