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Post by curtis on May 13, 2010 0:54:43 GMT 8
Hello everybody
I have often visited this website and sneaked a look at your abundence of chook info and thought that I really ought to become a fully fledged member.
A brief history of myself:
A pom who has grown up mostly in the countryside and we have always lived off back garden supplies and woodland produce. However I have only started keeping my own chooks since I moved here 3 years ago.
I rented a property in Baldivis that came with a ready made chook run 10m x10m and I decided to make full use of it. We have just moved into a bigger property in the same area which has some make shift chook pens which I am busily trying to get tidied up and organised better.
We have an abundence of animals
2 horses (chester and Rose) 1 dog (Rio) 2 cats (Mia and Angel) A trio of Sussex (Rocky II, salt and pepper) A pair of Muscovies (raised from chicks) Bill and Gandalfa (was Gandalf then found out he was a she!) 1 rather large Bantam Buff Cochin (Big Bird) 1 small black chook that I have no idea what it is (Blackie) 1 Peacock (eddie)
Needless to say we go through a lot of feed and eat a lot of eggs!
Next will be buying an incubator and trying some hatching
My wife would say I am a little obsessed with it all - but she seems to come home with little orphans more often then me!
I am a bit of a regular down at the Mundijong Poultry auctions - still finding it very hard to stop bringing stuff home!
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Post by fluffychook on May 13, 2010 7:46:06 GMT 8
Welcome Curtis, what a great place you must have. And since you have been reading the posts you understand our love of pictures. So please post some if you can. I too sometimes go to the auctions, never bought any poultry but have been tempted.
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Post by shea on May 13, 2010 7:48:34 GMT 8
Welcome Curtis and as fluffychook said, pictures please.
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Post by Duck Diva on May 13, 2010 8:20:45 GMT 8
Hi Curtis, welcome to WAP! Its great to have you here Cheers, Wendy
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Post by curtis on May 13, 2010 9:04:13 GMT 8
Thanks for the welcome
Pictures will be forth coming - I work abroad (Rio at the moment) so may be a few weeks...!
Yes we have a pretty big property now, 7 acres, although most of that is taken up by the horses. I keep expanding my little areas every time I get home - work shop, veggie plot and pens - hopefully will be able to get a few acres of my own evetually to put to chook use! Saves on mowing if nothing else
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Post by rap on May 13, 2010 10:22:04 GMT 8
Hi Curtis welcome to WAP
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Post by new2chooks on May 13, 2010 10:32:58 GMT 8
Hi Curtis, welcome to the site looks like we have a little in common, both recent additions from the motherland and settled in Baldivis, although I don't have as many animals (yet) just two dogs, two rats and a partly finished chook shed. Would like to know when the next Mundijong Auction is set to take place, anyone . Anyway welcome
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Post by fluffychook on May 13, 2010 10:56:55 GMT 8
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Post by quambie on May 13, 2010 14:26:44 GMT 8
HI Curtis glad to see you on site Trev
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Post by curtis on May 13, 2010 18:55:44 GMT 8
Auction is on the 1st and 3rd wednesday of each month.
If you want to look around the stalls then go earlyish 10-12 anytime after that they are packing things away.
If you want to sell get in around around 9 to drop off your chooks and what not, as most birds fetch a better price at the beginning of the poultry auction.
They start the auctions around 11 selling the sundries/misc (junk) though the odd item does pop up and can be bidded for cheap - I always look but mostly come away empty handed.
Next they do the stock (goats and pigs) which you need a license for - so I haven't dabbled in that department yet.
Then finally on to the Poultry - this starts around 1pm and can last until 3pm depending on the turn out.
As the link provided suggests it is definitely buyer beware - so if you are a bit new then ask someone, most people there are very friendly and honest.
You get quite a good mix of birds some very good, some very bad. Always worth a look though.
The other bonus is the market would tie in very nicely with the Baldivis Poultry plucking/dressing service I saw advertised on here which has drop off hours at 9am and pick up after 2pm on wednesdays. So you could choose a wednesday the market is on get your chooks dressed while you shop for more stocks!
Can anyone recommend any other auctions to go to and when they are on?
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Post by beck on May 16, 2010 16:54:37 GMT 8
Hi curtis and welcome to wap !.. glad to have you here and hear bout your little hobby farm of animals
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Post by ikbokchook on May 18, 2010 10:04:46 GMT 8
Hello! I'm nearly always wandering about at the Mundi wednesday auctions too! Rarely buy or sell there but LOVE to have a look around! They also sometimes have horse auctions on a Saturday, but not usually many birds there, if any. Sounds like you have a great collection of animals! Welcome! and maybe I'll see you in Mundijong some time!
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Post by curtis on May 18, 2010 19:18:33 GMT 8
Thanks for the welcomes everybody.
@ Fluffy Chook
I should be back in country around the 6th June and will be going up to the Munidjong Auction on Wednesday 16th.
if you are still interested in going up etc - let me know nearer the time and you could hop in the car with me, if you like
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Post by fluffychook on May 18, 2010 21:30:45 GMT 8
Thanks for the offer
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Post by curtis on May 19, 2010 0:35:50 GMT 8
lol ooops I actually meant the offer to new2chooks - since we are in the same area. Not sure I want to travel to the hills and then back to mundi then back to the hills and back again...though if you were really stuck I am sure it would be doable Although I do have family in Lesmurdie
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