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This weeks topic is all about our members and the birds that they currently keep...

Hi,I live in Tasmania,Australia,and I started with Silkies,then found Malay Game, so I really have contrasting birds. From soft fluffies - to very large and almost ugly(but I find them beautiful!). I love the nature of both the Malays and the silkies. I have 2 Malay hens that are pets and follow me everywhere,even into the house. My husband gets furious when they come in,but when he goes out I let them in,and they peck around the kitchen for all the crumbs,as we have wood floors,it's easy enough to get rid of any presents they leave for me! Not very computer savvy, so not sure how to upload a photo,but will if someone lets me know how!

i live in essex and have a bit of a mix
the older girls. 3 light sussex 2 bluebells 1 blackrock
the younger adults lf. 2 buff xes 2 gold brahmas
the bantams. 5 silkie/polish/peking xes 3pekins
baby boys 1black/choc bantam orpington 2 cuckoo pekins
unsexed babies 2 frizzel silkies
my rooster xeolus is a buff orp lf xed with one of my light sussex
7 mixed adult ducks (3boys 4girls)
3 aylsburry ducks, 1 pekin duck 1 mixed breed and 3 cayuga ducks 14 weeks old
4 mix colour runner girls about 8 weeks old
they are mostly pets thats got out of hand all the adults have names and apart from the odd twin pair i know who is who.
the eggs are a bonus

i forgot my molly who is brain damaged who i saved she is a buff orpington and fantastic girl and her partner in crime mindy the 1 legged guinea fowl. they live in the ouse and do the night sift when letting chicks and ducklings sleep out side the house

I keep mine mainly as pets, the hybrids are to get some more eggs, I have shown some of them before and done quite well, also bred from them and have dispatched cockerels for the freezer ... a bit of everything!!

I know its a bit late, but i keep:

i love dutch but couldnt keep mine as she kept flying over next doors and eating her eg patch and the next neighbough she even flew 2 stories up on the roof. she now lives with my mums big chooks and still gets to sit on sholders when cleaning out. she has a covered run

HI GUY,S. I keep light sussex bantam,s although they are good enough to show, i only keep them as a hobbie as i don,t have time to show, also only breed for myself to keep my stock up. Looking to getting in to buff sussex this year. H ave one plymouth buff rock bantie who does my head in when breeding time comes but she is the misses pet so. HI up. all the best ,

Hi I live near Blackburn in Lancashire at the moment I have 5 light sussex 1 cock 4 hens 4 maran hens 2 silkie hens 5 silver laced wynadotte bantams 1 cock 4 hens 5 guinea fowl 1 stag 4 hens all my eggs are fertile only light sussex and silver laced wynadotte bantams are pure breds