CHICKENS
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We have three different types of chickens. They were 19 weeks old when we got them on Thursday 31st March.
We have two Isa Brown chickens: Maple and Dora The Egg-splorer
They have red earlobes, so they lay brown eggs.
We have two Australorp chickens: Midnight and Pepper.
They have red earlobes, so they lay brown eggs.
We have two Leghorn chickens: Eggberta and Marshmellow.
They have white ear lobes, so they lay white eggs.
Our chooks meet some very important people.
The Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, the Honorable Lily D'Ambrosio and our local Member of Parliament, Matt Fregon visited MWPS and make a special trip down to see our new chooks. It was the chickens first time in front of such important people and the media!
The Sustainability Captains, Sophie, Gargi, Saachi, Methvin and Swasti talk about our permaculture garden and Chook Run with the Minister and the MP.
The chickens came to the fence to say hello.
Methvin tells the Minister all about the chickens.
Training the chooks.
Our chooks are being trained to be friendly with humans. They are petted each day and are learning to go into their coop at 3.30pm so they are safe at night.
Students have begun feeding the chooks in small groups. We feed our chooks grains, seeds, layer pellets, fresh fruit and vegetables. We do not feed them onions or potatoes. They have lots of green grass and bugs to eat as well.
Presley is feeding them vegetable scraps that were left over from the Year 5 SAKG program.
The chooks LOVE their corn!
More vegetable scraps and corn for them.
As a special treat they are being fed watermelon.
Hayden is feeding Maple some seed.
CHOOKS LOVE WATERMELON!
