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Nice place Naz, your chooks and Ducks look great.

Wow! Had tried heaps of times to log in and this is the first time its worked - admit its been ages since ive tried tho - was getting too frustrated
Heres hoping I wont have any probs now, love the forum and like being able to show everyone what we are doing on our little patch

So here are the pics I said I was going to post way back when...

wow, what are those trees?

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Looking great, I hope you have some bee hives in amoungst those trees.

Really, really beautiful

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Thanks everyone! Sorry for the slow response but still having MAJOR trouble logging on.

The trees are ornamental cherries - I reckon they are a waste as you cant eat them but they are still pretty We do have bee hives on the property each year for the citrus tho.

At the moment we have 5 pure light sussex, 2 jubilee indian game, 13 RIR chicks being looked after by one of our hens as they come out of the incubator - about 4 more to go! Also 1 RIR rooster and 3 hens, and 11 mixed ducks (1 got taken by a fox last night ), and 13 yabbies!

Also have 2 baby muscovies from 11 Muscovy ducks I bought a few months ago, one hatched today, the other is about a month old and had hatched with another duckling which died due to birthing deformities after a few weeks ( couldnt walk properly and spent most of the time on its back but was a lovely little ducking).

The little one that was left was so lonely as I couldnt put it with any of the other animals, but my daughter got a new guinea pig last week that it is now in love with (swapped the guinea pig for a rabbit - good trade I think). As soon as we put them together, the ducking ran over and sat its head onto the guinea pigs back and fell asleep - SO CUTE!.... dont know how long the relationship will last though - can see size differences being a problem after a while

A couple more photos Ive been wanting to post ...

BTW - in that first shot of the south side, there is I tree that you can see (left foreground). We call it an orchid tree but dont think thats what its really called. Has a massive show of pink orchid flowers that make it look stunning but looks pretty old and spindly the rest of the time. Am wondering if anyone knows much about these - mainly how toxic they may be - especially if we end up wanting to put a fish pond underneath - lots of debris and seed pods from it (look like green beans ATM). I suppose we are wondering whether to get rid of it and replace with something thats more productive and less gutter filling when we clear the rest of it:)

More pics...

some more pics...

Excuse the mess but some pics of the backyard...as you can tell front and back are complete opposite ends of the spectrum - spose most peoples places are

And more...

Hi Neta I think you will find the tree is the Bauhinia, try a search and see if I am right. I find that it is a good idea to maintain hygiene and keep any debris out of the fish tank. Another rule that I made up along the way is "If in doubt, rip it out.

Love your cicada Neta, thanks for sharing.

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