James's Heritage Poultry

19/11/2023

I have loads of chicks on the ground now so in 3 weeks time I will have day olds available from my Rhode Island Reds, Blue/Standard Barnevelder, Orpingtons(limited) and my black and blue mottled Pekin bantams. All will be vaccinated and sold UNSEXED. I'm happy to take any unwanted Rooster back too.

16/11/2023

I have 2 double laced silver barnevelder roosters available to purchase. NO hens available at the moment. I had 3 in my breeding group but decided which one I'm keeping. $40 each. 3 year olds.

30/10/2023

14 uns*xed Rhode Island Red chicks went to such a beautiful home over a week ago. Look how loved and happy they are. Love when I get updates.

09/10/2023

RIP Neil. Helped me so much over the 12 years of breeding. Such a great man and his family were always so loving and open. A man of knowledge.

It is with much sadness that we acknowledge the loss of our friend, and colleague, Dr Neil Christensen, who passed away suddenly on Saturday night.

Neil was who you called on, across Oceania, for poultry health advice and we're going to miss his humour, wit, company, and knowledge so very much.

We send all of our love and support to Patricia, Luke, Martin and their families during this difficult time.

🐓

26/09/2023

Daughter is having fun selling excess eggs from the chooks that aren't from our breeding pens to make some pocket money for the holidays.
So what did we do last night.... we collected 4 more POL shavers to add to the free range group. If your looking for some more egg layers and want eggs while you wait for Heritage girls to come available .. Head to The Chookyard Ltd in Glenbrook. She has POL shavers ready for their new homes.

18/09/2023

Have my first hatch this weekend. SO EGGCITED. My first test lost due too all my fans not working. Thanks to The Chookyard Ltd for coming to the rescue.
Due to my roster changing this year for work during summer hours ... 2 out of 3 weeks I will be able to sell Fertile eggs from tested groups. If I'm not happy with the fertility tho I will not be selling their eggs.

I have in breeding pens:
Millie Fleur Pekin Bantams
Blue and Black Mottled Pekin Bantams
Rhode Island Reds
Blue/black/splash Orpington
Blue/Standard/Splash Barnevelder
Double laced Silver Barnevelder

I do not take orders sorry. I will list what's available when available.

Chicks will be available vaccinated from day olds uns*xed then guaranteed girls available from 7 to 12 weeks of age.

04/09/2023

What's a good price to sell 18 free range eggs for. Our free range egg layers are giving us 16 eggs a day.

01/09/2023

My eggs machines enjoying some free range time on the farm on this beautiful spring morning 🌄

01/09/2023

ALL BROWN SHAVERS are now SOLD OUT... I won't have anymore for a couple of months as I'm back to concentrating on my Hertiage breed. If you are after brown shavers later on flick me a message I have a mate that has them all the time and she should be able to help you out otherwise keep your eyes 👀 peeled we will have little fluffy heritage breeds chicks hatching soon 🐣 Breeds will be from what's laying at the mo.

Mottle Pekin Bantams
Millie Fleur Pekin Bantams.
Blue/Black/Splash Orpingtons
Blue/Standard Barnevelder
And MAYBE Double Laced Silver Barnevelder 🤔

29/08/2023

Welcoming this little group to my madness. I had mottle pekins a few years back and the biggest regret was selling my stunning group so what do I do???? Go get me some mottle pekins. Already blessed me with 2 eggs while we do up their new pen.

28/08/2023

Who wants a good layer? Who would also like to watch their egg makers enjoying a few weeks of life before producing hard shell liquid gold. I have 30 brown shaver pullets to move. D.O.B 7th June. I'm going to have my first Hertiage hatching soon so would like a pen to recover. Message me if interested...

22/08/2023

Just gone 11 weeks old. I still have about 30 brown shaver pullets available. All weaned outside. Eating grower pellets and mixed grains. Trained on a auto feeder. $25 each.

11/08/2023

This weekend ONLY..... All MUST be picked up by SUNDAY afternoon. NO HOLDS. Buy 5 Brown Shaver Pullets and get one pullet FREE.
Pullets are $25 each.
These girls are now just over 9 weeks old and are getting grower pellets.

05/08/2023

About 80 odd 8.5 week old Brown shavers.

04/08/2023

I just want to do this post for everyone that missed out on pullets last season. We are so sorry. It was the worst season we've had for hatching and talking with some other breeders they were in the same boat.
The girls are laying super well at the moment, so will be putting a couple of trays in for testing.
Knock on wood the girls keep this up. Our daughter has gotten right into this year so having a helping hand is going to be amazing.
Thanks for your many many years of support.
We can't believe this is our 13th season of hatching and looking forward to many many more.

30/07/2023

Our new additions to our range of breeds. These cute little millie fleur Pekin bantams have been here just one day and already given us a egg. I was stupid when I parted with my pekins a few years back.

01/07/2023

SOLD PENDING PICK UP

Listed on other pages too.....

Only 7 brown shaver pullets left. 10 weeks old. They are all vaccinated and they know how to use a auto feeder. Feed on Sharpes grower pellets and kibbled maize. PM for price as FB doesn't like dollar signs shown.

16/06/2023

Have last lot of brown shaver chicks available. Just over 1 week old.

08/05/2023

I have a few 4 week old brown shaver chicks available to purchase. D.O.B 12.4.2023...Still need heat, chick crumble and a dry place to sleep. Pick up Aka Aka. Slightly bigger than the birds in the picture. Pouring down with rain at the mo so will get updated picture when stopped.

15/04/2023

Sold
Heat pad. 6 guaranteed brown shaver pullet chicks (option to buy extra) and a ice cream container of crumble $130.

12/04/2023

New arrivals. Hatched 12/04. All been vaccinated for Mareks and Salmonella. Will need a heat source for up to 6 weeks and chicks crumbles.

19/03/2023

Thanks for everyone's messages wanting pullets. I have lots of young ones but nothing I can s*x at the moment. Once they are available I will list on this page. Sorry it's taking awhile but there is alot of time and effort put into these chooks. I know myself it's hard to be patient but we will have some in a few weeks. Sorry I don't take orders as some people want a certain amount of some breeds and I can't promise that as I just collect all my breeds eggs and what hatches, hatches and what wants to be girls are girls

28/02/2023

3.5 week old Brown Shaver Pullets. 20 odd available

18/02/2023

Chicks in their new quarantine box.

10/02/2023

Brown Shaver chicks.New arrivals. 30 already gone. If you like raising chicks but want guaranteed girls these little babies are the one. They still need heat source. Have been vaccinated for mareks and Salmonella. Will also have day old Heritage chicks available after this weekend that will also be vaccinated for mareks but are sold Uns*xed....

06/02/2023

It's such a crazy time with chickens. I've been watching trade me. People taking advantage.. I just want you all to know I've never changed my price and I never will. I cover my costs but I do this as hobby and enjoying meeting everyone.

04/02/2023

SOLD OUT AT THE MO TILL PEOPLE FINISH COLLECTING

I have 5 Rhode Island Red Pullets a White Wyandotte and a few Black/white wyandotte pullets available. Ready to go now. Trained on the auto feeder. Feed on wheat corn and grower pellets.

02/02/2023

SOLD OUT TILL WEDNESDAY

These girls have sold out fast. Next lot arriving on the 8th feb

31/01/2023

I have 10... 3.5 week old brown shaver pullets available. Still need a heat source for a few weeks. Been vaccinated against mareks. Feed on chick starter crumble. PM if interested.

31/01/2023

Love it when I get updates on how the chooks are going that I breed. These look like spoiled well loved chooks.

19/01/2023

New lot just landed here at James's Heritage Poultry. Last lot didn't last long. Cheeky little brown shavers.

18/01/2023

Good Read.
My friend who's a vet wrote this up.

Poultry ownership is fun, nothing feels better than being able to offer a free range home to some ex commercial hens that have spent most of their lives in the confines of a shed. There are, however, some health issues these birds can be a little more prone to, especially if not fed right.

09/01/2023

STOLE THIS FROM ANOTHER PAGE AS THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT READ........

We all started sometime. I’m getting old, and I hope that there will be younger ones out there who with become the NEW CHICKEN LADIES who don’t know chicken math (counting how many chickens you have!). I start with 6 and grew to 70! I always wanted to own chickens and I have to say when I joined this group years ago I felt like a newbie - entering a domain of … god another newbie question… another wannabe chicken owner! I lost 20 battery chickens in a flood and it broke my heart! I then started buying pure breed chickens and have loved them ever since! My dogs have never had to have flea treatments! Bugs are kept at bay! There are downsides - do NOT plant trees etc with potting mix that has fertiliser - chickens live those little balls and will scratch the tree out!

SUPPLY: There are still the SAME amount of chickens for sale on trade me as there were 5 years ago. 3 years ago I paid $60 per chicken for Orpingtons! The only thing that has changed is there are no rescue Hylines now which sold for $5 each - were past there laying capacity and bred not to live long.

Because there are no battery farms egg SUPPLY has dropped.

DEMAND: Consumers want eggs at below supermarket costs. So peeps buy cheeps - pure breeds. In my years of chickens pure breeds gave less problems.

COST: With the lack of grain supply because of Ukraine v Russia prices are going up! Russia is stopping grain supply - forget about how that affects your chickens … it’s affecting third world countries feeding kids!This cost adds to supermarket costs and backyard chicken owners.

There WILL NOT be an over dumping of chickens! The same amount of chickens are still the same on the market as they were 5 years ago.

Prices have NOT increased. Pure breed chickens have been between $30-60 for 5 years. Trade Me prices will NOT decrease.

There needs to be more new chicken ladies! Some of us do it for a hobby, some for business. Others just for eggs.

All I can say to newbies is GOOGLE or scroll through previous posts for answers. Gosh I seen so many questions in the past on how do you deal with mites …. That question has been answered over and over and over again! Scroll/ search before you post!

Mites around October: Exolt as chemical or I use Bioforce - look website up!

Dog roll - how much do I give them … google protein needs and fat need like corn. Just Google it or Tube it! Be proactive but also be outside the norm if what everyone else is doing! Like pellets - I decided WHY… what is in them ? So I changed their diet! Healthier chickens now!

Eggs - your chicken will lay funny shaped eggs even small ones - Fart/Fairy eggs - Google it!!!

And my pet peeve when a chicken is sick - and someone posts something about it asking for advice - an answer of call Avian Empire annoys me!! THE OG is asking YOU! They want YOU to answer! Give them an immediate HELP ANSWER to answer their beloved chickens sickness.

And don’t get hung up if a chicken dies and you gave no answer why - they just do!

Coops - NO to rabbit cheap coops on TM! Yes to Ecoflex - it’s plastic! There are options - painting them helps with mites. Wood basically is a harbour for mites. But you will get mites! Little red mites / google red mites! You will know when they have them - they will be all over you!

Yes chickens roost on trees. Some like to sleep in the ground too! A chicken will do what is comfortable for themself.

Breeds - look them up on Google. Egg laying capacity per annum and personality. Every chicken is different- like a child!

Roosters crow! It’s their personality that dictates how much they crow not their breed. If there is movement at night they will alert the flock of a potential predator.. I wish I had one when a stoat took out 13 of my young gold spangled Hamburgs!

Chickens cannot see in the dark! But they see more colours than we do including ultraviolet in daylight!

Google what chickens can and cannot eat.

Google egg float testing🥚.

Oh and search Mareks before you come across this so you are AWARE!

Watch for predators. Pukeko are not chicken friendly. Hedgehogs eat chickens from leg up. Stoats eat from head down. Rats eat eggs. Mice eat their food. Sparrows and other native birds eat their food and can pass on parasites to your flock. Our biggest downside owning chickens is the food waste - sparrows!

DO NOT let your chickens eat raw eggs - it’s addictive! Bake it boil egg shells (purely to remove the smell of an egg!) and crumble them before you give them to your chickens as calcium. I just don’t give the Egg shells full stop! Put them in your own smoothie as your own calcium intake!

Good luck to all new chicken owners!! It’s a journey of love and heart ache when a loved one passes. You will forgive the poops on the deck in time.

Keep the chicken ownership going - do not do anything that would create a new regulation. Keep our FREEDOM of owning chickens!

We need to KEEP some of our freedom!

And cross fingers we don’t run out of milk! 🐄

Good luck and happy to answer questions. 🐓

06/01/2023

Due to egg shortage and 2IC to hatchery telling me it's going to get worse we brought in 100 brown shaver chicks. So if you are wanting good layers to go with pretty birds I'll be able to supply brown shavers and my beautiful hertiage girls. Also will be getting into vaccinating all my chicks once the heritage girls get back into full swing.

28/10/2022

Going to go through all my young pullets tomorrow and start listing. Prices and photos will be attached. The colorful wyandottes are still available also white wyandottes. Could do a bulk deal depending. If you are interested in some beautiful young girls let me know.

22/10/2022

Colorful and pure white wyandotte pullets available. From my project group

15/10/2022

12/10/2022

Don't you love it when you have a order for eggs and they had been paid for then the stupid chooks decide to go on the brood or not lay 🤔 😡. Managed to send off. I paid to put on overnight. I don't think I'll do Fertile eggs now as I can't rely on the birds. Day old chicks will still be available and I'll have my first lot of pullets ready soon.

18/09/2022

Colorful little bunch this weekend.