Sundance Stud

18/04/2024

#1 feed mixing helper around 😁 Excited to have shows just around the corner! We've got some real crackers on the team this year 😏

12/04/2024

Consolidated Grains in Cunderdin are on the hunt for their new Poster Boys & Girls!!
The company is running a competition in search of some poultry & birds to be the new faces of their products rebranding. The lucky winners will have the opportunity to have a professional photoshoot, where the selected photos will then be used on their bags of feed! I've been assured by the company that winners will be able to keep a number of the professional photos and also compensation for their time in supplying the birds 😁 This is an incredible chance to have one of your birds on a feed bag that is distributed all over WA, with the company hoping to expand into the east coast!

Follow the link to fill out the form and upload your photos! Note: there is no option for waterfowl, however I suggest still submitting some photos 😏

Link for registration https://forms.gle/mDyU6gLfywUFui8QA

Any questions please contact me directly 0448 302 266 or our lovely customer service team on 96 351 552.

21/03/2024

Having a buddy on the morning duties is fun (until the pram gets bogged 😂)! Looking forward to starting up the show season in just over 2 months 🌟

14/02/2024

Dolly duck has the right idea of how to stay cool during this unbearable heat 🥵 We are in for another 5 days over 41 degrees. Safe to say this summer has been relentless!

05/02/2024

Like a lot of other breeders, we mix our own custom feed mix for our ducks and geese. Mixing our own combination of different feeds ensures all of their dietary needs are met! The palatability of the duck crumble, with the added grain mix and lucerne chaff, plus vitamins & minerals keeps them looking fabulous all year round 🌟

25/01/2024

Having the support of a fellow breeder means that even when we decide to take a season off from breeding, we still have the opportunity to bring in new birds. Forever grateful for our continued partnership that just keeps improving this breed year after year! Excited to have some young Pomeranians on our show team for 2024 and they'll be valuable additions to the breeding program later this year ❤

03/01/2024

Moving day for the 11 week old Chinese goslings today 🎉 They've finally graduated to the big pen with the rest of the geese. Looking forward to watching these guys mature over the next few months 🤞🏻

29/12/2023

Our last group of Appleyard ducklings for 2023 are growing out well! Unfortunately our duck to drake ratio is a bit slim pickings this season, but hopefully there's a few nice drakes to retain from this year. We'll have some drakes available at the end of January 😏

This group of ducklings are the offspring of the beautiful drake we purchased from Clearview Poultry: and our #1🌟 duck Dolly.

07/11/2023

Taking a moment to reflect on our most successful show season to date 😱 If you'd told me 4 years ago when I started breeding and showing that our dining room table would look like this at the end of a show season, I would have laughed in your face. So incredibly proud of not only the show team, but a pat on my own back for sticking it out through all the tough times and hard work; and also competing this whole year while pregnant 😂Some call me mad, I call it dedication because how rewarding it is to breed and preserve rare breeds, and the hard work is finally paying off!
2023 Show Results
1 Bird of Show
1 Reserve Bird of Show
6 State Champion awards
- Champion Young Bird
- Champion Field & Forrest
- Champion Rare Breed
- Champion Waterfowl
- Champion Large Waterfowl
- Champion Goose Pair
3 Champion Field & Forrest
2 Champion Young Bird
4 Champion Waterfowl
Perth Royal Show Champion Silver Appleyard
Perth Royal Show Champion AOV Goose

31/10/2023

That's a wrap on the 2023 breeding season for us 👏🏼 Everyone is back in with their friends and super happy about it! Our incubator is still running with a few more Appleyards on the way over the next few weeks. Fingers crossed for some more 'Dollys' 🤞🏻

29/10/2023

The first of our Appleyard ducklings graduated to the big kid pen this weekend, under the watchful eye of some of our pet ducks 🥰

22/10/2023

The first of our Appleyard ducklings are growing well 🤗 A couple of exciting pairings this season and really looking forward to seeing what they produce!

20/10/2023

Starting them off young with the afternoon chores 🙊 We've both been getting a bit restless being inside so much over the last 3 weeks!

11/10/2023

My 'not breeding this season' went out the window 🙊 We ran a trio of our white Chinese together for a few weeks and took a chance on our pet Sebastopol goose to hatch out our only 6 fertilised eggs for the year. Unfortunately after a week, she got off the eggs for a whole day and I thought all hope was lost. The eggs were popped in the incubator and incredibly all 6 have made it to hatch day and are progressing well! So excited to have a small manageable group of babies to look after this year 🤩

05/10/2023

Last week was a big week for us! We had a very small team competing at the Perth Royal Show, and then an earlier than expected arrival of our little miss 💜

Cannot thank the volunteers and organisers for looking after the birds so well at the show, and to those special people behind the scenes that helped get them home 😂

We were awarded Best of Breed with Dolly our super star Silver Appleyard, and a Pomeranian Goose being awarded Best of Breed AOV.

24/09/2023

The new main man on the block is a bit of a s***k 😏 He needs a name, so if you've got a good one, throwing our way!

24/09/2023

Oh Dolly duck 🥰 Just has the best show girl attitude!

22/09/2023

Good luck to everyone competing at the Perth Royal Show tomorrow! The poultry pavillion looks incredible 🥰

21/09/2023

Starting off the day with some fresh babies 🥰

20/09/2023

Safe to say, everyone's happy ❤ Huge thankyou to Andrew Brown from Clearview Poultry: Welsummers, Anconas and Silver Appleyard Ducks for allowing us to add a new pair of Appleyards to our breeding program! Excited to see what they produce crossed over our birds from Travis Boehms lines 🥰 Great to have some fresh Silver Appleyard bloodlines in WA!

17/09/2023

Latest additions to the stud are on their way 🎉

16/09/2023

The new Kids on the block 🥰 They travelled super well and have arrived safely in QLD! All the best to Travis for their future!

Thank you Sundance Stud for our new pair of Pomeranian’s. They made the journey all the way from Western Australia to south east Queensland.

14/09/2023

Rosie's day made 🥰 The love this dog has for ducklings and goslings is incredible to watch!

13/09/2023

Our first Silver Appleyard for the season is making a hasty entrance! We've cut back on the breeding with the geese this season, to run a more focused program on the Appleyards. Super excited to have some new Eastern states additions arriving very soon 🙊

08/09/2023

Beautiful cool mornings on the farm lately have made for some nice sunrise photos ❤

08/09/2023

Mr Swag supervising the duck wash station ahead of tomorrows show 😂🛁

05/09/2023

A pair of our Pomeranian geese started their journey to Queensland today 🎉 Excited to see our bloodlines on the east coast, fingers crossed we haven't missed the season and their new owner cam get some babies on the ground this year!

19/08/2023

Fresh goose eggs 🤤

We have some fresh goose eggs available at the Beverley Ag Show today! For eating or decorating as they're unfertilised 🍳🎨

If not all gone today, I'll have some more available and coming to Perth on Monday 😁

10/08/2023

It has begun 😏 While we are 'taking a break' from breeding the geese this year, we're taking the opportunity to focus on our Silver Appleyards 🤞🏻

07/08/2023

Goose butt nuggets 🥰