Breeders and promoters of some of the Rare & "Different" Breeds of Poultry 

Email:  Wilkamdai Poultry

 

Welcome to our web site & thanks for taking the time to visit.

Whether you are a poultry fancier, breeder or just looking for some pretty, unusual back yard chickens, Wilkamdai Poultry aim to provide information on some of the rare & more interesting breeds of poultry that are available here in Australia to help you
make a more informed choice on what is the right breed
of chicken for you.

We hope you find the information and pictures on some of Australia's beautiful poultry as enjoyable & interesting as we find sharing our property with some of these wonderful breeds. 

 We believe that no matter who you are, there is a breed of chicken out there for everyone!

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Wilkamdai Poultry is set on a small farm in western Victoria.  All our poultry are bred in free range conditions with limited penning through the breeding season.  We also work in conjunction with many close friends who also have a passion for breeding various rare breeds.

Together , we aim to continue to improve quality & increase the population of some of the rarer breeds of poultry here in Australia by providing practical information on the various breeds that are currently available here in Australia to encourage renewed interest in these wonderful birds. 

Wilkamdai Poultry will sometimes have limited numbers of stock or fertile eggs available for those who are wanting some of the more unusual breeds of chicken.  If we cannot help you, then we will do our best to link you in with breeders who can.

For us, the breeding season usually begins in late July, with fertile eggs usually being available in late August onwards. However, we are a bit late this year & will not have fertile eggs till mid September. We finish our breeding season at the end of October. 

Any spare chicks from the seasons breeding will be available for sale from early December of each year & generally we have no stock left for sale by the end of February of the following year.  We do not take orders, as we breed as a hobby and prefer to breed for our own enjoyment, letting go of any excess to our needs.

Please note, like many pure bred breeders we choose not to inoculate our chickens due to:

• We have found that they will naturally build up their own immunity

• Some research has found that you can introduce disease to your farm through poultry inoculations,

• Unless you are a commercial breeder, you cannot access all required inoculations' - for example the average breeder can only purchase two of the three required Mareks inoculations', the third is only available to commercial breeders in Australia.

• We find by choosing the natural way with good hygiene, provision of quality feed and no over crowding you will not have many issues.

If you already breed a rare breed,  feel free to email us with your details & we will list you in our breeders directory for enquiries.
 

 

Help create a greater awareness of the wonderful rare poultry breeds available in Australia through advertising, showing & encouraging younger enthusiasts to breed rarer breeds rather than the more common hybrid types.

To continue to work to encourage others to breed, enjoy & promote beautiful & rare Poultry, easy care, low maintenance Wiltshire Horn Sheep and small, but very practical Miniature Belted Galloway Cattle, all perfect & ideal for the small/hobby farmer.

We are currently working on breeding & producing new lines of good quality partridge & dark Brahma,  increasing the size & vigour of the
buff Cochin & developing the black, blue & white Cochin.
  We are also concentrating on increasing the weight & size of our Houdans.

 

Please feel free to contact us with any questions regarding any of our breeds, other breeders & availability Information.

E-mail address: Wilkamdai Poultry  

 

Office Telephone:   03 53 340 588 or 0409 190 776
*Please note, we are very busy during the day & often have difficulty keeping up with all the phone calls we receive, if we are not near the phone, either leave a message or alternatively,  send us an email, (which is the best way to track us down).

Many thanks to the following Web sites & Books that I have used in researching some to the information on this site.

I can recommend the following Web sites for you to browse through for some helpful hints, online chats regarding advice and general information regarding the many different breeds of poultry available, their individual traits, breeding hints, chicken raising etc. 

 

For further reading on Poultry, I recommend and have found the following general poultry books quite helpful:

Backyard Poultry – Naturally (2^nd Edition) by Alanna Moore

Pure Breed Poultry Raising – by Rick Kemp

2^nd Edition Exhibition Poultry Breeder’s Handbook – by Rick Kemp.

Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry - Leonard S.Mercia

Australian Poultry Standards (1st Edition) - VPFA

The Complete Book of Raising Livestock & Poultry - Phil Drabble

Lewis Wright & His Poultry - Dr Joseph Batty

British Large Fowl (The gold cockeral series) - Michael & Victoria Roberts

Australasian Poultry Magazine - Poultry Information Publishers

 

Last revised: Date: 24.08.2010

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