Tough Chicks: Hardy Breeds for Harsh Climates
The climate in Australia can be fairly unpredictable - at best! One day it’ll be scorching hot, the next it will be bucketing down rain,...
Size Does Matter: What Chicken Breeds Lay Large Eggs?
If you’re an egg fanatic, we can almost bet that you love your eggs large and plentiful! So, if you’re thinking of keeping chickens as...
Different Coloured Eggs and the Breeds That Lay Them
It’s a very common practice among backyard chicken keepers to keep LOTS of egg-exquisitely different breeds! Why? Chicken keeping is quite addictive and once bitten...
Bantams, Bantams, Bantams!
Bantam options are perfect for a smaller backyard. If you don’t have a lot of room for a large-sized flock, then Bantams can be a...
The Best Chicken Breeds For Different Sized Backyards
Different chicken breeds have varying space requirements - some breeds are perfectly happy to roam around a relatively small space with their feathered friends. Others...
What Are The Best Breeds for Brooding?
Choosing a good hen to incubate her eggs naturally can be harder than it sounds. There isn’t any foolproof way to know whether a hen...
Top 5 Chicken Breeds for Warm Climates
If you’re situated at the top end of Australia where sweating is the everyday norm, and are considering becoming a backyard chicken keeper, then there...
Breed Profile: Belgian Bearded d'Uccle
The Belgian Bearded d’Uccle (pronounced dew-clay), is a bantam breed of chicken that originated in Belgium. This breed is often referred to as the ‘Millie’...
How To Spot A Good Layer
Although we keep chickens for a number of different reasons, one of the main incentives for having backyard chickens is the delicious fresh eggs they...
The Best Chicken Breeds for Beginners
So you’ve finally taken the big step and decided to get backyard chickens. You’ve read all the books and blogs on caring for chickens, you...
The Best Chicken Breeds for Families
Chickens aren't often the first animal that comes to mind when you think of family pets, but rest assured - they are as well suited...
All About Isa Brown Chickens
If you would like an all- around great chicken that lays LOTS of great big brown eggs, then look around for ISA Brown Chickens for...
The Best Bantam Chickens For Sale
Look for bantam chickens for sale when purchasing chickens for your backyard flock. They are the compact version of standard breeds and are loyal layers...
Top Reasons to Own Silkie Bantams
Silkie Bantam chickens are hands-down the most lovable chooks to ever grace backyard flocks! Though we love other breeds like ISA Browns, Plymouth Rocks and...
Top 5 Rare Chicken Breeds
Rare chicken breeds are a must-have for hardcore hobby breeders. They look exotic, they’re few in number and can often mean a big pay day...
The Best Egg Chickens vs. The Best Meat Chickens
The Best Egg Chickens vs. The Best Meat Chickens If you’re looking at buying great egg-laying hens, but are also looking at having separate meat...
Breed Profile: Ayam Cemani
Ayam Cemani The Ayam Cemani is quite the incredible chicken - it’s rare and unusual, both inside and out, which makes it such a hot...
Breed Profile: Sussex
Sussex The Sussex chickens are a multi-purpose chicken; well established as good layers and they lay even in the coldest whether, they are also fat...
Breed Profile: Australorp
Australorp Australorps are known as the Australian Orpington. They are renowned for being calm, friendly and very good layers. The feathers of an Australian Orpington...
Breed Profile: Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island Reds are the most well rounded chicken of all the backyard flocks! Chances are if you don’t know which chicken is best for...
Breed Profile: Silkie
The Silkie of all the ornamental breeds is notably the most beloved and popular. Entertaining to watch, soft to hold and easy to handle the...
Breed Profile: Red Jungle Fowl
The Red Jungle Fowl is thought to be the ancestor of the domestic chicken. The jungle fowl was domesticated over 5,000 years ago in Asia...
Breed Profile: Japanese Bantam
The Japanese Bantam, also known in many parts of the world as Chabo, is a breed of chicken originating in Japan. They are a true...
Breed Profile: Welsummer
The Welsummer is a large active bird, which is known for it’s unique colouring of its eggs. Originating for the small town of Welsum in...
Breed Profile: Cornish Chicken
The Cornish Chicken is known as the Indian Game in its native county of Cornwall in England, United Kingdom. Cornish chickens, as well as crosses...
Breed Profile: Barnevelder
Barnevelder The Barnevelders are medium heavy dual-purpose chickens laying a good number of eggs but also yielding a reasonable carcass. They are hardy birds and...
Breed Profile: Leghorn
Leghorn This chicken originates from The Port of Leghorn in Italy and arrived in Britain in the late 1800s in the white form followed by...
Breed Profile: Orpington
Orpington The ‘Black Orpington’ was originally created through crossing the Minocra, Plymouth Rocks and Langshans breeds to create a hybrid chicken breed that was both...
Breed Profile: Cochin
Cochin This chicken was originally bred in China and later exported to Britain and America in the mid 19th century. As a very distinctive breed...
Breed Profile: Araucana
Araucana Araucanas, known in the US as the “South American Rumpless” are exceptionally rare. The breed has tufts that often are not symmetrical, even in...
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