Itchy and Scratchy - It Mite Be Time To Check Your Chooks For Biting Pests!
Are your flock looking a little itchy? Maybe their feathers are ruffled for no reason. Mites and lice are annoying, pesky problems to have with...
The quick-fire guide to treating mites and lice
Big things come in small packages; and for mites and lice, those big things mean big problems. These micro-monsters can wreak havoc on your flock,...
Common Problems With Baby Chickens And How To Overcome Them
It’s a beautiful moment the day baby chickens arrive into the world - whether its via our own hatching activities or through buying them. Sometimes,...
Pet Chicken Personalities - Get to Know Your Chook
All pet chicken keepers know that chooks have personalities. Hens are clever, cute and cheeky to boot. Once thought of as cluckin’ bird brains, studies...
5 Backyard Chicken Keeping Myths - Busted!
Considering keeping a fabulous flock of beautiful backyard chickens? You may have heard some nasty gossip that has put you off becoming a super cool...
Chicken Health - Is My Chicken Sick?
Even with the most attentive chicken keeping, one of your chooks will get sick sooner or later. It is important to be able to recognise...
Is My Chicken Broody?
Every once in a while, one of your chickens will get it in into her head to hatch some eggs. ‘But I don’t even have...
Making Sense Of Your Chickens Digestive Health
Having a basic understanding of a chicken’s intricate digestive system is very helpful when it comes to understanding their digestive health. Knowing what’s normal is...
The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Backyard Roosters
When we talk about keeping chooks, most people instantly think of the humble hen - clucking around her backyard in search of scratch, and dispensing...
The Only 2 Options for Dealing with Unwanted Roosters and Cockerels
Despite their fowl reputations, roosters can actually be a wonderful addition to a backyard flock, keeping a watchful eye over the other chooks as they...
The 4 Essential Tips for Keeping a Rooster in your Urban Backyard
Roosters are a contentious issue among backyard chicken keepers. On the one hand, these charming chaps can be a huge benefit in keeping your flock...
Can I Keep More Than One Chicken Breed in my Flock?
Keeping chickens is a wonderful adventure imprinted with a flap of activity, a medley of clucky conversations and an egg basket overflowing with fresh bounty....
5 Reasons To Love Araucana Chickens
Araucanas are eye-catching chickens that always leave an impression in or outside the coop. These uniquely feathered blue egg laying beauties sure know how to...
5 Reasons to Love Leghorn Chickens
Leghorn chickens are adventurous, spirited, friendly and wondrous egg-layers. First developed in Livorno (Italian for “Leghorn”) in Tuscany and brought to Britain in the late...
5 Reasons To Love Polish Chickens
Love may be blind but style has twenty-twenty vision and Polish chickens have exceptional senses when it comes to fashion! Beauty may only be only...
7 Reasons Why You Should Feed Your Chickens Mealworms
They may not look very appealing to you or me, but from a chickens point of view dried mealworms seem as tasty as a home...
9 Signs You Are Crazy About Chickens!
It's only natural to go a little loopy about chickens! They're cute, loving, cuddly and oh-so very sweet. Even if you think you're going a...
5 Reasons to Love Frizzle Chickens
The dramatic and stunning Frizzle chicken is a curious looking chook with a warm temperament and a surprising amount of grit for someone so glamourous!...
5 Reasons to Love New Hampshire Chickens
The New Hampshire chicken breed is a reliable and robust hen that doesn’t disappoint when it comes to producing delicious eggs or forming wonderful feathered...
5 Reasons To Love Orpington Chickens
The cute, courteous and courtly orpington chicken might very well be one of the best mother’s in all of the animal kingdom. Created by...
5 Reasons To Love Your Naked Neck Chickens
Most Chicken Ladies will never forget the first time they their lay eyes upon a distinctive, quirky and downright bizarre naked neck chicken. When animal...
5 Reasons To Love Your Australorp Chickens
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie - cluck, cluck, cluck! That’s the response you’ll get if you have a coop full of frisky, friendly and fabulous australorps!...
5 Reasons To Love Your Barnevelder Chickens
The Dutch bred barnevelder breed has to be one of the most popular, distinctive and attractive types of backyard chickens in Australia. Though breeds like...
5 Reasons To Love Plymouth Rock Chickens
The Plymouth Rock chicken is a wonderful breed of chook for first time keepers and seasoned Chicken Ladies and Lads alike. They are relaxed, resplendent...
Chatting With Chickens – How to Communicate With Your Flock
Got chickens? Then you’ve no doubt engaged in some interesting clucky conversations! Chickens are very vocal by nature and will most definitely respond if you...
5 Reasons To Love ISA Brown Chickens
The ISA Brown is a humble chook. The name ISA Brown is not actually a breed name, but a copyrighted brand name. The breed was...
Chickens In Charge - A Guide To The Pecking Order
Chickens thrive on interactions with their feathery flock-mates and humans alike. They are active, talkative, playful, curious, and last, but certainly not least, highly intelligent...
Three Cheers For Chicken Cleanliness!
Chickens and cleanliness go hand in hand or rather, wing in wing. Chickens love to be clean! Clean chickens are happier, healthier, more active and...
6 EGG-cellent Ways to Boost Your Chooks’ Immune System
Winning the war against disease in your chickens can be as simple as boosting their immune system by incorporating foods and supplements into their regular...
Becoming BFFs with Your Shy Chook
Chickens thrive on spending quality time with their feathery siblings and with you, their faithful chicken keeper. They are very social creatures by nature but,...
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