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...
Gender Bender: When Your Hen Thinks She's A He!
You have yourself a lovely flock of girls- they get along harmoniously, you collect their delicious fresh produce each and every morning- everything is going...
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...
What Age Chicken Should I Buy?
When starting out in chicken keeping you're faced with a LOT of decisions- what breed am I going to buy? Will my chickens free range?...
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,...
Make The Most Of Your Auto Door
Many a poultry enthusiast prizes their Auto Door as one of their favourite chicken coop accessories. On first impression, it may appear to be a...
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...
Chicken Feeders
Chickens LOVE to eat! They spend the greater part of each day exploring, foraging and eating their newly discovered treasures and pecking at the great...
Easy Tips For Free-Ranging Your Backyard Chickens
Caring for free range chickens is a complicated balancing act. On the one hand it is richly rewarding to liberate your girls from the confines...
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...
7 Chicken Lady Wisdoms About Pullets
There is a lot of chicken jargon that gets thrown around, which can be quite confusing, especially if you’ve never owned chooks before. One of...
Do Chickens Smell? Unscrambling the Myth
When telling people of your love of chicken keeping, (or your hopes to soon keep chickens), often the response includes a scrunched up nose and...
The Chicktionary: The Ultimate Chicken Terminology Guide
Plumage got you in a pickle? Confused by coccidiosis? What on earth is a pullet?! If chicken chat is sending you into a tizzy, be...
Integrating Chickens and Ducks
You’ve been happily keeping chickens for a while now and it’s great fun. Something’s missing though. You can’t quite put your finger on it, until…you...
Introducing dogs to your chickens!
You've dreamt about having a small backyard flock of chickens one day. What about the family dog, though? How will it react to its feathery...
Why Isn't My Chicken Laying Eggs?
Your girls have been supplying fresh produce daily for your family breakfast - until suddenly, egg production drops...or stops! How frustrating! Is your chicken sick?...
8 Reasons Why Your Laying Hens Have Stopped Producing Eggs
Many owners feel stressed, anxious and betrayed when they open up their nesting boxes to discover not a single egg has been laid. They try...
What Is A Broody Hen And How Do I Fix It?
Are your hens showing a few odd behaviours? A little more irritable than usual? Refusing to leave the coop? Well, you might have a broody...
The Best Boredom Busters To Keep Your Chickens Busy!
While chickens are quite creative when it comes to keeping themselves entertained - free-ranging is their forte! In the winter months, when the days are...
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...
Is There Really Such A Thing As The Pecking Order?
Chickens, like humans, have a social hierarchy called ‘the pecking order’ within their flock. It’s definitely true! It works the same way as most hierarchies...
How To Help Your Hens Stress Less
Reducing the stress in your flock is very important for their health. Like humans, if chickens are constantly stressed out, it cause a range of...
What Do Chickens Eat? Easy As 1, 2, 3, 4.
All egg-sperienced green thumbs know that a healthy soil is the key to a flourishing garden. Without a nutrient rich foundation, the plants simply can’t...
What Happens If One Of My Chickens Gets Sick?
Is one or more of your flock displaying some odd behaviours? Can you see some tell-tale signs of illness, such as a runny nose or...
Top Tips to Stop Your Chickens From Eating Their Eggs
Egg-eating is one of the most annoying and frustrating habits your chickens can have. Anyone who has gone out to collect their fresh eggs, only...
Top 5 Best Bantam Chickens For Egg Laying
Whether you are a chicken know it all or more of a novice, you may have heard of brilliant bantam chickens. If not, let me...
Why Do Chickens Dust Bathe?
Ever seen your chickens fling themselves about in the dirt, and wonder what on earth they’re doing? Well, they’re dust bathing! Don’t worry - they...
How Much Care Do Pet Chickens Require?
Chickens are pretty self reliant pets in comparison to other animals like dogs and cats. They’re adept at looking after themselves for most major needs,...
How Much Water Does An Adult Hen Drink Per Day?
In order for your girls to stay healthy, they need constant access to fresh water (along with a healthy diet of feed and grit, of...
Ex-Battery Hens - What To Expect in the First Few Weeks
Adopting an ex-battery hen is a really rewarding experience - you’re giving a home and good life to a bird that truly deserves it, after...
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