What Your Chicken's Eggshells Say About Their Health
Have you noticed your chicken’s eggs are looking a little under the weather? Sometimes, when we go to collect our eggs, we get a rude...
Making Your Own Chicken Feed: The Fundamentals
When it comes to your chickens, it is important that they are fed a nutrient rich and balanced chicken feed high in protein and calcium...
Commercial Or Organic: Pick The Right Chicken Feed For Your Girls
Many chook gurus take their chicken feed very seriously- but why wouldn't you? As I have heard many a chicken enthusiast say, “if I want...
The Egg-straordinarily High Quality Nutrition of Backyard Chicken Eggs
Backyard chickens all around the world are clucking about their egg-straordinarily nutrient rich eggs! Backyard chicken keepers know that when they allow their chickens to...
3 Ways to test if your eggs are fresh!
Sooner or later, every backyard chicken keeper poses the question, “Are these eggs fresh?” And, fortunately for the many and ever increasing number of backyard...
Chickens Refusing To Roost
Chickens love to get their forty winks at night, and it is important that they get plenty of rest to ensure optimum health, which...
What Do Chickens Eat? A Chicken Treat Chart
When it comes to feeding our chickens, it’s all well and good to give your girls their usual layer feed - but what do chickens...
Fermented Chicken Feed: What Is It, And Should I Be Doing It?
Sourdough, yoghurt and cheese are all fermented foods some humans consume on a regular basis, but did you know that you can ferment your chickens...
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...
A Chicken Lady's Guide To Apple Cider Vinegar
The word is definitely out about the remarkable benefits that unpasteurised apple cider vinegar have for your flock of cheeky chooks. Many a Chicken Lady...
Respiratory Diseases In Chickens
Has your flock been sniffling or sneezing a bit more than usual? Perhaps their eyes and nose are looking a little watery. This might mean...
5 Signs Your Chickens Might Have The Flu
Is your chicken showing signs normally associated with a cold or the flu? Well, the closest thing to a ‘chicken cold’ is Chronic Respiratory Disease...
Diarrhoea in Backyard Chickens
As backyard chicken keepers, you probably get absolutely giddy at the thought of waking each morning and visiting your chatty flock as they welcome you...
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...
Does My Chicken Have Marek's Disease?
Marek’s Disease It’s important for all poultry keepers to be aware of Marek’s disease, and also whether it’s a problem for other chicken owners in...
Egg-Binding: What Is It and How To Treat It
Sometimes things don’t go exactly to plan during the egg-laying process. Despite the hens best efforts, the egg can sometimes become stuck inside her while...
Coccidiosis in Chickens - Prevention, Symptoms and Treatment Tips
Coccidiosis. It’s not just a hard word to spell and say (coke-si-di-oh-sis) but also one of the most common diseases to affect chickens and as...
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,...
First Few Days and Weeks with Baby Chicks
“Peep, peep! Cheap, cheap!” Welcome to the wonderfully egg-citing world of fuzzy little baby chicks! Falling in love at first sight may be just a...
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...
5 Chicken Treats for Better Quality Backyard Eggs
Making sure our laying ladies are happy and healthy in their backyard chicken coop is an important part of keeping chooks. If you’re fortunate enough...
What to Add to Your Chicken Feed
Want to give your chickens an extra spring in their step? There are loads of things you can pop in their feed to give their...
A Chicken Lovers Guide To Defeating Worms
Worming your chickens naturally is a fairly straightforward process so long as you understand what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. Most artificial worming...
Diatomaceous Earth: A Natural Remedy For Troubled Chickens
If you’ve been keeping chickens for more than a few months in all likelihood you would have come across diatomaceous earth in one form or...
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...
A Brilliant Companion To Garden Grown Broccoli
Most of us can remember sitting at the dinner table, eye-balling our mother or father, as they said in a low firm voice, “eat your...
How To Keep Your Chickens & Their Coop Warm All Winter
We’re the first to admit that winter in Australia is pretty mellow compared to the blustery blizzards and chilly snowfalls that some chicken lovers need...
Top 9 Veggies To Plant For You And Your Chickens This Autumn
Traditionally autumn is considered to be a slightly cold and gloomy month – leaves turn brown, the sky turns grey and your veggies slowly wither...
Perk Up Your Hair With Egg Yolk Conditioner
Washing egg yolk out of your hair may seem like something out of a bad dream or a traumatic childhood memory, but believe it or...
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