The Ultimate Guide to Chicken Coop Predator Prevention
Keeping your chicken coop safe from prowling predators is a top concern for all chicken keepers. Whether you live in an urban, suburban or rural...
Predator Profile: Quolls
There are limited areas in Australia that Quolls call home - meaning they may not be a threat to you and your chickens. They are...
How to Keep Your Chickens Safe From Snakes
Sssssnakes. The name alone might make you frightened for your flock. But fear not! Although chickens do occasionally fall victim to snakes, they are mostly...
Predator Profile: Foxes
As hard as it is to believe, there are some animals out there who don’t see your precious flock as cute little feathered friends like...
6 Ways To Protect Your Flock From Predators This Winter
Though Australia isn’t really renowned for experiencing frosty winter, it is still important to recognise that there is an increase in the predator threat to...
Predator Profile: Rats
Chicken keeping does not have to be difficult or stressful, and you shouldn’t have to spend your time worrying about the pending threat that rats...
Dogs + Chickens = Great Friends!
Imagine if you will, a feathery flock of chickens happily interacting in the same backyard with a furry dog! Well, wonders never cease. Family dogs...
Dogs And Chickens: How Dogs Can Protect Your Flock
Dogs and chickens. When most people think of these animals together, they conjure up images of terrorised chickens, dogs jaws and claws in action, and...
Chicken Wire: What’s Best for Your Chooks
Safety from predators and egg thieves like rats, goannas, foxes, quolls and snakes is one of the most important factors when setting up a happy...
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...
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,...
14 Ways to Use Portable Electric Fencing
Portable electric fencing is a versatile tool for any size property, from urban backyards to hobby farms to full scale farming operations. This genius netting...
How to Keep Your Garden Safe From Chickens and Pest Animals
Any green thumb, from beginner to expert, knows the feeling of accomplishment that comes with growing a fine patch of vegetables or watching your flower...
The Ultimate Guide to Using Electric Poultry Fencing
More and more chicken keepers, from large flock runners to backyard chook ladies, are seeing the benefits of using an electric fence to keep their...
Electric Poultry Fencing - Frequently Asked Questions
Many chicken keepers may not be aware of how easy it is to keep your hens safe from poultry predators with electric fencing. Electric poultry fencing helps keep...
3 Reasons Electric Poultry Fencing is Great For Your Chicken Flock
Electric Poultry Fencing Keeps the Predators Out Using an electric fence to protect chickens while they forage and roost is your best defence against chook...
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...
Guinea Fowl Are Nature’s Pest Control
Many an expert gardener has knowingly harnessed the power of the Guinea fowl to help rid their garden of all matter of bugs, pests, insects...
An Animal Lovers Guide To Hemp Bedding
Some animal lovers tend to underestimate the benefits of lining their coop, chicken run or pet enclosure with quality animal bedding, however, it is one of...
Can I Keep Baby Chickens If I Have Cats?
Baby Chickens & Your Kitty Cat: Nasty Nemesis Or Feline Friend? Baby chickens are synonymous with all things cute, fragile and oh so cuddly. Domestic...
How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies
How To Give Fruit Flies The Flick Fruit flies are a frightening nuisances. No matter how fastidious you may be as a cleaner, we have...
Can You Keep Cats And Chickens Together In The Same Backyard?
Cats and chickens can definitely be trained to live together. They don’t seem like obvious ideal roomies, but we know for a fact that the...
Chickens And Rabbits: Ideal Roomies?
Chickens and rabbits- they don’t sound like they would make the most ideal pairing, but raising and keeping these two animals together can make for...
Are You Having Trouble With Your Neighbour's Dogs?
With a bit of training and patience, dogs and chickens can co-exist peacefully. We’ve seen the proven, heartwarming results of chicken and dogs even being...
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