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Baby chick and cat together

Can I Keep Baby Chickens If I Have Cats?

February 04, 2015

Cats Other Pets Predators and Pests Protecting the Flock Raising Baby Chicks

Baby Chickens & Your Kitty Cat: Nasty Nemesis Or Feline Friend? Baby chickens are synonymous with all things cute, fragile and oh so cuddly. Domestic...

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Fruit fly

How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies

January 29, 2015

Predators and Pests

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...

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Chicken and cat together

Can You Keep Cats And Chickens Together In The Same Backyard?

December 30, 2014

Cats Other Pets Predators and Pests Protecting the Flock

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...

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Dogs and chickens together in backyard

Dogs + Chickens = Great Friends!

November 25, 2014

Dogs Other Pets Predators and Pests Protecting the Flock

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...

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chicken-dust-bathing

Itchy and Scratchy - It Mite Be Time To Check Your Chooks For Biting Pests!

November 19, 2014

Chicken Behavior Health Predators and 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...

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Chickens and rabbits can become fast friends

Chickens And Rabbits: Ideal Roomies?

October 02, 2014

Chickens 101 Other Pets Predators and Pests Rabbit

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...

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Secure fencing is the first step in keeping strange dogs away from your backyard chickens

Are You Having Trouble With Your Neighbour's Dogs?

September 16, 2014

Chickens 101 Dogs Other Pets Predators and Pests Protecting the Flock

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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a good guardian dog is excellent protection from predators

Dogs And Chickens: How Dogs Can Protect Your Flock

September 11, 2014

Predators and Pests Protecting the 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...

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rat in backyard eating grain

Predator Profile: Rats

June 23, 2014

Predators and Pests Protecting the Flock

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...

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Chicken predator: Australian quoll

Predator Profile: Quolls

May 30, 2014

Predators and Pests Protecting the Flock

There are limited areas in Australia that Quolls call home - meaning they may not be a threat to you and your chickens. They are...

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Chicken predator fox

Predator Profile: Foxes

May 30, 2014

Predators and Pests Protecting the Flock

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...

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