Chicken coops plans

As I’ve posted before, my chickens like to sleep in the nesting box that’s built into our Eglu.

Since they’re not laying eggs yet, I’ve never put any nesting material in there (pine shavings… all the better to compost with) to encourage them to spend time in the box. It seems they’ve just developed an affinity for sleeping off the roosting bars.

Having read you can put a golf …

Breeder Sites

The Chook Shed Great information, especially show poultry. New Zealand Poultry Info, messages, and directory. Robyn Vivians Web site Breeder from S.A., photos, info, birds for sale etc. Blue Hills Poultry Stud Large Breeder/collector from Qld. birds for sale etc. Dans Langshans Large Breeder of Langshans from NSW. Caladenia Cottage Breeder of Pekin bantams & Silkies. WA …

Keeping a few chooks in the backyard used to be something only Grandpa did. But it seems the popularity of the backyard chicken with young families and inner city residents is on the rise in Brisbane for lots of reasons.

Read Michele’s blog about chickens and why they are such a lovely part of her Brisbane backyard.

Here are some of the benefits of keeping chickens:

Eggs! It just …

Excerpt from the Clucks and Chooks website:

To prevent hens becoming broody it's always good practice to remove eggs frequently, at least once a day to prevent the hen from wanting to sit and nest. If you find you have a broody hen the first thing to do is to encourage them out of their nesting site (I often just pick them up and send them out the coop door).

There are many different …

A new home for chooks so they don’t fly the coop.

Chicken coop diagram

Fresh are the best! And they taste even better when they’ve been laid by happy chooks in your own backyard. This A-frame chicken coop can be moved about your yard quite easily and will keep your hens feeling clucky, safe and right at home.

A chicken coop that can be lifted and moved around the garden is a great way …

Several years ago I was living and working at Dalpura Farm in Moriac,Victoria a 100 or so acre silvapastoral project.The client George Howson was interested in implementing an aquaponics system so we all went for a day and a half trip to Melbourne to attend a seminar on the subject.

Leading up to this I had started gathering chickens and roosters from the local area from people giving them …

Candle. To examine the contents of an intact egg with a strong light source.

Candler. A device which uses strong light to examine the contents of the egg.

Cannibalism. The bad habit chickens have of eating each other’s flesh, feathers, or eggs.

Cape. The narrow feathers between a chicken’s neck and back.

Carrier. 1. An apparently …

Here we review the most popular and interesting types of chickens from A to Z, with chickens pictures and useful information.

The aspiring chook farmer is confronted with an astounding number of different breeds of chickens from which to choose.

We hope this overview will help you pick the breed that is right for you!

Americana Chickens

Color and Appearance

Unlike most types of …

Heres some general pointers on how to raise chickens successfully.

Whether you are raising backyard chickens or rasing chickens on a small farm, there are a few fundamental principles to the proper care of chickens that you need to know.

In the Permaculture facts about chickens section below, well also look at how to raise chickens for optimum yield, by considering the many services and …

From chickens providing bug control to acting as natural garbage disposals, there’s a lot to like about backyard hens. But, as Marye noted in her excellent account of building a chicken tractor, one major drawback of keeping backyard chickens is that they are constantly preyed upon by foxes, raccoons, hawks and just about anything else that moves. Everything loves chicken.

While we still …