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Hovabator Incubator Fridgemate Hack

November 16, 2013 by Darren

A cheap incubator can be turned into something much more accurate and reliable with a simple $50 digital temperature controller.

Posted in: Frugality, Keeping Animals Tagged: australorp, backyard chickens, broody chickens, chickens, chicks, eggs, freezer, fridge, fridgemate, hack, home brew, Hovabator, incubator, temperature controller, thermostat

New Australorp Rooster

August 18, 2012 by Darren

Meet the new “cock o’ the walk”, Big Oz!

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: australorp, backyard poultry, chooks, eggs, homestead, jamberoo, meat, rooster

Rooster Processing Day

August 5, 2012 by Darren

I processed four surplus roosters last weekend. Having an organised workflow makes the whole thing a lot faster and easier! There are no graphic photos in this post.

Posted in: Frugality, Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: australorp, birds, butcher, butchering, chickens, compost, DIY, dog, freezer, offal, processing chickens, rooster

DIY Chicken Processing Station

February 20, 2011 by Darren

A cheap and simple home-made chicken processing station. It also doubles as a very handy outdoor sink for washing vegetables, plant pots and tools.

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food, Household, Keeping Animals, Preparing Food Tagged: australorp, butcher, butchering, chickens, recycling, rooster, vegetable garden

Chicken Sellers In The Illawarra

December 5, 2008 by Darren

It can be hard to find chickens for sale locally, especially if you’re after a particular breed. Here is a big list of all the places I found when I was looking: – [Illawarra Mercury Classifieds](http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/content/classifieds/) (look under pets, horses and livestock, and for sale categories) – Other local newspaper classifieds (Kiama Independent, Lake Times, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals Tagged: albion park rail, australorp, backyard poultry, chicken breeders, chicken sellers, chickens, chickens for sale, chooks, dapto, illawarra, jamberoo, kembla grange, Kiama, pet shops, poultry clubs, pullets, shoalhaven, tahmoor, trading post, wollongong

Our New Chicken – A Cuckoo Leghorn

November 27, 2008 by Darren

Since [Molly the rooster moved out to the farm](http://green-change.com/2008/11/13/chicken-quest/), we’ve been wanting to get another chook or two for the chicken tractor. Our three black silkies are just about to come into lay (I’ve been saying that for 3 weeks now!), but we thought it would be nice to get a ‘proper’ layer as well. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: australorp, backyard chickens, chicken ark, chicken breeds, chicken tractor, chickens, chooks, dapto, heritage breed, leghorn, poultry clubs, silkies

Chicken Quest

November 13, 2008 by Darren

We have three silkies at the moment, just about to come into lay. They’re named Seraphina, Luciana and Ro (yep, we’re big Barbie movie fans around here!). We had a rooster named Molly as well (I know, my defense is that you can’t tell their gender as day-old chicks!), but we had to get rid … [Read more…]

Posted in: Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Keeping Animals Tagged: australorp, backyard chickens, chicken ark, chicken tractor, eggs, farmyard animals, illawarra, Kiama Council, pullets, rooster, shoalhaven, silkies

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