Green-Change.com

Tag: backyard poultry

  • New Australorp Rooster

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

  • Indian Runner Ducklings

    Eight Indian Runner ducklings join the growing menagerie!

  • Muscovy Ducks Arrive

    We welcomed two new residents to the homestead this week – a pair of 4-month-old white muscovy ducks named Sir Francis and Louie.

  • Geese In The Garden

    A little more unusual than chickens and ducks, geese can provide several useful functions in the garden if you have the space.

  • Novella Carpenter – Urban Farming

    Here’s an awesome YouTube video about Novella Carpenter’s urban farm in West Oakland (California, USA). It’s got a lot of great info applicable to growing food and raising animals (for eggs, meat and dairy) in suburban and urban areas.

  • Hatching Chicks

    This story has been a bit of a saga. Remember back when I got Molly the leghorn to go broody and slipped some eggs under her? Well, none hatched. I think it was a combination of inexperienced first-time mother and low fertility rate of eggs. She was sitting on 6 eggs: three exploded in the…

  • Chicken Sellers In The Illawarra

    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,…