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Wollongong PCYC Permaculture Community Garden Tour

October 11, 2014 by Darren

A tour of the Wollongong PCYC permaculture community garden – very heavy on photos and detailed explanations.

Posted in: Featured, Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: chickens, comfrey, compost, food forest, fruit trees, garden beds, herbs, mulch, Permaculture, permaculture principles, seedlings, sustainability, vegetable garden, wollongong

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

Small Critters Butchery Workshop

May 28, 2013 by Darren

On Friday night I attended a workshop to learn how to bone out rabbits, ducks and chickens.

Posted in: Preparing Food, Video Tagged: butcher, chickens, ducks, Gerringong, meat, rabbits

Record Temperatures And Bushfires Everywhere

January 9, 2013 by Darren

The highest average national temperature ever recorded for Australia!

Posted in: Illawarra Organisations, Science and Technology Tagged: Australia, Bureau of Meteorology, bushfires, chickens, dog, ducks, Kiama, rabbits

Rubbery Egg

October 17, 2012 by Darren

One of the ducks laid a rubbery egg this morning!

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: chickens, ducks, eggs, fox

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

Mount Terry Public School Permaculture Garden Opening

July 13, 2012 by Darren

A very photo-heavy tour of the permaculture garden that was recently opened at Mt Terry Public School in Albion Park.

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals, Permaculture, Water Tagged: broccoli, chicken tractor, chickens, children, comfrey, compost, composting, dam, fencing, flowers, fruit trees, herbs, jamberoo, Kiama, mulch, orange tree, Permaculture, permaculture design, ponds, school gardens, Shellharbour, tomato, vegetable garden, weeds

A More Secure Chicken Pen

January 23, 2012 by Darren

I’ve now fortified the chicken run, so hopefully we won’t have any more trouble with foxes!

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, chicken coops, chickens, construction, dog, ducks, fox, muscovy duck, predators

Weekly Roundup – Outfoxing Foxes

July 18, 2011 by Darren

Various resources for keeping foxes and poultry separated, chook pen designs, fencing, a chicken feeder, and the Australian FeralScan web site.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: chickens, chooks, fencing, fox, myna, pests, predators, recycling, weekly roundup

Chicken Massacre

July 14, 2011 by Darren

Foxes broke into our chicken pen and killed everything in sight. Don’t read this post if you’re sensitive!

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: chickens, chooks, ducks, fox, muscovy duck, predators
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