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Backyard Chook Keeping Workshop – Kiama

June 22, 2013 by Darren

A workshop on keeping healthy and happy chickens in your backyard.

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Councils, Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, chooks, eggs, health, Kiama, Kiama Council, PDC, Permaculture, permaculture design

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

Meet Jessie, The Red Kelpie Pup

August 22, 2011 by Darren

Meet Jessie, our new family pet and future livestock fox defence system.

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: birds, chooks, dog, fox, fruit trees

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

Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”

May 25, 2011 by Darren

I was interviewed by Gavin Webber from The Greening Of Gavin as part of a series of podcasts he’s done with sustainable bloggers from around Australia. Let me know what you think!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: Australia, chicken tractor, chooks, David Holmgren, fox, garden beds, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, land, meat, pigs, podcast, pork, Shellharbour, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong

Missing Hen Returns With Chicks

February 21, 2011 by Darren

Our missing hen returns with a pleasant surprise for us – four gorgeous little chicks!

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, barnevelder, brahma, broody chickens, chicks, chooks, eggs, ISA brown, rooster

Plants For The Chicken Run

November 20, 2010 by Darren

Some ideas for food, medicinal and other useful plants you can place in and around your chicken run for healthy, happy chickens.

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Permaculture Tagged: chickens, chooks, comfrey, corn, egg yolk, farmyard animals, flowers, fruit fly, fruit trees, lucerne, Permaculture, radish

An Alternative Broody Hen Solution

October 18, 2010 by Darren

If you’ve got a broody hen, rather than trying to “break her” why not let her raise a clutch of eggs? It requires almost no effort on your part, and is a lot of fun.

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: broody chickens, broody hens, chicks, chooks, eggs, fertile eggs, pullets, rooster

The Big Pig Project 2010

September 21, 2010 by Darren

In our quest to eat more sustainably, we’ve been experiencing what it’s like to raise our own animals for meat. So far it’s only been chickens, but we just raised the bar another notch with the addition of three pigs to the back yard! Aren’t they adorable? These little guys are super-cute, and you could … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: butchering, chickens, chooks, meat chickens, pigs
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