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An Assortment of Duck and Chicken Eggs

January 12, 2011 by Darren

You get a lot of variations in the size, shape and colour of eggs between different breeds of chickens and ducks. There’s a fair bit of natural variation within a breed, and even with eggs from the same bird. Here’s a lineup of some recent eggs we’ve collected.

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: barnevelder, brahma, chickens, chicks, ducks, eggs, ISA brown, pullets

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

How Do You Make A Chicken Go Broody?

January 14, 2010 by Darren

So, after trying to [stop a chicken from going broody](http://green-change.com/2009/01/07/broody-chicken/) several times throughout last year, now I want her to go broody and she won’t! Late last year we got some new chickens – 4 brahma pullets and a rooster to match. We also acquired 3 unwanted ISA brown layers from a friend. So with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Keeping Animals Tagged: backyard chickens, broody chickens, chickens, eggs, pullets, rooster

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

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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