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Not quite sure how to title this. I'm after experiences people have had with heritage breeds that reliably lay for more years. Productivity isn't particularly important. I'm sure many chicken lovers with no desire to eat their chickens and who have decent sized free range areas would like to...

This coop is made almost entirely from pine fence pailings and 70x35 pine framing. Exceptions being the areas of hardware cloth and the roof. This was an effort to keep costs down and to keep durability and rustic look up. It's a raised coop to provide certain features. Such as; mobility...

I'm testing out a new bedding that has appeared in our local rural supplies. Pic below. It's 100% lemongrass straw and mulch. It has a mild lemongrass scent that lingers. I'm using it in nesting boxes and the coop floor. It's a bit early to tell but we are at the end of the wet season. It's...

Hi, Thought I'd post an update thread on a thread I started here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rhode-island-white-over-cornish-game-hen.1603021/ Th3se birds hatched on 16th of November. We lost one of the 3 at a few weeks old. Just died inexplicably overnight. Sad. I've attached...

Hi, I'm I Australia. Been a very wet summer. Mites are about. The 10% permethrin mentioned frequently here isn't available that I can find. I can however find a 40g per litre concentrate. I've attached pics. The product is for horses and dogs. But it's still just 25:75 (cis:trans) permethrin...

Hi, I've got a broody hen. This is her second bout of broodiness. She is eleven months old hatchery hybrid hen. Amazing layer. White leghorn over rhode Island white. 3 months ago she went broody and we gave her a dozen eggs from a neighbour. The rooster was old the fertility of the eggs...

A quick question..... I have integrated 5 x 7week old pullets into my flock of 7 month old laying hens. We got them at day old. We started integration at 4 weeks or so. All went incredibly easily and well. They have been living together full time for almost 2 weeks. The chicks aren't roosting...

I have 5 cinnamon queen chicks that are 3 weeks old. For the last week they have been spending the daytime in a 3 metre by 6 metre run within the larger chicken run. The 10 existing hens are about 9 months old (mix of australorp, white leghorn and rhode Island red) and are quite curious about...

https://barastocpoultry.com.au/our-products/naturals-range/mixed-flock/ Does this seem right to you? *Calcium of 3.8% but for birds whose primary purpose is to not lay eggs.... I'm looking for something to feed my flock when I integrate the new chicks in a few weeks looks like I might just...

I have what may be a pathological dislike of food wastage. Need help choosing a feeder. I've narrowed it down to 3. All 3 are hanging type and come in a 18kg version. For soon to be 15 hens. But I like the ring type.... they allow maximum number of chooks to feed at once. To go the pvc...

Hoping to have a discussion or seek opinions, knowledge and experience on lupins as a replacement for soybean as a protien source in chicken feed. Specifically laying hens, From the limited research I have done it seems lupins slightly outperform soybeans. In laying hens. Where up to 40% of the...

Anyone fermenting feed that has already had molasses added? From what I'm reading on the interwebs most are adding blackstrap molasses post fermentation. However in different circles it seems molasses is in fact lacto fermentable. But it can indeed be yeast fermented also producing alcohol...

Part 2 of my attempt at bringing consideration to some lesser know fodder plants. Warrigal greens (Tetragonia tetragonioides) is a ground covering vine type plant that, for my hens at least is very appetising. They swarm this stuff like piranhas. They pick up what they can and run as if it was...

Hi, I thought I would introduce some lesser known fodder plants those who like to add variety might be interested in. I did a quick search and didn't see this one, My general rules for such things in the chook run are perennial, fast growing, nutritious, hardy, easy to propagate. Job's tears...

Hi, Long time reader, first time poster. I haven't seen this topic for a little while, nor discussed in too much depth. I live on a couple acres in subtropical qld, Australia. Wife and I recently got 10 young point of lay white and black australorp hens after a few years without chooks. We...