Well here we are mid-way through Summer and the temperatures are scorching. I know we are all doing our best to keep our chooks cool. A few years ago when we first moved to Tamworth we were struggling with the heat …
As I finish up my breeding season, I thought I would write a quick article about what I do when I am incubating and hatching. I would like to note that everyone has their own ways that work so what I am about to write is purely a brief summary…
It’s chicken breeding season, so we recently chatted with Mitchell on how he goes about raising his next generation of competition birds.
Barastoc Poultry was proud to be a major sponsor of the Royal Adelaide Show’s Poultry & Pigeon Pavilion in 2018. The Royal Adelaide Show is South Australia’s longest-running event, with the first Show held in 1840.
I’m not sure what actually drew me in to wanting to breed Pekins, I think it was to do with just how uniquely different they are to other soft feather fowl. They are a breed that doesn’t come in both standard or Bantam like other breeds,
When the Heard family first took delivery of six chooks, having them as indoor pets wasn’t part of their thinking. However, “the girls” – as Gregor, Kate and their three sons call them – had other ideas.
To anyone running through the names of the Robertson-Morton family’s feathered friends, their owners’ affection for the flock is clear. “There’s Blackie, Cheeky, Nicey, Cutie, Stripey, Medium and Lady Gaga,”
I first became interested in chickens when my Nan bought some wyandottes and sussex. I would spend a lot of time helping her in the pens and that’s when she let me have a pen of my own so I chose to have pekin bantams.
As the days are getting longer, there is change going on in the brain of every chook kept in backyards across the country. Their brains are telling their bodies to restart or ramp up egg production after a slow-down over the coldest period of winter.
Mitchell Carrigan-Walsh grew up with chooks, but the Pomborneit local’s poultry passion took flight when he attended the Camperdown Ag Show at just seven or eight years old. That’s when Mitchell first saw the Rhode Island Red.
During Barastoc National Chook Health Week, our Barastoc Poultry Young Ambassadors share their tips on how they keep their flocks healthy in spring. Barastoc National Chook Health Week runs from Monday 10 September to Sunday 16 September.
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