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May132022

Backyard Chicken Keeping Workshop – Bega Valley 11 June 2022

By Cheryl Nelson

Keeping happy, healthy chooks. This one-day workshop will cover the basics of all things ‘keeping chickens’ – housing, breeds, health,…

Mar312022

Nesting Boxes

By Cheryl Nelson

Nesting Boxes Egg laying is a private affair so our nesting boxes must be in an isolated area and offer…

Mar152022

Roosting Perches – Important Chook Furniture

By Cheryl Nelson

A roosting perch is where our chooks tuck up with their flock mates on these long nights so it needs…

Feb242022

The Moulting Season

By Cheryl Nelson

The Moulting Season Have your chooks started to moult yet? Are you noticing feathers floating around the coop? With…

Jan242022

ISA Brown – the Ups & Downs

By Cheryl Nelson

ISA Brown – the Ups & Downs ISA Brown are an incredibly popular backyard layer choice, most probably because they…

Dec292021

Super Mash – New look, same great product

By Cheryl Nelson

New look, same great product Super Mash – a specially formulated chicken feed supplement that provides nutrients and probiotics to…

Nov92021

What to do with lots of Eggs – Nature’s Original Superfood

By Cheryl Nelson

Some egg yolks are so orange aren’t they? Eggs are nature’s original superfood I’m sure you’d agree, but does egg…

Oct192021

Chicken mites treatment – Spring clean your coop

By Cheryl Nelson

Spring is in the air and with it comes warmer weather, a time when mites are most active and can…

Oct32021

A Chookie Space – food & shelter

By Cheryl Nelson

In our slightly mad modern life keeping backyard chickens can give us simple pleasures with the added benefits of home…

Sep92021

Predators

By Cheryl Nelson

Chickens are such important critters in our lives. Whether you live in rural, urban or suburban Australia the greatest threat…

Sep22021

Chook Poo

By Cheryl Nelson

Chickens give us a host of useful services and it’s clear the more we care for our chickens, the more…

Aug242021

Raising Backyard Chickens

By Cheryl Nelson

With Spring in the air our chooks turn broody. If you are raising backyard chickens then a broody hen is…

Aug172021

Feeding Your Flock

By Cheryl Nelson

Chickens are omnivores like pigs, so they like a diet that includes protein from various sources. Chooks are not herbivores…

Aug112021

Spring Clean Your Coop

By Cheryl Nelson

Spring is in the air and with it comes warmer weather, a time when mites are most active and can…

Jul312021

New Girls in the Hen House

By Cheryl Nelson

With Spring just around the corner you might be thinking about introducing some new chooks to your flock. New…

Jul222021

Prevention is better than cure

By Cheryl Nelson

The Best Medicine Keeping our chickens healthy is really important. Our motto at Natural Chicken Health is ‘prevention is better…

Jun282021

Diatomaceous Earth – chicken mites treatment & many other uses

By Cheryl Nelson

Diatomaceous Earth – chicken mites treatment & many other uses! 🐥Chicken mites treatment 🐥Chicken lice treatment 🐥Contains high levels of…

May312021

Extreme Cold & Winter chicken care

By Cheryl Nelson

There are a few things that we can do over the Autumn molt period and into the cold Winter weather…

Jul302019

Take Pleasure in your Chooks

By Cheryl Nelson

Add up all the world’s cats and dogs, cows and pigs and there would still be more chickens. Toss in…

May142019

Deep Litter Method

By Cheryl Nelson

With Winter approaching and our days getting cooler it is the perfect time to set up a ‘Deep Litter System’…

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