Choosing the Right Chickens with Deborah from Schoolhouse Farm
So you’re thinking about getting chickens? How exciting! First things first … don’t rush into it, take time to think…
Fermented Feed: A Natural Boost for Healthy Chickens
As backyard chicken keeping gains popularity, many poultry enthusiasts are turning to natural and holistic methods to enhance their flock’s health and well-being. One such practice gaining traction is the use of fermented feed for chickens. Fermented feed is a traditional method of preserving and enhancing the nutritional value of feed by allowing beneficial bacteria…
Preparing your Chooks for Winter
As we enter the chilly months, you may be wondering how to ensure the well-being and warmth of your feathered friends. Here are some helpful insights and tips to support your flock from May to August, keeping them healthy and comfortable during the colder season. Understanding Feather Moulting With the arrival of autumn, the…
The Moulting Season
The Moulting Season Have your chooks started to moult yet? Are you noticing feathers floating around the coop? With the Autumn moult imminent you can do a lot to help your flock through this demanding time. Moulting is triggered by hormones that respond to less daylight hours, actually making new feathers whose growth pushes…
Teach your children well……with Chickens!
Keeping chooks is a great way to teach children about caring for animals, after all who can forget collecting warm eggs for breakfast? Hatching eggs and raising chickens in classrooms is not a new trend – in fact raising poultry in schools has been going on for ages. Remember incubating eggs in a ‘Sunbeam’ frypan?…
Prevention is Better Than Cure
The Best Medicine – Natural Supplements & Herbs for Chooks Keeping our chickens healthy is really important. Our motto at Natural Chicken Health is ‘prevention is better than cure.’ Chickens need vitamins, minerals, good nutrition, and like us, they need low stressors and sufficient rest. Physical Stressors There are physical measures we can take…
Looking after your chooks in the heat.
Looking after your chooks in the heat – here’s how to keep your chooks chilled in a heatwave Summer can be a tough time for our chookies – they feel the heat too! So when the temperature climbs into the 30’s and nudges the 40’s it’s time to attend to our chooks to prevent heat…
Googie Eggs, Cackleberries and Bumnuts!
…..Whatever you call them, once you’ve tasted the difference between farm fresh eggs and store bought, there’s no going back! Not only is the taste and the colour of the yolk different, but farm fresh eggs are far more nutritious. The average egg in the supermarket can be up to 8 weeks old by the…
Looking after Chooks in the Wet
Looking after Chooks in the Wet With a wet Spring over here on the East Coast and still more to come…. we face flock challenges! A clean dry coop and run = happy, healthy chooks A wet soggy run is both difficult for our chooks and us to move around in but more importantly…
Chicken Mites Treatment – Spring Clean Your Coop
Spring is in the air and with it comes warmer weather, a time when mites are most active and can harm our chooks so now is the time for a Spring clean and chicken mites treatment. Mites are one of the main pests that our backyard chooks face. A mite infestation can quick get a…