All this spring rain makes for a muddy, horrible chicken pen, don't you find? I tipped stored autumn leaves and plenty of weeds into my ...

One of the first questions to come up when people decide to get chickens is "What kind of coop shall I get?" Here's ours, ...

How about these posters for the good old days, in the US at least.  They remind me of a fantastic vege gardening book I read last yea...

Welcome spring, and aren't you wet today? But the recent spell of sunny days has seen my chickens dust bathing regularly. I love watchin...

I just had to buy the latest issue of  New Zealand Lifestyle Block  magazine for its article on 'sour crop'. It's a fairly commo...

For those of us who keep chickens, being near our feathered creatures give us a slice of bliss. I've certainly noticed myself how a sens...

This is a helpful "How we do it" guide to chicken-keeping in NZ can be found on this blog . Good for anyone thinking of taking t...