Chicken christmas gifts
Bees, poultry & livestock

Festive gifts for chickens

Deck the halls with gifts for your chickens, and you'll have a very merry hen house, says JESSAMY MILLER.

Hen with chicks
Build your garden

Starting out with chooks

Before you get started with chooks, it's best to do some research. Just remember, once you do have a henhouse, chickens can be addictive.

nesting hen
Organic solutions

Off the lay?

Chooks laying yet? It’s the question on everyone’s lips as spring approaches, writes JESSAMY MILLER.

established flock
Bees, poultry & livestock

New chook on the block

Meet and greet. JESSAMY MILLER's tips for how to introduce the new chooks on the block.

crowing hen
Bees, poultry & livestock

How to stop crowing

Alpha hens and cross-dressing chooks? JESSAMY MILLER investigates gender politics in the poultry yard.

backyard chook
Bees, poultry & livestock

Why keep chooks?

JESSAMY MILLER looks at the benefits of keeping chooks.

Jane and Lizzie feeding on microgreens
Bees, poultry & livestock

Micro meals for chooks

Microgreens may be small on size but they are big on benefits for chooks, writes PENNY WOODWARD.

Finding an alternative homes for your chooks during a bushfire can be difficult.
Bees, poultry & livestock

Take your chooks and run!

When bushfires threatened guest blogger JACQUELINE SPEDDING decided to up chooks and run!   

chook pen, barnyard
Bees, poultry & livestock

Poultry planning

Want to get the most out of your feathered friends? JUSTIN RUSSELL gives you tips for managing chooks in an organic backyard.