Taking stock
It’s that time of year: You take stock of the livestock. Our three Hyline Brown hens are three months into their third year of laying and should keep us in eggs for another eighteen...
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Three French hens
Our hens – all three of them – have a French ‘laissez faire’ attitude to free-ranging. We’ve granted them the freedom to roam the gully area of the Little Owls all day long and...
Chipped, Cracked and Broken
Glancing at where the eggs had been laid, the children’s game ‘Chipped, Cracked and Broken’ came to mind. We were back home after a few days visiting family in Auckland. The two grandchildren, eight-year-old...
“Chickens – a way of life!”
Having chickens in your life is so hot right now. If you’re not obsessed yourself, you know someone who is. Within a few years, keeping backyard chooks has gone from being something your nanna...
You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs
To achieve anything, you’re going to encounter problems along the way – you just have to try to keep them to a minimum. Like the Collins online dictionary reminds us: You can’t make an...
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