Chick, pullet or layer? Feeding your birds through the stages
Chickens are "greedy, wanton feeders”. But as they develop from chick to pullet to layer, they need something different in their diet at each stage.
Want to get chickens? Here's what to expect.
Dr Andrea Vance author of What Your Chickens Want You to Know: Backyard Chicken-Keeping in Aotearoa joins us for an honest perspective on what to expect if you're keen to take on a flock of chooks.
What the bok?! Chicken language explained.
Struggling to pick up what your chooks are putting down? That’s because they have a language all of their own. But fret no more – we’ve put together this chicktionary to help you decode those clucks and coos.
How to get your chooks to lay more eggs
These tips just might help you turn your fabulous flock into a side hustle (or just help out the fine yolks - we mean folks - next door)
Why Lucky Duck creates happy quackers (spoiler alert: it’s formulated just for them!)
In the wild, ducks eat a varied diet that consists of around 90% plant matter – that’s seeds, leaves and weeds – and about 10% animal matter. Any additional feed given to ducks, either in gardens and parks or in a farm situation, should echo and build upon their natural diet.
Lucky Duck makes happy ducks
We’re seeing evidence that there’s a lot less bread being fed to ducks both in backyards and local parks and gardens around New Zealand. This is great news!
It’s time to bin the bread
Clearly, when it comes to a balanced diet and a healthy environment for our avian friends, bread is not all it’s quacked up to be.
Your Spring Chicken Checklist
Spring is here and, with it, some chicken chores to get sorted. Here are some of the more important tasks to tick off…
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