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Should I buy a wooden Chinese-made chicken coop from Ebay?
By Kerry Mundt · 13 years ago
If you search on the Internet or Ebay for a chicken coop, or even visit your local pet store, you'll likely stumble across one of the various styles of timber chicken coops available for sale. ...
Adding New Chickens to your Backyard Chicken Flock
By Kerry Mundt · 13 years ago
Most owners of backyard chickens are familiar with the concept of a 'pecking order' in chicken society. Many people however, do not really understand the effects of adding new chickens to an existing flock, whom ...
Parasites in the chicken coop
By Kerry Mundt · 13 years ago
Mites and lice are no fun for any type of pet. These tiny creatures even find their way into the backyard chicken coop, affecting the health of your chickens which can then impact the quantity ...
Tips for keeping healthy chickens
By Kerry Mundt · 13 years ago
Like any pet owner, as an owner of backyard chickens you need to make sure that you do everything necessary to keep your pets healthy. Since the health of your chickens will impact the quantity ...
Do I need council permission to keep backyard chickens?
By Kerry Mundt · 14 years ago
If you're thinking of getting backyard chickens, you've no doubt considered if your local council has any rules on keeping a small flock of chickens. Any rules developed by your council are there to keep ...
Afraid of foxes entering your chicken coop?
By Kerry Mundt · 14 years ago
No one wants to wake up one morning to discover that a fox has attacked your backyard chickens. As such, it is important to make sure your chicken coop is fox proof. It's devastating, to ...
How do I keep mice and rats out of my chicken coop?
By Kerry Mundt · 14 years ago
I love backyard chickens but I'm definitely not a fan of mice and rats. Just because you have chickens in your backyard, doesn't mean you also have to have mice or rats in your chicken ...