From Ancona to Zoning: an Australian poultry reference

Requirements for egg supply in Australia

Selling or supplying eggs outside your property? Be aware of the regulations and requirements. Last updated July 2025.

Jun 12 • 

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January 2025

Recipe for happy chooks

Only a few basic ingredients are required for chook health and happiness!

Jan 17 • 

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Surprising facts about chooks

20 interesting things I didn't know when starting out in poultry.

Jan 10 • 

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August 2024

Giving mercy - the humane dispatch of poultry

A roundup of the ways that work and, critically, those to be avoided. Warning: goes into some detail about how to bring about a humane death in pet…

Aug 21, 2024 • 

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Palliative care vs mercy (putting to sleep)

Or, "how do I tell if my chook is suffering?".

Aug 18, 2024 • 

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November 2023

Training dogs to poultry

Help! My dog is chasing my chooks! How do I make it stop?

Nov 17, 2023 • 

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July 2023

Let's talk about lime

No, not the citrus fruits. The powder you scatter on gardens, and which is also widely touted as a cure for poultry parasites and wet bedding.

Jul 26, 2023 • 

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June 2023

Sex-linked breeding in poultry: Part 4

Downloadable tables of breeds and chick down colours

Jun 15, 2023 • 

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Sex-linked breeding in poultry - Part 3

When and how feather-sexing REALLY works!

Jun 15, 2023 • 

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Sex-linked breeding in poultry - Part 2

Why understanding Gold, Silver, and Barred is important in sex-linked breedings

Jun 15, 2023 • 

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Sex-linked breeding in poultry - Part 1

How to create crossbreeds where you can tell the sex of your chicks as soon as they're fluffed up

Jun 15, 2023 • 

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May 2023

Autosexing poultry breeds

The poultry purebreeds where you can tell girls from boys as soon as they hatch

May 21, 2023 • 

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