Recent content by Aussie Bill

I find this very interesting ... but it doesn't solve my problem which is having a hen who wants to roost in the nesting box and none of the three ladies doing their duty, that is laying enough eggs to earn their keep. I went so far as to hang recipes for BBQ chicken, roast chicken and chicken...

Hi you-all ... When I was a kid, lo, those many years ago ... I lived on a farm. Dad used horses instead of a tractor and I can recall running down to ride one of the horses back to the barn in the evening ... I was a real young 'un. We moved into town when I turned six so I could go to school...

Yeah, we raise chickens down here in the Land DownUnder. But Aussies don't call mature chickens chickens ... they are chooks. I don't know why but then there are a lot of things about the true blue Australian I don't know. I was raised on a farm in Oregon's Rogue Valley and relocated to...

Chickens like grass ... and because of this fact I am now raising chickens. Didn't mean to get started but ... I moved into this rural property, enjoying the quiet, room to roam and the sound of a rooster crowing off there somewhere. Roosters aren't legal in the city but out here they are a...