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    Goat or Alpaca?

    Hi all, I work on a school camp and we have a massive chook pen but only have 9 chooks (after loosing about 4 dozen to foxes). We are currently looking at getting about 15 new chooks because we hate having to buy eggs, but we are wary of doing this because of the fox problem that always seems...
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    Goat or Alpaca?

    Hi all, I work on a school camp and we have a massive chook pen but only have 9 chooks (after loosing about 4 dozen to foxes). We are currently looking at getting about 15 new chooks because we hate having to buy eggs, but we are wary of doing this because of the fox problem that always seems...
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    New Chicken coop

    Thanks so much for all your help. Ill let you know how it turns out!
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    New Chicken coop

    Part of my jobs to do this year is to beautify my chook pen because its becoming very worrying... The first stage to my job is to even out the ground from where the chooks have been scratching in the dirt. What is the best substance to put over the ground to fill in the holes and to make the...
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    Weird scratching!?

    They already have a dust pit that they used to use but they've recently started digging up the grass and making new holes. The ground now looks like a scene from the movie "Holes". If you haven't seen it, just imagine the chickens have been digging for gold in every bit of space available.
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    Weird scratching!?

    Is there a way to stop this? Because it's making the ground very uneven and hard to maintain.
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    Beginner!

    Probably just obtain the roosters and use the hens we already have. At the moment all of the hens live in one big area together, but I was thinking of making a coop for the rooster + 'x' amount of hens. We would definately use incubators so that the kids can monitor the growth and progress of...
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    Beginner!

    The dairy farm is a full functioning outdoor ed program so we have continuous amounts of kids here. As part of their program, we breed cows and currently have over 50 new calves - they are very cute. I'd like to start the same sort of "life cycle" with the chickens... at the moment we do not...
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    Pleased to meet you all =)

    Hey guys, My names Jacqui and I work on a dairy farm that also has lots of other animals. My job is to take care of the chickens and make sure they are as happy as can be! I'd love you to introduce yourself so I can get to know some people
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    Weird scratching!?

    30 chickens
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    Weird scratching!?

    Recently my chooks have been scratching and making holes in the grass that they then lay in. Normally this wouldn't worry me, except they have a dirt pit that they usually do their scratching/sleeping in. Should this change worry me? Or does it mean something?
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    Beginning

    Hey, Just wondering where I could get some eggs for hatching in the Melbourne area or how it all works. Thanks
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    Beginner!

    Hi, I work on a dairy farm and we have about 30 chickens... I'm hoping to start a hatching program but have no idea where to begin. Help?
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