Allora Grain & Milling

14/06/2024

FUN FACT:

Chickens bathe themselves by covering themselves with dust!
While this may seem contradictory, the dirt is essential to helping chickens stay clean! Chickens have an oil gland on their back that is used to spread oil over their feathers to make them waterproof. Over time, the oil goes stale, and chickens need to wash the old oil off through dust bathing. Dust bathing is when chickens crouch on the ground and spread dirt or another dusty material over their body. The stale oil sticks onto the particles of dirt, and gets shaken off. Chickens can then spread fresh oil onto their feathers.

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26/05/2024

Last weekend we sponsored the poultry section of the Blackbutt Ag Show 2024!

🤩Congratulations to all competitors, winners and event organisers🤩

- Large Soft Feather of Show - Black Langshan Pullet exhibited by J & D Rutledge
- Champion Large Hard Feather was a Old English Black Red Pullet exhibited by Darran and Michelle Dangerfield
- Champion Soft Feather was a Black Pekin Pullet exhibited by Sellin Family
- Champion Bantam Hard Feather was a Old English Duckwing Pullet exhibited by Darran and Michelle Dangerfield
- Champion Breeding Pairs was a pair of black pekin bantams exhibited by Sellin Family
- Champion Waterfowl was a White Indian Runner Duck exhibited by Gabby English

23/05/2024

We have a wide variety of machine dressed grains - here is our widely popular Cracked Corn! 🌽

https://alloragrain.com.au/racked-corn-20kg-bag/

17/05/2024

🐔Our bestselling AGM Mixed Grain is perfect for free range chickens who enjoy a varied and balanced diet!

03/05/2024

What are your best tips for keeping backyard chickens? I'll go first:

- Auto fill waterers
- Predator proof chicken coop
- Collect eggs regularly
- Feed a balanced diet
- Store chicken feed in vermin proof containers

19/04/2024

And he should be worried 😉

12/04/2024

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Did you know that your chooks will benefit from a high protein feed during Winter?

Why?
- Laying hens naturally moult (shed their feathers) each Autumn and they require protein to grow new feathers
- They expel extra energy to keep warm during Winter
- To prevent weight loss
- Get a head start on the Spring laying, having not lost weight through the Winter
- Improved feather quality

You can aid your hens by feeding them a complete feed that contains 16% or higher protein. Our 18% Fine Layer Mash, 17% 'Sorghum Free' Layer Mash and 16% Coarse Layer Mash are all perfect in supporting their higher protein dietary requirements.

31/03/2024

A very Hoppy Easter to all of our wonderful customers!

01/03/2024

Our AGM Mixed Grain is best selling for a reason!

Have your chooks tried it yet? 🐓

https://alloragrain.com.au/mixed-grain-20kg-bag/

18/01/2024

🌞 This Summer has already been a scorcher - here's how to help your birds stay cool! ❄️
🌳Keep the cage under permanent shade
Find a spot where the sun wont reach, and make it your birds’ home. Take care to make sure the sunless patch extends beyond just the ground, and that the entire vertical space that will be inhabited by your bird will be filled with shade all day.
❄️Keeping your pet in a cage indoors is OK if you plan to leave a fan or the air conditioning going all day in your absence. Otherwise, indoor locations can get stuffy and warmer than outdoors, and your bird is not able to lie down on cool tiles like your dog or cat.
💦The wet blanket method
The wet blanket technique can be used in conjunction with the shaded technique to ensure your bird will stay comfortable throughout the day.
Get a towel or two, soak them in water, and then wring them out so they’re no longer dripping wet. Then, drape the towels over the top of your bird’s cage. This will provide a deeper level of shade, as well as a satisfying coolness and rainforest style conditions for your bird.
🛁Provide a birdbath
This isn’t a particularly ground breaking suggestion, sure, but consider adding some ice cubes to ensure that the water remains cooler for longer. Also make sure your bird has plenty of drinking water, of course.
🫧Make use of a spray bottle
If you’re home with your bird during the hottest days this is a must. Fill a household spray bottle with some cold water and give your bird a shower of cooling mist. If your bird starts spreading their wings it means they love it, making sure that the cool spray hits them where they need it most.
🐱Remove or minimise all other stresses
The heat will already have your bird’s heart rate higher than normal, so make sure that any other pets who might cause your bird a bit of stress are properly out of the way or trained to leave the cage alone. This won’t keep your bird cool, but it will help to ensure they aren’t exhausted any more than they need to be.
🦜Keep your bird’s cage low
If you have a hanging cage, consider switching to a free standing one, or if it’s safe to do so and there a no cats in the neighbourhood, a ground cage. Heat rises and can get trapped under exactly the kind of structures most people hang their cages from. A low cage, in a shady area, will keep your bird cooler for longer.

10/01/2024

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03/01/2024

🐔 Have you tried our AGM Mixed Grain?

Popular with chooks and their owners, this feed is suitable to be fed to all poultry from 18 weeks of age.

21/12/2023

Our office will be closed from lunchtime tomorrow. However, we will be back on Tuesday the 2nd at 8am.

We hope you all get lots of time with your animals over the holidays!

26/10/2023

It's getting rather warm out there and we don't want our chickens to roast!
Here are some ways to keep the girls cool this Summer:
💦 Plenty of fresh, clean water!
💧 Set up water misters over the chook pen
⛱ Plenty of shade
🤎 Access to dirt - for dust baths!
❄️ Ice! You can put ice cubes in their water dishes for them to peck at, or you can freeze a brick of ice (tupperware container) and put it in their water dish/bird bath
🥕 In addition to one of our Jenco Layer Mashes, you can feed them frozen fruit and veggies
Comment below with any more tips to help other chicken owners! ⤵️

08/08/2023

Allora Grain & Milling provide a quality 100% Australian manufactured range of stock feeds, seeds and grains for both wholesale and retail customers throughout Queensland and New South Wales.

From our main mill location in Allora, Queensland we purchase, mill and mix our own product range, which we distribute to our stockists and our retail outlet.