Adelaide Chicken Sitting Service

16/08/2024

An excellent sized coop that YOU can stand up in to access all areas. Never go small. A great coop design also has windows that can be opened/closed for difference seasons. Remember, with an enclosed run you do not need to shut the door.

The Coops and Cages Double Storey Coop is Made out of high-quality fir wood combined with durable mesh to ensure your chooks safety.

27/07/2024

Poultry sale coming up at Stathalbyn on Sunday 11 August 2024. Bring a cage or box.

15/07/2024

Donate your egg cartons at Sandersons Fodder Store at Coromandel Valley.

We are in need of egg cartons! 🥚 Our supply is running low and now that our chooks are slowly starting to lay again, we would greatly appreciate any donations of clean egg cartons so we can supply you with all the goods (or googs! 😆)
Feel free to drop them into us Mon-Fri 8.30-5 or Sun 11-3. Cheers!!

15/07/2024

CONSULTATION VISITS are available for issues that are unique to your poultry keeping situation. A chance to get all your poultry questions answered. $80 for the 1st hr, $40 for every half hour thereafter.

WING CLIPPING sessions are only that. Further advice will attract a Consultation Fee.

02/07/2024

WHERE TO BUY CHICKENS FOR THE FIRST TIME. Its one of the Top 10 questions I get asked.

1. Start with ISA Browns (sometimes called Hi-Lines) or White/Black Leghorns - these are called HYBRIDS. They are friendly and very egg productive all year round. They teach you how to own chickens. When you are confident, then move onto another breed.
2. Go to fodder stores that are dotted throughout the suburbs and towns. They usually stock the hybrid chickens. Go with a large box or cage.
3. You must have a coop already in your yard BEFORE you bring home chickens. This also includes drinkers, feeders, shellgrit and chicken feed. Choose pellets or crumble, NOT a seed mix as they are just a treat feed.
4. Keep the new hens locked in their enclosure for the first 2 weeks so that they learn where their food, water and roosting areas are located. After 2 weeks, let them out to roam. They will naturally return to their coop when they are ready.
5. Make sure they roost at night - NOT sitting in the nesting boxes. Block off the nesting boxes with a large ball or ice cream containers.

THESE ARE JUST THE BASICS. Follow me for more tips - check out my blog page on my website for more.

02/07/2024

I am booked out for all of July (and the early part of August). PLEASE book as early as you can for July, December and January dates.

20/06/2024

WINTER SOLISTICE is this Friday - 21 June 2024. Shortest day of the year.
This means our chickens will soon begin to lay more as extra hours of sunlight stimulate them to lay. Expect egg laying to increase significantly by September.

15/06/2024

Fully booked out for July school holidays

15/06/2024

"CHICKENS ARE IN" at Gilbertson's Fodder Store
Be quick Limited stock
Sorry no holds
PLEASE BRING A BOX OR CAGE

09/06/2024

Please do not believe everything you hear about the Bird Flu. Bird to human transmission is highly questionable. The Mexican man who the WHO told us died from complications of the Bird Flu did not die from the Bird Flu. Completely fabricated.

And the WHO has just been called out on it.

Mexican Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer has refuted claims made by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the cause of death of a 59-year-old man in Mexico.

04/06/2024

MITES IN THE COOP? YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS.
For a NATURAL solution to get on top of the mite problem INSIDE of your chicken coop, check out BugsForBugs. There is one predator for mites that we can use, called Hypoaspis.

It is recommended that you release one tub per 5-20 chickens every season inside of the coop. BUT you MUST clean out the coop regularly! I cannot stress that enough. BugsForBugs are NOT CHEAP, but as a qualified Horticulturalist, I can highly recommend this company for amazing predators to take care of the bad bugs for you.

https://bugsforbugs.com.au/product/hypoaspis-for-poultry/

29/05/2024

Where is all the Glyphosate coming from in an organic farm? Guess which thing tested the highest. There are still many unanswered questions though. Check this out.

We're continuing our journey of identifying the source for our glyphosate exposure. Come watch as I test multiple sources from our water to our soil, our ani...

25/05/2024

Beautiful chickens available at Sandersons

09/05/2024

No, you don't need a rooster unless you are entering into a breeding program.

06/05/2024

Gobles Pet.Grain.Garden have chickens available right now. As usual, be quick.

Chickens have arrived. We still have a few Heritage girls available. . 🥚🐓

06/05/2024

Gilbertson's Fodder Store have black and white chickens available right now. No holds. Be quick.

Just had a small batch of White and Black 15/16 week old hens come in.
Limited stock so be quick but sorry no holds.

$26.90 each

27/04/2024

Lovely chickens are available at Gobles Pet.Grain.Garden right now. Please bring a pet cage or large box with you. And don't forget to pick up some chicken food while you are there.

26/04/2024

Happy Veterinarian Day to our amazing poultry vets. We love you.

HAPPY WORLD VETERINARIAN DAY!!!

How lucky are we at WAVS to have such a fabulous, dedicated and caring bunch of Vets! Thank you for everything you do and for all the love and compassion you show to every animal that you see.
🐶🐱🐮🐑🦜🐷

26/04/2024

23/04/2024

Apple Cider Vinegar is NOT a wormer for chickens. EVER!!!
Use only a BROAD SPECTRUM wormer with the active ingredient of Levimasole. There is NO egg withhold with that ingredient. Big L , Kilverm and Nilverm are ideal.

06/04/2024

Daylight Savings ends this weekend (SA). Remember to adjust your automatic door on the coop.

30/03/2024

Sandersons at Coromandel Valley are open this weekend.

30/03/2024

Lobethal Fodder Store have beautiful chicken breeds available. Be quick.
Wyandottes (Gold and Silver laced)
Sussex (Speckled, Light, Lavender, Buff)
Australorp
Brahma
Pekin Bantam

24/03/2024

When booking for Chicken Pet Sitting, please have your dates ready and remember that my service zone is under 30minute drive from Sheidow Park, SA. Please book well in advance for school and public holidays. TOP TIP: Book in July for Christmas.

24/03/2024

Please remember that chickens and ducks are live creatures. Please do not give them as gifts. Prepared well in advance before making the choice and be prepared that there may be unwanted boys amongst them. PLEASE PLAN AHEAD OF TIME for your sake and especially for THEIRS.

23/03/2024

Sandersons have chickens available.
Please remember to always bring a pet cage or box.

23/03/2024

How to naturally dye eggs for Easter.

23/03/2024

If you are up in the Adelaide Hills, drop in on the Lobethal Fodder Store and check out their beautiful chickens in stock. Always bring a pet cage or box with you.

Commercial laying chooks have arrived in store. Available in black, brown white and mixtures 🐓❤️

Our commercial layers have NOT been debeaked. Call in store to hold 📞

12/03/2024

Been there. 😁