If you want chickens for eggs, you will need to include nesting boxes in your hen house design. A laying hen will produce an egg every one to two days. Frequent gathering will assure freshness, keep eggs clean and minimize breakage.
All chickens lay eggs in a series - never more than one or two per day. If the eggs are not collected, and a sufficient number of eggs are allowed to remain in the nest, the hen may stop laying eggs and start brooding.
Feeds are available to suit the changing needs of the chickens. Chicks can be fed a starter mix until they are feathered out. Then they can be fed maintenance feed until they start laying. Layers can be fed egg booster and scratch. Feed comes in 4 forms: mash, crumbles, pellets and grain. Mash is powdery, just as it sounds. Pellets are made of compressed mash, and crumbles of broken up pellets. Some feeds are medicated.
Coccidiosis is a disease that can kill chicks that have not built up a resistance to it. They can pick it up outside from the droppings of other birds. If your chicks go outside you may want to give them a feed medicated with Amprolium, which controls the coccidiosis while allowing the birds to build up a resistance. Some medicated chick feeds are sold with antibiotics in them. Adequate storage is needed for the feed to keep it dry and keep rodents out. A galvanized trash can is ideal. Chickens like other birds need a supply of grit for digestion.
Grit is small stones that the bird stores in its gizzard, where they act like teeth and are used to grind up food. For chicks, grit is only necessary if the chicks have access to grain or other foodstuffs. Chicks on mash or crumbles don't need it. You can get chick-sized granite grit through your feed store.
1. When will my order arrive?
Orders are usually delivered within 1-3 days. Occasionally if it is a
product we do not keep in stock we will need to order it in. This usually is
very fast and can still be delivered within 1-3 days but please allow 1-5 days
(usually if you order at the start of the week, it will arrive by the end of
the week). If there are any delays we will contact you.
2. What is the difference between sendle and local delivery?
We offer a to-your-door delivery service with our own fleet of drivers. This
is the local delivery option and is your fastest option to get your order as
the above delivery times apply.
Sendle is our postage service which will be posted to you through the
courier sendle and estimated wait times are calculated at check out.
3. I live in an apartment, can you still deliver?
Yes we can! Please state when ordering in the 'delivery notes' section a day
and time that works with you as you will need to be present to accept the
order. Please give us as wide of a window as you can or multiple days to choose
from so that we have a better chance of fitting you into a run. Only thing is
no we cannot bring your order up to your room as we are not allowed to enter
building complexes, nor can we leave your order in the lobby unattended.
If we attempt delivery during your recommended times and are unsuccessful,
we will ask that you pick your order up from our Keilor store or we will
process a refund.
4. I received my order but have an item that is listed as 'to
follow'. What does this mean?
Sometimes products take a little longer than we hoped to come in so we have
delivered to you what we had and left an invoice outlining what is 'to follow'.
You can expect these items within a couple of days.
5. I’ve entered the wrong address on my order, what can I do?
Please give us a call as soon as you realise, and we can change this on your
order before it goes out. If we do not find out before we attempt delivery an
additional delivery fee will be charged to redeliver.
6. The item I’ve received is wrong or faulty?
Please get in touch with us or email through some photos of what is wrong
and we can fix it straight away. We can either swap the product for a new one
or process a refund and pick the item up. We ask that these claims are made
within a week of the delivery being dropped off.
7. Can you deliver to a PO box?
Sadly not. Our drivers are privately run and do not work with Auspost neither does Sendle our postal courier. Please enter a valid street address for delivery.
1. There is a product I am after but it's not on the
website, can you get it in?
Usually the answer is yes! Just give us a call and we will try to source it
for you.
2. What is the difference between Sendle
and local delivery?
We offer a to-your-door delivery service with our own fleet of drivers. This
is the local delivery option and is your fastest option to get your order as
the above delivery times apply.
Sendle is our postage service which will be posted to you through the
courier sendle and estimated wait times are calculated at check out.
3. I have a discount code but it isn’t working?
Please send us an email or give us a call and we can find out what’s wrong,
or process the order over the phone for you.
4. Do you price match?
Unfortunately we cannot price match as the prices we have listed are the
cheapest we can do them for. If you have any questions you are more than
welcome to give us a call.