Anyone who has kept bantam chickens will tell you that they are the most delightful, colourful and captivating characters. A bantam is a small variety […]
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Choose Your Chicken: Boschveld
The Boschveld Chicken was developed by Mike Bosch by crossing three indigenous southern African chicken breeds. Because of this they are able to handle anything […]
Choose Your Chicken: Australorps
The Australorp chicken is a dual-purpose breed, which means they are suited for both egg and meat production. The breed was developed in Australia, based […]
SA Smallholder Magazine now available
The first-ever SA Smallholder Magazine is live. Taking the place of the popular monthly Gauteng Smallholder Magazine, this new digital version will come out every […]
Choose Your Chicken: Potch Koekoek
If you are looking for a handsome, indigenous breed of chicken look no further than the Potch Koekoek. The breed was developed at Potchefstroom Agricultural […]
Choose Your Chicken: Leghorn
The Leghorn breed originated in Italy and is one of the breeds used to create the modern battery hybrid layer. The most common is the […]
More bird flu, this time in the Western Cape
Having first been identified on a commercial poultry farm on the East Rand, the avian influenza (bird flu) outbreak has now spread further afield. From […]
Choose Your Chicken: Rhode Island Red
There is a wide variety of breeds of chicken to suit a smallholder’s needs. Join us for this series as we look at some of […]
Hens may safely roam
Many smallholders like to allow chickens, ducks and geese to roam free in certain areas of our plots. This provides a variety in their diet […]
Keeping Peafowl
Peafowl include three species of birds in the genera Pavo and they are members of the pheasant family. They originated in India, Pakistan and Sri […]