Autumn is a good time to insure all livestock and pets are wormed prior to the colder winter months. This will give your pets and livestock a better chance to sustain weight and body fat during the winter months.
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Category Archives: Birds
What’s the Best Options to Rid Your Poultry of Parasites
One of the responsibilities of owning Chickens is make sure they maintain good health. Chickens can be prone to Parasites and Lice.
But never fear there are lots of products in store to assist you with the control of Bird Lice. If you are not sure if your flock is affected by parasites, you can do a bit of reading here and learn more about bird dwelling parasites.
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Keeping Poultry on A Small Scale Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the benefits of keeping Backyard hens and where to start.
So what Space and Equipment will you need for Backyard hens? Continue reading
Keeping Poultry on A Small Scale Part 1
So what are the benefits of keeping Poultry?
Eggs are a high protein, nutritious food with very little waste. When properly managed 10 hens may produce:
2000 eggs/year = 40 eggs /week = 2kg of eggs.
As a bonus, they generate more than Continue reading
What is Coccidiossis and Why You Need to Know About It
Coccidiossis is a disease of birds and mammals that chiefly affects the intestines, caused by coccidia. It is one of the most common diseases to affect chickens and as such should be in the vocabulary of every backyard chicken keeper.
Coccidiossis is species-specific, which means if you have livestock around with coccidiosis they won’t infect your chickens and vice versa. However, coccidiosis doesn’t discriminate amongst the avian species – ducks, turkeys, geese can all pass the disease on to chickens and vice versa.*
Coccidiosis can be fatal to your chickens, however Continue reading
How to Help Control Fleas, Ticks and Flies on Your Animals
Fleas,Ticks and Flies can be a real problem, especiallythis time of the year. Here are a few
product suggestions to help you control Fleas and Ticks on your pets and stock.
DOGS:
Oral Solutions… Continue reading
4 Top Tips to Get Your Pets Through Hot Weather
Our pets are some of our nearest and dearest. So the team at Valley Rural Supplies has constructed a tip sheet to help protect and keep your pets cool this Summer.
Cool Water
When it is hot, the last thing you want to drink is hot water. If you pets are kept outside put out at least two sources of water. Consider the direction of the sun as it moves through the day and supply your pet with options so they can always have fresh water that hasn’t been sitting in the sun.
Plenty of Shade & Air Flow
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3 Top Tips For Preparing Your Laying Chickens For Spring
In the day of our grandparents every Aussie backyard had a Chook shed that provided eggs and the odd roast dinner.
Chickens are quite intelligent animals and require little upkeep in the grand scale of pet ownership, plus they have the added reward of egg production.
Here are 3 Top Tips To Keeping Your Flock Healthy For Spring and Maximum Egg Production..
Controlling External Parasites in Your Flock
Most external parasites that affect birds don’t live on humans, but a few will take a bite out of you if they get on you. You don’t want parasites on you, and you may want your chickens to be as comfortable and healthy as possible.
Chicken parasites are a given in most backyard coops. External parasites — lice, mites, and ticks — are the Continue reading
What is The Best Spring Care for Your Birds?
The Best Spring Care for Your Birds
How to Provide the Best Care to Your Birds this Spring…
With Spring Rain and a change of season, aviary birds’ natural instinct is to kick into ‘breeding mode’. New rain and warmer weather signifies new feed will soon be available