Our Christmas present came early this year - a surprise visit from Pookie.
We raised Pookie from an egg about two summers ago. He or she (we never knew…but will refer to her as she!) was an…
...our chooks are laying like ‘little troopers’ producing…
With a little forward thinking you can have eggs all year round with the heritage breeds.
It is hard to believe but chickens are not designed by Mother Nature to lay continuously. Funny that! It is…
Yay! The shortest day has past and from now on the days will be lengthening out and delighting us with more daylight hours.
It is the increasing daylight hours that will trigger your pullets/hens into the lay.…
Autumn is here...
As the leaves and temperatures fall and we head into the winter months most of our chooks will be going though the annual moult. Egg numbers will have dropped off dramatically or might have…
Welcome to Appletons Hen Houses and Poultry Supplies...
...we are now online and easily accessible for all chicken enthusiasts out there!
If you are looking for quality…