Episode 20 Phil & Anne Westwood
For almost 40 years, Phil and Anne Westwood have run Freeranger Eggs in Grantville, 90 km south east of Melbourne. What’s super interesting about Phil and Anne’s operation is that …
Episode 19 Brendon Murphy
Brendon Murphy presides over the Australian Facebook group dedicated to Cream Legbar breeding. In this conversation, we discuss: Perhaps the most interesting thing Brendon shares in this chat is why …
Episode 18 Lisa Short
Roosters can be tragic figures. The reality is, for every hen in a backyard flock, there is a rooster, her brother, that almost certainly didn’t live happily ever after. Lisa …
Episode 17 Belinda Burgess
Belinda Burgess tried having a regular job. She tried retiring. Neither stuck. Despite 12 hour days, 7 days a week, she says running a commercial poultry farm is a good …
Episode 16 Joel Meadows
If we could avoid it, we probably would but dispatching a chicken is something every chicken breeder really needs to know as an unavoidable part of their repertoire. If you’re …
Episode 15 Emma Middleton
The second in our series on breeding Cream Legbars is an illuminating conversation with the experienced British breeder Emma Middleton. Emma explains in detail how to tell whether you actually …
Episode 14 Jeanette Gower
Horse breeding and chicken breeding might seem like completely different endeavours yet it turns out they have quite a bit in common. And they’re underpinned by the same genetic principles. …
Episode 13 Dr Grant Richards
Worms are frequently the chief suspect when a backyard chicken gets sick. But how often are they actually to blame? This is the starting point for my conversation with poultry …
Episode 12 Ethan Rivers
Cream Legbars are one of the most sought-after chicken varieties among those of us who love coloured eggs. They’re also one of the more complicated chickens to breed well. That’s …