Free Range Eggs

It’s always a delicate balancing act for a small free range farm working out sales and distribution to maintain viability. After a lot of thought, we have decided to stop egg deliveries to Phillip Island. The island has been an important part of o...

The current panic buying chaos as a result of the Coronavirus scare demonstrates the need for food security. For years we have taken the view that every township and community should have its own egg farm. Our ebook and farm workshops have all been...

An extra 200 Isa Brown pullets were delivered today to augment one of our flocks and help meet the demand for eggs. Conventional wisdom says that young birds should be kept separate from older hens to limit aggression and potential cannibalism. But w...

Current feed prices for laying hens are over $550 a tonne as a result of poor grains harvests in much of Australia. It’s essential to provide chickens with top quality feed for anyone wanting to produce goods eggs and maintain bird health. The righ...

Current feed prices for laying hens are over $550 a tonne as a result of poor grains harvests in much of Australia. It’s essential to provide chickens with top quality feed for anyone wanting to produce goods eggs and maintain bird health. The righ...

Eggs used as a growing medium for virus research may help to find a cure for the Covid19 infection sweeping the world. One drug undergoing evaluation is chloroquine which was developed to fight malaria but has been shown to have an impact on corona...

Academic researchers often produce theories and reports designed to demonstrate what 'free range' means in the egg industry. Celebrity chefs usually confine themselves to mistaken comments that bright yolk colour defines whether or not an egg is free...