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Wednesday 18 January 2023
Backyard chicken boom KATE RUSSELL A mum living in a rental property in Victory is proving that keeping backyard chickens in the city is not as hard as you think.
Amid a nationwide egg shortage, Janelle Patterson has two healthy and happy free-range chickens called Rosie and Blossom. She has had them since mid-2021 and they provide her family with two
eggs a day. “They also help cut down on rubbish as they eat our food scraps,” she says. According to Trade Me, there were over 1,600 searches for
chickens, coops, and feed in the Nelson region during the first two weeks of January. This marks a 218 per cent year-on-year increase when compared with the same period in 2022.
Janelle’s advice to anyone thinking about getting chickens is to save some money to build a decent enclosure.
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Richmond Park Showgrounds was buzzing with activity as thousands of spectators enjoyed the Nelson Harness Races Summer Festival on Friday and Sunday. Alongside all of the fashion and festivities of a weekend at the races, the Diamond Racing stable dominated on track, with Mighty Looee driven by John Dunn taking out both the Nelson Pine Industries Nelson Cup (handicap pace) on Friday and Nelson Pine Industries Nelson Classic (mobile pace) on Sunday. Photo: Evan Barnes/Shuttersport.
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