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Other household animals

Keeping poultry

Everything you need to know about keeping backyard chickens.

Keeping birds

Everything you need to know about keeping captive-bred birds.

Keeping reptiles

Everything you need to know about keeping captive-bred reptiles.

Fact sheets

Useful information on owning other household animals.
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Indigo Shire Council acknowledges the original custodians of these lands. The people of the rivers and the hills have walked these lands for thousands of years as well as today, and we pay respect to the elders of the past, present and emerging.

 

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