About Us
Practical Australian livestock guides — written for real conditions, real climates, and real producers.
Practical guides for Australian livestock owners
VelvetFields is an Australian livestock information resource covering goats, sheep, poultry, and small farm infrastructure. Everything published here is written specifically for Australian conditions — the climate extremes, the parasite challenges, the soil mineral profiles, and the regulatory environment that make general overseas advice frequently inadequate for producers in this country.
We cover the full span of production categories: meat, dairy, wool, and fibre animals; free-range and pastured poultry; small farm infrastructure from fencing and water systems to pasture management and equipment selection. Our guides are practical rather than academic — they are written to help producers make decisions and solve problems, not to satisfy a research brief.
Whether you are setting up your first small property, expanding an existing enterprise, or trying to improve the productivity of a flock or herd that is not performing as well as it should, the guides on this site are designed to give you the information you need in plain, clear language without unnecessary complexity.
What You'll Find Here
Goats
Breed profiles for meat, dairy, fibre and companion goats — plus care, feeding, health and housing guides written for Australian conditions.
Explore goat guides → 🐑Sheep
Wool, meat, dual-purpose and terminal sire breed profiles — with comprehensive guides on care, feeding, health and lambing.
Explore sheep guides → 🐔Poultry
Chicken and duck breed comparisons alongside practical guides to care, feeding, health management and housing design.
Explore poultry guides → 🚜Small Farm
The infrastructure that makes a farm productive — pasture management, fencing, water systems, farm planning and equipment selection.
Explore farm guides →Written for Australian conditions
Australia-specific
Every guide addresses the specific challenges of Australian production — barber's pole worm, heat stress management, endemic mineral deficiencies, local disease pressures, and the regulatory environment that applies here.
Practical first
We write for producers who need to make decisions and solve problems. Our guides aim to give you the information you need to act, not just understand — backed by the detail required to act correctly.
Free checklists
Downloadable checklists for goat health, lambing preparation, and poultry care — print-ready references for the paddock, the shed, and the ute dashboard.
Breed comparisons
Detailed breed profiles with Australian suitability ratings across heat tolerance, drought hardiness, beginner-friendliness, and parasite tolerance — the comparisons that matter for Australian property decisions.