Mudchute Park And Farm Chicken Keeping Course

Learn chicken keeping from the hands on experts at Mudchute Farm.

What you'll learn
What you need to know before keeping chickens
What chicken keeping equipment you need and types of chicken houses
Chicken rearing routines
Different types of chicken breeds
Feeding and Enrichement
Handling and Settling In
Eggs and Laying
Requirements
No previous experience required
Description
Learn how to keep chickens in your back garden or small holding.  The course covers:Things to think about  - Legal and practical issues, how many chickens, do you need a cockerel?Equipment and Houses - Basic equipment for chicken keeping, and the different types of chicken houses, including perches, next boxes and pop holes.Runs and Predators - How to protect your chickens from predators and the different types of chicken runs.Bedding and Enrichment - What's the best type of bedding  from e.g. newspaper, straw, wood shavings, sand. Enrichment for your chickens - how to keep them happy and entertained.Feeding - The different types of chicken feed and amounts of feed required.Routines - The daily, weekly, monthly routines when keeping chickens.Health and Wellbeing - Keeping your chickens healthy and the main health issues such as feather pecking.Choosing Chickens - The different types of chicken breeds available, and also rescue and ex-battery chickens.Handling and Settling In - How to handle chickens and settle them into a new environment.Eggs and Laying - How many eggs can you expect, how long do chickens lay for.The course is delivered by Mudchute Farm Manager - Tom Davis, and is ideal if you are starting out with chicken keeping.

Overview

Section 1: Part 1

Lecture 1 Course Overview

Lecture 2 Thinks to think about before you start

Lecture 3 Equipment and Houses

Lecture 4 Runs and Predators

Section 2: Part 2

Lecture 5 Bedding and Enrichment

Lecture 6 Feeding

Lecture 7 Routines

Section 3: Part 3

Lecture 8 Health and Wellbeing

Lecture 9 Choosing Chickens

Section 4: Part 4

Lecture 10 Handling and Settling In

Lecture 11 Eggs and Laying

Beginners new to chicken keeping