Val prides herself in knowing that existing and future chicken keepers complete the course happy, contented and armed with knowledge, helping them on their happy road to keeping healthy chickens in their back garden. The course will give you the necessary knowledge to carry out preventative methods to stop problems arising and equip you with the knowledge should a problem occur.
The 1-2-1 course is a specialist course tailored to suit you, based on your current knowledge and experience it is ideal for the whole family and whoever will be caring for the chickens; children are especially welcome. Ongoing support after the course.
Course Content
• The Benefits & Rewards of Keeping Chickens
• Basic Chicken Needs
• Their Welfare Requirements
• Every Day Care, Weekly Care, Monthly / Quarterly Care
• Your New Arrivals what to do to settle them in
• Signs of Health
• The Ease of Keeping Chickens
• Giving you an understanding of the importance of choosing a particular breed that is best suited to you and your environment
• Suitable Housing, Housing Checklist, Different Housing Available
• The Run
• Training
• Your First Eggs
• How to Handle Your Chickens
• Definition of Chicken Ages
• The Cost of Keeping Chickens
• Settling Them into Their New Home
• Cockerels
• Introducing New Chickens
• Food, Water, Supplements & Medication
• The Pecking Order – The Top Chick
• Weather Precautions, Winter & Summer
• Moulting
• Dust baths
• External & Internal Parasites
• Identification of Droppings
• Predators
• A Broody Hen, The Signs & Breaking a Broody
• Flying Hens, Wing Clipping
• And More……
Training Available at Your Premises or Come to The Chicken School & See For Yourself.
Free Information Booklet Available to Use as a Reference.
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Neil Forbes (Recognised RCVS and European College Specialist in Bird Medicine) states that it is imperative that poultry owners are well informed and trained in the care and husbandry of their birds. Neil states that suitable training is most readily gained by attending a course as run by organisations such as Chicken School.