Chicken keeping workshop
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Dreaming of fresh eggs? Looking for some friendly new additions to the backyard? Want to turn your scraps into garden fertilizer? You need chooks! Or maybe ducks...
Join us for a fun morning of hands on chicken keeping where you will have a chance to meet many different breeds of poultry, inspect several types of coops and ask lots of questions.
When : Sunday 28 August 2022, 10am-1pm
Where: Tatum Hills Farm, Bywong
Who: this workshop is aimed at adults with no or little poultry keeping experience
What to bring: lots of question and season appropriate clothing, including sturdy shoes or gumboots
Cost: $85 per person (includes workshop notes and a tour of our farm to meet our other animals, for interested participants)
Bookings are through CIT
The workshop will cover:
* Origin of chickens
* What's inside a chicken ... no chickens will be harmed as part of this workshop!
* Chicken politics - including introducing new chickens to an existing group
* Breeds
* Roosters
* Dealing with broodies
* Choosing or building a coop, including low cost options
* Building a run
* Free ranging your flock
* Feeding and watering your chooks
* Dealing with vermin
* Dealing with parasites
* Chicken illnesses and the chicken first aid kit
* Poultry resources - online communities and knowledgeable vets.
PLUS
* an overview of keeping ducks or guinea pigs as an alternative way of turning scraps into fertilizer.
Join us for a fun morning of hands on chicken keeping where you will have a chance to meet many different breeds of poultry, inspect several types of coops and ask lots of questions.
When : Sunday 28 August 2022, 10am-1pm
Where: Tatum Hills Farm, Bywong
Who: this workshop is aimed at adults with no or little poultry keeping experience
What to bring: lots of question and season appropriate clothing, including sturdy shoes or gumboots
Cost: $85 per person (includes workshop notes and a tour of our farm to meet our other animals, for interested participants)
Bookings are through CIT
The workshop will cover:
* Origin of chickens
* What's inside a chicken ... no chickens will be harmed as part of this workshop!
* Chicken politics - including introducing new chickens to an existing group
* Breeds
* Roosters
* Dealing with broodies
* Choosing or building a coop, including low cost options
* Building a run
* Free ranging your flock
* Feeding and watering your chooks
* Dealing with vermin
* Dealing with parasites
* Chicken illnesses and the chicken first aid kit
* Poultry resources - online communities and knowledgeable vets.
PLUS
* an overview of keeping ducks or guinea pigs as an alternative way of turning scraps into fertilizer.
