| Published | 2022-06-14 |
| Platform | Udemy |
| Price | $44.99 |
| Instructors |
Tom Davis
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| Subjects |
Learn chicken keeping from the hands on experts at Mudchute Farm.
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.