POULTRY COURSE ~ BREEDING , HATCHING AND REARING
POSTPONED
This practical course gives management guidance for this fascinating subject . It contains techniical detail an dtips on sucessful egg handling , incubation, hygiene , nuttirtion , brooding and rearing for incubator and naturally hatched chicks . This course is carried out by Alison Colville-Hyde who has a wealth of experience with commercial and small scale poultry production
Course cost £50.00 Contact us if you are interested .
CHICKEN KEEPING COURSE @ MOON RIDGE
10am - 1pm £40.00 per person
Next date to be confirmed
. As well as learning all about the chickens , being able to handle them and seeing our set up here at Moon Ridge Farm , you will have the chance to wonder around the farm and maybe spot our wallabies and mara we have here . We have plenty of Chickens here so if you felt confident enough after your course which i am sure you will , you can take them home with you that day or reserve some for a future date for a small deposit . To find out more about the course and how it is run , click on the link below .
We sell everything you need here to get started with chickens. We also provide as much or as little advice you need prior to whilst purchasing and post purchase so you will be confident that advice is readily avaliable at the end of the phone .
http://www.chickenmanagement.co.uk/
More detail below on course content but for more info click on the link above
Chicken keeping for beginners covers the four key areas of chicken keeping, plus wether chickens are suitable for your circumstances:
- Are chickens right for you?
- Nutrition: feeding chickens
- Housing: choosing the right home for your chickens
- Handling: how to pick up and handle your chickens
- Healthcare: how to identify and treat common health problems
This course combines structured learning with practical hands on experience: we bring chickens to demonstrate handling and health diagnosis. This course also includes coffee and cakes. Following the course we hold a question and answer session, and all participants will be provided with course notes in a folder.
As a bonus, course participants are also treated to home made cupcakes!
Course
Chicken keeping for beginners is a 3 hour course, with the following sections:
10:00am: Introduction to chicken keeping
11:00am: Break with coffee and cakes
11:30am: Handling, heath and chicken wellbeing
12:30pm: Question and answer session (come armed with questions!)
13:00pm: Course finishes