Keeping Chickens for Beginners

SJ Library Services have partnered with Switch Your Thinking to present Keeping Chickens for Beginners

Chickens are a great way to reduce your food waste, get eggs, dig your garden and make great pets too!

Learn about the basics of chicken keeping including;

• Your local government requirements for chicken keeping.
• Building a predator proof coop
• Soil and egg testing and why this is important.
• What to feed them for health and egg production.
• Common ailments and how to prevent disease and parasites.
• How to integrate chickens into your garden systems.
• Sources of good chicken keeping information.
• Most importantly, what to name them.

Plus time for Q and A. Your workshop facilitator is Sarah McCabe. She is an enthusiastic backyard chicken keeper of over 10 years and ran a zero waste chicken feed business.