Beginner's chicken keeping course

Perfect for a complete novice, this excellent course provides the information and confidence to purchase chickens and chicken housing, maintain your flock day to day and to feed and handle them.

You will learn:

•  how to hold a chicken

•  daily maintenance

•  how, and what, to feed your chickens

•  how to do a health check and what to look for

•  how to choose a suitable place for the coop and run

The Beginners Course takes roughly 2 - 2½ hours, so I only recommend it to children over ten years old.

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Advanced chicken keeping course

If you already keep chickens, this course is ideal; it will teach you more about chicken physiology, common ailments and injuries, what you can deal with at home and, most importantly, what you absolutely must take to a vet.

You will learn:

•   observation of appearance and behaviour

•   handling your hens

•   how to do a comprehensive health check, and what

   to look for to identify and manage common ailments

•   introducing new chickens to your environment and flock

•    treating injuries, mites, lice and parasite checks

•   chicken nutrition and health supplements

The Advanced Course is very detailed and lasts around 2½ hours, so I don’t recommend it to children younger than twelve years old.

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This course has been accredited by AMTRA (Animal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority) to train RAMAs and SQPs specialising in chicken health and welfare as part of their work in veterinary surgeries and licenced outlets. Attendance on the Advanced Course awards them 20 CPD points.