Keeping Chickens in the City with Gail Batten

Please note that we have a limited number for each workshop. If you are interested in this workshop please RSVP to: judith@mountedenvillagepeople.co.nz.

What to expect:
This course is designed to help you get started on having chickens in the city. You will receive a comprehensive handout and see Mt Eden backyard chickens and their happy free range environment.

This workshop covers:

* Benefits of having chickens
* Housing requirements and rules
* Feeding
* Hatching and rearing
* Health and wellbeing
* All about eggs
* Miscellaneous and troubleshooting
* Benefits of different breeds
* How to adopted a chicken

About Gail Batten:
When Gail came back from a woofing (working on organic farms) holiday a year ago, she was given some fertilised eggs as a farewell present. Back in Auckland she managed to borrow a hen from a friend of hers to sit on the eggs. A few weeks later she had baby chicks, a chook house and later lots of eggs for breakfast. In December last year she obtained more fertilised eggs and now the chook house is full of life, eggs and entertainment.

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