Chicken Keeping For Beginners
Hosted by Clare Taylor
Type: Chicken Keeping Course - Beginner
Date: Sun 08 Jul 2012
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Price: £25.00
Wheelchair Access: Yes
Dog Friendly: No
Child Friendly: Yes
Rating: - 30 reviews
About the course
Ideal for a complete novice who is embarking on their chicken keeping career, this excellent course provides you with all the information that you will need to purchase both chickens and housing with confidence (plus view all Omlet housing), day to day maintenance, feeding, health checks and how to handle your chickens.
You will:
* Learn how to pick a suitable garden spot
* Day to day maintenance required to keep chickens
* How to feed your chickens
* How to hold a chicken
* See samples of the colours that the Omlet housing comes in
* And of course you can ask lots of questions
* Get a bulging goody bag and a compre-HEN-sive set of notes
Chicken handling and cake eating are compulsory (although not at the same time!), and you will get plenty of opportunities to ask questions as the course is steered by your requirements.
Please don’t hesitate to contact the yard (Cotswold Chickens) directly should you have any further queries.
** If you book onto the next advanced course while you're at the yard (on the day) you will receive £5 off the cost of the advanced course**
Please note that the yard is the Omlet UK stockist, so you will be able to pre-order your housing and purchase all the other necessities to take home with you when you attend your course.
*Boring small print: please note that this course is not suitable for children under the age of 12; due to high demand for places, all those attending must have a pre-booked and paid place. The hosts of this course accept no responsibility for any loss or injury whilst on the premises. By booking on this course you are agreeing to these terms.
About Me
My daughter and I live in a terraced Victorian house close to the centre of Banbury in Oxfordshire, we don't have much land, just a long, thin garden, so the Eglu and Cube provide the perfect solution to keeping a flock of a dozen pure breed bantams at home.
They have joined our menagerie of 2 lurchers, 2 bunnies (in a pet version of the eglu), 2 cats... oh, and a few thousand worms in the wormery.
I always wanted to keep my own hens; my Italian grandparents kept hens for eggs and meat, so growing my own eggs appealed to me. My daughter is a real eco-warrior - and loves to helpo out with them all.
I present the Omlet courses from the Cotswold Chickens yard (www.cotswoldchickens.com) as there is so much more room and better facilities than at home.
My Beginners Hen Parties will tell how easy it is to keep hens in a suburban environment and on a limited budget. You'll be able to play with an eglu and a cube to your heart's content, take them apart and investigate; the course includes what to look for when buying a hen, how to check your chickens' health and hen cuddling is obligatory!
Both courses include a bulging goodie bag, with freebies and a compreHENsive set of illustrated course notes; tea, coffee, soft drinks and homemade cakes are provided
My advanced courses cover poultry husbandry and health issues as well as chicken physiology, symptoms, what to look for, how to do a health check and when to treat at home/when to refer to the vet.
The yard has facilities for disabled users, ample parking, public toilet and a shop brimming with chickeny goodies. Please contact the yard for any further details 01608 683912
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Latest Reviews For This Host
What a brilliant course
- Andrew, 22 September 2012
My wife and I attended Claire's beginners course back in July (we've only just found that we can leave feedback). We had our first hold of a chicken and were relieved that they didn't struggle after Claire showed us how to hold them properly. The course is packed full of information and the very detailed notes meant that we didn't have to worry about remembering any of it... good job really cuz we were so busy listening that we didn't write anything down! The homemade cakes were well worth coming on the course for although the missus gave me the evils for eating too many. we weren't going to buy anything on this visit but the shop was so tempting that we ended up ordering a coop and taking back supplies to get it all set up and ready for our chickens. We hope to see you on the advanced course when we've had them a while. Andy and Amy
Fantastic, engaging, informative...
- Andrew, 05 March 2012
A great introduction to chicken keeping delivered at a good pace and at a level that complete novices and those who are just starting out with chickens will both enjoy. Clare was funny, to the point, ensured everyone was involved and is a mine of useful information. I'm looking forward to my next course. PS the cakes were delicious.
Good content and good fun
- Rob, 27 February 2012
We learned a great deal attending this course - Clare was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. We also found that it reinforced a lot of the knowledge we have gained already, which was very reassuring and good for our confidence. The course notes are very comprehensive and there was plenty of time to ask questions and learn from other attendees. The course started with practical matters of holding a chicken correctly and inspecting it - this was great and we used the technique immediately on getting home and found our own chickens relaxed more than usual to enable a good health inspection. So, well worth it and in a nice part of the country too.
Claire was a great host and instructor
- Kate, 15 November 2011
We found the course really informative. Would highly recommend to others Delicious cakes too!
ADVANCED CHICKEN KEEPING COURSE
- PAT, 26 September 2011
Very informative and well presented. Clare is very knowledgeable. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Amazing
- Anna, 25 July 2011
This course is the perfect introduction to keeping chickens! It has all the information you need to know, what to give them, how to hold them,( you get to hold them), and many more. Tea and cakes are provided!
Excellent
- Madeline, 20 July 2011
I had such a good and informative time on the course, Clare made us all feel very relaxed and especially after we had cuddled our chickens (a first for me). And I came away feeling I was on the way to being well equipped to have my own chickens. The knowledge that there is always someone you can ask when you have a query is nice too. If I have one niggle and it's a very little one is that the timing should be more realistic. On the website it says 11.00 - 12.30. It went on until 1.40! which for some could be a difficulty. Don't get me wrong it was fabulous to have so much time and information and it was with much regret that I left it while there were still things going on - I had left my (disabled )husband in the car and was worried about the time. However he had had a doze and never realised the time!!. So all in all it was a great course and I would recommend it to anyone thinking of keeping chickens who, like me, has no previous knowledge of them. Many many thanks. I was pleased to see the eglus and decided which one I shall be getting - in a month or two as we have work in the garden that needs doing first!! so I must be patient. By the way, lovely cakes! Madeline
Beginners course
- Antony, 24 April 2011
We had been thinking about getting some chickens for a while and had been looking for a course to go on to get us started. We were looking for a course close to home in Weston-super-Mare but couldn't find one that fitted the bill on the date we wanted so looked further afield and found the beginners course run by Clare and were so glad we did. Held in a barn on a poultry farm, on a gloriously sunny day, the scene was set and the course didn't disappoint. So much was covered that you'd be hard pressed to remember all of the things covered but the notes that Clare supplies has all of the points covered in detail so you can refresh your memory back in the comfort of your own home. Highlight for me has to be the handling of a chicken for the first time ... I can't even remember touching one before then let alone picking one up! After the course you can visit the well stocked shop on the farm that has everything that you could need (including chickens to take away with you!) All in all an excellent course to get you off and running ... and I've not even mentioned the cakes at break time ... worth going just for them :)
Excellent course
- Kerstin, 06 March 2011
Having kept chickens for 3 years, I felt it was time to do an Advanced Course. I couldn't have chosen a better course. Clare is so enthusiastic and I learned alot from the other people on the course. I can highly recommend this course - and Clare was just brilliant.
Enjoyable
- Angie, 31 December 2010
Very upbeat, positive delivery. Loved the 'hands on'.. each having a hen to 'relax' for the first half was pleasurable and aided concentration. A forum of other keepers generates lively commentary and interesting anecdotes. Useful notes provided. I'm not sure a great deal can be achieved in 2 hours. I did draw comfort from the fact that I found my knowlege of poultry-keeping was far greater than I had previously realised. On the 'slightly' negative side I think the 'Advanced' label that attracted me to the course was misleading. This is really just a follow-up to the beginners course.
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