Keeping Chickens for Beginners

The Shire has partnered with Switch Your Thinking to provide Keeping chickens for beginners Workshop 

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

This workshop outlines 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