Chickens In Your Permaculture Plan
Greater Seacoast Permaculture Group
Barrington, NH
Sunday, June 29, 2014
1:30 – 3:30 pm
With chickens we can “Obtain a Yield” (eggs, meat & fertilizer), and “Use Renewable Services” (bug control & weed control) easily. Poultry are fun and easy livestock to keep, needing minimal care and space compared to any other animal.
In this class, we’ll talk about getting and raising chicks (we expect to have a brooder full of them at the time!) and the basics of chicken care. That includes housing, rotational grazing, chicken tractors, fencing, predators, litter management, breed choices, chicken health, preventative health care and culling. Feeding, especially raising food for them, will also be discussed. We will give you a tour of our coop, where you can meet our laying hens and rooster. We will also talk about moving away from brooder use in the future by encouraging your hens to raise the next generation themselves.
The cost for this class is on a sliding scale of $5-20, payable at the meetup.
For more information: http://www.meetup.com/GreaterSeacoastPermaculture/events/184797452/