Guide To Starting A Backyard Chicken Flock

About this experience

Whether you are seeking quality or reliability, backyard chickens will provide you with a bounty of fresh eggs and is a a favorite for urban households.

We will cover how to start a backyard chicken flock from selecting the birds to housing and care. Number of birds needed to meet your consumption, the costs and realities of keeping chickens, in addition to lots of automation approaches so you can still harvest the eggs without as much time from you.

By the end of the class you will walk away with all the knowledge needed to confidently start your own flock so that you will be harvesting eggs in no time!

Class will be held Saturday 2/15 from 10:00-11:30am.

Important Notes:

• Advance ticket purchase will be necessary to ensure small group sizes. Please do not show up the day of the event and expect to purchase a ticket.


• Children under 18 are free.


• We will be outdoors the entire duration. We will be walking through mulch and uneven ground, please wear appropriate foot wear.


• Important - there are no bathrooms on site, plan accordingly!

We are offering this course on a sliding price scale so that everyone is able to access this resource regardless of their financial situation. The sliding scale represents the idea that monetary resources like income should not be the only determining factor in whether or not someone can access services/classes/etc. Take a look at the green bottles image in the product images to help determine where you fall on the sliding scale (image created & shared freely by Alexis J. Cunningfolk).