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What you need to know to keep chickens

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Keeping chickens is great fun. They have amazing characters, lay delicious eggs and will keep you entertained!

Choose the right breed for you and your block
Set up for free-ranging if you can
Get the nutrition right for regular egg production
Roosters can be a problem but do you need them?
They need extra care if they're broody or moulting
They come in so many wonderful colours!

In this course you will discover:

How to buy the best – so many breeds to choose from! Find the perfect fit for your block - from cute to productive or both...

The design secrets for a perfect coop that works for your chooks and for you - make it easy on yourself

One run, two runs or no runs - what you'll need and why

The reason why hens go broody and what you should do when they do - don't listen to old wives' tales on this!

The secret trick to free-ranging without destroying your garden - get the best of both worlds

The threat of predators and how to protect your flock from attack

How to examine your birds and keep them healthy

...and much more...

Everything you need is included

Video lessons

Join Sez the vet as she shares with you advice and tips about all aspects of farming chooks on a lifestyle block in New Zealand.

Coursebooks

Each module comes with a downloadable coursebook - no need to take notes!

Extras

We have helpful handouts, fun quizzes and some cool memes to share too!

Meet Your Instructor

Dr Sez

Lifestyle veterinarian

Dr Sez is a lifestyle block vet, with a passion for caring for the backyard farm pet.

Born and raised on a lifestyle block, she grew up around goats, sheep, chooks, horses and more, developing a passion for caring for and bettering the welfare of our farm animals from a young age.

Dr Sez initially studied animal behaviour, further fuelling her passion, before returning to New Zealand to become a qualified vet. She now works with the many lifestyle blocks of the South Auckland region and runs the YouTube channel ‘Sez the Vet’, airing interesting and topical weekly episodes on the health of your farm animals.

What we cover:

Welcome

A message from your instructor, Sez

How to use this course

Please answer a few questions to help us to help you!

Module 1 - Getting Started

Module one is all about making the right decisions

Talk like a farmer and anatomy

First considerations

Choosing the right chooks step one - breeds

LSB Guide to chicken breeds

Buying your chooks

All about roosters

What have you decided?

Free ranging - the good the bad and the ugly

Kate's free ranging tip

Fixed and mobile coops, which one would suit you?

More decisions....

Module One coursebook

Module 2 - Creating the right environment

Creating a home, welcome to this module

You're only limited by your imagination

Getting the basics right: siting, size and flooring

What you need to provide

Keeping it comfortable for your flock

Keeping the coop clean and mite-freeT

est your coop knowledge

Creating the perfect run for your flock

Check your run knowledge

Module Two coursebook

Module 3 - Feeding the flock

Welcome to nutrition

How, when, why & what?

What do you know about feeding?

The building blocks of nutrition

What about water?

Building block check

Practical feeding

Do not feed this!

Using automatic feeders and waterers

Check your knowledge

Module Three coursebook

Module 4 - Day to day husbandry

What we'll be covering

First catch your chicken

How to give your chook a physical check up

Quick quiz

Chooks and the world

Test your chicken senses....

The moult

Wing clipping and beak trimming

What do you remember about chicken wings?

Broody hens: the good, the bad and the ugly

Let's check your broody score

Euthanasia

Module Four coursebook

Module 5 - All about eggs

Welcome to module 5

How it works and how many eggs to expect

Egg colour & size

Are you an eggs-pert?

What if there aren't any eggs?

I highly recommend the LSB courses

I realised that having good information in one location from someone I can trust was far better than constantly trying to find information.

The other good thing about the courses is that they are New Zealand based and therefore the information is relevant to me.

I have found the courses to be very informative. They not only cover topics that help you keep your animals happy and healthy but also cover legal requirements which, when it comes to cattle, are very important to know.

by Katie

Really helpful tips, especially the visuals or videos attached

Really great, love how it is broken into smaller modules and can work on at your own pace. Really helpful tips, especially the visuals or videos attached.

Since completing the course we have added shelter for the flock, a foot trough in the yards and a ramp for getting sheep onto a trailer all which have made it easier to manage the animals.

It's a very easy and informative way to learn a lot about your animals or even if you are considering getting some it will give you a good idea of what to expect.

by Cam

The course was even better than I had hoped for.

Very easy to follow and quite comprehensive. It covers so much and some topics that I hadn’t though of or found much info on.

Being able to go back and redo parts of the course is very helpful plus the fact that I can go back at anytime and refresh my memory is most helpful…at my age 😊

The course is great for new herd owners and also, I believe that experienced herd owners will find a few things in it that they might have forgotten or not known.

I would highly recommend this course to anyone who owns or plans to own cattle.

by Richard

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