Chickens can make delightful garden pets.

This is a great workshop for beginners. We cover all the basics at a relaxed pace over 2-hours.

* Daily life of a chicken, Breeds, Handling
* Housing & Equipment, Feed/Water & Grit, Egg Laying, Other family pets
* Ageing chickens, Integrating chickens, Wing clipping
* Cleaning, Litter
* The weather - British seasons
* Vaccinations, Predators, Pest control, Worming, Avian Bird Flu

Includes
* 2 hours interactive 'hands on' with chicks, pullets and laying birds, 2.30 to 4.30 pm
* Question & Answer - we encourage questions
* Day Ticket entry and use of the farm park facilities - before &/or after the workshop

Booking
* Basket - add the number of workshops you need to your basket
* Delivery - choose WORKSHOP - Be a Farmer and Caring for Chickens at Home and the date you would like to come.
* Checkout - add the name(s) and age(s) of any children attending the workshop to the Comments box plus anything else you think it would be useful for us to know, such as a birthday, special interest ...

We look forward to welcoming you to Farmer Gow's.

Dates 2026

May
* Sunday 24th
* Wednesday 27th
* Friday 29th
* Sunday 31st

June
* Sunday 7th
* Sunday 14th
* Sunday 21st
* Sunday 28th

Special occasion - if you have a special family celebration and would like to discuss alternative dates, please contact us on 07714 455 400.

Suitable for
* adults - including beginners, interested in having their own small flock, adults supporting children ..
* students - aged 10+ years if not accompanied by an adult
* children - aged 8-9 years if accompanied by an adult