A beginners guide to Chicken Keeping
English Country Life
- Organisation:
- English Country Life
- Regions:
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Leicestershire
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £120 plus 45p per mile if more than 25 miles
- Category:
- Nature
- Updated:
- 23rd April 2024
Hugh and Fiona have built a wealth of experience in keeping chickens and now have a waiting list for the renowned Buff Orpingtons that they breed.
In this educational and entertaining talk, they will take you through the fundamentals of chicken keeping with lots of photos and videos of the most adorable fluffy hens and endearing chicks.
The talk doesn't just cover the basics of chicken keeping but offers fascinating insights into the lives of these fascinating creatures - their anatomy, complex communication, the foods that they love, hate and stalk (yes chickens really are tiny dinosaurs).
Have you ever wondered;
Do you need a cockerel to get eggs? Do chickens really sleep up trees? Is the "pecking order" real?
Then this is the talk for you!
Views: 438 | Enquiries: 0About English Country Life
We are Hugh and Fiona - the modern “Tom and Barbara” and live “The Good Life” in Lincolnshire.
We grow our own fruit and vegetables, rear chickens, cook on wood and even making our own soap!
We are passionate about self-sufficiency and offer a range of light-hearted and engaging talks on the subject including an introduction to the topic with a little bit of everything and more in depth talks on subjects such as gardening, chicken keeping and food preserving – but always with the emphasis on fun!
To help spread the word on self-sufficiency, we write regular columns for magazines such as Country Smallholder and Practical Poultry and have a strong online presence including;
• A successful YouTube channel with 60k+ subscribers (https://www.youtube.com/englishcountrylife)
• A large social media following including Instagram with 155k+ followers across 2 accounts (https://www.instagram.com/engcountrylife & https://www.instagram.com/theflooflady/)
We put great energy into delivering talks in an engaging and entertaining way. We love to bring along fascinating plants, interesting equipment and even unusual foods for people to experience. We are conversational in our style, bringing our audiences along with us with excellent feedback from our previous engagements. As we have built a name digitally, we can both deliver talks in person using our own equipment, or virtually using Google Meets
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