Class offering chicks in San Fran, what do you think?

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The Love Apple Farm is South Bay San Fran is offering a class in May on raising chickens, and is also offering chicks/brooder kit at the end of the class. I'm considering taking this class, and also getting my chicks from there. I like the idea of gaining a bit of hands-on experience and info since I've never dealt with chickens (or animals, for that matter). Here's the link:

http://www.growbetterveggies.com/growbetterveggies/2009/09/fall-2009-chickenkeeping-class.html

Anything I should ask them or know before signing up? Does this seem like something that would be beneficial or would it be better to get chickens from a hatchery?
 
That does look like great family fun. Especially for families with young childern looking at having new pets.

Seems like a good place to start for those who have no experience with chickens.
 
That looks like a great way to get started on chickens, and sounds like a lot of fun to boot! What a wonderful idea. I'll bet something like this would be very popular up where I live!

I'm definitely far too advanced at raising chickens for this to be worth it to me to travel three hours for, but I think it's going to be a fun and educational experience for the chicken newbies who do go.
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Thanks for your encouragement and excitement for this class. I've been obsessively learning about chickens for only a week, but the more I learn, the more encouraged I'm becoming to get me some chickens!
 
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Great! Yes, I think this is going to be a perfect experience for you. It'll answer any questions you have, and you can get some hands-on experience dealing with the chicks and learning how to set everything up.
 
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Forgive this Newbie, but why so funny?
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First, the lay rate is wrong...
3 hens can only lay 3 eggs/day (one egg each) at the very most. That's 21/week, not 2 dozen. Plus, each hen will not lay everyday except in the Summer months.
2 eggs/day from 3 hens would be a more a sensible expectation. In the Winter it may be none, unless you use supplemantal light.

Second, the consumption per person seems too low...
Do families really consume only 6 eggs per person per week? Including baking, recipes, etc??? Just DH & I easily consume 4 eggs/day between us (including cooking), that's 28 eggs in a week for only two people.

AND - when you have delicious homegrown eggs, you'll eat more of them!

ETA: But it does look like a great program. Hope you enjoy it.
 
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Forgive this Newbie, but why so funny?
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First, the lay rate is wrong...
3 hens can only lay 3 eggs/day (one egg each) at the very most. That's 21/week, not 2 dozen. Plus, each hen will not lay everyday except in the Summer months.
2 eggs/day from 3 hens would be a more a sensible expectation. In the Winter it may be none, unless you use supplemantal light.

Second, the consumption per person seems too low...
Do families really consume only 6 eggs per person per week? Including baking, recipes, etc??? Just DH & I easily consume 4 eggs/day between us (including cooking), that's 28 eggs in a week for only two people.

AND - when you have delicious homegrown eggs, you'll eat more of them!

ETA: But it does look like a great program. Hope you enjoy it.

The first thing I noticed was the egg production. My eyes about popped out of my head. I'm getting 3 dozen from 7 hens and you can get 2 dozen from 3 hens? I want some of those!
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But as far as the program, it looks wonderful. Of course, with all the advice on coops here on BYC, I would get started now. We started in April on ours, got the chicks late June, and they weren't living in it until late August. And we STILL have a bunch of things we'd like to do with it.
 

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