Hi all! My next Yardbirds Backyard Chickens 101 class will be THIS SUNDAY at 3pm, in partnership with and on behalf of the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP), one of our state's fantastic regional small-ag support organizations. Feel free to share the info with anyone you know who is taking the backyard chicken plunge this year and would like a thorough overview and summary of all the info out there.
In this class I'll be talking in-depth about coop design, breed choices, overview of basic care, and including a lot of info on how to prevent common backyard chicken issues and challenges for the new (or relatively new) chicken-owner, so if you're planning your coop for this year or next, or you've already started the process and want to check in about your plans, this is the class for you! See the Facebook event here for registration info, and I look forward to seeing you online!
For those who don't have access to facebook, the online registration for Yardbirds 101 this Sunday can be found here:
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jp7zj6bab&oeidk=a07eh376lgje6954773
AND, two weeks later for the first time ever, I'll be teaching a NEW version of my course that is geared towards folks who have already had chickens for a little while: Yardbirds 102! If you've had your flock since last year or longer, join us again on Sunday, May 31st at 3pm to troubleshoot health or behavior issues, talk through coop upgrade ideas and logistics, learn my method for easily integrating new birds into an existing flock, and learn how to do my Yardbirds Health Check to catch some common health issues you might not otherwise notice.
Here is the FB event for Yardbirds 102, or you can register for the class directly at the following link:
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jp7zj6bab&oeidk=a07eh378mfpe40ec986
If you can't make either of these, I'll likely be doing at least one more series in June, so stay tuned on the Yardbirds FB page or website for more info on other upcoming events.
Note that both of these events are FREE to register (I usually charge $25 per person for my online classes), with any donations you choose to give going directly to SEMAP to help support their great work.
For a little on my credentials, for those who might wonder:
The abbreviated version is lifetime of animal-ness including 5 yrs as a vet tech, 2 degrees in wildlife ecology (plus publications, including one on backyard chickens), and a lifetime of teaching starting as a kid teaching riding lessons and recently including a few years as an adjunct at a few colleges in Boston. Now I've been keeping chickens for over 10 yrs and during that time have consulted for nearly 200 urban and suburban coops (and over 1000 birds) in the Boston area through my Yardbirds Backyard Chickens business, plus helped half a dozen towns write their zoning laws including the first Urban Ag-focused ordinance in the state, so I bring to the table a lifetime of animal care years and hundreds of coops' worth of experience of what tends to work and what doesn't.
I recommend checking out my website "About Us" page or my blog for a little more detail, or send me an email and I'd be glad to chat more about it! http://www.yardbirdsbackyardchickens.com/about-us
In this class I'll be talking in-depth about coop design, breed choices, overview of basic care, and including a lot of info on how to prevent common backyard chicken issues and challenges for the new (or relatively new) chicken-owner, so if you're planning your coop for this year or next, or you've already started the process and want to check in about your plans, this is the class for you! See the Facebook event here for registration info, and I look forward to seeing you online!
For those who don't have access to facebook, the online registration for Yardbirds 101 this Sunday can be found here:
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jp7zj6bab&oeidk=a07eh376lgje6954773
AND, two weeks later for the first time ever, I'll be teaching a NEW version of my course that is geared towards folks who have already had chickens for a little while: Yardbirds 102! If you've had your flock since last year or longer, join us again on Sunday, May 31st at 3pm to troubleshoot health or behavior issues, talk through coop upgrade ideas and logistics, learn my method for easily integrating new birds into an existing flock, and learn how to do my Yardbirds Health Check to catch some common health issues you might not otherwise notice.
Here is the FB event for Yardbirds 102, or you can register for the class directly at the following link:
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=jp7zj6bab&oeidk=a07eh378mfpe40ec986
If you can't make either of these, I'll likely be doing at least one more series in June, so stay tuned on the Yardbirds FB page or website for more info on other upcoming events.
Note that both of these events are FREE to register (I usually charge $25 per person for my online classes), with any donations you choose to give going directly to SEMAP to help support their great work.
For a little on my credentials, for those who might wonder:
The abbreviated version is lifetime of animal-ness including 5 yrs as a vet tech, 2 degrees in wildlife ecology (plus publications, including one on backyard chickens), and a lifetime of teaching starting as a kid teaching riding lessons and recently including a few years as an adjunct at a few colleges in Boston. Now I've been keeping chickens for over 10 yrs and during that time have consulted for nearly 200 urban and suburban coops (and over 1000 birds) in the Boston area through my Yardbirds Backyard Chickens business, plus helped half a dozen towns write their zoning laws including the first Urban Ag-focused ordinance in the state, so I bring to the table a lifetime of animal care years and hundreds of coops' worth of experience of what tends to work and what doesn't.
I recommend checking out my website "About Us" page or my blog for a little more detail, or send me an email and I'd be glad to chat more about it! http://www.yardbirdsbackyardchickens.com/about-us