Holistic Hen-Keeping Course: An Essential Guide to Happy, Healthy Chickens

Course Price £20

Discover the art of natural hen husbandry with this starter course led by renowned organic poultry farmer and ‘chicken whisperer’ Pammy Riggs, co-author of ‘Keeping Chickens for Dummies’. This comprehensive program, featuring two video lessons totaling 57 minutes with downloadable course notes, introduces Pammy’s Positive Health Management System to keep your hens happy, healthy, and stress-free. Whether you’re a beginner rescuing ex-battery layers, an existing backyard hen keeper, or a smallholder aiming to sell local eggs, this course offers valuable insights.

You’ll learn to select optimal sites, housing, feed, and bedding; choose hens suited to your needs; understand both the physical and emotional requirements of your flock; establish effective routine management; prevent and treat common ailments naturally; and harvest superior quality eggs. Guest teacher, holistic veterinary surgeon Chris Aukland, also contributes his expertise. Start your journey toward effective, natural hen-keeping practices.

Suitable for:

Anyone seeking a wholistic approach to hen health and husbandry: from beginners looking to rescue a couple of ex-battery layers, to existing backyard hen keepers, or smallholders wanting to sell local eggs.

Course Leader:

Organic poultry farmer, River Cottage teacher and ‘Chicken Whisperer’, Pammy Riggs, co-author of Keeping Chickens for Dummies.

By the end of this course, you will be able to confidently:

Select the optimum site, housing, feed and bedding
Choose hens to suit your needs
Understand the needs of your hens, both physical and emotional
Establish good routine management and hen husbandry
Prevent and treat common ailments using a natural health approach, ie avoiding synthetic drugs and toxic inputs
Harvest eggs of superior quality and freshness and sell the surplus (should you wish to)