Backyard Chickens Draws A Crowd

Monday, 14 February 2011 10:16

This year's "Backyard Chickens" session was held this past weekend, drawing another enthusiastic full house. Participants spent the first segment in the farmhouse learning about the basics of keeping chickens: getting started, setting up a coop, feeding and caring for chickens, and chicken-keeping economics 101. Afterwards, everyone took a tour of the coops at the estate, including the property's historic coop which houses our flock of 30-plus hens and 3 roosters; a homemade coop which houses 3 hens behind the Red Cottage; and a small store-bought coop made of composite of recycled polymers & wood byproducts.

The next session in our Backyard Homesteading Workshop Series will be held on April 2, focusing on "Creating A Compact Orchard."