Raising Chickens in your Backyard: a sustainable food source
Practicing permaculture & homesteading for urbanites: farming chicks, building a chicken coop, collecting hen's eggs.
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What You'll Learn in This Course
Master key concepts and practical skills through structured learning modules. By completing this curriculum, you'll gain valuable expertise applicable to real-world scenarios.
Learning Outcome 1
You will learn general information on ease of care, and creating your chicken lifestyle.
Learning Outcome 2
You will be able to decide how many chickens you need for your family's needs, and whether or not to have a rooster.
Learning Outcome 3
You will understand the life cycles of chickens, their habits, normal behaviors, and have your expectations set for raising chickens.
Learning Outcome 4
You will learn to recognize normal healthy chicken behavior, and some of the problems that you may face.
Learning Outcome 5
You will learn the key chicken coop factors to look for to house and protect your new flock.
Skills You'll Develop
This comprehensive Raising Chickens in your Backyard: a sustainable food source curriculum is designed to take you from foundational concepts to advanced implementation. Each module builds upon the previous, ensuring a structured learning path that maximizes knowledge retention and practical application.
Course Requirements & Target Audience
Understand what you need to succeed in this course and determine if it's the right fit for your learning goals
Prerequisites & Requirements
What you need before starting this Raising Chickens in your Backyard: a sustainable food source course:
- Bring your curiosity and a sense of humor to the course.
- Understand that there are different ways to farm, and this course is not about judging what's right or wrong for anyone else, just figuring out what is right for you.
- An initial investment in a backyard flock can be anywhere from making do with what you have and buying some feed and making your own feeders and waterers from recycled materials for a rescued flock, through to purchasing a spacious and luxurious barn for show-worthy purebreeds.
- If you want to do the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) projects, which are entirely optional and only a small portion of the course materials, you may need tools, supplies, and some experience in handling them, or a friend or neighbor who is willing to help you out. Most projects use supplies that are inexpensive or upcycle used items. Raising chickens shouldn't be expensive.
Who This Course Is For
This course is perfect for:
- Motivated learners at any level
- Self-paced students
- Anyone interested in the subject
This course might not be suitable if:
- • You're looking for a quick tutorial rather than comprehensive learning
- • You prefer learning without structured curriculum
- • You need highly specialized or niche content
Course Information & Details
Everything you need to know about this online course, from duration to certification
Course Instructor
Criss Ittermann
Expert instructor with industry experience
Course Language
English
All materials in English
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Course Enrollment
Budget-Friendly Course
Typically around $29.99
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What's Included
- 1.5 hours on-demand video
- 1 downloadable resource
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of Completion
- Full lifetime access
- 7 mins on-demand audio
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