Courses
The whole first year, in order, at your own pace
Short video lessons, printable checklists and a community of keepers to ask.
See the courses
Three ways in
- From deciding to the first egg
- Twelve short video lessons
- Checklists to print
- Community access
- Lifetime updates
- Daily and weekly checks
- The common problems, with photos
- When to treat and when to call the vet
- Community access
- Lifetime updates
- All six courses
- Hatching and raising chicks
- Winter flock management
- Every coop plan included
- Community access
- Lifetime updates
How a course works
1. Enroll
Pay once, keep it for good, including every update.
2. Watch in order
Lessons are ten to fifteen minutes and build on each other.
3. Do the checklist
Each lesson ends with what to actually do that week.
4. Ask
Post a question or a photo in the community and get a plain answer.
Course questions
Three to six. Chickens are flock animals and need company, and six hens keep a household in eggs without overwhelming a beginner. The breed finder helps you pick which.
No. Hens lay without one. A rooster is only needed if you want fertile eggs to hatch, and many towns do not allow them.
Rule of thumb: a few square feet per hen inside and several more in the run, with a roost bar and one nest box for every three or four hens. Each coop plan states its capacity plainly.
The first course assumes nothing at all. Later courses cover health, breeding and hatching, and managing a flock through winter.