Learn practical advice for how to successfully raise chickens for home egg production. This class will explore topics including: sourcing healthy birds, determining which laying varieties are best for your needs, options for housing and nutrition, common illness and pest prevention, and the joys of living with chickens! This class is online only, a recording will be sent out afterwards but those needing a certificate must attend live.
Sarah Lubold is a CCE Tompkins Master Gardener. She and her family live with a small flock of Rhode Island Reds and Khaki Campbell ducks in West Groton. Sarah is active in the Cayuga and Tompkins Counties' Farmworker and Immigrant community, an ESOL educator, homesteader, amateur beekeeper, floral designer, and folk artist.
Please note: our class meets the requirements for receiving a permit for the residents in the Villages of Trumansburg and Dryden who wish to keep chickens. This class is online only, participants must attend live to receive a letter to take to their municipality.
$20 (sliding scale available)
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Marissa Nolan
Horticulture Team Lead
mn623@cornell.edu
607-272-2292 x194
This event is online
Cornell Cooperative Extension
615 Willow Ave
Ithaca, NY 14850
Last updated April 11, 2024