Keeping Chickens

Name: Keeping Chickens
Start: 2025-01-27T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-27T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Ballymaloe Cookery School

Schedule

Mon Jan 27 2025 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Ballymaloe Cookery School | Cork, CK

Keeping three or four hens in a little chicken coop will provide enough eggs for the average household and more will support micro enterprises supplying local markets - so not only will they nourish your family but your bank account too - win, win all the way. Food scraps from your household are fed to the hens and come back as eggs a few days later so no need to pay the Council to take away the waste and you’re reducing food waste by creating a closed loop system.
Freshly laid organic eggs are like nothing you've ever tasted, full of goodness and totally delicious - they will transform your egg dishes – cakes, scones and mayo. Homebaking can be an addition to your market stall with goods sold alongside your eggs!
Over the course of the afternoon you’ll learn the simple practicalities of keeping hens from incubation or sourcing on the point of laying to egg collecion. With over 500 hens on the organic farm supplying the Cookery School we have a lot of tips to share!
What You’ll Learn:
Keeping hens on a small backyard scale for egg production
Scaling up to produce eggs for sale
Course Elements:
Indoor and Outdoor Classroom based learning
Good to Know:
As we’ll spend time walking and learning around the farm please bring suitable clothing and footwear - and allow for changeable weather!
Tea and Coffee with sweet treats will be served from 1.45 so please arrive early to sign in and get ready for a busy afternoon of learning