Classes
New for our 2025 season we are offering completely new chicken keeping and hatching master classes!
We have lovingly prepared and recorded over 30 modules to prepare and empower you in your chicken keeping journey. In 2020 we had recorded two chicken keeping classes, our beginning and advanced class. We have retired those courses and now have created one comprehensive chicken keeping master class that once you purchase, will be yours for life to reference and learn from for years to come!
If hatching baby chicks for yourself is something you would like to learn we are now offering a completely new master hatching class which covers everything from selecting the proper eggs to incubate to how to work with broody hens.
Live video Q&A Chicken Chats
For those of you that would like to take a deeper dive into your chicken keeping journey we are now offering a monthly live group video call with Franchesca! These video calls will be once a month, they are a space where you can come together to meet the Alchemist Farm community all over the United States and get your individual chicken keeping questions answered in a fun way.
These Live Q&A’s will be one hour long and will be held the first Thursday of every month. Click here to learn more and be part of our chicken keeping community!
See below for full descriptions of each class.
Chicken Keeping Master Class
- Overview of breeds of chickens, choosing the right breeds for your back yard be it breeds for pets, strong egg producers, meat producers, or dual purpose.
- Purchasing chicks, where to get them.
- Brooding chicks (including all equipment needed).
- Building and or purchasing a predator proof coop with a chickens well being and optimal comfort in mind.
- Equipment for feeding and watering your chickens.
- Correct feed for the various stages of your chickens life, where to get it and how to properly store it.
- Proper bedding for your coop, how to clean your coop and sustainable reuse of the bedding from the coop.
- Setting yourself up for success in how you relate to your flock and daily interactions.
- Normal chicken behavior vs. basic signs of illness.
- Collection and proper storage of eggs.
- Wing Trimming, how and why to do it.
- Different feather types
- And so much more! 🙂
Hatching Master Class
- Home breeding and incubation.
- Overview of various incubators on the market.
- Proper incubation technique, what temperature and humidity to be aiming for.
- Incubating with a machine vs. a broody hen, health benefits of both methods.
- Selecting eggs to incubate, how to store them, testing for fertility and viability.
- Candling of eggs
- When to help a baby chick hatch
- How to work with spraddle leg
Registration can be made here.
A complete list of chicken keeping supplies can be found here.
Our favorite product for mite control is First Saturday Lime sprinkled in the coop. Use the code “Alchemist Farm” to receive $2 off your order 🙂
Not sure where to start with your coop design? Easy Coops have fantastic DIY designs for every size space and flock.