Welcome all crazy chicken people!  Whether you own chickens, want chickens, or just love chickens, this class is for you!  Come join us weekly to discuss several different topics pertaining to our funny feathery friends.  The students will participate in informative chicken discussions, via an interactive presentation, that focus around a weekly theme. The presentation will provide students with vivid imagery, polls,  opportunity for discussion, open-ended questions, and interesting chicken videos. Learners will develop a better understanding of chickens, their behavior, how to care for them, how they became pets in the first place, and many other interesting topics.  I will provide reliable sources of information for students to view at their own pleasure after class (if they'd like)! Students are more than welcome to bring their chickens.  Depending on the topic, I will save time at the end of each lesson for students to introduce their chicken, pictures, or to share any fun chicken stories.  No previous knowledge required!    Join whenever you want! 

Weekly topics may include: 

May 1 Week 1 - Types of Chickens
Common chicken breeds, rare chicken breeds, and chickens in the wild

May 8 Week 2 - Unique Chicken Anatomy and Physiology
ears, eyes, beak, spurs, waddle, comb, chicken senses 

May 15 Week 3 -Chicks
Broodiness, behavior, development, care

May 22 Week 4 - How to Train your Chicken
Positive reinforcement, treats, how to introduce chickens, how to introduce other animals

May 29 Week 5 -How to Care for your Chicken
Choosing a chicken, feeding, coop, bedding, supplies, seasonal needs

June 5 Week 6 - Chicken Toys and Entertainment
Types of toys, toys you can easily make

June 12 Week 7 - Eggs! 
Collecting, eating, selling, bacteria (bloom), how eggs form

June 19 Week 8 - Fun Chicken Facts
Famous chickens in cartoons, movies, comics, books, chicken fun facts

June 26 Week 9 -Chicken Health and Common Problems
Discussions include: Common health issues, parasites and preventatives, first-aid kit, dangers 

July 3 Week 10 - Why Does My Chicken Do That?  Chicken Behavior
Chicken communication, pecking order, behavior issues,  habits and instincts

July 10 Week 11 -History of Chickens
The first domestic chicken, origin,  ancestral characteristics in chickens today