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What does a chicken need? How will we look after our new friends? - Coggle…
What does a chicken need? How will we look after our new friends?
Food
The chickens will help compost our scraps into nutritious soil for other fresh fruit or vegetables to grow
Daily feeding
Can eat kitchen scraps like fruit and vegetable cut-offs and cooked oats, rice and pasta
Crunch & Sip scraps
Canteen scraps
Miss Stapleton's scraps from home
Good quality poultry pellet and burrowing worms or insects
Foods to avoid feeding your chickens: rhubarb, avocado, chocolate, onion, garlic, citrus fruits, lawn mower clippings, raw green potato peels, and dried or undercooked beans
Shelter
Coop cleaning
Enough outdoor space
'Hen Hotel'
Can be locked at night
Strong frame with galvanised wire mesh to protect chickens from predators
Weatherproof
A safe, quiet, dark place that is lined with shredded paper to lay eggs
Collect eggs
Other
Attention
Chickens will be visited daily by students
Our hens will need to be wormed regularly with worming products that can be purchased from a vet or pet produce shop
Love
Observe the chickens
Water
Water checks
Check the water, and clean/refill it as needed
Chickens need a constant supply of fresh water
Clean water