Welcome to the Brooding Chicks Master Course!

Backyard Poultry has been educating small flock owners at every experience level about all things poultry for more than 15 years. Our advice is researched, vetted, and trusted by flock owners across the nation and the globe.

We are excited to help you start your journey of raising your own chicks so that you can enjoy a happy, healthy flock.

I’m your instructor, Lacy Armentor. In the video below, I’ll summarize what we will cover in this course and walk you through how to navigate through the lessons. Press play to get started!

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Choose the ideal brooder, equipment, and supplies that best suit your own unique situation.
• Know the environment, nutrition, and care that chicks need to thrive and successfully grow from hatchlings to adolescents.
• Identify and troubleshoot environmental conditions in a brooder that may be detrimental to chicks.
• Recognize common chick behavior and distinguish between normal behavior and behavior issues.
• Know the basic indicators of chicken health and be able to identify the symptoms of stress, illness, disease, and physical defects, and treat them appropriately.
• Evaluate chicks’ readiness to move outside, and successfully integrate new chicks to an existing flock.