Create More Food Security and Integrate Your Flock into Your Homestead
Raising your own egg-laying chickens gives you the peace of mind that comes from creating your own food supply.
You know your family will eat healthy and tasty eggs at breakfast, regardless of rising food costs.
Not only that, in this class, you’ll discover how to integrate your flock into your homestead so they actually help with some of the real-world work — tilling cover crops or opening up new garden ground, for example!
You’ll know how to care for chicks that have just hatched in a brooder, even if you’ve never raised chickens before.
By the end of the class, you’ll learn how to responsibly care for and manage a robust flock of layer hens that provide a year-long supply of eggs AND are valued partners in your homestead!
Let’s get started!
Meet Your Instructor:
Harvey Ussery
Hi! I’m Harvey Ussery and I’ve been a proud homesteader since 1984. I live in northern Virginia with my wife Ellen on our modern homestead — Boxwood.
Our family moved from a Washington DC suburb to three good acres in the northern Virginia countryside. I was deeply influenced by the work of Wendell Berry, poet and prophet, and his critique of modern agriculture and its damaging effects on our culture and on natural systems.
During our first year as homesteaders, my daughter asked to start a flock of chickens. And that started a never-ending learning adventure.
Soon I was known as “The Chicken Man” and folks started coming to see how we raise chickens and ask questions about keeping a flock of their own.
Later I set up a website — The Modern Homestead and published articles in Backyard Poultry, Mother Earth News, and Grit!
And in 2011, I published The Smart-Scale Poultry Flock.
By the end of this class, you’ll be ready to:
Own a flock of happy, healthy birds Responsibly raise your flock from chicks to adulthood and give them everything they need in order to thrive in your backyard.
Partner with your chickens to benefit the homestead Just because they’re chickens doesn’t mean they can’t help out and enjoy doing it! Integrate your chickens on your property to improve productivity, especially in the garden.
Feed your family “the world’s most delicious eggs” Never again worry about prices of eggs in the store because you will be collecting the most delicious eggs year-round with attractive deep yellow/orange yolks!
Maximize the best nutrition for your flock Boost your self-reliance — and your chickens’ health — by feeding your chickens things that are already being produced on the property.
Raise chickens, not a stink! Birds are messy, but mastering the deep litter method will keep your coop smelling fresh. That’s good news for you, your neighbors, and your birds!
Keep your flock healthy, safe, and secure Sleep soundly at night knowing that your chickens are safe from local predators and diseases alike with the methods outlined in this class.
For $199 you’ll get:
- A step-by-step, full class on raising egg layers, from brand new chicks and setting up a brooder, to coops, food, and protection
- 2 hours of video lessons with expert Harvey Ussery as your mentor
- Plus, a bonus lesson on how to handle a chick that isn’t going to make it.
- A 38-page skill sheet that covers each lesson plus instructions for building a dust box and a mobile chicken shelter
- FAQ videos that answer the questions you don't even know to ask yet!
Take a look inside! Here's the class details:
Lesson 1: You Can Raise Backyard Chickens
Lesson 2: Meet Harvey
Lesson 3: Get Your Supplies
Lesson 4: Planning your Flock and Getting Stock
Lesson 5: Setting up the Brooder
Lesson 6: Managing Chicks in a Brooder
Lesson 7: Permanent Housing
Lesson 8: Housing in a Mobile Shelter
Lesson 9: The Improved Chicken Run
Lesson 10: Manure Management
Lesson 11: Feeding and Watering
Lesson 12: Maximizing Natural Feeds
Lesson 13: Cultivating Earthworms for Poultry Feed
Lesson 14: Protecting the Flock from Predators
Lesson 15: The Family’s Egg Supply
Lesson 16: Your Next Steps
BONUS: FAQ Video Section…your answers to top questions
2 hours of video lessons, plus FAQ videos
38 Page Skill Sheet
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