Looking After Our Chickens

It can get quite smelly in our chicken house, this is why we clean them out every week. 

We brush out the old bedding on the floor and in the nesting boxes.  

  



 

 

 

The 'perches' can get dirty too because the chickens sleep on them (the wood raised off the ground)

 

 

 

 

 

Once clean we put shredded paper from the school office (shredded 'beacons') into the nesting boxes.

 

 



 

 

The floor is covered with fresh sawdust.

 

 

 

 

We even clean out the run!

 

 

 



  

We make sure our chickens always have a supply of 'layer Pellets'. A special food to keep our chickens happy and healthy. We also add 'grit' to help the chickens digest their food. 

 

If you have any questions please leave a comment and we will get back to you.  Thanks for taking the time to read our blog.

 

The Children from Little Chicks Chicken Club.

 

 

 

 

 

The Chickens Have Arrived!

Hello and welcome to our chicken blog!

We hope you have an eggcellent time eggsploring. 
On our blog you will learn about our wonderful chickens and what they are doing.
Watch this space and be the first to know the chicken names.  Our School Council will be naming them shortly.
So far the chickens have settled in well and our black and white one has already started to lay eggs!
Next week we hope to start giving you some interesting facts about chickens.
Thanks for reading

The Children from Little Chicks Chicken Club :-)

Our first eggs!

We all got a turn holding them



 

The little brown chickens are surprisingly soft and cuddly

Once we had learnt how to pick them up the chickens were happy to be held



 

 



We all helped to make sure they were clean and happy!