In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Dalia Monterroso, president of Chickenlandia, shares some best practices to care for your new chicks, including brooder setup, hygiene, feeding, and integration into your flock.
Dalia Monterroso, also known as The President of Chickenlandia, is a Backyard Chicken Educator in the Pacific Northwest. When she’s not teaching classes or doing seminars, you can find her on the popular YouTube channel Welcome to Chickenlandia as well as across social media. In 2017, Dalia gave a TEDX Talk at Western Washington University, where she urged her audience to accept one another through humankind’s most amazing common denominator: the chicken. Dalia believes that being among her flock has brought a peace and significance into her life and she wishes to share that with everyone she meets.
Additional Resources:
Learn more about Chickenlandia, and explore the “Backyard Chickens 101” online course.
Check out “Bawk Tawk,” Welcome to Chickenlandia’s “Backyard Chickens 101″question-and-answer podcast, available on all major listening platforms.
Hear more from Dalia in our previous episodes: “Finding Chicks” and “What is Brooding.”
Find Welcome to Chickenlandia on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
The Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow
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