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Grow North 2022 Workshop 4

11 June 2022


Starts: 10:00
Ends: 13:00

'Thinking of keeping backyard poultry ?'

Saturday 11 June, 10am-1pm

Tea/ coffee break halfway 

Cost: by donation (suggest £5-£10 per person) 

Workshop leader - Caroline Mackenzie

Caroline has kept poultry for 9 years, most of what she knows has been from hands on experience, but also books, online, vets and other poultry keepers. The workshop is very relaxed, providing information and chicken handling for the complete beginner.
Bring questions and concerns but we plan to cover : 

  • Chicken types- bantam, large fowl, laying birds, POL (point of lay), meat birds, broody birds, cockerels !
  • Chicken husbandry - housing, coop and run, nutrition - feed, grit, shell, treats; handling; hygiene; health; lifecycle - hatching, growing, laying, moulting, aging
  • What about the garden ! 

Venue : Invergordon area (address and directions sent on booking) 

Book your place by email to grownorth@transitionblackisle.org

 


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Cromarty Community Market

11 June 2022


Starts: 10:30
Ends: 12:30

Second Saturday of the month   10.30 - 12.30   Victoria Hall

Look for:

  • local food - meat, eggs, poultry, fish and shellfish, home baking, jams, chutneys etc.
  • garden plants
  • crafts - jewellery, clothes, prints and cards, artwork, photography
  • hand-made soap
  • swap your stuff stall - everything is free, please bring us your unwanted items!
  • information and advice from Transition Black Isle
  • look out for special events or offers

To book a table or enquire about the market contact organiser Lorna Mackinnon at

cromartymarket@transitionblackisle.org 

Please also Like our Facebook page  and let us have your comments, ideas and suggestions!

 

We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.