NATIONAL CHOOK
HEALTH MONTH
This year’s all about understanding your chooks’ needs as they grow from hatchlings to adult hens. By adopting diet to each key life stage, you support their development and help ensure they have happy, healthy and productive lives.
Find feed specifically developed for your hens’ life stages in the Barastoc range.
KEEP YOUR HENGINES
Take your eggspertise to the next level this National Chook Health Month. Get the latest advice on hen life stages – and see if you have what it takes to become a master hengineer.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO
Anyone can own chooks, but it takes a qualified hengineer to truly understand these clever creatures.
The hengineering course is made up of four modules, each of which contain five multiple-choice questions. Pass all four modules and you’ll receive your offical hengineering degree. Don’t worry if you fall short – you can take the test as many times as you want.
You can also study up by checking out the resource section below.
HENGINEERING RESOURCES
Find all the facts you need to become a hengineer in the course material below. For extra reading, check out the Barastoc Chook Book.
MODULE 1
PHYSICAL AND NUTRITIONAL
Get the ins and outs on keeping your hens healthy and happy.
Learn more
MODULE 3
ENVIRONMENT AND ACCOMMODATION
Discover how to make and maintain the perfect hen house.
Learn more
BECOME A MASTER HENGINEER
Already a fully fledged hengineer? Now’s the time to attain your Master of Hengineering degree.
This separates the hens from the chicks. To get the much-coveted master’s degree, you need to complete three modules, each of which tests your expertise on chook life stages. Like the hengineering tests that you already aced, the modules present you with a series of multiple-choice questions.
Again, you can take the test as many as many times as you want, and can find the answers in the resource section below.
MASTERS RESOURCES
If you’ve cracked the hengineering qualification, it’s time to step up to the lofty master’s degree. Watch the videos below for export insights into a hen’s key life stages.
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