SANCTUARY DESERT CHICKEN KEEPING WORKSHOP
Happy Hens Workshop
Four Fridays with our flock in Maricopa. Your child learns how a healthy backyard keeps hens happy.
Starts Friday, November 13 · 10:00 to 11:30 AM · $189 for all 4 classes · Ages 5 and up
How each class works
Every class has three parts. Your child spends time with our hens, learns a new part of chicken keeping, and then makes a craft that reinforces what they learned that day.
Four weeks, four topics
Week 1 · November 13
Meet the Happy Hen
Safe handling, daily care, and what a happy hen needs.
Week 2 · November 20
How Microclimates Work
How shade, plants, and airflow keep hens comfortable.
Week 3 · December 4
The Backyard Ecosystem
How hens, soil, compost, bugs, and plants work together.
Week 4 · December 11
A Home Where Hens Thrive
Health checks and mapping a happy hen habitat.
There is no class on November 27 for Thanksgiving.
The details
- When
- Fridays, November 13 and 20, December 4 and 11, 10:00 to 11:30 AM
- Where
- A working homestead in Maricopa. We email the details and address on Thursday, November 12.
- Who
- Ages 5 and up
- Cost
- $189 for the full four-week course, paid once
- Seats
- 12 children
- Parents
- Stay on site and are welcome to listen and learn alongside your child
- What to bring
- A water bottle, a sun hat, and shoes that can get dirty
Paying with ESA
Home Is Our Sanctuary is an Arizona ESA ClassWallet vendor. Choose ClassWallet at checkout and we email you the invoice and our teaching attestation form right away. Upload both in ClassWallet under Pay Vendor. Please submit your Pay Vendor request by Thursday, November 12 at 11:59 PM to hold your child's seat.
Prefer to pay by card? Choose card at checkout.
Reserve a seat
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Questions
- Is this ESA eligible?
- Yes. It is a teaching service, and we are a registered ClassWallet vendor.
- Can we sign up for just one class?
- No. This is a four-week course, and each week builds on the last.
- Do parents have to stay?
- Yes. Parents stay on site for every class and are welcome to learn too.
- What if my child misses a class?
- We cannot give refunds for missed classes. You are welcome to stay after another class to go over what was missed, and we will send the craft home with you. If your child misses the last class, we will set up a short catch-up time.
- What if the weather is bad?
- If we need to cancel a class because of weather, we will reschedule it.
- Where exactly is it?
- Our homestead in Maricopa. We email the details and address on Thursday, November 12.
- What is your refund policy?
- Read our refund and cancellation policy.
12 seats. Four Fridays. Happy hens.
Questions? Text us at 602-492-4670.