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Mine also like something to push against when doing a dust bath. 😂 I just got an 8 week old cockerel to add to my flock someday. It will be a new adventure for me! I’m trying to determine when I’ll be able to integrate him. It will be a while… put him in the small coop run for a bit and the hens weren’t too thrilled. The young lady at the bottom of the pecking order tried to attack him. And I’m getting about 3-4 chicks in May so I’m hoping he’s fully integrated at least before those chicks get integrated. I’m sure it’s easy and I’m overthinking it since I’ve done it before… just not with a rooster. I may need to get a pooper scooper like yours. I use a rake and gloves. Works well enough but there are times when just picking up the obvious big ones would be nice. 12:38 Thelma!!! Laying eggs in the pool. That’s hysterical! One of my hens hurt her leg or foot a couple years ago and I thought she broke it but it was basically a sprain. I think it took about a week or two for her to stop limping.

That's a good idea selling the chicks you get. The blue eggs would be cool gifts too, especially if the kids learn to blow eggs like I did growing up.

Yaaay, I'm first one here!

I ran out of molasses And so I mixed sugar syrup To make up the difference. About 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water To a boil till it got thick and it worked😀

Ribeye! Love it!

wow, love it

After watching this video, I wish to restore rabbits to my miniature backyard farm after losing my ten California bunnies. A loose dog killed them all.

We got a cat and he won't leave the chickens alone. We raised him with the chickens too

Great video ❤

“Are you here to help or just poop” 😂 I swear I ask this question of my chickens everyday! I have that exact stand alone nesting box you have with the chicks that I just leave laying around the yard because it doesn’t work as a nesting box. I love your setup and if I were raising chickens to sell, I would want something like it!

I’m just about ready to add plastic to our chicken run. It got down to 34 at night but not during the day. I’ve removed all shade cloth and put up the one tarp I use for northern protection. The plastic goes all the way around the run near the coop but not the larger extension. I am like you and want the light coming through for warmth. They seem at least smart enough to get to the plastic area when the wind comes. That’s funny your chicken wanted over the fence considering how big their area is. Crazy chickens 😂

Hope you and all your babies stay safe🙏🏻❤🙏🏻

I like it! Very cute AND useful!

That new chick looks pretty shabby as a young one, doesn't she. But the picture of what she will look like is very pretty! Good to see the rabbits are still doing well. It's always a matter of changing this or that to make things perfect. I'm always changing my mind to adjust to new elements or whatever season we happen to be in. Love the flock blocks!

good idea with the plastic to block that wind ,

Poor little rabbits my rabbits are inside

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I love how big your coop is , so much easier to clean then ours

It's fun watching them through a camera because they often act differently when no people are around. Mine still argue when I'm out of site but they often sit patiently and are less anxious when I'm out of the picture. Not sure what that says about me. LOL Fun video!

the flowers are really pretty ,

I don't know what chicken was going off while you were petting Mable but it sounded a lot like Trinity or Sweepy when they go crazy!! LOL I didn't realize you were actually making a building around the rabbits... wow! What kind of plants are you thinking to get to climb around it? I keep wanting to get some but it keeps not happening. So are you building all of that by yourself?

Love'em🐔🐓🐥

I like your coop, it's longer. Do you mind posting picture/video of your coop design (interior and exterior). Thanks.

oh yea that wind was picking up , hopefully everyone stayed dry

How are your barred rocks when it comes to eggs and poopy butts? I hear so many good things about the breed however, my two both have various issues. They both get horrendous poop on their butt, and I need to wash them off quite often. One of them is on borrowed time because her eggs, if and when she lays them, come out without a shell and have been known to get stuck inside her. Eventually, she will need to be culled so I’m just giving her a good life until that happens. The vet believes she’s just an oddball and does not process the calcium correctly. The other hen is better but even she has weak shelled eggs from time to time. Luckily her eggs are small so they end up coming out just fine. I’m wondering if I got a bad from the hatchery 2 1/2 years ago. It is what it is, but I’m curious if this is something that happens with this breed all the time or if it was just luck of the draw. Your black chickens are very pretty. Do their feathers shine iridescent green in the sun? That’s what my two black chickens do. I love it!

Hello, I love watching your videos. I like your Rabbitry and the size of your cages. Where did you purchase them from?

We get strong wind gusts here as well. Not all the time but occasionally up to 35 miles an hour. Luckily that’s not all the time and it’s just the gust. We’ve had a bit of rain here as well, which is expected since it’s spring, but in another week or two, I’ll be wishing it would rain.

It just got flooded, huh. I didn’t catch how… did the roof leak or was it from the grassy area outside.

What’s funny about this is that I was thinking to myself that it appeared you were slowing making walls and sure enough 😂 Looks like it will still be open air tho

I hear you talking about freezing weather and realize we do some things the same... pre-pre-preparing! I'm always thinking about what the changes I make today will mean months from now. Protect from the heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, hail. Always so much to consider. Your chickens are getting way too nosey! I'm thinking taking care of rabbits may sound easy but there's a lot to it!

Looking good!

Oh! That table-like perch system is what I had in mind when I turned my chair upside down for my hens. I like what you have there and so many of them are hanging out on it. What you have is too big for my pen but I bet I can modify a bit and have something similar. I would love to have a chicken run that's covered and as large as yours but we've spent so much time and money on what we have, that I simply can't make it bigger (yet)... but I like it anyway. Soon my video on the chicken tunnel we made will be out... that gave them more room.

That's funny... hope you're ready for these two bunnies!

Can’t wait to see their babies.

That's funny... Henry reminds me of my chicken Starla who always digs through the chicken feed to find the perfect pellet somewhere at the very bottom. Luckily, they will eat it off the ground. He sure got lively suddenly! Is it ever advisable to put them in a large pen area or will they escape and run off? Oh man... chickens under the rabbits... seems like they'll learn before too long. That's why I've removed so many of my chicken perches... everyone was getting pooped on! LOL The comment is getting longer and longer... lol... I watch and type as I go. I put my used straw in a compost pile but often there's too much so I'll spread it around areas needing mulch. I'm not always sure what to do with all the chicken poop that I scoop out of their coop (I let it fall on the wooden floor and scoop it out every day). Oh! Essential oil drops... that's a good idea. I have some lavender planted but it's never quite enough. There is a lavender farm near by that I pick from but that can get costly.

I forgot about Charlotte! Is she growing at a normal speed now? I’m curious how they react out there compared to inside. My set up is way different so they end up inside a brooder box when they’re chicks and then eventually go out to the small coop. The first couple nights they were pretty frantic because they didn’t know where they should sleep. I love that set up where the other chickens can see them and get used to them.

That's neat that they pick a particular corner to do their business. And I was going to ask how they are interacting with you and it sounds like they are playful. Is that a normal thing or because the person who bred them played with them? Wow... already that hot where you're at? Ugh. I'm not looking forward to when the heat hits my area. I always worry but we are working on another shade system to help with the front of the coop (it's in the direct sun but hopefully next year the trees will be tall enough). Thank goodness for fans!!!

I've heard that rabbits don't always get along... is that true? Someone told me that's one reason to keep them separated in addition to breeding.

So cute!

Those curtains are very cute! I don’t remember if any of your other videos if you mentioned that you have raised rabbits before? Based on everything you’ve done here it’s pretty obvious you’re committed to it! 😊

That’s so funny that they were all on the perch at noon. Crazy chickens!! If we leave the garage door open that leads to the backyard, one hen will wander in 😂 Are you keeping all of those chickens or are they ones you’re selling? That’s so funny… There’s our home! And then they visit the old hatchery area 😂

Love the curtains! Those rabbits going to be uptown with their new home😊

Is there a chance they gave you a bantam? She sure is cute and seems in good spirits. But I would guess her to be about 2-3 weeks old based on her size.

Awww she is a cutie! So glad you kept her.

Sounds interesting. I've thought about rabbits and dismissed the idea quickly because I wouldn't have anything to do with them other than treat them like pets (like my chickens but they give me eggs). I have a friend who processed them and canned the meat but I'm really not interested in doing that. My son heard of someone who raises them and uses their fir to make yarn of some sort. That sounds fun but not fun enough for me to do it LOL!! Sounds like you're plan is to raise and sell. Have you had a lot of interest in people wanting to buy them?

Such awesome chickens. 🐔🐔

It's an endless in and out of chickens! How many chickens do you have that are yours that never get sold or donated?

Nice! Added this video to my playlist "favs of others". That way I can find it later! ;)

Not as bad as ducks😊