MIKE brother you faith is strong. We love what the entire family does for one another. Mike you and Lacy will ALWAYS! have myself & my wife full support.
Hubby built a big coop, took a year and a half. We bought a dog house heater for those below 0 temps. Our girls are so spoiled. When they were babies, all had names and playtime several times a day. Girls love to be picked up, call them when free ranging, call them by name and they come running. Love our girls, they help me garden too. 🐓🐓👍🏼❤️
Hi..... MIKE thanks for giving us a solution but I don't have a place to raising chicken , i don't know my dream will come it or not i keep only on prayer thanks for showing your video homestead keep it up bye
Impeccable timing on the video. I close on my first farm tomorrow afternoon. 😊 I plan on raising dual purpose birds. Probably the black australorp and the American bresse .
We don't buy any chickens from hatcheries or Tractor. Look for someone more local to you to get a barnyard mix, or a heritage breed. The birds are so much better and are so much more friendly. Large plastic totes and a few heat plates works wonders for the brooder. Wee Wee Pads the first few days and then some pine shavings work great in the brooder. No need for dangerous heat lamps.
@@rebeccaplumlee9601 We have 3 heat plates. One was free that we won, the other 2 cost about $50. I would much rather use a heat plate that uses little electricity than the chance of burning down the house or barn with a heat lamp. The 2 50 gallon totes we use cost under $20 a few years ago. We keep ours in the basement which is about 57 to 60 degrees everyday.
I did research for over 3 years before getting chicks. Made sure to have everything they needed first. We have 3 sapphire gems and 3 Easter eggers 😊 they turned 1 y.o. this past February and are doing fine ( spoiled, but fine lol). I'm so glad i did all the research and preparing because we've learned that they have more needs than we thought and cheaper to do things right in the beginning than not 😊
Great video Mike! I shared this with my daughter who will be getting her first chicks soon! I have also found it very useful to feed the chicks grass clippings or clover to help prevent poopy butt.
Mike, you have made a wonderful video to educate people! The next homesteader get together seminar. You should use this video and narrate it there with the microphone.
We use medium pine shaving in brooder and coop. We use sand in the runs but in winter we throw a straw bale in the runs to help their feet stay warm and it provides them something to scratch around in 😊
Ive raised many of chickens in my life! Its a very rewarding experience, but yes theres responsibility that comes with it of course. Thank you for doing this video, you did well at explaining. Take care 😊❤
I know last year I inubated a egg my neighbor gave me he hatched at day 23 with a sizable yolk sac he was weak couldn't hold his head up I clamped his cord for 30 seconds applied Neosporin . And waited for him to detach himself . I fed him raw egg yolk from another egg did that for 3 days and waited to see if he would live . Today he is 8 months old. Doing great.
Yes, just started our girls….2 years ago. Yes, the are a lot of work. 6 Babies, lived in our living room, with a heat lamp. Wanting more girls this spring. Learning daily thanks to homesteaders here on u tube. Thanks for this video.
We provide 2 waters , one plain and one with ACV / or other additives when necessary 😊 we picked our chicks up at our local Rural King. Our kids and grandkids love to visit them 😊
Hey Mike! Great information 😃, I want to raise a few chickens for eggs for the first time and I’m gonna make sure that I go straight to your video when I start 😃
We had a hardware store we bought chicks from. Idky, but ppl would order & not come in after the chicks were delivered. Chicks cant just stay in shipping box & the store didn't have place to put them, because they were prepayed for, it was crazy to not pick up. Id get the chicks for cheap price, offsetting the rate they pass from being left so long in shipping box
I get that alot i ask people at tsc are you looking for layers, dual purpose or meat birds and they have no clue what im talking about until i explain it.
If they have pasty butt as chicks you can wash them with warm water and I would dry them off with a hair dryer before putting them back in the brooder and add a Tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to their water.
MIKE brother you faith is strong. We love what the entire family does for one another. Mike you and Lacy will ALWAYS! have myself & my wife full support.
Hubby built a big coop, took a year and a half. We bought a dog house heater for those below 0 temps. Our girls are so spoiled.
When they were babies, all had names and playtime several times a day. Girls love to be picked up, call them when free ranging, call them by name and they come running. Love our girls, they help me garden too. 🐓🐓👍🏼❤️
People who keep chickens are called Chicken Tenders! 😂
😂😂😂
Lol😂
Hi..... MIKE thanks for giving us a solution but I don't have a place to raising chicken , i don't know my dream will come it or not i keep only on prayer thanks for showing your video homestead keep it up bye
Impeccable timing on the video. I close on my first farm tomorrow afternoon. 😊 I plan on raising dual purpose birds. Probably the black australorp and the American bresse .
Congratulations 😊
Congratulations!!
Those little girls in the post office .they will never forget holding a baby duck! ❤
Brilliant video. Been raising chicks on and off for forty years!! Every bit of your info is solid gold.
Thank you!
We don't buy any chickens from hatcheries or Tractor. Look for someone more local to you to get a barnyard mix, or a heritage breed. The birds are so much better and are so much more friendly. Large plastic totes and a few heat plates works wonders for the brooder. Wee Wee Pads the first few days and then some pine shavings work great in the brooder. No need for dangerous heat lamps.
Depending on time of year, where u keep ur brooder if u need heat sources. And $$$$ . Heat plates r not cheap
@@rebeccaplumlee9601 We have 3 heat plates. One was free that we won, the other 2 cost about $50. I would much rather use a heat plate that uses little electricity than the chance of burning down the house or barn with a heat lamp. The 2 50 gallon totes we use cost under $20 a few years ago. We keep ours in the basement which is about 57 to 60 degrees everyday.
I hope to get chickens this spring, my boyfriend has them and is willing to teach and help me 💜
I did research for over 3 years before getting chicks. Made sure to have everything they needed first. We have 3 sapphire gems and 3 Easter eggers 😊 they turned 1 y.o. this past February and are doing fine ( spoiled, but fine lol). I'm so glad i did all the research and preparing because we've learned that they have more needs than we thought and cheaper to do things right in the beginning than not 😊
Great video Mike! I shared this with my daughter who will be getting her first chicks soon! I have also found it very useful to feed the chicks grass clippings or clover to help prevent poopy butt.
I feed mine come or dirt from the garden the will eat some of it. They love scratching and digging in the dirt.
That’s compost
Mike, you have made a wonderful video to educate people! The next homesteader get together seminar. You should use this video and narrate it there with the microphone.
We use medium pine shaving in brooder and coop. We use sand in the runs but in winter we throw a straw bale in the runs to help their feet stay warm and it provides them something to scratch around in 😊
Ive raised many of chickens in my life! Its a very rewarding experience, but yes theres responsibility that comes with it of course. Thank you for doing this video, you did well at explaining. Take care 😊❤
Thanks for sharing your video. Love it. God bless you always and your family.
I know last year I inubated a egg my neighbor gave me he hatched at day 23 with a sizable yolk sac he was weak couldn't hold his head up I clamped his cord for 30 seconds applied Neosporin . And waited for him to detach himself . I fed him raw egg yolk from another egg did that for 3 days and waited to see if he would live . Today he is 8 months old. Doing great.
Yes, just started our girls….2 years ago. Yes, the are a lot of work. 6 Babies, lived in our living room, with a heat lamp. Wanting more girls this spring. Learning daily thanks to homesteaders here on u tube. Thanks for this video.
Great teachings. Will help many folks.
GOD BLESS YOU ❤❤❤❤❤❤SE MICHIGAN 🙏 ❤️
Keep my chicks in our bee building in broader with heat lamp and heat plate with large grow mats buried in shavings so their feet stay warm
Great episode with some great advice on raising the 🐥 baby chicks 👍
well done, ty so much 😊 all the best to you & yours 🌿🕊️🩵
May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals
Hello Dickson Family!
Very good and comprehensive video Mike! Love your tee-shirt as well!
This was well needed! Thank you Mike 😊
We provide 2 waters , one plain and one with ACV / or other additives when necessary 😊 we picked our chicks up at our local Rural King. Our kids and grandkids love to visit them 😊
Mike, I just had to say that I loved the way you let those girls hold those chicks, awesome. Who knows what you did there, maybe future veterinarians
It was fun letting them hold them.
Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen
Hey Mike! Great information 😃, I want to raise a few chickens for eggs for the first time and I’m gonna make sure that I go straight to your video when I start 😃
Might be worth mentioning to keep an eye on chicks for splayed legs in the first few days and how to easily fix that.
Fantastic video & I will reference it for when I have chickens.
Thank you for being realistic about success and loss!!
Love baby chicks
Very good information ❤
Great tutorial! Thank you Mike. ❤️🙏Val C
Good video.
Blessings to you and your family I watch all y'all's videos
Great video. Very informative... hopefully I can get some chickens in the future.
Thank you so much for the info. I am looking forward to raising some chicks. Hopefully soon.🤗
Great video 😊
This was a very interesting and informative video. Thanks.
We had a hardware store we bought chicks from. Idky, but ppl would order & not come in after the chicks were delivered. Chicks cant just stay in shipping box & the store didn't have place to put them, because they were prepayed for, it was crazy to not pick up. Id get the chicks for cheap price, offsetting the rate they pass from being left so long in shipping box
I get that alot i ask people at tsc are you looking for layers, dual purpose or meat birds and they have no clue what im talking about until i explain it.
Enjoyed this video Sir.
Great info thank you
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you all guys, good information.
6:37 "Drink Dammit!!"
You know once you start you're new job title is chicken tender
Bahaha.....😅😂😂😂 Chicken tender
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Just call us Chicken Tenders! 😂
Hey where did you get that shirt? I would like to buy that.
That was the shirt given out at the American Pastured Poultry Producers Conference that we attended in January. I'm not sure if they are selling them.
Great informative and important video 😊 ❤
👍🪻💜🇺🇸👍
I would love to have chickens but the tiny town i am in says no
How do you take care of poopy bum on chickens 😂
If they have pasty butt as chicks you can wash them with warm water and I would dry them off with a hair dryer before putting them back in the brooder and add a Tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to their water.
Lol
Great video!