One little tip on tomatoes, trim the bottom of the plant up about a foot or so, because if the leaves touch the ground it can cause the plant to get diseases. Cages or a trellis set up really helps
You have a gorgeous son, mate. I know I've said this several times, but I admire the way you n your wife have raised him so far. God bless you n your family. 😊😊😊
I can tell you from experience that your son has a natural work ethic - a thing that some kids are just born with. The two of you have the best relationship I've seen in a while.
you should try and plant some pole or half runner beans alongside your corn once it takes off. They will climb the stalks. And some squash at the base. its the Native American Sisters, CBS, Corns Beans, Squash. Lots of videos on this method and it seems to work well with small spaces! Love watching your son learn as you teach him about important things. He will know that his food does not come from the grocery store, but from the earth itself! We need more of this!
The brooding hen, give her a couple of chicks and let her raise them. You could increase production by planting them closer together and increase water and fertilizer. Your helper learns fast. Good job, Dad.
That's a lot better advice than I was going to give lol. My experience is broody chickens are going to be broody lol. Asking them to not be broody is like asking the sun to quit coming up in the morning.
Good advice Richard when planting corn I always planted 6 inches apart with my rows 36 inches apart for common garden. In beds 6inches apart in all directions. Still give plenty of room for roots and room to weed. Your suggestion is also good for a brooding hen. We have also marked 2 to 4 eggs and just allowed the hen to hatch. They have to get that need out of their system. Most all hens at a certain age have the erg to procreate it's just nature.
You are sharing such great lessons on farming/life with your little boy. He is adorable!! The patience/ respect you show him is a blessing to watch. God bless y'all!! ❤🙏❤️👍
Easy fix for a broody hen. I took a dog crate (big enough for her to move around in) and built a box that would just barely fit into the bottom of the crate out of 2x4s up on their sides so that it is 4” tall. Fix hardware cloth to the top of that frame so it becomes an elevated floor in the crate. Put her in there with her own small supply of food and water and make her stay in there until you can see that she doesn’t want to lay down anymore and is restless (usually takes me from 3-7 days). The hardware cloth floor lets air flow under her as she tries to “incubate an egg” which will trick her brain into thinking she can’t maintain the proper body warmth to raise an egg. It’s worked for me many many times. Hope this helps, buddy!
I did the same with a broody hen. isolated her from the rest in a dog crate for several days with an open bottom. She had room to move around and food/water of her own. I've had to do that the past 2 summers and it seems to work out.
The broody - you need to cool her down .. make a box that is wire on all sides, floor too and hang it from the ceiling, quite roomy, and leave her there for a week. Old stories include swinging her by the feet with her wings open, dipping her in the water barrel or tying one leg to a fence !! I’m not advocating those but the cage works every time. Or give her some fertile duck eggs and enjoy watching her try and take care of ducklings that grow to be bigger than her in no time!!!
Two months broody?? SHEESH!!!! dunk her in a bucket of cold water for 2 to 3 minutes. Good job with the garden Wes, and little man 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourselves, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦
My son is just younger than yours and it warms my heart to see your little guy helping you out on the homestead. I'm just starting my homestead on 10 acres of raw land and I can already see my young one helping me as buildings and livestock are established. I appreciate your videos.
Junior is already getting the hang of farmlife. Your tomatoes will do real good and no disease from getting the plants wet. You can put that hen in a cage for a week or so and she should be fine. God Bless.
My Mom used to fill up a bucket of water and dip the hens in it that were trying to set on eggs all the time. She said it would break some of them and others it wouldn't. She had alot of things she would do that she had learned from the old timers, wished I would have listened better. Sure miss her and my Dad.. enjoy and learn all you can from your parents..
The way I stop a broody hen is to put 2 or 3 new baby chicks under her without her seeing and she thinks the eggs hatched. She will bring them out and raise them as though she hatched them. Always worked for me!! As always, love watching all your vids!!!
I love your parenting skills that you demonstrated. Of course things will go so much faster if you did your work by yourself BUT your son wants to be with his Daddy! Not only is he learning from you but he will duplicate the behaviors he learned from you when is an adult! Good Job 👍
When we would have a hen with setting fever, we had a small hutch to put her in, just big enough for her, a food dish and a water dish. It helps to have a roost. Don't have a nest of any kind for her. If she insists on nesting on the floor, you might have to add a nest size pan of water. She should be laying eggs within 10 to 14 days. The other alternative is to get a dozen unwashed fertile eggs from a neighbor neighbor and let her raise some little ones, remember to mark her eggs so that if another hen lays an egg while she's eating, you can find it. Rounder eggs are more likely to be pullets while longer pointed eggs are more likely to render roosters.
I have been watching your channel for a long time now and can’t describe how much I enjoy it. One of my favorite things is how your son just jumps right in to help you in so many different chores and the patients you have with him to teach him things. My wife and I lost our son when he was four and a half years old in a terrible accident. It truly warms my heart to watch you guys work together. I know you get a lot of comments but if you get a chance to read this one may God continue to bless you and your family. Keep up the good work.
Hey Jerry, thank you so much for leaving this comment. That's awful about your son and I'm sorry read this. Thank you for your heartfelt comment and for watching, I'm thankful you're finding joy in watching us work!
Good going, as usual, Wes. Your homesteading videos are always interesting where you're showing the best ways you know how to raise pigs, chickens, kids, etc. Keep up the good work !
We have a plucker if you need to borrow it. I like to process the chickens at around 7 pounds. They seem more tender than waiting and getting those 5.5 pound finished birds. We actually had one for dinner last night. We love the raised beds as well. Our corn got blown over when we planted it in raised beds so we haven't done that again.
Great update thanks Wes! Wesley junior sure is growing, and great to see him helping Dad out and spending quality time. Perhaps try to find one of those lightweight plastic shovels, like a grain shovel for him? Chickens, Pigs and Veg beds all looking good. Wondering if your water in the USA is metered? Most houses here were on an unmetered supply years ago, but having a metered supply encourages folk to use less water, and it has cut our bills by more than 50%. Not much rainfall here in S W UK over the last 9 months, and some reservoirs are below 50% full. We currently have a hosepipe ban. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
A little story for you - When we first got chickens, my daughter was probably your son's age (she is in college in London as I write this, so feeling old) she was very active with them helping feed and clean the coop. Big fan of involving the kids, of course, but in our case, that came with some stress. When she was an early teen and went to the orhodontist, the x-ray tech. took my wife to the side and told her she needed to take our daughter to the doc. as the xray showed something in her neck. Well, you can imagine the panic. They did indeed find something and after the next 6-9 mos., and on the verge of possible exploritory surgery, a team of dr's came to the conclusion what we were seeing was scar tissue caused by a bacterial infection, histoplasmosis. It is a bacterial infection caused by bacteria found in certain river valleys, bat poop and....wait for it....chicken poop. We had her wearing a mask, but those most likely cause of this scare was her in the chicken coop cleaning it out. My PSA for the day.... "The more you know"....
I've had good success growing corn in a raised bed but I've planted them much closer together for stability. The winds here will flatten a corn patch quickly.
Wonder if you ever heard of using string to support your tomatoes? I've done it the past few years and it works really well. Just search it up on TH-cam and you'll see lots of examples. The benefits are more air circulation and the plants which is better for them and you don't miss tomatoes that get hidden deep in the cages.
Something you might try for the corners of your bets is to take can lids or stripes of roofing to wrap the corners to hold them together. Love your little helper
Good video. I appreciate your son being with you and his helping you out. Next project: A compost bin/storage unit. You will retain a lot more material if you have one.
For the broody hen, if you put her in a raised cage with a wire bottom (like a rabbit hutch) for a few days, with food and water of course, she will not have anywhere to "sit" so she'll stop being broody.
I believe corn can be spaced every six inches. This will help keep them upright in the wind. Planting pole beans at the bases is also good as it doubles up the harvest and in some ways can "tie" stalks together.
Hey there… I don’t comment much because I usually watch your videos on the smart TV… But this one was so good I had to pull out my phone to comment!… I sure enjoy watching your boy help you! He is getting so big! Aside from your content, I enjoy all of your camera angles… Great job!! I originally came here for the wood Mizer sawmill… But these Homestead videos are great! Chris in Minnesota!
With those raised beds I use saw dust from hardwoods and rotted logs and sticks as a base layer with leaves and topsoil layered up. Hugelculture method and is also a good use for the debris from splitting. I dig about a foot to eighteen inches down to start my base and then build the beds over the hole.
Hello FLR, love your channel and watch everything you put out. Great to see the boy pitching in on the important work. He's going to be a gem. Your real time "new chickens" knowledge is inspiring and the pigs are awesome. Can't wait for those guys to be food. haha You were talking about putting corn in the raised beds, I just want to tell you that with all of animals you are feeding, and the amount of sunny land you have, might best to till up a half acre of your sunniest to grow that corn. Maybe an acre.
At 6:38 when you are putting out the cleanings from the chicken house, that looks like a thistle (can't tell which one from the picture). Thistles will spread from roots as well as seeds. Be very careful with using that compost, as the thistle roots will grow into the compost and when you go to use the compost, the thistle will start to grow in your garden. I have read that thistles can start growing from roots the size of a hair.
Hey Mr. Green Jeans and Junior Supervisor !! I'd like to order a few chickens when they are ready, we eat A LOT of chicken here at home. (he he he he) Those piggies are growing into bigger PIGGIES !! They have grown a lot since the last update. It is planting season in many places this week. I'm glad to see our Junior Supervisor in a lead role today !!!
Love the way you so patiently include your son in all that you do. What a wonderful way to teach your children as you watch them grow and learn. Love the blue bird find... Your brooding chicken just needs to be a mama... let it happen... what harm would it cause? Just let her hatch an egg or two... no big deal. And what a wonderful thing to show your son. :) And if the egg is not fertilized then you need to get a rooster so they can be. Besides, roosters make chicken raising easier and it's healthier and safer for the flock as a whole.
To break brood put her in something like a kennel. Or even the brooder lolol. Smaller place with no nest with food and water. You either gotta let them hatch or pull them from the nest
You have to get her temp down, put her in some cold water for a few minutes, and do it a few times. Got my russian bees installed just waiting on the Carniolans they will be here this weekend. I am in a self competition with you on the amount of honey we total up this year haha I will be recording it and posting it just figuring out editing and shaking off camera phobia. Great video and as always that young man of yours is gonna be set for life with knowledge that you have ingrained into him, your a great father. I try to do the same by my daughters
Theres 2 ways to break a broody chicken. The first is to give it fertilized eggs to set on. After 21 or so days when the chicks hatch she will rear the chicks and start laying agin after that. The second way is to separate the chicken from the flock and give it just enough space that she doesnt get bored but keep her fed and watered for about a week. After a week reintroduce her to the flock. Sometimes it takes 2 weeks.
Finding a blue bird in your backyard is a sign of good luck if you're into that kinda thing. Turn sour lemons into lemonade and put more eggs for hatching under that brooding hen or bring in a debonair rooster to get her wings flapping.
If you want to you can spray water on the hen that will bring her heat down and does not hurt her at all. Ps. I have done it a few times and had great results.
Blue birds smiling on me, nothing but blue birds all I see...anyway..greetings again from Chicago... Did you get seedling volunteers from the old plot? Free plants from your old plots can surprise you as God's gifts. ...watching you and your family's growth has been delightful ...I miss the science of how you always figured out the wackiest situations with Old Blue and somehow always made that tractor the hero..... God Bless...
Old Blue is still a great tractor, but the Kubota is just so comfortable...plus the loader is nice too. Yes, lots of random stuff coming up in the raised beds from the plots.
Your son was so determined to finish cleaning the job of the chicken coop until you realized the shovel is too heavy for him. Well DAD it's time to break the bank and buy him a lighter one. lol
Your chicken Brudering can be corrected by a laying nest having Hardware Cloth at a 10 degree slop to the front that is covered and just big enough for the eggs to roll under a gate all the hens can be in the big nest with openings on each side kinda covered and a bottom cover to make it like a birds nest when the chicken stands up the egg rolls to the front that has a cover to life and all eggs are right there weekly you need to open bottom of nest to allow the poop out of the big nest ... keep bottom on a hinges with latches on front to lock bottom up lid on covered area is also on hinges lift up collect eggs an recover otherwise the chickens will sit on the eggs in the collection area.
I will have to send you a picture of my planter boxes that I have grodin for many years have 25 tomato bushes planted right now in a lot of other all in cleaner boxes
I think usually a broody hen has to be caged where she can't get to the nesting boxes. I watch Cog Hill Family Farm and they had to do that with a turkey.
Best way I found out to stop the brooding of your chicken. On TH-cam they say put it in chicken jail. 24-hours in a cage no food no water and if 24-hours don't work leave her longer longer till you break her. Like I said it work good for me good luck and I love your show very educational thank you
no advice on the broody girl, but you can probably go ahead and pinch off those lower tomato branches. the low ones are vehicles for diseases when the rain comes down and won't bear anything for you anyway. thanks for the video
Im sure you know this already, but that chicken fertilizer is high in nitrogen, good for greens, like the grass, it maybe too much for other plants, you may end up will lots of leaves and little fruit. Add it to high nitrogen using plants, or mix with lots of browns and compost it. UPDATE: It will work great with that corn....LOL
Seems to me you have a concrete pad by your raised beds. Looks like it might make a good chicken processing station. Just build a shed over it n there ya go.
First thing to do with your brooding hen is name her Em'ly (that spelling is correct) after the crazy chicken in Owen Wister's "The Virginian." Past that, I have no clue.
If I remember right if you put the brooding chicken in a box for a few days or a week it stops it, apparently, I've never tried it and it was about 20 years ago when someone told me that
One little tip on tomatoes, trim the bottom of the plant up about a foot or so, because if the leaves touch the ground it can cause the plant to get diseases. Cages or a trellis set up really helps
You have a gorgeous son, mate. I know I've said this several times, but I admire the way you n your wife have raised him so far. God bless you n your family. 😊😊😊
I can tell you from experience that your son has a natural work ethic - a thing that some kids are just born with. The two of you have the best relationship I've seen in a while.
you should try and plant some pole or half runner beans alongside your corn once it takes off. They will climb the stalks. And some squash at the base. its the Native American Sisters, CBS, Corns Beans, Squash. Lots of videos on this method and it seems to work well with small spaces! Love watching your son learn as you teach him about important things. He will know that his food does not come from the grocery store, but from the earth itself! We need more of this!
It’s really cool watching your son helping out more as he grows up. He will recall the good times after he’s grown.
The brooding hen, give her a couple of chicks and let her raise them. You could increase production by planting them closer together and increase water and fertilizer. Your helper learns fast. Good job, Dad.
That's a lot better advice than I was going to give lol. My experience is broody chickens are going to be broody lol. Asking them to not be broody is like asking the sun to quit coming up in the morning.
Good advice Richard when planting corn I always planted 6 inches apart with my rows 36 inches apart for common garden. In beds 6inches apart in all directions. Still give plenty of room for roots and room to weed. Your suggestion is also good for a brooding hen. We have also marked 2 to 4 eggs and just allowed the hen to hatch. They have to get that need out of their system. Most all hens at a certain age have the erg to procreate it's just nature.
You are sharing such great lessons on farming/life with your little boy. He is adorable!! The patience/ respect you show him is a blessing to watch. God bless y'all!! ❤🙏❤️👍
Watching this brings a tear to my eye you actually teaching people how to be a man's man (self-efficient) and a great father Triple Salute
Easy fix for a broody hen. I took a dog crate (big enough for her to move around in) and built a box that would just barely fit into the bottom of the crate out of 2x4s up on their sides so that it is 4” tall. Fix hardware cloth to the top of that frame so it becomes an elevated floor in the crate. Put her in there with her own small supply of food and water and make her stay in there until you can see that she doesn’t want to lay down anymore and is restless (usually takes me from 3-7 days). The hardware cloth floor lets air flow under her as she tries to “incubate an egg” which will trick her brain into thinking she can’t maintain the proper body warmth to raise an egg. It’s worked for me many many times. Hope this helps, buddy!
I did the same with a broody hen. isolated her from the rest in a dog crate for several days with an open bottom. She had room to move around and food/water of her own. I've had to do that the past 2 summers and it seems to work out.
The broody - you need to cool her down .. make a box that is wire on all sides, floor too and hang it from the ceiling, quite roomy, and leave her there for a week. Old stories include swinging her by the feet with her wings open, dipping her in the water barrel or tying one leg to a fence !! I’m not advocating those but the cage works every time. Or give her some fertile duck eggs and enjoy watching her try and take care of ducklings that grow to be bigger than her in no time!!!
Two months broody?? SHEESH!!!! dunk her in a bucket of cold water for 2 to 3 minutes. Good job with the garden Wes, and little man 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourselves, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦
My son is just younger than yours and it warms my heart to see your little guy helping you out on the homestead. I'm just starting my homestead on 10 acres of raw land and I can already see my young one helping me as buildings and livestock are established. I appreciate your videos.
Oooh... The look from that Momma Bluebird at the end! If looks could kill... 🤣😂🤣
Junior is already getting the hang of farmlife. Your tomatoes will do real good and no disease from getting the plants wet. You can put that hen in a cage for a week or so and she should be fine. God Bless.
Why have I never thought of using the tractor bucket to fill water?! This made my day haha! Thanks!
Your son is growing up to be quite the helper. Pretty cool bluebird nest you found. Nice video. Thank you Wes. 👍
My Mom used to fill up a bucket of water and dip the hens in it that were trying to set on eggs all the time. She said it would break some of them and others it wouldn't.
She had alot of things she would do that she had learned from the old timers, wished I would have listened better. Sure miss her and my Dad.. enjoy and learn all you can from your parents..
The way I stop a broody hen is to put 2 or 3 new baby chicks under her without her seeing and she thinks the eggs hatched. She will bring them out and raise them as though she hatched them. Always worked for me!! As always, love watching all your vids!!!
I love your parenting skills that you demonstrated. Of course things will go so much faster if you did your work by yourself BUT your son wants to be with his Daddy! Not only is he learning from you but he will duplicate the behaviors he learned from you when is an adult! Good Job 👍
When we would have a hen with setting fever, we had a small hutch to put her in, just big enough for her, a food dish and a water dish. It helps to have a roost. Don't have a nest of any kind for her. If she insists on nesting on the floor, you might have to add a nest size pan of water. She should be laying eggs within 10 to 14 days. The other alternative is to get a dozen unwashed fertile eggs from a neighbor neighbor and let her raise some little ones, remember to mark her eggs so that if another hen lays an egg while she's eating, you can find it. Rounder eggs are more likely to be pullets while longer pointed eggs are more likely to render roosters.
Try throwing a few nails in there if you keep popping screws. The shear load of a nail is much higher.
Looking good... I like the idea you talked about for the chicken butchery... blessings on you all
You have a good helper, it is great that you spend time with him.
I have been watching your channel for a long time now and can’t describe how much I enjoy it. One of my favorite things is how your son just jumps right in to help you in so many different chores and the patients you have with him to teach him things. My wife and I lost our son when he was four and a half years old in a terrible accident. It truly warms my heart to watch you guys work together. I know you get a lot of comments but if you get a chance to read this one may God continue to bless you and your family. Keep up the good work.
Hey Jerry, thank you so much for leaving this comment. That's awful about your son and I'm sorry read this. Thank you for your heartfelt comment and for watching, I'm thankful you're finding joy in watching us work!
Good going, as usual, Wes. Your homesteading videos are always interesting where you're showing the best ways you know how to raise pigs, chickens, kids, etc. Keep up the good work !
Thanks, Gary!
Your son is so cute and an awesome little helper.
We have a plucker if you need to borrow it. I like to process the chickens at around 7 pounds. They seem more tender than waiting and getting those 5.5 pound finished birds. We actually had one for dinner last night.
We love the raised beds as well. Our corn got blown over when we planted it in raised beds so we haven't done that again.
It’s great to see you and your son working together
Great update thanks Wes! Wesley junior sure is growing, and great to see him helping Dad out and spending quality time. Perhaps try to find one of those lightweight plastic shovels, like a grain shovel for him? Chickens, Pigs and Veg beds all looking good. Wondering if your water in the USA is metered? Most houses here were on an unmetered supply years ago, but having a metered supply encourages folk to use less water, and it has cut our bills by more than 50%. Not much rainfall here in S W UK over the last 9 months, and some reservoirs are below 50% full. We currently have a hosepipe ban. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
About time you hired a Qualified helper to Muck Out the Chicken coop and garden work with his Dad- wonderful experience for your Son!
A little story for you - When we first got chickens, my daughter was probably your son's age (she is in college in London as I write this, so feeling old) she was very active with them helping feed and clean the coop. Big fan of involving the kids, of course, but in our case, that came with some stress. When she was an early teen and went to the orhodontist, the x-ray tech. took my wife to the side and told her she needed to take our daughter to the doc. as the xray showed something in her neck. Well, you can imagine the panic. They did indeed find something and after the next 6-9 mos., and on the verge of possible exploritory surgery, a team of dr's came to the conclusion what we were seeing was scar tissue caused by a bacterial infection, histoplasmosis. It is a bacterial infection caused by bacteria found in certain river valleys, bat poop and....wait for it....chicken poop. We had her wearing a mask, but those most likely cause of this scare was her in the chicken coop cleaning it out. My PSA for the day.... "The more you know"....
Interesting! Thanks for the heads up!
Sure fire cure for broodiness = The Great Chicken Tractor in the Sky.
Love that you include your son in most of your videos.
Never gets old watching father and son working together.
That old pump seems to be a perfect nest for the bluebird eggs. I hope they all hatch. Oh, uh, don't scare off mama bluebird again.
Great Job , young man,he's learning how to get the Jobs done!!!😇😍😍😍😍😍😍👏👏
I've had good success growing corn in a raised bed but I've planted them much closer together for stability. The winds here will flatten a corn patch quickly.
Wonder if you ever heard of using string to support your tomatoes? I've done it the past few years and it works really well. Just search it up on TH-cam and you'll see lots of examples. The benefits are more air circulation and the plants which is better for them and you don't miss tomatoes that get hidden deep in the cages.
Something you might try for the corners of your bets is to take can lids or stripes of roofing to wrap the corners to hold them together. Love your little helper
Good video. I appreciate your son being with you and his helping you out.
Next project: A compost bin/storage unit. You will retain a lot more material if you have one.
This is by far my favourite, TH-cam channel. Your lifestyle is so interesting compared to a UK town life, in the north of England.
Thanks, Barbara!
He's a good little helper.
I really like your setup. Look forward to see more.
He is an amazing little worker you are teaching him well
For the broody hen, if you put her in a raised cage with a wire bottom (like a rabbit hutch) for a few days, with food and water of course, she will not have anywhere to "sit" so she'll stop being broody.
I believe corn can be spaced every six inches. This will help keep them upright in the wind.
Planting pole beans at the bases is also good as it doubles up the harvest and in some ways can "tie" stalks together.
Yep, I've been advised that 6" is better. Definitely going to fix it.
Hey there… I don’t comment much because I usually watch your videos on the smart TV… But this one was so good I had to pull out my phone to comment!… I sure enjoy watching your boy help you! He is getting so big! Aside from your content, I enjoy all of your camera angles… Great job!! I originally came here for the wood Mizer sawmill… But these Homestead videos are great! Chris in Minnesota!
Thanks Chris! Really appreciate that!
Your son is doing a great job!
OK I enjoyed it. Be glad to watch when you have another one.
With those raised beds I use saw dust from hardwoods and rotted logs and sticks as a base layer with leaves and topsoil layered up. Hugelculture method and is also a good use for the debris from splitting. I dig about a foot to eighteen inches down to start my base and then build the beds over the hole.
Love seeing the terrific father - son relationship! Wes, you're such a great Dad!
Thanks, Chris!
Hello FLR, love your channel and watch everything you put out. Great to see the boy pitching in on the important work. He's going to be a gem.
Your real time "new chickens" knowledge is inspiring and the pigs are awesome. Can't wait for those guys to be food. haha
You were talking about putting corn in the raised beds, I just want to tell you that with all of animals you are feeding, and the amount of sunny land you have, might best to till up a half acre of your sunniest to grow that corn. Maybe an acre.
That's one hard working young man you have there. Good for you guys.
You could build a shelter over that concrete slab for cleaning those chickens… then you use the “left overs.” To build bio mass in the garden
At 6:38 when you are putting out the cleanings from the chicken house, that looks like a thistle (can't tell which one from the picture). Thistles will spread from roots as well as seeds. Be very careful with using that compost, as the thistle roots will grow into the compost and when you go to use the compost, the thistle will start to grow in your garden. I have read that thistles can start growing from roots the size of a hair.
👌👍! Good little helper!
Great video Wes, thank you. Love to you and your family x
Hey Mr. Green Jeans and Junior Supervisor !! I'd like to order a few chickens when they are ready, we eat A LOT of chicken here at home. (he he he he) Those piggies are growing into bigger PIGGIES !! They have grown a lot since the last update. It is planting season in many places this week. I'm glad to see our Junior Supervisor in a lead role today !!!
Love the way you so patiently include your son in all that you do. What a wonderful way to teach your children as you watch them grow and learn. Love the blue bird find... Your brooding chicken just needs to be a mama... let it happen... what harm would it cause? Just let her hatch an egg or two... no big deal. And what a wonderful thing to show your son. :) And if the egg is not fertilized then you need to get a rooster so they can be. Besides, roosters make chicken raising easier and it's healthier and safer for the flock as a whole.
Roosters and small children are not a good mix.
Thanks, Ava! Unfortunately we don't have any roosters so no fertile eggs.
It's time to get some calves now. They are fun to watch grow.
To break brood put her in something like a kennel. Or even the brooder lolol. Smaller place with no nest with food and water. You either gotta let them hatch or pull them from the nest
brussel sprouts are nice you can pick them most of the season
Good for you little man. Well done.
I really enjoyed the video. 😊
Broody hen needs to go in a wire bottomed cage with lots of air flow. No bedding, no fluffy nest. The cooler air will help her snap out of it.
You have to get her temp down, put her in some cold water for a few minutes, and do it a few times. Got my russian bees installed just waiting on the Carniolans they will be here this weekend. I am in a self competition with you on the amount of honey we total up this year haha I will be recording it and posting it just figuring out editing and shaking off camera phobia. Great video and as always that young man of yours is gonna be set for life with knowledge that you have ingrained into him, your a great father. I try to do the same by my daughters
Cool! Looking forward to your video!
Dunk broody hens in cold water ( lower their temperature) do it daily until they stop . Should only take a few days. Sometimes only once.
Theres 2 ways to break a broody chicken. The first is to give it fertilized eggs to set on. After 21 or so days when the chicks hatch she will rear the chicks and start laying agin after that. The second way is to separate the chicken from the flock and give it just enough space that she doesnt get bored but keep her fed and watered for about a week. After a week reintroduce her to the flock. Sometimes it takes 2 weeks.
I watch your videos everyday!!!!!
Finding a blue bird in your backyard is a sign of good luck if you're into that kinda thing. Turn sour lemons into lemonade and put more eggs for hatching under that brooding hen or bring in a debonair rooster to get her wings flapping.
If you want to you can spray water on the hen that will bring her heat down and does not hurt her at all.
Ps. I have done it a few times and had great results.
Great video !!
That's a whole lot of chicken! looks like its going well! your doing great!
Put you a board in your bucket and stop a lot of spilling when watering your pigs . Love the content
We have a separate coop/large cage we isolate broody chickens in for a few days.
Good job!
“Daddy why did you put a chicken in the bucket” made be bust out laughing.
For the broody hen, have you tried putting her off on her own? Like in a dog crate with food and water?
you do a realy good job on editing your videos!!! keep it up!
Thanks Caroline!
Blue birds smiling on me, nothing but blue birds all I see...anyway..greetings again from Chicago...
Did you get seedling volunteers from the old plot?
Free plants from your old plots can surprise you as God's gifts.
...watching you and your family's growth has been delightful ...I miss the science of how you always figured out the wackiest situations with Old Blue and somehow always made that tractor the hero.....
God Bless...
Old Blue is still a great tractor, but the Kubota is just so comfortable...plus the loader is nice too. Yes, lots of random stuff coming up in the raised beds from the plots.
Your son was so determined to finish cleaning the job of the chicken coop until you realized the shovel is too heavy for him. Well DAD it's time to break the bank and buy him a lighter one. lol
He's got one! Should have gotten it.
Your chicken Brudering can be corrected by a laying nest having Hardware Cloth at a 10 degree slop to the front that is covered and just big enough for the eggs to roll under a gate all the hens can be in the big nest with openings on each side kinda covered and a bottom cover to make it like a birds nest when the chicken stands up the egg rolls to the front that has a cover to life and all eggs are right there weekly you need to open bottom of nest to allow the poop out of the big nest ... keep bottom on a hinges with latches on front to lock bottom up lid on covered area is also on hinges lift up collect eggs an recover otherwise the chickens will sit on the eggs in the collection area.
This is a good example of what I was trying to explain you can make your own out of wood and hardware cloth
th-cam.com/video/xcfj6BHgQXk/w-d-xo.html
I will have to send you a picture of my planter boxes that I have grodin for many years have 25 tomato bushes planted right now in a lot of other all in cleaner boxes
I think usually a broody hen has to be caged where she can't get to the nesting boxes. I watch Cog Hill Family Farm and they had to do that with a turkey.
For your broody hen; chicken and dumplings sounds good to me.
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Would love to see some footage of the mother bluebird
Best way I found out to stop the brooding of your chicken. On TH-cam they say put it in chicken jail. 24-hours in a cage no food no water and if 24-hours don't work leave her longer longer till you break her. Like I said it work good for me good luck and I love your show very educational thank you
Are u gunna have a fence around ur vegetables to keep deer 🦌 and rabbits 🐇 out ? Lil Man sure is a big help 😊 nice video 📹 👏 👍 God Bless Yall 🙌 🙏 ❤️
Haven't decided yet, but I've definitely been warned more than once.
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no advice on the broody girl, but you can probably go ahead and pinch off those lower tomato branches. the low ones are vehicles for diseases when the rain comes down and won't bear anything for you anyway. thanks for the video
I'm guessing water drains away from where the nest is in the bottom of the pump housing...
The only way I've been able to get a broody hen to snap out of it is by either letting her hatch or some eggs, or giving her a few chick's to raise.
Im sure you know this already, but that chicken fertilizer is high in nitrogen, good for greens, like the grass, it maybe too much for other plants, you may end up will lots of leaves and little fruit. Add it to high nitrogen using plants, or mix with lots of browns and compost it. UPDATE: It will work great with that corn....LOL
Have you considered having a load of black rich dirt hauled in?
Seems to me you have a concrete pad by your raised beds. Looks like it might make a good chicken processing station. Just build a shed over it n there ya go.
A quick dunk in a bucket of ice water should take care of a broody hen.
First thing to do with your brooding hen is name her Em'ly (that spelling is correct) after the crazy chicken in Owen Wister's "The Virginian." Past that, I have no clue.
If I remember right if you put the brooding chicken in a box for a few days or a week it stops it, apparently, I've never tried it and it was about 20 years ago when someone told me that
Dunk her in cold water a few times? Got this from my father but never had to try it though.
Bucket of chicken! The Colonel would be proud. 😊
How is the living room renovation coming along?
Had to take a pause, back at it next week.
Nice video Wes … always a pleasure to see you and your family enjoying life. God bless brother … ✌🏻.