Just a couple of tips , chickens can fly about 25 feet so they will just jump over the pond ( and if the pond is deep the chickens can drown as they can't swim ) . And also no fences in there coop are not chicken proof they can just jump over them . And if you put plants growing on that little wood climbing square thing then the chickens will just eat that . And your Garden will turn into a dusty mess over time incase you think that it's gonna stay grassy . I just want to tell you because I want your chickens to be safe and I have chickens as well so I know what I am on about . Ps love your horses and your channel and it will be interesting now that you are going to have chickens !
Great advice. Those chickens are going to be all over the place! I can just see Matt running around trying to catch them while Jesse stands there tapping his foot and shaking his head!!!! Oh, those boys‼️‼️‼️😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
This is good advice, I second it. We had a chicken coop in the barn and it was open at the top. All the chickens would escape and walk on top of the stalls and fall in and around them daily. It got really dangerous so we moved them to a stall. They are slippery! We let them out in the summertime and have to use brooms to get them back. I can see them sitting on top of the fences that Matt has built. I’m interested to see how it will turn out. Very exciting!!
I agree! Fences are way too short even if you clip their wings. They are just going to go through the slats on the picket fence, looks nice, but he needs to at least put a predatory fence up all around and on top, there are a few predatory birds out there. If that set up was on my farm, there wouldn't be any chickens left after the predators found them, which on my farm would be the next day.
I'm super surprised my birds have never tried to jump my fence, its about the same height as Matt's but they haven't once cared! Other people's chickens on the other hand are jumping 4-6 foot fences LOL
Steve: flies 18+ hours from Australia only to be roped into building a fancy chicken coop and wear a cranberry farmer outfit by his shorter twin brother
Matt this was hysterically funny your brother wearing those "waders" (that's what we call them here in US)! Chickens are very fun I look forward to seeing your upcoming videos. God job on chicken coop just remember to secure their little door at night!
Put an eave/gutter on the low end of the little roof and collect the water that runs off it into some sort of low container (with an overflow piped to the pond, perhaps). That will take care of some of the mud in your chicken run and make a water source for your chickens to drink from.
Maby dig the fencing in the ground because the chickens of a friend of mine start digging holes in the ground and than escape through these holes. Also chickens like to nuzzle in sand or loose dry dirt so maby a smaal beach is fun! It also will look so cool with the pier!!
Hey! I just found your and Jesse’s channels yesterday and I just wanted to say that the way you train your horses is amazing. All the respect toward the animal, the care and the attention they get it’s absolutely miraculous. I quit horse riding because I never appreciated the methods that people around me were using, but now I wish I could work with horses in the way you do it. I think, every person that interacts with horses should act like you do. Thank you :)
have been quarantined in italy, with a broken shin and a cast that goes from toes to hip because a horse kicked me. haven't been able to go see my horse and ride so these videos really make me smile
Hope you stay safe and have a fast recovery I like In the uk but the tard my horse is at they dont want people on it so they are feeding all the horses
As a Mum of older kids watching this, I'm getting so much pleasure seeing how they're working everything through, being practical and careful and very responsible. It's a rarity in lads their age to handle all this responsibility so well and independently.
You will love how fast chickens learn to look to you for petting. Put some kind of fold out chairs down there so you can grab a hen and pet her on your lap awhile. They will go to sleep! After the first time being handled they quickly get more and more confident being touched and trained. They make a wide variety of lovely noises. A healthy hen will keep herself clean. They are easy pets. They poop a lot and you should probably read some chicken raising books or magazines to learn the basics. Unfortunately the fence looks low enough for a fox to jump and a chicken to fly out of. If you get full size chicken breeds and not small Bantams then when they are full size the hawks will not attack as much. Good luck, the henhouse looks lovely so far. If you use square wood pieces for perches, round the ard edges or they will cut into the feet.
Congrats on your future chickens! I do have suggestions for you, I like that your coop is open and airy looking, make sure you put hardware cloth on all the windows and that the windows actually work cause chickens do better in cool weather then hot and having an oven for a coop is not good for them. For winter.... NO HEAT LAMPS. Make sure your coop is well ventilated and keep it clean and dry. Using droppings boards and sand for litter is a great way to keep it clean, daily cleaning is best. Don't keep their food and water in the coop, food will attract rodents and flies and water will create moisture you don't want (especially in winter). I highly recommend getting a Grandpas Feeder for their feed, look it up on Amazon, they are amazing and though expensive at first they will pay for themselves in feed not wasted very quickly. I would recommend adding cover to your run so the girls have somewhere to hide from hawks and other predators if your not going to do a fully enclosed run. For how many chickens you get, I would recommend starting with about 6-8, since your getting them for eggs and pets you will be best starting at that number and then you will have more space to add to your flock in a year or two when your birds start slowing down with the laying. Doing research on what breeds do best for your area is a good idea for making sure you get breeds that handle your cold and heat. I highly recommend getting the book The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens, you can get it on Amazon too, if saved my Easter Egger's life when she got sick I was able to very quickly find out what was wrong and helped her. The book has pretty much everything you need to know on care and more. Hope you read this ;) Can't wait to see your new fluffy butts!
That coop with the pond demands a duck or two! Duck-eggs are great to use while baking! Just have to fence in that pond. Also, give them a sandpit to bathe in. (the chickens)
If you tie wire from the ceiling in the coop and add like a fish hook to the bottom of the wire you can then put leftover lettuce and vegetables for the chickens to pack at xx
also I'm a chicken person (I raise literally thousands per year): if you can find radiant heat panels to warm chicks (if you're getting chicks) instead of heat bulbs, it's easier on them. It lends to fewer cases of pasty butt and other issues, and it's more "natural" for them. If you want a few good guardian birds, grab some guinea fowl to mix in with the chickens. They'll SCREAM about any hawks or foxes and the hens will learn to run into the coop. Or get a nice big rooster (an easter egger, aracauna, any orpington, or a speckled sussex are all wonderfully calm roosters with people and hellbeasts with predators). If you fellas want any more info hmu I'll gladly help out.
Ok Matt if you put shavings in the chicken coops do not use cedar, and if you put in flower beds by the fences the chickens will scratch and dig in it looking for bugs and worms. For their nest boxes make sure they have dividers between the nest OK. Hope this will help out. Love your new project, nice to see your brother again. Love the video best always Rusty
Don't know if you guys already are going to do this but chickens prefer to sleep on higher places so in the little house y'all made put stick at different heights so they can sleep on them. As well, a place with dirt preferably so they can take dust baths. A chicken dust bath helps to remove excess oil, as well as external parasites like lice and mites. When y'all buy chicken I imagine they will recommend you the breeds you want, but the best chicken breeds to lay eggs are either the leghorns which lay white eggs or the Rhode island reds which lay brown eggs, the color of the egg doesn't do anything to the taste of the egg lol.
Jesse:. Will they eat the wire? Matt (confidently): No! ...I don't think so (all of a sudden not so confident). I also loved your vegetable garden discussion! 😂 Too funny! Loved this video and the smiles it gave me! Cool looking coop and run area!
Chicken are incredible rewarding pets, you will love them! here a few thoughts - choose breeds that are not likely to fly. leghorns, laying hybrids, etc, will be able to get over your fencing in no time. dual purpose chicken breeds will be less likely to fly, but may not lay as well as the typical layer. depending on how many chicken you get, your grass will be gone sooner or later. you could choose to let them free range during the day, our chicken browse the whole day in the pastures between horses, ponies and goats, and tuck themselves in back in their coop at night. Our favorite breed on the farm is the Swedish Flower Hen, great layers for years to come, they are beautiful and each one is unique, alert about predators and friendly and curious towards their people
I had a flock of around 50 Buff Orpingtons and Road Island Reds. Excellent egg layers and easy to keep. They had free range during the days and locked up in the coop at night. Very enjoyable hobby.
Also make sure you have a watering source that they cannot drown in, like the pond. And that the coop is insulated for the winter, because of the low °C you get. If you still want some grass in the area, then put in a sandbox so they can take a dust bath to help keep their feathers healthy. Is that correct Animal crazy girl 13? Best Wishes and stay healthy from Ontario, Canada, Jenn.
And 1 tip... Make your fencing higher.. We used to have chickens and some had no problem clearing a 1.60m fence.. And 1 chicken was dead set of digging it's way out of the pen.. I'm never going to forget that time my mom bought almost fully incubated eggs and placed them in the nestbox.. But forgot to replace the chickenfenc with the larger holes for the type with the smaller holes in them.. You can fill in what happened a few weeks after the eggs hatched... We lived on a property pretty similar to yours in the way that we had a big house, 4 stables, 1,5 hectares of field and a riding arena.. We had 3 cats, 2 dogs, 13 chickens and 3 horses.. One day I heard a lot of commotion outside after my mom let the dogs outside.. The baby chickens hopped trough the holes in the fence and were being chased by the cats which were being chased by the dogs who were being chased by my mom... I've never laughed so hard in my life! (until I went to help to try to catch the loose chickens.. Than I wasn't laughing anymore because those little things can run remarkably fast on those tiny little legs🙈)
Beautiful chicken coop. The chickens can and will fly out when they run out of grass, but they will go back in at night. As for the climbing plants, cover them in netting to protect them while they grow, the chickens will destroy them. I love your idea of planters around the outside, definitly plant things like lavender, mint, and other herbs that flies and mosquitoes hate. You could cut off the top of a small tree and bury it in the outside area to give your chickens somewhere to roost outside as well, I recently did that and my chickens love it.
Your going to need to plan for the flowers your planting they will dig in them and destroy the beds. Also might make a couple *pits* to put sand for them to have dust baths otherside the rest will be holes everywhere (one under the lean to would be nice. Different sized and heights on the night roosts, that way each can choose which is most comfortable for them
I am a chicken farmer. Fence needs to be at least 6 foot tall and buried 6 inches. Chickens do fly. A fence needs to go around the pond. They will go right through it. Do some research on types of chickens that do best in your climate and area.
Have to make sure the coop is easy to clean and spray for red mite, the chickens will also destroy all your plants. We let ours go free range as it's much easier and they never leave. Means there's no issues with them flying out! Also you need blinds in the windows as if they are in the coop when it's getting light they can attack each other!!
I would start with only 6 or 7 chickens as they might turn the beautiful gras into mud very quickly if they’re too many and add some sand, they love lying in sand. For the little chicken door into the house there is some electric door which goes up and down by itself so you won’t need to go all the time to open and close it. And why do you not want them to explore the whole garden? Train them first to lay their eggs in the house and then they will always go there to kay eggs
because they will destroy the garden i've had chickens my whole life free ranged we hardly ever have grass in the areas they go to its always just dirt and rooted up grass
Here in Australia our chickens free range, and they always go back at night. Your set up is okay,some fox might try and get in under the fence. And some chickens will be adventurous and get out, but will come back in just before dusk. I think you keep them locked in the coop to start with for a few days so they learn that is where they come home to. Nothing like home grown eggs, great work guys!
Definitely worth getting trees or bushes in there as chickens are jungle birds so don’t like being in the open, also might be worth providing somewhere to dustbathe like a sand box etc or they will dig their own in the lawn
You don't have predators because well, they have nothing to eat on your property. With chickens, now you'll have hawks, foxes and all the critters. If predator really gets bad, you can get a guard geese ! They can be awesome 😉 Predators WILL dig under your outside fence, better be safe than sorry (and not having to fix the holes later) and bury it deep forming a L with the bottom part. That way when the predator dig all its going to find is a fence and it won't be able to go throught. For the floor of the coop, put a cheap linoleum with the edges coming up a little on top of that wood floor, easier to clean and more durable. That way when water is spilled (it will be at some point), it won't damage the floor and the bedding will absorb it. Use a deep bedding so that you won't have to clean the coop every week. This keeps it fresh an clean and is low maintenance. It only takes a few mins every day to maintain and once every months (or less depending on the number of chickens) you can clean the whole thing. Put the feeder and water on something (bricks, pieces of wood, anything) because chickens tend to scratch and they can knock it over that way. Make sure you have enough perches (or is it called roost ?) for all your chickens, the chickens lower in the hierachy (also called pecking order for chickens) sleep lower than the higher ones. For the nesting boxes i recommend you build them in a way that they are attached to the side of the building, "sticking out". That way all you have to do is lift a board to acces the eggs. And they won't take up any space inside that could be used for perches.
I love the look of the chicken coop. We did the same thing in taking a garden shed but chickens love to jump and fly to taller places and to jump over things. I also suggest building something for them to perch on we just used some PVC pipe and they love to sit on it. Be very careful where and what you plant because chickens love to tear it up and take dirt baths. But for the most part they just do them.
Tip, Put down like plastic flooring Linoleum in the cool. Then your bedding. So you can clean it much more easy! Best is if you take a stick of a tree so they can find relieve on there feet on different spots. Then they will never get bumblefeet. Don't take a square one from the store.
Omg amazing!! It’s so pretty!! But you need to be careful with the Pond, usually nothing happens, but one of our baby chickens once fell into our pond and drowned, and that one was only 1 square meter sooooo
Beautiful Chicken Condo...cattails in the pond will keep it clean...goldfish will eat water bugs...goldfish are great if your pond is deep enough, plus, they are fun...good show!
Matt, Becky's Homestead is a great TH-cam channel to go to. She is in the US, and ironically lives a few miles from my son in Florida. Becky teaches about chickens and which breeds to get and which breeds not to get and how to care for the chickens... she tells exactly what to feed them to get the most eggs and she talks a lot about food grade diatomaceous earth which is very good to keep parasites out of your chickens and all of your animals and even humans.. she has a special video on caring for your baby chicks to make sure they live. I highly recommend her I've watched a lot of her videos. And just a shout out to you and Jesse... I loved the video of you and your brother and Jesse filming and talking about your chicken coop AKA chicken house LOL. It was good to see you laughing, although I know you have to be serious telling about anything but your Sidekick there it's so funny with his little comments. Sometimes it's just so good to laugh and smile but also enjoy the video. Look forward to seeing your baby chickens... may God bless you and keep you through all of this craziness in our world....keep the videos coming... I love horses but this was a great change of pace here. I would love to see the inside of your home.
I've been doing pretty much the same thing during quarantine! Deep cleaned, weeded, moved bushes around, built a window, put in a bunch of flowers. The barn looks amazing, now I just have to set up a sprinkler system so everything stays watered!
In our area (Germany) we have a lot of birds which could go for chickens, especially the smaller kinds or younger chickens. So it is best to put either a net on top (which is what we have) or give them plenty stuff to hide underneath, like bushes etc.
Absolutely funniest video to date.all the confusion random talking comments from jesse the brother in his welli suit.laughed until tears ran down my face.matt is being matt and jesse being jesse.love you guys.love from canada
Omg, ducks are about the dirtiest birds EVERRRR. That little waterhole would be brown & nasty in no time with ducks living in it. I have three. Trust me, they make a MESS!
That's wonderful. Add nesting boxes with plenty of woodshavings and chickens need roosts to sleep on at night. If they jump the fencing, you will have to clip the flight feathers. Get someone at the feed store to show you. Also grain with plenty of grit added. The people at the feed store can advise. Ducks would be cute for the pond. Enjoy your new friends.
Yay, chickens! I used to own a pastured poultry business, so I do know a bit about them. My best advice is to measure your square footage both inside the hen house and in the yard. Chickens need 2-3 square feet (American measurements) inside, and 8-10 square feet outside, but more is even better. The number of square feet available is going to dictate how many chickens you should purchase. And remember to measure the hen house with the waterer and feeder in place because they can be rather large. Please rethink your fence. It's lovely, but highly impractical. Including the pond, however, was a great idea. Chickens are designed by nature to eat bugs and ponds attract lots of bugs. The floodlights, however, are not such a great idea. Chickens are also flighty by nature and it doesn't take much to throw them off laying. Suddenly turning on bright lights at night, if there are windows facing those lights, and it looks like there is one, could cause your hens to go off laying. Finally, if you have rats in the Netherlands, expect to see them at some point. Rats can cause a myriad of problems. I suggest this short article with some great tips for keeping them at bay. In general, you need to predator-proof the whole space or you soon won't have any chickens left. While you are still under construction is a good time to implement some of these strategies.: www.backyardchickencoops.com.au/blogs/learning-centre/predator-profile-rats Have fun and enjoy your newest family members. And Jesse, if you do get that garden you want, the hens will be happy picking bugs off your plants.
Nice Chicken Coop and Area. May want to look into Automatic Door that opens and shuts in own so you don't have to get up early or stay up late. You can set the time to open and close. Can't wait to see completed. Peace Be With You Both ☮️
Quick tip that my family used for our chickens, feed them the eggshells. It sounds weird but it strengthens the eggs they produce afterwards, and it's a great way to get rid of the shells
Add a little partially sunken lip in the bank of the pond to allow the pond to fill and give them easy access to water. Will also be easy on you because the pond will just continue to refill the bank lip part
You can let your chickens roam the property as they will return to their coop at night and also to lay their eggs. We just nailed milk crates to the wall and pop a little hay in for them to lay in which are good because they can see out and they have ventilation. Make sure you install a perch (2” in diameter) for them to sleep on up off the ground. Yey chickens! Rhode Island’s grow the fastest and are good layers.
We have chicken as well and only knee high fences. We avoid them escaping by clipping only one side of their wings so when they try to fly they can only fly in a circle. That works really well for us. And the Fox problem can be minimised by having an automatically closing door, controlled by a light sensitive sensor. Chicken are pretty accurate when it comes to being in „bed“ before sunset and the door can close after them. That way you can avoid foxes who are mostly active in the night.
Great job building, and a nice idea of course but here is something to consider...... chickens can and will fly straight over the fence once big enough when they have eaten and scratched all of your grass down to dirt. Chickens can’t swim and if they get scared from a predator or horse they may fly accidentally straight into the pond, and drown. If they get wet and cold they will die. Birds of prey are a major concern as well if you have them. Chickens are a lot of work. They need shrubs under which to hide and feel safe. They catch diseases which have to be treated. The pond would be a better place for ducks they will make use of the pond and love it, but once again they make a mess over time and it will need cleaning up and if not it will smell to high heaven. But the mess is good fertiliser for the garden once composted correctly. I hope this helps guys.
Do you have a breed of chickens already picked out. If not, you could look into silky fowls. They will be unable to escape the fence because they can’t fly and they are great at raising chicks, if your interested in that. There are also breeds that lay colourful eggs (green,blue,chocolate/maroon...). That’s pretty fun. A suggestion from me would be some more hiding spots. It’s pretty sad when your chickens get killed by predatory birds. Oh and last thing: don’t forget a sand bath. It will keep them nice and healthy. The chickens will make you really happy.Its so calming watching them. I wish you good luck and lots of fun💕
You need to clip their left hand side wing flight feathers to stop them flying. As the egg they produce starts at the front of the bird slightly to the right, clipping flight feathers on the left overbalances them. Watch out for mites, dust their bedding with mite powder, scaly leg is another problem they can have. For firm shells, add either a protein powder to their pellets, or give them oyster shell in a separate feeder, but don’t let that get wet! I add Apple cider vinegar to the water but only if it’s a plastic container. It helps with their internal health. My girls love mealworms and they follow me everywhere in the hopes of getting some! They also love greens like kale. If you get any hen pecking going on, separate the culprit for a while till they settle. Watch out for rats, I know you’ve already had a problem there...where there are hens, there are usually rats! Good luck, they all become characters after a while!
Hi Matt you need to get a automatic door opener so you don’t have to go out every morning and evening to open and shut the door it’s the new thing with other farmers. Make sure you have enough girls to keep up with your daily intake of eggs thanks from Texas hill country (the other side of Austin and San Antonio) have you heard of these two cities??) thank you for sharing and making these videos with us❤️🐓
That is a chicken *palace*!!! Your ladies are going to be so comfy, I bet you'll be living off omelettes in no time! You're going to need to net in the whole area with chicken wire or something suitable, though. Your fence won't keep chickens in, and neither will the pond. Friends of mine netted their rather large chook run with a cyclone wire 'roof' that covered nearly a quarter of an acre. Then they grew grape vines over it. It gave the chickens a lovely protected area with the added bonus of sweet grapes. Also, foxes will dig to get your chooks. You might consider burying some chicken wire under the ground around the outside of the chook run, or, just pin it to the ground with tent pins or heavy rocks. Name suggestions: Cheryl, Beryl, Merrill, Feral, Peril, Narelle, Darelle, Terelle, Sharelle, Giselle. Kath, Kim, Sharon and Epponee Rae. Also, Andalucia, Lusitania, Shetlandia, Oldenburgia, Hanoveria, Frisiana, Trakhenia... you get the drift. ;) Regarding Steve's ensemble: there are no words to describe how seductive and sultry he looks in his large rubber nappypants! (You might gently ask him if he's ever had a concept of 'a waistband'). Next video, I need to see all three of you dressed in them please. In the pond. You could put swamp irises and other wetland plants in and around the pond - and add a few suitable fish to eat the mosquito wrigglers (dunno what's best in the Netherlands - in Oz, we'd use gambusias). For your climbing plant, you could try garden peas or snowpeas. The plants are pretty and the chooks could eat the peas. Also, have you considered adding some ducks, quail or geese to the mix? Geese make great guard animals, although they might scare the horses... and the dogs... Just a few thoughts. LOVING your work ethic!
I hope it goes well for you. That is the most beautiful chicken house I have ever seen. Very well thought out and landscaped. Hope you learn to like veges Matt. Lots of nutrients. Jesse, would love to see you have a little garden but don't know if you would have time, you are so busy all the time.
Everyone is doing this my son's had chickens and I'll tell you there are blue and green eggs brown but they all taste better than what you get in the store.
the chickens are going to walk around the fence near the pond, jump the fence, eat the vine, eat the grass, and idk how powerful your shocking fence is but it might kill your chickens.
Good luck on keeping those chicken inside that fence. LOL. They need a way taller one with roofing. You also have to dig the netting down into ground because they dig after worms and make holes to do their dust bath. Rats can be a problem too because the chickens need to have food available throughout the day. A must is also grit so they can digest the food. It's an idea to make a spot with some sand where you can add it.
Regarding chickens, you want to fully enclose the run with taller chickenwire, and you need to put netting up top. Your chicken wire should ideally be 2 meters tall. You'll also want to bury it about 1 meter down in the ground and reinforce it with rocks around the perimeter to discourage foxes and to keep the chickens from digging under the wire.
Chickens are really good at escaping and they will need nest boxes and perches and you won’t need to mow the grass in there.. they will get over that pond and the fences and probably will get through the white fence and will also jump onto the shade/roof area
You could also fill a couple of tires with sand to give them a good dust bath 🙂 and if you check out 'weed em and reap' or something like that they have an automatic chicken door that let's them in and out for you
Chickens are perfect for a horse area. Free range them in the paddocks - they eat bugs! They also go and scratch through the horse poop and eat the flies, worms etc... but as they scratch it, they break it up. Whole poop kills the grass underneath, broken and spread allows it to become fertilizer....
Matt you need nesting boxes for them to lay in . You can get some ducks for there eggs also . If your chickens are happy they will not fly over your pound . And if you let them our during he day they eat all the bugs in your yard and keep so Let them roam is a good thing and they will fertilized your yard . and if they went in with the horses that would be good too This is all done after they grow up . if you feed them good and FRESH WATER EVERY DAY IS VERY IMPORTATION AND GOOD FOOD
Use shavings on the floor of the chicken coop! Makes it so much easier to clean! You can clean it out once a week (usually/ depending on how many chickens), by just tossing out the old shavings & putting a new bag of shavings down!
Where I live, there are organisations that save chicken from cruel keeping... maybe there is something similar in the Netherlands, if this is an option for you.
U should add some bushes and u might have to put a little fence at the gate and if you want still to get in u could put a gate at the pond just incase because some might stumble in and drown by accident. But you're coop looks great
I suggest Silver-laced Wyandotts if you want chickens very pretty to look at! (You can google images of chickens to see which ones you like the best) Rhode Island Reds may be best for egg-laying. Definitely plan on plenty of perching inside the coop, but arrange them toward the outer perimeter so that you can stand in the center to do raking/cleaning/replacing of straw, shavings, or whatever you will have on the floor to absorb their droppings and to line their nest-boxes. As others have said, most chickens can/will fly so a low fence will not contain them. you may want/need to arrange some overhead netting to contain them and to protect them from birds of prey if that is a concern where you are. p.s. ducks are fine in a low-fenced area, and they love a pond to swim in, also provide eggs, but they also need to be protected from overhead predators (we had a Bald Eagle kill and consume one of ours!).
mmmm chicken stew, chicken pot pie, roasted chicken, Jesse killing and plucking his first chicken, cant wait for those videos. chicken burgers, chicken fingers.. .someone tell Jesse what chicken fingers are.
Hello Matt/Jesse, Thank you very much for taking me back to my happy place summer vacation at my grandparents farm🐎🐶🐈🐄🐣🐓🦆🦜😘. Please show more content videos of all your upcoming projects from the beginning. I truly 🧡 all your videos. Steve your amazing 🤗🙏
And...🤗.... we use rolled oats to train the hens to come when called. My hens are free range....but they only need me to call them and they come running as they love their oats. Far better to train them to come when called....and they will follow you ANYWHERE if they know you have oats. My hens will eat them out of my hand and love to be picked up so they can get extra treats. No problems catching them as they want to be picked up👍
Just a couple of tips , chickens can fly about 25 feet so they will just jump over the pond ( and if the pond is deep the chickens can drown as they can't swim ) .
And also no fences in there coop are not chicken proof they can just jump over them .
And if you put plants growing on that little wood climbing square thing then the chickens will just eat that .
And your Garden will turn into a dusty mess over time incase you think that it's gonna stay grassy .
I just want to tell you because I want your chickens to be safe and I have chickens as well so I know what I am on about . Ps love your horses and your channel and it will be interesting now that you are going to have chickens !
I agree and great advice.
Great advice. Those chickens are going to be all over the place! I can just see Matt running around trying to catch them while Jesse stands there tapping his foot and shaking his head!!!!
Oh, those boys‼️‼️‼️😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
This is good advice, I second it. We had a chicken coop in the barn and it was open at the top. All the chickens would escape and walk on top of the stalls and fall in and around them daily. It got really dangerous so we moved them to a stall. They are slippery! We let them out in the summertime and have to use brooms to get them back. I can see them sitting on top of the fences that Matt has built. I’m interested to see how it will turn out. Very exciting!!
Yeah my coop had fencing over the top and underground so nothing can dig in and get them
I agree! Fences are way too short even if you clip their wings. They are just going to go through the slats on the picket fence, looks nice, but he needs to at least put a predatory fence up all around and on top, there are a few predatory birds out there. If that set up was on my farm, there wouldn't be any chickens left after the predators found them, which on my farm would be the next day.
who's also sure that the chickens are going to escape🤣
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Charlotte Tck. Me. My clipped girls fly over my 6ft fence. I gave up, they are now free range.
Yup , they will have free range chickens within a few days !!
I'm super surprised my birds have never tried to jump my fence, its about the same height as Matt's but they haven't once cared! Other people's chickens on the other hand are jumping 4-6 foot fences LOL
"I have no interest in raising vegetables 'cause I don't eat vegetables"
This is slightly concerning..😂
Yeah how is Matt going to live 😂
@@sydneysrandoms I don't know man😂 probably from the 4 eggs he eats
@@chay7897 well you still cant survive with eating NO vegetables😂
@@sydneysrandoms You could, but you'll be dealing with lots of diseases. Maybe he has substitutes
I don’t eat veg
Steve: flies 18+ hours from Australia only to be roped into building a fancy chicken coop and wear a cranberry farmer outfit by his shorter twin brother
I WHEEZED HIS SHORTER TWIN BROTHER I-
The cranberry farmer look is really nice on him lmao he should consider being in one of the commercials.
I WHEEZED LMAO
How will he get home safe? Airports are being closed down, people get stuck all over.
😂😂😂😂😂
O love how his brother is like: it was raining so o puth this on. Jesse: rain comes from above!
they aren't brothers
@@racingabay4286 Matt and Steve are twin brothers.
😂😂♥️ they are😁
Matt this was hysterically funny your brother wearing those "waders" (that's what we call them here in US)! Chickens are very fun I look forward to seeing your upcoming videos. God job on chicken coop just remember to secure their little door at night!
"For us, it works great. We don't have friends. We just stay home." I left that. Quarantine for introverts in a nutshell.
This whole video radiates chaotic energy and I love it
Matt 2019: we dont have time for a dog
Matt:* buys 2 horses*
Matt:*buys 2 dogs*
Matt: *buys chikens*
Me:🙄🤷♀️🤦♀️
*chickens
It’s his money it’s up to him.
@@Charlotte-do9gk This comment is not about money lol.
And all poor Jesse wants is to grow a few carrots and potatoes.
@adorable lamb just wait for it...
Put an eave/gutter on the low end of the little roof and collect the water that runs off it into some sort of low container (with an overflow piped to the pond, perhaps). That will take care of some of the mud in your chicken run and make a water source for your chickens to drink from.
Maby dig the fencing in the ground because the chickens of a friend of mine start digging holes in the ground and than escape through these holes. Also chickens like to nuzzle in sand or loose dry dirt so maby a smaal beach is fun! It also will look so cool with the pier!!
trust me most of that grass will be gone in a few days they dont need to make a sand pit
Hey! I just found your and Jesse’s channels yesterday and I just wanted to say that the way you train your horses is amazing. All the respect toward the animal, the care and the attention they get it’s absolutely miraculous. I quit horse riding because I never appreciated the methods that people around me were using, but now I wish I could work with horses in the way you do it. I think, every person that interacts with horses should act like you do. Thank you :)
have been quarantined in italy, with a broken shin and a cast that goes from toes to hip because a horse kicked me. haven't been able to go see my horse and ride so these videos really make me smile
That sounds nasty! I hope your ok
Hope you stay safe and have a fast recovery I like In the uk but the tard my horse is at they dont want people on it so they are feeding all the horses
carolina bonato , oh, so sorry!! 🥺🥺😢😢
I recently fell off my horse and he stepped on my leg, also got a cast from toes to hip. I am starting to loose my mind.
MoonWolf __ same here😭
As a Mum of older kids watching this, I'm getting so much pleasure seeing how they're working everything through, being practical and careful and very responsible. It's a rarity in lads their age to handle all this responsibility so well and independently.
You will love how fast chickens learn to look to you for petting. Put some kind of fold out chairs down there so you can grab a hen and pet her on your lap awhile. They will go to sleep! After the first time being handled they quickly get more and more confident being touched and trained. They make a wide variety of lovely noises. A healthy hen will keep herself clean. They are easy pets. They poop a lot and you should probably read some chicken raising books or magazines to learn the basics.
Unfortunately the fence looks low enough for a fox to jump and a chicken to fly out of. If you get full size chicken breeds and not small Bantams then when they are full size the hawks will not attack as much. Good luck, the henhouse looks lovely so far. If you use square wood pieces for perches, round the ard edges or they will cut into the feet.
Congrats on your future chickens!
I do have suggestions for you, I like that your coop is open and airy looking, make sure you put hardware cloth on all the windows and that the windows actually work cause chickens do better in cool weather then hot and having an oven for a coop is not good for them. For winter.... NO HEAT LAMPS. Make sure your coop is well ventilated and keep it clean and dry. Using droppings boards and sand for litter is a great way to keep it clean, daily cleaning is best.
Don't keep their food and water in the coop, food will attract rodents and flies and water will create moisture you don't want (especially in winter).
I highly recommend getting a Grandpas Feeder for their feed, look it up on Amazon, they are amazing and though expensive at first they will pay for themselves in feed not wasted very quickly.
I would recommend adding cover to your run so the girls have somewhere to hide from hawks and other predators if your not going to do a fully enclosed run.
For how many chickens you get, I would recommend starting with about 6-8, since your getting them for eggs and pets you will be best starting at that number and then you will have more space to add to your flock in a year or two when your birds start slowing down with the laying.
Doing research on what breeds do best for your area is a good idea for making sure you get breeds that handle your cold and heat.
I highly recommend getting the book The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens, you can get it on Amazon too, if saved my Easter Egger's life when she got sick I was able to very quickly find out what was wrong and helped her. The book has pretty much everything you need to know on care and more.
Hope you read this ;)
Can't wait to see your new fluffy butts!
Lovely reply! Great info & advice.
That coop with the pond demands a duck or two! Duck-eggs are great to use while baking! Just have to fence in that pond. Also, give them a sandpit to bathe in. (the chickens)
If you tie wire from the ceiling in the coop and add like a fish hook to the bottom of the wire you can then put leftover lettuce and vegetables for the chickens to pack at xx
also I'm a chicken person (I raise literally thousands per year): if you can find radiant heat panels to warm chicks (if you're getting chicks) instead of heat bulbs, it's easier on them. It lends to fewer cases of pasty butt and other issues, and it's more "natural" for them. If you want a few good guardian birds, grab some guinea fowl to mix in with the chickens. They'll SCREAM about any hawks or foxes and the hens will learn to run into the coop. Or get a nice big rooster (an easter egger, aracauna, any orpington, or a speckled sussex are all wonderfully calm roosters with people and hellbeasts with predators).
If you fellas want any more info hmu I'll gladly help out.
Ok Matt if you put shavings in the chicken coops do not use cedar, and if you put in flower beds by the fences the chickens will scratch and dig in it looking for bugs and worms. For their nest boxes make sure they have dividers between the nest OK. Hope this will help out. Love your new project, nice to see your brother again. Love the video best always Rusty
Don't know if you guys already are going to do this but chickens prefer to sleep on higher places so in the little house y'all made put stick at different heights so they can sleep on them. As well, a place with dirt preferably so they can take dust baths. A chicken dust bath helps to remove excess oil, as well as external parasites like lice and mites. When y'all buy chicken I imagine they will recommend you the breeds you want, but the best chicken breeds to lay eggs are either the leghorns which lay white eggs or the Rhode island reds which lay brown eggs, the color of the egg doesn't do anything to the taste of the egg lol.
Jesse:. Will they eat the wire?
Matt (confidently): No! ...I don't think so (all of a sudden not so confident).
I also loved your vegetable garden discussion! 😂 Too funny! Loved this video and the smiles it gave me! Cool looking coop and run area!
Chicken are incredible rewarding pets, you will love them! here a few thoughts - choose breeds that are not likely to fly. leghorns, laying hybrids, etc, will be able to get over your fencing in no time. dual purpose chicken breeds will be less likely to fly, but may not lay as well as the typical layer. depending on how many chicken you get, your grass will be gone sooner or later. you could choose to let them free range during the day, our chicken browse the whole day in the pastures between horses, ponies and goats, and tuck themselves in back in their coop at night. Our favorite breed on the farm is the Swedish Flower Hen, great layers for years to come, they are beautiful and each one is unique, alert about predators and friendly and curious towards their people
Look at some of the heavier breeds like Orpington - they dont fly as high as other breeds
I said Orpington chickens too. Lol
I had a flock of around 50 Buff Orpingtons and Road Island Reds. Excellent egg layers and easy to keep. They had free range during the days and locked up in the coop at night. Very enjoyable hobby.
Also make sure you have a watering source that they cannot drown in, like the pond. And that the coop is insulated for the winter, because of the low °C you get. If you still want some grass in the area, then put in a sandbox so they can take a dust bath to help keep their feathers healthy. Is that correct Animal crazy girl 13? Best Wishes and stay healthy from Ontario, Canada, Jenn.
WOW Matt! I can't believe you've done that by yourselves VERY impressive!!
And 1 tip... Make your fencing higher.. We used to have chickens and some had no problem clearing a 1.60m fence.. And 1 chicken was dead set of digging it's way out of the pen..
I'm never going to forget that time my mom bought almost fully incubated eggs and placed them in the nestbox.. But forgot to replace the chickenfenc with the larger holes for the type with the smaller holes in them.. You can fill in what happened a few weeks after the eggs hatched... We lived on a property pretty similar to yours in the way that we had a big house, 4 stables, 1,5 hectares of field and a riding arena.. We had 3 cats, 2 dogs, 13 chickens and 3 horses.. One day I heard a lot of commotion outside after my mom let the dogs outside.. The baby chickens hopped trough the holes in the fence and were being chased by the cats which were being chased by the dogs who were being chased by my mom... I've never laughed so hard in my life! (until I went to help to try to catch the loose chickens.. Than I wasn't laughing anymore because those little things can run remarkably fast on those tiny little legs🙈)
I love how his brother is like: it's raining so put this on. Jesse: rain comes from above!
Beautiful chicken coop. The chickens can and will fly out when they run out of grass, but they will go back in at night. As for the climbing plants, cover them in netting to protect them while they grow, the chickens will destroy them. I love your idea of planters around the outside, definitly plant things like lavender, mint, and other herbs that flies and mosquitoes hate. You could cut off the top of a small tree and bury it in the outside area to give your chickens somewhere to roost outside as well, I recently did that and my chickens love it.
Your going to need to plan for the flowers your planting they will dig in them and destroy the beds. Also might make a couple *pits* to put sand for them to have dust baths otherside the rest will be holes everywhere (one under the lean to would be nice. Different sized and heights on the night roosts, that way each can choose which is most comfortable for them
I am a chicken farmer. Fence needs to be at least 6 foot tall and buried 6 inches. Chickens do fly. A fence needs to go around the pond. They will go right through it. Do some research on types of chickens that do best in your climate and area.
Have to make sure the coop is easy to clean and spray for red mite, the chickens will also destroy all your plants. We let ours go free range as it's much easier and they never leave. Means there's no issues with them flying out! Also you need blinds in the windows as if they are in the coop when it's getting light they can attack each other!!
I would start with only 6 or 7 chickens as they might turn the beautiful gras into mud very quickly if they’re too many and add some sand, they love lying in sand. For the little chicken door into the house there is some electric door which goes up and down by itself so you won’t need to go all the time to open and close it.
And why do you not want them to explore the whole garden? Train them first to lay their eggs in the house and then they will always go there to kay eggs
because they will destroy the garden i've had chickens my whole life free ranged we hardly ever have grass in the areas they go to its always just dirt and rooted up grass
Here in Australia our chickens free range, and they always go back at night. Your set up is okay,some fox might try and get in under the fence. And some chickens will be adventurous and get out, but will come back in just before dusk. I think you keep them locked in the coop to start with for a few days so they learn that is where they come home to. Nothing like home grown eggs, great work guys!
"This is what happens when you are Australian and it rains a little"
I almost died of laughter 😂😂😂
Definitely worth getting trees or bushes in there as chickens are jungle birds so don’t like being in the open, also might be worth providing somewhere to dustbathe like a sand box etc or they will dig their own in the lawn
You don't have predators because well, they have nothing to eat on your property.
With chickens, now you'll have hawks, foxes and all the critters.
If predator really gets bad, you can get a guard geese ! They can be awesome 😉
Predators WILL dig under your outside fence, better be safe than sorry (and not having to fix the holes later) and bury it deep forming a L with the bottom part. That way when the predator dig all its going to find is a fence and it won't be able to go throught.
For the floor of the coop, put a cheap linoleum with the edges coming up a little on top of that wood floor, easier to clean and more durable. That way when water is spilled (it will be at some point), it won't damage the floor and the bedding will absorb it.
Use a deep bedding so that you won't have to clean the coop every week. This keeps it fresh an clean and is low maintenance. It only takes a few mins every day to maintain and once every months (or less depending on the number of chickens) you can clean the whole thing.
Put the feeder and water on something (bricks, pieces of wood, anything) because chickens tend to scratch and they can knock it over that way.
Make sure you have enough perches (or is it called roost ?) for all your chickens, the chickens lower in the hierachy (also called pecking order for chickens) sleep lower than the higher ones.
For the nesting boxes i recommend you build them in a way that they are attached to the side of the building, "sticking out". That way all you have to do is lift a board to acces the eggs. And they won't take up any space inside that could be used for perches.
I love the look of the chicken coop. We did the same thing in taking a garden shed but chickens love to jump and fly to taller places and to jump over things. I also suggest building something for them to perch on we just used some PVC pipe and they love to sit on it. Be very careful where and what you plant because chickens love to tear it up and take dirt baths. But for the most part they just do them.
Tip,
Put down like plastic flooring Linoleum in the cool. Then your bedding. So you can clean it much more easy!
Best is if you take a stick of a tree so they can find relieve on there feet on different spots. Then they will never get bumblefeet. Don't take a square one from the store.
Omg amazing!! It’s so pretty!! But you need to be careful with the Pond, usually nothing happens, but one of our baby chickens once fell into our pond and drowned, and that one was only 1 square meter sooooo
Beautiful Chicken Condo...cattails in the pond will keep it clean...goldfish will eat water bugs...goldfish are great if your pond is deep enough, plus, they are fun...good show!
The chickens will escape form that, you have to make the fence as high as you are. or you have to trim the wings so the chickens can't jump that high
Matt, Becky's Homestead is a great TH-cam channel to go to. She is in the US, and ironically lives a few miles from my son in Florida. Becky teaches about chickens and which breeds to get and which breeds not to get and how to care for the chickens... she tells exactly what to feed them to get the most eggs and she talks a lot about food grade diatomaceous earth which is very good to keep parasites out of your chickens and all of your animals and even humans.. she has a special video on caring for your baby chicks to make sure they live. I highly recommend her I've watched a lot of her videos. And just a shout out to you and Jesse... I loved the video of you and your brother and Jesse filming and talking about your chicken coop AKA chicken house LOL. It was good to see you laughing, although I know you have to be serious telling about anything but your Sidekick there it's so funny with his little comments. Sometimes it's just so good to laugh and smile but also enjoy the video. Look forward to seeing your baby chickens... may God bless you and keep you through all of this craziness in our world....keep the videos coming... I love horses but this was a great change of pace here. I would love to see the inside of your home.
"The rain comes from the top" OMG😂😂😂
I've been doing pretty much the same thing during quarantine! Deep cleaned, weeded, moved bushes around, built a window, put in a bunch of flowers. The barn looks amazing, now I just have to set up a sprinkler system so everything stays watered!
woop! this is the earliest i have ever been! i love you matt! your amazing!
In our area (Germany) we have a lot of birds which could go for chickens, especially the smaller kinds or younger chickens. So it is best to put either a net on top (which is what we have) or give them plenty stuff to hide underneath, like bushes etc.
Matt: we don’t have friends. I felt that 😂
Absolutely funniest video to date.all the confusion random talking comments from jesse the brother in his welli suit.laughed until tears ran down my face.matt is being matt and jesse being jesse.love you guys.love from canada
Hi Matt and Jesse
You guys should get a couple of ducks too. They’d love the pond and will help keep it clean.
Omg, ducks are about the dirtiest birds EVERRRR. That little waterhole would be brown & nasty in no time with ducks living in it. I have three. Trust me, they make a MESS!
For the chickens: "...a place to chill out on the pier" at the pond -- so cute!! These chickens will be so loved.
Oh you should also get some cute bunnies with the chicken! it looks like such an amazing place for the animals, lovely with the pond and the shed!!!
Lmao the little pier made me laugh 😂
That's wonderful. Add nesting boxes with plenty of woodshavings and chickens need roosts to sleep on at night. If they jump the fencing, you will have to clip the flight feathers. Get someone at the feed store to show you. Also grain with plenty of grit added. The people at the feed store can advise. Ducks would be cute for the pond. Enjoy your new friends.
wow your an inspiration to us all matt. we thank you so much. amazing
Yay, chickens! I used to own a pastured poultry business, so I do know a bit about them. My best advice is to measure your square footage both inside the hen house and in the yard. Chickens need 2-3 square feet (American measurements) inside, and 8-10 square feet outside, but more is even better. The number of square feet available is going to dictate how many chickens you should purchase. And remember to measure the hen house with the waterer and feeder in place because they can be rather large.
Please rethink your fence. It's lovely, but highly impractical. Including the pond, however, was a great idea. Chickens are designed by nature to eat bugs and ponds attract lots of bugs. The floodlights, however, are not such a great idea. Chickens are also flighty by nature and it doesn't take much to throw them off laying. Suddenly turning on bright lights at night, if there are windows facing those lights, and it looks like there is one, could cause your hens to go off laying.
Finally, if you have rats in the Netherlands, expect to see them at some point. Rats can cause a myriad of problems. I suggest this short article with some great tips for keeping them at bay. In general, you need to predator-proof the whole space or you soon won't have any chickens left. While you are still under construction is a good time to implement some of these strategies.: www.backyardchickencoops.com.au/blogs/learning-centre/predator-profile-rats
Have fun and enjoy your newest family members. And Jesse, if you do get that garden you want, the hens will be happy picking bugs off your plants.
Susan DeFelice But the hens will eat the veggies before the bugs😂
@@sherrieaton6444 my chickens always preferred meat to potatoes. ;D
Nice Chicken Coop and Area. May want to look into Automatic Door that opens and shuts in own so you don't have to get up early or stay up late. You can set the time to open and close. Can't wait to see completed. Peace Be With You Both ☮️
Quick tip that my family used for our chickens, feed them the eggshells. It sounds weird but it strengthens the eggs they produce afterwards, and it's a great way to get rid of the shells
I'm already looking forward to the 3rd video... "We're reinforcing the area for chickens, they figured how to get out!" :D
Matt, The way you have of making the picture in your mind come to life is amazing. I like the classic beauty of what You and Jesse are creating.
Jesse previously about chicken ‘absolutely not’ now they’ve got a massive chicken coop
Add a little partially sunken lip in the bank of the pond to allow the pond to fill and give them easy access to water. Will also be easy on you because the pond will just continue to refill the bank lip part
You can let your chickens roam the property as they will return to their coop at night and also to lay their eggs. We just nailed milk crates to the wall and pop a little hay in for them to lay in which are good because they can see out and they have ventilation. Make sure you install a perch (2” in diameter) for them to sleep on up off the ground. Yey chickens! Rhode Island’s grow the fastest and are good layers.
Matt's brother dying of embarrassment in a pair of waders is the sort of comedy gold I need in my everyday life.
We have chicken as well and only knee high fences. We avoid them escaping by clipping only one side of their wings so when they try to fly they can only fly in a circle. That works really well for us. And the Fox problem can be minimised by having an automatically closing door, controlled by a light sensitive sensor. Chicken are pretty accurate when it comes to being in „bed“ before sunset and the door can close after them. That way you can avoid foxes who are mostly active in the night.
Great job building, and a nice idea of course but here is something to consider...... chickens can and will fly straight over the fence once big enough when they have eaten and scratched all of your grass down to dirt. Chickens can’t swim and if they get scared from a predator or horse they may fly accidentally straight into the pond, and drown. If they get wet and cold they will die. Birds of prey are a major concern as well if you have them. Chickens are a lot of work. They need shrubs under which to hide and feel safe. They catch diseases which have to be treated. The pond would be a better place for ducks they will make use of the pond and love it, but once again they make a mess over time and it will need cleaning up and if not it will smell to high heaven. But the mess is good fertiliser for the garden once composted correctly. I hope this helps guys.
Do you have a breed of chickens already picked out. If not, you could look into silky fowls. They will be unable to escape the fence because they can’t fly and they are great at raising chicks, if your interested in that. There are also breeds that lay colourful eggs (green,blue,chocolate/maroon...). That’s pretty fun.
A suggestion from me would be some more hiding spots. It’s pretty sad when your chickens get killed by predatory birds. Oh and last thing: don’t forget a sand bath. It will keep them nice and healthy.
The chickens will make you really happy.Its so calming watching them. I wish you good luck and lots of fun💕
Matt-:"we eat 6 to 7 eggs a day-
Jesse:- together
Matt: huh?
Jesse: We don't each eat 6 to 7 eggs a day"
😂
You need to clip their left hand side wing flight feathers to stop them flying. As the egg they produce starts at the front of the bird slightly to the right, clipping flight feathers on the left overbalances them. Watch out for mites, dust their bedding with mite powder, scaly leg is another problem they can have. For firm shells, add either a protein powder to their pellets, or give them oyster shell in a separate feeder, but don’t let that get wet! I add Apple cider vinegar to the water but only if it’s a plastic container. It helps with their internal health. My girls love mealworms and they follow me everywhere in the hopes of getting some! They also love greens like kale. If you get any hen pecking going on, separate the culprit for a while till they settle. Watch out for rats, I know you’ve already had a problem there...where there are hens, there are usually rats! Good luck, they all become characters after a while!
Hi Matt you need to get a automatic door opener so you don’t have to go out every morning and evening to open and shut the door it’s the new thing with other farmers. Make sure you have enough girls to keep up with your daily intake of eggs thanks from Texas hill country (the other side of Austin and San Antonio) have you heard of these two cities??) thank you for sharing and making these videos with us❤️🐓
I’m early!!! I love your videos! I can’t believe your getting chickens. That’s so cool
That is a chicken *palace*!!! Your ladies are going to be so comfy, I bet you'll be living off omelettes in no time!
You're going to need to net in the whole area with chicken wire or something suitable, though. Your fence won't keep chickens in, and neither will the pond. Friends of mine netted their rather large chook run with a cyclone wire 'roof' that covered nearly a quarter of an acre. Then they grew grape vines over it. It gave the chickens a lovely protected area with the added bonus of sweet grapes. Also, foxes will dig to get your chooks. You might consider burying some chicken wire under the ground around the outside of the chook run, or, just pin it to the ground with tent pins or heavy rocks.
Name suggestions: Cheryl, Beryl, Merrill, Feral, Peril, Narelle, Darelle, Terelle, Sharelle, Giselle. Kath, Kim, Sharon and Epponee Rae. Also, Andalucia, Lusitania, Shetlandia, Oldenburgia, Hanoveria, Frisiana, Trakhenia... you get the drift. ;)
Regarding Steve's ensemble: there are no words to describe how seductive and sultry he looks in his large rubber nappypants! (You might gently ask him if he's ever had a concept of 'a waistband'). Next video, I need to see all three of you dressed in them please. In the pond.
You could put swamp irises and other wetland plants in and around the pond - and add a few suitable fish to eat the mosquito wrigglers (dunno what's best in the Netherlands - in Oz, we'd use gambusias). For your climbing plant, you could try garden peas or snowpeas. The plants are pretty and the chooks could eat the peas. Also, have you considered adding some ducks, quail or geese to the mix? Geese make great guard animals, although they might scare the horses... and the dogs...
Just a few thoughts. LOVING your work ethic!
Hi Matt love ❤️ ur vids and also stay safe
I hope it goes well for you. That is the most beautiful chicken house I have ever seen. Very well thought out and landscaped. Hope you learn to like veges Matt. Lots of nutrients. Jesse, would love to see you have a little garden but don't know if you would have time, you are so busy all the time.
Everyone is doing this my son's had chickens and I'll tell you there are blue and green eggs brown but they all taste better than what you get in the store.
I think blue eggs are the best!
looks really lovely! climbing roses on your lean-to would be nice. You could always get a goose. They are good at guarding chickens from predators.
the chickens are going to walk around the fence near the pond, jump the fence, eat the vine, eat the grass, and idk how powerful your shocking fence is but it might kill your chickens.
Electricity and chickens don't mix
@@lauraducot8183 Fried chicky
You could put some perches in the yard for them or some bushes. My chickens love to find spots in the bushes or under them to lay in
Jesse: Can you do a handstand
Good luck on keeping those chicken inside that fence. LOL. They need a way taller one with roofing. You also have to dig the netting down into ground because they dig after worms and make holes to do their dust bath. Rats can be a problem too because the chickens need to have food available throughout the day. A must is also grit so they can digest the food. It's an idea to make a spot with some sand where you can add it.
Regarding chickens, you want to fully enclose the run with taller chickenwire, and you need to put netting up top. Your chicken wire should ideally be 2 meters tall. You'll also want to bury it about 1 meter down in the ground and reinforce it with rocks around the perimeter to discourage foxes and to keep the chickens from digging under the wire.
Yesss I love this xxx
Chickens are really good at escaping and they will need nest boxes and perches and you won’t need to mow the grass in there.. they will get over that pond and the fences and probably will get through the white fence and will also jump onto the shade/roof area
How are the stallions doing? Are you able to get out to them?
You could also fill a couple of tires with sand to give them a good dust bath 🙂 and if you check out 'weed em and reap' or something like that they have an automatic chicken door that let's them in and out for you
Chickens are perfect for a horse area.
Free range them in the paddocks - they eat bugs! They also go and scratch through the horse poop and eat the flies, worms etc... but as they scratch it, they break it up. Whole poop kills the grass underneath, broken and spread allows it to become fertilizer....
Matt you need nesting boxes for them to lay in . You can get some ducks for there eggs also . If your chickens are happy they will not fly over your pound . And if you let them our during he day they eat all the bugs in your yard and keep so Let them roam is a good thing and they will fertilized your yard . and if they went in with the horses that would be good too This is all done after they grow up . if you feed them good and FRESH WATER EVERY DAY IS VERY IMPORTATION AND GOOD FOOD
See... when I see a big field, I think of a cross country field 😂
Sophia -Maria True Story 😅
Use shavings on the floor of the chicken coop! Makes it so much easier to clean! You can clean it out once a week (usually/ depending on how many chickens), by just tossing out the old shavings & putting a new bag of shavings down!
Where I live, there are organisations that save chicken from cruel keeping... maybe there is something similar in the Netherlands, if this is an option for you.
U should add some bushes and u might have to put a little fence at the gate and if you want still to get in u could put a gate at the pond just incase because some might stumble in and drown by accident. But you're coop looks great
I suggest Silver-laced Wyandotts if you want chickens very pretty to look at! (You can google images of chickens to see which ones you like the best) Rhode Island Reds may be best for egg-laying. Definitely plan on plenty of perching inside the coop, but arrange them toward the outer perimeter so that you can stand in the center to do raking/cleaning/replacing of straw, shavings, or whatever you will have on the floor to absorb their droppings and to line their nest-boxes. As others have said, most chickens can/will fly so a low fence will not contain them. you may want/need to arrange some overhead netting to contain them and to protect them from birds of prey if that is a concern where you are. p.s. ducks are fine in a low-fenced area, and they love a pond to swim in, also provide eggs, but they also need to be protected from overhead predators (we had a Bald Eagle kill and consume one of ours!).
mmmm chicken stew, chicken pot pie, roasted chicken, Jesse killing and plucking his first chicken, cant wait for those videos.
chicken burgers, chicken fingers.. .someone tell Jesse what chicken fingers are.
Hello Matt/Jesse,
Thank you very much for taking me back to my happy place summer vacation at my grandparents farm🐎🐶🐈🐄🐣🐓🦆🦜😘. Please show more content videos of all your upcoming projects from the beginning. I truly 🧡 all your videos. Steve your amazing 🤗🙏
Jesse get growing those vegetables
or at least grow an apple tree next to the chicken coop
We have over 100 plus free range laying hens at our place. Lights are a must when wanting them to lay year round :)
"I dont eat vegetables" matt
And, Jesse is vegetarian !
And...🤗.... we use rolled oats to train the hens to come when called. My hens are free range....but they only need me to call them and they come running as they love their oats. Far better to train them to come when called....and they will follow you ANYWHERE if they know you have oats. My hens will eat them out of my hand and love to be picked up so they can get extra treats. No problems catching them as they want to be picked up👍
Love u 🖤❤🖤❤🖤❤
A small vegetable garden be nice too. Jesse can have that project.
Self sustaining home. Vegetables and healthy eggs.