Likewise. Myself and partner have followed your advice for a long time and we have 4 happy and healthy chickens. Look forward to more videos, thanks Becky
SoOOoo cute to see the chickens come over to see you at the end of the vid...they love you Sunshine Becky! It's a 'good' thing chickens don't know how to find you...because every chicken that is frustrated...would find your place and roost for life. THIS woman 'knows' how to raise chickens! Lovely vid and thanks 4 sharing your time/talents with us. I learn something new every time. Health and God Bless you my dear! :)
I would love for you to make more soap videos Becky !! You are one of the first soap makers, I watched on TH-cam. Enjoy other videos, but love your simple soap videos :)
*5 Reasons Your Chickens Aren't Happy.* 0:44 1. Chickens are not getting enough animal protein. Suggestion: give them a small portion of meat every day. COOP ISSUES. 3:03 2. Not enough space inside the coop. Suggestion: have less chickens for a small area; 3. Not well protected. Suggestion: keep away disturbances. 4. Not enough comfort. Suggestion: use wooden nest boxes. 5. Chickens experiencing: EGG ISSUES. 4:54 5.1. Young chickens need time to start laying. Suggestion: wait up to ten months for chickens to lay eggs. 6:00 5.2. Chickens are laying soft eggs/egg bound. Suggestion: feed crushed oyster shells; otherwise add calcium to their diet. 10:07 5.3. Chickens are laying tiny eggs. Suggestion: give the chicken time to develop. 13:22 5.4 Chickens eat their own eggs. Suggestion: increase food/protein portions; collect eggs early.
@@BeckysHomestead I love the Crows too. I stop to watch them outside call and gather hundreds of them together onto one big tree and then they all fly off at the same time...going to do their thing. It's incredible to watch.
Hi Becky, I love your channel. I have assorted breeds of chickens, all 19 weeks old. I give them their feed, seeds, veggies and meat & tuna as well as calcium. I have learned so much from you and I thank you for all the information you provide. God bless.
19 adult chickens will eat a lot. Remember different breeds have different temperaments. I group breeds into two groups temperament wise. The sweeties and the feisty's. They don't always get along☀️❤️☀️
I watched your video's when i wanted to get chickens and they have just now started to lay eggs. Your information is so important for people who want to have chickens
BECKY, I thought you stopped Vid’s. Hey there!!! You made my morning! Unhappy chickens NO, confused chickens yes they follow me more than my dog does 🙄 my neighbors thinks it hilarious Amy’s pet parade dog cats and chickens all in line behind🤦♀️
Thank you so much. I've learned almost everything I know about how to care and optimize thier laying. The meat or protein in thier diet is so important. I give mine meal worms. They are laying 5 eggs a day out of 10 hens even in teens and 20 degree weather. I even added heater coop panels to keep them extra comfy. Not to much heat just a nice place warm place to roost next too . They are healthy and happy thanks to me implementing the info you have shared.
Fascinating info Becky! ❤ I saw someone toast the eggshells and pulverize it into powder and feed it to his animals...is this an option also for the chickens instead of oyster shells? 🌼 keep up the great content, we love your homestead and all your incredible content!
Fantastic video. I used to have chickens and witnessed those issues and now I understand that they needed meat and needed calcium! I feel bad that I learn now that it's too late. But good to know for the future. Thank you for the wisdom Becky!
Was not getting any eggs from my 5 hens in about a week. Yesterday gave them a little meat. This morning there was an egg. Gave them a little meat this morning so hopefully there will be another one or two. Thanks for the tip
I have not been watching you for as long as you have been helping us learn more about our cackle friends. Please know that your advice, based on irreplaceable experience, means bunches more than a little bit. One question.. does it take less time to pickle a soft shelled (hard boiled) egg? Love you..
Regarding meat. My seven coop bound hens get TWO CUPS of dried soldier fly larvae a day. Does that count? I am seriously allergic to CORN and SOY. React to it in the eggs from chickens that eat it. My birds get rice instead. I supplement this with COOKED lentils (very high in protein) and olive oil (corn is very high in oil). The lentils are generally boiled to a mash in a pot with meat fats and tiny meat bits. They also get my left over meat (all grass fed). I also add nutritional yeast to the daily ration of lentils (never cook yeast) and ginger, mix the mess up with chopped cabbage, celery, bokchoi.... Chickens ARE picky. They reject uncooked lentils and peas. Regarding stressed chickens ... My hens stopped breaking eggs when I removed the rooster and ate him for Thanksgiving. Or maybe HE was breaking the eggs -- he was the fattest bird I've ever cleaned! The coop got a LOT more friendly when he was gone, the girls acted as through they liked each other. Rooster had been pecking ONE hen. I isolated her until he was gone and she integrated back in the the society of hens without any problems. We have eggs, but the Buffs were slower in laying and less frequent this winter than the two year old white leghorns. And the nesting boxes MUST be clean. They'll lay outside the box if it's gross. Egg size -- the leghorns are now laying large eggs (some of them have double yolks), the Buffs (at a year) are finally laying medium eggs abut the Salmon Favorel is *known* for small eggs and these (at a year) are irregular. But she's got extra toes and feathered feet and a fluffy gorget around and below her hooked beak. She's sweet, smart and talkative. I don't mind the smaller eggs in this case.
You should know I live in Oklahoma and just started with chickens in August and Tractor Supply said if I have questions or need good information to look you up!!!! 👍
Hey Becky, Love your videos, i've learned SOO much about chickens from your videos.❤💗 But I do have one question, one of my chickens has weird random bald spots, the chickens should get enough protein. Is it maybe because its winter time and they are more inside?
Becky we have 18 chickens that free range over about 1/2 acre. My ISA brown(2)and my (6)Lohmann browns are MEAN GIRLS. They pick on some of the other RIR and barred Rock. How do you suggest on handling those mean girls? Separate them to change pecking order? Can you Help? Thank you Becky!!
HELP ❣️❣️ I have 2 chickie baby's that molted 5 months ago I'm in Texas, they still are not laying eggs.. Every morning they get scrambled eggs with the shell and ground turkey in them. They get fruit as well. In the afternoon they get live milworms as well . They get corn and oyster shells and laying feed .. still no eggs from these 2. They layed before the molting, they will be 1 yrs. Old in march. Any help would be grateful..💗💜 Thank you and for your videos..
Well do you have a nice quite hen house that is plenty big enough with a roost so they get good sleep? Do you have a nice nest box? Next I would deworm them and see how it goes. I would loose the egg shells.☀️❤️☀️
Hey Becky. Love your channel. Your homestead seems to be going well. Just checking in. How are you doing? Much love from a chicken mumma from australia.
It is going really good thanks. You know a true Homestead is a nice and easy pace. It's not a race to see how fast you can collect animals and stuff and just throw it on the property. I like to take my time and set things up perfect for beauty and convenance.☀️❤️☀️
If Your chickens looked any healthy they'd pop! So good. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Becky. You are a real down to earth human. Thankyou for your videos.
One thing I want to tell you that you are so beautiful ❤️ pls share some beauty tips also.... This proves that age is just a number....beauty at its extream...love from india . And you are doing great work.. keep it up
My chicken had fluid came out of his mouth after it got finished eating and drinking water can anyone tell me why is that I had them for like 8 days and I seen her done it twice it's like when she done it it look like she was drooling Becky can you do a video on that
I’ll have to say with the eggs that are soft I’ve had my kids scare my free roaming eggs, And one time I had somebody painting my house and the chicken shot one out that was meant for the next , day because it was at the end of the day, and the shell had not been formed yet.
My 8-mo old australorpes were fussing very loudly for a long time one day - very very excitedly. It happened that one of the young girls laid a H-U-G-E egg -- like 2-1/4 times their current "normal." It seems they pecked at it like it was a scary animal or something. They didn't break it, it just had a couple of little dents. It has not happened again and we don't want it to. It must have been painful, these gals are very young.
Great info, thanks! I didn’t know that the size of the eggs increased with the hens age, very interesting. With all the animals you have, how long does it take you to do morning and evening chores? Have an amazing day! ☀️
Ummmm... A chicken coop is a crate with bars on it used for transporting chickens. The place where your chickens live is the chicken house... Or henhouse. I'm not sure where it started or how it became popular that people call where the chickens live in chicken coop but that is not correct
I learned everything I know about chickens from you and your videos are still my go to! I always look for a video on Sunday. ❤️
Oh thanks☀️❤️☀️
Likewise. Myself and partner have followed your advice for a long time and we have 4 happy and healthy chickens. Look forward to more videos, thanks Becky
SoOOoo cute to see the chickens come over to see you at the end of the vid...they love you Sunshine Becky! It's a 'good' thing chickens don't know how to find you...because every chicken that is frustrated...would find your place and roost for life. THIS woman 'knows' how to raise chickens! Lovely vid and thanks 4 sharing your time/talents with us. I learn something new every time. Health and God Bless you my dear! :)
Thanks Marie☀️❤️☀️
I would love for you to make more soap videos Becky !! You are one of the first soap makers, I watched on TH-cam. Enjoy other videos, but love your simple soap videos :)
*5 Reasons Your Chickens Aren't Happy.*
0:44
1. Chickens are not getting enough animal protein.
Suggestion: give them a small portion of meat every day.
COOP ISSUES.
3:03
2. Not enough space inside the coop.
Suggestion: have less chickens for a small area;
3. Not well protected.
Suggestion: keep away disturbances.
4. Not enough comfort.
Suggestion: use wooden nest boxes.
5. Chickens experiencing:
EGG ISSUES.
4:54
5.1. Young chickens need time to start laying.
Suggestion: wait up to ten months for chickens to lay eggs.
6:00
5.2. Chickens are laying soft eggs/egg bound.
Suggestion: feed crushed oyster shells; otherwise add calcium to their diet.
10:07
5.3. Chickens are laying tiny eggs.
Suggestion: give the chicken time to develop.
13:22
5.4 Chickens eat their own eggs.
Suggestion: increase food/protein portions; collect eggs early.
☀️❤️☀️
You’re great! Your happy is contagious! I still don’t have chickens, but I’m going to get some soon.. In the meantime, I’ll keep watching.
GREAT Video...lovely day. The Crows outside are happy! Good info!
I love the crows❤️ they are smart birds.☀️❤️☀️
@@BeckysHomestead I love the Crows too. I stop to watch them outside call and gather hundreds of them together onto one big tree and then they all fly off at the same time...going to do their thing. It's incredible to watch.
You are a joy to listen to. I really appreciate your common sense approach.
Thank you so much for working so hard to teach us about homesteading!
I have to try this step when I get home, but could it be that environment can stop chickens from laying eggs?
Hello Andrea, do you raise chickens, how is it going, and how are you doing?
Hi Becky, I love your channel. I have assorted breeds of chickens, all 19 weeks old. I give them their feed, seeds, veggies and meat & tuna as well as calcium. I have learned so much from you and I thank you for all the information you provide. God bless.
19 adult chickens will eat a lot. Remember different breeds have different temperaments. I group breeds into two groups temperament wise. The sweeties and the feisty's.
They don't always get along☀️❤️☀️
I watched your video's when i wanted to get chickens and they have just now started to lay eggs. Your information is so important for people who want to have chickens
Coming back to her I'm a Young teen and I really love farming, you basically raised my chickens keep rocking!
Good morning Ms Becky and happy Sunday 😃
Thank you for another good information about what to feed chickens to give us more healthy eggs .
Your welcome☀️❤️☀️
BECKY, I thought you stopped Vid’s. Hey there!!! You made my morning! Unhappy chickens NO, confused chickens yes they follow me more than my dog does 🙄 my neighbors thinks it hilarious Amy’s pet parade dog cats and chickens all in line behind🤦♀️
Hahaha sounds so cute☀️❤️☀️
Thank you so much. I've learned almost everything I know about how to care and optimize thier laying. The meat or protein in thier diet is so important. I give mine meal worms. They are laying 5 eggs a day out of 10 hens even in teens and 20 degree weather. I even added heater coop panels to keep them extra comfy. Not to much heat just a nice place warm place to roost next too . They are healthy and happy thanks to me implementing the info you have shared.
Yay, Becky is back! Thanks to you, my 3 chickens are a little over a year old and so happy. Thankyou from Australia.
Hahahahaha good to hear, keep up the good work☀️❤️☀️
Fascinating info Becky! ❤ I saw someone toast the eggshells and pulverize it into powder and feed it to his animals...is this an option also for the chickens instead of oyster shells? 🌼 keep up the great content, we love your homestead and all your incredible content!
Well if you feed the shells back to the chickens, it is a closed loop. Where does the new calcium come from? Think about it☀️❤️☀️
Cool
Becky your so awesome 👏 thank you!! Love your channel!!🥰
Fantastic video. I used to have chickens and witnessed those issues and now I understand that they needed meat and needed calcium! I feel bad that I learn now that it's too late. But good to know for the future. Thank you for the wisdom Becky!
Love you Becky! You’re a joy and so helpful every time. 💕🌸💕
Thank you☀️❤️☀️
@@BeckysHomestead You’re welcome! Big hugs from Sierra Vista, AZ!
Was not getting any eggs from my 5 hens in about a week. Yesterday gave them a little meat. This morning there was an egg. Gave them a little meat this morning so hopefully there will be another one or two. Thanks for the tip
There will for sure be more and if you keep feeding them a little meat every day they will be happy and lay for years☀️❤️☀️
These steps really works? I'll have to check it out, when I get home.
Hello Katie, how are you doing?
A lot to learn from you. Thank you!
Your welcome☀️❤️☀️
I have not been watching you for as long as you have been helping us learn more about our cackle friends. Please know that your advice, based on irreplaceable experience, means bunches more than a little bit.
One question.. does it take less time to pickle a soft shelled (hard boiled) egg? Love you..
Hey Becky thank you for the video information about chickens once again woo
☀️❤️☀️
Hi Becky. You look great. Excellent video and mindset. Congratulations for everything that you do and thank you so much for sharing.
Your welcome☀️❤️☀️
It’s great to see you again.
Regarding meat. My seven coop bound hens get TWO CUPS of dried soldier fly larvae a day. Does that count?
I am seriously allergic to CORN and SOY. React to it in the eggs from chickens that eat it. My birds get rice instead. I supplement this with COOKED lentils (very high in protein) and olive oil (corn is very high in oil). The lentils are generally boiled to a mash in a pot with meat fats and tiny meat bits. They also get my left over meat (all grass fed). I also add nutritional yeast to the daily ration of lentils (never cook yeast) and ginger, mix the mess up with chopped cabbage, celery, bokchoi....
Chickens ARE picky. They reject uncooked lentils and peas.
Regarding stressed chickens ... My hens stopped breaking eggs when I removed the rooster and ate him for Thanksgiving. Or maybe HE was breaking the eggs -- he was the fattest bird I've ever cleaned! The coop got a LOT more friendly when he was gone, the girls acted as through they liked each other. Rooster had been pecking ONE hen. I isolated her until he was gone and she integrated back in the the society of hens without any problems. We have eggs, but the Buffs were slower in laying and less frequent this winter than the two year old white leghorns.
And the nesting boxes MUST be clean. They'll lay outside the box if it's gross.
Egg size -- the leghorns are now laying large eggs (some of them have double yolks), the Buffs (at a year) are finally laying medium eggs abut the Salmon Favorel is *known* for small eggs and these (at a year) are irregular. But she's got extra toes and feathered feet and a fluffy gorget around and below her hooked beak. She's sweet, smart and talkative. I don't mind the smaller eggs in this case.
Ya most roosters are a big pain to the hens☀️❤️☀️
I watch your video on how to make your chicken feed and I said that to my chickens and they laid every day thank you for the good information
Hahahaha I'm so glad it works for your chickens☀️❤️☀️
Becky
You are such a great chicken mommy 😁
I love your videos
Were is Scott ? Miss him 😁
Linda from Ct
Hi Linda, scott is busy studying so I'm going it alone shooting for a while☀️❤️☀️
Good Day Becky, Hope all is well with you and your family 😊🐓🌞
☀️❤️☀️
How do you prepare the meat for chickens
You should know I live in Oklahoma and just started with chickens in August and Tractor Supply said if I have questions or need good information to look you up!!!! 👍
Really hahahaha tell them I say thanks and thank you☀️❤️☀️
Hey Becky, Love your videos, i've learned SOO much about chickens from your videos.❤💗
But I do have one question, one of my chickens has weird random bald spots, the chickens should get enough protein. Is it maybe because its winter time and they are more inside?
Is it when they molt? ☀️❤️☀️
Becky we have 18 chickens that free range over about 1/2 acre. My ISA brown(2)and my (6)Lohmann browns are MEAN GIRLS. They pick on some of the other RIR and barred Rock. How do you suggest on handling those mean girls? Separate them to change pecking order? Can you Help? Thank you Becky!!
Becky where did you get that pretty ring from? Love it!
HELP ❣️❣️
I have 2 chickie baby's that molted 5 months ago I'm in Texas, they still are not laying eggs..
Every morning they get scrambled eggs with the shell and ground turkey in them. They get fruit as well. In the afternoon they get live milworms as well . They get corn and oyster shells and laying feed .. still no eggs from these 2. They layed before the molting, they will be 1 yrs. Old in march.
Any help would be grateful..💗💜
Thank you and for your videos..
Well do you have a nice quite hen house that is plenty big enough with a roost so they get good sleep? Do you have a nice nest box? Next I would deworm them and see how it goes. I would loose the egg shells.☀️❤️☀️
@@BeckysHomestead yes to all your questions.. what do I deworm them with ?
I had this set of chickens, and it's very difficult to get eggs from them. I'll just try this when I get home.
Hello Pam, how are you doing?
I can’t get my chickens backs to grow feathers back I removed the rooster months ago can you help me?
When you say meat what kind of bugs can I give them? Or do you mean actual cooked or raw meat
My silkies will lay small cute eggs and I can't wait but they're only 5 months. 😅❤
Becky, I'm getting chicks soon what type of hay ?
I am so surprised to see this, knowing that I have some chicks back home. And they are not laying eggs. I'll try this when I get new ones.
Hello Becky, how are you doing?
❤nice vidéo 👍🐔how many meet by chicken ? One table spoon? Or one thea spoon ? Thanks 🥰🌈
Ya a tablespoon per chicken per day is good☀️❤️☀️
@@BeckysHomestead thank you Becky for your answer you take time for us it’s very appreciated 🥰💕🌈🐓
Hey Becky. Love your channel. Your homestead seems to be going well. Just checking in. How are you doing? Much love from a chicken mumma from australia.
It is going really good thanks. You know a true Homestead is a nice and easy pace. It's not a race to see how fast you can collect animals and stuff and just throw it on the property. I like to take my time and set things up perfect for beauty and convenance.☀️❤️☀️
Most of my chickens comb has turned lighter after molting. They are tearing out their feathers. Any suggestions?
If Your chickens looked any healthy they'd pop! So good. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Becky. You are a real down to earth human. Thankyou for your videos.
Your so welcome☀️❤️☀️
Excellent!
One thing I want to tell you that you are so beautiful ❤️ pls share some beauty tips also.... This proves that age is just a number....beauty at its extream...love from india . And you are doing great work.. keep it up
How long do your chickens usually live??
My chicken had fluid came out of his mouth after it got finished eating and drinking water can anyone tell me why is that I had them for like 8 days and I seen her done it twice it's like when she done it it look like she was drooling Becky can you do a video on that
What type of meat and how do you prepare it for them
Any kind of meat. Use your table scraps, canned tuna, sardines, cat or dog food. ☀️❤️☀️
Good morning beautiful SoilSista ❣️
☀️❤️☀️
I’ll have to say with the eggs that are soft I’ve had my kids scare my free roaming eggs, And one time I had somebody painting my house and the chicken shot one out that was meant for the next , day because it was at the end of the day, and the shell had not been formed yet.
Ya, hens need it quite to lay good☀️❤️☀️
What kind of meat do you feed them?
You can feed them any kind of meat, whatever works best for your family.
☀️❤️☀️
Cost of the bag of oyster shells?
TS company has them for bags 5 # for $7.29 to 50# bag for $12.79. I buy the 50# bag just last about a year or so. For my 18 hens.
Whatever your store charges☀️❤️☀️
Ok when u say meat every day. Like what kind of meat like a can of dog food? I Thk u for ur information
You can use dog food. Tuna, sardines, table scraps, meal worms☀️❤️☀️
You can put a plastic Easter egg, in the box as well. To trick the hens not to eat the eggs.
👍🏻🇺🇸
That doesn't trick the hen. Trust me she knows a real egg from a fake☀️❤️☀️
How about crushing their egg shells ?
In which country do u live
Plz reply
My 8-mo old australorpes were fussing very loudly for a long time one day - very very excitedly. It happened that one of the young girls laid a H-U-G-E egg -- like 2-1/4 times their current "normal." It seems they pecked at it like it was a scary animal or something. They didn't break it, it just had a couple of little dents. It has not happened again and we don't want it to. It must have been painful, these gals are very young.
Great info, thanks! I didn’t know that the size of the eggs increased with the hens age, very interesting. With all the animals you have, how long does it take you to do morning and evening chores? Have an amazing day! ☀️
Maybe 20 minutes. ☀️❤️☀️
My chickens eat cat food . is it okay for them to do that
I don't think you should allow them to be exposed to cat foods
Hello Debra, how is it going with the chicks, and how are you doing?
I feed chicken with leftover Chicken to them 😂
Funny farm mom
My chicken won’t eat the little white rocks and the won’t eat the egg shells??what’s wrong 😑??
My chickens don't even try to lay eggs, and I just might try this when I get home.
Hello Janie, how are you doing?
If I have to own a feed store to own chickens I don't know why I would even have chickens
An easy way to add meat to your chicken's diet is to give them a bit of cat food. I give mine some of my cat's food and they love it!
Cat food is dreadful for cat let alone hens you eat eggs from
Why can I actually imagine a person getting a 2 week old chick and wondering why it isn't laying eggs 😂
Ummmm... A chicken coop is a crate with bars on it used for transporting chickens. The place where your chickens live is the chicken house... Or henhouse. I'm not sure where it started or how it became popular that people call where the chickens live in chicken coop but that is not correct
Will baby chickens get used to my barky dog?
Nothing likes a barky dog. Train it☀️❤️☀️
My chickens are picky. They don’t eat my leftovers unless it is veggies. LOL. My daughter’s chickens like bread, mind don’t. Oh well.
Silkys
Do you keep baby chicks in a tub in the house.
Yeah, worms, maggots & bugs ... mean proteins!
SO COOKED MEAT ? UNCOOKED MEAT ? WHAT TYPE OF MEAT ?????
I would say raw first or cooked. But they eat live mice and bugs that aren’t cooked.
Any way you want to feed it. ☀️❤️☀️
Even like cheap beef liver ???
Oh good one!! ☀️❤️☀️
do you have husband?
What kind of meat do you feed them?
I use to have some sets of chickens, and I find it hard to get eggs from them, I just might try this when I get back.
Hello Michelle, how are you doing?