Adam telling me about gorgeous creatures? Absolutely yes. I just moved to an island in the Pacific, and there are so many feral chickens here. After watching this, I am tempted to lure some to my yard to be pest control on my (veggie, herbs, and flower) gardens, as a first step before raising less feral chickens for eggs in the future, I'll talk to the locals with chickens and see if they have any advice as well. They also make such cute chicks. Great video!
If you want to keep hens, Firstly get a shed big enough, 8x6 and put it on sleepers so a terrier can get underneath. Make your run fox proof and put an electric fence around it. Cresote it inside and out. Have decent nest boxes and perches. Start with a good solid x bred the Black rock, They are good, lay well and last about 5 years. Rhode island reds and North Holland blues are good too. Do not have battery hens they bring in viruses and don't last long. In a 8x6 you only want about 8 hens top. Feed them inside the shed and keep you feed in a metal bin Get set up properly first then get your birds. If you want eggs. Black rock and white star x breds or pure bred Rhode island reds or North Holland Blues
My family kept hens when I was a child. We never creosoted the inside of our hen houses. We always had about 20 ex battery hens who lasted for years. Both white and brown ones.
I have a successful system for me. You do it your way , I do it mine. I creseote inside to prevent red mite and I like hens bred to be outside. I only bring in cock birds as I breed my own hens. It helps to prevent bringing in diseases. I also eat mine at 4 to 5 as stew, they carry plenty of meat
Great video, perhaps when I retire I can do this, lots of knowledge distilled, thank you. There’s one thing I didn’t see covered and I’d love to know, what’s the average daily time that you have to invest to properly care for the animals you mentioned here?
It will depend on how many you’ve got. I’ve got 6 hens. In the morning it takes me half an hour to poo pick, clean the coop and collect the eggs. They take themselves to bed in the coop each evening so just ten minutes or less at dusk to check they’re all in and lock them up safely from the foxes. The real time thief is that they are all sweet characters and wonderful company and I can sit for an hour or more at a time just playing with them or watching. 🥰🥰
Growing up in the south Bronx of the 1950s, we only saw white eggs and to this day, over 70 years later, it's my preference and if ever I see a red spot upon cracking an egg, well, into the hopper it goes and I make no apologies ... an excellent video sir and except for the politicians over there, it must be a wonderful place to live, Yeshua Bless you!!!
I grew up on a village and we got out eggs from a neighbor. And all eggs were some sort of light brown. And I am a bit disgusted that nearly all supermarkets sell only white eggs.
Never, ever turn a chicken upside down. Chickens breathe diffrently fromm mammals and this squashes their air sacks. It's out-dated, incredibly cruel and all farm vets agree, never turn a baby chick or adult chick upside down or on its back.
Awesome video really enjoyed your enthusiastic way of explaining the things.
Adam telling me about gorgeous creatures? Absolutely yes. I just moved to an island in the Pacific, and there are so many feral chickens here. After watching this, I am tempted to lure some to my yard to be pest control on my (veggie, herbs, and flower) gardens, as a first step before raising less feral chickens for eggs in the future, I'll talk to the locals with chickens and see if they have any advice as well. They also make such cute chicks. Great video!
Very Interesting video really enjoyed it
Your enthusiasm is a joy Adam. Great video. Thank you.
If you want to keep hens, Firstly get a shed big enough, 8x6 and put it on sleepers so a terrier can get underneath.
Make your run fox proof and put an electric fence around it.
Cresote it inside and out.
Have decent nest boxes and perches.
Start with a good solid x bred the Black rock, They are good, lay well and last about 5 years.
Rhode island reds and North Holland blues are good too.
Do not have battery hens they bring in viruses and don't last long.
In a 8x6 you only want about 8 hens top. Feed them inside the shed and keep you feed in a metal bin
Get set up properly first then get your birds. If you want eggs.
Black rock and white star x breds or pure bred Rhode island reds or North Holland Blues
My family kept hens when I was a child. We never creosoted the inside of our hen houses. We always had about 20 ex battery hens who lasted for years. Both white and brown ones.
I have a successful system for me. You do it your way , I do it mine.
I creseote inside to prevent red mite and I like hens bred to be outside. I only bring in cock birds as I breed my own hens.
It helps to prevent bringing in diseases.
I also eat mine at 4 to 5 as stew, they carry plenty of meat
I love Desmond too! 🐥
Beautiful
Desmond ❤
Thanks, I always enjoy your videos!
How about quails??
Great video, perhaps when I retire I can do this, lots of knowledge distilled, thank you. There’s one thing I didn’t see covered and I’d love to know, what’s the average daily time that you have to invest to properly care for the animals you mentioned here?
It will depend on how many you’ve got. I’ve got 6 hens. In the morning it takes me half an hour to poo pick, clean the coop and collect the eggs. They take themselves to bed in the coop each evening so just ten minutes or less at dusk to check they’re all in and lock them up safely from the foxes. The real time thief is that they are all sweet characters and wonderful company and I can sit for an hour or more at a time just playing with them or watching. 🥰🥰
@ thanks for the response, yes I gather there are therapeutic effects to offset any productivity losses. ☺️😇Cheers!
Chickens certainly are wonderful sentiment creatures. That is why i am vegan.
Growing up in the south Bronx of the 1950s, we only saw white eggs and to this day, over 70 years later, it's my preference and if ever I see a red spot upon cracking an egg, well, into the hopper it goes and I make no apologies ... an excellent video sir and except for the politicians over there, it must be a wonderful place to live, Yeshua Bless you!!!
I grew up on a village and we got out eggs from a neighbor.
And all eggs were some sort of light brown. And I am a bit disgusted that nearly all supermarkets sell only white eggs.
Never, ever turn a chicken upside down. Chickens breathe diffrently fromm mammals and this squashes their air sacks. It's out-dated, incredibly cruel and all farm vets agree, never turn a baby chick or adult chick upside down or on its back.
I didn't know that but luckily for my chooks I've never done it. 🦘
My pekins go broody on a regular basis which is a nuisance as the eggs are not fertilised. 🦘