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im in central texas converting my family house into a homestead. its been incredibly frustrating but rewarding, and after working in organic grocery the past two years I know its now just a hobby or fun thing its literally life or death, health or sickness, it can be a great motivator. thank you for the encouragement and info, we appreciate you and what you do. much love brotha
Use Chickens as compost turners, I did it with everyday access to the compost pile but you can do it once a month and pile it back up for those who are serious about seed killing when composting. Chickens usually eat all those weed seeds though so not killing them off with a hot compost didn't lead to massive weeds, just a few. Leghorns are the best for compost feeding, they can often produce an egg a day and spend very little time at the feeder if they have a compost pile to go through. Probably the most productive breed I have ever had because they not only produced eggs on very little feed they will completely turn a compost pile to find every bug and worm in it.
I love your videos! I designed my coop with qlot of your ideas from your old coop. It looks like you made it through with no losses but I wanted to share a story. When we moved our chicks in last year they were still too small to reach the roosts on their own and they slept on the floor for almost a week. Unfortunately they clustered against the chicken wire and a racoon was able to reach in and kill a couple birds, than take them through the wire peice by peice. We solved this by just putting a pile of branches and brush around the walls on the outside so racoon arms couldn't reach in, or at the very least would make enough noise to wake up the ground sleepers so they could avoid danger. It didn't happen to you, but a free solution that may be able to help your viewers in the future!
Got 5 of them under a brooder light right now in our bathroom tub! Can’t wait to experiment with sprouting seed, fermentation and IMOs. Will have the coup set up under our urban shady deck with a power outlet for supplemental heat etc🌈😃🤙
As I type this, six chicks (five weeks old) are in a brooder on the other side of the room, complaining. It's time to get them into the coop, but it has been raining like heck the last few days and we don't have the run fully fenced in yet. There are no older chickens, these are my first, but I feel a lot better about putting them outside even though the overnight temps are dropping into the 50's.
Right there with you! I just finally finished fixing up a house on some agricultural land. My chicks are coming next week but I'm in Mi so wasn't sure about them going outside yet! Might have to do temporary coop but I see a lot of hawks. I think I can pry build one quick enough, Thanks for the videos!
I want to get started with my garden and get chickens right now, but I'll be moving this fall halfway across the country. So it's just not feasible or responsible to get it all set up, especially since I'm moving from an extremely cold climate(north dakota) to a very warm climate (7a). I see the way the world is going, but my circumstances in life is just preventing me from getting set up to be more self sufficient, and it sucks. But this fall/winter I'll be going full speed into getting my garden set up for next year.
Thanks for the tips. This is my first time raising chickens this year. They are 3 weeks old now, so they will be graduating to the coop soon. We got 3 inches of snow over night here in zone 5 Northwest PA. Hopefully the weather cooperates in the coming weeks.
I’m loving your videos, and your style of explaining why you make the choices that you have, and what specific needs those choices fulfill. Great job! Thanks for making them!
I'm in Illinois, down around the StL level. I only kept the three week chicks inside for three days or so before moving them outside. Have a basking lamp for warmth. Now I feel bad that I moved them so soon!!
You mentioned feeding knf style rice, eggs, and grass for chicks in the brooder. you never mentioned amounts or anything like that. Can you do a more in depth video on that in particular?
I live in Oklahoma i have coyotes.. bobcats..fox and hawks so i can't free range my birds they have a nice Run..once they go into the coop at night i close the doors.. metal doors..
Well played man thankfully my neighbour has a bunch of chickens so I will have a reliable source to get some when it is the right time. Have you come up with any good ways to feed them without having to buy as much feed? I was thinking vermiculture could be a cool option with big worms.
I can't believe your birds don't go over, under it through that fencing lol. My birds were on my roof of my house before I caged them in with a top cover wire 😂
When free ranging there is enough space and choice so hopefully there isn't too much competition for resources, when they get bigger they will need a bigger coop so there are no fights over space at night.
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Learn to brood & hatch chicks, Korean Natural Farming, ferment feed & other foods, making & using supplements, $ saving tips, & much more + answering your questions with community support.
im in central texas converting my family house into a homestead. its been incredibly frustrating but rewarding, and after working in organic grocery the past two years I know its now just a hobby or fun thing its literally life or death, health or sickness, it can be a great motivator. thank you for the encouragement and info, we appreciate you and what you do. much love brotha
My chicks are coming in just a couple weeks. First timer here! Thanks for all the great information.
Use Chickens as compost turners, I did it with everyday access to the compost pile but you can do it once a month and pile it back up for those who are serious about seed killing when composting. Chickens usually eat all those weed seeds though so not killing them off with a hot compost didn't lead to massive weeds, just a few. Leghorns are the best for compost feeding, they can often produce an egg a day and spend very little time at the feeder if they have a compost pile to go through. Probably the most productive breed I have ever had because they not only produced eggs on very little feed they will completely turn a compost pile to find every bug and worm in it.
Beautiful cinematography at the beginning man
I love your videos! I designed my coop with qlot of your ideas from your old coop. It looks like you made it through with no losses but I wanted to share a story. When we moved our chicks in last year they were still too small to reach the roosts on their own and they slept on the floor for almost a week. Unfortunately they clustered against the chicken wire and a racoon was able to reach in and kill a couple birds, than take them through the wire peice by peice. We solved this by just putting a pile of branches and brush around the walls on the outside so racoon arms couldn't reach in, or at the very least would make enough noise to wake up the ground sleepers so they could avoid danger.
It didn't happen to you, but a free solution that may be able to help your viewers in the future!
Got 5 of them under a brooder light right now in our bathroom tub! Can’t wait to experiment with sprouting seed, fermentation and IMOs. Will have the coup set up under our urban shady deck with a power outlet for supplemental heat etc🌈😃🤙
As I type this, six chicks (five weeks old) are in a brooder on the other side of the room, complaining. It's time to get them into the coop, but it has been raining like heck the last few days and we don't have the run fully fenced in yet. There are no older chickens, these are my first, but I feel a lot better about putting them outside even though the overnight temps are dropping into the 50's.
Good stuff, as always. Mine are 8 weeks and they’re just getting introduced to the coop and run.
Right there with you! I just finally finished fixing up a house on some agricultural land. My chicks are coming next week but I'm in Mi so wasn't sure about them going outside yet! Might have to do temporary coop but I see a lot of hawks. I think I can pry build one quick enough, Thanks for the videos!
I want to get started with my garden and get chickens right now, but I'll be moving this fall halfway across the country. So it's just not feasible or responsible to get it all set up, especially since I'm moving from an extremely cold climate(north dakota) to a very warm climate (7a).
I see the way the world is going, but my circumstances in life is just preventing me from getting set up to be more self sufficient, and it sucks. But this fall/winter I'll be going full speed into getting my garden set up for next year.
Thanks for the tips. This is my first time raising chickens this year. They are 3 weeks old now, so they will be graduating to the coop soon. We got 3 inches of snow over night here in zone 5 Northwest PA. Hopefully the weather cooperates in the coming weeks.
NE Ohio, and same, been working on a coop while they live in the basement.
I’m loving your videos, and your style of explaining why you make the choices that you have, and what specific needs those choices fulfill. Great job! Thanks for making them!
I'm in New Mexico
This is new for me however: I/m very interested in raising chickens.
I always second guessed whether or not I counted all chickens correctly so I started bringing my cell phone out and snapping a quick pic. 😳
I'm in Illinois, down around the StL level. I only kept the three week chicks inside for three days or so before moving them outside. Have a basking lamp for warmth. Now I feel bad that I moved them so soon!!
You mentioned feeding knf style rice, eggs, and grass for chicks in the brooder. you never mentioned amounts or anything like that. Can you do a more in depth video on that in particular?
Love the chickens 🥰🥰🥰
I was told not to give calcium to chickens that aren't laying
My chickens put themselves away every night. I just have to close the doors on their coop.
Hey bro. I still say you should have moved to the area between Houston and Dallas. Plenty of cheap land here, and it's warm and rains plenty.
I live in Oklahoma i have coyotes.. bobcats..fox and hawks so i can't free range my birds they have a nice Run..once they go into the coop at night i close the doors.. metal doors..
Great stuff, cheers.
Well played man thankfully my neighbour has a bunch of chickens so I will have a reliable source to get some when it is the right time. Have you come up with any good ways to feed them without having to buy as much feed? I was thinking vermiculture could be a cool option with big worms.
I can't believe your birds don't go over, under it through that fencing lol. My birds were on my roof of my house before I caged them in with a top cover wire 😂
What s uo with the humpback chicken at 0:03
Nice video, nice chicken 🐔 😊😊😊
Fermented feed? Guess I will have to check into that.
We got the dog kennel after I watched your first video. Sorry I forgot to tag you in our video! Going to fix that now...
Oh sweet hope it works out well for you! Thanks for the tag!
Personally never had to train young ones to roost. They pick it up on their own before they start laying.
I think all the additives your adding to the water is unless.
1 gallon water to 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar is all you need.
Hey are you still in san diego? Love what you're doing
I think it's very hard to mix a new brood with an established brood. There will be fighting and a pecking-order-struggle go on for eternity.
When free ranging there is enough space and choice so hopefully there isn't too much competition for resources, when they get bigger they will need a bigger coop so there are no fights over space at night.
What is your location? I am in Alaska
I had Cuckoo Maran rooster that looked exactly like yours Cept mine had grey shanks. What breed of Rooster is that?
It's half RI red half bard rock I got from my neighbor.
Loved it!👍 Thank you!
My birds were vaccinated before i got them then had them on medicated feed for 3 weeks..
Got 22 barred rocks. love them!
Build a coop that is sized for your current and future flock
Very nice 👏👏👏
Dispensing the feed on the ground like shown here would attract rodents in no time in my area.
Is it true that rats will kill chickens?
I have 4 but 3 only give eggs. I live in the city.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Feeding them their own shells risks them developing a taste for EATING their own eggs.
I let my birds out at 2 weeks XD
If it's warm enough at night you can!