Thanks for telling people that raising and keeping chickens is not easy or cheap. I think a lot of people do not realize what goes into raising/growing their food.
That's true in start up for sure , but food security is what it is these days . 1/4 of my garden is producing food for chickens I don't even own lol , but they are the best eggs ever . Do your research b4 you get any chicks and make that commitment!
Yeah buddy. It runs me about .48 per each so 6 dollars a dz. For me I love the flavor of the egg. Store bought do not taste or smell as good. But it a'int "cheep" 😏🤠
I love how you take your son out in the yard with you. My husband did that and it was heaven to take a shower with out worrying what the baby was up to.
I’ve noticed a wonderful real maturity in Joesiah. It’s so good to watch the cooperation of the boys in your homestead and the help your daughter is giving to mom with regards to the baby. Overall, your channel is uplifting and informative. 😊
I gave in n went to ts yesterday. The prices were double what I paid 3 months ago 😢. I asked the cashier where the chicks r ( I hatch my own but I like looking) she groaned said they only got 50 in the day before n within 10 minutes sold out. 😮I thanked God all the way home for my gardens to feed them n my teeny incubator to keep me supplied..neighbors said 2 years ago I'm nuts. I've had chickens for 14 ish years n gardens everywhere. NOW 2 back neighbors have birds n roosters n 2 others bought chick coups 😂 not so nutty now huh? 🤣🤣🐔
When I started raising chickens a bag off feed was under $10... now it's up to nearly $25 and the bags are really missing some of the nutritional value that they had back when I started. I'm sticking with it because I raise a dual purpose breed that's still economicly doable considering the cost of organic meats... and eggs at $6/dozen. Still... I've shifted quite a bit in my gardening and my methods of feeding my chickens. I plant a lot more squashes and sun flowers and now use maggot buckets for free protein.
You are so right! We got a few fluffy chicks last year (in late April) who have been providing us 3 to 4 eggs daily since mid-September. We've felt so great about it all, not only did one of our neighbors decide to get a few of their own, but I will be trying to hatch out some fertile eggs for 2 other households to hopefully get a tiny flock each. I just love watching them be chickens! After seeing the issue you had in your incubator, my honey said, "Maybe we should leave our incubator on the back porch!" 🤭 I told him that shouldn't happen, as long as we candle at the right times and take out any that aren't developing... As if I know anything (because I only know from my research. This will be a first for us to hatch anything other than "sea monkeys"!) LOL
I just love this. My husband would always come get the baby to take outside and do things around the house. He still does. Our youngest just turned 1 and she is loving the tractor rides, 4 wheeler rides still. She was of course just a baby last year but getting out with Dad like this is what she loved. He's done this with all 4 of our kid's. ❤
I started raising my laying hens in 2008… it is so fun to go out and get your own eggs! And at current prices… it might start to be cost effective… except feed prices are skyrocketing too!
We called our girls "feathered freeloaders" until they started laying eggs. Now, I think we just about break even (or mybe even just alittle ahead!) with organic/non-GMO layer feed vs the cost of organic eggs at the store.
I can never get over how you get your chickens in the post at the post office, makes me smile every time. Josiah has matured so much and Mika has come out of his shyness a lot have a lovely day.
I Really Enjoy Chickens, They Also Enjoy Having The Bible Read To Them, They Liked To Come And Sit Around Me As I Read To Them! Thank You For This Video!!
Hi guys! Hope yall had a great Resurection Day! Hesekiah is the cutest and oh my goodnes is he growing so fast! I wih I could have chickens again...by the way I found out that here in Germany you can keep chickens no matter if city or counry. As long as you have a garden you are allowed up to 50 chickens!! Even a rooster if the neighbours wont fuss. (Maybe I can keep 2 chicks on my balcony lol Hav a great day and God bless!
Just to tell you ,you and your family are adorable specially see the little faces of your boys when they received the chicken boxes and the baby is sooo cute ,your wife is awesome excellent mom God bless y’all ❤❤❤
For years the youngest insisted upon Easter egg hunts outside in the yard; come Easter morning sun, drizzle, rain, hail, pelting rain, etc... While hard boiled so not quite so bad, every spring and summer following a bad weather Easter morn, we and especialy the lawn mower fpund Easter eggs sometime as far into July. There was one tucked under a fern we all remember 'cause it was gag elicting odiferous.
It seems that he always knows when the camera is on him …. Making sure everyone sees his precious face … I think I’m letting some of my hens hatch a couple good batches of their own chicks this year I’m in the process of getting the area next to them ready for them when the time comes hopefully within the next month or so …. 💚
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I Love the beginning dressed as a chicken!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍 I laughed so hard! ♥️ I absolutely Love raising our chickens!! 5 years now… it’s been great. However your right you gotta plan good! I have 3 Leghorns that think free range means jumping our 4 ft. Fence and enjoy my neighbors yard. Everyday at 1:45-2:00 pm 3 of them jump the fence and I have to call them back. We also have 3 khaki Campbell's and 3 Indian runners! That gets very messy . It’s a lot of work to keep the coops clean and properly care for them! We keep our dirty Do-Do for our garden but the neighbors will complain of the smell from time to time so that’s unfortunate but soon it will be tilled in our veggie garden . It’s such a blessing to have our ladies! I enjoy them all.
When I lived in Breaux Bridge it was common around this time of year to see baby chickens running after there mother. Some things I find to be so peaceful and baby chickens are one of them.
I'm most impressed with my eyesight! I had noticed, but dismissed the thought "that looks like a duckling!" before you mentioned the ducklings ... it's good to know that part of me is paying attention to what I see😂
Wonderful vlog, plus great to see the children enjoying life, including baby! I’m sure Saleagh was busy helping mom out in the house! Blessings to all🤗💜🇨🇦
I enjoy having chickens and have had backyard chickens for 30 years. I put a few bantam eggs in the incubator and should start seeing them hatch in a couple more days. I’ve been fortunate enough to give eggs to a couple friends and family, thanks to my hard working ladies.
Those incubators are known for not having the right temperature. And when I bought mine, I bought it knowing that so I went ahead and bought a additional thermometer and sure enough it was a couple of degrees off. But I candle them after day ten and then again at lockdown and remove any that aren’t developing so I don’t have explosions. 😅
I like your videos, and I watching quite often, and you have given lots of great advice, and helped me in a lot of ways. Good luck to your farm and your family.❤
I've learned a few things from this video and reading comments. Thank you 😊❤ hubby & I ( at 61) are first-time chicken parents with 6 laying hens ( 2 medium breeds) and they're almost 7 weeks old now and got them from our local Rural King. And we've grown very attached to them ❤ we've not tried to incubate eggs yet so this video is very interesting and educational. And omgosh ALL your children ate so beautiful! Beautiful parents- go figure 😊❤
Thank you for sharing this video. I really enjoyed it! I love the baby chickens! It was so good to see your baby! He is really growing! It was good to see your wife in the boys also! Of course it was good to see you! I love all of your videos! God bless y'all! I love y'all so much!
The ducklings are sure cute too! Nice new layers and new dark broilers too! I love my Khaki Campbell ducks! I like the walk behind bucket machine. Thanks for the lessons about raising chickens Mike. Hezekiah has sure gotten bigger! Thanks for this video Dickson family! Lacie, you look wonderful! I hope you're getting enough sleep!
We are bummed out because we have been planning on building a hoop coop over the next week. BUT I live in town I figured we can have hens only, right??! Well no we can not have chickens at all...so sad because we were looking so forward to raising some Rhode Island Reds. 😕 (FYI I have a fully fenced back yard, I don't understand their problem)
Ours are locked up at night in an electric fence and free range during the day. I like your system. Too bad on the incubator. We have turkeys and ducks in ours.
I've been incubating eggs from my flock. People are complaining that they go to buy them at the store and they sell out within an hour. I don't have a large flock but I don't mind helping people out.
Ho Mike I've raised chicks on several occasions and I never used a heat lamp, I've been using a regular 40 watt lamp I bought some Rhode Island reds, golden comets, Easter Eggers and pearl white. I got them at tractor supply. I'm raising them in a 50 gallon tote in my living room.
Do they stay the recommended temps with a 40 watt bulb?? Also, you're pretty brave yo have them in the living room, they create a desert storm of DUST! it's the constant shedding I think. I got mine last April and there's still dust in places. This year, back in the bathroom, but its getting warm enough to get them outside sooner.😊
Losing a lot of the humidity out of the incubator. I found a great deal at tractor supply the other day. All of the chicks and ducklings were $1 a piece. I bought cornish cross and Rhode Island Reds. I also got 6 Ducklings! Have no idea what the Ducklings are YET! Fun video! GOD bless
I raise my own chicks, broody hens hatch them, I take them inside and raise them up till they feather out well enough to go outside. Every summer people come get chicks and I save back a few for my own flock. I have several barns with coops indoors, but they free range.
I have had a egg alone because the others were moved to a new location. And it never completely came out of its shell either. I have the same incubator you do. I've also had eggs pop, loud and stinky. I usually have 90% success with hatching. And I always dry hatch. Never been a issue with me.
I was watching another homesteader who was incubating eggs and they said you should use only clean eggs or what you have happening there will be the result.
Great video. Love that you take the baby out with you to give Lacie a break. Do you or have you ever let a broody mama hatch out her own chicks? I really really wish I had a place to have chickens. Maybe one day before I’m to old. Lol. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️💕🐣🐣
I've had such problems with my chickens this summer. The Australorps have been broody CONSTANTLY ( I don't have a rooster), the Isa Browns haven't laid at all and I've hardly had any eggs. But I can't bring myself to "doing away" with them 😕.
If you've been buying your feed from Tractor Supply, the company that makes theirs and several other big name box stores, didn't mix their feed correctly and has been a problem for laying hens all over the U.S.
I'm in Tasmania, Australia. A couple of my friends also had a bad summer for eggs so perhaps it is the food. Unfortunately, if I want to make my own chicken mix, I still have to buy the majority of the ingredients which undoubtedly are genetically modified and sprayed. We don't have the luxury of organic grain crops here 😕. The farmer nextdoor to me aerial sprayed his canola crop with chemicals, which is less than 1km from me just at the start of summer, so perhaps that also had something to do with the conundrum, given my shocking year for veggies 🤷.
@@heatherk8931 Thanks for the offer, but they're pets and I could never give them up, even if they don't produce. I will be getting some more hens and a rooster in spring later this year.
We're planning to raise chickens like everyone else. I had no idea if we free range them they won't go back into the coup automatically! lol. Now I have to figure that out. :)
I actually have an incubator full of Buff Orpington hatching now, so far have five out with a sixth one unzipping now, all of which appear to be three days early.
I'm waiting for my 1 Buff and 1 Black Australaurp hens to start laying again to hatch some of theirs. (Actually bought 3 in March, but internally concerned they are all roosters). 😮😢 Also hatched 2 a week later, they might be roos too! With? So 9 more to hatch on 4/21!
Raising chickens (and ducks but ducks are A LOT MORE HARD WORK) is very rewarding but just like any other animal or pet they require looking after and if you get them from chick's it's a long time before you see eggs but those first eggs are a delightful celebration 😉❤ Just remember they are a commitment and when they have a rest in winter/moulting and no eggs are laid they still need looking after and cared for,I love my lot and they really do have lovely personality's like little pups ❤
It is like this here in NZ, Hatcheries & suppliers are struggling to keep up or are on back order. Not a problem for us as we have been raising our own poultry for over 30 years. I don't like the idea of making money out of the eggs, but happy to gift or trade with family or friends.
Mike and Lacey, would you do a little clip on how you like/dislike your bielefelders please. I'm very interested in learning some more about the breed.
Mike and Family! You an awesome and amazing father, empowering your family children and wife! You deserve the world, you do this on you own! Enjoy your Family.. perfect wife and children
I love how your family helps out with the chores! Some mighty fine future farmers there. :) Have you ever gave the thought of raising your own meal worms to feed your chicks and chickens with? That could play a significant role in their nutrition, and great too to help composting, and fishing. They are simple to raise. It's just a thought. The little one is growing so fast! :)
Oh my goodness, the egg explosion!! I honestly pray we don't have to deal with that but I'm sure we will someday. I have a terrible confession. I made deviled eggs for Easter and when I went to peel one🤯🫣it was a forming chick!!! Oh boy i felt so terrible.
My incubator has been running nonstop for months! Everyone wants eggs and chicks now, last month we had a mishap with the power going out just hours after the eggs went into lock down...11 hatched but only 4 survived 😱😭
I just paid $1,95/dz at Safeway yesterday, BTW. Thank goodness 🙏🏻 & they had tons of eggs. God bless you 🙏🏻 ❤️ all!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for telling people that raising and keeping chickens is not easy or cheap. I think a lot of people do not realize what goes into raising/growing their food.
I've always liked living farm life.When we moved to the city my mom continued to garden.
That's true in start up for sure , but food security is what it is these days . 1/4 of my garden is producing food for chickens I don't even own lol , but they are the best eggs ever . Do your research b4 you get any chicks and make that commitment!
Yeah buddy. It runs me about .48 per each so 6 dollars a dz. For me I love the flavor of the egg. Store bought do not taste or smell as good. But it a'int "cheep" 😏🤠
Mike and his family are the best! Thank you mama for raising do good/ great children! Dad you are the best!
🐔 you’re a nut! 😂 i love it!
I am glad Dad carries baby on the front. Baby is so cute and looks like his brother, Micah.
I love how you take your son out in the yard with you. My husband did that and it was heaven to take a shower with out worrying what the baby was up to.
I’ve noticed a wonderful real maturity in Joesiah. It’s so good to watch the cooperation of the boys in your homestead and the help your daughter is giving to mom with regards to the baby. Overall, your channel is uplifting and informative. 😊
I gave in n went to ts yesterday. The prices were double what I paid 3 months ago 😢. I asked the cashier where the chicks r ( I hatch my own but I like looking) she groaned said they only got 50 in the day before n within 10 minutes sold out. 😮I thanked God all the way home for my gardens to feed them n my teeny incubator to keep me supplied..neighbors said 2 years ago I'm nuts. I've had chickens for 14 ish years n gardens everywhere. NOW 2 back neighbors have birds n roosters n 2 others bought chick coups 😂 not so nutty now huh? 🤣🤣🐔
When I started raising chickens a bag off feed was under $10... now it's up to nearly $25 and the bags are really missing some of the nutritional value that they had back when I started. I'm sticking with it because I raise a dual purpose breed that's still economicly doable considering the cost of organic meats... and eggs at $6/dozen. Still... I've shifted quite a bit in my gardening and my methods of feeding my chickens. I plant a lot more squashes and sun flowers and now use maggot buckets for free protein.
May the blessing you bestowed by building Bri’s greenhouse flow back in abundance to you and yours! ❤
I hatched baby chicks for the first time in December. God bless you and your family ✝️💕
Mine in march, only 2 survived, of 4, so 3/31 I put 9 more in. Fingers crossed for next weekend!🎉😊😅
You are so right! We got a few fluffy chicks last year (in late April) who have been providing us 3 to 4 eggs daily since mid-September. We've felt so great about it all, not only did one of our neighbors decide to get a few of their own, but I will be trying to hatch out some fertile eggs for 2 other households to hopefully get a tiny flock each. I just love watching them be chickens! After seeing the issue you had in your incubator, my honey said, "Maybe we should leave our incubator on the back porch!" 🤭 I told him that shouldn't happen, as long as we candle at the right times and take out any that aren't developing... As if I know anything (because I only know from my research. This will be a first for us to hatch anything other than "sea monkeys"!) LOL
It's so sweet that you take the baby out for chores 💗
I don’t want to sound mean but you really need to support babies head at all times. That flop backwards is scary. Love, grandma.
I just love this. My husband would always come get the baby to take outside and do things around the house. He still does. Our youngest just turned 1 and she is loving the tractor rides, 4 wheeler rides still. She was of course just a baby last year but getting out with Dad like this is what she loved. He's done this with all 4 of our kid's. ❤
Mike, it is so wonderful and generous to help "Bri from Scratch" YT channel build her greenhouse! Thank you💙
I love how you take the baby to give Mom a break...beautiful...
Oh and I wanted to say ya are Awesome.. for helping Bri and her Garden ..”Good people doing Great Things “🌱💜
I started raising my laying hens in 2008… it is so fun to go out and get your own eggs! And at current prices… it might start to be cost effective… except feed prices are skyrocketing too!
We called our girls "feathered freeloaders" until they started laying eggs. Now, I think we just about break even (or mybe even just alittle ahead!) with organic/non-GMO layer feed vs the cost of organic eggs at the store.
I can never get over how you get your chickens in the post at the post office, makes me smile every time. Josiah has matured so much and Mika has come out of his shyness a lot have a lovely day.
I Really Enjoy Chickens, They Also Enjoy Having The Bible Read To Them, They Liked To Come And Sit Around Me As I Read To Them! Thank You For This Video!!
Hi guys! Hope yall had a great Resurection Day! Hesekiah is the cutest and oh my goodnes is he growing so fast! I wih I could have chickens again...by the way I found out that here in Germany you can keep chickens no matter if city or counry. As long as you have a garden you are allowed up to 50 chickens!! Even a rooster if the neighbours wont fuss. (Maybe I can keep 2 chicks on my balcony lol Hav a great day and God bless!
Just to tell you ,you and your family are adorable specially see the little faces of your boys when they received the chicken boxes and the baby is sooo cute ,your wife is awesome excellent mom God bless y’all ❤❤❤
I get my eggs from a neighbor, can't have chickens at the resort.
For years the youngest insisted upon Easter egg hunts outside in the yard; come Easter morning sun, drizzle, rain, hail, pelting rain, etc... While hard boiled so not quite so bad, every spring and summer following a bad weather Easter morn, we and especialy the lawn mower fpund Easter eggs sometime as far into July. There was one tucked under a fern we all remember 'cause it was gag elicting odiferous.
😂😂
It seems that he always knows when the camera is on him …. Making sure everyone sees his precious face … I think I’m letting some of my hens hatch a couple good batches of their own chicks this year I’m in the process of getting the area next to them ready for them when the time comes hopefully within the next month or so …. 💚
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I Love the beginning dressed as a chicken!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍 I laughed so hard! ♥️ I absolutely Love raising our chickens!! 5 years now… it’s been great. However your right you gotta plan good! I have 3 Leghorns that think free range means jumping our 4 ft. Fence and enjoy my neighbors yard. Everyday at 1:45-2:00 pm 3 of them jump the fence and I have to call them back.
We also have 3 khaki Campbell's and 3 Indian runners! That gets very messy . It’s a lot of work to keep the coops clean and properly care for them! We keep our dirty Do-Do for our garden but the neighbors will complain of the smell from time to time so that’s unfortunate but soon it will be tilled in our veggie garden . It’s such a blessing to have our ladies! I enjoy them all.
Mike is so goofy. Thanks for the laughs. I live in an apartment, so I can't have chickens or else I would. Hang in there, love you guys.
When I lived in Breaux Bridge it was common around this time of year to see baby chickens running after there mother. Some things I find to be so peaceful and baby chickens are one of them.
That's my post office! I knew you were in NC but I didn't realize you were that close.
I'm most impressed with my eyesight! I had noticed, but dismissed the thought "that looks like a duckling!" before you mentioned the ducklings ... it's good to know that part of me is paying attention to what I see😂
Wonderful vlog, plus great to see the children enjoying life, including baby! I’m sure Saleagh was busy helping mom out in the house! Blessings to all🤗💜🇨🇦
I enjoy having chickens and have had backyard chickens for 30 years. I put a few bantam eggs in the incubator and should start seeing them hatch in a couple more days. I’ve been fortunate enough to give eggs to a couple friends and family, thanks to my hard working ladies.
There’s nothing better than hearing those chirps! ❤
THANK YOU MIke and Selah for doing what you did for Bri! That was sooooo nice of you guys!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Those incubators are known for not having the right temperature. And when I bought mine, I bought it knowing that so I went ahead and bought a additional thermometer and sure enough it was a couple of degrees off. But I candle them after day ten and then again at lockdown and remove any that aren’t developing so I don’t have explosions. 😅
I'm candling tonight! Day 11. Mine holds 9 eggs , I suspect 2 are not good.
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Haven’t seen y’all in awhile! 😅
Then you come out like this!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love it!
You wouldn't be a clown would you? Are we related? 🤣
A lot of work and you have to have space. I'm too old I don't have the energy anymore. Lol
I've been raising chickens for years. I prefer homegrown eggs over the mass-produced eggs.
I wish I could. I'm just inside the city limits, and they told me nope.
I didn't ask
Thank you for helping Bri and her family with finishing the greenhouse. You are awesome!
I like your videos, and I watching quite often, and you have given lots of great advice, and helped me in a lot of ways. Good luck to your farm and your family.❤
Yes. Well explained methods.
I've learned a few things from this video and reading comments. Thank you 😊❤ hubby & I ( at 61) are first-time chicken parents with 6 laying hens ( 2 medium breeds) and they're almost 7 weeks old now and got them from our local Rural King. And we've grown very attached to them ❤ we've not tried to incubate eggs yet so this video is very interesting and educational. And omgosh ALL your children ate so beautiful! Beautiful parents- go figure 😊❤
Thank you for sharing this video. I really enjoyed it! I love the baby chickens! It was so good to see your baby! He is really growing! It was good to see your wife in the boys also! Of course it was good to see you! I love all of your videos! God bless y'all! I love y'all so much!
The ducklings are sure cute too! Nice new layers and new dark broilers too! I love my Khaki Campbell ducks! I like the walk behind bucket machine. Thanks for the lessons about raising chickens Mike. Hezekiah has sure gotten bigger! Thanks for this video Dickson family! Lacie, you look wonderful! I hope you're getting enough sleep!
Just saw you on Bri from scratch and helping with the greenhouse. That was very kind of you and your family. Thank you!
We are bummed out because we have been planning on building a hoop coop over the next week. BUT I live in town I figured we can have hens only, right??! Well no we can not have chickens at all...so sad because we were looking so forward to raising some Rhode Island Reds. 😕 (FYI I have a fully fenced back yard, I don't understand their problem)
Their problem is government nose into people's busy way too much!
Our HOA won't even allow us to have a shed, let alone a chicken coop. I hate that I let my husband talk me into building here 22 years ago.
LOVE the teething neckless!! We bought one for our grandson....he wore it until he was almost 3!!
My chicks are hatching today. 4 out of 21 have hatched.
After 22 hours, hows the hatching? Mine are 10 ish days from their birthdays
@Heather K 10 are hatched. 11 more to hatch. One is working its way out. So happy with the results and chicks. Thanks for asking 🙂
I loved the part about taking an egg with a chick inside ready to hatch and putting it in with live chicks. Great concept and great success.
Ours are locked up at night in an electric fence and free range during the day. I like your system. Too bad on the incubator. We have turkeys and ducks in ours.
I've been incubating eggs from my flock. People are complaining that they go to buy them at the store and they sell out within an hour. I don't have a large flock but I don't mind helping people out.
Ho Mike I've raised chicks on several occasions and I never used a heat lamp, I've been using a regular 40 watt lamp I bought some Rhode Island reds, golden comets, Easter Eggers and pearl white. I got them at tractor supply. I'm raising them in a 50 gallon tote in my living room.
Do they stay the recommended temps with a 40 watt bulb??
Also, you're pretty brave yo have them in the living room, they create a desert storm of DUST! it's the constant shedding I think. I got mine last April and there's still dust in places. This year, back in the bathroom, but its getting warm enough to get them outside sooner.😊
@@heatherk8931 I've allways used it on chicks it's enough to keep them warm
That was great. I live in a small city up north and can't imagine going to the post office and hearing chickens when you walk in.😄
Losing a lot of the humidity out of the incubator.
I found a great deal at tractor supply the other day. All of the chicks and ducklings were $1 a piece. I bought cornish cross and Rhode Island Reds. I also got 6 Ducklings! Have no idea what the Ducklings are YET!
Fun video! GOD bless
Hezekiah has such expressive eyebrows! So adorable and growing fast!
I have 26 little chicks that my hens hatched out under the house.. I have them confined in 3 places for the moment....
I raise my own chicks, broody hens hatch them, I take them inside and raise them up till they feather out well enough to go outside. Every summer people come get chicks and I save back a few for my own flock. I have several barns with coops indoors, but they free range.
Great video as always 😊 Thank you for sharing this. Have a great day and happy gardening and homesteading 🌿🌱😊🤗🥰
The Whiting True Blue are my favorite. Great layers.
We have had Our Chickens for 3or 4 years .lots of Eggs. Great Video as always.
God bless the Dickson Family! 🥰💒🙏🙏❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🐣🦃🐕🐐
Great video! People need to know what they're getting into. ❤
😂 0h Mike, you cut me up. It is so much fun to watch your video's! 😂👌🏻👍🏻❤🙏🏻 Sara from South Africa🇿🇦
I have had a egg alone because the others were moved to a new location. And it never completely came out of its shell either. I have the same incubator you do. I've also had eggs pop, loud and stinky. I usually have 90% success with hatching. And I always dry hatch. Never been a issue with me.
I was watching another homesteader who was incubating eggs and they said you should use only clean eggs or what you have happening there will be the result.
Great video. Love that you take the baby out with you to give Lacie a break. Do you or have you ever let a broody mama hatch out her own chicks? I really really wish I had a place to have chickens. Maybe one day before I’m to old. Lol. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️💕🐣🐣
Thanks 😊for sharing all the information
I Love Love Love Baby Chicks. I raised them when I was young. I also hatched my own baby chickens when I was young, great fun.
I've had such problems with my chickens this summer. The Australorps have been broody CONSTANTLY ( I don't have a rooster), the Isa Browns haven't laid at all and I've hardly had any eggs. But I can't bring myself to "doing away" with them 😕.
If you've been buying your feed from Tractor Supply, the company that makes theirs and several other big name box stores, didn't mix their feed correctly and has been a problem for laying hens all over the U.S.
I have a rooster I'll trade for 2 Australaurp hens.😊
I'm in Tasmania, Australia. A couple of my friends also had a bad summer for eggs so perhaps it is the food. Unfortunately, if I want to make my own chicken mix, I still have to buy the majority of the ingredients which undoubtedly are genetically modified and sprayed. We don't have the luxury of organic grain crops here 😕. The farmer nextdoor to me aerial sprayed his canola crop with chemicals, which is less than 1km from me just at the start of summer, so perhaps that also had something to do with the conundrum, given my shocking year for veggies 🤷.
@@heatherk8931 Thanks for the offer, but they're pets and I could never give them up, even if they don't produce. I will be getting some more hens and a rooster in spring later this year.
We're planning to raise chickens like everyone else. I had no idea if we free range them they won't go back into the coup automatically! lol. Now I have to figure that out. :)
14:28 the tomb is empty!!! Praise Jesus! ❤😂
I actually have an incubator full of Buff Orpington hatching now, so far have five out with a sixth one unzipping now, all of which appear to be three days early.
I'm waiting for my 1 Buff and 1 Black Australaurp hens to start laying again to
hatch some of theirs. (Actually bought 3 in March, but internally concerned they are all roosters). 😮😢
Also hatched 2 a week later, they might be roos too! With? So 9 more to hatch on 4/21!
❤17 hours later, howd the hatch out do?
@@heatherk8931 I have 10 fluffy yellow chicks and 2 pipping now.
Raising chickens (and ducks but ducks are A LOT MORE HARD WORK) is very rewarding but just like any other animal or pet they require looking after and if you get them from chick's it's a long time before you see eggs but those first eggs are a delightful celebration 😉❤ Just remember they are a commitment and when they have a rest in winter/moulting and no eggs are laid they still need looking after and cared for,I love my lot and they really do have lovely personality's like little pups ❤
When I was a kid they dyed the baby chicks alll different colors and sold them for Easter.
Eggs have come down now. I live where it is cold and I am not going out in the snow to take care of anything, I am just to old.
It is like this here in NZ, Hatcheries & suppliers are struggling to keep up or are on back order. Not a problem for us as we have been raising our own poultry for over 30 years. I don't like the idea of making money out of the eggs, but happy to gift or trade with family or friends.
I have had 6 egg layers for 2 years. So happy with my decision to get them
Blessings to y'all
Sweet you brought your two young men with you. like it.
Mike and Lacey, would you do a little clip on how you like/dislike your bielefelders please. I'm very interested in learning some more about the breed.
I see A LOT of Micah in that baby. Those facial features are so similar.
Mike and Family! You an awesome and amazing father, empowering your family children and wife! You deserve the world, you do this on you own! Enjoy your Family.. perfect wife and children
I'm surprised the geese weren't more upset with you.
Waw Those boys are growing up fast.
I agree. And this is my first time to raise chicks in the city.
Chicks,chicks everywhere for good eating and for producing large eggs🐣🐤🐤
Happy Easter. May the Lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals
Thanks for sharing this information 🙏🏽 😊
Awesome job God Bless you and your family
I love how your family helps out with the chores! Some mighty fine future farmers there. :) Have you ever gave the thought of raising your own meal worms to feed your chicks and chickens with? That could play a significant role in their nutrition, and great too to help composting, and fishing. They are simple to raise. It's just a thought. The little one is growing so fast! :)
Where have y'all been Mike. Been missing y'all. Love y'all.
Mike , did you get a new toy for the garden? Makes it faster than the gorilla cart!
You’re so gentle with everything you do,,,
Oh my goodness, the egg explosion!! I honestly pray we don't have to deal with that but I'm sure we will someday. I have a terrible confession. I made deviled eggs for Easter and when I went to peel one🤯🫣it was a forming chick!!! Oh boy i felt so terrible.
My incubator has been running nonstop for months! Everyone wants eggs and chicks now, last month we had a mishap with the power going out just hours after the eggs went into lock down...11 hatched but only 4 survived 😱😭
I hope all is well with family and farm😮
My favorite ducks.
Same incubator I have. Just hatched 20
The little one already looks a lot like his brrothers... ❤
Met you guys on Black's Tropical Homestead, new subscriber and friend here.