@@EnglishCountryLife That would be a great idea, gardening month by month videos always seem to go down very well, think a lot of people have caught a gardeining bug over the lockdown period and any help is usefull, ( I know I asked if you could do a chicken dispatch video aswell, had to learn very quickly last monday presume 1 of the ladies had had a stroke, completely paralyzed on its left side, was very afraid i would do it wrong but it was very quick thankfully)
Enjoyable and informative viewing as always. Still well below zero here during the day and - 10 to -14 C at night, days consist of constant snowfall/blizzards, so rather envious seeing you outside filming! Hope the weather improves soon for you (and us!). Stay warm and safe.
We finally got some buff orphingtons. They're coming up on 3 weeks old now and unlike any other chicks we've ever had. All our birds are friendly, but these little ladies are completely unafraid and love attention. I'm completely hooked.
Interesting and informative update. One thing I’d contradict though, there is no egg withdrawal period when using Flubenvet. Love the Orpington’s, gorgeous birds. All the best. Mags.
Hi, yes you are right for the UK but I wanted to play it safe in the video for two reasons. The first is that our subscribers are worldwide and not all UK based. In retrospect I should have stated the UK situation and advised people check the rules in their own country. The second reason is that the recommendation is that eggs shouldn't be given away or sold during treatment or 7 days after as a medication is being administered and once the eggs leave your property they are out of your control. I hope that all makes sense. I was trying to play it safe but yes, I should have been more specific. I've added a note to the video description to give more information. Thanks for commenting and letting me know 👍
@@EnglishCountryLife Hi. Completely understand. Hope you don't think I was being a smarty pants mentioning it. Love what you do. Orpington's are def on my list to join the flock later this year, Mags
You can't eat the bird anymore if you give ivermectine. Sorry for this direct response, but some have little chicks and then roosters, the rooster don't get sold, you have to do something with them right. Here in Belgium we have exzolt for mite, but it's very expensive
Here in the UK Ivermectin is not licensed for poultry as I say in the video however many vets do recommend using it for mites on chickens. Having said that if I were producing chickens to sell for meat or even raising them to give away as table birds I would not be using ivermectin as it is an unlicensed medication for chickens and I would not make a choice like that which affects meat that others eat. However as a personal choice producing meat which we eat we have researched this and would still choose to use Ivermectin. The research paper which provided us with the information to make this choice was published in 2017 and studied the residual levels of ivermectin in poultry. Their aim was to determine time restrictions for broiler chickens fed with balanced feed mixed with ivermectin for 21 days, and thus achieve acceptable residual levels for consumption as established by the European Union. The findings were that the optimal withdrawal time for edible tissues of the poultry tested to stay within the permitted residual levels were: 12 days for liver, 8 days for skin/fat, 0 days for muscle and 10 days for kidney. The study can be found through this link pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28067137/
Is it common for chicken to catch parasites? I never experienced any, maybe because I only keep 4 hens at a time in a closed run in my backyard (as we have Fox around even during daytime). When it is dry they will sand bath, but nothing else. BTW, the Orpington hen hatched last year is 7months old now, I wish she can become broody soon（╹◡╹）
Hi. I'm really enjoying learning so much about keeping chickens. I'd like to ask you a question. If you were to take on some more animals, what would you choose? I'm thinking in terms of other fowl, such as turkeys, or perhaps goats or sheep? or pigs?
On one of the Hairy Bikers food programs, they found a bread of chicken that had a very large yolk much larger than normal. Does anyone know what bread that chicken was???
Hi, loving the videos, I'm just about to get some hens but a neighbor has said we are not aloud at the moment because of the flu and DEFRA . I tried to look up at DEFRA but can't find any information. We have full enclosed set up, but neighbor says something about movement of animals. I live in Cornwall, could you advise please
Hi! All areas under "movement restrictions" because of Avian influenza are listed on the link below. A quick glance doesn't seem to indicate any in Cornwall but please check as they are updated regularly. Your setup sounds spot on as, until restrictions are lifted, birds must be kept indoors or in fully netted enclosures. www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu-cases-and-disease-control-zones-in-england
@@EnglishCountryLife you are amazing, you have made my day! On the map the words avian influenza prevention zone pops up but with no circles or markers . Is there something I'm missing about that label? It looks like floating text non specific to area but not very clear . Will get all devices subbed to you right away that aren't.thankyou
You are quite correct, the text is generic. As there are no coloured shapes in your area, there aren't any movement restrictions. Hope that reassures you 🙂
We use a sprinkle of diatomaceous earth and regular cleaning with an insecticidal disinfectant like Smite but all of these measures will only discourage red mite and lower the risk of getting them rather than 100% protection. It's still possible that at some point you'll might have to treat your chooks for mites. They're so common and most chickenkeepers will need to deal with chicken lice, northern fowl mite or red mite at some point. I hope that helps.
Looking forward to the video that come out what ever month the hens start going broody! I want one of my hens to brood this year (any hen). Question, do you find that 1 year old hens brood later than more experienced hens or is it such a hormonal thing that age doesn’t seem to affect when one sits? (Assuming all the hens are of a broody-breed like orpingtons)
Age doesn't seem to play a part in it from our experience. It seems an individual hen timeline except when they get very elderly. Gannet at the grand old age of eight didn't brood until autumn.... Last year we had the broody hens drop in this order of age: 1 year, 3 year, 2 year, 1 year, 3 year, 1 year, 1 year, 1 year
Yes we sell chickens but only between August and December as our spring hatches mature. We are planning a range of online courses and have considered face to face courses but have not progressed it as yet. We'd be interested in knowing what you're looking for and if you'd like to chat more please e-mail us at englishcountrylife@outlook.com
Hello Fiona it’s me again, I had a question a it’s about how do you make or encourage your chickens to go broody as in any special tricks? Also how do you know that a chicken is starting to go broody we have a chicken who acts broody but she doesn’t sit on the eggs for a long period and also when your chicken is just starting to become broody should you bother her like at all?
Would the ivermectin work for fleas? Pesticide based flea treatments such as Frontline are not very safe, and as far as I'm aware alternatives like Program are no longer made.
We always have at least two other breeds in the flock. At the moment we have Welsummers and Crested Cream Legbars. The one criteria we have for the other breeds is that they MUST have eggs that are a different colour to the Orpington eggs. That's because we only keep Orpington cockerels so we need to be able to identify the eggs laid by the Orpington hens as these will result in hatched pure breed Orpington chicks. If our other hens lay different coloured eggs we know that those eggs would result in hybrids if hatched so they are not laid for incubation but are used as food for us instead.
@@EnglishCountryLife I thought it looked like a welsumer but then I was thinking of your old english pheasant fowl ( I have a welsummer) maybe a Maran your breeds our lovely and those orpingtons look incredibly healthy and beautiful!
I have emailed you before about your Orpingtons but I could not add any because I only have a go up you were very nice and this the chicken monthly series Is great I really enjoyed watching this one.
@@EnglishCountryLife Yep, but facts ceased to matter around March 2020 unfortunately...btw I have human prescribed ivermectin in my bottom drawer so it’s not a criticism, just a comment on how surreal everything has become.
Hi you mentioned a 7 day egg withdrawal period when worming with flubenvet. I understood that there was no withdrawal period. I have copied the following from the Heygate website "To worm your poultry feed Heygates layers pellets with Flubenvet® as the only feed your chickens eat for 7 consecutive days. Eggs may be presented for human consumption during treatment when used as directed, but birds should not be slaughtered for human consumption until 7 days after the end of treatment." Please can you clarify? Thanks
Hi, yes you are right in the Heygates information but I've played it safe for a couple of reasons. The first is that in some countries a more conservative approach is taken with Flubenvet and the advice is to adhere to a 7 day egg withdrawal period. In the UK this isn't the case but our subscribers are all over the world. In retrospect I should have stated the UK case and advised people to check the advice in their own country. The second reason is that I understand that eggs shouldn't be sold or given away during the period I've described because a medication has been administered to the chicken and once the egg has left your premises it's out of your own control. Does that help? I've played it safe but I will add an amendment to the video description to clarify.
I'm amazed that you can tell your Buffs apart as they all look the same to me😊
We get used to them, but if you look closely they each have a colored leg ring 😁
@@EnglishCountryLife Bit of a give away then😄
@@amandah2490 Sssh 🤫. 😁
Thank you! Your video's are always so informative!
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the monthly chicken video series, always good to learn something new.
Thanks Andrew - it was widely requested. We are thinking of doing something similar with the vegetable garden - what do you think?
@@EnglishCountryLife That would be a great idea, gardening month by month videos always seem to go down very well, think a lot of people have caught a gardeining bug over the lockdown period and any help is usefull, ( I know I asked if you could do a chicken dispatch video aswell, had to learn very quickly last monday presume 1 of the ladies had had a stroke, completely paralyzed on its left side, was very afraid i would do it wrong but it was very quick thankfully)
@@Andrew.Croft. We are working on the dispatch video!
Enjoyable and informative viewing as always. Still well below zero here during the day and - 10 to -14 C at night, days consist of constant snowfall/blizzards, so rather envious seeing you outside filming! Hope the weather improves soon for you (and us!). Stay warm and safe.
Eek! That's far too cold for me although Hugh would enjoy it.
I hope it warms up soon for you!
I keep visiting this channel because Orpington is 💕
I feel the same 👍
Thank you so much. Very informative and encouraging for new backyard farmers
I'm glad it was helpful 😊
We finally got some buff orphingtons. They're coming up on 3 weeks old now and unlike any other chicks we've ever had. All our birds are friendly, but these little ladies are completely unafraid and love attention. I'm completely hooked.
Orpingtons are just the best 👍
Great video as usual👍🏻is the egg withdrawal your choice because Flubenvet has no egg withdrawal only meat 👍🏻
@@RoslinLassie Yes, not entirely necessary, just being over cautious
Detailed and very informative again, those birds look clean as new pins, very well done. Regards Alan.
So nice of you Alan - we try our best
Another fantastic video really informative.. love these new monthly’s can’t wait for my buffs to go broody
Thanks Donna. Let's hope the Avian Influenza restrictions are lifted before our Orpingtons go broody 👍
Great information. Thanks for sharing the info on worming. We've never had this but need to prevent.
I'm glad it was helpful
I was told that if you used diatomaceous earth that you should get food grade diatomaceous earth only.
Absolutely right 👍
Interesting and informative update. One thing I’d contradict though, there is no egg withdrawal period when using Flubenvet. Love the Orpington’s, gorgeous birds. All the best. Mags.
there is no official withdrawal period but it is only just above the level of not needing one so it is best to have one.
Hi, yes you are right for the UK but I wanted to play it safe in the video for two reasons. The first is that our subscribers are worldwide and not all UK based. In retrospect I should have stated the UK situation and advised people check the rules in their own country. The second reason is that the recommendation is that eggs shouldn't be given away or sold during treatment or 7 days after as a medication is being administered and once the eggs leave your property they are out of your control.
I hope that all makes sense. I was trying to play it safe but yes, I should have been more specific. I've added a note to the video description to give more information.
Thanks for commenting and letting me know 👍
@@EnglishCountryLife Hi. Completely understand. Hope you don't think I was being a smarty pants mentioning it. Love what you do. Orpington's are def on my list to join the flock later this year, Mags
@@mygardenanddinosaurs Not at all and you were spot on!
Great video
Thanks Leo - are you well?
@@EnglishCountryLife Yes, how about you?
@@LeoTheYuty Really busy getting everything planted but loving it - at this time of year everything is forward looking and hopeful
@@EnglishCountryLife Nice! Hope this year goes well for you.
You can't eat the bird anymore if you give ivermectine. Sorry for this direct response, but some have little chicks and then roosters, the rooster don't get sold, you have to do something with them right. Here in Belgium we have exzolt for mite, but it's very expensive
Here in the UK Ivermectin is not licensed for poultry as I say in the video however many vets do recommend using it for mites on chickens. Having said that if I were producing chickens to sell for meat or even raising them to give away as table birds I would not be using ivermectin as it is an unlicensed medication for chickens and I would not make a choice like that which affects meat that others eat.
However as a personal choice producing meat which we eat we have researched this and would still choose to use Ivermectin. The research paper which provided us with the information to make this choice was published in 2017 and studied the residual levels of ivermectin in poultry. Their aim was to determine time restrictions for broiler chickens fed with balanced feed mixed with ivermectin for 21 days, and thus achieve acceptable residual levels for consumption as established by the European Union. The findings were that the optimal withdrawal time for edible tissues of the poultry tested to stay within the permitted residual levels were: 12 days for liver, 8 days for skin/fat, 0 days for muscle and 10 days for kidney. The study can be found through this link pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28067137/
@@EnglishCountryLife thank you for the information
Is it common for chicken to catch parasites? I never experienced any, maybe because I only keep 4 hens at a time in a closed run in my backyard (as we have Fox around even during daytime). When it is dry they will sand bath, but nothing else. BTW, the Orpington hen hatched last year is 7months old now, I wish she can become broody soon（╹◡╹）
It is very common indeed. It's almost universal in large flocks
Hi. I'm really enjoying learning so much about keeping chickens. I'd like to ask you a question. If you were to take on some more animals, what would you choose? I'm thinking in terms of other fowl, such as turkeys, or perhaps goats or sheep? or pigs?
Oh definitely pigs. We don't have the space now but would love pigs.
On one of the Hairy Bikers food programs, they found a bread of chicken that had a very large yolk much larger than normal.
Does anyone know what bread that chicken was???
We' ve bred many and the ratio seems standard, sorry. Duck eggs are much richer though
@@EnglishCountryLife No thia was chicken egg and both them were very surpprised and made a thing about it?
Hi, loving the videos, I'm just about to get some hens but a neighbor has said we are not aloud at the moment because of the flu and DEFRA . I tried to look up at DEFRA but can't find any information. We have full enclosed set up, but neighbor says something about movement of animals. I live in Cornwall, could you advise please
Hi! All areas under "movement restrictions" because of Avian influenza are listed on the link below. A quick glance doesn't seem to indicate any in Cornwall but please check as they are updated regularly. Your setup sounds spot on as, until restrictions are lifted, birds must be kept indoors or in fully netted enclosures.
www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu-cases-and-disease-control-zones-in-england
@@EnglishCountryLife you are amazing, you have made my day! On the map the words avian influenza prevention zone pops up but with no circles or markers . Is there something I'm missing about that label? It looks like floating text non specific to area but not very clear . Will get all devices subbed to you right away that aren't.thankyou
You are quite correct, the text is generic. As there are no coloured shapes in your area, there aren't any movement restrictions. Hope that reassures you 🙂
Great video once again 🙌 is there anything you use inside your wooden coops to help prevent red mite? X
We use a sprinkle of diatomaceous earth and regular cleaning with an insecticidal disinfectant like Smite but all of these measures will only discourage red mite and lower the risk of getting them rather than 100% protection. It's still possible that at some point you'll might have to treat your chooks for mites. They're so common and most chickenkeepers will need to deal with chicken lice, northern fowl mite or red mite at some point.
I hope that helps.
your chicken very nice
Thanks a lot
Looking forward to the video that come out what ever month the hens start going broody! I want one of my hens to brood this year (any hen). Question, do you find that 1 year old hens brood later than more experienced hens or is it such a hormonal thing that age doesn’t seem to affect when one sits? (Assuming all the hens are of a broody-breed like orpingtons)
Age doesn't seem to play a part in it from our experience. It seems an individual hen timeline except when they get very elderly. Gannet at the grand old age of eight didn't brood until autumn....
Last year we had the broody hens drop in this order of age: 1 year, 3 year, 2 year, 1 year, 3 year, 1 year, 1 year, 1 year
Hi great vlog do you sell chickens and do you run courses on chicken care. What part of lincs do you live in I'm near allford
@Mila 1228 thanks
Yes we sell chickens but only between August and December as our spring hatches mature.
We are planning a range of online courses and have considered face to face courses but have not progressed it as yet. We'd be interested in knowing what you're looking for and if you'd like to chat more please e-mail us at englishcountrylife@outlook.com
Hello Fiona it’s me again, I had a question a it’s about how do you make or encourage your chickens to go broody as in any special tricks? Also how do you know that a chicken is starting to go broody we have a chicken who acts broody but she doesn’t sit on the eggs for a long period and also when your chicken is just starting to become broody should you bother her like at all?
Hi Axel. I have a video that should answer those questions for you. I hope it helps
th-cam.com/video/Prj71IMcRYk/w-d-xo.html
Would the ivermectin work for fleas? Pesticide based flea treatments such as Frontline are not very safe, and as far as I'm aware alternatives like Program are no longer made.
I'm told by my friendly vet (reliant on their info) that it's not effective on fleas
Do you plan to add any new breeds to your stock( like a welsummer or australorp, silkie?)
We always have at least two other breeds in the flock. At the moment we have Welsummers and Crested Cream Legbars. The one criteria we have for the other breeds is that they MUST have eggs that are a different colour to the Orpington eggs. That's because we only keep Orpington cockerels so we need to be able to identify the eggs laid by the Orpington hens as these will result in hatched pure breed Orpington chicks. If our other hens lay different coloured eggs we know that those eggs would result in hybrids if hatched so they are not laid for incubation but are used as food for us instead.
@@EnglishCountryLife I thought it looked like a welsumer but then I was thinking of your old english pheasant fowl ( I have a welsummer) maybe a Maran your breeds our lovely and those orpingtons look incredibly healthy and beautiful!
@@wh880 Thank you 😊
I have emailed you before about your Orpingtons but I could not add any because I only have a go up you were very nice and this the chicken monthly series Is great I really enjoyed watching this one.
Thank you so much 😊
How are you 🙂
Well, thank you
Hi😁💚
very nice I like chicken but where I bay I like different bared where you from I am from Yorkshire you sale eggs is will I am your subscribers
We do sell fertilised eggs through our website, but won't have any available until April
thank you very much nice
what about price if you don't mind
@@ibbykhanuk7770 £14.99 for 6 plus p&p when we have them, but there are people waiting 🙂
Mentioning ivermectin can get one censored in today’s mad world...
We know but we are talking about treating chickens. CHICKENS! (LOL)
@@EnglishCountryLife Yep, but facts ceased to matter around March 2020 unfortunately...btw I have human prescribed ivermectin in my bottom drawer so it’s not a criticism, just a comment on how surreal everything has become.
@@brencostigan Oh we know - it's surreal for sure!
Hi you mentioned a 7 day egg withdrawal period when worming with flubenvet. I understood that there was no withdrawal period. I have copied the following from the Heygate website "To worm your poultry feed Heygates layers pellets with Flubenvet® as the only feed your chickens eat for 7 consecutive days. Eggs may be presented for human consumption during treatment when used as directed, but birds should not be slaughtered for human consumption until 7 days after the end of treatment." Please can you clarify? Thanks
Hi, yes you are right in the Heygates information but I've played it safe for a couple of reasons. The first is that in some countries a more conservative approach is taken with Flubenvet and the advice is to adhere to a 7 day egg withdrawal period. In the UK this isn't the case but our subscribers are all over the world. In retrospect I should have stated the UK case and advised people to check the advice in their own country. The second reason is that I understand that eggs shouldn't be sold or given away during the period I've described because a medication has been administered to the chicken and once the egg has left your premises it's out of your own control.
Does that help? I've played it safe but I will add an amendment to the video description to clarify.