When I was about 10 years old in 1953 and lived as a poor person in Anson, Texas, hunger drove me to build my first chicken pen and coop. Having no money, I gathered scrap wood and wire from abandoned homes. My first setting hen was a small Banham. She raised ten chicks from eggs that she laid and another 12 that I got from a feed store. Having no money, I found soda bottles and sold them for 4 cents each until I had $1.20 to buy the twelve chicks.
Nobody can say Mike doesn’t get his money’s worth from his saw blades!! Building things can be daunting. I think they usually go well after started…. It’s the getting started part that is hard!
I love the poly face designs and homestead build books. I built an egg mobile inspired mobile coop a few months ago and just built a meat shaw. Videos of both of those on my channel Enjoyed the video! I’m building a turkey shaw in the next few weeks too
Hi hope all is well with you and your family. I enjoyed watching this video & all videos you share. At present I'm watching a recent video on Homesteading Adventures & Raising Kids on the Farm. Such an informative video & hope "families living in or close to a city" watch it & start thinking. Keep up the educational progress. Take Care 🙂 Marge from NJ. We garden in our backyard.
Used to get any old windows & doors when ppl were upgrading. Window on top of my brooders made them safer for lites & ease of checking on them. I had old waterers with rotten bottoms for raised gardens or brooder sides. Garage door panels made siding for a coop, camper shell top on wooden frame as my duck hut. So much more
Mike- Great to see you re-using products - you need to make or buy yourself a couple of Saw Horses as they really save your back. Great video once again. Cheers Denise- Australia 😃😃
You guys have inspired me to learn how to get started in how to plant, and I want to get farm animals, but looks like we're gonna have to buy land...lol
Getting a little wood mill will probably pay for itself in no time, or maybe you know someone who has one that you can borrow or rent for a while. Prices of lumber are crazy anymore, and those little wood mills are pretty reasonable.
Not to mention nails? but screws, door latches, brackets, hinges, hooks, etc. I had to take down a homemade "patchwork" "dog fence". small pieces of wood, fiber glass,etc held together with what ever attachment it had on it...I had a coffee can full of allthat stuff. I did not need hardware attachments for a long time. It took for ever to get that "fence" down...I made it pay...lol.
When I was about 10 years old in 1953 and lived as a poor person in Anson, Texas, hunger drove me to build my first chicken pen and coop. Having no money, I gathered scrap wood and wire from abandoned homes. My first setting hen was a small Banham. She raised ten chicks from eggs that she laid and another 12 that I got from a feed store. Having no money, I found soda bottles and sold them for 4 cents each until I had $1.20 to buy the twelve chicks.
Dad always said. It doesn't have to be beautiful or perfect in order to be functional and useful.
Absolutely love things made out of scrap wood & metal ❤❤
Happy New Year god bless ❤❤
Always fun watching and learning with you!
It is so important to recycle materials.
Nobody can say Mike doesn’t get his money’s worth from his saw blades!! Building things can be daunting. I think they usually go well after started…. It’s the getting started part that is hard!
Next time you go to the hardware store, grab some metal roofing screws. They come with washers on them already. Very very handy.
I love the poly face designs and homestead build books.
I built an egg mobile inspired mobile coop a few months ago and just built a meat shaw. Videos of both of those on my channel
Enjoyed the video!
I’m building a turkey shaw in the next few weeks too
🎉🎉🎉 Happy New year, Mike, Lacie & family 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations on your new ducklings! I loved the modifications you did! Every homestead has their own needs!
Hi hope all is well with you and your family. I enjoyed watching this video & all videos you share. At present I'm watching a recent video on Homesteading Adventures & Raising Kids on the Farm. Such an informative video & hope "families living in or close to a city" watch it & start thinking. Keep up the educational progress. Take Care 🙂 Marge from NJ. We garden in our backyard.
Love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals.
Your ingenuity and resourcefulness paid off. Great job Mike! Val C ❤️🙏🏻
Used to get any old windows & doors when ppl were upgrading. Window on top of my brooders made them safer for lites & ease of checking on them. I had old waterers with rotten bottoms for raised gardens or brooder sides. Garage door panels made siding for a coop, camper shell top on wooden frame as my duck hut. So much more
Great idea re-using the old metal table for keeping the wood off the ground.
Mike You and your family are so beautiful to watch and seeing the boys help you and your daughter amazing!
Looks great
That is a cute mini quicker tractor. I don't do project that requires assembly .. But this is really cute
I like the washer on the screw idea. I struggle to have enough force to staple with my stapler.
Mike- Great to see you re-using products - you need to make or buy yourself a couple of Saw Horses as they really save your back. Great video once again. Cheers Denise- Australia 😃😃
Hi Denise how are you doing
Brilliant idea using screws and washers!!!
You guys have inspired me to learn how to get started in how to plant, and I want to get farm animals, but looks like we're gonna have to buy land...lol
Mike, all that scrap wood should be stired with the new srmtuff after each project to keep in better condition and not rotting in the weather.
You can turn a wood blade around backwards to cut tin.
You need a good set of tinsnips, Weiss are the best. Left ,right and center, color coded. They will be handier than you think.
Awesome job, guys 😊
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THE NUGGET TRACTOR!
Getting a little wood mill will probably pay for itself in no time, or maybe you know someone who has one that you can borrow or rent for a while. Prices of lumber are crazy anymore, and those little wood mills are pretty reasonable.
In a pinch you can put a wood blade on back wards
What happened to the 2nd Yurt? ❤
Mike, I have to ask where you got the Poultry In Motion t-shirt, I would definitely like to buy one.
He got that from the APPPA Conference last year but I don't think they sell them.
Re-use recycle , pocket friendly build🦆
Daddy would use a dull wood cutting circular saw blade turned around backwards to cut tin with.
Not to mention nails? but screws, door latches, brackets, hinges, hooks, etc. I had to take down a homemade "patchwork" "dog fence". small pieces of wood, fiber glass,etc held together with what ever attachment it had on it...I had a coffee can full of allthat stuff. I did not need hardware attachments for a long time. It took for ever to get that "fence" down...I made it pay...lol.
ThT is a grinding blade. They actually have metal saw blades
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Did you create your burn “barrel “?
duck tape the roasters mouth. lololol
Not me either
You've got this.
ICAN DO ALL RHINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHS ME.🀄🀄🀄
HALLELUJAH
SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
Your ducks are so dang dirty?????,, move them more 😮
Hello Jean how are you doing today
For as much as you pretend to work hard on your videos, you're property is pretty junky.
How rude ! He does work hard. Plus it’s not your concern how His property looks!
Thanks so much
@@MikeTheFitFarmer You are so welcome!
Smallholdings are works in progress...so lovely to see the changes.thanks
Some of the best things built are made from using scrap pieces.🙏🏼🫂❤️
How do you earn an income by only paying attention to chickens, turkeys & ducks??? 🙄 🫤
Who said that is how we make an income?