In my childhood the duck eggs were given to hens to hatch. It was funny watching those little ducklings in the pond and the mother hen running around, protesting and warning them.
Hey there kiddos. well I raised some Black Polish-White Crested Birds also. They are a lot friendlier than most birds. We actually named some. We could call one little rooster and he would come running. You have your Silkes & Cested together. To keep blood line strait you will have to separate them for a peroid of time-then you can mix them back together. If you do not your eggs will have mixed variety when sitting time comes around. When sitting time came around I always had some mixed Bantam hens. They want to sit they do not care. I actually put some mallard duck eggs under her and she hatched them out. It looked funny ducks following the chicken around. We had a pool. When ducks got in the water mama got pretty upset. Oh Well have a wonderful day. I love you. Dewayne Willis
I want to say again what this person said. When we get to a point we can no longer DO much, it is great pleasure watching you two.Thank you for your years of positive videos.❤
I've lived on a farm my entire life and I never watch a video of yours and not learn something. I love how real you are. I am praying things go well for your dad and you both have the strength and stamina to do all that's needed
However often I see little babies, I still have a sharp intake of breath and go "ahhh it's a little one" as the gosling came into view in their house! I also love seeing how the family unit protects the little ones by surrounding them.
How sweet! The parent geese stepping out first to check out the situation before having the babies step out! Their necks were stretched out as far as could be…🤣🤣❤❤
I love that you stepped out and tried something new. We will often do that as well. You never know until you try. Also, every homestead and every family and every property has different needs. Kudos for the efforts! On to the next thing!
For five years my wife and I Had an urban farm and raised quail for eggs and meat for sale at Sacramento area farmers markets. We went through many of the same trials that Kevin and Sarah did. We wanted to raise them on the ground but found for incubation and egg sales, having the quail in cages with egg roll outs Is a must. But o raise out a new batch of meat birds or breeders, at three weeks old we would put them in 12 inch tall quail tractors that were 30“ x 8‘ and fit the dimensions of our market garden beds. They eat the old crops pests, and weeds, fertilize the bed and we can call our quail meat pasture raised. Once the quail ladies started to lay eggs then we would put them into the rollout cages. Hope this helps someone with their quail journey. 🐦
Always something to do and working together makes it easier. Happy mother's day sarah. Thank you for sharing. God's blessings to you both and continue praying for a speedy recovery for Kevin's dad.
Thank you for sharing with us. I got such a giggle seeing the adult geese with necks stretched out making sure to protect the babies...your silkies and polish are so cute I just love them. Praying for Kevin's dad and your family. God Bless
That t-post driver sure seems like a good investment every time I see you use it. Yes, you bought it due to back problems; and it would save folks from developing (as bad) back problems if they began with one in thier young years. The ease that you put in the t-posts outside of the silkie pen and speed/ time savings just seems like the cost of the t-post driver will be saved many times over during its life time.
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers. No deaths here in Portage MI. The loss of homes & trees is huge. Trees are 4 feet in diameter in some areas. Prayers to all the volunteers & may they stay strong.🙏💪🌈
Everything in life is a learning experience and I love how you share it all. Good or bad. It's the reality of having a homestead and it's hard work. You two are amazing people. Wishing the best for your family through this difficult time.
I appreciate y'all showing the adaptation aspect of homesteading. Learning through failure is a skill I'm still working on. Watching it applied is a great help!
Imagine a world where everything you tried, worked the way you planned. Where is the fun in that? Embrace the failures and have some fun. (Prayers for your dad.)
Thank you for the update on Waddlesville and sharing how you transition your animals. Your consideration for your animals is very commendable. Blessings on your family and your growing homestead!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿 (still praying for complete healing and recovery for Dad 🙏)
Good ☕️☕️ Morning Kevin & Sarah,seeing your birds made my day!I love the variety you have on your beautiful homestead.The polish crested chickens are awesome.Have a wonderful week & thank you for sharing!❤
Good morning, I'm sorry to hear that the quail didn't work out in the hoop house. We were afraid of that. We tell everyone that asks us that it will be an Easter egg hunt every day. Hopefully, you will keep them back in the stacked cages. You were the last shipment before I got ill, and we enjoy the updates.
We have our quail in a small A-frame coop on an 8'x4' 30" high raised bed. There are 10 female, 2 male in that space and egg collection is easy to just reach in ( I use a grabber stick to dig around and collect them) without bending over or worrying about stepping on them. Another benefit of being on the raised bed in a smaller coop is it's shorter so they don't get the momentum to jump up and break their necks. We started them off on wire too and it just got depressing and we almost gave up. This is a better system, the quail are happier, no more scalping and fighting.
Everything is going great so about the quail, my quail raising is doing good. Still praying for your dad . I'm glad the weather has been good no tornado threat for you. Praying for you 🙏 ❤️.
Thks for the update on the quail, I have 50 but seems like it's to much maintenance,for the buck,thks for sharing ,I'm just going to give them away to my brother.Before it really gets out of hand.🎉🎉🎉
Those are the coolest chickens, EVER 🤣Happy Mother's Day, Sarah. Happy Mother Goose day, to the geese. 😄Waddlesville is filling out quiet nicely. Kevin, lifting up your father for a smooth recovery.
This was a great time to spend with you all. All the different birds of a feather are looking good. Love the little ones. Pray your family is doing good.🙏❤️ and Happy Mothers Day Sarah 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Thank you for sharing all of your experiences with us!! I so very much appreciate what you have discovered, both good and bad!! I am sure it will help many of us to be successful in our endeavors!! Blessings!!
We raise quail outside in an enclosed lean-to with an enclosed pen with chicken wire all around it. They are on the ground and we put a little bit of hay around the inside walls. They lay on the ground and we never have trouble finding the eggs. And they aren't on wire, it's on dirt.
"Sow the Land" TH-cam Channel has a video about 2 years ago featuring a Pasture Raised Quail Farmer in Asheville NC "Wild Way Farm". The farmer specifically mentions the "Quail Tractor" needs to be smaller (specs given in video) because the quail get scared and fly up and die (as you've mentioned).
Kevin I hope your dad is doing well. Loved the update on all your feathered friends. I wondered how many goslings you would get and they are very cute. 🌸🐨🌸
I'd love to see you roast a goose! Yum Happy Mothers day Sarah. Your #1 fan from AZ. God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi ☦️ in Scottsdale and Eucharistic Minister
The baby geese are adorable. You could keep the quails in the chickentractor in summer. The eggs are easy to see in the grass. In winter you could keep them indoors if it get to cold in your area.
Praying for Kevin's Dad...! 🙏 And your Waddlesville is such a FUN place to see ALL of the changes you are making...! ❤ You both are GREAT animal parents...! 🤣 H@PpY Mother's Day, Sarah...! God Bless You BOTH...! ✝
We had trouble keeping Polish Chickens as they couldn't see the hawks due to their poofs. We had better luck when we put them in an overgrown blackberry patch but it still didn't work out. Our Polish rooster, "The Colonel" was the meanest rooster we ever owned. The hens were some of the kindest we have ever owned. They were great for brooding eggs! On our property, under our circumstances, it just didn't work out. I hope you have better luck than we did. They were a fun breed despite the obstacles we had! I miss them. Great video! The goslings are so cute! Take care.
Idea. I took cattle/hog panel & connect at ends with 2 or 3 U-bolts per corner. Movable pen. I had 3 pygmy goats in 1, only problem was Sam would hook his horns & lift to ket other 2 wethers out😂
Those goslings are adorable! The geese were pretty protective of them 😊 The Polish chicks are so cute. I hope Tom is recovering nicely. 🙏 Spring has sprung here in MN!
Such a great addition, those polish crested are adorable. The quail are just so sweet. We have a small coop that we place in larger coop with the newbies in it, after a day or so we just open the door on small coop and they all act like best friends. I so want a t-post driver like yours😂, I still have an arbor to create for grapes.
Thanks for the quail update, I was considering using a setup like yours but had some of the same concerns. The only failure is not to try, because you can always learn.
I tried the same type quail set up 6 years ago. Had the same experience. It wasn't worth the work and effort, with such high mortality. Got out of quail entirely. Chickens are so much easier . . though I do miss the tiny quail eggs in our family favorite Shakshuka. ☺
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In my childhood the duck eggs were given to hens to hatch.
It was funny watching those little ducklings in the pond and the mother hen running around, protesting and warning them.
Hey there kiddos. well I raised some Black Polish-White Crested Birds also. They are a lot friendlier than most birds. We actually named some. We could call one little rooster and he would come running. You have your Silkes & Cested together. To keep blood line strait you will have to separate them for a peroid of time-then you can mix them back together. If you do not your eggs will have mixed variety when sitting time comes around. When sitting time came around I always had some mixed Bantam hens. They want to sit they do not care. I actually put some mallard duck eggs under her and she hatched them out. It looked funny ducks following the chicken around. We had a pool. When ducks got in the water mama got pretty upset. Oh Well have a wonderful day. I love you. Dewayne Willis
It's a treat for me WHENEVER you post a video. Love all of Waddlesville. Thanks for sharing your world.
I want to say again what this person said. When we get to a point we can no longer DO much, it is great pleasure watching you two.Thank you for your years of positive videos.❤
I always burst out laughing when I see the white ducks burst out of their coop and do the Waddlesville 50 yard dash. Very funny stuff.
I've lived on a farm my entire life and I never watch a video of yours and not learn something. I love how real you are. I am praying things go well for your dad and you both have the strength and stamina to do all that's needed
However often I see little babies, I still have a sharp intake of breath and go "ahhh it's a little one" as the gosling came into view in their house! I also love seeing how the family unit protects the little ones by surrounding them.
In science we have no failures. We have successes in finding out what doesn't work.
How sweet! The parent geese stepping out first to check out the situation before having the babies step out! Their necks were stretched out as far as could be…🤣🤣❤❤
I love that you stepped out and tried something new. We will often do that as well. You never know until you try. Also, every homestead and every family and every property has different needs. Kudos for the efforts! On to the next thing!
Praying for Kevin's dad
Don’t you love farm animal musical chairs? It seems like a never ending game we play 😂
I just love waddlesville. The goslings are so cute.
How very sweet and so very cute!!! So sorry you lost some of the quail. Pretty chickens and they seem very calm. All the best!
Waddlesville is so much fun to watch! Praying for Kevin’s Dad
Love you guys. Thanks for the update. Even for us who can’t do these things, we still greatly value your sharing real life experiences. God Bless!
Happy Mothers Day Sarah 💓 and other mommies reading this.
I love your bird farm. You two are so inspiring ❤️ ❤❤❤
I felt so HAPPY when I saw the little goslings! And wow do they ever HISS. Brings the goose meme to life lol
I love watching the ducks come out of the coop and waddle off go the trough!
Happy Mother’s day Sarah! I am praying for your dad Kevin. The little goslings are too cute and I enjoy all your videos. God bless you and your family
Oh my! I love the chickens with the white feathers on their heads. So darn cute! I love your videos. Happy Mother's Day!
the babies are so cute!! Happy Mothers Day !! Sarah Praying for Kevin's Dad
❤ you guys ... 👍👍👍👍👍.Stay Protected Stay Blessed 🙏...
Thank you for sharing your life with us.
For five years my wife and I Had an urban farm and raised quail for eggs and meat for sale at Sacramento area farmers markets. We went through many of the same trials that Kevin and Sarah did. We wanted to raise them on the ground but found for incubation and egg sales, having the quail in cages with egg roll outs Is a must. But o raise out a new batch of meat birds or breeders, at three weeks old we would put them in 12 inch tall quail tractors that were 30“ x 8‘ and fit the dimensions of our market garden beds. They eat the old crops pests, and weeds, fertilize the bed and we can call our quail meat pasture raised. Once the quail ladies started to lay eggs then we would put them into the rollout cages. Hope this helps someone with their quail journey. 🐦
That is the cutest thing watching the ducks waddle out. Hugs Kevin and Sarah ❤
Happy Mother’s Day Sarah and prayers for Dad.😊🙏
Prayers continue for your dad and mom too. Sorry the quail test didn’t make the day, but glad you tried. Love the polish chickens ❤
I love seeing all the birds so fun to watch
Always something to do and working together makes it easier. Happy mother's day sarah. Thank you for sharing. God's blessings to you both and continue praying for a speedy recovery for Kevin's dad.
Good morning! So fun to see all the chickens, geese and ducks. Thanks for sharing with us. Continued prayers for dad's healing.
Oh baby geese are darlings.
Good to see you learn as you go. You are producing such helpful videos!
Thank you for sharing with us. I got such a giggle seeing the adult geese with necks stretched out making sure to protect the babies...your silkies and polish are so cute I just love them. Praying for Kevin's dad and your family. God Bless
Thanks for sharing your experience & knowledge. Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦
Prayers continue for your dad🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏♥️
That t-post driver sure seems like a good investment every time I see you use it. Yes, you bought it due to back problems; and it would save folks from developing (as bad) back problems if they began with one in thier young years. The ease that you put in the t-posts outside of the silkie pen and speed/ time savings just seems like the cost of the t-post driver will be saved many times over during its life time.
Love this so much & God Bless 🙏🙏❤️❤️
I always learn from your vids. Thank you for sharing.
Watching the geese come out of the coop reminds me of the motions of the velociraptors in the dinosaur movies. I guess they had good role models :)
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers.
No deaths here in Portage MI. The loss of homes & trees is huge. Trees are 4 feet in diameter in some areas. Prayers to all the volunteers & may they stay strong.🙏💪🌈
Everything in life is a learning experience and I love how you share it all. Good or bad. It's the reality of having a homestead and it's hard work. You two are amazing people. Wishing the best for your family through this difficult time.
I appreciate y'all showing the adaptation aspect of homesteading. Learning through failure is a skill I'm still working on. Watching it applied is a great help!
The goslings are soooooo cute!!
Imagine a world where everything you tried, worked the way you planned. Where is the fun in that? Embrace the failures and have some fun. (Prayers for your dad.)
Thank you for the update on Waddlesville and sharing how you transition your animals. Your consideration for your animals is very commendable. Blessings on your family and your growing homestead!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿 (still praying for complete healing and recovery for Dad 🙏)
love the gosling's there so cute
Congratulations with the new babies!! Happy Mother’s Day ☀️🫶🏻💕
Good ☕️☕️ Morning Kevin & Sarah,seeing your birds made my day!I love the variety you have on your beautiful homestead.The polish crested chickens are awesome.Have a wonderful week & thank you for sharing!❤
Love the cute little fluffy goslings. Those black ones with the white fuzzy feathers are beyond cute.
Fantastic video 👍 I think all of the birds in Waddelsville will be extremely happy ❤️
So happy your dad is doing well after surgery. And also glad you taped this video ahead of time so we could watch something on Saturday morning, lol.
Good morning, I'm sorry to hear that the quail didn't work out in the hoop house. We were afraid of that. We tell everyone that asks us that it will be an Easter egg hunt every day. Hopefully, you will keep them back in the stacked cages. You were the last shipment before I got ill, and we enjoy the updates.
If he used layer of sand for bedding instead if chips reckon it would work better than hunting for eggs in the chips?
We have our quail in a small A-frame coop on an 8'x4' 30" high raised bed. There are 10 female, 2 male in that space and egg collection is easy to just reach in ( I use a grabber stick to dig around and collect them) without bending over or worrying about stepping on them. Another benefit of being on the raised bed in a smaller coop is it's shorter so they don't get the momentum to jump up and break their necks. We started them off on wire too and it just got depressing and we almost gave up. This is a better system, the quail are happier, no more scalping and fighting.
Everything is going great so about the quail, my quail raising is doing good. Still praying for your dad . I'm glad the weather has been good no tornado threat for you. Praying for you 🙏 ❤️.
Thks for the update on the quail, I have 50 but seems like it's to much maintenance,for the buck,thks for sharing ,I'm just going to give them away to my brother.Before it really gets out of hand.🎉🎉🎉
Hope your dad is doing well. I love the Polish crested chickens. They remind me of Andy Warhol!
❤Still praying for your dad a fast and pain free recovery...how are the rabbits doing...❤Praise the Lord Jesus ❤
Those are the coolest chickens, EVER 🤣Happy Mother's Day, Sarah. Happy Mother Goose day, to the geese. 😄Waddlesville is filling out quiet nicely. Kevin, lifting up your father for a smooth recovery.
Continued prayers for Kevin's dad and the family during this busy time. Happy Mother's Day!
I had a Polish Crested chicken,they are gorgeous❤❤❤
The little goslings are too cute 🐥🐣my favorite videos you do involve the baby animals 💛😊
Prayers for your Dad tomorrow!
Sending love and healing thoughts to your Dad for a smooth recovery and rehab ❤❤❤
This was a great time to spend with you all. All the different birds of a feather are looking good. Love the little ones. Pray your family is doing good.🙏❤️ and Happy Mothers Day Sarah 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Good morning ☕🌞
Thank you for sharing all of your experiences with us!! I so very much appreciate what you have discovered, both good and bad!! I am sure it will help many of us to be successful in our endeavors!!
Blessings!!
Always enjoy your videos and learn something new. Love seeing the morning duck run! Val C ❤️🙏🏻
LOVE WADDLESVILLE, SUCH A GREAT PLACE FOR FEATHERED FRIENDS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
Thankyou Kevin & Sarah. Cool ! God Bless you all in Love. Prayers. Maranatha ! ( shared to f/b )
Hello all ! Praying for you everyday. Dad is getting special prayers well as Mom.
We raise quail outside in an enclosed lean-to with an enclosed pen with chicken wire all around it. They are on the ground and we put a little bit of hay around the inside walls. They lay on the ground and we never have trouble finding the eggs. And they aren't on wire, it's on dirt.
"Sow the Land" TH-cam Channel has a video about 2 years ago featuring a Pasture Raised Quail Farmer in Asheville NC "Wild Way Farm". The farmer specifically mentions the "Quail Tractor" needs to be smaller (specs given in video) because the quail get scared and fly up and die (as you've mentioned).
You have a really nice set up for your birds. I have chickens and Muscovys but they don't do well together so I have to keep them in separate areas.
Kevin I hope your dad is doing well. Loved the update on all your feathered friends. I wondered how many goslings you would get and they are very cute. 🌸🐨🌸
Congratulations on developing a well thought out plan for your poultry and enjoying this measure of success for them.
I'd love to see you roast a goose! Yum Happy Mothers day Sarah. Your #1 fan from AZ. God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi ☦️ in Scottsdale and Eucharistic Minister
All is well in Waddlesville. Hope Dad is healing. Take care and Happy Mother’s Day!🌸V
The baby geese are adorable. You could keep the quails in the chickentractor in summer. The eggs are easy to see in the grass. In winter you could keep them indoors if it get to cold in your area.
Love, love, love the "Hippie chickens". The goslings are adorable ❤️. Continued prayers for Kevin's dad. ❤❤
Praying for Kevin's Dad...! 🙏 And your Waddlesville is such a FUN place to see ALL of the changes you are making...! ❤ You both are GREAT animal parents...! 🤣
H@PpY Mother's Day, Sarah...! God Bless You BOTH...! ✝
Love what you are doing. Praying your dad gets better quickly.❤
You put a smile on my face this morning. Happy Mother’s Day Sarah! God Bless!!
Praying for your Dad. Enjoy your birds they make me smile.
Good morning 🙏😊
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY Sarah!
Have a blessed day 🥰
Thanks so much
I just love the silky birds and their roommates. Oh there beautiful.❤
I love seeing u 2 work together. It’s just down home SWEET,
Babies are life!! I want to take my broody hen to set on eggs. I think it would be amazing. Congratulations 🎉🎉
Happy MOTHER'S DAY Sarah from Wendy Bertie a viewer in Toronto Ontario Canada
Loved all the updates in Waddlesville! Always look forward to your videos~
So much fun seeing them all growing and looking so healthy. Baby's are so cute.
We had trouble keeping Polish Chickens as they couldn't see the hawks due to their poofs. We had better luck when we put them in an overgrown blackberry patch but it still didn't work out. Our Polish rooster, "The Colonel" was the meanest rooster we ever owned. The hens were some of the kindest we have ever owned. They were great for brooding eggs! On our property, under our circumstances, it just didn't work out. I hope you have better luck than we did. They were a fun breed despite the obstacles we had! I miss them. Great video! The goslings are so cute! Take care.
Idea. I took cattle/hog panel & connect at ends with 2 or 3 U-bolts per corner. Movable pen. I had 3 pygmy goats in 1, only problem was Sam would hook his horns & lift to ket other 2 wethers out😂
Great update
Those goslings are adorable! The geese were pretty protective of them 😊
The Polish chicks are so cute.
I hope Tom is recovering nicely. 🙏
Spring has sprung here in MN!
Such a great addition, those polish crested are adorable. The quail are just so sweet. We have a small coop that we place in larger coop with the newbies in it, after a day or so we just open the door on small coop and they all act like best friends. I so want a t-post driver like yours😂, I still have an arbor to create for grapes.
I enjoy watching your videos thank you
Hello from Joplin Missouri.. been watching all your videos on Cornish cross meat chickens
Blessings to you all! Praying for you all! Happy mother's day!
Thanks for the quail update, I was considering using a setup like yours but had some of the same concerns. The only failure is not to try, because you can always learn.
Thank you for sharing your day. Changes made are looking good. God Bless to you and family
I tried the same type quail set up 6 years ago. Had the same experience. It wasn't worth the work and effort, with such high mortality. Got out of quail entirely. Chickens are so much easier . . though I do miss the tiny quail eggs in our family favorite Shakshuka. ☺