Looks great! One of the things I like most about your work on the homestead is how clean you are! Every job, including clean up, is complete! Spic and Span!
fantastic chicken coup. I suggest you find a singular duck to imprint on the group and thereby become the "guard dog" for the chicks to defend them from critters and sound the alarm when there is danger. This tried and trusted method is low cost and every new batch of chicks will eventually imprint onto the duck and see it as their "parent""
Tyrone Plint, we had contemplated a guard goose and in light of recent events did get a pair of goslings, we will cover in a upcoming video and why we got two instead of one (I would have preferred one). Thank you for the tip :)
A goose is larger than a duck and has a natural guardian instinct, To see an actual example, watch some of Jason Rhoades guardian goose, Donald and hear why the goose is a better "cop".
I had neighbors who kept guard geese behind their house, the geese would let them know if anything came down the hill. Their house was at base of hill, it just went right up behind them. You could hear them go off from a mile away.
What a beautiful and useful life, I am impressed, these all are my dreams, gardening, chicken, plants wow, but in Pakistan we dont have that much facility, though too busy in studies, but its my dream to live organic life like you. I will, copy your life style, Love, pray and peace from Pakistan.
I just started watching your videos, from the start, about 2 weeks ago. I have enjoyed watching all of your new experiences with the move to Alaska. I also really enjoy the bloopers. You guys are great. Looking forward to more videos in the future.
Just 5 minutes in but had to stop & let you know that cutting the wing down to secondary feather, right or left, just not both, only makes them flap harder lol....but just one wing & it stops them from flying! Loving the video thanks.
Your chicks are really growing. I love this coup, its really neat! These electric poultry netting are very popular, many are switching to this. They have tons of room and natural habitat. Glad they are going back in the coup. Awesome job Y'all. Your place is looking amazing!
What a nice space for the chickens to roam. It's so fun to watch chickens develop their personalities. It should be fun to see which rooster(s) turns out to be the most well rounded with a friendly disposition as well as being a leader and protector. Out of the two roosters that we had, one of them was a leader, explorer, and so friendly from the start. I still miss the the Dot. He was a great rooster. Nice job with the fence guys.
Just found y'alls channel last week and have been binge watching ur videos. Love them all cant wait for the uocoming garden season to watch what u guys will be planting. ❤
Those chickens will love that wooded area, Im doing the same thing where I will be enclosing like 1 acre of wooded and short grass with that same fence which will allow them options to rummage through the grass or woods and then probably have a giant pile of dirt compost nearby. They love that BIG DIRT COMPOST PILE because of all the BUGS. Ive also built a chicken tractor that I move every so often to keep it clean, the days of cleaning a coup are finally over.
Great setup! So impressed with both of you. I’ve been binge watching from the beginning videos for about five days and have enjoyed watching your progress. 👍❤️
Your videos are great! Please keep them coming, it's so fun to watch somebody build their homestead! Ours was put together (though the work never stops) over the past 10 years and watching you guys brings back so many memories. Keep up the good work - you're both amazing!! ps: drink lots of water and don't forget to rest. I can't imagine how we'd have done 19 hour days - it was only the dark that made us stop!
my favorite video yet, love the idea with the logs as post. Glad you put your funnies in at the end, we're just shooting our first potential video now and we were crying laughing when we watched it back and going to add them on as you have. Watching you guys is like seeing a future snippet of what we will be doing and we can't wait. Looking forward to watching more
David Chapman our first video ever, which isn't on our channel due to music copyright issues, took about 70 plus takes for the first scene, it gets soo much easier with time 😁
The out takes were funny. Good to watch. Seen others that raise poultry in Alaska that provide netting to prevent aerial predators. Figure you guys will cross that bridge when you come to it.
We've had good success deterring air predators with taking some really inexpensive, shiny aluminum wire and stringing it from trees, back and forth over human head level across the chicken yard area (it's NOT electrified). This method is used to deter seagulls from swimming pools in FL and it seems to have stopped owls and hawks in TN in our chicken yard. The wire need not be tight, just looped around tree trunks or branches where it can move a bit when the trees move. The wire is easy to move if you change the electric netting area. The air predators seem to see shiny wires in the air with their keen eyesight and avoid flying into the yard. Don't know in your wilderness area if the air predators would be aware of wire dangers, but maybe it's worth a try? I would clip wing feathers also on chickens that continually fly over, because they will start roosting in the trees rather than going back inside the fence.
Y'all have provided another fantastic lesson video, which is what I refer to your videos as, that will help me build my duck farm once I relocate to the Kenai! I plan on starting out with 200 ducks moving up a second season to eight hundred to a thousand, if sales turn out to be good. The fencing is outstanding, I have already chosen Premier as my fence of choice, but I was concerned about the difficulties in setting it up in Alaska conditions. You have allayed my concerns completely! I shall be paying attention to your updates on your fence, which I hope you will do ever so often. I would recommend you create some earthworm growing tubs for use in both your garden and for your chickens. You can Farm worms just as well as you can Farm chickens. You have your big hoop house and that would be a fantastic place for your worm farm. I would also suggest that you look into propagating black soldier flies, they have 40% protein when used as food for fowl. Cheers from the oil patch in Central Wyoming
JR Bailey, I bet there would be a great market for that here! We seriously love premier1 fencing and plan to talk about it in future videos. Great suggestion about keeping worms or black soldier flies, I looked into worm vermiculture and don't quite have a great spot for them to overwinter but may consider finding a way to keep them in the future!
Wow... it's like a chicken condo, or a chicken estate!! Hahaha. Great job you guys 👍. It's fun to watch your journey & the progress your making. Keep on fighting the good fight 💪!!!
After seeing a chicken population eventually get devastated by airial predators I've always thought about ways to protect them. Even if it is not that expensive to replace the chickens it bothers me to see them get munched by predators. I liked the big chicken tractor for that reason, I have seen large chicken coop areas with netting over the top (some areas use netting to protect apple orchards from hail damage so it is available).
I used the premier 1 net on my 80 acre farm near Montana creek by Talkeetna. It worked really well. Even kept the wolves, coyotes and grizzly bears out from my poultry and hogs. Highly recommend it. It is useless in the 5 feet deep snow we had all winter. The moose hated it. They will tear it up and get tangled in it.
Grandpa's Farm rides again! Thank you for the info, that is good to know. The 1 joule seems pretty unpleasant when we or the animals accidentally get hit.
Hey, thanks for following up with the worm info! I'm envious. I keep a worm bin down in the heated crawlspace over Winter; inoculate the outdoor compost bin every Spring, but we can't seem to establish any population over the long freeze-up. USDA zone 1a. What breed of chicken are you raising? I could watch chickens run around for hours... guess I'm easily entertained.
Chris Sturgeon, me too! Poultry are really fun :) That is very cool you are able to keep worms, I looked into vermiculture for here but don't have anywhere to keep them over winter except our cabin and maybe in a root cellar but I'm thinking that would be too cold. From what I read, red wiqqlers can't winter here but the nightcrawlers can, I think they lay eggs that hatch in the spring. Do you know what kind of worms you have?
Eric, I’m so disappointed, you didn’t say “pound these into the ground” at 6:28. Missed opportunity. Been binge watching your videos in order... I’m up to here and love them 🌲🌲🌲
Nice run - Lucky chickens = Happy chickens. Hope it all works out well for you. We are now in the south, and "welfare" predators can really wipe out your flock. Thanks for taking us along.. You guys are doing great.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska LOL IMO there are many things they can be eating in the wild, not something easy....like in my closed up coops. Fat and Sassy critters someone has been feeding sure beats having to hunt your own.. Thus "welfare" predators. They always come back for more.
I have heard that there are snakes in Alaska, which would be something to keep an eye on. Also another homestead site with chickens said they had an issue with aerial predators sitting on tree branches and picking off chickens from the flock. Good luck with the peeps.
Lisa Nowakow, we will be doing a video soon on aerial predators, there are not snakes here where we live, generally our chickens eat snakes if they are small enough but I could see the possibility of danger if there were large ones. I did a quick search and found that garter snakes are in SE Alaska.
You both crack me up with the bloopers lol. Nice run for the chooks guys. In the spring when we get our chooks I hope we can find the Premier 1 fencing over here in Australia because I will be making a tractor to move around the backyard and fertilise as they go, so that we can turn it for a bit then plant it out. That's the plan anyway lol. Michelle
That’s awesome guys, the run looks great. Have you guys seen any marten around your area. Those guys and bears are the number one chicken killer in our area. Also congratulations on hitting 7k. You guys are amazing. Tell Eric to take a breath😂 Hope all is well with you guys.
My Alaska Dream, thanks! Eric goes through these bouts where he just keeps talking and won't take a break :) We also have marten here and think that owls, foxes and martin are most likely going to be our biggest predators.
I was surprised to find worms out here in the desert. It's hard clay soil over here and not much water penetration. When we got mulch down and regular water, the worms showed up.😀
Green Dream Project, that's awesome! I have always thought if the conditions were right they would come but was a little surprised when doing some research to find out there is only one native worm here.
Courtney Kachur we get a lot of snow here and want it up high for the winter months, also they use the underside for shade in the summer. Thanks for commenting😀✌
Awesome, what area? I think you are referring to the windows (as the exposed side)? I imagine it will get just as cold in there as it is outside, the whole concept is open front for good ventilation and low moisture to prevent or minimize frostbite, they are an older design specifically for cold climates.
Just finished watching your two coop build videos and now this one about the fence. You guys have created a wonderful home and outdoor environment for your chickens. I'm wondering why you want 50, which seems to be a lot of hens for two people, but maybe you sell eggs to the neighbors? I guess I may find out as I continue watching. Now on to the guard goose video! :-) P.S. I love the outtakes, too! Did someone accidentally touch the hot wire?!
That is nice, but in that environment you should do some bird netting. Especially with the eagles and hawks Alaska has. Clip their wings to keep them from flying over the fence.
Pamela Roden, we plan to free range the chickens and we have considered clipping their wings but they do not appreciate handling and are still very good at flying with clipped wings from what I have read...but we agree that aerial predators have become a concern and will be doing an update on this matter soon :)
Great. A lot of homesteaders use the same fence for its flexibility. Do you plan to process your hens when they reach maturity and replenish the flock with fertilized chicks by roosters? No more buying new chicks? Also how big is your property?
J D, we are on a little over 3.5 acres. We do plan to cull older hens and extra roosters, primarily for our dogs and to make broth. I don't believe we will have to buy new chicks, I specifically wanted this landrace to have moms that reliably go broody and are capable of raising their own chicks but I have yet to do that so we will see. We were very impressed with the fences flexibility like you mentioned :)
Simple Living Alaska what is the primary purpose for your chickens? Is it eggs and chicken broth? Because you process the meat primarily for your dogs and not for you guys to eat. Maybe you can address this in one of your videos in the future. Great channel 👌
We have Bobcats, Mountain Lions, Hawks and Eagles so I dont think this would work for us. I wish my chickens can roam freer. I liked your chicken tractor in Oregon and am thinking of making something similar.
Chickens really seemed to like their new expanded area. Yay! Winter questions: What happens when you keep that many birds together in a roosting house? Will you attempt to have more space for daytime chicken activities that are not freeze exposed? How exactly is that handled in subzero climates? Just wondering. For real, just curious.
Paulla Wells, we only have experience at our previous place during the winter to answer your question, we had a 8 x 8 room off our barn with a covered run about 200-250 sqft, the chickens and ducks were primarily allowed to free range but on occasion were confined to the coop and run They generally didn't leave their covered run during the periods of snow that we had which was only a few weeks out of the year. We felt comfortable housing 50 birds in that room and honestly would feel okay with more as long as they were allowed significantly more space when not roosting. The plan with these birds is to keep under the lean-to snow free as well as an area around the coop, plus they will have the space under the coop, as far as them going out in subzero temps I haven't experienced that yet so I don't know what will actually happen but these birds are capable of handling our winters, hopefully with minimal frostbite too. I'm sure we will have our challenges when those winter months come around but we will be sure to include it in a video :)
Simple Living Alaska - Thank you so much for the answer! I ask only because I spent some time in AK during the winter and I never thought about homesteading in that location. Personally I can’t imagine chickens in the dark and cold. It will be interesting to say the least to see how they deal with it all, especially the dark. I wonder how it would go for them with another hoop house style ranging area with an artificial light source if they seem to be negatively affected by the cold and dark. This is a serious cliff hanger if there ever was one!
I didn't mention it but we do plan to have a light on for them, not a heat lamp but I believe they do better when provided artificial lighting since our darkest day has just over 3 hours of sun :)
Simple Living Alaska - Right!?! My mother lived there and my first time in Fairbanks was to help her out of the cabin fever that sets in on some folks. Can’t imagine what that does to chickens. Lol
Whenever I moved some wood I used love to bring over a few of my chickens so they could feed, they just love the ants and it got rid of them for me. If you can get ahold of wood shavings or saw dust your eggs will stay clean in the laying boxes and in some places it's real cheap or free and it works on the gournd to. :0peace
Nice size pen plenty of scratching space, guess with the 1 joule powered fence capable to deter a roaming moose there will be minimal concern for nocturnal joule thieves.
The aerial view of the chicken coop and fencing is impressive. Love the little chicks 😊
Looks great! One of the things I like most about your work on the homestead is how clean you are! Every job, including clean up, is complete! Spic and Span!
My goodness y'all do some great work.
Y'all compliment each other and make a perfect team.
Keep on keeping on!
What a great chicken run. The chickens are so happy foraging. Your eggs must taste amazing.
fantastic chicken coup. I suggest you find a singular duck to imprint on the group and thereby become the "guard dog" for the chicks to defend them from critters and sound the alarm when there is danger. This tried and trusted method is low cost and every new batch of chicks will eventually imprint onto the duck and see it as their "parent""
Tyrone Plint, we had contemplated a guard goose and in light of recent events did get a pair of goslings, we will cover in a upcoming video and why we got two instead of one (I would have preferred one). Thank you for the tip :)
A goose is larger than a duck and has a natural guardian instinct, To see an actual example, watch some of Jason Rhoades guardian goose, Donald and hear why the goose is a better "cop".
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I had neighbors who kept guard geese behind their house, the geese would let them know if anything came down the hill. Their house was at base of hill, it just went right up behind them. You could hear them go off from a mile away.
You invented a new word !! MAJESTICAL love your channel you do a great job !!
@billg1527 - Haha I was going to say something too. 😎
billg1527, oh yes, I realized that I combined majestic and magical :) Thanks for watching!
I approve
I love that they will be able to forage
What a beautiful and useful life, I am impressed, these all are my dreams, gardening, chicken, plants wow, but in Pakistan we dont have that much facility, though too busy in studies, but its my dream to live organic life like you. I will, copy your life style, Love, pray and peace from Pakistan.
@@rch6956 Murre, Gilgit, Chitral, Northern Ares brother.
I just started watching your videos, from the start, about 2 weeks ago. I have enjoyed watching all of your new experiences with the move to Alaska. I also really enjoy the bloopers. You guys are great. Looking forward to more videos in the future.
Juanita Martin, thank you for watching :)
You two are such a great team!! The run looks great! The chicks are quite adorable so curious and energetic.
Just 5 minutes in but had to stop & let you know that cutting the wing down to secondary feather, right or left, just not both, only makes them flap harder lol....but just one wing & it stops them from flying!
Loving the video thanks.
Your chicks are really growing. I love this coup, its really neat! These electric poultry netting are very popular, many are switching to this. They have tons of room and natural habitat. Glad they are going back in the coup. Awesome job Y'all. Your place is looking amazing!
Sojourner thank you!
Bloopers are fun. cheers
Nice chicken run
My god you two you have done a brilliant job on the chicken coup well done from the UK
What a nice space for the chickens to roam. It's so fun to watch chickens develop their personalities. It should be fun to see which rooster(s) turns out to be the most well rounded with a friendly disposition as well as being a leader and protector. Out of the two roosters that we had, one of them was a leader, explorer, and so friendly from the start. I still miss the the Dot. He was a great rooster. Nice job with the fence guys.
Almost Homestead this will be our first time keeping roosters and we are so looking forward to it! 😀
Lucky chicks! They have the nicest chicken “home” I have ever seen. All you do is simply great 👍
Just found y'alls channel last week and have been binge watching ur videos. Love them all cant wait for the uocoming garden season to watch what u guys will be planting. ❤
Those chickens will love that wooded area, Im doing the same thing where I will be enclosing like 1 acre of wooded and short grass with that same fence which will allow them options to rummage through the grass or woods and then probably have a giant pile of dirt compost nearby. They love that BIG DIRT COMPOST PILE because of all the BUGS. Ive also built a chicken tractor that I move every so often to keep it clean, the days of cleaning a coup are finally over.
Great setup! So impressed with both of you. I’ve been binge watching from the beginning videos for about five days and have enjoyed watching your progress. 👍❤️
Your home and animals and garden are looking so good. It all seems to tie in naturally. Such hard work! Enjoyed.
Susanne Galligan, thank you!
Your videos are great! Please keep them coming, it's so fun to watch somebody build their homestead! Ours was put together (though the work never stops) over the past 10 years and watching you guys brings back so many memories. Keep up the good work - you're both amazing!! ps: drink lots of water and don't forget to rest. I can't imagine how we'd have done 19 hour days - it was only the dark that made us stop!
Alison Derum, thank you for your encouraging words! The work doesn't seem to stop. We have a tendency to take on too much :)
A very nice looking chicken coop.
Your chickens are styling. You're creating sustainability. Good job.The outtakes are funny:)
Great job you guys. The homestead is definitely coming together with all you’re hard work. It looks amazing. Love the outtakes.
my favorite video yet, love the idea with the logs as post. Glad you put your funnies in at the end, we're just shooting our first potential video now and we were crying laughing when we watched it back and going to add them on as you have. Watching you guys is like seeing a future snippet of what we will be doing and we can't wait. Looking forward to watching more
David Chapman our first video ever, which isn't on our channel due to music copyright issues, took about 70 plus takes for the first scene, it gets soo much easier with time 😁
Love ALL your videos.. blessings
I love the bloopers in this one!
Nice job. Happy chickens....good eggs.
Awesome. What a great life you live. You both work very hard. You are a great team.
Great job. Need to put fence around my chickens area.
Happy chickens... happy eggs!
Impressive! Great job guys.
Thanks for your great videos!
The out takes were funny. Good to watch. Seen others that raise poultry in Alaska that provide netting to prevent aerial predators. Figure you guys will cross that bridge when you come to it.
So cool! I love watching you guys build stuff.
We've had good success deterring air predators with taking some really inexpensive, shiny aluminum wire and stringing it from trees, back and forth over human head level across the chicken yard area (it's NOT electrified). This method is used to deter seagulls from swimming pools in FL and it seems to have stopped owls and hawks in TN in our chicken yard. The wire need not be tight, just looped around tree trunks or branches where it can move a bit when the trees move. The wire is easy to move if you change the electric netting area. The air predators seem to see shiny wires in the air with their keen eyesight and avoid flying into the yard. Don't know in your wilderness area if the air predators would be aware of wire dangers, but maybe it's worth a try? I would clip wing feathers also on chickens that continually fly over, because they will start roosting in the trees rather than going back inside the fence.
I can't wait to try my own backyard chickens!
“Two positives to an electric fence” made me laugh out loud.
Thank you very much! Y’all are so cute together.
Nice job. Your place is looking really good. Thanks for sharing.
Y'all have provided another fantastic lesson video, which is what I refer to your videos as, that will help me build my duck farm once I relocate to the Kenai!
I plan on starting out with 200 ducks moving up a second season to eight hundred to a thousand, if sales turn out to be good.
The fencing is outstanding, I have already chosen Premier as my fence of choice, but I was concerned about the difficulties in setting it up in Alaska conditions.
You have allayed my concerns completely! I shall be paying attention to your updates on your fence, which I hope you will do ever so often.
I would recommend you create some earthworm growing tubs for use in both your garden and for your chickens. You can Farm worms just as well as you can Farm chickens.
You have your big hoop house and that would be a fantastic place for your worm farm. I would also suggest that you look into propagating black soldier flies, they have 40% protein when used as food for fowl.
Cheers from the oil patch in Central Wyoming
JR Bailey, I bet there would be a great market for that here! We seriously love premier1 fencing and plan to talk about it in future videos. Great suggestion about keeping worms or black soldier flies, I looked into worm vermiculture and don't quite have a great spot for them to overwinter but may consider finding a way to keep them in the future!
Cut the threshold out of doorway then you can rake and sweep straight out into wheel barrow etc.
Can alway screw seal under door.
Great job and those babies look so happy
Thnks for sharing your adventures on your homestead in Alaska. Love the bloopers at the end! 😝
Love your project vids!!
Team work is getting a lot done with your homestead 😁😎🤗thanks for sharing 😁😎🤗
getting some Alan Jackson vibes from this song! Great video :)
Excellent, love it .. home sweet home little by little💚🌹🌷👌🌷🌹💚
How will you keep snakes out.and you will eventually need top netting to prevent areaial predator from getting them.but love that coup
Snakes don't live in Alaska because of how cold it is :)
Wow... it's like a chicken condo, or a chicken estate!! Hahaha. Great job you guys 👍. It's fun to watch your journey & the progress your making. Keep on fighting the good fight 💪!!!
After seeing a chicken population eventually get devastated by airial predators I've always thought about ways to protect them. Even if it is not that expensive to replace the chickens it bothers me to see them get munched by predators. I liked the big chicken tractor for that reason, I have seen large chicken coop areas with netting over the top (some areas use netting to protect apple orchards from hail damage so it is available).
David Mc stay tuned for upcoming videos on our attempt to deter aerial pretators, as we also hate to see a chicken go.
I used the premier 1 net on my 80 acre farm near Montana creek by Talkeetna. It worked really well. Even kept the wolves, coyotes and grizzly bears out from my poultry and hogs. Highly recommend it. It is useless in the 5 feet deep snow we had all winter. The moose hated it. They will tear it up and get tangled in it.
Grandpa's Farm rides again! Thank you for the info, that is good to know. The 1 joule seems pretty unpleasant when we or the animals accidentally get hit.
neat job on the fence😃
Very nice those chickens are going to have a great time
Your blooper sections crack me up..
Love your bloopers most of all 😃❤️😃❤️
Great job! But where is the entertainment value in testing the electric fence off camera? Just kidding! You have very happy poultry.
Sherry 2, we actually did not have to test this one, it is powerful and we got hit several times on accident!
Looks amazing.
Hey, thanks for following up with the worm info! I'm envious. I keep a worm bin down in the heated crawlspace over Winter; inoculate the outdoor compost bin every Spring, but we can't seem to establish any population over the long freeze-up. USDA zone 1a.
What breed of chicken are you raising? I could watch chickens run around for hours... guess I'm easily entertained.
Chris Sturgeon, me too! Poultry are really fun :) That is very cool you are able to keep worms, I looked into vermiculture for here but don't have anywhere to keep them over winter except our cabin and maybe in a root cellar but I'm thinking that would be too cold. From what I read, red wiqqlers can't winter here but the nightcrawlers can, I think they lay eggs that hatch in the spring. Do you know what kind of worms you have?
Eric, I’m so disappointed, you didn’t say “pound these into the ground” at 6:28. Missed opportunity. Been binge watching your videos in order... I’m up to here and love them 🌲🌲🌲
Awesome way to put it all together! Ty
Nice job on the coop and fencing. Frank
Chickens are great .
Nice run - Lucky chickens = Happy chickens. Hope it all works out well for you. We are now in the south, and "welfare" predators can really wipe out your flock. Thanks for taking us along.. You guys are doing great.
Green Rage thank's for watching and commenting! Welfare predators??
@@SimpleLivingAlaska LOL IMO there are many things they can be eating in the wild, not something easy....like in my closed up coops. Fat and Sassy critters someone has been feeding sure beats having to hunt your own.. Thus "welfare" predators. They always come back for more.
gotcha ;)
Great Job Guys. Your Chickens have it made‼️👍👍 Vinny 🇺🇸
Love the bloopers, need more please. For awhile I was wondering, do they really not mess up at all?
I have heard that there are snakes in Alaska, which would be something to keep an eye on. Also another homestead site with chickens said they had an issue with aerial predators sitting on tree branches and picking off chickens from the flock. Good luck with the peeps.
Lisa Nowakow, we will be doing a video soon on aerial predators, there are not snakes here where we live, generally our chickens eat snakes if they are small enough but I could see the possibility of danger if there were large ones. I did a quick search and found that garter snakes are in SE Alaska.
Nice, nice, nice!
The place is looking good guys. Great video 😊
You both crack me up with the bloopers lol. Nice run for the chooks guys. In the spring when we get our chooks I hope we can find the Premier 1 fencing over here in Australia because I will be making a tractor to move around the backyard and fertilise as they go, so that we can turn it for a bit then plant it out. That's the plan anyway lol. Michelle
bohemiangypsy99, that sounds like a wonderful idea, we loved chicken tractors when we had them, it kept our small birds safe :)
Majestical
Not sure if it will work on your chickens, but if you cut the feathers on only one wing, they will not be able to fly. Good luck!!
Carol Buddie, thank you, we may have to do that but I have read they are still pretty good at clearing fences with clipped wings.
Looks really good.
Nice job
That’s awesome guys, the run looks great. Have you guys seen any marten around your area. Those guys and bears are the number one chicken killer in our area.
Also congratulations on hitting 7k. You guys are amazing.
Tell Eric to take a breath😂
Hope all is well with you guys.
My Alaska Dream, thanks! Eric goes through these bouts where he just keeps talking and won't take a break :) We also have marten here and think that owls, foxes and martin are most likely going to be our biggest predators.
Like every video u shown.. 🤗🤗🤗😘😘
I was surprised to find worms out here in the desert. It's hard clay soil over here and not much water penetration. When we got mulch down and regular water, the worms showed up.😀
Green Dream Project, that's awesome! I have always thought if the conditions were right they would come but was a little surprised when doing some research to find out there is only one native worm here.
Since the gate is not electrified, will the predators be able to enter your chicken run? Thank
Tank you vidéo magnifique super bravo cool
I would trade my land in the Amazon Forrest in Brazil, for Alaska... in the blink of an eye!
Great job, fencing looks great. You two are working so hard creating a homestead from scratch.
Your coop is elevated. I am just learning. Why elevate the coop in your cold climate??
Courtney Kachur we get a lot of snow here and want it up high for the winter months, also they use the underside for shade in the summer. Thanks for commenting😀✌
But the extra exposed side doesn’t make it into an icebox?
We are in the great white north as well. 😀
Awesome, what area?
I think you are referring to the windows (as the exposed side)? I imagine it will get just as cold in there as it is outside, the whole concept is open front for good ventilation and low moisture to prevent or minimize frostbite, they are an older design specifically for cold climates.
What breeds of chickens are you doing?
David Dempsey we have Icelandic chickens ☺
Wow
Just finished watching your two coop build videos and now this one about the fence. You guys have created a wonderful home and outdoor environment for your chickens. I'm wondering why you want 50, which seems to be a lot of hens for two people, but maybe you sell eggs to the neighbors? I guess I may find out as I continue watching. Now on to the guard goose video! :-) P.S. I love the outtakes, too! Did someone accidentally touch the hot wire?!
wow, your place is really taking off...lots of hard work, but such big payoffs!
Hi. I am a new subscriber to your channel. Curious if you will have a problem with snakes trying to get to the eggs when rhe chickens start laying?
Tai Lilly we don't have snakes where we live. Appreciate you watching :)
I have several of those fences and I love them!!! It pays to have an extra battery. I also use them around my garden
That is nice, but in that environment you should do some bird netting. Especially with the eagles and hawks Alaska has. Clip their wings to keep them from flying over the fence.
Pamela Roden, we plan to free range the chickens and we have considered clipping their wings but they do not appreciate handling and are still very good at flying with clipped wings from what I have read...but we agree that aerial predators have become a concern and will be doing an update on this matter soon :)
Great. A lot of homesteaders use the same fence for its flexibility. Do you plan to process your hens when they reach maturity and replenish the flock with fertilized chicks by roosters? No more buying new chicks?
Also how big is your property?
J D, we are on a little over 3.5 acres. We do plan to cull older hens and extra roosters, primarily for our dogs and to make broth. I don't believe we will have to buy new chicks, I specifically wanted this landrace to have moms that reliably go broody and are capable of raising their own chicks but I have yet to do that so we will see. We were very impressed with the fences flexibility like you mentioned :)
Simple Living Alaska what is the primary purpose for your chickens? Is it eggs and chicken broth? Because you process the meat primarily for your dogs and not for you guys to eat. Maybe you can address this in one of your videos in the future. Great channel 👌
We have Bobcats, Mountain Lions, Hawks and Eagles so I dont think this would work for us. I wish my chickens can roam freer. I liked your chicken tractor in Oregon and am thinking of making something similar.
you can use the clean up chicken shit to make more earthworm..and thanks for the nice NG cuts...haha...
Did any of your chickens trigger the electric by touching it? Did it hurt them?
Chickens really seemed to like their new expanded area. Yay!
Winter questions: What happens when you keep that many birds together in a roosting house? Will you attempt to have more space for daytime chicken activities that are not freeze exposed? How exactly is that handled in subzero climates? Just wondering. For real, just curious.
Paulla Wells, we only have experience at our previous place during the winter to answer your question, we had a 8 x 8 room off our barn with a covered run about 200-250 sqft, the chickens and ducks were primarily allowed to free range but on occasion were confined to the coop and run They generally didn't leave their covered run during the periods of snow that we had which was only a few weeks out of the year. We felt comfortable housing 50 birds in that room and honestly would feel okay with more as long as they were allowed significantly more space when not roosting.
The plan with these birds is to keep under the lean-to snow free as well as an area around the coop, plus they will have the space under the coop, as far as them going out in subzero temps I haven't experienced that yet so I don't know what will actually happen but these birds are capable of handling our winters, hopefully with minimal frostbite too. I'm sure we will have our challenges when those winter months come around but we will be sure to include it in a video :)
Simple Living Alaska - Thank you so much for the answer! I ask only because I spent some time in AK during the winter and I never thought about homesteading in that location. Personally I can’t imagine chickens in the dark and cold. It will be interesting to say the least to see how they deal with it all, especially the dark. I wonder how it would go for them with another hoop house style ranging area with an artificial light source if they seem to be negatively affected by the cold and dark.
This is a serious cliff hanger if there ever was one!
I didn't mention it but we do plan to have a light on for them, not a heat lamp but I believe they do better when provided artificial lighting since our darkest day has just over 3 hours of sun :)
Simple Living Alaska - Right!?! My mother lived there and my first time in Fairbanks was to help her out of the cabin fever that sets in on some folks. Can’t imagine what that does to chickens. Lol
Are those the reverse outlet insulators?
Whenever I moved some wood I used love to bring over a few of my chickens so they could feed, they just love the ants and it got rid of them for me. If you can get ahold of wood shavings or saw dust your eggs will stay clean in the laying boxes and in some places it's real cheap or free and it works on the gournd to. :0peace
srq lisa thanks for the tip!
Nice size pen plenty of scratching space, guess with the 1 joule powered fence capable to deter a roaming moose there will be minimal concern for nocturnal joule thieves.
echelle envolant, we plan to close their coop at night and reopen in the morning, I think they are too vulnerable at night.
Like the videos, except for one thing...please stabilize your audio,it's either too low in ,or to High after I adjust the volume
I had Cockatiels and to keep them from flying I cut the 4 outer flight feathers it's not going to hurt them