I tried this last night. It was only the second night of having my baby chicks that I had to round up with the big ones in the coop. It was an absolute lifesaver at work perfectly thank you and God bless you.❤️🙏
We use this method with ducks too because half never least to go to bed without a little pressure. Our doors/ramp open along the fence except on the main coop. With the pole/stick you hold, tie a bandana on the end. They get to where they see you with that stick/bandana and head for the coop and you don't even have to herd them! We also say night-night and the older ones hear night-night and head for the coop before we hold up the stick/bandana. Consistency! The tarp/clothespins are genius! Thanks
Where was this video two years ago 😂. I just chased, grabbed and threw in one at a time. It was one heck of a workout. Keep it simple stupid. Good stuff brother
It is like Heading cats there Billy. I am going to call you the chicken whisperer my friend haha. Great job and good trick. When all else fails, grab your fishing net hahahah. I shall remember this one.
All my chickens have always just gone to .'bed' by themselves - but I suppose i dont use a chicken tractor. I have just discovered your channel it is brilliant!
I'm distracted by the beautiful view behind u - lovely and lush ! We're a little behind y'all in greenery, here in nw WI and I'm still in an apt., but very, very blessed to have this apt. building be bordered on one side by trees etc. ( what should be a pasture and be have the ticks be kept down by that, but isn't used and ), on the edge of this village. My view across the parking lot is pretty nice, considering !
LOL- at 3:35 I cracked up- right after you put the clothes pin on one ran right in there. I was like wow that really works. I really like how thoughtful you are with the bird management and yes they do freak out when anything ruffles above.
Wow! That didn’t take long at all. Great demonstration my friend. Love the view of your property and the mountains in the background. I would love to live up that way someday or even in eastern Tennessee. Thanks for sharing this helpful tip/demonstration 🙏🏻👍🏻😇😊🙌🏻
I’ve had my questions and concerns about the size of the net holes, and my questions was answered. Wrapping around twice or more will definitely crochet and prevent escaping. Have a wonderful day
I love how gentle you are being with them. Most people are not gentle with their birds. If they don't trust you they won't want to follow your guidance. I would need two lol being 4’11” isn't always easy when it comes to ground level work.
That’s perfect but my area of operation is much larger dear God help me🙏❤️🙏 I will try to put two tarps together and do that. Thank you so much! I’ve never seen anything like this. It is genius.❤️🙏 God bless you!❤️🙏
Ugh! I’m trying this asap! So sick of trying to chase pullets! Under the coop , around the coop… they refuse to go in and roost! They prefer to all dog pile on top of each other on the ground. I even have an egg-shaped nightlight in the coop! They see it and ignore it. I’ll try the tarp and a broom.
First time chicken mom, I have 9 that went out last week. The first time i went to shut them in I was like uh, they don’t apparently just go in. So I got them one by one and put them in. Then started reading, yeah sometimes it takes a week. Second night the same thing. Third night we were working outside near them and huh, they lined up and walked right in. Fourth night same. So I got lucky, it didn’t take as long as it could have.
At least you got there eventually! If you try this method on your next batch you will only have to coach them in for two days. After that you can just attach the tarp, walk away and close them up at dusk
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 interestingly enough we have the area under their elevated coop open for them, and of course they go under if I want to grab one to check something. I saw your tarp implementation and was like ok, how dumb and I? That’s simple brilliance that was so basic it didn’t occur to me. We were thinking hey we need to close that off for a while until we want to allow them more space, where we can watch what’s going on and not have to try to get them from under it. I though tacking on hardware cloth. Tarp. Brilliant.
This is awesome! Thank you!!! Already got some ideas brewing, for a deployable funnel. My young'ins are already free ranging, but they're not limited in space like yours They do get closer to the coop as it gets darker. Not sure if I've seen any of them go more than 100' from the coop, ever. And, they've only followed me that far. Every day, the flock ventures a little bit further though. I've got to chase the last one or two for a bit, unless I want to stay out late with all the mosquitos. (Teenagers... Ugggghh...) You've got my mind thinking on an easily deployed chicken funnel :) Any thoughts on how to train them to get into the pen earlier than they prefer? Aside from what you showed in the video? My situation is a little different. My thoughts are hold off on the food for a few hours before I want them in the pen. Use food as an incentive, to get them into the pen. The problem with that is that they have natural food all around them. Ticks, black flies, mosquitos, grubs, moths, and every other bug out there in the NE. Any suggestions?
Second watching of the video and I'm wondering if one can still provide some feed to up growth a little. Something like 10% to 30% of normal amount of grains.
Chuckle When I asked you in another video about how you got your chickens to stay inside a net fence, you totally forgot about this part of your process. This is how you taught your chickens not to walk through the net. By the time they were full grown and you were only using a single layer of netting, they were already conditioned that they could not pass through the fence.
So i haven't watched the video yet. But I just wanna be a bit of a smart ass lol sorry. But just wait till its getting dark. They'll go in themselves! Why herd chickens 😆
Ha ha! In the very beginning, if you wait until it gets dark 3/4 of them will post up underneath the tractor instead of inside of it...then you end up with poop all over your knees while policing them up.
Love that you remember the single farmer
I use this method with 100 chickens lol it works really well
I tried this last night. It was only the second night of having my baby chicks that I had to round up with the big ones in the coop. It was an absolute lifesaver at work perfectly thank you and God bless you.❤️🙏
LOVE IT! Ingenuity at its finest.
Thanks a million!
Love love love the daily content. Take care of yourselves and don’t overwhelm yourselves. ❤️
Thank you my friend! When this compost series is done we will likely go back to every other day.
This is crazy. I am going through this right now and didn't even search! So thankful
We use this method with ducks too because half never least to go to bed without a little pressure. Our doors/ramp open along the fence except on the main coop. With the pole/stick you hold, tie a bandana on the end. They get to where they see you with that stick/bandana and head for the coop and you don't even have to herd them! We also say night-night and the older ones hear night-night and head for the coop before we hold up the stick/bandana. Consistency!
The tarp/clothespins are genius! Thanks
I never thought about doing this with ducks! Thank you for the tips my friend!
Where was this video two years ago 😂. I just chased, grabbed and threw in one at a time. It was one heck of a workout. Keep it simple stupid. Good stuff brother
I remember doing the same thing for many years. I came up with this way of doing it because I ended up having to do it by myself for a period of time.
We all did the chase and grab thing in the beginning, and we all thought we were faster than Rocky Balboa. Lol
Great video. Super helpful
That worked better then I was expecting. Great tip Billy
Thank you sir!
So helpful, thank you. Go Patreon y'all!
Very nice demonstration of how to get them back in the easy way Billy. Thanks so much and God bless!
Thank you and blessings to you and yours!
Love this idea!
Thank you!
Excellent video, just got our first set of chicks and this advice has taught me the difference between Pressuring them and Steering them. 👍
You got it! So glad this helps!
It is like Heading cats there Billy. I am going to call you the chicken whisperer my friend haha. Great job and good trick. When all else fails, grab your fishing net hahahah. I shall remember this one.
It sure beats poopy knees after chasing them from underneath the tractor!
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 Yeah I am sure the wife wouldn't like that too much. Having to wash those britches haha.
@@EarlybirdFarmSC yup!
This is exactly what I needed! The freedom Rangers arrived today. Thank you for the chicken tractor on steroids series!
exellent that thanks very much,sunderland UK
All my chickens have always just gone to .'bed' by themselves - but I suppose i dont use a chicken tractor. I have just discovered your channel it is brilliant!
I'm distracted by the beautiful view behind u - lovely and lush ! We're a little behind y'all in greenery, here in nw WI and I'm still in an apt., but very, very blessed to have this apt. building be bordered on one side by trees etc. ( what should be a pasture and be have the ticks be kept down by that, but isn't used and ), on the edge of this village. My view across the parking lot is pretty nice, considering !
It is definitely a beautiful place to live my friend!
LOL- at 3:35 I cracked up- right after you put the clothes pin on one ran right in there. I was like wow that really works. I really like how thoughtful you are with the bird management and yes they do freak out when anything ruffles above.
I’ve tried a bunch of different methods and this is by far the easiest way to have them work with you.
Wow! That didn’t take long at all. Great demonstration my friend. Love the view of your property and the mountains in the background. I would love to live up that way someday or even in eastern Tennessee. Thanks for sharing this helpful tip/demonstration 🙏🏻👍🏻😇😊🙌🏻
Thank you for checking it out! I do love this place!
Your land is beautiful!
Thank you so much. We absolutely love it here!
I’ve had my questions and concerns about the size of the net holes, and my questions was answered. Wrapping around twice or more will definitely crochet and prevent escaping. Have a wonderful day
Glad this information was helpful! Blessings to you and yours!
I love how gentle you are being with them. Most people are not gentle with their birds. If they don't trust you they won't want to follow your guidance.
I would need two lol being 4’11” isn't always easy when it comes to ground level work.
Still the perfect height for this method my friend!
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I didn't mean two people lol I meant two long sticks or something to guide them.
This worked great for us? We backed the Chickshaw into a corner, put the tarps around it and we got them all in on the second try... Thank you!
Brilliant time saver!
It works like no other method!
Good info..Thanks.
Thank you for watching and responding!
Wonderful job. I would use a longer pole and tape a plastic grocery bag on the end. They don't like it.
That’s perfect but my area of operation is much larger dear God help me🙏❤️🙏 I will try to put two tarps together and do that. Thank you so much! I’ve never seen anything like this. It is genius.❤️🙏 God bless you!❤️🙏
Love it this is so helpful for me. Getting birds next month so much appreciated !
This method will definitely make your experience much much better!
THANK YOU
Just like herding jellyfish.
Another tool for my belt, thank you.
Glad you can use it my friend!
Wow, that's super useful!
Thank you!
Thx
Great idea
Thank you!
Ugh! I’m trying this asap! So sick of trying to chase pullets! Under the coop , around the coop… they refuse to go in and roost! They prefer to all dog pile on top of each other on the ground. I even have an egg-shaped nightlight in the coop! They see it and ignore it. I’ll try the tarp and a broom.
First time chicken mom, I have 9 that went out last week. The first time i went to shut them in I was like uh, they don’t apparently just go in. So I got them one by one and put them in. Then started reading, yeah sometimes it takes a week. Second night the same thing. Third night we were working outside near them and huh, they lined up and walked right in. Fourth night same. So I got lucky, it didn’t take as long as it could have.
At least you got there eventually! If you try this method on your next batch you will only have to coach them in for two days. After that you can just attach the tarp, walk away and close them up at dusk
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 interestingly enough we have the area under their elevated coop open for them, and of course they go under if I want to grab one to check something. I saw your tarp implementation and was like ok, how dumb and I? That’s simple brilliance that was so basic it didn’t occur to me. We were thinking hey we need to close that off for a while until we want to allow them more space, where we can watch what’s going on and not have to try to get them from under it. I though tacking on hardware cloth. Tarp. Brilliant.
@@sandradelvecchio6894 it warms my heart to know this stuff helps!
HI BILLY. TRY A BRUM INTEAD OF THE STIK , IT WORK FOR ME
This is awesome! Thank you!!! Already got some ideas brewing, for a deployable funnel.
My young'ins are already free ranging, but they're not limited in space like yours They do get closer to the coop as it gets darker. Not sure if I've seen any of them go more than 100' from the coop, ever. And, they've only followed me that far.
Every day, the flock ventures a little bit further though.
I've got to chase the last one or two for a bit, unless I want to stay out late with all the mosquitos. (Teenagers... Ugggghh...)
You've got my mind thinking on an easily deployed chicken funnel :)
Any thoughts on how to train them to get into the pen earlier than they prefer? Aside from what you showed in the video?
My situation is a little different.
My thoughts are hold off on the food for a few hours before I want them in the pen. Use food as an incentive, to get them into the pen. The problem with that is that they have natural food all around them. Ticks, black flies, mosquitos, grubs, moths, and every other bug out there in the NE.
Any suggestions?
I use the top of a plastic bin, but usually they put themselves to bed and i just shut the door after dark.
You have some smart birds!
Was looking at the set up, and I bet you can devise a way to make that a permanent part of the tractor. Something with hinges???
That’s a great idea!
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@@anngelinakoenig-fales4153 ha ha! Love it!
Second watching of the video and I'm wondering if one can still provide some feed to up growth a little. Something like 10% to 30% of normal amount of grains.
I’m not sure I’m understanding your question.
ps. I'm assuming the fence is off when you clip on the plastic tarp ;)
Yes indeed.
Chuckle When I asked you in another video about how you got your chickens to stay inside a net fence, you totally forgot about this part of your process. This is how you taught your chickens not to walk through the net. By the time they were full grown and you were only using a single layer of netting, they were already conditioned that they could not pass through the fence.
Sorry about that my friend. I totally forgot about this video.
So i haven't watched the video yet. But I just wanna be a bit of a smart ass lol sorry.
But just wait till its getting dark. They'll go in themselves! Why herd chickens 😆
Ha ha! In the very beginning, if you wait until it gets dark 3/4 of them will post up underneath the tractor instead of inside of it...then you end up with poop all over your knees while policing them up.
@@suburbanyute340 it was indeed!
While this is great, I'd prefer they go in on their own and can't get them to do that.