Scrambled eggs are super good winter chicken treats, boosts protein and egg production and changing them to scrambled eggs helps keep the chickens from eating their own eggs.
When I was raising turkeys, the baby Turks were difficult to get started. I had a huge surplus of hen eggs and had read a book written in the early 1900’s about raising turkeys. I wish I could find that book again. It was very good for raising Turks but also like a slice of life of living on a large farm in that era. Anyway, she fed chopped hard boiled chicken eggs to her poor starters. Including the shells. Worked like a charm. Never lost another baby Turk!!!
@@renecovarrubias5160 100% serious. Personally I just throw raw eggs out into the run, but sometimes if I'm getting too many eggs, or the ones on the counter are getting old, I'll scramble them up, little milk, maybe a bit of cayanne pepper, or just plain eggs, and feed them to the girls.
@@phoxpharms 👍 I was going to say that chickens and other animals are known to sometimes recycle their nutrients by eating unfertilized eggs. At least they don't regularly eat their offspring AFTER they're hatched. Rabbits and hares will eat their offspring if they just get too stressed 😫. ✌️❤️
Scrambled eggs are totally good for chickens, as is powdering shells to feed to them (using whole shells can teach them to eat their own eggs). It keeps your egg shells nice and firm, so they don’t get those weird speckled thin spots.
You can give whole shells without problem. They only eat their own eggs when the hen are missing some nutrients. Or when a egg cracks because it has a too thin shell
@@kiii98771 yeah that's the only time I ever have chickens eat their own eggs. The turkeys are much heavier so they do occasionally break the eggs so they eat them to keep the nest clean
Excellent living quarters for the chickens. You provide comfort and caring for a safe and happy life style . Wish all animals were treated this way. 💗🕊️💗
Your coop is very streamlined and neat. I love it! I'm trying to gather ideas on my urban egg farm just for us(wife, child, elderly in-law and me). Thanks for sharing. I am beyond extremely happily married for nearly 32 years but can I say your hair is absolute perfection? Not tryna creep lol I tell men when they are looking sharp, too! I'm subbed in. ✌
Yeah I always give back some of their eggs, absolutely essential to keep a healthy flock. So many people forget the origins of animal diets nowadays because everything is raised on kibble or crumple!
What a beautiful set-up!😃 Your girls are SUPER HAPPY & HEALTHY, laying that consistently in their first year speaks volumes! 👍 Keep up the great work! ❤
Such a clean set up you have. I was raised on rusted barb wire & chicken fence and rotted 2 by 4s. Love seeing this. My chickens have 20xs 12x12 chicken run with an enclosure pretty similar to yours. Love the work whoever built it.
I had a small area for my chickens as well but I still sacrificed a tiny little area where I could dump their shavings. To my surprise, it worked so well. No smell, it broke down so quickly and the pile never got above my knees!! So I definitely recommend trying a little bit!!
you can use that mulch on your pathways. I can see bare soil behind the coup, plenty of space to use it. I am an urban homesteader (two decades +) and NOTHING leaves the property, it all breaks down eventually. Happy gardening ☺️
Because she doesn't have very many chickens. I would definitely just turn it over and only change every 2-3 weeks. I started using pellets and now I just turn it over a few days and replace every 3 weeks. I have 60 chickens and there's very little smell.
@@viavortex5380 yes, it's doing it's job as bedding. But you need to clean out bedding once a week because of the amount of stuff that can settle in there and a lot of it at the bottom is not clean what so ever
Chickens naturally eat their own eggs. If they sit around too long they eat them. And if you think about it, as a chick developing in an egg they consume the egg as they grow. So technically an egg is a perfect food for a chicken. And as long as you don’t have a rooster they are never fertilized so you are never killing a chick in the process.
Lime by itself can be dangerous, like in a lime pit, where one can be conveniently rid of... inconvenient evidence, over time. IIRC, it's caustic, which is the opposite of acidic. It's used in garden beds to neutralize acidic soil. (Sigh. I may have all that backwards, which would mean it's acidic and is used to acidify garden soils. I just don't remember ATM.)
$1/DOZ. just for the bedding? $2.50/DOZ. for feed? (More in the winter and when they get older.) People need to know that it's expensive BUT the eggs are better and the chicken are a joy. At minimum wage, my tomatoes cost me about $25/pound. :) You go young lady. When I die I want to come back as one of your chickens.
How could anyone not easily fall in love with you!!! I love what you do, i wish i could have some chickens but i live in a place where theres no room for anything!!
If you're getting hate for giving your chickens eggs, that's ridiculous. It's one thing to feed a chicken, another chicken, but it's an egg, it's different definitely. Good video.
Thanks for the video. If you don't have a lot of room for compost consider a bioreactor compost system. Cheap. Easy. You just make a small hatcher at the bottom to collect compost as you go. Continue to pile on :)
I keep eggshells around. If I don’t compost them I’ll crush them up nicely and mix them with scrambled eggs to feed the chickens. I add some spices to change smell color and flavor so they don’t get used to eating their egga
I am obsessed with your videos. I have been so in love with the more homestead type living, and it is constantly growing on me. This was my first year trying to have a garden and it wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t great. I am a city girl and I have to ask… did you grow up learning these things? Is this something you suddenly got into one day? I want to try and branch out and learn more but it almost feels a bit intimidating. I love your channel!
@@deborahhanna9126 Yes, I do. Mango 🥭 season is upon us and the varieties are insane. It is also out apple season (otahieti) they look like American 🍐 pears except they’re red and the skins are soft. Seen them in videos people share in Hawaii
I boil all of my extra eggs and just crack the shell some and let them convert them to fresh eggs. They get all of the shells from the ones I use too. The hens that aren't laying won't eat the shells! Now you know how to.....
We use ground oyster shell on NWFlorida. Adds grit but its good protein for making eggshells. Oh.and. ALL chickens quit laying atleast one month. Usually Dec and Jan. Its called ESTRUS .They molt..quit laying for that time.
@@kimberlyknight96 online . I buy old dominion.. it isn’t cheap anywhere, really but it takes less than ordinary bedding. Goes further so it’s worth it .
As a longtime gardener on a small plot of land I have never understood when people say they don’t have room to compost… like, you don’t have a 3’x3’ square in a corner somewhere? That’s literally how much room it takes. You can fill it to the top with shavings and it will be broken down so much in a week that you can fill it up to the top again.
I don't know if you know this or not but my grandmother raised chickens and she would take the eggs and put them in the oven and bacon. After we had breakfast of course and then she would crush him up and feed him back to the chickens cause. The eggs still worked in their crawl to help grind up food. Just an idea for you all
I do most a lot of the shavings. I needed to get my area broken down a bit in the meantime. I only have so much room in my backyard but I love that idea when I run to this problem. Thanks for sharing!
I also thought maybe community gardens in return for veg or even offerup or craigslist. I usually take in my neighbor's leaf litter. I just layer layer layer. It would also be great filler for a raised bed or hugulkulture.
I mean chickens are cannibalistic... only down side to giving them eggs is you increase the chance of them breaking into their own eggs, but hey your farm spoil the little raptors plus if you shred the shell that's extra calcium for the hens😉
If you make chicken soup or roast chicken the carcass is good to give them too. Collagen and calcium from the bones and joints and protein from any meat scraps still attached. (They go nuts over it)
NO HATE! Hens eat their own eggs naturally as an additional source of protein. By you giving them scrambled eggs, it not only has a different texture than raw eggs so they won’t get accustomed to eating their own eggs, it build trust and a bond!
I have a chicken who if not in her pen that sits on my chest and lays an egg and I wake up to chicken face…I call her Karen…so you know how hard she protects her egg? It’s amazing and precious….everyday she comes in as I work nights and I find her on top of me…I used to be scared she would peck my face but now I worry if she’s not there…I tried a few times to love them both but once she does her dance when I move them off me - to relocate both to a new space that she doesn’t protect her baby and walks off…I now have one egg daily from her…hopefully she will find a new place and I can protect her baby…we have many chickens 🐓 here and it’s definitely been a learning curve for me…❤❤❤ I love to treat them with warm porridge when I come home from work as I work the night shifts
Small american backyards are a germans dream vome true! Its always incedible to see the differences in sizes (house and property)… no hate, its just always a suprise when i hear the word small and just think…. Wow in germany thats a big yard
It’s that way here too, more than you realize. Most Americans are unable to even rent a dump that would allow this. This yard and her life looks huge and like a dream to most of us too.
Don’t let anyone tell you anything bad about feeding eggs to your chickens. It only helps them I do it every time I collect their eggs I give them the smallest eggs that won’t sell and they love eating the yolk and whenever the egg shell dries out I can crush it and they eat it for extra calcium.
Scrambled eggs are super good winter chicken treats, boosts protein and egg production and changing them to scrambled eggs helps keep the chickens from eating their own eggs.
When I was raising turkeys, the baby Turks were difficult to get started. I had a huge surplus of hen eggs and had read a book written in the early 1900’s about raising turkeys. I wish I could find that book again. It was very good for raising Turks but also like a slice of life of living on a large farm in that era. Anyway, she fed chopped hard boiled chicken eggs to her poor starters. Including the shells.
Worked like a charm. Never lost another baby Turk!!!
What? I am confused. Are you being sarcastic or serious?
Are you being serious?
@@renecovarrubias5160 100% serious. Personally I just throw raw eggs out into the run, but sometimes if I'm getting too many eggs, or the ones on the counter are getting old, I'll scramble them up, little milk, maybe a bit of cayanne pepper, or just plain eggs, and feed them to the girls.
@@phoxpharms
👍 I was going to say that chickens and other animals are known to sometimes recycle their nutrients by eating unfertilized eggs. At least they don't regularly eat their offspring AFTER they're hatched. Rabbits and hares will eat their offspring if they just get too stressed 😫.
✌️❤️
Scrambled eggs are totally good for chickens, as is powdering shells to feed to them (using whole shells can teach them to eat their own eggs). It keeps your egg shells nice and firm, so they don’t get those weird speckled thin spots.
that's a great point!
You can give whole shells without problem. They only eat their own eggs when the hen are missing some nutrients. Or when a egg cracks because it has a too thin shell
@@kiii98771 yeah that's the only time I ever have chickens eat their own eggs. The turkeys are much heavier so they do occasionally break the eggs so they eat them to keep the nest clean
Don't use the shells as calcium replacement though, still give them that!
im sure blendered fetus is good for humans, i still have no desire to find out.
If you find a wood shop in your area you can usually get bedding free. We get our shavings from a wood shop. Love your coop.
Exactly, people don't realize they can get free supplies from the right source.
Feeding scrambled eggs to chickens. The circle of life is complete.
Excellent living quarters for the chickens.
You provide comfort and caring for a safe and happy life style . Wish all animals were treated this way.
💗🕊️💗
Your coop is very streamlined and neat. I love it! I'm trying to gather ideas on my urban egg farm just for us(wife, child, elderly in-law and me). Thanks for sharing. I am beyond extremely happily married for nearly 32 years but can I say your hair is absolute perfection? Not tryna creep lol I tell men when they are looking sharp, too! I'm subbed in. ✌
My girls love scrambled eggs with spinach mixed in. Cold days they get moisten oatmeal n lentil sprouts.
I need to play around with some lentil sprouts! Thanks for the reminder!
Omg, lime is a actually really good bc it also helps with keeping lice away so you can sprinkle some in their dust baths too
Yeah I always give back some of their eggs, absolutely essential to keep a healthy flock. So many people forget the origins of animal diets nowadays because everything is raised on kibble or crumple!
What a beautiful set-up!😃
Your girls are SUPER HAPPY & HEALTHY, laying that consistently in their first year speaks volumes! 👍 Keep up the great work! ❤
Such a clean set up you have. I was raised on rusted barb wire & chicken fence and rotted 2 by 4s. Love seeing this. My chickens have 20xs 12x12 chicken run with an enclosure pretty similar to yours. Love the work whoever built it.
I had a small area for my chickens as well but I still sacrificed a tiny little area where I could dump their shavings. To my surprise, it worked so well. No smell, it broke down so quickly and the pile never got above my knees!! So I definitely recommend trying a little bit!!
you can use that mulch on your pathways. I can see bare soil behind the coup, plenty of space to use it. I am an urban homesteader (two decades +) and NOTHING leaves the property, it all breaks down eventually. Happy gardening ☺️
I love reading all these great chicken husbandry tips. I think many keep chickens nowadays. Such great ideas.
Well done everyone! ❤
That was the most poop free weekly clean I have ever seen.
I think it coulda gone another week at least lol
Because she doesn't have very many chickens. I would definitely just turn it over and only change every 2-3 weeks. I started using pellets and now I just turn it over a few days and replace every 3 weeks. I have 60 chickens and there's very little smell.
My girls go crazy over scrambled eggs. It’s easy to powder the shells using my coffee bean grinder. Even if the shells are wet it works good.
Beautiful coop, nice and clean, makes me happy as chicken keeper. Nice! Peace from Texas 👏👏👏
Put some fresh mint they love it keeps them happy and smelling clean throw in nesting boxes and or hang it up . Grow fresh mint
I have it! Ill defiantly do that!
Grow it in a container as it spreads vigorously. 😊
Looks great, but please wear a dust mask when cleaning the coop! Chicken Farmers lung is no joke.
😮😮😮😮😮
The old bedding looks clean!! You don’t need to clean it that often❤
You do indeed need to clean it often with bird shit
@@mariscostumes3815true but Hers looks completely clean basically
@@viavortex5380 yes, it's doing it's job as bedding. But you need to clean out bedding once a week because of the amount of stuff that can settle in there and a lot of it at the bottom is not clean what so ever
Chickens naturally eat their own eggs. If they sit around too long they eat them. And if you think about it, as a chick developing in an egg they consume the egg as they grow. So technically an egg is a perfect food for a chicken. And as long as you don’t have a rooster they are never fertilized so you are never killing a chick in the process.
Those eggs look really clean
Yes roll down boxes help so much!
That is a beautiful coop 😍 one day i will have chickens and a coop like that. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼😊
Thank you!
Those girls look so healthy and happy!
I have always thought Lime was dangerous. Thanks for teaching me something new.
Lime by itself can be dangerous, like in a lime pit, where one can be conveniently rid of... inconvenient evidence, over time.
IIRC, it's caustic, which is the opposite of acidic. It's used in garden beds to neutralize acidic soil.
(Sigh. I may have all that backwards, which would mean it's acidic and is used to acidify garden soils. I just don't remember ATM.)
Wish I was close... I would get those bedding bags with a smile
$1/DOZ. just for the bedding?
$2.50/DOZ. for feed? (More in the winter and when they get older.)
People need to know that it's expensive BUT the eggs are better and the chicken are a joy. At minimum wage, my tomatoes cost me about $25/pound. :) You go young lady. When I die I want to come back as one of your chickens.
Oh my god use those shavings as mulch around trees or perennial plants or give them to me at least 😢 that's like the most valuable resource on my farm
That spiral egg holder at the end is dope
Where can I get an egg holder like that❤
I really like your set up. Thank you for showing us!
How could anyone not easily fall in love with you!!! I love what you do, i wish i could have some chickens but i live in a place where theres no room for anything!!
Giving them their own source of calcium will prevent them from just going ham and eating all their eggs if they want to! They love you lol
If you're getting hate for giving your chickens eggs, that's ridiculous. It's one thing to feed a chicken, another chicken, but it's an egg, it's different definitely. Good video.
Seeing chicken owners feed their chickens eggs always makes me laugh. It’s good for them but it’s still so amusing.
Anytime I get an egg that floats I just smash it on the ground next to them and watch them peck it all up🤷
Thanks for the video. If you don't have a lot of room for compost consider a bioreactor compost system. Cheap. Easy. You just make a small hatcher at the bottom to collect compost as you go. Continue to pile on :)
Very cool little setup!
Lmao people act like chickens aren’t opportunistic cannibals 😂😂😂
Good Mama ❤😂
You take good care of your chickens and I like that 😊
You have a chicken coop now?! 😲 Where the heck have I been? 🤔 It's looking really good! Those nesting herbs were so cool also.
That’s freaking cannibalism!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looks good
Should have used hardware cloth instead of chicken wire to keep out predators
People complaining about them eating scrambled eggs clearly have never seen these little hell beasts crack open raw ones lol 😂❤
I know I'm very late but I wanna say when ever you are using eggs save the shells! Feed them to ur chickens it helps with egg laying!
I keep eggshells around. If I don’t compost them I’ll crush them up nicely and mix them with scrambled eggs to feed the chickens. I add some spices to change smell color and flavor so they don’t get used to eating their egga
I have 500 chickens and boiled eggs are excellent for new hatchings. Also give them tuna apples carrots
Bag and sell that soiled pine shavings! Great compost.
I am obsessed with your videos. I have been so in love with the more homestead type living, and it is constantly growing on me. This was my first year trying to have a garden and it wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t great. I am a city girl and I have to ask… did you grow up learning these things? Is this something you suddenly got into one day? I want to try and branch out and learn more but it almost feels a bit intimidating. I love your channel!
You turned your chickens into cannibals!!
Share the compost with your neighbours. If I was close by I’d sure take some for my mother’s garden. 😊
Yep she might shop it around and get some veg in return! I used to trade soft apples for an old horse in return for the manure.
Community gardens or craigslist.
@@deborahhanna9126 Unfortunately there’s no Craig’s list here in 🇯🇲Jamaica
Well dang!
I've always wanted to go there anyway- i want to try all the variety of bananas! Do you have access to a lot of tropical fruit?
@@deborahhanna9126 Yes, I do. Mango 🥭 season is upon us and the varieties are insane. It is also out apple season (otahieti) they look like American 🍐 pears except they’re red and the skins are soft. Seen them in videos people share in Hawaii
Those chickens are cannibals 😂
Looks beautiful and would love to get a tour of your farm❤
I have many garden tours up on my channel!
I love your chicken coop.
Eggshells are great for them also. The vitamins an minerals are essential
Very rarely wouldnt want them to start eating what they lay
@@shanecross9804 it's natural. What do you think they eat when inside the egg waiting to hatch.
I baked our girls shells and run them through the food processor to supplement their grit. They pick it over the oyster shell
Your chickens are living the life🎉❤😅
I boil all of my extra eggs and just crack the shell some and let them convert them to fresh eggs. They get all of the shells from the ones I use too. The hens that aren't laying won't eat the shells! Now you know how to.....
Lives on a city block and wearing heavy duty overalls is hilarious
I mean she does have a homestead but it's also just clothes 😂
We use ground oyster shell on NWFlorida.
Adds grit but its good protein for making eggshells.
Oh.and. ALL chickens quit laying atleast one month. Usually Dec and Jan.
Its called ESTRUS .They molt..quit laying for that time.
Hemp pet bedding is my favorite.. easier on the respiratory system, more absorbent!
@@kimberlyknight96 online . I buy old dominion.. it isn’t cheap anywhere, really but it takes less than ordinary bedding. Goes further so it’s worth it .
@@bethstaggs2369 thanks!!
My chickens love eggs. I make them warm scrambled eggs in winter for snacks. Its good for them.
Put some mint leaves into the coop for smell and the chickens love the flavor too. Also put some oregano into their feed as it stop mites and bugs.
Great idea ❤
You are turning them into cannibals! 😂😅
Love 💗😘 this channel
As a longtime gardener on a small plot of land I have never understood when people say they don’t have room to compost… like, you don’t have a 3’x3’ square in a corner somewhere? That’s literally how much room it takes. You can fill it to the top with shavings and it will be broken down so much in a week that you can fill it up to the top again.
Yeah. Put a door in the bottom and keep piling it up on top. It just keeps breaking down.
There shouldn't be hate for giving them scrambled eggs. 😊 Why shouldn't the ladies partake in and enjoy the benefits of their labors! 😉
I love chickens! We give them scrabbled and they love it if the dog doesn’t get their 1st lol
I don't know if you know this or not but my grandmother raised chickens and she would take the eggs and put them in the oven and bacon. After we had breakfast of course and then she would crush him up and feed him back to the chickens cause. The eggs still worked in their crawl to help grind up food. Just an idea for you all
Great video and I love your hair!
Deep
Littler method I love it!
That trap door is a good idea
You give them there scrambled up children to eat 😂😭 I don’t think it’s ethically wrong or anything, they aren’t humans, it’s just hilarious
You can even feed chickens chicken! Theyre carnivorous
Chickens are great. I have 5 Rhode island reds.
I feed my macaw scrambled eggs and cooked chicken breast. It's important that they have a good source of protein especially when molting.
Love this channel
I had no idea chicken like scrambled egg… 😂 but it’s good and a good source of protein, I don’t blame them 😝
See if there’s someone with a compost bin near you they would love the pine shavings!?
I do most a lot of the shavings. I needed to get my area broken down a bit in the meantime. I only have so much room in my backyard but I love that idea when I run to this problem. Thanks for sharing!
You might even burn some as the ash or char is good for garden too. (Especially brassicas)
I also thought maybe community gardens in return for veg or even offerup or craigslist. I usually take in my neighbor's leaf litter. I just layer layer layer. It would also be great filler for a raised bed or hugulkulture.
I mean chickens are cannibalistic... only down side to giving them eggs is you increase the chance of them breaking into their own eggs, but hey your farm spoil the little raptors plus if you shred the shell that's extra calcium for the hens😉
I think if you give them cooked eggs and not raw eggs the risk of them eating their own eggs isn't as high
@@nonaide that is true. I also save all my shells up and when I get a tray full I bake them 45 minutes on 250, crush and serve. They love it.
Wow
❤.. ur so cute❤😮😮
❤❤ very good information
Did you buy or make that coop. If you purchased it will you link it here please?
How do you deworm your chickens?? I heard Diatomaceous Earth food grade works but I wanted to know other options…
you are amazing 👏 ❤
When i went vegetarian, my mom told me that if chickens were big enough, they'd eat you too 😂
Do you have any toys for them to play with? My cousins use dog toys that jingle. And apparently the chickens absolutely love them.
That’s so cute!!! 😅
That bedding looked like it still had a lot of life left in it. Wait a bit longer to replace it and you might find it easier to get it all composted??
Does that lime stuff damage a garden? I’m still looking for a good bug repellent!
Very good provider! Those chickens are very well cared for.
Chickens:*eats own egg*
Owner:*feds scrambled eggs*
Internet:😮😮😮
If you make chicken soup or roast chicken the carcass is good to give them too.
Collagen and calcium from the bones and joints and protein from any meat scraps still attached. (They go nuts over it)
Good to know! I do that all the time. Thanks for sharing!
So cool 🤩🤩🤩
how big is the coop and where’d you get it or did you build it?
NO HATE!
Hens eat their own eggs naturally as an additional source of protein. By you giving them scrambled eggs, it not only has a different texture than raw eggs so they won’t get accustomed to eating their own eggs, it build trust and a bond!
People forget that chickens have different models that humans.
I have a chicken who if not in her pen that sits on my chest and lays an egg and I wake up to chicken face…I call her Karen…so you know how hard she protects her egg? It’s amazing and precious….everyday she comes in as I work nights and I find her on top of me…I used to be scared she would peck my face but now I worry if she’s not there…I tried a few times to love them both but once she does her dance when I move them off me - to relocate both to a new space that she doesn’t protect her baby and walks off…I now have one egg daily from her…hopefully she will find a new place and I can protect her baby…we have many chickens 🐓 here and it’s definitely been a learning curve for me…❤❤❤ I love to treat them with warm porridge when I come home from work as I work the night shifts
Small american backyards are a germans dream vome true! Its always incedible to see the differences in sizes (house and property)… no hate, its just always a suprise when i hear the word small and just think…. Wow in germany thats a big yard
It’s that way here too, more than you realize. Most Americans are unable to even rent a dump that would allow this. This yard and her life looks huge and like a dream to most of us too.
Chickens are a lot of work. ❤
TY for sharing 🙂
Don’t let anyone tell you anything bad about feeding eggs to your chickens. It only helps them I do it every time I collect their eggs I give them the smallest eggs that won’t sell and they love eating the yolk and whenever the egg shell dries out I can crush it and they eat it for extra calcium.
Don't you just love TSC? We have one near us and we do. I was sad that they changed their layaway from 6 months to 4 months. 😊❤