*Here's the quick short version summary of the very long drawn-out video.* The video discusses an alternative method to feeding chickens, inspired by the Amish way of raising poultry. Instead of relying on expensive grain-based feeds, which are often filled with fillers, the Amish reportedly feed their chickens a more natural and diverse diet that includes: 1. Kitchen Scraps: Leftovers such as vegetable peels, stale bread, and other food waste are utilized, reducing waste and providing nutritious meals for the chickens. 2. Foraging: Chickens are allowed to roam and forage for insects, plants, and other natural food sources, mimicking their natural behavior and diet. 3. Fermented Feed: This involves soaking grains in water until they ferment, which enhances the nutritional value and aids in digestion for the chickens. The result of this feeding method is healthier chickens that are more active, produce better quality eggs (with richer yolks), and have fewer health issues. The Amish approach is highlighted as being cost-effective, reportedly costing around $1.25 per week per chicken, which is significantly cheaper than buying commercial grain feeds. This method not only improves the well-being of the chickens but also saves money for the farmer, making it a win-win situation.
@@Athena621 I lock mine up every night (predators) then I open the gate around 10 am, they come back to the coop around dusk. Never had a problem, they seem to like the nest boxes.
@@gershgoat4961 Yeah, our girls go to bed when it gets dark, but are happy to lay outside. I used to keep Dutch Owlbeards, they had to be herded in, was I too late, they would roost in the trees 😅😅😅
I just fed my chickens a dollar and twenty-five cents because I got tired of watching this drawn out video, waiting for the answer of what to feed them !!!😂😂😂😂
My chickens have always been "free range"! They have almost an acre to wander around and scratch in! I had a fellow offer me a couple watermelons that were going bad! The chickens loved it and even let my two goats have some! And I sure enjoy those dark orange yolks!!
I grew up on a farm in Bavaria. Our free range chickens lived from what they found in the Yard( woorms, insects, grass) and mom tossed some of the Kitchenwaste, crashed eggshells with a handfull of grains. and a handfull of grains
My memory sucks so hearing it a few times really does help. Especially if watching/ listening as we do other things. I've seen other videos on making black soldier fly larvae feeder. Happy chickes!@@AhrayahLaban
Their scraps are homemade bread and homegrown garden scraps!... Big difference then our store bought food! My chickens do eat a grain , but they are free to range our acreage all day everyday as we let them out.
Pasture raised is best. Greens, larvae, ticks, flies, worms, even mice if they can catch them. They are carnivores as well. When you actually get too many eggs, scramble some and feed them back to the hens. Crush the shells, ( washed first) they will eat those and get their minerals back. Or feed oyster shells. Yes, the yolks should be orange, not yellow. Chickens were originally jungle fowl. Guess what they ate there?
That's not true! You should research that my friend. I am not being rude as I've seen some videos and trusted them to find out later it was wrong. Just saying look around. Much love Granny in Florida 🌴👍😘
You mention oyster shells, we had chickens laying double yolked eggs. Occasionally 3, but fragile, seem like at least one four where it was cracked coming out! All it was was a lack of mineral! Gave them oyster shells for scratch, nice solid shells! Everything’s better about homegrown!
I wish more places/people were forward thing like this. Chickens, Pigs, etc will eat nearly anything. Why not feed it to them opposed to ending up in the landfill? Cities should connect local restaurants and cafes with owners to help supplement feed and prevent so much waste. :)
This is funny, a friend of my who had 12 🐔 in his garden in the centrum of Rotterdam the Netherlands in the 1980 was feeding his 🐔 the Amish dieet 😂 . On the corner of the street there was a 🍇🍍🍅🥬🥦🫑🍓🥕🍆🍎 store and evere day he get for free all the left overs. His 🐔 cost him nothing at all, he hath free eggs 😂😂😂. Powerlove from the Netherlands
You made really good points, but if you had made each point one time, this would have been a just-as-informative 5-minute video. I just couldn't make it past the half-way point, and that took a lot of patience!
When I had chickens, I almost started freaking out when I saw one with a mouse in her beak, banging it on the ground.🤣 I had no idea that they ate mice.
My chickens eat those meat eating yellow jackets. They have carpeted the yards in my area all late summer and fall. They ate them so fast that if they got stung they didn’t react in any way. While everybody else were making bologna traps my girls were feeding on mine. I think the ducks ate some too. Not at the rate my chicken did.
I feed my chickens right I guess, i get beyond good egg production and healthy, no worm, no mites, no lice, hard egg shells...guess im doing something right!
I just mentioned this. Hell, I have one cat that loves the flies (bearded dragon food) but I let some go to flies for the enrichment, if any get loose, Diego gets them.
I bought laying hens that no longer laid one egg per day. During the day, I let them forage ..I did give them left overs and a little grain..they actually started laying more eggs. I wish I knew about the fermented grains back then, I would definitely have done that if I had known about it
You have to have a large family to produce enough scraps. And he is still buying the pellets to ferment. If you could work out a deal with a grocery stores to get all the produce they throw away. Or a restaurants. But then you have to burn gas to go get, and bring home every day.
Once a day in the late afternoon move the chicken tractor forward add scraps and . grain, collect eggs, refill soaking bucket. Next round ther may be some grain growing for them to harvest themselves.
I don't have food scraps. Fermented feed, meh! Did that. They get less nutrition because the feed is bloated with water. The birds still won't lay when the daylight hours drop below 14 hrs a day, no matter what you feed them.
They are carnivores by nature and also like a varied diet to get the nutrients they need, just like you.Cooked carbohydrates are another thing normally missing from their diet.
I don't disagree...we've done this here for years. The chickens are healthier and lay better with diversity. My problem is this video could have been done in a fraction of the time committed to it. Time is precious...
Have a look at Vermont Compost. Here is a waste transformation system that uses chickens who only forage through organic waste ( no grains are ever added to their diet) and produce some of the most sought after compost in the US. As a bonus they produce eggs which are sold in town as a testament and promotion of a successful circular economy .
Yeah, he also raises a healthy crop of rats. And mice and other vermin. He has been sued multiple times because of it, by the town and the EPA for creating a health hazard. If you try something like this, do so at your own risk.
Check out Billy from Permaculture Homestead. He tells you in detail how to do this for your chickens and other farm critters. He also tells about various resources to help get supplies to do this.
Doesn't everyone feed their chickens food scraps in the USA? That's a no brainer but never enough to sustain them, even garden scraps and weeds aren't enough, they need some grain and we only feed high quality, organic whole grains so it's going to be a little pricy but we are eating their eggs, I want them to be nutrient dense not gmo junk food.
I am actually planning to grow fodder - this is different types of sprouted vegetables, herbs, seeds, beans and some grains like oats. I don't have a lot of scrap from the kitchen not enough to feed 8 hens but doing a combination of different food groups works. While my fodder grows I am feeding kitchen scraps, cooked white rice, soaked and cooked peas. They get seaweed and oyster shell, I mix things around a bit - I don't think they get bored - always shifting their feet through what I put in their yard. Remember - chicken poo is incredible for your garden. I wish I could post pictures of my Japanese sweet potatoes and cucumbers - they were so huge - cucumbers over 11 1/2 inches long and very wide. One sweet potato took two hands to hold. Mix their poo with peat, leaves, sand, or dirt, throw in grass clippings, saw dust, let it break down mixed together for one to three weeks and if you have excess veg scrap - grind it up and mix it in. The soil I had was so amazing. I am digging up all my beds at the moment to restart winter planting.
I feed from the garden in the summer and lots of sprouts in the winter, plus larvae. Two people don’t make much in scraps. During the summer, they were free-ranged every afternoon because we have lots of woods for cover. But, a hawk moved in unbeknownst to me and I just lost a hen! My favorite! I have the “tractor” set up but need to figure out how to move the heavy “portable” pen! Every time I use the large tractor with skids, I think it’s going to fall apart! But, they were happy when I moved them every week. Not as happy as being free but dead birds aren’t happy birds.
Our culture thinks food production is best done in specialized monocultures, using oil-based inputs. Corn is best because it guzzles the most chemicals! It has to go somewhere! - feeding grains to chickens & cows in feed lots, feeding people toxic ultra-processed corn products. What we 'save', we spend on the quacks (only to get sicker!) & when oil hits $250 a barrel?
Chickens will pick over cow poop and spread it around eating the bugs out of it, this in turn feeds the soil microbes and manure as well as chickens poop . Its good for the chickens and the grass and the chattel. What did chickens and chattel eat before they got a steady grain diet?
Here’s my question, how do you make this work if you live in an area where there’s five months of winter? We have frozen ground and snow from December to April. Where are the birds going to forge then? And I want an honest opinion how many people here actually bring their chickens to the vet ? I did it once. Never again. Let’s be honest they’re too easy to replace.
That dark yolk is a teltal sign theyre being fed corn. Loose chickens on gtass and scraps and grain but i dont feed any corn because its all gmo. Thats what makes the yolks so orange,
I am confused orange yoke is tell sign of corn feed but yet your yokes are orange from grass scraps and grain? My girls only eat off the land and very orange yokes and deep taste
You do know the Amish go to feed stores and buy chicken feed right? I live in Amish country and can tell you for sure they go to tractor supply and another feed store that is local .
CAT FOOD AND MEAT TO INCREASE EGG PRODUCTION...MEAL WORMS AND BLACK SOLDIER LARVAE....HE DIDNT MENTION IT..... BUT I HAVE CHICKENS AND DUCKS THAT LAY EGGS YEAR ROUND
@@eirecoleenJust a regular RED LED. I use red LED bulbs in the summer (no heat) and in the winter I use red heat lamps 250-300 watt. I just point the light where it shines on their nesting box bedding not too close for the heat lamps of course because of fire potential and cooked chicken. I get eggs year round. With my experience...after winter red lights were turned off and spring and summer came my chickens missed the red lights seriously. They stopped laying. I got red lights and started sprouting lentils and they started laying again. Protein and red lights are key for laying eggs in my backyard. Fermenting their food helps also and treats. It's whatever you can afford....I do the best I can on my budget.
It's fascinating to see a natural approach to feeding chickens without relying on commercial feed! Utilizing available resources like leftovers and allowing chickens to forage is truly a wonderful idea that keeps chickens healthy while saving costs." "This is a sustainable and innovative approach! Letting chickens forage freely and using fermented feed not only benefits their health but also significantly reduces farming costs. This might just be the future of organic agriculture!" "The Amish chicken-raising method is really interesting! Creating a natural environment, allowing chickens to forage, and utilizing leftovers not only cuts costs but also greatly enhances the nutritional quality in eggs and meat." "Raising chickens without commercial feed but still ensuring quality and saving costs! This is a fantastic solution to make the most of natural resources and protect the health of the flock." "The Amish feeding method not only saves costs but is also environmentally friendly. It’s amazing to see a way to raise chickens on natural feed without industrial products." "This model truly helps reduce waste by utilizing available food sources and enhancing the nutritional value for chickens. This is very beneficial for farmers aiming for sustainable farming!" "I'm really impressed with the use of fermented feed for chickens! It not only aids digestion but also boosts nutrition. This is a major step forward in adopting natural chicken-raising methods." "This approach is fascinating in optimizing chicken health through a natural and affordable diet. Farming using natural methods is not only good for chickens but also environmentally friendly and cost-saving!" "This is truly a friendly and easily applicable approach on a small scale. Allowing chickens to forage freely surely helps them stay more active, healthier, and face fewer health issues." "Thank you for sharing about the Amish chicken-raising method! The combination of leftovers, free-range foraging, and fermented feed is a comprehensive and cost-effective solution that households can easily adopt."
Why do Brit governing officials make it so hard to have food in your country? I hope the farmers' fight against huge inheritance tax succeeds. No country should lose food self reliance. Are people like Starmer trying to pull you out of Brexit and back to being voiceless degraded dependents on the whims of a world order?
Thank you Amish for coming out all over the country to vote for Trump. I hope he gets the Department of Agriculture off your backs and people like Amos Miller can return to selling organic products because we need wholesome, healthier natural foods. Bless you all. From Lithuania where every Thursday I get fresh milk. Only the "moo" is missing.
Someone needs to tell you a chicken owner to give your chickens table scraps? Really? Where is your common sense? And how is it you have so much food waste every day? We have hardly any scraps to feed our poor chickens cause we eat our food. We generate a couple of cups a day tops! Doesn’t go far among 15 chickens! When we are able to put in a garden we will have some garden waste we hope for them. The Amish , bless them for their amazing Maplesyrup, live in lush green pastures and we live in the high dessert. Not much in the way of food for them to forge here. I already ferment their grains, you forgot to add a little bit of apple cider vinegar to boost their immunity and a drop of oregano essential oil to strengthen their little bodies against parasites, but other than that you still aren’t reducing my costs to $1.25 a day!
To have a lot of eggs u need to feed chicken laying mash u will get 5 to 6 dozen of eggs. A month cause I did u can have side job selling eggs 😮😊 the money u get for ur will pay for ur feed an then some ❤❤❤❤
This program is a great lead into what mankind should have been asking and doing years ago. Firstly how natural is it to solely feed chickens the type of diets that specifically promote a more convenient method for feeding. At no time in recent years has anyone ever said, what would be a more realistic approach to feeding chickens. Short of endeavouring to feed hormones to promote a quicker method for producing larger birds. Even the introduction of Free-Range, although advocating a better more humane approach to farming. And supposedly freeing these birds from a life of cruelty as inhabitant’s of a deliberately conceived sized cage and automated feed & watering system. Suspended in the air, to help alleviate the problem of their waste. But now mankind has , with the introduction of bird flu and a Miriad of exotic variations in this disease. As just like Covid, when introduced to a weird receptive audience of waiting brood chambers and human guinea pigs. Who unaware of the war their own bodies were fighting. Either produced a natural immune response or died. But this new dilemma of 🐦 bird-flu. Means a re-think. And probably any industry without contingencies plans for virus control’s . In a world like the one in which we live in today, isn’t being very clever. And any worthwhile business nowadays that doesn’t think outside the circle. So why not diversify and take a look 👀 at a more sustainable and realistic way of feeding up these birds. More in line with the optimum being sustainable for this Planet. As grain becomes scarce and our population is slowly starving. Maybe the answer is in the relegation of certain insects, which breed exponentially creating food for animals and humans. But what about common sense and start putting a more realistic approach to feeding the entire planet incorporating a proper triage approach to our ever diminishing feed & food. Yet burying millions of tons of food waste. That could be used to produce millions of tons of (Insect-feed) and so starting another circle of life and sustainability.?!!!
Are you deliberately dragging this out. I got annoyed after 2 minutes and found the point you were refusing to make in the comments: free range foraging, kitchen scraps, fermented grains.
We have too many aerial predators for the small flock that I have for me to allow them to free-range without me being outside with them. I'm going to have to do some thinking on this one.
Get only black chickens. The aerial predators think they are crows and don’t attack. Been raising chicken two years and mine free range in my yard. Haven’t lost one hen. I also sit stuff around so they don’t have a landing area. I have Peking ducks to. No way to make those big ducks black. Cayuga do well though. I live right beside a designated trout steam.
@@vickiegibson2920 thanks for the tip. I live in desert terrain. Rocks, cactus, and a few juniper trees. Not much cover for them. Black chickens might work. We have lots of ravens and crows
@ works for me but I’m not in the desert. We have lots of predator birds though. I have 4 black olive eggers, I black Marin, 2 black australorps, and two black sex link. They are all great laying hens. I do not have any roosters. My olive eggers are my favorites but all are have good personalities and don’t chase or fly at you.
No I don’t go to a vet with my chickens and ducks mainly because we don’t have ANY fowl vets in my area. However, in August my favorite Peking duck was attacked by a Boxer. The Boxer jumped the fence and went after the duck so fast. Anyway the Boxer tore all the feathers and skin and some meat off the ducks back. It was a terrible wound. So anyway we tried to find a duck vet only to learn there are none here. So I called a Call a Vet I saw on face book ad. I called they said I had to pay 5.00 to become a member and then there would be a Vet charge. So I paid my five dollars and in about 30 minutes on a Sunday morning I received a call back with a California exchange (I have a daughter who lives out there so I knew the exchange). I told her what happened told her I had a video of him after the attack and still shots of the wound. She asked me to send them to her. She asked if he was able to poop and he was. His wound was worse on his back but there was also a wound made by the dogs bottom teeth on the underside of my drake. She examined the pics and told me she thought the duck could be saved. She told me to keep him and his mate in a cage in my house until he was well. I fixed up a cage on my back porch that flys and such couldn’t get into with clear tarps and sun cloth. Worked great. She said to clean the wound with Chlorhexidine which I already had (I bought mine by the gallon at Tractor Supply. You dilute it so it lasts a long time) and then put Manuka Honey on it from one side where the wound starts and cover the whole wound after the cleaning and you do that twice a day. I thought she was crazy but did exactly what she told me. My drake didn’t like the cleaning part at all. So I used the kiddie pool I had for the ducks. I cleaned it every day filled it up and put the Chlorhexidine in the pool water and made him soak in it for 15 to 20 minutes twice a day. I pushed his butt down in the water and held it there until he learned to put his own butt down in the water. When time was up I wrapped him in a towel and blotted the water off him. I figured he would tear me up cause he can bite really hard. He didn’t though. I would hold him until the wound was dry enough to hold the honey. Then I would slather a generous portion on both wounds and say a prayer all the time feeling stupid. After a few days I could see the wound was looking better. The honey was not uncomfortable for him so there was no problem getting it on him. Then I put him back in the cage. His whole personality seemed to be gone but I kept at it. In three weeks he was pretty much healed. The wound healed from the outside edges to the center. At three weeks he was not going to stay in that cage anymore so I let him out with the other ducks in the day and put him in the cage on the porch for another week. At the end of that week the scab in the center of the wound came off on its own and there was new skin completely over the wound. So I let him go back in the communal pen. He is completely healed now. His feathers grew in and he looks like nothing ever happened to him. The vet charged me 25.00 on my credit card the second month so including the 5.00 I paid in the beginning the whole vet bill was 30.00. Money well spent in my opinion. I now keep the Chlorhexidine and Manuka honey (the lowest bottle 15 to 24 ) on the shelf and folks this really works as crazy as it sounds. I recommend that everybody who has ducks and chickens keep this miracle combo on their shelf for times when you have a life to save.
If you are a back yard chicken keeper, there is no pasture. And I don't have a lawn for them to explore. If people don't eat healthy, their food scraps won't be healthy either--too much salt, sugar and fat. left over mashed potatos? No such thing at my house. I DO give them what small amount of leftovers two people can generate (not much). They get all the weeds I can pull along with greens I Buy for them. If you have a farm, go for the Amish way!
I just checked the receipt from the last bag of layer pellets I purchased for my flock. A complete, balanced ration costs me 58 CENTS a week. No dollars,, just 58 CENTS a week, lol. Oy. Some misinformation here. I don't know what Amish this guy is referring to but I live in a neighborhood full of Amish families and they are not feeding their chickens with no grain. In fact, although the title says to STOP Feeding Your Chickens Grain, the video goes on to describe how Amish farmers are fermenting grain. GRAIN. The same grain the title says to STOP feeding. Also, to clarify, Amish families do not have a never ending supply of food scraps, especially during the winter in cold climates, which is where the majority of Amish in the US live. Sure, they have "some" food scraps, and when they are processing food from their gardens they might have lots of food scraps- for a few weeks. But once winter hits they are eating mostly canned/preserved foods along with things like winter squash, apples, cabbage, and lots and lots of potatoes, all of which they can store in a root cellar or other cold storage. But fwiw, most chickens are crazy about potato peels. Mine will only eat them if the peels are cooked. As far as free ranging, we should all be free ranging our chickens. Except, predators. So in our neighborhood there are "some" chickens that free range- until they get hit by a car or eaten by a coyote or an eagle or hawk. But many, probably most, of our Amish neighbors keep their chickens confined to a secure chicken run to keep them safe. Once they have eaten every live thing in the run they are left with dirt. Which is why- Amish farmers grow grain. To feed themselves and their livestock during the winter months. In our neighborhood they grow mostly corn, oats, and wheat in rotation. Maybe some other small grains on occasion, especially if they can sell some of them at a profit. I have never heard of any Amish growing soybeans though. But other grains, yes. Those Amish farmers who grow, harvest, and thresh their grain (and/or shell their corn), have to store it someplace. Guess where they store it? In FEED BAGS, lol. Feed bags which they still have to haul around, just as if they had purchased feed in heavy bags from the feed store or mill or wherever, lol. And in our neighborhood, because some Amish families only have 5-10 acres and no room to grow grain, some Amish families still buy their chicken feed at the feed store. This guy just wants to sell books. Nothing wrong with selling books- and we buy lots of them. But this is a dishonest approach. And for the record, everyone I know or know of who keeps chickens raises them this exact way- there is nothing specific to the Amish about it. Possible exception being that they don't soak or ferment their grain. In fact, I am the only one in my neighborhood that feeds fermented feed to their chickens. The Amish just put the dry layer ration in feeders or they toss dry corn and scratch grains out on the ground for the chickens to eat. This guy should just do a straight up ad for the books or whatever else he is trying to sell and spare people watching a 30 minute video about something that isnot particularly "Amish", lol.
*Here's the quick short version summary of the very long drawn-out video.*
The video discusses an alternative method to feeding chickens, inspired by the Amish way of raising poultry. Instead of relying on expensive grain-based feeds, which are often filled with fillers, the Amish reportedly feed their chickens a more natural and diverse diet that includes:
1. Kitchen Scraps: Leftovers such as vegetable peels, stale bread, and other food waste are utilized, reducing waste and providing nutritious meals for the chickens.
2. Foraging: Chickens are allowed to roam and forage for insects, plants, and other natural food sources, mimicking their natural behavior and diet.
3. Fermented Feed: This involves soaking grains in water until they ferment, which enhances the nutritional value and aids in digestion for the chickens.
The result of this feeding method is healthier chickens that are more active, produce better quality eggs (with richer yolks), and have fewer health issues. The Amish approach is highlighted as being cost-effective, reportedly costing around $1.25 per week per chicken, which is significantly cheaper than buying commercial grain feeds. This method not only improves the well-being of the chickens but also saves money for the farmer, making it a win-win situation.
Thank you!!! You saved 30 minutes of my life!
Thank you!!
Thank you 30 min is a long time to invest in a couple simple points Thank you for taking one for the team
Thanks So much...saved 30 minutes of my life 😊.
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30+ minutes to say food scraps and fermented grain. Let them on pasture so they can eat bugs.
When my girls free-range, they also lay under bushes etc, not in their nest boxes.
@@Athena621 I lock mine up every night (predators) then I open the gate around 10 am, they come back to the coop around dusk. Never had a problem, they seem to like the nest boxes.
@@gershgoat4961 Yeah, our girls go to bed when it gets dark, but are happy to lay outside.
I used to keep Dutch Owlbeards, they had to be herded in, was I too late, they would roost in the trees 😅😅😅
I lasted 7 mins, and I said to myself, this is like those click-on ads that go on for an hour, then read your comment. Thanks
after broh repeated the same info the third time in 3 minutes i thought id lose my mind lol
I just fed my chickens a dollar and twenty-five cents because I got tired of watching this drawn out video, waiting for the answer of what to feed them !!!😂😂😂😂
My chickens have always been "free range"! They have almost an acre to wander around and scratch in! I had a fellow offer me a couple watermelons that were going bad! The chickens loved it and even let my two goats have some! And I sure enjoy those dark orange yolks!!
I also noticed that their eggs are better when they eat worms. Great content, thanks.
I grew up on a farm in Bavaria.
Our free range chickens lived
from what they found in the
Yard( woorms, insects, grass)
and mom tossed some of the
Kitchenwaste, crashed eggshells with a handfull of
grains.
and a handfull of grains
Your comments were right on point, however you repeated everything way to many times.
That repetition worked for me. I can pick up what's being said in case I miss it the first or second time.
My memory sucks so hearing it a few times really does help. Especially if watching/ listening as we do other things. I've seen other videos on making black soldier fly larvae feeder. Happy chickes!@@AhrayahLaban
Their scraps are homemade bread and homegrown garden scraps!... Big difference then our store bought food!
My chickens do eat a grain , but they are free to range our acreage all day everyday as we let them out.
Then just watch it once and move on….
@@user-pq9ji7kt4l Don't remember asking for your stupid advice.
Pasture raised is best. Greens, larvae, ticks, flies, worms, even mice if they can catch them. They are carnivores as well. When you actually get too many eggs, scramble some and feed them back to the hens. Crush the shells, ( washed first) they will eat those and get their minerals back. Or feed oyster shells. Yes, the yolks should be orange, not yellow. Chickens were originally jungle fowl. Guess what they ate there?
That's not true! You should research that my friend. I am not being rude as I've seen some videos and trusted them to find out later it was wrong. Just saying look around. Much love Granny in Florida 🌴👍😘
@@trulylynn9941 Granny, hon, what's not true. I stated quite a few things from my years of chicken raising. Which statement is not true. God bless.
You mention oyster shells, we had chickens laying double yolked eggs. Occasionally 3, but fragile, seem like at least one four where it was cracked coming out! All it was was a lack of mineral! Gave them oyster shells for scratch, nice solid shells! Everything’s better about homegrown!
My neighbor workes at an elementary school. She gets free scraps from them. Both fruits and vegtables, salad, etc...plus she uses her own scraps.
I wish more places/people were forward thing like this. Chickens, Pigs, etc will eat nearly anything. Why not feed it to them opposed to ending up in the landfill? Cities should connect local restaurants and cafes with owners to help supplement feed and prevent so much waste. :)
This is funny, a friend of my who had 12 🐔 in his garden in the centrum of Rotterdam the Netherlands in the 1980 was feeding his 🐔 the Amish dieet 😂 . On the corner of the street there was a 🍇🍍🍅🥬🥦🫑🍓🥕🍆🍎 store and evere day he get for free all the left overs. His 🐔 cost him nothing at all, he hath free eggs 😂😂😂. Powerlove from the Netherlands
get to the point , instead of droning on for thirty minutes
right... im out
You made really good points, but if you had made each point one time, this would have been a just-as-informative 5-minute video. I just couldn't make it past the half-way point, and that took a lot of patience!
I love this new wave I'm noticing, authentic honesty. I am liking this.
Our birds love almost everything you give them, along with mice snakes, lizards, fire ants, any and all bugs!
When I had chickens, I almost started freaking out when I saw one with a mouse in her beak, banging it on the ground.🤣 I had no idea that they ate mice.
My chickens eat those meat eating yellow jackets. They have carpeted the yards in my area all late summer and fall. They ate them so fast that if they got stung they didn’t react in any way. While everybody else were making bologna traps my girls were feeding on mine. I think the ducks ate some too. Not at the rate my chicken did.
I feed my chickens right I guess, i get beyond good egg production and healthy, no worm, no mites, no lice, hard egg shells...guess im doing something right!
If you don't have enough food scraps, why not grow them a big garden to roam thru?
And you can set up a black fly system to feed them live larva...done all this on the farm for all my birds, ducks, geese ,turkeys and chickens
I just mentioned this. Hell, I have one cat that loves the flies (bearded dragon food) but I let some go to flies for the enrichment, if any get loose, Diego gets them.
Yes the soldier bug/fly is good food, and June bugs.
I never have anything leftover and never scraps only thing I have to toss is coffee grounds. For real.
So when you make salads using peppers cukes tomatoes you don’t have seeds and cords to toss out?
Feed them Hemp seeds and fresh hemp leaves. This makes them very healthy😊
Too long video. No worth it
😂😂😂 this video 😂😂😂😂 i thought it was stuck on repeat the whole time😂
I bought laying hens that no longer laid one egg per day. During the day, I let them forage ..I did give them left overs and a little grain..they actually started laying more eggs. I wish I knew about the fermented grains back then, I would definitely have done that if I had known about it
When they outlaw freedom,
Become an outlaw.
You have to have a large family to produce enough scraps. And he is still buying the pellets to ferment. If you could work out a deal with a grocery stores to get all the produce they throw away. Or a restaurants. But then you have to burn gas to go get, and bring home every day.
Once a day in the late afternoon move the chicken tractor forward add scraps and . grain, collect eggs, refill soaking bucket. Next round ther may be some grain growing for them to harvest themselves.
Mine are mostly free range but when i throw them grain they act like they are starving. Production goes down not up
Feed your chickens herbs such as celery the eggs will taste better
Food scraps and free range. ❤
I don't have food scraps. Fermented feed, meh! Did that. They get less nutrition because the feed is bloated with water. The birds still won't lay when the daylight hours drop below 14 hrs a day, no matter what you feed them.
IF you get a solar light for their coop they will. I live in zone 6 in KY an mine do.
When I had chickens they loved watermelon but hated kale.
They are carnivores by nature and also like a varied diet to get the nutrients they need, just like you.Cooked carbohydrates are another thing normally missing from their diet.
I grew up in the caribbean our chickens eat anything they roam all over we call them to feed them once per day
So how do you ferment their feed? What does that mean???
Fresh eggs can last up thirty days without refrigeration .
My chickens get fruits, vegetables, pumpkin, corn leftovers, and sometimes grain.
The amish here in Missouri i see the amish at the feed store buying cattle sheep and chicken feed.
I buy pasture raised eggs! They cost a little more but are nutritionally dense!
I don't disagree...we've done this here for years. The chickens are healthier and lay better with diversity. My problem is this video could have been done in a fraction of the time committed to it. Time is precious...
Maybe there's a payback for length of video, I increase the speed of the video, most often 1.5.
Have a look at Vermont Compost. Here is a waste transformation system that uses chickens who only forage through organic waste ( no grains are ever added to their diet) and produce some of the most sought after compost in the US. As a bonus they produce eggs which are sold in town as a testament and promotion of a successful circular economy .
Yeah, he also raises a healthy crop of rats. And mice and other vermin. He has been sued multiple times because of it, by the town and the EPA for creating a health hazard. If you try something like this, do so at your own risk.
Check out Billy from Permaculture Homestead.
He tells you in detail how to do this for your chickens and other farm critters.
He also tells about various resources to help get supplies to do this.
Hi Bill
I can't find his channel?
Perma Pastures Farm @@lilycardoso4679
Doesn't everyone feed their chickens food scraps in the USA? That's a no brainer but never enough to sustain them, even garden scraps and weeds aren't enough, they need some grain and we only feed high quality, organic whole grains so it's going to be a little pricy but we are eating their eggs, I want them to be nutrient dense not gmo junk food.
Repeat repeat and repeat straight to the point sir
I am actually planning to grow fodder - this is different types of sprouted vegetables, herbs, seeds, beans and some grains like oats. I don't have a lot of scrap from the kitchen not enough to feed 8 hens but doing a combination of different food groups works. While my fodder grows I am feeding kitchen scraps, cooked white rice, soaked and cooked peas. They get seaweed and oyster shell, I mix things around a bit - I don't think they get bored - always shifting their feet through what I put in their yard. Remember - chicken poo is incredible for your garden. I wish I could post pictures of my Japanese sweet potatoes and cucumbers - they were so huge - cucumbers over 11 1/2 inches long and very wide. One sweet potato took two hands to hold. Mix their poo with peat, leaves, sand, or dirt, throw in grass clippings, saw dust, let it break down mixed together for one to three weeks and if you have excess veg scrap - grind it up and mix it in. The soil I had was so amazing. I am digging up all my beds at the moment to restart winter planting.
This drags😮😮on and ON. LIKE A BROKEN,,RECORD. 😴 💤 🛏 😪 🛌 😴
its like a novel ,i like it reminds me of dinner with andre
@@bradleylittle1469That movie sucked. Yet I watched it in fast scan only to get to that one great line that I forgot already.
Maybe you don't REALLY care about your chickens?
I feed from the garden in the summer and lots of sprouts in the winter, plus larvae.
Two people don’t make much in scraps.
During the summer, they were free-ranged every afternoon because we have lots of woods for cover.
But, a hawk moved in unbeknownst to me and I just lost a hen! My favorite!
I have the “tractor” set up but need to figure out how to move the heavy “portable” pen! Every time I use the large tractor with skids, I think it’s going to fall apart!
But, they were happy when I moved them every week. Not as happy as being free but dead birds aren’t happy birds.
Our culture thinks food production is best done in specialized monocultures, using oil-based inputs. Corn is best because it guzzles the most chemicals! It has to go somewhere! - feeding grains to chickens & cows in feed lots, feeding people toxic ultra-processed corn products. What we 'save', we spend on the quacks (only to get sicker!) & when oil hits $250 a barrel?
$1.25/week per bird?
A gourmet coffee for $1.25? I spend twice that for regular coffee at a truck stop 😢
How di you orotect the chicks/hens from rodents, Wild cats , possums, etc. i live in the tropics
Chickens are you garden's best friends.
Yup that happy hen would have sold me too.
Papaya, insects, greens
Chickens will pick over cow poop and spread it around eating the bugs out of it, this in turn feeds the soil microbes and manure as well as chickens poop . Its good for the chickens and the grass and the chattel.
What did chickens and chattel eat before they got a steady grain diet?
That video was waaay longer than it needed to be
Side eyes & judgmental chicken stares! Lol! What a hoot!
Here’s my question, how do you make this work if you live in an area where there’s five months of winter? We have frozen ground and snow from December to April. Where are the birds going to forge then?
And I want an honest opinion how many people here actually bring their chickens to the vet ?
I did it once. Never again. Let’s be honest they’re too easy to replace.
We never took our chickens to the vet. They just ended up in the pot if they were too old or sick.
Welcome to how earlier generations have handled this all along! Follow Nature's Way living!
That dark yolk is a teltal sign theyre being fed corn. Loose chickens on gtass and scraps and grain but i dont feed any corn because its all gmo. Thats what makes the yolks so orange,
I am confused orange yoke is tell sign of corn feed but yet your yokes are orange from grass scraps and grain? My girls only eat off the land and very orange yokes and deep taste
Sandra, white corn is jeee emmm 0h's freee
Grow your own corn, the "three sisters" way!
All that to recommend free range lmao a politician in the making.
What do blind people do in Amish communities.
You do know the Amish go to feed stores and buy chicken feed right? I live in Amish country and can tell you for sure they go to tractor supply and another feed store that is local .
Wasted ½ hour for 2 minutes of information, scraps, free range bugs and greens supplemented with fermented grains.
CAT FOOD AND MEAT TO INCREASE EGG PRODUCTION...MEAL WORMS AND BLACK SOLDIER LARVAE....HE DIDNT MENTION IT..... BUT I HAVE CHICKENS AND DUCKS THAT LAY EGGS YEAR ROUND
Does it matter what color range the lightbulb is?
@@eirecoleenJust a regular RED LED. I use red LED bulbs in the summer (no heat) and in the winter I use red heat lamps 250-300 watt. I just point the light where it shines on their nesting box bedding not too close for the heat lamps of course because of fire potential and cooked chicken. I get eggs year round. With my experience...after winter red lights were turned off and spring and summer came my chickens missed the red lights seriously. They stopped laying. I got red lights and started sprouting lentils and they started laying again. Protein and red lights are key for laying eggs in my backyard. Fermenting their food helps also and treats. It's whatever you can afford....I do the best I can on my budget.
It's fascinating to see a natural approach to feeding chickens without relying on commercial feed! Utilizing available resources like leftovers and allowing chickens to forage is truly a wonderful idea that keeps chickens healthy while saving costs."
"This is a sustainable and innovative approach! Letting chickens forage freely and using fermented feed not only benefits their health but also significantly reduces farming costs. This might just be the future of organic agriculture!"
"The Amish chicken-raising method is really interesting! Creating a natural environment, allowing chickens to forage, and utilizing leftovers not only cuts costs but also greatly enhances the nutritional quality in eggs and meat."
"Raising chickens without commercial feed but still ensuring quality and saving costs! This is a fantastic solution to make the most of natural resources and protect the health of the flock."
"The Amish feeding method not only saves costs but is also environmentally friendly. It’s amazing to see a way to raise chickens on natural feed without industrial products."
"This model truly helps reduce waste by utilizing available food sources and enhancing the nutritional value for chickens. This is very beneficial for farmers aiming for sustainable farming!"
"I'm really impressed with the use of fermented feed for chickens! It not only aids digestion but also boosts nutrition. This is a major step forward in adopting natural chicken-raising methods."
"This approach is fascinating in optimizing chicken health through a natural and affordable diet. Farming using natural methods is not only good for chickens but also environmentally friendly and cost-saving!"
"This is truly a friendly and easily applicable approach on a small scale. Allowing chickens to forage freely surely helps them stay more active, healthier, and face fewer health issues."
"Thank you for sharing about the Amish chicken-raising method! The combination of leftovers, free-range foraging, and fermented feed is a comprehensive and cost-effective solution that households can easily adopt."
in Britain feeding kitchen scraps to chickens is against the law. They claim it causes salmonella
Why do Brit governing officials make it so hard to have food in your country?
I hope the farmers' fight against huge inheritance tax succeeds. No country should lose food self reliance. Are people like Starmer trying to pull you out of Brexit and back to being voiceless degraded dependents on the whims of a world order?
Uh,
Aren't seeds grains?
Thanks for information, I am watching from Zambia, I try
Junk food for chickens indeed. Chickens like snakes, mice, insects and other invertebrates.
Chickens are carnivores just like us.
Thank you Amish for coming out all over the country to vote for Trump. I hope he gets the Department of Agriculture off your backs and people like Amos Miller can return to selling organic products because we need wholesome, healthier natural foods. Bless you all. From Lithuania where every Thursday I get fresh milk. Only the "moo" is missing.
I did that with my two ducks. They were skinny as. 🤢🦆= 🥕
Squash and pumpkins
Do you always repeat the same thing 20 times just to take up time?
Someone needs to tell you a chicken owner to give your chickens table scraps? Really? Where is your common sense? And how is it you have so much food waste every day? We have hardly any scraps to feed our poor chickens cause we eat our food. We generate a couple of cups a day tops!
Doesn’t go far among 15 chickens! When we are able to put in a garden we will have some garden waste we hope for them. The Amish , bless them for their amazing Maplesyrup, live in lush green pastures and we live in the high dessert. Not much in the way of food for them to forge here. I already ferment their grains, you forgot to add a little bit of apple cider vinegar to boost their immunity and a drop of oregano essential oil to strengthen their little bodies against parasites, but other than that you still aren’t reducing my costs to $1.25 a day!
That’s exactly how my grandparents did it.
I HATE VIDEOS THAT NEVER GET TO THE DANG POINT!!! They talk around it for half an hour never explaining it, THUMBS DOWN
4 minutes in and he still hasn't gotten to the point.
I agree!!! Blah, blah 😢
To have a lot of eggs u need to feed chicken laying mash u will get 5 to 6 dozen of eggs. A month cause I did u can have side job selling eggs 😮😊 the money u get for ur will pay for ur feed an then some ❤❤❤❤
Can that be grown?
This program is a great lead into what mankind should have been asking and doing years ago. Firstly how natural is it to solely feed chickens the type of diets that specifically promote a more convenient method for feeding. At no time in recent years has anyone ever said, what would be a more realistic approach to feeding chickens. Short of endeavouring to feed hormones to promote a quicker method for producing larger birds. Even the introduction of Free-Range, although advocating a better more humane approach to farming. And supposedly freeing these birds from a life of cruelty as inhabitant’s of a deliberately conceived sized cage and automated feed & watering system. Suspended in the air, to help alleviate the problem of their waste. But now mankind has , with the introduction of bird flu and a Miriad of exotic variations in this disease. As just like Covid, when introduced to a weird receptive audience of waiting brood chambers and human guinea pigs. Who unaware of the war their own bodies were fighting. Either produced a natural immune response or died. But this new dilemma of 🐦 bird-flu. Means a re-think. And probably any industry without contingencies plans for virus control’s . In a world like the one in which we live in today, isn’t being very clever. And any worthwhile business nowadays that doesn’t think outside the circle. So why not diversify and take a look 👀 at a more sustainable and realistic way of feeding up these birds. More in line with the optimum being sustainable for this Planet. As grain becomes scarce and our population is slowly starving. Maybe the answer is in the relegation of certain insects, which breed exponentially creating food for animals and humans. But what about common sense and start putting a more realistic approach to feeding the entire planet incorporating a proper triage approach to our ever diminishing feed & food. Yet burying millions of tons of food waste. That could be used to produce millions of tons of (Insect-feed) and so starting another circle of life and sustainability.?!!!
Are you deliberately dragging this out. I got annoyed after 2 minutes and found the point you were refusing to make in the comments: free range foraging, kitchen scraps, fermented grains.
Thank you for that! I kept wondering when he was going to bring the plane in for a landing too
This video is like one of those circular sales videos that makes you want to push the button just so you can get the repeatedly promised conclusion
I'm not a troll but you keep saying 1,25 a week, like that's cheap,at that price my 50 chickens would cost me 75,00 a week, you must new to chickens
We don’t have a vet who takes care of chickens or ducks. We take care of them 😊
I always feel inspired after watching your videos 3:59
Thanks.
Omg 4 minutes in and no information just constant babbling
We have too many aerial predators for the small flock that I have for me to allow them to free-range without me being outside with them. I'm going to have to do some thinking on this one.
Only the chicken tractor in places like yours.
@@charlanpennington3989 I live in a desert. There's no grass, only rocks, clay, and cactus. There'd be nothing for them to graze on.
Get only black chickens. The aerial predators think they are crows and don’t attack. Been raising chicken two years and mine free range in my yard. Haven’t lost one hen. I also sit stuff around so they don’t have a landing area. I have Peking ducks to. No way to make those big ducks black. Cayuga do well though. I live right beside a designated trout steam.
@@vickiegibson2920 thanks for the tip. I live in desert terrain. Rocks, cactus, and a few juniper trees. Not much cover for them. Black chickens might work. We have lots of ravens and crows
@ works for me but I’m not in the desert. We have lots of predator birds though. I have 4 black olive eggers, I black Marin, 2 black australorps, and two black sex link. They are all great laying hens. I do not have any roosters. My olive eggers are my favorites but all are have good personalities and don’t chase or fly at you.
Consider this:
Grains make flour which makes baked “goods”, like bread etc.
What do you think this BS does to us long term.
He only needs the chips.
Does this apply to chicjs for eating?
I appreciate it too & saving money on feeding chickens. 90 min saying the same thing, 👎🏽 I stopped watching 24 minutes.
What do you do during winter?
Talk abt dragging a video out just on chicken diet 🙄 FFS
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No I don’t go to a vet with my chickens and ducks mainly because we don’t have ANY fowl vets in my area. However, in August my favorite Peking duck was attacked by a Boxer. The Boxer jumped the fence and went after the duck so fast. Anyway the Boxer tore all the feathers and skin and some meat off the ducks back. It was a terrible wound. So anyway we tried to find a duck vet only to learn there are none here. So I called a Call a Vet I saw on face book ad. I called they said I had to pay 5.00 to become a member and then there would be a Vet charge. So I paid my five dollars and in about 30 minutes on a Sunday morning I received a call back with a California exchange (I have a daughter who lives out there so I knew the exchange). I told her what happened told her I had a video of him after the attack and still shots of the wound. She asked me to send them to her. She asked if he was able to poop and he was. His wound was worse on his back but there was also a wound made by the dogs bottom teeth on the underside of my drake. She examined the pics and told me she thought the duck could be saved. She told me to keep him and his mate in a cage in my house until he was well. I fixed up a cage on my back porch that flys and such couldn’t get into with clear tarps and sun cloth. Worked great. She said to clean the wound with Chlorhexidine which I already had (I bought mine by the gallon at Tractor Supply. You dilute it so it lasts a long time) and then put Manuka Honey on it from one side where the wound starts and cover the whole wound after the cleaning and you do that twice a day. I thought she was crazy but did exactly what she told me. My drake didn’t like the cleaning part at all. So I used the kiddie pool I had for the ducks. I cleaned it every day filled it up and put the Chlorhexidine in the pool water and made him soak in it for 15 to 20 minutes twice a day. I pushed his butt down in the water and held it there until he learned to put his own butt down in the water. When time was up I wrapped him in a towel and blotted the water off him. I figured he would tear me up cause he can bite really hard. He didn’t though. I would hold him until the wound was dry enough to hold the honey. Then I would slather a generous portion on both wounds and say a prayer all the time feeling stupid. After a few days I could see the wound was looking better. The honey was not uncomfortable for him so there was no problem getting it on him. Then I put him back in the cage. His whole personality seemed to be gone but I kept at it. In three weeks he was pretty much healed. The wound healed from the outside edges to the center. At three weeks he was not going to stay in that cage anymore so I let him out with the other ducks in the day and put him in the cage on the porch for another week. At the end of that week the scab in the center of the wound came off on its own and there was new skin completely over the wound. So I let him go back in the communal pen. He is completely healed now. His feathers grew in and he looks like nothing ever happened to him. The vet charged me 25.00 on my credit card the second month so including the 5.00 I paid in the beginning the whole vet bill was 30.00. Money well spent in my opinion. I now keep the Chlorhexidine and Manuka honey (the lowest bottle 15 to 24 ) on the shelf and folks this really works as crazy as it sounds. I recommend that everybody who has ducks and chickens keep this miracle combo on their shelf for times when you have a life to save.
So you go on egg hunt every day while they are free ranging? What about predators?
If you get them established laying in a nesting box they will continue to lay there(most of the time) even when they are let free to roam.
@@MangoTheLegend
I agree. My chickens only lay in the laying boxes.
Fermented grain -- where do you get the grain except the feed store
I can get the grocery store trimmings ... the big [box] stores don't do it though
If you are a back yard chicken keeper, there is no pasture. And I don't have a lawn for them to explore. If people don't eat healthy, their food scraps won't be healthy either--too much salt, sugar and fat. left over mashed potatos? No such thing at my house. I DO give them what small amount of leftovers two people can generate (not much). They get all the weeds I can pull along with greens I Buy for them. If you have a farm, go for the Amish way!
Anybody who’s watching and didn’t know these things already shame on your parents.
I couldn’t watch any more 8:24 out of 31:24. Was this written by a Kamala Harris speech writer ?? Pete repeat and repeat some more
WHAT ABOUT THE FROZEN GROUND AND DEEP SNOW IN THE WINTER, they CAN STILL GET THE FERMENTED FEED at least.
Have you mention feeding the chicken broken up into small pieces egg shell. Also chicken like milk and cooked potatoes.
I lost four hens in a week from coyotes , every time I turned my back another one was gone
I just checked the receipt from the last bag of layer pellets I purchased for my flock. A complete, balanced ration costs me 58 CENTS a week. No dollars,, just 58 CENTS a week, lol.
Oy. Some misinformation here. I don't know what Amish this guy is referring to but I live in a neighborhood full of Amish families and they are not feeding their chickens with no grain. In fact, although the title says to STOP Feeding Your Chickens Grain, the video goes on to describe how Amish farmers are fermenting grain. GRAIN. The same grain the title says to STOP feeding.
Also, to clarify, Amish families do not have a never ending supply of food scraps, especially during the winter in cold climates, which is where the majority of Amish in the US live. Sure, they have "some" food scraps, and when they are processing food from their gardens they might have lots of food scraps- for a few weeks. But once winter hits they are eating mostly canned/preserved foods along with things like winter squash, apples, cabbage, and lots and lots of potatoes, all of which they can store in a root cellar or other cold storage. But fwiw, most chickens are crazy about potato peels. Mine will only eat them if the peels are cooked.
As far as free ranging, we should all be free ranging our chickens. Except, predators. So in our neighborhood there are "some" chickens that free range- until they get hit by a car or eaten by a coyote or an eagle or hawk. But many, probably most, of our Amish neighbors keep their chickens confined to a secure chicken run to keep them safe. Once they have eaten every live thing in the run they are left with dirt.
Which is why- Amish farmers grow grain. To feed themselves and their livestock during the winter months. In our neighborhood they grow mostly corn, oats, and wheat in rotation. Maybe some other small grains on occasion, especially if they can sell some of them at a profit. I have never heard of any Amish growing soybeans though. But other grains, yes. Those Amish farmers who grow, harvest, and thresh their grain (and/or shell their corn), have to store it someplace. Guess where they store it? In FEED BAGS, lol. Feed bags which they still have to haul around, just as if they had purchased feed in heavy bags from the feed store or mill or wherever, lol. And in our neighborhood, because some Amish families only have 5-10 acres and no room to grow grain, some Amish families still buy their chicken feed at the feed store.
This guy just wants to sell books. Nothing wrong with selling books- and we buy lots of them. But this is a dishonest approach. And for the record, everyone I know or know of who keeps chickens raises them this exact way- there is nothing specific to the Amish about it. Possible exception being that they don't soak or ferment their grain. In fact, I am the only one in my neighborhood that feeds fermented feed to their chickens. The Amish just put the dry layer ration in feeders or they toss dry corn and scratch grains out on the ground for the chickens to eat.
This guy should just do a straight up ad for the books or whatever else he is trying to sell and spare people watching a 30 minute video about something that isnot particularly "Amish", lol.