HOW to raise CHICKENS for eggs
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My children like to put on aprons and carry around our Rhode Island Reds in them , they call this “ Chicken in a pouch”. The chickens love it and sometimes fall asleep in the pouch 😂.
I wanted to get chickens for 20 years and my hubby poo pooed the idea. But a month ago I got 8 laying hens that were just starting to lay. And they lay blue, green and pink eggs. And I only paid 2.00 each! So we had the chicken house done and their run that is 30 ft x 30 ft. It's covered with chicken wire also to protect them from bald eagles etc. And it is so funny, my hubby who didn't want chickens. Is now a chicken dad. He's always checking for eggs, watching their antics etc. So if someone doesn't think they will like them? We have been enjoying them so much. They know me as the treat lady. And when they see me they start clucking and run up to the fence for their treats. It's so funny. Can't sneak up on them. They always know when I'm coming.
Wow you got a deal on those chickens!!
I haven't been able to raise chickens since I was young until a year ago. Now I won't ever go without them again.
I had a black chicken called Lunar, she live inside. She used to put herself to bed at night in a cat carrier and loved to be carried around. She sat up on my mum's hospital bed in her room and was her companion to watch tv. When mum passed, Lunar looked everywhere for her.
She didn't get along with our other chickens, they picked on her. She was more like a cat or dog than a bird. I miss her.
I’ve seen someone
had a chicken as a pet running around the house with a diaper on 😅 it was the cutest thing I’ve seen ! I’m sure you must of done the same thing or they’ll 💩 all over the house !!😂
@@deliaalmeida6928 Lunar was pretty well trained she would poop on paper or in her box
We have 2 hens and can’t keep up with using all the eggs 14 most weeks, we have Rhode Island reds they’re also our pets that run the yard.
Some additional tips I'd love to share:
Don't forget about the climate you live in. Some breeds are more heat tolerant while others are more cold tolerant. Proper housing is crucial as well as proper feeds and plenty of clean water!
The heat lamps need to be dusted off from time to time to prevent fires (this includes the bulb). CAUTION: the bulb and the shield will be HOT until they cool off after shutting it off in order to dust it off. It is unnecessary to use heat lamps in chicken coops once the birds have feathered out. This has been the leading cause of fires. The dust and dander that accumulate on the bulb &/or sheild can ignite. The other cause is the birds flying in the coop and hitting the lamp, causing it to explode. The hot shards land in the bedding and ignite. Another reason not to use heat lamps for feathered birds is that when the power goes out, they haven't acclimated to the weather (example: northern winters) and quickly die. When chickens are left to acclimate, they build up down feathers and actually put out 5 btu's of heat, each!
Once they are feathered out, they are generally safe to put them outside (weather and elements considered). As long as they are kept out of all drafts, and they have ventilation you are good to go. Drafts and moisture are detrimental to a flock.
When introducing new birds, use the buddy system (meaning when you add them, add more than one. There is safety in numbers. The old flock will be aggressive for a time as the new pecking order is established.) Be sure to isolate new birds for at least a week. Diotomaceous Earth, DE, (food grade) is a great way to dust the new chickens to mitigate mites etc.
Some birds are more flighty than others. Clipping one wing isnt harmful, and makes them off balanced. This helps deter them from flying out of the area you have set up from them. There are great vids out there to show you how to do it.
Predators: be mindful of what wildlife you have around you. Electric fencing is great! If you have hawks, you can always use t-posts and drape netting above. Or you could stream wire or string in a random pattern. If you are moving your birds regularly, you may need to find more creative ways to help with arial predators.
To have clean eggs to gather, add a small handful of bedding in the nesting boxes periodically. Clean it out as needed. Clean bedding = Clean eggs :)
Mike, great vid! I hope that new chicken owners see this vid. I hope i have been able to add more tips that are helpful.
Always, sending our best and prayers for you, your family, and your farm. 🚜 See you in the next video!
Your so awesome thank you for the great knowledge
We started with 4 one year old layers a year ago. Then we added a few older pullets last fall. We stayed in touch with our “chicken guy” and just added another half dozen pullets. We have 13 ladies now. Love my chickens. Definitely don’t regret it. I think we’re going to try meat birds this year too.
Meat chickens will be great.
Muncie Indiana just passed a law No chickens in the City so i went over to KFC and told them to get out of Dodge. LOL.
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🤣🤣Best thing to do!
I live outside Warren Indiana and I have a few chicken's. For all reasons. Love to see you here also!!
Why is Muncie hating on chicken???? Seems arbitrary to me. 😮😮😮🙄🥺
OMFG!!! Sent me!!! Am dead!!
Thankfully our land allows us up to 10 chickens for the size of land we own. The eggs are great for eating but also the shells are great for the compost as they provide calcium.
Hello from another NC guy. We've been "meanin' to" for a while on chickens. It happened this week. We lucked out and found a guy in the county who had to move quickly. We got a 9wx12Lx7H run, coop, 8 birds, chick supplies, extra wire, tposts and 150# of feed for $100. Healthy curious free range birds who were already laying! Love the content, been lurking for a long time.
Awesome!!
Three backyard hens in suburban San Jose! 2 are Fancy-Schmantzy Polish (*Not* productive!), and 1 Brown Sexlink (she is an Egg-Machine!).
Want to thank you, again, for inspiring me to turn them loose on my small raised beds! Took 'em 2-3 days, but they cleared the weeds and tilled my soil!
Great vid - Thanks for sharing!
Very Informative Mike, Thanks So Much. Lady L from Irving, Texas, Original Home of The Cowboys lol
Incubators have come a long way. 62 years ago they were metal I remember seeing my mom and dad checking on them with us in the coop.
Thanks for such a good video! I've had chickens most of my life, now I just raise egg layers. One other thing to consider before you buy chickens is your climate- the breeds I raise in the desert southwest may not do well in Montana or Minnesota. I choose breeds that are heat tolerant, you may need chickens that are cold tolerant instead.
I remember when I was a child, people in the countryside not having incubators but using the "natural method " for getting chicks having chickens "incubating" the egs.
Sorry for my english.😁
We have some ducks sitting on eggs right now.
We use ducks to hatch Turkey, chicken, and duck eggs of course. Muscovy ducks make the best mother's.
I don't have chickens but you make me want some.Although I am responsible so I have to wait.
We love keeping chickens. When the pandemic hit the prices we were getting for chicks and pullets went way up. I told my grandson crystien that I was afraid it would be short lived and people would be dumping animal's soon. I am glad to see the majority of folks in our area are staying interested and keeping chickens.
I think you did a great job with the education part of the video and lot of people needed some help with that. I enjoy watching the kids working with you. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
Thank you. You're the first person to mention putting a chicken in a stroller
👍👍Good show!!!
You are right fresh eggs are really delicious, way better than the supermarket!!!
My old friend's doughter and her husband give me fresh eggs every week! 😋😋😋
I'm having a egg sandwich for supper tonight!!! Yummy... 😁
I bought 400 chicks last year. Raised to 10 weeks and sold some at 7.00. Went up 1.00 a week til 9.00 and all the ones I chose to sell were gone!.I kept Black copper marans, blue gems and houdans. I definitely still have too many. I am incubating eggs because I have too many to eat. Plus I have about 50 quail.
Oh I forgot my barred rock !
Wow! I have between 15 to 20 birds at a time and we can't eat all the eggs!
I don't have any plans to get chickens for myself, but I learned a lot from your discussion. Lots of good information. Good job!
for colorfull eggs add black copper maran, olive egger etc
I got a friend of mine some Houdans!pretty!
Its like getting a present every day I'm getting my own labels mad for my cartons
Wow! That's awesome!!
Love the sound of baby chicks. Very informational video, thank you!
First year raising cornish cross here and the growth rate is amazing. I've also had a small flock of layers for about 3 years, currently have French Black Copper Marans which is another good dual purpose bird, mild temperament towards people, and they are also a super broody breed that love to hatch out their own eggs.
Keep on trucking, looks like it might be your best season yet!
We started raising chickens for eggs 12+ years ago because store bought eggs made my stomach hurt 🤢 Now we raise chickens for eggs and meat 🙂
We raise Speckled Sussex for eggs. We only have 8 hens and one rooster but I collect 15 eggs almost every day and there is only two of us these days. They are good layers and friendly birds. According to Murray McMurray these birds are a great meat bird too.
We are planning on getting some chickens soon first timers my husband built our coop. I have watched a lot of chickens videos and yours by far is the best! Thank you for all of this information!! I love your personality and I can feel the love and passion you have when you talk.
This summer we’re downsizing & moving from an urban condo in the middle of town, to some acreage in the country. (Just a little over an acre.... but it’s a lot to us!)
Part of the desire to simplify is to grown our own food and.... chickens! For eggs!! (We are Ketovore/carnivore and eat a lot of eggs 😝) I want chickens.... but it just seems so complicated and completely outta my league.
Thank you thank you for this video!
Chickens are so easy…don’t make it over complicated! Retired Vet Tech telling you they’re one of the EASIEST animals to care for!
You can do it! ♥️🙏👍🇺🇸🤓
Yes and I live in town.
We moved to the country 12 years ago and got chickens right away. I was all worried I wasn't doing it "right". Chickens have taught me other than the first week raising chicks, they can pretty much take care of themselves. They are very adaptive so they don't need much to be happy. They are very entertaining too. They have personalities. I learned they do want to be able to dig holes in the dirt and dust themselves to help with the mites they get. I've never seen any mites on them but they want to dust themselves anyway. I free range mine and have lost very few over the years to preditors. I have 2 Ginneas as alert birds to warn them of preditors. I have so enjoyed their eggs. So much better than store bought. They start laying at 5 months and have small eggs at first but soon get to be regular size. I refresh my flock every 2 years since production goes down after 2 years. We have a barn they go into by themselves at night. One tip, farm fresh eggs will stick to the frying pan more than store bought. When you boil them they can be hard to peel. I don't know why this is but several of my chicken ladies I know have the same things happen. Chickens are great to have. They eat a lot of bugs including ticks so we have less pests in our yard. Also, you do not need a rooster to get them to lay eggs. Then you don't have the crowing, scratching up of the hens and no eggs get fertilized! My friends give me all the egg cartons I need. Good luck and enjoy!
Pullets are any female chicken under a year old. If you hatch eggs or buy straight run, you have a chance of having 50% 🐓 roosters. People should know to consider this.
Especially if you live in the city, as even cities that allow a small amount of chickens, do not allow roosters, because of the early hours crowing.
I just bought my first 6 chicks 5 weeks ago, they said it was 90% accuracy on sexing the chicks. Seems like we got all hens!
Thank you for so much info on chickens bro I just moved out the city and want to start raising them for eggs and start a vegetable farm
Thanks for educating peeps! I live in suburbia and am allowed 10 so I bought 10 last July. After the Rubbermaid tote I got a watermelon box from the grocery store. Perfect size until they were ready for the coop/run I built. I get 8 to 9 eggs per day (1 was a roo.) and great additive for my garden beds! Blessings to your family!
AWESOME INFO ‼‼‼ Thank you Sir 👍🏾👏🏽🙏🏾‼‼‼
great advice
Eggs for PERSONAL use. Do not wash them. If you have a real poopy one wash and use 1st. Unwashed Eggs have a protective layer to keep them fresh.
Thank you!
Delay is such a sweet daughter and helper to mom and dad. But do not forget that she also helps so much to watch after her and guide her brothers. God bless her as she grows older and even more beautiful than she already is. May the Lord protect her and guide her.
Thanks can’t have chickens but I sure enjoy watching
I watch a lot of your videos and this was really well done. It's very informative for people that don't have it know what to do with chickens. The video was well put together and entertaining as well. We've raised chickens for a while now and this video just reminded me of our beginning and how very little we knew as well as how far we've come and had to figure out on our own.
very good information for beginner's
How long can you store your eggs after you have collected them and are still safe to eat? What temperature should they be stored at? I find your videos so educational. Thank you for sharing your ideas, knowledge and making homesteading so much fun for the whole family. Have a wonderful growing season. Lacey will you take us on a foraging trip in a forest. You are so knowledgeable on what you can and can't eat. Love you guys and your darling hard working family. :)
We live in a county that allows chickens and we started with 5 pullets about 7 yrs ago; I highly recommend that. I still have a chicken from our original flock, and she's still laying eggs! Now we raise chicks, but we are the victims of "Chicken Math." We only have "THREE" chickens; you hear me?-- THREE!(more like 30😳), but THAT'S IT!😏😂 Our new neighbors were raised on property, so they love that we have chickens, and they said they were amazed that our chicken run didn't smell bad. That's the carbonaceous diaper working.😉
And I love how you worked in the Bible in the breakfast shot!😉
I always loved 🐔and since moving to a small subdivision in Texas I have them again. I should have watched your videos first though because i went a little crazy at Orschlens and bought 30 chick's 12 Ameraucana, 6 Gold & 6 Silver Wyandottes and 6 Barred Rocks. They outgrew the coop we built so we sold the coop, Barred Rocks and one Ameraucana rooster (Rusty) to a friend of ours. Now we are waiting on our new coop and added 6 French Copper Marans for their dark chocolate eggs. We already have customers lined up once they start laying. We love our girls.
I love this presentation, very well done! You have a great personality for RUclips video’s and you obviously know what you’re talking about when it comes to small farm life or homesteading!
Thank you so much!
Images I have Plymouth rock there getting old there egg whites are thinning out but there still laying some but I got 30 chicks in a pool I got to get my new pen made soon but the chickens are in my back bedroom lol
Just started with chickens. I have 5. I believe 2 are at least roosters. They are of a barn yard mix? Not sure. That's what the seller told me. We got them mainly for pets but eggs are a plus. Love you channel. Lots of great education for starters like me. We just moved into 8 acres of land and I plan on doing some neat things out here.
We freer range our layers. One drawback is when they make a new laying spot that you don’t know about.
We have a large barn that they can walk around in so they move laying spots but usually they always lay in the barn.
dont let them out of the coop untill afternoon,
My 5 Amrocks get Wheat sprouts, that I pull up. They re multi purpose for my salad and bread rolls too. Very nutrient and cheap Protein Source. Producing one Sprout Glass a Day and in 3-4 Days they re ready.
Great video Mike.
I have a 6 year old Americana she still laying eggs
Great program a lot of information on chickens and other information
Nice job! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Take care
Thanks your info was very helpful, I have land in the country (75 acres) but the wife doesn't want to move there. My backyard here (Outside of Wash. D.C.) is a veritable vegetable garden.
Greetings Mike, Lacie & family! Such a great video for folks trying to get into backyard poultry 👍👍 -Josh
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Mike this was an exceptional video with lots of great information and how to! Very helpful and great video to save for future reference. Thank you!
Hi I’m from Ohio. I’ve been enjoying your channel and have subscribed. I really enjoyed this video. I am going to be getting chickens for the first time soon. Thank you and God Bless you and your family
Great information. We are about to build our turkey and chicken brooder boxes. Chicken one we are going to be using Polyface Design.
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My mom raised Dominique for eggs and for eating. She also raised some Bantams but I think she just thought they were cute.
Why dont people get a rooster and keep him with just some chickens and let fertilization occur that way. Keep other chickens in another area and use those eggs for food...? Dumb question?
I enjoy watching your videos thanks for sharing all the tips I just ordered 15 Rhode Island reds and 15 late Orange from Is Meyer hatchery
Hi, from Cardiff, Wales. Enjoyed your video as it reminded me of when we kept 6 urban chickens. Loved them. Is it possible that you produce a video on mite control, our birds had red mite when we bought them which we were unaware of at the time. It was a bit of a trial learning how to get rid of them. Also some suggestions on leaving them if you have to go away, how long they can be left unattended, the use of automatic doors to shut & open, automatic feeder/water systems etc. Many thanks for you well produce video & it’s informative content. Rob
Great information i went broody this spring
We stArted with 4 rir
I love your videos. Chicken math is a constant affliction with me so I’m expecting a small incubator in a couple of days to start a new garden with my girl’s eggs. Why buy chicks when you can grow your own? God bless!
Thank you for the information on raising children’s.
My vision is not Howell at this. time so I need a little chicken raising tutorial.
Greetings Friends!!!Great information Mike. We got Deleware and New Hampshire dual purpose birds this time around. Like you we got a plan. Chicks are easy to get started with. You can't beat the experience. Your information will be helpful to a lot of people. 👍👍
LOVING THIS!
Thanks for the info!
I really enjoyed this video. It was very informative. We are considering getting chickens in the future so I am trying to get as much information as I can. Hopefully next spring if so I’ll let you know. Thanks for sharing.
This was interesting. Thank you Friend ❤️
We got chickens and a few turkeys a little over a year ago, my wife has made pets from them all lol. The two Tom turkeys are on total love with her I think, the only thing they think about is being close to her, they just like to stand beside her, it’s weird. There’s a lone wild hen that come right up to the fence but they just ignore her, (it’s kind of sad) they just want my old lady to baby talk lol.
Very helpful- thank you!
Great information! I want to find some land and raise chickens for eggs and meat! Your chickens have a really good life, and one bad day.❤️
Super informative video. We always enjoy adding knowledge to the farm.
Thanks, Mike, very helpful. Currently looking for land to Homestead on. Any Suggestions? I'm open!
I wish you said more about temperature and keeping them fresh.
Thanks buddy
I raise mine for eggs. One year later I am down to 2 out of the 6 I started with. And one of those is soon for the rainbow Bridge. But I got 3 more this spring and hope they fair better.
A respiratory illness was rampant in our area last summer.
Thanks mike. This was a very educational video for beginners.
Very nice presentation Mike , I really enjoyed it !
Thank you for sharing this great information! Love my egg laying chickens...
Nice sharing dear
Great information. Thanks
Thank you for this video✊🏾❤️❤️❤️✊🏾. Any recommendations or do you have a video for processing? We prefer for meat chickens to have someone teach us in person local wa state?
We don't have a step by step video. Our friends over at Sow the Land have an online course on how to butcher chickens.
@@MikeTheFitFarmer ah thank you I will need to search their videos. They are the ones originally who got me moving forward and I put the items on order yesterday because of your video. Very helpful videos appreciated worthy of a snail mail 🙏
@@tanyaparker-callsign.kk7ic238 order a chicken plucker now. Delivery is several weeks out. You can always skin them instead of plucking. Just a heads up!! Not telling you what to do.
Love the chicken videos keep them coming. Maybe you can do a video on fly prevention with your birds? Curious what you do to prevent or limit them.
We were just discussing hatching eggs this morning a friend has an incubator and another friend would give us eggs.
I'm allowed 4 chickens only for town I live in with tiny lot. ABSOLUTELY no Roosters allowed..😟
Have a good evening 🌷🌷🌷
Two Questions: when the waste from the chickens piles up what becomes of it? What can you do to get rid of it? How do you protect your chickens from predators? And....can you sell your eggs to countries that have a terrible inflation problem? Money to be made? Thanks, Dan U.
Nice video bro, God bless you and your family
I love chicken so much up my family loves chicken stew and we enjoyed that I know I’m not far entries for eggs to give that people
Thank y'all. Blessings
Great video. Great help. About how much land do y’all have.
Hello! Chicken eggs are mmmm good
Hens don't need a male for your breakfasts. Yes! You don't need a roster for eggs just hens, only when wanting more Chick's. Hen lay eggs everyday and their is no Chick's inside okay. Just heads up about people saying your eating Chick's beautiful knowledge share your really not, less the person given you the Wong egg's. Hens by themselves is just egg's. Hen's and roster will egg maybe chick inside.
A lot of useful information
Great video! Really hands on info. One question: do you trim the wings when they are in the electric poultry netting?
Yes because some will try to fly out.
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Thank you for your video, it was very interesting and helpful, I really want chickens for eggs 😁😄 so this was really good.
This was a very informative and interesting video 📹, thanks for sharing 😊👍💕💕💕
Awesome job at sharing the information
Good video. Can we also have one about raising ducks for eggs? I assume they don't lay eggs in a chicken nesting box, so how do ducks lay eggs, how do you find them, etc.
Ducks lay them wherever they want. lol Some ducks will lay in a nesting box but the majority will lay eggs wherever they happen to be. We have found eggs in the edge of the pond before. What we do is keep out ducks pinned up until about 11am. Most of the time they are done laying by then. After we get the eggs we let them out on the pond and close the gate. At the end of the day they are hungry so Selah lets them back in the pen so they can have their feed.
@@MikeTheFitFarmer Ohhh,... so it's duck egg hunt everyday? LOL Yeah, I guess once they get into a daily routine it gets a little easier to find the eggs.
There r breeds that lay well, like Khaki Campbell. But most do not
We have regular Easter egg hunts at our place. Best to keep them in the coop till mid morning like Mike said.
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