We've raised Dobermans for 30 years, great dogs! I always get comments that people think they are fighting based on how rough they play with each other though.
Busy chickens are happy chickens...we built chicken roosts outside in different shapes and we dig up shovels full of dirt in different places of our chicken run so they scratch and find bugs ...keeps them busy for hours.
Been watching your vids as I am learning from you and your commenters on raising chickens. Just a tip on the cabbage. I grew cabbage before and if I were to do it again I would put up a fine cloth net around them. Cabbage worms can be a pain when harvesting the cabbage. Just something I had experience with I think you could benefit from.
You can use triple antibiotic (for humans) on your hens eye. Just make sure it's the non pain reliever brand. You can put it right in the eye, or around the eyes without it hurting them. It would really be better if you had her closer to the coop that way they can still see her. When it is time to reintroduce her back to the flock, they may start picking on her again. She will be like a "new" chicken if you keep her away for too long. Unless you need him for breeding, I would get rid of the rooster. Looks like he is causing a lot of problems with the other hens too. Some roosters are just rough with the hens. Lots of feather loss on their backs. It's from him breeding them so much.
Try horizontal nipples in 5 gallon buckets. Best thing ever! Water is always clean and depending on how many chickens you have, only needs filling once every week or so. I go to Atwoods in Kilgore. Love the place, but not their chicken feed. I get my Flock Raiser from Tractor Supply. I don't use layer feed. The protein is too low.
If she has been separated they may really beat the hell out of her when she goes back into the flock. Ideally they get penned in a small cage IN the main coop so they won't be picked on as an outsider. If you know which bird is picking on her one method is to separate that bird for a few days (after the beat up hen goes back in), as separating the bully shuffles the heirarchy and can make it easier on the victim. But be very careful about separating them for any length of time (beyond a couple of days). Every spring I have a hen or two go broody and buy a couple of feed store chicks for them to raise and they are never separated (except penned in the hen house for the first two days after the chicks arrive). Separating for days causes them to "lose their place" in the flock which is never good.
Hi Pete, nice clean place you have. Your chicken space is too clean . Chickens scratch and savage all day. There is nothing for them to scratch and rummage through in their cage area. They are looking for live food. The other chickens peck at others when there isn't enough food or space or both. Try a pound of hamburger and see what they do. The more bacteria the better. Old meat and meat scraps. They need live dynamic food like worms,crickets, grasshoppers etc.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading That's great. When I raised chickens I realized, for good chicken health, I would around my property create environments for pill bugs, earwigs, ants and other habitats that they could go to and scavenge. Hope that is helpful. You obviously love your chickens.
Sometime we'll get down into the teens for a night or two but rarely. We never get snow and the coldest it got last winter was mid twenties for two nights in a row.
Pete B. I’m looking to retire back in Texas. Hometown is San Antonio.. but I’m thinking going further northeast would be better for homesteading/farming.
Yeah San Antonio is a little to dry. I would try to stay in east Texas, much greener and more trees. Get on google map in satellite view and you'll see how much greener it is.
Not really, Mia had puppies last year but that was because when she was in heat I took my eyes of of them for just a few minutes when I was in the garden, and that's all it took.😉
Your dogs do not know how to share 😅 Can you fell their rib when passing the hand on their body ? They seem to have a "barrel like" body... if you cannot feel their ribs, they are overweight 😣. A dog's ribs should be felt with the hand without applying pressure but not be seen trought the fur. You truly love your chickens, so many people would have give up on that chicken. Idk if you are gonna eat them, but in the meantime you sure take good care of them and want their happiness !
Thanks, Mia had puppies last year so she lost her figure and Toby loves to eat. We feed them raw meat mixed with a little rice. I do care for the chickens because the way I see it is they are a living animals and the better they're cared for the better quality eggs I will get.
Pete B. Why do you feed rice (genuinely asking) ? In an balanced raw diet, there is usually no need to ad rice, pasta, corn etc 🤔 Would you like to do a video about their diet ? Because i sure would enjoy watching it ^^ What i meant about your chicken is that lots of people would have spare themselves the cost (if medecines needed to be buy etc) to save a chicken (that is not even a "pet") and would have butchered it while buying a new one. I'm totally on board with you with "better life for the chickens, better eggs for us " !
It looks like that to others, but I know that won't happen. Toby just get's upset that Mia always gets the ball. Once one of them yips, they both stop and put their ears down.
We use that waterer for our chicks! It's great, we do put rocks in the tray in the beginning so they don't hop in. It's a great waterer
If that is Toby the rescued doby, you did a great job. That dog looks fantastic!!!
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Nice looking dogs, nice chickens! We hang food for our chickens like that sometimes. Good video Pete.
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I love introducing new food. They're always so scared of it until I say the magic word. Then they know its safe.
Chickens love mealworms and it is also very good for them as it is full of vitamins and proteins
We've raised Dobermans for 30 years, great dogs! I always get comments that people think they are fighting based on how rough they play with each other though.
Yeah, people that visit us freak out when the dogs start playing because it sounds like they're attacking each other.
Busy chickens are happy chickens...we built chicken roosts outside in different shapes and we dig up shovels full of dirt in different places of our chicken run so they scratch and find bugs ...keeps them busy for hours.
Great ideas, thank you
LOL, never seen a chicken afraid of cabbage before. Reminds me of those videos with cats and cucumbers...
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Been watching your vids as I am learning from you and your commenters on raising chickens. Just a tip on the cabbage. I grew cabbage before and if I were to do it again I would put up a fine cloth net around them. Cabbage worms can be a pain when harvesting the cabbage. Just something I had experience with I think you could benefit from.
Thank you
You can use triple antibiotic (for humans) on your hens eye. Just make sure it's the non pain reliever brand. You can put it right in the eye, or around the eyes without it hurting them.
It would really be better if you had her closer to the coop that way they can still see her. When it is time to reintroduce her back to the flock, they may start picking on her again. She will be like a "new" chicken if you keep her away for too long.
Unless you need him for breeding, I would get rid of the rooster. Looks like he is causing a lot of problems with the other hens too. Some roosters are just rough with the hens. Lots of feather loss on their backs. It's from him breeding them so much.
Try horizontal nipples in 5 gallon buckets. Best thing ever! Water is always clean and depending on how many chickens you have, only needs filling once every week or so.
I go to Atwoods in Kilgore. Love the place, but not their chicken feed. I get my Flock Raiser from Tractor Supply. I don't use layer feed. The protein is too low.
Pretty dogs. I had a doberman puppy. Got Parvo. He was gone in two days.
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Pete, when introducing the cabbage I put it low..then after they know it's delicious...i raise the height :)
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I've never had luck growing anything with concrete blocks seems to make ground to acidity, at least here in Florida
I'm moving to East Tennessee where is Etwood's hope I spelled that right
I'm in east Texas, not sure where Etwoods at.
Stunning dories but they need to go on a diet!
If she has been separated they may really beat the hell out of her when she goes back into the flock. Ideally they get penned in a small cage IN the main coop so they won't be picked on as an outsider. If you know which bird is picking on her one method is to separate that bird for a few days (after the beat up hen goes back in), as separating the bully shuffles the heirarchy and can make it easier on the victim. But be very careful about separating them for any length of time (beyond a couple of days). Every spring I have a hen or two go broody and buy a couple of feed store chicks for them to raise and they are never separated (except penned in the hen house for the first two days after the chicks arrive). Separating for days causes them to "lose their place" in the flock which is never good.
Thanks for the info.
Hi Pete, nice clean place you have. Your chicken space is too clean . Chickens scratch and savage all day. There is nothing for them to scratch and rummage through in their cage area. They are looking for live food. The other chickens peck at others when there isn't enough food or space or both. Try a pound of hamburger and see what they do. The more bacteria the better. Old meat and meat scraps. They need live dynamic food like worms,crickets, grasshoppers etc.
Yeah I have to change their bedding so they can scratch. I'm also going g to build a chicken tractor soon. Thanks
@@petebeasttexashomesteading That's great. When I raised chickens I realized, for good chicken health, I would around my property create environments for pill bugs, earwigs, ants and other habitats that they could go to and scavenge. Hope that is helpful. You obviously love your chickens.
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Any problems with freezing water? Does it snow where you’re at?
Sometime we'll get down into the teens for a night or two but rarely. We never get snow and the coldest it got last winter was mid twenties for two nights in a row.
Pete B. I’m looking to retire back in Texas. Hometown is San Antonio.. but I’m thinking going further northeast would be better for homesteading/farming.
Yeah San Antonio is a little to dry. I would try to stay in east Texas, much greener and more trees. Get on google map in satellite view and you'll see how much greener it is.
I'm still thinking about #UglyFaces. 🤣🤣
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What is there to keep a predator from digging under at night
I have two foot wide 1/2 inch hardware cloth laid on the ground connected to the run.
What cabbage?!
I planted, Savoy, Red acre, Copenhagen Market, and Michihili Chinese cabbage.
Where are the puppies?
All sold last year to good families.
Do you breed your dogs
Not really, Mia had puppies last year but that was because when she was in heat I took my eyes of of them for just a few minutes when I was in the garden, and that's all it took.😉
Oh because I was going to ask if you wanted to breed with our male but no worry’s
Your dogs do not know how to share 😅
Can you fell their rib when passing the hand on their body ? They seem to have a "barrel like" body... if you cannot feel their ribs, they are overweight 😣. A dog's ribs should be felt with the hand without applying pressure but not be seen trought the fur.
You truly love your chickens, so many people would have give up on that chicken. Idk if you are gonna eat them, but in the meantime you sure take good care of them and want their happiness !
Thanks, Mia had puppies last year so she lost her figure and Toby loves to eat. We feed them raw meat mixed with a little rice. I do care for the chickens because the way I see it is they are a living animals and the better they're cared for the better quality eggs I will get.
Pete B. Why do you feed rice (genuinely asking) ? In an balanced raw diet, there is usually no need to ad rice, pasta, corn etc 🤔
Would you like to do a video about their diet ? Because i sure would enjoy watching it ^^
What i meant about your chicken is that lots of people would have spare themselves the cost (if medecines needed to be buy etc) to save a chicken (that is not even a "pet") and would have butchered it while buying a new one.
I'm totally on board with you with "better life for the chickens, better eggs for us " !
Have you ever heard of Baker Creek heirloom Seed Catalog I got mine catalog at Tractor Supply and you can go online at rareseeds.com
Yep, great place to get organic/heirloom seeds.
To high of the ground
Wow that doesn’t look good. Could turn into a real fight
It looks like that to others, but I know that won't happen. Toby just get's upset that Mia always gets the ball. Once one of them yips, they both stop and put their ears down.