@@mudpuppy8740 very exciting look up duck weed if you have a pond or make really shallow ones they can be great duck weed can be 1/3 of the feed between that and garden scraps you can cut the outsourcing of food down even more
Man I really appreciate the content you're sharing! As a machine operator who's going off the deep end with a homestead, your pragmatic and thorough approach to education.. you've really saved me a lot of time in consolidating good info through my RUclips playlists.. Cheers!
We just got our first chickens a month ago. Golden Comets...we love 'em! So much easier than I thought it would be. It's still exciting to collect the eggs every day. It's also surprisingly relaxing watching our lady-hens roam, scratch and eat. Chickens are great. Thanks for posting this video. We only have four chickens to start, but you gave many helpful tips!
@@brandonfillinger3034 Its not that bad to take care of them during winter ( it does take time and 2 or 3 visits through the day to clean the litter, feed them and pet them a little), but only do it because you like chickens, not to save money on eggs at the store because you are not gonna save money :P I have a insulated coop, a heated water bowl, 2 infrared lights and a fan installed on the wall to keep the humidity out. You can buy young chicks for 13-15$ each in the spring. Most of the coop sold at the store are way to small and not for winter so you will have to build your own or pay for a custom made one. You also have to be aware of the predators in your area. You ll need to dig down to install your fences if you have foxes, minks or any meat lovers around (they can dig pretty deep to get to your chicks)...and a covered top for their outside area for falcons or eagles. I also recommend feeding wild birds away from your coop so they don't hang close by and attract wildlife or try to steal your chicken's meal.
After seeing my granddads little chicken coop with quite friendly egg laying chickens and getting 32 eggs from him, my mom and I are considering getting chickens and getting a coop built by my granddad and possibly other relatives. It'd save quite a bit in monthly grocery bills considering how many eggs we go through weekly haha. And the ones my granddad had were so sweet, one that was laying let me pet her. Been looking for a breed of chicken that isn't too flighty and is comfortable with people
Excellent video.... I have learn more in this single video than any others put together.... I'm saving your video as a reference. Thank You for posting it Blessings
I love the start of this video. I am getting my first chicks in about 10 days! I’m scared but excited. I have researched and researched and knew it was time to just dive in because I’m as prepared as I’m gonna be without getting my hands dirty!
Great video, I would add that if you want the highest egg production the pearl white Leghorn for white eggs and the red star for brown eggs have the highest production rates. Depending where you live you will have predator problems, guard dog and electric fencing of course would help a great deal. You can also get Dual Purpose chickens where you get the best egg production and meat production from the same bird, the egg production will not be as good as a leghorn or red star, the Bielefeilder is a good dual purpose and there are others.
@@SheratonParkFarms yes unfortunately I have as well I let my birds stay out all day while I was at work only to come home to see a coyote running off with one of my meat birds, I chased the coyote and got my bird back but it was already dead lesson learned.
This is my first year with leghorns. Everyday they fly out of the netting and almost every night they fly back in. If not I always find them in a nearby tree about 6-8 feet up. 🤣. But what laying machines!!
I’ve heard great things about Bielefelder chickens from PermaPasturesFarm (also here on YT) I think I may get some to replace my White Rocks and Blue Rocks that are starting to slow down egg production. This past week, I’ve only gotten 2 eggs from 24 hens. I don’t free range because they eat the tomatoes and some other plants in my vegetable gardens. I just planted about 75 strawberries for next spring too. I clip wings but there are two that habitually escape the poultry net. Once I can afford a plucker and scalder, they’re headed for the freezer. I need to re-design the chicken tractor to incorporate removable nesting boxes. I had them inside but they were an impediment to removing the tarp full of bedding. The chickens still lay eggs without the boxes, but the eggs get dirty. I’m thinking of adding two that can swing out of the way when cleaning the coop. I collect the bedding to make compost. I also want to make a way to pull it with my lawn tractor, doing it by hand is hard work at 67, especially up hills. I still get plenty of chicken manure and scratching in my gardens which are inside the fence for fall and winter.
Hi I had the same for my watering chickens and one summer the heat had busted the hose and I had water from my well wasted all over the ground...so my advice is to burry the hose and protect it just as you would for sub freezing water pipes and also if you prepare and insulated the plumbing and maybe build a little house or put you water faucet so it is protected from the heat and cold you will not have so many problems in the future with busted pipes or freezing pipes and is well worth the effort to also protect your well or water source from damage ! And also think of ways to capture water to use on your farm as a thought through water management for your animals and property, I also like to have a small pond for wildlife and a emergency water source and fish pond for food too..is a good idea if you can manage it...good luck and happy Farming!
EXCELLENT VIDEO... Great Information Question: How much do you sell a doz. eggs for right now... since the cost of eggs has skyrocketed in the last couple of weeks/months...? Thank you for sharing this great video... Very Helpful
You can feed the chicken scraps from the garden ... Right? What should you NOT feed the chicken from the garden... Onions for sure? LOL Right??? (Please don't laugh at my questions) I'm very serious about doing this... We lived in the country when I was little... We had Chickens... The Rooster was my friend... to the point it would protect me from my parents LOL.. but I was too young to know how to take care of the chickens... but loved the FRESH Eggs... Question: How can you tell if you have a fertilized egg you might want to hatch? Thank you again for your help.
Yes you can feed them any scraps from your garden, even onions will be fine. If you have a rooster, chances are they are fertilized. Just put them in an incubator and check them in about 14 days wiht a flashlight to see if they are developing. Thanks for watching.
@@SheratonParkFarms OH MY GOSH... Love your videos. I will sub as soon as I get my New Computer... (my macbook pro is 11 years old, and will not allow me at this time to sub or friend anyone... since I had been hacked... it is very tempermental. LOL), Thank y'all for such a great videos This really helps... and I think it will help when I have my Acting Students and we do Mystery Dinner Theatre and be able to brag about our own gardens and chickens... Not sure about serving up the chickens... but the eggs ... YES. Farm to Table to Mystery Dinner Theatre... (I feel a script/story about a "Whodunit" who took the Eggs" LOL Bahahaaha ... wait... Easter Eggs.. with the GOLD Egg being made of REAL GOLD... (I must write this down.) BAHAHAHAHA
Do you have any information about what type of maintenance is involved in raising chickens? Like do the nest boxes need to be cleaned out, and how often?
We close the nest boxes at night so the chickens can’t sleep in them. They will poop where they sleep so keeping them out of the boxes keeps the boxes and eggs clean. Check out this video: ruclips.net/video/smcuerOx2kc/видео.html
Thanks for the advice. I’ve been watching videos for months. Getting ready to get my first 6 birds. I’m building my 10x20 run now. The coop is next... I’m going to get my pullets next week.
This is encouraging for me to start my own chickens. How long can chickens be left alone if you travel as long as they have fresh water, shelter and food?
I’m a new subscriber and I’m binging on a lot of videos, I love how you are so informative and are abt getting started with livestock. We are new transplants from the Houston suburbs and we bought a 15 acre property in rural North Texas. We are looking to get 4 piglets soon we have a insane amount of wild hogs and coyotes here, will they harm the pigs? We’ll definitely have the electric fencing you recommend but I’m scared something will happen to them. Any suggestions?
Welcome!! Congrats on the new property. We have coyotes here and have never had a problem with them related to our pigs. No experience with the wild hogs. I'd make sure you have a good fence to keep them out and away from your domesticated pigs. Sorry I'm not more help on that. Really appreciate ya'll watching.
@@SheratonParkFarms Thank you! I’m going to keep watching your videos to get some ideas on secure fencing that may help with the predator problem we have as well.
@@SheratonParkFarms how far are you from Carbon, Texas? I’d love to add my info to the list for piglets. If the drive is too long would it stress them much? Angela Winzer Jones jonesfamilyfarm92@gmail.com
great video!, I have a question, I'm converting a horse stall into a chicken coop and there are rubber mats on the floor and dirt under them, should I leave the mats or remove them and then put down wood chips or shavings?
We got our chickens couple days ago. They were said to already be laying. They haven't laid the last 4 days. When you bring home adult chickens from somewhere else how long before you expect for them to start laying?
My daughter got her chick's about 10 weeks ago. They grew fast. Living outside in the pen now. I don't know what kind they are . I was wondering when they will lay eggs. Thanks
@@SheratonParkFarms my daughter has 2 chicken laying eggs now. Blue and tan. She says it's from a blonde one and a grey one. She has 5 I believe. So they are starting to now. So about 6 months old . So neat. Especially when I saw that blue egg! 💙
with a rooster in the mix how do you know which eggs are fertilized? can you eat eggs that have been fertilized? i would hate to crack open an egg and see a partially formed chick in my frying pan.
Hi sir I want to start egg business. I'm from South Africa, Eastern Cape province by the way. I want to raise laying chickens and sell egg. Any advice please I need some lessons on how to start
Hi, love the video, i have 2 questions. Urban chicken farmer here, we have 3 hens and 1 rooster. They are 4 months old and getting close to laying, will they lay in the coop that they sleep in without a specific nesting box? Also is it necessary to separate the rooster at night, he's begun mounting them during the day and sleeps with them at night.
Help! Having roosters around will get fertilized eggs but, you cannot eat those. How to know which ones are fertilized and which one you can pick for your omelette??
I have always wanted to have chickens to lay eggs. But I have such a hard time with there being blood in the egg yolk. I know that if you don’t have roosters they won’t fertilize the eggs. But why is it that sometimes eggs have blood spots in them?
love the channel, is there any legal process to selling meat to the public? I have done meat chickens for myself, but declined selling to those who ask . also do you ever sell any boars or sows? we live near Myrtle Beach, on 8 acres , thanks Beth
Not sure about the SC rules but in NC we have to have a "Meat Handlers License" to sell to the public. Its super easy to get and not a big deal. All of our red meats (pork, beef, lamb) have to be processed at a USDA facility but we do process poultry on farm. I'll have some piglets ready for sale coming up in mid to late May. Be glad to put you on the contact list if you want me to. thanks so much for watching.
I've had my chickens for over 7 months and there still not laying. I live in the north by lake superior and day light is short and I use a solar light to extend there light to no success.
I dont see the need for incubator if you have hens and rooster the chicken will become broody and want to set on clutch of eggs just mark the eggs or move isolated seting hen so others dont add fresh eggs that setting hen is on We kept some bantam hens for that would sub regular chicken eggs or duck, goose even turkey eggs bantam make extremely good mothers commicial when turkeys or duck soon out grow mom still try to cover them or whrn ducks and geese babies find thier first pool water and start swimming mom bantum scolding them and try to get them out of watet
it doesn't matter unless he is trying to hatch some. If there's a rooster around there's a good chance she's been bred. She can lay fertilized eggs for a long time from one breeding.
@@webstuff56 Hello again Dave. You can eat the fertilized eggs. Most are on a farm. Most store bought commercial eggs are not because a rooster isn't around. It only matters if you need to hatch baby chicks. Then if they're not fertilized they wont hatch. If he collects all the eggs for eating and selling it will never matter. the egg is pretty much the same inside. But if you buy fertilized eggs you could choose not to eat them and put them in an incubator and hatch chicks if you wanted. Hope it makes more sense now?
@@jerryhyland1554 thank you again Jerry. Yeah I’m only interested because I’m trying to look at it from a breeder’s perspective. I’m just trying to figure out if I have 8 to 10 hens plus one rooster how do I know which of the eggs produced by the hen is a fertilized one. I don’t know if it’s practical or not, but I’m calculating the margin per chic and it seems to me that if you’re going to sell commercially ya need to take the cost of buying the baby chic, particularly if you’re sending the chic out for processing and packaging. Even then, I’m not certain at what scale you need to be at yo recover fixed cost and any labor. Could be interesting to lease a hand full of acres to produce meat birds and to breed them, even for someone like me who doesn’t operate or live in a farm- opinions welcome Thank you again
@@webstuff56 within hours of a rooster being introduced to hens , he will breed all of them multiple times. The reason he says 8 per rooster is any less hens he will wear the saddle feathers off them from banging so much. 8 will give them a break for a few hours. A hen will hold sperm for a long time from one breeding. Some say the hen will have to go to setting before they will not be fertile. The body heat rises as they go to setting. That supposedly kills off the retained sperm. I'm pretty sure this info is correct, i'm sure someone will correct me if wrong. ,
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Seriously been thinking about buying 5-6 egg laying chickens just to help myself being more self sufficient enjoyed your video.
That's exactly what I'm doing too!
You 100% should!
I just got 6 chicks, coop is almost finished. Super excited
Same here saving money for a ranch home when I sell the one Im in now do it if you got the space
@@mudpuppy8740 very exciting look up duck weed if you have a pond or make really shallow ones they can be great duck weed can be 1/3 of the feed between that and garden scraps you can cut the outsourcing of food down even more
I watched this while I was cleaning my brooder bedding and my chicks were talking to yours ❤
Man I really appreciate the content you're sharing! As a machine operator who's going off the deep end with a homestead, your pragmatic and thorough approach to education.. you've really saved me a lot of time in consolidating good info through my RUclips playlists.. Cheers!
We just got our first chickens a month ago. Golden Comets...we love 'em! So much easier than I thought it would be. It's still exciting to collect the eggs every day. It's also surprisingly relaxing watching our lady-hens roam, scratch and eat. Chickens are great. Thanks for posting this video. We only have four chickens to start, but you gave many helpful tips!
I'm looking to get some chickens. Are they inexpensive? And easy in the winter time too?
@@brandonfillinger3034 Its not that bad to take care of them during winter ( it does take time and 2 or 3 visits through the day to clean the litter, feed them and pet them a little), but only do it because you like chickens, not to save money on eggs at the store because you are not gonna save money :P I have a insulated coop, a heated water bowl, 2 infrared lights and a fan installed on the wall to keep the humidity out. You can buy young chicks for 13-15$ each in the spring. Most of the coop sold at the store are way to small and not for winter so you will have to build your own or pay for a custom made one. You also have to be aware of the predators in your area. You ll need to dig down to install your fences if you have foxes, minks or any meat lovers around (they can dig pretty deep to get to your chicks)...and a covered top for their outside area for falcons or eagles. I also recommend feeding wild birds away from your coop so they don't hang close by and attract wildlife or try to steal your chicken's meal.
Thats what we want around 4 chicks what kind of house do you have them? Just getting started. I cant let mine run out much also.
Super video, love that chickens are a “gateway farm animal”🐣. Almost 10K, congrats!
Thank you!
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Before you know it they’re smoking goats and injecting brine
That's a very good way to look at it a gate way animal , I love it
Customers coming back to try new things sounds awesome.
After seeing my granddads little chicken coop with quite friendly egg laying chickens and getting 32 eggs from him, my mom and I are considering getting chickens and getting a coop built by my granddad and possibly other relatives. It'd save quite a bit in monthly grocery bills considering how many eggs we go through weekly haha. And the ones my granddad had were so sweet, one that was laying let me pet her. Been looking for a breed of chicken that isn't too flighty and is comfortable with people
Chicken are the gateway drug to farming. Lol. I now have geese and pigs along with those cutie pie chickens. 🥰
That’s awesome!
Great basic “101” information! Thanks!
Excellent video.... I have learn more in this single video than any others put together....
I'm saving your video as a reference.
Thank You for posting it
Blessings
Nice job. Good things to know for a rookie chicken tender like me. I love my girls and appreciate the chicken care tips to help keep them happy.
Great video!
Another great informational video thanks for all the information you put out.
Thank you. Hope it was helpful.
Wonderful information. Thank you for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
That's a mighty nice hoodie you got there. Thanks for the video and go Heels.
Thanks! Always been a big Tar Heel fan.
I love the start of this video. I am getting my first chicks in about 10 days! I’m scared but excited. I have researched and researched and knew it was time to just dive in because I’m as prepared as I’m gonna be without getting my hands dirty!
Great video, I would add that if you want the highest egg production the pearl white Leghorn for white eggs and the red star for brown eggs have the highest production rates. Depending where you live you will have predator problems, guard dog and electric fencing of course would help a great deal.
You can also get Dual Purpose chickens where you get the best egg production and meat production from the same bird, the egg production will not be as good as a leghorn or red star, the Bielefeilder is a good dual purpose and there are others.
Never tried those breeds. We’ve had predator problems with hawks and coyotes in the past. Thanks for watching
@@SheratonParkFarms yes unfortunately I have as well I let my birds stay out all day while I was at work only to come home to see a coyote running off with one of my meat birds, I chased the coyote and got my bird back but it was already dead lesson learned.
This is my first year with leghorns. Everyday they fly out of the netting and almost every night they fly back in. If not I always find them in a nearby tree about 6-8 feet up. 🤣. But what laying machines!!
@@dugnantz6140 I always just let mine free range during the day and put them up at night of course we didn't have any trees for them to fly into.
I’ve heard great things about Bielefelder chickens from PermaPasturesFarm (also here on YT) I think I may get some to replace my White Rocks and Blue Rocks that are starting to slow down egg production. This past week, I’ve only gotten 2 eggs from 24 hens. I don’t free range because they eat the tomatoes and some other plants in my vegetable gardens. I just planted about 75 strawberries for next spring too. I clip wings but there are two that habitually escape the poultry net. Once I can afford a plucker and scalder, they’re headed for the freezer.
I need to re-design the chicken tractor to incorporate removable nesting boxes. I had them inside but they were an impediment to removing the tarp full of bedding. The chickens still lay eggs without the boxes, but the eggs get dirty. I’m thinking of adding two that can swing out of the way when cleaning the coop. I collect the bedding to make compost. I also want to make a way to pull it with my lawn tractor, doing it by hand is hard work at 67, especially up hills. I still get plenty of chicken manure and scratching in my gardens which are inside the fence for fall and winter.
Enjoyed the video very much, thank you
Hi I had the same for my watering chickens and one summer the heat had busted the hose and I had water from my well wasted all over the ground...so my advice is to burry the hose and protect it just as you would for sub freezing water pipes and also if you prepare and insulated the plumbing and maybe build a little house or put you water faucet so it is protected from the heat and cold you will not have so many problems in the future with busted pipes or freezing pipes and is well worth the effort to also protect your well or water source from damage !
And also think of ways to capture water to use on your farm as a thought through water management for your animals and property, I also like to have a small pond for wildlife and a emergency water source and fish pond for food too..is a good idea if you can manage it...good luck and happy Farming!
awesome, thank you for the encouragement and information.
EXCELLENT VIDEO... Great Information
Question: How much do you sell a doz. eggs for right now... since the cost of eggs has skyrocketed in the last couple of weeks/months...?
Thank you for sharing this great video... Very Helpful
$8 dozen
Thinking of buying some soon! Thanks!
Thank you so much, I found this video was extremely informative.
Great video. Thank you!
This is awesome
Thanks! Appreciate y’all watching
Wow nice chicken house are beautiful 👍
Thank you so much 🙂
Thx
Great video! Thank you for sharing, what do you do after 3 years? Cull or give them away, since they are egg chickens.
Very nice sir... TNX for sharing your video 👍👏👌
Thank You, Sir! Have a Great New Year!
Thank you we have 2 chickens I'm learning from you guys thank you🐣🐦🐾😇🐻🐓🌻🐕🐝🔥🥑🌲🚒🐈your new fans near fort tehjon
Excellent informative video!
You can feed the chicken scraps from the garden ... Right?
What should you NOT feed the chicken from the garden... Onions for sure? LOL Right???
(Please don't laugh at my questions) I'm very serious about doing this...
We lived in the country when I was little... We had Chickens... The Rooster was my friend... to the point it would protect me from my parents LOL.. but I was too young to know how to take care of the chickens... but loved the FRESH Eggs...
Question: How can you tell if you have a fertilized egg you might want to hatch?
Thank you again for your help.
Yes you can feed them any scraps from your garden, even onions will be fine. If you have a rooster, chances are they are fertilized. Just put them in an incubator and check them in about 14 days wiht a flashlight to see if they are developing.
Thanks for watching.
@@SheratonParkFarms
OH MY GOSH...
Love your videos.
I will sub as soon as I get my New Computer...
(my macbook pro is 11 years old, and will not allow me at this time to sub or friend anyone... since I had been hacked... it is very tempermental. LOL),
Thank y'all for such a great videos
This really helps... and I think it will help when I have my Acting Students and we do Mystery Dinner Theatre and be able to brag about our own gardens and chickens...
Not sure about serving up the chickens... but the eggs ... YES.
Farm to Table to Mystery Dinner Theatre... (I feel a script/story about a "Whodunit" who took the Eggs" LOL
Bahahaaha ...
wait... Easter Eggs.. with the GOLD Egg being made of REAL GOLD...
(I must write this down.)
BAHAHAHAHA
I have been subscribed for a while.i am just picking on you because you say that every video it does remind me to like them tho!
Thanks for video brotha!
Great Video thank you 👍💪c
Do you have any information about what type of maintenance is involved in raising chickens? Like do the nest boxes need to be cleaned out, and how often?
We close the nest boxes at night so the chickens can’t sleep in them. They will poop where they sleep so keeping them out of the boxes keeps the boxes and eggs clean. Check out this video:
ruclips.net/video/smcuerOx2kc/видео.html
I love the chicken 😊
enjoy watchign your video,thanks for sharing,we do have chickens too and planning to buy more chicks this spring,,,new subscriber here god bless
I love chickens and I want a bunch of little dinosaurs in my backyard... Just have to convince my mom...
Thanks for the advice. I’ve been watching videos for months. Getting ready to get my first 6 birds. I’m building my 10x20 run now. The coop is next... I’m going to get my pullets next week.
Did you get your chickens. How’s it going?
How many chicken an an acre handle & what kind income can you make??..Thanks so much for your video’s they are an inspiration!!
Nice video!
This is encouraging for me to start my own chickens. How long can chickens be left alone if you travel as long as they have fresh water, shelter and food?
You can only leave the eggs in the laying box a few days at a time more than 5 they could start turning into chicks or go bad.
1 day...you will need someone to check on them while you are gone.
Raising chickens in a climate-friendly environment will help chickens grow well.❤
I’m a new subscriber and I’m binging on a lot of videos, I love how you are so informative and are abt getting started with livestock. We are new transplants from the Houston suburbs and we bought a 15 acre property in rural North Texas. We are looking to get 4 piglets soon we have a insane amount of wild hogs and coyotes here, will they harm the pigs? We’ll definitely have the electric fencing you recommend but I’m scared something will happen to them. Any suggestions?
Welcome!! Congrats on the new property. We have coyotes here and have never had a problem with them related to our pigs. No experience with the wild hogs. I'd make sure you have a good fence to keep them out and away from your domesticated pigs. Sorry I'm not more help on that. Really appreciate ya'll watching.
@@SheratonParkFarms Thank you! I’m going to keep watching your videos to get some ideas on secure fencing that may help with the predator problem we have as well.
@@SheratonParkFarms how far are you from Carbon, Texas? I’d love to add my info to the list for piglets.
If the drive is too long would it stress them much?
Angela Winzer Jones
jonesfamilyfarm92@gmail.com
I’m about 1300 miles from Carbon. We are in Greensboro NC.
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great video!, I have a question, I'm converting a horse stall into a chicken coop and there are rubber mats on the floor and dirt under them, should I leave the mats or remove them and then put down wood chips or shavings?
@hey there thanks
what about keeping stuff clean, like the nesting place and the chicken coop, do you steam clean it once in awhile?
I’m young aspiring rancher getting ready buy land raise chickens red production pullet
It's hard to make money with egg layers, It's fun raising the egg birds but the margins are tough.
Agree. But it is easy for a customer to buy eggs, build trust in what we do and then come back and buy other products. Its a gateway product for us.
Just Subscribed ,How do you protect your Chickens from Predators.? Please
When you say the older chickens are going away,,,,do you eat them or sale them for meat?
Do chickens poop in their nest boxes and how frequently do you have to change out the bedding in the nest boxes?
Yes they do. If you will close the nest boxes at night so they can't sleep in them it really helps to keep them clean.
This was a very informative video, but I just want like 4 chickens lol
We got our chickens couple days ago. They were said to already be laying. They haven't laid the last 4 days. When you bring home adult chickens from somewhere else how long before you expect for them to start laying?
It will take a little time for them to settle in to their new home and get over the re-location stress.
🔥🔥
Thanks
What kind of waterer was that? I would love to use one.
I got a 10 x 10ft cage fenced. I have two tamed Jackrabbits in there. Can I put some chickens in there as well? Will they get along?
How do preserve all ;your meat before you sell it and how do you keep it refrigerated at market?
I have a woodland setting. Is it true tha chickens shouldn’t be nearby oak trees? I hav quite a few of them. Thanks for the info!
Dirty water, dirty feed and dirty eggs. Good stuff!
My daughter got her chick's about 10 weeks ago. They grew fast. Living outside in the pen now. I don't know what kind they are . I was wondering when they will lay eggs. Thanks
Usually at 16-20 weeks old they will start. Good luck!
Mine still ain't laying eggs i think there stressed out don't know im just started as well but I think my rooster is stressing them out
@@SheratonParkFarms my daughter has 2 chicken laying eggs now. Blue and tan. She says it's from a blonde one and a grey one. She has 5 I believe. So they are starting to now. So about 6 months old . So neat. Especially when I saw that blue egg! 💙
I have a Maran × Ameracauna OE how to tell if its roo or hen?
How do I know if my rooster 🐓 is old or not fértil anymore. Or in another words when do I need to replace my rooster?
with a rooster in the mix how do you know which eggs are fertilized? can you eat eggs that have been fertilized? i would hate to crack open an egg and see a partially formed chick in my frying pan.
So how did the light work for egg production? You was getting about 24 a day.
I honestly can't tell a big difference. We may hit 26 or 27 some days but no real improvement. I think its an age issue with the chickens.
@@SheratonParkFarms yeah could be
How do you keep snakes away?
Hi sir
I want to start egg business. I'm from South Africa, Eastern Cape province by the way. I want to raise laying chickens and sell egg.
Any advice please I need some lessons on how to start
Hi, love the video, i have 2 questions. Urban chicken farmer here, we have 3 hens and 1 rooster. They are 4 months old and getting close to laying, will they lay in the coop that they sleep in without a specific nesting box? Also is it necessary to separate the rooster at night, he's begun mounting them during the day and sleeps with them at night.
They don't require separation, no.
how do you trained your chickens not to jump on their fence?
Help!
Having roosters around will get fertilized eggs but, you cannot eat those. How to know which ones are fertilized and which one you can pick for your omelette??
You can eat a fertilized egg. It’s no problem
@@SheratonParkFarms but you have to eat them as soon as you pick them up?
No. If you gather eggs every day and not leave them in the nest for the hens to sit on they are fine for weeks.
I’m wondering what came first the chicken or the egg ? Any insight on that 🤪
For us it was the chicken. 😂
@@SheratonParkFarms same lol
I ordered a chicken and an egg off Amazon... I will let you know.
We’re just a family of 3 and thinking of raising chickens for eggs. Are 3 chickens enough to get a dozen of eggs a week? 😊
Yes it should be.
Yes , but not in the winter... Depending where you live you'll be lucky to get one egg a day when you have less than 14 hours of daylight
Also....fresh eggs don't need refrigeration...you can also water glass eggs for a year long storage
I just have a quick question. Why are you getting rid of the 3 year old chickens? I’m new to this..so I honestly don’t know.
At a grocery store, I pay $8 for a dozen of eggs from pasture-raised chickens.
I have always wanted to have chickens to lay eggs. But I have such a hard time with there being blood in the egg yolk. I know that if you don’t have roosters they won’t fertilize the eggs. But why is it that sometimes eggs have blood spots in them?
I would imagine that the ground could get over fertilized if left to the birds for too long?
1:50 "pulitzer female chickens"
Does anyone know why the egg white in one of my eggs is kind of translucent, and a little grayish.
How do you determine if a chick is male or female
When your baby chicks how do you know they are pullets how can you tell there's no roosters
Watch one egg coming out. It’s a big deal. They work hard for you. They deserve better
Are chickens playful and friendly? Will they be affectionate toward humans?
I eat a dozen eggs in 2-3 days 😂💀I bought 120 eggs from rancho and I ate them in bout 2 weeks or so
stay away from the purina feed ... my chickens don't lay eggs when I use that feed. I switched to a local feed and my my ladies started laying again.
love the channel, is there any legal process to selling meat to the public? I have done meat chickens for myself, but declined selling to those who ask . also do you ever sell any boars or sows? we live near Myrtle Beach, on 8 acres , thanks Beth
Not sure about the SC rules but in NC we have to have a "Meat Handlers License" to sell to the public. Its super easy to get and not a big deal. All of our red meats (pork, beef, lamb) have to be processed at a USDA facility but we do process poultry on farm. I'll have some piglets ready for sale coming up in mid to late May. Be glad to put you on the contact list if you want me to. thanks so much for watching.
Ok , put us on the list , still looking while we wait though
Do you process your egg layers for consumption to sell or for personal use?
Sometimes we process them. Sometimes we sell them. Just depends.
You got a sub in me!
How do you keep snakes ,racoons bears out of your chickens
I've had my chickens for over 7 months and there still not laying. I live in the north by lake superior and day light is short and I use a solar light to extend there light to no success.
How do you know if the egg is fertilized by the rooster?
Taste it, you’ll know
Wanna start this project someone pls give me details
I dont see the need for incubator if you have hens and rooster the chicken will become broody and want to set on clutch of eggs just mark the eggs or move isolated seting hen so others dont add fresh eggs that setting hen is on
We kept some bantam hens for that would sub regular chicken eggs or duck, goose even turkey eggs bantam make extremely good mothers commicial when turkeys or duck soon out grow mom still try to cover them or whrn ducks and geese babies find thier first pool water and start swimming mom bantum scolding them and try to get them out of watet
Can you over feed chickens?
at 8 to 10 roosters per chicken and with chickens laying everyday--fertilized and not. How do you know which is fertiled and which isn't, please?
it doesn't matter unless he is trying to hatch some. If there's a rooster around there's a good chance she's been bred. She can lay fertilized eggs for a long time from one breeding.
@@jerryhyland1554 ok I’m still not sure I get it, but thank you
@@webstuff56 Hello again Dave. You can eat the fertilized eggs. Most are on a farm. Most store bought commercial eggs are not because a rooster isn't around. It only matters if you need to hatch baby chicks. Then if they're not fertilized they wont hatch. If he collects all the eggs for eating and selling it will never matter. the egg is pretty much the same inside. But if you buy fertilized eggs you could choose not to eat them and put them in an incubator and hatch chicks if you wanted. Hope it makes more sense now?
@@jerryhyland1554 thank you again Jerry. Yeah I’m only interested because I’m trying to look at it from a breeder’s perspective. I’m just trying to figure out if I have 8 to 10 hens plus one rooster how do I know which of the eggs produced by the hen is a fertilized one.
I don’t know if it’s practical or not, but I’m calculating the margin per chic and it seems to me that if you’re going to sell commercially ya need to take the cost of buying the baby chic, particularly if you’re sending the chic out for processing and packaging. Even then, I’m not certain at what scale you need to be at yo recover fixed cost and any labor.
Could be interesting to lease a hand full of acres to produce meat birds and to breed them, even for someone like me who doesn’t operate or live in a farm- opinions welcome
Thank you again
@@webstuff56 within hours of a rooster being introduced to hens , he will breed all of them multiple times. The reason he says 8 per rooster is any less hens he will wear the saddle feathers off them from banging so much. 8 will give them a break for a few hours. A hen will hold sperm for a long time from one breeding. Some say the hen will have to go to setting before they will not be fertile. The body heat rises as they go to setting. That supposedly kills off the retained sperm. I'm pretty sure this info is correct, i'm sure someone will correct me if wrong. ,
So I have 9 hens and 1 rooster and I want them for the eggs, can I keep the rooster with the hens
Or do I need to find him a new home?
What about chicken poop how is that managed
How do they determine the sex of a baby chick ?
$5.00 a doz last year... what about 2023?
$8
@@SheratonParkFarms
WOW!!!!
That is Fantastic.
How many cartons a week do you sell? Especially being FRESH EGGS.