What it’s like to live with 85 chickens
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Ever wonder what it’s like to have a chicken? Well, we have 85 of them. Let’s go over the experience, the pros and cons, and the costs of raising that many chickens...
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Thanks for watching!
Sometimes you just need this type of "cute pandas,, cute chicken" videos.
There is so much darkness in this world. The chicken video is sometimes the most positive Anyway thanks for sharing enjoyed it a lot.
+wave 34 - aw, thanks so much!
It really makes me feel relaxed... Just started recently
Well, I hope you're in a better place now, I was also in a very rough part of my life, 7+ years ago now. Depressed suicidal atheist who pretended to be happy and confident but internally dying inside from and abusive mother, boyfriends, etc. But now I came to believe in Jesus not because I believe in some story but because Jesus showed up in my life proved the word of God to me. Here's what he did, while asking 100 questions about the existence of God He gave me something I never experienced before, silence... In my head I felt only peace and silence. no confusing chatter or anxiety just silence and every question I asked my now husband he answered, and every answer was conclusive; it did not lead to more questions but fulfilled every endless pit of questions I had. As an atheist there's a belief in that every question just leads to more questions, but that day I learned that if questions lead to endless questions then something is wrong or somebody is lying and chains of questions lead back to God and end them. So today, I now speak to God everyday and He speaks back to me and I see Jesus' face and His Angels all the time. For me God has gone from impossible joke to common knowledge. But never will He cease to amaze me. He has pulled me out of the darkest places and even went into my own memories and healed every hurt in them and now whenever I think about those past events I can't see the memories without seeing Jesus pulling me out instead of the hurt and loss. God is eternal and the healer of all time; past, present, and future. He died 2,024 years ago to be the receiver of the punishment of our sins and sins against us that way we'd be healed and restored to how God intended us to be and what he instilled in us before we even existed yet when we were still a thought in Father's righteous and beautiful imagination. God writes our story from the end to the beginning He has already written your entry into Heaven and the path He's going to put you on to guarantee you'll get there. All you have to do is accept the fact that He did what He did and that He fulfilled all righteousness through it, that way you now wear His righteousness and purity and not your sin and trauma you were once in...
I just have to say I am slightly jealous that you have a rooster that you can pet, LOL. Every rooster we have ever had has been a spawn of Satan...except our little bantams which are scaredy cats.
+Cosmopolitan Cornbread - we've definitely had some crazy ones... usually the likable one is pretty apparent each year, and we put the rest in freezer camp
yeah all of my roosters were ghastly, but they died off sooo. I deff won't be buying anymore
Cosmopolitan Cornbread 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 spawn of Satan!!!
@@whitehouseonthehill I hear dat! 🍗🍗🔥
Yup... I had a giant brahma that tried to kill my ass every morning.... so I ate him
when my family got are hens we were planning to butcher them and eating them when they stopped laying eggs after a year or two however long it be till they stopped but like 2 weeks into raising them I was like "yea no sorry dad but there my children now"
+syberworm - yep, we're pretty attached to our laying flock as well!
@@whitehouseonthehill That's me I'll just end up with a farm of chickens of loads of different breeds I won't be able to get rid of any!
@BetaWolf I'm so sorry for that, I know how you feel! I love chickens too and could never harm one! Aloha...
Oh my gosh Same!!
Yep my life with chickens
I don't think I can make myself to eat a chicken I raised , I'll get attached because they are so cute.
Still would love to have a chickens
Thats why there are meat chickens
I know :(
When you raise them from the start with the intentions of processing them, it does make it slightly easier. Never fun taking a life, but I find that each time they peck me it is just a little easier on processing day.
That's why you eat the aggressive ones out of the bunch
Same here. I look at it this way - I personally couldn't do it, so I am very thankful for chicken farmers who can and will so I can still eat the meat my body requires to be healthy.
The silkies are so cute and fluffy 😁
Dino Dan I know and I love silkies
Great video, chickens also reduce stress. Everybody seems happy
+John Martinez - thanks, John!
wait i reduce stress?
cool
It’s interesting you say that, I always thought that but I wasn’t 100 percent sure. I also think that since my chickens are more pets, it also increased my paranoia stress because of all the worry that they will be eaten.😂
@@jasondeng7677 8
a smile from the depth of the heart is the best way to finish this strees and anxiety thing
Me: *sees in recommended*
Also me: I don't need sleep, I need *awnsers*
7:48- When he said "How did you get back here?", it literally sounded like the chicken in the background said "I don't know.." lmaoo
It so did 🤣🤣
Thank you for the time stamp, I keep going back and rewatching that part!! 🤣
@@riversong4997 same 🤣
After seeing this video I'm contemplating to start a small chickens farm. Admiring your job from Mexico.
I don’t know anyone that’s ever regretted getting chickens
ya tienes la granja de pollos?
@@violettasl6395 Me encanta tu respuesta en espanol perfecto. Empezare a construir una casa nueva una vez que venda mi casa en Missouri, yo vivo ahora en una ciudad pequena llamada Zacatlan,Puebla. considero que me llevara el resto del ano para empezar mi nuevo proyecto pero no he cambiado mi original plan de hacerla. Saludos desde aqui y bendiciones del dios del universo,.Jesus. Bye for now.
@@raylopez4656 que bien!! yo ahora tengo 1 gallina y 1 gallo, y solo los tengo como mascota, porque son miniatura y los de esa raza no produce muchos huevos. pero desafortunadamente creo que yo no podre tener mas de 3 o 4 pollos, como maximo 5, ya que mi jardin es pequeno. suerte con ese proyecto de la granja, y saludos!!
So jealous lol. My wife and I can't wait to get out of the city we live in Massachusetts and move to New Hampshire so we can have some chickens for fresh eggs.
+Justin Smith - go for it!
Justin Smith thats a life goal,we also in the midst of moving to the country from the city.
Do you Have Chickens Yet.
theres litteraly a breed called new hampshires
These animals are happy and content and well cared for. This is how farming should be with no growth hormones antibiotics and selective breeding in sight.
+K-Led - well said!
cool, now try and feed 7 billion people that way
These alternative farms are spreading the bird flu virus in the US.
@@trenspelomundo3375 They arent but capitalism and its poor ethical practices with chickens mass production and putting 1000 chickens in a quarrel of 1x1 meters is the reason this chickens are spreading sickness
@@jarredbarber 7 billion? There's only 350 million people in the USA. People of other countries need to fucking feed themselves!
Good to see chickens where they belong: in a field with lots of grass, sunshine and plenty of room to move and display their natural behavior. These chickens look like happy chickens :).
+aussieboy77 - thank you, I agree!
aussieboy77 yes till they r eaten 😞
@@mayalilies8956 Yes its sad but we're natural omnivores you'd rather see them get murdered and ravaged in the wild? At least these chickens live a full life before their deaths.
QuitLovingMe I thought the same long time ago but not now, all animals are sentient beings , n humans r born VEGANS ❤️
QuitLovingMe and all loving their life, nobody wants to die
84 eggs a day
Not all chickens lay eggs tho
it a joke
Not everyday
I could never kill my chickens I love them too much to eat them, they’re so comforting and curious and it’s funny cool to see them around taking one out of the pack would be dreadful, my chicken are living a good life we feed them corn tortilla, corn, rice and left overs the fact that chickens eat chicken
Wow that’s really great 👍
Wouldn't have the heart to kill my chickens, though I would enjoy the eggs. 🐓
Hello dear my name is Kamran I am from Pakistan I have no job I need my personal business can you help me I have a hen farming experience if you have any Hen (please help me)
I am belong from Christian family as possible please help me
I subscribe 2 days ago and can't stop watching ur video. It makes me smile.
Happy farming from Philippines.
+ALL out play - we really appreciate it, thank you!
This looks like absolute heaven... I love chickens
+Kay Kat - thanks! We think so!
Same!
Same
Wow! Beautiful set up!
@@kridanina if the chickens were wild they'd still be eaten by a predator - if not a human then a fox or raccoon, an owl or hawk... Just about everything wants to eat a chicken.... At least this way they are well cared for until they can provide some excellent nourishment for a family. It's as close to heaven as a chicken will ever get in this world. The fence isn't there to keep them in, it's to keep predators out. The chickens would come back every single night regardless of a fence.
I'm so glad I ran into your channel. Just something I need in my life. So relaxing.
+Sasiprapa J. - that's awesome, thanks!
That's propper egg farming. Humain conditions, coops, a rooster, loads of hens and even a chick nursery. 🐔🐔🐤🐤🐔🐤🐔🐣🐣🐣💚💛😊🐔🐓🐔🐔🐓
You guys are such an inspiration to my husband and I. We so badly want to move off this .5 acre plot and move somewhere where we can start a homestead and live healthier, happier lives by raising and growing our food, as well as educating others based on our own experiences.
Do you guys have a video on how you got started with homesteading AND on RUclips? If so, can you share the link? And if not, can I recommend a video on that? Our biggest question is how to make a living doing what we dream to. How to start and make a living with a homestead.
Thank you in advanced you guys! ♡♡
I should let you stay with us on our 5 acre place in the woods. It’s just my son and I and we can’t keep up with everything and travel with our animals at home because my mom passed away and she was our go to person for taking care of things. We live near Yacolt Washington. We have a big shop and house.
Me: “I’ve better go to bed early, tomorrow i have an exam
Me at 3 pm: oh god
+Meryyy Mrr - oh no, did we keep you up??
I relate so much. Haha. Procrastinators unite.
3 a.m. actually
Good luck
My English mini mini .But you tanks
that drone shot was absolutely beautiful. this came up on my recommended and i love it. love this so much
+Yasmin Kurzmann - thank you so much!
who else is watching this in the middle of the night (3:23am)
+Navjot Virk - thanks!
Navjot Virk I am it is 3:02
3:58am wow
nice one guys😀
Me at 2:10 am.
Eggs in different colour lovable good hen different varieties great work
I miss the chickens at my dad's. 😭. When I was little I used to take baby chicken to live in the city, everytime he had little chicks but then I had to take it back when they grew. One of the chicks love my.mom.amd she would follow my mom all over the apartment. She also would lay in bed with my mom. It was so cute. Unusual for a chick to do that I guess, but since it was very little it probably thought my mom was her mom. Lol
This is heaven for me ,MOM I NEED MORE CHICKENS 16 IS NOT ENOUGH
+Lunawolf326 - 😀
Beautiful chickens are but mine always escape.thank you for replying to me 🐓🐓🐓🐓
Omg so cute! I own 6 chickens but I have to get rid of one because I found out it was a rooster! I am so sad
+LilPolar - understandable. A lot of people can't or don't want to have a rooster in their flock.
Thanks for sharing this, i had chickens when i was young, will never forget them.............they are smarter than you think
They really are...I don’t know anyone that’s ever regretted getting chickens
THANK YOU SO MUCH for teaching us, me and my daughter, of how beautiful life can Be. what a glorious video. We don't personally eat chickens or their produce but it was a really helpful tool to show her how beautiful and fun they are. wonderful family
So many birdies! 😂 I'm in heaven! I love how your chickens are very paitent with your son and I would love to have my own glow-in-the-dark silkie down the road (haha). I take care of twenty-three hens and three roosters and I spend time with them everyday. They get very excited when they see me and the dominant rooster of the flock likes to nuzzle and tidbits me with presents at my feet (particularly dead, half-eaten frogs 😂). I'm really happy I found your channel! Here is a new subscriber and I wish you the best of luck with your chicken farm!
+Korok Lover - we really appreciate hearing that, thank you for watching!
So out of interest, are your roosters all fine in the same coop or do you separate them?
Growing and raising your own food is always worth it!
+Mrs Farm Alarm - exactly... cost doesn't matter in exchange for fresh food from our farm
@@whitehouseonthehill NOT FOOD - pets ONLY! Cook your own ass!
Killing something that has grown to trust you is worth it? You're vile
I have chickens that we raise to eat. Its no big deal lol. I love them but they are still delicious
Joan Smith vegan #1 found. This is what humans have been doing forever. It’s natural, humane, and safe. People eat meat
We started out with 6 chickens last year and now we are up to 13 and one broody hen on 4 eggs for a couple of weeks .We are older couple and we enjoy them , and I sell some of our eggs at a farmers market . Love all your chickens ! Hope my grandchildren will enjoy ours -
Yes I agree it's worth it !
+Diane Charles - that's awesome!
We have chickens. Easter eggers names Amber
8:01 "Why do you like this chicken?"
"It's a glow in the dark chicken!"
Me and my boyfriend's favorite thing to say to each other now when we talk about chickens.
kaseit.... my hubby and i watch youtube videos on chickens..
Beats ..alot of POC videos ..lol
Have a great day
طبعن اني دخلت علمود هاي شلحا ملابسها
I also have chickens I have 14,10 babies and 4 adults I am trying to get my dad to build me a run because I want them to have enough space. Also did y’alls rosters ever attack you to try and dominate you if not be careful it hurt I will probably have more scars at 11 😢btw I love your videos
You should get polish chickens!!! They are very funny, loveing, but they do get lost sometimes. We have golden laced polishes and they are fun to watch because they run into walls sometimes.
heart mold set my heart on your religion....
Oh God according to my heart of the right religion and right …
يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك
اللهم اهد قلبي للدين الصحيح والحق
Every video I love you guys more and more. Such a wonderful family. TFS
God Bless ~Lisa
+Lisa Booker - thank you so much, Lisa!
I was expecting one of the cons being getting yourself to kill them cause if I had a farm again and I end up building a bond with them, I would probably not be able get myself to do such a thing. We used to have a small flock on our Coffee Farm when we used to live on the Big Island, but they were mostly for managing the Soil to our Farm and I never remembered eating any of them. Still you guys did an Extraordinary Job with you're Homestead!
We had 18 chickens from last year and had great production. We just added 36 girls. We'll have 54 this summer four breeds. We even have a "mystery chick" that we can't tell what it is (yet). Great video!
I have 20 right now, I sell more than enough eggs to pay for feed. I absolutely love having chickens this has been a project I’ve fallen in love with during the pandemic.
ok
I have over 100 chickens on a small city lot, well maybe its not small compared to major cities but all my chickens are contained on 1/8th of a acre which is my back yard.
Wow... Beautyfull farm... So very happy in farm... Salam dari Toraja, indonesia
Thanks for sharing, I have chicken too, we call it ayam kampung,
if you have a rooster(s) and a hen, how will you know which egg is fertilized and not? ❤
Wow! What a Beautiful Family. You sir are living the dream. Congratulations on all of your hard work and success Jake. Love watching your videos. You have became one of my favorite youtube chanels. Hope you guys never stop :) Godbless
+josue nuno - very high praise, thank you so much!
LOL, That’s what we call “chicken math.” I have 40 because I wanted a colorful egg basket of browns, blues and green eggs. So I ended up buying different breeds for their unique looks, feather patterns and personalities and forgot all about how many eggs I would get. Yes, I agree chickens are entertaining!
+Ella Wilson - sounds perfect!
I enjoyed watching all those chickens; especially the various different breeds and egg colors! When I was little, I lived in Puerto Rico and we always had many breeds of chickens free roaming around the house and in the forest. They ate all kinds of insects, seeds and weeds. In the evenings they would all climb on a particular tree and sleep there! When we moved to NJ, I really missed the chickens, so eventually, I went to a farm and bought a bantam rooster and 3 different breeds of small hens and let them roam free in the yard every day, just to enjoy watching them! In the evening, I made a signal with my hands and they would all march into the coop, and then I would secure the door! I have always loved chickens and like to watch them do their thing, like digging in the soil and singing their songs; You should also plant weeds, like dandelions, etc. to vary their diet; it will make the eggs taste better! Chickens remind me of dinosaurs, which like all other birds, is exactly what they are: the last surviving remnants of the dinosaur age! Take good care of them and continue to enjoy them!
Aloha nui loa...
Luis Enrique Ruiz ( Ruizart )
hmmm
We had 85 but now we have only 38:(
Love your chicken farm. They look happy and well taken care of.
Subscribed and Turned Notifications on. I’m so glad to see farmers raise chickens freely and happily, other then being tossed into cramped farms. Keep up your good work and good luck on your future farming! 💖💖🐓
+Awem8 AJ - thanks! We appreciate it!
I absolutely love how well your raising and caring for those chickens! You guys are awesome !! It may just be a chicken to most but you and I see them as a living breathing animal , that has a right to be here just like we do, such a treat to see them free range, Love you guys, Thank you. 😊
Hi good morning guys enjoyed today's video have yourselves a wonderful weekend and till the next video God bless, the chickens look so beautiful and happy, Mr. Tin Man is pretty 🐓🐓🐓🐓🐔🐔🐔🐔
+Athea Nicholls - I like the new profile pic, Athea!
White House on the Hill Thank you
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I live n the U.K and many years ago as a kid we kept about a dozen chickens, That was for a family of 8. Mum didn't work but stayed home looking after us and baking. The first thing with chickens is you have to be prepared to wake when the cock crows? The second that most people do not tell you about is the Rats in the coups? The third is the smell from all the crap and lastly is when a fox gets in they kill the lot? And most likely not even take one for a meal? The main problem with Free Range chickens is you never know where they are going to lay their eggs
Seth Mangwana I’m asking the same thing.
It seems like a great life you’re living! Just wondering, do the boys go to school or are they homeschooled? Love you all and I enjoy your videos xx
You both are very hardworking guys you both gives me inspiration to start my chicken farm with 85 chicken Love you from Pakistan
khalidbashir 1984 - we love hearing that, thank you!
oh man....your daily homestead routine - in every morning - just like me ..!! cause i has 88 chickens behind my home
+john lemon - awesome! Glad to think others are doing what we do out there!
yeah....for me .....my chicken is ''everything'' thanks 4 sharing.
When I was a young boy I had 2 pets chickens. After watching this video I would like to have 85 chicken. They make wonderful pets.
+Freptboy - that's awesome! I hope you can get some again!
I wish I could, but I live in a neighborhood not allow to have chickens. The only interaction that I have with chickens is when I go vacation to Key West , Florida. They have a lot of wild chickens every where down there.
My dad has a bunch of chickens. I want a bantam chicken to keep inside with a chicken daiper. (I know, sounds crazy)
+Quaking - haha, funny!
I have bantam chickens as a pet, they can go inside their cage by themself, so cute. I prefer them in yard, it's good for their health
The way you hold your chickens says it all to me a fellow chicken lover from New Zealand
Thank you for sharing this great information! Love my egg laying chickens...
That's a really diverse flock you have there. I think you called the big grey chicken at the start of the video a "lavender orppintington", I never heard of that one, but a very nice looking bird.
I like buff orpington, barred rock and Rhode island reds, love the black astrolorps. I ve had some americaunas, which are gentle and like the green eggs. Chickens can be great fun to raise. I've never had ducks but I want to add them. Duck eggs are the best.
Anyhow love your videos and great looking flock and family. I think I saw in one of your videos that you were in the St Joe, MO area above KCMO? I'm about midway from Columbia and STL so our winters aren't quite as harsh as yours.
Great videos and best of luck to your family, very inspiring... thank you
+m mims88 - thanks a lot! Yep, you touched on a lot of our faves there
just know that mixing ducks and chickens isn't great for them. most often the chickens become the losers, unless your roosters turn it around.
Beautiful video , enjoyed your flock very much 😉💕👩🏻🌾 . We have 10 hens of various breeds , they have free range of our 8 acres.
+Born Again Farm Girl - very nice... we'd be interested in free ranging some birds outside of our electric fence if we had our own property. We rent and share much of the area (road and pasture) with our neighbors, and chickens would be dead in a day with all of the farm vehicles that go through there.
White House on the Hill oh my that would be a tragic loss indeed !
i liked the barred rock too!! lol
Great video and you went into depth enough but didn't go too crazy!!
+Adam Craig Outdoors - we appreciate the kind words!
Lovely!Keep up the good work, guys!
It's hard enough having 5 chickens let alone 85
I feel so bad for tinman watching old videos and seeing him 😭
Whyy what happened to him
🤔
85 birds good for you, good to see someone from the younger generation doing things like this. In my parents days nearly every young girl grew up raising chickens and some boys to it was always the children's main chore.
+Charles Barnett - good point!
They are work, but the joy you get from them is worth it. We wanted 6, but got 27 because I wanted mixed breeds and have no regrets. Still want a few more breeds, but trying to hold off. They all have different personalities and I spend time with them everyday. I find it therapeutic.
It's great to wake up every day at a farm surrounded by vegetables, fruits and a few chickens. That is my dream.
do the chickens get corn soy and wheat in their food? I am interested because I am allergic to those grains.
It depends on which type of feed you get
Beautiful home for chickens and nice morning routine ❤️
Lol, do you know where they came from?
How do you guys put them back to their house?
Your chickens are so cute,
and how are they not afraid when you carry them but our my chickens are afraid?
Gradi Mpoyi Bolukaoto- The chickens will go in when it gets dark and we try to handle them as much as we can when they are young so they are used to us holding them.
Thx
Our chickens are the same way. We also handle ours regularly starting when they are just chicks. They are all fairly gentle across board.
GREAT VIDEO ... INFORMATIVE ....FUN .... AND NUTRITIOUS !!! TASTY BIRDS !! WE HAD 18 CHICKENS GROWING UP IN PA
AND THE DAILY FRESH EGGS WERE AWESOME !! MOM BAKED A LOT .... AND I BECAME THE BEST BREAKFAST MAKER !!!!
MY OMELET'S AND FRENCH TOAST WERE PHENOMENAL !!!! THE CHICKENS WERE SO MUCH ENJOYMENT !!!!!!!
Ребята, вы классные!!! Добра и здоровья вашей семье!!! 👨👩👦 ,🐔🐔🐔,👍 !!! ✋👦🏻🤚 🇷🇺
Wonderful video. I am 88 yo... my granny loved her chickens.... I learned chickens are truly special not "just" creatures. I remember much that honors chickens .... God's gift to humanity.
I think there should be a Honor CHICKEN DAY worldwide.
What do you think?
You guys are awsome. I admire your discipline and dedication!
+Mark Baver - thank you very much!
Hi
I'm getting 6 chickens next week. A chantecler, Rhode Island Red, buff orpington, americauna and two black australorps. So excited!!! Taking tips happily⬇️
+Smiley Smiles - so cool! I'd love to get a Chantecler sometime
Smiley Smiles here is some tips don’t throw us at cage or it will make them mean
That’s what my brother did
Smiley Smiles - I currently have adult hens, one of which is a three old Australorp. I love them. I made the mistake of buying a Husky and I can't seem to stop him from killing chickens from time to time. He's killed a good dozen or more birds. I have added a new set of birds that are almost 10 weeks old: 2 australorps, 2 rhde island reds and 2 silver laces wyndottes. My chicken''s coop (12 x 4 feet) is in a back corner ofmy 5 year old garage. I cut a hold for a door and a hole for a window and built the coop. Outside of it it a 12 ' x 81" run where they can play and eat and drink or whatever till I feel like getting up and letting them have the run of my back yard. It's just a city lot and I found I was reseeding my yard at least once a year (since the 5 years I've had them) Last fall I had it sodded. And fenced them off from it. By this spring it had a good root system and they the full run of it most of spring and all summer. I found if I flooded the poop, the grass didn't burn up. There are spots on either side of my garage where their are weeds and twigs and stuff to get bugs from. In the back closer to the alley I have a compost pile they play in, where I dump my grass, leaves, and kitchen scraps. They love to play in there.
I do have some hints about getting eggs in the winter. I live on the southern border of Chicago, so it gets very cold here. In the Winter I put a light on a timer that comes on about 4:30 or so and goes off at 9:00. Then comes on again about 5:30 and goes off about 7:00. So I get eggs all winter. And green food wise: I get wheat and barley from my feed store and have wheat grass or barley grass for them. It sprouts in day or two, then I spread it in a tray . .. . well actually two trays. The bottom tray has one, maybe, half-inch whole in it and the tray that sits in it has a bunch of steak knife slits in it. So once I spread the sprouted seeds on the top tray, I had rinse it off with water a couple/few times every day. The trays hang off my one end of my dinning room table tilted toward the hole. I have a bucket that sits underneath that, that catches the draining water , which my dog drinks (just kidding. . . .but some times she does). I have to empty it every couple or so days. in another 3 to 5 days I have grass tall enough to feed to the hens, roots and all. I just cut off rectangles of it with a knife.. or tear it out.. and throw it to them. They love it. When the tray is maybe half way gone, I start sprouting more seeds. I just started doing that last winter to supplement the organic mixed greens and spinach I was buying them from Sam's Club.
Also. . . that one adult Aussie i have. Poor thing has been through so much. I stepped back on one of toes one year and the end of her toe swelled up and the nail fell off and never grew back. And she's been attacked by my husky 3 times.. . last time just this past June. (he killed i think 2 adult hens and 2 babies I'd just gotten last September, the same day). Each time her back was ripped up down to flesh and bone. I rinsed it off with food grade hydrogen perioxide and then dabbed it with mannuka honey. She still lives and lays eggs. This last time was so bad she wouldn't come out of the coop. She sat up on a perch for days and I had to hand feed her and give her water through out the day to make sure she got enough of both. Just so happens she was molting at the time. Her feathers grew back and she's beautiful again. The other two times they feathers came back but her other feathers were old and looked dull.
OH. . . and I wish I'd seen this a month ago. I had my chicks in my house in a fish tank the first 3 to 5 weeks of their life depending on the time of year I get them. when I clean out the tank (daily) I take time to hold each one and talk to them a bit. So . . . my chickens will jump on my lap when I set down in the back yard with them. It's nice. As they get older some of them don't do it as much, but my Aussie still does. SHe'll sit on my lap and I'll pet her and she'll go to sleep. .. at least her eyes are closed.
Nice mix. So happy for you. 🐣
Hi guys, I’m a new subscriber who will be starting my family’s homestead around September this year. Got a ton of good advice from your video. Thanks for taking the time to share. God bless you and yours.
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I wish I could own chickens but I don’t have enough space and I live in the suburbs of Bakersfield which means I don’t have a lot of space which also means I don’t have space to own any chicken.... I just wished I could own some😓😥
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Cats look wild
+Tsetsi - they are outdoor barncats, so they are free to do what they want. But they mostly stay in our yard and hang out with us when we're outside.
7.26. Purchase an automatic chicken door opener!
+fartfullt - we would, but we rent our property, and don’t want to put too much in that would damage the building when we take it out. Also our ducks stay out late... we think they would get stuck outside when the door closes at night.
White House on the Hill Oh I forgot about those ducks. But you should consider it, its only 7 screws. Thanks for a good vid, plz do more chicken related vids!
+fartfullt - we'll see what we can do!
I have 32 chickens I would love to have that many well maybe a little less like 60 cause I like to get a relationship with them. I'm obsessed with chickens. I love how u have different breeds a lot of people just keep one or 2 breeds I love to get variety
Katelin is here- Yes, I really like having a variety of breeds.
White House on the Hill yah it looks more fun and the flock is unique. Then u can name them and not really get that confused cause they all look different
I have free range chickens ,right now I have too many rooster ,I've got to find someone to take them,I love them.i have bantams, plus one big white one.i had silkys but they don't live very long,because I have some neighbours that have dogs that kills them every chance they get.
I'm here cause I have 14 chickens.. This is a big deal to everyone I know already. I can't wait until I have 85....lol.
Excellent job! This is some excellent information. I really appreciate that you cover turf management with chickens. Very few people talk about it. Also very impressed to see no frost damage on your roosters' combs.
+kmonnier - I wish I could say we haven't had frost damage on combs, but we lost our rooster last winter, partially to frost damage. We learned from that and will take better care of them this winter.
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they are happy and well cared.thanks for sharing new subscriber here,god bless
I just don't like the slaughtering part. But I enjoy this two couples maintaining their chickens. 🤗
Aw I love my chickens with all of my heart, I only have three but that helps me keep track of all of them and actually give every individual chicken some attention
why u use the chickens for meat ): just let them have a happy life ):
right :( when they said "we butcher them" i was like nooooo :*((
It is what it is
I'm a new subscriber to your Channel as of today. I follow, Al at Lumnah Acres and I see other familiar faces on here as well. Loved your video.
+Jacky Waldon - awesome! Al's a good friend and has a great channel!
White House on the Hill. I don't know Al on a personal note but I would agree he is a good guy. It would be a privilege to meet him and his family.
Oh nice beautiful house and love with birds thanks for making happy to me
+Ifthikar Ifthikar - thank you
This channel: What it is like living with 85 Chickens.
Me: What it's like living with 3 Brothers and 2 Sisters -_-
When I was eleven I loved birds and I asked my mom for a parrot she said no and jokingly mentioned chickens. The next morning I went into the shop and started building the next few days I was in the shop or on my laptop researching. Three days later I started clearing a spot in the forest by our house(this was on our property) when I was done I asked my mom to take me to the hardware store so she did I spent almost all of my savings there and when I went home I completed my work five days later the only help I got was from my dad who helped me bring the coop I built in the shop to the fenced in area in the forest. Then I asked my mom if we could go to buckerfields and we came out with two rhodisland reds (sorry for the mistake) and a bag of chick starter. Fast forward a year, I am twelve have fifteen chickens two goats a peahen and peacock an alpaca and three bunnies I breed for meat. All this time I was trying to prove to my parents I was responsible enough to get a parrot.
This summer of 2019 I will get my parrot.
I love chickens, I have about 120 chickens, differents breeds, I raise then with cracked and grinded corn, I would like to live on a bigger place, I have some ducks and a cow, thats a lovely life, you enjoy taking care of the animals.
Did he said Kansas City? GO CHIEFS!!!
+Angélica González - tough loss last week. We love 'em though!
Really great and inspiring video !! Good to see the chicken are happy and enjoying the backyard !!
Good job guys well done
Thank you for sharing
+A.M J.M - thank you!
i have a question- what animals do you keep together in the shed at night?
i keep my turkey and my ducks separate from my 7 hens
Hello, I just start to raise hens and roosters. I like your video.
Chickens are the best animals on Earth.
I AGREE WITH YOU