You are a great influence on my wife. She saw part of your video on goats and really liked it. She commented to me about how she really loved your down to earth demeanor and all around happiness...thanks! She is really looking forward to our new life.
I can't help being tickled by the fact that you mentioned that one of your roosters was out and in the background he was pacing the fence wanting in so he could partake of the treat you brought with you. Silly birds. I love chickens.
Hey Sarah and Kevin😊 Hope Kevin doing good .. Sarah love love your healthy beautiful chickens.. what a fun treats for the chickens. My grandpa and dad makes something similar for the chickens and they love it.. They give us some for our chickens .. what a great video Sarah. Always learning something from your videos. Stay warm take care love ‘ll Blessing 👩🌾
Hello from TN! I love my Barred Rock chickens! I also have Silver Laced Wyandotte, Black Giants hens only, and Buff Orpington! Then I have 4 Dark Cornish hens only. I have a Barred Rock Rooster, a Buff Orpington Rooster, a Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster. Hope everyone is well, Bee blessed Danny and Rita in TN on Rooster Ridge
Hey Sarah I recently subbed to your channel and if anyone can be an example for your way of life it’s you. Your eyes shine and your skin glows. Your way of life is amazing to me. Hard work but amazing. Thanks for your channel I am catching up for lost time. Best wishes from the UK xxx
Leghorns are a great addition to a mixed flock to increase your overall egg production without too much increase in your overall cost for food. When retiring an old hen, their meat is not tender but it is pretty easy to strip the breast and thighs to make ground meat or sausage, and the rest is great in the stock pot.
Sarah, I enjoyed your fun project and yes granola bars for the chickens, they like it so much, you had better hide them from the kids and Kevin, ha ha or else they will start clucking, (only joking). I love your channel, your family and what you do on your homestead. You have a lovely smile, laugh and a slight bit of mischief, love it. Have a great day to you and your family.
It was very kind of you to think of your chickens and make them a nice snack. When people talk about giving their animals the best life they can, they don't always show much that is extra work for themselves to give pleasure to the animals. This was a heartwarming demonstration of your care.
Lol....I love the chicken on the outside of the fence....pacing back and forth. ...I'm sure he's thinking, Why did I get out? They are eating something. .....lol
Your channel brings me so much joy just watching you and Kavin talk about your family and life in the homestead makes my day thanks 🙏 God bless you too ❤️
Sarah I love your videos I love watching you and Kevin. Just wanted to say that all the chickens need is layer feed. Purina makes a layer feed that is nutritional made for them. No treats they don’t need them. They will live longer and be more healthy.
I LOVE how excited you get taking care of your animals. While we know it's a ton of work, you make homesteading look like the best job in earth. I'm jealous!
When I lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I had a lot of bird feeders. One of my neighbors was a deer processor that would have fat left over. The elderly gentleman from across the road also had feeders, so he would get the fat from the processor and render it with bird seeds, and make these suet cakes. The one year I remember him knocking on my door bearing gifts of these suet cakes. For a bird watcher ..... they were like gold! To say the birds loved them would be an understatement! That was over 22+ years ago now ... thanks for triggering such a fond memory. Btw ..... he would also bring these massive zucchinis over every year ~8^) Take care...... your wayward rooster photo-bombed you throughout the vid ..... "catch me if you can lady". Heh!
I don't have chickens but I do feed the birds in the winter. I made a similar recipe using beef fat bird seed,nuts and raisins.I put cookie cutters on a tray and filled them with the mixture.When hard I tied a ribbon threw the cookie and hung some on bushes and low limbs of trees and also gave some as gifts to friends that like to feed the birds. Hugh success and fun to make. The squirrels also snatched some.
I don't have chickens (can't since not in the country), but I do love feeding wild birds. Think even I could make some suet cakes after watching your video! Thank you for sharing!
I have seen that happen so often, people new to chickens ending up with old hens from a sale because they didn't know enough to be able to tell if a bird was young or old. I bet you can tell, now. 😉 Nice, healthy birds! You give them a good, varied diet. Nothing annoys me more than seeing chickens for sale in the grocery store labeled "fed a vegetarian diet". Those poor birds!
Dayne here again, what you are doing is giving your chicken the best life they can have and in retune you get the best dinner going. Taking care of your animals come fist sorry Kevin but you would agree. Be good be safe and take it a little bit easy. PS; John Deere is the best. Dayne :-)
We give cracked corn, black soldier fly larva and meal worms on the winter. We also give them leafy greens and veggies. I also switch from all flock to feather fixer in the fall. Seems to be working out very well all our birds look fabulous and despite the shortened days their all producing really well in the winter which is a happy surprise
When I lived in Upstate NY, the winters were brutal. I didn’t keep chickens, but I made a version of this for the squirrels and chipmunks.... I’d mix sunflower seeds and other goodies with peanut butte, freeze it and cut them into blocks, just like you did. I’d keep them in the freezer and when I put them out, it was so cold, the peanut butter never melted. The wildlife LOVED them!
What a wonderful and fun way to supplement their diet! My girls always get a daily treat of some sort: Leftovers, chopped fruits and veggies, cooked fish and meat scraps when they molt - LOL, I have VERY spoiled hens, but they give me lots of eggs!
Fun to see your girls out and about. We have about a foot of snow here. We shovel their yard and put shavings dow, so they can still get out...but they aren't having it this week.
I LOVE chickens! Those roosters have such pretty tail feathers ♡♡ You can also mix in some crushed eggshells, crushed oyster shells, or bone meal, too, to add calcium to their diet ♡♡♡
Sarah it is so good to see that beautiful smile in those dimples back. The sadness I watched for a couple of videos broke my heart. I wish I knew what it was like to love somebody that deep. I can see it in both of your eyes when you look at each other the respect and the love and loyalty you have to each other. I'm 54 years old and thought I found that kind of love when I was 19 years old we were married for eight years too long. It was a very abusive relationship that I wasn't about to continue to put my children through. I decided at that point that I would raise my children alone and no matter what it took we were going to make it. We made it, although I never thought we would. When I saw the sadness on your face on the first video after Kevin surgery, my heart sank. Immediately I jump to the comment section and left a message for you. But I had jumped the gun because within minutes you were back to your smiling self not quite like you usually are but you had a big smile and your enthusiasm seemed to grow as the video went on. I can't imagine the thoughts of possibly having to do this alone especially when you've got somebody going in for surgery. We kept our eyes on God and God always is faithful to his promises. I'm so grateful that you have so many people that care and love your family. I'm one of your top number one people. when I see your smile and I always boost me up just a little bit. This Last Summer, while climbing down from a loft bed, I fell I'm about eight feet up and landed across my sewing machine cabinet. Emergency surgery was required as I had no feeling in the middle of my back down. I was just in the middle of planting my seeds for my fall Garden when it happened. which was right in the middle of all of my summer garden coming on Leaps and Bounds. thank God my neighbor and my daughter love vegetables as much as I do and helped us to eat them because we didn't have time to preserve them. Here it is middle of December and I am still down from two emergency surgeries on the same spot due to nurses error there saying. I'm lucky to be walking which is not very much . They said I'll be down till after February which should give me time to plant my seeds for spring, I hope. I'll continue to keep you and Kevin in my prayers as I know it's going to be a long road back. I pray you will keep me in your prayers as well . we're supposed to be moving to our small Homestead next October. I pray that God's healing powers will have me back to normal to be able to start my Homestead. take care and God bless. Deb
I've really enjoyed these last few videos where you are showing your animals and how you take care of them. Please show more often your morning and evening routine. Your smile is fabulous. Hugs ❤️
There is really nothing like farm raised chickens and eggs. The color and the flavor is amazing compared to what you get at grocery stores. Your happiness and enthusiasm is contagious. Just seeing your smiling face first thing in the morning makes the world seem right.
I just love it, when I can see how much you enjoy what you're doing. I know its not all fun and games, but it sure is nice when we get to see a little of that.
I love you guys, but my computer is old and I won't be able to get a new one until next summer. I feel lucky to of seen your post today, don't know how long it will last. But don't think I don't like you if I can't give a thumbs up. I don't know when it will quit but know it's coming. Your my favorite family that I follow, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR'S !!!.
When I lived in N GA years ago I would use the colder days and frosty nights to my advantage. After making my batches of bone broth I'd cover and put in the pump house overnight to solidify any fats. Your chicken suet would get nice and hard over those chilly nights. I chose my pumphouse so I could keep other critters out but any securable, outside nook would work. I also used the colder nights to rapidly chill any other large batch items for ease of preparation early the next morning.
Your happiness at the glove moment was infectious.. I smiled the entire rest of your video. Your a hit with your chickens too! They approved so much they had new found energy to chase each other! So much for roosting early! Re-energized!!!
For those that don't homestead, you can do this for your local wild birds, winter can be hard on the ones that stay. I would use an old bunt pan to mold it, easy way to add a string, and hang in a tree. Or use a mesh bag from oranges, just make a solid suet to put in it. You can also mix some natural peanut butter in the lard to add variety. You local wild birds will go crazy for it.
When I had a small farm and flock of my own I had my own suet recipe, I used beef fat sunflower seeds and I would mix in a jar of crunchy peanut butter along with cracked corn
I make homemade suet with bacon fat, wild bird seed and peanut butter. I freeze it and hang it on my apple tree. Squirrels love it too. It’s usually gone within the hour.😁
I have had my chickens and ducks since they were a few days old. I’m their mom and they are my babies. I give them thawed frozen peas every evening. I started using that to get them into the coop at night. They eat like crazy, like they haven’t eaten in days. I leave them food out all day. They eat like feathered pigs. Some of my barred rock hens are as big as a basketball 😃😆
Oh my goodness,,your chickens are beautiful,,and so healthy! I used to have chickens but they were attacked by either a raccoon or a possum,,and they had a well reinforced pen and coop,,I was so upset. I really miss them,,not so much for the eggs,,but for the fun! They were my pets. My barred rock would jump into my lap!!!
Ha ha ha! I saw your explorer rooster in the background wanting to get in to the scraps you gave them. I want to make suet cakes for my girls. I also hang a cabbage on a chain to give them a fun healthy treat.
Fun to watch. Sarah you are doing a great job working solo. But, I'm sure you will be glad to have Kevin back, good as new. I'm surprised you can have 3 roosters that haven't killed each other. There's always that one dominant boy.
I agree about the barred rock chickens they are pretty much a joy to have. So calm compared to some other breeds. I sometimes set on my porch steps and it’s not uncommon for them to jump in my lap
I do these every yr. I add corn , black sunflower seeds, and we have soooo many blackberrys I pick for us and Isave for the chickens . they love it.and when I'mchopping cauliflower, any and all veggies we give to them but in the winter months I mix it into winter treats for them. y'all have pigs. we don't so we give all veggie scraps to the Chickens. Hazel from Seattle
watching this video I remembered the fat I saved from the deer my husband got this year and I was going to render it for soap but got up and used it for the chickens we have they loved it with the scratch grains in it great idea. thanks
I make this in disposable pie tins. They love bacon fat! I toss in seeds from butternut squash, bell pepper seeds, scratch, meal worms, crushed up eggshells, a handful of frozen blueberries, a small box of raisins and 1/2 cup of oatmeal. They go crazy over it! You might want to put a few blocks out so they don't fight. I cut my pie tin in four and place them in different spots. I have yet to try a corn cob spread with peanut butter then rolled in scratch to hang up. That's a nice chicken treat too!
we have the twin to your black roo! We have no idea what breeds are in him but he throws really pretty babies! And I have seen him take a treat and lay it down in front of a hen for her to eat! We call him King Tut and he is one of the best roos we have ever had!
I don't see any pine trees around your area, so if you do, try spreading peanut butter all over the cone. Work upward to get into between layer. Can then add your scratch, try to tie so you can hang for chickens and birds.
Soybean is also amazing to add to their feed especially in winter because it’s 44 percent protein! Terrific for them and tremendously helps their feathers. Black oil sunflower seeds are also great protein supplement to add to their feed.
I make these all the time for the birds. I also use store bought lard and fat that I have saved. I don't melt mine, just leave out over night so that it is room temp and soft enough to mix. I kept the molds from some bought bird suet. I place mine in a wire suet holder from the dollar store, less waste. I also have added peanut butter as well as all types of nuts and seeds, all sorts of veggies and fruits (fresh, frozen or otherwise). Your ducks would this treat too. Also the quail, you just have to watch what size pieces go into theirs.
Those are the healthiest and cleanest chickens I have ever seen. Beautiful birds. Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you.
I love watching the antics of a flock of chickens, thanks for sharing and please post more when possible 🐓 🐔
I do love the Bardrock… What a fine feathered friend.
You are too cute Sarah! Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!! You and Kevin are the best!
You are a great influence on my wife. She saw part of your video on goats and really liked it. She commented to me about how she really loved your down to earth demeanor and all around happiness...thanks! She is really looking forward to our new life.
So PRETTY! Those chickens have what we call PANTALOONS! (short pants)
Wow so beautiful chickens
You are not only my gardening goals! Now freezer goals!!
The chickens are so pretty.
I can't help being tickled by the fact that you mentioned that one of your roosters was out and in the background he was pacing the fence wanting in so he could partake of the treat you brought with you. Silly birds. I love chickens.
Sarah you are doing GREAT. Praying Kevin is on the mend. Happy Chickens!!
Keep up the Great videos
Sarah your smile is contagious. Thanks for sharing your family's homestead journey. I really enjoy your channel. 🇨🇦
Your 🐓🐓🐓🐓are beautiful reminds me of my childhood and the ducks 🦆 love them too ❤️
Interesting. Enjoyed watching. I'm hoping Kevin is on the fast track to feeling better. Much love to all of you. 💜🧡💙💖💛
Hey Sarah and Kevin😊
Hope Kevin doing good ..
Sarah love love your healthy beautiful chickens.. what a fun treats for the chickens.
My grandpa and dad makes something similar for the chickens and they love it.. They give us some for our chickens ..
what a great video Sarah. Always learning something from your videos.
Stay warm take care love ‘ll
Blessing
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Hello from TN! I love my Barred Rock chickens! I also have Silver Laced Wyandotte, Black Giants hens only, and Buff Orpington! Then I have 4 Dark Cornish hens only. I have a Barred Rock Rooster, a Buff Orpington Rooster, a Silver Laced Wyandotte rooster.
Hope everyone is well, Bee blessed Danny and Rita in TN on Rooster Ridge
Sarah, your enthusiasm for almost everything connected to the homestead is infectious! "A joyful heart makes good medicine." Proverbs 17:22
Fun video to watch. Hugs to Kevin. Hope he's improving.
Hey Sarah I recently subbed to your channel and if anyone can be an example for your way of life it’s you. Your eyes shine and your skin glows. Your way of life is amazing to me. Hard work but amazing. Thanks for your channel I am catching up for lost time. Best wishes from the UK xxx
Your a great chicken mama, have a blessed day! I hope Kevin is feel better.
Leghorns are a great addition to a mixed flock to increase your overall egg production without too much increase in your overall cost for food. When retiring an old hen, their meat is not tender but it is pretty easy to strip the breast and thighs to make ground meat or sausage, and the rest is great in the stock pot.
Sarah, I enjoyed your fun project and yes granola bars for the chickens, they like it so much, you had better hide them from the kids and Kevin, ha ha or else they will start clucking, (only joking). I love your channel, your family and what you do on your homestead. You have a lovely smile, laugh and a slight bit of mischief, love it. Have a great day to you and your family.
Chickens are so much fun!! I love my chickens!
It was very kind of you to think of your chickens and make them a nice snack. When people talk about giving their animals the best life they can, they don't always show much that is extra work for themselves to give pleasure to the animals. This was a heartwarming demonstration of your care.
Lol....I love the chicken on the outside of the fence....pacing back and forth. ...I'm sure he's thinking, Why did I get out? They are eating something. .....lol
Your channel brings me so much joy just watching you and Kavin talk about your family and life in the homestead makes my day thanks 🙏 God bless you too ❤️
Time to make some of these!!! God Bless You, Sarah!!! I can hardly wait to see my chicks eating these!!!
I love your enthusiasm Sarah!!
WHAT A FANTASTIC IDEA!!!
We maintain a mealworm culture also ,year round many wild birds as well as the chickens love them.
Sarah I love your videos I love watching you and Kevin. Just wanted to say that all the chickens need is layer feed. Purina makes a layer feed that is nutritional made for them. No treats they don’t need them. They will live longer and be more healthy.
I LOVE how excited you get taking care of your animals. While we know it's a ton of work, you make homesteading look like the best job in earth. I'm jealous!
I was born and raised in (Long Lane MO.) sure glad you two chose Missouri to homestead.
Fun project! Hope Kevin is well on his way to recovery!
When I lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I had a lot of bird feeders. One of my neighbors was a deer processor that would have fat left over. The elderly gentleman from across the road also had feeders, so he would get the fat from the processor and render it with bird seeds, and make these suet cakes. The one year I remember him knocking on my door bearing gifts of these suet cakes. For a bird watcher ..... they were like gold! To say the birds loved them would be an understatement! That was over 22+ years ago now ... thanks for triggering such a fond memory. Btw ..... he would also bring these massive zucchinis over every year ~8^) Take care...... your wayward rooster photo-bombed you throughout the vid ..... "catch me if you can lady". Heh!
I have read that making entertainment for your chickens in the winter is important, what a great idea. God bless!
I don't have chickens but I do feed the birds in the winter. I made a similar recipe using beef fat bird seed,nuts and raisins.I put cookie cutters on a tray and filled them with the mixture.When hard I tied a ribbon threw the cookie and hung some on bushes and low limbs of trees and also gave some as gifts to friends that like to feed the birds. Hugh success and fun to make. The squirrels also snatched some.
Yes I throughly enjoyed watching the project!
I've made suet blocks for wild birds before, but it never occurred to me to make them for chickens. That's brilliant! Thanks for the great idea!
Such a cute video! You should show your chickens more often!
Sara those are beautiful chickens! Hope kevin is doing well! loved the video as usual. take care!!!
I don't have chickens (can't since not in the country), but I do love feeding wild birds. Think even I could make some suet cakes after watching your video! Thank you for sharing!
You make my day Sarah 🙋♀️💕😻
I have seen that happen so often, people new to chickens ending up with old hens from a sale because they didn't know enough to be able to tell if a bird was young or old. I bet you can tell, now. 😉 Nice, healthy birds! You give them a good, varied diet. Nothing annoys me more than seeing chickens for sale in the grocery store labeled "fed a vegetarian diet". Those poor birds!
Dayne here again, what you are doing is giving your chicken the best life they can have and in retune you get the best dinner going. Taking care of your animals come fist sorry Kevin but you would agree. Be good be safe and take it a little bit easy. PS; John Deere is the best. Dayne :-)
Yes they do love it
Your soo cute Sarah!!! Thanks for this recipe!
Homemade suet for chickens! Great Idea! I hope Kevins doing good!
We give cracked corn, black soldier fly larva and meal worms on the winter. We also give them leafy greens and veggies. I also switch from all flock to feather fixer in the fall. Seems to be working out very well all our birds look fabulous and despite the shortened days their all producing really well in the winter which is a happy surprise
When I lived in Upstate NY, the winters were brutal. I didn’t keep chickens, but I made a version of this for the squirrels and chipmunks.... I’d mix sunflower seeds and other goodies with peanut butte, freeze it and cut them into blocks, just like you did. I’d keep them in the freezer and when I put them out, it was so cold, the peanut butter never melted. The wildlife LOVED them!
What a wonderful and fun way to supplement their diet! My girls always get a daily treat of some sort: Leftovers, chopped fruits and veggies, cooked fish and meat scraps when they molt - LOL, I have VERY spoiled hens, but they give me lots of eggs!
Fun to see your girls out and about. We have about a foot of snow here. We shovel their yard and put shavings dow, so they can still get out...but they aren't having it this week.
good day to you Kevin and Sarah !! thanks for sharing another awesome update and adventures on & off the homestead 👨🌾🎥👍✝
I LOVE chickens! Those roosters have such pretty tail feathers ♡♡
You can also mix in some crushed eggshells, crushed oyster shells, or bone meal, too, to add calcium to their diet ♡♡♡
We finally got our own chickens. Well chicks right now. Once they are on normal feed this will become part of their diet.
Sarah it is so good to see that beautiful smile in those dimples back. The sadness I watched for a couple of videos broke my heart. I wish I knew what it was like to love somebody that deep. I can see it in both of your eyes when you look at each other the respect and the love and loyalty you have to each other. I'm 54 years old and thought I found that kind of love when I was 19 years old we were married for eight years too long. It was a very abusive relationship that I wasn't about to continue to put my children through. I decided at that point that I would raise my children alone and no matter what it took we were going to make it. We made it, although I never thought we would. When I saw the sadness on your face on the first video after Kevin surgery, my heart sank. Immediately I jump to the comment section and left a message for you. But I had jumped the gun because within minutes you were back to your smiling self not quite like you usually are but you had a big smile and your enthusiasm seemed to grow as the video went on. I can't imagine the thoughts of possibly having to do this alone especially when you've got somebody going in for surgery. We kept our eyes on God and God always is faithful to his promises. I'm so grateful that you have so many people that care and love your family. I'm one of your top number one people. when I see your smile and I always boost me up just a little bit. This Last Summer, while climbing down from a loft bed, I fell I'm about eight feet up and landed across my sewing machine cabinet. Emergency surgery was required as I had no feeling in the middle of my back down. I was just in the middle of planting my seeds for my fall Garden when it happened. which was right in the middle of all of my summer garden coming on Leaps and Bounds. thank God my neighbor and my daughter love vegetables as much as I do and helped us to eat them because we didn't have time to preserve them. Here it is middle of December and I am still down from two emergency surgeries on the same spot due to nurses error there saying. I'm lucky to be walking which is not very much . They said I'll be down till after February which should give me time to plant my seeds for spring, I hope. I'll continue to keep you and Kevin in my prayers as I know it's going to be a long road back. I pray you will keep me in your prayers as well . we're supposed to be moving to our small Homestead next October. I pray that God's healing powers will have me back to normal to be able to start my Homestead. take care and God bless. Deb
I've really enjoyed these last few videos where you are showing your animals and how you take care of them. Please show more often your morning and evening routine. Your smile is fabulous. Hugs ❤️
There is really nothing like farm raised chickens and eggs. The color and the flavor is amazing compared to what you get at grocery stores. Your happiness and enthusiasm is contagious. Just seeing your smiling face first thing in the morning makes the world seem right.
I just love it, when I can see how much you enjoy what you're doing. I know its not all fun and games, but it sure is nice when we get to see a little of that.
I love how excited you got to make this for the chickens. what a great idea to use old fat!
So nice to see you having a little time to be creative Sarah. And I bet the chickens think so too.
Good video, hope everything is good with Kevin, take care and God Bless
This is great!!! Thank you so much! I don’t like buying store bought. I’d much rather create my own treats for my girls. ♥️
You are adorable Sarah! Great video! You make me smile. Blessings! ❤️🎄❤️
Success is right! I'm so going to try this! Thanks Sarah!
My chickens would love this. Thanks for the idea. Hope Kevin is doing better.
awesome project. Still praying for Kevin. Hope he is doing well.
I love you guys, but my computer is old and I won't be able to get a new one until next summer. I feel lucky to of seen your post today, don't know how long it will last. But don't think I don't like you if I can't give a thumbs up. I don't know when it will quit but know it's coming. Your my favorite family that I follow, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR'S !!!.
Oh Sarah, you are HILARIOUS!!! Your chickens are so lucky to have such a good chicken momma lol.
Jenenda
Jenenda Hunter, Sarah sure looks like she is loving life, that’s for sure! Always a happy camper!
Love your enthusiasm 🐔
You had so much fun! Lol. Loved it! Can't believe I didn't see this one before.
When I lived in N GA years ago I would use the colder days and frosty nights to my advantage. After making my batches of bone broth I'd cover and put in the pump house overnight to solidify any fats. Your chicken suet would get nice and hard over those chilly nights. I chose my pumphouse so I could keep other critters out but any securable, outside nook would work. I also used the colder nights to rapidly chill any other large batch items for ease of preparation early the next morning.
You had so much fun ... 😁😁😁🤩
Your happiness at the glove moment was infectious.. I smiled the entire rest of your video. Your a hit with your chickens too! They approved so much they had new found energy to chase each other! So much for roosting early! Re-energized!!!
For those that don't homestead, you can do this for your local wild birds, winter can be hard on the ones that stay. I would use an old bunt pan to mold it, easy way to add a string, and hang in a tree. Or use a mesh bag from oranges, just make a solid suet to put in it. You can also mix some natural peanut butter in the lard to add variety. You local wild birds will go crazy for it.
O my goodness that’s a perfect idea. I’ve been wondering what to do with the leftover grease from things, now I know. That’s for the idea
Rendered deer fat/tallow works great for a suet cake. The fat gets nice and hard. No smell. I’ve actually made candles out of it.
When I had a small farm and flock of my own I had my own suet recipe, I used beef fat sunflower seeds and I would mix in a jar of crunchy peanut butter along with cracked corn
I make homemade suet with bacon fat, wild bird seed and peanut butter. I freeze it and hang it on my apple tree. Squirrels love it too. It’s usually gone within the hour.😁
I have had my chickens and ducks since they were a few days old. I’m their mom and they are my babies. I give them thawed frozen peas every evening. I started using that to get them into the coop at night. They eat like crazy, like they haven’t eaten in days. I leave them food out all day. They eat like feathered pigs. Some of my barred rock hens are as big as a basketball 😃😆
Oh my goodness,,your chickens are beautiful,,and so healthy! I used to have chickens but they were attacked by either a raccoon or a possum,,and they had a well reinforced pen and coop,,I was so upset. I really miss them,,not so much for the eggs,,but for the fun! They were my pets. My barred rock would jump into my lap!!!
that was such a great Idea Sarah. hope Kevin is doing well.Hubby goes in for surgery Dec. 26th.
Ha ha ha! I saw your explorer rooster in the background wanting to get in to the scraps you gave them. I want to make suet cakes for my girls. I also hang a cabbage on a chain to give them a fun healthy treat.
Fun to watch. Sarah you are doing a great job working solo. But, I'm sure you will be glad to have Kevin back, good as new. I'm surprised you can have 3 roosters that haven't killed each other. There's always that one dominant boy.
Chickens in heaven...lol...!!! It's heartwarming that you do this extra for their well being...!
You are so entertaining and informative.
... also good & fun for wild birds.
I agree about the barred rock chickens they are pretty much a joy to have. So calm compared to some other breeds. I sometimes set on my porch steps and it’s not uncommon for them to jump in my lap
George Vangordon jr our barred rock hates us 😂
I do these every yr. I add corn , black sunflower seeds, and we have soooo many blackberrys I pick for us and Isave for the chickens . they love it.and when I'mchopping cauliflower, any and all veggies we give to them but in the winter months I mix it into winter treats for them. y'all have pigs. we don't so we give all veggie scraps to the Chickens. Hazel from Seattle
watching this video I remembered the fat I saved from the deer my husband got this year and I was going to render it for soap but got up and used it for the chickens we have they loved it with the scratch grains in it great idea. thanks
Lola they would know I love the goat video
Thanks for project! From a new chicken Momma thanks for your videos!
You are too cute and a pleasure to watch!! God bless you had me laughing!
Pemmican for chickens! Yay!
I make this in disposable pie tins. They love bacon fat! I toss in seeds from butternut squash, bell pepper seeds, scratch, meal worms, crushed up eggshells, a handful of frozen blueberries, a small box of raisins and 1/2 cup of oatmeal. They go crazy over it! You might want to put a few blocks out so they don't fight. I cut my pie tin in four and place them in different spots. I have yet to try a corn cob spread with peanut butter then rolled in scratch to hang up. That's a nice chicken treat too!
we have the twin to your black roo! We have no idea what breeds are in him but he throws really pretty babies! And I have seen him take a treat and lay it down in front of a hen for her to eat! We call him King Tut and he is one of the best roos we have ever had!
I don't see any pine trees around your area, so if you do, try spreading peanut butter all over the cone. Work upward to get into between layer. Can then add your scratch, try to tie so you can hang for chickens and birds.
Sarah your enthusiasm is infectious!
Soybean is also amazing to add to their feed especially in winter because it’s 44 percent protein! Terrific for them and tremendously helps their feathers. Black oil sunflower seeds are also great protein supplement to add to their feed.
I make these all the time for the birds. I also use store bought lard and fat that I have saved. I don't melt mine, just leave out over night so that it is room temp and soft enough to mix. I kept the molds from some bought bird suet. I place mine in a wire suet holder from the dollar store, less waste. I also have added peanut butter as well as all types of nuts and seeds, all sorts of veggies and fruits (fresh, frozen or otherwise). Your ducks would this treat too. Also the quail, you just have to watch what size pieces go into theirs.