You definitely have a lot going on chicken rancher,armadillo wrangler, wood cutter, gardener, landscape engineer, husband, chef and home builder, plus solar designer and many many more things that you've got going on. I commend you young man your videos are always enjoyable and lessons are learned by all who try to keep up with you Thank You have a wonderful day
We've not had any problem introducing new hens. We get them as chicks and keep them sheltered until they've feathered out. Then to introduce we make sure the old can see the new but not reach them. A few weeks later we start letting them interact, but the younger ones have sheltered spaces they can retreat to if needed. Done this many times over the years and they seem to establish a tolerable "pecking order". We even introduced a few new adults one time when a neighbor wanted to be done with chickens. The same "see but not touch" for a few weeks worked then as well. We do not keep roosters tho. They've always caused too many problems. Had one that would sneak up on me from behind and attack. Even after getting kicked multiple times he would not give up. He ended up tangled in some bailing twine and couldn't get back to the coop one night. Nothing but feathers the next morning. The hens seems a lot more calm without a rooster herding them. Maybe that's why introducing new birds hasn't been a problem.
That's the other technique I've been told that works. A pen near a pen or inside a pen. Keep the new birds in sight but seperarated a few days. My rooster is attacking me often, I'm afraid he's going to disappear on e day.
Hey Andrew, she’ll determine how many eggs she can hatch in a clutch. She only has nine eggs it’s not uncommon for them to have 15 to 20 eggs. when they determined how many that she will sit on, she will get up once a day to eat drink, and relieve her self and then she will go back and sit on the nest not uncommon for them to sit up to 20 hours a day on a nest, we had a flock of 40 chickens and hatched out lots of baby chicks Great video though.
Can't wait til they hatch. It's so much fun watching the little ones with Mom. Is there a chance she could spill the water bowl? Probably wouldn't be good for the nest to get wet. You could candle the eggs earlier, but it's usually recommended at 7 days and then again at 14 days (if you want to see the development) but not after that. Reason for candling is to remove any eggs that aren't fertile. Ever smelled an exploded rotten egg?🤢 Yay...chicken coop build in the next 3 weeks👊
@@TKCL I've never had a chicken toss out an egg. Ever. If it has happened, it's rare. Candling is not absolutely necessary. I candle so I can know any unhatched eggs when the hen leaves the nest were fertile so I will put it in the incubator for another day. Sometimes, a chick will not be able to open the egg and it dies in the shell. It's totally up to you guys whether to candle, but if you decide to, plenty of you tube video's on how to. Only equipment needed is a flashlight with a small beam. Candling doesn't change the outcome.
Hey Andrew! We have been very interested in chickens for a while. I'm curious what your endgame plan is for your chickens. I know a few folks who have like 4-5 laying hens and still have eggs coming out their ears! Are you planning to "put up" eggs some how or sell them or what? Are you planning to raise some chickens to eat? I know you've been talking about building the big coupe and I'm very curious what your long term goals are! As always love the channel and the videos.
Current plan is for 7 or 8 hens just for laying. We always plan to keep a rooster so we can hatch if needed in the future. We will give away excess eggs. I like having extra hens because at times things happen and not all lay consistently for various reasons.
From the world of I Do Dumb Things... I ended up with 71 eggs going into incubators last week. 51 proved fertile candling last night. Hopefully we don't have all of them hatch but it's looking like most are doing fine. Now the incubator run was meant to be a test before my quail start laying. The quail start laying in 7 weeks and I'm hoping the replace the chickens in the long term but time will tell
@@TKCL honestly it's early and failure to thrive is still in play... Along with my old incubator is fluctuating temps bad. However, I can always figure out something when the hatch. Layers are easy to get rid of and roosters work on bank poles. But this just might be a good year to save extra roosters just to try to have my own stock next year... Not much market for the farm yard mutt chickens but all are brown or blue egg layers
Quick question that is not at all related to chickens! I have been watching all your Hardie siding videos and am at the stage where my house wrap is up and windows and doors are installed. I need to start thinking about all my penetrations. Instead of using pre made blocks for lights, outlets, Electric Boxes, A/C lines, ive been thinking about using 5/4" x 9" and 11" Hardie trim boards cut to to the exact height I need. Ill make up some z flashing and will flash the tops of those. I have Hardie trim tabs to install them to my by building so there wont be any nail holes. What's your opinion on using this method instead of buying $30 to $40 premade mounting blocks. Its very cost effective and will match the trim Im already using
Lol, mealworms is crack for chickens! I swear you could train them to stand on their heads for mealworms. A chicken that doesnt wanna be around people will totally come up for mealworms & eat out of your hand.
21-23 day's. You have 2 days of adding. They will sit for 28 days unless she gets 4 or more. Chickens see in color and can notice, color and illnesses. The Rooster doesn't do his due diligence the top hen will become a serial killer and will will gang up on the intruder and then the rooster.
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Hi, Andrew. Thank you for including us in this new adventure.
Thank you for watching
You definitely have a lot going on chicken rancher,armadillo wrangler, wood cutter, gardener, landscape engineer, husband, chef and home builder, plus solar designer and many many more things that you've got going on. I commend you young man your videos are always enjoyable and lessons are learned by all who try to keep up with you Thank You have a wonderful day
I like to stay busy in case you haven't noticed 😉🤣
@@TKCL oh I've noticed your busier
Than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest
So cool. Cant wait to see little ones hatch from the hen. Looking forward to the big coop design and build
Starting soon!
Your spot on with a natural way. And your roosters got an interesting crow 😁
Yeah he never quite figured out the proper way to crow 🤣
What a cute crow.
Hi Andrew, that brooding hen is quite calm. The hatching will be interesting, good luck. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
She's very calm, never any aggressions.
Can't wait to see how it goes for her and how the flock reacts.
Candling your eggs with a flashlight after dark is the best way to tell which eggs are viable
We've not had any problem introducing new hens. We get them as chicks and keep them sheltered until they've feathered out. Then to introduce we make sure the old can see the new but not reach them. A few weeks later we start letting them interact, but the younger ones have sheltered spaces they can retreat to if needed. Done this many times over the years and they seem to establish a tolerable "pecking order". We even introduced a few new adults one time when a neighbor wanted to be done with chickens. The same "see but not touch" for a few weeks worked then as well.
We do not keep roosters tho. They've always caused too many problems. Had one that would sneak up on me from behind and attack. Even after getting kicked multiple times he would not give up. He ended up tangled in some bailing twine and couldn't get back to the coop one night. Nothing but feathers the next morning. The hens seems a lot more calm without a rooster herding them. Maybe that's why introducing new birds hasn't been a problem.
That's the other technique I've been told that works. A pen near a pen or inside a pen. Keep the new birds in sight but seperarated a few days. My rooster is attacking me often, I'm afraid he's going to disappear on e day.
Great video as usual. God bless.
Thank you for watching, God bless.
Awesome video. 🤠
Hey Andrew, she’ll determine how many eggs she can hatch in a clutch. She only has nine eggs it’s not uncommon for them to have 15 to 20 eggs. when they determined how many that she will sit on, she will get up once a day to eat drink, and relieve her self and then she will go back and sit on the nest not uncommon for them to sit up to 20 hours a day on a nest, we had a flock of 40 chickens and hatched out lots of baby chicks Great video though.
Good to know
Andrew that rooster cracks me up. He’s got a frog in his throat. 😆
He sounds horrible 🤣
I can’t wait to see how many chicks you get! Your rooster has a funny crow, he hasn’t figured out yet how to finish it lol! Have a great day!😊
Sadly the other roosters had it down, they disappeared before he could learn from them 😬
Can't wait til they hatch. It's so much fun watching the little ones with Mom. Is there a chance she could spill the water bowl? Probably wouldn't be good for the nest to get wet. You could candle the eggs earlier, but it's usually recommended at 7 days and then again at 14 days (if you want to see the development) but not after that. Reason for candling is to remove any eggs that aren't fertile. Ever smelled an exploded rotten egg?🤢
Yay...chicken coop build in the next 3 weeks👊
So about that, I read (doesn't mean it's true) that the hen will instinctively kick out bad eggs. Is that true? Is candling absolutely necessary?
@@TKCL I've never had a chicken toss out an egg. Ever. If it has happened, it's rare. Candling is not absolutely necessary. I candle so I can know any unhatched eggs when the hen leaves the nest were fertile so I will put it in the incubator for another day. Sometimes, a chick will not be able to open the egg and it dies in the shell.
It's totally up to you guys whether to candle, but if you decide to, plenty of you tube video's on how to. Only equipment needed is a flashlight with a small beam. Candling doesn't change the outcome.
Hey Andrew! We have been very interested in chickens for a while. I'm curious what your endgame plan is for your chickens. I know a few folks who have like 4-5 laying hens and still have eggs coming out their ears! Are you planning to "put up" eggs some how or sell them or what? Are you planning to raise some chickens to eat? I know you've been talking about building the big coupe and I'm very curious what your long term goals are! As always love the channel and the videos.
Current plan is for 7 or 8 hens just for laying. We always plan to keep a rooster so we can hatch if needed in the future. We will give away excess eggs. I like having extra hens because at times things happen and not all lay consistently for various reasons.
We will harvest any roosters that hatch.
Looking forward to seeing how many hatch 😍
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Omg. One of the commercials in your video was KFC. 😂
Seriously? 🤣🤣
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From the world of I Do Dumb Things... I ended up with 71 eggs going into incubators last week. 51 proved fertile candling last night. Hopefully we don't have all of them hatch but it's looking like most are doing fine.
Now the incubator run was meant to be a test before my quail start laying. The quail start laying in 7 weeks and I'm hoping the replace the chickens in the long term but time will tell
Oh wow! Your going to be giving away some chicks.
@@TKCL honestly it's early and failure to thrive is still in play... Along with my old incubator is fluctuating temps bad. However, I can always figure out something when the hatch. Layers are easy to get rid of and roosters work on bank poles. But this just might be a good year to save extra roosters just to try to have my own stock next year... Not much market for the farm yard mutt chickens but all are brown or blue egg layers
Yay 🙌😁 I'm not first
Nope!
Are you thinking of building a stationary coop or mobile?
Both
Ok
Congratulations 👏🎉
Finally
@@TKCL I couldn't be stingy all the time so had to let me go first 🙄
Don't forget to set out some 🧀🧀🧀 for Chris 😉🙂
Will do!
Chickens don't lay cheese on this side of the ocean, LOL
I wish they did 😋
Quick question that is not at all related to chickens! I have been watching all your Hardie siding videos and am at the stage where my house wrap is up and windows and doors are installed. I need to start thinking about all my penetrations. Instead of using pre made blocks for lights, outlets, Electric Boxes, A/C lines, ive been thinking about using 5/4" x 9" and 11" Hardie trim boards cut to to the exact height I need. Ill make up some z flashing and will flash the tops of those. I have Hardie trim tabs to install them to my by building so there wont be any nail holes. What's your opinion on using this method instead of buying $30 to $40 premade mounting blocks. Its very cost effective and will match the trim Im already using
I'd say go for it, as long as you paint all cut edges your protected.
What kind of rooster do you have? I have one that is almost identical and I cannot find out what he is.
We think they are Bantams
Lay off giving the rooster budlite....he needs to crow like a man !
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Lol, mealworms is crack for chickens! I swear you could train them to stand on their heads for mealworms. A chicken that doesnt wanna be around people will totally come up for mealworms & eat out of your hand.
I agree 🤣
👀
21-23 day's. You have 2 days of adding. They will sit for 28 days unless she gets 4 or more. Chickens see in color and can notice, color and illnesses. The Rooster doesn't do his due diligence the top hen will become a serial killer and will will gang up on the intruder and then the rooster.
I was also thinking I could take any she no longer sits on and pop in my incubator just in case we added too late.
I got 6 baby chicks so far this year, I've had blueberries a month - I have 18 varieties.
your gonna be a grandpa
Lol