All bad turned into good. How is it we all been dumbed down to believe we needed the store bought feeds?!?! This needed to happen for us to be awakened.
Seems like everything nowadays thats truly bad are promoted as good almost every aspect of life music, food, social media. People live in the METAVERSE every day with Facebook, instagram, tik tok….. you literally create a digital persona of yourself and interact with other digital personas but when you think of METAVERSE it’s bad scary future ignoring the fact you love it right now
So they can make more money… you can even buy water in bottles and its booming business. Wish j had my own plot of land, not happening in the Netherlands infortunatly
I have 11 chickens who have been laying everyday, even in this cold Utah winter. I too feed my girls veggies, table scraps, black fly larvae, and fruit. And I mix dried herbs like oregano, thyme, garlic powder into their food, which helps with the immune system. The oyster shells are a great source of calcium, as well as baking their egg shells, grinding them down and feeding that to them as well. Yes, the old ways are better and so much more healthy for them. And the eggs are fantastic! My girls are so healthy and happy. You take care of them, they will take care of you. Plus they make the best pets!
This is exactly why I mix my own feed. Mine have been very dark yellow. OH they are good eating. I have sunflower seed, milo, millet, whole oats, whole wheat, flax, corn (only during winter), and scraps. Yes, I am also growing Marigold, Nasturtium, and herbs for them. They are LOVING it! No more waste of money for commercial feed!
@@davidinchcliff4560 I call you out on that in the bible, HE DID CREATE CHICKENS TO BE MEAT FOR US! Might want to check out the book of Deuteronomy chum. DON"T EVER TELL ME LIES YOU CAN"T PROVE!
@@DeborahElliott-mh5ru man's diet was fruit and nuts in the garden. Then after sin they ate veggies too. Then after the flood God gave man permission to eat clean meat. And if you remember when God was leading his people to the promise land the people kept crying after meat so God gave it to them and they had a plaque. And if you read the Bible it says there will be no more death in heaven . so what will you be eating?? Can't kill a chicken or a cow. And you have a lot of hate calling a stranger a lier. Surly your parents taught you better.
@@davidinchcliff4560 Even JESUS ate meat at the passover. So why are you now saying we are still sinning when eating meat? EX 16 will even tell you that God provided QUAIL! So you still insist I eat my veggies and not my chickens? REALLY? HOW dare YOU sir! I would have thought YOUR parents would teach you anything. I didn't have Parents! I grew up WITHOUT parents thank you very much. I came to Jesus Christ when I was 18 years old! And even THEN, no church wanted me in their fold. I wasn't perfect, but I was at LEAST trying to follow the only KJV bible I have.
@@DeborahElliott-mh5ru you should reread my comments. I never said anything about eating meat is a sin. The holy spirit is conviction of eating pork. And that for the record is unclean meat and sin. Because God created unclean animals to eat man's filth. And even Noah knew which was clean and unclean, before there was a Jew . Stop putting words in my mouth. God bless, I hope you will let God teach you about his health message in the Bible.
We give table scraps like rice, bread... to chickens. Old meat goes to our black soldier fly larvae (maggots), our fruit waste and some veggies go to compost and or meal worms. Lol. We have very lil waste in this house.
Lot of truth to this Brother Lead. Commercial chicken feed was intended for commercial poultry growers. For the average backyard chicken grower like us, it is a luxury. And our hens PREFER the scraps and garden waste over the chicken pellets. LOL It is like asking us if we prefer southern country cooking or astronaut food. Nobody wants astronaut food from a tube or wafers!
I have chickens. Grew up with them. And they get table scraps, vegetable scraps from a local restaurant, outdated bread from our local bakery outlet, nightcrawlers, and greenery that I pick for them depending on the season. HOWEVER. You must have what, $30 worth of meat and vegetables here? Or more? $30 will buy 100 lbs of quality laying pellets from my local supplier. Which is enough, with everything else my chickens get, to feed them 2-3 months. We simply cannot afford to cook that much throw away food at mealtime. Kinda cutting your nose off to spite your face ain't it?
We do give what little kitchen scraps we have to the chickens. Because of food prices we make sure to not waste our food and repurpose it into another meal. We do buy local feed mill food and whole grains for our chickens and ducks but we ferment it so it goes further and makes it healthier for them. We do let them free range and scratch and dig for bugs and a few of my egg customers bring me food scraps for the girls. We also grow fodder and seed sprouts for the girls in the winter when there chicken garden isn't growing yet. We also raise meal worms for them as well. I've tried asking neighbors for food scraps and only one brings me some. Most of our neighbors get food delivered almost everyday . It's really mind boggling to me as they have no clue how to cook food in there own home. We are the only home in my neighborhood that grows a large veggie garden and has chickens. Everyone else uses landscapers for there yards and never even step outside to enjoy there yards.
We had ducks and geese in LA, the neighbors thought it was odd, but we always had fresh eggs. They were free to eat snails, harmful bugs, the occasional pepper, and yes kitchen scraps.
I'm trying to transition my chickens and ducks over to table scraps. They look at the stuff like what the heck is that🤨 and barely eat any... Lol Picky eaters..!
That's exactly what my grandparents did good for the animals wasn't a problem at all especially the chicken, hogs, dogs, cats and mules they all was still fed weather we was able to buy food for them or not. 💯👍 Thanks for sharing and God bless 🙏❣️
So the lake outside our town has muscles in it. We did research and learned they are made of calcium just like oyster shells. Last summer, instead of buying oyster shells we went to the lake and "harvested" the muscle shells and threw them in the yard for the chickens and ducks to peck at. This summer I'm going to do it again but I'm also gonna bring sum home with critters in them and throw the critter shells in our huge deep freeze that catches rain water so we can grow our own. I also plan on feeding the critters to the ducks
My chickens just hatched from an incubator and I am never giving them that store bought stuff. Growing up in Jamaica where people didn’t know about that commercial stuff the chicks were fed some corn, coconut and whatever else we had to eat. We do need to go back to the basics and stop depending on the matrix for everything or your birds will be starving. Made my own little feed and my babies are so happy. So far it’s oats,wheat,cornmeal,amaranth,sunflower seeds and quinoa. That’s what I had on hand. Will be adding to it as I learn moving forward. The internet is having everyone in a chokehold, thinking they can’t act in the best interest of their livestock. Everything has to be made by someone else because we can’t be bothered. Sigh!!
I was told by chicken breeders to not feed them table scraps that I should stick to feed. But I’m kinda re-thinking that advice. I’m also planning on growing millet wheat for my birds.
Your chickens also can recycle your egg shells after you get the yolks out. Also if you want to call some damage egg that has been damaged or cracked just throw it on the pen floor and the birds will consume it to replenish themself of the nourishment and minerals it took to produce eggs that they lay
We’re talking about getting chickens this year but when I looked into the cost we thought it was too pricey. I asked myself if it was necessary to give them purchased grain/seed if they’ll have the run of the yard anyway. I always compost our kitchen scraps, I’d be willing to give it to the chickens instead. I’ll be getting some decent fertilizer from them anyway after collecting the poop.
My girls wait for me to come out after dinner. Salad and veg scrapes, what ever there is they rush to get it. They have been laying all Winter, slowed a bit for a month, but are back at production.
Hi. Are those full beef patties and hot dogs? Or do they contain fillers? Back in the day - yeah table scraps were given to animals ( which is why I don't understand the purchase of dog and cat food. They WANT to eat the food they see us eat anyway. That's why they're always trying to steal or beg from us) - but, table scraps back then didn't have hormones, and other unhealthy additives put in them. Just wondering.
@@leadfarmer73 I don't have any yet which why I found your video interesting. I am doing my research for when I do get some. My brother is planning on getting some also. But I never understood having to purchase chicken feed. I grew up around farms and they didn't but chicken feed. I saw big pots of potluck (leftovers) being mixed together and when cooled it was "time to feed the chickens" and the dog. ☺️
I remember growing up I would go visit my grandparents in the country . They had chickens she would always feed them table scraps and let them rome around the yard. They were fat and healthy too !! Gotta get back to the old ways are the best way . Fact
Absolutely agree! I also have a pile in the corner where I have a build up of yard rakings, fruits and vegetables and I just throw raking on top of the food periodically and the kick through it all day. Finding worms, grubs and more 😊
Check out Mark Valencia/Self Sufficient Me. He experimented with a compost ring where he puts table scraps for his birds. They dig, scratch, peck for bugs, mix everything up, and after a couple of months had fantastic compost with chicken poo. The birds did all the work. It was a very successful experiment.
Hello! I have 2 week old chicks. I've never owned chickens ever. Can they eat that too? I'm trying to learn here. My gut says just do what others use to do in past like you say but since they are Itty bitty, what do you recommend?
@@leadfarmer73 thank you. I am in the city. I do have 2 hens and my garden and fruit trees and a worm compost but I hear you all advising bunny poop for great results. I'm excited I'm in Phoenix Az so I'll be looking for bunnies who can deal with heat. Thank you guys so much. My Jacks Giant ELEPHANT Ear I got from you is looking lovely in my dining room until the weather is warmer.
Right. And, who knew egg smells had so much potency?😮 I crushed a SINGLE egg shell into my veggies garden for the nutrients and boy did it take off. Gotta be careful though again, 1 egg shell diluted in a gallon of what is PLENTY but could destroy one if u use too much. All I'm saying is you guysvare right...NOTHING GOES TO WASTE anymore over here.
There was this guy I had seen on UA-cam awhile back he created a trap that attract flies and they would lay there larvae in it and he would feed his chickens the maggots with kale and spinach.
Yeah they work so great that, they also attracted coyote, possums, skunks, raccoons, fox, rats and mice. Not to mention the horrid smell of rotting flesh. They always leave those details out of the videos. Works great if you are somewhere all alone but if you have neighbors, I wouldn’t recommend it.
Talk to one of the produce managers at the grocery store. When it's time to throw out expired food, be ready to stand by their trash dumpster to retrieve immediately.
I have a friend at a local grocery store that calls me when they have to get rid of their salad mixes and I go get them and freeze them for my girl's. I thaw them out and they Love it. In the summer time I just let them enjoy the frozen.
Never had chickens before last summer, and I thought I was just spoiling them rotten ...lol....I give my girls mozzarella cheese, grapes, spinach and sunflower seeds with bread every morning....Got eggs from each one of them all winter.
@@leadfarmer73 Cool, I learned that about fertilizer from The Bull when he had rabbits ☺️ I am going to check out your set up because we have a Guinea pig and Blue Opal rabbit I want my house back🫣🤣. I place their poop in the compost.
Hi Lead! It’s been a minute since I’ve been to the channel. Had a lot going on! But you’re right! My grandma didn’t even buy dog food from the store! They ate what we ate! These folks Erk me talking about their dog can’t have table food! What do they think dogs eat in the wild? What do they think chickens eat? I don’t understand folks! We’ve become TOO COLONIALIZED! You’re right! We’ve got to go back to what our ancestors taught us! My grandfather that kept hogs kept a bucket in the kitchen! Our food left on our plates after a meal, went into that bucket! We fed it to the hogs! It was called slopping the hogs! My grandfather grew corn! So the only other thing they ate was corn off the corn stalks! That’s it! For people who didn’t grow up like that, they don’t know! It’s good they have someone like you to teach them!
I never thought of meat 😊I do give them veggie scraps. I did wonder about bagged dog food and what people did in the old days, I don’t remember my dogs having teeth problems like they do now. It all makes sense 🌻
Thank you, I do want to get some chickens again. Yes, I will do it your way. It makes sense to me. We have been too consumerized. Get back to where we belong!
You are so right! Feed them scraps. That's how I saw it growing up in country with my parents and 7 siblings...and we never stopped working and we always had plenty. Use everything and keep on working.
Your videos make so full of inspiration. I’ve been nervous thinking why did I just purchase these beautiful birds? I don’t want to fail them. God knows I kept thinking that I should be saving the table scraps for them. Then I find your channel. Just wonder if it’s safe for babies?
Best video I've seen on this topic, too many people forget how we did it back in the day of real men and real women. Now if it aint bought at the store it aint no good, I think the old tried & proven way's are the best way's. Thank you for this video, you got a new subscriber and 55 year chicken keeper. GOD Bless!
New results Gen 2 birds. Its official. My largest egg hatched (77.20g) is now my alpha rooster. Bigger eggs ARE SUPERIOUR. He is a splash/blue cross. Obtaining the Gen2 flock cost me 1.5 year premium feeding Gen 1's. This was exclusive 12 hour days harvesting, preparing, each morning, feed of which calories mostly meat. Fish, road kill deer etc. At an ultra low cost of $1,000 per bird. Bottomline was strongest possible healtiest birds & egg size. Maria Hall Jersey eggs were 18 Large 18 Xtra Large 2 Jumbo. (Up to 72g) My Gen2's were much much bigger. 8 Extra Large 20 Jumbo (up to 77.20 grams) Is bigger better? Yes. Bcuz my largest egg is now my alpha Gen2 Rooster. He is 9lb 4oz. I do have 9lb 8oz Blue/Black cross but he is month older. I spent all mornimg re compiling data (pictured) bcuz thwitches destroyed my earlier records bcuz these facts expose them. They also reveal me as th chicken king of kings &they DESPISE my ruling (obliterating lol) their roost. It means the end of them. ******* 12/5/2021 8month Black hen 7lb 8.5 oz Yellow zip 1/8 Black hen 8lb 5.8 oz Yellow zip flush Black hen 6lb 13.6 no zip tie Blue black 7lb 14oz blue zip White splash/blue 7llb 14.6 oz purple zip **** Deer calories vs (my) 6 Jersey Giants. (Your results wont vary. They wont even be remotely close. I developing a new seperate breed of Giant @an ultra low cost of $1,000 per bird with utterly revamped approach 2managing thbirds 2max out on egg size &fat. (Champion breeders averaging 62.5 grams per egg my birds averaging 71.30g per egg & 1.5lb fat @6month butcher &bigger egg bigger chicken roosters up2 36" tall @5months. Thdata: 54.96lbs meat in 6 12lb Jersey Giant. Calories tell dffrnt story bcuz chest cavity &meat PACKED with fat. Not apples2apples. 42.96lb meat &12lb fat = (21.437 calories meat) &12lbs fat = (48,900 calories fat) in 6 my12lb Jersey. Note: Normally 8.16lb meat in 13lb chicken, or 68%, but my Jersey have 1, 2 lbs organ fat chest cavity so we estimate 9.16lbs meat per 12lb bird) 6 Jersey Giants = 48,900 + 21,437 = 70,337 calories per6 12lb wagyu (fat rich) Jersey giants. Versus (if) your deer yields 78lbs meat u will have 42,432 calories. Note deer must weight 175lbs. to yield 78lb meat. (Whitetail bucks average 150, fenales 100lbs) Threality is average deer yields 52lb meat or 28,288 calories. 6 of my 12lb Jersey giants yield 70,377 calories **** Gen1 process12lb 12.6 oz Jersey Gen1 Alpha on empty stomach.
All bad turned into good. How is it we all been dumbed down to believe we needed the store bought feeds?!?! This needed to happen for us to be awakened.
Seems like everything nowadays thats truly bad are promoted as good almost every aspect of life music, food, social media. People live in the METAVERSE every day with Facebook, instagram, tik tok….. you literally create a digital persona of yourself and interact with other digital personas but when you think of METAVERSE it’s bad scary future ignoring the fact you love it right now
We're not ALL dumbed down!🤣
So they can make more money… you can even buy water in bottles and its booming business. Wish j had my own plot of land, not happening in the Netherlands infortunatly
I have 11 chickens who have been laying everyday, even in this cold Utah winter. I too feed my girls veggies, table scraps, black fly larvae, and fruit. And I mix dried herbs like oregano, thyme, garlic powder into their food, which helps with the immune system. The oyster shells are a great source of calcium, as well as baking their egg shells, grinding them down and feeding that to them as well. Yes, the old ways are better and so much more healthy for them. And the eggs are fantastic! My girls are so healthy and happy. You take care of them, they will take care of you. Plus they make the best pets!
This is exactly why I mix my own feed. Mine have been very dark yellow. OH they are good eating. I have sunflower seed, milo, millet, whole oats, whole wheat, flax, corn (only during winter), and scraps. Yes, I am also growing Marigold, Nasturtium, and herbs for them. They are LOVING it! No more waste of money for commercial feed!
god did not create chickens to eat meat........ bad idea.. the meat has all kinds of diseases and hormonies.
@@davidinchcliff4560 I call you out on that in the bible, HE DID CREATE CHICKENS TO BE MEAT FOR US! Might want to check out the book of Deuteronomy chum. DON"T EVER TELL ME LIES YOU CAN"T PROVE!
@@DeborahElliott-mh5ru man's diet was fruit and nuts in the garden. Then after sin they ate veggies too. Then after the flood God gave man permission to eat clean meat. And if you remember when God was leading his people to the promise land the people kept crying after meat so God gave it to them and they had a plaque. And if you read the Bible it says there will be no more death in heaven . so what will you be eating?? Can't kill a chicken or a cow. And you have a lot of hate calling a stranger a lier. Surly your parents taught you better.
@@davidinchcliff4560 Even JESUS ate meat at the passover. So why are you now saying we are still sinning when eating meat? EX 16 will even tell you that God provided QUAIL! So you still insist I eat my veggies and not my chickens? REALLY? HOW dare YOU sir! I would have thought YOUR parents would teach you anything. I didn't have Parents! I grew up WITHOUT parents thank you very much. I came to Jesus Christ when I was 18 years old! And even THEN, no church wanted me in their fold. I wasn't perfect, but I was at LEAST trying to follow the only KJV bible I have.
@@DeborahElliott-mh5ru you should reread my comments. I never said anything about eating meat is a sin. The holy spirit is conviction of eating pork. And that for the record is unclean meat and sin. Because God created unclean animals to eat man's filth. And even Noah knew which was clean and unclean, before there was a Jew . Stop putting words in my mouth. God bless, I hope you will let God teach you about his health message in the Bible.
We give table scraps like rice, bread... to chickens. Old meat goes to our black soldier fly larvae (maggots), our fruit waste and some veggies go to compost and or meal worms. Lol. We have very lil waste in this house.
Lot of truth to this Brother Lead. Commercial chicken feed was intended for commercial poultry growers. For the average backyard chicken grower like us, it is a luxury. And our hens PREFER the scraps and garden waste over the chicken pellets. LOL It is like asking us if we prefer southern country cooking or astronaut food. Nobody wants astronaut food from a tube or wafers!
😂😂😂 you are so right sapper. They prefer hood food and bugs over pellets any day 😂😂
I have chickens. Grew up with them. And they get table scraps, vegetable scraps from a local restaurant, outdated bread from our local bakery outlet, nightcrawlers, and greenery that I pick for them depending on the season. HOWEVER. You must have what, $30 worth of meat and vegetables here? Or more? $30 will buy 100 lbs of quality laying pellets from my local supplier. Which is enough, with everything else my chickens get, to feed them 2-3 months. We simply cannot afford to cook that much throw away food at mealtime. Kinda cutting your nose off to spite your face ain't it?
We do give what little kitchen scraps we have to the chickens. Because of food prices we make sure to not waste our food and repurpose it into another meal. We do buy local feed mill food and whole grains for our chickens and ducks but we ferment it so it goes further and makes it healthier for them. We do let them free range and scratch and dig for bugs and a few of my egg customers bring me food scraps for the girls. We also grow fodder and seed sprouts for the girls in the winter when there chicken garden isn't growing yet. We also raise meal worms for them as well. I've tried asking neighbors for food scraps and only one brings me some. Most of our neighbors get food delivered almost everyday . It's really mind boggling to me as they have no clue how to cook food in there own home. We are the only home in my neighborhood that grows a large veggie garden and has chickens. Everyone else uses landscapers for there yards and never even step outside to enjoy there yards.
We had ducks and geese in LA, the neighbors thought it was odd, but we always had fresh eggs. They were free to eat snails, harmful bugs, the occasional pepper, and yes kitchen scraps.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I'm trying to transition my chickens and ducks over to table scraps. They look at the stuff like what the heck is that🤨 and barely eat any... Lol Picky eaters..!
That's exactly what my grandparents did good for the animals wasn't a problem at all especially the chicken, hogs, dogs, cats and mules they all was still fed weather we was able to buy food for them or not. 💯👍 Thanks for sharing and God bless 🙏❣️
That's what my great grandmother use to do. We feed them table scraps every night.
So the lake outside our town has muscles in it. We did research and learned they are made of calcium just like oyster shells. Last summer, instead of buying oyster shells we went to the lake and "harvested" the muscle shells and threw them in the yard for the chickens and ducks to peck at. This summer I'm going to do it again but I'm also gonna bring sum home with critters in them and throw the critter shells in our huge deep freeze that catches rain water so we can grow our own. I also plan on feeding the critters to the ducks
My chickens just hatched from an incubator and I am never giving them that store bought stuff. Growing up in Jamaica where people didn’t know about that commercial stuff the chicks were fed some corn, coconut and whatever else we had to eat. We do need to go back to the basics and stop depending on the matrix for everything or your birds will be starving. Made my own little feed and my babies are so happy. So far it’s oats,wheat,cornmeal,amaranth,sunflower seeds and quinoa. That’s what I had on hand. Will be adding to it as I learn moving forward. The internet is having everyone in a chokehold, thinking they can’t act in the best interest of their livestock. Everything has to be made by someone else because we can’t be bothered. Sigh!!
Do you rinse the quinoa off first? How do you give them the quinoa?
We started cooking kidney beans like you with fresh oregano which is like chicken catnip and is also a natural antibiotic
I was told by chicken breeders to not feed them table scraps that I should stick to feed. But I’m kinda re-thinking that advice. I’m also planning on growing millet wheat for my birds.
Your chickens also can recycle your egg shells after you get the yolks out. Also if you want to call some damage egg that has been damaged or cracked just throw it on the pen floor and the birds will consume it to replenish themself of the nourishment and minerals it took to produce eggs that they lay
Question: Why did they start bleaching eggs? Instead of leaving eggs brown?
Those are a LOT of table scraps!
Our family could never feed chickens on our scraps...we eat our plates clean!😅
I feed my chickens from our kitchen as well
I concur Unc. I save all my scrapes and I don’t even have chickens yet lol. Straight compost at the least. Thanks for this.
That’s a good way to deal with scraps too.
I will arise and go to Lead's house, even the chickens eat good from the master's table!
We’re talking about getting chickens this year but when I looked into the cost we thought it was too pricey. I asked myself if it was necessary to give them purchased grain/seed if they’ll have the run of the yard anyway. I always compost our kitchen scraps, I’d be willing to give it to the chickens instead. I’ll be getting some decent fertilizer from them anyway after collecting the poop.
This is great.
They're all looking at you like. Whatcha got for us today papa ??.
:)
😂😂
YES! My chickens are just my compost middle man.
Mine too!😂
Good video, Lead. You're exactly correct. Chickens will eat anything.
Yes they do. And they repay us by giving us eggs and fertilizer
Bunny & Clyde . Adorable.
😂😂😂 🐰 🐇
Ikr too cute 🥰
Back to the roots 👌 regards from Germany 🇩🇪
Would you feed 2 weeks old chicks food ?
My girls wait for me to come out after dinner. Salad and veg scrapes, what ever there is they rush to get it. They have been laying all Winter, slowed a bit for a month, but are back at production.
Now that’s what I like to hear!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
❤ exactly 🤗💯
Best eggs on earth 💞👍
Hi. Are those full beef patties and hot dogs? Or do they contain fillers? Back in the day - yeah table scraps were given to animals ( which is why I don't understand the purchase of dog and cat food. They WANT to eat the food they see us eat anyway. That's why they're always trying to steal or beg from us) - but, table scraps back then didn't have hormones, and other unhealthy additives put in them. Just wondering.
What do you feed you chickens?
@@leadfarmer73 I don't have any yet which why I found your video interesting. I am doing my research for when I do get some. My brother is planning on getting some also. But I never understood having to purchase chicken feed. I grew up around farms and they didn't but chicken feed. I saw big pots of potluck (leftovers) being mixed together and when cooled it was "time to feed the chickens" and the dog. ☺️
Thank you and much love!
Thank you Calvin ✌🏽
Hey Mr Lead names Ja’Mare was curious if you have a natural Dog food recipe. My Dog stopped eating store food.
No I’m sorry. I don’t have any dog recipes
Can you use crushed egg shells in place of oyster shells?
Yes but I never do that. Gives them the taste for their own eggs. Then you really have a problem
What i do is I grind my shells and I put it in their oat meal
Do you let your chickens out into the yard to free range or are they always kept in the fenced chicken yard?
Yes
The first thought that came to mind was “table scraps” and then you said it! Those chickens will also eat hard boiled eggs.
😂😂😂😂
Chickens are like goats. They will eat just about anything
I remember growing up
I would go visit my grandparents in the country . They had chickens she would always feed them table scraps and let them rome around the yard. They were fat and healthy too !! Gotta get back to the old ways are the best way . Fact
Hi there, you are so right
Amen 🙏🏽
Absolutely agree! I also have a pile in the corner where I have a build up of yard rakings, fruits and vegetables and I just throw raking on top of the food periodically and the kick through it all day. Finding worms, grubs and more 😊
I Love that!
Check out Mark Valencia/Self Sufficient Me. He experimented with a compost ring where he puts table scraps for his birds. They dig, scratch, peck for bugs, mix everything up, and after a couple of months had fantastic compost with chicken poo. The birds did all the work. It was a very successful experiment.
AWESOME, THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO, Sir!!!
Man 👨🏽, they eating better than me with those beautiful looking collard greens 🥬!
😂😂😂
That's right! Now we try to put our animals on a fad diet:D
Hello! I have 2 week old chicks. I've never owned chickens ever. Can they eat that too? I'm trying to learn here. My gut says just do what others use to do in past like you say but since they are Itty bitty, what do you recommend?
Lead when can we use bunny poop to put directly in the garden?
I use mine immediately
@@leadfarmer73 thank you. I am in the city. I do have 2 hens and my garden and fruit trees and a worm compost but I hear you all advising bunny poop for great results. I'm excited I'm in Phoenix Az so I'll be looking for bunnies who can deal with heat. Thank you guys so much. My Jacks Giant ELEPHANT Ear I got from you is looking lovely in my dining room until the weather is warmer.
Nice video.
Hell yeah they eating real good
That’s right. And still cheaper than buying eggs
Yup. ✅✅
My g auntie had a farm who fed chickens the table scraps. We only knew of chicken feed if they felt like splurging. 👈🏾
That’s right
I LOVE IT….! Thanks for the info as ALWAYS!!! Many blessing to you and your family🙏🏽👍🏾
You are so welcome 😊
Excellent video - thanks!
It’s admirable that you’re feeding the chickens real, healthy food. I’m learning a lot. Thanks! 💪🏾
Thank you Drew
@@leadfarmer73 Anytime!
Right. And, who knew egg smells had so much potency?😮 I crushed a SINGLE egg shell into my veggies garden for the nutrients and boy did it take off. Gotta be careful though again, 1 egg shell diluted in a gallon of what is PLENTY but could destroy one if u use too much. All I'm saying is you guysvare right...NOTHING GOES TO WASTE anymore over here.
Great idea 💡, very smart 👍❤️
Thank you 🤗
So right!! More nutrients in the old fashioned way!🙏🏻
That is right! Give them the same thing that we give us😉👍🏽
Why do you have bunnies? What do they do?
Lead is that straw or hay? We have had a LOT of rain and it is muddy. Yes my girls lay ostriches eggs 😅 the carton doesn’t close 😊.
Yeah, this is what I feed my chickens and they are happy to take care of it.
There was this guy I had seen on UA-cam awhile back he created a trap that attract flies and they would lay there larvae in it and he would feed his chickens the maggots with kale and spinach.
Yeah they work so great that, they also attracted coyote, possums, skunks, raccoons, fox, rats and mice. Not to mention the horrid smell of rotting flesh. They always leave those details out of the videos. Works great if you are somewhere all alone but if you have neighbors, I wouldn’t recommend it.
Talk to one of the produce managers at the grocery store. When it's time to throw out expired food, be ready to stand by their trash dumpster to retrieve immediately.
Thanks Lead Farmer
You are very welcome 🤗
Why the wooden egg
They help detour the chicken from eating their own eggs
Muh dear never fed the chickens turkeys and pigs they ate the land and our scraps were merely cheat snaccs...DIYFTW
How many chickens turkeys and pigs do you have? Tell me what you feed your livestock.
This is wonderful ❤
Are the bunnies just pets or do you skin/eat them?
Do you have any rabbits?
Amen!!! My girls LOVE IT!!!
Dang, I would happily live off of your "table scraps"! Lol!! Is seriously the beauty of having chickens nothing goes to waste!
I don’t think you would want these scraps 😂 TRUST ME!
I have a friend at a local grocery store that calls me when they have to get rid of their salad mixes and I go get them and freeze them for my girl's. I thaw them out and they Love it. In the summer time I just let them enjoy the frozen.
They ate what we ate
Exactly 👍🏽🐓
Love y'all. God bless.
Well noted about the chicken scraps. I can’t wait to start. I’m building a coop now and almost done. Salute 2 you bro!!! 🐓
Thank you so much. You are going to love this life
Very wholesome video. What do you keep the rabbits for? Will you eventually eat them?
Do you have rabbits?
@@leadfarmer73 no but my little brother had one. Are they just pets?
I thought chickens were not supposed to eat meat
Who told you that? 😂 chickens will eat each other if they do t get food. They are little velociraptor dinosaurs.
Never had chickens before last summer, and I thought I was just spoiling them rotten ...lol....I give my girls mozzarella cheese, grapes, spinach and sunflower seeds with bread every morning....Got eggs from each one of them all winter.
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I've just started doing this a couple of weeks ago. I don't know why I hadn't done it sooner.
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Lil McC asked if you are rising the rabbits for meat?
No. They are just pets 😂
@@leadfarmer73 And great fertilizer!!!
@@theIAMofME amen 🙏🏽
@@leadfarmer73 Cool, I learned that about fertilizer from The Bull when he had rabbits ☺️ I am going to check out your set up because we have a Guinea pig and Blue Opal rabbit I want my house back🫣🤣. I place their poop in the compost.
Here for the video big bro Lead!!💪🏾💪🏾 I’m loving the knowledge you’re dropping about feeding chickens 🐓!!👏🏾👏🏾
I appreciate that
I was wondering what our grandparents were feeding chickens, looks healthier too , I love learning from you , God bless you.
Sturdy birdies
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Love it! I would have never known about the hot dogs! good to know now! thanks so much for the tips
They will eat anything
Handfeedthem
I Love your container nesting box!
Thank you. Simple easy to make, easy to clean and best of all super cheap.😂
The Leads are smart at everything they do. I feel like family🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@2mccsinapack737 I appreciate that Lead gets us back to basics!
@@TheGlobalTravelr always. They are always steps ahead but makes sure we are not to far behind. I love my adopted garden family. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
I just found your channel, and I'm glad I did. Good informational videos very helpful.
I can't even tell you how many times I've bought that same salad mix and it sat in the fridge much like yours and never or barely got touched hahaha
Great information 👍🏿
Glad it was helpful!
amazing farms
Thanks for calling us family! Love your lay box!
Hi Lead! It’s been a minute since I’ve been to the channel. Had a lot going on! But you’re right! My grandma didn’t even buy dog food from the store! They ate what we ate! These folks Erk me talking about their dog can’t have table food! What do they think dogs eat in the wild? What do they think chickens eat? I don’t understand folks! We’ve become TOO COLONIALIZED! You’re right! We’ve got to go back to what our ancestors taught us! My grandfather that kept hogs kept a bucket in the kitchen! Our food left on our plates after a meal, went into that bucket! We fed it to the hogs! It was called slopping the hogs! My grandfather grew corn! So the only other thing they ate was corn off the corn stalks! That’s it! For people who didn’t grow up like that, they don’t know! It’s good they have someone like you to teach them!
I never knew that chickens weren't vegetarians! Thank you for this video!
I’m glad that you learned the truth today😂
I never thought of meat 😊I do give them veggie scraps. I did wonder about bagged dog food and what people did in the old days, I don’t remember my dogs having teeth problems like they do now. It all makes sense 🌻
Amen!
Thank you, I do want to get some chickens again. Yes, I will do it your way. It makes sense to me. We have been too consumerized. Get back to where we belong!
Thank you so much 😊
Great information!!! Thank you!! God bless 🙏
I remember my grandfather throwing table scraps out for the chickens.
Looking like your own egg store! 🎉
I’m trying😂
We've been getting old produce from the grocery store. We just asked one day 🤷♀️ they said sure.
You are so right! Feed them scraps. That's how I saw it growing up in country with my parents and 7 siblings...and we never stopped working and we always had plenty. Use everything and keep on working.
Your videos make so full of inspiration. I’ve been nervous thinking why did I just purchase these beautiful birds? I don’t want to fail them. God knows I kept thinking that I should be saving the table scraps for them. Then I find your channel. Just wonder if it’s safe for babies?
Best video I've seen on this topic, too many people forget how we did it back in the day of real men and real women. Now if it aint bought at the store it aint no good, I think the old tried & proven way's are the best way's. Thank you for this video, you got a new subscriber and 55 year chicken keeper. GOD Bless!
New results Gen 2 birds.
Its official. My largest egg hatched (77.20g) is now my alpha rooster. Bigger eggs ARE SUPERIOUR.
He is a splash/blue cross.
Obtaining the Gen2 flock cost me 1.5 year premium feeding Gen 1's. This was exclusive 12 hour days harvesting, preparing, each morning, feed of which calories mostly meat. Fish, road kill deer etc. At an ultra low cost of $1,000 per bird.
Bottomline was strongest possible healtiest birds & egg size.
Maria Hall Jersey eggs were 18 Large
18 Xtra Large
2 Jumbo. (Up to 72g)
My Gen2's were much much bigger.
8 Extra Large
20 Jumbo (up to 77.20 grams)
Is bigger better? Yes.
Bcuz my largest egg is now my alpha Gen2 Rooster. He is 9lb 4oz.
I do have 9lb 8oz Blue/Black cross but he is month older.
I spent all mornimg re compiling data (pictured) bcuz thwitches destroyed my earlier records bcuz these facts expose them. They also reveal me as th chicken king of kings &they DESPISE my ruling (obliterating lol) their roost. It means the end of them.
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12/5/2021 8month
Black hen 7lb 8.5 oz Yellow zip 1/8
Black hen 8lb 5.8 oz Yellow zip flush
Black hen 6lb 13.6 no zip tie
Blue black 7lb 14oz blue zip
White splash/blue 7llb 14.6 oz purple zip
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Deer calories vs (my) 6 Jersey Giants.
(Your results wont vary. They wont even be remotely close. I developing a new seperate breed of Giant @an ultra low cost of $1,000 per bird with utterly revamped approach 2managing thbirds 2max out on egg size &fat. (Champion breeders averaging 62.5 grams per egg my birds averaging 71.30g per egg & 1.5lb fat @6month butcher &bigger egg bigger chicken roosters up2 36" tall @5months.
Thdata:
54.96lbs meat in 6 12lb Jersey Giant.
Calories tell dffrnt story bcuz chest cavity &meat PACKED with fat.
Not apples2apples.
42.96lb meat &12lb fat =
(21.437 calories meat) &12lbs fat = (48,900 calories fat) in 6 my12lb Jersey.
Note:
Normally 8.16lb meat in 13lb chicken, or 68%, but my Jersey have 1, 2 lbs organ fat chest cavity so we estimate 9.16lbs meat per 12lb bird)
6 Jersey Giants =
48,900 + 21,437 = 70,337 calories per6 12lb wagyu (fat rich) Jersey giants.
Versus (if) your deer yields 78lbs meat u will have 42,432 calories.
Note deer must weight 175lbs. to yield 78lb meat.
(Whitetail bucks average 150, fenales 100lbs)
Threality is average deer yields 52lb meat or 28,288 calories.
6 of my 12lb Jersey giants yield 70,377 calories
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Gen1 process12lb 12.6 oz Jersey Gen1 Alpha on empty stomach.