"Don't overthink it; don't stress yourself out... let the system evolve and figure itself out with you." I will carry this with me everywhere I go, thank you.
It's an important reminder for all of us. I think we can get stuck on getting the right design dialed in before we start a project, and it's a real missed opportunity to just start and learn!
Love this statement hard! I've only got 6 hens and some quail but everyday I'm out there creating all kinds of pockets of fun for them... Some work, some don't...... So what
This is it! Books, Videos, Google, visiting farms... so much searching! This is the just chicken environment/system I've been looking for. And your ATTITUDE! The best! You're kind of the Mr. Rogers of the Chicken Neighborhood! It's a Beautiful Day! I want to be just like you when I grow up! (I'm 75 yrs. old. 🤣)
This & your reply to the man about being a chicken who flew in & hoped you didn't notice . . . . . That was a personal, warm wecome thrown to us all. I'm all in, nice to meet y'all❣ You're welcome on my porch, as well, with some great tea, made with pure, fresh water & a sprig of mint if you'd like. 💞👵 PS I shared your link in my group pages, on other platforms, thank you 💝
OMG. I love that you're even thinking about the little birds and chipmunks!! SO much yes! I ferment feed and also sprout grain but I'm working on making the system easier. This is great.
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i spilled a bunch of chicken feed at some point when i was a kid and remember being upset for being wasteful and clumsy. A couple years later that spot was growing a 2ft tall, unthinned, super dense variety of plants that somehow survived despite total neglect. i like your reverse-tractor method of containing and rotating access to the plants rather than containing the birds.
It can be a lot of work / complex, but can also be something you add just a little bit to an existing system. Definitely not an all or nothing kind of deal.
Easy, nutritious and inexpensive -- win, win, win! I've soaked/fermented our feed for a long time but always thought the sprouting process too cumbersome....but I could definitely do this! THANK YOU!
Yes, this looks easy enough. And being in the ground, it won’t get mouldy like if fresh sprouts were left for a longer period. It’s also good for the soil in case the chickens don’t finish all of them. So all round a very good solution.
I grow commercial wheat and couldn’t understand why so many people struggle to sprout their wheat with all kinds of techniques but you just demystified it all. 👍 Nice work
After watching this video, I think I understand your system a lot better. I always wondered just how you went about getting the sprouts to work. I really like how you incorporate the wire or just branches to create micro sheltered space for some extended growth before allowing the chickens to access the greens! Also, you do indeed clarify and save a lot of work with the water changes and rinsing! Anything that gets the job done by saving work AND creates more food value is simply amazing. Love it.
While northerners can’t employ this year round (makes me want to return to my home state), I do sprout every day without rinsing and rinsing. A sunny window, some seeds, a tray and a spray bottle is all it takes. Plus, I like the idea of soaking one night and spreading their feed seed. I’m going to do that with my scratch mix which is just for them to keep busy in the cold months.
It's really great when the girls come over where you're working since they know that the food is there. My girls like it when I toss a grub or worm to them as I dig holes for whatever task is being worked. Happy New Year y'all! 🇺🇸⚔🇬🇪
Wow!! I loved this video!! I’ve been wanting to give our chickens more greens but have been dreading the long process of sprouting. You’re right, it doesn’t have to perfect and I don’t have to stay bogged down in the details. Thank you!!
Yours was actually a better video that I had imagined it would be. Simple, effective, less work. Can't beat that. If only I could get seed in my area that cheap... but I'll use what I have.
Don't try in the state of Hawaii your flock will double every week they hatch a new brood every month if it wasn't fr feral cats and Mongoose we would be up to our armpits in wild chickens.
I know this is an older video but Iove your smart approach to feeding chickens. I went all whole grains for my birds two years ago. Then I learned that sprouted grains increase 30% in protein so I added the sprouting. Now I will try this burying and hiding technique! And the birds are such a fan of finding treasure under a moved bucket!
LOVE this. young chickens arriving today. This is so much more my kind of animal care. I have some challenges but I am grateful to start with some alternative and healthier suggestions. Thank you.
Hi Lita- I also have '"challenges" and honor your courage and successes. I've modified and simplified my homestead so I can continue into my 70's. Chickens, fruit/nut trees, and wide-aisle or raised garden beds are helpful. Am wondering what you're learning?
Thankful for this common sense approach, I ordered bags of whole wheat, oat and rye from amazon but was a little intimidated by the sprouting articles telling me to rinse and baby the sprouts. This will work out much better and I will start today!
Great video we have our first set of ten baby chickens 🐔 looking forward to simple easy farming feeling nature and allowing nature to feed...✊🏾❤️❤️❤️✊🏾
This video is still very helpful a couple years later. With the rising cost of feed (and everything else) I think it's more relevant and more important than ever. Every year I'm more convinced that the smartest, highest-return investment one can make is.... seeds. For all sorts of reasons. Thanks!
I fed my chickens grain sprouted for 7 days. I mixed 2 parts wheat, one-part oats, one of corn & if it is cold, one of barley. I put the estimated daily amount of mixed feed in each of seven 20L pails with water drainage holes drilled in the bottom. The grain was watered twice a day. The chickens were fed the grain that had sprouted for 7 days. In hot climate maybe 4 days is enough. I overfed so some grain grew in the pen for continual greens. The egg yolks were very dark orange, nearly red. The taste was delicious, almost sweet. The eggs were in high demand. The chickens loved the feed.
Love the flexibility you give yourself to experiment and be creative with your feed approach. I’ve wondered if I could just “plant” my sprouted grains for the chickens. Glad to see it works! Ill be doing that from now on!
Wonderful. So helpful. I really love this concept. Its shown me just what I was looking for. Flow, a natural, simple process to enjoying health happy chickens 🌻
I've only just found your channel & have found it incredibly informative; I now have plans to put a lot of things into action which I previously wouldn't have thought to do, so thank you!
Your thoughtfulness in the yard has created a chicken utopia and an edge with the sprouts is catchy...and the chicken conversations are exemplary...Thanks 🤔 😅😅
I know I’m late finding some of your vids🙁 but are very creative. I was raised with .. if you don’t ask you don’t learn. This holds true with trying things & see how it goes. Great video 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
What a great idea. Good chicken feed is quite expensive, and our birds have not been laying over the last few months, apart from the odd one. It is our winter in NZ, but we were told that these chickens generally lay all year. They are so fussy when given greens like spinach or other kitchen veggie scraps, but they love the treat of sweet corn mixed with leftover rice.
This method is great for the spring and summer months, but if you live in a climate that gets colder in the winter, you must be able to sprout indoors. This is why I am making a fodder system, then will move it inside in the winter. But your method is very easy and very little stress.
We just got our first small flock (5 hens) we'll be adding more hens as time goes on. I feel so compelled to do this Im starting today. I love all the ideas and tips.
Another brilliant idea. One I will be implementing! I’ve done tray sprouts. Fermented feed. All too time consuming. I only feed organic whole grain, and scraps. Unfortunately, I have not found a good source to save money. So I need to find a way to supplement their feed. My plan is, to take all the ground I do not officially garden, I will be “cover cropping,” with a bag of their scratch whole grain feed. And whatever I get, is bonus! Every little bit helps. They do give beautiful eggs! Orange yolks, almost like golf balls! One more thing. Your method makes for happychickens. They love looking for food.
I really appreciate the simplicity and ease of production you have created as your feeding system. Thank you. I just found you folks and love the way you think! I will seek out your site.
Thanks for this. I wanted to go some sprouting for ages but the complicated pantomime around it put me off. Got hold of tonnes of pressed grapes from a winemaker in the fall so now sprouting buckets of them.
Great info here, love your videos. I'm getting some really nice ideas both for the garden and the chickens -they really love having access to compost piles, can't wait to try the sprouts! Very inspiring and relaxing channel, keep it up, cheers from the other side of the Atlantic.
"Don't overthink it; don't stress yourself out... let the system evolve and figure itself out with you." I will carry this with me everywhere I go, thank you.
It's an important reminder for all of us. I think we can get stuck on getting the right design dialed in before we start a project, and it's a real missed opportunity to just start and learn!
Love this statement hard! I've only got 6 hens and some quail but everyday I'm out there creating all kinds of pockets of fun for them... Some work, some don't...... So what
Sounds like zen. Maybe he practice it. Probably.
Heck yeah!
That's why I don't get anything accomplished. I put it off because I overthink everything
This is it! Books, Videos, Google, visiting farms... so much searching! This is the just chicken environment/system I've been looking for. And your ATTITUDE! The best! You're kind of the Mr. Rogers of the Chicken Neighborhood! It's a Beautiful Day! I want to be just like you when I grow up! (I'm 75 yrs. old. 🤣)
SO excited to read this and sense that our experiments resonate with you!!!
Haha, 71 here, ....when I grow up, haha
I love how you add an escape board so nothing drowns in the bucket. That shows a level of thought and caring that is impressive! :)
That's all my wife Sasha there :)
This & your reply to the man about being a chicken who flew in & hoped you didn't notice . . . . . That was a personal, warm wecome thrown to us all.
I'm all in, nice to meet y'all❣
You're welcome on my porch, as well, with some great tea, made with pure, fresh water & a sprig of mint if you'd like.
💞👵
PS I shared your link in my group pages, on other platforms, thank you 💝
It's a kind thought to begin with, and also very pragmatic. I'm pretty sure nobody wants a rotting critter corpse in their feed.
My meat bird chickens get moved to new pasture everyday at sunrise. I give them 3 hours to forage the pasture prior to feeding.
I love how you simplify any process. You make us believe we all can do it. Thank you.
I think everyone can do it!
OMG. I love that you're even thinking about the little birds and chipmunks!! SO much yes! I ferment feed and also sprout grain but I'm working on making the system easier. This is great.
And keeps rats from dying in the feed
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i spilled a bunch of chicken feed at some point when i was a kid and remember being upset for being wasteful and clumsy. A couple years later that spot was growing a 2ft tall, unthinned, super dense variety of plants that somehow survived despite total neglect.
i like your reverse-tractor method of containing and rotating access to the plants rather than containing the birds.
Works like a charm.
Wisest words heard in a long time ." We are trying "
I adore how simple and easy this system is, you are simply working with nature for everyone’s benefit
It can be a lot of work / complex, but can also be something you add just a little bit to an existing system. Definitely not an all or nothing kind of deal.
Exellent video , can just imagine the quality of those eggs
Variable but often quite lovely
Absolutely love this. About to buy my first house and leaving tons from you. Grace and peace in Jesus name.
Easy, nutritious and inexpensive -- win, win, win! I've soaked/fermented our feed for a long time but always thought the sprouting process too cumbersome....but I could definitely do this! THANK YOU!
Yes, this looks easy enough. And being in the ground, it won’t get mouldy like if fresh sprouts were left for a longer period. It’s also good for the soil in case the chickens don’t finish all of them. So all round a very good solution.
I loved hearing Sasha laugh in the background every once in a while. Makes it feel very organic. :)
I grow commercial wheat and couldn’t understand why so many people struggle to sprout their wheat with all kinds of techniques but you just demystified it all. 👍 Nice work
The point is to do the best you can with what you have. I think you're doing that. And you gave me some ideas, too! Thank, Sean.
This is by far the best way I have ever seen and heard.
Thanks 🙏
I’m so grateful I found this video! Thank you!
Yet another genius example of simplicity making so much sense!
After watching this video, I think I understand your system a lot better. I always wondered just how you went about getting the sprouts to work. I really like how you incorporate the wire or just branches to create micro sheltered space for some extended growth before allowing the chickens to access the greens! Also, you do indeed clarify and save a lot of work with the water changes and rinsing! Anything that gets the job done by saving work AND creates more food value is simply amazing. Love it.
Glad it resonates and makes sense to you! It is easy and worth doing I think!
"Don't stress yourself,
Don't think it out.
Just put them out
And they will sprout.".
Maybe a new children's song?
While northerners can’t employ this year round (makes me want to return to my home state), I do sprout every day without rinsing and rinsing. A sunny window, some seeds, a tray and a spray bottle is all it takes. Plus, I like the idea of soaking one night and spreading their feed seed. I’m going to do that with my scratch mix which is just for them to keep busy in the cold months.
This is SO much more practical than trays, watering, and gnats
It works well for us
Very impressed. So simplistically natural. I am an instant convert. Thank you for refocusing my ten years of natural farming.
So thrilled the ideas resonate with you!
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So glad you've decided to join us
Excellent example of ingenuity & utility. Love these kind of concepts.
Thank you so much, today was a hard day, but seeing your chickens always makes me smile. All the love from Brazil
"from Brazil"?? Prayers for you and all the people of Brazil and for the land itself.
🙏🙏🙏for you Blessings
It's really great when the girls come over where you're working since they know that the food is there. My girls like it when I toss a grub or worm to them as I dig holes for whatever task is being worked. Happy New Year y'all! 🇺🇸⚔🇬🇪
Wow!! I loved this video!! I’ve been wanting to give our chickens more greens but have been dreading the long process of sprouting. You’re right, it doesn’t have to perfect and I don’t have to stay bogged down in the details. Thank you!!
Certainly you can try this method as a place to start and see what it does for you.
Great this is the concept I was looking for so long. Thanks and may God Bless You guidance to eternal paradise in Jannat ul Firdous. Aameen
Yours was actually a better video that I had imagined it would be. Simple, effective, less work. Can't beat that. If only I could get seed in my area that cheap... but I'll use what I have.
Best of luck to you! You may want to see if you can find any direct connections with farmers in your area.
Chicken scratch, cheaper than cheap and grows.
If I were a chicken, I would fly in and hope you didn't notice. 🐤
We'd notice and throw you some extra sprouts as a welcome gift :)
@@edibleacres That wouldn't ruffle my feathers.
Every wild jungle bird whose ancestors managed to avoid getting captured and domesticated envies your chickens.
Don't try in the state of Hawaii your flock will double every week they hatch a new brood every month if it wasn't fr feral cats and Mongoose we would be up to our armpits in wild chickens.
Peter Menningen
Wow
I know this is an older video but Iove your smart approach to feeding chickens. I went all whole grains for my birds two years ago. Then I learned that sprouted grains increase 30% in protein so I added the sprouting. Now I will try this burying and hiding technique! And the birds are such a fan of finding treasure under a moved bucket!
They really love the 'work' of finding the soaked and sprouting seeds... Glad this resonates with ya
LOVE this. young chickens arriving today. This is so much more my kind of animal care. I have some challenges but I am grateful to start with some alternative and healthier suggestions. Thank you.
Hi Lita- I also have '"challenges" and honor your courage and successes. I've modified and simplified my homestead so I can continue into my 70's. Chickens, fruit/nut trees, and wide-aisle or raised garden beds are helpful. Am wondering what you're learning?
Brilliant in every way! Thank you so much. Cheers from Outback Australia, Rolf.
Awesome info! Thank you . I have wanted to do this but as you stated the info available can be confusing ! Kudos!
You are the exact type of person we are hoping to reach with this sort of content.
What a great video. I sprout seeds for my ladies as well. It's a great for them and a treat for me to watch them enjoy it. Blessings from Australia ❤️
What a lovely calming demonstration, I love the organic way you do yours and not so stressed about watering it every day. Thank you for sharing.
Thankful for this common sense approach, I ordered bags of whole wheat, oat and rye from amazon but was a little intimidated by the sprouting articles telling me to rinse and baby the sprouts. This will work out much better and I will start today!
Glad it was helpful!
A neighbor of mine has chickens and I'd love to share this them!
Thank you for sharing a healthy resources! 😊👍
Great video we have our first set of ten baby chickens 🐔 looking forward to simple easy farming feeling nature and allowing nature to feed...✊🏾❤️❤️❤️✊🏾
Just love your common sense!
Rare these days. Thank-you, I am learning!
i like the way you simplified the process. no worries about watering or mold
You have such a soothing voice, and your no-fuss method of providing for chickens is almost a therapeutic away to wind down at the end of a long day.
Yay!
This video is still very helpful a couple years later. With the rising cost of feed (and everything else) I think it's more relevant and more important than ever.
Every year I'm more convinced that the smartest, highest-return investment one can make is.... seeds. For all sorts of reasons.
Thanks!
Great video. Seeds simply.
Love your permacultural approach. Let nature do its thing. Don't fuss with man-made recipes.
I fed my chickens grain sprouted for 7 days. I mixed 2 parts wheat, one-part oats, one of corn & if it is cold, one of barley. I put the estimated daily amount of mixed feed in each of seven 20L pails with water drainage holes drilled in the bottom. The grain was watered twice a day. The chickens were fed the grain that had sprouted for 7 days. In hot climate maybe 4 days is enough. I overfed so some grain grew in the pen for continual greens. The egg yolks were very dark orange, nearly red. The taste was delicious, almost sweet. The eggs were in high demand. The chickens loved the feed.
I love your method. Much more natural and less wasteful.
I am getting amazed to see that all this "obviousness" was actually possible... You give hope!
Love the flexibility you give yourself to experiment and be creative with your feed approach. I’ve wondered if I could just “plant” my sprouted grains for the chickens. Glad to see it works! Ill be doing that from now on!
Definitely worth trying out at least on a small scale
Thanks, "love the no stress, see how it goes and adjust as needed methods" you share. Just what's needed in my little yard.
This is so helpful and I love the simplicity of this!
Love your method 😊
I’ve been so busy on the farm this summer that now I get to go back and binge-watch all of the videos I’ve missed! 😍😍😍
Welcome back! :)
Thanks for sharing! I've been experimenting with sprouts lately and this helps so much.
I have only 4 hens, I use a blue plastic cheap swimming pool, added some organic dirt and seeds.
A beautiful thought provoking and valuable video! Thanks a million.🙏❤️😊
Soooo relaxing and happy feelings to watch your contented hens....
Wonderful. So helpful. I really love this concept. Its shown me just what I was looking for. Flow, a natural, simple process to enjoying health happy chickens 🌻
We’re new chick parents , Ty will begin ASAP😍
What a beautiful scenery
I've only just found your channel & have found it incredibly informative; I now have plans to put a lot of things into action which I previously wouldn't have thought to do, so thank you!
So beautiful to see How well taken care ogf they are🤗
You have taught us so much! I just love you both! Thank you for everything you do!
your living wall/Privacy roadside fence looks AMAZING! Almost didn't recognize where you were in the yard!
Time for an update maybe!
Your thoughtfulness in the yard has created a chicken utopia and an edge with the sprouts is catchy...and the chicken conversations are exemplary...Thanks 🤔 😅😅
Like that you are calming and kind 😊
Thanks I try
I know I’m late finding some of your vids🙁 but are very creative. I was raised with .. if you don’t ask you don’t learn. This holds true with trying things & see how it goes.
Great video 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
What a great idea. Good chicken feed is quite expensive, and our birds have not been laying over the last few months, apart from the odd one. It is our winter in NZ, but we were told that these chickens generally lay all year. They are so fussy when given greens like spinach or other kitchen veggie scraps, but they love the treat of sweet corn mixed with leftover rice.
I imagine sweet corn with rice is well appreciated by them!
I had a bit of an idea like this. Your method is so much better. And I will stop stressing. THANK YOU SO MUCH💗💚
So glad if this helps reduce stress!
I now get it. I asked about chicken feed on your latest post and here’s the answer!! Thanks so much for the posts!
Absolutely our pleasure.
Great, easy and not cumbersome. Thank you.
thank you very good idea, without counting, the exercise and enjoying the work with love...❤ God bless you and your family, amen.
Thank you so much!
this is a great idea. i like to keep chickens after retirement. i will use your tip. thanks for sharing.
lol.. kicking aside what you exposed ;) "Dad! I do it myself!!"
Thanks for the great tutorial! You and you're chickens are delightful.
Always look forward to chicken tv
Thank you for continually sharing your journey.
Our pleasure!
wow that's a great idea for an easy feeding system for healthy chickens. thank you
I really enjoy your teaching
beautiful Idea that was just what I needed to add to my chicken as they eat all up and I am new with chickens. Thanks will practice.
Fantastic! This is the easiest process I’ve seen. Can’t wait to try it. Thank you!
Such a Gentle Soul! Thank you for sharing
love that attitude...natural way the most fun recipe
This method is great for the spring and summer months, but if you live in a climate that gets colder in the winter, you must be able to sprout indoors. This is why I am making a fodder system, then will move it inside in the winter. But your method is very easy and very little stress.
We just got our first small flock (5 hens) we'll be adding more hens as time goes on.
I feel so compelled to do this Im starting today. I love all the ideas and tips.
Awesome, hope it works wonderfully for you!
Zen master....namaste! Gracias! Love you, dude!!! Helpful video!
Very smart. Thanks for sharing this valuable and elegant system.
Totally enjoy your videos… and we’ve learned so much from you… Thank you
Great advice!
!🙂Im going to do this 4 my baby turkeys
Another brilliant idea. One I will be implementing! I’ve done tray sprouts. Fermented feed. All too time consuming. I only feed organic whole grain, and scraps. Unfortunately, I have not found a good source to save money. So I need to find a way to supplement their feed. My plan is, to take all the ground I do not officially garden, I will be “cover cropping,” with a bag of their scratch whole grain feed. And whatever I get, is bonus! Every little bit helps. They do give beautiful eggs! Orange yolks, almost like golf balls!
One more thing. Your method makes for happychickens. They love looking for food.
Love the easiness. Love that the girls seem to love it. No sprouted greens unless the girls are blocked from it. Happy girls!
I really appreciate the simplicity and ease of production you have created as your feeding system. Thank you. I just found you folks and love the way you think! I will seek out your site.
Great, helpful video. I appreciate the simplicity, it is exactly what I need. Thank you.
Our pleasure for sure!
Thanks for this. I wanted to go some sprouting for ages but the complicated pantomime around it put me off. Got hold of tonnes of pressed grapes from a winemaker in the fall so now sprouting buckets of them.
:)
Thank you. Simple and straight forward and definitely not complicated. Thanks again. I can't wait to start doing this.
So glad you found it useful!
I am a newbie with 3 gorgeous girls ( chickens)... I will do this... thank you. SUBSCRIBED.
Congrats and thanks for joining our growing community.
Great info here, love your videos. I'm getting some really nice ideas both for the garden and the chickens -they really love having access to compost piles, can't wait to try the sprouts! Very inspiring and relaxing channel, keep it up, cheers from the other side of the Atlantic.
You guys are such an inspiration! Thank you so much for all your advice and time. Much love x
wow! your chicken looks so healthy