Kingbird Farm - Layer Hen Breeding (1 of 2)
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2011
- In the quest for flock improvement and self-reliance, Karma Glos from Kingbird Farm has started breeding her own laying hen replacements. Here she describes how she manages them from hen to egg, and incubator to chick. This is one clip in a series of videos demonstrating how Kingbird Farm, a certified organic diversified small farm in Berkshire, NY, produces eggs from pastured laying hens. This clip is from the Video Mentor series, produced by the Cornell Small Farms Program (nebeginningfarmers.org), filmed and edited by Peter Carroll of Ithaca, NY. This project was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2009-49400-05878.
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This was an incredible video. I was very interested in learning how to have a sustainable chicken flock, and not just keep buying new laying chicks. Very well done, thanks.
Fascinating, in depth and extremely well explained process. I learned a great deal, thank you.
One of the best small poultry farm videos out there Great Job.
Finally, real information. And the "in between" flock size. Cool
Living on the west Texas Mexican border we have different issues.... extreme heat, parasites, and everything that breathes is hungry and moves in the darkness. My pens are like Fort Knox. The shotgun is always loaded.
Very well done. I saw nothing I disagreed with. Excellent.
great video love it, I am doing the meat chickens now but I am thinking about doing eggs with the laying hens. hope to learn from your videos. keep up the good work, I am encouraged.
HI Karma.
Congratulations and greeting from Amazonas Peru. I like your Farm and your passion for kichen.
El Joe.
Another outstanding video!! Keep up the good work!!
I never SAW such good husbandry of critters! I'm a'savin' every ONE of yer videos!d
great set off video's …you have a great system there
Wow, this one was very good as well, I have both chickens and ducks, I thank you for sharing.
Beautiful work!
You are a supper lady I cannot imagine someone can work this much
I have and austrolorp, she is the sweetest hens and is the only one laying right now!
My favorite breed is Silver Laced Wyndotts (not sure if I spelled it right) because they are heavy, lay well, tend to be easy going and they have rose combs, which I need because where I live it gets very cold in the winter and upright single combs freeze. Thank you for this very informative video!
time for some new kingbird farm videos i had watch all your videos
great set of vids..
Australorps are really great, i love mine, i have a awesome frizzle australorp!
Great video!! Love it
G'day,
Another lot of good info. and thanks for that.
Do you let any of your hens go broody and raise their own chicks?
Great video and ideas. What kind ob hens are those? Thanks!!!!
@Adam62478 You can put them back into the production flock at any time, especially if you have all the chicks you want. Karma used to (and may still) keep roosters in with the production flock too; it's just that she collects those eggs for eating instead of hatching out. The only difference between her breeding and production flocks is that the breeding hens have been selected to reproduce because they're the "cream of the crop."
thanks for the video, I appreciate if you help me with the reference of the incubator 2:59, and the device 4:14 to know if the egg is fertile. regards
Well documented and articulated. I really love this pieces, info-tain-ment I would say.
I hope you ve email/website to order fertilized eggs.
Chicks hatch out in 21 days. Incubator prices range from
this lady is a genius
thanks for posting video
cracking up at the Silkie roo waiting for the ton of hens to be let out and how excited he gets... such a lover of silkies, they are prob the best animal breed evar. i'm an australorp'er too. wonderful breed but the males tend to be not nearly as cool as silkie roos :) ive got a frizzle australorp hen that we really adore
I love this eggubator. What brand is it?
What do you do with your roosters when not in the breeding cage?
i must say very educational for small amateur famers like myself
which is good for egg production or meat production black and white hens?
Time to time i do think of quiting my job and starting to do something like this. I definitely would prefer egs from your hens, than any of these hypermarket ones.
Where can you get those feeder troughs ???? Because I want one or two
Can anyone tell me what Karma uses for feed for her chicks? Is it just like a chick starter, or something different? It looked like more of a powder than the feed I've used in the past. Thank you.
Do you switch the roosters out, to not interbreed?
i love it
I like to Your Idea Thanks ..................................
Great video, this is where we have to go to in the future! Better products from animals that are kept in the old way, on grass or straw ( piggies) A very better live for animals, pays off in better meat!! I love meat but you don,t have to eat meat every day, you can also eat beans or fish some weekday!! If you have a good peace of meat you will enjoy it more an apriciate it Anyway i love your video,s very good!! All the best to you!!!
Where do u put the male chicks?
What breed of chickens are your broilers?
hello just wanted to know where the farm is located
you inspered me let me say you are special lady keep do it.
what do you use for worms?How do you sanitize you houses?
Terry Fennell worms are an excellent source of free proteins...Google black soilder fly larvae
Beautiful chickens. How can you buy eggs with delivery to Ukraine?
My understanding is that broiler chicks (being a special breed with lots of meat and faster to grow) can only be bought from hatcheries. Can we also breed them ourselves? Thanks.
yes, if you have roosters
Don't like nervous,touchy critters t'eat...
Ever do caponizing onna cockerel?? Best big eatin' chiken ever!!
If there are no roosters in your farm then you have to buy fertile eggs to produce more chicks. Am I right?
Why would she not stay with purebreed ?
hey i saw your farming and i love it hi anyway my name is ashu and i have small farm but i have do youcan help me
I cant find part 2 did it get made /posted? Or is YT being a putz ?
Hi Walt - In case you did not find it yet, you can click on 'cornellsmallfarms' and run the playlist. Or, you can put 'Kingbird Farm - Layer Management & Egg Production' - which in spite of the confusing change of title, is the 2nd part of this video. (Not that YT does not have its putzy moments! I blame a lot of it on the Google takeover.)
+Walt Lars You may have found it already, but just in case you haven't, you can find it under "Kingbird Farm - Layer Management & Egg Production (2 of 2)"
Can I work in your farm, I'm from Philippines
Ducks shure are messy but boy they get after slugs n'th'like!!
hello my name is jose montenegro iam from mexico and i love farms , i am wonder to know if i could work for you at your farm. I would lik so much to work for you and one day i could have mine.
What hen species it is??? I am from indonesia
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Male chicks aren't thrown in the trash. A lot of people buy them specifically and many end up in straight runs or special mix breed boxes the hatcheries offer. Hens in laying breeds are preferred but this is generally circumvented by making straight run chicks cheaper. And most homesteaders are happy to eat any male chicks they receive. After all, they only costed a buck or two and out roaming about, they're only doing your farmstead more good. The bird is practically paying you to have and later eat it.
In Australia male chicks are ground up alive, by the millions.
@@mwalt8959 for the record, just because I explain a thing doesn't mean I approve, although, for the record, I'm mixed on this. Okay, that said... the grinder is used because the idea is that it's such massive damage done so fast that their little brains wont have a chance to register pain, particularly as they're supposed to be dropped in head first. It's used in an attempt to do them in in the most humane way.
do u vaccinate your chicken?
Karma-how ironic. You’d better hope karma isn’t real after what you’ve done to these animals.