NOW! - Its Time To START Raising Chickens!
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2023
- NOW! - Its Time To START Raising Chickens!
Spring is in the air and we are ramping up our egg chicken production and our first meat chickens of the year have arrived!
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Small Brooder Plans: sowl.co/qtGDz
*A group of bunnies is called a "fluffle"... The cutest word in the English language* 🥰
Didn’t know that. Very fitting! 🐰
Put the roost boards at a different elevation than the egg boxes to keep them from sleeping in them
Chuck remember, you were thinking of getting out of the poultry business a year or so ago. Your customers said "No Chuck we like your product 🤣" Well done . Informative 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦
🤦♂️yeah. I remember. That didn’t work out like I planned. 😆
There's 2 things I wish I had known when I first started raising chickens (switched a little over a year ago) 1) fermenting their feed 2) using shedded cardboard instead of wood shavings
thank you your comment just made me learn these things as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How have you seen benefit of fermenting their feed? Has it been obvious?
@@tobiaskrgholt1445 I haven't had a single case of sour crop since starting, egg production hasn't slowed down in winter, and you use a third of what you normally would.
@@koryflores1832 fantastic, thanks!
I'm just learning about chickens & I've not heard of sour crop. Can you please explain & tell me the symptoms? Is this common in raising chickens or rare?
Bunny poo is great fertilizer all by itself. If you mix all the old shavings, the chicken poo and bunny poo together, you’ll have a great soil amendment for your garden. Compost it first, though. I heard bunny poo by itself, will not burn plants.
I put bunny poo directly on all my veggies
God bless you Sir, I'm going to start raising chickens myself.
I was hoping for an update on the new piglets.
We’ll get one up in a few days.
Pretty soon there won't be a high egg cost and poultry prices will come down...MANY starting to do it themselves, and I'm one of them, haven't raised chickens since I was young...now doing it in my late 60's...
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Fishing In The Dark".
Yall have the best farm ever. I always enjoy. ♥️
You need to add a couple kids swimming pool and put DE in them for a place to dust bathe, that will stop them from making the bald spots bigger.
We started incubating this year as well. Love your content. Thank you for the inspiration.
I'm a new subscriber and I'm enjoying what I'm seeing so far.😊
Awesome! Thank you!
J W needs to add a 2x4 to the bottom edge of the roof and a 2x4 swing up arm on the side wall to support the roof when open. Do this on both sides. I can see the board falling, hitting some one and maybe killing chickens. IMO
Love the channel, love the vids. Thanks
Great idea. I’ll pass it along to him.
Am so stealing your brooder designs, they look so convenient 👍🏾
Get some apple cider vinegar with the mother. Works well for me and keeps pasty butt in check.
Going to try that today. Thanks for the tip.
Chickens are looking great keep up the good work
Love the brooders!
Thaks for these details.
Thanks Dwight!
Remember a couple years ago when you tried to get out of chickens?
Yep. So much for that idea huh? 😆😆
Incredible brooders!
Chicken Feed availability is the big question.
God bless you brother
I've had chicks eat the small wood shavings and die on 2 occasions, so keep an eye out for that. Since I have exclusively used the larger flakes I have not had that problem. Hope it works out for you. Thanks for the video.
Thanks. We’ll watch for that. Appreciate y’all watching
How many bunnies in those Salain fluffles? I've liked the idea of rabbits bread to do well on forage since I first heard of them. The average size of litters is an important number to know to judge how many breeders to overwinter to have the number of feeders when the grass is at its best.
love your show !
Thank you! Appreciate y’all watching
Can you build a plywood hopper for the manure spreader to gain more volume?
What chicken feed are you using? do you clip one wing?How are you sexing the young birds?
I've never given my Cornish cross grit. They do just fine
We’ve done it off and on. Trying to be more consistent with it this year as see if it helps. Thanks for watching.
@@SheratonParkFarms try ACV for pasty butt. 1 tbs. Per gallon water. Definitely works!
What kind of netting are you using ? How have you kept them from getting fried in that netting
Apple cider water will help pasty butt
Thanks. We will add some starting today.
what are the dimensions of the big brooder
are they solid bottom thank you sir
How do you handle predators
Aren't you feeding them chick starter mash?
Why grit? Grit is to help break down food. Your feed is commercially broken down.
5 dozen eggs here is down from 20$ to 11$
Wow!!
Same here.
Them some feisty chicks lol
Yes they are! We’ve got a bunch of fertile eggs.
@sheratonparkfarms With your layers on grass with no cover, do you have hawk issues?
We keep a goose in with them. Makes a big difference in keeping them away.
Did I hear you correctly Brother?
Did you say, buy some chick's and it would be 3or4 months before you get eggs and see a return?
If that is what you said, what kind chickens are they, may I ask?
About 8 months is the fastest I have ever had my pullets lay a egg.
Quail is 8 weeks.
Rabbits are the most economical.
Ozark Hills 🇺🇲🙏
Where do you order your meat chickens
These are from Freedom Ranger Hatchery.
www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/?
I like the light hangers you have😝in the outside 🤪
Thanks! Some 😜 viewer sent them to us.
@@SheratonParkFarms lol
Is your brooder big enough to hold meat chickens until they are old enough to go out on the field? Also will the Premier 1 heat lamp fit in there? Thank you.
Yes. They stay in there until they go out in pasture. And yes the premier 1 lamp would fit.
Great! Thank you.
Hey. I bought your plans. But it didn't give info on those lights. Model or where to get them. Could you help me out?
We buy them from hog slat. Here is the link.
www.hogslat.com/hog-slat-poly-heat-lamp-fixture
@@SheratonParkFarms thank you
so hows your hawk problem with the free range...are you lossing many birds?
I’m sure we lose a few but the goose and guineas really help.
What breed of rabbits were those??
Question, I am looking to get more "Buff Orpington", we are looking for local and not wanting to go the "Tractor Supply" route. I have looked all of SC, we are located over towards Clemson, SC.
We honestly looking for Buff Orpingtons, which are out favorite. I have experience with Buff Orpington and with Road Island Reds.
We were supposed to get them last year but it was a year since my mothers passing and nothing went right all year. Well, I am on the hunt again looking again for Buff Orpingtons, to make sure I get them this year. I wonder if you know of a good reliable place anywhere in this area who has Buff Orpingtons? I am honestly wanting to make sure I stay away from Tractor Supply, though my father is constantly suggesting them. But, with what is going on with their Chicken Feed, I do not feel comfortable with ordering from them. Plus, I also do not want them to be "shipped" to the store either because they could die. Which is why, I want to get my chickens from a local provider.
I would rather, travel hours if need be than to have something shipped.
If you know of some place, please let me know. I am honestly desperately looking for Buff Orpington, that is the main breed I want.. my favorite and was my Mom's favorite.
Thank you for any help!
Have you checked on the community page of Facebook in your local area? I have seen posts in my state where individuals are hatching from their flocks and selling the extra chicks they don’t need. Good luck and I hope you find them soon!!
If you can; raise some backyard laying hens. I have 6 and they have the run of the back yard. To me it is about the same care/time/$$ you would spend on a dog. But you get eggs. If egg production is your goal stick with the breeds or hybrids known for that. DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
Nice setup. However, pine shavings is very bad for chickens and chicks.
Thanks. Why is that? It’s all I’ve ever used. What’s the alternative you’d recommend?
@@SheratonParkFarms Pine puts off fumes that are toxic to the chicks. If they breath it in it will cause respiratory and liver issues.
Lol, did you say Goodmorning diddle's or vittle's?
I meant little's or vittles
🤣🤣🤣🤣. Diddles. Great question!!! Thanks for watching.
3 months until you get an egg? More like 6 for me
I think its cruel to have your rabbits hanging in cages like this. Wind blowing up from underneath. And nothing to dig in or experience. So sad :(
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