The Homesteaders Guide to Chicken Keeping - Part 1
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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This is the first installment of our video series, "The Homesteaders Guide to Chickens".
Today, we just cover the basics for those thinking about getting started with chicken keeping, discussing things such as housing, choosing between laying hens or chicks, and how many chickens you need.
Later, we'll be going over topics such as breeds, incubating, treating illness, clipping flight feathers and even raising birds for meat.
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Since Jessica is taking a break, I decided to go back to the older videos I´d never seen. This one with the take outs at the end is precious! Hope your enjoying your time off Jess.
I’m here for that too! It’s beautiful to see how far she’s come! ❤
Here too starting at the beginning. 2024
The Algorithm put this in my recommended. Love seeing where she started 🥰
I’m doing the same
I am revisiting all of the originals while she takes a well deserved break. I hope that this helps!
Anyone else going back to the beginning and watching from oldest to newest!?? Especially in 2021!!??
Doing this in 2024!
@@tomaitoe Same!!
Yes! Jess is so cute! Love it.
Yep! ❤ It’s a joy to support homesteaders.
Starting in 2024... I've watched 200+/1300 vids.. not including the 130 Live episodes. Going to take me awhile. :D
love how these "bloopers" are what your normal videos are like now. just more real YOU and the fun and silliness and random of life instead of perfectly choreographed lessons.
Incredible how far you have come !!!! everyone who follows you needs to watch this video just so they can see how much hard work you have put in to get where you are. Also, Jessica before her infamous sleeve and mean roosters :D Ahhh-mazing!
Decided to come back to the beginnings and this video made me wish I could subscribe all over again. How far y'all have come Jess. I love that you feel more comfortable with your audience and the bloopers have become part of your everyday videos.
Jess, this is awesome. You've came a long way.
and now 1 jear later the are moving to South Carolina greetings from Inge Noordam ( The Netherlands/Europe)
Watching 5 years later almost ready for my birds🙌🙌👌
Throwback to yester year! To think that you came from here and now you have a brand new BEAUTIFUL new farm, and this weekend is the premier pilot episode of Wilder Still. Congratulations on all your success.
I just finished watching your latest video ,"The Burden of Abundance", and somehow ended up in the UA-cam time machine traveling back to 2015 and arriving at the Homestead of Billy Goat Mountain. MIND OFFICIALLY BLOWN!
Awww wow, love going back to see where you started and how far you have come. Love the bloopers ❤
I LOVE the bloopers at the end of this!
UA-cam just recommended this to me! I'm so excited to watch it!! From 8 years ago?? ❤
Ahhh I love this! Vintage Jess!
OMG Jess I just LOVE this one!!! started watching some old vids . you need to revisit and add new info of what you learned.
UA-cam’s algorithm will suggest it.
Oh wow, so fun to see how far you have come and how much your dreams have grown
Aww Jess you look too cute with your red rain boots! You know it would be really awesome if you could redo these when you have the time of course to reach the dos and don'ts on having egg laying chickens.
Agreed! I'd love a new one of this video too
Love the bloopers. The chicken ruining your shot was my favorite part 😊
oh wow, all the way back in 2015. ANd so many coops!
Jess you look so different now! Ahah! Thank you for this info on chickens, I’m about to get my first 4 in a couple weeks! 🥰
Me too! How is 4 working out?
How fun to see this historic video! Long way baby long way.
Love the bloopers, it that Daniel's laugh on the camera when the goat comes by
This was super cute to watch this many years in to being a friend of your UA-cam channel.
The bloopers. Oh I just love the bloopers!
Bloopers too! 🤣😂😆....gotta luv that!
The bloopers at the end are precious😂
I finally decided to go back and watch from the beginning. Adorable! Green and sleeveless.
Really fun to go back & watch your first videos ❤️
Just shows where you been and far you have come God Bless
It’s so cool to go back and watch these early videos and see how far you’ve come! You weren’t saying “I bless you” in these yet 💕💕🤟
Throwback to having 30 chicks before even having a home for them. You've come so far! I'm just building my first coop and run today.
Highly suggest keeping the bloopers in at the end. It leaves viewers with something to laugh about and the reality that making videos takes work! You are so inspiring. My husband and I are in the midst of a battle with our township to have Animals....please pray for us. We lost last year and this year is round two...so heartbreaking but it's something we dream about and were not ready to give up. Melanie & Adam.
What happened to the rest? I can't find part 2 or any other of this series, even when using the search option.
Wow I've never seen this video you're much more relaxed now lol xx
nicely done, I just got 7 hens, 2 barred rock, 1 buff orpinton, 1 rhode red and three mystery ones :). I will be building the chicken coop and run, I live in LA and I always wanted to raise chicken. I looking forward for more of your videos.
Going back to watch older videos and loving it. I have a question WHAT CAUSES TRASH INSIDE THE EGGS 🍳???
This was full of good advice. I may try using sand, instead of pine shavings.
Love this! I’ve been Dreaming about raising chickens (and Bees) lately. We don’t live in an area were we can have chickens but a girl can dream. I’ve been watching you for a few years now and just started watching many of your earlier posts. Thank you for sharing your life and your dreams.
Awwww... the young Jess. You have grown beautifully.
Thank you ♥️
ohhh my GOODNESS Jess ... Just watched this episode.. Didn't realize you started awhile ago... I have lots of backtracking 👍👍 love it 🥰 God Bless 🙏💕
Hi Jess. I will be getting my first new chicks in a little over a month so I am binge-watching whatever I can find on how to raise chickens. This came up as recommended and I smiled so big. I don't know how I missed this one in your playlist. Really great information. The only thing missing was "I bless you, until next time.".
I remember this!! Boy we have been friends along time!!! 😉
There are some nice inexpensive coops there. One day I hope to have some backyard chickens.
Love it!! I didn't know these existed! I'm going to go back and look for more of your earlier videos.
Baby Jess is so cute!!
Really lovely out takes at the end. Lovely video though!!
Love the bloopers❤
Wahhhh 🥺
I just found you and was SO excited to watch this series, pen and paper ready! Please let me know if they're available and where I can find them. I'm excited to have found you.
Saved for future reference! By far one of the best information videos about chickens I've come across thank you!
I am trying to go back to your beginning and watch all your old videos and of course loving it, good job Jess.
I'm 100% glued to your channel now. I just got my first small flock (we live in a town that just recently changed the ordinance to allow up to 6 hens), and even after scouring the web I have questions. You have beautiful birds, and SO MANY! Will be watching your videos for sure. :)
Oh how I wish they would change the ordinance where we live. We're battling the township to get a variance Aka special use permit
How cute you were 3 yrs ago!!! And still are:)
2:05 You could say they're
"sitting ducks"
Just found you and this is the baby steps I need
Aweee, 5 years ago!
Great info, I am interested in getting chickens soon.
Oh my goodness! Look! It's a baby Jess!
Right?! And so many chickens! I'm so impressed by her restraint now😊
The amount of growth just in general is very impressive
You have grown in confidence. I bet you spent a lot of time preparing for this video. I like the new videos where you ask us to come along at the drop of a mic. I'm curious if this is the special coop.
Don’t not if you see this but been watching you a long and never seen this one
Your videos and the information presented are so worth watching. Thanks tor all the efforts you put out for our benefit! I had chickens for years, but i still watch everything I can get my hands on. 🤗👍🏻🙏🏻👌🏻
Jess, so excited to find this! Love everything you share, thank you
Just subscribed!! Much love from Cleveland Ohio ❤️
I appreciate the honesty and the fact you're so down to earth with recycling materials and letting us know how to do this price efficiently and do it yourself ish with even estimates that aren't based on coorpirations
Seriously making me belly laugh! I don't even know why!
7:01 I guess you could say they're really "cheep cheep". Lol
I love your gardening videos and was looking forward to all the tips and tricks about chickens!! Will you continue this series please? What's a brooder? What is "setting?" Why are some chicks DOA?? i wanna get chickens but I'm afraid of having a complete fiasco!!
WOW! Jess, that was an awesome video. I had never heard someone talk in more detail about chickens before.
Thanks for the info. And, btw, the outtakes were funny 😁👍💗😂
I thought all this stuff was really expensive until I remembered the coops my dad built for me and he sells are about £500
Nice looking drumsticks
Love you! So talented
I have a warehouse and have tons of pallets and lumber so ima build a coop tomarorrow
I want chickens so bad! Just a few. They are so cute
Miss Jess I realize that this is an older video and everything but I was wondering do you still use the sand in your coops because I'm going to be buying land here soon and setting all that up and I was wondering is that still what you think is the best thing to put inside the coops and if it is would you mind just answering because God bless you girl you've been through so much in the last few years I figure I'm going to try to take everything I can from what you say and even if you don't think you're smart we all know you are God bless you from my family to yours thank you
Wow throwback!!
I have a new flock coming on March 9th or the week of. I am so excited! I ordered a starter brooder pen. Cant wait till my birdie babies get here!!
From my family to yours 💕 thank you so much for sharing🕊️
Jessica, this was very well done! Great vid! Anxious to see the others in the series. Thank you.
Oh my goodness! Your videos have changed a lot! And it’s so funny to see you without ink! I almost did a double take! 😆 I need chicken tips though. I’m hopeful to get a small flock next spring.
I'd love to see if any of your thoughts on this subject has changed since making these videos.
Great advice from the "Crazy Chicken Lady" Love it. I hope to get some more birds next spring. I had 14 of them and an owl got into the coop and killed them.
Chuck
Did you finish this series out? I absolutely love your videos. Just got some chickens of my own and was looking forward to watching this set
I so hope they do get back to this!!
I, too, am looking for Part 2!
Hi Jesse. I was wondering if you ever did part 2 and part 2 of guide to chicken keeping? I think we are finally ready to jump into a small flock.
Cool, thanks for the sand tip👍
Came here after your all about meat video!
This is so helpful!! Thank you. Can you point me to your other videos in this series?
Nice vid. Great quality and the out-takes are a treat at the end 👍🏻🐓
I don't quite understand hens with roosters. I understand that they can protect and fertilize the hens. How do we keep the rooster from fertilizing all my hens? Especially when I'm not ready for that.
Also where is part 2?
if you are going to be doing a lot of homestead videos would you consider getting honey bees and showing how to take care of them.(p.s you could als try rabbits)
Do part 2 at least for the for info on sickness that would be awesome
OH YEAH WOOO HOOO!!! NICE INTRO!!! NEED TO HEAR MORE!
Great information!! I’ve subscribed.
I’m going to get 2-4 chickens next year, doing my research now. Lots of good information you’ve already given, thank you.
I’m going to start from your oldest videos to the newer ones.
I have a small yard and been telling my 5year old ‘when we get bigger land we’ll get our farm animals’ but mostly only about 5 years (hopefully no more) I’ll be able to get bigger land. I don’t want to wait that long!! So I’ll start with 2-4 chickens:) I already have my raised bed, next year I’ll be making more, and I started my compost.
**if you have great information videos that I won’t get to right away could you send me the link so I can ‘do it right, the first time’ I’d appreciate it**
LOVE & SUPPORT from Laura
Hey jess.we are getting chickens April 7th.cannot wait
Thanks so much for the post
Great video, thank you! Getting chicks tomorrow!!!
Very nice 👍
You gotta make a part 2 to this.
Love this!
Just came across your channel and I love it!!! Is there a part 2 video?
Great video. Cute red boots love it
Great video I wish there was a part 2