Amish WARNING about Chickens and Eggs!

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  • @hallbilly9636
    @hallbilly9636 Рік тому +5718

    Our chicken feed is up $11 a bag and rising. I see an opportunity for those of us who have chickens to help those around who don't or can't. Both with eggs and chick's. We DO need to stand together, cuz we are strong in numbers. God bless!

    • @SW-oy5zw
      @SW-oy5zw Рік тому

      It’s a little more than that here in AR for the cheap end stuff for egg layers. I think America is fixing to have to have a major revolt or else people are going to really start dying from not getting simple needs met. And there is absolutely zero good reason. It’s the UN’s Agenda 2030 and all those following it.

    • @ooowilbur
      @ooowilbur Рік тому +62

      Chicn feed ???? What is it and can't you produce your own ???

    • @d0nn13m0n0
      @d0nn13m0n0 Рік тому +132

      Most of the chicken feed at hardware and farm stores now comes in 40 lb bags and it costs more than 50 lb bags did 3 years ago. Luckily here in north Idaho we have a good family run farm and ranch store that has good bulk feed for a reasonable price.

    • @d0nn13m0n0
      @d0nn13m0n0 Рік тому +42

      @@ooowilburyou don’t raise chickens

    • @angelikabertrand4045
      @angelikabertrand4045 Рік тому +58

      We have a big yard. I'm toying with 6 chick's thats all we can have..

  • @insideout144
    @insideout144 Рік тому +1631

    Thanks to all the farmers out there who help the rest of us who can't farm....Again, Thank you for your hard work!

    • @MineisGod
      @MineisGod Рік тому +15

      Second that❤!

    • @TOPMOSTPOP
      @TOPMOSTPOP Рік тому

      We designed eden. We were ignored. Yahweh said speak no longer 2them. They anger me.
      True gardening vs Satan TARE RACE You Tube gardening "Ceators:"*
      All thworldz probmz cn be solved in thgarden u control food u rule thworld.
      Angels far smarter then Satan fell long b4 he did these Reptilian humanoids all got2gether decided invent money cntrol food back when our solar system was heaven inhabit by angels.
      All these lovely adoreable passionate gardening pioneer life tutorials You Tube produced by Satans computer animation TARE RACE founded on Satans methods 4burning wood, gathering water, sewage, gardening. (Only exception being my food forest.)
      I dont have gardening vids. Dont need2. Just read this.
      Yahweh quote 2016 75% earth NOT humans = satans tare race, (Demons. They dont know they are demons)
      They perpetuate trojan horse garden vids2entice peeps dump so much cash in2garden is just not wrth it. Maybe 3% out here country garden. Not even1 gardening cashless or paying less then just buying food Walmart &they till bare earth like Satans boys teach.
      I live on vast wildfood garden 600 miles square bcuz I seeded entire countryside Wister Ok with 100 various wild seeds from Los Angeles basin. I only ever planted about 3 vegetable gardens but i am thgardening king of kings. How?
      Lol I dont subscribe tares my focus = delete $$$.
      Where i am is where all u people will be.
      Lol all Satan has 2do = reduce water pressure, manipulate weather, change seasons specifically DURING CHIP ENFORCE.
      Not 1gardner talking about thfact money will be wrth nothing or even mentions Reptilian angels or Satan bcuz TARES engineered 2focus on FALSE reality. Phony pandemics, phony wars &presidents. Lol Yah showed us all president votes fake. Lol IGNORE SATAN ignore his scary evils.
      Yahweh stated he wont allow nuclear holicaust.
      Tare farmers focus on Satans presidents, economy, wars &government problems &ofcourse expensive grow lights lol.
      Lol those are DEVILS not humans.
      Yah showed us Mike Pence raping 300 babies a year, drinking thblood. Trump is SATANS good guy get past it gov. is NOT CLEANING THSWAMP like Satans google teach.
      Thus u people keeping thtrue criminals cmfortably out of jail while praising idiot war veterans who drop warhead on Japanese girl bcuz president Fred mad with President Jack. Lol bad guy Puttin is a clone. Computer animation.
      Gardening amounts 2soil = amounts 2 1thing. Mulch. Mulch never wrked never did never will.
      Bcuz people hear it wrks, lay down mulch, &it doesnt wrk bcuz they dont mulch ENOUGH.
      FORMULA: I use oak leaves only = 3,000lbs per 2,000 sq. ft. = 8" start of season. U must have it ALL IN PLACE BY FROST DATE SPRING cant add it after plants gro.
      Two:
      POTTING SOIL.
      Potting soil will DESTROY u when Satan enforce chip. If u recieve money medical chip in u skin u downloaded 2hell = computer program known as a "dimension" = Yahwehs firewall.
      I cnstructed 12 potting soils. Simple soil gathered under mulch wrkd best. (Do not pack it)
      Any1 refusing chip cant buy potting soil&fertilizer.
      Fertilizer = myth.
      When soil premium = all u need. Mulch = frtilizer. Period.
      God doesnt drop 100,000 tons per acre manure fall. He drops CELLULOSE.
      Three:
      Say NO 2no till:
      TILL TILL TILL I SAID TILL hole 4each seedling with shovel&plant. MUST start seedlings in pots, bring thm outside sunny days starting mid Feb. tomatoes early spring squash.
      Potting soil:
      GATHERED UNDER MULCH = notoriously persistent. Can be made in1 season but will persist YEARS = DELETE FERTILIZER WORSHIP.
      I feed my chickens whole fish &animals = entire pressure cooked deer road kill bone, hide, fur&all. I manure heavily fall but never spring 2fall.
      You ALWAYS have plenty phosphorous bones u can pressure cook crush4gardn or burn wood stove.
      WATER:
      Yahweh quote WATER WILL BCOME THEIR MOST PRECIOUS COMMODOTY.
      Build POND. Build DAMN. Cant use well water. Satan made people pile manure1 SPOT 1,000's years &these cmplete idiots bought it = poisons well water turns it brown. Well water never was never will be drinkable (in our present rusty society.)
      Taste like barb wire toxic4humans &plants.
      Spring (shallow) water yes. Its rainwater.
      Satans tapwater terrible 4plant human.
      Veggy gardnz a DEATH SENTANCE. PERIOD:
      Yahweh will switch thseasons as judgement&punish earth with fierce sun &drought u must fall back on wild greens &foods.
      Satan has u covered.
      With his roadside lawnmowers &wildlife "conservationist" demon army.
      Mowers ANNIHILATE edibles. All fruits greens grow only beside roads &open fields. With beavers gone = no (legitimate) productive fields. Only fields left are destroyed by Satans tare race demonic farmers who perpetuate hardpack water runoff.
      (All water goes 2Satans underground bases under every city thats what gutters are4.)

    • @jimmyrobles5846
      @jimmyrobles5846 Рік тому +9

      Your welcome

    • @roxielabelle2513
      @roxielabelle2513 Рік тому +10

      I can see why that ram is so happy! Yee haw!!

    • @janetrosado7054
      @janetrosado7054 Рік тому +12

      Thank you for sharing . Very informative regarding what the farmers are going through to keep up maintaining their farm and why prices are so high.

  • @Puff_Puff_Packs
    @Puff_Puff_Packs Рік тому +127

    I know this is about the eggs but Abigail is just a DOLL, i love her. These animals are so blessed to have you.

    • @karollisa7022
      @karollisa7022 Рік тому +5

      I thought that too, until I realized they are going to kill and eat them :’(. I could never raise and name a lamb and then kill it. Unless I misunderstood the purpose of the sheep?

    • @peterdesmier6165
      @peterdesmier6165 Рік тому +2

      What did you think they were pets??

    • @funkibloo3811
      @funkibloo3811 Рік тому +1

      ​@@peterdesmier6165 - Yes.

    • @SaskiaV-hu1sz
      @SaskiaV-hu1sz Рік тому

      @@karollisa7022 They raise their sheep healthy and happy. There is no better meat to get, as long as your not a hunter.
      Please don't bear with me because of my bad english 🙈

  • @Based_Face
    @Based_Face Рік тому +101

    Blessings to ALL of the farmers who work tirelessly to get the Lords bounty to our tables.

  • @kathleenmeyer2110
    @kathleenmeyer2110 Рік тому +447

    "Don't try to go to the store for everything. Start thinking about how you become the store." Good advice! Thank you! :)

    • @thatguy-art6229
      @thatguy-art6229 Рік тому +1

      HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT FARMERS. ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS FREIGHTEN YOU.

    • @eljohnny57
      @eljohnny57 Рік тому

      Absolutely right, God bless

    • @nancykilian8631
      @nancykilian8631 Рік тому +5

      I don’t believe anyone wants u to be afraid of homesteading or hobby farming..and it’s not scary! If the ram is getting nasty-Snip his manhood off when young..he will not develop nasty habits. Don’t buy chickens at the sale barn for your place. It’s a good way to get a disease in your chickens! Don’t forget, get different breeds that are Heritage and maybe more resistant. Some farms don’t sell their good chickens, they sell the sick, non layers or broody girls that want to eat the skin off your hand! If it’s not faded on their “gobblers” and they are bright red-they aren’t laying! The eggs take those nutrients from the hens gobblers-Been raising chickens for 30 years. We had the kids show their goats for 4H, goats-Saanen, real big milkers-Nubians goats almost as big in milk, and horses that will eat different types parts of the pasture than the other animals! I have moved off my farm now bcuz I got badly injured by a stud horse-but don’t think I don’t miss it every second of every day! Can’t feed goat food to sheep-so u need to choose sheep or goat. My baby was born with allergies to everything! My old farm neighbor said get him on goat milk! Problem solved! I love watching your farm life! I will live vicariously thru your videos!! 😂😂😂😊Enjoy your farm my friend!!

    • @joyceobeys6818
      @joyceobeys6818 Рік тому

      If we don’t bow to the beast they will take our land. The Bible has prophesied this.
      Pay attention to Rev 18:23 sorcery is all pharmaceuticals
      And Galatians 5 see what it says about sorcerers.
      Dan 11:45 City of Neom. Also Rev 17&18
      Read your bibles we will not be rescued with a rapture, its a lie causing too many not to seek the word. And to be lawless and care more about this world.
      We may have to give our very lives to stand firm.
      Love not the world nor anything in the world.
      Research this n don’t just take scriptures out of context. Be prepared spiritually knowing this.
      Much Ahabah love!
      🙏🏼🤍🕊🙏🏼🕊🤍🙏🏼

    • @joyceobeys6818
      @joyceobeys6818 Рік тому

      @@thatguy-art6229
      Watching in Feb 2023
      Chickens can live in almost any condition and ultra cramped conditions. That's why there are so many of them. Ppl eat 11 thousand million eggs per year....Any ways....
      And this number is small compared to how many there really are now, and not all chickens are counted in this count, n if there are 60 billion chickens,
      ......and probably more.
      Then to lose a few million won't matter.
      So you can see the game the leaders are doing.
      To have true problems in the world then they would have to kill billions not millions n not 100's of thousands. 🙄

  • @uspaint
    @uspaint Рік тому +495

    I purchased eggs about two weeks ago and I was absolutely stunned by the price increase! They are reducing the amount of food we receive and jacking the prices sky high! Absolute madness!

    • @Militarywidow
      @Militarywidow Рік тому +17

      It's called shrinkflation

    • @MaryHernandez-lq8kq
      @MaryHernandez-lq8kq Рік тому

      Where ?

    • @venetianortrup8693
      @venetianortrup8693 Рік тому +13

      I paid $10 for pasture raised organic in August. My last egg purchase. My 3 hens (brahmas good to -25°F) started laying in December. I get 2-3 a day. The organic feed is #40/$65.
      Nikiski Alaska.

    • @mrbubetube
      @mrbubetube Рік тому

      stop complaining snowflake. Like President Biden repeatedly stated, over 81 million Americans voted for this agenda.

    • @sdamsa03
      @sdamsa03 Рік тому +17

      Today costco had no eggs
      Chicago suburbs

  • @mbt9700
    @mbt9700 Рік тому +134

    I bottle fed my ram all the way through. He was a sweet boy and would actually escape his pen to come onto the porch and scream for his milk 😂

    • @macjoseph2375
      @macjoseph2375 Рік тому

      😂🤣

    • @wandabellamy9171
      @wandabellamy9171 Рік тому +6

      I bottled feed 5 Jersey's❤ My BABIES😊 Didn't loose 1. I remember one time when they were BIG😳 I went in the gate and all came running as 1😬 the ground was shaking.. They were my babies😊

    • @carleanr4051
      @carleanr4051 Рік тому +1

      This is all new to me(the animals) but why bottle feed when the mother is there? Can the babies get fed from the mother? Thx

    • @donnalechak6980
      @donnalechak6980 Рік тому +5

      My ram would jump the fence, broke in through an unlocked and found my bed out of 5.

    • @mbt9700
      @mbt9700 Рік тому +2

      @@carleanr4051 the mother had died during childbirth! This happens surprisingly often which is why many have the experience of nursing these babies. If the mother is alive and able to feed, we avoid doing this unless it is needed (milk of mom isn't enough for babies, for example).

  • @travisclapp6203
    @travisclapp6203 Рік тому +34

    We moved to TN to get away from the busyness of city life in Michigan. The longer were here, the more we crave this lifestyle. Chickens and a large garden will be coming this year! We're glad you're helping to lead this movement

    • @bryantc2899
      @bryantc2899 Рік тому +2

      Sumner county here. What county you move to?

    • @youtubecensorship842
      @youtubecensorship842 Рік тому +2

      You didn't have to go to an entirely new state, should of just left Detroit or Grand Rapids. Rest of the state is suburban or rural lol.

    • @bryantc2899
      @bryantc2899 Рік тому +1

      @@youtubecensorship842 lot warmer in Tennessee. Plus the state is generally 65% conservative. No income tax

  • @akowboyshippielife7405
    @akowboyshippielife7405 Рік тому +1273

    People should be scrambling to come together in communities! Combine resources and secure water sources and start growing food together 👍💪🙏🏵️🤠 Much love to everyone and their families from Quartzsite Az USA currently 🤠🙏💪

    • @jereynolds51
      @jereynolds51 Рік тому +30

      I agree.

    • @eleven903
      @eleven903 Рік тому +25

      Yes, yes, yes.

    • @barraponicsnthings9690
      @barraponicsnthings9690 Рік тому +40

      Scrambling 🤣🤣 no pun intended

    • @cherylrandall3737
      @cherylrandall3737 Рік тому +16

      Yes!

    • @spiritfilled1909
      @spiritfilled1909 Рік тому +56

      Absolutely it would be a good way for churches to help each other as well. By growing their own food at the church, people can jump in and do the gardening. My only concern is theft

  • @angelasprayberry65
    @angelasprayberry65 Рік тому +539

    God bless all our farmers! I hope people realize how important they are!

    • @GG-ug9hd
      @GG-ug9hd Рік тому +4

      I only buy from farmers market

    • @jaysmith3259
      @jaysmith3259 Рік тому +5

      Abigail seems to think so. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @samsabre1664
      @samsabre1664 Рік тому +15

      Some people don't have a clue about farmers or farming. They think food will always be available in the store. Who needs farmers when you can just go to the store to buy what you need.

    • @allamerican3118
      @allamerican3118 Рік тому +9

      Absolutely! Farmers everywhere are striving to survive & our citizens are feeling that pinch every day as well. Prayers for all of us🙏🏼

    • @TranNguyen-mg9qq
      @TranNguyen-mg9qq Рік тому +4

      90% should be farmer for a healthy society ..

  • @megc5750
    @megc5750 Рік тому +26

    Thanks for the info! Interesting about the sheep and about the eggs. Also, if you haven't named the little lamb with the dark face, maybe you could call him Camo. It kind of looks like he has a camouflage pattern painted on his face.

  • @reneenelsen7416
    @reneenelsen7416 Рік тому +38

    In Wisconsin one to 3 yr old layer hens are selling between $40.00 to $30.00 each. People who have to buy the feed. Are not always able to get the feed needed. So they are stuck selling and butchering as much as needed before their feed runs out. In stead of leaving them starve in the winter. Hope that helps people realize the need to grow their feed. Thank you Doug and Stacy for sharing so much information. Much appreciated 👍 Sending virtual Granny hug's and prayers to everyone.

    • @cpp170
      @cpp170 Рік тому +2

      Always give a hug to Granny and sit down to listen about the old ways. Because Granny wants us to learn from the hard life they had to endure and that information will be coming in handy real soon.

    • @reneenelsen7416
      @reneenelsen7416 Рік тому +2

      @@cpp170 I can't really say I suffered through hard times, I paid attention to my Grandma explain All the hardships she over came, and a lot of her life they weren't hooked up to electricity, it was considered an unnecessary expense. She did well in the end, all her hard work paid off. I learned a lot from her, and 4 of my 12 grandchildren want me to write a book about it all gardening, raising animals and growing crops. I think those books are all ready written, just a matter of finding the good ones with details and read them. Thank you for your concern's.

    • @arizonabusinessleague918
      @arizonabusinessleague918 Рік тому +1

      That's crazy. Laying hens are still only $8 for younger here.

    • @reneenelsen7416
      @reneenelsen7416 Рік тому

      @@arizonabusinessleague918 lucky you. Well we do have our burrass cold winter's here. That slows up production.

    • @arizonabusinessleague918
      @arizonabusinessleague918 Рік тому +1

      @Renee Nelsen true. I'm in Southern Missouri now. I live in a homesteading county, many resources are therefore more abundant.

  • @lindaallen7283
    @lindaallen7283 Рік тому +450

    I’m not in a situation to grow my own food, but I’m beginning to can vegetables to be better prepared. Prayers for the farmers who provide for us!

    • @deborahbrinker2910
      @deborahbrinker2910 Рік тому +8

      Much love to see real people exist in this world today!! Thank you for all you do!!!

    • @candacecrosby5838
      @candacecrosby5838 Рік тому +10

      I have, and still do, grow many veggies in containers. You'd be surprised at what you can grow in those.
      Last year I grew corn..Yes CORN in a large pot. I got 12 delicious ears too. Also I'm growing garlic currently (they love cold weather). This year is green beans and more squash 😋

    • @PS27760
      @PS27760 Рік тому +6

      Sadly I now have e a cookyop stove in the place I bought. I have to get a separate hotplate and pressure cooker now so I am able to can vegetables again. I do make all my own jellies though. Tastes way better than store bought.

    • @PS27760
      @PS27760 Рік тому

      @Lotus Petal I'll never eat sprouts again. I got food poisoning from them.

    • @bwnco
      @bwnco Рік тому +3

      A plastic container box can grow a heck of alot of zuccihinnis.. You be surprised what you can do without space, yard or even dirt. .... you can get it all..

  • @teresacarroll6768
    @teresacarroll6768 Рік тому +332

    "speckled and spotted sheep" were a blessing for Jacob. Name the little guy Jacob! I pray that I get to hold a lamb someday. On my bucket list.

    • @BobBob-db2xq
      @BobBob-db2xq Рік тому +11

      I pray to see a lamb too! Lamb of god. (Jesus) what a great name...

    • @Sun_Flower1
      @Sun_Flower1 Рік тому +6

      I'd call the little fella "Johnny" after John Ram-bo. 😊

    • @sam12587
      @sam12587 Рік тому +5

      Lambs are wonderful.
      When I was a kid I used to spend afternoons reading to the lambs and kid goats. They are so sweet n cuddly for the first month.

    • @aberdeenred47
      @aberdeenred47 Рік тому +2

      That's what I was thinking.

    • @lagodifuoco313
      @lagodifuoco313 Рік тому

      You all sound like sheep.

  • @laurasmith3241
    @laurasmith3241 Рік тому +47

    I had no idea that it will now cost $25.00 to buy just one chicken. You are correct that we should be like our own grocery store! We should be self-sufficient and rely on ourselves on obtaining food for ourselves and our animals!!

    • @thatguy-art6229
      @thatguy-art6229 Рік тому +4

      HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT FARMERS. ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS FREIGHTEN YOU. IF YOU ARE RAISINH CHICKENS TEN YOUR COST FOR DOZEN EGGS FROM YOUR BACK YARD CHICKENS IS MUCH HIGHER THAN YOU THING. CHICKEN EGGS ARE EXPENSIVE FROM THE FOOD STORE AND 2X OR 4X THE COST OF YOUR CHICKENS OR YOU ARE LYING.
      $25 A CHICKEN IS FOR A MATURE EGG LAYING CHICKEN. NOT A BEGINNERS CHICKEN.

    • @barbwatermeier6843
      @barbwatermeier6843 Рік тому

      You are right @thatguy-art6229 he is just trying to scare people. My husband has 4 chickens feeds them purina and gets 4 eggs a day. I’m surprised that purina has not filed a defamation suit!

    • @thatguy-art6229
      @thatguy-art6229 Рік тому

      @Busy Bee Farms SO? I do not remember what you are referring to - however maybe I am not in my right mind - or do not have the experience that you have. Anyway - Backyard chickens is not a subject that requires extensive experience.

  • @mletif305
    @mletif305 Рік тому +4

    ❤❤❤ thank you just found your channel, you are right. I when to Save A Lot and 30 eggs were $9.99, my self and my young adult kids need help to be more sufficient and not depend on the stores to feed us. Thank you I’m so grateful.

  • @JRCHomesteadTexas
    @JRCHomesteadTexas Рік тому +392

    Texas here. We're paying $22 for 50lb sack of layer crumbles. I've been fermenting feed, free ranging, giving scraps and looking into growing fodder. Thank God the hens have been laying again. Thanks Doug for the information. Pray, Plan, Prep

    • @jw04429
      @jw04429 Рік тому +5

      $22 to $25 for same in Maine , God Bless!

    • @trippyvikingcultivation484
      @trippyvikingcultivation484 Рік тому +12

      Same here in Michigan grain is 19$ so I've been letting them free range until winter, save all our scraps and egg shells to feed them and I need to look into growing fodder.

    • @DaveyBlue32
      @DaveyBlue32 Рік тому +8

      With the LED grow lights in the 4’ sticks a couple of those on chains so you can drop and raise your light! Fodder or sprouting your seed and letting it produce it’s own additional mass… and that chlorophyll and other live or living nutrients!!! 👍😁❤️

    • @bri0013
      @bri0013 Рік тому +6

      Get in that fodder growing. You won't regret it.

    • @erinvendetti5812
      @erinvendetti5812 Рік тому +9

      Tractor supply has it for $11 a 40lb bag here in east Texas right now.

  • @bluejay3333
    @bluejay3333 Рік тому +520

    73, raised on a farm. Doug has a way with animals like my Dad did. It’s not an easy life, lots of hard work but if you love running your own business it’s very rewarding!! Blessings Doug and Stacy.

    • @OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY
      @OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY  Рік тому +36

      Thanks for sharing!

    • @opalezell2166
      @opalezell2166 Рік тому +31

      Something catches my chickens.I an building up my flocks.I had 2 little hen ,hatched last spring sat and hatch 13 mixed chicks,so I'm thankful that God allow this.

    • @TF-IROCO
      @TF-IROCO Рік тому +13

      You are very right.

    • @soonersteve34
      @soonersteve34 Рік тому +18

      Eggs and Milk.......where would we be without em?

    • @patrickmullane30
      @patrickmullane30 Рік тому +32

      We tossed off the British to build this nation - we can surely shake off these parasites that encroach

  • @FaithBuller
    @FaithBuller Рік тому +2

    I have 7 backyard chickens and enjoy them so much. I've bought from Tractor Supply for years. I drove to a neighboring town to find a locally privately owned feed sore Tri State Feed in Southwest City, MO. It has a very different atmosphere, because they own it and not just an employee. They buy from private mills, the packaging has a see through side section to allow us to see the feed inside. It is clean, no dust and labeled with all ingredients and protein content info. They are so much better.

  • @Majorkooldad
    @Majorkooldad Рік тому +5

    Our feed in Washington state went from $380 a ton for non GMO to $605 a ton since "you know who" got in office. I see the attack on the off grid here in WA like never before. Thank you Doug and Stacy, I've been following you for great tips from the beginning. I'm kinda a silent participant but not now. I am trying to get like-🙂minded people here in E Washington State and W Idaho together to learn from each other and be prepared for pretty much anything. Keep up the great work and unbiased information.

    • @ybunnygurl
      @ybunnygurl Рік тому

      It's got nothing to do with who our president is It has everything to do with the war in Ukraine because Ukraine is Europes bread basket so a lot of the stuff that we produce in America that used to just be well North America is now going to Europe too. Also Brexit didn't help I have a friend who lives in England and most of the things in her grocery store are imported from the US and Mexico now where they used to come from Europe. This affects EVERYTHING, not just food.

  • @johnwirk
    @johnwirk Рік тому +422

    I'm just a suburb guy who managed to get into the cut a while back before things got crazy. I've been slowly getting into self sustainability with a kick ass wood burner which heats 2000 Sq ft in a 1100 Sq ft house, chickens, and a garden every year with canning. I'm going to start raising chickens for a few extra bucks. It is so rewarding relying on yourself and only having to get a few things from town that are absolute necessity. I would like to go full on pioneer but it's a full time job and I currently need a job for the lame taxes and all. Survive and thrive folks.

    • @demonstration3662
      @demonstration3662 Рік тому +5

      What do the eggs taste like? Is it like the store? 😮

    • @johnwirk
      @johnwirk Рік тому +23

      @@demonstration3662 Eggs taste like eggs. To me, the eggs taste a little better knowing they came from my chickens. Everyday they lay, every day I eat them. Nothing is better than a couple of hen laid eggs scrambled in a little bit of bacon grease.

    • @E_Clampus_Vitus
      @E_Clampus_Vitus Рік тому +6

      Lost my dog to my neighbors stupid ass chicken keep. He attracted the mountain lions and my dog got killed.
      The only way a small chicken coop is worth it is if your time is worth zero dollars per hour. Maybe this is changing now but only because there are even more stupid people ruining the world to the point where were we move back to the 1800’s.

    • @johnwirk
      @johnwirk Рік тому +14

      @@E_Clampus_Vitus We we're never in the future as a society to begin with in regards to the progress of humanity. We are simply in a time that is furthering the progress of a select few at the cost of our labor and production. The convenience of going to the grocery and the like was that it was necessary for the Elite to allow us the pleasantries so that they get what they need out of us. Now that technology is on the brink of total automation with A.I driven production, humans are on the verge of being obsolete and what will the godly elite choose to do with us then? We only had good things because it was a means to an end.

    • @ravenzyblack
      @ravenzyblack Рік тому +15

      @@E_Clampus_Vitus - How did your dog get killed? WHY was your dog anywhere NEAR the neighbor’s Chickens?

  • @jeanettawithwhomihaveagood1681
    @jeanettawithwhomihaveagood1681 Рік тому +301

    Our chicken feed in Oklahoma is $12 to $15 per 50lb bag. I am very Thankful to our local grocery store for letting us have all their throw out fruit and veggies. It helps a lot with the food cost.

    • @gardener6770
      @gardener6770 Рік тому +6

      Wow! I'm in southern oh down on the Ohio river, chicken feed here's went from $19.99 a 50lb bag to $24 a 50lb bag! It's crazy!

    • @christinemccoy4471
      @christinemccoy4471 Рік тому +10

      @gardener 67
      27$ for 50 lb bag of organic layer pellets in Florida. I won't feed gmo corn or soy. Free ranging on the property helping weed around 57 fruit trees and eating bugs. I grow kale pumpkins and cukes are their favorites

    • @lunaflamed
      @lunaflamed Рік тому +14

      Hit the restaurants for their kitchen and dining room scraps. When I had chickens, my 45 ( Fourty Five) hens and 9 muscovy ducks consumed $20 /MONTH in feed...2016-2021 when I was forced onto another path by Karen next door via Bylaw law breakers; scroll back in my videos if interested ) during the Lock downs that went up to $20/WEEK.
      If the restaurants in your area use compost bins with bag in them you can simply pull the bag of food waste out before the dump trucks do. If they do not use bads in their bins, a flat shovel is the tool. I took my Gorilla cart with a tarp and straps on the city bus then went around on a route I developed to grab as much food as I could possibly pull back onto the bus.

    • @jenniferharris3989
      @jenniferharris3989 Рік тому +5

      It's $20.00 per 50 lb bag of dumor in NC at tractor supply

    • @chrisdunaway2562
      @chrisdunaway2562 Рік тому +3

      Arizona i just paid $31.99 for a 50lb bag of chicken feed!!

  • @kjonesnewyork1
    @kjonesnewyork1 Рік тому +3

    Well at least you didn’t say they were poisoned or toxic now by sabotage.🙄

  • @lasquared777
    @lasquared777 Рік тому +3

    🎶 "Cut ties with all the lies that we've been livin in" 🎶 Thank you so much for blessing others with generosity, caring for your animals & great tips on living a country home lifestyle~* 👍

  • @carolynwashington7850
    @carolynwashington7850 Рік тому +127

    I watched a young lady that did a video regarding the chicken feed. Her laying hens hadn't produced eggs for weeks, she changed to goat feed & they started producing eggs again.

    • @andshewas296
      @andshewas296 Рік тому +14

      It was Purina watch the story of why chicken`s stopped laying eggs, on Candace Owens on yt.

    • @dottypitchell208
      @dottypitchell208 Рік тому +21

      Someone else in uTube had a chicken that would escape out of the chicken enclosure and eat wild scratch. She started laying when the other grain fed chickens weren't. That's how that person let us know! Thank goodness we're paying attention!

    • @jasonjackson6055
      @jasonjackson6055 Рік тому +7

      @@andshewas296 It was also producer's pride (tractor supply) which is also made by Purina.

    • @lmsmith6911
      @lmsmith6911 Рік тому +3

      It was Tractor Supply, Pilgrims Pride feed!!

    • @jasonjackson6055
      @jasonjackson6055 Рік тому +5

      @@lmsmith6911 Producers Pride made by Purina and sold at Tractor Supply.

  • @destinydivine3868
    @destinydivine3868 Рік тому +168

    Praying for all our farmers! 🙏🏽

    • @darcyjane8031
      @darcyjane8031 Рік тому +2

      Id suggest ALSO Pray for climate stability. In Ca this last month, due to the wild violent storms, we lost much of the entire winter's crops. Its going to hurt bad real soon.

    • @Blaze23557
      @Blaze23557 Рік тому +4

      @@darcyjane8031man made storms…

    • @cindycunningham9985
      @cindycunningham9985 Рік тому

      Cloud seeding and chem trails ruining our tomotoes.

    • @darcyjane8031
      @darcyjane8031 Рік тому

      all i have e to say it that you have no idea what you are talking about. Let me guess...you think Jewish Space Lasers cause the massive extremely destructive storms throughout the huge state of California. I LIVE here and saw it in person. If you actually believe that these storms a re man made..you have a much larger problem than the price of eggs.@@Blaze23557

    • @darcyjane8031
      @darcyjane8031 Рік тому

      @@cindycunningham9985 dont forget that Bigfoot stole the cabbages.

  • @holylandfan3275
    @holylandfan3275 Рік тому +13

    💕 I love little Abby. As soon as Abby got up, the other little sheep went to his mom to eat. He wasn’t taking any chances on anyone getting his food! 😂

  • @topcovergirl2011
    @topcovergirl2011 Рік тому +5

    Awww Ive never know how much care & attention is needed for animals. Also thank you so much for such priceless advice. Gid bless yall!!

  • @johnorvis66
    @johnorvis66 Рік тому +132

    I have chickens and we had a broody hen that hatched 9 chicks this past October it’s amazing how the Lord provides! We are reviving the homestead that my wife grew up on and it has been very rewarding 80 acres in northern Michigan

    • @dianawashington7509
      @dianawashington7509 Рік тому +9

      Best of luck to you guys!!

    • @Bellasmom517
      @Bellasmom517 Рік тому +11

      My brother and I are reviving the homestead that our dad grew up on in South West Michigan. Also 80 acres. Good luck with your revival.

    • @ge1389
      @ge1389 Рік тому +1

      It is truly amazing how the Lord provides- Jehovah Jireh!

  • @meli_k2745
    @meli_k2745 Рік тому +135

    Most of our friends think we are nuts for moving to WV from Maryland, and we started a homestead. The goal is to be more self-sufficient. Started with bees, chickens, 5 raised bed gardens, and rabbits. The rabbits are just pets right now, but we can change that if need be. We are thinking about adding goats or a mini jersey cow this year. Blessings to you guys!

    • @lindabrenkus2396
      @lindabrenkus2396 Рік тому +18

      We will continue to look 'crazy' to those who are still deeply entrenched in the distortion. We're the ones who are in reality.

    • @jimcoulter5877
      @jimcoulter5877 Рік тому +9

      Friend, you are smarter than the average BEAR!. You will be able to feed your Family when the City Masses will go to work Hungry. As the Bible Said a Days Wages for a Loaf of Bread!
      Water, you need your source of water as well, not just the County's.

    • @journeytofreedom1077
      @journeytofreedom1077 Рік тому +8

      Bees are hard 😔 tried for several years, still want to again but it's an investment

    • @Nightingale99
      @Nightingale99 Рік тому +27

      If Noah was alive today - he would be considered a conspiracy theorist. ❤

    • @wendykruk1288
      @wendykruk1288 Рік тому +6

      We're heading out of Maryland too soon we're starting to look.

  • @alanconnors8881
    @alanconnors8881 8 днів тому +1

    New subscriber. I'm not a farmer but have the utmost respect. Many local farmers up here in NW Rhode Island. The National chicken/chicken farm news over the past few years, is troublesome. Love your content. Thank you.

  • @karenmcleod5063
    @karenmcleod5063 Рік тому +1

    APPRECIATE YOUR TIME & DIRECTION about the chickens and sheep 🐑 🐔 👍Thanks 👌

  • @CJ-ip2vf
    @CJ-ip2vf Рік тому +60

    $25 a chick???? That’s Insane! I plan on using my incubator this year to hatch Ducklings. Thank you Doug for sharing.

    • @xbemos
      @xbemos Рік тому +6

      I hate raising ducks, BUT they are the absolute best producers and the eggs are higher nutrition. Best bucks spent have been on the ducks food and shelter.
      Love the chickens too ofcourse, but ducks are worth the time 10 fold.

    • @TrickyVickey
      @TrickyVickey Рік тому +3

      I think he meant per whole cleaned chicken maybe?

    • @christineraasch4018
      @christineraasch4018 Рік тому +8

      Think he meant walkin around layers.

    • @christinenatvig2313
      @christinenatvig2313 Рік тому +1

      This is all crazy!!

    • @carfvallrightsreservedwith6649
      @carfvallrightsreservedwith6649 Рік тому +2

      City folk that want that country feeling think that price is good(?). How about those 3-4 hen chicken coops at TSC /Orshlen's that go for $400? Even at
      $5/dozen that's 80 dozen eggs.

  • @bluejay3333
    @bluejay3333 Рік тому +214

    I also have to say I’m blessed to have inherited our family farm, I’m 4th generation, it’s in the trust to go to our 3 daughters and then to their kids!! We meet regularly at the farm have tons of fun, had the Amish build us two pole barns. They both have kitchens, mine has the cabinets from the farm house and lots of barn wood on the walls including 3 large barn doors off the old barn, antiques on shelves and walls. I teach the grandkids about farm life and tell them how lucky they are to someday have this 116 acre farm!! In Michigan

    • @theresam567
      @theresam567 Рік тому +5

      I couldn't get the Amish to even fix my barn. They said they only do roofs, sheds, some renovations. My barn collapsed. :/ Western NY. 😠

    • @cowgirl4Christ63
      @cowgirl4Christ63 Рік тому +6

      You are all truly blessed. ❤🙏

    • @bluejay3333
      @bluejay3333 Рік тому +6

      @@cowgirl4Christ63 Thank you, even though I own the farm I have told our girls and the grandkids to call it “ our family farm, not nanas farm”. They will have more respect toward it.

    • @Tricia324
      @Tricia324 Рік тому +4

      Thank you for the good advice! The young ram looks like a Rambo!!

    • @justinmurray4652
      @justinmurray4652 Рік тому +4

      @@theresam567 Why is it their responsibility to fix it and how was it their fault it fell down?If you didn't contract someone else to fix it then its on you.Dont mean to sound harsh especially not knowing the situation.You may be elderly and with little money an just needed a little help in that case I'm sorry you couldn't get anyone to help you out.But bitterness and anger only harms you.Really really unhealthy.Let go.Forgive and forget and always try to put yourself in the shoes of the other party.And try to decipher why they act or reacted like they did.

  • @tangelakgedf
    @tangelakgedf Рік тому +2

    So thankful for our little farmstead and for you guys to help show us the way to be self sufficient. Thank you guys

  • @andreaarnold8985
    @andreaarnold8985 Рік тому +2

    I've been researching foraging and being more self sufficient and this was my first time seeing you. I appreciate the time you took to teach. Thank you.

  • @phyllisyoung1909
    @phyllisyoung1909 Рік тому +200

    My chickens have come full circle. Last summer I gathered 16 chicken eggs and put them in an incubator. 11 hatched nd survived. Now 5 months old, there were 2 roosters which I processed and are in the freezer and the remaining hens are now laying 4-5 eggs a day. I feel like a true pioneer! Whoo hoo.

    • @blaccsilverstaff5484
      @blaccsilverstaff5484 Рік тому +3

      I tried to get my birds to incubate them but some the eggs kept going rotting n never hatching…..

    • @heidibear44
      @heidibear44 Рік тому

      That's wonderful!

    • @justjoy1229
      @justjoy1229 Рік тому +5

      @@blaccsilverstaff5484 key here...Broody Hen. Otherwise, just keep getting ur eggs.

    • @blaccsilverstaff5484
      @blaccsilverstaff5484 Рік тому +2

      @@mellyg8872 do they take care of other eggs too?

    • @blaccsilverstaff5484
      @blaccsilverstaff5484 Рік тому +1

      @@mellyg8872 do the nest need to be on the floor?

  • @jaylewis8789
    @jaylewis8789 Рік тому +96

    The tarp is a great tip for those that it applies. I live on a 150' x50' plot in Charleston, SC suburbia. I maintain a beautiful view for my wife out back across the marshes but I told her when it gets real bad I'm farming that too. We grow at least 60% of our veggies in pots and raised beds on the sunny side of the house and 15 -20 gallon pots out front. BTW I'm almost a cripple and I'm able to do it. Fight back, folks. You can do it. I DO!

    • @kimberlyh.284
      @kimberlyh.284 Рік тому +15

      Thank you for saying this, about to close on a few acres and hoping to grow our veg, too, but last time I did so I was 20 years younger and didn't have debilitating illness. So encouraging to read your words today, when I fight the thoughts of, "what am I THINKING?"

    • @jaylewis8789
      @jaylewis8789 Рік тому +11

      @@kimberlyh.284 Just keep fighting Ms. Kimberly. It's hard but it's healing. Man, it's hard. I just did some prep and planting today. I pray for you ma'am and that you may keep fighting.

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 Рік тому +9

      @@kimberlyh.284 Bless you Kimberly, you can do it! Getting the first garden in is the hardest and I pray you will have numerous willing hands to help you especially at first!

    • @jamesweir7357
      @jamesweir7357 Рік тому +3

      Keep on keepin on !

    • @melissaklein501
      @melissaklein501 Рік тому +8

      Kimberly h. I feel the same way. Chronic pain and struggling with mobility because of a car accident makes me want to give up at times so the encouragement from others really helps.

  • @marymarker3727
    @marymarker3727 Рік тому +8

    Just found you and I love what you guys are doing. I'm on the edge and want to be more self sufficient. My garden gets bigger every year but since both my husband and I work fulltime and overtime jobs we have trouble figuring out how to put more time into being our own store. But I think I would have to quit my job to do it.... just not sure yet.

  • @Needle2Needle
    @Needle2Needle Рік тому +4

    Abigail is so precious! Love that you share your life with us! Sending much love and blessings your way! 🙏💞

  • @cindybrunken4005
    @cindybrunken4005 Рік тому +83

    Our chickens had 100’ by 300’ area to run, loved watermelon and cantaloupe rinds, potato peeling. They also got feed. My husband enjoyed his “girls” as he called them. They knew the sound of his pickup as he pulled into the driveway and would come running! They’re actually pretty smart.

    • @paulaharkleroad7708
      @paulaharkleroad7708 Рік тому +16

      Absolutely a smart bird my husband spoils his hens he goes in the run and they all want picked up and petted. He says happy birds lay better eggs

    • @joankelley3772
      @joankelley3772 Рік тому +8

      @@paulaharkleroad7708 Mine where the same. Pick me up Mommy, scratch me under my wings. I'd bring my folding chair in their pen and sit, they'd jump up on my lap. I called them my "Ladies". I wish I still had them. I had to move to another state and this city even though most of it is rural doesn't allow chickens- that's stupid.

    • @christinaford1499
      @christinaford1499 Рік тому +5

      Question, I saw potatoe peels. I thought that potatoes were not good for animals?

    • @marytaelliott
      @marytaelliott Рік тому +2

      I think they do not supposed to eat raw potatoes or raw potatoes peels, just check

    • @Barosunflower
      @Barosunflower Рік тому +6

      I call mine “girls” too ❤

  • @deezimmo4814
    @deezimmo4814 Рік тому +50

    I tried, without success, to engage my neighbors with food concerns. Instead, my adult children and I will be forming a family "chicken club". They will help me raise even more chickens than I have now, by building a larger fenced-in pen for the chicken coop and purchasing feed. They get a dozen eggs whenever I have extra, now they want to come more frequently to get 2-3 dozen a visit. I am excited to enlarge the flock and to see my family more often.

    • @BikeFitAZ
      @BikeFitAZ Рік тому +4

      We are looking to move to a farm. How did you find the right property?

  • @christinadarque8246
    @christinadarque8246 Рік тому +6

    I just found your channel. Those lambs are adorable!! My vote for a name for the black faced one is Patches. So much great info. Thanks!

  • @taylormason2503
    @taylormason2503 Рік тому +7

    Thank yall for all yall do ...I run a small town garden center and nursery and I am daily passing on the knowledge to my locals thanks to yall ...keep up the good work and God bless yall

  • @pentopps
    @pentopps Рік тому +64

    We buy eggs from a local mini farmer. When we stop at the farmstand we enjoy watching happy chickens in the yard. They even come to greet the customers. This is part of the good life that so many folks rush around and miss. Thank you for sharing and encouraging us to explore the joys of a simpler life and it's health benefits.

    • @dianehall5345
      @dianehall5345 Рік тому +3

      pentopps- Yes, we buy organic eggs that are delivered to our farm at $4.00/doz. Check with your local Farm Bureau or County Extension Service. They should be able to recommend someone local for eggs.

    • @laurel7175
      @laurel7175 Рік тому +3

      I go to the farm to get my eggs, meat, and raw milk. Happy chickens running everywhere. Lambs and cows in the fields. Beautiful gardens full of organic produce. I love going to the farm every week not just for the food. 🥰

    • @seanmaclennan7249
      @seanmaclennan7249 Рік тому

      Don't tell to many. Government will shut him down its happening every where... keep your mouth shut and enjoy.

  • @gwhln
    @gwhln Рік тому +60

    Abigail is so sweet. And even your chickens have something to say about the situation.

    • @fannybuster
      @fannybuster Рік тому +8

      What happened to Abigail's Mother..?

    • @tricicaskelton367
      @tricicaskelton367 Рік тому +3

      I personally think it’s ridiculous to be selling eggs for so much or anything for so much. How are single moms supposed to be able to afford food or single dads?

    • @carlabuggs1238
      @carlabuggs1238 Рік тому +5

      My daughter’s name is Abigail 😂

    • @fannybuster
      @fannybuster Рік тому +3

      @@tricicaskelton367 Whats funny is there Is a commercial on the radio for child hunger and the boy says that we have so much food in this country ,that what we don't eat we just throw it out.Doesn't sound like a shortage to me.,does it..?

    • @fannybuster
      @fannybuster Рік тому +2

      @@carlabuggs1238 John Adam's wife was named Abigail,Tell your daughter she was name for a historical person.

  • @earthsharelife
    @earthsharelife Рік тому +5

    I love watching Abby eat! Tails wagging are definitely a good sign lambs, calves, piglets, and puppies too! God bless you two!

  • @marciamraz4963
    @marciamraz4963 Рік тому

    Am so excited about growing, preserving, and fermenting this year with the help of, for one, Stacy & Doug! We want to get quail soon.

  • @dhissner3465
    @dhissner3465 Рік тому +118

    Whoever gets the truck, God bless you two for sharing your wisdom AND caring about us. The fact that you are GIVING AWAY a truck to someone/anyone shows how big your hearts are, and how much you do care about others, such a great standard to present to the public! Thank you, have a great day in the rain!!!

    • @TheKentuckylady717
      @TheKentuckylady717 Рік тому

      What is the giveaway for the truck....seems I missed it.....are you giving a new truck away ...or one that you have ? What video do we look for ?
      I love the one you did on the Stripper , I can not believe that Co. would allow that ???...Did Twitter remove it ? Not suppose to be like that now since Elon Musk bought Twitter..... !!! Odd I did not hear anything on any news....period just saw it on your video !! 1/19/23

    • @meleamodica5568
      @meleamodica5568 Рік тому

      I live in Kentucky and today Jan 19th I bought Chickens at Rural King for almost $400 / chick because it was cheaper to buy eggs than feed them but now it seems to have flipped so I hope people buy some ASAP before the prices get stupidly high 😳

    • @maureeng1000
      @maureeng1000 Рік тому +1

      @@meleamodica5568 did you really mean 400 dollars a chick?

  • @thegreekcook
    @thegreekcook Рік тому +38

    I love my sweet girls. Got my first egg this morning. I find chickens so therapeutic. Better then watching a fish tank to calm you. Chickens are funny and smart. Thank you again Doug for sharing your life with us all. I'm praying.

    • @luvfoto98
      @luvfoto98 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, me too! They make me laugh.

    • @juliaA_1985
      @juliaA_1985 Рік тому +1

      @@luvfoto98 I love watching them run 😂

  • @leahcrane8622
    @leahcrane8622 Рік тому +2

    I just found you randomly and just wanted to say you are a breath of fresh air, thank you!! Going to go check out some of your other videos! 💕

  • @karmellmazurek2147
    @karmellmazurek2147 Рік тому +8

    Im so glad I stumbled on to your videos! My husband and I are trying to become more self sufficient and it can be very daunting and overwhelming!

    • @thatguy-art6229
      @thatguy-art6229 Рік тому

      IT IS EXPENSIVE TO GET ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED. BUT DO NOT TRUST THESE GUYS. LOOK IT UP FOR YOURW3LF. FROM SOMEONE WHO LEGIT SELLS YOUNG ANIM;S = A LOCAL FEED STORE

  • @jeffholbrook7418
    @jeffholbrook7418 Рік тому +238

    We are taking all you are teaching us to heart! Our goal is to become self sufficient were we are NO LONGER dependent on the establishment! Thanks guys !

    • @lindanorris2455
      @lindanorris2455 Рік тому

      AND ALSO TEACHING US ALL HOW TO SELL OFF OUR WORN OUT BEATEN TO DEATH PLOW HORSES... OFF TO SLAUGHTER!

    • @totallyfrozen
      @totallyfrozen Рік тому +8

      Yes, I think that’s a good idea. You can postpone it, but you won’t be able to be completely “free from the establishment”. They are coming for you, and want you (and everyone else) under control. It’s a matter of time.

    • @teresafarrell6457
      @teresafarrell6457 Рік тому +1

      If THEY want what you have (because they don't want us self-sufficient) then they'll just take it. Are you going to shoot a "Law Enforcement" officer?

    • @allisonproffitt6702
      @allisonproffitt6702 Рік тому

      @@totallyfrozen who else comes to kill steal and destroy? Lots of spiritual warfare coming and fear is where they get in.

    • @mamajo5867
      @mamajo5867 Рік тому +1

      It’s gonna be one heck of a problem if the government starts to come and take advantage of our own land and resources where maybe we hand our food over to them or it becomes illegal to grow your own food and livestock.

  • @suziedrust9194
    @suziedrust9194 Рік тому +200

    I absolutely Love your videos!! At 77 years old now and a widow I am so grateful to get to enjoy watching all your beautiful animals! Born and raised on a farm I feel like I am back home when I watch you. My dream is that God will bring a miracle for me that I will end up with someone who has a homestead and can live out my years having a few chickens, the same breed of goats you have and plant a wonderful garden etc. I did register for the beautiful truck you will be giving away as I will certainly be in need of one. I’ve given it all to God and if it is to happen it will. He has seen me through a lot in my lifetime including stomach cancer and I pray one of my remaining life purposes will include loving and taking care of a few of his beautiful animals. May God continue to watch over you and Stacy and your family. You are truly awesome people who make this world a better place. All my Love Grammie Suzie from Bradenton Fl. ❤️❤️🙏🙏

    • @TheresaStrepek
      @TheresaStrepek Рік тому +4

      I would Love. to talk about your wholesome simple living memories. preserve it. 🍃T🍃Tree

    • @beverlybryington7337
      @beverlybryington7337 Рік тому +6

      Great to read your comments on this site. Also love the videos. They are a bright spot in any day. See you are in the Bradenton area. Have never been to Florida, but know something of the area since that's where my granddaughter and her family moved from N/W PA. Good luck to you.

    • @ThankYouJesusTheChrist
      @ThankYouJesusTheChrist Рік тому +12

      God Bless Susie and hear her beautiful prayers, in Jesus’ Name, Amen

    • @mgtowcowboy8159
      @mgtowcowboy8159 Рік тому +1

      Nowadays, with FEMINISM, the woman can accuse the man of wrongdoing and take the farm away from him. I tell all men NEVER let a woman live with you. The women have changed the laws and now it's not worth it.

    • @donmiguel1513
      @donmiguel1513 Рік тому +1

      Bless you Suzie. May your dream come true. I am seeing this in my head. See it happen. It will happen. Where are you Suzie? I am in DFW and farm in Corsicana.

  • @Ladydriver1989
    @Ladydriver1989 Рік тому +14

    My grandma started doing chickens since my chicks started laying. She said our life style is contagious. And I showed her y’all’s channel and she loves you guys and all your info. Yall are helping my grandmother keep up on her flock info and that ❤ makes me know your channel is helping a lot more people too. Thank you for all y’all are doing. Stay safe.

    • @thatguy-art6229
      @thatguy-art6229 Рік тому

      CAN SHE READ? THE DEPT OG AGRICULTURE CAN BE TRUSTED. WHAT SAYS YOU CAN TRUST THESE FAKERS ON UA-cam?

    • @Ladydriver1989
      @Ladydriver1989 Рік тому

      @@thatguy-art6229 don’t be a troll.

    • @Ladydriver1989
      @Ladydriver1989 Рік тому

      @@thatguy-art6229 your allowed your opinion. But learn to open your eyes to other people’s views or bite your tongue and keep your eyes closed. 🧌

    • @Ladydriver1989
      @Ladydriver1989 Рік тому

      @@thatguy-art6229 fakers? 😂 how is anything about them teaching you how to tend to a farm fake? Oh man 😂

  • @the_real_youngapex7813
    @the_real_youngapex7813 Рік тому +2

    20 dollars 💵 eggs and he laughing about it ? Smh we doomed

  • @californiasun162
    @californiasun162 Рік тому +36

    Hi Doug and Stacy I can tell the babies are getting bigger.🙏💕👍 I paid eight dollars for eggs this morning but I’m supporting the farmers not the corrupts

  • @sharonsbackyardbistro1635
    @sharonsbackyardbistro1635 Рік тому +53

    Great video! My husband and I also are very close to our Amish community. We help one another out a lot! The Amish are great teachers. I’m so thankful and blessed to have chickens. Our Kroger has 18 ct eggs for 7.99 I was floored and that made me even more thankful that I can share my bounty of eggs with my loved ones. God is good all the time...all the time God is good!

    • @TheKentuckylady717
      @TheKentuckylady717 Рік тому +1

      I suppose we use Egg Replacements when baking for sure....lots of videos out showing what they are.... one Blog did like 6 and only one was really good.....the other 5 things she made were just ok I assume...as she had her kids to taste test them.....I don't really care for eggs cooked anyways.....but for baking guess I'll find a replacement.........when I find one from someone who has made things and says it is good..... !!! everyone and their grandpa has answers for replacement but have they tried them all.....I need my info from someone I trust will be truthful .....Would love to hear Tracy's view on the Egg Replacement..... sure you have all the eggs she needs but she may want to try some things and do a video.....I'd love to see it......

  • @dalejones1943
    @dalejones1943 Рік тому

    @ Off the grid with Doug and Stacey! I just watched your video, because of the warning concerning eggs??? Thank you, and Noah for the information about buying from TS. I have heard about the feed within the last 2 weeks! Thank you for sharing your lambs and also a little song for the folks listening! Great to hear about Stacey, and the deer! God bless you, and your Homestead!!!

  • @EbonyAE88
    @EbonyAE88 Рік тому

    Your chuckle is very sincere. I can tell you are a genuine person and thanks for your information

  • @roberthoehn5262
    @roberthoehn5262 Рік тому +61

    We recently paid $20 each for two new layers for our flock. They started laying within three weeks. We keep eight hens at a time. The upside is that we didn't have to have the new ones in a brooder or buy chick feed for them and they started laying pretty quick.

    • @carfvallrightsreservedwith6649
      @carfvallrightsreservedwith6649 Рік тому +7

      Poults begin laying around 5-8 months. Egg production drops off pretty quick after 18 months of age. That's when egg production facilities send them off to the dog food factory. Leghorns are the king of egg production but are worthless as a meat bird.
      Runner ducks are better layers than chickens and Courtinex quail lay daily beginning at 8 weeks of age.

    • @pamelak7924
      @pamelak7924 Рік тому +5

      @@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649 but home raised pastured chickens lay eggs for years

    • @carfvallrightsreservedwith6649
      @carfvallrightsreservedwith6649 Рік тому +2

      @@pamelak7924 production still drops off. It's just that suburban "farmers" view their livestock as pets and continue to feed them at an even greater financial loss as in input/output vs return gain/loss.

    • @pamelak7924
      @pamelak7924 Рік тому +1

      @@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649 true,but raising your own you often (yearly) add to your stock
      To keep production up

    • @kittlehomestead
      @kittlehomestead Рік тому +1

      @@pamelak7924 I raise dual purpose hens like road island reds and black australaps. After 24 months they become supper.

  • @LavenderandLinen
    @LavenderandLinen Рік тому +26

    Oh my gosh, the lambs are so darling! I love the markings on the little guy’s face! ❤

    • @sixpackbinky
      @sixpackbinky Рік тому +6

      Yes no way could I send that boy to the freezer camp! He’s adorable!

    • @LavenderandLinen
      @LavenderandLinen Рік тому +1

      That’s what I was thinking! LOL I would be the worst at dealing appropriately with a bummer ram! Sweet little guy!!

  • @mikeroberts4518
    @mikeroberts4518 Рік тому +1

    Love u guys ! Thanks for all u do to keep us up to date on what's going on in this crazy world 🌎 have a blessed day!

  • @AndreaKirkland
    @AndreaKirkland Рік тому

    Good info! How scary about the rising prices. Thanks for keeping us posted.

  • @vulture-wr9285
    @vulture-wr9285 Рік тому +157

    I'm an off grid farmer myself, I'm very familiar with the Amish coming from YORK, PA. I used to deal with Amish daily in LANCASTER, PA. My off grid farm is near the national forrest in SC. You are an inspiration brother! I use a lot of your techniques I run solar & have gas backups hooked into my personal grid. I do have an electric like through the property, but the electric company pays me for it to be here & I got them to put the only street light on my street for free on my property. I also get a Federal stipend yearly for a nature preserve on the property, I get Eagles, Ducks, Falcons and Blue Herons on the preserve hunting the 1 pond there. I still have 2 ponds for farm use.

    • @heatherfoote3271
      @heatherfoote3271 Рік тому +5

      You have lots of good info. We just purchased a house with 5 acres in south carolina and are planning on lots of garden/chickens/goats. And i love the idea of keeping and planing lots of native plants and food!!

    • @vulture-wr9285
      @vulture-wr9285 Рік тому +10

      @@heatherfoote3271 I am USDA certified organic, trust me it's a head ache with the inspectors. YOU don't have to be all that to appreciate truly fresh food, where you know where it came from & it's whole process.

    • @k8eekatt
      @k8eekatt Рік тому +7

      @@heatherfoote3271 in our area there are certified, licensed butchers who come to you with their equipment in a van.

    • @jimdevlin4949
      @jimdevlin4949 Рік тому +2

      Good work!

    • @Darkdevil1584
      @Darkdevil1584 Рік тому +1

      close to my grandma i believe! she in latrobe

  • @ryan2623
    @ryan2623 Рік тому +70

    Doug is funny, full of wisdom... and he can sing too? And I get the feeling that he cares about all of us as much as he cares about his animals. Keep up the good work Doug and Stacy, 1Million subs soon!

    • @justpatty7328
      @justpatty7328 Рік тому +2

      I know they care about all of us- homestead homies!

    • @jakebredthauer5100
      @jakebredthauer5100 Рік тому +1

      Getting more subscribers is possibly his main focus. He would give his truck away for a million subscribers.

    • @ryan2623
      @ryan2623 Рік тому +5

      @@jakebredthauer5100 They will reach 1 million subs because of the quality content and years of dedication! The truck giveaway is to celebrate the 1 million milestone, which would happen soon even without a giveaway. I'm here for the content not to win prizes.

    • @jakebredthauer5100
      @jakebredthauer5100 Рік тому

      @@ryan2623
      I am trying to figure out what you mean by quality content. Is the show more entertainment or is it more educational? Please give an answer for yourself and an answer for others who watch.

  • @thomasjoseph3552
    @thomasjoseph3552 Рік тому +2

    I grew up in a low income urban community, the professions that were encouraged were doctors, lawyers, teacher, etc. I always wanted to be a farmer❤

  • @Puff_Puff_Packs
    @Puff_Puff_Packs Рік тому +2

    im 3 mins into this video and im in awe of everything at this point. im so intrested and intrigued by your knoweldge, kindness and keen awareness of whats going on.

  • @lisastevens682
    @lisastevens682 Рік тому +117

    My father made sure we had two "caves" and a cistern put in at our acreage. We had a large vegetable garden, which we canned enough for the winter. We didn't raise livestock for food, but his cousins did and would share. My father was raised by his Mennonite grandfather and we learned some of the old ways. Especially since they lived through the great depression. I have learned many food saving skills from my family. For that, I am thankful when times get tough.

    • @hillbillybeerdranker6678
      @hillbillybeerdranker6678 Рік тому +7

      I used to live near a mennonite community and they sure seem to know how to be self sufficient. This was back in the late 1980's before cell phones and there was only landline phones. Their church wouldn't let them have a phone in their home, so they would have a pay phone installed outside their farms on the county dirt road right of way. They also wouldn't allow them to have cars or pickups, but they would allow tractors, so they used tractors for transportation, along with using them for farming. I dated a girl whose Mother was a mennonite and when she was a teenager she was caught sneaking off into town to watch a movie with friends. She was bannished from the church and family and never saw her parents again. It was sad, they treated her like a stranger that they never knew.

    • @tazika2988
      @tazika2988 Рік тому

      @Lisa Stevens Why do you write everything in the past time? It means you don't have caves and cistern at your acreage; do you have acreage? What happened to the inheritance your hardworking, wise ancestors built for you?
      (there's no hard feelings in my post, just plain curiosity. I am studdying the Old Ways of surviving, bc my revolutionary ancestors left me nothing & learnt me nothing of that kind; only how to kill the king and how to pretend that you're armed while escaping from the site)

    • @KC-kh8df
      @KC-kh8df Рік тому +3

      Exactly = Learn from the depression era folks! My grandparents are all gone so I got back to eden & Native American herbs & planting in my area along with books on what ppl did during the depression and what happened then too. I think it’s best to Learn as much as I can from his/her story!
      GREAT VIDEO YOU HAVE THE LIFE!

  • @Pladsea
    @Pladsea Рік тому +43

    The sheep and lambs are so precious! The male lamb reminds me of the story of Jacob and how he grew his flocks with the striped and speckled sticks. Being a shepherd has to give you insight into Ps. 23. Thanks and God bless!

    • @Cactusflower2000
      @Cactusflower2000 Рік тому +1

      The sheep are precious 💞
      Do you know if they are going to be slaughtered?

    • @jeepstergal4043
      @jeepstergal4043 Рік тому +3

      Raising sheep in light of God's Word really shows us why God refers to us as "sheep."

  • @resistireland694
    @resistireland694 Рік тому +1

    God Bless u Guys, u have a beautiful home/farm, treat your animals right and seem to be real happy. Much Love and Respect from Ireland 🙏💕🙏

    • @thatguy-art6229
      @thatguy-art6229 Рік тому

      IT IS ALL A STAGE SET. NOTHING IS REAL. THEY ARE PRODUCING VIDEO.

  • @marciemorgan3388
    @marciemorgan3388 Рік тому +1

    I growing up, my parents would put ground oyster shells out for chickens to eat to strengthen their shells.

  • @reneesmith7439
    @reneesmith7439 Рік тому +50

    Your baby ram is adorable ♥️ Doug hiding and then running away from Abigail was hilarious, just like a momma would do ♥️ Doug is a good shepherd 🐏

  • @danaveach7934
    @danaveach7934 Рік тому +144

    Our chickens are a critical part of our farm...couldn't do without their eggs...hope to have meat birds as well soon. We are able to share eggs with friends...such a blessing! The powers running this world are increasingly evil. Thank you for all the info you supply us with. I've been away for a couple of days with Flu...yuck! Missed Stacy's birthday...trust it was a good one!

    • @douglashoward9616
      @douglashoward9616 Рік тому

      Yup. J Edgar Hoover was asked why he created files on all the people of power? He said there exists an evil in charge, and the Americans are good hearted so they could never imagine the depths of evil they want to bring on the eorld.
      Now we see he was right.

    • @gerriehallas6549
      @gerriehallas6549 Рік тому +4

      We've had chickens for years and started raising meat birds about 15 years ago. Invested in a Yardbird plucker 5 or 6 years ago - wish we had done it years earlier. My advice - get the plucker as soon as you can (Watch places like Tractor Supply for out of season sales). It made processing so much easier and faster.

    • @hughcourchesne3416
      @hughcourchesne3416 Рік тому

      Stop selling farms to bill g@tes

  • @Jhunta
    @Jhunta Рік тому

    just discovered your channel and I love it and I salute you, sir. born in missouri and moved east long time ago. keep up the good work, sir. from one pure blood to another, I hope we can weather this storm.

  • @thisissoeasy
    @thisissoeasy Рік тому

    Totally impressed how you treat and keep your animals!!!
    Have subscribed...
    Cheers from Outback Australia. (Rolf)

  • @culdesacgrocerygarden
    @culdesacgrocerygarden Рік тому +31

    This is why Im still following you guys, because of your philosophy. Self sufficiency is not relying on a store, even the farm store! I love this channel.

  • @s.casimir0000
    @s.casimir0000 Рік тому +44

    We love you being an “unusual fellow” Doug! You both are so awesome - thank you for all you do!

    • @brehpotsirhc
      @brehpotsirhc Рік тому +3

      He's Not "UNUSUAL" at all! He's EXCEPTIONALLY BLESSED!!

  • @deborahstewart6435
    @deborahstewart6435 Рік тому +2

    Doug, this is my second viewing of this video. It's hard to take our eyes off little Abigail, and turn to the hard news of the eggs and chickens. But you are absolutely right: "We have to start thinking of before the store- and "after the store." Because looking back, and looking around, and looking forward, it seems inevitable that the empty shelves are an absolute.God help us to help ourselves and each other.

  • @ashleyhutchings1070
    @ashleyhutchings1070 Рік тому +1

    Was not expecting the Jumper lyrics. 😁 My fiance and are trying to get our homestead started in the next several months once he is home. Love hearing about the upcoming hardships we can begin planning and preparing for.

  • @christelandrews7065
    @christelandrews7065 Рік тому +37

    I feel like I’m living like a king right now with our own chickens and eggs!
    Love the advice on sheep, you are a true shepherd with those lambs. Wish we had more room to get a few ourselves.

  • @uncielodeamor
    @uncielodeamor Рік тому +131

    Your animals look so healthy. Wishing you continued success my friend! God bless you all.

    • @lindanorris2455
      @lindanorris2455 Рік тому

      YOU SHOULD SEE THE PLOW HORSES THE AMISH SEND INTO THE SLAUGHTER PIPELINE. WATCH HORSE RESCUE AND YOU WILL SEE THE DISGUSTING AND HEINOUS WAY THE AMISH CARE FO R THEIR PLOW HORSES.....SHOCKING AND DISGUSTING UNDER THE NAME OF A RELIGION.

  • @mrssandlin3176
    @mrssandlin3176 Рік тому +4

    Me and my husband are so grateful for your channel. I am going to look to see if y'all have videos on how to make your own livestock feed. We just bought some chicks from a family store and are finally living at a place we can have room to be self sustaining. We love off grid life. We are trying to figure out the best way to feed our chickens wholesome food without buying from tractor supply. I've found a homesteader that mixes black oil sunflower seeds, oyster grit, unrefined oats, diatomaceous earth, and whole corn. And very thankful to God for y'all. I love your animals too🥰. May God continally bless yall and y'all's hands in everything you do

    • @roomtomovewellbeing
      @roomtomovewellbeing Рік тому

      There's a video on this channel with all the details for mixing your own chicken feed! :)

  • @savagegfry
    @savagegfry Рік тому +7

    Love how you guys live. We're trying to go off grid, but it doesn't come naturally, after decades of social conformity! Thanks for the tips!

  • @LavenderandLinen
    @LavenderandLinen Рік тому +130

    My husband has always complained about our roo who sometimes crows in the middle of the night and makes us get up to make sure there are no coyotes on the property… but we never find anything about. He has said many times that we should not have a rooster. I’m so glad that I talked him into keeping him! ❤ Homegrown chicks are the sweetest!!

    • @cdubya3071
      @cdubya3071 Рік тому +3

      Roosters beat up the hens. I’d keep an eye on him:

    • @carfvallrightsreservedwith6649
      @carfvallrightsreservedwith6649 Рік тому +5

      Roosters will crow in the middle of the night but not when a predator is harassing them.

    • @carlabuggs1238
      @carlabuggs1238 Рік тому +8

      I have had my chickens for about a year and they are an absolute joy🥰

    • @sherrywoodrum7577
      @sherrywoodrum7577 Рік тому +3

      Watch rooster!

    • @spoolsandbobbins
      @spoolsandbobbins Рік тому +9

      If your coyotes are anything like ours YOU’LL HEAR THEM!!

  • @cincin4515
    @cincin4515 Рік тому +126

    Cheers from Australia. Our egg prices have skyrocketed since the floods earlier last year. I lost everything and had to move to the outback to start over after 6 months of homelessness. Not easy as a single 60+ year old female. We're suffering food shortages and restrictions in our major supermarkets.
    You're a breath of fresh air. I love your lambies and little miss bottle piggy.
    Bless you and your family.
    This has been one of the most uplifting videos I've seen in over a year.
    New sub. xx

    • @Halfpint13
      @Halfpint13 Рік тому +7

      Sending prayers your way for a blessing and strength. I'm just a hot minute behind you but it's gunna be ok. The strong survive and you've already done that now let the blessings come. 😇

    • @lisafeck1537
      @lisafeck1537 Рік тому

      As a 55 yo woman, I hear what ypu have had to go through. Eventhough I have a home and more property than I can handle alone with my upbringing & education, or lack of. I hear you about starting over. God bless you. I pray you have great success.

    • @Ed19601
      @Ed19601 Рік тому

      All the best

    • @solomo2144
      @solomo2144 Рік тому +1

      @Cincin...in my little town they're charging $10 for a carton of 18 eggs. I won't pay that much. I'd rather raise chickens then be ripped off. People need to grow more, and raise what they can. In Venezuela their government was starving them to the point that they ate zoo animals. What's happening here in America and other places is man made, this doesn't have to be happening. We are survivors and will never surrender. Stay strong, Take care.🪶🤍

    • @solomo2144
      @solomo2144 Рік тому

      I reserve all of my rights without prejudice. Whose in charge of the prices of food isn't it unlawful to overcharge customers in a time of need? It's a daily need so who's responsible? Whose in charge of the food distribution over site and why aren't they being held responsible for taking advantage of the people? No way a carton of eggs should legally cost over $3.00, these corporations and cohorts are taking advantage of the public, whose holding the FDA responsible for false claims against eggs? Or false claims of avian flu? When it really comes down to it why do we have to pay to live on a planet no one owns? Has anyone thought about that? Side note: Did you know our "vegetable oil" says it's made out of soybean oil as far as I know soybean is not technically a vegetable it's a legume and a derivative of the latex protein kin to the rubber tree. I won't use it. IMHO... it's nasty stuff. Just because "they" say it's good for you doesn't mean it is. They weigh the risks to the "benefits" override it, do a small study and if it's cheap get it FDA approved for consumer use. Just because they "say" Asian women can use it doesn't mean Northern/Southern American people can use it. What they don't tell you is that their studies are biased because Asian people are missing an enzyme which makes their studies null and void. They've been adding soya/soy to everything because it's cheap. And as we all know cheap doesn't mean good. Read the ingredients on the products you buy, the big companies like Campbell's, Oreos, Chef Boy R Dee, Hormel, Post cereals, Club crackers, most breads we buy. I know how I feel when I eat soy. My liver swells which causes pain, I get lethargic, gassy, and palpitations, itchy, and a foul rancid taste in my mouth. I'm allergic to soy and it's practically in everything we use now off of the shelf and in our medicines. Because it's cheap and it's washed in a chemical known as hexane, which isn't good for us, for god's sakes it killed mice in their "testing". Risks don't outweigh benefits and the people approving this garbage should step down and never come back. How do scientists, FDA, so-called quality control, "oversight committee members" lab people, food manufacturers, biologists, practicing physicians, M.D.'s, people with Phd's, how do you live with yourselves? Knowing your intentionally suppressing information for personal gain? How do you live with knowing that you're hurting people? These aren't "medical miracles" it's genocide against humanity. Here's another question If you're a liar how do you know when you're being lied to? How do you look yourselves in the mirror and lie to yourself saying that you're "helping" man-kind because "the benefits outweigh the risks?" Or even worse do you know you're committing genocide and just don't care? Are they extorting you? Are you covering up for them to keep your company running? When you see someone hurt do you have any empathy? Do you know what that is? Or are you past the point of saving? Bioengineered isn't a godsend it's an abomination. Has anyone been able to find any corn that hasn't been bioengineered? Did you know that if you plant bioengineered corn near someone's crop it can ruin their crop and you can be sued for damages? Bioengineered ruins ecosystems. North America alone has some of the most fragile ecosystems and these madmen will ruin everything they touch. Man-made has never been good for us or the planet. Corn just regular corn not "bioengineered corn" regular old fashioned corn is one of the three sisters in the Indigenous heritage and now we can't get it. Why because Bill Gates was allowed to genetically modify it out of existence? Is it because he's rich? Is it ok now for rich people to do whatever they want with no fear of consequences? Just because people are labeled "billionaires" doesn't mean they have good intentions? It also doesn't mean they should be followed off the cliff to our death. We are our own leaders. If we are all leaders why would we need to follow a leader? When they genetically modify humanity out of existence are you going to be ok with that too? Has society desensitized everyone into not caring about humanity's survival? When humanity's EGO, GREED and IGNORANCE gets in the way you have humanity against humanity which is genocide. We've seen it get in the way of the world by contaminated water, bioengineered weather and food, depleted minerals from mining, extinct animals, city after city being built, home after home pushing wildlife out and pushing in the industrial revolution. The world covered with concrete is an ugly picture. We use to have wild grasses and trees and species no man had ever heard of and now even those are extinct or in danger. Just because you can manipulate something in a lab doesn't make it natural. We had natural and you all are responsible for the death of it. You hear radicals and people wanting to profit "we're stewards of the land" in order to be a true steward of the land you can't do any harm. DO NO HARM. Changing and manipulation is harm. Man-made and nature do not go hand-in-hand. If it ain't broke don't fix it. How do you reverse what you have destroyed? How do you stop the domino effect? How do you put it back the way it was if it's extinct? People need to think more and really look in the mirror we are more than just the reflection we see, we are a part of everything with infinite consciousness that no computer will ever be able to duplicate. Leave us and our world alone, no one gave you permission to destroy any of it. You don't own the world and you don't own us. Open your eyes to see what you have really done. The carnage you've left behind and the lives lost. Karma's not a b*tch...she's a Mirror. S.O.S.🪶🤍

  • @TheHeidibomb
    @TheHeidibomb Рік тому

    May all of you wonderful and hard working farmers PROSPER! ❤

  • @PoetryFoxDayz
    @PoetryFoxDayz Рік тому

    Thank you so much for sharing this video with us! It was very helpful!! May God keep blessing you & your family!

  • @ssweet0380
    @ssweet0380 Рік тому +37

    I was just in the grocery store last week and regular large eggs was $5+ a dozen. It made me thankful my girls are laying eggs. The Bible warns that one day a loaf of bread will be a day's wages. Learning to produce your own food is one of the most important thing you could learn and teach your children

    • @AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham
      @AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham Рік тому +8

      Yes, that’s disturbing. To think that a whole days wage to buy one loaf of bread, wow.

    • @SW-oy5zw
      @SW-oy5zw Рік тому +6

      You know with things going this way I can’t help but think we must be nearing the Day of the Lord. I pray so.

    • @atc2where
      @atc2where Рік тому +2

      At least there were eggs. The store here has had no eggs at all 3 out of 4 visits in 3 weeks.

    • @wandapierce3387
      @wandapierce3387 Рік тому +2

      wish I could have chickens again

    • @SW-oy5zw
      @SW-oy5zw Рік тому +4

      @@atc2where What state? I’ve read that several times lately. People don’t realize, eggs are in EVERYTHING. It will drive prices of ALL groceries up sky high. As if they weren’t already with the price of meat going out of control.

  • @mizzgoodwrench
    @mizzgoodwrench Рік тому +46

    I love my daily Easter egg hunts with my kiddos, it makes me so grateful for what God gives us and appreciate the harvest more than what I ever did before having our animals. So peaceful in the midst of the busy world around us to stop and take in the beauty of nature. I always enjoy seeing your beautiful homestead and inhabitants, thank you for sharing! Uncle Doug you have an “unusual” and hilarious way of delivering the truth people need to hear that makes me smile 😊 thank you

    • @luvfoto98
      @luvfoto98 Рік тому +3

      Me too! I always tell our chickens, "thank you for the eggs!'

  • @jessicaleighdargaclark4536
    @jessicaleighdargaclark4536 Рік тому

    What are the best kinds of chickens that root and forage? So thankful for all that you guys do!! God bless America, You guys, and all of us!

  • @juleenave2102
    @juleenave2102 Рік тому +1

    I seriously love your video's!! You and Stacy have been a wonderful inspiration for us!!! Thank you!!

  • @cristhomas3945
    @cristhomas3945 Рік тому +18

    It's more critical than ever to be as self sufficient as possible.
    This will take perseverance. 😊

    • @thatguy-art6229
      @thatguy-art6229 Рік тому

      SELF SUPPORTING ON A BACK YARD FARM IS NOT POSSIBLE. GO AHEAD AND DO THE MATH.

  • @GodB4Games
    @GodB4Games Рік тому +74

    That is completely crazy a chicken is going to cost that much. Look at eggs. Being out here in Lancaster PA myself I want to start getting into self-sufficient living. I'm glad I found this channel. This is a true blessing.

    • @Benjamin-jo4rf
      @Benjamin-jo4rf Рік тому +3

      Hahaha. Lancaster. What a joke. If you really want be live a self sufficient lifestyle you need to be far far away from Lancaster. There's a reason so many Amish have left to head west to places where there is cheaper real estate, taxes and more freedom from building inspectors and zoning ordinances

    • @sharonauker1049
      @sharonauker1049 Рік тому +5

      Lancaster, PA here too. You CAN homestead here! I have many, many friends who are. NO issues with zoning or anything. Many are self-sufficient. Not all the Amish left, in fact, not many are. They're staying here & STANDING up!

  • @larrylaird91
    @larrylaird91 Рік тому

    Abigail is precious and I really like how you have shelter for your animals most people don't....

  • @iexpectmiracles
    @iexpectmiracles 6 місяців тому

    Love Abigail! Re-watching and catching up on others I missed to get you back into the you tube algorithm Doug.

  • @DeathValleyGary
    @DeathValleyGary Рік тому +90

    After moving to the high desert up in the mountains, west of Vegas, we had 22 chickens. A rooster I had raised by hand because it was hatched 3 days after the others had to be taken care of. We became friends and I could carry it around on my shoulder etc. That was in 2000 and it was the last chicken standing, living for 15.5 years. Not a record for a rooster but it and I did make it into a Great Britain chicken magazine. Since then have gotten into raising rabbits, like the Easter bunny. Just still waiting for those colored eggs and not one rabbit has laid any.

    • @lisettefrench2969
      @lisettefrench2969 Рік тому +9

      Hahaha dont forget the "Golden Egg."

    • @meanqkie2240
      @meanqkie2240 Рік тому +6

      I hatched a couple of clutches of fertile eggs from my rural neighbor’s mixed flock. So far every hen from those chicks is laying green shelled eggs! Be interesting to see if any from those clutches lay a different shell! They all look totally different, and only a few have muffs/cheek puffs! Most have yellow legs which isn’t always an indicator of shell. I’m thinking her dominant roos had the gene? Lol.

    • @jackjohnson291
      @jackjohnson291 Рік тому +7

      If you want eggs instead of bunnies, you need to switch feet type. Candy-corn is said to be promising.

    • @hahamorehaha6869
      @hahamorehaha6869 Рік тому +5

      Should get a bunch of tiny licorice jelly beans.

    • @chrisinedison
      @chrisinedison Рік тому +3

      @@jackjohnson291I’m dyin’ 🤣🤣🤣

  • @trerc1
    @trerc1 Рік тому +29

    Thanks Doug glad your mom's ok🙏 we free range, give scraps, give them crushed baked egg shells, and fermented feed. It helps make the feed last longer. Thanks for always lookin out for us! God Bless🙏

  • @jamessallee639
    @jamessallee639 Рік тому

    Thank you for the heads up! We are hoping to get chickens soon. We appreciate all the information!

  • @englishwomanjodibordeaux7439

    Love the tune!!🎉🎉🎉. I appreciate all the advice!!