Why I Won't Put My Chickens Into The Greenhouse This Winter
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- A little update as we are wrapping up the season.
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In my experience chickens can handle cold weather. As long as there isn't a draft under their roost. I would go for it and use the green house. Do a little research on open air poultry houses and cold weather. I practice open air chicken house. I live in Canada where cold is the norm, Eh! Cheers!!
same here... they handle -35'C last winter - I will move them into the greenhouse.
I only have 2 and I feel they will prefer the space, light and the fact that there will be soil and not wood and snow.
IDEA for future video in the shop during winter -- I would really like to see cleaning and sharpening of garden tools over the winter to be ready for the spring. Single woman here, I struggle with this!!! Also, don't forget to share with us any "projects" your wife can get you to complete in the house!!! LOL
You could hang a plastic curtain in the middle of the greenhouse, to make the room smaller...
mikealmere70
Right, had the same comment
No, no the season is just beginning! Planning , collecting, organizing for spring, awesome stuff.
God bless you and thank you so much for your channel
if you want to ripen your tomatoes a little faster and get more of a large harvest all at once toss chopped up apples under the plants. i usually just quarter the apples can be left whole they put off a gas that causes ripening to happen before frost takes them all out with heaps of green ones left on the vines.
I love that the plants still have fresh fruit even with the cold weather.
I wonder if you could just move the new chick shaw into the greenhouse? That would give them a warm place to sleep at night when it is the coldest. During the day they can take quite a bit of cold as long as they are awake, out of the drafts and weather and well fed.
I’d love an update on how your modified chickshaw is working for the turkeys. Congrats on your one-year anniversary!
Awesome Vid and happy Anniversary.
Has your family tried fried green tomatoes? It looks like you have several green tomatoes left that would be perfectly prepared this way?
You can be proud of those nice tomato plants I had some problems with mildew outside this year, planted enough though. thanks for sharing.
Thanks for showing so much about your daily life in sweden. Greetings.
Mabe offer an segment of the greenhouse for the 50 chicks separated with an layer of plastic? You can test it and in case of sucess the compost is where you need it right away.
Simeon, thank you for sharing your daily life on the Swedish Homestead. Is it possible to segment the greenhouse and rotate the chickens through the different "rooms" of the greenhouse over the winter. Similar in concept to moving them in the pastures with the chicken tractor?
we have chicken at -35'C here with no problem. You jest need to warm the water and have plenty of food. My only concern would be the high humidity.
Happy belated congratulations on your channel, Simeon. I've throughly enjoyed learning from you. God bless you and your family and your farm.
The black cherrys are great the grow good here in Tennessee too.Love the videos.
I recently found your channel and I was so inspired by it, specially your chicken + greenhouse project since we live in the same country.
Sorry to hear that it didn't fully work out, I am soo tempted to try this on my own with a small greenhouse or tunnel.
One idea: divide the greenhouse (temporarily) into separate rooms, and rotate the chickens ?
I have been following your videos and the adaptations of the different systems. You made great strides in how far you've come .Your growing seeason seem to be the limiting factor. Look forward to tiny house project of your father's. Saw on the chick cart build that trailer frame s had been painted Keep up all the hard work God bless
Beautiful and well done greenhouse- great job
Thank you
Interesting! Thank you for sharing!
We’re starting to get snow here in AK. Congrats on your first year on YT! We started a couple days apart, we are celebrating our first year right along with you. 🎈
Cherry tomatoas can be picked in whole risps, correct me if i am wrong.
I would love to see the chickens in the potato patch. They will have a feast.
Nice to meet you again~~
I thought you just needed to keep the chickens dry and out of the wind. I didn't think the temp would be a problem. I was going to do this w/ my 50ft greenhouse but I only have about 20 chickens... maybe I will just keep them in their summer shed over the winter then.
What if you closed up half of the green house ? plastic or wood .
Greenhouse, and everything in it, looks great. Do remember the video of the making. How does the wood hold in the humidity?
Good stuff as always.
Simeon _ nice video.
Great 👍 job. Best of luck 👌🐔🐔 🐔🐔
There are professional chicken houses East of me with over 50,000 chickens per house. They begin with curtains and as they grow are removed. Gas heating may run $50,000.00/month when near freezing and 400 foot long houses IIRC.
It's strange to walk in there and see how many and wonder what to do if they decided to attack 😊. And the strong ammonia smell 😷👃.
Dr. Mark in Texas Maybe add more litter, mulch and less ammonia smell. We use baking soda and pine pellets with the horses.
Can you build your cattle pen in the greenhouse to increase the animal mass and use the extra space?
Such a short season this year. It feels as if you planted garlic only a few weeks ago. Time marches on.
Beautiful tomatoes
Simeon, loved the video as always. Was very sorry to hear about the mining on your land. I hope everything works out for your family in the end. Got a quick question for you. I am sorry if you have already addressed this. You mentioned you don't have enough chickens to heat the greenhouse so I was wondering what is the magic number as far as chickens per square foot to keep the greenhouse warm enough? I would like to try this method one day and was trying to figure out how many chickens I would need to keep it up. Thanks and really love your channel!
I think his greenhouse is 900 square foot, and I know he said 300-400 chickens would be enough. Hope this helps
Thanks! So a rough estimate is around 1 chicken per 3 square feet? I would love any other comments or suggestions from anyone else
Nice video mate, how cold is cold for you guys?
You could google the daily and annual weather reports where he lives in Sweden.
Martin P all I hear is sweden cold so I'm expecting -10degrees hahah we very rarely get below -3/-4 tbh
Normal winter is anything between -10 to -30. Average on a 365days cycle is about 0,5C. Dont care to google it...
bogusswe that's very cold hahaha
Try rabbits - their body temp is 101 - great means of heat and meat.
What is your ketchup formula for perserving? please share
Can you share a video on how you make your tomato paste?
We have a question regarding the chickens. What color are the legs of the chicks when first hatched, yellow or blue? Thank you for you the wonderful video. Marc and Paulette, Michigan U.S.A.
Marc B Chicks hatch with blue legs, but the intensity of the color changes from a lighter blue to a much darker one when they get older. The same is true for yellow, green and black legged chicks. Only the white legged chickens have yellow legs as chicks.
Though I am not Simeon, I hope I could help you
Thank you very much for the reply, very helpful.
Marc B Glad that I could help!
Can you plant garlic in the greenhouse to get an early crop in the spring.
He could plant garlic and have garlic greens earlier, but the tunnel won't make it mature faster. Garlic is daylight sensitive and starts to bulb after the summer solstice.
Wow, 50 chickens isn't enough to help heat a greenhouse? Your GH must be pretty big then. Your tomato plants look very different than any I have seen around here in the USA. I am GUESSING they are a special variety for growing in a greenhouse. I think I will start some cherry tomatoes in my GH next spring. I just am having trouble with MY greenhouse getting so much hotter than outside temps, maybe in early spring that will NOT be an issue. It will be about 20 degrees colder outside than inside my GH, and I am using NO heat yet, that is a good thing for in the depths of winter BUT I doubt that in winter it WILL be like that. I have a problem with keeping some plants hydrated now with all that heat, I water every day BUT I had one plant die on me from the heat.
You are lucky to have animals to use their poop to enrich your soil, i only have dogs and cats now, I did have 2 bunnies and their litter made great compost.
Have you had disease issues with tomatoes or are greenhouse varietys resistant. Planting in the same area is a issue usually.
I love your methods. I would like to know what hardiness zone you live in. How cold does it get there?
If you pick all your green tomatoes they will ripen over the next 2 months.
För några år sedan i byn jag kommer ifrån ( Urshult ) skulle det också grävas efter guld. Men det blev stoppat för att det visade sig att någon hade sett en utrotningshotad groda. Kanske någon har sett någon sådan där ni bor?
The chickens are hardy they can take the cold temperature
Happy anniversary. I've kinda lost track of how your swine are doing. Perhaps an update?
rochrich They were butchered.
The fact that you think your chickens need heated over winter makes me laugh.
Chickens can handle more than you think and certainly don’t need a heated building 😂
why are leaves shriveled on plants ? weird
ah , got it - end of season , cold creeps in - that explains it
I can't tell you how many more tomatoes you could get if you gave them unlimited water.
@@marcschroter8398 I grow them in my koi pond
@@marcschroter8398 super common of hydroponics yes but aquaponics produces excellent crops because they are in a more biodynamic system and not just being fed synthetic chemical supplements. The unlimited water allows certain crops to create uncompareable to anything else. You provide a plant everything it needs and it does amazing work for you.
might be minerals under this bed??
Are you going to be able to take everything with you if you find a place to move .It is so sad because of the buildings you and your family have put up over the years.
I thought you just needed to keep the chickens dry and out of the wind. I didn't think the temp would be a problem. I was going to do this w/ my 50ft greenhouse but I only have about 20 chickens... maybe I will just keep them in their summer shed over the winter then.