One of my favorite things about this channel is the chicken tv aspect. As a kid I would spend literally hours every day hanging out with my chickens and I'm still totally content to do the same at 29 years old. But I've moved away from home and my mom has the flock now so this channel is such a heartwarming comfort 😊💓 I love love love it
That's sounds so cool that you were just content like that.... especially being younger!! That quite solitude of living in rural Olympia WA ....plus the loneliness coupled with the fact that I was 17 just made me want to get into trouble......ahhhh 😑😑😑
Wow, I am so impressed with everything you have going on on that property. Thank you so very much for sharing this knowledge and experience. It really has so much value to me, as a beginner to homesteading and permaculture.
Love mama hens with their babies. My mama hen just hatched 3 babies this past week (she hatched two batches last year). She has hatched right in the coop with the big birds all three times and there has been absolutely no problems with the other chickens bothering them. Mama does a really good job at keeping anyone who gets too close away and they are out eating right along with the other birds. So much easier then an incubator which I still do to raise birds for meat. I have 13 in my brooder right now that are several weeks old and I'm debating about putting them right in with the older birds next week so the brooder is ready for my next batch of chicks due to hatch in 2 weeks.
I really love waht you do (with your chickens/chicken coop) so simpls and natural. love your vids. So much respect as life seems so uch easier and simple..
I remember when we got our first chicks, there was one black Australorp. My partner instantly named her "White Butt" and my adult kids were so taken with her (and her name) that they had a beautiful tiny, framed, paper sculpture of her made for me for Christmas. As I predicted, she grew up to be all black. What nobody predicted was that she is now the "hen in charge" in our small flock.
We made a compost sieve out of a few planks of wood and hardware cloth and i will say that it is abundantly more useful for assisting the breakdown process and getting the bigger chunks out of the finishing composts.
I love these. I noticed this video is a few years old do you still use these I don’t know that I’ve seen them in your current videos wish I could figure out how to get clover or grass seed to stick on those columns then the chickens could have that and not scratch it up LOL like a Chia column. Very cool I’m gonna figure something out thank you. What did you call that girl in the pond? Thank you
My granddad's trick for keeping compost piles evenly watered was to drill holes in a scrap PVC tube & put it vertically down into the center axis of a pile. That allowed the water to reach deep into the pile. Very water-efficient during hot, dry spells. The pipe should only be about 1/2 to 2/3 the height of the pile; the water needs to trickle through the compost rather than go straight to the bottom! Obviously this is easiest to do while constructing the pile, but it's not too difficult to retrofit. My (untested) upgrade idea is to also run short lengths of rebar crosswise through the lower section of the pipe at various heights, maybe 8 inches apart. The theory being, you can mix/aerate the core of the pile by just by twisting the PVC tube a bit. You could even run a length of rebar through the exposed part of the PVC to use as a handle. (Just make sure to cover the ends of the rebar handle with a tennis ball or something, for safety.) Not as effective as completely turning over the pile, of course, but so much less work!
I like your ideas here, thanks for sharing them! With our system the compost is turned and picked apart every day so I'm not sure the tube would be helpful, but for making a single larger pile it's a great thought and I'll keep it in mind for future piles like that! Thanks!
Yet another "home run" video of a wonderful system! That is a fantastic place to be a chicken... or a bacteria... or a plant... or a worm. Well, a worm under the ground, below scratch depth, anyway! :-)
Its possible. We normally discourage people from coming just to visit us since its a lot of gas for one stop. But if you know you are coming to this area by all means you should reach out.
So my question is, what about produce molding before the chickens get to eat? I understood if it was moldy they should not eat it.I know it's not moldy when you give it to him but by the time it goes through the composting process when they be exposed to mold?
If there are enough options the chickens can pick and choose, they can opt to eat the insects crawling through the older foodstuffs rather than the foodstuffs themselves:)
Hey Sean so I'm sure this video is probably older but at around 7:49 you were talking about asoula ??? Plants that grow in water that you let the chickens eat....can you please tell me how to spell it and where could I get some of this?? because I'd really like to get something that can grow profusely to feed to my goldfish.....I currently have two kiddie pools and one old bathtub that we never got rid of that I just converted to a worm bin but now serves as a fishpond and so I was wondering about growing something like this so I can grow and feed to them.....went to a very popular/reputable fish store called ocean floor here in Phoenix and they said legally they're not allowed to sell duckweed because of its invasiveness 😑....so I'm wondering if you got is something similar??? Thank you for your cool videos and any input / help! 😉🤠 Thank you kindly.... Love from Phoenix AZ 🐣✝️🛐💯🍅🎀🏆🧺🐓🌟🧁🐧🌵
I don't have chickens yet, but I'm learning all I can now in advance. I saw something on another channel I wanted to ask you about. This other person says she makes points on top of her wire ring cages by cutting off the top horizontal line in the wire and leaving the points of the vertical wires. She learned that even on short cages or rings of wire the chickens will not cross the points to get inside the cage or ring. She had sections as short as 2 or 3 feet tall and says the chickens will not go over the wire tips or points to get inside. Is that your experience too? TIA!
Hi, just in case Edible acres doesn't catch your question soon, I thought I'd offer my 2 cents. I have yet to do anything very similar, but in general I would agree with your friend. A hen could fly over a low fence even w that deterent, in a longer flight situation, but to try to hop up & into/dealing w a tighter space, I don't think they'd typically be able to or try to. My own personal experience is mainly just this tho: Our chickens had a very large yard for few yrs & only a 4' high fence & gates. They wouldn't fly over except 2 whose wings we clipped some, until several learned to land on the gate top - a 2x4- & then fly off from there, so I took some wire fencing ( wasn't adjusted to be pokey, but they couldn't land on it & decided not to try flying over that height apparently..only 5' so they could have ). Our large area stayed grassy, tho since then I now prefer the moving to fresh ground/rest the used ground, break parasite cycles, holistically managed pasturing approach. Unless, like Edible Acres here,where the birds stay put & it's the soil/ground that moves ;) .
We started with Black Australorps 5 years ago, and have added misc. chickens over the years. Most/all types have thrived in this system. Been really nice to see that.
What are the dimensions of your weasel proof chicken nursery? Ive got 2 broody hens that will hatch chicks 4 days apart soon and I built 1 nursery to brood the whole time, but now Im trying to have them hatch in the coop and have the brooder wing as the nursery.
Not quite sure, but I'd venture a guess about 6-8' wide, 2'+ tall and about 3' deep. The idea is it could potentially have two separate sets of moms raising a small batch in two areas...
EdibleAcres thats what my plan was, but it looks like mine could be barely too small for 2 moms. Its 6’ wide, 2’ deep, and 2’ tall. I mention it a little bit in my coop tour video, Id love to know what you think.
Really cool...magic coming out of .....just a pile of leaves......thank you for sharing your knowledge. If I lived close to you, I would buy broilers from you rather than industrial raised chickens. You give your birds a great life, and I would venture to respectfully say that they would taste better than anything you could ever... get at Wally World.
We've found the roosters we've harvested have been incredible eating quality, but are definitely not tender! They work all day every day but seem to love it as they do...
One of my favorite things about this channel is the chicken tv aspect. As a kid I would spend literally hours every day hanging out with my chickens and I'm still totally content to do the same at 29 years old. But I've moved away from home and my mom has the flock now so this channel is such a heartwarming comfort 😊💓 I love love love it
That's sounds so cool that you were just content like that.... especially being younger!!
That quite solitude of living in rural Olympia WA ....plus the loneliness coupled with the fact that I was 17 just made me want to get into trouble......ahhhh 😑😑😑
I just told my husband "This guy is like the Bob Ross of the homesteading community. " 😊😊😊💗💗💗
I've gotten that feedback more than once :)
The original asmr Bob w his puffy little clouds ⛅
He really is LOL 🤭🤭🤭
omg your voice is so relaxing!!!
What a fantastic system you have put in place. So nice to see the chicks out with momma! Thanks for a great vid:)
Wow, I am so impressed with everything you have going on on that property. Thank you so very much for sharing this knowledge and experience. It really has so much value to me, as a beginner to homesteading and permaculture.
I really dig the grains growing in the ring (to naturally fall and feed the chickens in the fall.)
I could watch your chicken vids all day. So informative and entertaining.
I am so trying the wire raised beds!
Love mama hens with their babies. My mama hen just hatched 3 babies this past week (she hatched two batches last year). She has hatched right in the coop with the big birds all three times and there has been absolutely no problems with the other chickens bothering them. Mama does a really good job at keeping anyone who gets too close away and they are out eating right along with the other birds. So much easier then an incubator which I still do to raise birds for meat. I have 13 in my brooder right now that are several weeks old and I'm debating about putting them right in with the older birds next week so the brooder is ready for my next batch of chicks due to hatch in 2 weeks.
I really love waht you do (with your chickens/chicken coop) so simpls and natural. love your vids. So much respect as life seems so uch easier and simple..
I remember when we got our first chicks, there was one black Australorp. My partner instantly named her "White Butt" and my adult kids were so taken with her (and her name) that they had a beautiful tiny, framed, paper sculpture of her made for me for Christmas. As I predicted, she grew up to be all black. What nobody predicted was that she is now the "hen in charge" in our small flock.
We made a compost sieve out of a few planks of wood and hardware cloth and i will say that it is abundantly more useful for assisting the breakdown process and getting the bigger chunks out of the finishing composts.
Thats great. I'd love to see a video!
Those are just about the most contented hens I've ever seen. :) I love listening to them chatter away.
Love all that you are doing & the baby chicks couldn't be cuter!
Awww, the chicks are SO CUTE! Loved the tour! Thanks!
I understand that a mulberry bush is a great plant for the chicken run.
Man I can picture a nice green salad from those cages.. 😋😋😋😋
Lol those chickens are living the equivalent of Kardashian style in that compost! Battery hens be jealous, wanna watch them on Chicken TV.
what is that napkin like thing on mama hen's back?
I think it's called a saddle? Sometimes the roosters find their favorite chicken and visit her the most rubbing off her back feathers.
I love these. I noticed this video is a few years old do you still use these I don’t know that I’ve seen them in your current videos wish I could figure out how to get clover or grass seed to stick on those columns then the chickens could have that and not scratch it up LOL like a Chia column. Very cool I’m gonna figure something out thank you. What did you call that girl in the pond? Thank you
I am just starting my journey and I have learned a great deal from you on composting with chickens. Thank you!
Very glad to share.
All is well, on the chicken front :) baby chicks ! !! !!
great job, as always! thanks for sharing.
awesome update!
I love seeing thos little chicks scratching around ❤
Lovely video! 🥰
Great video. We want more chicken tv. More baby chicks fighting for worms. Thank you.
My granddad's trick for keeping compost piles evenly watered was to drill holes in a scrap PVC tube & put it vertically down into the center axis of a pile. That allowed the water to reach deep into the pile. Very water-efficient during hot, dry spells. The pipe should only be about 1/2 to 2/3 the height of the pile; the water needs to trickle through the compost rather than go straight to the bottom! Obviously this is easiest to do while constructing the pile, but it's not too difficult to retrofit.
My (untested) upgrade idea is to also run short lengths of rebar crosswise through the lower section of the pipe at various heights, maybe 8 inches apart. The theory being, you can mix/aerate the core of the pile by just by twisting the PVC tube a bit. You could even run a length of rebar through the exposed part of the PVC to use as a handle. (Just make sure to cover the ends of the rebar handle with a tennis ball or something, for safety.) Not as effective as completely turning over the pile, of course, but so much less work!
I like your ideas here, thanks for sharing them! With our system the compost is turned and picked apart every day so I'm not sure the tube would be helpful, but for making a single larger pile it's a great thought and I'll keep it in mind for future piles like that! Thanks!
I was thinking of those compost "columns" in your chicken yard, while they're planted up.
Yet another "home run" video of a wonderful system!
That is a fantastic place to be a chicken... or a bacteria... or a plant... or a worm.
Well, a worm under the ground, below scratch depth, anyway! :-)
Another lovely video. Thank you from 💃💃
I love you thank you for taking care of da babies
I live in Maine but I would love to take a road trip and visit your operation at some point this summer is that something you allow?
Its possible. We normally discourage people from coming just to visit us since its a lot of gas for one stop. But if you know you are coming to this area by all means you should reach out.
Awesome content love your videos
So my question is, what about produce molding before the chickens get to eat? I understood if it was moldy they should not eat it.I know it's not moldy when you give it to him but by the time it goes through the composting process when they be exposed to mold?
If there are enough options the chickens can pick and choose, they can opt to eat the insects crawling through the older foodstuffs rather than the foodstuffs themselves:)
Hey Sean so I'm sure this video is probably older but at around 7:49 you were talking about asoula ???
Plants that grow in water that you let the chickens eat....can you please tell me how to spell it and where could I get some of this?? because I'd really like to get something that can grow profusely to feed to my goldfish.....I currently have two kiddie pools and one old bathtub that we never got rid of that I just converted to a worm bin but now serves as a fishpond and so I was wondering about growing something like this so I can grow and feed to them.....went to a very popular/reputable fish store called ocean floor here in Phoenix and they said legally they're not allowed to sell duckweed because of its invasiveness 😑....so I'm wondering if you got is something similar???
Thank you for your cool videos and any input / help! 😉🤠
Thank you kindly....
Love from Phoenix AZ
🐣✝️🛐💯🍅🎀🏆🧺🐓🌟🧁🐧🌵
I was wondering if with the duck weed pond is it full of mosquito babies
I don't have chickens yet, but I'm learning all I can now in advance. I saw something on another channel I wanted to ask you about. This other person says she makes points on top of her wire ring cages by cutting off the top horizontal line in the wire and leaving the points of the vertical wires. She learned that even on short cages or rings of wire the chickens will not cross the points to get inside the cage or ring. She had sections as short as 2 or 3 feet tall and says the chickens will not go over the wire tips or points to get inside. Is that your experience too? TIA!
Hi, just in case Edible acres doesn't catch your question soon, I thought I'd offer my 2 cents. I have yet to do anything very similar, but in general I would agree with your friend. A hen could fly over a low fence even w that deterent, in a longer flight situation, but to try to hop up & into/dealing w a tighter space, I don't think they'd typically be able to or try to. My own personal experience is mainly just this tho: Our chickens had a very large yard for few yrs & only a 4' high fence & gates. They wouldn't fly over except 2 whose wings we clipped some, until several learned to land on the gate top - a 2x4- & then fly off from there, so I took some wire fencing ( wasn't adjusted to be pokey, but they couldn't land on it & decided not to try flying over that height apparently..only 5' so they could have ). Our large area stayed grassy, tho since then I now prefer the moving to fresh ground/rest the used ground, break parasite cycles, holistically managed pasturing approach. Unless, like Edible Acres here,where the birds stay put & it's the soil/ground that moves ;) .
@@ajb.822 thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. Thank you very much!
Would you be able to reply with the type of chickens...they seem really content and sturdy for the northern climate. Thanks in advance.
We started with Black Australorps 5 years ago, and have added misc. chickens over the years. Most/all types have thrived in this system. Been really nice to see that.
Happy chickens
Love it.
Do you have to keep that compost on the ground watered?
I don't. Whatever rain or not it gets is what it gets. Sometimes dry, sometimes too wet, but it keeps moving forward for the most part.
how is it attached to the hen? We've had similar problems
Is there something on the mother chicken's back?
a cape! We had it for when we had roosters and their backs would be hurt. In this case it was to mark the mother.
What are the dimensions of your weasel proof chicken nursery? Ive got 2 broody hens that will hatch chicks 4 days apart soon and I built 1 nursery to brood the whole time, but now Im trying to have them hatch in the coop and have the brooder wing as the nursery.
Not quite sure, but I'd venture a guess about 6-8' wide, 2'+ tall and about 3' deep. The idea is it could potentially have two separate sets of moms raising a small batch in two areas...
EdibleAcres thats what my plan was, but it looks like mine could be barely too small for 2 moms. Its 6’ wide, 2’ deep, and 2’ tall. I mention it a little bit in my coop tour video, Id love to know what you think.
Great video. Thanks!
That was enjoyable
Do you trim their wings?
Did you do a blackfly larva video? I can't seem to find one. thanks.
I made one before, but the system didn't work super well for us so that project tapered off.
very cool ideas
be well
warmin' up !
Yeah, probably nothing like down by you, but it's been almost 90 the last few days. How hot is it down by you?
muy friend do you feed chickens with amaranto?
What is amaranto?
EdibleAcres amaranth
Really cool...magic coming out of .....just a pile of leaves......thank you for sharing your knowledge. If I lived close to you, I would buy broilers from you rather than industrial raised chickens. You give your birds a great life, and I would venture to respectfully say that they would taste better than anything you could ever... get at Wally World.
We've found the roosters we've harvested have been incredible eating quality, but are definitely not tender! They work all day every day but seem to love it as they do...
loved it. 'compost-engine' thnx
Wow
What on the mummas back
You should not isolate them without shelter, they are 100% on a silver platter for hawks.
Leather back hen
What kind of chicken is the mum? She looks like she has material on her back!
MASHALLAH ("what ALLAH wanted has happened"). Your chickens will be lying highly nutritional eggs.
Thanks!
Awesome video, just wish you didn't blaspheme the crap out of the Lord's name at the end