I'm senior. At least 9,600 miles off in South Africa. And enjoyed every minute. The brooder. Contingency measures. Processing cycle. And you had good. Healthy. Antibiotics-free, I hope, food. I am so proud of you! God bless!
As someone who grew up on a dairy farm, thank you for giving a shout out to farmers. I always cringe whenever I hear somebody complaining about the cost of food. If everyone had the same experience that you just went through of raising/growing their own food, even if it was just one time, I think there would be so much more understanding and respect for how much it takes to put food on everyone’s plates.
Thank you so much! This was entirely outside of our expertise when we decided to give it a try, but we continue to educate ourselves and develop more and more passion for this method of farming. We're excited to share it with as many people as we can!
8 weeks huh? The wife and I saw the video and loved it! We're seriously thinking of doing the same with about a dozen birds. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great job! I hope videos like this help the average person living in the suburbs with maybe 1/2 an acre or more to see that they could do something similar with maybe 25 birds at a time.
Very impressed with your first video! Great work! I did my first round of 50 freedom rangers this year. Still working on my video. I'm reading Polyface Micro right now and I got to say the broilers chapter had some really good information. I made the mistake of cooking my chicken the same day I butchered them, and it was really tough. But he had talked highly of the Cornish cross so I think I'm going to try that next year. Good luck on your channel and your farming adventures. I just subscribed.
At some point in the process you get comfortable enough and start calling them "Ladies" - Every - Time. It's like ratcheting something into the back of your truck, you NEED to slap it and say "That ain't goin anywhere"
Thank you! We love it here, and we're grateful for the opportunity to move here with my military job right now. But we think VA will have a better climate for the farming we'd like to do.
Hi there, good job, I admire your effort. We raise chickens too and I always look for ways to improve the conditions for our animals. I've been dreaming of pastured poultry for some time now, the only thing that is still hindering me from realizing it is foxes. I have seen a bunch of the pasture boxes similar to yours and I just can't fathom, that the foxes don't get amongst the chickens from under the box, I mean they can dig very well! Are you honestly saying that not one fox or raccoon or other pest visited your boxes? I just can't believe it. Foxes roam the forests around us and everyone that has layer hens in our village gets one or more visit a year, even if the hens are in a coop all night, the foxes are just unbeatable. Anyway, good luck to you and a small tip - 8 weeks to raise chickens is a bare minimum. try at least 3 months, possibly more. The structure of the meat is then completely different - more mature, and the meat tastes even better. Maybe try just one and compare it to an 8week one and you will see the difference. Best of luck!
Hello! If there are long periods of rain, for example 4-5 days, and the pasture is soaked, how do we keep the chickens from getting wet and sick while in the chicken tractor? If we don't have a dry shed built nearby, is there a solution related to the construction of the chicken tractor?
Technically 2x1.5, but yes. I purchased 2x12"s from Home Depot and used a table saw to rip them into 2" strips for the frame. Little sturdier than 1x1"s and weigh much less than 2x4"s
Thank you so much for the positive feedback! We're very new to this, but the community has been great to us and we really appreciate you giving us a follow. We'll post more videos in the future!
Although it's the least fun part, keeping the processing on farm allows you full control over how the animal is killed and how the carcass is prepped. You can definitely outsource this part to a local USDA processor, but we find that the practices of USDA processors ruin your hard work in the end. They don't care about your animal like you do. Get in touch with another local farmer that could maybe help you with the processing part! We had several people lend a hand during our processing day and they were a huge help. They made everything 1000% more manageable and reduced a lot of anxiety about killing the birds.
Of course! All in, starting from scratch, we spent about $1,200. That includes building the shelter ($550), brooder supplies ($100), and batch expenses like chicks, feed, pine shavings, shrink bags, and labels ($500). We also spent $100 to rent the processing equipment for the day from a local farm. If we were to do another batch and reuse our equipment, it would only cost about $600. And if we sourced feed locally in bulk, it would probably save us a lot of moneg.
@@breakaway.pastures Great video! Although I believe that the most important thing in the long run is that you know beyond a shadow of a doubt what those chickens ate and how they were treated during their short life. The fact that they will taste better than any chicken from the grocery store is icing on the cake! Good luck w/ future endeavors!
We didn't, no. They seemed very happy huddling together and stretching out of the grass however, so I'm not sure a place to roost was necessary. I don't seem to hear very often of a place to roost being added to Salatin or Suscovich style shelters, and I think that's mainly because these aren't layers, and broilers never get old enough for that instinct to develop. But I'm always open to me educated further!
I am really inspired by your work and looking forward in doing my own soon. Please let me know your socials . That why I can keep up with you guys . Thanks
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I'm senior. At least 9,600 miles off in South Africa.
And enjoyed every minute. The brooder. Contingency measures. Processing cycle. And you had good. Healthy. Antibiotics-free, I hope, food.
I am so proud of you!
God bless!
As someone who grew up on a dairy farm, thank you for giving a shout out to farmers. I always cringe whenever I hear somebody complaining about the cost of food. If everyone had the same experience that you just went through of raising/growing their own food, even if it was just one time, I think there would be so much more understanding and respect for how much it takes to put food on everyone’s plates.
Extremely heartening to see young people trying this for the first time and seeing it through.
Well done.
Thank you so much! This was entirely outside of our expertise when we decided to give it a try, but we continue to educate ourselves and develop more and more passion for this method of farming. We're excited to share it with as many people as we can!
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Recently was thinking of going through this journey myself and this was incredibly insightful
8 weeks huh? The wife and I saw the video and loved it! We're seriously thinking of doing the same with about a dozen birds. Thanks for the inspiration.
Great job! I hope videos like this help the average person living in the suburbs with maybe 1/2 an acre or more to see that they could do something similar with maybe 25 birds at a time.
Thank you! We hope so to. It was definitely worth it!
I need to get out of the damn sub-division with stupid rules, before i can enjoy all this
Well done video to summarize the whole lifespan of the chickens and your tasks as farmer. thanks !
Thank you! 😊
Thanks for the brevity. People usually ramble.
I appreciate that, thank you!
Av been thinking about this for a while. Thank you I can now follow your idea. 🙏
So well done!! I’m excited to see where this journey takes you in the future, and I hope to see some more videos along the way! 💛
Thank you, I appreciate it 😊
Great video! I really enjoyed how you put everything together and I hope you keep making videos, I look forward to watching them.
Thanks so much!
As it should be done, we’ll done. 👏
Thank you!
Very impressed with your first video! Great work! I did my first round of 50 freedom rangers this year. Still working on my video. I'm reading Polyface Micro right now and I got to say the broilers chapter had some really good information. I made the mistake of cooking my chicken the same day I butchered them, and it was really tough. But he had talked highly of the Cornish cross so I think I'm going to try that next year. Good luck on your channel and your farming adventures. I just subscribed.
Thanks man, I really appreciate it! His books are fantastic, I think I've read all of them but 2 lol.
FYI, there are lights with plastic cages that help to prevent fires
At some point in the process you get comfortable enough and start calling them "Ladies" - Every - Time. It's like ratcheting something into the back of your truck, you NEED to slap it and say "That ain't goin anywhere"
Great Video. Did you supplement with feed and if so, how much feed did you have to buy? Thanks
Each broiler ate approx 11.4lbs of feed over it's 8 weeks of grow-out.
Thanks for sharing
Good job!
I like
Awesome job you guys! I am planning on starting a chicken farm up in Colorado as well :)
Thank you! We love it here, and we're grateful for the opportunity to move here with my military job right now. But we think VA will have a better climate for the farming we'd like to do.
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Well done. Great job. Thanks
Hi there, good job, I admire your effort. We raise chickens too and I always look for ways to improve the conditions for our animals. I've been dreaming of pastured poultry for some time now, the only thing that is still hindering me from realizing it is foxes. I have seen a bunch of the pasture boxes similar to yours and I just can't fathom, that the foxes don't get amongst the chickens from under the box, I mean they can dig very well! Are you honestly saying that not one fox or raccoon or other pest visited your boxes? I just can't believe it. Foxes roam the forests around us and everyone that has layer hens in our village gets one or more visit a year, even if the hens are in a coop all night, the foxes are just unbeatable.
Anyway, good luck to you and a small tip - 8 weeks to raise chickens is a bare minimum. try at least 3 months, possibly more. The structure of the meat is then completely different - more mature, and the meat tastes even better. Maybe try just one and compare it to an 8week one and you will see the difference. Best of luck!
wonderful idea
Thanks for the video
Hello! If there are long periods of rain, for example 4-5 days, and the pasture is soaked, how do we keep the chickens from getting wet and sick while in the chicken tractor? If we don't have a dry shed built nearby, is there a solution related to the construction of the chicken tractor?
Y'all Out East? Or Western slopes? Made me homesick, some of those backdrops!
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I was thinking of using a large kiddie pool for brooder
Are those 2x2s for your chicken tractor? The main beams?
Technically 2x1.5, but yes. I purchased 2x12"s from Home Depot and used a table saw to rip them into 2" strips for the frame. Little sturdier than 1x1"s and weigh much less than 2x4"s
love the video, and thanks for your service! count me as a new subscriber
Thank you so much for the positive feedback! We're very new to this, but the community has been great to us and we really appreciate you giving us a follow. We'll post more videos in the future!
Did you track what your total cost was in feed?
How much feed did you use
I used approx. 11.4lbs of feed per broiler during their 8 week grow-out period.
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Great job 👏
Thank you so much!
Nice work thank you for sharing keep it up ❤
Thank you!
Hey mate! How much that cost you for 8 weeks?
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I'm thinking of doing this. i really don't want to have to do the killing though. Good video.
You can outsource processing, just an added expense
Although it's the least fun part, keeping the processing on farm allows you full control over how the animal is killed and how the carcass is prepped. You can definitely outsource this part to a local USDA processor, but we find that the practices of USDA processors ruin your hard work in the end. They don't care about your animal like you do.
Get in touch with another local farmer that could maybe help you with the processing part! We had several people lend a hand during our processing day and they were a huge help. They made everything 1000% more manageable and reduced a lot of anxiety about killing the birds.
IS THERE TRICKS TO NOT RUN THEM OVER NO MATER HOUSE SLOW YOU GO
Have someone walk behind the tractor as you walk and make noise. After a week or so, they figure it out and know exactly what to do.
awesome
Thank you!
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May I ask how much did all this cost? I'm just curious 🙏🇺🇲🌎
Of course! All in, starting from scratch, we spent about $1,200. That includes building the shelter ($550), brooder supplies ($100), and batch expenses like chicks, feed, pine shavings, shrink bags, and labels ($500). We also spent $100 to rent the processing equipment for the day from a local farm.
If we were to do another batch and reuse our equipment, it would only cost about $600. And if we sourced feed locally in bulk, it would probably save us a lot of moneg.
@@breakaway.pastures Great video! Although I believe that the most important thing in the long run is that you know beyond a shadow of a doubt what those chickens ate and how they were treated during their short life. The fact that they will taste better than any chicken from the grocery store is icing on the cake! Good luck w/ future endeavors!
Could you please post some economics on this project?
Absolutely! I will probably make a seperate video going over the expenses and potential income if they were sold
What was the average weight of the chickens?
Average weight was 5.3lbs
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Did you have a place for them to roost at night?
We didn't, no.
They seemed very happy huddling together and stretching out of the grass however, so I'm not sure a place to roost was necessary. I don't seem to hear very often of a place to roost being added to Salatin or Suscovich style shelters, and I think that's mainly because these aren't layers, and broilers never get old enough for that instinct to develop.
But I'm always open to me educated further!
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I am really inspired by your work and looking forward in doing my own soon.
Please let me know your socials . That why I can keep up with you guys .
Thanks
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Did you use vinyl siding only on the tractor or some metal as well?