I am glad someone has shown the right way to raise Chickens/Hens/Rooster's. Truly a beautiful sight. So clean, and happy. They all seem to be having no stress.
I know this is from 3 years ago but, YESSS! I find this video COMPLETELY THERAPEUTIC! I think Mr. Dunn could make some passive income recording specifically for a form of therapy. 😁 I would buy it! It would help me to be more motivated to clean house if I could pretend I live on a farm like that one!! The farm we are on (FIL) is more Green Acre’ish.😂
If you live in the country.. there are few things more relaxing than rearing chickens and watching them go about their day in a natural environment. I'm glad everyone is enjoying this so much! Keep chickens, your life will be much improved :)
Frederick, I am amazed to see so many roosters together and not a single fight. Beautiful videos and chickens and was a pleasure to sit here and watch them all!
I really like the fact the England has the Poultry Fowl Trust and the government works to preserve poultry breeds. I do hope that you get the size flock you want and continue to enjoy your Brahmas (really hearty breed). Thanks for posting!
It's interesting that you mention their appearance and I'm not surprised you think them primitive. There was actually lots of discussion as to weather they should be included in the Standard Of Perfection as a chicken, as they have many pheasant like traits. You can spot them and know what they are at a great distance. Very popular at poultry shows.
They all look so happy and healthy! :D We raise chickens ourselves, so its nice to see other chicken people out there. People don't realize how sweet and loving they really are.
I have 6 chickens and they are all so friendly and I love them SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SO much. This video reminds me of them! I like the idea of this video. I've never seen a video like this! I Love it!!
Yes, the eggs are a deep orange. We don't hatch chicks from the eggs while they are free ranging. During winter, they spend much of their time in the coops...that's when I selectively collect breed specific eggs for hatching. Otherwise, they would be a mish mash of nondescript breeds. We start our chicks in March, so by July they are already beginning to lay... thanks for your comment!
This video is grand for those of us who love and crave having chickens but can't (for various reasons). I think it's genius! You gave me a tiny bit of farm sounds. Very relaxing. Thanks for posting. The music is great, as well.
On several occasions, without the Guineas, we would have suffered many losses... they are most valuable at simply alerting us and the chickens that "something" is around that shouldn't be... they have a habit of running towards predators rather than away, this also helps us figure out what's going on...
Thank you so much! True, egg nutrition and rearing practices are strongly connected. I would not give up eggs, though if you have the choice and can afford it, cage free or free range egg purchases will slowly move industry in the right direction. Price generally keeps the battery operations going strong. Free range is the most expensive method and profits are the lowest... but the nutrition is unparallelled.
The number of chickens or other birds varies constantly as we sell them to neighbors and community members from time to time... for example, today we parted with 13 birds so others could have them as backyard pets... We are on 8.5 acres with adjacent farmland and woodland so it seems like much more. We average 75 birds but we are in hatching season, so the number will again rise.
This video of the chickens are great. I live in the town and I have a small back garden and I keep three laying chickens or hens as they are coming a year old. These little hens light Sussex hybrids have laid all winter for me . you don't need much space to keep hens and they are delightful pets and very intelligent and will keep you amused with their antics, you do have to watch your flowerbed but a small piece of net wire will suffice that problem. Great pets for children, and useful, you will always have lovely free range chicken eggs for breakfast. My back green is only 10 meters by 10 meters. Last year I grew enough potatoes to last me all year and I still have enough left to do me to June. My apples are just finished now and kept well all winter. I also had strawberries raspberries plumbs tomatoes herbs rhyburb and still has my lawn and flowerbeds. Shows you what you can grow and keep in a small space. I now have 5 drills of new potatoes for this season, should be ready in July. Can't keep a rooster as I live to close to the town. Hope this inspires someone out there to do the same. Good food homegrown, I gave my neighbours some plumbs and they always make me a pot or two of home made jam, couldn't beat it. Try some of these for yourselves, nothing like fresh picked raspberries and strawberries on a summer evening. different taste to shop bought ones, This stuff is all very easy to grow. So good luck to you. If you buy chickens go to a decent hatchery and they will advise, I bought mine for 10 pounds Stirling each at 5 months of age at peak of lay, and they were injected as well when I got them. Dobbies of Tesco were looking 30 pounds each for similar chickens. Or if you are lucky you may give some battery chickens a new home and a new lease of life, but if you do this you may need to get some expert advice on how to bring them back again to good health as you would not want vets bills, these can be expensive. Good luck to you, you can let me know how you get on. thank you for reading this.
+Winifred Thompson Wow Winifred, I think you just wrote a complete article about making the best of your own green space! I'm sure many will enjoy reading what you've shared here. I am so happy that you are yielding so much produce from a very small plot! So impressed... I hope all continues to go well for you! Thanks for sharing...
@@brandonburrell8517 Dear Bran don, With the times as they are at present, we will all need to grow our own food, just ordinary good food that will store and keep . I have just noticed the prices of goods going up in price. When you buy seed potatoes, buy from a good merchant , potatoes bought in the supermarkets may bud but most will not grow as they have been sprayed. Buy a medium potato, not an early, the later potato you will get a much bigger crop, Pentland Dell's, blues, pinks, Morris piper are also a good variety. Plant an apple tree an eating variety and a cooking variety, plant them in the flower bed. These two varieties will polination each other, you will have beautiful sented flowers in the spring, and Georgeous fruit in the autumn, what more could you want . This season has been good here in Northern Ireland for the apples, just picked two big boxes of Bramley cooking apples last week, and they are free of spray , approx 60 to 70 lbs. Will keep all winter, lovely potato apple bread on a winters night, try it yourself, buy good well grown dwarf trees, and plant them, a bit of manueur around them, and hope for the best. Best of luck to you, I, don't know where you are from so you know your own weather conditions. Love everybody, God bless, Winifred Thompson, Lisburn, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland.
@@winifredthompson2470 I'm from Fort Worth Texas. I appreciate your information about crops to grow. Thanks for your generosity and knowledge. God bless you.
I think it's interesting how everyone has their immediate favorites... thanks Des... always a pleasure. The Sumatra has a very distinctive profile and carriage... not like any other chicken breed.
I'm glad you asked that question! When it comes to selective breeding, I set apart a rooster and two hens that show great characteristics... I don't collect the eggs for incubation until after a week of controlled exposure. The rest of the time, we are simply not hatching, so it isn't a problem. For some breeds, I just get the eggs from their coop and that has been fine for flock expansion and sales.
That depends on your local climate and age of the birds you're starting with... I often start chicks in March so they develop through spring and are laying by the end of July as they have more time outside. But nothing wrong with starting birds in a well constructed coop anytime of year as long as they are properly provided for.
To keep the stress level down with your hens... notice all my hens have their back feathers still in tact... in good spirits, I recommend a ratio of 10-15 hens per rooster. This keeps reasonable fertility and saves the hens from being tread upon by too many roosters. Thank you for your comment!
+Sunny Hilltop Thanks! :) and yes, the Sumatras are in a class by themselves... over the decades, there have been plenty of judges that didn't even want them in the Standard... very distinctive.
This is so relaxing to watch and hear. You have a beautiful variety. I'm surprised that the roosters don't fight with each other, It was very nice to have description for different breeds.
Great video. I love your Barred Rocks. I can't wait to get out of this apartment and start keeping chickens again here in NC. I just need to finish school first. I love watching free range chickens. I could do it for hours.
Thanks, I'm so glad that you were able to take the time and that it paid off for you in the end ("> Relaxing us is what free ranging poultry do best! Just something about watching them do whatever they wish to do.... day after day
It's best to wait until they are six weeks old, or at least fully feathered. They should also have a protective area that only the chicks can retreat into if the larger birds pick on them. I's also important to offer chick food in an area that only the younger birds can get to... I hope this helps and am glad you enjoyed the video (">
Thank you so much for that comment Ariane! We are indeed very proud of our birds and also thankful that the predators in our part of the country have not proven to be a problem. Each area is different and everyone has to consider the potential problems... I've had Polish Chickens in the past and they can't see anything coming their way and are in my opinion, not a good choice for free ranging... we do have Top Hats... they just didn't make an appearance in this video...
Thank you so much... glad you liked it.. we actually published a DVD titled Regarding Chickens... a three hour guide to hatching, rearing and free ranging... you may enjoy that also.. most libraries have it!
I have 16 hens right now,they are insde the coop for just a while longer as it is winter here ,I let them run around as the please ..they keep the ticks at non exisistant right around the farm here!They love to have me go outside they all come running and follow us our dogs and cat all over the place ..love them and love this video!Thank you!
For first timers, it really depends on what you want them for... Two very hearty breeds that I recommend for those starting off would be the Rhode Island Red or the Barred Plymouth Rock. For PETS, Cochins, Silkies or Orpingtons are all very happy to be handled and are not nervous. There are of course, hundreds of breeds and types within those breeds...
This video is amongst my all time fave. I've wanted to have chicken again, grew up with them, and I'm getting closer to being able to. This vid makes me feel so relaxed and happy. THANK YOU!
For guys like me who grew up surrounded by a rooster and hens, this is relaxing; also a goal. I visualize myself ten, fifteen years into the future living in the countryside... In Cuba.
To answer Gautam Mohan's question "how to prevent cross breeding"... in free range, you don't control mating, but you DO control breeding... selecting the most promising birds and setting them apart for breeding in separate pens or portable coops long enough to breed true, then gather those fertile eggs for incubation or place them under broody hens. All other eggs are not hatched, so you don't have a problem with a bunch of hybrids. Breed only from mature birds that have good vigor and excellent breed traits. Thanks for the question!
Please see my main website regarding predator protection... everything from where coops are placed, to secure buildings, to having African Guinea Fowl as a first alert system, to crows chasing off hawks, to guardian dogs that get along with chickens, but not fox or other predators.. it's a combination of vigilant flock care and knowing the predators in your specific area...
I left your video on. I grew up on a farm so I guess I tuned out the chickens, but I found my six yr. old daughter staring at the computer. She wants chickens.
Holy cow, this is so relaxing watching those happy birds roaming over the fresh grass... nice multi-cultural flock you have there :-)) Excellent job Fred, hope all poultry farmers will be like like you some day.
Thank you! It's great to see so many positive posts from fellow chicken keepers! Sounds like you have a very nice mix of interesting breeds. I wish you well with them all... (">
Exactly how we raise fowls in Jamaica, and they're absolutely delicious especially when jerked or curried. The omelets amazing. Good work. Natural food is the best food.
@DaddyMedic Thank you for that comment! They are definitely healthy and thriving... this part of the country seems to be perfect for free ranging poultry. Dairy farms are found in every direction and their production is also excellent. I wish you well....
I would never ever contain guineas. They cover a huge amount of foraging range during the day. I've seen my own flock a mile from my yard, and when they saw me drive by, they flew over the valley and were in my yard as I pulled in. They are amazing flyers even though they prefer to run everywhere. Remarkable birds.
We have two alert chicken sitting dogs.... and at night they are all locked up securely in their buildings... also the guineas give alarm calls when they see "anything" odd around the place... we've been very fortunate in that area...
wow you have beautiful chickens and this is a great way to keep them happy its a lot better then those farms that keep the poor chickens crowded in a small cage, also I didn't know that roosters could be kept together without killing each other, this is a very nice video thanks for sharing.
That is a d'Uccle hen... Mille Fleur coloration... the rooster of that breed is on the cover of my DVD Regarding Chickens... glad you like her and picked her out!
Thank you so much... I wish everyone had a place to rear chickens... they improve all our lives in so many ways.
it is so peaceful to listen to the rooster crows..it brings back my childhood in vietnam
I am glad someone has shown the right way to raise Chickens/Hens/Rooster's. Truly a beautiful sight. So clean, and happy. They all seem to be having no stress.
And we're still going strong today! :) I can't imagine our land without free ranging chickens :)
It's amazing how all these different types of chickens all get along so well with each other!
Anyone else find it calming watching chickens go about their day getting up to their comical little shenanigans. 😊🐔🐓
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I know this is from 3 years ago but, YESSS! I find this video COMPLETELY THERAPEUTIC! I think Mr. Dunn could make some passive income recording specifically for a form of therapy. 😁 I would buy it!
It would help me to be more motivated to clean house if I could pretend I live on a farm like that one!! The farm we are on (FIL) is more Green Acre’ish.😂
It's a great way to start a day.... glad you enjoy them...
Thank you Ross... they do get along just fine... disagreements are few and end without injury. So glad you enjoyed the view :)
well, I hope she lives a long and healthy life!
I put this up for people just like YOU MissBurr! Thanks for posting...
If you live in the country.. there are few things more relaxing than rearing chickens and watching them go about their day in a natural environment. I'm glad everyone is enjoying this so much! Keep chickens, your life will be much improved :)
Thanks for posting... yep, free range nutrition is hard to beat when it comes to the nutritional value in the eggs...
great example of how chickens should be raised, very pleasing to see.
Frederick, I am amazed to see so many roosters together and not a single fight.
Beautiful videos and chickens and was a pleasure to sit here and watch them all!
The key to that is plenty of space, and enough hens to go around so that competition isn't intense.
Thanks for this one. My Kids really like watching these chickens. So peaceful.
That's one of the best (if not the best) free range poultry video I have seen. What a fantastic collection...
I really like the fact the England has the Poultry Fowl Trust and the government works to preserve poultry breeds. I do hope that you get the size flock you want and continue to enjoy your Brahmas (really hearty breed). Thanks for posting!
These birds look so happy and free, its great what you are doing!
It reminds me of my Grandma's backyard; chikens, turkeys running around free. Good video. Thanks for sharing
It's interesting that you mention their appearance and I'm not surprised you think them primitive. There was actually lots of discussion as to weather they should be included in the Standard Of Perfection as a chicken, as they have many pheasant like traits. You can spot them and know what they are at a great distance. Very popular at poultry shows.
This takes me back to my childhood & early teenagehood when I used to live in rural towns :(
its so great to see such happy chickens! i miss the sounds they make.
I let one of my baby Chicks listen to the audio from this video, She jumped out of my hands and started running around in circles excitedly, so cute
You are very welcome, I'm so glad you enjoyed it...
Thank you so much for responding to my question. Yes! we'll do that.
i love watching this video! this is truly free range. it is sonice to see happy,healthy birds!
the thing i like best is they all seem to get along fine together.
By far,one of the best videos uploaded...Bravo!
Lovely happy and healthy chickens! A pleasure to see...
This takes me back to my childhood & early teenagehood when I used to live in rural towns and would spend hours playing with chickens :)
I see this as a mutualistic relationship. The chickens get easy food and a low stress environment, and the farmer gets eggs. A win-win.
Thank YOU! so glad you enjoyed the video...
Beautiful diverse collection of perfectly healthy birds grown in absolutely perfect conditions.
They all look so happy and healthy! :D We raise chickens ourselves, so its nice to see other chicken people out there. People don't realize how sweet and loving they really are.
So many beautiful chickens wow!!
I love chickens, I could watch mine for hours.
Watching them for hours is one of the greatest reasons to own them (">
I have 6 chickens and they are all so friendly and I love them SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SO much. This video reminds me of them! I like the idea of this video. I've never seen a video like this! I Love it!!
Thank you French Coco... sounds like your birds have a wonderful home with you :)
Yes, the eggs are a deep orange. We don't hatch chicks from the eggs while they are free ranging. During winter, they spend much of their time in the coops...that's when I selectively collect breed specific eggs for hatching. Otherwise, they would be a mish mash of nondescript breeds. We start our chicks in March, so by July they are already beginning to lay... thanks for your comment!
This video is grand for those of us who love and crave having chickens but can't (for various reasons). I think it's genius! You gave me a tiny bit of farm sounds. Very relaxing. Thanks for posting. The music is great, as well.
That sounds fantastic Diane... it seems you live in a wonderful place and are appreciating it all. Thank you for such a nice comment!
On several occasions, without the Guineas, we would have suffered many losses... they are most valuable at simply alerting us and the chickens that "something" is around that shouldn't be... they have a habit of running towards predators rather than away, this also helps us figure out what's going on...
Frederick Dunn good to know. Thanks
Thank you so much! True, egg nutrition and rearing practices are strongly connected. I would not give up eggs, though if you have the choice and can afford it, cage free or free range egg purchases will slowly move industry in the right direction. Price generally keeps the battery operations going strong. Free range is the most expensive method and profits are the lowest... but the nutrition is unparallelled.
I agree this video is so relaxing. Chickens are such a delight to watch..
Thank you!
The number of chickens or other birds varies constantly as we sell them to neighbors and community members from time to time... for example, today we parted with 13 birds so others could have them as backyard pets... We are on 8.5 acres with adjacent farmland and woodland so it seems like much more. We average 75 birds but we are in hatching season, so the number will again rise.
This video of the chickens are great. I live in the town and I have a small back garden and I keep three laying chickens or hens as they are coming a year old. These little hens light Sussex hybrids have laid all winter for me . you don't need much space to keep hens and they are delightful pets and very intelligent and will keep you amused with their antics, you do have to watch your flowerbed but a small piece of net wire will suffice that problem. Great pets for children, and useful, you will always have lovely free range chicken eggs for breakfast. My back green is only 10 meters by 10 meters. Last year I grew enough potatoes to last me all year and I still have enough left to do me to June. My apples are just finished now and kept well all winter. I also had strawberries raspberries plumbs tomatoes herbs rhyburb and still has my lawn and flowerbeds. Shows you what you can grow and keep in a small space. I now have 5 drills of new potatoes for this season, should be ready in July. Can't keep a rooster as I live to close to the town. Hope this inspires someone out there to do the same. Good food homegrown, I gave my neighbours some plumbs and they always make me a pot or two of home made jam, couldn't beat it. Try some of these for yourselves, nothing like fresh picked raspberries and strawberries on a summer evening. different taste to shop bought ones, This stuff is all very easy to grow. So good luck to you. If you buy chickens go to a decent hatchery and they will advise, I bought mine for 10 pounds Stirling each at 5 months of age at peak of lay, and they were injected as well when I got them. Dobbies of Tesco were looking 30 pounds each for similar chickens. Or if you are lucky you may give some battery chickens a new home and a new lease of life, but if you do this you may need to get some expert advice on how to bring them back again to good health as you would not want vets bills, these can be expensive. Good luck to you, you can let me know how you get on. thank you for reading this.
+Winifred Thompson Wow Winifred, I think you just wrote a complete article about making the best of your own green space! I'm sure many will enjoy reading what you've shared here. I am so happy that you are yielding so much produce from a very small plot! So impressed... I hope all continues to go well for you! Thanks for sharing...
Thank you for such an encouraging message
@@brandonburrell8517 Dear Bran don, With the times as they are at present, we will all need to grow our own food, just ordinary good food that will store and keep . I have just noticed the prices of goods going up in price. When you buy seed potatoes, buy from a good merchant , potatoes bought in the supermarkets may bud but most will not grow as they have been sprayed. Buy a medium potato, not an early, the later potato you will get a much bigger crop, Pentland Dell's, blues, pinks, Morris piper are also a good variety. Plant an apple tree an eating variety and a cooking variety, plant them in the flower bed. These two varieties will polination each other, you will have beautiful sented flowers in the spring, and Georgeous fruit in the autumn, what more could you want . This season has been good here in Northern Ireland for the apples, just picked two big boxes of Bramley cooking apples last week, and they are free of spray , approx 60 to 70 lbs. Will keep all winter, lovely potato apple bread on a winters night, try it yourself, buy good well grown dwarf trees, and plant them, a bit of manueur around them, and hope for the best. Best of luck to you, I, don't know where you are from so you know your own weather conditions. Love everybody, God bless, Winifred Thompson, Lisburn, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland.
@@winifredthompson2470 I'm from Fort Worth Texas. I appreciate your information about crops to grow. Thanks for your generosity and knowledge. God bless you.
I think it's interesting how everyone has their immediate favorites... thanks Des... always a pleasure. The Sumatra has a very distinctive profile and carriage... not like any other chicken breed.
I'm glad you asked that question!
When it comes to selective breeding, I set apart a rooster and two hens that show great characteristics... I don't collect the eggs for incubation until after a week of controlled exposure. The rest of the time, we are simply not hatching, so it isn't a problem. For some breeds, I just get the eggs from their coop and that has been fine for flock expansion and sales.
That depends on your local climate and age of the birds you're starting with... I often start chicks in March so they develop through spring and are laying by the end of July as they have more time outside. But nothing wrong with starting birds in a well constructed coop anytime of year as long as they are properly provided for.
To keep the stress level down with your hens... notice all my hens have their back feathers still in tact... in good spirits, I recommend a ratio of 10-15 hens per rooster. This keeps reasonable fertility and saves the hens from being tread upon by too many roosters. Thank you for your comment!
Great video , I keep a small flock of hybrid chickens out in the back of my home . There are so interesting to watch
And, watching chickens roaming around is good for your overall health and well being :)
I love the Sumatras. I've grown really fond of the fibro melanistic breeds. They're so beautiful. Your birds look very happy and healthy.
+Sunny Hilltop Thanks! :) and yes, the Sumatras are in a class by themselves... over the decades, there have been plenty of judges that didn't even want them in the Standard... very distinctive.
This is so relaxing to watch and hear. You have a beautiful variety.
I'm surprised that the roosters don't fight with each other, It was very nice to have description for different breeds.
You are the first person to ever ask me about that breed... and I'm sorry to say that I actually don't have any experience with them (">
Ahhhh, peaceful. Nice music selection.
thank you so much for saying so!
Great video. I love your Barred Rocks. I can't wait to get out of this apartment and start keeping chickens again here in NC. I just need to finish school first. I love watching free range chickens. I could do it for hours.
Thanks, I'm so glad that you were able to take the time and that it paid off for you in the end (">
Relaxing us is what free ranging poultry do best!
Just something about watching them do whatever they wish to do.... day after day
It's best to wait until they are six weeks old, or at least fully feathered. They should also have a protective area that only the chicks can retreat into if the larger birds pick on them. I's also important to offer chick food in an area that only the younger birds can get to... I hope this helps and am glad you enjoyed the video (">
Thank you so much for that comment Ariane! We are indeed very proud of our birds and also thankful that the predators in our part of the country have not proven to be a problem. Each area is different and everyone has to consider the potential problems... I've had Polish Chickens in the past and they can't see anything coming their way and are in my opinion, not a good choice for free ranging... we do have Top Hats... they just didn't make an appearance in this video...
Your Yorkie has a great sense of good entertainment!
Thank you so much... glad you liked it.. we actually published a DVD titled Regarding Chickens... a three hour guide to hatching, rearing and free ranging... you may enjoy that also.. most libraries have it!
I have 16 hens right now,they are insde the coop for just a while longer as it is winter here ,I let them run around as the please ..they keep the ticks at non exisistant right around the farm here!They love to have me go outside they all come running and follow us our dogs and cat all over the place ..love them and love this video!Thank you!
For first timers, it really depends on what you want them for...
Two very hearty breeds that I recommend for those starting off would be the Rhode Island Red or the Barred Plymouth Rock.
For PETS, Cochins, Silkies or Orpingtons are all very happy to be handled and are not nervous.
There are of course, hundreds of breeds and types within those breeds...
This video is amongst my all time fave. I've wanted to have chicken again, grew up with them, and I'm getting closer to being able to. This vid makes me feel so relaxed and happy. THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for that comment! Glad you enjoyed it...
My goodness Fred,I just loved watching the video!:-D.Thank you for sharing it.
Hi Jessie, I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! Thank you for posting :)
For guys like me who grew up surrounded by a rooster and hens, this is relaxing; also a goal. I visualize myself ten, fifteen years into the future living in the countryside... In Cuba.
Pablo Aguila Thank you Pablo! I hope your dreams are one day a reality!
You are most welcome and I thank you for your comment! I'm so glad your children enjoyed it (">
To answer Gautam Mohan's question "how to prevent cross breeding"... in free range, you don't control mating, but you DO control breeding... selecting the most promising birds and setting them apart for breeding in separate pens or portable coops long enough to breed true, then gather those fertile eggs for incubation or place them under broody hens. All other eggs are not hatched, so you don't have a problem with a bunch of hybrids. Breed only from mature birds that have good vigor and excellent breed traits. Thanks for the question!
+Frederick Dunn
Very good answer.
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Yeah, cool idea :)
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Please see my main website regarding predator protection... everything from where coops are placed, to secure buildings, to having African Guinea Fowl as a first alert system, to crows chasing off hawks, to guardian dogs that get along with chickens, but not fox or other predators.. it's a combination of vigilant flock care and knowing the predators in your specific area...
I left your video on. I grew up on a farm so I guess I tuned out the chickens, but I found my six yr. old daughter staring at the computer. She wants chickens.
Thanks for saying so.... they certainly are!
my son, now 16 months, still likes this video. bok bok bok bok!
You take good care of them and it is obvious! Congratulations! Setting a good example for commercial chicken farms!
Holy cow, this is so relaxing watching those happy birds roaming over the fresh grass... nice multi-cultural flock you have there :-)) Excellent job Fred, hope all poultry farmers will be like like you some day.
Thank you! It's great to see so many positive posts from fellow chicken keepers!
Sounds like you have a very nice mix of interesting breeds. I wish you well with them all... (">
great flock i have a tiny flock of my own and enjoy watching them .........chickens are awesome
Exactly how we raise fowls in Jamaica, and they're absolutely delicious especially when jerked or curried. The omelets amazing. Good work. Natural food is the best food.
This my friends is what you called free range chicken.No signs of fence that I can see.And those are some of the biggest guinea fowl I've ever seen
That's cool; I've never watched a video about actually raising free-range chickens. You have some beautiful birds!
Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
@DaddyMedic Thank you for that comment! They are definitely healthy and thriving... this part of the country seems to be perfect for free ranging poultry. Dairy farms are found in every direction and their production is also excellent. I wish you well....
It's my dream to one day have chickens roaming free on my property. Excellent vid.
Chickens,one of my favorite birds,thank you.they're beautiful.
You're very welcome Teresa and thank you for taking the time to comment :)
Thank you Lord for all the chickens I have enjoyed watching and all the chicken parts and eggs I have enjoyed eating in the course of my life!
such a pleasure to watch these beauty !!! makes me very happy :) . Thank you so much !
They look very happy, doing a great job!
Free ranging is a great way to raise guinea fowl. I can't imagine keeping them locked up all the time. Great Video! 5*'s
I would never ever contain guineas. They cover a huge amount of foraging range during the day. I've seen my own flock a mile from my yard, and when they saw me drive by, they flew over the valley and were in my yard as I pulled in. They are amazing flyers even though they prefer to run everywhere. Remarkable birds.
@vintagegirl68 thank you so much for that comment, I really appreciate it ! Have a great day Vintagegirl...
Thanks... glad you think so :)
Great video! Thanks for sharing! I find that watching chickens "doing their thing" so funny and relaxing at the same time.
Thank you Rich.. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! They do provide a very tranquil distraction...
Thanks for treating your birds so well, they are very beautiful. Really enjoy the video. Phoenix rooster is so pretty,
We have two alert chicken sitting dogs.... and at night they are all locked up securely in their buildings... also the guineas give alarm calls when they see "anything" odd around the place... we've been very fortunate in that area...
No one EVER claimed that this represented "Industry".... These are backyard free range chickens, no more, no less... where is the "delusion"?
Thank you for that comment.. you are so very welcome!
wow you have beautiful chickens and this is a great way to keep them happy its a lot better then those farms that keep the poor chickens crowded in a small cage, also I didn't know that roosters could be kept together without killing each other, this is a very nice video thanks for sharing.
@lifearoundhome Simply wonderful of YOU to say so ("> Thanks!!!
Absolutely beautiful birds! I'm astonished!
Thanks Samuel... some of my other videos are environmental audio only... I'm glad you enjoyed it!
How lovely to see those running around
That is a d'Uccle hen... Mille Fleur coloration... the rooster of that breed is on the cover of my DVD Regarding Chickens... glad you like her and picked her out!