I would put a lock on those nesting box lids to keep out unwanted critters. Also, maybe chain-link fence on the bottom of the run to keep things from digging their way in. You guys are off to a great start.
Did you remember to put wire under the grass where they’re going to be running around so that coyotes bobcats whatever doesn’t dig under the chicken coop to get in?
The most affordable way to get chickens is from a hatchery like "Murry McMurry". A box full of 3 day old chicks shows up in the mail. Chickens only lay for about two years so starting from chicks gives you the most eggs over their lifetime.
Chicken’s like to roost up high I think it makes them feel safe good. We also raised meat birds. Six or seven weeks and you have some good food. This is going to be interesting watching you folks. Feed the girls some oyster shells it makes for stronger egg shells. Thanks Guys
Highly suggest the automatic door for the coop. I got one off of Amazon. Works wonderful. Definitely want to bury some hardware cloth or put predator stakes in the ground around the run. Eventually, since in Florida, you’ll have plenty of rain. I would construct a rain collection system to supply the watering system so you don’t have to refill it every couple of days.
Your awkwardness is super cute. For the chickens, you'll probably want to put a barrier such as hardware cloth around the perimeter of the coop & run to keep digging critters out. Edited to add: I would just use straw as the bedding, some people & animals can have a reaction to pine shavings.
I love your chicken coop w/run. We use hemp in our small coop and straw in our run. Hemp absorbs moisture very well and has very little dust. It also breaks down easier than pine shavings. Don't skip the hardware cloth around the base with all those predator on your property.
Hemp mulch is good to spread over the floor and then over the poo every other day or so. The hemp absorbs the smells better etc. once it gets about 4 “ deep transfer it to your compost pile.
Nice coop and run. Make sure there is wire underground so rats and such can't dig under and into the run. We have 1/2 inch hardware cloth on all our sides and windows. We use sand in our coop and have poop shelves under the perches. We just rake the poop and scoop it with a kitty liter scoop and use it for the gardens and compost. We have an extended scoop to pick up poop on the floor. All food and water stays in the run, not the coop to keep added moisture out. We use 17% Kalmbach layer feed and get it from Chewy and they deliver it. We also raise our own meal worms.
The best electric netting is called Pos-Neg by Kencove. I use it to contain hogs, goats and chickens. We do clip our chickens wings. God bless y’all with your returning to the land Gregory
I have had racoons and opossum's dig under the side of our chicken run. I put some chicken wire or hardware cloth along bottom of the outside of the run. This will help prevent animals from digging to get your chickens. I lost over a dozen chickens in a few days.
Im sure this was said already but You should dig down around the whole coupe and put a mesh fencing underground and cover it up so when things try to dig underneath they hit the fence instead! By the way your first video popped up on my home page and that's how found you. Now I can't wait to see the journey!!! So exciting and you guys are amazing !!!
We hang our water by a wire 6 to 8 inches off the ground. Chickens love grass so don’t put anything out side in the run. Calcium is a must to keep the egg shell harder. Solar power the coop for light at night, it helps keep predators away. Wire on the perimeter like chicken wire place it one foot around the coop to prevent predators from digging under the coop. They love left overs from the dining room table.
10:51 You can use painting trays from Home Depot on the nesting boxes so the slope of the tray will send the eggs back to where the paint usually goes. You just need to slant the tray. If you get the reusable ones you can spray they down with water when it comes time to cleaning them 👌🏻
Beautiful coop! Good suggestions here already but I would switch the food. Producers pride has been known to kill egg production. We use the organic orange bag at tractor supply and it’s been great!
You might want what they call an apron that goes around the exterior of the coop so nothing will dig under and kill the chickens. Awesome start to the farm! we named out chickens hennifer Lopez, Lindsey lohen. Roosters help protect the hens too. Make sure the ventilation up top has small holes so snaked can't get in.
Use a solar hotwire if you want to give them some free ranging time replace chicken wire with garden cloth its harder for a predator to break i miss my chickens i loved having them
One of the nicest chicken coops I’ve seen!! Congratulations!🐔🐣🐥 Your chix eating bugs, worms, etc. make your egg yolks deep golden and “Delicious”. Would be nice if you were able to rotate your coop in pasture giving them plenty of 🦗🪲🪱 And please supplement with only non GMO feed. Love your videos and all the best to you
I would elevate the waterer a little to keep it out of the wood chips. You will have to big an awfully big outdoor run to keep them on pasture but at least they can get sunlight. I like the wood chips. Mites and other insects often come in straw bedding. I believe that non GMO feed is best if you can find it or organic.
Just a heads up to keep in mind when putting up the fence around the coop..... Gators can climb fences here in Florida!! So you might want to a board to the top of the fence so it can't do over it!
I just bought nearly 3 acres of land here in Connecticut to start raising chickens, and I'm excited about this new adventure! This video is super helpful for learning the ropes. Thanks for sharing!
They are not pastured raised if they are in the coop 100 percent of the time. if you let them out. They will be gator, bobcat, racoon food. Curious what your plan is??
You need to lock down those doors for the laying bins or the raccoons will lift them up at night and steal your eggs. They are very smart and creative for getting into hen houses. Possums will borrow under the wall edge and steal your eggs. Crows, ravens and hawks will also try to break in to get the eggs. Not sure if alligators will know the smell of chickens, but if they catch a whiff, you may come one day and find an alligator near your pen. You may want to talk to any neighbors who have chicken coops and ask some questions. Well cared for chickens will produce a lot more eggs than those ignored and not cared for. They're not a leave them alone and forget them type of stock - they easily case sickness and disease so you have to have certain medications on site to care for them. Best of luck. Can't wait for more videos. I grew up on a farm in Missouri in the mid-70s and had every farm animal to include buffalo on the ranch - grew a bunch of different food and vegetables. Life on a ranch/farm is a lot of work but I loved it. Joined the Marine Corps later, retired and now I just build Star Wars Droids for fun.
You can buy an automatic door for the chicken coup that you can set it when it opens and closes. It will save your chickens as they will learn to be in at dark. I have also seen some that you can use solar power to run.
16% layer feed is what you should feed them. Access to plenty of fresh greens such as grass and clover increases their intake of riboflavin which helps improve fertility. Good luck!!!
something we've done is water glassing eggs, (alot of videos on this), when we started getting many eggs, water glassing you can have eggs all year, or find a store that will buy fresh eggs, only if you get to many eggs.
Love the trail cam footage! Quite a challenge you two have taken on and very admirable! Good luck!! Can't wait to follow along on the journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was a good video and your first day getting chicken eggs that’s not bad pretty good Those predators will dig underneath that chicken coop. Get those chickens. They’re digging the dirt put chicken wire on the bottom of the outside of the chicken coop where the grass is if you want to I watch several different videos that’s what they have on theirs thanks for sharing.❤
What a beautiful chicken coop! I’m originally from Florida and my fear is Gators so I get the hole head on a swivel. I always joke with my kids that I still think gators are under my bed. Anyway you all are an awesome family, bless you and all of yours!
I have seen a lot of homesteaders start getting the BadBoy tractor with a cab. Looks goo to me with over sized tires and AC on it. Just over size it for the engine so you can handle any heavy conditions.
Stunning coop! I would put that coop on a concrete slab or atleast put hardware cloth under the run & all the sides if there isn’t hardware cloth. All your predators and critters will dig under and get in. For the fence, something to keep gators out with a hawk net over. I would also keep the food & water in the run to keep critters out of the coop. Gravity feeders will be so helpful. You can hang the waterers up with plant hangers too! So excited I just found your channel!
Somehow, the UA-cam algorithm delivered you to me tonight. You guys are going to have a lot of fun and a lot of memories. I've been there and done that. I cleared the timber off the land in SC and built the house, horse barn, and arena while living in our horse trailer. I can't give you much advice on chickens, but I can tell you quite a bit about horses. And if you have wild hogs around, build a big barbeque pit; I think you mentioned the burrows for the turtles in your first video and depressions from the previous cattle. I've never seen cattle do that, but hogs will tear up some pasture, and they are delicious! Take care and keep having fun.
Raise your chicken water bucket up higher, maybe 5”’or so up off the ground. If not, the water spout will get dirty or fill up with wood shavings real quick when the chickens kick the wood shavings around. Find some wood blocks (again, about 5” or so high) and set the water bucket on top of the wood blocks 👍. Next thing I’d be concern about is living in that area, Everglades, plenty of snakes. Having chickens will attract snakes. So you might lose some eggs because snakes eat chicken eggs, as well as chickens themselves. Also BE CAREFUL when reaching your hands into the nest boxes collecting eggs. Might be a snake coiled in there underneath all the straw. As well as be careful in the storage room (where you keep extra feed/straw/wood shavings) because snakes like to hide in those areas as well. Maybe for snake deterrent, get some Guinea fowls. Heard they’re pretty aggressive and can/will kill snakes, again, from what I’ve heard 🤷♂️. Beautiful “Chicken Taj Mahal” 👍💯👌 !!!
Hi I am Rajesh from India. With my knowledge I suggest you to use 12 feet wiring fence by putting 4 feet into earth with cement poles through out the chicken shed farm so that no predators will come inside and use fish net on top no birds will come inside so u can save ur girls. Also u can built solar current by using solar panels so n8 time it will currently shocked try to enter into ur farm. I hope my idea will helps u . Love from India.
Before too long your gonna think your c coop was mounted on articulating wheels to allow the run ground to expand,nourish, and regenerate. Now, for your perusal, the Kelly Young UA-cam Channel DID an episode on hobby scale backyard chicken husbandry. And, for your specific information: Kelly's commercial vendor retail hen provider, utilizes the (as huge) towable wagon coop concept . The farm and contact names in South Florida are available. The channel episode # escapes my attention here. Perhaps you have what it takes to improvise and not to worry for the slowest chicken can move right along.
You guys have a lovely chicken coop as far as a tractor an important part to consider is location of dealership because eventually you will need parts and it’s always nice when the dealer is close by love you guys keep up the good work
Watch Coghill Farm . Reach out to Jason and Brooke. They are great!! Brooke takes care of the chickens. Mary Carl their daughtee, has birds she raises. So friendly and loves helping anybody learn. He has chickens ,goats ,cows, emuhs, and a few more . Anything you want to know he will be happy to help out❤ He and his family live in Alabama Cant wait to follow your journey 😊❤
i think that you guys are doing a great job with the chickens... as someone else said... you need to add some twistable latches.. dont have to really worry about a lock persay.. but the latch where the lock part twists.. and def need the chainlink fenc on the outside bottom.. you attach it to the run and lay it out like the shape of a capitol L it prevents predators from trying to get the chickens when thye are in the run... it don't have to be chainlink btw.. they sell heavy duty chicken fencing for that purpose
eh don't worry that much about the gators. I would absolutely remove them from being near the coop. fire ants such. I also have a mild allergy. I am good with a couple bites but if I get swarmed I get to feeling pretty bad. Also bing in FL, that interior is going to get hot as hell in the summer. You may need to think about a solar AC
@ you’re welcome. Another avenue, though you’d still need a small solor panel, would be a geo thermal AC. There are DIY options to make it work but oddly you don’t see them often here despite the ground temp keeping a fairly constant temp of 72 degrees year round just 6 inches below the surface. Solar would absolutely be less work, but a little more expensive. Anyways, enjoying the channel so far, keep working toward that goal.
get an electric poultry net to go around the area. I have friends that raise their chickens with guard geese. The geese go after anything that comes around.
already loving the channel. As somebody interested in doing something similar in TX, if you could occasionally discuss approximate costs and finances that would be great information!
FWC biologists had spotted and reported panther tracks in Seminole County north of Orlando back in 2011 just a few days before a panther was found shot to d____h close to the same area in Geneva, Fl. FWC biologists have also reported releasing panthers throughout the state. FWC also has a map on their website showing locations of proven panther sightings as far north as St. Augustine.
Really nice coop and very sympathic family! Not sure if mites are a topic in the US, but here in Germany you read everywhere to not use hay in the coop, because the straws are hollow inside and so it's a great hiding place for mites. Merry xmas and a happy new year!
Look at Kioti Tractors. They are very high quality, and have a lot of easy-to-use features. With your size farm, I would consider something in the 40- 50 horsepower range. There are so many great attachment….pallet forks, buckets, rotary mowers (PTO), post hole augers, and much more.
I would put a lock on those nesting box lids to keep out unwanted critters. Also, maybe chain-link fence on the bottom of the run to keep things from digging their way in. You guys are off to a great start.
You guys are doing fantastic. Beautiful property! Keep up the great work.
Did you remember to put wire under the grass where they’re going to be running around so that coyotes bobcats whatever doesn’t dig under the chicken coop to get in?
The most affordable way to get chickens is from a hatchery like "Murry McMurry". A box full of 3 day old chicks shows up in the mail. Chickens only lay for about two years so starting from chicks gives you the most eggs over their lifetime.
Chicken’s like to roost up high I think it makes them feel safe good. We also raised meat birds. Six or seven weeks and you have some good food. This is going to be interesting watching you folks. Feed the girls some oyster shells it makes for stronger egg shells. Thanks Guys
Highly suggest the automatic door for the coop. I got one off of Amazon. Works wonderful. Definitely want to bury some hardware cloth or put predator stakes in the ground around the run. Eventually, since in Florida, you’ll have plenty of rain. I would construct a rain collection system to supply the watering system so you don’t have to refill it every couple of days.
We'll do that, thank you for the advice!
Your awkwardness is super cute. For the chickens, you'll probably want to put a barrier such as hardware cloth around the perimeter of the coop & run to keep digging critters out.
Edited to add: I would just use straw as the bedding, some people & animals can have a reaction to pine shavings.
I was gonna suggest the same thing.
Or sand!
I would get a tree company to drop off a load of wood chips if I could . That saves a lot of money
I love your chicken coop w/run. We use hemp in our small coop and straw in our run. Hemp absorbs moisture very well and has very little dust. It also breaks down easier than pine shavings. Don't skip the hardware cloth around the base with all those predator on your property.
You should either hang the water dish or put it up on blocks. It will plug to easy on the ground. Love the chicken coop ❤
Bobcats love chickens!!
If you have snakes there they will go through that wire unless you put hardware cloth or rabbit wire cause they can't go through it
Hemp mulch is good to spread over the floor and then over the poo every other day or so. The hemp absorbs the smells better etc. once it gets about 4 “ deep transfer it to your compost pile.
Nice coop and run. Make sure there is wire underground so rats and such can't dig under and into the run. We have 1/2 inch hardware cloth on all our sides and windows. We use sand in our coop and have poop shelves under the perches. We just rake the poop and scoop it with a kitty liter scoop and use it for the gardens and compost. We have an extended scoop to pick up poop on the floor. All food and water stays in the run, not the coop to keep added moisture out. We use 17% Kalmbach layer feed and get it from Chewy and they deliver it. We also raise our own meal worms.
WOW LOTS OF INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL ANIMALES IN CAMARA, BE CAREFUL THERE❤
The best electric netting is called Pos-Neg by Kencove. I use it to contain hogs, goats and chickens. We do clip our chickens wings. God bless y’all with your returning to the land
Gregory
For Florida, those are monster bucks!
That's what we said! Being from PA, they remind us of deer back up north!
I have had racoons and opossum's dig under the side of our chicken run. I put some chicken wire or hardware cloth along bottom of the outside of the run. This will help prevent animals from digging to get your chickens. I lost over a dozen chickens in a few days.
Im sure this was said already but You should dig down around the whole coupe and put a mesh fencing underground and cover it up so when things try to dig underneath they hit the fence instead! By the way your first video popped up on my home page and that's how found you. Now I can't wait to see the journey!!! So exciting and you guys are amazing !!!
excellent video , thx for sharing
Need to get the water bucket up off floor at list 6”
We hang our water by a wire 6 to 8 inches off the ground. Chickens love grass so don’t put anything out side in the run. Calcium is a must to keep the egg shell harder. Solar power the coop for light at night, it helps keep predators away. Wire on the perimeter like chicken wire place it one foot around the coop to prevent predators from digging under the coop. They love left overs from the dining room table.
Doing that today, thank you!!
Make sure you get some Layena..It has oyster shell in it to keep the egg shell hard..Also don't forget some cracked corn and Flock Raiser!!
Use your chicken 'poo' to fertilize your garden. : ) Cutie pie baby girl !
We will do that! Thank you!!
Definitely subscribed to your channel, can’t wait to see how this goes , very excited.
10:51 You can use painting trays from Home Depot on the nesting boxes so the slope of the tray will send the eggs back to where the paint usually goes. You just need to slant the tray. If you get the reusable ones you can spray they down with water when it comes time to cleaning them 👌🏻
I will put gutters so you can collect rain water for the chickens
Beautiful coop! Good suggestions here already but I would switch the food. Producers pride has been known to kill egg production. We use the organic orange bag at tractor supply and it’s been great!
You might want what they call an apron that goes around the exterior of the coop so nothing will dig under and kill the chickens. Awesome start to the farm! we named out chickens hennifer Lopez, Lindsey lohen. Roosters help protect the hens too. Make sure the ventilation up top has small holes so snaked can't get in.
Your chicken names are hilarious! We had a good laugh at those 😂
Use a solar hotwire if you want to give them some free ranging time replace chicken wire with garden cloth its harder for a predator to break i miss my chickens i loved having them
John Deere or Kubota tractors are both good brands. 70 horse would be perfect.
One of the nicest chicken coops I’ve seen!! Congratulations!🐔🐣🐥 Your chix eating bugs, worms, etc. make your egg yolks deep golden and “Delicious”. Would be nice if you were able to rotate your coop in pasture giving them plenty of 🦗🪲🪱
And please supplement with only non GMO feed. Love your videos and all the best to you
Set the watering bucket on a cinder block as to make it easier for them to drink.
I would elevate the waterer a little to keep it out of the wood chips. You will have to big an awfully big outdoor run to keep them on pasture but at least they can get sunlight. I like the wood chips. Mites and other insects often come in straw bedding. I believe that non GMO feed is best if you can find it or organic.
Just a heads up to keep in mind when putting up the fence around the coop..... Gators can climb fences here in Florida!! So you might want to a board to the top of the fence so it can't do over it!
For real?? I didn't know that .😲
I think we're going to try the no-climb wire, we're not sure if that will stop a gator though... 😬
@@NavigationFarmelectric fencing using solar charged batteries. Will keep out predators.
Your videos are so wholesome, love to see the progress❤
Wow what a chicken coop. Awesome. They will be very happy chickens there. Your daughter is a doll.
I just bought nearly 3 acres of land here in Connecticut to start raising chickens, and I'm excited about this new adventure! This video is super helpful for learning the ropes. Thanks for sharing!
They are not pastured raised if they are in the coop 100 percent of the time. if you let them out. They will be gator, bobcat, racoon food. Curious what your plan is??
you need to get some STAR SPANGLES they lay blue eggs
Get the fence up fast. Foxes also will try to get the chickens. Hawks too.
Bad boy tractor 5045ch is really cool great tractor
No farm advice from me right now but you guys are amazing!!!! Love you ♥️
Great video Brett and Ashleigh
You need to lock down those doors for the laying bins or the raccoons will lift them up at night and steal your eggs. They are very smart and creative for getting into hen houses. Possums will borrow under the wall edge and steal your eggs. Crows, ravens and hawks will also try to break in to get the eggs. Not sure if alligators will know the smell of chickens, but if they catch a whiff, you may come one day and find an alligator near your pen. You may want to talk to any neighbors who have chicken coops and ask some questions. Well cared for chickens will produce a lot more eggs than those ignored and not cared for. They're not a leave them alone and forget them type of stock - they easily case sickness and disease so you have to have certain medications on site to care for them. Best of luck. Can't wait for more videos. I grew up on a farm in Missouri in the mid-70s and had every farm animal to include buffalo on the ranch - grew a bunch of different food and vegetables. Life on a ranch/farm is a lot of work but I loved it. Joined the Marine Corps later, retired and now I just build Star Wars Droids for fun.
You can buy an automatic door for the chicken coup that you can set it when it opens and closes. It will save your chickens as they will learn to be in at dark. I have also seen some that you can use solar power to run.
16% layer feed is what you should feed them. Access to plenty of fresh greens such as grass and clover increases their intake of riboflavin which helps improve fertility. Good luck!!!
Congrats on your new growing farm, may God bless it and your family!🙏
I love to live vicariously through homesteaders, especially those just starting out. Looking forward to watching the farm grow with you. 🙂
something we've done is water glassing eggs, (alot of videos on this), when we started getting many eggs, water glassing you can have eggs all year, or find a store that will buy fresh eggs, only if you get to many eggs.
nice video keep them coming love from the uk merry Christmas
Love the trail cam footage! Quite a challenge you two have taken on and very admirable! Good luck!! Can't wait to follow along on the journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello, I'm very happy to see you. Wishing you a peaceful day
That was a good video and your first day getting chicken eggs that’s not bad pretty good Those predators will dig underneath that chicken coop. Get those chickens. They’re digging the dirt put chicken wire on the bottom of the outside of the chicken coop where the grass is if you want to I watch several different videos that’s what they have on theirs thanks for sharing.❤
👍👍👍 2 🪨❤️ the chicken coop.
What a beautiful chicken coop! I’m originally from Florida and my fear is Gators so I get the hole head on a swivel. I always joke with my kids that I still think gators are under my bed. Anyway you all are an awesome family, bless you and all of yours!
2 things. Bob cats love chickens! / Electric fence! Is a must. ===== I just subscribe to yalls channel today 😊.
I have seen a lot of homesteaders start getting the BadBoy tractor with a cab. Looks goo to me with over sized tires and AC on it. Just over size it for the engine so you can handle any heavy conditions.
Stunning coop! I would put that coop on a concrete slab or atleast put hardware cloth under the run & all the sides if there isn’t hardware cloth. All your predators and critters will dig under and get in. For the fence, something to keep gators out with a hawk net over. I would also keep the food & water in the run to keep critters out of the coop. Gravity feeders will be so helpful. You can hang the waterers up with plant hangers too! So excited I just found your channel!
Somehow, the UA-cam algorithm delivered you to me tonight.
You guys are going to have a lot of fun and a lot of memories. I've been there and done that. I cleared the timber off the land in SC and built the house, horse barn, and arena while living in our horse trailer.
I can't give you much advice on chickens, but I can tell you quite a bit about horses. And if you have wild hogs around, build a big barbeque pit; I think you mentioned the burrows for the turtles in your first video and depressions from the previous cattle. I've never seen cattle do that, but hogs will tear up some pasture, and they are delicious!
Take care and keep having fun.
Love your content and cant wait for more. Happy new year and be safe out there. All the love and support from South Africa.
Old chicken lady tip: just dump piles of pine shavings or straw...the chickens will spread it out for you!! Good luck on your homestead!
Kabota tractors, or the new Bobcat tractors, make excellent small farm tractors. Lots of easy attach implements
The alligator can easily get through the wire on the chicken run, you will have to put chain link to reinforce it.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in the LORD year 2025! All the best, good luck,.. Rudi.
Raise your chicken water bucket up higher, maybe 5”’or so up off the ground. If not, the water spout will get dirty or fill up with wood shavings real quick when the chickens kick the wood shavings around. Find some wood blocks (again, about 5” or so high) and set the water bucket on top of the wood blocks 👍.
Next thing I’d be concern about is living in that area, Everglades, plenty of snakes. Having chickens will attract snakes. So you might lose some eggs because snakes eat chicken eggs, as well as chickens themselves. Also BE CAREFUL when reaching your hands into the nest boxes collecting eggs. Might be a snake coiled in there underneath all the straw. As well as be careful in the storage room (where you keep extra feed/straw/wood shavings) because snakes like to hide in those areas as well. Maybe for snake deterrent, get some Guinea fowls. Heard they’re pretty aggressive and can/will kill snakes, again, from what I’ve heard 🤷♂️.
Beautiful “Chicken Taj Mahal” 👍💯👌 !!!
Box in about 18” past the roost to keep that “litter box”.
Can feed em food scraps for sure.
Hi I am Rajesh from India. With my knowledge I suggest you to use 12 feet wiring fence by putting 4 feet into earth with cement poles through out the chicken shed farm so that no predators will come inside and use fish net on top no birds will come inside so u can save ur girls. Also u can built solar current by using solar panels so n8 time it will currently shocked try to enter into ur farm. I hope my idea will helps u . Love from India.
🤣 the way he holds the eggs at the end of vido looking at them like these are some expensive eggs
Nice looking chicken coop
simply is happiness Your familys is adorable.
Before too long your gonna think your c coop was mounted on articulating wheels to allow the run ground to expand,nourish, and regenerate. Now, for your perusal, the Kelly Young UA-cam Channel DID an episode on hobby scale backyard chicken husbandry. And, for your specific information: Kelly's commercial vendor retail hen provider, utilizes the (as huge) towable wagon coop
concept .
The farm and contact names in South Florida are available. The channel episode # escapes my attention here.
Perhaps you have what it takes to improvise and not to worry for the slowest chicken can move right along.
I love your channel. Keep up the good work 👍
You guys have a lovely chicken coop as far as a tractor an important part to consider is location of dealership because eventually you will need parts and it’s always nice when the dealer is close by love you guys keep up the good work
Golden comets are the best layers!!!!! Good choice
I’d get a Dalmatian they are great guardian dogs I have two and I absolutely love them
The coolest! Beautiful family ❤
Watch Coghill Farm . Reach out to Jason and Brooke. They are great!! Brooke takes care of the chickens. Mary Carl their daughtee, has birds she raises. So friendly and loves helping anybody learn. He has chickens ,goats ,cows, emuhs, and a few more .
Anything you want to know he will be happy to help out❤ He and his family live in Alabama
Cant wait to follow your journey 😊❤
Check out Piney Grove Homestead. He’s got a lot of good tractor info. They’re in northern Florida.
We'll check them out, thank you!
i think that you guys are doing a great job with the chickens... as someone else said... you need to add some twistable latches.. dont have to really worry about a lock persay.. but the latch where the lock part twists.. and def need the chainlink fenc on the outside bottom.. you attach it to the run and lay it out like the shape of a capitol L it prevents predators from trying to get the chickens when thye are in the run... it don't have to be chainlink btw.. they sell heavy duty chicken fencing for that purpose
Have a great trip.
Watch Carolina coop on UA-cam they show some really good tips on keeping the chickens protected.
eh don't worry that much about the gators. I would absolutely remove them from being near the coop. fire ants such. I also have a mild allergy. I am good with a couple bites but if I get swarmed I get to feeling pretty bad. Also bing in FL, that interior is going to get hot as hell in the summer. You may need to think about a solar AC
Good idea, a solar powered AC unit will be on the spring shopping list, thanks!
@ you’re welcome. Another avenue, though you’d still need a small solor panel, would be a geo thermal AC. There are DIY options to make it work but oddly you don’t see them often here despite the ground temp keeping a fairly constant temp of 72 degrees year round just 6 inches below the surface. Solar would absolutely be less work, but a little more expensive. Anyways, enjoying the channel so far, keep working toward that goal.
get an electric poultry net to go around the area. I have friends that raise their chickens with guard geese. The geese go after anything that comes around.
You might want to try using paint tray liners for the nesting boxes they are on a tilt, good luck on your adventure.
Good luck with your new ranch. It would be great to know more about the ranch purchase story. How did you find the property? And what was the cost?
That's not something that you should ask
You need oyster shell ground shells to feed the chickens
heip make the shells hard so chickens won't get egg bound 😊😊😊😊😊
Just come across ya channel im from Australia this whole awkwardness is great lol keep it up farm looks great cant wait to see the progress keep it up
Feed them nutrina laying pellets or mash, and nutrina scratch feed
Feed the chickens a feed with more protein at least 18% if you want a lot of eggs.
Versa nets are ones I’ve seen other homesteaders use
already loving the channel. As somebody interested in doing something similar in TX, if you could occasionally discuss approximate costs and finances that would be great information!
Make sure whatever fencing you put in is alligator proof lol- i feel like they will be a tempting snack!
We have 5 chickens and they will sit in our lap and fall asleep. Or roost atop my head. They know their names and come when called.
i use pallet bedding for mine. its easier to scoop the poop out.
FWC biologists had spotted and reported panther tracks in Seminole County north of Orlando back in 2011 just a few days before a panther was found shot to d____h close to the same area in Geneva, Fl. FWC biologists have also reported releasing panthers throughout the state. FWC also has a map on their website showing locations of proven panther sightings as far north as St. Augustine.
Really nice coop and very sympathic family! Not sure if mites are a topic in the US, but here in Germany you read everywhere to not use hay in the coop, because the straws are hollow inside and so it's a great hiding place for mites.
Merry xmas and a happy new year!
Nesting Box Lifestyle Laying Tray needed for the laying boxes to stop the chickens eating the egss
Definitely wanna predator proof your coop bc they will come!😂 electric fences or dogs work best!🤍 Happy for you guys!
Predators can get in where you collect nesting boxes so figuring out how you can lock that down!
Look at Kioti Tractors. They are very high quality, and have a lot of easy-to-use features. With your size farm, I would consider something in the 40- 50 horsepower range. There are so many great attachment….pallet forks, buckets, rotary mowers (PTO), post hole augers, and much more.
May want to see if you can relocate them.
You guys really need an LGD. Best option against the predators from north Florida. The best lgd for chickens is a Great Pyriness.
If the floor wood, id suggest you put down vinyl which won't absorb the odor. Great video guys ❤❤...