If you make a big enough fenced in chicken yard, letting the birds turn compost bins inside the yard works well. But that's a LOT of extra fence material and digging, the stoney Ridge setup isn't any bigger than it has to be- Having made a 40' x 30' chicken run, I DID let the chickens turn the compost- After a couple of years, I found out that a black bear can open any fence I can afford to install, they love to eat stuff from the compost and at one point, also ate 100 lb. of chicken feed! They did not eat a single chicken though, thankfully. I solved the problem by learning to hunt bears. A fat, orchard & hen house robbing October bear is very tasty.
@@coziii.1829 Good luck! Hope your birds can "pass". In the time we had birds, we lost them to foxes, owls, raccoons, feral cats- and finally all our chickens & ducks at once to an idiot neighbor's "free range dog" that took the time and effort to tear through our fencing.
@@Bert2368 Wow, did you neighbor 1. compensate you for your chickens/money spent to fix your fence and 2. made sure his/her dog was no longer "free range"?
Josh my grandpa raised free range birds for over 45 years supporting a bakery and a family of 11 girls. They also had 4 Nigerian Dwarf goats producing 2 gallons of milk per day. My grandma made farmers cheese and soaps.
We've been raising chickens since the mid 80s and I whistle a little tune every time I would feed them. As they get older they come running back to the coop when I bring out the food scraps. Great video!
Yup! I did an Evelyn Wood imitation, a falsetto "Cickeeeeees!". They learned it meant TREATS fast. We let the turkeys free range, for them it was "Turk! Turk!!TURKEYS!!!". That meant a handful of sunflower seeds or mealworms in the Turkey pen- After a while, a couple of WILD TURKEYS who had started to hang around our flock and make eyes at our red bourbon tom would also come running in and jump through the door too!
I have two roosters, Rocky (papa rooster)and Rusty(son rooster) and 10 hens. A hawk swooped down into my back yard and tried to attack one of the hens. Both roosters went on the attack and gave that hawk more then he expected. They pecked the 💩out of the MFer. The hawk managed to fly off never to be seen again.
well, seeing how they just killed 5 million chickens and closed a processing plant down, and food distribution plants across the country have mysteriously being burned down, I'd say a few chickens in your backyard might be a good idea if you want to eat........
Sam...your comment calling someone a dummy isn't appropriate for this channel...I think we can find a better way to articulate our message without name calling please buddy. I value your opinions...but please ...well you get the point brotha..please don't do that here
@@sunshine3914 "It actually had legs?" The waterer, if it had legs(I didn't see any) still can be raised up on something to set it higher off the ground. Which will keep the water cleaner for a longer period of time.😉
My 10+ year old crippled cat has been miraculously healed by eating our raw eggs mixed in homemade catfood. He was crippled since 1 1/2 yrs old from a cat bite. Now he cleans himself, does not smell bad, and even stalks birds. all things he could not do most of his life. EGGS ARE A PHENOMENAL HEALTHFOOD. You have bees now too. I'm going to pick up my VSH bees from Brooks Mills Bees outside of Charlotte, NC this week.
I have two 20 year old cats that have some health issues (one has really bad breath, possibly due to his seizure medication). How do you make your homemade cat food? It's something I've been thinking of trying. 🙂
@@angelbear_og so easy. :-) I cook 2 of our chickens in a crock pot on low overnight. In the morning after cooling down, I debone them. Then I add in an equal amount of our squash grown on the farm. Thicken it to traditional cat food consistency with corn starch. And remember the salt to taste. Freeze it up into patties for convenience. At meal time thaw in small oven & then add in 2 or 3 raw eggs. THE CATS DEVOUR IT. They have become so strong from it that they now stalk the demon bully cat (from wild genes) next door that previously killed my cats and wounded them constantly. So much for Franklin County, NC Animal Control. LIARS. O well, ENJOY the recipe. It is a pure delight.
@@phall777 Well, there's no Whole Foods where I live, and I didn't say anything about running out of chicken anyway.... Is that all you feed your cats, chicken? Raw? Cooked?
@@angelbear_og I only said if you run out is because I did this week. But will be stocking up again very soon. cooked in the crock pot all night on low. That's their breakfast & I feed them a high quality dry feed after they finish that because I haven't figured out how to replace the dry feed yet. That's amazing your cats are 20 yrs old. You must be treating them really good.
one of my favorite responses when I ask why people raise their own chickens is " Because I know what goes into them". I ask them do you feed bag feed most say yes I then ask them do you grow and produce the feed in the bags your feeding them they say no I don't. I look at them and say well you don't really know what is going into your chickens. Ps I also raise my own chickens yes I use bag feed and free range . With price of feed going up we allay need to find alternative ways to feed our chickens.
I live in the triad area on NC, outside city limits, and wanting to get my first coop. Trying to talk hubby into it. We buy about 2 dozen eggs a week. My main concern are keeping out snakes (and other animals) and how laborious it is cleaning it out. Thanks for the vid.
Awe man my chickens follow me and still like to try to get under me like baby chicks. I have to be careful not to step on them, but they’re like dogs, I’ll whistle or call them and they come right away. I have to wear shoes though because I’ve got a freckle on my big toe that they think is a bug I presume because they’ll go after it every time. 😆
my friend...if you have chickens that are choking on straw...then natural selection is at work.....nesting boxes with straw is as common as sliced bread my friend
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer natural selection!wow so you see something wrong don’t correct and call it natural culling,id say that is bad husbandry,I know lots of people use straw and I used it and noticed them eating it and clearly/obviously it can cause chocking so I read up on it and yeah its a issue,respectfully disagree with you on this particular matter,,,my friend
Not sure if I missed it or seen it in other video’s of your, relating to chickens. What’s the best way to add older chickens, or really any age chickens to your existing flock? Thanks again
Love that coop design. I have six 3 month olds that need to get outside but it's been too cold and I have yet to buy a coop.. Reviews are pretty bad on most of them. I think I need to find someone to build one.. I spy a live trap in the back on top of the run? What is it for?
Contrary to what the guy in the video is saying, Chickens can be very friendly and only behave in the reaction of there environment as far as running away from humans. I have personally seen farm chickens that behave like dogs, they will follow you, try to sit on your lap and nuzzle like a puppy, etc. I've even seen a chicken attack and half scalp a child who was constantly harassing the flock for months. They most definitely have a level of pet mentality and remember friend, foe or feed bucket bearer from daily interaction.
my friend...I am the guy....and snuggle right up to that salmonella machine and find yourself and your children sick. Some breeds are more friendly than other's for sure...but this is not a pet like a puppy....it's a manure laden salmonella machine that can make you sick..please..just wash your hands when ya get done petting them my brotha
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Im referencing 5 decades of farm life. Communal farm life where all the children and adults from several farms walk the field to load the wagons with hay bails, and then all the children would ride on top 2 story up sitting on hay, Prob illegal as h*ll now. Things are different now, pretty much seen it all on the farms including indoor chickens and pigs as pets. lol @ salmonella machine. At 5yrs old we children were taught to shovel the cow poo of the ramp before school so the milkers didnt break a leg. Im sure your a good government expert and believe every thing your masters say.
ready for me to pick on ya brotha? Acre...not acer (computer brand) lol....I'll be auto spell check got ya! Get's me every time! We can't wait to build the hog log for some great pork!
to keep the hens laying in the nesting box..."training eggs" if not young birds will lay all over the coop and you'll be running around everywhere looking for eggs
you can have 50 nesting boxes for 8 chickens...but odds are they'll lay in the same 1 or 2 boxes ...they simply follow the leader my friend. Not like giving children there own bedroom...more like sharing a bathroom if ya get my drift
I wish we had land again to have chickens again. Watching in Feb 2023 Chickens can live in almost any condition and ultra cramped conditions. That's why there are so many of them. Ppl eat 11 thousand million eggs per year....Any ways.... And this number is small compared to how many there really are now, and not all chickens are counted in this count, n if there are 60 billion chickens, ......and probably more. Then to lose a few million won't matter. So you can see the game the leaders are doing. To have true problems in the world then they would have to kill billions not millions n not 100's of thousands. 🙄
One key note that I have learned is to NOT wash the eggs until you are ready to use them. It takes the natural coating off significantly reducing shelf life
Great video! I have watched what seems like hundreds of chicken how to videos,,,and not once did anyone remind you that you can get salmonella from chickens. We are new to chickens, have 12 chickens giving us great eggs, we always wash hands afferward, but thank you for that reminder not touch our noses or mouths. Thanks for great content.
I’ve wanted chickens for years and years. This economy has pushed me toward reaching my goal pretty fast. I enjoyed your short, informative, and to the point video. Thank you
@@MichealJacksonsShoes the building materials needed for building the coop + cost of the chickens themselves + straw +chicken feed are initial investment. Then straw and chicken feed are a reoccurring cost. That's the best case scenario assuming none of your chickens get eaten by predators or hit by a car if they are free range. Then you'd have to buy more chickens lol.
My great Grandfather lived in Ogden... Yes that one., just off of Washington Blvd, close to Millers Ski and Cycle Haus. He had two coups that were 12x30. They had concrete floors, glass windows that you could open in the summer time for ventilation.. I don't know how many chickens he had at one time. I think about 200. Lots of eggs, lots of chicken soup. When he finally got out of the chicken business, one coup was converted into a storage area for lawn furniture etc. The other became his smoking lounge. He had a radio, a rocking chair, a night stand with an ash tray on it. He would listen to Paul Harvey everyday. He passed in 1979. I sure miss him.
As someone who spends around 40 usd each week in eggs, Im really considering raising my own backyard chickens, plus the joy of having kids interacting with rhe chicks. Thanks for the video, definitely will come back.
I had no idea that you didnt need a rooster for egg laying hens... Awesome! I've always wanted chickens but didnt want the noise! We have similar weather as you do in your area, what type of chix do you have?
An egg song is NOTHING near as loud or protracted as Mr. Rooster tuning up his vocal cords an hour before dawn then yelling occasionally all the live long day-
I've watched so may of your videos and my buddy it's given me tons confidence to start my own little chicken setup keep those awesome videos coming and take er easy Dwayne from Newfoundland
I like to have one rooster in my flock. His job is security guard. He will alert the rest when there is danger. He will also break up fights when the hens are going after each other. Of course, I free range my birds during the day and only lock them up at night.
@@CriaAndKiddFW I live on 5 acres in the middle of the woods. You have to drive 1/2 mile on a dirt road to get to my place. My neighbors all have livestock.
I'm happy you talked about not needing a rooster for the hens to lay! I've heard people say that before and it just simply isn't true! Awesome video, very informative!
Nice chicken house. We're not sure if we want laying hens or just do a couple cycles of meat birds each year when we get that part of our farm started. Would love to have chickens free range on the property but too many predators like chicken meat!!
Good information on back yard egg layers Josh. I've been on the fence but thinking about doing it. Of course I need to mortgage the house to buy the lumber! Lol. Enjoyed it! Wooooo!
Your chickens are close to your hives…. Don’t you have problems with chickens eating bees? You got the brown layer mix, why no green or blue egg layers, that really livens up the collection basket? Considering the floor of your coop, considering how fast the plywood is deteriorating, if you were to build a new one tomorrow do you think it makes sense to add a scrap sheet of linoleum to prolong the life of the floor or no?
Great informative video. Thank you. Can you post a video of your daily routine for taking care of them? Is this something for 9-5 workers? Or do you have to be at home most of the time?
these are laying hens...I raise broilers for meat consumption....look at the everything chickens playlist on the channel if ya need more info. We pasture raise our chickens v/s storebought chickens that are commercially raised in houses. The meat tastes better and has more nutrient content being raised on pasture with dirt, bugs and grass
I have a newbie question. Just got our first small batch of chicks and one had pasty butt. I used warm water, cleaned her up and she’s doing fine so far. My question is, how “picky” do I need to be now that I notice every time I see a little poop on any of them?
I am trying to convince my husband of having chickens. Lol even told him I will raise, clean and butcher myself. I LOVE chickens. His idea is they have no cage and roam free. With living in the woods with animals of prey and having two heeler dogs, I wouldn't have chickens. Great video!
Free range is often free meal....they're destructive to flower beds and your yard...so I'd advise to let them free range out of the coop from time to time...but not all day every day if possible
Unwashed eggs do not need to be refrigerated and last on the counter for a week. Once you wash them, they must be refrigerated. We have 16 layers and everything is about 2x the size here. Solar lights are a great idea. We have had predator trouble from a fox and an eagle.
When i get my own place with a nice little backyard (or better yet a big one) I'm definitely getting some chickens. It seems very rewarding for the relative ease of keeping them.
I think most folks are hardly ever exposed to "smells" other than the sterile little world they live in. Most folks complain about the heat or the cold, yet only go outside to recreate or walk from the house to the car, the car to the door at work and maybe on a nice day go for a hike or snow day go skiing. Most live in such a sheltered world and obsess about such minor things out of boredom or some netflix documentary they watch telling us what foods are bad or how we should live. It's pretty sad how we're so disconnected from our food, nature, seasons, life and death. We're supposed to smell manure so we know what's not good to eat!!! But makes our gardens grow!
Thank you for this very informative video! My chickens follow me everywhere like puppies lol (I fed them a little bread and now they love me 🥰) love the coop!!
Don't wash your excess eggs and water glass them. Best long term storage ever. If you haven't heard of water glassing there are plenty of videos to show you how.
I have a caucasian shepherd mix that protect my chickens and keep predators out yeah at first he didn't like them much but later got used to them but I am always worried about winter times it might get to -7°C here what should I do
you may need heat or may need to simply ensure your coop isn't drafty...if you have enough birds they can keep each other warm, but be sure you keep them dry and out of the wind. I have a video "do chickens need heat in winter" check it out
Hey Josh, loved the backyard chickens video today. I also noticed too that you have a anti-theft device on top of the lid above the eggs. (The screw sticking up through the lid) don’t know if that was intentional or not.
We’re building on 5.5 acres. We will probably get a small flock. I’ve always wanted to do it. My girls are little farm girls and want to manage the flock. Should be a win win… get some eggs and teach the kids some farm skills.
A lady I work for had free range chickens and a rooster, a weasel killed every single one. I'm not sure if they were in a coup at night or not, i'm not sure even what time of day or night this happened, but this isn't the first thing like this i've heard happening here in Nova Scotia. Sometimes it's the foxes that kill people's chickens, other times it's the bobcats, but when the bodies are all there just dead with vampire-like bites in the necks, then it's the weasels that have done it. Basically if you want to raise chickens here in this province they have to be in a cage with small holes in the wire , a weasel isn't very big.
Bought myself 6 chicks at North40 last weekend I'm in City limits and legally I can have 6 hens. No roosters allowed only requirement is I need minimum 500 sqf of Yard space..which is small.. so yes I'm raising my own egg layers and really excited to
You need to start this conversation by asking Neyorkers if they are thinking about having a pigeon coup! I have one in New York City! Pigeon, fed and kept in the coup, is quite the metropolitan delicacy! I like chicken for eggs and hens for Gumbo and Chicken Noodle Soup!
Why don't you let them walk free on the compostyards?
Because they will destroy the garden and get killed by predators
If you make a big enough fenced in chicken yard, letting the birds turn compost bins inside the yard works well. But that's a LOT of extra fence material and digging, the stoney Ridge setup isn't any bigger than it has to be- Having made a 40' x 30' chicken run, I DID let the chickens turn the compost- After a couple of years, I found out that a black bear can open any fence I can afford to install, they love to eat stuff from the compost and at one point, also ate 100 lb. of chicken feed! They did not eat a single chicken though, thankfully.
I solved the problem by learning to hunt bears. A fat, orchard & hen house robbing October bear is very tasty.
Mine free range on 2 acres no problem yet black chickens help hawks think they are crows
@@coziii.1829
Good luck! Hope your birds can "pass". In the time we had birds, we lost them to foxes, owls, raccoons, feral cats- and finally all our chickens & ducks at once to an idiot neighbor's "free range dog" that took the time and effort to tear through our fencing.
@@Bert2368
Wow, did you neighbor 1. compensate you for your chickens/money spent to fix your fence and 2. made sure his/her dog was no longer "free range"?
Josh my grandpa raised free range birds for over 45 years supporting a bakery and a family of 11 girls. They also had 4 Nigerian Dwarf goats producing 2 gallons of milk per day. My grandma made farmers cheese and soaps.
100% worth and fun af!
Hardest part was timesink for the research, now i got that knowledge for life, endless eggs.
We've been raising chickens since the mid 80s and I whistle a little tune every time I would feed them. As they get older they come running back to the coop when I bring out the food scraps. Great video!
Yup! I did an Evelyn Wood imitation, a falsetto "Cickeeeeees!". They learned it meant TREATS fast.
We let the turkeys free range, for them it was "Turk! Turk!!TURKEYS!!!". That meant a handful of sunflower seeds or mealworms in the Turkey pen- After a while, a couple of WILD TURKEYS who had started to hang around our flock and make eyes at our red bourbon tom would also come running in and jump through the door too!
I have two roosters, Rocky (papa rooster)and Rusty(son rooster) and 10 hens. A hawk swooped down into my back yard and tried to attack one of the hens. Both roosters went on the attack and gave that hawk more then he expected. They pecked the 💩out of the MFer. The hawk managed to fly off never to be seen again.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 shoutout to the tag team Champs. Freaking hawk will think twice before he tries to get a quick meal
Answered several of my ‘questions’ as I think about having a few backyard hens! 👍🏻
I'm sooooo ready for my chickens!
Mine will come out the brooder this sunday....6 Barnevelders. They lay eggs in winter as well.
well, seeing how they just killed 5 million chickens and closed a processing plant down, and food distribution plants across the country have mysteriously being burned down, I'd say a few chickens in your backyard might be a good idea if you want to eat........
It was estimated to be 23 million on April 10th, so it’s far worse than that. It is probably close to 50 million by now and will not stop for awhile.
Yep
5 million chickens.. probably not even a days supply for the usa.. they're scare mongering to justify price hike
@@flynick same difference...but if you owned your own flock of 6 hens and a rooster, you can save on eggs and fried chickens. dummy
Sam...your comment calling someone a dummy isn't appropriate for this channel...I think we can find a better way to articulate our message without name calling please buddy. I value your opinions...but please ...well you get the point brotha..please don't do that here
Great video. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Chickens will not run away from you if you handle them early and often! They will become like pets, and come running when you call them.
food is a great motivator
Try putting risers under your waterers. Helps keep the scratch out of the water.
It actually had legs.
@@sunshine3914
"It actually had legs?"
The waterer, if it had legs(I didn't see any) still can be raised up on something to set it higher off the ground. Which will keep the water cleaner for a longer period of time.😉
it has legs my friend...I just put fresh straw in and that's why it's full
I’m a stealth in town chicken farmer. I give a few eggs to the neighbors as a bribe for not turning me in.
That’s my plan, too. Haha. Ordered 15 chicks for July, building a shed as soon as the weather warms up a little and feeding my family healthy food.
Nice healthy looking chickens. Very good content Josh.
Yeah I think it is worth it 100% for sure pure breeds can make some good cash. Especially in the season spring
Great idea people need to know how to raise their food if possible
My 10+ year old crippled cat has been miraculously healed by eating our raw eggs mixed in homemade catfood. He was crippled since 1 1/2 yrs old from a cat bite. Now he cleans himself, does not smell bad, and even stalks birds. all things he could not do most of his life. EGGS ARE A PHENOMENAL HEALTHFOOD. You have bees now too. I'm going to pick up my VSH bees from Brooks Mills Bees outside of Charlotte, NC this week.
I have two 20 year old cats that have some health issues (one has really bad breath, possibly due to his seizure medication). How do you make your homemade cat food? It's something I've been thinking of trying. 🙂
@@angelbear_og so easy. :-) I cook 2 of our chickens in a crock pot on low overnight. In the morning after cooling down, I debone them. Then I add in an equal amount of our squash grown on the farm. Thicken it to traditional cat food consistency with corn starch. And remember the salt to taste. Freeze it up into patties for convenience. At meal time thaw in small oven & then add in 2 or 3 raw eggs. THE CATS DEVOUR IT. They have become so strong from it that they now stalk the demon bully cat (from wild genes) next door that previously killed my cats and wounded them constantly. So much for Franklin County, NC Animal Control. LIARS. O well, ENJOY the recipe. It is a pure delight.
@@angelbear_og if you run out of chicken you can substitute Whole Foods chicken @ just $2.29 lb.
@@phall777 Well, there's no Whole Foods where I live, and I didn't say anything about running out of chicken anyway.... Is that all you feed your cats, chicken? Raw? Cooked?
@@angelbear_og I only said if you run out is because I did this week. But will be stocking up again very soon. cooked in the crock pot all night on low. That's their breakfast & I feed them a high quality dry feed after they finish that because I haven't figured out how to replace the dry feed yet. That's amazing your cats are 20 yrs old. You must be treating them really good.
one of my favorite responses when I ask why people raise their own chickens is " Because I know what goes into them". I ask them do you feed bag feed most say yes I then ask them do you grow and produce the feed in the bags your feeding them they say no I don't. I look at them and say well you don't really know what is going into your chickens. Ps I also raise my own chickens yes I use bag feed and free range . With price of feed going up we allay need to find alternative ways to feed our chickens.
I live in the triad area on NC, outside city limits, and wanting to get my first coop. Trying to talk hubby into it. We buy about 2 dozen eggs a week. My main concern are keeping out snakes (and other animals) and how laborious it is cleaning it out. Thanks for the vid.
Looks beautiful. Looking to have one in denver area
Great info on a backyard flock! Chickens are the easiest animal to start with! 👍🏼
Cause they make the rest look easy.
Great video and content. Chickens are on my list, this video helped.
This was super helpful, thank you 😊
Awe man my chickens follow me and still like to try to get under me like baby chicks. I have to be careful not to step on them, but they’re like dogs, I’ll whistle or call them and they come right away. I have to wear shoes though because I’ve got a freckle on my big toe that they think is a bug I presume because they’ll go after it every time. 😆
So cute 😂
Great video and information! Thank you!!
This is an amazing learning video.
You should use shaving over straw,chickens eat straw and choke on it
my friend...if you have chickens that are choking on straw...then natural selection is at work.....nesting boxes with straw is as common as sliced bread my friend
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer natural selection!wow so you see something wrong don’t correct and call it natural culling,id say that is bad husbandry,I know lots of people use straw and I used it and noticed them eating it and clearly/obviously it can cause chocking so I read up on it and yeah its a issue,respectfully disagree with you on this particular matter,,,my friend
Good morning from North Dakota have a great day
The golf ball egg 🤣
Great set up with good ideas.
Honestly not a problem if there are 6 or 8. And a decent size yard. They eat bugs all day long and fertilize the yard. It's worth it i think.
When you clean out your poop in the coop, how long until you can use it for your veggie garden??
Informative video! You take their eggs, hardly see them, and eat them all; of course, they are afraid of you. No offense 🙏 Thank you for sharing
Not sure if I missed it or seen it in other video’s of your, relating to chickens. What’s the best way to add older chickens, or really any age chickens to your existing flock? Thanks again
The best way to add older chickens is to add them to your slow cooker 😅
Where we live a free-range chicken is a dead chicken.
We had neighbours in a smaller city raising chickens in their basement they had fresh chick when ever they wanted
yep...that's gross lol
Nice
Love that coop design. I have six 3 month olds that need to get outside but it's been too cold and I have yet to buy a coop.. Reviews are pretty bad on most of them. I think I need to find someone to build one..
I spy a live trap in the back on top of the run? What is it for?
wonder if I could 3d print honey bee box
yep...be the most expensive beehive ever built lol
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer na I can take pop bottles and turn in to filament
Besides the eggs, chickens are great for pest control if you let them free range in your yard. ;-)
just not so good for your flower bed or garden at times lol
How much do you spend on chicken pellets and hay?
um.....not sure what you mean. A bale of hay/straw lasts about a year...a bag of chicken feed lasts a couple weeks with this number of chickens
Please explain the dummy eggs?
Your chicken is eating lambs quarters. I guess you have plenty. Lambs quarter is a spinach alternative.
Wouldn't use straw as a substrate
When you take the eggs out how do you know there good too eat
was hear
wooooo!
Contrary to what the guy in the video is saying, Chickens can be very friendly and only behave in the reaction of there environment as far as running away from humans. I have personally seen farm chickens that behave like dogs, they will follow you, try to sit on your lap and nuzzle like a puppy, etc. I've even seen a chicken attack and half scalp a child who was constantly harassing the flock for months. They most definitely have a level of pet mentality and remember friend, foe or feed bucket bearer from daily interaction.
my friend...I am the guy....and snuggle right up to that salmonella machine and find yourself and your children sick. Some breeds are more friendly than other's for sure...but this is not a pet like a puppy....it's a manure laden salmonella machine that can make you sick..please..just wash your hands when ya get done petting them my brotha
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Im referencing 5 decades of farm life. Communal farm life where all the children and adults from several farms walk the field to load the wagons with hay bails, and then all the children would ride on top 2 story up sitting on hay, Prob illegal as h*ll now. Things are different now, pretty much seen it all on the farms including indoor chickens and pigs as pets. lol @ salmonella machine. At 5yrs old we children were taught to shovel the cow poo of the ramp before school so the milkers didnt break a leg. Im sure your a good government expert and believe every thing your masters say.
Any issues with rats?
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Im young aspiring farmer I just got 2 acer farm im buy supply and my chickens meat birds and sell eggs also. Get 1 pig
ready for me to pick on ya brotha? Acre...not acer (computer brand) lol....I'll be auto spell check got ya! Get's me every time! We can't wait to build the hog log for some great pork!
Why do you replace the real eggs with faux ? Thanks in advance
to keep the hens laying in the nesting box..."training eggs" if not young birds will lay all over the coop and you'll be running around everywhere looking for eggs
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer okay thank you, sorry if you mentioned that in the video. I was watching with little ones all around me.
Tough sell😂 every time I get lip I get more chickens
Why not 8 resting spots for 8 chickens?
you can have 50 nesting boxes for 8 chickens...but odds are they'll lay in the same 1 or 2 boxes ...they simply follow the leader my friend. Not like giving children there own bedroom...more like sharing a bathroom if ya get my drift
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Thank you for the feedback. This is great to know. Thanks!
I wish we had land again to have chickens again.
Watching in Feb 2023
Chickens can live in almost any condition and ultra cramped conditions. That's why there are so many of them. Ppl eat 11 thousand million eggs per year....Any ways....
And this number is small compared to how many there really are now, and not all chickens are counted in this count, n if there are 60 billion chickens,
......and probably more.
Then to lose a few million won't matter.
So you can see the game the leaders are doing.
To have true problems in the world then they would have to kill billions not millions n not 100's of thousands. 🙄
One key note that I have learned is to NOT wash the eggs until you are ready to use them. It takes the natural coating off significantly reducing shelf life
Good point, Papa A. Just use a dry green scrubbie to gently wipe the larger grime off if it bothers you.
If you wash them, you can wipe mineral oil on the shell to re-coat them.
@@CriaAndKiddFW i dont think thats really convienent
Great video! I have watched what seems like hundreds of chicken how to videos,,,and not once did anyone remind you that you can get salmonella from chickens. We are new to chickens, have 12 chickens giving us great eggs, we always wash hands afferward, but thank you for that reminder not touch our noses or mouths. Thanks for great content.
I’ve wanted chickens for years and years. This economy has pushed me toward reaching my goal pretty fast. I enjoyed your short, informative, and to the point video. Thank you
well...don't think for 1 second that it's cheaper to raise your own than it is to buy eggs lol...but raising chickens is very fulfilling for sure
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer it isn't cheaper?
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer what needs money spent on it once you got them
@@MichealJacksonsShoes the building materials needed for building the coop + cost of the chickens themselves + straw +chicken feed are initial investment. Then straw and chicken feed are a reoccurring cost. That's the best case scenario assuming none of your chickens get eaten by predators or hit by a car if they are free range. Then you'd have to buy more chickens lol.
@@zoeyoneohonenot if you have a rooster and fertilize some eggs.
My great Grandfather lived in Ogden... Yes that one., just off of Washington Blvd, close to Millers Ski and Cycle Haus. He had two coups that were 12x30. They had concrete floors, glass windows that you could open in the summer time for ventilation.. I don't know how many chickens he had at one time. I think about 200. Lots of eggs, lots of chicken soup. When he finally got out of the chicken business, one coup was converted into a storage area for lawn furniture etc. The other became his smoking lounge. He had a radio, a rocking chair, a night stand with an ash tray on it. He would listen to Paul Harvey everyday. He passed in 1979. I sure miss him.
6 years ago you built that? Still looks new. Man I remember watching the video of you building it. Time goes by fast!
Our chickens follow us like puppies. Sit on our lap. Very friendly
cool
As someone who spends around 40 usd each week in eggs, Im really considering raising my own backyard chickens, plus the joy of having kids interacting with rhe chicks. Thanks for the video, definitely will come back.
Also no food goes to waste in your home. Chickens turn old food/kitchen scraps into new food.
I have chickens in the city limits too, we are getting to the point around here that we dont care what their bulls&i@ laws are.
I had no idea that you didnt need a rooster for egg laying hens... Awesome! I've always wanted chickens but didnt want the noise! We have similar weather as you do in your area, what type of chix do you have?
They make alot of noise when they lay eggs though
An egg song is NOTHING near as loud or protracted as Mr. Rooster tuning up his vocal cords an hour before dawn then yelling occasionally all the live long day-
I've watched so may of your videos and my buddy it's given me tons confidence to start my own little chicken setup keep those awesome videos coming and take er easy Dwayne from Newfoundland
Worth it? With the supply chain breakdowns and sabotages going on these days, I'd call it a necessity!
I like to have one rooster in my flock. His job is security guard. He will alert the rest when there is danger. He will also break up fights when the hens are going after each other. Of course, I free range my birds during the day and only lock them up at night.
And a good roo will fight off the chicken hawks. Same with black birds, feed your local wild birds and they'll deter hawks too.
Ayup. Just check with your town code if you have close neighbors. Some towns allow chickens but not roosters because of noise ordinences.
@@CriaAndKiddFW I live on 5 acres in the middle of the woods. You have to drive 1/2 mile on a dirt road to get to my place. My neighbors all have livestock.
@@libertyb4authority135 Absolutely! My crows let us know when there's trouble prowling about.
How do you get the chickens back in their pen at night? Do you need a dog?
I'm happy you talked about not needing a rooster for the hens to lay! I've heard people say that before and it just simply isn't true! Awesome video, very informative!
Nice chicken house. We're not sure if we want laying hens or just do a couple cycles of meat birds each year when we get that part of our farm started. Would love to have chickens free range on the property but too many predators like chicken meat!!
Interesting that yours run from you. My friend has about 100 and they run to him. His are all free range.
yep....mine are smart lol
LOVE my girls! It took me 20 years to convince my husband that we needed them, lol. He loves them just as much as I do, has them spoiled rotten.
Good information on back yard egg layers Josh. I've been on the fence but thinking about doing it. Of course I need to mortgage the house to buy the lumber! Lol. Enjoyed it! Wooooo!
Mr Doug I will send you all the chickens you want lol 👍🏽
@@5150cash Cash I thought you only ate beef anyway with all the cooking you mentioned on Andrew's channel! 😆
@@dougdavis4439 I always eat whatever's on my dinner plate or whatever I barbecue besides veggies 😁. That's rabbit food
I’m a rabbit for sure 🐰 😂 maybe that’s why my chickens follow me, cuz they know I just want their 💩 and not their 🍖 😝
@@meagsfears8449 ahahaha 😆👍🏽
Your chickens are close to your hives…. Don’t you have problems with chickens eating bees?
You got the brown layer mix, why no green or blue egg layers, that really livens up the collection basket?
Considering the floor of your coop, considering how fast the plywood is deteriorating, if you were to build a new one tomorrow do you think it makes sense to add a scrap sheet of linoleum to prolong the life of the floor or no?
My kids just sold their first eggs, good sense of accomplishment for them.
Smell has to do with how much you clean
Great informative video. Thank you.
Can you post a video of your daily routine for taking care of them? Is this something for 9-5 workers? Or do you have to be at home most of the time?
Do you eat the chicken meat? Can you tell the difference compare store buaght?
these are laying hens...I raise broilers for meat consumption....look at the everything chickens playlist on the channel if ya need more info. We pasture raise our chickens v/s storebought chickens that are commercially raised in houses. The meat tastes better and has more nutrient content being raised on pasture with dirt, bugs and grass
I have a newbie question. Just got our first small batch of chicks and one had pasty butt. I used warm water, cleaned her up and she’s doing fine so far. My question is, how “picky” do I need to be now that I notice every time I see a little poop on any of them?
My chickens come running to me, not away, just saying not all chickens are chicken. LOL.
You don't make videos of processing chicken.
I’ve been thinking about getting some hens and your video was really help full thank you. I plan to get few chicken just in case for this year.
I am trying to convince my husband of having chickens. Lol even told him I will raise, clean and butcher myself. I LOVE chickens.
His idea is they have no cage and roam free.
With living in the woods with animals of prey and having two heeler dogs, I wouldn't have chickens. Great video!
Free range is often free meal....they're destructive to flower beds and your yard...so I'd advise to let them free range out of the coop from time to time...but not all day every day if possible
Unwashed eggs do not need to be refrigerated and last on the counter for a week. Once you wash them, they must be refrigerated. We have 16 layers and everything is about 2x the size here.
Solar lights are a great idea. We have had predator trouble from a fox and an eagle.
Unwashed eggs last way longer than a week
@@nickhatala8266 please explain am about to buy some from a neighbor do I wash them if I want to place them in the refrigerator?
How do you do, Sir, and thank you, from the suburbs of Forsyth County.
When i get my own place with a nice little backyard (or better yet a big one) I'm definitely getting some chickens. It seems very rewarding for the relative ease of keeping them.
I’m so tired of hearing how much they stink. THEY DON’T STINK IF YOU CLEAN!!!
Every animal stinks at a certain point…
I think most folks are hardly ever exposed to "smells" other than the sterile little world they live in. Most folks complain about the heat or the cold, yet only go outside to recreate or walk from the house to the car, the car to the door at work and maybe on a nice day go for a hike or snow day go skiing. Most live in such a sheltered world and obsess about such minor things out of boredom or some netflix documentary they watch telling us what foods are bad or how we should live. It's pretty sad how we're so disconnected from our food, nature, seasons, life and death. We're supposed to smell manure so we know what's not good to eat!!! But makes our gardens grow!
Thank you for this very informative video! My chickens follow me everywhere like puppies lol (I fed them a little bread and now they love me 🥰) love the coop!!
lol...no...they love bread bhahahha silly
Thats an awesome set up especially the open air coop!
You rock Josh, awesome coop! McMurry's Delaware broilers lay nice eggs n stew well also. keep up great work
Love your chicken talk and advice! Thanks! Woo! 🐔🐤🐔
I work as a trucker and I'm away from home 5 days a week. Do you think i stand a chance to have chickens or nah
Why not...get 4-6 chickens...fill up the feeder and the waterer and you're good to go for several days
Time to make our own. I live in Southern California. Just spent $10 on 18 eggs at Walmart. .55 cents a egg is pretty crazy
yep...I hear they are going up up up
Don't wash your excess eggs and water glass them. Best long term storage ever. If you haven't heard of water glassing there are plenty of videos to show you how.
I have a caucasian shepherd mix that protect my chickens and keep predators out yeah at first he didn't like them much but later got used to them but I am always worried about winter times it might get to -7°C here what should I do
you may need heat or may need to simply ensure your coop isn't drafty...if you have enough birds they can keep each other warm, but be sure you keep them dry and out of the wind. I have a video "do chickens need heat in winter" check it out
Hey Josh, loved the backyard chickens video today. I also noticed too that you have a anti-theft device on top of the lid above the eggs. (The screw sticking up through the lid) don’t know if that was intentional or not.
just a couple screws I bent over
what would you say is the noise level throughout the day?
We’re building on 5.5 acres. We will probably get a small flock. I’ve always wanted to do it. My girls are little farm girls and want to manage the flock. Should be a win win… get some eggs and teach the kids some farm skills.
Great video! 🐔 I love how you broke down the pros and cons!
Glad it helped!
Those solar lights are a good idea. Anyone know how to keep the chickens from pooping on top the water bucket?
hang the if you can or place a traffic cone on top of it
A lady I work for had free range chickens and a rooster, a weasel killed every single one. I'm not sure if they were in a coup at night or not, i'm not sure even what time of day or night this happened, but this isn't the first thing like this i've heard happening here in Nova Scotia. Sometimes it's the foxes that kill people's chickens, other times it's the bobcats, but when the bodies are all there just dead with vampire-like bites in the necks, then it's the weasels that have done it. Basically if you want to raise chickens here in this province they have to be in a cage with small holes in the wire , a weasel isn't very big.
free range=free meal if you keep chickens it's your responsibility to keep them up and protected for sure
Bought myself 6 chicks at North40 last weekend I'm in City limits and legally I can have 6 hens. No roosters allowed only requirement is I need minimum 500 sqf of Yard space..which is small.. so yes I'm raising my own egg layers and really excited to
You need to start this conversation by asking Neyorkers if they are thinking about having a pigeon coup! I have one in New York City! Pigeon, fed and kept in the coup, is quite the metropolitan delicacy! I like chicken for eggs and hens for Gumbo and Chicken Noodle Soup!
Love your enthusiasm. And thanks for sharing your experience with chicken and the coup.
thank's for this vidéo