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(Part 2) - 10 MORE Things To Know About Backyard Chickens: Ā Ā Ā ā¢Ā 10Ā MOREĀ ThingsĀ ToĀ KnowĀ AboutĀ Backyard...Ā Ā
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0:00-0:41 - Intro
0:42-1:47 - They're Addicting
1:48-3:36 - Laying Fluctuates
3:37-4:45 - Social Circle
4:46-5:36 - Everything Loves Chicken
5:37-7:20 - Confinement
7:21-8:54 - Surprise Roosters
8:55-9:53 - They're Easy
9:54-11:06 - "Free" Eggs
11:07-12:34 - Weather Considerations
12:35-15:16 - Old Wives' Tales
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Here in New York 6 chickens is the minimum so naturally I have 30.
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Can confirm: Chickens are guard dogs.
When I had a small flock of hens (RI Reds), they were mischievous little devils that would peck/nip at everyone except me. Anyone else in the yard was fair game for them to torment.
So much so, that when a small black bear wandered into the yard while I was tending the garden, the hens put themselves between me and the bear (before I'd noticed the bear). When I got up, the chickens charged at the bear, pecking at its head and flapping wings in its face. I didn't know bears could run that fast, but that thing tore out of the yard into the woods quicker than I could have made it to the house!ššššššvs š»= š¤£š¤£š¤£
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3 tips I'd like to add here that I wish I knew at the beginning:
- To deal with fluctuations in egg production due to season, age etc, learn to store eggs thru "water glassing". Youtube has a few good videos on this easy method.
- Reduce your egg cost to under 50 cents per dozen by trying to incorporate natural feed anytime possible. When you weed your garden, toss the weeds into the pen. Start a worm bin that produces black gold for the garden but also tons of worms as feed. Chicken tractors are awesome in getting free food too. Even a bug zapper can produce a bit of food overnight. Get creative, just avoid citrus and onions (sour crop issues)
- The best breed for your climate and temperatures is one with the correct size comb. A large comb is best in hot climates. The blood flow thru there cools the chicken off. Very small combs, like in this video, are best suited for very cold climates where the summer is short. If you switch that around the small comb ones may die of heat in Florida and large comb ones may get frostbite in Wisconsin.
Hope this helps. I agree with not letting analysis paralysis get you. Good luck!
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I wouldnāt call it a myth per say, but in my experience, you can keep a happy solo chicken! Our leghorn we rescued from a meth addicted neighbor has never met another chicken in her life and was raised with a German Shepherd and Pitbull. Itās truly amazing how ādog likeā her behavior is now. She comes when called, scratch/pecks at the door when she wants to come inside and even takes naps on the dog bed on top of the shepherd. Admittedly the chook doesnāt like to be in the yard by herself, but when the dogs accompany, sheās very content to scratch for insects. I have in fact observed the dogs digging a small ditch for the explicit propose of letting the cukuroo have
a dust bath in it!
Solo chickens just need surrogate family to live happy healthy lives!
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I started with 4 chickens then I thought they were really cute so I got two more. Then about 7-8 months later I started working at tractor supply during baby chick season. Needless to say I now have 11 chickens and love it
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For winter we would use subpar potatoes. Every morning we would cook up a pot of potatoes and when it cooled enough to touch we'd feed them the warm potatoes. It's anecdotal but it seemed to improve our winter yields and the chickens loved it! Also it saved the potatoes from the compost heap.
If you want to compare quality look at the yolk colour. A rich deep yellow, orange or reddish yolk is a healthy egg. (Feeding chickens red peppers produces reddish yolks). Most commercial egg yolks tend to be pale yellow.
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i live on an over 50 acre land with my grandma and growing up iāve always took care of chickens, specially bantams :) most 19 year olds go to partyās on the weekends then thereās me spending the whole day outside hanging with my chickens ahahah i just fell in love with the cute little things and grew attached, i might as well consider them my kids lol iāve spent paychecks on food, treats, and supplies for them with no regrets šš i let them roam free in the yard whenever thereās nice days, iām constantly checking them making sure theyāre healthy and researching my dad thinks iām nuts lol but i love learning new things about them theyāre really such smart and special animals
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When it comes to protection from predators. I use the standard military blue print for my chickens
Land mines, claymores, razor wire, motion activated turrets, boiling tar(and feathers), assault squirrel catapults, trenches,a moat that has sharks with lasers mounted to their heads.
Theyāve been trained to use a switchboard for the claymores, resenting and firing catapults,and in trench warfare.
But thereās a young upstart in the flock.
He wants to take over the homestead for himself. And Rule with an iron hand. Trained in guerrilla tactics, wanted for trafficking narcoberries, chicken trafficking, henitution, illegal fights,he ambushes his unsuspecting master. Always planning, and every night he tries to take over.
His name:
El Polio Loco.
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This is the second one of these "know before you get chickens" videos that I've watched. And I have to say, thank you. What I'm learning is that raising chickens is not for me. Maybe when I was younger it would have been. But I'm not physically able to do the work needed anymore. And I don't have the money to put into it. I'm good with my cats and my dog. And I'm better off buying eggs from someone else who is able to raise them. I'm glad to know that now.
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chickens are awesome! Litterally one my favorite projects of all time. I went all in as a total nube, oredered 14 chicks online. Ordered 14 hens...still ended up with a rooster but even that was not a negative. I can't imagine buying just 3 or 4, need 6 minimum, chickens need friends. I raised mine in a relatively small pen, that meant ALOT more cleaning, but that worked out too...all that went to the garden and all the garden weeds went back to the birds. Even though I couldn't let my birds roam free due to preditors, they had a constant supply of new things to pick at, some days I even walk down the road and gather wild raspberries for them. So I didn't run into feather picking issues, I kept them busy with new things to explore. That flock is long gone, but now I have new land to build a new farm and chickens are inbound...I just can't wait!
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Something I was told as a kid by a family who's had chickens for a few generations, dont feed chickens cracked eggs. Chickens love eggs and if they start getting used to eating eggs then they'll eventually start cracking their own. Also, don't need to refrigerate home grown eggs unless you aggressively clean them.
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I agree with everything you say execept the "They are so easy" part. As a person who had indoor/outdoor cats all my long life, I can tell you one thing, even with a fantastic auto door to handle that part of the job, taking care of chickens takes a lot of work but, more importantly, you now have a daily - or twice daily - chore that YOU CANNOT forego ANY DAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Thinking of going for a couple of weeks to see that newborn grandchild? Not so fast buster! Feeling so sick you need to stay in bed for a day or two? Too bad. You've got chores. Broke your ankle? AWWWW. Guess you're going to learn how to dance with crutches on.
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I started out 4 years ago with a pair that free-ranged but I just could not stop buying chicks & hatching eggs! Now I have apx. 200+ and have 5 incubators running right now lol. That pair I started with created a monster but I have found a way to turn it into a thriving business that I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing so it worked out lol. If not for Predators I'd have around 2k chickens.. no joke, I get hit hard every Spring.
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When I was younger I'd ask my aunt why we didn't put new hens with the old flock. She told me that the old flock would relentlessly bully new hens! It was a surprise to me how hens are like highschool girls, gosh
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Beginner setup is 3 hens,1 rooster, 1 guard dog, a big bedroom/coop, a big outdoor garden/ free range area/rotating pastures place, and of course a food and water troph.
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In the Netherlands we have rooster flocks used in fruit tree orchards as a natural insect control š
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We are looking into "water glassing" but you can also freeze eggs (no, not in the shell!). scramble a dozen eggs with a tsp of salt and pour them into an ice cube tray (we found a couple with large cubes so we get about 1 egg/cube, helps when your baking and the recipe calls for, say, 3 eggs, 3 cubes = 3 eggs, easy). once they're frozen we pop them out of the ice cube tray and put them in zip lock bags. I also saw a video where they put a number of scrambled eggs (what ever number works for you) into a zip lock and then froze them (freeze them on a flat surface so they're easy to stack in the freezer) and when you need them don't thaw them in the bag, peel the bag off the frozen eggs and thaw them in a bowl. That way you don't leave egg in the zip lock.
I'm also experimenting with fermented feed (like probiotic fermented food) it seems to have increased egg production and the chickens love it. Here a link to a study done on fermented feed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-qs4-J2kdY&list=PLT-hg1P-C_NqJaqo0Omv2C-YEP5LxQ5t2&index=3&t=94s
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One thing I wish I knew before building my first chicken coop was that I needed to consider my SECOND set of birds. What I mean is, I built my coop, put birds in it, but then after two years I wanted to add chicks to my adult flock and everything I read told me that I needed to raise my new chicks next to my existing birds, but keep them separated by some wire mesh. This is impossible using any basic coop design. Your average coop design has one door for the birds and one sleeping space, but to introduce new birds, I need two doors, two sleeping spaces, a wire mesh separating them and, most importantly, a way to remove that wire mesh at night when the youngins' are old enough to join the flock without disturbing them while they sleep.
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I Iāve had backyard chickens for about three years now. I have learned so much from on the job training with my girls, but one thing I wish I wouldāve been a little more prepared for are the common sicknesses that chickens get, and different things you can do for common sicknesses that might save on some vet bills.
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Part 2 is up! Thanks for all your great ideas! -- 10 MORE Things To Know About Backyard Chickens: https://youtu.be/XcNCKKQJ3a4
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