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Well spoken!
Drag, I wanted to get a few about a year ago but I knew I wasnt ready. I have taken time to get to the point to actually get some and be ready for them when i did get them. I put it off last year cuz I knew I was getting ahead of myself. So i spent the last 18 months reading a lil watching vids and gathering the things I need and now I cant even find 5 or 6 to give it a go. Animal Husbandry aint no joke! Are these people going to be dumping chickens out on the edge of towns like they do dogs and cats?
I've had chickens on and off for 30 years. My hens got too old to lay well last year and I didn't replace them because eggs were so cheap. This whole mess made me rethink the whole "cheap eggs" deal, lol. Never thought about just not being able to run to the grocery store whenever I felt like it. I bought 21 17 weeks old birds from a local Amish and built a chicken tractor, a pretty nice one. I can see why folks decided to splurge buy chicks, I'm sure you're also right in that a great many of them never owned a chicken in their life and will regret it sooner or later.
This is a GREAT msg!!!! U r so right! For all the ppl buying up all the babies and not knowing wat they r getting into or wat to do! I try to educate everyone I talk to that ask me about livestock.
Well said!
Amen most of the ones running out and buying things and animals. Simply just have not done the research and they might be in for a cruel lesson in the end.
Thanks for speaking up for the sake of all those little chicks out there! Living beings deserve respect and consideration. As you say, gardens would be a much better starting place for most.
A friend of ours got adult ducks and chickens on a whim a couple years ago. No planning, definitely no real infrastructure. I bet you'll never guess what happened. Every single one was picked off by predators. It was so sad to see happen and I pray it's not about to be repeated on a mass scale.
I moved to our place last year. We jumped right in and learned along the way. We have been very pleased! We now raise quail, chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigs, and rabbits. We just had one garden last year but we are expanding it to double the size. It is an all day thing! We have 80 meat birds that we will be processing ourselves. It’s WORK and it’s WORTH IT
I'm realizing I'm a city girl!
I had to reserve my chicks weeks in advance and most of our farm stores put limits on how many chicks people could buy! But at least it was planned. I lost most of my hens last year, and Popcorn, the last one, really needs a flock to live her best life. So now we have six three-week-old chicks and I'm using the quarantine to expand my garden and upgrading the coop. We'll be back in eggs in a few months and I've taken the opportunity to get the unusual breeds I've always wanted.
I am so happy for 4H and FFA. My son did market eggs, meat pen, and breeding. There is no shortage of eggs at our homestead.
I tried to order the back yard homestead but it said they were out of them so I got the kindle version for now
Absolutely loved this video, I too fear that lots of chickens will be dumped in the coming months due to people panic buying. I'm looking at starting a small flock of about 4 chickens, but not out of panic. Will check out the books recommended and love watching your videos! Great work Patara 🙂 Cheers, Emma from Mornington Peninsula, Australia
7 years of dog/cat rescue along with the random ferret, gerbil, bird and lizards. Learned a lot about them all and care and training. Would love to have some hens. Also know that it’s not legal in my city or my apartment complex. Working on changing the law about it, but would never be able to get them until I’m fully prepared for it with a coop and everything first. Thank you for the great information.
Why would someone order 30 chickens with no real knowledge or plan, then message you for answers? Wow!
We've already been preparing to expand from gardening to keeping an egg laying flock for a while. We plant to keep them as pets while benefiting the lifecycle of our garden to our table. (Plus they help with pest control if you know when and where to let them free range! Especially ducks!) We ordered 6 chicks and 2 ducklings to raise all together, but because of the panic buying, we can't get them until SEPTEMBER. It'll be a year before we get eggs. But we know the breeds that are best for our area (heat tolerant), lay well and have pleasant dispositions. It's worth the wait to get the RIGHT breeds. We won't be going out and buying anything available just because we want chickens faster.
We have a half acre and are building our hen house, coop area, and other various temporary fencing long in advance so when they're ready, they can free range different areas on rotation. Here outside of Los Angeles, we have coyotes, raccoons, rats, hawks… so we are not messing around and are preparing immensely for predators before our chicks and ducklings even get here. I'm watching every chicken and duck video I can find so I can identify any issues with the girls. So although I don't have my girls yet, I knew all the terms you mentioned.
These are living creatures! Whether you eat them (I do not) or they are just for eggs, or will be considered pets that provide eggs (our intention), there is still a lot of care and consideration needed.
I've already started to see the posts on facebook with people that ran out and got chicks and now a couple of weeks later their local code enforcement has notified them that they aren't allowed backyard chickens in their town. They want to be angry that they got caught and "fight the system" but they don't want to be responsible enough to check their local laws.
Good morning, love the hat. Have a wonderful, and Blessed day.
Now that our local poultry farms are euthanizing tens of thousands of birds bc they can’t process them people are seeing the wisdom in their chicken purchases. The 60,000+ egg layers that were just gassed will need replacing and the people who bought chicks last month will be a month ahead of those large scale egg producers for putting eggs on their breakfast plate again.
I have been wanting chickens for years and have done hours upon hours of research but just recently I’ve gotten my dad to agree to get chickens. I’m so excited!! If any of you have tips, please leave them below.
Truth!
The short of this (and any new endeavor): Do your homework! I studied, studied, studied before any involved project or hm purchase.
THANK YOU I have been wanting chickens for years and this year I got some barely
Fantastic!!!!! Video!!! You go girl. If people would listen to those that have the knowledge, and take the time to educate themselves, life would be so much easier for them. Luv your videos, I’m new about a week now. Sherri
I don’t think this is going to get better. We’re screwed. Not going back to the way we were. This is the new world order. Your lucky you know what you do. I been doing research on chickens and goats. I’m trying to learn I know it won’t be easy but we have to do this.
That cleaned up so nicely. Love it!
The Backyard Homestead is a book that I often consult. It's a great resource!
Thanks Patara. We have talked about chickens for years. And last January the topic came up again. We decided to raise hens, but not before I built a run and a coop……well later that day my wife and daughter came home with 6 chicks, a heat lamp, chick feed a feeder wood shavings …..after one month the chicks outgrew the tote, so we moved them to a 4 man tent……in the livingroom. The weather got warmer, and I built a coop and an enclosed run.
Both neighbors are good with us having them, as we are in the suburbs with 3/4 acre lots. No chickens allowed…
Today they are full grown and we added 2 more silky's. Egg production is good, and they are all healthy. "I", not we, am a chicken farmer. Haha. I love my birds and have names for all of them. We do have some stories to tell from this experience….but some other time.
Thanks again for your videos.
My grandmother had chickens on the farm when she moved she left that alone. But I took it up I got into chickens for several years then I sold them out due to trying to buy my first home. Got my home and after about 4 years I decided to get back to home stead life. We got a coop,built a pen and got alot of things done. Then brought in a rooster and hen. Went back to getting my numbers up and have had chickens back for us. I love it. But I agreeing with you that some people don't understand the responsibility of even as simple as a chicken or rabbit and they don't know how to care for them. It's not just toss feed and run away. But even after years I still learn some things.
Lord I feel your pain on that. We tell people don't grab a rooster in first batch. Then they do it any way. 6 mo ( I know I am being generous in some cases) get a text or call will you get this dang rooster he is mean, attacking everyone and so noisy. Well roosters are not always that easy to re-home. Then trying to get one re-home and it be successful. Then they get hens that go through molting omg I got bad birds they got a skin problem they look ugly I want them gone. Then you go look and laugh only to find out they are molting.