A simple tip to help encourage your chickens to come out of the coop or to assist your ducks when they want to be out! It may only be for a very short time period, but it does help! As I say over and over again… make straw your best friend! It works great here!
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I lost my grandmother this morning. She's raised us grandkids with chickens, ducks and turkeys. Your gorgeous hen made my night. Thank you for all your time to share your life with us.
My son has 3 ducks, it's only 7 degrees here today in Buffalo, NY. They are out of their hut with no problems. To cold for me!
Snow is like a beautiful woman…nice to look at; BUT, a lot of extra work, hard to hold on to, and always finds a way to mess up yer buget. (Bora Bora…the place so nice, they named it twice.)
I love your homestead! Sweet animals! Stay warm!
I sat at my window during a hail storm a couple years ago… the hail was almost baseball size… and watched the geese run to the top of the hill, and stick their beaks straight up to the sky. One goose got knocked over by a hail stone, and all the rest of them screamed and honked in a panic till she got back and into "formation". It was the strangest thing I have ever seen.
would it be possible to show what candling is and what it shows? thanks so much for all your vids. I get questions answered every time I watch and have , more than once, revamped plans I
'd made so as to put my research in other directions because of what I've been learning. thanks you for honesty and blunt talk that I could understand and filter into my plans!
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Way too cold in Minnesota for chickens to want outside. I feed them warm water and hot oatmeal 3 times per day. They also like a little bit of alfalfa hay. I think the extra protein helps them get through the cold nights..
rub the comb down with thick layer of vasaline to protect from frost bite
We are settling into a rented homestead with my daughter and her family. I have lost weight with trudging through the snow to take care of three goats, many chickens and two ducks. It has been -12 degrees that last couple morning and that does make chores harder. Many trips with buckets of hot water. Of course we come to property and animals during the coldest winter in something like 35 years. Thanks for this video and showing me things I need to improve on❤️
Bora Bora ME TOO
good tips, funny to see the chicken up close.
Staw bad idea here in washington to moist ends getting mold
do you find one breed or another one likes going out over others? we have cold weather birds and they refuse to leave the coop no matter what I do. they are happy inside, just curious. it's been negative temps and horrible windchill.
Ok Upstate New york we have snow and my chickens do not like the snow and yes I have straw in the run and they do like that with the sun in the afternoon it really all depends on your area. Yes you are so right you need to do what is good for your area you can't do in th south at the same time up north.
Thank you, Patara, for your videos. I appreciated this video as it affirmed what I'd already figured out from watching my chickens. We have been putting down straw but made sure today that there was straw on top of our snow. We have a little lean-to in their pen for a wind break but they really love our wood "shed" that has straw on the floor and lots of wood so they can get out of the wind, snow, rain, sun, etc and bald eagles and hawks can't get them there. The shed is a roofed area that runs alongside of our shop and we have wood along the two long sides of the area with the ends open.
fI cook up a batch of porridge and the chickens love it in the mornings on top of their chick feed and scratch, along with their warm water. It is -18f, they just will not leave the coop. I am so glad I am not a chicken
We used to like to watch Sue on Life Below Zero also. Cool show about survival and self sustaining. Thanks for the tips!
That chicken is a DIVA…….llololol
It would have never cross my mind to get ducks or geese but after reading that they keep certain pest and weeds away, I'm in when the time is right, My kids will love to have ducks.
Love your videos!
I can't help but admire your gloves. Are they warm? I'm looking for some winter gloves that are waterproof for when I water my ducks and geese.
I really enjoyed this video thank you.
You are terrific!
i made straw my best freind
Just a couple of questions. First, do you use straw or hay? My chickens seem to prefer hay. Second, how do you keep your ducks from flying away? What kind of "pond" do you use? Excuse me if you have already made a video about this. God bless.
she is so funny coming by the camera, we love our ducks and their production as well. But yes they can be messy.
I don't suppose you can make a beanie for your cream legbar rooster!
What's the difference between straw and hay
Oh the number of videos about "self sufficient coop design" so that no one has to go out every day??? Why bother having them if you want that?