Good to see you back on KZread Becky. We missed you!

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Oh thank you☀️❤️☀️

@joyadams507

8 ай бұрын

Can I feed cooked ground beef to my girls? Thank you for your help!

I just watched 1 of your other videos,your soggy bread advice got my sick eating,thanks Becky

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Your so welcome ☀️❤️☀️

Hey Becky thank you for the video and I learned a natural dewormer also that you can use is burn some wood and leave the charcoal there and the chickens will eat that and that's a natural dewormer also I learned this from Stony ridge farmer on KZread

For chicken-raising questions, buy Becky's guide to raising backyard chickens. I bought it years ago, and the book answered my questions. Plus, Becky has so many chicken videos. Even something as simple as the diatomaceous earth that Becky recommends is a game changer.

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

I was laughing at the end as that Guinea fowl was attempting to tidy up with the brush over on the left. Great tips, Becky!

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Hahaha she is my crazy bird ☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

I love your new look. If it wasn't for your voice, I'd think you were someone else. Thank you for opening my eyes. I need to get my hands dirty. My chickens deserve it. I never clean the coop. There is poop 💩 everywhere. How would I like to live like that. NO WAY Poor birds! And 6 months now, their waterer has never been cleaned by me. My husband did it once. I don't want to touch it. A friend once said, "If you won't drink it, then don't give it to your chickens." I guess I should put myself in their lifestyle just for one day. Watching this video thankfully kept me from that. Thank you, Becky Sunshine ! ❤❤❤❤ God Bless you 😊

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Hahaha thank you, I just cut my poofy hair in layers. Living on a bigger property makes me walk more, so that is healthy. Really just a simple, healthy outside lifestyle makes a difference over time. ☀️❤️☀️

@OILME651

8 ай бұрын

@BeckysHomestead this channel is the first channel i started watching, and I thought you might have quit. Sure did brighten my morning seeing that you posted.

Hey Becky good to see you! I hope you are doing well!

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

Nice to see you again Becky❤

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks☀️❤️☀️

Such good info. Thank you, Becky!

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Your welcome☀️❤️☀️

Thanks for the info. Glad to see you again

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Your welcome☀️❤️☀️

Very good information Becky.

Thanks for the information. Hope to see you more.

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

☀️❤️☀️

Thank you, this advice is very educational.

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Your welcome, I’m glad you like it☀️❤️☀️

All good! Thanks for sharing!! :)

Great to see your face! You are looking great and as always, giving great advice! GOD bless

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Thank you☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

I love you Becky! I wish you were my neighbor!!! 🩵

I appreciate your joyful, positive presentations! It makes raising chickens fun! Thank you!

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you like it ☀️❤️☀️

Great tips!! Thank you, good to hear your advice and see your healthy chickens. Thanks Becky.

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Your welcome☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

Wow! Blast from the past. So glad to see you again.

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

That is some great advice

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Glad you like it☀️❤️☀️

So many great tips, Becky! Thank you

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Your welcome☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

❤ great reminders

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

☀️❤️☀️

You are the best Becky

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks☀️❤️☀️

OMG! Becky Lives!!!!.....and you look great! and healthy!

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks☀️❤️☀️

Hi Becky, I'm a single mom ready to dive into homesteading, starting with locating a property. If you have anytime in your schedule to mentor me, I would be forever grateful.

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

I have chicken check days. Sun/Tues/Thurs. the water containers are scrubbed and fresh water given. daily I check the coop under the roost bar and rake the pine shavings over the chicken poo.

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

Love to see and the way you share your knowledge is amaizing and very enthusiastic. Thank you for sharing your practical knowledge very useful for many farmers 😊😊😊

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks so much ☀️❤️☀️

Great to See you again Becky. Always having great tips

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

That Guinea killing your water brush! Great video and advice…can’t say enough the importance and dedication to keeping chicks! Nice to see you!

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Hahaha she is so funny ☀️❤️☀️

Thanks Becky, I love your homestead, everything is so nice and clean , and the animals are so happy. I can’t wait to get my place and use all your tips, so that I can have happy clean chickens 🐓 too. Thanks ❤ see you soon.

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

I am a minimalist, less is more, small is better. I don’t like to clutter my life up with “stuff” ☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

Mrs. Becky , I have to say just ......wow .....!

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Hahahaha well thank you ☀️❤️☀️

I don't have chickens but I do have 4 pet homing pigeons that are retired and kept in screened area. The female was a rescue and near death. The vet gave meds and she rebounded but still had recurrences of diarrhea. I added ropa-b to the water. She only has a little runny poop the day before she lays an egg. Ropa-B is from Italy I think. Viking King carries it. It is made from oregano. The water stays cleaner. All of them seem to have benefited with the natural intestinal flora in their gut. It is organic. I love the smell. I just wonder if chickens would benefit the same way.

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Oh, I don’t know ☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

Great video Becky! 😎

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Glad you like it☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

Hey Becky! I'm back in Florida where the warmth is...

I saw a video recently that you could put a piece of copper pipe in your chicken’s water, or any of your livestock water, and it helps keep down the algae growth. I’ve been doing that in all the chicken waters I use (I have 7 different waterers so that throughout the day the waters could be in the shade or if they tip one over they have other ones to get to) and I will say it works. It’s sort of freaked me out at first because it made the water very dark and murky and then I realized the copper was pulling the algae that was embedded in the plastic out. You may think your waterers are clean, but the copper really pulls out the algae. Now I wash all their waters on Sunday and they barely start to get dirty around Friday or Saturday.

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

The copper “rust” on the pipes. you might want to liken it to rust, is called copper sulfate and it kills plants. That is what makes copper flashing, outside clocks, etc turn greenish☀️❤️☀️

Looking good Becky ❤❤❤😊😊😊

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Thanks☀️❤️☀️

What are your suggestions for allowing adequate space for chickens.

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Whatever you think is big enough, double it, and you will have happy, healthy, long lived chickens☀️❤️☀️

Looking nice and younger friend :) thanks for the info!

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thanks☀️❤️☀️

You look great Becky I love your sunglasses. Thanks for the video 😊

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thank you☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

I was surprised to hear you incorporate meat into their diet!! So do I...I've done it for years and, like you, I have noticed a difference! Great tips!! My coop has a wooden floor...Do you know if using sand would cause any problems to the wood? I am currently using straw.

Hello Becky, I was wondering about the birds being super poopers.

Thanks for the info Becky. A couple of mine has had diarrhea since they were chicks. I use DE all the time. I'm guessing I may be over feeding them.

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

Thanks for sharing Becky. I know your guinea is pretty old. Does she still lay? I have a few old guineas that lay almost year round. As always, a great video! Keep them coming.

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Yes she does lay, but I find she lays a few big “piles” in a nest about 3 or 4 times a year We have to watch her, because she is very good at hiding and wants to stay out on her hidden nest all night. ☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

1. For sick birds get a small bowl of water with a table spoon of apple cider vinegar. Dip the bread into water and give to chicken. 2. Keep water clean and scrub weekly with dish soap. 3. Deworm with DE in their feed. Deworm all animals. 4. Give meat everyday. 5. Keep coop clean 6. Put sand on ground 7. Build a big coop to accommodate big flocks.

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Isn’t that what I said☀️❤️☀️

@steveo_o6707

7 ай бұрын

@@BeckysHomestead note takers rule!

Thank you for your simple and informative videos! My husband is a farmer so i have access to a lot of crips but I don't have access to oats right now. Can I give them barley? That is something we have plenty of.

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Go a head and try it out. I always say make adjustments. ☀️❤️☀️

@baileewilliams3510

7 ай бұрын

@@BeckysHomestead Thank you, I will try it! 😊

Hi Becky, Great to see your video! Can you use diatomaceous earth to deworm dogs? If so, how & how much? Thank you ❤

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I have made a video on that, look it up☀️❤️☀️

I’m with you girl I also give organ oil in water

I clean my waters daily and sometimes twice

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Don’t go the other way and over do it☀️❤️☀️

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

👍

😊

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

I ferment my feed. Should I mix de in with my grit? Also, any tips to help them get over dry fowl pox? We're about halfway through.

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

Becky how much DE to the chicken feed do you add ?

hi from australia you have been missed

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Oh thank you☀️❤️☀️

What size coop would u recommend for 10 hens? Ty

@RaySteven-uf6ul

7 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 I hope you're safe over there? I am Ray Steven by name from Cleveland Ohio the United state of America

How does a coop like yours, which looks very airy, stand up to the winter with winds, cold, snow? Seems like a lot of ventilation in your coop? Got anything to advise us in cold climates. thanks!

What kind of sand do you buy? I googled it once and my home Depot didn't carry it. I think it's supposed to be a certain grit.

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Trust me Home Depot sells sand. It is in the bagged concrete, cement section. Go in and look☀️❤️☀️

@Suzie-he9ni

8 ай бұрын

@@BeckysHomestead I know they have sand. It is supposed to be a certain grit.

@misspersnickety3674

8 ай бұрын

​@@Suzie-he9ni I have used the play sand at Home Depot before. My chickens thought it was the greatest dust bath😊

So Becky, what is the square footage per chicken? I have eight hens in a coop that is 8’wx8’lx6’h. And its3’ off the ground. The attached run, made of 1/2” hardware cloth, runs around the coop and is 8’wx28’lx 6’h with a corrugated roof. The chickens can get under the coop for added security. The run also has a 2’w hardware cloth predator apron extending 2’ out from the run under the soil. Due to heavy predator pressure the chickens can not free range. Is my coop and run big enough for the 8 hens? They get organic layer pellets, black oil sunflower seeds, some whole corn in winter, dehydrated soldier fly larva, fresh water with apple cider vinegar and a large bunch of fresh greens from the garden daily. They also have a kiddie pool with sand, DE and earth for dust bathing. I clean their coop out under their roosts about every 3-4 days. I use CoopN Compost clay granules on the floor before sprinkling the coop floor with fresh pine shavings. In spite of this a few of the hens have diarrhea. I’ve soaked their behinds in warm Epsom salts water in the warmer weather. This helped most of them, but two still have the problem. I used to give them all a tiny bit of raw hamburger when they first started laying because they were eating their eggs. They stopped eating their eggs but got diarrhea. I stopped the meat, but they went back to cracking and eating eggs occasionally. What am I doing wrong?🤔

@Thingys-Jill

8 ай бұрын

You are not doing anything wrong! You don't say if they are bantams or full-size chickens, but you have 64SF of floor space in your coop less any obstructions such as in-coop feed or waterers. If you figure 4SF of coop space for each bird and 10SF of run space for each bird, you're good. It is imperative that your coop have plenty of ventilation which should be located above where the heads of the birds would be roosting (near the top of the coop) even in winter. It should also have like a screened door for cross ventilation in summer heat. Give them cucumbers and pumpkin puree or other squash, which helps stop diarrhea. They also get weeds from the yard/garden except not anything from the nightshade family (tomatoes, potatoes, etc.). They also get leftovers. I personally don't give my girls ACV more than maybe once-in-awhile. Chickens are known to get internal parasites spring and fall (or so I've been told) and there are dewormers that are liquid and can be put in the water. I use the deep litter method and find it to work just fine. Just sprinkle some more pine shavings under the roost 1x/week and clean the entire coop out every 6 months. I do rake the run area about 1x/month and add dirt/sand to their dust bath. They still like to dig and sit in the hole they make! I've kept chickens for several years and my girls have not ever (knock on wood) gotten ill (except one that died of a heart attack). I hope what I've written is helpful to you. Edited to add that I've been known to add the contents of one of my probiotic capsules to some oatmeal each spring and fall to combat any chance of the spring/fall potential parasite issue.

@janetwestrup411

8 ай бұрын

@@Thingys-Jill Thanks Jill for the advice and encouragement. You asked what size my hens are: Marans, Sapphire Gems, New Hampshire Reds, Auraconas, Black Sex Links. I originally had ten hens, but lost one Auracona and one New Hampshire Red. Not sure why they died, all other hens seem fine. Right now, they are molting and not happy.

@Thingys-Jill

8 ай бұрын

@@janetwestrup411 Mine are all molting too and, interestingly enough, my 2 black Silkies are changing color. Go figure. It's not their 1st molting, so I don't know why. Edited to add: give them 20% feed in winter and 16% in summer. Save your egg shells, let them dry, crumble them up and feed them back to the chickens.

@BeckysHomestead

7 ай бұрын

Do you deworm them with the DE? Mix it in their feed tub so they get some every day. I would keep feeding some kind of meat every day.

@janetwestrup411

7 ай бұрын

Hi Becky, I tried the feed ingredients the way you suggested with DE mixed in, but the DE just sifted to the bottom of the barrel and they never got any. I use heavy pvc pipes for their feeders because they were wasting it on the ground. I do have a kiddie pool for their dust bath and I put DE in that. I’ve heard that winter squashes and pumpkin works well to deworm them also. I’m not sure they have worms, have never seen evidence of that.

Diatomaceous earth only works when dry and doesn't work in the GI tract.

@BeckysHomestead

4 ай бұрын

Not true at all. It doesn’t change one bit☀️❤️☀️

@djkalk1969

4 ай бұрын

It's physics. Once wet from saliva, the microscopic sharp edges soften and lose its cutting edge. Diatomaceous earth causes insects to dry out and die by absorbing the oils and fats from the cuticle of the insect's exoskeleton. Its sharp edges are abrasive, speeding up the process. It remains effective as long as it is kept dry and undisturbed. @@BeckysHomestead

My hen i believe is sick and is yelloq poop. Only drinking a little. Need help

Hey Becky about how much DE do you add to about 20 pounds of feed?

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Well I would add 3/4 cup and mix in through.☀️❤️☀️

@sylviaturner3480

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Becky!

You have to be careful about polymer content in the sand

how to contact you?

I disagree with meat every day. I give my chickens some form of meat protein once a week. If they free range (which mine do) then they are already getting daily meat from bugs, frogs & lizards in the yard. I also use sand and I scoop it every day. I use a sand flea rake which makes very quick work of it. 🍻

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

There are not that many bugs and stuff when chickens free range on the same property every day. Also once chickens are over two years old they don’t lay as many eggs unless you feed a little meat every day. That is why industrial egg farms sell the chickens to make unto chicken nuggets at 2 years old. It’s a short, fast turn over.☀️❤️☀️

Chicken has diarrhaa,, like👍❤

The daily meat 🥩 must be cooked, yes?

@BeckysHomestead

8 ай бұрын

No, chickens don’t cook😂😂 It can be raw or cooked ☀️❤️☀️

Any whatsapp group i could join please