"Establish a pecking order..." very good 👏😂 It is cool how satisfying and addictive making your own compost is, eh? Although I have never down so with the family's poo, I would say black and crumbly compost is good to go 👍😉

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

😂 it’s been an interesting journey

This was lovely… I laughed so much at the ladies in the chicken enclosure 😊. Cute hens. And making compost and enriching soil… I get it, find it extremely satisfying as well!

Apologies I don’t comment often enough… but love then channel and your videos. Amazing job on the hen coup.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Keith

Your videos show me the care and kindness you have for your family and animals ❤

Thanks bruce

The hens are Beautiful, cool door and run , I’m sure they’ll get braver as they settle in :)

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

They seem to be getting braver now

That’s a great job Bruce. You can look forward to a great egg supply (fingers crossed) 😊

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait!!

Nothing better than having your own fresh eggs

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait!!

The door looks great Bruce, think ill have to get one of those 🐔🐔

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Well worth it! I have a discount code in the description

The road of a grafter by Bruce and the clan nice one crack on

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Barry

Great job on the hen run! 🎉

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Carol

Happy chooks 🐓

Those are some fine looking hens. Happy egg eating!! The yolks will be super yellow with all those insects your girls will have munched on, yummy 😊

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

I can’t wait! Hopefully have some eggs soon

Yay there out and about 🙂💐

See Doug and Stacy off grid ( USA Missouri) they have lots on huminore system videos could be confirming or new info ,,just a thought .

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation

Great hen coop. Job well done

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Damien

Need thicker wire to protect your chickens because a Fox will chew through that coup easy.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Don’t worry that run is to keep chickens in not predators out. That run is out now and they are in an electric fence with dogs out the whole time they are out then they are locked away during the evening. The coop is predator proof

loved my chickens

Oooooooooooh! Daggit and Norbit. See if you get the reference. Can't believe how many animals you have now. What is neeeeeeeext. And when will you finish the upstairs of the hoose

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

😂 I don’t get the reference. Explain yourself frazzle

Compost Enthusiasts Unite! All "waste" is food for something. Love Humanure for fruit trees & berry bushes. Awesome!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Yesssss!!! :)

Gorgeous happy chooks! How are the potatoes coming along? I planted a bunch at the same time that I chitted (and worried that my novice chitting had killed them) but they started sprouting in the past couple of days. Yay. I'm amazing how fast the leaves grow once they've broken the soil level!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

They are doing well. We mounded ours up 2 times. We need to get our main crop in the ground as we are a bit behind

Humanure = black gold ❤❤ In the early years here I used to have a long drop toilet in a three-sided shed facing the bush (Australia). As the hole under the toilet seat filled up, it took about 12 months, I would dig out the previous hole and move the toilet seat on top of that and used the contents to fertilise the fruit trees and soft fruit bushes in the garden. After being in a covered hole in the ground for 12 months it was just beautiful compost that smelt like fresh dirt. The garden bloomed with the application of this black gold. Added bonus was the number of volunteer tomato plants that would come up. Obviously tomato seeds are not harmed by passing thru the human digestive system. Regarding so called 'compostable' plastics, what they don't tell y9ou is the only way to compost them is in an industrial situation, a home compost system will not do anything to them - it's a bit of a have really!!!! 😊😊😊😊

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Black gold indeed :) we have a couple of different toilets before settling on a design for the house. We were going to use it on hedgerows and trees

Good one Bruce n Co ..a busy time on the Farm ..the Chick Villa looks good Stay Free and Safe 😍

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike

Give them time

Lovely vlog again. I enjoyed your music background very much.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Monika

Another great video Bruce, love the electric door ❤️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

It’s a great addition

Enjoy all the organic eggs Bruce 😊

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait! Still no eggs yet

@davidfennell5124

Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridBruce once they start there will be no stopping them 😁

Hi Bruce, I heard that you should compost human manure for 2 year's and that you only use on fruit trees and the likes, not on our veg. But if you read that book did it not say that in it? Just wondered, I heard that book was great, very inspiring. Great work love the chicken coup. You have all come so far on your homestead. 👍😉🇮🇪☘️Eire

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

2 years is if you don’t hit compost. If you leave for 2 years then it’s presumed pretty safe but if you aerobically compost them the temperatures kill any potential pathogens, parasites etc. the book is well worth a read even if you weren’t planning on having a compost loo

Well done great coup❤😊

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great job on the chicken run bruce.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony

ALGO there ye go

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

😂

cool

Well done ❤

Great Vlog Bruce enjoy your week whatever you get up to

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary

Great job 👍

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Malcolm

I can't wait to get my chickens I'm going to get coachings.❤

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Hello Bruce and Annie, your making me want to get hens again! That is a very sofistacated door 🚪 😳 would definitely get me one of them if I get hens again!!!! See ye all next week 🙌 🤗

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Glad we have it. It’s a great idea! I love sitting and watching them

Well done

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

I will gladly accommodate your request by writing a comment and liking the video by trending the algorithm. Leave it to your wife Annie to be cheeky about mentioning a peeking order while she and her daughters were playing chickens in the cage. I could not top her.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

😂

Hope one of the chooks doesn’t miss the curfew and get locked out for the night.. !

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

😂 don’t worry they are all in a fair bit before it closes and I check they are all in bed when it’s dusk

Enjoy your hens.... they just need to get used to their new surroundings!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice

It feels refreshing to see another style of life, and it looks so fun. Im just wondering how do the girls go too school? are they homeschooled or is there a school there?

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

There are nice schools around but we have home schooled for the last 7 years

Feedomatic is a great addition, same one I have. Coop door looks a good addition too, I'm a little jealous 😂. How did you attach the two layers of mesh on the run? Wasn't super clear in the video. I use a net mending stitch with twine but yours looks tidier. You'll enjoy the hens, great converters of leftovers to eggs, especially with young'uns around.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

I just used the wire that it was wrapped in and loop stitched it. The door is awesome. Well worth the investment.

I think the ramp was a good idea when I had chickens they did not like jumping in and out, just keep an eye on when the door opens and closes, dawn and dusk is the time your mostly likely to get a predictor attack.. not nice

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

I hope we don’t have that happen but I guess it’s always a risk. I have 3 dogs who are out so it would just be the morning I’m vulnerable. We have an electric fence too as a backup

some of those "compostible" containers and such have some nasty forever chemicals in them. You should check it out -search forever chemicals to learn more. Shiny cardboard isn't good either - anything waterproof is a bit suspect.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

I’m going to have a Google of that now

Hi Bruce, as someone from Suffolk (England) looking to make the move to Ireland like yourself a vid with some of the differences may be good or popular

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

There would be a good few differences to talk about

Compoost 👍

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah

🐓

Judging by the "chicken wire" I se in your video, one would think you do NOT have a predator problem. However, you still may want to "strengthened your chicken wire with a thicker, stronger and a more heavy duty wire that will ensure nothing gets to your chickens

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

We do have foxes and pine martens. The run is just to contain the hens not protect. We have an electric fence and dogs out. The coop is predator proof so they are locked away at night.

@chuckblack9410

Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridBruce Predators "operate" during the day as well as night.

I have trouble with the door after a couple months Keeps trying to open, sounds like stripping the gears

@OffGridBruce

5 ай бұрын

Mine is actually doing the same after it froze shut. I’m going to take it apart and see what’s going on. If I find a fix I’ll let you onow

Wondering how you managed to get a Irish PPS number in order to buy a place in Ireland when you didn't already have an address in Ireland. Thanks!

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Annie already had one as she had worked here before and we stayed at Annie’s dads who lives in Cork.

Needs some water

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

What needs water?

@treecutter

Жыл бұрын

The chickens

@treecutter

Жыл бұрын

@@OffGridBruce seems like some of my comment went missing, I said needs some water in the coop with the food sorry

hi bruce the more worms the betterthey make great compost they turn everything over well good luck keep the vids coming

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

I was delighted to see so many

Hello

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋🏽

Do you add anything else to compost toilet? Allow toilet roll? Manufacturers of so called compostable food containers admit themselves that it only works in certain commercial-scale composting, yet more greenwashing nonsense. They do argue it’s still produced from bio material rather than plastic, be interested to know if that makes a difference in landfill.

@OffGridBruce

Жыл бұрын

I throw greens in there, some wood chip and sometimes card. Since having animals we have very little food waste