You guys are making us want to get into commercial chicken farming. We are first generation homesteaders and raise meat chickens and pigs every year and have a bunch of laying hens. We want to be farmers but have no one that we know that does it. Thanks for uploading! It’s so inspiring! We are hoping to be able to get into it within the next year or 2.

Good luck this flock boys, hope this helps the mortality issues.

@FarmerHunt

Ай бұрын

Thanks! So far it has been better. We still had a little spike in mortality early on but nothing like what we have been having.

@markbaxley7258

Ай бұрын

@@FarmerHunt have you ever tried apple cider vinegar for gut issues?

There you go again absolutely another spectacular beautiful shooting filming footage compilation documentary countryside content video and as always beautiful sharing adventure .. million thanks again and have a wonderful blessing weekend !! ..

@FarmerHunt

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome video! Sure do enjoy them

@FarmerHunt

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Interesting. I have never actually saw shavings put in a house. Always assumed but wasn't sure. Neat guys!! Thx

@FarmerHunt

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Really enjoy y’all’s channel look forward to every episode, I do have a question though do yall decide to spread y’all’s own shavings because over here we’re I live s Carolina/ Georgia area the chicken farmers around here use a shavings company out of Royston ga send their spreader trucks to spread it for them ? I’m assuming it’s alot cheaper doing it yourself?

@FarmerHunt

Ай бұрын

Typically we try to do our own if our spreader trucks are running good. We have done it before where we hire a crew to do it. It all just depends on what we have going and if we are willing to spend the time spreading it or the money not to spread it.

Nice video. Got a question. Can the bird flu be Transmitted through the sawdust.?

@FarmerHunt

2 ай бұрын

In theory it’s probably possible. I believe the preheating of the houses before placing chickens would kill any possible traces of bird flu.

We’re paying $600/ load for sawdust and I thought that was bad. $900… ouch!

@FarmerHunt

2 ай бұрын

Wow, that would be nice! I’ve heard of some people paying $1200+/load for sawdust. Have you done a full clean out recently?

@stephencochran5879

2 ай бұрын

I pay $1200 for a load of rice hulls. It's $2000 for a load of shavings

@joelchurch2499

2 ай бұрын

@@FarmerHunt it’s been a couple years since I’ve done a total clean out. I have so much cake litter coming out I have to add a little sawdust every time. Didn’t used to be that way. Might be all the rain and damp weather we’ve had the last few years. I don’t know how this compares to y’all but I’ve been having about 25ish loads of cake from 4 houses.

@joelchurch2499

2 ай бұрын

@@stephencochran5879 wow that’s crazy!

@FarmerHunt

Ай бұрын

That sounds pretty comparable to ours.

So y’all got out of the excavating business? Just realized haven’t seen any of the equipment around anymore.

@FarmerHunt

2 ай бұрын

We did. Got to where we were trying to do too many things. We kept the d39 dozer but our friend Nathan that we worked with continued through business.

How thick do y'all put your shavings Mine in our turkey grow out houses is thick at times

@FarmerHunt

2 ай бұрын

We really like to have an our a 4” depth. This time it was more like 3”. Shavings and sawdust are hard to come by right now so we just had to take what we could get. We usually like to use more shavings also which gives more depth. What tickness do y’all usually go for?

@deweypowell2684

2 ай бұрын

@FarmerHunt oh yes definitely I know what you mean that's how I do and want mine technically also Thanks you fellers for these videos ok

Are this all from saw mill or you use wood shedder ?

@FarmerHunt

2 ай бұрын

It all came from the sawmill