You legit are the best chicken dad !!

@earthnailsandtails

10 ай бұрын

Haha thank you!

@Misyognitic-king

8 ай бұрын

As long as they lau eggs

Bob’s Burgers has taught me one thing: The pecking order is not to be messed with. Lol

@earthnailsandtails

10 ай бұрын

Haha 😂

Coming from a chicken-raising family (no longer active though) you put a smile in my face. Yours are truly happy and healthy chicken. Bravo bro!

@earthnailsandtails

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate this an I am glad to hear that we are taking good care of them from a more experienced owner :)

Wow. I loved this video so much. So simple, informative and warm😍😊

@earthnailsandtails

10 ай бұрын

So glad! 🙂

My chickens lived in a cardboard box sitting on an old washing machine in the corner in the back yard.. i stuck two sticks in the side and a couple in the corners to prop up the box. Covered it with a tarp so it doesnt get wet and threw some dried grass on the bottom. They also had a smaller box with some dried grass right next to it for laying eggs. They were happy and healthy. I had 11 of them and on average had 7 eggs a day with dark yellow yolks. They came out when they wanted and roamed my back yard. It wasnt ideal but it worked for the many years i had them.

@Olive_ily

Ай бұрын

Huh 🤔

My largest (Lavender Orpington) is the on the bottom of the pecking order and my smallest (Easter egger) is on the top of the pecking order. Crazy how chickens work

For ten or so years we’ve kept about a dozen chickens. We’ve found that a good dominant rooster keeps the hens from picking on each other. Also the breed really makes a difference - buff Orpingtons are by far our favorite breed. Just saying.

@earthnailsandtails

8 ай бұрын

love the insight!

informative and awesome video! the chickens bawking and the cardinal happily chipping in the background was so calming and brought back memories

@earthnailsandtails

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

There is a town in Belgium that has offered its citizens free chickens to cut down on waste. The chickens eat all the table scraps that would otherwise go to landfill.

My chickens don't want any bedding in their nesting boxes. I add them but they knock it out. They prefer the feel of the plastic.

Excellent advice. Thank you. From Ireland ☘️

@earthnailsandtails

7 ай бұрын

Cheers, Glad it was helpful!

Yes start with three, because in three months, you’ll have 41 hens, 3 roosters and maybe a half dozen guineas.

@onlypsyche

9 ай бұрын

Chicken math! 🤣😅

@scrapstampcreate

8 ай бұрын

I was going to comment about the chicken math.

@shamachelon

8 ай бұрын

Chicken bath is the best math

And no matter how many boxes or chickens you have, they will ALL lay all of their eggs in the same 1-3 boxes. Without fail.

I took a Chicken keeping class from a fantastic farmer, and her numbers were quite different, one square foot of chicken coop per bird plus one and a half square feet per chicken in the run. Anything bigger than that is spacious.

@earthnailsandtails

7 ай бұрын

That seems really tiny. Imagine having 100 chickens in 150 sqft of space. They wouldn’t have much room to move.

@earthnailsandtails

7 ай бұрын

I do think you could have more chickens in the coop, it really does depend more directly to roosting space

Thank you for your guidance and info to help everyone give their chickens their best lives

@earthnailsandtails

8 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed just trying to help spread the knowledge and experience that I have

Mentioned owning chickens yesterday, must be why this video got recommended

@fluffytail6355

8 ай бұрын

I bought a roast chicken yesterday and now this appears in my feed

@blankusername5914

8 ай бұрын

You probably looked up or bought something related to chickens. Might also be location data from your phone. Unless you're recording saying something doesn't trigger videos to that subject (and if it is, its by chance)

@SustainableGal

8 ай бұрын

@@blankusername5914 nope, never bought anything but dead chicken to eat, just Google assistant listening to us chat

Yeah, they are really happy and healthy chickens

I have been raising chickens for over twenty years now. With the forceful removal of an angry rooster, I now have a small flock of 7 chickens. Strangely, this is the first time I have had a flock without a "pecking-order". They free range over 5 rich acres. With an abundance of food, there is no need for a hierarchy. Very, very happy chooks.

How do you decide which one to eat?

@callingyourphone1212

7 ай бұрын

biggest one usually..if you want a sustaining long run unlimited eggs n chickens you can do what i did..start out with 3 baby chicks, after 1 year let 4 eggs hatch, after 1 more year let 3 eggs hatch. on year 3 the chickens usually stop producing as many eggs but need the same amount of food so its best to just axe em. next year you can harvest 4, just make sure youre hatching the same amount you harvest.

The striped one is just luscious! If I didnt hate mice so much, Id have chickens

His answers are great.

I had to laugh at the nest box number. Every chicken house/ nest box scenario I've had over my life...no matter how many boxes you have , they will ALL use the same 2 or 3 😂

@earthnailsandtails

9 ай бұрын

The facts of reality 😂😂

@fluffytail6355

8 ай бұрын

They should still have options

@garyholt4445

7 ай бұрын

Makes it easy for the postman to deliver the mail.

Thank you for good information..❤

Thank you for such basic information...!

Thank you...❤

Bless you!!!! ❤ There's a house in my neighborhood with a front-yard homemade coop made entirely of corrugated metal on all sides, with NO ventilation visible except for the opening underneath (also not visible). I told the "lady" of the house that she would cook her chickens on the hotter months in this veritable oven. She was incensed, told me I was wrong, and demanded I leave. I sent a picture of the coop and verified my opinion with an expert. I think you would be horrified if you saw this coop. 😢

We had a couple hundred chickens on the farm..a coop, a roosting area, egg laying stalls, birds ran free during the day outside and closed the coop at night. Standard stuff. Chicks were raised in an enclosure till juveniles and could fend for themselves..etx

Insightful 😮

we had 16 hens that would lay in 1 nest(we had 7 nesting boxes).

Chickens do just fine in smaller enclosures.

I grew up on a farm and our chickens didn’t have any of that. They roamed wherever they wanted to. Made their nests wherever they wanted too. Might be under the house, in our old barn or under a big bush. They would roost in the low branches on the trees. I do like these new chicken coops and nesting boxes.

@earthnailsandtails

7 ай бұрын

The life of a true farm chicken 🤩

..good advice..

Thank you ❤

Excellent info😅

Thanks for the tips. I want some! 🐤🐥🐣🐥🐤🐤🐓

I used to have pet chickens as a kid, dang they don't even 10 or 20 square feet Our house is also theirs, they roam all around the house and poop only on grass

If only all chickens were treated humanely. Thanks for being kind to the chickens.

I've raised chickens in the past and this advice of only having one laying box for every three chickens can result in problems when those higher up the pecking order bully the lowest members away from their box. Add in a clucky hen or two and you're in for landmines when stale eggs burst in random places.

@earthnailsandtails

9 ай бұрын

“At least” 👌🏼 good advice

😄👍Good To Know, Great Tips

@earthnailsandtails

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I have a few....12 going to go pick more up tomorrow😂

Pretty good sign that you have too many chickens is if one or several have all the feathers plucked off their rump. For my space, I could have 13 chickens. One point I had 21 and there were several that were pecked to shreds.

@earthnailsandtails

10 ай бұрын

We have a rooster, he has his favorites 😅

Excelente!

I like the video but I was ready to burst out laughing if you dropped that door to where the chickens lay and bumped your noggin😂. Not if it hurt you but funny if it didn’t 😂

Keep them in Odds??? What does it have to do with hirarichy??? Just to sound like a specialist I think

Great vid

@earthnailsandtails

7 ай бұрын

appreciate that!

Had multiple chickens when I was a child...we used to let them roam around and used to call them back at evening into their homes... their favourite places were tree branches and used to only lay eggs at the house of our neighbours 🙄

Chicken dad 😂 good one

4 square feet of room in the coop PER BIRD. 10 to 12 square feet of run space PER BIRD. And all the ventilation you can come up with

@earthnailsandtails

7 ай бұрын

LOVE it!

love chickens.

@earthnailsandtails

6 ай бұрын

Us too 😁

They are really good with coleslaw

How do you choose which chicken is eaten?

I wanna hug one

My girls have enough for a box each to lay their eggs in, they all use the same two! 😂

Why on Earth does a pecking order require odd numbers. That is the most bizarre assertion I have ever heard

@earthnailsandtails

9 ай бұрын

I don’t make the “rules” just observe and make conclusions.

@hwnjr

8 ай бұрын

​@@earthnailsandtailsthis doesn't explain why. Still don't know why having a pecking order means odd numbers are best.

I get having at least 3 chickens but what's wrong with even numbers when your flock grows?

@earthnailsandtails

9 ай бұрын

from my experience we have had chickens ousted from the flock. its just all about balance. im sure each situation is different

Thats all fine and dandy, but do the chickens have large talons?

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Just realized he is cute...❤😊

KZread been recommending chicken videos must be a sign.

@earthnailsandtails

6 ай бұрын

DO IT lol, they are fun. Just take good care of them 👍🏼

What does pecking order have to do with an odd number of birds?

Also we've found that you want atleast 1 rooster per 8 to 10 hens. It also depends the breed, some rooster breeds will slaughter your other birds. learned that the hard way one year.

I have chickens too. I get to eat chicken all year round.

@earthnailsandtails

6 ай бұрын

Great for self sufficiency 👍🏼

Rule 1 is damm correct. 😂😂😂

If you want a rooster, you need min. Of 3 to five hens. He will over breed on them if not.

Bro. When can we eat them??😋

What are your thoughts on the hen : rooster ratio?

@earthnailsandtails

9 ай бұрын

id say 1-10 to 12

I'm confused by the odd number thing🤔

The noises are home to me 😭

I’m suffering Chook Envy!

I've thought about trying out chickens but I've also been told that they crap all over the place

Yes , and watch where you step too. Dont want to track anything into the house.

😊

I thought pecking order is only applicable around Mr. Popo

Can't we breed all that out so that they're happy whatever the conditions are?

If you have all female chickens don’t be surprised when one starts looking or even sounding like a roaster it happens often.

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Galinha Feliz

I have 9 birds….7 hens and 2 roosters Only because I hen turned out to be a rooster. Only 1 hen has been laying. There are 5 nest boxes. I’ve changed out their feed 3 times now. Still…. Only 1 egg from my golden hen, Gwen

I want to be on Top of this Guy

How many fingers ?

Meanwhile our chickens the BIGGEST IS THE BOSS

Instruction unclear, my chicken are breakdancing. Help, what do it do?

I don't get it. Why should one keep chickens in odd numbers? What does that have to do with the pecking order? Are they not able to have a pecking order when kept in even numbers?

@earthnailsandtails

8 ай бұрын

my experience is that one will become the outcast in an even numbered group especially with a smaller flock, which many backyard keepers will have. The more chickens you have the less this will happen because they will form their smaller social groups much like us

@Mudbug2000

8 ай бұрын

Right! Listen to the video one more time you missed it he told you why.

You know your chicken is healthy and non gmo organic gluten free when it flies

You forgot 😋 🐔 too

Hello❤❤❤❤❤😂

First one - Just don't eat them all, just don't

1 box per 10

Cut the crap start with about 10. You know you want too.😊

@earthnailsandtails

8 ай бұрын

Haha every chicken keeps conscious

Whats an odd number have to do with anything?!

@Mudbug2000

8 ай бұрын

Listen to the video one more time he tells you he answers your questions.

𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥 👏🏼

Chicken tractors are part of your strategy or no?

@earthnailsandtails

8 ай бұрын

we dont have a large property so no. they typically free range in our backyard

10 square feet is enough? Sounds like a minimum to me.

@earthnailsandtails

8 ай бұрын

yes it is a minimum

So you don't need a rooster to have peace?

Odd numbers?

10 square feet per chicken. And yet, in egg farms, the caged hens are given an A4 sized amount of space to live their miserable lives in.

@earthnailsandtails

7 ай бұрын

😥

Pecking order?

😊💕🥰😔🙏😇

Does youtube know something i dont? Wtf is with all the "before you own chickens feed"...

Don’t waste your time making more then 2 nesting boxes they’ll never use them