"The dog, not the bus" I lost it 🤣 what a mental picture!

That chicken run is so nice!! We get pretty darn cold here in NE oklahoma. I have a 14x16 coop with a south door only. Hubs is going to put me a light ant large plugin out there for more convenience. We have a run about the same size as the coop. I have 29 total. I'm gonna cull my 2 roos they are so big and not nice. My silver wyandotte is slightly smaller and nice to the hens. I wish we had more outside enclosed run.

You are very informed young lady. Thank you for all your information you choose too share.

I don't let them out till about 60-90 min before dark. I throw them scratch too have a full belly to keep them warm at night. Gosh i love them. Mine are 21 weeks today!!!!!

@realsimplemama

Жыл бұрын

Oh yay! How beautiful! ✌🏼❤️🐓

Hello just want to send a big thank you from over the pond for a great video - thanks for taking the time to share it

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for taking the time to thank me. It means a lot. ✌🏼❤️🐓

Glad to have you back! I always look forward to your videos!

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to be back! I’m bursting with more ideas!

Is this still the same innovation coop with this awsome, homemade run? Or did you build this coop?

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I had the Innovation coop for years but the red one in my chicken run now is by Rugged Ranch.

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

Oops and I have a small secondary coop kit (also that bluish gray) that’s by Aivituvin.

I use a spray bottle with ACV & Water and spray them for mites or if the weather is so Hot I spray them to cool them!

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

There you go!

All my birds are the same color. They eggs look the same. I got 6 an generally get 2 to 3 some time 4 don't know who's laying what

Do you not feed layer ration. You mentioned scratch.

@realsimplemama

Жыл бұрын

Hi! I offer unlimited layer feed 24/7. I personally don’t feed them scratch as I’m basically paying for pure sugar and it has next to no nutritional value. ✌🏼❤️🐓

I kept my old chickens in their run until about 10:30am. They'd lay about 10am like clockwork every morning. I had a curtain made of shade cloth on the run for privacy, and adter they laid, I'd go out, collect the eggs, and then let them go outin the yard. Thy had a pretty high protien diet, as we have earthworms and earwigs here they'd eat. All my girls would lay an egg most every day. One would lay an extra occassionally. I was concerned about the girl that laid 2 about once a week. I guess it's OK, but I wondered if it wasn't too much for her body, so I gave extra protein and made sure she had oyster shell available 24/7. We have some bad preditors here, and I lost them, so this new set is going to be in the run, unless I can be right there with them, and only when they get older. Losing chickens to preditors is horrible. I misd those girls.

@realsimplemama

Жыл бұрын

Oh I’m so sorry about your poor girls. I’m here to help as you prepare for your new flock! ✌🏻❤️🐓

Thankyou !Thankyou ! Thankyou !!! From Sooke B.C. Vancouver Island ☺🤗

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I hope it was helpful! 👍🏼❤️

Thank you for another great and informative video! So many good ideas, especially keeping a journal of what is going on. Your girls are looking good, A special "hi" to Flopsy!

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much my friend!

Thank you so much. This was an amazing video! I'm also in south Texas and I just have so many questions 😅

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help! Feel free to drop questions here too. ❤️🐓

I love your blogs

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope I’m helping

Thank you , brill vid again 🙄😀❤️🙂👍. 😀Still amazes me ... EVERY ! 😮 time , the girls just calmly trot off to the nest box , rain , snow , sunshine , thunder , lightning or raining mixed corn & mealworms 🙄😀.. and calmly and very very intelligently , motherly and caring .. no fuss , no drama .. sit quietly and yay 🙂👍, .. ,and later i find a very very lovingly & preciously laid egg in the nestbox .. And all because of the very intelligent motherly daily instinct and efficient conversion of just the right amount of a few simple humble needs , and humble simple food & water things 😮.. To amazingly convert into such an absolutely precious diamond of nutritional value .. gets a 😮 of awe and wonder each time from me . Truly amazing creatures , and truly amazing beautiful feathered , loyal , inspiring , giving and equal friends they are . And I feel honoured to be trusted and bond as their loyal, caring human friend 🙂👍. ❤️🐔❤️nature’s creatures , love their gifts , truly inspired ❤️🙂👍. And I hope many many more humans will be inspired to do the same . Thank you Sarah ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🙂👍

You have alot of information that you impart in a short time. I wish I could talk that fast or at least listen as fast as you talk, LOL. Sometimes I have to back up the video to rewatch parts to be sure I didn't miss anything you're saying. I really wish you would not slam yourself as I've heard you do it in other videos also. I don't know what kind of monsters have at least wrongly verbally abused you in your young life, but I suspect that has happened, making you say terrible things about yourself. I'm glad you turn the camera on you so we can put a lovely face to match your voice . I'm sad that apparently not enough folks have let you kids know that you are indeed a beautiful girl, so why wouldn't anyone want to to look at your face? Don't ever forget that we are all unique + God loves everyone + made each of us a little different from each other, otherwise we wouldn't be able to recognize each other if we all looked exactly the same. It is our spirit + personality that makes us the most dear to those who have the love of Jesus in their hearts. We should try to ignore the twisted attitudes of the personality disordered folk of the rest of the population. I love your spirit ; + your personality is great, as you are enthusiastic about caring properly for your birds + I admire your dedication to them + to providing good information that helps us , the newbies especially to know how to handle problems that are likely to crop up. I hope you will continue to talk face to face on the camera , as I find it is makes your videos more endearing , personally. I find you to be a very lovable friendly person + watching your videos make me feel that I have just spent time visiting with a friend. Keep up the interesting filming of your girls. They are lucky to be under the wing of a good mother hen like you. I aspire to be as attentive to my first time pullet flock when they arrive as day old chicks May 4th. Since it's still chilly here, I'm reluctantly letting my feathered babies stay with a more experienced chick raiser till they are fully feathered + able to be outside all night. I intend to go down to where they are growing every day, however , to get them comfortable with me. My husband isn't at all happy that I have ordered 5 different breeds, a total of 13 ( a baker's dozen). He took care of 200 hens when he was a young boy + has had his fill of chickens. I've had to convince him for about a year that they'd be a good idea to have. My Dad had a few hens when I was very small, + I only remember that they were wiped out in what we figure was a racoon attack 😢. I had roosters when I was a teenager as pets, but hens are way more complicated to keep healthy. I've always loved birds, + wish I could let them loose on our lawn. But we live in rural area where everything from coyotes to eagles are a threat to anything that small. I have a terrier mix type dog +an indoor cat that I have to leash because they would haul them away almost as easily as they would the chicks I've ordered. BTW, I have 3 Barred Rocks, 3 Buff Orpingtons, 3 black Australorps, 2 light brahmas, + 2 silver Wyandottes coming. I originally didn't think I'd mind an accidental rooster, but have heard that if they have hens nearby, they can have mean temperments, so I won't cry if I don't get any in error. The worst thing to me is the pecking order, because I don't want to see anything injured. If I get any real meanies , I will give them away rather than let them torture their coop mates. Thanks for sharing. Dont forget Psalm 139:14 : Everyone on Earth is fearfully + wonderfully made. Our bodies are formed by God in His own image, + our souls are the most special part of us. But take it from a 67 year old grammie, you are a fine looking young woman + you should show your very pretty face more often on the screen. I consider everyone to be a friend until they prove otherwise. But my faithful love of Jesus causes me to care about everyone from their soul's core thru the outward shell that is their flesh. Affectionate virtual hugs to you + yours 🤗, even naughty Nugget. 🐔 I pray that she will not pick on any more of your flock. It would be sad to lose such a pretty colored hen . Is she a Buff Orpington by chance? They are usually so docile ; it must be that she needs more protein + snack related activities to keep her busy. Idle beaks are the Devil's workshop- LOL . God bless you.

My mooch bird finally laid an egg this morning for the first time. Not hard to figure out what was going on when I only had 2 RIR and this second egg was tiny and pale tan bit the other was medium to large brown egg. I'm so proud of her.

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! Finally! Now no more freeloading. 😆

I bought a house with 28 acres. Three guinea males and two Buff Orpington hens came with it. I have never owned chicken but always wanted to so I was thrilled to be a "chicken tender". Since we moved in (Mid December) neither of the hens have laid an egg. I have bought all sorts of treats and they are very friendly towards me so it isn't a fear thing. They were free-range but my husband hated stepping in their poop so I had to move them into an enclosed chicken run and coop. All five walked right in and seemed very happy for a few days but I noticed the guineas started chasing each other and stirring up trouble, so I let them out. The hens are now free of the boys but still no eggs. Is there a way to tell the age of a hen and if they are old, will they ever lay eggs or should I just get some chicks and start a new flock?

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Hi! Well first of all, congratulations and welcome to the world of chicken tending! And it sounds like you have great instincts too. I’ll also say that getting chicks is never a bad idea especially if you have the space and the time. But maybe don’t listen to me because I’m not a good influence! Here are a few things you can do to check if your girls are of laying age (but you can’t tell exactly how old they are very easily). Do they do a chicken squat/bow when you get close? How many hours of daylight are they getting right now? Do they have access to calcium? Are they on a layer feed that’s always available to them? Let me know and we will go from there. theMama@realsimplemama.com 🐓❤️

@CarolReidCA

Жыл бұрын

Great question!

I got 2 red hens at 12 weeks old mid June- still laying eggs except for the last month. Only one is laying (?) they free range if they want- we have lots of snow so I scatter straw n they either do or they don’t. One had sour crop in September - she’s molting more than the other... I’m told that under a year old they’ll lay all winter. After a year not so much, taking the winter off. Is this normal?

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm. Mine just turned a year old and haven’t laid consistently. It’s possible with less sun/shorter days that they’ll lay less even though they’re young, and they’ll definitely not lay if they’re starting to molt. That’s really hard on their little bodies!

@katehopkinsbrent5573

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This morning - the one egg. 😄. They’re my girls even if they don’t lay 👍. Seen a video yesterday - 26 hens over 5, not laying -killed- and feathers and all thrown to the pigs 😪. He said he couldn’t feed them for nothing 🤷🏻‍♀️ I think my girls will stay anyway when they retire and just enjoy life 😁😄

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that’s so sad. I totally get it - my chickens are not my livelihood so I can spoil them - and it’s true that they eat every day even when I get nothing! But for me, eggs are a great bonus and not a necessity. They’re pets and they’re my feathered family! You can also look up “battered hens” to see how you can adopt older hens from egg factories. Those girls are killed in all kinds of ways when they’re not “productive” enough. My dream is to have a rescue for those older girls!

@katehopkinsbrent5573

2 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking about a few more- just for my girls to have the company especially if one passes, the other won’t be totally alone. I really appreciated the info by the way. You came up in the NEXT column so I subbed to always have you handy 😊👍

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, chickens are social flock animals and don’t do well alone (not only for companionship but also preening, keeping each other warm, etc.) So you have my official permission to get more. Lots more. ✌🏼❤️🐓

How do you tell that they are pale?

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

If you aren’t sure what their “normal” coloring should be, just Google some photos. I’ve learned for example that my barred rock is usually pretty pale.

I love how informative this is! But my 1 chicken started laying yesterday! Yay! But today I got two brown eggs.... but the only other chicken in my flock that lays brown eggs doesn’t look like she’s ready to lay yet! Soooo can a newly laying hen lay twice in one day?? In separate nesting boxes at that, which makes me think it was a different hen. But the other hen that looks like she’s ready to lay is a “Pearl Egger” LoL

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Woo hoo!!!! Yay! I cried when I got my first egg, i was such a proud chicken mama (and a dork too). I bet it’s two different girls. Peer pressure 😉

@brittneychickenlady7149

4 жыл бұрын

real simple mama I was so stoked! I woke up my fiancé just to show him our first tiny egg. He wasn’t happy about it lol but I was! And I’m totally stumped at who it is! I’m thinking of getting a go pro to put in there during the day! 😂

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

YES DO IT! It’s so tricky at first unless you’re out there all the time. I’d totally do that if I could afford a Go Pro! 😜

Jeez only one of my chickens is laying a egg per day .. the rest seem to be molting.. jeez

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Ugh. Molting is the worst. Some do it gracefully and others are like “Oh honey” 😳

@sharoncourt75

4 жыл бұрын

haha i have 2 1 lays everyday 1 every 2 days 1 use to lay everyday and something kill her.

Hello, I've been having a hard time keeping a diary on my chickens. I've been looking for six different color leg bands, so I can identify my six hens separate from each other. They're all the same breed, they're all the same color, they all look the same to me still. I expect they're all going to be laying the same color eggs too when they start laying. I can't seem to find a package of six different color leg bands. Do you have any other ideas as to how to mark or how to I identify each of my chickens? Thanks for your ideas in advance.

@realsimplemama

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I’m sorry but could you get three colors and do right leg versus left leg? Or do two bands versus one?

i have 2 silkies pullests, about 6 months or 7 maybe 8! 1 never laid 1 laid 8 egs and went broady and been doing nothing since lol, i have another 1 a Peking Banty she never laid haha she was supose to be 1 year old and i had her for a couple months

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

What?!? That’s crazy! I wonder if they’ll lay once the days get longer... or you have defective chickens! Where did you get them from?

@sharoncourt75

4 жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama Hahah i may! the silkies from 1 lady that breed them from mama and dad silkies they are kind a younger, the Penking Bantams i got a set of 3 from a guy that breed from the egg, 1 use to lay everyday but a cat kill her, her sister is here she lay 1 day yes 1 day no, they over 2 yeara old the pullet is their daugther he told me she is 1 year old when i got her spring of 2019, but i have a layng golden comet she inly miss 2 days since spring and a comet pullet and comet astrolof that i am wating on to start.

@slayer1112man

Жыл бұрын

Ha haha I bought 6 silkies 2 died an 3 are male. 1 female an they are 8month old. Not one egg out of her yet🤦

@sharoncourt75

Жыл бұрын

@@slayer1112man wow 😁

Question - I've been sprouting (organic non gmo) seeds for my hens but they look at them and walk away. Why?! I've tasted them - they're good. They also don't like watermelon, cukes, cabbage, or bananas. I don't understand bc I read where other people feed these things to their chickens. So far, other than their base food, they'll only eat sunflower and black soldier fly larvae. Would love to hear your take on this - thanks :)

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Chickens honestly do not have that strong of a sense of taste or smell, so maybe they just think it looks weird? Could you maybe mix the sprouts in with some of the treats that they are used to, and then each time you do it just lessen the ratio a bit?

do you have a video of the egg song? my one astralorp has been squaking at me all the time and very loud, she is even squating yesterday, I am looking around for eggs, did not find any. your chickens are very pretty/cute what kind are they? I think putting in a mister was a good idea, it got so hot here I worried about my chicksn in that hot coop so I put two fans and they have full open windows (fenced off of course) I will use a mister next year, did not think of that. I did not get chickens for eggs, that is a bouns to compensate me for mycosts of caring for them but I consider them pets, not economic slaves.

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Look up “The Elusive Egg Song”. It’s adorable. I have a black sex link, a silver laced Wyandotte, a barred rock, and two Easter Egger/Americaunas.

Hey simple Mama what types of chickens are good for laying eggs.

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

Hi! Most of them actually. Lots of hybrid breeds like sex links of all colors. Just stay away from bantams who are tiny; meat birds like Leghorns; and unusual breeds like silkies. You can even google the best chickens for your climate!

@kellyd3696

4 жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama I have 4 bantam hens (my first experience). We chuckled when the first eggs came. But I've grown so fond of them. I don't mind that it takes 2 to make 1 large egg. You are a wealth of information and much appreciated from this end.

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! I think bantams are beautiful and adorable. I am not sure if I personally would ever mix them with my full grown girls, but I would love to have a Bantam only flock! Then they would all be fun size!

How cruel to dump a hen who no longer lays eggs!! This will not happen with our hens!!

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes. Battered hens or rescue hens - I want to get some land so I can save them when they’re discarded by the factories. It’s horrific.

@realsimplemama

2 жыл бұрын

Look it up if you dare, but prepare yourself heart. It’s incredibly sad

@swissmaid

2 жыл бұрын

Done that! Been great and they end up looking great. All feathers grew back! They laid eggs to. I even got them a husband, that thought them how to eat naturally. He was very concerned and sweet to them!

Lol 😂 so many people ask me the same thing .. no you don’t need a 🐓 😂

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful thought! No stress, no pressure, just female bliss. 🤣

I would NEVER spend anything on chickens at the vet. Are you serious.

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

I chose to. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@realsimplemama

4 жыл бұрын

And yes I am serious.

@kellyelomeli6931

4 жыл бұрын

With all the money you spend on feed and such and how much you make on eggs throughout their life time why wouldn't I return the favor?