Question: how do you keep other chickens from going into broody box during the day? Or do they naturally avoid it

I put 3 under my hens wings tonight. She actually hatched 4 chicks on Monday but i thought I'd see if she'd take a few more. Wish me luck.

That's exactly what has happened to my old 21 year old Juniper

A little apple tree my sister planted more than 10 years ago split in multible places due to the weigth of the first year ithad big apples on it😢 i hope this video helps...

Looks great, well done!

It was very good. Thanks for making it. I really did not want to waste the flowers and mine went into flowering quite quickly, although in a very different climate. (U.K.) I've also never heard anyone pronouncing broccoli with an "eye" sounding 'i' in the end, rather than an ee-sounding 'i'. I guess that is the Australian pronunciation? Or is that New Zealand? Even the dictionary does not give that variation for pronunciation.

That’s what my tree looks like today:(

No info on what you used where to get it? Just had big peach branch snap & don’t know how to repair. Where to get what you used

You should use tie down straps to pull the tree together

Can we get an update on how we'll it's doing I had a bad break on my plum tree and it's near the trunk and I want to know what my options are. Thank you do much very appreciated

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How long before you removed the bracing?

Don’t forget to take off the ratchet wraps. A better long-term solution to prevent girdling and suffocation is to drill through, place a threaded bolt, and have large washers and nuts on either side keeping the two halves together. Drill the hole a little diagonal for water shedding while the tree grows around the rod. You may need two since it looks like you have Tri-directional split. But definitely don’t leave straps or anything circling the bark since it will affect sap flow and eventually stop it/kill the tree over time. There are some other good videos on KZbin about fixing splits if you look up tree crotch splits, which are usually how these happen apart from weight/wind. Also if you really like this tree and it doesn’t look like it will continue to produce, look up air layering for options to clone the tree so you can start a new one. You could consider grafting onto your own tree’s root stock below the split, if you couldn’t save the top and it further seems to be dying after trying to save with rods. However I’d consider that a last resort since you’d have to cut down below the split and if the graft failed all you would have are whatever few budding sticks you were able to harvest in dormancy for preparation. Best to do the rod fix with sap flow though rather than dormancy.

This is an older video, but I wanted to tell folks what I just did last month and it worked great… #1…. Make sure your broody has sat on eggs at least 10 or so days, this has been really important in my experience. She has to be good and broody.. she will even sit on golf balls.. that will work if you don’t have eggs.. #2…. A lot of people say it has to be at night to add the chicks. But the main thing is…. The broody hen must not see you put the chicks in her area, they are much smarter than people give them credit for. Chickens can even recognize up to 100 human faces… they’re smart! If she see’s you…. She will think those are your babies and she will not want to care for them. #3…. What I did is I had a broody hen that hatched just 1 chick, the other eggs didn’t hatch and she is such a good broody hen. She worked so hard!!! … I was very blessed to be able to get 5 baby chicks at the same exact age as my little chick that hatched…. And I added them to the brooder…. I put a tea towel over mama hens face….. and added the baby chicks one at a time…. She was so, so happy…. She did happy mama sounds right away and her little baby chick that hatched alone was so happy to have siblings! The main thing is (in my experience) let her sit on eggs for at least 10 days… and add the chicks a few at a time, but she must not see you do so…if she pecks them more than a few times… take them out right away! Be sure to have a back up option… (where to put your chicks)…. Have a heat lamp and separate brooder ready to go if she doesn’t accept them! But in my experience… if she’s super broody and in that “trance” she will accept the babies…you just have to be patient! ❤️💕🙏🏼

Did the trunk heal over?

And this is why you should prune your fruit trees. So they don’t produce more weight than they can support.

At first I wasn’t sure how about your channel, but now I’ve really grown to love it. The fact that we learn as you learn is a great idea.

Kia ora from NZ, thanks for the video. How has the experiment progressed?

Do the chooks contain the raspberry plants?

Too slow

Is it a apple tree?

Thank you! A storm just causes our persimmon tree to snap like that

I have too broody hens that have been together for over a month, nothing hatched, so ive collected 7 eggs from others to seperate them, but they just wanto to be together on those eggs. Should I leave them or put apart.. the seem fine to me though.

Great video; I'm a new subscriber! BTW I also have a small gardening channel 🌽🌶🥒🍅🍆🥕🥦

How's the tree doing now?

I had a peach tree snap recently that I know is salvageable. This was very helpful!

Wanting to do the same thing with an old tank and you have given me good ideas. Thanks. I also enjoyed watching the video and how the tank was moved.

Lovely garden. Always interesting to see the different climates. Beautiful bird sounds too! New friend 👋 🙂

Hi mixing eggs between two moms always ends up same scenario . Stealing eggs from each other at break times and unnecessary movement of the eggs is the most causes possibly. You are doing great job. I like it.❤

Thank you

Hi there. What a lovely video! I currently have 5 bantams that have all gone broody and I only have 4 nest boxes, hence finding your video. I think ill put carboard separators between them and give them a few eggs each. :)

I have recently brought a few of these, can’t wait for my first harvest, what season can I expect them to fruit and how long does it take? Thanks

What a wonderful journey ❤️ We started our homestead here in Eastern Victoria 6 years ago and its still a ongoing project in the garden, but we are producing an abundance of food already which we feel blessed about.

How do you use them?

Thanks for sharing. Lovely scenery. I too use pine needles and pine mulch from under trees. Strawberries like the acidic conditions and I'll be using it on my new blueberry plants also. I hope to enjoy success with the blues as you have. Cheers

Thanks I was about to throw all the broccoli away because of the flowers.

My hen legit hatched her first cluck of 6 chicks out this weekend. I'm glad your hen accepted those cute babies.

Your dinner looks delicious!

Hi Kirsty, I live in cool temperate Aus on a small acreage where I’m doing my best to practice permaculture principals. I find your videos refreshing, no nonsense and interesting, please keep making them! We have a lot of wildlife here including possums and wallabies who like to eat (and smash) my trees and veggies, but my biggest frustration is rats. I wonder if I get hit so hard because I haven’t yet got enough abundance or maybe I’m providing a perfect habitat for them. We do have quolls, hawks and eagles and we haven’t put up boundary fences but rather just fenced the areas we are trying to grow in the hope that the predators have free access to the property. I’m a little disheartened I have to admit, do you have any suggestions for me?

Handy information there. I had planned to cut a navy-style, round cornered hatch, thinking that would keep strength in the structure. But I hadn't thought about turning the door into flooring. Keep it simple eh.

Used to live in East Texas with pine trees and pine needles everywhere. I am amazed at how many people comment to tell you, you are doing it wrong. Your plants look very nice. Thank you :)

Isn’t it the case when pine needles dry out they don’t have any of the acidity left it makes em neutral?

Pine needle work fine. Only if you shred them. Needles by themselves dont increase soil acid at all

Just had 9 tiny bantam chicks hatch ❤️

Dead pine is not acid...its a waste of time. Go get shredded wood chips and they will do 100% better

Introduce the chicks at night when she is asleep and disoriented.

Not sure your doing good for your environment. Taking from the forest for your garden is questionable.

You cut too much of the tube of the big one.You can still cut it up a little bit and it will still grow