We use a motorcycle battery and a 20 watt solar panel for our automatic door. Keeps it charged year-round. We DO have to change the angle of the panel for the seasons.
@Laura-ps3tbАй бұрын
Wow I'm so jealous of how secure your coop is!
@BlueberryStinkFinger62Ай бұрын
It's wire cloth is what it's called
@nogames8982Ай бұрын
I designed my own chicken coop. And my friend built it. It’s pretty good, but definitely. I would do a few things differently if I had to do it again. Some things you just don’t realize until you live with it for a while. I don’t plan on building a new coop any day soon, but if I ever do, that’s what I will make some changes.
@Giraffe27Ай бұрын
Love how you chop them up lol. No dirtied chopping boards in this household!
@ENEMA_AND_YOGA_CHANNEL2 ай бұрын
I use chamomile tea enemas for the health benefits.
@ideagd14142 ай бұрын
Great advice !!!
@asdfjkl26002 ай бұрын
Chickens will eat a mouse if they invade their space.
@ruthcondit29712 ай бұрын
I just found your channel. Thanks for the great information on chicken coops - sharing your good and poor decisions was very helpful. I see you haven’t made videos in a year. Hope all is going well for you. Blessings!
@BigMacOrange2 ай бұрын
You showed tbe part that could have easily been explained and explained the part that really should have been shown. How you process it after it sits for several months is what people need to be shown.
@anonz9752 ай бұрын
If you have a broody hen it is important that the flock see her every day (during incubation and especially when the chicks arrive). If she is out of sight from the flock for several days/weeks the chicks will NOT be accepted as flock members and you will have to go through a messy integration period which isn't good (and can cause serious or even fatal health problems if the chicks get too stressed from bullying). If the mother is an active flock member the chicks are too and they can usually start mixing with the big birds at a few days old.
@Babydeermeat3 ай бұрын
Wow, your potatoes are just beautiful and full! You do such a phenomenal job Miss Thang! I bet they taste great! Looks like you could possibly give alot of farmers some tips, it seems that you could grow a midget !!! 😂
@Babydeermeat3 ай бұрын
Let the lemon & vinegar sit 4 a little while? How Ling is a little while? I also just read that if your pet has fleas, you can make a lemon bath & or a lemon mist to spray on your dog for fleas, the fleas Haye the smell.
@cardinalcar3 ай бұрын
Note to self: chickens… poop…
@SeekerSmith3 ай бұрын
Welded wire mesh is what we called it in construction. Hardware cloth is a popular term now.
@franquil85conn26 күн бұрын
I believe its called expanded metal mesh...i believed welded wire mesh is in squares
@SeekerSmith26 күн бұрын
@@franquil85conn Yes, the square type is to what I refer.
@frisco95683 ай бұрын
I love me some Mexican chilies 🌶️🇲🇽🔥
@kirklynedwards61074 ай бұрын
When my wife and I bought our house we live in the city and it had an old shed and I said what can we do with it, and instead of getting rid of it I decided to turn it into a chicken coop
@rashman66914 ай бұрын
Does it have to be a Ziploc bag?
@girlwonder304 ай бұрын
Walking outside to do this now!
@peterwhelan61444 ай бұрын
The cladding is a type of MESH
@kfowler1934 ай бұрын
Is there somewhere you talk more about this?
@Rowan-qd9ec4 ай бұрын
Best to have wire over the top of the courtyard as well. We have hawks and buzzards. Big trouble.
@agapelove9924 ай бұрын
Did you tincture the reishi fresh or dried?
@thoughtswiththor75264 ай бұрын
Amazing video! If you guys want a few new places in SW Washington, 2 old cats are (slightly) less likely to be stranded than one!
@bobnoble94424 ай бұрын
I started growing sprouts recently and it's as easy as you showed. They're delicious!
@sunnysweetspot64994 ай бұрын
Usually nesting boxes are outside the coop but still contained within the coop. This is a great video to make you think! Thank you.
@richieanything3334 ай бұрын
really secure..... great...!
@shanetowne65304 ай бұрын
I'm doing it
@larrysavard23435 ай бұрын
Thank you for the tips much appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻
@zoki53885 ай бұрын
They are beautiful, when you planted them?
@scottshellenberger47215 ай бұрын
@holistic homestead life what brand is your roof rack?
@mtloke57326 ай бұрын
Do all plants love all tea types? Are there any kind of tea which are not quite their cup of tea?
@paramedicchrisbookseries6 ай бұрын
Thank you. My latest book involves a chicken, paramedic Chris and the runaway chicken
@heartsdreamshomestead89306 ай бұрын
that's how the door is in our coop. it was made by previous owners
@boastyy6 ай бұрын
Glad you cut the bags open, most tea bags use plastic in the bags these days so better to bin them than throw them in the compost.
@Raspukek-fu8un6 ай бұрын
mmm. gud esso.
@PolarBearXx6 ай бұрын
Can u add honey raw to kefir not to ferment but add for sweetness to drink i vought probiotics that has 11 types but i read kefir has 12 n per cup is trillion to 2 trillion i just wanna add stevia or raw honey but does fat free milk work
@Olya.Konell6 ай бұрын
Yup! So for my husband, I actually add agave because it’s easier to mix in with frozen berries and sprinkle with some nuts or some kind of granola and he loves eating it as a snack for work You could certainly use honey or some other sweetener. You can make a berry syrup with Stevia or something in a jar, and then add that to your lefir for flavor, and sweetness. It’s also great in smoothies, lots of different ways of consuming it.:)
@PolarBearXx6 ай бұрын
@Holistichomesteadlife thanks I have a probiotic maker it's a fabric u slip on a gallon of milk u add the starter pack close lid plug in the device wait 8 to 10 hours unplug it let gallon chill in fridge comes out yogurt thick n creamy
@johnsheppard44286 ай бұрын
So the roots house the bacteria, but the nitrogen is definitely in the leaves. The plant uses the nitrogen as its made, it is not stored in the roots. The nitrogen is technically a byproduct (the poop of bacteria) and will eventually kill the bacteria if left there, in the same way alcohol will kill the yeast that made it eventually despite being a byproduct of the yeast. Only the bacteria is housed in nodes in the roots. This is also why using nitrogen fertilizer will kill of the good nitrogen fixing (pooping) bacteria.
@shirleyprestage54027 ай бұрын
You don't have use whole potatoes. ... cut where eyes are that's what makes potatoes
@Olya.Konell7 ай бұрын
You are correct!:) i use whole because I get more potatoes per square foot in a raised bed. Since I don’t have standard walkways in between the plants, like if I was planting in the ground there’s usually a walkway between rows.. well since I don’t do that, Ive experimented and I get more plants from one seed potato that take over a larger area. The downside is if the soil is not fertile enough, you get a a lot of potato’s but they are smaller in size, mine is very rich so I get big ones and many of them. (Hope that makes sense) I’m limited on space so I want to encourage more shoots to come out of one seed potato . Alternative is to cut them and plant them 6-8 inches apart getting more in an area. Both worked the same for me so I’m just saving myself the trouble of the extra step.
@robertnewhart35477 ай бұрын
Either direction? Me thinks more than 2 directions exist.
@Olya.Konell7 ай бұрын
Haha well I’ve had people ask how far apart the rows are and that was my backward way of answering it lol
@robingalloway35417 ай бұрын
Great advice. Thank you
@centurione64897 ай бұрын
I am planning my chicken coop right now. The suggestion to clear the automatic door from the drop zone was very helpful.
@Olya.Konell7 ай бұрын
Oh that is awesome! Yeah, it’s one of those things we didn’t really consider lol 😂 what it is a ⚠️ zone for sure! Haha
@rojachinnu41417 ай бұрын
Hi i i hv seen your all vedios so beatiful. I saw this potato vedio i love it Hi if possible. Will you send one pitato i will send all charges whatever expenses Actually i hv small garden so i am following gardeners vedios If pissible pl try to send me one potato pl pl thank you
@peterharris66047 ай бұрын
Thanks
@rockyreyes93208 ай бұрын
I feel like now is too early to propose, but would you marry me?
@janiceallingham67478 ай бұрын
Thank you 👍
@Olya.Konell8 ай бұрын
You are welcome!
@yvonnedouver24418 ай бұрын
Brilliant ❤
@Olya.Konell8 ай бұрын
Thank you! There are so many other cover crop ideas out there this one is just one that happened to work for me!:)
@p.shermanfortytwowallabyla94888 ай бұрын
I would switch your 2x4 perches to the 4inch side up. They'll like it better and it keeps their feet warmer in the winter. I wouldn't place nesting boxes on the floor to help keep eggs cleaner. You should have kept the floor in the shed and just installed linoleum or Vinyl flooring. They like the top of the nesting box you have there bc their roost is uncomfortable. I also wouldn't keep that hay in there regardless if they don't poop on it or not. There is a lot of humidity and poop particles in there and it won't keep as well if it weren't surrounded by all that humidity, ammonia and poo. It can also attract rats to nest in there bc they eat the chicken feed.. and the hay makes great nesting.