Baby chicks update and chicken run door install

[@mattpeacock5208]

That white plastic whatever-it-is behind the chicken roost is genius! Nothing sucks more than not being able to dig the chicken mess out because it's in the nooks and crannies of a stud bay.

[@milagrosplair4659]

I love when people enjoy and care for their animals for they are joy they dont like to be kill they give love

[@larrymoore6640]

I just knew that they wouldn't come running when you opened the brooder wall. That's just nature..... Nice job on that door.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks 👍

[@garysmith4311]

Thanks Pete! Love your setup. Looks like it's going to work great. Mine is very similar. I added a watering system with a 25gal. barrel, pvc, and watering cups. It works great for my 26 hens, and only have to fill every couple of weeks. God bless TEXAS and long live the Republic.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you and yes I might have to do something like you did with a barrel for watering. God bless

[@LilyandSnowy123]

love it "i am staying in the corner"said all the chicks

[@teachersikhumbuzomoyo5419]

Creative man ever....learning a lot here

[@jenhope514]

I started giving mine mealworms and now they won't stay away from me. 😂 They are 6 weeks old and when we open the door to their brooder they rush to the door. It is so cute. So glad your chicks are doing good!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

That's awesome thank you 👍

[@joyadams507]

Fantastic set up for your flock! You could easily put a droppings board under your roost .. using plywood covered in linoleum, or no linoleum, then sprinkle Coop Fresh PDZ on top to absorb odor and moisture.. I clean my droppings board daily, with wide Sheetrock blade knife and dump the droppings into a covered small metal trash can, then when full add to your compost… PDZ is great in the compost

[@pd6569]

Pete, thanks. Boy do they enjoy that clover. Seems like yesterday when you installed the big coop. I remain grateful for the gagootza / cucuzzi seeds you generously sent me last year. Yesterday, for my Easter gift, 2 of the 3 seeds broke surface in my small pots. I started them on 3/24; I soaked them overnight in water, then placed the seeds in a moistened paper towel and placed it that inside a plastic container. All 3 seeds germinated on 3/29. Thank you and be safe.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Awesome 👍 glade they germinated. Now this summer just let the biggest one go for seed and let it dry up and you'll have hundreds of seeds.

[@pd6569]

@@petebeasttexashomesteading absolutely. I will do that.

[@drow8569]

Looks great i believe that's called hardy board siding.

[@elcavodelocho]

Beautiful chicken coop l love chickens nice video my friend ✌️

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@daltonshomestead5946]

Found your videos the other day and have been loving them so far.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Awesome 👍

[@Julie10201]

Same

[@CountryLivingExperience]

Wow, they grew fast.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Yes they did. I'll be letting them out to the run in a week or two.

[@RiverPlaid]

Awesome channel Pete🍄

[@LangFamilyFarmsLA]

Pete and his outright HATRED for impact drivers!! Kidding of course Pete, another excellent video!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

🤣👍

[@aparnakarve3649]

Pete sir nice work, like alwaya

[@kyleandthecrew]

Very nice job. I’ll use your door to make my next run. Thank you Pete 😊

[@felishiadarling]

I don’t know if you planned this already, but consider putting a plywood underneath the roosts so it’s easy to clean up poop after they sleep. Just scrape it into a bucket or use old feed bags as a liner and you can fold them and stick it straight into the trash. It’ll cut down the mess in the bedding by a lot. ( just noticed this video is two years old. LOL)

[@dispmonk]

Personally I like to give them two or three treats and then watch them chase each other around for a bit before i go full buffet 😜

[@eozen81]

Wow, you lucky ladies are now free in your kingdom 😁 They are so adorable Pete, I wish they will be a very good egg producer for your family 😎

[@joannak4640]

I found your channel just this morning and am really enjoying it. I found myself looking back at older videos to check out how you built your place up. I'm in Corpus Christi and that cold snap was no joke!! At one point our wind-chill got down to 1 degree!! I'm happy to have subscribed and look forward to watching

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Welcome and thank you so much 👍

[@Sonee777]

Wow everything looks great 👍🏼 fabulous job guy 👏🏼👏🏼

[@deniseg9939]

Nice work on the door. Maybe you can build a couple of steps to get in and out of the chicken coop. Looks like you have to take a giant leap to get in there!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

👍

[@georgepapastergiou9917]

Happy Easter!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you and have a happy Easter too.

[@HomeEF]

The chikies and the chicken coop is so cute and convenient for them !😍 🐓 👍🇺🇸❤️

[@deloresochoa6235]

Thank you Pete, we did enjoy watching the growing chicks. They grow so fast. GOD bless you and your family.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks so much and God bless your family too.

[@independentcontactors339]

Well made buildings and well made video

[@independentcontactors339]

Well done

[@danclas5983]

Just found your channel and I have to tell you I really like your coop and set up you have. I have been raising chickens for about 11 years and my coop is a 4x8 playhouse my kids didn't use anymore so I put my imagination to it and framed an outside access four hole nest box and a chicken door I can open from the walk thru door. I have been really wanting to up size and get more birds and a shed style coop like your is exactly what I have been envisioning. Awesome job.

[@dispmonk]

I put a roost in my brooder box. I found that the ones that figured out how to fly up on it are the ones that let me pick them up. it’s kind of interesting.

[@mroger82]

You've been my inspiration on my latest chicken experience. I patterned a lot of my coop from your original with the plexiglass windows. My chick are almost the same age, and I just released them into their new coop today also. I really enjoy your vids. Thanks a million! Happy Easter.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you so much and Happy Easter to you too. 👍

[@litahsr.8226]

😂😂So hilarious like wiping their feet 21:30

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Wow! I have so much catching up to do on your videos. I just subscribed this afternoon and checked out your coop build from several years ago. I stopped at you moving the chicks into the dog crate scrolled down reading comments and saw that you linked to the "new chicks" and just wow, the operation has exploded. Gonna go catch up now. Great content and information! Thanks a mil!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks for subscribing 👍There's definitely plenty of videos to catch up on. Thanks for watching.

[@TeresaO-PHD-Coach]

I trained my chicks by saying a specific word/words when I had food in my hand. In a couple days, they all came running every time I said it. Now I use the word to call them all to me.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

That's awesome, I just shake a bag of grub terra or chicken scratch as I walk to the run and they are all pushed up against the chicken run fence 😂

[@TeresaO-PHD-Coach]

@@petebeasttexashomesteadinglol if it works right?

[@fravelmchaney7295]

Hey Pete, have you ever seen where people hang a tarp or sheet under the roost bars? It catches all the poop makes gathering it a breeze, you put a bucket at the end and sort of funnel the poop into the bucket

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

That's a good idea 👍

[@a1f1l65]

Looks like they are enjoying their new found freedom ... Great job Pete ... Enjoy seeing your wife join in the videos!

[@nancycook6644]

Just a thought.... I put cinder blocks i front of my shed for a step

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

👍

[@LLjean-qz7sb]

Did you give the chicks any grit with their food?? They need grit to he!p break down the food since they cannot chew! Great looking coop! God Bless

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

I'll be giving them grit soon, thank you.

[@chloeleo3228]

Awesome work! You should make a video on feeding your dobies

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you, we will soon.👍

[@angelasgreenarts9124]

Hi Pete, we are new at raising chickens and are getting ready to get chicks for the first time and our coup situated. We currently have an ultra fine sand from previous owners at the bottom of our half barn that we are turning into the coup. I’ve thought about just putting leaves from our deciduous trees on the floor of coup. Would you say that’s ok or stick with shavings? You have a lot of great content on your channel, thank you for your time. I especially liked how you said that giving chicks greens is important from another video. I’m growing sunflowers, peas and clovers already just for them. 🤠🐓

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Looks like you'll have happy chickens with all the food your growing them. Leaves are great for chicken coop floors and I use them in the chicken run too. The leaves break down fairly quick so I also use wood chips in the chicken run.

[@angelasgreenarts9124]

@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thanks Pete

[@memesjenkins2104]

If you really wanna have a good time get a couple dozen live crickets.

[@mygardenanddinosaurs]

Lovely young chickens. What breed are they? So impressed with you and your wife's empathy and thoughtfulness. Nice to see them have greens and that fantastic Grubterra. Wish we could get that in the UK but sadly we cannot. All the best with your new young flock. Mags

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Now that's a perfect business opportunity to start your own soldier fly farm and raise and sell them in the UK.

[@kaglercurtis4330]

Have you tried updating your Back to Eden garden with woodchips and Horse manure or chicken feed.That's what Paul Gauschi does. He says it.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

The BTE does not work on clay soils, you have to amend and get your soil right for the microbiology to do it's job.

[@ritabrunetti381]

Hello Pete. Great seeing how fast the chicks are growing. They love their house, Grub Terra and the clover your wife collected for them. They are so well cared for. The door between runs is a good idea. Works, right?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you, everything is working great so far. I can't imagine what it's going to be like collecting about twenty five eggs a day. I better get the freeze dryer warmed up. 🙂

[@javierbetancourt9388]

💯

[@blumerlredpilledgirl8958]

I’m restoring a barn (small) built in 1909. The boards have shrunk some and big gaps in some areas. I want to use it because I’m a vintage nut any suggestions on how to plug the gaps? There are 20 hens in there now including two roosters and they are out all day.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

The only way to fill in those gaps would be with a board but that will take away from the original look.

[@davetozier9235]

Hi Pete, I've enjoyed your videos and I've used some of your ideas as well. Do you still use the ceramic heat elements for your brooders and where do you get those?

[@SundryTalesOfConstance79WESTY]

Nooice! 😎 STOC

[@MahvishTemce7777]

I love the perch you have in the coop. Did you purchase that? I have been looking online and did not find anything nice:(

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you I built them, here's the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaWqinyDeaxlntE

[@johndepace8676]

I just got a variety of egglayers and I have them in my bathroom for training my dogs. Wife not happy. This is my first time doing this. I have 6 chicks. I'll probably add in couple years. What size run do you suggest. I want them to be very happy. What about toys? Do they like them?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

A 10'x24' run is good size for 10 birds or less. Chickens are not really into toys, but rather would like to peck and scratch for bugs and seeds on the ground.

[@MrRbrgrn]

How high do you have your nesting bins and bottom perch off the ground I’m building my coop now.. thanks

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

The nesting box is 12 inches off the floor but the perch on the nesting box is 18 inches off the floor. Here's the video I did kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3-3Yp2Jl9lnbqM

[@MrRbrgrn]

@@petebeasttexashomesteading thanks for the quick response happy Easter!!

[@Timanator]

How far east is East Texas, I am in Kingwood BTW. Great channel!

[@Shelzbells]

You have a wonderful Coop and chicken run! What kind of chicks do you have here?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks, these are all Black Australorps

[@Shelzbells]

@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thats what I was guessing , but wasnt sure. They are great birds.

[@ratspeedgarage]

How is the neighbors gate now?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Sadly they came back and have stolen the motor and the control box.

[@ratspeedgarage]

@@petebeasttexashomesteading How strange.

[@petrazurita529]

Me. Pete B, tengo una pregunta para usted, puede donar un taladro a un chico que quiere hacer una casa para pollos y no tiene recursos económicos el chico vive en Venezuela 🇻🇪

[@miguel712]

Rawr XD l0l!!!!