Can TUBE MAN Save Our Egg Supply?

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[@Livinglifeoutsidethebox]

I love how Justin teaches and allows the kids to be problem solvers. Look at Gideon offer a solution when chickens are missing.

[@emarr1854]

I love how Gideon always has an idea or a solution to every problem. It's like he sees every problem as an opportunity.

[@mhandrews11]

For counting chickens, feed them, and take a picture with your phone. Count them in the pic

[@forgingandurbanfarmingatt4745]

That is smart

[@marykappesser5145]

Fantastic idea!

[@brianvoss6038]

I was thinking the same thing

[@TRagin1212]

Just about to say the same thing.

[@slimrosco]

Genius idea 👍🏼

[@chelledegrasse2787]

You should really reach out to Cogg Hill Farms. Jason, Brooke and Mary Carl know EVERYTHING about chickens and I mean EVERYTHING! They're selling their eggs like hotcakes. They used to raise meat chickens as well. They know all about the various breeds and who are the best layers. They have an amazing coop and their farm is so clean and organized. Very humane. Their chickens are beautiful and very docile.

[@lyndaevans1132]

You've discovered it! The best way to get any child to develop a new habit (Like Mr. Brown!) is to give even the tiniest lean toward that new habit--POSITIVE ATTENTION! Great work!!!!!! He even walks differently, and it is obvious that he is loving being the wingman.

[@gelwood99]

@@ernieh3860 He caught it by the neck, which is very different from picking it up by the neck! Like a snake, you control the dangerous part first, the head!!! A goose has a serrated beak and hurts!!! IF you watch Jason on Cog Hill Farm, he also catches his goose (they had many geese) by the neck and you pick them up with your arm while holding that neck!! Don't just assume you know when you surely don't.

[@bncsmom1]

@@ernieh3860 He treats his animals just fine. Chickens are tough. They don't need to be coddled!

[@bncsmom1]

Yes, he is! I've noticed he's less argumentative when being asked to do things and seems to want to genuinely help more than he seemed to in the past. He's growing up a little, which can be good or bad but in this case it's great. :) Bringing him along as the wingman may be what has done it, but it might also be him watching how his oldest brother is struggling and it may be him making a conscious decision to be more helpful because he doesn't want Jonah hurt any more than he already is. I don't know for sure but that can be a motivator for younger siblings.

[@bncsmom1]

@@ernieh3860 YOU need to look again. The scene did NOT show him lift the darned goose at all! It showed him grab the goose by the neck, which IS the smart way to do it. Then it shows him reaching his OTHER HAND toward the goose. THEN it jumps to the NEXT scene, which is him putting the goose DOWN into the next enclosure.

[@pamelaham1038]

@@bncsmom1 I’ve cringed when he slammed a chicken to the ground because it roosted in a nest, believe it was the one who was paralyzed on the ground and he didn’t offer it any food or water and walked away.don’t even start on the poor rabbit that was left in terrible cold with no bedding or shelter. It finally died in a tiny cage.

[@sharoncochran8508]

I am so proud of Gideon! He is really becoming indispensable! Prayers for Jonah to heal. It made my heart hurt when you asked him if he wanted to go with you and he said, "no". Tell him there's a Nana in Alabama who loves him and is praying for him. ❤️

[@HardHearthHomestead]

The absolute best way I have found to count loads of animals is to feed them and then take a picture of all of them together....they are much easier to count from a picture 🖼️!

[@jillyd2807]

Good idea 😃

[@sophiapaul1126]

Genius!!

[@stevie_jean1953]

Thank you! I counted 4 times to make sure my number was right this morning. Lol

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Justin Rhodes and Rebecca thanks you for showing your video homestead chicken duck goose farmer garden 🐔🐓🐣🐤🍗🦆🐶🐕🦮🐈🐑🐄🐖🐷🐝 BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@vanessarheadart9708]

Watching young Mr Brown over the last couple of months has been wonderful. 🥰 Problem solving, helping without request and doing a wonderful job following in his big brothers and sisters footprints. 👣👣👣 (look no shoes😁)

[@DonnaRatliff1]

Goes to prove home schooling is best.

[@AdrienneLohn]

Have raised chickens for 60 years. Currently my flock of 35 hens have been free ranging in the fields and woods. Layers are black jersey giants and auracanas. Predators leave them alone because they look like crows. They are also good Layers. The auracana are 3 to 4 years old. I have two Australian hens which are 6 years old and lay every day. Have already put up 1000 eggs for winter. If feed is hard to come by, I can feed the eggs back to the chickens and for dog food. Hens that have a dry leathery vent are nolonger laying.

[@heidipustelniak652]

There are only two of us, so we try to keep about 6 hens. I have 2 hens that are soon to be 8 years old. The Australorp, keeps going broody! The Easter Egger is still giving eggs pretty much every other day, sometimes every day! I bought 4 chicks the end of March. Can’t wait until they start laying!

[@atramano]

Can't believe how grown up is Mr Brown😂😂😂. Extremely intelligent and helpful around the homestead at this tender age👌👊

[@graciegolden2290]

Look at this homestead operation. Just watching this, I need a nap. Wish I was 40 years younger.

[@PrewittHomestead]

@5:43 That's an awesome statement. One shot to do it right so that you are not dealing with issues in the future. Love that. I think there may be a sermon in that.

[@Candicehaddock]

I'm proud of Gideon stepping up to help more!!! He's going to be a great farmer ♥

[@tubefry]

I really loved the conversation on the front porch. That was what I used to love about your" movies". Slow pace, rich and real content. God bless you

[@pjmoody]

You know what is best Justin Rhodes. Thank you for sharing your daily events. Till next time.....

[@Homesteadymommaforjustatime]

Sorry about the lost chickens. I love how you listen to your kiddos ideas. My favorite kinda parenting is knowing my kids are beautiful complete individuals with great ideas. Y'all are my favorite 💕 keep it up.

[@TeacherMom80]

Old lady kitchen garden hens might be a bit stressed from construction. A fox killed our almost our entire flock this past year. We have lots of new neighborhood owls now, too. We have to lock everyone up at night now. It's a pain in the butt... I love how you waited to break the news to her ON camera. 😆 Your face was nearly as red as a tomato. God bless! Great video! #TubeMan is awesome!

[@tonygrimes13]

No De-Construction or Construction going on at present.

[@HAXMAN]

You gotta go with the 20ft wacky wavy inflatable tube man. 😄

[@TheDurhamFamilyFarm]

Thanks for your honesty about the truths of homesteading!! It's REAL out here 🤣🤣 We got hawks after 2 years.....we were raising our chickens how you taught us in the mobile coop (eglu) and premier one net. A friend suggested criss crossing hay string across the top of the net like a spider web. That way ariel predators can't swoop. So far this has worked well. We just re string when we move the net.

[@alanaalexander9126]

Hey Dustin, I live on the OregonCoast...and have found that a Salmon Net used to haul in big fish (fairly common around here)....is amazing for catching a chicken on the run! Longer handle, bigger net..Much easier on my older back. Just a thought.

[@PragueMom]

My grandpa's crow repellent works. Secure a tall slender pole in the ground near the chickens. About 8 to 10 ft up that pole, use twine to suspend a dead crow. Crows will discover it, fly & swoop the area near the dead crow, cawing. After a day or two, they leave never to return. Leave the crow in place until nothing left of it. In my grandpa's home state, it was legal to kill things that killed your livestock.

[@TheEmbrio]

That’s disgusting and unhygenic. I’d trybanything before that. Plus crows are smart, hold a grudge and recognize faces.

[@pattymorton8880]

I bought a blue Tube man for our girls ….7ft the first part of spring. We have hawks flying around way too much. Praying it works. 🐓🥚💕

[@stickolascage2936]

He Justin love you videos thanks for all your work I’m a new homesteader in Cali. On the Chicken tractor you should staple on the bottom inside something with slits too sweep the chicks so they don’t get ran over when you move it like a fussy gasket on the bottom of a door. Maybe dunno 🤷🏾‍♂️. Love from Cali 🙏🏾

[@jimflynn466]

Lily is a great little cook, she will break some hearts in a few years time and mum and dad will sorely miss her, I’d love her to get her horse after all the hard work she does ❤️

[@steveddavis]

Josiah (decidedly unimpressed), "What's it for?" Justin, "Hopefully to scare away crows." Josiah, "Oh." 😆

[@bevsurbangarden]

Funny, I was talking about getting a tube man a few days ago to scare away birds from my garden and blueberries. Then boom Justin and Family get one also. Sorry about the chickens. Tube man will make you smile!

[@Woodlandhoneyfarm]

I got one of those tube men to keep elk out of my yard this winter haha! Worked really well!

[@sarahanderson8459]

We lost our entire flock to a hawk last summer. Now we’ve got a whole new baby flock and a stationary chicken run covered in hawk netting

[@Tiffycha1982]

Hens dont just stop laying at 2 years of age...that is based on conventional raising of layers. We have 3 year and 4 year olds that give us eggs every day

[@SonniesGardenPA]

Sorry to hear about the chickens. I'm learning so much from your channel, I will be prepared when I start raising chickens. Thank you!God bless you and your Family.

[@bjharrison4460]

My nephew kept losing hens to hawks. He started keeping roosters...."I haven't lost any hens since." FWIW

[@anneburdette6037]

Oh my gosh, @11:21 when Lilly looked up to you she looks so much like Becca - beautiful one in training!

[@jerrystout3032]

Love that hat Justin. Great!!!😇

[@OKDinah]

For the past several months I have been freezing eggs in silicone muffin pans, placing them in two and four serving amounts in vacuumed bags and burying them in my freezer. My girlies are getting to the end of their egg production and I am looking to give Murray Mac an e-mail order soon. When I will need eggs, I will thaw the right amount.

[@carlstevenson4232]

We raised Pekin ducks with our meat chickens. Moveable fence with no roof and never lost a chicken to any predators, including foxes and birds of pray. The female Pekins are loud alarms

[@MarciPrice-cl6eq]

Great video! Off topic...have you thought about doing a video/series on Jonah's journey on his injury?

[@kathleenebsen2659]

A neighbor shot a marauding crow and hung it upside down. It was an effective scarecrow. I bought feathered doves used as wedding decorations. I spray painted them black and hung them upside down over my baby corn. Didn’t lose a thing!! Crows are so smart so we have to be smarter!

[@truneilson]

I was the one who suggested the tubeman...cool to see you read comments. You can check who is laying and mark the layers with a legband then dispatch the non layers.

[@zoeshorthouse7913]

I've read that when a hen stops laying, she will regain the yellow color in her legs and bill, compared to a heavy layer, whose color is more pale.

[@CharlieNagoo]

Boy. When I heard Rebecca say "35" over and over again, you could really hear the N. Carolina twang.

[@jacquicoder7160]

That Tube Man is a great scarecrow and you can use it for advertising like Josiah suggested - that's a win win. You all sure use a lot of eggs. My husband and I used to get fresh eggs from a woman who free-ranged her chickens. They were the best! But we eat very few eggs anymore. I have a question. Is it true that if you wash eggs, you have to refrigerate them? Gideon is doing so much better helping with chores. Poor Jonah, hope to hear more about his hip surgery soon.

[@kruncheenuts]

If you wash eggs you have to refrigerate them if you buy them from a farm locally you can just ask if they need to in the fridge or not. We usually let ours sit on the counter for a week or 2 before we'll put them in the fridge if we haven't given them to neighbors or family.

[@vonnamcclain8233]

Try using a rubber strip along the bottom,it would move when you move the chicken tractor but would not allow chicks out. Kinda like the rubber you used on the mineral feeders.

[@janfelshaw8217]

To be able to know which are the old flock and which are the newer flock, I switch to a different breed. Like one flock is black austrolorp and the next is buff Orpington or white leghorn. Something like that.

[@darryloertel6559]

Let me give you a tip. Use the technology that you have in your hand or pocket, take a picture, and count the chicks. thanks for the great content

[@adapoole4515]

you have 5 children, 4 of them boys. Boys can eat a lot. When they are teenagers their stomachs are a bottomless pit.

[@chubbybottomacres]

i love how this made Rebekah's accent come out

[@martharock8377]

I freeze dry all extra eggs (after eating and sharing) for those eventual down times. They reconstitute beautifully.

[@DonnaRatliff1]

I'm having an egg problem too. My hens are justba year old. I had 20. Now 15 but only getting about 6 a day and there's no secret nest anywhere. So bought an incubator and going to hatch a new batch now for next spring.

[@wendydriggs1539]

@JustinRhodes to keep track of the chickens and their age, simply buy a bunch of colored legbands. The 2023 chicks will all get one color of band. Write it down somewhere. The 2024 chicks will get a different color and so on. The older ones you have now can get a 3rd color and you will know that they can be processed or sold in the Fall of 2024. Do it now, before the new ones get as big as the old ones by the end of the Summer.

[@kuroimushi9421]

One 1-1,5 old chickens molt on head, older molt whole or at least wings and bottom, plus they are more light and slim/triangle shaped...older ones usually get heavier and square shaped. Today I'm going for young layers as my 2,5-3 year olds get soft shells even with a lot of calcium source.

[@toadstool5591]

I strung old CD's above our chicken run to scare off birds of prey. Haven't lost a chicken in 10 years! The CD's reflect the sun and move around constantly even in a light breeze. Try using a fish net or even a butterfly net to catch those loose chicks.

[@francinesnow4786]

When counting moving objects, take a picture with your phone. Easy to count, and fast.

[@lilyhayden9736]

We used a wavy man to keep a hawk away from our chickens and it worked!

[@dianacollinson2424]

Yep, Too many Eggs Better than "just enough or not enough" eggs.

[@AT-Prophet]

Regardless of tube man's results, he's always worth it

[@christinebodkins1655]

Tube man… chicken math 😂❤ crazy chicken ladies!!!

[@joshuashidler3977]

We have the exact same tube man. It works great for us, no more losses from hawks

[@chrystal4roses122]

I can't believe how big Gideon is getting he's turning into a young man

[@llhuch]

so, here's a suggestion - each year buy a different kind of layer that lays different color eggs - one that lays white eggs one year, one that lays brown eggs the next year and easter eggers or similar the third year. then you know who you have to cull each year and you know how they are performing by the color of eggs you collect.

[@Nanoprint]

I'm a new comer to this channel so I don't know if anyone said this yet but I recommend a fish net to catch the poultry helps a lot.

[@MrBrianmichaelwilson]

Great idea Justin! Now you’ll need a solar powered stick man.

[@marciathompson1237]

You need 100 chickens for eggs and you can produce extra eggs 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚 . You can sel the extra eggs for hatchable chicken eggs. Lily could have that as a project to make extra money to save for her horse. I think that would be so awesome for Lily to make enough money to buy her own horse like the boys bought their own truck. I think she should have to save the money that she would make from the hatchable chicken eggs for about a year. Then she could get her own little flock of chickens to save the money for her future. 🐎 🐴.👍🙏🕊️🌻🌼🌹☕❤️🐎l

[@sowandtare]

Get a butterfly net for loose chicks. I use a butterfly net for my Quail if the fly out of the aviary. For counting lots of chicks, take a note from wildlife biologists: take a picture, print, and cross off as you count so you avoid double-counting anyone. Good luck!

[@TimCaldwell-ts8cg]

hiya

[@sowandtare]

@@TimCaldwell-ts8cg Hi

[@shadegarden7375]

When Gideon remembers to get the eggs every day…you will have more eggs…. They have not been collected consistently and all or found!!

[@janohdegroot989]

We had chickenwire over the chicken coop. Iff yiu could make that movable.. you would solve a hudge problem. No nervous expensive tube man needed.. A kind hello from The Netherlands 👋

[@kellykelly7747]

I heard that some chicken feed mixes have been changed and have caused chickens to lay fewer eggs. This video created resorted to making her own feed, and it drastically increased her hens, laying production.

[@colstace2560]

The kids just forget to collect them 😅

[@donnak3925]

What about a rubber door sweep running along the bottom??? Stiff enough to keep chicks in but flexible enough to bend when moving the structure

[@amandamarie3583]

Great idea on the tube man! Plus it's entertainment for the family lol

[@logandgarden1942]

I have hawk problem and i love having my crows around. On Monday I was in the garden weeding and heard s hawk over head and the crow was chasing it trying to pull feather out of its back. And than I saw the 2nd crow going after another hawk. Dive bombing and keeping them away from my chickens. The youngest are 8 ish weeks old. With the crows around the hawk activity is much less around my house

[@kbcson]

The beautiful one should make a gluten free cookbook my wife has celiacs and I always see your delicious looking and sounding recipes

[@sharigunter356]

Hi Rohdes family, the next time you need to count little, moving animals just take a pic!

[@crzren]

crows are smart enough to open the door

[@SimplyBackwoods]

So when chickens are about 2 years old it's time to get more chicks? Yeah tube man is winning and no more chicks are gone!

[@camicri4263]

Thank you for the video! Great one! Wake up call!

[@gkiferonhs]

I don't remember whom to credit, but some put a wire across the chicken tractor about an inch or two from the end and across the top of the bottom brace. This gives the birds a scoot before the end brace gets to them.

[@johnramsey3306]

There's a huge responsibility to manage pest crow shotgun usually works advantage with a call . Rats small cage traps tuned to drop well and large snap traps , coons dog proof traps , rubber jaw steel traps for coyotes on the mountain lots of options and a must for the farm

[@allonesame6467]

Paw always kept 100 mixed bantys and english hens and roosters for a family of 5. He would cull the roosters down to 1 cause 2 always fought. We had plenty. Blessings Abound.

[@carolschreffler5112]

Greetings from Northeast Ohio. Is Mr. Brown gathering eggs? Is that why you’re short of eggs? I remember many a time where you had many many eggs that you had to throw out. Make sure the eggs are being collected friends. Love you all.

[@davidhawley3663]

For the coop maybe try getting (VINYL WALLCOVERING SMOOPTHING BRUSH) screw all the way around.

[@dr.rev.lindabingham]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@michaeldavis8599]

To count chicks, try taking a still shot from the top of the chicken tractor and count them in the shot... deals with movement.

[@angelzhomestead]

I did some math. You'll need 70 egg layers. Because not all chickens will lay everyday.

[@kellydawson2232]

You have the teenage boy factor x2. They eat a LOT, so definitely double the flock.

[@penniezilke9268]

The seniors in my moms building use pinwheels to keep birds away from strawberries and new plants. It very successful. And they r cheap.

[@juanitadafler7233]

I heard they work but you must move it around every couple of days so the Hawks, and other predator birds don't adapt to it! Good luck!

[@elizabethharttley4073]

Oh Gideon, he's been on egg duty for awhile, and yet he keeps not doing the job. Have all y'all ever had a chore chart to complete daily, weekly?

[@yeshuadvargas5552]

I live in Lexington, NC and I'm having problems with Nordic Rats killing my animals for the first time in five years. Mind you I have a giant fort of a Chicken Coop, and they're still digging under the metal skirt and getting in the run. It's driving me crazy.

[@kimrafferty7170]

I don't know if you have seen the channel A Chick Called Albert but he was having problems with rats getting in one of his avarys, he ended up laying pathing slabs after trying everything, with pathing slabs it makes it easy to hose the area if need be. I'm not sure if that would help in your situation but good luck and I hope you are able to find a solution soon

[@trina7274]

Same, we’re in Oregon, about an hour (and some change) from the coast. We’re having a terrible problem with rats as well. We’ve tried hardware wire around the entire coop enclosure AND the bottom of the run, stones and pebbles around our coop…. Everything… we do have a lot of roosters, I do think that’s helping… but I’ve STILL seen the rats in broad daylight even. So frustrating…..

[@yeshuadvargas5552]

@@kimrafferty7170 Thank you.

[@saneisall1067]

Or use some fine mesh wire around the bottom edges and then lay some blocks or pavers over the metal that extends outwards...like an L shape.

[@opybrook7766]

Please let us know where you purchased tubean and the cost. Thank you

[@well-see-what-happens-cent1295]

Those kids are growing so not only is your food intake going to increase but your egg usage will too … you may need to increase your flock every year to account for that

[@barrysurdex5521]

You need to get some American BRESSE chickens. They lay eggs in about 4 months and they're great to eat in 4 months.

[@karendavis8764]

Hey Lily, what if you saved your money to help pay for your horse? Maybe Mama and Papa will help you out.

[@patricialynnmoore]

SET UP 24/7 TRAIL CAMERAS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. No more guessing, or speculation or loosing more chickens. 🤦🏻‍♀️ DO IT RIGHT.

[@MrChuckballard]

We found that our egg layers were being harassed by a female guard goose and they started eating their eggs and stopped laying so many too. We gave her to someone. Also I keep track of my daily numbers of eggs and they go through a soft molt in the early summer and dip to 50% production for a few weeks to a month. You can’t tell from looking at them that they are molting but i think that’s what it is.

[@petervargas2279]

Justin, use a smartphone to photo them and then count them. and to get rid of crows you may need to kill one and hang it on a post near the area you want them to stay away from. It worked for us when I was a kid many moons ago.

[@laureldanielle9538]

We started with ducks and as soon as they started laying we basically got an egg a day per duck! At one point we had 30 ducks, and we were getting 30 eggs a day 🤯. So if quantity is what you're needing, I highly suggest getting Khaki Campbells!

[@amberkluga8949]

your goose is small. I have an Emden goose, he is huge, and I have not had a single loss to predators. Emdens are not especially aggressive, so easy to be around, but they are very alert and their size keeps the hawks, crows, and smaller 4 legged predators away.

[@richardsutcliffe]

I find a fishing net with a telescoping handle works great for catching chickens.

[@leebeech6407]

My Egg quantities dropped off completely over winter, 6 x chickens that were 2 and 3 years old and I was getting 1 egg a day. 4 of the old girls became ill and I had to dispatch them, unfortunately two of them were the younger birds. I now have 2 x 3 year old chickens and 2 x 20 month chickens and I get 3 eggs per day on average.