Chicken Crazy! Are We Giving Up On Dorkings?

Are We Giving Up On Dorkings? We got 26 new baby chicks! Find out our plans for diversifying our breeding program with the Silver Grey Dorking and what new breed we are adding to the plan going forward.
Also an homage to the late great Artist himself. -)
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Established in 2015 and now nestled in the foothills of North Carolina, Guildbrook Farm is a modern mountain homestead in pursuit of developing a more self sustainable way of life. From planting, growing, canning and preserving our own food to managing our forests and land resources, our life long journey demonstrates preparedness, DIY projects, strategies and ideas that you can practice to help increase your own self sufficiency and balance with the land. Follow along as we continue to develop a little homestead in the mountains of Appalachia.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

I think we forgot to mention the Whiting True Blue and Whiting True Green chickens from McMurray! Yay for colored eggs! If you guys like this video, be sure to check out our chicken playlist: goo.gl/4U7mWJ with more raising chicken videos including our Beginners Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIGXdpWVZc2AhdU Thanks for liking and sharing! More videos to come!

[@veronicaturner5613]

We have 3 whiting true greens from mcmurray. They have great temperaments, reliable layers and beautiful green eggs!

[@JessieGamerGirl]

Completely off-topic but I absolutely adore the purple hair! She’s definitely rocking it!!!

[@spie115]

Yay, the girls are back! Great to see Jaime. The baby chicks are so sweet. Fun hair. You'll never regret doing fun things with your girls. Those are some of the memories that last a lifetime.

[@robsadler5605]

THE GIRL'S ARE BACK!!!

[@rebeccanaval6338]

I love the hair colors!!! Also total genius use of the trash bag!

[@lizmarin9568]

"That looks like something you buy in a store we don't speak off!" Good one Jeremy, cracked me up! 👍

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Doesn’t it though?! 😂

[@essemsween818]

Some of those chicks are super duperly cute. I love Alaria's hair, and also the way she cleverly matched her outfit to her new hair. Awesome. How much are they loving the homestead now it's warm & sunny, not feet deep and snow frozen?

[@philliphale4647]

Awesome fun and living the Dream. So glad you’re still having fun. Cheers

[@LizZorab]

Hi Jaime, we have black Australorps and from our 9 girls, eight went broody this spring. Perhaps they did this because they knew we didn't need any more babies at the moment!

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Hahaha yeah everyone is saying they DO go broody a lot so that’s good for us!

[@JJKHaywood]

Colorful, Fucia, Purple...I like it.

[@terribethreed8464]

Ty for your videos & all the work you do to produce them. One thing I found out about pullit eggs. If by any chance you have Netflix. I watched Jamie Olivers Series-Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club. As you may know Jamie Oliver really supports sustainability & not wasting foods. There was a lot of great info & one of the things they talked about was the waste of pullit eggs because they're small eggs. They started talking to chef's & citizens around their area in the UK & got them starting to use the pullit eggs in their resteraunts. He said they are better than the larger size eggs & one thing they are better than quail eggs & make the best poached eggs. The white doesn't spread out like larger eggs & stay in a nice looking circular shape when poached & fried. He's also behind using the ugly veggies (those not wanted because they aren't perfect) & gleaning produce fields to cut down the waste of foods. It was a very interesting series. There is one more series that was good as well & that was Chuck & Danny's Road Trip, which also talked about foraging & different produce & wild eatibles & meats in Canada. Just thought you might be interested. Again thank you for your videos.

[@mrwhitten7704]

The dual purple hair brought a smile!! Y'all are setting a great example for the viewers!

[@IndiAcres]

Fun hair colors, fun chicken colors... Nice :)

[@christinewiet363]

BROODY HENS..................Jaimee, I have 3 black australorps, and 2 have gone broody. Hope you'll have the same good fortune! Love this breed!!!

[@janetcroneberger9972]

You guys are great and I love watching and learning and the girls are so delightful!!!

[@highroad3580]

We like Australorps!! Out of 8 newish hens we have 5 broody right now!! We find that they are great at broody and raising the chicks. Ours lay well and in winter as well. They do need some hot weather to be broody. Enjoy!!

[@craigculver9978]

CONGRATS, you guys found the secret ingredient to life Have FUN and be HAPPY, blessing from PA

[@lindacummings6921]

Good to see you and the girls back in some videos. Baby chicks are adorable, and I look forward to seeing how each breed works out for your family. Love the purple hair!!!

[@ffc3476]

Thank you you all are fun

[@MrsTonySoprano]

Your kids are very fortunate to be growing up with such a nurturing mom. I love your channel. 💕

[@gregparker237]

Awesome guys, thanks

[@chantaldavies8042]

Your pantry is on my mind! How is it now the warmer weather is here? Would love a pantry update 👍🏻

[@Fidg234]

One of the reasons your videos are so entertaining is the excellent presentation and detailed explanations. I don't usually watch mostly talking videos because they're so boring but yours are the exception to the rule so keep em coming. And I love the fun you all have with your tattoos and hair coloring.

[@Subtletext]

I'll always keep up with you guys! You're living the "good life" and it's fun and interesting, not to mention educational to follow along. As always your video is much appreciated and excellent job!

[@mitchgant]

Great video. Love hearing about the different chicken breeds and how you will be using them.

[@AnimalFacts]

It's impossible to see a bunch of chicks without smiling. 😀

[@Guildbrookfarm]

I know! ☺️

[@andrewgoldfish]

Thanks for the awesome videos. Every year we look into getting chickens but can’t seem to pull the trigger. But every time we watch one of your videos we get a little bit closer. Looking forward to following your new chicks progress.

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

Great job ladies !

[@scarletbluefield2542]

I love having a mixed flock :) Thanks for introducing your new birds.

[@GandolphTheGreyBeard]

Fun video! I've truly enjoyed watching your old and now new homesteads come together! We've got all of the breeds you mentioned (other than the funky haired Polish) and a few more. The only girls that consistently go broody for us are our Breese. They're a good meat bird and excellent mothers, but their eggs are small (medium, actually). Basically, we use their eggs to scramble and feed back to the chickens. I always find it funny that these *huge* girls lay such small eggs.

[@stephs4158]

Yay a chicken video! Hoping we get to see more of them. 💜 You all are such a cute family, have a great summer!

[@Crazycatlady1836]

Y'all have such a great sense of humor! I love these kind of videos. PLEASE do more. I keep chickens, so anything chicken, or livestock, related would be great. I also love your off-grid hygiene videos. That trash bag trick is BRILLIANT!

[@home-cookedandhomemade6295]

I owned 3 americana's and I sold the eggs. People loved seeing the different colors and bought them over the brown eggs. You'll love them!!!

[@o0OJenniLeighO0o]

Two of our birds are Austrolorps. We got them for the heat-hardiness. They're such beautiful birds. I wish we could keep the one that turned out to be a roo.

[@missOhdrey]

Loving all the hair color!

[@chelemichele1524]

Nice mix of chickens...love the color purple.. 🌻have a wonderful tomorrow🌻

[@letshomesteadinstead7772]

Beautiful chicks! And the baby chickens look goo to 😜 You ladies look awesome!!❤️ Love the new variety of chickens!

[@powertotheplurals]

Love your daughters new hair color so much!

[@keiburns3824]

Y'all are so kool, love your family.

[@puddintang8034]

Love the hair colors. Really nice.

[@jillyreader7111]

Love it!! Great idea with the trash bag over the hair!!!

[@BackroadFreedom]

Love this video as well. I love seeing the progress y'all have made.

[@cassityart7001]

Good hen plan! Purple hair! Awesome. 🎨!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We are trying the ASI Browns this year for our egg production. Will be watching the Dorkings to see how they do.

[@southernwanderer7912]

Sounds like a good plan,

[@oldchickenlady]

I love Australorps! They lay very well, forage well, very hardy and mine do go broody! Good luck with them!

[@lindakrause8793]

Great hair ladies!!! I like the red and the purple! Ilaria, I LOVE your smile! You are beautiful!

[@ShelleySailz]

I have 4mth old Black Australorps, Buff Orps, Ameracauna, and RIR. I just got 12 American Bresse bc I won them in a contest (literally 5 days old). Love m'ladies. Good luck with your new babies! ☺

[@ristykater]

Love your videos (and your fun, colorful hair)! It's really interesting to learn about the different breeds (?) and what they're known for. Thanks!

[@UncleDutchFarms]

OH MY GOSH I just watched the end clip. What a brilliant idea, to use the bag to protect clothes and then to seal in the heat. I am totally trying that next time I re-pink mine.

[@mountainsidefarm8357]

I haven’t gotten a notification in quite while - at least a month. Was so happy to see this pop up as a recommended. Hope all is well. 💞😘

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Do you have notifications turned on and set to "Always Notify"?

[@westpur]

I love barnevelder chickens. They have been a breed that he done very well for me.

[@teutonic7113]

Loved every minute! That Sicilian Buttercup was so sweet looking!

[@jodyflores601]

Chicky babies from Murray McMurray Hatchery in Webster City IA, 30 min. for me. ;-) Your new flock will be very colorful with adversity. Excited to watch them grow! Whoa, fussia and purple rain ignite the off grid lifestyle! Thank you for sharin', I appreciate it. :)

[@annabodhi38]

Okay the chicken part was informative but the hillbilly hair salon tickled me to no end. Love the colour and the dance, lol. Thanks for the video!

[@bonnieslee4263]

What great fun!!

[@bsofar1675]

How fun. You guys are awesome.

[@benjaminturner3869]

Austrolorps have been our best broody hens. Enjoy your hens.

[@WholesomeRoots]

I love your diverse choices in chickens! So excited to see how the grow! I loved you and the girls henna tattoos! Purple hair I don't care! I have always wanted purple hair.

[@outdoorcountryboyforlife6511]

cool hair Mom and daughter. the simple joys of life, lol. Nice that your open minded enough to be cool with that.

[@mountainryder8]

My ex's mother had a flock of Australorps, and they multiplied just fine. They lived in the CA Central Valley, and it was 105degF every day, so they did fine in that muggy heat!

[@johnquirk4877]

Love that you do what you do, and you and your kids are COOL. :-)

[@ChickaWoofRanch]

It's ok, we have a chicken "problem" too. Love all the different colored eggs and hair!!!

[@debsmith7050]

You guys are having way too much fun !!! Henna :)

[@dr.froghopper6711]

Good for y’all! Nothing goes to waste! We had tremendous success with Rhode Island Reds. Eggs, meat, a couple were good brooder. Love the hair ladies! Jeremy, it’s just Mountain William Engineering (aka Hill Billy Tech). Sounds like a school I should’ve attended... Keep up the great work!

[@johniac7078]

Fun is always a good reason!

[@andreasmith2467]

Love the purple hair!

[@FrugalMommaInTheWoods]

Cute baby chickens

[@tweevers2]

the one second long Prince sound bite...thumbs up!

[@tropicallivingoverseas5202]

Australorp! Excellent choice

[@woodyjade9097]

loved the end of the video

[@addisonpryor2834]

I love chickens. I have some of my own😍💗(Brahama Bantams and Crested Polish)

[@hallehabetz5702]

I'm so glad ya'll got Australorps! I have one (her name is Tillie) and she is my favorite hen. She is super sweet. I hope ya'll like yours! (also, ours did go broody this past spring, and was an excellent mother)

[@mamafranklin]

I love the hair, and the chickens!

[@CutTheFat]

LOVE the hair!! I'm going to be trying an ashy purple soon.

[@ptebo7219]

I love the Purple......

[@jeanskilling708]

Astrorps are great. We've had 2 go broody. But they have't stayed broody. Since we don't have a rooster it's ok. We have to keep an eye out and toss them off the nest when it happens. They layed about 5 a week all winter. We got them last April and they started laying in Sept.

[@user-rq8lo2bd2s]

I have been storing my extra eggs in a solution of hydrated lime (called waterglassing in the "olden days") -- works very well!! Can be stored for months in the solution which is 1 oz by weight of hydrated lime to 1 quart of water, in 5-gal bucket in cool dark closet. Only store clean, unwashed, fresh eggs. Learned from Carolyn at Homesteading Family.

[@nicolegugliotticraft]

loved meeting your birds. i had a tiny flock of 4 and my black astrolorp was the best layer of all the girls!

[@BlueCactusDairyGoats]

That's what she said!

[@eamsden1982]

Never heard of mail ordering chicks.. we have hatched plenty from posted eggs. We have found white leghorn to be the most prolific layers which don’t go very broody. Our Orpington’s live for years but definitely aren’t prolific layers. Have fun and good luck

[@deanna4814]

My australorps go broody every year I have one that went Broody two times last year . They do very well and our hot Florida weather

[@nathanparker3761]

The Polish Chickens are very fun to have we do have one in our flock a little White Crested Polish named 'Marilyn'.

[@olgabusch9184]

Love the hair, Love the chickens, Love the video

[@VochosGranja]

Man, if i had hair I'll turn it purple as well. Please keep is posted I the homestead. Have a good weekend y'all.

[@seraphim7512]

Your video helped me give our dorkings another shot 😘🙃

[@Beecozz7]

Cute chickens and pretty purple hair!

[@Slammo2001]

Another great video! ... I remember us raising Cornish cross with my grandparents up here in Canada

[@dianehall5345]

Yes, I raised Cornish cross in the 80s with success.

[@amamdascityhomestead2734]

Omg that colour is awsome. I want mine like that. You can also scramble the eggs and feed them back to the chickens and the little puppy that i heard. My chickens and dog loooovvvveee it when i do that.

[@rebeccajoyce7677]

I cannot recommend Black Australorps more highly. I have two left of my original flock, and they DO go broody! One of my Australorps set and hatched a clutch of duck eggs, and raised them. Out of the six I had, two went broody. They are egg laying fools, and for the first two years in zone 5b, they laid almost entirely through the winter (with no additional light). My hens are now five years old, and still lay an egg a day. They are docile and great foragers. They're winter/summer hardy, too. If you are interested in heritage breeds, like I am, I also highly recommend Buckeyes. They are the only American breed developed by a woman, and they are great! Very curious and tame. They free range readily and are great mousers. Their egg laying is not quite as much as the Australorps, but very respectable. They are endangered, and I feel they are a great breed to try to preserve. They are dual purpose, as well. Thanks for your videos! I watch them often now. Good luck with the chickens, and I'll look to see if you get some Buckeyes!

[@pamt8430]

Broke out the lighter....swayed for a half second...LOL. That is a fun hair color! Hope you give updates on the chickens with tips. Need all the help I can get.

[@PrepperPotpourri]

I love my Australorps. I think you will too.

[@Lizbeth120]

Black australorps are fantastic, I love mine! You don't need an excuse to get cute little chicks ;)

[@jeanlee1911]

I never knew there were so many different chickens. I love purple rain.....Prince xoxoxox

[@brittney4513]

I love your hair!

[@PokerHillFarm]

A woman in Missouri was able to take the Delawares and breed them back to the original Delawares. We got eggs years ago and have been doing the same- Delawares are a good dual purpose bird as well. Loved the hair salon...lol

[@carlinkay1151]

Soooo love chickens (Alice Cooper was my fave) and love the purple hair..... Yes please, more chicken videos, that was so much fun!

[@sheilaperl4155]

Your chickens are adorable, I love learning about chickens, chicks and egg laying and meat birds. So interesting!! And I love your new hair colours, so pretty :) I used to use a plastic garbage bag when I was dying my Mom's hair!!! :)

[@beckycory9023]

"Violet, You're turning violet!" Is a quote from my favorite movie.

[@acgray1972]

I scramble extra eggs and feed them back to the chickens! As well as the shells. Dehydrated in the stove, and crushed.