Chickens in my Small Backyard for a Month - What I learned
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@WilliamLopez-ys2gs3 жыл бұрын
I should get a chicken to help my son with his algebra 2 homework
@bel2910 Жыл бұрын
I'm watching this 3 years later. $6.00 for a dozen 🥚
@Mountain_Spirit Жыл бұрын
Now eggs are $10!!! 😮
@deinse8218 күн бұрын
@@Mountain_Spirit And now they're back down to $5. What did we learn, kids? It's that prices in a free market sometimes fluctuate, but always return to the mean.
@FionaclarkClark3 жыл бұрын
We have 6 hens, they have 2 drinks containers always full, they drink a lot. Ours have 40 foot play area that's fenced off out the back of their hutch which they have all round access to, they have a child's plastic turtle sandpit with food grade diatomaceous earth, child's playsand, and spadeful of fresh compost to dustbathe in, they love it, it's very stable and easy to clean out. They have all day access to their chicken feed, and get a fresh salad with chopped tomatoes, chopped cucumber, sweetcorn and babyleaf spinach daily, they love cooked spaghetti, half a lettuce, sunflower seeds, and mealworms.
@FionaclarkClark3 жыл бұрын
And in return we get 6 beautiful eggs daily.
@foxybuddy Жыл бұрын
@@FionaclarkClark for the efforts put on, you deserve that
@glumGlumm Жыл бұрын
@@FionaclarkClark is it consistent on warm weather season?
@flowerdoyle37494 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the romance out of it for me....you saved me a bundle and a giant headache.
@eatonfam4 жыл бұрын
😆
@carolschlick62193 жыл бұрын
Yeah, me too! I didn’t realize they needed such a big area, or I guess I should say an “area of their own” that they’re confined to. I hate poop and flies, just cleaning my dogs doo grossed me out. I wonder if there’s maybe an easier set-up for cleaning? Then I’m thinking I can’t use a hose all year (I’m in NJ) and we have to shut the hoses so the pipes don’t freeze. Idk/still researching and contemplating it. Thanks for the information 😁
@pag85912 жыл бұрын
AMEN…you had me at flies
@dianeespinoza8647 Жыл бұрын
Yeah using a type of bedding absorbs moisture out of the poop and reduces flies most people use Pine or hemp shavings. Keeping chickens in their own area is not difficult, you don’t have e to give them access to your patio furniture and for sure not the garden, they will peck at your veggies and leave you without or at least with a harvest with holes 😂 making them a dust bath usually keeps them happy. ❤
@jetlaggedchef68064 жыл бұрын
September 23, 2019: "If there ever came an issue where you couldn't buy eggs, well, now I had my own eggs." March 23, 2020, *EXACTY 6 months later*: He's a prophet!!!
@vucub_caquix4 жыл бұрын
A prophet makin profits
@Frivillig3 жыл бұрын
It's funny because it's true! 🤣
@oldauntzibby4395 Жыл бұрын
And 2023 bird flu reducing chicken numbers and price increases on feed making eggs very expensive.
@Joanna-xl1dv2 ай бұрын
I was searching for this😂😂😂
@raymondharris72263 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for taking the time to share all this with us. We all appreciate you.
@raymondharris72263 жыл бұрын
Like # 249
@janetbransdon37422 жыл бұрын
A deep litter system is best for inside the coop... cleaning out is greatly reduced. I use dried out grass clippings and this works well, any brown material will work, eg also leaves and wood shavings. Bonus makes wonderful compost for your garden. I love chickens.
@7hilladelphia4 жыл бұрын
I tried this too. Eventually nasty neighbor had a fit, as I'm in a city limit. It wasn't smelly or dirty but one hen used to make a fuss whenever she laid and they complained... so I learned all I could...while I could. And yes they poop constantly, wet and awful which is why I now know why the chicken coop is always way away from the house/ back door area. Truly lovely hens but yeah, the poop is a big deal. Great for the garden tho.
@FionaclarkClark3 жыл бұрын
We have one issue hen in a flock of 6 who is very vocal, she let's us know before laying, and after 😳🤣
@elainemagson2132 жыл бұрын
What a lovely voice this man has!
@crystalo35502 жыл бұрын
Yea he does
@ashleeyoung7840 Жыл бұрын
Oh man. I’ve been watching chicken videos for a while and I have never laughed so much. I can relate and appreciate the perspective. Thanks man.
@jessicaabroad13912 жыл бұрын
I don't know why I find this video so funny 😂
@MyLittleFarm-g7fАй бұрын
Here in my country I have myy Little Farm. And I have some chickens. ITS so exciting
@shanesmith5971 Жыл бұрын
That was a really good video man. We just bought 4 of them. Really good info in there.
@2beauty242 ай бұрын
I love this video 😁 you have definitely given me a great insight of what to expect. They look happy and I love that they play. My children and I look forward to having chicken 😊🙌🏼
@JRESHOW2 ай бұрын
That’s awesome! Yall will love them :)
@carolleenkelmann38293 жыл бұрын
You should have made a small, mobile, enclosed, chicken-run on the grassed areas or rearranged the structure of your back yard, or reduced the number of your flock. Your back yard looks pretty big enough to me. It was just a matter of organization. Pretty neat looking coup you made!
@dianeespinoza8647 Жыл бұрын
Also considering a flock of bantams is a good option for smaller areas.
@injusticeagenda15 күн бұрын
When they play in the dirt they're actually clean themselves, you need to give them charcoal dust, you usually get it after you make an barbeque or burn wood for very long time
@shepirate4651 Жыл бұрын
Great feedback,thx! But you may have just talked me out of getting chickens lol i was literally searching for chicken coop ideas for small backyards 🤣
@JRESHOW Жыл бұрын
They are great, but I would have built just a bigger space for them and not so much let them free range…
@dianeespinoza8647 Жыл бұрын
That’s is too bad, this video didn’t show litter systems that control moisture and make flies an unlikely problem it also didn’t show the ways you keep you chickens busy and contained, off you patio furniture and kids toys 😂 there are many people that have small beautiful yards poop free ❤
@JRESHOW Жыл бұрын
@@dianeespinoza8647 sorry I wasn’t more helpful
@dianeespinoza8647 Жыл бұрын
@@JRESHOW get smaller birds, the open wire cage of 5 sq ft per bird as compared to the 15 sq ft you needed with your large breed bird you had . ❤
@elisabeth87092 жыл бұрын
Dwarf chickens are great if you have less space, and they also poop way less! Super nice
@JRESHOW2 жыл бұрын
Good to know!! Do they lay dwarf eggs??
@elisabeth87092 жыл бұрын
@@JRESHOW yes they do! They are very cute, and about half the size of normal eggs. I have dutch dwarf chickens and like them very much, but there are a lot of different ones 😊
@cityfoodiefarm3 жыл бұрын
I agree lots of poop! Great coop with found materials! They are great pets!! Like # 231
@MRboss112 ай бұрын
i remember watching a video where a guy had a solar-powered door that would swing open during the day to let the chickens out and then close at night
@probibi7142 Жыл бұрын
I wanted to have a chickens for a second time in my little garden and thats helpful
@Anonymous-km5pj4 жыл бұрын
They enjoy dirt/dust baths as parasite control ie. mites, lice, fleas.
@garyg53472 жыл бұрын
i have a water gun so i spray my chicken if they go in the patio area. they hardly go to the patio area anymore. i agree that you neeed a big backyard.
@SimeonFlowers3 жыл бұрын
Useful experience. Thank you for sharing.
@Texasupnclose Жыл бұрын
I agree with you as chickens are very smart and poop a lot as I collect my chickens poop and put it in my compost pile and let them scratch through it all and mix it up in the pile. I just made a video of mine laying their eggs and your daughter might find it amazing to see as they are so careful and clean in the process. 🤠
@minomokwa74424 күн бұрын
You forgot to mention that it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!! not to hold less than 3 Chicken as they build a flock & they are very sociable animals. At the same time - as you said - they are smart, they are clean EXCEPT : you hold them in a too confined space & let them sit in their own dirt (like so many animal abuser do). Treat them well: they are wonderful, smart animals!!!
@foxybuddy Жыл бұрын
Thanks, your sharing really helps. I like to have free range eggs but I can't handle the cleaning part unfortunately
@billwilliams9362 Жыл бұрын
As someone else , dont clean coup , do Deep Litter method .
@krisy-in-italy4 ай бұрын
You think chickens poop everywhere? Get yourself some geese. 🥴 I’m just starting having chickens again after many years and a much smaller outdoor area. I’ve already fenced off my vegetable garden from them and need to fence off our patio area somehow. They will still have plenty of room. They make great pets and serve up breakfast too! What’s not to like . ❤
@HurairaHerbals2 жыл бұрын
I love your coop!
@Spark-In-The-Dark4 жыл бұрын
You’re awesome dude!!
@dianeespinoza8647 Жыл бұрын
I wish I would have taken more thought to bantam chickens. Now I will have to add to my chickens if I want Bantams. They take up less room, so your small coop and a smaller coop and run would be appropriate for 8-12” full grown bantam chickens 😍😍
@jf765411 ай бұрын
Unfortunately bantams do not lay very much and when they do the eggs are tiny.
@MechPeng Жыл бұрын
Him 3 years ago: eggs are pretty cheap Him nowadays: I regret what a just said
@Ambientes4 жыл бұрын
Great info
@hananbanday94572 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing 😊😄
@Vlogversity10 ай бұрын
dope video man! i've also got 2 hens in my backyard we just got this year. black australorps so pretty similar to the buff orps. i wish i could let them free range but we have bar fences with 4 inch gaps all around so they have to be confined to their coop and run. we might add 2 more next summer but we live pretty close to neighbors alla round, they are usually as quiet as a mouse but get noisy when egg laying, lol. they are the best though. fun to watch, bet its even more fun seeing them frolic amongst the whole yard
@JRESHOW10 ай бұрын
That’s awesome! They are great animals :) I don’t know if I mentioned in the vid but they somehow jumped our fence once and we’re sitting on our 88 year old neighbors porch. I heard her come home and she said, “what thr hellllll…” all soft spoken.. she had no idea we had chickens lol. She was cool with it. 🤙🏼
@Vlogversity10 ай бұрын
@@JRESHOW haha yeah ours would definitely jump over the fence as well. They are ruthless! Also smart😂they work together all day trying to figure out how to get to the rest of our yard. We have a pretty big yard along with neighbors yards right beyond fences, I’d hate to risk a dog getting them
@saltlifegull4091 Жыл бұрын
Oh Heck Yeah! Awesome video. My biggest problem is they scratch up all my newly planted raised beds:( They will destroy new crops! Forget free ranging for mine now, as they were too destructive.
@oldauntzibby4395 Жыл бұрын
I live in the country but we can't/don't free range our chickens because of the poop (they like to be by people so they would poop right on the porch and walkways), because they destroy any garden by scratching and eating crops (both vegetable and flowers and they also will scratch at the base of trees and expose the roots), and because predators will learn if you have unprotected birds. I have a huge chicken pen for them but if you cannot rotate the ground they are on they will turn it into bare dirt and a few tough weeds by scratching, eating, and pooping more than the grass can bear. I usually keep 2 dozen, so I need a lot of room for them. Two or three hens would need a lot less.
@sharoncourt753 жыл бұрын
Hahhha i have a metal baby gate i bougth to keep them of my cover patio grill and furniture, cause is fresh in the summer it was their patio not mine! So i got baby gate, please be carefull free ranging, a cat from the house on the back kill 1 of my smaller hens,just for the hell of it, if i am not home they are lock up, had to make a bigger run, my gate got blown out, it took a few times of yeling and screming at them back in to stop them, I went to a small hardware store and bough the cheapes aluminun tray, then spray with metal paint, that now catches the poop when they sleep,and I use mulch ot wood chips there, so 1 is time to dump it, goes rigth in to my plants. My coop is a bit biger, i use a clear corrugated and 1 metal sheet, I use an old bunk bed so is off the ground, this hapend: i have a voice baby monitor in the coop and a fan/heater, so I was sleep about 7am and trough the monitor I heard them screaming, I knew they where safe, I ran to my balcony and found a hawk sitting on top of the clear corrugated pecking confuse why he cant get the hens bellow 😁😆 I have alot of crows around wich I dislike, but now i learned hawks avoid going in their area, about 2 blocks there is hawks in an empty lot, now I like crows,(they kill a baby chick, but hawk can kill a grown hen) i am in the city and have hens now for almost 2 years, I hope your do great.
@dianeespinoza8647 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see your coop , especially with a hawk on it . 😂 I bet they were screaming poor girls.
@sharoncourt75 Жыл бұрын
@@dianeespinoza8647 the only time a seen them in the swing
@autojohn-pu1vf3 жыл бұрын
Poop!!!!! 🎶There it is🎶Shtalata,Shtalata,Shtalata,Poop!!!!! 🎶There it is🎶
@JS-jh4cy5 ай бұрын
Lesson summary, chickens are birds, that poop alot, and poop 💩 anywhere
@susannemarieschuster397411 ай бұрын
You need to put some hardware cloth on your run end to end no gaps raccons can rip through chicken wire like nothing
@chip63us3 жыл бұрын
They dust themself for mites, instinct even as month old peeps
@nuduo92554 жыл бұрын
Soon, you gonna start buying goats, guns, and ammo ...then listening to Ron Paul.
@Spark-In-The-Dark4 жыл бұрын
Nu Duo, except Ron Paul is controlled opposition like Alex Jones...
@MrKbforex6 ай бұрын
HI, Am from London, why can I buy the chickenS?
@nenaj12 жыл бұрын
You gotta have a lot of land for that. Where do you live?
@JS-jh4cy5 ай бұрын
Clip one side of their wings then they cannot get into the neighbors yard and POOP
@fordayoutube87122 жыл бұрын
2yrs ago I paid $1 or less or dozen of eggs now it's closer to $3
@AnuragJLall Жыл бұрын
So Beautiful.
@Kate-yj6vi Жыл бұрын
How loud would you say they are for the homea next door?
@JRESHOW Жыл бұрын
Not bad. My neighbors liked them. Good convo started.
@mattmatty46702 жыл бұрын
Cool thanks mate
@lraffucci3 жыл бұрын
Those are healthy looking chickens. fat too.
@shedroids3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video! Have you noticed snakes or fox since you got the chicken? They say chicken attract them. Can anyone have chickens... or do you think there might be zoning laws.
@JRESHOW3 жыл бұрын
No fox or snakes. I do live in the “city” for the most part and they do have zoning laws here. Some places make you pull a permit or something, however, I didn’t lol. We no longer have them due to the amount of poop and our yard being so small. We do plan to get some again once we have a bigger yard. They are great animals :)
@shedroids3 жыл бұрын
@@JRESHOW Thank you, lol! It does look like they bring a wonderful life and make it charming! :) I love the part where you can get your eggs Direct! How wonderful... a truly beautiful barter. You take care of them and they give you an egg daily. Thank goodness for some life things that keep on making life so awesome.... in this time of craziness
@wen-natureza2 жыл бұрын
Hi there! I have 4 chickens. Yes they poo a lot lol i do love seeing them since they can have a personality. I have almost 1 acre and we have a large run with coop inside. Been finding ways to keep smell down and ways to easily clean poo every few weeks. I love sand since poo dissapears into sand. Tried wood shavings but not too great since it doesn't really last. Right now doing sand and horse wood pellets. The pellets shrivel like sand and help with mud. Flies are reduced and cleaning is reduced since pellets almost become like cat litter. Horse wood pellets are natural so will put some more before fall comes around. I do see your yard small so I understand. We built them a huge enclosure so they don't get bored and are protected. Hoping you get some more one day. A bigger yard would help.
@ruthbatt90293 жыл бұрын
Butillfull chicken
@crystalo35502 жыл бұрын
They love dust bathing thats y they go in the dirt so I learned
@Yeshuaschosen3 жыл бұрын
....I have the same problem.POOP Everywhere !
@paulamcnama14993 жыл бұрын
❤️ ❤️
@sheilastutz17722 жыл бұрын
I talk to a chicken and call her to me.
@mickinoz20053 жыл бұрын
Did u get rid of them or still have them
@JRESHOW3 жыл бұрын
We kept them for about a year and after that they went to our friends farm. Too much poo
@healthnut31652 жыл бұрын
@@JRESHOW 😂😂💩
@spidey_8299 Жыл бұрын
Did they eat your grass?
@JRESHOW Жыл бұрын
No so much ate it, but def. picked through it..
@LaMorritaRebecca2 жыл бұрын
Adding and subtracting??? What?
@tonydavila6594 Жыл бұрын
Dude, If Chickens bug you, You have Personal Issues... 🤦♂️
@JRESHOW Жыл бұрын
What are you talking bout Tony?
@tonydavila6594 Жыл бұрын
@@JRESHOW You're Right, I commented prior to watching the Whole Video, Sorry Dude... 😊
@BlackSwansFine-co6cdАй бұрын
Lololololololol
@prayingsnakefreeman28282 жыл бұрын
Is this still going
@JRESHOW2 жыл бұрын
No. The amount of poop was too much for my small backyard
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