Duck tractor update, and ducks vs chickens

[@ghettomamma1627]

I ❤ to see how different people do their homesteads ☺️ this last summer our chickens did way better raising the chicks than what we were able to hatch and raise in the house. Its so much easier to let them raise their own babies they learn how to get in the barn at night and everything.

[@EchosOfWhiterun_5555DocOfStyle]

Hey Nate: I just wanted to say *THANK YOU* for giving us a *UPDATE* on what's been going on with the chickens and ducks. I think that your opinion is very *VALUABLE* and I really love hearing everything that you have to say about the *LIFESTYLE* which you choose to lead!!! ~ JonseyG 👲💖

[@DrabberPlot7000]

Id like to give you my appreciation. I ordered some coffee from your site and it arrived yesterday. Completely sealed and packaged well. My father will surely enjoy this on Christmas.

[@nicoledow323]

Absolutely 💯 in the spring, my chickens ,clean all the leaves and what have you out of my gardens, get them ready for planting , AZ WILL PROTECT GREAT

[@jaysmith8199]

Like your long format and subtitles 😊 Interesting about ducks, stuff I never knew.

[@audreyparker1054]

I really enjoyed this video, thank you, Nate!!!

[@debbeasher-k4764]

Well done. Enjoyed the animals & background on decisions, etc.❤🎉😊😂

[@Lutefisk445]

Thanks for adding subtitles to the video! KZbin's auto caption kinda sucks. It misses words and mishears words all the time, and sometimes i need them to know what's happening.

[@S_S-WHYT]

I helped keep two chicken coops warm in Yukon, Canada last winter with no electricity! We only had to have one terra cotta candle heater(I’m sure you’ve seen those around) with two large candles inside and we refreshed the compost inside with wood chips to freshen and keep a little layer of compost because as you said, chickens have hot manure. So the compost gives off heat and it doesn’t smell because of the fresh wood shavings.

[@BrikBeans]

"Well then you shouldn't have called her mother that then" 😂

[@stephenkoetz4159]

Very interesting thanks 😊 always love the animal update....the best part

[@plynwow]

Oh I love Ms.Khaki, shes soo pretty!

[@pgnandt]

Moving a pen around is smart. Let mother nature do the work.

[@kimberlykusiak2526]

Yes, paint the duck house black. You will love it.

[@slippry71]

Awesome video I used to have the same breed. Unfortunately for my neighbors who owned a beautiful swimming pool. Ended up building them a duck prison. They were very bummed out at first. But eventually got over it

[@hischildjo4693]

Great video Nate! Lol, love the sense of humor, you really do make education interesting and funny!! 😁❤

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

Loved my ducks & Muscovys for eggs (some lay seasonally ) & bugs. But I don't like dark meat. Loved my geese too. They were like watchdogs. I adored my chickens & gueinas too, I love the noise (I'm strange).

[@Bsnowman22]

The captions are awesome!

[@Killuminatiforlyfe]

Hey you should buy a portable sawmill. You can make your own posts and boards. For building material

[@pgnandt]

Az could pull the trees out of the woods.

[@TequilaSunset_]

This long form contents really good and informative. Cheers

[@nicoledow323]

Muscovy are great, i agree ,they find their own food,and they really take care of the bugs, my muscovies now are on corn as its a warming feed, i have chickens as well,turkeys , yes guineas are so loud, and try to get my chickens to take off with them, i love all my birds of many breeds , but my ducks, and turkeys ,and just our pets the peacocks are my favorite

[@LiuKangLang]

Have a great week y’all.🙏✊🙌🦃❤

[@d.r2533]

I appreciate the subtitles Nate, best of luck for the future!

[@kevinscamera5574]

I noticed that ducks would chase mice rats and rodents while chickens didn’t. That’s why I made the switch. Mice in the chicken pen led to mice in the outbuildings

[@kala6576]

My friends ducks have a field day dealing with the mice, rats and snakes that make it into their yard.

[@amandalittle5204]

My Muscovy chased possums a few times and kept them tree's until they could be dealt with.

[@Jgragg1998]

In my experience, I have seen chickens go crazy over some mice and rats. Just depends on the chickens. Same with ducks

[@heidiquast4667]

You can totally do the same with chickens nesting and raising their own chicks. The main reason people incubate chicken eggs vs. letting the hens nest is to keep getting eggs to eat. Having grown up with chickens, you're quickly converting me to wanting ducks when I have a space for them. Especially with the bug eating!

[@fitzyholden1036]

I have 12 chooks and the only time they make noise is when they are laying an egg. But yes its loud and sure sounds painful. You'd think they would get used to it given that they lay an egg a day most of the year round. Have three different breeds, Golden and Silver Wyandotte's, Australorp's, and Highline's. First two would be best suited to you as they are large, dual purpose chooks.

[@RexJordan-s8x]

Thank you Nate

[@88nlinus]

Happy Thanksgiving . From Park City Utah . Cheers Linus

[@Autumn-lj3zd]

Another great video. I've had both chickens & ducks & both were nice, but I'll take ducks any day! And Muscovy are the best! 😊 And you're right duck eggs are the best.

[@FredieFarmer60]

👍🏽🇺🇸👍🏽 I for one like the closed caption.. thanks Nate

[@claudiahavelevitch5015]

Kool Koop… ! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 🦆 💖

[@derekhubbard8035]

My neighbors have guinea hens, and it was definitely an adjustment when we first moved here, but you get used to them pretty quickly. But it's definitely because of them that I've never had to give my dogs flea or tick medicine, I still check them regularly however I've never seen one on them in the 2 years I've lived here

[@Iamdedsec23]

Love your stuff nate

[@tonyp6398]

I hate stink bugs i moved to PA for 2 yrs stink bugs all over i sat on my patio with a torch to take care of them. Hated when they made it inside the house.

[@HappyComfort]

One thing that surprised me when I learned it is chickens will chase down and gobble down mice. 😯😮😲We had a bunch of white Leghorn chickens in Arizona. I was totally surprised when there was a huge ruckus in their coup and found they had pecked to death a good sized rattlesnake! 😳😳😳You can learn something new every day! As the saying goes. 👍😜🌷

[@nogames8982]

I live in town. I have chickens. I thought about getting ducks, but I did not want to deal with water in the middle of winter. If I live somewhere with a stream or a pond, I would get some ducks also

[@nicoledow323]

Chickens i agree 💯 eat alot ,yes i use my duck eggs for baking

[@ShinyNickelBlades]

You better watch those two ducks. I see them contemplating an escape. 🤣

[@barryhalstead9299]

Sorry I couldn’t make it to the meet and greet tonight I was stuck helping my brother. I was wanting to meet you shake your hand and see if you needed any help. I’m a jack of all trades and master at none. Props of growing up poor in WV but I’m a single dad if 5 kids and always looking for work since I have a 15 yr old with autism non verbal I had to quit my job 3 years ago and been working for myself ever since. Need help just holler at me

[@pgnandt]

Az lumbering around like he's on the moon.

[@Earthmadegarden]

This video is awesome!

[@RachelMoreno-w5v]

Hello from Mexico 👋

[@patriciahamby996]

Beautiful animals ❤️ ♥️ ❤❤

[@patriciacook7278]

Some geese weed gardens for you and don’t damage plants! You can get away with just one and it will stay with ducks! You can put it inside garden in the morning and let it out later in the day

[@PimentoZ24]

you could cut panels out of that plastic they use for cheap greenhouses and zip tie it to the mesh, thats pretty clever

[@goush9]

Thanks for adding subtitles, KZbin has so many errors in theirs

[@ferretyluv]

The benefit of chickens is you can feed them food scraps from a compost pile. A rooster also helps protect the animals. They WILL fight coyotes, skunks, and raccoons. They probably aren’t laying eggs because of the drought.

[@jeffpitoniak]

And ducks are better for the pond if it ever holds water 😅

[@dirttdude]

Wow... i think i spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 per tractor, a little over 600 for 2 of them, they're poultry stock, the laying hens have a heated coup and a rooster. i would freerange the poultry but they stress the hens

[@MyLocalRock]

Trick to buying ducks - always buy more than one. Buying one might sound safe as a first time buyer…. But Have you ever heard of single duck? But two you will hear the sounds of the flock. ;)

[@barryhalstead9299]

Bring some beard products to Ripley I’d say a lot of us could use it Lord knows I could lol be safe God bless

[@nicoledow323]

Chickens i agree 💯 eat alot

[@animalslivesmatter183]

Should have put the same wiring under it dirt on top-secret to sides no predators can get in

[@slimjim2584]

Its simple Chickens are water soluble Ducks are not

[@ghettomamma1627]

Ducks are more winter hardy too but we have both

[@amandalittle5204]

Muscovy are what some old timers refer to as dry land ducks. They don't need to swim. Mine just have a kiddie pool to lean their beaks and bathe if they want.😊

[@kala6576]

Bonus that any non laying chickens come next spring will be tasty for you and the dogs.

[@johnlukondi]

Hey Nate: Don't paint the duck/chicken tractor wire black. If it's hard for you to see through, it's probably hard for predators, too.

[@taylorpickup7386]

ENERGY BALL!!!

[@genevabrown450]

Nice

[@curtd7117]

Will the garden get enough sun where it is now? It’s in the shade now.

[@Narrowayhomestead]

Good question, during winter when the sun is low in the sky there would not be enough sunshine for the garden. But the other growing seasons there should be 👍

[@christiankelley4145]

It's cool to see how in some areas and situations chickens act like ducks, and other areas and situations ducks act like chickens😅 Have you ever had turkeys?

[@pandacain59]

I don't know if it's the same thing with ducks and chickens. But when I had chickens I had fake eggs and their nesting boxes and they started laying eggs.

[@nogames8982]

Chickens need 14 hours daylight to lay eggs. I live way up north in Washington state so I have a light in the chicken coop so that I get eggs through the winter.

[@BeckyDaniels-db3bc]

I've been wondering about the feet of the poor little ducks and chickens during the snow. I'm assuming they really don't like snow because I do know chickens are scratching all the time on the ground and dirt and Ducks just waddling around picking up things from the ground what do they do when it snows

[@blessbless5648]

Hey nate have you thought about getting Flemish giant rabbits ????

[@nicoledow323]

They have meat rabbits 🐇

[@audralynnekeene8331]

👍👍😊😊

[@meme-rv6fp]

Snakes can get in. Use chicken wire for everything.

[@rocky8758]

What keeps them from flying away?

[@Hermon1852]

What livstock guard dog breed is bigger then Az

[@fredeerickbays]

hot shat like chicken shar is hot b/c of the nitrogen content. U put fresh chick shat on plants and what happens is nitrogen burn.

[@amandalittle5204]

I don't think duck poo is near as high in nitrogen. Just saying. I have Muscovy in a small yard and they don't kill the grass. Except one spot which is where they choose to sleep at. I guess sitting in one spot, it would build up. 😊

[@lynncrush-wq3pn]

Chickens create manure too high in nitrogen. Has to age 90 days . Or you can water it in really heavily.

[@CloneCommanderQutibahAlFarouqi]

#LordMinion become a #BootyWarrior or #WarriorofBooty!

[@jimpull244]

No offense Nate, but your thumbnail picture makes you look like you are wearing a turban. 😂. And while I have no problem with that, I find it kind of silly cuz of your red beard LOL. Totally love how and what you are doing. As a gimp in a wheelchair, I am envious of your life. I was a long distance swimmer before I got sick and have always enjoyed being by myself. You are lucky, you get to deal with people on your terms vs. having to depend on someone else. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@ronaldstone1285]

Maybe the drought (eggs)

[@LeroyMasten]

Chickens are easier

[@dannydagerous]

yo

[@ecrocker7499]

You’re right, you don’t know about chickens.😂 Free range muscovy’s have tough meat and don’t lay much unless you provide them with 50% of their food. Ducks are the dirtiest of fowl! You only have to clean a chicken coop 2x’s/yr with no smell or wetness. Chicken eggs can be spotless if you do it right, no need to clean them and they will last longer

[@nkraemer]

Nate, can you make the theme song not so loud? it seems it's 10 db louder than the rest of the video and it's a bit jarring.

[@giulio2017]

08:06 where's minion to deal with this

[@fuzzygreen3634]

Bro spent 10 minutes explaining why chickens suck, and then proceeds to say he's getting some chickens

[@Sim_JFD]

Technically speaking, chickens are birds in the woods. This is blatant duck propaganda and chicken slander, I will not stand for it!

[@diablomoko]

Its funny when people forget facts and opinions can be two different things lol.😂 Edit:I'll add, and preference so poor little @vegBeefSoup stops being so mad and offended lol. Like dude calm ur tits lol

[@VegBeefSoup]

@@diablomoko its funny you say that, bc nate tries justifying his ducks with lies. Ducks are not more efficient in any aspect. And chickens are. Thats not an opinion, its quite literally a fact. I know some people, like you, wouldnt have the knowledge or experience on it, but a simple google search could answer it.

[@Marc-nw9mp]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@VegBeefSoupidk what you are talking about. Nate clearly said he prefers ducks because they are much hardier and less noisy than chickens are, which is a fact. You can do a “simple google search” to see why he is right on that.

[@VegBeefSoup]

@@Marc-nw9mp i did a real life “google check” and turns out hes wrong. Also google agrees with me. Also this video you responded to, the ducks are nonstop making noises. So there goes that. And hardier? No, hes comparing a cold weather breed of ducks to a breed of chicken that isnt for cold weather. So you and him both got that wrong. In reality, in terms of cold weather, neither of the best breeds can handle it, but where most humans occupy up north, a breed of either can survive. And in terms of injury, chickens are 100% hardier. Ive seen wild ducks starve themselves to death bc they had a little cut on their beak, while ive seen chickens halfway pulled apart by an owl and survived. Trust me when i say this, i have real experience between both ducks and chickens, even had muscovies. In every aspect a chicken is better. And no im not hating on ducks, or nate, im just telling it how it is. Sure a rooster is louder, but they only crow a few times a day. Overall ducks are louder, and this video alone proved it😂 only times chickens make noises is when they are under attack. Otherwise they are too busy catching bugs. Nate can have his personal preference, but to try and act like ducks are better in any way over a chicken is just plain out ignorant, and anyone who has owned both can easily see that. He simply likes ducks, thats fine, its not okay to act like they are better than chickens. Get the proper breed of chicken for your environment and watch how much hardier they are. Lets not forget, ducks are completely defenseless, there is nothing hard about them, they can survive cold winters, so can the proper breed of chicken. Anything else you got? Geez all these nate riders look past facts to protect their little king. Yall ever get tired of riding so hard?

[@diablomoko]

@@VegBeefSoup omg dude why are u getting so mad over this. My bad. what I mean was preference I'll admit I messed up what I put but dang man.

[@VegBeefSoup]

@@diablomoko hilarious you say poor “little” and then “tits” in the same sentence. You take a look in the mirror recently? I think the only little guy with tits would be you. Little 5ft8 head ahh weighing 250lbs looking ahh. Get you egg head ahh outta here. Then you project and say im mad, bc i state facts? Why does this channel involve so many soft ahh people? You literally raged out deliberately tryna insult bc someone corrected your bf… and im the one mad? Cant make this shi up. But ur definitely the definition of them inbred screen warriors. Also you wear glasses, you arent even capable of seeing things how it is. You cant even grow hair, pathetic.

[@tylerwest683]

Yeah, I can’t stand a guinea hen

[@VegBeefSoup]

Chickens are definitely better than ducks in every aspect. You just have a personal preference for them, which is fine. But acting as if ducks are better in general, is wrong. I wouldnt even say its better in ur situation. Chickens would definitely do you better. Get the proper breed of chicken and watch how superior they are

[@ferretyluv]

Look, it’s the “Follow the chicken” guy!

[@VegBeefSoup]

@@ferretyluv Did you take offense to it? I forget how sensitive this fanbase is, anything that disagrees with their daddy nate, is automatically hate, even if it’s completely true. Shouldve wrote “no offense” at the end to help deter it but ill entertain it this time. Are you mentally okay?

[@pirateclown8193]

🤓👆

[@VegBeefSoup]

@@pirateclown8193 Did you take offense to it? I forget how sensitive this fanbase is, anything that disagrees with their daddy nate, is automatically hate, even if it’s completely true. Shouldve wrote “no offense” at the end to help deter it but ill entertain it this time. Are you mentally okay?

[@curtism-w6b]

​​@@VegBeefSouphe's right. Ducks are louder, except the ones Nate has. They poop more, wet stinky poop. They eat fewer biting insects, and small insects (mosquitoes and flies), chickens don't eat as much, and they eat a greater variety of bugs, ducks lay less eggs, they need water they can swim in. Water they poop in immediately. And he's wrong ... chickens don't require as much feed. That's why wild chickens are everywhere. But "wild" Muscovies are only found near water at parks (where people feed them).

[@tigerwoman4411]

Disgusting leaving rabbits in wet place with disgusting water to only drink

[@cjrcummings]

U should try game chickens I would be willing to mail u some chicks or eggs u could hatch of my farm. Mine are extremely hardy and great for bugs including mosquitoes.

[@ShinyNickelBlades]

You better watch those two ducks. I see them contemplating an escape. 🤣