Bye Bye Birdies! It's Time For A Catchout!

[@luisbasilio6756]

please keep uploading the chicken houses im farming and it interesting to see how others do it

[@justincone6555]

Thank Ben for the video it brings back many memories!!

[@tamivann7029]

Catching chickens ain’t no joke it’s hard work I done that job for about 15 years but I still enjoy watching these videos

[@FarmerHunt]

It definitely is. They've got the catch crews catching 3 houses a night now. I don't know how they survive.

[@ryanbrooks5061]

I just wanna say as a new chicken farmer I’ve learned a lot from your channel and I just wanted to say thank you and keep it up I love y’all’s channel!

[@FarmerHunt]

Thank you very much! Hope the chicken business is treating you well so far. Good luck!

[@luisbasilio6756]

can you show how you raise your feed and water lines

[@PeterShelton-no9qy]

I would love to see a vid with night vision on the catch thank you Peter

[@kennethblackwell7354]

Watching on the big tube now. Very informative. That catch out ain't no joke😮. I didn't realize there was so much to that. Thx for another great class

[@FarmerHunt]

Thanks for watching!

[@bradmartin3112]

Thanks guys. I hope u are getting some rain. Tuff in June for rain. Gadsden guy.

[@FarmerHunt]

We have finally gotten some the last few days. We sure have needed it. Hope yall are getting some also.

[@azamyahmad]

Welcome back and absolutely spectacular beautiful stunning footage compilation background check views in the beginning of the video, and as always beautiful sharing adventure documentary countryside content video and gorgeous settings presentation camera Job and millions thanks ..

[@FarmerHunt]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeremyhead95]

Great video Ben, like so many have said I’ll say it one more time I didn’t know that there was so much to a catch out, very informative 👍

[@FarmerHunt]

Thank you!

[@Bigballer5467]

For me also being a chicken farmer, catching out can be exhausting. You gotta wake up so early to get everything up

[@FarmerHunt]

You definitely are worn out at the end of a catchout. Especially if they drag it out. I sure do love to see them all gone though!

[@_Elijah_1979]

Wow I didn't know how much work has to be put in for chickens 😳

[@FarmerHunt]

Some days they require a lot of work and others not as much.

[@sammymoore7712]

I Just Crusted my house's after first bunch of chickens on new sawdust , but i had cruster up higher so it wouldn't take out as much and still took out 10 loads of litter per house . Most loads i ever took out and had cruster up highest i ever had as well . On average i take out about 3 loads of litter per house . We organic and sell at 49 days and we can't use plt and grow for pilgrims . Thanks for Telling us all about your setup .

[@FarmerHunt]

Have you ever tried a pulverizer on your litter? We have done it before where we run the pulverizer through to break up some of the litter and then crust behind it. Helps cut down on the litter coming out of the houses.

[@sammymoore7712]

@@FarmerHunt Never Tried That , However I Do have Pulverizer and Usually Pulverize about 3 time afterwards and air out .We buy our own gas here so the lower the amonia the better and fan time in winter here can break you . Thanks

[@kevinboggs4765]

Awesome channel! By far one of the the best I watch. Plan on coming to buy some meat from y’all guys here soon. I’m down in the Wedowee alabama area. Looking to grab a hat while I’m up that way also. Keep the videos coming guys. Doing a great job 👍🏻

[@davidwarner7057]

Never realized how much it takes to prep for load out. Is there a reason why the feed is cut off several hours ahead of loading the birds? Apologies if you already addressed this in a previous video.

[@FarmerHunt]

Good question! I don't think I have talked about that. When the chickens are being processed at the plant they don't want the chickens craw full of feed. The several hours allows all the food to get out of the craw and into the digestive tract.

[@davidwarner7057]

@@FarmerHunt Thanks Ben. Makes sense.

[@svt_jim]

Hey Ben awesome video!! Been considering starting a farm so I ask, can you make a good living with 4 houses?

[@aznnnboii]

i only catchout at night so the chickens keep cooler during catchout

[@FarmerHunt]

That's mostly what we do too. The first catch crew starts during the late afternoon but the rest are throughout the night.

[@Mark-Marine]

This was actually very informative. Tell me though, what do you do with the live chickens they leave? By the way, I am still waiting for your JD 4066M HD video. I have a suspicion that I'll be waiting for a long time given your ominous assertion to.next weeks video.

[@FarmerHunt]

There aren't usually many birds left behind. The ones that are typically are pretty small. We end up killing those. Some people save them and eat them but we don't. I am going to make the 4066M video a priority. July is pretty packed for us but hopefully in August we can get it done. We have talked about it several times. We just need to make it happen!

[@alonsogonzalezmacias8391]

Why dont you put suspensión on the sensors too? That way they will go up at the same time you roll up your water lines. Im a ranch manager too and i have them like that

[@FarmerHunt]

It's on my to do list. One of these days i'm going to make sure that gets done.

[@عبدالكريمبدر-ض2د]

how much thet eat to get 4 pound ? i do 2kg of feed to have in avg 1.5kg meat in 26 days , ross 308

[@markbaxley7258]

Awesome video, I sell this week, what mask is that you use?

[@FarmerHunt]

Good luck! I'm sure you are looking forward to some chicken free time. That is a N95 mask. I think the model is 2700N95 by Moldex. They are very good for catchouts. I also wear one picking up chickens when they start getting bigger

[@markbaxley7258]

@@FarmerHunt thanks

[@nicholisking9272]

Question about broiler houses aprox 40x500 I've helped my uncle that has 6 houses which is the average being built in my area... But I have a neighbor that has 12 down the road from me whats the max yall would recommend for one person to run by theirself without help?

[@FarmerHunt]

That's tough to say but for me I would not want more than 6 40 x 500 houses. You might could handle 8 but it will keep you very busy. 8 with some good part time help wouldn't be bad. It's just hard to depend on help sometimes with chicken houses.

[@LayneDunn-kr1nh]

Hey I help my pawpaw in chicken house we run 2 laying house 400 foot long please reply because I would love to talk to you about laying house and you talk to me about broller house

[@FarmerHunt]

Hey! Thanks for watching. I don't have a lot of experience with laying houses. How is that side of the chicken business?

[@LayneDunn-kr1nh]

@@FarmerHunt good so far