It's getting colder.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thanks Lois it is a fun little get away and I really enjoy the fire on cold days which we will be getting a lot of very soon now. I'm no winter person either and around here sometimes it seems like it is never going to end.

[@Gardeninggirl1107]

Great update! Squirrels are kind of cute, I have a couple resident ones who eat all fallen seed and sometimes fool around in the garden. Never had a coddled egg, the girls look well and nice you can sit with a good book and cup of tea in your cabin. Stay warm :)

[@Jojo-if3lr]

Such pretty hens. Loved the speckled feathers.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you Julie.

[@kitmarlowescot2]

Oh that sounds really neat, I have never heard of the breed. And looked them up, it said alot their back ground comes from cornish and white plymouth rock. So you might end up with white hens that look the Matlida with a smaller comb. Very cool. I know she will be a good foster mother and your three broody cochin as well. If they have learned to stay on the same nest.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

I was expecting this to happen I'm just glad they aren't actually hurting each other. Sometimes I see Lucky's dad up in one of the hens nests, to get a little peace and quiet.

[@joemaddison9935]

Great little place you have there,very enjoyable videos,take care.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Joe Maddison Thank you very much glad you enjoy them.

[@DCARA06]

Lucky has turned into a strapping young lad. His crow is much deeper than Prince Leah. And to think how cuddly they use to be with each other when Lucky was a babe, aww kinda sad.

[@orsie200]

You are such an interesting person! I recently subscribed to your channel because I enjoy your videos so much.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you very much.

[@RVFreeDa]

You know, I have an egg coddler someone gave gave and I wasn't sure what to do with it. hahaha I know. But I'm going to use it today! I love that you share all the little things you do like breakfast.It's so cozy in your tiny house.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thanks for the video. We had minus 9 last night and the forecast says minus 10 for tonight but still no snow. Supposed to warm up to 8 or 9 degrees on Sunday with showers, crazy weather.

[@jasonhowell8599]

lovely birds. it is nice to look at them.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you.

[@PrairieNightMoon]

Love the rooster crows. Haven't heard that comforting sound in many years.

[@ncautoman57]

Shame on lucky for being mean to his Dad!! LOL. Just kidding I know the pecking order applies here. Lucky does have a nice sounding voice. He is a beautiful rooster..Thanks for sharing.

[@kitmarlowescot2]

Poor baby, well maybe next summer Prince will have some grandchicks to help take care off.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you. I agree squirrels are cute the only problem is if they get in your house they are basically just a rat with a bushy tail. The cabin is far enough away from the house that I don't mind feeding them out there. I love coddled eggs they are like having a soft boiled egg that was cooked with seasoning inside the shell. I butter the coddler add salt and pepper and they are also nice with herbs like chives and parsley added. I'm really enjoying the fire, peace and quiet in the cabin.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you. The squirrel doesn't seem to bother the birds but they don't seem to trust him. The cabin isn't all that far from the house I can be out there in just a few minutes, at least this time of year. If we get a lot of snow I will need to use snowshoes.

[@kitmarlowescot2]

Your squirrels are alot cuter, than our VA grey tree rats. I am looking forward to seeing Lucky's reaction to snow. Sorry to hear that he has knocked Prince off as ruler,but I hope he will be a good rooster like his father, and will eventually look after the hens as Prince did. And that Prince's easy going attitude will keep him well your in flock as beta rooster. Though since Lucky is half Barred Rock, if you do want more chicks next spring, maybe you can isolate him and a some of the

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thanks Brendan as long as they are not able to feed at the table that is up at the house I really don't mind. Seems if they feed close to the house they also try to get in the house. I will soon know if I built the cabin so that it is squirrel proof or not.

[@jamiemcfly1671]

Thanks , My eyes are bright with laughter. Time well spent.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

+jamie zenmountain Thank you.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you. That sounds nice you could put the bread oven back and heat it with that plus have great bread. Two roosters and I don't plan to hatch any of my own eggs. When I get a broody hen in the spring I'm going to order hatching eggs of the White Chantecler the only official Canadian breed.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thanks Freida I love coddled eggs. You will have to experiment to see how you like them best for me 8 minutes placed in the water after it has come to a boil, this produces an egg with soft yolk but the white is mostly solid, it's all a matter of personal taste. I butter the sides of the coddler and add a piece of butter to the top along with salt and pepper it is also very good with herbs added like chives and parsley. It's have fun with your coddler day.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

I was expecting this to happen but at least they aren't really fighting. Lucky is so much bigger I was sure he would end up at the top of the pecking order. Sometimes I go in the coop and find Leah resting in one of the hen's nests, most unusual for a rooster. He sort of looks at you as if to say it's the only way I can get any peace and quiet.

[@tadrheinheimer3319]

Dale my friend, thank you for your videos. I look forward hearing of your days out in the cabin. My dream has always been to build a small cabin such as yours.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you I hope you do get to build a cabin someday.

[@MrChip123472]

My "equipment" is a few hoses that I bought at home depot, a few nails, and some clean plastic buckets that I bought feta cheese in at Costo. I drill about 3 holes in each large tree then just jam a hose into each hole tightly and then run it to a bucket that I have hanging from the tree. Works great and cost almost nothing. Maybe I'll make a video on it if I remember to next spring.

[@aa102099]

nice ... pesky red squirrels huh? Love your little home away from home it was 19 deg F here this am

[@baconsoda]

Squirrels - maybe a baffle half way up the pole would work. I had one to stop cats climbing and it did the job. I just made a plastic cone and stapled it to the pole and it stopped the cats getting a launch position or getting a grip if they tried to jump from the ground. A more elegant method I changed to was two lengths of plastic gutter around the pole and overlapped in such a way that nothing could grip an edge from the other side - each gutter was inside the other on one edge.

[@Ricopolico]

Good luck, Dale, with your efforts to bar squirrels from your bird feeder. My neighbor has battled squirrels for years. His latest effort has a feeder hung at the middle of a stretched wire rope with an over-sized polyethylene hood. Amazed, he reports that squirrels are still dining on his bird feed. Also, those red squirrels are nasty little critters - I've seen many scaring off gray squirrels twice their size.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

+Ricopolico Fortunately I only a few of these small red squirrels and I don't mind them eating at the bird tables.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you. I only have one Rhode Island Red and she is a great little egg producer. When I was a child my grandfather sold eggs and always had a large flock of RIR.

[@maryfaux9743]

I had a squirrel proof feeder at one time. when they would get on the tray that the birds would perch on, the tray would snap shut. wow! talk about mad squirrels!! it was fun watching each new generation of squirrels trying to outsmart the feeder!!! take care.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

+Mary Faux I'm from a strange family we enjoy the squirrels as much as the birds.

[@maryfaux9743]

Oh yes. I kept dried corn on the cob for the squirrels & they got their share of birdfeed. If they ran out of corn, one of the squirrels would get on the end of a tree limb that looked into house and sit there & fuss until I came out to feed them

[@nubianqueenNation]

Loved watching the chicken and the roosters...at one time we had 12 Rhode Island Reds...those were the good ole days!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Nice video! You'll end up living in the cabin and letting the house! We have a tiny house in the garden which we use to store our books and in the Summer go there to read but Andy's talking about putting heating in it, so it would actually be a great place to live. It used to be a Bakery/Breadoven, when this was a Coaching Inn. The Chicks are looking good, Lucky is a fine big rooster but often it's the little fast moving ones that win out in the end, they just bide their time. Best Wishes!

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Yeah the squirrels are determined little guys, but I guess they get hungry too. This is likely one of the two squirrels that kept me company all summer long when I was building the cabin. When I was working on the roof they would climb a tree to get on my level and chatter at me not sure that they approved of me moving into the neighbourhood but now that there are sunflower seed they are feeling better about it. We are supposed to get minus 15C this weekend.

[@judyjudyjudy9593]

I love the sound of a rooster crowing. I can't understand people that don't love the sound, but a lot of people don't! I type in roosters crowing on KZbin and they play a bunch of different roosters. They ALL have their own sound, & I love it!!!!! LOL Judie

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Yes I can usually tell which one of my rooster is crowing.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Right now I don't have any broody hens and I hope it stays that way for a few months. When I get a broody in the spring I want to order some hatching eggs for the Chantecler breed, the only truly Canadian Breed. I have located two breeders who will supply eggs.

[@jaynemar1]

The chickens are beauties! We have one of those little Red Squirrels that loves to come into our yard and tease my 3 Golden Retrievers. Races back to the fence on the side, across the back and up the other side, then a flying leap into the neighbors Spruce for a big finale.. Big fun for all!

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

LOL My dog is for ever chasing squirrels with no chance of catching one.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thanks that's a good idea I should look into doing something like that.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Yup that's a Tim's Mug I'm a bit of a collector I have one of each one that they have ever issued and I always give 15 of them to family and friends for Christmas with a gift card enclosed. I think Lucky would agree with you LOL.

[@marilynphan1354]

Dale, I am new to your channel. I really like that you know how to cook. My mom is in her last 70's and she thinks men can't cook. You are proof that some men do like to cook and are very good at it.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

LOL Thank you Marilyn.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

I seem to have a few of those Tim's mugs around. LOL I would rather ninnie was just eating on the ground, but you can't have everything.

[@loislaney23]

Nice little get away, like camping close to home. It IS cold there, brrr. I am not a winter person. lol

[@maggiehernandez6793]

trying to catch up w/ ur vids.. Dale, I've tried everything to get the squirrls off my bird seed, but, I gave up. They are so cute so I feed them now. I am in IL...

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

I seem to feed as many squirrels as birds at times.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

yes I should have said that was a bluejay they are very beautiful and brazen lots of them this time of year but there will only be a few who stay for the whole winter. Barnyard education LOL.

[@OldGardenerGuy]

I just sent you a video of a squirrel on a greasy pole. Richard Peek was having the suet balls that he put out eaten by a squirrel that has leaping on to the pole that held the food. His solution was to grease the pole :-) It is now -10C over here in FInland with light powdery snow which is drifting badly. Trains are running late and the snow ploughs are out.

[@joshua646646]

Can’t wait for the snow videos. Maybe they will cool New Orleans off. It has been extremely hot here in the south this summer. It is 8:45 at night and it’s still 83 degrees.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you Kent I don't like the cold weather but I doubt if I would even survive in the heat.

[@mediamaker2000]

Did I see a Tim Horton cup there in the video? I really like going there. Me thinks Lucky is living the good life.

[@DCARA06]

From the thumbnail I thought you were at Tim's. Poor Ninnie, he didn't know that he was an uninvited guest.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

That sounds very good I will have to try making toast on the stove. Still no snow here which isn't unusual and so far the coldest night has been minus 5, supposed to get colder over the next two nights though.

[@kitmarlowescot2]

nonbarred rock hens with Lucky, like your forever broody cochins, and allow them to raise some of their own chicks together. You might end up some nice looking barred cochin hnes. I was also curious as to whether Lucky's foster mother Matlida has gone broody again as she did this time last year ?

[@PhylBeeMe]

You might want to wrap the pole with some aluminum flashing so the squirrel can't get a grip on it.

[@MrChip123472]

Really good video! Makes me wish for maple syrup season when I'll be boiling on the woodstove.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you. Do you have sugar maples or do you just tap regular maple trees? I have a number of maple trees on my property but they aren't sugar maples.

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Lucky has a beautiful tone.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you .

[@phaedrabacker2004]

Dale Calder. Those Bluejays can be ferocious. They terrorize my bird feeder and my cocker spaniel with dive bomb tactics. Enjoy your evening.

[@FensterfarmGreenhouse]

Was that 1st bird a bluejay? Pretty large bird! Even a little sex education at the end of the video! That is what I love about the country... you never know what to expect! Thanks for sharing Dale!

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Another subscriber who lives up north of me does the same thing, I should give it a try, where did you buy your collecting equipment?

[@krisr1885]

I used too feed birds once but it attracted some rats who ate what had fall to the ground. And having rats close to my house was not good.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

That is too bad fortunately I have never seen a rat here.

[@MrChip123472]

I just tap regular maple trees. It works just fine but it takes a long time to boil everything off to reduce it down to syrup. It's ALOT of work. Once you've made some yourself you'll never feel like maple syrup at $20/litre is a ripoff.. it's actually a bargain!

[@crochetwithapril]

MrChipGardener ugh...... I was very excited after moving in with my hubby 3 yrs ago. We're on 9 acres, and a good potion of that is forest. I was looking so forward to tapping my first Maple. Unfortunately after doing a thorough walk of the forest, I was heartbroken to find nit a single Maple tree. Birch, poplar, and ash is all we have. :(

[@sarahblythe2755]

Another good one!

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Glad you think so!

[@bethchapman-smith6318]

You have probably answered this already, but, when you let the hens out to free range, do you ever have problems getting them all back inside the coop? Have any of them ever run away to where you had to go after them?

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

No not at all as it starts to get dark they all return to their roost.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you i'm having a lot of fun with it.

[@dennism5565]

To try to solve the problem of the squirrel climbing the post, use a galvanized pipe for the post instead of a wooden post. I bet the squirrel could not climb a metal pipe. But, I have been known to be wrong.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

+Dennis M LOL for me it isn't a problem I only have a few of these little red squirrels and I don't mind them having some seed.

[@jodysappington7008]

i don't think there is anything that is squirrel proof.....love the blue jays

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

They can be a pest.

[@riverlighttrider]

40 years ago, I helped to raise two wild red squirrels. One was sick and the other took it to a friend's door step and shouted until she was heard. The other was a male. I had raised hamsters and such, so I was chosen to help them. They were fine in the big cage I had, and I let the female out to play. She never minded going back in.The little male was lethargic (near dead when I got them) and I fed him with an eye dropper for a few days, adding vitamins to bread and milk. I gave her the usual things I gave my other rodents, and some things like graham crackers and raisins. As his strength improved, I gave him the same foods and took him out to play too. They never did damage and were a delight to watch. Most of all though, they seemed to like to scamper about at first, then follow me around, and then sit and talk to me for along time....sometimes they'd bring me something like a raisin, or a spool of thread they found... They seemed to want me to explain what I was doing, like a toddler would do. So I spoke to them and showed them and they watched. (I felt like Annie Sullivan with Helen Keller lol) I learned a lot about them from the weeks I had them. I had no idea they had so many sounds and could convey so many things to me through their sounds and actions.They are so intelligent and these were so kind and trusting that I'd loved to have kept them. They were slow to finally dash to nearby trees when they were released. (One ran to me in leaps and bounds and scampered up my pants leg and sat on my shoulder chittering loudly at me, right in the face when I set him in the grass and walked a ways away a few weeks earlier... so I know it wasn't time to do that yet. I took it slowly, a bit at a time) ...but finally it was late summer and it had to be done if they were going to survive the winter. I knew I couldn't keep them because they didn't belong to me. ...Knowing the people who worked there were kind people, I released them near Mills Mansion where I believed they might find assistance if they needed it, as they had done before.... I have often wondered what became of them ... but since they were so intelligent and capable, I like to believe they did fine.

[@davidkrasowski6265]

must say like your videos.....

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Thank you David.

[@lb3153]

Lucky is bigger then his dad?

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Lenny Brown He definitely got the size gene from his mother he was twice the size of his father.

[@controlfoodcontrolthepeopl5627]

Squirrels are a pain in the assssssssss

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

These little red ones are not much bother unless they get in the house. Just a rat with a fluffy tail then.