Simplest Trick for Free Chicken Feed

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Jeff Gray

Jeff Gray

Күн бұрын

PVC pipes and complex BSF larvae traps? Ain't nobody got time for that! I set up the super stupid simplest black soldier fly bin I could find and it works great. Permanently better chicken nutrition for $9.
HT to Carol Broman who had the original idea for this bin. • The Easiest DIY Black ...

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@SuperMrgentleman
@SuperMrgentleman Жыл бұрын
Idea- same setup as what you have, but after the jump into the goodie bin, there's a declination and an opening and the worms can fall out onto the ground. Place with the chickens and then it's an auto feeder.
@evansforsyth8993
@evansforsyth8993 Жыл бұрын
At a remote fisheries research station, in Manitoba, we did something similar. Dead fish were put on top of chicken wire. The maggots fell down into tubs. We fed hundreds of hatchery pickerel that way. It was incredibly productive. The only downsides were the smell (minor issue), and we had to put down a bear that became a nuisance. One of my best memories was collecting the spawning pickerel eggs and milt. Best summer job EVER!
@patrickbutler1715
@patrickbutler1715 Жыл бұрын
I had thought this too but chickens being smart things would just sit there pigging out and the other chickens lower on the pecking order would miss out...if you added a windmill style gizmo with cup that flicked them around that could be fun
@Anonymous-km5pj
@Anonymous-km5pj Жыл бұрын
@@patrickbutler1715 lol... endless possibilities for creative/inventive constructive types.... God bless
@fatalfngrz6831
@fatalfngrz6831 Жыл бұрын
​@@patrickbutler1715 would make sense then to put up a couple extras to give them all options
@ronarmstrong835
@ronarmstrong835 Жыл бұрын
Make some drawings and I bet people would make them.
@mickyb1111
@mickyb1111 2 жыл бұрын
I love how genuine this guy is literally only watched 2 videos this one and the one on how to get tall ryegrass in your pastures and I’m subbed now
@mnt554
@mnt554 2 жыл бұрын
you're not the one who thinks like that :) and yes I'm subbed and tryıng to watch all the videos :))
@KLR-3
@KLR-3 2 жыл бұрын
yea me too. Those are the exact videos I watched and subscribed for.
@mayshomesteadchronicles
@mayshomesteadchronicles Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Jeff! Really appreciate you sharing this. I’ve always wanted to do this but like you, felt like it was a tad tedious/expensive for the supplies. Gonna have to get one of these setup this year
@Anonymous-km5pj
@Anonymous-km5pj Жыл бұрын
planted rye in a back 40 plot last year, bastardo rats got all the sprouts, will watch vid. God bless
@esperago
@esperago Жыл бұрын
Can you post the link to the ryegrass video? I'm not seeing it on his listing.
@jacquelinepessoa7563
@jacquelinepessoa7563 Жыл бұрын
I love the simple setup of your black soldier fly bin. Thanks for sharing. Fermentation made simple. 1) Put rain or dechlorinated water in a 5 gallons food grade bucket. 2) Put your whole grains in the bucket of water. The water level must be several inches above the grains for absorption. Cover the bucket with a lid that has holes/ or slightly lift the lid for ventilation. ~ I ferment enough grains for an entire week, and I ferment a new batch in the middle of the week. 3) Sock the grains for three days and stir throughout so that all the grains are fully absorbed. 4) After the fermentation process, store the grains with the liquid in the refrigerator so that it will not spoil. 5) Each day drain the water off a portion and serve it to the chickens. ~Each morning I put a portion of the fermented grains with the chicken feed plus a dash of the DE. The wet grains slightly soften the feed and the chickens love it.
@PolarBearXx
@PolarBearXx 6 ай бұрын
What is the point of this I've never heared this I own 10 chickens please explain
@nogames8982
@nogames8982 Жыл бұрын
I hope you did find the easiest way to ferment feed. Again, people try to make it so damn hard and it doesn't have to be. Get a food grade 5 gallon bucket from tractor supply. Put in equal parts feed and water and leave some space at the top of the bucket so it can expand. Stir it all around real good add a dash of apple cider vinegar if you want to, but you don't have to. Stir it every day for three days. Then start feeding it. When the bucket gets a little low, add water and feed again it will ferment overnight because of what was left in the bucket to begin with. It is a never ending bucket. And you only need one bucket. A couple times a year. I completely rinse out the bucket and start new but you don't have to. Keep it stirred and you will do fine. it should be about the consistency of oatmeal. You don't need to leave water on top etc. etc. It is the easiest thing ever.
@aronbalabs9389
@aronbalabs9389 Жыл бұрын
"equal parts feed and water.." What feed can be fermented? Kitchen scraps?
@nogames8982
@nogames8982 Жыл бұрын
@@aronbalabs9389 I wouldn't put kitchen scraps in there. Just toss them to the chickens and let them eat it. I have fermented all kinds of chicken feed, including a grower, which is what I feed all my chickens all the time now. In the past I fermented layer feed. I have fermented, pellets or granules. also feed that is more whole ingredients. it's really good for this time of year when it is so damn hot. The chickens get more moisture from their feed.
@deb2285
@deb2285 6 ай бұрын
I have been doing this for 3 yrs... I make a big bucket of feed and water ... and my chickens go to it before dry feed... I started noticing my chickens would eat feed ( dry) if I spilled water in it. Thus started me soaking it.
@DBHawk
@DBHawk Жыл бұрын
Excellent “simple” presentation! Loved it! For years, I’ve been feeding maggots to my chickens right from one of my compost heaps that will grow thousands and thousands of maggots in the warm weather. But I love this bucket method. Never thought of it before lol thank you for this info Jeff!
@sethbarredo6030
@sethbarredo6030 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this, two years later this is still the most simple way that I've seen to harvest fly larvae
@spencerswenson9508
@spencerswenson9508 11 күн бұрын
Brilliant! I've never seen a comparment underneath the compost. Absolutely brilliant! Thank you
@georgetteetourneaux3350
@georgetteetourneaux3350 3 ай бұрын
Great video! HEY another guy said to just put some wide slits in the bin filled with scraps. A few drainage holes in the bottom. He claims the larvae crawl up the side and fall out for the chickens to harvest all by themselves.
@markregan7639
@markregan7639 Жыл бұрын
I love fermenting my feed. I just take a couple scoops, throw it in a jar, put water in and wait a few days. Sometimes I cover it, sometimes I don't. I've had flies lay eggs and it turns into a little larvae snack too. It looks gross but the girls go bananas for it.
@ReasieRoo
@ReasieRoo Жыл бұрын
We saw the video about the grasses, now, this one. Wow! THANK YOU!!! Yes... we just subscribed. Why isn’t anyone else posting these GREAT ideas. We’re very glad we found yours!!!
@kjanssen77
@kjanssen77 Жыл бұрын
I have been researching so many of these and yours is far and away the simplest.
@christinespierling5952
@christinespierling5952 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@karanmk53
@karanmk53 Жыл бұрын
Thank You for this information and very simple way to grow larve. Yeah, it drives me crazy to see all those complicated ways that are out there and supposed to be simple. Your way is just what I’ve been looking for
@rodaguirre3418
@rodaguirre3418 2 жыл бұрын
I think we can say super smart simple. Love Jeff’s approach to nature. Much respect.
@niabiii
@niabiii Жыл бұрын
Yes, work smart so you don't have to work hard!
@kathrynletchford5114
@kathrynletchford5114 10 ай бұрын
I have no respect for someone who doesn't provide shade for their animals....
@KamPower-tx4uw
@KamPower-tx4uw Ай бұрын
@@kathrynletchford5114burrrrhurrrrr
@JessicaScott072012
@JessicaScott072012 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome! I have been drawing out plans for a BSF farm and this is perfectly simple and effective!!
@LisaDeeRealtor
@LisaDeeRealtor 2 жыл бұрын
Just found you! YOU ARE AWESOME; Your personality, your content, everything! You should have 10 million subscribers. ... Subscribed and sharing :)
@BornFreeFilms
@BornFreeFilms 6 ай бұрын
I am thinking, just the bin set up at a slight slant to drain any water to bottom of slant with a few small holes if needed, a 2-4" hole in the top for black soldier fly access, a horizontal slot at the high end a few inches up from bottom, for the larvae to crawl out, a piece of flat wood like a 1"x4" that would fit in the slot, the larvae would crawl up and just fall in the floor of the chicken coop if it was inside the coop and all you would have to do is put left overs, animal manure, kitchen scraps in it, the rest would be automatic. The wood slanting up extra would be so it would keep above the food for a while. Subbed, like, and black belled. I may put a video of this up on my channel.
@katykayy
@katykayy Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness I just tried to watch a video just before this one and had to stop because it was so complicated!!!! Thank you, I prefer stupidly simple!
@KatieTatieTot
@KatieTatieTot Жыл бұрын
I hate hyped stuff and I’m incredibly practical not wanting any fluff or spending an arm and a leg on frivolous unnecessary stuff. I just subscribed to your channel because THANK YOU!! Common sense is lacking so finding someone capable of thinking this way is highly refreshing!
@justme1195
@justme1195 Ай бұрын
Thank God for people like you who simplify things for simple people like me
@azsunburns
@azsunburns 11 ай бұрын
I bought an old wooden toybox for $5 with the fly bin in mind. I just slid the plastics inside & it sits under a shady tree looking all cute. We've raised thousands of chickens, rabbits, ducks, etc...and you are so correct. Most things can be done so simply. That's honestly how we are designed to function. Man makes things complicated. Thank you for the morning dose of stupid sanity!!❤
@nicholasnapier2684
@nicholasnapier2684 3 жыл бұрын
Y did a great job showing the people's past it's important to do this saves a lot of the new people into thinking they have to go buy feed all the time.
@nikkinik4188
@nikkinik4188 Жыл бұрын
👋as a new person, I can attest that you've saved me a lot of time! Thank you, subbed 🥳
@onepunch9203
@onepunch9203 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip. My chicks are about 8 weeks old now and I'm sure they'd love this idea. QUESTION: How do you keep the raccoons/skunks/possums etc., from tearing apart your grub farm every night?
@youtubeKathy
@youtubeKathy Жыл бұрын
didn't you see the rock? 😄
@onepunch9203
@onepunch9203 Жыл бұрын
@@youtubeKathy Yes. 🙂 Do you know how determined wild animals are?
@buqui6790
@buqui6790 Жыл бұрын
dogs, at least a big one to bite and a small one to make noise.
@AmandaDragmire
@AmandaDragmire Жыл бұрын
raccoons , skunks, and possums are an issue for me too. my solution is i put out a trap every night with easy foods. easy foods like a handfull of cat food will be choice over a more difficult to get at souce. but i keep my soilder fly bin in the coop.
@spakchitown
@spakchitown Жыл бұрын
I never considered closing the loop on this circle of life by collecting larvae for my hens instead of trapping the flies and throwing them away. Great idea.
@him050
@him050 Жыл бұрын
I love videos that overcomplicate the simplest thing, they're hysterical. Bullshit boggles the brain, and never is that more true than in the current KZbin universe. This video was a breath of fresh air!
@vinimarshall7301
@vinimarshall7301 Жыл бұрын
Jus find some road kill stick it in mesh wire and hang on a tree or stick and the maggots fall of for the chickies , we also did this for feeding fish by hanging road kill from bridges
@karrenbrazel8844
@karrenbrazel8844 2 жыл бұрын
Do you know another thing i saw......when ever there is a dead animal on your farm, place the carcass in a bucket with some holes around the bottom......and the maggots will fall out onto the ground as the carcass rots. I like this idea also....gonna try this for sure.
@cristinabondar933
@cristinabondar933 Жыл бұрын
I’ve got a super simple way to ferment feed. Works for us. One container. Overnight fermentation. We use a stainless steel pot with a lid. At night we leave a little bit of previous fermented food behind and mix in 1 part feed to 1.5 part water. When pouring in water rinse the sides. Ferments overnight perfectly ready for next morning. Once in a while reserve some food and wash out the pot well. Maybe every two weeks.
@mkin62
@mkin62 2 жыл бұрын
thank you for your "stupid simple" methods. one thing I've learned in my 59 yrs is that there's a whole lot of people that love to make things difficult/complicated. I'm all about the simplest, easiest, fastest and cheapest way of doing everything, while getting the same or better results than any of the complicated methods. lol that's how I roll. when you're raising/homeschooling 8 children on a shoestring budget you learn these things lol. I'm very happy I found your channel
@spicytruth8721
@spicytruth8721 Жыл бұрын
I’m proud of you for being a mother who homeschools and homestead. If no one has told you, you’re doing a great job
@mena679
@mena679 Жыл бұрын
Agree 👍
@paulmasters8666
@paulmasters8666 Жыл бұрын
Your children are the future of this country.
@panpiper
@panpiper Жыл бұрын
Thank you for you service.
@chriswillock2177
@chriswillock2177 Жыл бұрын
I honestly think some people build these elaborate systems just because they like to tinker and that's fine but some of us have to much to do to spend time tinkering on little projects. Running farms and acreages is nothing but constant work.
@lindajohnson2950
@lindajohnson2950 2 жыл бұрын
I love, love, love stupidly simple!!!!! You just came up on my feed, and I am kicking myself for not finding your channel earlier. Thank you so much!!!!!! I tried the other "stupid" ways with BSF, 😑
@OR6600
@OR6600 Жыл бұрын
5-8-23 thank you for this video this is the simplest way I have ever seen. I think people make this complicated because they want to make a video. Your idea is genius so simple. Thank you.
@georgeingridirwin6180
@georgeingridirwin6180 3 ай бұрын
Okay now this is my kind of BSFL farming. Thank you. Subscribed!!
@SimpleEarthSelfReliance
@SimpleEarthSelfReliance Жыл бұрын
I came. I laughed. I learned. We are all suffering analysis paralysis, thanks for brining back simple thinking. 😊
@ibbylancaster8981
@ibbylancaster8981 Жыл бұрын
Dude, that is stupidly simple. I will definitely try this method. My neighbor wants to do a compost as well and I have chickens so I could get double out of there
@donnakennell5111
@donnakennell5111 11 ай бұрын
Dang just found this video, YOU ROCK!!! I'm a new subscriber! I MacGyver the heck out of everything I can... Love this.
@wendydisanto
@wendydisanto Жыл бұрын
Love how not stupid but simple this is! Thanks.
@zedwolf1589
@zedwolf1589 Жыл бұрын
Did anyone else recognize he nailed exactly on how many black fly clips there are on KZbin wow that's amazing 😅
@fredkeele6578
@fredkeele6578 Жыл бұрын
I had forgotten a bag of chicken scratch in bed of spare pickup. It had gotten rained on and fermented some. Feed was in paper feed bag, and when I realized I had forgotten it in bed, it was too late. Soldier fly larvae were everywhere. Wish I'd had chickens at the time because it would have been a feast for them.
@missmonica0876
@missmonica0876 Жыл бұрын
I used your method, but added two flat pieces of scrap wood to go across the top of the bin like your stick and used rubber band to attach cardboard strips to the underside of those scrap wood and the soilder flies are laying a ton of eggs in them. It's worked like a charm, I'm dumping about 2 cups per day of black soilder flie larvae to the chickens!
@alexgarner594
@alexgarner594 Жыл бұрын
They’re laying eggs in your cardboard strips?
@missmonica0876
@missmonica0876 Жыл бұрын
@@alexgarner594 yep
@eh6971
@eh6971 5 ай бұрын
Do you put your bin in the shade or the sun?
@missmonica0876
@missmonica0876 5 ай бұрын
@eh6971 it's in the sun...it's partial sun, late afternoon it's shaded.
@missmonica0876
@missmonica0876 5 ай бұрын
@alexgarner594 its corrugated cardboard, that has ridges/holes big enough for the black soilder flies to lay their eggs. It's free, so it's what I use.
@SpaceCadet528
@SpaceCadet528 Жыл бұрын
I love your videos! @jeffgray Question about the fly larvae bin.. I'm new to this stuff, and was wondering how the worms go to the smaller larvae catcher bin. Do they just end up in there naturally for easy removal? Also, do some larvae make it to fly form before harvest? I'd rather them not reach adulthood since I live in a suburban area. I'm thinking about doing this for our chickens but am curious about these two things. Thanks so much!
@JeffGray
@JeffGray Жыл бұрын
The worms crawl upwards out of the muck when they’ve reached maturity (ie, ready to pupate). Hence the reason for the slope of the inner tub. When the crawl up, they eventually fall into the hole that’s been cut in the inner tub and they’re caught by the small bin. They can’t pupate and turn into flies until they reach soil. Which they can never do with this system.
@steffybael1245
@steffybael1245 Жыл бұрын
an old poaching trick for catching fish is to create a "honey hole" so fish will hang out and wait for food or food on a hook. you find a limb hanging out over the water and put some "ROAD KILL" in a wire basket and tie it close to the branch. flys will lay eggs and hatch into maggots that end up falling into the water which will draw in the fish that will take a bite of what ever hits that water. so an old umbrella type folding clothes line on a fence line post with 2 or 3 wire baskets attached will allow you to fill the wire baskets from outside the fence, the falling maggots will feed the chickens. in the south we feed the catfish in our farm ponds, they got so conditioned that the water would start boiling when they sensed the vibrations caused by foot steps, they would bite an empty hook!!!
@annwithaplan9766
@annwithaplan9766 Жыл бұрын
You had me cracking up at the end. I love simple.
@lotsofstuff3860
@lotsofstuff3860 Жыл бұрын
Wait, I can’t believe I got an “up next” video by you about feeding chickens Japanese beetles. I guess great minds think alike.
@deebrown5863
@deebrown5863 Жыл бұрын
Cheers.....I grow mine in an upright 12" PVC pipe set upright set down into the soil with a plate on top and half a cork glued on the to keep the gap. Your hen run is lovely and generous however a couple of shade trees would be generous for your egg queen's 🥂
@kyu_cat
@kyu_cat Жыл бұрын
You could name your format "Stupid simple" It might make you and your channel even more recognizable!
@nicholasnapier2684
@nicholasnapier2684 3 жыл бұрын
Yep and then I'm so glad you brought it up man you alright there so many videos on KZbin unbelievable I started reading about it 10 years ago I'm doing it now I dispose of everything into that container they break it down for me I have another container just so I can use that for my chickens..
@daviddockhorn5196
@daviddockhorn5196 Жыл бұрын
I like the simple approach.
@angelofamillionyears4599
@angelofamillionyears4599 11 ай бұрын
Good info. Also soak your feed before feeding and you get more volume. Most stores will give you expired greens and produce if you pick it up 2 days a week. Some ask you to sign a liability waiver but most stores will donate them to you. Yokes will be orange when you feed greens!
@Trazynn
@Trazynn Жыл бұрын
This works great but the longer I leave it on my balcony the more of my upper and lower neighbours end up threatening to sue me.
@angelofamillionyears4599
@angelofamillionyears4599 11 ай бұрын
Jeff. could you build 5 raised beds and fence them off. Then put scraps in all 5 and rotate the birds to a different bed each day?
@stevewarnock919
@stevewarnock919 Жыл бұрын
I did the same thing with some buckets and plastic pots when i was a kid, tied it to some pickets with a hole in the bottom.
@cybertones942
@cybertones942 Жыл бұрын
I get a lot in the compost by leaving the food scraps in plastic bags for a while then tip it in the pile. This would be nice to manage them thanks
@naysayerss
@naysayerss 11 ай бұрын
👏 Thank you for the heads up. I would have wasted my money on all the extra stuff for nothing.
@NelehLove9313
@NelehLove9313 2 ай бұрын
You got a sub from me. Keep it stupid simple. I like the way to explain things! Second video i watched and im coming back for more!!
@jemi8202
@jemi8202 Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! I really wanted to do this for my chicken but it was SO complicated that I never did so this is a game changer!
@Rosie_The_Border_Collie
@Rosie_The_Border_Collie Жыл бұрын
I took a bucket, made some holes, bucket inside a big sack and then filled up to bucket with kitchen scraps. Close the bucket. Somehow the big sack gets filled with larvae, a lot of them
@1MohrFarm
@1MohrFarm 5 ай бұрын
nice job. I'm going to make one this year
@steveman223
@steveman223 Жыл бұрын
I liked your video solely on the fact you accurately told us how many black soldier fly videos there are 😅😂. Made me chuckle cuz its true
@maverick6461
@maverick6461 Жыл бұрын
All the best things in life, are pretty much free! Thanks for the 'stupid, simple' info. Our chickens will be thrilled!
@jillian1515
@jillian1515 Жыл бұрын
Just found your video in my search for growing chicken feed. Great video! Funny, strait to the point and stupid simple. 😆👍 Just subscribed 🥰🌱🐥
@travelingjones3786
@travelingjones3786 3 ай бұрын
yes your damn right!!! i don’t need BSFL mega condo
@bigpumpkin22
@bigpumpkin22 2 жыл бұрын
You could also put the container in the chook area with a hole in the bottom so the maggots fell straight into the coop ?
@johnnyswag2802
@johnnyswag2802 2 жыл бұрын
Red Worms also multiply like crazy
@user-em5tb5zd1o
@user-em5tb5zd1o Жыл бұрын
Thank you for keeping it simple
@krissifaith6709
@krissifaith6709 Жыл бұрын
Thannnnk God for this vid... ours got rain in it and just became sludge. Top was not sealed properly so this is insane genius. Thank ya.
@GoodmanMIke59
@GoodmanMIke59 Жыл бұрын
Another trick I've used is to raise quail in a hutch above the ground, let them poop, let the black soldier flies raise larvae, let the chickens go wild.
@davidkoetter7032
@davidkoetter7032 Жыл бұрын
❤ that's what I needed! I saw several solutions, but yours is the fastest and most easy. The only thing i will add is a tube that transpots the worms directly to my ladies.❤
@cindiraethayn4809
@cindiraethayn4809 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I've been fermenting for almost a year now.
@shuckyducky3508
@shuckyducky3508 Жыл бұрын
Subbed. Your no non sense style is perfect for 2023 buffoonery.
@cdogallen7143
@cdogallen7143 Жыл бұрын
You are like the jack black of gardening. You are hilarious!
@dryclimateutah
@dryclimateutah Жыл бұрын
Unfornutately, all you get here in Utah is house flies, which are extra stinky. It's too dry in Utah for BSF natural harvesting. But it can be done here if you are determined.
@chriswillock2177
@chriswillock2177 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. This is what people need to see. You got lost at the end there lmao.
@Justin-Outdoors
@Justin-Outdoors Жыл бұрын
The fact that flies constantly make it into the house tells me they are not picky
@davem5308
@davem5308 Жыл бұрын
I like it. Currently have no use for it, the "simple" set up, but I have filed the concept somewhere in my brain. I will be interested to see how you do with your fermenting experiment.
@AngelaHepp
@AngelaHepp Ай бұрын
I've been using this method for a few weeks, since I saw your genius video. Lots of larvae, but none are crawling up the ramp to the top hole. Instead they were wriggling out through (and getting stuck in) my drainage holes. So I just enlarged my drainage holes so they're slightly larger than the BSF larvae, kept the bin at its normal tilt, and put another small bin below the drainage holes. I now have a big pan of squirming gold for my fluffy butts! Any tips on getting them to crawl up instead of down? I'm happy with the way things are working now, just curious if I'm missing something.
@richardbeech2543
@richardbeech2543 Жыл бұрын
okay just made mine, ill keep you posted. Took about 6 minutes with stuff i found laying around, plus the tote that I already had. Thinking about putting an egg in there to rot, along with fruit that was already rotting on the ground (sapodilla and early mangoes, im in So Fl) mixed with hay and compost.
@hectorbart
@hectorbart Жыл бұрын
How's it working out?
@hotartesian4163
@hotartesian4163 Жыл бұрын
Always searching for simple genius, and I found another one! Subbed, of course. Thanks for the vid!
@cactusladysouth1000
@cactusladysouth1000 4 ай бұрын
wow you need some bushes or trees to keep them cool. You wouldn't like being out in high temps with no shade, the inside of that tiny house has no air blowing through it.
@homesteadinginthecity
@homesteadinginthecity Жыл бұрын
Gosh been looking for ages on a simply way to do this, thank you, just fantastic!
@alexandernavarro3162
@alexandernavarro3162 Жыл бұрын
You're a genius, sir!
@lil-mac-acres
@lil-mac-acres 2 жыл бұрын
Hi! Thank you for the "easy video". I would like to see the set up for your chickens. I currently have chickens, but looking to remodel their area. Would like ideas for a way to move them around in the pasture. I'm in SC also :) Thanks!
@paulatwood998
@paulatwood998 2 жыл бұрын
Renee. You may want to put them in a chicken tractor & move them around and help fertilize the ground beneath. They will harvest all of the bugs and weed seeds.
@northcee9412
@northcee9412 Жыл бұрын
I bought a screenhouse from Costco. Birdfeeder pole to hang food and water buckets on sunk into dirt. Cardboard box with one nest box in it . Chickens follow me (and bucket of grubs) to chicken camp in morning and back to coop in evening. Fairly easy to move to new spot after a couple of days of use
@MissouriHomemaking
@MissouriHomemaking Жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I like how it it genuinely easy and cheap, but also genius. Well done.
@cisco5400
@cisco5400 Жыл бұрын
Great bread, well done. I prefere to have bread cool down in basket with towel on top of it. If i cut bread while its still hot, the "smoke" from the bread is moist so the bread can dry out. Not sure about this bread though, just an idea. Thx 😊👍
@Mike-hr6jz
@Mike-hr6jz Жыл бұрын
You can take a car battery and jumper cables Clamp the battery cables onto the terminals, carry this out into the field. Take the other end of the jumper cables use two pieces of coat hanger, one in each clamp stick one in the ground move three or 4 feet away stick another in the ground and within a few minutes, you will see earth worms coming up out of the grass. This is how we get red ones for Fish bait, but chickens love these worms as well. You do this for five or 10 minutes, then move the coat hangers a few feet away and do it again you will fill a coffee jar with red wines very quickly. The battery eventually goes dead so you’ll have to charge it you can use a battery charger. But you have to run an extension cord to the ground you’re doing it with this is pretty simple and stupid but not really stupid but really simple
@ichooselife1916
@ichooselife1916 2 жыл бұрын
So if that's the amount you give them every or every couple of days, how would it reduce food costs? It seems just like a treat or desert rather than lowering the cost to feed them.
@williamburke9947
@williamburke9947 Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen more intensive BSF action, I like how straight forward it is but that’s not enough of an impact on the feed bill.
@carolinestone2157
@carolinestone2157 Жыл бұрын
I just used to soak my grain overnight in a bucket, drain repeat, rinse for next few days covered voila sprout 🌱 about 3 x the volume of original grains
@juliewilliams489
@juliewilliams489 2 жыл бұрын
Simplest one I developed is 2 flower pots one slightly smaller then the other. Drill some holes down the sides so moisture can get out. Put the lager one in the ground. I use mine as a meat digester. top pot fits upside-down snuggle on top . The rim just inside that of the larger pot. This collects maggots that fall out. They also crawl out the drain holes at the top and collect in the indentation on the top (the bottom of the smaller pot that is upside down.) Fill with scraps, a layer of straw/grass stops from smelling as you fill it. This is in the run. Every morning the chickens once let out beline straight for it to eat the maggots either in the lower rim or the top pot or from the top. I've tried making a larger one with a bin and lid but the simple basic black pots worked best. I just can't buy them big enough where I live. If the top pot some how could be made so the top came off to make filling it easier rather than having to take the hole smaller pot off to fill and then turn it upside down agin would be easier.
@CatskillCrafting
@CatskillCrafting 2 жыл бұрын
I REALLY want to understand but don't. Do you have photos?
@juliewilliams489
@juliewilliams489 2 жыл бұрын
@@CatskillCrafting how do I add a photo?
@nikkinik4188
@nikkinik4188 Жыл бұрын
THIS is genius! How may holes need to be in the bottom larger pot? Do you fill up the bottom pot all the way to the top with meat and layer of grass on top? Or half way or over fill or? This is a great idea!
@juliewilliams489
@juliewilliams489 Жыл бұрын
@@nikkinik4188 at first it needed air circulation so layers of grass between carkuses. But now it's well established I just use the grass at the top(bottom of the top smaller pot, top when turned upside down.) I think I put 4or 5 holes with my largest drill bit down 2, opposite sides. But it would depend on the size of the pot. At first I was skinning the birds as I couldn't pluck them this wasn't good inthere the skin and feathers seemd to smother it, maybe didn't let the maggots out? But plucked feathers seem OK.
@goodwater2020
@goodwater2020 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Bud for simplicity
@joestoppard5281
@joestoppard5281 Жыл бұрын
I just built a super simple bin. Waiting to see how works.
@BoneyRasputin
@BoneyRasputin Жыл бұрын
My brain says the time to harvest ratio is wholly inadequate..
@jeff3696
@jeff3696 2 жыл бұрын
New favorite source info when i get started with chickens, thank you!!
@theteenagegardner
@theteenagegardner Жыл бұрын
I gunna do like 10 of these rn. This was a great idea!
@debralev
@debralev 11 ай бұрын
KISS…. Keep it simple stupid but it really should be Keep it simple SMARTY in your case! Thank you so much!!
@archangel20031
@archangel20031 2 жыл бұрын
If it were stupid simple, you would not have to bring them the larva, the larva would migrate to where the chickens can harvest them all by themselves, I mean seriously, you already have the chickens harvest their own grain, RIGHT? Just suspend the main tub above the ground at the same angle, but instead of a huge hole, make a slit the chickens can't get through, then put the catch tub underneath the slit and have it open to the chickens so they can see one fall and snatch it up, and if the chickens are elsewhere, they will collect until they return!
@martasarber7133
@martasarber7133 23 күн бұрын
Yeah, this is much better set up. Thanks!❤
@lalylaly27
@lalylaly27 Жыл бұрын
"You can't teach stupid." Yes. Yes you can. [thank you]
@lizbyington5468
@lizbyington5468 3 ай бұрын
LOVE THIS!!! Going to make it right freaking now!
@jamesmainstream3112
@jamesmainstream3112 2 ай бұрын
Thank you wholeheartedly.
@learningtogrowinChrist
@learningtogrowinChrist Жыл бұрын
I love that you called me stupid, and I just laugh 😃 Just do something, Stupid!!!
@beebop9808
@beebop9808 Жыл бұрын
Throw some rabbits in a hutch and make a box around the bottom of the cage on the ground with 2x4's to catch the pooh. You'll have billions of BSF in no time. Talk about a compost pile. Throw your kitchen scraps on top at night, they'll be gone the next morning. Amazing eating machines.
@AnneluvsKatz
@AnneluvsKatz Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this… one method I might actually try!!!
@ryanvarner2338
@ryanvarner2338 Жыл бұрын
You hooked me!!!!!! Just subscribed
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