PASTURING LAYING HENS | eggmobile design, training hens, moving the setup, and egg quality

This video is all about pasturing laying hens! I review the different aspects of eggmobile (portable chicken house) design and construction, how we train the hens to lay their eggs in the eggmobile and roost there at night, how we move the whole setup to a new spot every week, and how raising laying chickens on pasture affects egg quality.
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[@elliottspence7929]

I have watched videos from them all. Joel Salatin, Justin Rhodes, Stoney Ridge just to name a few. But your way of presenting is phenomenal. Great job. I am definitively going to be checking out more of your videos.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Thanks Elliott!!

[@louiserawle8999]

I agree he is the best,very intelligent and always interesting,my equal faves are living traditiins homestead Sarah and Kevin..just live both these channels

[@louiserawle8999]

Traditions sic

[@HellavaLive]

He makes it very simple ! I love this channel.

[@rdstudio5524]

It’s like watching pbs

[@garryspencer2019]

Hi Pete, we watch several homestead shows, however, I would like to thank you for the quality of the information you provide and how well it is sequentially structured & professionally presented in a very interesting & easy to digest way for all people of differing IQ’s. Your channel is without a doubt the very best we have ever watched. Thank you.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

That is a great compliment Garry! Thank you!

[@nickmarz8172]

Well said the was you express what kind of man Pete is amaze me how you broke it down .

[@craighatch3221]

To me this is what the internet is all about , “Leaning “an I’m thankful for people like Pete to take the time to share their knowledge and experience’s. Thank you!

[@Bear_Arms]

I like how this man treats the animals that feed us all.

[@andrewpaige6571]

I cannot tell you how many time I have reviewed this episode is this on the drama of you to explain all the techniques of how you do your hands in the hen house and have the operation set up thank you once again.

[@lawsonlawnandfarm8073]

I just stumbled on your channel.. I’m blown away at how well you explain things. We kinda have about the same operation going on as you but it’s always nice to see how someone else does it.. good work!

[@CSX4545]

I watch quite a few small farm/ homestead videos. I think you do a fantastic job explaining why you’re on the farm and your philosophical views on small family farms ! Keep it up

[@AaricHale]

You got a great setup ! You do amazing job at explaining things to people !

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Thanks Aaric!

[@matains88]

Totally agree. This video answered basically all questions i had about making an eggmobile and especcially training the hens.

[@AngeliqueKaga]

You do a great job of explaining your method of farming. Nice job Pete.

[@nadiametz1693]

Thank you, Pete! This video is so informative and I love all you do! So appreciate the time you take to teach us all how it’s done.

[@louiserawle8999]

My absolute favourite farm videos,just love them.Thanks Pete

[@GetMeThere1]

Wow! Nice example of using ingenuity to come up with cheap and simple solutions. Well done! Thanks for posting this.

[@mikereid2865]

A real pleasure to watch and listen to. No time wasting, full of useful ideas and totally down to earth. Experience shows I reckon and you seem happy to share your knowledge. Thanks a million.

[@georgetheuer6590]

Your posts are my go-to every day. Thank you makes me humble

[@dandaigle4546]

this guy loves his work and his animals, loving it

[@craigculver1933]

Thank you so much for the kind informative video, Your positivity and love for farming comes thru in a big way. Stay safe and healthy.

[@marine3250l]

thank you so much for all of your videos! My wife and I are planning on starting a small farm ourselves and I am so thankful for all of your videos for ideas on how we want to run our business!

[@jimherman8364]

This is the single best source on egg mobiles I've found. I haven't had one in 12 years, looking forward to the new one, thanks for the info.

[@greatnorthern706]

The egg-mobile! I love it! 😄

[@yusronthowaf]

great tutorial, thanks alot!

[@zollyzelem463]

Love your enthusiasm knowledge and willingness to explain the whole process, great job, GOD Bless.

[@geneellens6939]

You make such great video's they are so interesting and informative we really enjoy watching them. Love the egg mobile

[@caseymisssarah1757]

Best farming video I have found and I have researched a lot of them

[@AngeliqueKaga]

Pete, you do a great job in explaining about how you do the chicken getting in and out, well done Pete and Hillary.

[@silasderoma4726]

We compliment you on your ingenuity!

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Thanks Silas!

[@josephtan6297]

Your effort does pays off and appreciated.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

great info here, thanks for sharing,

[@overthemoune]

14:59 Heck yeah! You're absolutely right. I live in California and buy pastured eggs. In spring time after the rains, the yolks get very pigmented, eggs grow large, and they frequently have double yolks. They're delicious. My farmer uses Rhode Island Red hens

[@nshue23]

That's an awesome setup, and I appreciate you showing your 1st version mistakes. I make enough mistakes of my own so if I'm glad to be warned ahead of time of others mistakes and their better ideas.

[@daviddjerassi]

What a great attitude to farming ,i think your young Man may need to watch his Dad when throwing the hens into there summer quarters.keep safe love all your videos.thank you.

[@sergioresendez3474]

Muy valiosa informacion y muy bien explicada! Gracias! Saludos desde Mexico.

[@tammytinhorn-fz6jj]

Great video Pete!

[@emilmoldovan1789]

Fantastic job!!! Thank you for sharing, just lovely

[@ryanmilne336]

Another great video. I really like the combination of content that you focus on. I really appreciate the technical aspect of your work, "this is what we did, this is how it works" combined with bit of you and the family showing us what it looks like to get the work done. I think I have watched farm or homestead channels for years and it took a long time for yours to pop up as recommended for me. Over the past 3 days I think I have watched all your content. Great work! Be blessed.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Hi Ryan, I'm glad you found our channel! These are the easiest videos to make, just talking about our experience, hoping to help other farmers.

[@melvinkatukula965]

Wow this is amazing loving it, watching from Zambia

[@shannono.5835]

Awesome video. You have both validated what I'm already doing and shown me ways to improve my process. I really like the Eggmobile and appreciate your unpolished down-to-earth farm-life style of presenting. Keep up the good work.

[@magicdaveable]

Really cool egg-mobile.

[@somsongcharoenpon168]

Very simple and easy, thanks for the video.

[@bretdavisdmd]

What an awesome video. Thanks Pete!

[@jimwadsworth582]

Hey Pete, l really like your videos. It helps the younger guys older farmers like me that have forgotten some things. I'm going to make a move able chicken house from old chicken house. I'm not going to put wheels under it I'm going to put skids under it using old power poles for skids. We used them year ago when my Dad had Turkeys worked fine. I was looking at the floppy white fence you used ,I thought it was electric. Everything you said makes sense. Thank keep up the good work. Jim w. From Missouri.

[@robertkreiling1746]

As always , another great video

[@donchristie420]

When probing ground for underground tile or sticking in posts, try pouring a little water before sticking in posts, makes going in a snap😃

[@criskurtz7851]

i watched several vids , you are gifted teacher i have subscribed thank you!

[@dalescott4570]

Love your videos. Straight up informative but honest. This worked. This didnt work. This is why. Thanks pete.

[@rogeriopaiva4892]

Great video Pete! Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

You're welcome Rogerio, and thanks for watching!

[@tonyrayjones1550]

Awesome egg mobile, I saw Joel Salintins egg mobile has an open hardware cloth floor so the poop drops directly on the ground creating great fertilizer. That's great you spaced the floor boards.

[@kgsparrow8017]

Thank you

[@countryboycharlie9793]

Like your set up

[@kf5435]

My favorite farming channel! For me (or anyone else tall) though I could never deal with the short height inside. Also, I use outside nest boxes with a strip of rubber under the piano hinge and a slight roof overhang. No water leaks and no climbing and stooping to gather eggs. Great content as always, thanks!

[@louiserawle8999]

Brilliant!

[@benhampton4681]

I just subscribe to your channel recently. Every one of your videos that I’ve seen has been outstanding you’ve got a really good message. Thank you.

[@jimmiemeeks9795]

Appreciate y'all most indept I have found thank u

[@LatinDanceVideos]

This is nice. Hope this inspires a few young farmers to improve their farm and make a little extra cash.

[@andrewpaige6571]

Love this video

[@donaldmiller8629]

I have a young rooster that is just learning how to crow. He is funny. He sounds like he is trying to crow with a sore throat. He'll get the hang of it before long as he has a RIR rooster to teach him how it's done . I like your egg mobile. I've built a smaller one that has a second story on one end for roosting which I can move by hand. My chickens spent the winter in it last winter and seemed to do just fine. You can use the rooftop to collect rain water for the chickens. An automatic water source. I also have switched from 2 X 4's to 2 X 3's. They are lighter , cost less and are quite strong enough for what I use them for . Chicken coops , etc.

[@JLilliquist]

Chickens are just funny in general.

[@jamesbreault5762]

Great stuff Pete was very interesting about hens👍👍

[@TrueIndie88]

Great video, thank you for sharing.

[@careyclayton7743]

Enjoyed another great video.

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Love Eggmobile V2.0! Lots of great improvements. We are on V1.0 and have noticed we made some of the same mistakes first time out as well. Looking for a hay wagon to build the next iteration. Love what y'all are doing!

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Thank you Sheraton Park Farms!

[@jeremystilson7982]

You are a gifted teacher Pete. I really enjoy your channel, I too farm very similar with Farmall tractors. We have a egg mobile as well but hawks and eagles are a serious problem for us here in Michigan.

[@sergioresendez3474]

Pete for FAO advisor!!!!Saludos desde Tamaulipas

[@thesilvermerlin1713]

What I heard here was that August eggs make for the best carbonara 😂. Loving your channel. I started watching to learn about hay and just love how much I’ve been able to learn from how you present your content, while we’re working on transitioning to a small farm life ourselves. Thanks so much 🙂🙌

[@laurabazan372]

thank you. it was very educational for me. I dream of getting a homestead, and a farm.

[@ThisThatLittleFarm]

Thank you much for the great info. Please keep it going!

[@carolann1579]

Great video Thank you

[@KingErnestG3238]

Love ur content ..very informative.. Great channel

[@jasonmalone6983]

Great video!

[@safdarpoultryfarming5438]

amazing free range farming

[@JohnMartinez-sm1sk]

Great video

[@charlesdeaton7112]

Love the Chicken House

[@patrickschooley3503]

Great video. Exactly what I want to do with chickens.

[@krisneville7701]

Best design I ever seen for a egg mobile is in the documentary, "Gracie's backyard"

[@glorgau]

I love your frugality - gotta watch the bottom line.

[@hayfork100]

Best explanation I've seen on why Pasture raised eggs are best. Where do the chickens spend their days in the winter, when they're in their winter quarters?

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

We have a high tunnel with outdoor runs that they move into for the winter.

[@davidoutdoors74]

Great Video. I myself im starting out with a egg business. Thanks for the helpful hints. APlus

[@mmanut]

Great Info, Thank You‼️ Vinny 🇺🇸

[@rodneywager2142]

Nice build. I'm glad you talked about the hawks. I'm in the mid Hudson valley area of New York, and the hawks here wil take one a day.

[@donaldmiller8629]

Rodney Wager , That is when you need a good protective farm dog. Or can you place bird netting over your chickens ?

[@amandagrove5132]

I love your videos 😀

[@jllerenab]

I like your wagon design. Less is more.

[@markhignett7671]

Really enjoyed this .. as I do all your videos 😊

[@40intrek]

Here's an idea, just park the egg mobile inside the high tunnel for the winter?

[@juliannrowland6552]

AWESOME!! AWESOME!! AWESOME!!!

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Thanks Juliann!

[@waterbear1424]

i cant stop listening

[@paulturrey2443]

Pete I just saw your tube show. So informative and just fun to watch. I own a farm in Thailand and want to learn so much??

[@sgrvtl7183]

Egg Quality! Pasture-fed Chickens💜

[@KatherineTheGr8t]

Wonderful : D

[@hasherralph]

You really think through each decision incredibly. Great ideas for the rest of us.

[@jamesspry3294]

Great job Pete. We do something very similar, but it's in the Southern hemisphere... Have to ask though, why don't you move your chickens into the egg-mobile late in the evening? That's when we move or handle all our chooks, and it makes life so much easier and less stressful for all. Just have to remember to use the red headlamps so that you can see. Otherwise you get covered in chook poop... And, you should park your egg-mobile the other way round, so the door of your hi-house lines up with the door of the egg-mobile. Much easier that way! Cheers Jim

[@larrymoore6640]

You just got to love that name "Egg Mobile". Like most small farmers you used what you had in the construction. How often do you move it ?? Thanks for sharing Pete.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Hi Larry, I think Joel Salatin came up with that name. Very "cost efficient" to build! We move them once per week; any longer than that & they destroy the grass.

[@abunchofhicks]

Going to build a couple of these soon. Great video and explanation. The top outer frame pieces are 1x6 ripped in 3 pieces?

[@aidanallen783]

I’ll take version 1 honestly though

[@AutoCrete]

It brings back memories of free range chickens and the delicious eggs that they lay. For the hawk problem perhaps try introducing some black chickens. The story goes, hawks don't like to mess with crows. Hawks also confuse black chickens thinking they are crows so they just stay away from the imitation crows.

[@richardlongcox5668]

Good idea

[@davidbarnes936]

I’m looking at building an egg mobile this winter. Can you explain how you secure the wood floor joists to the metal trailer frame?

[@ryangrider9607]

Do you run the chickens behind the cattle to break down the cow patties? It really helps with flies, as the chickens eat the maggots in the cow patties, plus, they really will spread those patties out!

[@jacobbouley7498]

I intend to farm back in my home state of Minnesota. Like upstate NY, we have the hot summer and cold winters. Do you have any videos of your operations transitioning to winter, as well as winter operations?

[@francobenitez6810]

Hi Pete, 100% agreed with everyone saying how great your videos are. Amazing work. I did have one question. I live in Panama and we have very distinct rainy (winter) and dry (summer) seasons. During winter it rains an awful lot, and I was wondering if you have any advice to avoid the chickens, both layers and broiler chickens, from getting sick because of the rain. Or perhaps you know someone who has successfully implemented this system in the tropics. Thank you!

[@bardigan1]

Love your channel and am glad you're making a success of it. Question for you though... have you heard of people trailing their beef herd with their chickens? Keep them a couple days behind the herd and apparently they'll scratch through the muffins looking for fly larvae. It keeps the fly population in check and helps spread the manure around quite a bit too. Lifelong suburbanite here and it's a "hey I heard about this" kind of question, but the concept sounded cool am wondering what you think. Thanks!

[@donaldmiller8629]

mike shivers , That is a concept used by Swedish Homestead and by Joel Salatin also I think.

[@maxboonkittypoison]

Hey i learn something today :D

[@markandrzejak997]

Great eggmobile. Easy to build and practical. How often do you move the eggmobile?

[@TheStormisComing24]

I can't wait to get more chickens lol. I most likely won't get to your volume but I have been definitely growing mine. I want to get into meat chickens but my husband will have to do that part for a little while. I will have to ease into that part, like I can process just not dispatch. It is a whole lot different then talking to my girls. :( I know it's something I have to do, I will get there.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

Hi Bernie, butchering is no fun, that's for sure.