Why i dont make many Gamefowl videos

[@kmnremtp]

“I wouldn’t drink that!!!” “Wellllll, I reckon that’s why God didn’t make you a chicken!”

[@jimmyhoneycutt1]

Jolly good show. Me and my boy used to raise game chickens pretty much the way you do. Never been to a chicken fight, never strapped a blade on one........ but I did enjoy the naked-heel sparring between young stags when they were learning to fly.

[@Jimpotts]

More people need to take your advice. “Live and let live” ! I’m with you

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Hard for some folks to think that way. They like to hear you say their opinion

[@bonsaimaster205]

I served 8 years in the Marine Corp and then got a degree in Agriculture. I learned a lot of helpful information but I learned a lot more from my elders and other experienced farmers and I take what they taught me above all else. I agree with you 100%. Nothing beats experience. 👍

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Most folks dont really know what will work cause they aint ever tried anything different

[@johnbennett9149]

Man I just stumbled on your channel I myself have been fooling with game chickens for over 45 years and you sir in just the first few minutes of your video have 100% said just exactly the way it is I command you and am 100% for you your advice is spot-on😅😉

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you. When you dont give to the pressure of trying to fit into what is popular you can try things and see what actually works. And that applies to everything in life . Then you will find there are other people who have tried it too

[@johnbennett9149]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors well sir I am 63 years old and you couldn't have said it any better you are so right

[@MsSharon]

There ya go! My granny never had a chicken in a pen. They roosted in the barn at night and scavenged all day. We scattered a little cracked corn and laying mash on the ground. She had coffee cans here and there to catch rain water off the barn roof. We had fresh eggs all day every day and fried chicken for dinner every Sunday and still a yard full of them. Do it the way you like to do it!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

To many folks think there is only one way to do anything. Their way lol

[@MsSharon]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors the problem is they're not thinking at all. Chickens have survived since the beginning of time without any of our help at all. I'm just going to do what I do and let them do the same. I like how you think!

[@spencerhartness3471]

Gamefowl need to be separated, if let run loose there won't be many left and the ones that are will be missing eyes from the gladiator life they live

[@SouthernRoots93]

I raise mine exactly how you do yours! I haven’t been doing it as long but I let them build their own immune system because just like you said the more I kept that medicine cabinet open the more it felt like I was just spinning my wheels in mud not making any headway! If you believe everything the internet says you have to do you’ll have them sitting at the dinner table with you and sitting on your lap at family movie night 😂

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Aint that the truth. And hand feeding them popcorn

[@nancyfahey7518]

Hey, I hand feed mine popcorn. You should try it. 😊

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@nancyfahey7518 one kernel at a time I suppose?

[@sheldonlawson6116]

I enjoy your gamefowl videos. It’s a real shame that the bad folks have ruined it for the people who enjoy your videos but I don’t blame you one bit

[@Swintons_Birds]

I like the green algae in my plastic coffee can waterers. I think it acts as a filter. Cool video, just found your channel.

[@decorahnord9902]

They look and sound like happy birds ,there's always people who are just too smart for their own britches and want to speak badly about everything...thank you for sharing, Don't let it bother you

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Yea some folks you couldn’t make happy with a million dollars

[@michaelanderson5359]

I raised gamefowl for over 30 years. I had my way of doing things that worked for me. And for that intire time people in the gamefowl community wete constantly telling me all the different ways i was messing up. But, i was happy with my success, and my water bowls looked just like yours most of the time. My daddy told me when i was young, algea wont grow in stail unhealthy water. And tested that theory and he was right. I got rid of all my gamefowl a year ago because of the direction the gamefowl community is going. It was a difficult discussion after having a 37 year long passion, but, God has helped me with it and ive come out the other side of ot closer to him and that is a greater blessing than all the gamefowl in the world could have provided. Keep doing things your way and dont let the experts of this world get under your skin. Love your videos brother and God bless you and yours.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you. I just enjoy having them and im downsizing them and raising more americaunas incase i need to eat some.

[@sue28877]

Now THAT is why I watch you. ❤️👏🏻👍🏻

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Lol i think wed get along fine . 😂😂😂😁

[@tommylitchfield3450]

I think you did a good service to the complainers today by shocking 'em with something they might not get very often... Honesty.."If you don't enjoy my chicken videos, you can just leave and go somewhere else!"... With social media, a LOT of folks sure do have an inflated opinion of the worth of their opinions! I follow Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs, and he had a good one that he shared. Some woman sent him a message to let him know that she was VERY DISAPPOINTED on his opinion piece on something or the other that he wrote and she felt it was her DUTY to set him straight! He just let her know how AMAZED he was that she thought ANYBODY cared about her being disappointed about his opinion, since not a soul she was criticizing even knew who in the devil she even was and that she could just leave and go somewhere else and not one person would even know that she was gone. He was real classy and funny in the way he went about it, but the effect was just the same ... Something to the effect of "Nobody cares what you are disappointed in, not even your mama. She is ashamed of you for trying to boss grown folks around" .... Side note... I see there's enough little boy in you to try to throw some corn on the chickens that are too sassy, just to see if it'll stick! Or maybe I'm just seeing what I'd be doing if I was feedin em! Maybe the peskiest ones will get pecked as payback! Take care, Justin

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Truth, all truth. What burnt me was saying i was lazy. If they watch many videos here they know well there aint no laziness in me and yea if that Rooster jumps at me im gonna sprinkle him with corn lol

[@martinmeltzer2696]

Hey Justin! All things considered... a chicken has a pretty rough life... but they are generally content with a lot less than some domesticated animals. As long as you enjoy their crowing, eggs, meat, & beautiful plumage the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages/obligations. Generally... a chicken that is raised on a farm has a much better quality of life than one that is raised in a vast commercial pen that has never seen the sun or walked on grass. You keep on doing you... and the birds (and you) will do just fine!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

You can bet ill keep doing it the way i like lol but i dont like to argue on the internet. If they got much to say i welcome them on the property to express their concerns 😂😂😂🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[@martinmeltzer2696]

Life is far too short too waste in that manner! Let them remove the log in their own eye... before trying to remove the speck in yours, says the Good Book There is many a "Key Board Warrior", out there, living in their Mom's basement, that have a lot of life experience, advice, & criticism to give for free! Sigh!.@@SpiritoftheOutdoors

[@mike451]

Thanks for the info Justin i ate the ones i had but the pressor cooker was the only way i could get them tender. And yes you will have haters say stuff don't give them the time of day its wasting your time AND THEY LIKE IT THAT THEY GOT YOU DANDER UP 😒

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

The ones that said anything dont know it cause they aint here no more lol but i keep getting folks begging me to make more gamefowl videos and this is why i dont make them

[@jimmyhoneycutt1]

HA! I found out the hard way game chickens ain't good table fare

[@ERJr814]

Looks like someone got their feathers ruffled up this morning. hahaha

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

😂😂😂 might have a little

[@nancyfahey7518]

I'm a 58 year old lady who got 4 chicks kinda by accident. Turned out 2 roosters and 2 hens. I didn't know they were fighters. I should have known this by the way he attacked my foot. I just think they are the sharpest looking chicken I've got. They did breed with my bantams and the babies are growing out different colors. I think the one is getting a poofy hairdo. I'm experimenting I guess. Please don't stop your chicken videos. A friend can monitor your comments and you can read them like the next day. PS I value your weed medicine videos also. I believe you before someone else.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I wont stop doing them . Im ready for a cold front and dress in buckskin and have a fire . These chickens done got hot

[@dwayneard2099]

My mentor alway told me the green growth in the water cups is healthy for the birds. The red algae is the harmful one. I love my birds and I take very good care of them but I'm here to tell you I don't bleach water cups every day. Heck chickens will drink out of a mud hole before they drink out of a clean water cup. I did lose 6 stags this year from azalea blossoms blowing in the water cups. You fowl looks good to me.

[@TheGrover1968]

This was the 1st video of yours I found and watched a week ago. Then I found out you were a Spirit filled believer and been watching ever since.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you sir

[@mroviraptor3382]

I agree with you!, The Gamefowl community can be really rude and nasty, I'm still young and try my best with my Gamefowl but I always get put down for how I raise them :l, I raise them just like you do

[@lanterncreekgamefarm]

You keep posting and I’ll keep watching!! An old timer told me the algae in the water is the only grass some pinned birds ever get and it’s good for them!!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

He was right too. You seen my pens is dirt. I do pull weeds and throw in there pretty often

[@redmule8621]

I told you that.

[@frederickmalicki550]

Just keep doing what you do if it isn't broke don't fix it , and one more thing if you will could you do more muzzleloader squirrel and rabbit hunting .

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

We about to go full in hunting here just as soon as the temps drop a little

[@shawnnam07]

Ive only had chickens for about a year and a half and they are loose all day long, in my experience which is very little they will eat anything and everything, plus mine prefer to drink out of the nastiest water source. Ill dump their water maybe once a week but thats it. They are very healthy, haven't lost any ro sickness and their eggs taste great.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Them folks been raising em 40 years gonna swear we lying

[@zeldaberry9536]

Raised chickens all my life. Your completely right.

[@reedmokiao1672]

Ive been raising gamefowl and showing them for 8 years brother I honestly feel that the way you raise your birds are just fine what works for you might not work for others and how others raise there birds won't work for you I agree what you do for care and maint etc.. I mean look how the old gen use to raise birds they never had what we have now days and there birds were better than what we have these days honestly speaking and that's because most of those old heads wouldn't use medicines they would cull and breed the ones that would overcome anything thrown at them and that would pass to those babies then the babies would never get sick a day in there life

[@terryfinley7760]

You are 100% correct about what you are doing. I keep Dominique’s and various other chickens and have never lost 1 to sickness. I feed my chicks which I mostly hatch in an incubator medicated chick starter. Then, I introduce them to the flock. I keep them in two 12 ft x 12 ft pens on each side of my barn. I use the deep mulch method meaning that I put 6” deep to 8” deep bedding/ straw or hay in the pen. I don’t change it for quite awhile. The birds love to scratch through it and they keep it turned. They eat worms and whatever else they find in it. I also let them out to forage in the evenings when I get home from work. They are very healthy and I have not had 1 adult bird die from sickness in 3 years. I do not use any medicine other than the medicated chick starter. The eggs are 10 times better than anything you can get in the grocery store !

[@jasonstcin659]

I've had the same chickens for 5 years and I never clean their pen and I've never had one of them get sick or die yet but they are also free range about half of the time the only time they're locked up is while I'm at work and at night and aman to you brother everyone should raise their animals the way it works best for them and their animals

[@losgalloslocos1120]

The dirtier the water the more stronger gamefowl immune to it. Gamefowl came from the wild originally with dirty water.

[@Ako_si_toper]

Subscribed and Watching from Philippines. Keep breeding. Forget those haters😆

[@selfreliantb2363]

Ive seen people raise cane about the water in a dogs bucket having a little algea on the side, at the same time that dog was drinking out of a mud hole in the driveway. Then it sat down and licked it's butt 😂.... its a dog they don't care.

[@randybradley7427]

Amen brother your birds are fine. That's how I raised my game birds. They naturally eat bugs and grass drink out of mud holes naturally.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

In the wild I’ve watched healthy animals drink some awful looking water. They always healthier than domesticated animals for the most part except in coyotes. Ive seen them in bad shape numerous times

[@feraltweed]

Thanks for this rant. I like the way you think

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Your welcome. It felt good to get it off my chest

[@milojimenez1194]

I agree my friend you doing a fine job . Some of us appreciate the content

[@daves8164]

Like you said " everyone has an opinion" . But the best way to do things is the way you like to do it. Keep it simple ,and may God bless.

[@BigBills1986]

Followed. Just because he put yall in yall place 😂😂😂 stayed for the birds

[@gregknight293]

Chickens are just naturally nasty birds and clean water wont stay clean for very long . For years I kept up to 40 birds who I let out of the henhouse/pen every morning and then back in to spend the night . The free range birds are very enjoyable to watch out in the yard and they graze a lot of grass and bugs . The varmints around my place kept me looking out my windows a lot . I dubbed my single shot shotgun my " 12 ga. varmint rifle ." Never had a problem with sickness except for the occasional one . I fully agree with your philosophy.. raise your birds by what works for you . Haters will always be haters and they can take a high dive into the septic tank . Good show as always .

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you my friend. Folks seem to think whatever they do is what everyone else should do . Not so lord lol

[@drunkencracker8517]

Hey man sorry to hear that some peoples bs opinions got you down but i just wanted to let you know keep up the great videos man the gamefowl videos is how i found you honestly your one of my favorites not many people do it for the enjoyment like us but it is what it is man opinions are like assholes everybody's got 1 and some of them stink

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Yea they are and it really didnt get me down i just get fustrated that folks don’t realize its for a purpose and not that i just dont care about em. But its fine i just hide em and move on

[@justinwagoner3450]

I raise my gamefowl the same way… I’ve had a bunch of people telling me do this different and I tell them I do what I do and you do what you do… all I really give my is wormer and la200 for the sickness they get… also I like watching your videos…. But if you go into the wild and watch chickens and you will find them drinking water from muddy water holes and from any water holes with allergy… just keep doing what you doing…

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

No healty animals have clean water in the wild here where i live

[@justinwagoner3450]

Not all ways animals in the wild has clean water… they would drink any kind of water we’re ever they find it… just saying not being a smart butt….

[@randykoch1807]

I agree with you simply natural!!! the more you baby them the more they'll cost and the weaker they'll get .i like you're plantain's tip Thank's 🤠✌️

[@jbates1463]

I watch your channel for the word and the gamefowl videos. I am behind you 100%. While I dont 100% agree with everything you say, I agree with live and let live. I raise some gamefowl because of the exact same reason you raise them. I don't keep a perfectly clean coop. They are beautiful hardy animals. While I do wish you would make more chicken videos. I completely understand why you don't make more. It drives me nuts why people these days think that just because someone has a different opinion, they are wrong and a bad person. 1 Corinthians 7:17 Romans 12:18

[@nicolaiEsmaquilan]

Natural immunity and cures are the best. I found recently that pulverized charcoal in the feed keeps the nasty sicknesses away.

[@jeromesmith1662]

I just don't know how to put this.....we raised birds for both meat and eggs. I really don't remember doing anything fancy. Clean the coop every here and there....our birds had a crick going through their yard so water wasn't an issue unless they couldn't be outside. Very cold weather. Snow. Ice. Ect. But still we didn't clean the water bowl. Not every day. Our birds did fine. The worst we had was predator problems. We solved that issue. I won't go into that. No Justin you ain't doing anything wrong that I see. And yes I like your chickens talking in the background. Maybe one day I will be able to visit in person but for now I can dream and watch videos. Blessings for y'all. Take care. See ya next time!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

If your in driving distance we may have a meet and greet stew cooking with primitive camping options this fall

[@jeromesmith1662]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Unfortunately for me I live in Pennsylvania.

[@MaritaDeLaPenaDTG]

Lol, I love this video. You nailed it. I agree completely.

[@Franciso-so1bg]

thanks!

[@brianprewitt3321]

I wonder how many people change their cows water every day? Do the wild critters have someone to change their water every day??

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Exactly

[@brianprewitt3321]

@SpiritoftheOutdoors The problem with most of the bird people is they're hobby farmers with a half dozen birds in the back yard in town.

[@prdeereman]

If they knew what the birds eat and drink when they are on their own they will think your water is sterile.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Lol truth

[@jamiecarpenter7779]

First who cares what The negative one's think, Second please don't put all of us that's in The Gamefowl Community in this bad category. I raise Gamefowl and don't care what You do I Myself love You're Video's. So keep the Videos coming and let Them keep being negative and You keep being Yourself because There are alot of Us that really like how You do it.

[@Stevenandsam]

My chicken's that run around.. never drink clean water.. they like the mud puddles way better.. i think thats how they get immune systems

[@jamiejohnston4983]

I've had chickens off and on all my life. I like the bigger breeds myself I get more eggs and if need one to eat got more meat. In my experience game chickens set to much Hey I bet they wouldn't agree on raising a hog on turnip greens either!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Naw they wanna here their opinion coming out of your mouth

[@jamiejohnston4983]

@SpiritoftheOutdoors I've never made a video but I read comments on a lot of channels and I've always hated how people put down others because of the way they are doing things. Like you said if you don't agree with the guy turn it off. It's free to watch

[@bobbyblair1084]

Do you buddy that's why I watch the channel.

[@idostuff220]

Hey brother a lot of people are not going to agree with your style of raising chickens, but if it works for u . Who are we to judge . I like your you're chickens .the bantam crosses look awsome ....

[@ethansfarm4670]

Nice! Same here, my birds are 100% organic 😂

[@Vickie.countrycookin9057]

AMEN ! That’s never been a truer statement my chickens free range all day and drink out of mud holes and other places that surely ain’t been cleaned no sick chickens BAM !

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Lot of these folks think just because someone taught them to do it that way or that they have been doing it that way a long time that is right and the only way but it aint.

[@twohandsworking896]

i like social media cause i can turn it off-and your 100 percent correct

[@ronaldhuffstatler6062]

Oh I’ll not talk behind your back I’m the sob that will talk to your face lol with that said you have a nice set up and I don’t fight chickens I like my pretty Roosters are my pets and I like fresh eggs and I’m in North Mississippi ! I just traded for 6 pair of bb red bannys,a pair of brown reds bannys,one kelso grey and paid him with a Safire grey hen for now until I get a kelso gray hen im probably don’t know much about game chickens but I open to suggestions because I don’t know much and don’t claim to know much but I want to learn! Any information will be appreciated?

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

That can be respected

[@jimmyhoneycutt1]

One thing to add to my previous comment........... The most important business lesson my daddy ever taught me was to mind my own.

[@buckydover2892]

I'm all about live and let live. More folks would be better off if they lived by this principle!!

[@fearmeknot588]

Preach it Brother, I mean common scene.

[@markrisley1773]

I guess maybe I'll start washing the worms before they eat them. LOL Great info our birds forage the yard and drink out of mud puddles.

[@tennesseesmoky9012]

Justin, not that you asked for it but my advise to you would be… just ignore any negative comments on your videos. Everyone has an opinion, and some of them are compelled to tell you what they think in the comments. What you do on your place, how well you treat your chickens, is completely up to you. Any response that you make to a negative comment will not change the minds of those making the comments. Responding to those comments is simply a waste of your time. Life is too short!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Your right and ive let a lot go over time but folks keep asking for gamefowl videos and this is why i dont make many of them. Sometimes if i have something i wanna say and i dont the longer i hold it in the worse it eats on me. I say what i have to say in a nice straight forward way and its done lol

[@williamwaldrop6684]

I am a ole school dog breeder ur right i raise pups on n in dirt n never loose one

[@sherrysears122]

❤

[@larryalexander4833]

Howdy Justin good afternoon Been out doing yard work in the almost 100 degrees weather. I agree with you !!!! . I grew up around everyone had some chickens atleast or a bunch for different reasons and raised mostly on the yard . That said people are gonna bitch and complain about anything no matter what you do or say !!!!! Everyone has a opinion just like butt and some brains are in the same area😂. Its hard to put up peoples mouth . Dont let get in your craw. I know i have pray for guidance and strength to bite my tongue . 🙏✝️👍

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I bite mine a lot but sometimes they need to know you got a backbone too

[@larryalexander4833]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Agree on that one too. 👍

[@jbfastgun]

100% 👍

[@tomk2147]

All I have to say is Gamefowl are not the chickens my Momma raised. She raised Leg Horns & Rhode Island Reds for eggs. The old layers that did not produce, excellent soup chickens, if you know what I mean. The white heavy meat chickens Cornish Cross for food; got so heavy some of them could barely walk. At the right time they went to freezer camp. In due time I will have chickens but not at my present location here in Florida. The Gamefowl I really like is the Liege Fighter they are beautiful birds; the rooster, 30" tall, are extremely protective. Like one Florida owner of Gamefowl, 8th or 9th generation, says only the strong in the flock will survive. Especially when you let them free range. Enjoy your Gamefowl!!! Ignore the Karen's; they are like a kid throwing a temper tantrum, they want it their way so ignore them!!! 🐔🐓

[@Ko_KingKaydence]

How is your all black gamefowl

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

They are good. I havnt hatched any off of them yet. Too hot but i showed them in the fly pen

[@aliheleegi3492]

💯💯💯👌👌you doing something good when you got haters!

[@devenwilliams8348]

Preach preach preach ❤

[@mexicans176]

Your crazy dirty water sick blaster

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Dirty water = healthy birds

[@garden2tableproduce]

Some big farms dump every day alot done its up to who owns em

[@georgem1134]

How did your cross turn out with that all black rooster

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

It will he spring before i raise any of them

[@dakotahoward9545]

Yessir

[@KuxikaGameFarm]

i agree sir

[@kmnremtp]

The best group!!!!!!

[@timothyshook2662]

I do the same thing you do on my game fowl.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I think there is more that do than what keep spotless pens they just dont say much for fear of being ridiculed

[@theworkingmansjournaloutla9601]

Yeah to each it's own. We eat all kinds of stuff that aren't good for us. Should treat all your animals how you want to be treated. We are no greater than any animal. We were out here to take care of animals not just have them for our pleasure and treat them just however you feel is right.

[@mountainman2434]

Raised chickens for years and turn most of mine out and if you've ever seen what a chicken eats why would you ever clean a bowl lol

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Truth

[@earlfreimuth5799]

I want to thank you for the immunity comment. City people think I'm crazy when I say let your kids eat dirt

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

We literally had a kid die on a school buss last week. It’s because they never play outside and can’t handle the heat. Died of heat stroke at 10 years old. Sad but its similar to the dirt no tolerance for adversity. I know it was bad hot and they need ac on the bus but weve not had ac on em for 60+ years because we were used to it

[@moderndaydinoteevee331]

100%

[@regularjoewelch8710]

Hey man just do your thing and enjoy life. City slickers learn farming on the internet.

[@traviskelly5480]

Me and my wife had this conversation the other day. She asked me why I don’t wash my hands every time I eat I asked her when was the last time I was sick.

[@lonnien.clifton1113]

10-4

[@michaelanderson5359]

I raised gamefowl for over 30 years. I had my way of doing things that worked for me. And for that intire time people in the gamefowl community wete constantly telling me all the different ways i was messing up. But, i was happy with my success, and my water bowls looked just like yours most of the time. My daddy told me when i was young, algea wont grow in stail unhealthy water. And tested that theory and he was right. I got rid of all my gamefowl a year ago because of the direction the gamefowl community is going. It was a difficult discussion after having a 37 year long passion, but, God has helped me with it and ive come out the other side of ot closer to him and that is a greater blessing than all the gamefowl in the world could have provided. Keep doing things your way and dont let the experts of this world get under your skin. Love your videos brother and God bless you and yours.