PERMACULTURE CHICKEN-COMPOSTING System - Ep 014

Sean from Edible Acres takes us on a tour of his integrated chicken run and composting system. As he says, there will always be room for improvement, but the chickens don't seem to mind the the everyday interaction and good food.
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[@faithkaltenbach7345]

Years ago my Amish neighbors had a sort of double chicken house. The people entrance was on one side and at each end the chickens went out into a large fenced yard. One year the chickens and compost were in one yard and the vegetable garden in the other. Then things switched sometime over the winter. The chickens left one yard soft, pest free, fertilized and ready for vegetable seeds. In the spring in the other yard they cleaned up the old garden.

[@feistywoman123]

Thanks for sharing! That sounds like a genius method!! Might have to try that when i have more space to work with 😉

[@misst1586]

Love that. I'm doing something similar.

[@travisdavis1042]

Thanks you for giving us a glimpse of Sean and Sasha without a camera in their hand.

[@briantorsell]

An Old Yolks Home.

[@lydianicolenorwick125]

👌 eggcellent

[@Ann__333]

😂

[@auntylinda7640]

😂👍🤣

[@TheDalaiLamaCon]

Almost every fisherman I've met loves the fish unconditionally. My missus grows food andis literally in love with the plants. Sustenance, be it love or nutrients, works both ways. One day, we will feed them right back.

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

I had Rhode Island Reds for 20 years.....great chickens! They supplied us with poop, compost, ate out bugs and helped compost our soil. Had to more from the homestead when my husband was diganosed with cognitive decline. I miss my girls!

[@nancyayers8322]

This episode was just the BEST!!I love what Sasha and Sean have created, would give anything to have done that in my life. Such a blessed way to live. Re eating the chickens...it's natural folks. We provide and nurture them and in turn they do the same for us. In this situation there is a love bond there as well that makes it all the more special and important. These hens are living happy well fed and blessed lives, much more so than many of their sisters. It's a beautiful thing 😍🥰🐓🐔🐣🐤🐥

[@rintangazhar]

My chickens are threatened by my presence and Summer giving the berries is that easy. Definitely Chicken whisperer.

[@mangore623]

Sean and Sasha are the greatest!

[@BoldlyGrowHomestead]

I have always loved Sean's chicken system. They have a pick of what they want :)

[@barbll000]

Thanks for introducing me to these like-minded people. Their lifestyle and way of thinking about birds and wildlife are amazing. Just love it.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I've really enjoyed your tours of Seans place, this one included. And not just because Sean was probably the biggest influence for me to start my project here. I will forever be grateful to that man for changing me in a permanent way, just by being who he is and being so darn infectious. But I really enjoyed this episode for your takes on all this as well. I think the best part of this epidode was the "it's weird NOT knowing where your food comes from" part. SO many times people will say how weird it is to eat your own chickens. They are like pets, it's like eating your pets. I really valued both your, Sasha and Seans take on that here, and I couldn't agree more. What's weirder, eating a being who you knew had a great life (and 1 bad day), or eating a being who you have no idea what kind of life they lived, what you are supporting, and what level of cruelty was involved in both it's keeping and it's last bad day. I think it's a defense mechanism we use so that we can justify ignoring our impact on these creatures and what we are supporting. It's like we think if we just ignore it, then it's not happening. And for the most part, sadly, I think this works for many people. But to me they are the weird ones, not the people who eat "their pets".

[@wolfbirdhomestead600]

Hi super dad. Edible acres, without a doubt, has been the biggest influence for my permaculture journey. Running an urban chicken composting operation and continuing to grow other food systems ,in our city food desert.

[@gcxred4kat9]

Canadian Permaculture Legacy ^^^^^ has a great KZbin channel, check him out!

[@urbanlumberjack]

I love this couple. They are amazing

[@normatrewhella9003]

Everything is kept so clean for the chickens. Love it.

[@franz4486]

I wouldn't be surprised if Summer starts another channel named "The Chicken Whisperer".

[@josieblanco4587]

Yes why not she love chicken for pet lovings

[@tammyprovost936]

Y'all can make so much fun of the chicken farmer if you want but Justin Rhodes is family actually got their stuff going on and they know what they're doing so take a little note from someone who actually knows what they're doing and try to pay attention cuz you might be able to eat

[@anishsanyal]

Hahaha!

[@nancyfahey7518]

Sean, I used to watch you when you first started the rotating chicken food/compost/winter heat. I'm in Florida so I found closer teachers but I still share your methods often. Good to see you.

[@grannygarden5887]

Love love Sasha and Sean’s ideas.

[@christianwitness]

That was a really informative presentation! I loved the interviewer. The camera work was absolutely great!!!

[@janecurtis5726]

Happy Chicken Acres!! Summer, you are ever the “chicken whisperer!” Sean and Sasha have created a wonderfully peaceful haven. Well thought out but intuitive, also.

[@auntylinda7640]

Kippee rip, loved how you loved her xxx

[@ptrainingbytim]

What a lovely host. Thank you for this great vid.

[@juleyphillips8719]

I love chickens ..I have a small space on my land ..i planted fruits trees to give my chickens shade ..i hatch my own eggs as well the old fashion was where the hen sits for 21 days😁I clean the pen regular and use the poops in my vegetable garden ..summer I love this channel cause it's about everything I love

[@carlottaambrose8502]

This makes me miss my chickens. Your garden tecnique is great.

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Edible acres! They're awesome.

[@alison3276]

This was a great introduction to Sean and Sasha’s chicken garden! It’s so good to get the quick overview of this developing system - is there any chance you could do an update? Sean puts out wonderful and regular updates and I follow them avidly, but it was so good to have an outside perspective and interview too ☺️ Love all your videos x

[@charlesbale8376]

Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing.

[@willareeneacealbertini975]

What a lovely way for chickens to live and produce ❤ Golden Comets and a Barred Rocks, are my friendliest on my heels and first investigators. They’re such great composters !TFS

[@brianandtamiolson2330]

Such a great video. I love to learn from others and get ideas. 🐓

[@gcxred4kat9]

Just found your channel... loving it. You seem as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside, which is a rare quality.

[@georgegodfrey369]

Im so pleased to know you do this for the old girls. They are the best creatures and deserve love and respect past their "productive" stage. I still can't get through the eating them part, which was always the intention. I still hope to get over this and find that middle ground you spoke of. That's the balance I also seek.

[@tuicastro4431]

I hear you! I was raised in a huge land with lots of animals and interacting with them made me turning vegan. I've been trying to find other compassionate people to live in a place like that, but without the killing part. Are you up to it?

[@strawberryfuntime]

i think about in their old age sometimes they can have a harder time, be pecked more and have more of a struggle with comfort. So to make them soup hens makes sense as they arent wild animals.

[@msb8013]

My flock has a lot in common with y'alls. I concur with your feeding strategies and with how important it is to keep them happy. They don't love fruit as much as they love meat of any kind.

[@francismeowgannou5322]

This makes me happy

[@theonghantan862]

Sooo lovely God bless you all

[@poodledaddles1091]

Loved this!

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

Beautiful. I love chooks! (Chickens) I could sit with them all day

[@LuckyFigFarm]

Love your love for the chickens

[@nymbeats]

this system informed my own operation when I built my coop and run a year ago.

[@country_boy_zone6b]

THE CHICKENS LOVE YOU SUMMER RAYNE!!!!

[@beverlymiller182]

I just recently found your website. Love your channel

[@forced4motorsports]

Good description of the fine line between livestock and pets. I love my chickens and I give them the best lives I possibly can, but they are all eventually dinner. I've also named a few but only when it strikes me to do so and not with intention. With my roos it's a little different, I have Larry and George. When they are replaced, they will still be Larry and George...

[@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden]

Chickens steals your Heart💓

[@jambohoofgood3417]

Great example of aerial threat warning sounds from a flock.

[@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden]

He is awesome!!!!

[@erinbarry850]

I can’t wait to get my own flock! 💚

[@sandylee1717]

Wonderful. Another “world”

[@justpatty7328]

Love this and Edible Acres family, including chickens and raccoons. I also toss eggs for the raccoons. Interesting to know now that I need to add bananas for special treat.

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

Very nice episode.

[@davidschmidt270]

That was so heartfelt, thank you for that video......I love Shawn and his wife....very much enjoy thier KZbin channel....even got a few questions answered by Shawn....( Think that's how you spell his name,sorry bro if it's wrong) ....found myself wondering today actually....what do they do about erosion....I mean....as the scraps get composted down and the pile gets moved..... won't the soil level get lower and lower??? 🤔🤔🤔 Anybody's input is welcomed....thanks again for the video 🐧

[@hobin1433]

How do you keep them from scratching up your garden? I’m now keeping my hens in their run.. because I’m planting my seedlings! but I feel so guilty! I know they love being out and about!

[@beckkassingerbrown6619]

Two of your chicken breeds are Rhode Island Red, and Philadelphia Barred Rock (the black and white hens) I raised chickens for years and loved every second!!

[@bellyacres3jillyandkerry281]

Yup, I have 4 Roosters and 5 hens, all living together and getting along. I have a large shed all made up for them with Branches for roosts, and nest boxes, fresh water and grains and 10"s of fresh straw every 3 weeks. I let them out at daylight and they all return at dark after running my 5 acres with grapes, apples and garden waste. I put the straw I clean out the Chicken house and put in my raised beds and compost bin. I have wild raccoons, coyotes, 4 opossum, and a bob cat that all visit, and two cats. All get fed and no one fights!

[@MarioLopez-ob5rv]

Amazing. I used to have a pet hen lived for 15 years...

[@glumGlumm]

He is well spoken.

[@sam-dn1yb]

Very nice farm, interested to know How you manage to protect hen from snake attack .?

[@lblake5653]

I am loving the grey hair. I could tell it was connected to you. I will sub.

[@asianangie7209]

You are the chicken whisperer!

[@nativeceltbirdog1527]

How do you keep them in a confined area?? Wing clipping?? Or higher fencing?? With no cage top.

[@jessicaloomis9599]

Great segment! Love it! Very inspiring. One question: Does feeding chickens their eggshells back encourage them to eat their own eggs? I always thought I heard that.

[@LisaGray1000]

Crush them up finely. It never caused a problem with mine

[@donnakuhl2419]

love the video..I'm very attached to my hens..I thought I would eat them..but now I cant

[@gizelaferreira1059]

Lindo vídeo ! Pena que não tenha tradução para Português!❤

[@yLeprechaun]

Haahaa!! I knew it. I clicked on this only because I looked at the thumbnail and said, "Finger Lakes?!, but that's Sean!". Ok, so now I will click play and see what's goin on. Then, of course, because I'm a permaculture fan, I will propagate that Sub button. ;)

[@aldrinbiatonaldoza3743]

Nice... i love chicken...what kind of chicken you have?

[@jaketheperson8495]

SO CUTE! They remind me of Kippee

[@anuruddhalogin]

Wow !

[@dwikamil6115]

summer has special bonding with those chicken because kippie from heaven has told them so

[@aaronbaron3155]

Kindred spirit I always have a different voice talking to animals as well. At first it was just pet animals but then I worked on a couple farms and other places and it became all animals. Right now I do pools and I love rescuing frogs mice etc from skimmers.

[@zhaw9573]

Nice

[@coagulatedsalts4711]

i want to have chickens one day, and the goal is to keep a feather from each chicken I own and put it in a frame/wall with labels and a photo so I can remember the ones that passed away. at least for the pets/egg laying chickens. the meat birds i'd keep seperate.

[@Baby-hh8kx]

What are the crates for around the compost?

[@_JanetLouise]

good fun

[@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden]

😂😂🤣🤣Frankie Five toes!!!!!!omg!!!

[@DE2borknot2b]

😄😄😄 He says it with a straight face.... hilarious!

[@SHARONSHORTOrchidsandGarden]

@@DE2borknot2b 🤣🤣🤣

[@cuppacuppytriaz3816]

Keren♥️

[@groot417]

The dark colored one might be a Rhode Island Red

[@LisaGray1000]

Yes I think it is. We had these

[@PhilippeOrlando]

Nice people. As a vegan I fully understand what they're doing.

[@cherrypittman10]

What is the purpose of the milk crates I see in the video?

[@RosySideFarm]

❤️ it

[@saram1965]

❤❤

[@jambohoofgood3417]

Had to laugh. "It's a dry moment" says the guy standing on black soil, in shade, surrounded by green. Growing up in a desert, I'm always thinking how to maximize water and am trying to wrap my brain around too much water that is my problem now. We get per week what was the annual rainfall I grew up with. I want to drain my land more but am aware that I could easily cause unforeseen consequences.

[@willharding6645]

🤘

[@charrasweeney-reeves2016]

So funny you said mean girls. We also call our older 4 the "mean girls', collectively.

[@bashalola5020]

😍💕

[@bimalsingh9300]

My chickens always damage my plants.what should I do?

[@sigridkingma961]

EdibleAcres has a video or two on that topic. You could use wired fencing around plants until they get high enough. Stones also work to prevent them from digging the roots bare.

[@juliewholohan2415]

Here in Australia we call the dark reds Rhode Island Red..

[@jaketheperson8495]

I need a bigger yard....

[@mobiusprolix8454]

The red chicken could also be a Buckeye.

[@pawlet]

Peace be upon the boy chickens hatched in the hatchery.

[@pawlet]

@Cookie Boo Male chicks are considered an unwanted byproduct of egg production and are killed and disposed of shortly after chick sexing at just one day

[@mslydialove]

I didn’t hear any roosters, so...

[@pawlet]

@@mslydialove yep, for every female hen that is hatched, there's a boy that will hatch and then be ground up alive or gassed to death when they are one day old.

[@nabsterishiy6914]

His name is dem broski.. Champ

[@jaketheperson8495]

C H I C K E N.

[@sdqsdq6274]

should get silkie chickens , funny looking chickens ,lol

[@lindamorgan2678]

Oh dear a Man Bun .. don't know if I can watch this vid LOL

[@grannygarden5887]

Rhode island red

[@julieslittlepatchofdirt95]

Rhode island red. Hen

[@deliaalmeida6928]

Rhode Island Red

[@madhumitaroy1134]

Chiken is helful for insects

[@faceluckcell9484]

you cant love animaL species descriptio ordo rekaYasa genetiKa forest permaculture chicken. fery nice farm

[@trumplostlol3007]

I use diluted chicken manure to fertilize my tomatoes. I also use fresh chicken manure to grow wheat. Wheat can tolerate an extremely high level of ammonia. And that horrible smell of ammonia will keep voles away in that area. No composting please. It is a waste of nitrogen.

[@Umadbro681]

I thought this said PREMATURE chicken lol.... I still don't know why I clicked.

[@Adnancorner]

they should give them chances to become mothers.

[@coonyankcompany582]

Reddish brown chicken is a “Red Sexlink” chicken

[@j_demiguel_ink2343]

The wife looks slightly angry or distant in the videos

[@drsprof6295]

Nice for a hobby. And this only cost money. Permaculture guys, try to set up something which is good for environment and animal welfare and ALSO generate some money!