Putting Your Chickens to Work with a Chickshaw!

[@thebrideofchrist107]

We let our chickens out in whole yard, everyday. They go back to coop to lay their eggs. They love it!!!

[@GardenJensJourney]

I let ours out mid day, after they have had time to lay their eggs, otherwise they go make nests in the field.

[@thebrideofchrist107]

@@GardenJensJourney true, I have found a few stray eggs lol

[@kennaoconnor4633]

I’ve never been so excited to see a commercial on one of your videos. Crowder singing good God Almighty! I was praising God during the whole commercial! God is good!

[@uppanadam74]

You remind me of my Dad...he would collect anything and everything...and somehow found a use for it all!! Sadly he has now passed away and it's now coming up to 4 years since his passing!! We are still trying to clean his shed out!! LOL!!

[@tional5266]

Wow! I just had to do that myself, about a year and a half ago 😒 unfortunately my brothers showed up to pick up the boat and fishing gear and cleaned out half the shop including all the items/tools I’d put my name on, mom sold the house so I didn’t get to take my time, but my husband also saves everything‘just in case I might need in one day’ but until now he didn’t have any projects going on so he didn’t use anything, we moved to some acreage now and many of his hoarded do dads have come in very handy!!

[@tigar0485]

I love chicken labor! I put a piece of cheap plywood & a layer of insulation under the steel roof to make it quieter for the chicks during hail/heavy rains.

[@kflan3342]

I like this idea. In NE Texas our metal roofed barn becomes 30-40 degrees warmer than outside. I think insulation would reduce the heat transfer as well.

[@valkyrieocean]

Love the comment; “midnight raid on the chicken coop” 🐓😂😂 Such a lovely property you have 😊

[@jimmybritt9537]

I like that chicshaw and what a beautiful flock of chickens ya got there 😉👍👍🇺🇸

[@suemee1328]

Love it! Unfortunately around here the predators love free range chicken. My chicken tractor has an enclosed area for foraging.

[@FineFeatheredHomestead]

We let our 2 hens free-range (half the days) and within a week they weeded the garden thoroughly, and I only had to cover the dahlia beds and a chase them out of tomato plants a couple times. Letting them peck over small portions of the compost tumbler every few days has really sped up decomposition - we just shovel what remains back in the tumbler to process fully. It is so nice to just watch them enjoy all the weeding! If I hired a gardener to do that much meticulous work between canas trees and lots of other plants, it would have cost 8x the price of the hens. If I had done it myself, it would have been long, tedious and miserable toil. Soon we'll get eggs too! They are such natural partners, we love our hens!

[@ceepark114]

Many hands make light work! It is nice to see all the kids helping out.

[@rodrigmd4202]

I love this style video!! Getting to see around your homestead and a normal day's project is awesome!

[@mayapplecottagefarm4237]

That is one of the reasons I love winter....the snow covers everything that you don't want to see on the farm....lol:)

[@robertsparling]

When reusing the steel roofing you really don't need to cut much. If you need 8 feet and you have two 6 foot sections, just overlap them. When you reuse them the next time, you still have longer sections.

[@olelenalundepluck3840]

Love it! Our favorite video so far!

[@NovelIdeaIndeed]

Enjoyed seeing the whole process! Excited to follow the development of your food forest!

[@Wildevis]

The CHick shaw is still one of the most handy tools around a farm

[@sunayakong8537]

I want to know about the fencing you used to keep the chickens in. It looks very handy and easy to use.

[@derrick_builds]

Ya done good boy. Great work.

[@Lulu-ue2lj]

Great video and tips

[@morningwoodfarms713]

Amazing! Great work! 🏆💖

[@tylerdavies3038]

New sub.. I live in the city but want out of here so bad.. but I do have a small flock in my backyard and I absolutely love them and all they give us... thanks for this cool idea!

[@deborahtofflemire7727]

Thank you from Ontario Canada

[@rubycrisp761]

we have a designated area we call our "boneyard" where we keep up-cyclable stuff!!

[@amandar7719]

Enjoyed. Thank you.

[@dwalsh4027]

Love these informational videos

[@AdventuresontheHomestead]

Love ❤️ our chickshaw

[@carolmalko615]

Nice video! Very educational.

[@deecooper1567]

Love how you’re constantly improving your homestead! I don’t have 🐓 but am impressed with your mobile chicksaw (?). QUESTION... Where do you get the portable white fencing you that you’re using? What is it called? Keep up the great work ❣️

[@journeyoflovelight]

Its called Premier 1 fencing.

[@deecooper1567]

@@journeyoflovelight thank you.

[@silverrose7554]

Just realized the photographer had such a hard day watching you work ! Haha 😂

[@myrahaner942]

I'd really like to know where I can find that portable fencing. We live in town and our chickens have a fenced run. But I would love portable fencing to set up for more free ranging in the summer. Our yard is not currently fenced in, that project is a few years out yet.

[@ChantaBrite]

I just came to see what a chickshaw is.

[@snorkyb2257]

There's no way that fence would keep the raccoons out of my chickens. They are horrible where I live. They are worse than the skunks and hawks. My chicken yard has 6 foot tall hardware cloth with the bottom buried in the ground and they have still managed to get in.

[@seanaames6855]

We have a solar electric fence that keeps raccoons out.

[@BrendaBodwin]

Love the chickshaw. Great idea. 👍 ?Questions? How do you clean the chickshaw? Do you put the girls in the nesting boxes, or, do they find them on their own? How often do you have to retrieve chickens from outside of that fence?

[@MrsKodman]

Love this! What are you using for that portable fencing?

[@23rdstreet23]

Yes! What are you using for the portable fencing and what for poles?!

[@JFAM077]

Do you clip their wings so they can’t fly over the fencing?

[@roxannecarson2814]

What kind of cover crop will you use?

[@catfunksfabulousfinds]

Metal roof is a lot hotter in summer

[@tional5266]

Are you guys north of Coeur d’Alene?

[@lexb1075]

Speaking of putting chickens to work...I nervously tried the egg glassing method today. I didn't have enough eggs in the bucket to "arrange them point down". Will they be ok? Thanks!

[@thresholdhomestead]

What fence do you use to keep your chicks contained?

[@Janet-bx4py]

The net fencing you put up (premier 1) is it electric?

[@n.s.7223]

how do you protect the chickens from predators ?

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

Will you add electric to the netting?

[@johnphillips2396]

Chicken labor is a great idea ,till the fox comes .

[@Minnesota_Mama_Bear]

💚🌞

[@misst1586]

Which breed of chickens are in your chickshaw?

[@geavandernagel4096]

🇾🇪🌷🌷🌷🙋🏼‍♀️

[@dorarolfzen4132]

✝ With A Metal Roof Will It Be A Sweat Box❓

[@carmenabels1256]

No

[@gp4708]

That short, little fence wouldn't keep my chickens contained for very long.

[@noniemarley7012]

Electric fence doesn’t keep raccoons out, we have a lot of them. Fence solved our problems.

[@elaineekberg113]

10 kids and no helpers???