Raising Baby Chicks for the First Time

[@sofiatarnovskygrein6028]

Loads of us are off keto, but continue to strive for health! Love to see what you are eating, doing, life in Michigan, farm and homesteading, kids, etc! Make a video about your current food philosophy or lack there of and what happened to ketoconnect as a company.

[@jenniferbatchellor3694]

Yes!!! My thoughts exactly.

[@macktonight9511]

@@jenniferbatchellor3694 THEIR TREND FOLLOWERS

[@CanadianHeather]

Weird story about synchronicity. I don’t eat keto anymore so I haven’t tuned in for a few years and KZbin has not shown me any of your posts either. Yesterday I had a random thought about you guys and wondered if you were still vlogging. I didn’t think much of it but today KZbin thought it would show me this video…. Is the algorithm really that good or is that universal synchronicity? I don’t know. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Glad to see you guys are doing wonderfully and your boys are so big and healthy !!! ❤

[@foodietrends]

Ditto. I haven’t seen them in my feed for past 2 years or so and just today I was thinking about them and couldn’t remember their channel name. I remembered their names and found the channel. I used to follow them back in 2018-2022. I am glad they are enjoying family life. Doesn’t matter keto or not. 🎉

[@idreamofmusic]

If you have your Siri/Alexa on they base ads off what they pick up if you mentioned them verbally. A little scary so I turned mines off since not-so random ads were popping up off conversations I had with my friends and loved ones.

[@CanadianHeather]

@@idreamofmusic yes I think so too but I didn’t talk about keto either.

[@AvaJun]

Please come back and let us know how things are going! I don't care about keto stuff, your website has tons of info. I'd love to see farm life videos and how the family is doing. We all miss y'all!!!

[@Jam15125]

Came to echo this! How are you guys?

[@jht09]

Is there a new channel maybe

[@jdnexited]

I think they realized it was all a mistake

[@TheTrouserPuppetsOfficial]

​@@jdnexited Probably

[@peachhipgirl75]

I was going to say the same! 💕

[@taramama6658]

We are doing the same thing!! We have about 20 baby chicks right now and my husband is making their coop. Our grandkids are loving it and are so excited!

[@shewygirl]

I love seeing how you guys have evolved. The fact that you’re not eating keto anymore is no issue lol. I started following you guys when I was doing Keto at the hype of all of it … I think most of us that started Keto back in 2016-2017 are not Keto still …for the most part so for me I don’t care what you guys eat. I enjoy your new vlogs, your lil country life, what u guys eat now, etc etc.

[@pamdavis6604]

Haven't seen you guys forever ! So glad to see you guys and your kids. Last time I saw ya on here, you were pregnant . So glad to see you all happy and doing well. Kiddos are adorable. Sweet blessings for your family. ❤❤❤❤ Arizona

[@dcshewrn]

Really missing you guys!!!! Would love an occasional update!

[@76jennmarrs]

Play and hold the roster everyday multiple times a day. Same with hens, makes them friendly and used to you. Goid luck!

[@lindaa1367]

I keep my chicks in a plastic kiddie pool that is enclosed with chicken wire. I keep in the livingroom so that the chicks get handled every day. We tamed the best rooster ever this way!

[@treasureandasong]

​@@lindaa1367i agree and then the smell is the clue that they go outside 🤣kids handling the brood makes for wonderful chickens!!!

[@deborahharmse7064]

I can’t believe how big the boys are getting. It’s so much fun watching them grow. (Like having children without the responsibility.😂😂😂

[@t-rozbenouameur5304]

Roosters are mean af. The hell I'd want to play with one

[@trina7274]

@@t-rozbenouameur5304 not all roosters are mean. We have 3 roo’s right now, all are wonderful!! I’ve never not one time had a problem with them. I hatched all 3 and handled them daily from hatch. I also let them “imprint” on me…. Meaning I’m the very first thing they see… other than their hatch mates… And….We have a new baby roo that’s a blue double laced barnevelder, he’s the son of our main blue barnevelder roo…. He’s 8 weeks old and incredibly affectionate and loving…. He literally hops on our shoulder when it’s feed and water time. He loves to be handled and loved on!! Sweetest little chick ever! Roosters need to be handled constantly when little….very, very important. They also need to know that you, as their keeper, are the Alpha… it’s when they aren’t handled enough, they become weary of humans… so they become the Alpha… they will think of you as competition every time they see you…. And they’ll try to dominate you. Recipe for disaster! I do know tho, that one “bad roo” experience will ruin a chicken keepers attitude for a lifetime towards roo’s. My mother is 87, she was brutally attacked at age 3 years old on my grandparents farm. She nearly died… Roos go for the neck on children…. I don’t know what my grandparents were thinking. I’d never have a young child near a roo as a precaution… those spurs when mature, can literally slice a child open from ear to ear. Even with friendly Roos like mine…. I’d never have a child alone with a rooster. Ever.

[@michaelastrouf8563]

It’s so cool how the keto lifestyle lends itself to homesteading… I started following 5 years ago for keto content, but now just moved to Missouri to be hopefully self sufficient!

[@lindaa1367]

Right!? Eating a healthy diet makes us realize how important quality food is for our health!

[@ASmith-jn7kf]

​@@lindaa1367healthy.lol.

[@biolbd]

You can fill up the white part of feeder to the top - no need to spoon into the holes, lol. Also, you can get a clamp for the lamp, so it won't fall into the brooder. Put the light to one end of the pen, so the chicks can go under it or get away from it if they get too hot.

[@bvtgamer5707]

Oh god i miss you guys so much i miss seeing the boys grow up i hope your family is doing great i watched you for years and looked forward to alot 💔

[@texasgina]

I haven't been on your channel for a little bit but goodness the boys are getting so big they are so adorable

[@Bee-of5xz]

I started keto watching your channel. I still look up your recipes from time to time. I’m happy that you are doing well in MI, my home state. Please keep us updated! We enjoy watching you!

[@Beatrizzzle]

I started following when I was keto and not keto anymore but still love these blogs, please upload more !

[@jessicamartin3995]

We need a new profile pic with both boys so fefe doesn’t end up with a complex 😄 watching you guys since 2017 and still my favorite “internet couple” Will always be rooting for you and your family 🎉

[@taniafuentez9588]

Awww, how precious 🐣🐣🐣 Love seeing your family thriving wherever you guys land. Full speed ahead!

[@redtillimdeadsmithsmith4437]

Wow boys have grown so Much! Love From Oklahoma guys❤

[@fldhkybnva]

Megha is hilarious. “They think chili pie is exotic food.”

[@oscarfarfan9693]

I follow you from 6 years already its been quite a while, but I enjoy your content as much as the first video I watched! I hope you all are alright and post a video soon! Its sad to see you all kind of gone:( thank you so much for ur content!!!

[@tarahspencernelson2844]

It’s sooo fun watching you guys living the country life and learning as you go. I live out in the country but have lived both worlds. Iltherw is definitely a learning curve to live on your own land doing your own thing it’s so fun. We miss you guys

[@cathylujan1809]

Great to see you guys and get an update!❤

[@BulldozerBilly]

Love when you post, thanks for sharing your accomplishments! ❤️

[@rhino47]

Love watching your family grow and adapt to life

[@rhino47]

Gang

[@rhondafigueroa4436]

Love this video and I thoroughly enjoy watching your family grow & interact. :)

[@camillemedina9920]

Always nice to see you guys

[@MommaFord]

We think about you guys and your family! We want to hear about how life in Michigan has changed you and what you guys decided to do as far as food goes and all those good things! We've moved so much in the past few years that we completely understand that you're trying to settle into life and a new groove!

[@juliee2451]

Would love to see an update. Miss seeing your beautiful family!

[@ny2phillyholloway592]

Loving the content and watching you learn as you go is inspiring. It's great the boys are learning through hands on experiences. Looking forward to watching how it progresses.🐤💖

[@sherryhedgecock]

love love love you guys! so much fun to watch!

[@juliethomas6137]

Adorable ! We are getting chicks next week for the first time and my husband is building the coop Also

[@ayemantra]

I'd love to see your full day of eating still, you guys make overall good choices and it;s always been helpful. I'm also no longer on my keto journey and have young kids so I feel like I've grown with ya'll lol

[@katherinej51679]

I’m so happy to see y’all doing new things! Followed y’all for keto in 2018 but this is so great.

[@maryae.2501]

I purchased a small animal heating pad on amazon for my baby chicks and it's great ! I don't have to worry about the heat lamp anymore. My babies love it and it keeps them warm . you can use it indoors and out of doors in the the coop house. Good luck on your venture. I've been raising chickens for a long time.

[@taraallen842]

We did the same thing! Learning to build, chickens, etc. moved to the country and you are so right living further out you definitely need to rely on yourself more and work with your neighbors more and have each others back. awesome content. What breeds of chickens? I love my chickens so much. Just beware because you’ll love them and want more and then the chicken math gets ya.... lol we added a couple Guineas and a goose last year too and this year getting more. It’s fun trying different breeds to see what works best for you. I love my goose and we’re getting goose eggs too now. It’s so flipping cool! Keep this stuff coming! I’d love to see how you build the run. That’s what we have to do. We are not the best builders. We are letting ours free range only but want a run eventually as well.

[@Beethechange1]

Hope you all are doing well.. blessings to your fam

[@aprilmclean9271]

Love it! Yall are doing great

[@eloisaaguero9962]

We need a video, see how you guys are doing ! I don’t think people care if you keto no more.

[@ButterflyVan]

Hey are you guys ok? I haven't seen any posts lately Hope all is good with the fam

[@kaylaking2018]

I would love to see what I eat in a day videos! Farm videos are neat too! You guys are awesome

[@Mk33164]

Wish yall would post more frequent updates! I really love seeing the updates! I feel like we had a very similar journey with keto (and then away from it). I watched your channel from nearly the first video recipe you posted. I just love you guys and felt like I knew you two. I’m sad that I don’t get to share the daily happenings with you guys anymore. Please consider posting a bit more frequently. Even if it’s a new channel!

[@justjen3216]

Can't believe how fast the boys have grown!! They are adorable ❤

[@primrozie]

oh my goodness the boys are adorable. You didn't make a mistake moving. You're all going to flourish in the country. I'm very thankful I'm rural. I used to live in a few different cities so I know the difference. One was North Hollywood, CA.

[@skateronblades]

I miss seeing you guys ❤❤❤ glad you got everything you manifested going for your dreams

[@lisaa3978]

Hey, you guys should watch Living Traditions Homestead. You’ll learn a ton and gain confidence as beginners. I have some name ideas for your chicks you can suggest to the boys… Princess Lay-a Zelda Peach Cherry Cinnamon Cookie Brownie Henrietta Eggatha Hennifer Lulu Jellybean Tootsie

[@95ireyna]

We miss you guys

[@karentaylor1972]

❤excellent project for the whole family love you all

[@craftykhomestead6347]

A tip for your brooder: you could make a small platform with mesh screen that is similar to the lid you made and put the feeder and waterer on it so that the chicks won’t scratch so much pine flakes and poop into the water. I’m not a OG chicken lady but I have learned a lot since I got my chicks in the spring of 2020. I started with 10 chicks that I thought were all pullets but ended up with one rooster mixed in. Now we have around 30 hens and roosters lol.

[@debbiedelahuerta3814]

I am so excited Matt. You are doing so good. Love your new videos. I am also kind of keto carnivore and plants. A little pasta and cheese jalapeño bread with butter. He he. Mehga you look fantastic ❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheKatina16]

Enjoying through you!

[@vivianalopez3487]

I love u guys!!!!! U kept my spirit up during covid!!!!!

[@dawngonzalez508]

I 💗baby chicks.

[@mariannebrowne7398]

Good luck with the baby chicks!

[@Chickymalmal]

Change the channel name and bring the content on! I am not keto anymore and just stumbled here to check in on how you guys are doing

[@lindaa1367]

I have had chickens for 4 years now. It is super important starting on day 3 to handle your baby chicks every day as they grow. Especially the rooster. It will make them friendly, and your rooster will not be aggressive. Pick them up gently and talk to them, pet them like a baby kitten.

[@maryendersbe6064]

Love you guys!!!!

[@jeannewallace7590]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Thanks guys!

[@angiegracie6954]

I built my own coop with 3 windows. It cost me a fortune!!! I hope you are good and just busy is why we haven’t had a video from you in months. 😢

[@jessicahelfrich4609]

Loooove this!! I love the direction your channel is going. Would still love to see your days of eating! ❤

[@christineciccone2201]

Where have you guys been? I miss you. I’m sure a lot of people do. Please give us an update on anything.

[@mariaolker]

Theo is a crack up! Definitely not lacking personality.

[@ima40schic]

also coming to say..hey! where are you guys?? I've been following you for years!!

[@1976mcfarlane]

My husband is just like Mathew. Always onto new hobbies or new projects. 😂 It's a good thing. We have a worm farm in our kitchen, chickens out back and big gardens. Take care guys

[@K8yscarlett]

Hope your family is well! I love this chick video..the boys are so cute. What a great time Theo holding the chicks. Great. Hope you are having a great farm life!

[@resaboutb.9566]

"See you later, alligator! After while, crocodile! Okey dokey, artichokey! Easy peasy, fresh and squeezy!" (Somebody stop me!) The chicks are as adorable as your boys! I'm not sure I could bear to eat an animal I've raised -- that's a farmin' culture that ain't in me!

[@Eddieszisland]

The farm life is awesome🙌🏼

[@dianeturner9955]

Love seeing your family and how you all are doing. You guys need to do an update video. Did you move from Atlanta? Are you now in Michigan?

[@sundoesshine8583]

3:35 leprechauns took my money pack... so that means it's you 😆

[@thesoulcourtesan]

Katherine Michelle raises Chickens on her Lifestyle channel if you reach out to her she can probably answer any questions you may have.

[@meanderingmama2926]

Homestead Connect I'd warch!!

[@peggyjohnson1848]

Wondered where you two were. Cute video. 💜

[@Brian_Gonzales]

These guys were such a huge help back when I started Keto and my weight loss journey lol i made so many of their recipes alongside headbanger kitchen i think his name was? idk i forgot but either way I just randomly though of you guys one day and decided to check out what you've been up to You guys have grown so much and have a beautiful family, im no longer keto but kept the weight off

[@terarenae]

Put the food and water up off the wood chips. Also, you can put little rocks in the water so they don't fall into water and drown. Also, watch for the hawks, opossums, fox, coyotes, and racoons!

[@dovessweetheart]

Welcome to farm life, we are there too in a small town. Raising meat bunnies, meat chickens, egg chickens and Nigerian dwarf goats for milk butter and cheese, garden is next spring as there is to much going on. Make sure to get a good watch dog something great with kids and animals, where we are cougars bears and so much more are the norm. Love you channel

[@olgajimenez3713]

Wow the boys are so big now! Love this kind of videos! The dog is beautiful, I dint see the cat! And I think the other dog is with someone else now? Don’t t remember. Anyways happy to see you are raising chicks and good.

[@treasureandasong]

They will be in your house eight weeks until you wake up with the awful smell and one of you says, can we put the chickens outside where they belong 😂🤣❤

[@christineciccone2201]

Yes. Not keto just lower carb. More healthy eating full day please. Recipies. Love all your content but I really enjoy the full day of eating. Gives me ideas on my health journey. Beautiful new home. Living your best life!!

[@davidthomas8366]

Enjoyed your video today . It’s going to be exciting to watch you grow into country bumpkins lol. Your Pup is a good looking St. Bernard perfect dog to raise with your boys. And to keep the varmints away from your chickens , praying for Jesus blessings on your family.

[@sundoesshine8583]

so...we're practicing!😆

[@diannboehm9877]

I've been homesteading for 24 years. Today's chickens rarely go broody. Because of the extreme domestication. The likelihood of one sitting eggs and raising more chickens is slim. When I got lucky, two bantam hens went broody. I bought fertilized eggs from a neighbor with a roo. I gave them 6 eggs each. I borrowed an incubator. They hatched 8 out of their dozen. I got 4. If you want to raise chickens for food, get an incubator. If you really want to raise food fast. Buy meat rabbits!

[@shelwyatt7203]

Please keep posting ☺️💕

[@Maria-Ortodoxa]

I hope you guys are okay.

[@jennifermazoch]

Full day of eating please

[@kellysmothers366]

How is the chicken project going? Miss you guys

[@donnasparrow4]

We need an update on the chicks

[@CarisaRae]

I have tips! Chickens natural diet is bugs and grass. So I do an organic feed plus, blk soldier fly larvae. Tip add herbs and FOOD GRADE DE into their food. Not too much! It's a natural dewormer! They'll never have worms :) also feed butter once a week.

[@JeniLamberto]

I hope we get a Keto Connect Silky in the future.

[@karronlaneNOLA]

ya'll ok? please check in. thanks.

[@carlapyron559]

I like the name Carla! (Biased!)

[@peachypiekeen635]

Boys growing up so fast! Check out Katherine Michelle's vlogs. She has at least 40 plus chickens besides her menagerie of other animals. She's knowledgeable funny and truly loves her feather and fur babies.

[@BulldozerBilly]

🎶 🎵 🎸 "Yeah, they've come to snuff the Rooster....... BUT HE AIN'T GONNA DIE!!!" - Alice in Chains

[@madelynex]

Poor Megha. _I_ hear you babe. ❤

[@katherinegriffin7911]

Hi guys..where you go too? Post some updates.

[@kellysmothers366]

How are you, the fam & the chicks doing? You are missed

[@steendful]

Everyday call the chicks yhen Feed the babies from your hand begore giving them their food,continue when they are outside.this will help them during their lifeand know if your calling them its important ❤️

[@SignsForSustenance]

Miss you!!!

[@ChameleonzDream]

Was wondering if you boiled water and put it in the soil first it helps kill things that can be in bagged soil you should watch acrehomestead she has a lot of helpful info on gardening. Also if you are worried about burning down the house with that light they have these warming plates that go right in the tub

[@Rroth140]

Where you been

[@davidthomas8366]

Miss you guys, hope your doing well

[@jenniferleigh3767]

How’s life been lately?! Miss you all. 😊

[@howaboutno2023]

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