RAISING MEAT CHICKENS FROM DAY 1 - HOMESTEADING FAMILY

[@raincoast9010]

Good thing it says "Baby Chicks" on the boxes, i never would have guessed what was in there... ha ha ha. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@iztherelife1340]

Lol. Probably best it says that on my shipment since they’re no doubt dead by now. Wherever they are. PO can’t get them to us. They hatched on 27th and today is 2nd. Gggrrrr

[@843andyville.5]

Pretty sure the chirping would give it away.

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[@rummysworld7531]

As someone whos raised a few batches of birds you did a thorough job. Only thing i would add is the heat lamps have potential to be a fire hazard and as a cautious person i would secure them with wire not twine. Not only could you lose all your birds but also the building. Be well.

[@rbnhd1976]

Yep my nephew lost a dog house due to heat lamp. The dog got out.

[@--press]

More than anything...Love to see the children involved 👍👍👍

[@OurTranquilTimes]

Watching the kids help, so gentle and loving, amazing, thank you!

[@Nico-os9sr]

yeah they really love them, even after death lmao

[@kellygillis8779]

Don’t get discouraged if a few die. Natural selection or set up needs improvement. I get 35 chicks and usually loose 1or 2 within the 1st few weeks. Occasionally none. Happy farming everyone 👋

[@TacDyne]

We were losing 4 a week. Adults too. I thought they had gotten into a feed bin the kids didn't close properly and were eating themselves to death. Turned out to be a Gila monster lol. Idiot ex roommate killed it instead of relocating it like he claimed.

[@Nico-os9sr]

farming? are you out of your mind?

[@millertime4993]

We always used a kiddie pool as our initial brood space.

[@missflite74]

Your concern and kindness for these 'meat' birds has convinced me that I can raise them as well as layers! Thank you! You are the best channel I've ever found to get started with homesteading! :)

[@HomesteadingFamily]

Wonderful!

[@darktruth8013]

Of all the homestead channels I'm subscribed to, this is absolutely my favorite!

[@Ale-hg6lf]

Thank you. I shared it on Twitter. Very good job explaining step by step. Peace love light to you and your families hearts. All praise and great glory to our father in heaven. Amen.

[@philly2x]

We used to raise chickens when I was a kid. None of them ended up cooked and on our table. Instead, they all ended up with names and some of them lived 20 ish years 😂

[@Bobcagon]

Thank you for taking the time to produce this. It’s great we have this sharing platform to help us learn. You have done a great job with this information.

[@HomesteadingFamily]

Glad it was helpful!

[@christiankrippler9162]

I've used pine needles for bedding. Its free from my yard and no chance of dust from wood chips.

[@greenlady43]

Curious little critters! Drinking and pecking at the grass. Good luck

[@oldman9215]

I see a few right in your water tray. We put a formed ring piece of 1/2” soft copper tubing into the trough to prevent them from getting wet for the first week.

[@nicoleheppner4397]

Rachel looks so much like her momma in this video! I love it!! Xoxo homesteading family!

[@oldschool9746]

you should run the ropes for the lights to the outside so that you can adjust them without stepping inside!

[@rodandstafffarm8298]

We got our meat chick last week and my wife's ready to get rid of them. We got about 100. She just got finished saying "No one has that many."

[@littlewillowhomestead113]

It’s worth it once you hv that meat in the freezer.. it’s a lot of hard work though I just did 125 and am doing 50 right now.. lots were for customers

[@rodandstafffarm8298]

We have a huge freezer completely full of chicken. We have about twenty eggs in the incubator that are of the same breed.

[@ucalledmecrazy2]

@@littlewillowhomestead113 how hard was it for you to establish customers?

[@LowHangingFruitForest]

All you need to grow crickets is heat, wood chips and water. You could start growing crickets soon before the chicks arrive.

[@ejsgarage]

Great video, it reminds me of my childhood. My dad had a chicken farm when I was little, many of childhood photos were basically me eating fried chickens. I miss playing with the chicks.

[@martinsand1768]

I just watched this for entertainment. This felt like a documentary almost, the guy in the video (didn’t catch his name) he is very good at showing and teaching in a simple manner. This makes it real interesting, good work!

[@marshaclark694]

I agreed with everything you said except grass clippings. I lost a biddie once by feeding grass. He tried to swallow but could not break it off. He choked to death on it.

[@belieftransformation]

Wonderful tutorial; thanks for sharing! Great children you have; my grandchildren are now mostly grown but hopefully will have more in our family someday! 🤗❤️🇨🇦

[@victorenecahill9840]

Thank you for the information. I started to add a little bit of apple cider vinegar and I find it helps with pasty but.

[@richardbidinger2577]

That hatchery you deal with is obviously a good company. Not many places will add in a few extras just in case. Fantastic information. I was considering getting a handful of chickens (maybe 15 - 20), but this video made me realize how woefully unprepared I am for this.

[@lindanewman4121]

my cat really started looking around trying to find the birds when they were chirping as you were picking them up from the P.O.!

[@joeh4295]

One very important item you missed. Chicks can be carriers of anbacteria called Campylobacter, it's related to Salmonella. Hand washing is an absolute must. I would be extremely hesitant to allow young children to handle them.

[@YvonneLarsen]

all their children live with livestock. Just like a pool, and teaching a toddler to swim as a safety precaution, you teach from birth safety and good habits on a farm. Hesitancy is born of fear and I am sorry for any child raised on a farm that is not allowed to experience young spring life.

[@JERRYR708]

Government would like us all living in fear and hesitant to do or learn anything to rely solely on them. I love the freedom of danger and chance to make my own way.

[@pattifoote1714]

Our Jumbo Cornish Cross Chicks come on the 13 of July. This will be our second time growing them. They were awesome the first time two summers ago. The first time we got 10 from Murray McMurray Hatchery by way of Ag Way. This time we ordered from the hatchery and are getting 15. Thanks Josh for the brush up on getting ready.

[@mikeplaysit]

In my experience the only time they are at risk of smothering each other is if they are overcrowded, you're scaring them or herding them, or if they are too cold... We usually have our brood chambers in the chickenhouses at about 90-95 degrees tops. And usually we drop it a degree per day about but these I'm talking about are the quick growing commercial type, where they are at about 6-7lbs in 5-6 weeks. So ideally raised chickens will grow a lot slower and healthier and will likely need to be warmer longer.

[@odafjm5]

So cute! Thanks for the intro to chick's and how to get started! Have been wanting to get started, but it's been a long time since I've seen how it's done. Thank-you for your well prepared lesson! Your babies are adorable as well!

[@rebeccamercer4160]

Thank you! God bless!

[@carolyncallahan8928]

Thank you this video has helped me and just in time, our first shipment of meat chickens will be here middle of July. Can't wait for next video! Once again thank you

[@valh9858]

Great video as always. I hope get meat chickens next year. Looking forward to seeing more. Thank you

[@mcdc101201]

Thank you for this great info!!

[@joeh4295]

We add some electrolyte solution to the water as soon as we get them on day 1, maybe day 2. We collect the manure and the shavings to spread to on the corn in the garden. All that nitrogen rich manure is fantastic for corn!

[@lucretiawrolstad3997]

Great information! Thank you so much. I would never have known to add grit and greens to a baby chicks diet

[@aprilstar3572]

Thank you so very much for this great tutorial , I feel like I can do this now. God Bless .

[@brentmckee5111]

Excellent advice and very well presented. 👍🏻

[@HomesteadingFamily]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michelebehm9865]

Add Oregano oil to water, natural antibiotics

[@nacholibre1962]

An excellent video. Very informative. Well done and thank you! About to start homesteading myself and am subscribing to your channel!

[@JacksonClan11]

I really want to raise some of these, but I don't have a place to brood that many. I would love to do 52 and have a chicken a week to eat all year. Last fall I did 10 Cornish crosses and even with just those 10 I had to clean the brooder daily.

[@thepitpatrol]

Three words for the best quality chick's anywhere. MURRAY MCMURRAY HATCHERY. You can thank me later.

[@neutronpixie6106]

Learned something new today...A chicken's life cycle both starts and ends under a heat lamp.

[@Neu_HopeFarmstead]

I am doing my first round of cornish crosses. I am not going to say I will never do them again and they are for food...but they are freaks of nature. I call them Frankenstein chickens. Yes, cost effective and all of that but I feel like it's some violation of nature. 👍🤯

[@cliffordcrear6981]

Great video! Homesteading is my dream! Thanks

[@brightstarr57]

Very informative video...looking forward to updates!

[@nickjohnson410]

Meat Chickens is a great name for a punk band

[@lilolmecj]

I am half terrified to order meat birds, concerned about the logistics of dressing out a lot over a few days. I have had good results with my egg layers.

[@ewakraft5770]

Thank u so mutch for showing us. So much great information. I cant wait for the next❣😍

[@lamindarboe4590]

Am excited and your video have thought me a lot i now know why i have more mortality in my first time

[@justlittleolme7977]

This is probably a silly question but the delivery box appears to have some right-angle corners (though the outside corners have different angles). How do they not pile up and trample any chicks in those corners?

[@whitebowtie187]

I absolutely love that the kid are all barefoot.

[@forced4motorsports]

Loved the vid, thanks. I was a little apprehensive about adding grit and grass too quickly so this helped answer that question. I really don't like heat lamps but I guess with 50-100 chicks there really isn't a better or economical choice. I use the heat plate brooders on 4 legs. The one I have is good for up to 20, but I cycle small batch for meat and egg layer replacements ATM.

[@lindavpanek]

Do you get male or female chicks? Also do you get them vaccinated for Marek's? Thank you!

[@rebeccamercer4160]

Do you have trouble with snakes getting in the barn?

[@hansstrydom-yd9bu]

Absolute fantastic video. What you did not say from first day how high the heat lambs must be from ground level. And for how many days during stages. However, good video and thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Appreciate. Fourways. Sandton. South Africa.

[@thelittlelearningfarm622]

We are getting our second installment of meat chicks in August. I have an acre of bare dirt that I would love to put some grass or some kind of seeds down so I can run the chickens there. Any suggestions as to what to grow? Clover or a kind of grass maybe?

[@thesmiths629]

I bought a $10 bag of "throw and grow" deer food plot seed mix from the sporting section at Walmart. Now I have tons of clover growing all over my place.

[@leaholson1169]

What feed do you give your meat chickens, what about your egg laying ladies? I remember hearing it on a different video but I can’t find it now. Thank you!

[@ItsMe-jh3ze]

Great video. Miss Carolyn.

[@toniblacketter3148]

Great information. Thank you!!

[@barbaradougherty9481]

awesome video! I want to come live with you all. lol

[@kerryrimildi2320]

Ausom love every thing you do

[@theheritagehousesc]

Great video! I only add a slash of apple cider vinegar to their water and on the first couple days a dap of molasses. Other than that, birds are pretty resilient.

[@tc5963]

What does the vinegar and molasses do

Great video, we are new to chickens.. so exciting !!

[@marleenkerri2408]

Do you order your chicks vaccinated for Marek's? I hear so many differing opinions on this, and I'd love to know your thoughts. This was a great video!

[@fishhooks100]

AwesOme and very informative video! Much appreciated!

[@nacholibre1962]

If the chicks need all that care and heat, etc., at the homestead, how do they survive three days travelling in those boxes?

[@jamest2168]

Awesome video!

[@bonecrusher1812]

Great vid,helped a lot,wish I had great farm...

[@iztherelife1340]

Our post office is a disgrace. They’ve killed two shipments of 30 each now. We’re looking for hatcheries we can drive to.

[@jtcox8364]

How much feed do you go through with 100 birds?

[@loisjones4765]

adorable 😊

[@notyourfriend8755]

My first thought was there going to jump up the walls and slide down in between the plywood and the studs

[@rachaeloverman7848]

There's no way they can jump that high.b

[@darrellroeters4951]

Didn’t mention all the security needed from all the varmits or predators. Will the heat lamps start the wood chips on fire?

[@papalog08]

I was kind of wondering about that with the newspaper. I know they aren’t that hot, but newspaper is pretty flammable

[@ziauddin7948]

beautiful day old chicks # the drinker space should be narrow so that chicks can only get their head in & drink water & do not enter in water & contaminate it # ❤️🇵🇰

[@merryprewitt1002]

Oh My Goodness!!! It is amazing how your girls look so much like their mother! Thank you so much for sharing you have such a beautiful family and My family, and I love watching all of your videos! God Bless you guys and the chickies are amazing!!! Love this video so much!!!!

[@Berelore]

Picking up chicks has never been easier.

[@308dad8]

So why do you like the Rangers more than the Cornish crosses? I found last time I raised some that they aren’t really ready at 8-12 weeks, mine took 16-20 weeks to be worth the effort of butchering them and I didn’t have a lot of freezer space so I let half my first flock stay with my laying flock and they got BIG. So huge legs looked more like turkey legs and very large breasts, feeding them whatever was least expensive and when I could talk the local produce stand out of their trash I would throw that in there, they are a lot of corn, mostly cracked then whole deer corn didn’t seem to bother anything. I want to do it again, and maybe with Cornish crosses maybe half and half, maybe half Cornish cross and half ranger if they have a good reason to try them out.

[@vickilea7051]

Last week I called tractor supply and they said they got a double shipment in they have over 600 baby chicks not sure the kind . Does that make anyone nervous

[@GreenBench49]

This was sooo helpful! Thank you

[@littlewillowhomestead113]

Did you mean probiotic/electrolytes? Not antibiotics??

[@work2gather]

I haven't seen baby chicks in forever. I loved watching you put them from crate into the roost. Also loved all the great details in case I ever get to raise some. I think 100 seems like a great way to create a percentage record. My idea is finding out how many you need to make sure you have a profit after all the costs to raise to market. Do you have any good ideas on that?

[@FoxtrotYouniform]

Great, now I've got "Little Deuce Coupe" stuck in my head, but with "brood coop" inserted

[@robertgibson5819]

Just found your site. I cant find part 2

[@petergambino2129]

does the wind bother new chicks?

[@mellucas2634]

If they have been travelling for 3days, have they not eaten for tht amount of time also?

[@rockymntdan1]

Try raising pigeons instead or in addition to chickens. Probably have to wait for second or third generation on a good diet before they are good enough to eat. It's what people used to eat before they commercialized chickens. What the French call squab.

[@j_toledo419]

Cool video 👍

[@Lexicommonzero]

Make sure to plant them at the proper depth otherwise your chicken bushes won't blossom

[@airgunsfreedom700ssp3]

Using baling twine above a heat source does not seem safe to me. Chain would be a much safer choice.

[@robertreynolds6725]

Hmmmm very interesting 🤔

[@genocanabicea5779]

Can you put a hen in with them like a mom?

[@bettyjoelauper]

Typically you want a broody hen otherwise older hens will peck at chick's

[@stephon4661]

😳I take my hat off to you two for homesteading and raising 9 children. Ya'll put the Waltons to shame.....the Walton's ain't got nothing on ya'll!

[@peternicoletti1480]

Can you do it so it's a revolving source of meat ?

[@cleancutslawncare]

How long does it take from day 1 to harvest ?

[@joshtreibley4640]

Cornish cross 8 weeks 8lbs.

[@bobby_greene]

When you're dipping their beaks in water, make sure to call each one nerd

[@brettwhiteMusicFan]

Do you leave the heat lamp on 24hrs a day?

[@bettyjoelauper]

Yes when they're babies til they feather out you can wean off heat lamp

[@mrcharrington1]

Wonderful and informative. Thanks.

[@donnap587]

Where did that cute little red head come from?

[@brettemarcum3645]

How big is your brooder?

[@richgetz]

YOu didn't list the hatchery you use??