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[@glenncollins294]

I think this would work during the summer months here. South west Louisiana. Thanks Glenn

[@torbjornlundaahl7974]

Beautiful environment, happy birds! -great farming -

[@akcorbel]

Congrats on the awesome microphone! Heard u loud and clear

[@Boxybox1]

Fashy Dad perfectly clear 👌🏽

[@seek2find]

Yay! Great explanations ( and great sound quality!)

[@davidacuna6708]

Thanks foto the vídeo, Richard. Could you tell ua more about which mix of grains you combine with the starter? do you add any additional vitamin and mineral balancer?

[@thetessellater9163]

You need to buy the book for that!

[@stevetaylor1904]

Very patient with people skills. I couldn’t do it. Nit wits😂 I live in the Philippines and I’m building a house. The communication and local education levels are killing me. We’re doing this on a tiny scale. Fifty to a tractor. We have a length of plastic plumbing pipe that hangs down on strings at ankle level to help nudge the stragglers along so that they don’t get crushed. I’m glad I found your channel. Thanks.

[@benribbans5129]

Maybe add a piece of timber in front of each wheel to 'move' the chicken before the wheel? Like a snow plough for chickens!

[@thetessellater9163]

Richard did suggest something like this, using corrugated plastic in front of the wheels, but it could make the people moving them complacent, and trap some birds feet!

[@torbengram3028]

Thank you very much for your videos Richard. I enjoy them a lot. Have a good weekend. Torben Gram, DK

[@farmregen9708]

Awesome concept to improve increase foraging and keeping the birds away from their waste. I have a suggestion Set the pens side by side instead of end to end. this way the birds and the pens only need to move one space instead of up to 4 sets. and if you have trouble with the wind moving the pens you can tie containers to the pens and fill them with water.

[@deinse82]

That would work on this field, but elsewhere he's doing silvopasture (rows of trees and other perrenials running through pasture). So, for the most part, there isn't enough space for four pens side by side.

[@Silvermaples_Chad.Rhodes]

Here is a suggestion on the watering piece. Instead of a single automatic waterer and manual waterers, use a hose that runs down the ridges of the pens like your hoop house with quick connect fittings (they look like air connections, but for hoses) that you can disconnect/connect at each pen for each movement thereby having water in each pen.

[@cat9626]

Sadly, this is the second video showing people placing the feed incorrectly. Richard, please get a small magnetized white board with some linear magnets, and show the class the entire logistics of fence moving/management & feed placement. After a quick demo on the board, then take them to the field and conduct your operations. This would allow complete comprehension of the logistics.

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Pretty simple stuff, unfortunately your suggestion may be useful

[@tomadd8165]

i'd be interested in seeing more of your watering system. you've talked in a video about using "quick release valves" and "gaz lines". is the cart we see at 4:05 what you're talking about? would like to see your quick release setup as well. is your main line buried to be frost resistant or do you empty it before winter?

[@JohnMarsing]

It looks like you were getting to the end of the pasture, so my question is how do your turn this "train" of pens? A video of that technique might be useful. Thanks for sharing, thumbs up.

[@deinse82]

I don't know much about trains, but I don't think they usually turn. On the return trip, the locomotive is just attached to the other end, and voila: the ass end is the front now. And I gotta assume the same principle applies here, except even easier, because the locomotive has legs.

[@mandshand8940]

John Marsing I think he's said previously that because they are so light they are easy to pickup and move over to the next row/section.

[@thetessellater9163]

@@deinse82 - they would then be on ground they'd just come off! You'd have to lift them across to the next strip then progress back up the hill.

[@ZEEALL]

Hi. Nice vide. Learned a lot. Did you ever thought of placing a goose with the chicks! They guard from aereal attacks and protect flock!

[@farmregen9708]

what material are you using for the roof? Seems to me chickens prefer a roof that blocks most of the sunlight.

[@wayfaringfarmer2724]

What part of “in the middle” is confusing... this makes me question getting interns

[@thetessellater9163]

It could mean just away from the edges? Maybe down a 'centre line of the pen' might have better explained it. Unclear instructions are most often at fault, not the person receiving them.

[@travishallgrimson9510]

@@thetessellater9163 in the middle is clear

[@davidbiewer8383]

Much respect to you and your operation. Wouldn't be where I am today with your content. I would love to do this pastured poultry concept but if I made $5 to $10 dollars (maybe 4 to 8 euros I believe) a bird processed and packaged I would be doing good. We have a very impoverished mindset in America about our food and our agriculture and farming practices.

[@thetessellater9163]

Britain too - cheapest food possible is the most popular, so wrong! First, grow the best possible quality food, then fix the price.

[@hindy014]

what kind of birds do you use? Where do you order them from? how often will you move that set up? how often do you feed them that grain?

[@frodehau]

Steve Hinderhofer He uses standard hybrids, moved and fed daily.

[@thetessellater9163]

You need to buy the Book! All info is there in full.

[@nordicresilience7449]

Anyone know if it's been mentioned in any of the videos what brand the "good" energizers are (the one's that are used for the layers fencing)?

[@beegratefulfarm6933]

Check out his new website tools www.thefarmerstools.com/pastured-layers.html

[@nordicresilience7449]

Not for sale yet, but will keep an eye on it. Thanks

[@ryanbrowne4374]

Premier 1 sells very good energizes. Netting too.

[@rossjones5333]

Can you share your chicken feed mixture it would be really interesting to know

[@forthegloryofthelord]

4:44 There we can see a guy with a chicken brain 😂

[@davidengstad9739]

Why not put a plow like thing in front of the wheels

[@Hato6]

It's funny how some people just can't follow simple instructions... :P

[@ZrubekFamily]

No kidding, saw another video where they were moving them with help from the class, and they did the same thing.

[@Hato6]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3KVhGCVetR4apI This? It's the same video!

[@clivefrancis3546]

Put it down the middle, and the guy carries on pouring off to the side.

[@davewygonowski984]

I was just going to say, why not add a plow / corrugated v chick pusher to help move them away from the wheel.

[@tomadd8165]

1000 birds under 4 12m2 roofs? that's 21 birds/m2 on average. more than twice the maximum legal density for industrial chicken here in france! quite impressive how tolerant these hybrid birds are... i doubt you'd be able to fit half as many chickens of any other breed without having massive pecking/canibalism. might try something like that next year (with a density that matches my context ;) ) do you think the sides of the salatin pens are still useful? why not get rid of them with something like justin rhodes meatshaw?

[@regenerativeagriculture]

They are never all under the roof unless it's a torrential storm. The calc's need to account for the whole pen....

[@fooddude9921]

Looks just like a CAFO - those birds can't turn around without running into each other.

[@mrThoreKarlsson]

Thees birds are bussy pecking the gras

[@tobyihli9470]

Sutrely he can afford a spare fence that he can use to make a new pen beside the pen to lead them into and roll the tractor into and then pick up the other fence. That’s the only way he can do it with one person. They really can’t afford the labor for three people.

[@PilgrimLad]

Is it just me or does anybody else think Richard Perkins and Noel Fielding sound alike?

[@Boxybox1]

PilgrimLad 😂 totally. Could just be the nature of their British accent.

[@darinmbicknell]

Repeat?

[@leedza]

€30 per bird? Man I love chicken, but wont catch me paying that kind of dough. More power to you though.

[@thetessellater9163]

Sweden is a high cost of living country, but what price quality food. Supermarket product doesn't compare, except on price !

[@leedza]

@@thetessellater9163 I understand it's expensive however seems a but excessive which ever way I look at it, in the UK I can get a standard factory bird for £3.50, free range starts from £4.50 and organic you looking at £8-10... Chicken would definitely be a luxury at 3 times the cost of the most expensive supermarket bird.

[@TheJamesRedwood]

Thirty Euros per bird? Huge price!

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Less than organic birds in store here; it's Sweden!

[@TheJamesRedwood]

Wow. We pay around NZ$10 per kilo here, so $14-$20 for "barn raised" - about 100 Krona, to $26 or 150 Krona for the best organic, true free range. Our median income is about 87% of Sweden's. Is chicken a luxury food there?

[@mrThoreKarlsson]

@@TheJamesRedwood No its medium cheep food , Meat and Vegetable are more expensive, depending if you want quality food. Ofcurce if i by chicken in a supermarket ill pay about 5-7 euro/kilo for some cheep soya feed chicken

[@PeterSedesse]

as soon as he turned his back on the interns, they started dumping at the wrong spot..

[@mrThoreKarlsson]

HeHeHe

[@Ghhyuttgg]

I mean seriously, who pays 30 euro for a chicken?

[@regenerativeagriculture]

Anyone in Sweden who eats Organic dude

[@ZrubekFamily]

Whats the average weight of your chickens?

[@heckyes]

Could it be sold any cheaper and still be worth while to you as the farmer?

[@deinse82]

Some facts about Sweden: 1. the average monthly salary is 2,100 euros. 2. a latte costs 6 euros at Starbucks So, assuming chicken is the main ingredient in your dish, there are about 10 portions in a whole chicken, and your healthy, nutritious dinner will cost less than your morning latte. Which is beyond reasonable. I imagine most Swedes would choose to pay that price, if they fully understood the difference between these chickens and the ones you buy for 10 euros. Even if you don't make the national average salary, or you live in a less wealthy country, you're still better off giving up luxuries like Starbucks, restaurant food, etc., and opting for the quality of food that is a necessity to preserve your health.

[@frodehau]

I think these also weigh more than the standard chicken.

[@buddingnaturalist]

Wow. It's like these 'interns' didn't watch a single Ridgedale video before arriving on the farm.. Stressful watching them mess about as if they're half asleep. How can people be so careless with life animals running around.. gah.

[@tammcd]

Duh!

[@fooddude9921]

Can you pack those birds in any tighter - this is nothing more than a CAFO. Regenerative - I don't think so.

[@thetessellater9163]

Explain CAFO? The Regeneration is with the soil.