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Why You SHOULDN'T Buy Free Range Eggs? Are You Kidding me!

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Self Sufficient Me

Self Sufficient Me

Күн бұрын

In this video, I debunk the claim that free-range chicken egg farming is bad. And give a counter-argument to a recently published article that states "reasons" why you shouldn't buy free-range eggs.
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@penthesilliaas
@penthesilliaas 4 жыл бұрын
If they preferred the indoors, they would stay in the coop when you open the door ffs
@mj6463
@mj6463 4 жыл бұрын
penthesilliaas like fr
@dragonlordskater5028
@dragonlordskater5028 4 жыл бұрын
True
@richarddesbiens796
@richarddesbiens796 4 жыл бұрын
It amount to what I said , my chickens would stay inside , but in day time they inspect all 9 acres of my homestead they come in coop to lay eggs and at dusk for the neight . Ad to fence them in now because new neighbour . Planning chicken tractor ...
@brankoangrove2031
@brankoangrove2031 4 жыл бұрын
true dat
@TR1GG3RED
@TR1GG3RED 4 жыл бұрын
The only reason chickens like tight spaces is because acts as a shelter from predators especially as they are vulnerable while laying eggs and sleeping. No different to any other bird really.
@donnagagne3813
@donnagagne3813 3 жыл бұрын
The way my girls run out of the barn when the door opens tells me all I need to know.
@paulbouffard3449
@paulbouffard3449 3 жыл бұрын
Yep I can hear them scratching at the door when I'm trying to unlock it in the morning
@moniquevandeplas5210
@moniquevandeplas5210 3 жыл бұрын
and this is why experience always counts more than theory!
@istvanberta1908
@istvanberta1908 3 жыл бұрын
What youhave.. Nunnery??
@njrasmussen5515
@njrasmussen5515 3 жыл бұрын
Mine too we have one named Sophia she sprints out of the poop runs up to the porch and cross underneath the barbecue to lay her eggs 😂 and then we got our fussy fuzzy Faverolles they will be so loud that if you don't let them out they'll keep your butt awake until you get up and let them out even though they're not the smartest they are pretty fun. I got a mixed Asian black with something cuz she's red but came with their Asian blacks Ruby fat girl but she's really Lowe on the picking order and that supposed me...
@istvanberta1908
@istvanberta1908 3 жыл бұрын
@@njrasmussen5515 make a place inside the poop(big enough, food variety,retire box-high)make them content foradayortwo. Sure you have fun now.....
@viabell1428
@viabell1428 Жыл бұрын
Hi Mark - Just FYI, in America, cage-free can still mean thousands of chickens sitting squished together in barns but just without cages. Free-range just means that there has to be an opening, but if you are a chicken that has been scrunched together since they were born. The chickens may never go outside, but as long as they have an opening and the "opportunity" to go out, they can be called "free-range" here. To ensure chickens have actually been able to live outside, eating bugs and such, you want "pasture-raised." So in the US, there is a lot of misunderstanding and, quite frankly, misrepresentation from the big growers here. Via
@aliciaspears7847
@aliciaspears7847 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for agreeing light on the issue. I was just about to look up what is the technical meaning of the labels they slap on egg cartons here in the US
@aliciaspears7847
@aliciaspears7847 7 ай бұрын
Shedding light*
@johntheherbalistg8756
@johntheherbalistg8756 2 жыл бұрын
The only chickens I've ever met that preferred to stay indoors were brooding or injured. While they prefer to sleep in tight spaces, I've not seen anything suggesting they want that during the day. In fact, everything I've seen suggests the opposite
@juergenholscher6735
@juergenholscher6735 Жыл бұрын
From my experiencew many vets are scum. They just look at animals as a source of big earning potential. And the Veterinary Surgeons Board is stacked with Freemason scum.
@weknow.2304
@weknow.2304 4 жыл бұрын
As a NYer who raised chickens, it sounds like a few large cage-farmers paid someone to manufacture this story. Obviously you're 100% correct!!!
@Andruth34
@Andruth34 4 жыл бұрын
The article was sponsored by Big Egg!
@Jason-iz6ob
@Jason-iz6ob 4 жыл бұрын
Facts
@suzanneauclair1507
@suzanneauclair1507 3 жыл бұрын
Fellow NY farmer. Chickens elected to stay outside during the day, inside at night... by choice. Kinda says something, eh?
@klyanadkmorr
@klyanadkmorr 3 жыл бұрын
Mega millionaire farmer owning CAFO warehoused chickens losing $ from local goods & changing farm methods they don't want to goto.
@scritoph3368
@scritoph3368 3 жыл бұрын
@@Andruth34 funny cause battery eggs are so shitty and small.
@emmabruffy7492
@emmabruffy7492 3 жыл бұрын
My coop is air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter, yet my chickens STILL would rather be outside free ranging having the time of their lives.
@jimtaylor3525
@jimtaylor3525 2 жыл бұрын
Love the episode, and you hit the nail on the head. I'm sure if you follow the money it leads back to the factory farms and their losses due to more ethical farming.
@murphychurch8251
@murphychurch8251 2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the chicken trailers that we increasingly see in Germany. A trailer functioning as a coop with a ramp for the girls to get in and out. The trailer gets moved to different places every now and then and an electric fence is put around, surrounding a wide enough area. When the chickens are "done" with a place, i.e. the ground starts looking a bit empty from the hens picking bugs, grass etc it's time to move the trailer. It always makes me smile when I see the happy hens.
@igitahimsa5871
@igitahimsa5871 2 жыл бұрын
@Murphy Church Yep, sounds like Joel Salatin's "Chicken Tractor". God Bless us all
@dennishinckley6326
@dennishinckley6326 5 жыл бұрын
Remember when the tobacco companies said smoking was harmless. Just about the money.
@CaptainPupu
@CaptainPupu 5 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I just checked it. I cant believe it. American cigarettes doesn't have those warnings. Holy moly.... The European union has voted that all cigarette brand should print with big letters the dangers of it. Maybe you guys should follow.
@CaptainPupu
@CaptainPupu 5 жыл бұрын
@@joselaw6669 the last thing we need is more druggies. And I don't know why you think Marijuana and hashish is the same as a cigarette?
@AksenowtCc
@AksenowtCc 4 жыл бұрын
Why do you say that? Dont you think it was ignorance in the 19th century?
@daddyosink4413
@daddyosink4413 4 жыл бұрын
"Camels are recommended by 8 out of 10 doctors"..... that was an actually print ad at one point.
@reverendfry6088
@reverendfry6088 4 жыл бұрын
Tegrity Farms remembers.
@creatureselfie
@creatureselfie 4 жыл бұрын
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." Thomas Jefferson Chicken owner, Probably.
@firearmsstudent
@firearmsstudent 4 жыл бұрын
@Skodaman2 This point was not lost on them and the people of that day. They were made freedmen and women upon his death.
@firearmsstudent
@firearmsstudent 4 жыл бұрын
Was just going to write this
@jamesharrison6201
@jamesharrison6201 4 жыл бұрын
Definitely a farmer
@nunyabeezaxe2030
@nunyabeezaxe2030 4 жыл бұрын
​@Skodaman2 If you read his letters he does say that he tried in legislator of his state and later in the federal government to get it abolished, but failed. Though when he was president Thomas Paine and others tried to get him to abolish it the South after the Louisiana Purchase and Jefferson said no. He feared an event akin to the Haitian Revolution would go down, and the loss of the sugar trade, too. Jefferson died a cuck and Paine a depressed drunkard. And we waged a war in the end that spilled more blood than any black rebellion would have. Paine > Jefferson
@lukapopovic6668
@lukapopovic6668 4 жыл бұрын
😄
@williamhoskins7944
@williamhoskins7944 2 жыл бұрын
I am the owner of The Homesteaders Workshop and I just stumbled upon this video you shared. Your presentation here was spot on my friend and I not only learned some points from you but also felt and understood your compassion and desire to reach others in your delivery. Well done and simply will said sir. Thank you for your time invested and sharing in something that most unfortunately take for granted. As a new subscriber I look forward to enjoying more of your operation and insightful content. Great Job brotha 😏👍
@wmichaelh29
@wmichaelh29 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video; it raises some questions for me. Here in the U.S. what qualifies as free range is uncertain to the buyer whether they're even aware. Like how much open, outside area is available to them. Could be a quarter acre for 2 thousand hens. Could be less or more. I know the color yolk of a true free range chicken but I've bought eggs that say free range that I know are not true free range. In my opinion if that yolk is pale yellow it's not true free range. Thanks to you for getting this information out.
@theronfarrer8974
@theronfarrer8974 3 жыл бұрын
When I open my coop door in the morning it's like black friday at Walmart.
@jodybundrant9386
@jodybundrant9386 3 жыл бұрын
I'll bet it is! 🤣😅😂
@mark2ui
@mark2ui 3 жыл бұрын
Black Friday haha love it
@David7pm
@David7pm 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307
@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 3 жыл бұрын
You expecting fox propaganda network to be telling the truth and not pushing their agenda?
@rozannaedwro934
@rozannaedwro934 3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@tjwarburton
@tjwarburton 3 жыл бұрын
Chickens get bored when stuck indoors. The chickens my family had only went into their house for night roosting, inclement weather, avoiding predators and to lay eggs. Otherwise they were nowhere near it. They loved dust baths in the sunshine.
@RequiemPoete
@RequiemPoete 3 жыл бұрын
I mean, like any animal complex enough to have personalities, I'm sure you get the occasional introverted chicken, but that's probably like cats that like the water, or rabbits that like to be picked up. It's a very small number of the whole.
@Me16768
@Me16768 3 жыл бұрын
Media Lies.
@Me16768
@Me16768 3 жыл бұрын
Some people don’t like going outdoors so we should all live in little prisons.
@christinewilson1538
@christinewilson1538 2 жыл бұрын
I live in the UK and after watching this I looked at the packet of eggs that I always buy and to my shock, in very small writing it says 'caged birds'. I remember reading a very long time ago that caged birds were illegal in the UK - obviously that was fake news. I now will check every single box of eggs that I buy. The cage bird industry must be desperate to put something like this out - which is good because it proves they will soon go out of business
@donnabrooks1173
@donnabrooks1173 Жыл бұрын
The sooner the better.
@jamesc9327
@jamesc9327 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your videos Sir. You are right to the point when it comes to bringing to light the idiots who talk about keeping chickens in tiny cages and not letting them run free the way they are supposed to. 👍👍👍👍👍✌✌✌✌✌
@alisskanetos1229
@alisskanetos1229 5 жыл бұрын
I believe journalists like that should be kept in tiny cells....so they don't harm sane people
@howsit70
@howsit70 5 жыл бұрын
AMEN!!!!!
@jaibusby673
@jaibusby673 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I would rather eat eggs from a chemically sustained chicken than getting their protein from natural sources which is why I take antibiotics just incase I get more sick
@Saviliana
@Saviliana 5 жыл бұрын
What you mean is prisons, and I fully approve that idea.
@PaveMentman
@PaveMentman 5 жыл бұрын
--- I for one also am all in favour of keeping away dangerous weapons out of hands of fools. So let's sure they won't be able to keep their typewriters while relocating them into these tiny cells. --- ---
@goobobble1
@goobobble1 5 жыл бұрын
and chicken dung thrown at them periodically.
@rodneywelch3556
@rodneywelch3556 3 жыл бұрын
At one time we owned a large rooster who was very attentive to his hens. I watched him do one deep cluck and suddenly all the hens were in a hurry to get into the henhouse while he remained outside. He had spotted a hawk circling the area about 200 feet above. He was the knight staying to slay the dragon that threatened his maidens. Chickens are outdoors creatures, they are natural bug killers and soil tillers. May they ever roam free!!❤️
@blackhawkmg3722
@blackhawkmg3722 3 жыл бұрын
That's why I have a rooster... he is an asshole but... he protects his hens... and they listen... he's killed an owl.. a hawk or two even
@paulbouffard3449
@paulbouffard3449 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh I saw that happen the other day! The exact same thing, it was so crazy to watch
@janicep1508
@janicep1508 3 жыл бұрын
Great story!!! I had a rooster mean as heck. I never saw it as a virtue until I read your post.
@mokana713
@mokana713 3 жыл бұрын
@@blackhawkmg3722 My first chicken when I was a kid was a neighbor's rooster that wondered into our yard. They had a lot and never realized he was missing but he wasnt really friendly and didn't let you get close. Later, some dogs attacked him and he looked like he was going to die. I took him inside and cleaned him up and cared for him. When he was fully healed, he became the sweetest friendliest bird. I could walk over and pick him up and hed squeeze through the dog door to go into our garage. Loved that rooster.
@dionnedunsmore9996
@dionnedunsmore9996 3 жыл бұрын
Ohh he sounds cool!! 😁
@arctica7170
@arctica7170 2 жыл бұрын
On point, Mark. Nicely put. It's not for nothing we use the saying 'cooped up' as a description of the uncomfortable situation of being inside (in a small space) for too long... Your arguments could easily be applied to any farm animal. The way most farm animals are kept and treated nowadays is downright torture.
@user-ps9sc8hy2y
@user-ps9sc8hy2y 7 ай бұрын
They are not just happier, they are healthier. I keep chickens so I know they aren't full of antibiotics etc. Love your channel
@BlueDragon-vm1bt
@BlueDragon-vm1bt 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who's had backyard chickens for almost a decade now, I can confirm that they hate being kept inside. I have to keep them in sometimes to treat them when they get sick and they always hate it and try to escape. I can't believe this is even a question.
@doloresreynolds8145
@doloresreynolds8145 3 жыл бұрын
Me either. My chickens would stay outside, even to their own detriment at times (weather, predators).
@bugman7579
@bugman7579 3 жыл бұрын
I love how he starts the videos w/ letting the chickens out lol.
@horsecrazy4978
@horsecrazy4978 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Our birds absolutely hate snow because it means their feet get cold and they have to stay inside more often during the winter.
@sihTdaeRtnaCuoY
@sihTdaeRtnaCuoY 3 жыл бұрын
It's not a question. This is naked propaganda. Deliberately misrepresenting reality.
@katewizer2736
@katewizer2736 3 жыл бұрын
They're pandering to the big agri-business companies.
@johnfitbyfaithnet
@johnfitbyfaithnet 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@mr.x2567
@mr.x2567 3 жыл бұрын
It’s called Astroturfing
@sergioduarte9263
@sergioduarte9263 3 жыл бұрын
The great reset
@Nope22119
@Nope22119 3 жыл бұрын
yup. weird how a lot of people in the comments seem to think this is "liberal fake news" or something, when it's actually big agri-business who obviously benefits from articles like this, and conservative politicians pander to them even more than liberal politicians do
@zhippidydoodah
@zhippidydoodah 3 жыл бұрын
UK was killing people's chickens. Physically going to homes where people had egg chickens or pet chickens and gassing the birds. :(
@matthewlswanson
@matthewlswanson Жыл бұрын
When he asked whether the chickens would rather be cooped up in their coops or take the risk to roam free all I could think about was the government forcing people to stay in their homes "for their own welfare"
@kitchfacepalm
@kitchfacepalm 2 жыл бұрын
Swap the exclamation mark and the question mark in the title, please. Stop messing with my mind! 😂That said, I completely agree with you. What utter bollocks! Caged “anything” is not as happy/fulfilled/relaxed/contented as anything with the freedom to choose its level of mobility. A free range hen that is a bit agoraphobe can CHOOSE to stay close to its roosting box while all its flock friends go for a scratch and strut around the yard, whereas one that is caged MUST stay in its hen pecked, mobility constricting, cage without choice. How anyone can come out with such utter shite is beyond me! I like you very much. Lord knows why you appeared in my suggested, but I’m glad you did. All the very best.
@RVJimD
@RVJimD 4 жыл бұрын
I was talking to a chicken just the other day and it told me how chickens don’t even like the Internet!
@pjstar2009
@pjstar2009 3 жыл бұрын
And they do not like to be eaten either
@timarigirl32
@timarigirl32 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@lolazal1
@lolazal1 3 жыл бұрын
🎂
@katewizer2736
@katewizer2736 3 жыл бұрын
🤔😏😉😃😄😊😅
@howzit9397
@howzit9397 3 жыл бұрын
Ask them how’s employment at KFC, Popeyes, Jollibee’s and Churches!!
@toter-drache
@toter-drache 5 жыл бұрын
I stopped carrying cages when i take my walks in the woods , The animals would crowd around me and fight (sometimes to the death) for a cage to be locked into.
@2eleven48
@2eleven48 5 жыл бұрын
Tot Dranche....I don't understand. Why were you carrying cages when you took your walks in the woods? Excuse me, but what a weird and creepy comment.
@richardeckel2714
@richardeckel2714 5 жыл бұрын
@@2eleven48 Your sarcasm detector appears to be broken.
@funniful
@funniful 5 жыл бұрын
Richard Eckel bwahahaha!
@funniful
@funniful 5 жыл бұрын
2eleven48 you’re excused.
@funniful
@funniful 5 жыл бұрын
Lol 😆! Funny!
@johnnellliftee9119
@johnnellliftee9119 2 жыл бұрын
Its good that you addressed this issue. Not everyone grew up with their food supply running around happily in their natural habitat state. The happier, the healthier. I rather enjoy your contents and am looking forward to putting your garden tips to use. I would like to have my own chickens for laying eggs. But I moved from Hawaii to Washington state. Big difference. I do enjoy ducks from a distance here, as we live by a water slough where ducks often hang out. Like always, thank you for your videos.
@trishcooley5810
@trishcooley5810 2 жыл бұрын
I also have a cat run for my kitty, Penelope. It’s a long plastic covered laundry line with a pulley. It’s so nice to bring my indoor kitty outside when me & my Pom, Skylar, are outside in our yard. My home is near a highway & I can’t risk letting her be an indoor/outdoor cat running free. She seems happy & the 1 time she escaped, she kept within the boundary of her cat run until she was ready to come in.
@freetobeadhd1165
@freetobeadhd1165 5 жыл бұрын
I have chickens. They have a coop, a run, and a large backyard. If they preferred the coop and small run, why do my chickens FLY OUT OF THE DOOR to free range in the backyard every morning??? Answer me THAT, Daily Mail UK! 😂
@martintranslations9883
@martintranslations9883 5 жыл бұрын
Your chickens do everything they do because they are biological machines driven by their instinct. They do not have the mental capacity to be happy or sad, that's just you anthropomorphizing them.
@LadyAtara
@LadyAtara 5 жыл бұрын
@@martintranslations9883 Maybe my chickens are more intelligent than yours. They certainly are happier given choice.
@denisl2760
@denisl2760 5 жыл бұрын
@@martintranslations9883 Even a chicken brain is much more complex than any machines and AI we have today. I don't think we have enough knowledge about neurology to definitely say that a chicken wouldn't have its own version of "happy" or "sad". What we can say is that free range chickens are almost always in much better health.
@animalobsessed1
@animalobsessed1 5 жыл бұрын
@@martintranslations9883 Humans are also driven by instinct. How many humans do you see resisting the instinct to reproduce, socialize, or eat sweet things? Being driven by instinct and having emotions are not mutually exclusive. In fact, emotions ARE instincts by themselves, designed to motivate animals to seek out beneficial situations.
@readhistory2023
@readhistory2023 5 жыл бұрын
​@@martintranslations9883 They're dumb for sure, but we have no idea if they're happy or not because they're not exactly great about filling out questionaires. If you hear a vet saying a wild animal doesn't like the outdoors you may not want take your animals to that vet. He's a idiot.
@lissette80
@lissette80 5 жыл бұрын
Those poor chickens look really unhappy roaming around Mark! How dare you let them out😄
@tonyaltobello6885
@tonyaltobello6885 5 жыл бұрын
Lol ur funny!🤣
@purcelllash7177
@purcelllash7177 5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Terminator4000
@Terminator4000 5 жыл бұрын
Just outrageous 😂
@MrDragonUTube
@MrDragonUTube 5 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha haaa!!! Yes, they really look like they are unhappy roaming around where ever they want.
@littledragon3094
@littledragon3094 5 жыл бұрын
How Does He Dare lol
@rosederstepanian3547
@rosederstepanian3547 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for separating the real truth from the fake lies regarding chickens 🐔🐔🐔 and their care. We try to buy free-range when available. We are looking into keeping a few. Should we set-up a large cage/fenced off area with top too because sometimes there are hawks flying in our city. Is it true that chickens like to eat marigolds and this produces more golden/yellow yolks? Love your program. Your garden inspires us. THANK YOU for your down-to-Earth method of teaching. You make it FUN and ENCOURAGING. GOD BLESS YOU !!!
@teds8747
@teds8747 Жыл бұрын
I have probably commented on this video before, but this is my 3rd/4th time watching it... I have a few chickens/turkeys both for eggs and meat. I enjoy this video because it gives me some comfort that I am not the only one who knows the birds are happier with more space, even some human interaction creates a noticeable difference in the birds. I feed mine a lot of veggies from the garden. They can see me in the garden harvesting, and they all get excited for the treat they are about to receive.
@jamesmccreery250
@jamesmccreery250 3 жыл бұрын
"Some chickens don't like going out doors". If that was true, chickens wouldn't leave the coup.
@RequiemPoete
@RequiemPoete 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure there's a small, small minority of chickens that prefer to stay in the coup, but that's like cats that like water, or rabbits that enjoy being picked up. It happens but very rare.
@joshua.merrill
@joshua.merrill 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, those "some chickens" are called broody hens. I wouldn't doubt they're including those so that they can say "Some chickens actually prefer to be indoors."
@sabin97
@sabin97 3 жыл бұрын
@@joshua.merrill when they use weasel words like "some"(which could mean 1 in 100,000,000) you know they are trying to deceive you. if they were honest they would tell you the percentage of chickens who prefer the indoors, which as someone who has observed chicken roaming free and being caged, i would venture guess is a tiny percentage.
@vincetravis8701
@vincetravis8701 3 жыл бұрын
Out of years of dealing with chickens, I only met one hen who genuinely didn't like leaving the coop/straying far from the coop. Then again, she only started being that way after she was chased by a loose dog.
@yolandaray6862
@yolandaray6862 3 жыл бұрын
Before we domesticated chickens, where did they live again? Sometimes stupid amazes me.
@sigridkingma961
@sigridkingma961 3 жыл бұрын
Before we domesticated chickens, they were called dinosaur 🙃
@terrywereb7639
@terrywereb7639 2 жыл бұрын
Chickens are almost equatorial in their original habitats.. they have adapted very well to our northern climates..some even reduced comb sizes and added feathers to their legs.
@mathgasm8484
@mathgasm8484 2 жыл бұрын
They lived in tropical forests I believe.
@sandybeach6399
@sandybeach6399 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you 100%. Ony greedy people would agree with this ridiculous article. They are so lazy that they don't care about the welfare of the chickens. I would always buy free-range eggs before. Now I get my eggs from a friend who has chickens. They get good feed, get to roam, and it's all organic eggs. Great job on this topic. This topic needs to be brought to light. Love your videos. You have an absolutely beautiful yard.
@BethOvertonCPMmidwife
@BethOvertonCPMmidwife 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I agree 100%. I've been following you for sometime now and really appreciate your channel. We live in a city in Texas and do what we can in our backyard, gardening, have chickens and quail. We dream of moving to more space someday but it's amazing what can be done even in small places. Thanks again, for all you share. I enjoy it amd always learn something.
@AngreeBadger
@AngreeBadger 5 жыл бұрын
If they liked closed boxes so much, then why are they always crossing roads?
@edgeofthedanklord2263
@edgeofthedanklord2263 5 жыл бұрын
To get to the cage on the other side ofc
@aaronguerra6341
@aaronguerra6341 5 жыл бұрын
Thomas Johnston I’m dead af lol
@johnferguson3026
@johnferguson3026 5 жыл бұрын
Ha! Ha! Ha! 😬👍
@jeffwells641
@jeffwells641 5 жыл бұрын
Chickens cross the road because everyone loves a good suicide joke.
@jwenting
@jwenting 5 жыл бұрын
they are desperate to jump into the holds of trucks, obviously.
@MrNosajwhitey
@MrNosajwhitey 3 жыл бұрын
You totally forgot to mention that free range eggs are usually tastier cause of chickens getting more variety in their diet yolks r richer and not so pale
@sabin97
@sabin97 3 жыл бұрын
i've noticed that as well. they get a better diet and a lot of regular exercise. have you looked at the fat of a free-range chicken? it's a very bright and full yellow. the fat of a supermarket chicken is transparent......
@cortd5273
@cortd5273 3 жыл бұрын
An also the shell is thicker as well. It take a big tap to crack the shell open. Cage eggs are so thin take if I tap to hard. The egg falls apart.
@SwissMissss
@SwissMissss 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@EliF-ge5bu
@EliF-ge5bu 3 жыл бұрын
CBC has done a test on all kinds of egg and the conclusion reached is that nutritionally, free range eggs are not better than the conventional ones.
@sabin97
@sabin97 3 жыл бұрын
@@EliF-ge5bu i found a study from usa that says free-range eggs have more monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats. and also more omega-3. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21673178/ not only are they tastier, but they seem to be healthier as well....
@stevesamoffgridsmallholdin5378
@stevesamoffgridsmallholdin5378 2 жыл бұрын
My partner & I are from Britain we enjoy your videos great to see someone’s awake.
@naomimurphy9299
@naomimurphy9299 Жыл бұрын
I used to have a little poultry farm completely free range, I would buy battery hens for very little and fill my car as much as possible without them suffocating each other, the moment I got them home they got covered with lice powder and it would take these poor girls sometimes over a week to learn how to walk and up to 3 months to grow their feathers back, they laid massive eggs and I would sell them as rescues for $2.50 each, I did it for a couple of years and it was very rewarding thums up to ya mate love your channel and learning so much every episode thank you!!!
@naomimurphy9299
@naomimurphy9299 Жыл бұрын
Also if you add sunflower seeds and cracked corn during winter they'll keep laying almost as well as the warmer months
@valaudae1809
@valaudae1809 4 жыл бұрын
Billy Connolly told the story, in a little paperback, of when he lived with his family by Loch Lomond in Scotland. He already had a few free range hens and he received some ex-battery hens that had been destined for the chop. They were in poor condition with many feathers missing and seemed bewildered and afraid of their new open space home. It took a few days but they gradually got the idea of scratching and foraging for insects, dust bathing and awakening all the charming (to us) instincts that had been dormant in their heretofore existence. There is no question where they were happier.
@hhiippiittyy
@hhiippiittyy 4 жыл бұрын
It can be stressful and anxiety inducing for prisoners to encounter freedom. Doesn't mean the transition isn't worth the destination.
@tallyhorizzla3330
@tallyhorizzla3330 4 жыл бұрын
We had a couple of ex battery hens and they loved being outside in the backyard.The down side to that was you could find eggs literally anywhere and not know how old they were,so we rarely ate any of their eggs. They decided when to get up in the morning and put themselves to bed at night. We had cats too and the chooks wouldn't take any crap from them,sent them packing if they got too close. The funny thing is they let a feral cat sleep in their coop at night which surprised us when we found out.
@MS-zb6gr
@MS-zb6gr 3 жыл бұрын
@@tallyhorizzla3330 so much for there instincts ! I mean allowing the cats in there coop and allowing them to forage there eggs. But anyway I prefer my backyard chickens !
@ValirAmaril
@ValirAmaril 3 жыл бұрын
Good man Bill Connolly
@noraelkin2727
@noraelkin2727 3 жыл бұрын
I've raised chickens for 37 years. Yeah, you're spot on! That article is a load of wet chicken manure!
@thatbird2
@thatbird2 2 жыл бұрын
With you all the way, mate. When I kept chooks, we had a deal. They laid me an egg or two in the mornings and when this was done, they came out and foraged wherever they pleased, in the garden for the rest of the day. Also, my girls had their rooster to keep them happy. The only times they needed human supervision was when the strawberries were in fruit, and one would herd them around the yard with a bamboo pole.
@ef5842
@ef5842 2 жыл бұрын
This was a good compassionate talk on this topic of free range chickens. I saw a "short KZbin video of a goat protecting a chicken attack by a hawk. Chickens are aware of such attacks and react to help out also. But a journalist who has to get a story out to get paid does so for that
@lolazal1
@lolazal1 3 жыл бұрын
Q: What are their real motives? A: they've been paid by the "battery hen" industry to rubbish free range chicken industry 😉
@angelbear_og
@angelbear_og 3 жыл бұрын
Bingo.
@georgiarasmussen8343
@georgiarasmussen8343 3 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that right-wing-industry-factory-farm-money-worshipping-anti-nature-types have their own type of religion. No matter what their profession, they will defend the practice that will brings them the fastest RTOI, no matter how false the rhetoric.
@angelbear_og
@angelbear_og 3 жыл бұрын
@Scott Robinson More like the NWO cabal that's running the world, including the U.S.
@angelbear_og
@angelbear_og 3 жыл бұрын
@Scott Robinson No. I mean the NWO. Grabblers in general.
@angelbear_og
@angelbear_og 3 жыл бұрын
@Scott Robinson Sure, some. I'm more concerned with the fact that they are serving Satan, regardless of whatever "lineage" they may claim to be descended from.
@NazTheGreat
@NazTheGreat 5 жыл бұрын
That's why you shouldn't watch the Daily Mail! .... Or any other MSM
@banquet___
@banquet___ 5 жыл бұрын
Or anything really.
@musiclover-tf6fu
@musiclover-tf6fu 5 жыл бұрын
*NazTheGreat ... That's unfortunate because the Daily Mail in Britain....is a very honest and upfront newspaper❗️*
@NazTheGreat
@NazTheGreat 5 жыл бұрын
@@musiclover-tf6fu I hope that was sarcasm
@CharlesCarabott
@CharlesCarabott 5 жыл бұрын
@@musiclover-tf6fu your idea of honesty is very strange if you think the daily mail is an honest newspaper
@Papershire
@Papershire 5 жыл бұрын
@@musiclover-tf6fu What?! The british one is also horsehit.
@sweetandmagical
@sweetandmagical 2 жыл бұрын
What a horrible , irresponsible article ugh 😣 I have had the displeasure of having to work briefly at Woodlands years ago , and I have taken in rescue battery caged chickens , no feathers , didn’t even know they could stand up to their full height . Their condition was sickening , the battery caged egg industry is sickeningly cruel !
@vishsara
@vishsara 10 ай бұрын
Good explanation. It's same as some people don't exercise and never go out of home. Free range chickens are stress free , always good .
@thehumblepeach9018
@thehumblepeach9018 5 жыл бұрын
I feel sad that you have to explain and debunk such a ridiculous article. The factory egg companies probably sponsored and paid for that article
@deedeehaugen4373
@deedeehaugen4373 5 жыл бұрын
@@Ali-pb6jb I buy from a friend that has hens and they are raised and fed right.
@rybelknap
@rybelknap 5 жыл бұрын
@@Ali-pb6jb I raise my own because of that. Free range here they are still in barns and dont go outside.
@nzzenith
@nzzenith 5 жыл бұрын
Traci Scheelk whatever desert dweller.
@rdizzy1
@rdizzy1 5 жыл бұрын
@@Ali-pb6jb You are talking about cage free, not free range. USDA requires any farmers that label products as free range to have unfettered access to the outdoors. Cage free, however can just mean they aren't jammed in a cage, and can be just kept in a barn forever. This is why you've seen some states force them to label these as "barn roam". www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/food-labeling/meat-and-poultry-labeling-terms/meat-and-poultry-labeling-terms/!ut/p/a1/jZFRT8IwEMc_zR673hyS4duyxMCUTUKUshfTuVvXuLVLWyT46R0aTCQg9J569_vn7v5HC8poofiHFNxJrXi7_xfjV1jAOJgkkOaT4B5m2csif0gSiJa3A7D-B8jCK_VnXgyX9OkVDW7MPJkLWvTcNUSqWlMm0BGu7BaNpazWuiKW1-h2pOZvjtgG0R0KLS-xlUpQ1iHfqyrS603rzO63RByazl4GVrT4Oy4EQ8yycDmaplkI-egYOOHnD3DesMER0ery-3jrWJVhNKxusEaDxt-YId0419s7DzxA5W_lu-yxktzXRnhwStRo6yg7ZmnfPbPPx3gK8qlbRTb-AuIQOWg!/#4 Now that doesn't mean that all farms follow the rules, but it is that way for any rules or regulations. At the very least, even being packed in a barn while being able to wander is still slightly better than stuffed in a cage. Progress will always continue, and eventually battery farms will be gone, and the next battle will be to move over to a pasture raised type situation. The main issue is price as well, I can buy a 3 dozen pack of normal battery farmed eggs for 2.70 (90 cents a dozen), while the cheapest actual verified free range eggs (here in my local area of the US) I can buy are 4.00 a dozen.
@rdizzy1
@rdizzy1 5 жыл бұрын
@@Ali-pb6jb I mean that is US law that if they are labelled free range they have to have access to the outdoors inherently (IE-be able to move freely from indoors to outdoors). The fact that some farms break said law/regulation/rule and aren't getting caught is largely irrelevant overall (to this specific conversation), like most rules/laws, most people follow them, some people don't. There are plenty of farms that label free range and sell to grocery stores that are actually completely following the laws and are totally fine. On top of that, I have never once seen a single egg carton, anywhere that was labelled as "pasture raised" to begin with (here in NY).
@masonkoller8962
@masonkoller8962 5 жыл бұрын
That “top vet” was probably paid to say what he did. The food companies have a lot of money and can get people to say whatever they want
@shinaykahnshin3766
@shinaykahnshin3766 5 жыл бұрын
His surname is Adolf.
@danfishhound857
@danfishhound857 5 жыл бұрын
It was probably statements taking out of context. I've noticed with my chickens they like to be in one corner of the coop all perched together when they do go in for the night. So chickens may prefer confined areas when they can't see anything as they are blind in the dark.
@claytonmccormick7506
@claytonmccormick7506 5 жыл бұрын
@misa smith add the banks are fair and no one would jack the price on medicine just to make a bigger profit:-)
@nuuwnhuus
@nuuwnhuus 5 жыл бұрын
Looked into it a bit further, he says that they like to be in small groups under leaf cover and that battery cages are of course horrible. He states that they'd probably prefer a barn where they have shade and walking space over walking in a meadow. It's a bit more nuanced, I think letting the chickens decide whether they want to be inside or outside and offering them some leaf cover is probably what you should take away from all of this.
@sergerijkenberg7470
@sergerijkenberg7470 5 жыл бұрын
@@nuuwnhuus Yeah the second part of the title of that news item was the only honest part, the rest was all gross misrepresenting what that vet said. People are really disgusting when for money they spread complete lies like that
@lars2894
@lars2894 9 ай бұрын
I justed wanted to say, thank you for this video. We need voices like this in the current food market.
@samappleby1297
@samappleby1297 2 жыл бұрын
There are always lies. The problem is a lack of wisdom and thinking. Thanks for fighting this one. Love your show.
@theresakelly1915
@theresakelly1915 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that when you open the pen and all the chickens run outside settles the matter as to what chickens want and need! When night falls they naturally go back into the pen because they know there is danger in the dark.
@spidertager
@spidertager 3 жыл бұрын
Just like in minecraft
@msad860
@msad860 3 жыл бұрын
@@spidertager precisely
@StacyO31
@StacyO31 3 жыл бұрын
Smells like somebody got a whole lot of $$$ to make that kind of stand. And lots of people will believe it because someone “credible” said it.
@forpetessake3532
@forpetessake3532 3 жыл бұрын
Where O Where did COMMON SENSE go !
@jasmineryce217
@jasmineryce217 3 жыл бұрын
When you’re bombarded with propaganda at every turn, it’s sometimes hard to know what the truth is. It’s sad, and it should not be legal to publicly make such false and absurd statements.
@haseebejazmusic9125
@haseebejazmusic9125 3 жыл бұрын
You ask them who said it and they reply the Daily Mail with a straight face.
@lizmclean5342
@lizmclean5342 3 жыл бұрын
Or just plain stupid
@manonYm1
@manonYm1 3 жыл бұрын
people who think this clowns are credible deserve to get rekt!
@TheAnnestube
@TheAnnestube 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this heartfelt message, and so wonderful to see your beautiful hens roaming freely - it is so obvious they're happy and healthy.
@williammccoy9854
@williammccoy9854 Жыл бұрын
This article really ruffled Mark's feathers. Lol. Good info. I'm looking at getting into raising chickens in the next few months. I've really enjoyed your videos...
@Mulberrysmile
@Mulberrysmile 4 жыл бұрын
My hens actually don’t love being out in a wide open field away from cover; they do like having tall grass to hide in, shrubs to sleep under, and deep shade during the heat of the day. In fact one would be hard put to even find them when it’s nap time. That is *not at all* to say they would prefer being locked up in a place they can barely move, or even never go outside. They wait at the door to be let out every morning. I don’t let them out when we have rainy days in winter and when the rain stops and I open their door, man, you best get out of the way, lol! It’s a full frontal chicken assault which includes ground and air forces! They know the rain has driven yummy bugs up out of the soil. And they know that because they LOVE to free range!
@angelinebrasier9882
@angelinebrasier9882 4 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean. Mine do that too.
@isaacsurvival6873
@isaacsurvival6873 4 жыл бұрын
The news media is all about the clicks and nothing about telling the truth
@sjakierulez
@sjakierulez 4 жыл бұрын
@@Catsarecool2023 *eaten
@Mulberrysmile
@Mulberrysmile 4 жыл бұрын
Bogdan Bogdan Are you stupid? Did anything I say indicate my home is a freaking hatchery? My hens and 2 roosters came from private breeders. I rehomed the roosters that were excess because they actually harm one another and overbred the hens causing them injury, too. The two roosters I have remaining are brothers who hatched together and they don’t fight each other. You know NOTHING about reality. Roosters will gouge another’s eyes out, and even murder another rooster. They are not kind, thoughtful, sweet, caring people. They are animals driven by their hormones to dominate and win. Some will also attack humans, including children. They will go for children’s eyes, just like they will to their competition within a flock. And those sweet little clucking hens will peck another hen to death and eat it. Nature is NOT sweet little kittens and puppies...it is violent and harsh, painful and cruel. Have you ever eaten another being as it screams? That is the natural world, hon. My little flock is balanced and nurtured...they have food and water and a safe place to escape bad weather, lay their eggs, and sleep. In the daytime they have their freedom to roam a huge area and live happily. When I walk down the hill, the whole flock runs to greet me, and goes happily into their coop for the night. They have a livestock guardian dog to deter predators that would eat them alive. Kiss my butt, you ignorant fool.
@Ith4qua
@Ith4qua 4 жыл бұрын
@@Mulberrysmile i think you missed his point, he was talking about how, in industrial hatcheries and egg farms, battery hens are killed when their egg production slows, and how they toss male chicks into a grinder shortly after they're hatched
@annieb1794
@annieb1794 4 жыл бұрын
I actually laughed out loud when you said that free-ranging chickens on the freeway can be devastating to the chickens. I raised chickens for about 10 years. As far as I could tell they were deliriously happy. The only one that liked being inside was the broody one setting on the eggs. And she was as happy as a momma chicken could be.
@DawnieGTheBeekeeper
@DawnieGTheBeekeeper 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, that made me laugh as well
@johnfitbyfaithnet
@johnfitbyfaithnet 3 жыл бұрын
Same!
@happycamper9421
@happycamper9421 3 жыл бұрын
Ditto.
@michellegrovak
@michellegrovak 3 жыл бұрын
Me, too
@steveevans1841
@steveevans1841 2 жыл бұрын
Mark, I would agree with you on a lot of the things you said, free-range farming is a better choice when you have the land like you, and I have. I am 72 years young and have seen a lot of changes in farming over the past years, some good and some bad. I have subscribed to your channel, I was born on a dairy farm near Murgon, lived awhile near Sydney, and retired on a farm near Lismore, guess I have been around for one or two years. That item does seem to have a lot of “fake news” proper gander; however, you should not do the same. 3:23, the cage in a well-run caged egg farm is not as you described. 10:54 again a well run “barn style” farm for raising chooks especially for meat is nowhere like what you described… Note! I said, well run; and most of the ones I have seen, are. Those that were not, the farmers should be…. Whatever you think. I have listened to Vets argue on both sides of the fence and have come to my own conclusions, Chooks have natural instincts, they are not like humans, they don’t think outside their world. If the hens are healthy, in good condition, seem contented and well-fed in whatever environment they are in, that is all that matters.
@zeezlouiz33
@zeezlouiz33 3 жыл бұрын
This was really smart and well informed. Thanks for speaking out against Daily Mail LOL!
@chubbywuss
@chubbywuss 3 жыл бұрын
Needed this today. I lost a hen to a hawk attack today, and I was questioning myself for free ranging the girls and May be I should just do a run but you reminded me the reason I free ranged to begin with, I wanted them to love their life and to be happy and they are. They free range all day, the coop is always accessible and they opt to forage the yard, even though her life was shorter than expected, it was the best life
@blackhawkmg3722
@blackhawkmg3722 3 жыл бұрын
If possible... in your area raise a rooster. They will fight the owls and hawks.. and warn your girls to get them undercover
@lynnhicks997
@lynnhicks997 3 жыл бұрын
Or get a dog in the coop.
@vote4anna
@vote4anna 3 жыл бұрын
Once upon a time, we had two backyard hens, and an Australian Shepherd dog that was smarter than most humans. If a hawk flew overhead, the two hens ran to the Australian Shepherd dog and stayed close. The dog stood at attention and stared at the hawk, daring it come closer. Those two hens ate every bug and earwig in the yard. They were great.
@sabin97
@sabin97 3 жыл бұрын
if chickens were large enough to hunt humans, they would be terrifying. i've seen them hunt. they are savage.
@marybeyiard8271
@marybeyiard8271 3 жыл бұрын
Has zero to do with what's being said but a family farm n Alabama cog hill family farm on utube has an emu an chickens goats turkey's pig 🐖few other things an peacocks 🦚the male turkey an peacock were fighting n the emu went between them an stopped them fighting idk it was just cute he was making them behave that emu nuggets his name they raised him n their house from a tiny baby till he was ready to go outside n live hes the sweetheart of emus so cute
@jaycole5353
@jaycole5353 3 жыл бұрын
@@sabin97 wouldn't they, same goes for ants 😱
@empirepolice8313
@empirepolice8313 3 жыл бұрын
Chickens are very voracious and have no mercy
@sabin97
@sabin97 3 жыл бұрын
@@empirepolice8313 i've seen chickens who were born together. were kept with more than enough space and more than enough food, just peck each other to death. brother against brother, for literally no reason as they all had more food than they could eat and more water than they could drink and a lot of space.
@aliciaalfonso5486
@aliciaalfonso5486 2 жыл бұрын
It feels so good to know you are on it! Thanks for being you!
@skytrip5273
@skytrip5273 Жыл бұрын
The government doesn't want people being self sufficient .
@brianbutcher7409
@brianbutcher7409 3 жыл бұрын
I love listening to people who have common sense, it does not seem to be that common anymore. Great video sir.
@TX_b
@TX_b 3 жыл бұрын
The term should now be called *uncommon* sense
@leeprochazka5420
@leeprochazka5420 3 жыл бұрын
That's THE understatement.
@LL-vj5yp
@LL-vj5yp 3 жыл бұрын
We had chickens when I was growing up . Our chickens could go in and out at will.. I’ve honestly never seen one chicken not want to go out.
@nosmallo
@nosmallo 3 жыл бұрын
Mine are a bit reluctant when it's chilly outside, although I can't say I blame them. I'm the same, I don't want to get out of bed when it's cold, they just poke their heads out and have a quick graze on the ground outside. The rest of the time, they happily come out of the coop.
@ethanheyne
@ethanheyne 3 жыл бұрын
@@nosmallo Yep, ours never volunteered to go out in snow, even if it was just enough to turn the ground white. But the rest of the year, they would exit-seek if we hadn't opened their protected pen.
@donaldmcbride8586
@donaldmcbride8586 Жыл бұрын
We are in Manitoba, Canada. we have semi free range chickens that make their own choice in the mornings when the door opens. They usually go out, unless its too cold.
@mariaa6918
@mariaa6918 Жыл бұрын
Excellent. So glad you called this out.....love your garden. Regards from Ireland
@willyrinofficial
@willyrinofficial 3 жыл бұрын
"Sold out to the devil of clickbait..." Best line so far at 2:02
@janpenland3686
@janpenland3686 5 жыл бұрын
Big Agra doesn't like losing that 13% of sales. Too bad it's not 100%. Give me my free range eggs any day. Much Love
@JonasRaphaelKallasch
@JonasRaphaelKallasch 5 жыл бұрын
Where do you think the free range eggs in the supermarket come from? "Big agra" doesn't care, they sell you both.
@IJurman123
@IJurman123 5 жыл бұрын
@Desiree Silva not in free range keeping
@janpenland3686
@janpenland3686 5 жыл бұрын
@@JonasRaphaelKallasch I raise my own free range chickens. Big Agra has nothing what so ever to do with them.
@hexane8
@hexane8 2 жыл бұрын
Your birds look happy ! How we treat our fellow animals means a lot.
@TheRelger
@TheRelger Жыл бұрын
Not only is free range better for chickens the eggs are much healthier for you. The shells are much harder and the flavour of the eggs are better. In Canada we don’t get free range year round but I always buy from local producers who are free Fra gong their birds.
@Uzukunoichi
@Uzukunoichi 5 жыл бұрын
Research shows some people don't like going outdoors! Dailymail: Let's lock them in cages.
@BeardALaCarte
@BeardALaCarte 5 жыл бұрын
bahahaahhaha
@rosesmith6208
@rosesmith6208 3 жыл бұрын
beleive it or not I have a couple of friends who hate to go outside very much, but they dont call such people happy but rather disturbed it is even called a mental disorder (forget the actual name) they are fearful of being out of their own yard however small it may be, in fact one friend her husband has to go grocery shopping another she wont drive a car and I believe she has a license, she hates crowds, it is very difficult for her but they dont call this well contented and happy people but rather suffering some kind of disablity. so much for being happier ina cage thing.
@forenamesurname6147
@forenamesurname6147 3 жыл бұрын
The real survey is when you open the coop for them in the morning - do you have to drag them out scratching and screeching?
@mala3isity
@mala3isity 3 жыл бұрын
"I don't care what you want! You WILL go outside! No, a few minutes isn't going to make me happy at ALL. You won't lay if I make you go out? Fine, you just bought yourself all day outside." ;)
@johnfitbyfaithnet
@johnfitbyfaithnet 3 жыл бұрын
Funny but true
@adriennedunne1748
@adriennedunne1748 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@adriennedunne1748
@adriennedunne1748 3 жыл бұрын
@@mala3isity 😅😆
@Metqa
@Metqa 3 жыл бұрын
@@mala3isity But do they have little Chicken X-box and Chicken Playstations in their Coop? Then I could believe it! Take away their Chicken Cola, Chicken Cheetos, and Chicken Gaming and maybe they'll get bored and leave the Coop! *From the perspective of a Gamer Wannabe! LOL Don't Judge Me!!! I buy pasture raised eggs when I can.
@loneeagle6127
@loneeagle6127 2 жыл бұрын
You are exactly right. North Carolina and Virginia chickens go in and out of their coop. Eggs are richer. Chicken smells like chicken. Love your videos. So informational. I am watching you so I can grow my garden here in Virginia, USA. Must visit you in Australia.
@cecilhunter8820
@cecilhunter8820 Жыл бұрын
I totally agree with everything you said. I would like to see tip's on how to keep your chickens out of your garden. My chickens leveled my garden. Like they were billy goats.
@Mrfreshpoptarts
@Mrfreshpoptarts 5 жыл бұрын
My chickens cant wait to get out of their coop when i let them out. I literally cant get out of the way fast enough
@harrybarber3255
@harrybarber3255 5 жыл бұрын
Erwin C. J. Schrödinger Spiel vicious little bastards got murdering to do
@bethetruth6428
@bethetruth6428 5 жыл бұрын
rip Here lies Erwin Schrodinger" Mowed down in his prime, By a flock of Chookies whom were Rushing to get to the Outdoors because they Hate being Free in Nature where they belong and feel at home ! yah ;-p
@randomdude4669
@randomdude4669 5 жыл бұрын
Im pretty sure all chickens do that
@randomdude4669
@randomdude4669 5 жыл бұрын
Except those who prefer to be caged all day and be used as an egg machine
@Proudmoms
@Proudmoms 5 жыл бұрын
🏃🐔🏃
@palipali4264
@palipali4264 3 жыл бұрын
That is ludicrous. Our chickens love roaming around and eating fresh veg, grass, fruits, bugs, etc. Their eggs are AMAZING. That article is an outright, evil lie.
@justayoutuber1906
@justayoutuber1906 2 жыл бұрын
The taste isn't any different. They have had blind taste tests and there is no noticeable difference.
@palipali4264
@palipali4264 2 жыл бұрын
@@justayoutuber1906 there is a difference in how they cook and taste. I don't know who "they" are; but the free-range eggs are creamier and do not have as eggy a taste. But maybe that is more related to the store eggs being older.
@meanqkie2240
@meanqkie2240 2 жыл бұрын
@@justayoutuber1906 lol. I have backyard chickens in the country. The eggs look and taste different. Pastured eggs are deeper orange in color, and taste wonderful. Cage eggs taste like wet feed smells!
@beachykeen2082
@beachykeen2082 2 жыл бұрын
@@justayoutuber1906 We moved to the country and out of the burbs a year ago. We now buy our eggs from our neighbor who has free range chickens. I for one can say there is a hugh difference in appearance, texture and taste. Our neighbors eggs have a deep, rich, golden yolk and the taste is amazing! The eggs from the store to me now look sickly compared to our free range eggs. There really is a BIG difference!
@ivoivic2448
@ivoivic2448 2 жыл бұрын
@@justayoutuber1906 great display of ignorance. I guess you believed the article mentioned int he vid.
@hege4318
@hege4318 Жыл бұрын
I completely agree. Back when I studied farming at high school we went to a large chicken farm and they all lived free range inside. Several 1000 of them. In fear of diseases we had to disinfect the shoes and we were told not to speak only whisper, because if there was 1 loud noise they would all die from panic and stress. They were constantly stressed, so much that they would die that easily.. 😔 At our stable where I had my horse the neighbours had around 20 hens but they were let out like you do, running around the horses and in the stable and outside. They were not afraid of noises, and only ran out of the stable when we had to chase them out 😅 Very curious animals and they lived a happy life 😊
@stanleygallman7800
@stanleygallman7800 2 жыл бұрын
Mark I think that it is really good having this type conversation! #1 if it's only because people seem to be so easily persuaded on issues which would probably require only the basics of common sense. I also believe that because in most societies around the world people have been drawn away from the natural order of things through the continued movement of capitalism and industrialization. I'm so very thankful for people like yourself. Please keep up the good work that you do encouraging people to think outside of the boxes created to control more and more aspects of our daily life and interaction with other people.
@kalijuri
@kalijuri 3 жыл бұрын
We definitely have slipped thru a crack in a dimension. We are in the movie Idiocracy on all levels.
@anonanon7278
@anonanon7278 3 жыл бұрын
Brawndo ... it's got what chickens crave!
@Deezbustednutz
@Deezbustednutz 3 жыл бұрын
Started drinking toilet water in 2016 just to get ahead of the game!
@xyzsame4081
@xyzsame4081 3 жыл бұрын
No, business interests try a spin, Farmers with stranded investments and veterinarians (they have less work with healthy chicks ! No preventive medication - antibiotics etc. 13 % increase in _one year_ (I guess consumers buying those eggs as opposed to the food industry) is MASSIVE. 45 % of the market (of consumers) is massive. They could try the trick with "indoors but not caged" (who knows if the claims are even true) but consumers are not interested. There is less use for those large stables and all the equipment in it. - they still have the food industry for eggs from cages or indoors.. BUT that might put pressure on the prices the farmers get OR the stable is not filled. They could of course pick up the trend, but the large building was for nought. _That_ could be repurposed maybe so the money would not wasted (for sleeping a much more modest building would do) - but they also FINANCED special equipment for the indoors operation. Feeding, watering, lighting, etc. Maybe even some robots if it is a large operation. And now the damn consumers do not buy what they invested for. But even w/o the financial problems: Conventional farmers do not like to change their ways. it was profitable at some point in time (or everyone who "counted" did it) so it must be right, and they feel almost entitled to continue with industrial ag. Even as some farmers see their soil being eroded and getting hard in summer, or they spread the extremely stinky liquid pig manure (sitting in that tractor !) - and they have the example of an organic or at least regenerative farmer nearby who develops beautiful soil. And they STILL do not consider changing ways. On the contrary then the nerds, homesteaders (! not even real farmers) and outsider would have bested them. The outsiders are belittled - if they are succesful (you can SEE that) they are very begrudingly tolerated, but imitating them ? That goes too far.
@AcceptTheNull
@AcceptTheNull 3 жыл бұрын
LOL did OP, try to make a "smart post," and just call herself an idiot? You say "all levels." Why would we listen to an idiot?
@Corey-gb1rx
@Corey-gb1rx 3 жыл бұрын
something has been fucking this dimension up for a long time. Jesus was trying to wake us up from the same group of people who are still running this shit today. A small group of pagans the one's behind freemasonry.
@helennelson3120
@helennelson3120 5 жыл бұрын
If chooks preferred tight spaces free range chooks wouldn't go out to peck. They'd stay clustered together and wouldn't leave the coop!
@sherryellesson9665
@sherryellesson9665 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent point! Helen
@Ulim151
@Ulim151 5 жыл бұрын
I mean its not like free range means they are locked out. They can go back inside if they want but they choose not to.
@Fifmut
@Fifmut 5 жыл бұрын
My chickens go outside even if it's raining.
@optimisticallyskeptical1842
@optimisticallyskeptical1842 5 жыл бұрын
haha, I guess the obvious is beyond the supposedly trained professional.
@scarlettrubyrose
@scarlettrubyrose 5 жыл бұрын
My little bantam chickens have a coop of 7m x 4 and they hate being locked in there... they want the whole garden to explore and vocalize to be let out
@gailnewcomb8256
@gailnewcomb8256 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if those “ resources “ in the article are figments of the author’s imagination. I can’t imagine anyone thinking that freedom is bad. I agree with you. You’re opinion makes perfect sense.
@catherinesyme901
@catherinesyme901 2 жыл бұрын
My girls love sharing the sheep paddock! I let them go where they want on my land except my vegetable patch lol, I don’t even have a door on their house they get up early and pop themselves to bed!
@alvinspears4094
@alvinspears4094 3 жыл бұрын
If they like being inside so much. Why do they wait at the gate every morning to be let out?
@istvanberta1908
@istvanberta1908 3 жыл бұрын
Tbehonest they wait for you bringing poulenta. But sure life needs space, variety, environment to be healthy.
@OliviaLovesPugs
@OliviaLovesPugs 3 жыл бұрын
That’s like saying all people should be locked up in their rooms for their entire lives because it’s the best way to keep us safe. That article is ridiculous! If the chickens didn’t like open spaces and preferred small enclosed spaces, then they would just stay in the nest boxes in their coop!
@KerbalFacile
@KerbalFacile 3 жыл бұрын
Writing this from Ireland, facing 3 more months of house arres- I mean "lockdown", after the previous 9 months...
@emmitstewart1921
@emmitstewart1921 3 жыл бұрын
According to that logic, a prison is the most humane way for people to live.
@michellegrovak
@michellegrovak 3 жыл бұрын
That is what happened in some states in 2020. Lockdown.
@megafang
@megafang 3 жыл бұрын
@@michellegrovak yes, I remember being told I couldn't leave my room for the rest of my life too. Hard times.
@ms.anonymousinformer242
@ms.anonymousinformer242 3 жыл бұрын
@@megafang It is STILL STOLEN TIME , never to be given back.
@Clyde2213
@Clyde2213 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with ya mate, raised free range chickens for a lot of years and believe me, chickens are happier and lay more eggs when free ranging. Plus they live longer when not cooped up in a cage for their entire lives.
@auditrevor
@auditrevor 2 жыл бұрын
Our chickens wouldn’t lay at all while they were out in the run attached to their coup. Within two days of letting them scavenge in the yard they started laying 1 a day, sometimes more, this was in the winter in the Pacific Northwest. I let them out every morning and lock them up at night and they love me and will follow me all around the yard and some times into my garage when I’m working lol.
@readingsbycara
@readingsbycara 5 жыл бұрын
Love the tagline: you don't have to be self-sufficient with everything, but be self-sufficient with *something* !!! ♥️
@tiffanybecker1591
@tiffanybecker1591 5 жыл бұрын
Readings by CARA its so true!!!
@AriaLunaCampbell
@AriaLunaCampbell 5 жыл бұрын
"The worst pieces of mainstream media junk I've read in a long time" *shows the daily mail* Yup, checks out.
@Biffo1262
@Biffo1262 5 жыл бұрын
Par for the case with the online Daily Mail.
@jwenting
@jwenting 5 жыл бұрын
not as bad as the Guardian, but close.
@dgphi
@dgphi 5 жыл бұрын
It would be so embarrassing to say that you are a journalist these days. A few of them are good, but they are in a minority. Most of them are professional liars.
@-Tjea
@-Tjea 5 жыл бұрын
@@dgphi As soon as someone tells me a ridiculous title from an online article my first response is "Daily mail?" lol i cant take anything from them seriously and no one really should.
@LumosX
@LumosX 5 жыл бұрын
Hilariously, the Mail seems to be less biased nowadays than the BBC, Guardian, or Telegraph. Interesting times indeed.
@CARidingAcademy
@CARidingAcademy 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you! I have kept chickens my entire life. They are so fun to garden with. I had a doberman and those were "his" chickens. The best eggs ever too! My kids and I sold them locally. So many benefits.
@riverrat7529
@riverrat7529 2 жыл бұрын
Simple test, open your barn door and see what your chicken do, 100% of the time they walk out the door. At night they go back in the barn for the night. I did have some who would roost in the trees at night.
@MariaLuciaGomezGreenberg
@MariaLuciaGomezGreenberg 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for standing up for the fair, humane treatment of all animals.
@aaronjackson2780
@aaronjackson2780 4 жыл бұрын
If chickens diddnt want to go out, they wouldn't leave the egg..... Also, I highly doubt anyone forces chickens from the coop. If anything like mine, as soon as you open the door they charge out like wild animals.
@ErgonBill
@ErgonBill 3 жыл бұрын
Eggsactly!
@ashleyhayes7568
@ashleyhayes7568 3 жыл бұрын
That is exactly what they do. They start calling out as soon as they hear us up and about. Their eggs are just so superiorto tge ones,Ibuy from the Supermarket.
@aaronjackson2780
@aaronjackson2780 3 жыл бұрын
@@ashleyhayes7568 indeed!
@michaelbutner6953
@michaelbutner6953 Жыл бұрын
For about a year I took care of a small batch of farm animals including about 10 chickens. Getting them to go inside the coop at night was one of the most difficult things about it.
@danovi8500
@danovi8500 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank god people like you take the time to knock some sence into these articles full of chicken manure. So people dont get so easilly fooled.
@mirigliano
@mirigliano 3 жыл бұрын
Chances are that the article was sponsored by a Caged Egg company.
@bornfree9438
@bornfree9438 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@philmorgan4807
@philmorgan4807 3 жыл бұрын
No doubt. Sadly, there is almost no such thing as true journalism. That industry has died and been replaced by propagandists.
@paulkwiatkowski1059
@paulkwiatkowski1059 3 жыл бұрын
Caged eggs are for caged humans
@Fiona2254
@Fiona2254 3 жыл бұрын
Probably the one on the egg case.
@daleglenny8253
@daleglenny8253 3 жыл бұрын
No doubt in my mind.
@harrypounds456
@harrypounds456 5 жыл бұрын
Just for publishing that im never buying daily mail, ever.
@kurokitsune6173
@kurokitsune6173 5 жыл бұрын
I thought they were more reputable. I was so wrong.
@kurokitsune6173
@kurokitsune6173 5 жыл бұрын
@fifthof lol
@tlohbor2690
@tlohbor2690 2 жыл бұрын
im glad u dint beat around the push and u straight up called the liars liars. too many people are afraid to call out people like that
@robbinsanford714
@robbinsanford714 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I believe You are 100% correct! They put out that garbage to move chicken farming back to full commercial farming which here in the states & throughout the world has become very unpopular with the typical consumer. Love Your videos thank You for all You do! Much love from the states❤
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