Are "FREE RANGE" Meat Chickens Even A Thing?!?! 

My husband and I loved your channel. He passed last year, but I watch every time and think of him. Thank you. ❤

I don't farm or sell at markets, but thanks to your channel and a couple others this year my wife and I grew our first garden, have a small flock of chickens that should start producing eggs around the end of July, and started shopping at our local farmers market. More important than all those things is that we do it all together. Watching you and your wife work together and how close you two are warmed our hearts and I have to say that following in your footsteps has improved our marriage. I don't say that lightly. We've been together for 24 years and this has brought new life into our relationship. It's been a real booster shot to an already wonderful marriage and for that I thank you. You've helped improve the lives and marriage of a couple you've never even met.

Wow. Everybody says Cornish Cross don't get around much and just shove 'em in a tractor. I'm shocked at how active they are in this video. An eye-opener for sure.

There may be tons of channels out there but for sure, but for me, it’s y’all’s personality and spirit that makes the difference for me!

Keep up the good work Chuck love ur videos don't give up I'm 62 years old love to farm enjoy watching you and your wife learn a lot watching others never to old to learn love you guys God bless

Love your videos because y'all are good decent, Christian, common sense people. Please keep doing what you're doing. Prayers for Saundra to feel 100% soon!

Y’all are a blessing to my family. We have learned so many things watching your channel. Keep up the awesome work!!!

But for 15 or 20 minutes you take us with you! To many of us that is our relaxation.....anything you put out from your beautiful farm is wonderful. Keep them up!

You make the videos and WE WILL WATCH THEM. GOD BLESS YOU. 🙋🏻‍♀️❤️🇺🇸

I want to farm so I’ve been watching your kind of videos for years. I’ve been a sub for you for years. You have taught me so muchh along the way. I watch JustinRhodes and the DOSS family channels etc. all have different kinds of farms. These are my niches and you cover the animals I want and do the other channels. As a GMA with no responsibility’s I watch all day everyday. Keep making them and I’ll keep watching. See you on the next one 😊

I for one, would really feel a bit lost if you did not make these videos. Thank you so much for sharing your farm life. Hope Saundra feels better soon.

Thank you for your channel. It's my dream to have a small farm. Your channel inspires me and I learn so much. Thank you!! 😊

Viewing your video from Texas. Appreciate your sharing your thoughts, experience and creative expertise. Your chickens look active, filled out and healthy. Some other videos doing similar raising of Cornish cross show chickens that are partially crippled, missing feathers and struggling. They appear to be big at 8 weeks. Your birds are running around, fat, healthy and a living a good life. I like the way you raise you animals and appreciate your commentary about your procedures. Looking forward to your next video. Praying for your safety, health, strength, wisdom and success in His Holy Name. ☝ 🙏🙌💪👊

We just watch the channel for Sondra - JK, keep up the good work. We are small honesteaders in Texas and enjoy your channel immensly

I just enjoy watching you both I love your videos there's no chaos no bull You're both just down to earth good people who share your lives and your knowledge with all of us

Keep those videos coming Chuck. Hope Sandra gets feeling better look forward to the videos everyday

Will watch whatever you do. This channel has been so helpful and inspiring to me.

Just did the "free range" electric fence broiler raising. My hens are using my tractors as permanent homes, and refused to build another one. Made a tarp house and moved that their electric fence around for 8 weeks... my back was very appreciative of my choice. 😉 Best of luck!

Keep up the good work. I enjoy the videos. And you must be the only person I know that has too much grass. Tell the wife hope she feels better.

I appreciate all the videos you put out. And the time you spend The set up where you're letting the chickens run loose Awesome. I believe you've got a healthier bird. I think the taste will be better Thank you for the Video

They look pretty happy with the big area, they can do what chickens like to do. You are giving them a good life until what is hopefully the only bad day

Thank you for your time. I love the videos

I don't really watch with the intent to learn something. I just enjoy watching the experience of you farming and if I learn something along the way that's just a bonus.

I was a way a couple weeks so I have some catching up to do, a back-log of Sheraton Park Farm to watch! Well, you may not think what you are doing is interesting, but...let me tell you, being cooped up in the city after being raised a farming person is very confining. Cities are CAFOs for people! LOL! Thank you for sharing your day with us. You are as much a blessing to us as we are to you.

I really enjoy your videos. And learn a lot

I love your videos and I think what you do is interesting. I love when your wife joins in the videos as well. Also, even though there are tons of other videos on the same subjects you put your own spin on them and I really enjoy watching so keep up the good work and don't ever feel like it's not wanted and appreciated.

I enjoy watching your videos. I learn lots.

Hope Sandra gets better soon ❤

At 57,I decided I should've been a farmer,LOL.But not gonna happen.I thoroughly enjoy your videos.I watch another farm channel from NY and your channels are 2 of my 3 favorite channels on RU-vid,SuperTrucker Dan is the other non farm channel in my Top 3.Thank You for just doing what u may think is not exciting.It is to me.

Your video on processing Cornish cross hens is the best ever. It’s my go to. I’ve processed 4 different times an average of 45 birds and it’s because of that that made the best chicken and dumplings ever today and the family loved it. Yours and Saundra’s attention to detail is all business and professional and inspire a 70 year old retired guy like me for the future so thank you from here in Zone 5 Utah

Thank you I appreciate youal

Those day range birds look great. I do 1,000 at a time like this, but I don’t use chicken tractors. Just simple 8x10 covers 2’ off the ground and move the covers each day through the field to distribute the manure. An Anatolian Shepherd and a couple Guard Geese keep them protected.

See ya Saturday chuck!! Lookin forward to it !

lOVING U TWO AND ALL U DO - THANKS!

This channel is amazing..They actually Farm to make a living & Share it on RU-vid!..Unfortunately I see a few Channels that want to make money on RU-vid and only have animals to get the Views and then it becomes more of a Petting Zoo!..And eventually becomes Lifestyle of the Rich but farming to get views!!..I appreciate your honesty!..Just remember if people can’t relate to your situation they will move on to something more relatable!!

Great stuff keep it up 🙏👍👍

Will Saundra be doing anymore of her teaching videos on butchering cuts etc? I loved the one I saw with the half hog. I would be interested in seeing more of those too. I enjoy all your videos! Keep up the good work.

I love what you’re both doing! I it’s a lot of hard work, including making the videos, but I look forward to them. We are in Southwest Virginia hope to make it down to your farm someday and taste some of that. Good meat!

You may think that what you are doing is not all that interesting? I watch your videos every time a new one pops up. For 1, it is relaxing and peaceful it is like a cup of coffee in the morning for me. 2nd, I either learn something new or confirm what I was thinking of doing for my little homestead hear in south eastern oregon. I love your utube videos and pray for you and your family every day

Thank you Chuck. I always look forward to your next video. We just started our first batch of 50 broilers a week ago and day ranging em might be an option when we expand next year.

There’s a thousand and 1 videos about broiler chickens but none that clown on skinny jean folk and give us Saundra’s sarcasm, so keep doin what you’re doin!

Thx

We did 50 meat birds for the first time ever. We tried the tractors but didn’t like how they were cooped up all the time. So we bought the netting and move it once a week. It took about 12 weeks to get them up to 4 pounds each but they are delicious. Better than anything Tyson puts out there.

I had a Cornish cross live a whole year laid probably 60+ eggs in its life hatched 8 of them with noticeable size difference too I have a red ranger that is 1 and a half and we’ve hatched hers too they are also noticeably larger

This will be our first year raising chickens solely for meat. We are in process of building chicken tractors and they will “ free range” within poultry netting during the day, secure in tractors at night!

I feel better about the Cornish cross when I see them moving and being chickens.

I always raise mine in a fenced off area with a hut to keep feed from getting wet. Instead of making those type tractors like you have I bought 10x20 pens from Amazon they’re made outta 3/4 snap together pipe. When I bought mine they were 180 bucks now they’re about 250 or so. Come with everything you need I bought larger tarps for mine. Saying this I only do 40 birds at a time and I live in a subdivision but I do have a 85 acre farm 2 hours away. Anyone wondering if you can do your own birds at home yes you can. 8-10 weeks you have a freezer full of fresh meat that’s not shot up with salt water and whatever else they use in the industry. I learned a lot from these videos y’all post especially the meat bird cleaning videos which made me look like a pro outta the gate. Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do things and for all the info you provide us.

Oh and those Cornish cross look great! They seem to look fuller as in feathers, is it just the video or are they fuller than the tractor ones that usually look partially “bald” I know that’s how Cornish cross look but again, they appear to look different than usual.

Thx for the vids!!

Keep doing what you'll are doin.

I'm dying from the heat, u don't always need to teach , we well at least I basicly want to see what u guys r doing , well Sandra and angel not so much you ! Lol Na just messin , I want to see what Chuck is up 2 😂. 🤪

Free range meat chickens are indeed a thing on Kawai. The locals harvest the wild chickens and eat them. Of course they are as tough as a kids riddle. Perhaps I just have a little sort of brain but so far what you are doing is indeed quite interesting to me.

Think free range the last three hrs of sunlight without the netting works,they eat for three hrs then go back into their coup before dark.

Love each and every video you guys put out !!! ❤ please keep them coming 😊

I think if they have room to run they taste better than the ones that just set and get fat.

Just cut all that grass let it dry and make a hay stack for the cows this winter. Save some time feeding hay this winter.

There is a lot of good info out there but also a lot of bad info. I like to stick to the channels that seem to be giving out good info. Also I don't tend to watch several channels that are doing the same as everyone else. You're kinda the all around every thing farmer, cows chicken and pigs with extra little projects here and there, Just a few acres channel is cow and hay for the most part with some tractor maintenance and rebuilding, More than farmers channel is for my garden needs. That's all I watch for farming channels and all I need. Once I find a good source of info on what I'm looking for I tend to stick with them for the long run.

I am wondering why when your mowing with the bush hog that you have the pallet forks raised so high on the front of the tractor?

Do you have enough demand to go bigger and run a prairie schooner instead of individual tractors?

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What brand charger are you using?

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