BEST NO-NONSENSE EASY GUIDE to RAISING YOUR NEW BABY CHICKS with success! 

1" = 10cm. Thats going to be fun in the comments. :)

I’m a 12 year old boy and this is a big help because I’m hatching my own eggs right now day 1

I raised 20 meat birds this summer based on your videos and had amazing success 20 of 21 survived and I harvested half at 10 weeks average 6 to 7 lbs and the rest at 12 weeks average 8 to 12 lbs of the best chicken I have ever eaten ......thanks for your great videos

I want to start a chicken business so this helps a lot!!

Awww, I love the baby chicks. I wish these were permanent!

Another tip like the widow screen. I have the same water feeder, place it on stone, raise it up, less mess. Food feeder, mine looks like the water feeder. I use string and hold it up off the floor, less mess. Predators= I made a wire mesh screen frame. Chicken wire etc, clamp it down to the top of the tank. Window screen goes on top of it.

Really like the solar light idea

Just found your channel. I've been binge watching!

Just got my first order today and I've watched your videos before and I am greatfully appreciative of your videos! Down here in Spartanburg SC! Thanks!

Omg! Love this guy! Just got my chicks today. First video I watched…. Poopy butt. Yep one of my chicks had poopy butt. Cleaned her off. She’s a happy girl now. Thank you for these very informative videos. Very much a newbie here!

I love to see happy and enthusiastic people doing life with positive attitude. You’re a great coach!

I'm ready for me chicks this year. You gave great advice to all the newbies!!! Woohoo

Also, one thing we learned (we lost 15 out of 50) is to give them the electrolytes along with a dish of regular water when they arrive. They sell these packets at tractor supply. We had heat plate designed for 50....but think it was overcrowding that some died, before we got a heat lamp in addition. They are almost 2 weeks old now, doing well 👍

I have always used the water bottle that they make for rabbits. It stays clean and it is much easier than the typical waterer and they can't drown in water drops...

You're an awesome narrator! I'm getting my first batch of chicks end of Oct. and your videos are my chicken bible.

Thanks for another awesome video Josh, the wife and I are working on securing a property right now and the first thing we plan on doing is acquiring chickens. So videos like this really really help👍🏻

Our chicks in April did great thanks to tips and tricks from the Stoney Ridge Farmer. Thanks Josh Wooo!

Love you guys! Keep it going!

Great vlog Josh 🇺🇲 I really appreciate you sharing this information thank you 🇺🇲💯 WOOOOOO 🇺🇲!!!

Baby chicks are cute

Oh my God. The intro song sounds like the Lemmiwinks song from South Park🤣 and now I'm binge watching! Great advice.

I use a rolling tote from Walmart. I have two. It is easy to roll it out side and hose it out.

Feeding my baby chickens I found its easier to feed them in a clear plastic tote that fits inside their Plastic 55 gallon main brooder tote. When they get a little older & start scratching the food will be thrown everywhere but it will stay in the bin 😅🤗 no good is lost that way, when they get to big for the food bin in the 55 gallon. I get a larger plastic bin & move it outside the 55 gallon tote, they do the same thing just jump in the bin scratch & eat. Yes the y poop in it so I only pour little piles in the edge of their food bin, the poop breaks down & they eat around it. If their is still good in there after they are done eating, I just lean the bin on one side and the food all gathers in the edge. I leave it there until the have finished then clean the bucket out, and repeat the process. Plastic is the way to go it’s hella easy to clean up, & I use wood pellets as their litter. Just like it thin & build it up as you go like you said, misting it with water to help the pellets absorb the poop.

Just awesome / so grateful to have found you!!!

Red heat lamps are much better than the white light. Red prevents pecking and less stress.

More chicks .awsome . And great to see ya today Mr stoney ridge .I really needed a lil uplift ..godbless bud

Thank you for your videos, My husband and I are going to chicken parents .

Thanks for all the amazing tutorials

Wanted to thank you for all your posts! I got my new baby chicks yesterday and am following your recommendations! I told my husband about washing hands after and not cuddling with these chicks because of the bacteria they have and every time he touches anything I the brooder box he immediately washes his hands lol anyways love the content and will continue to follow as we have more prospects on our property we like to do!

i love watching your videos so far, my mom and I are thinking about raising 5 chickens so far! so I'm reading up about it to teach her!

Hey Stoney Ridge Farmer! I just wanted to say thanks for you various videos on raising chicks. I watched them all and the information you provided definitely helped me out when I got my chicks. I got my Delaware's from McMurray Hatchery after hearing you talk about them. I made a video of when we received them and a mobile coop I built. The chicks are all doing great and are getting big. No eggs yet but I'm hoping in the next 2 weeks maybe I will have some! Thanks again, keep up the good work.

Another great video Josh, keep'um coming!

Thank you for explanations. Our chicks, arrive May 4-5. We ordered 10 White Leghorns. Can’t wait !

Hey Josh thank you for the great information once again

I made the chicken tractor Added door on top...LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! For meat birds and my hens use it to get out and stay safe from the hawks ❤ ☆☆☆☆☆

I just got my next round of chicks today too!

Cool, Great Video Thanks Jesse

Great bunch of tips for sure. Thanks for sharing.

ive never seen that orange "heat lamp" i think im going to order me some of those. good video

Chicks have enough nutrition for 3 days from the yolk. Your chicks arrive on or about the 3rd day. In the brooder they need heat and food at all times. If you live in colder climates where it cools down several degree's in the evening you need to turn the light on.

I'm going to start doing some farming this upcoming spring, and I will definitely be using your videos to help! Keep up the great work!

very pleasant and meticulously explained . Thanks.

Thanks for your you tube channell..i just wanted to say hi.II live in Stokes county in Sandy Ridge..just received word my baby chicks were shipped from Murray McMurray,,Should be here on Thursday or Friday.Your channell has convinced me to try raising them.Starting with 15.

I haven't finished yet but this is such a great video! Well done! I've been watching videos for a while now and I still picked up a few new things here! Thank you!

Another Great video Josh...

Loved this video 👍 ty

Thanks for sharing

Love the portable coop! We built one, but the PVC is too small. The larger type you have should hold up for a long while. We to have learned that late summer/fall chicks are the best to raise. Great info! Blessings

You had me at "No-Nonsense" lol

Hi..... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍

Thank you.

Really nice video great advice and you seem real cool too

I'm getting my chicks from Murray McMurray in the next couple days.

I thought birds did not have an olfactory sense ( taste/smell ), but I agree that cedar can be overwhelming for people.

Getting our first set of chicks sometime this week. Been using you to school myself up. Appreciate the content brother.

Great video bro

I had a close call this past winter with a heat lamp that fell onto the bedding lucky I caught it in time the bedding was smoldering I flooded it with water and I ripped out all the heat lamps. Never using headlamps again. I shouldn't need them here in Virginia anyways.

Josh, thanks for another informative presentation, I will probably never want to raise my own chicks but... if I ever do, now I have a good idea how (bought some chicken from the 'Piglet' in Oriental today, already processed, just sayin....:-)

You probably know this Look up the history of biochar for gardening burned wood to char then crush some up for all animals activate the rest of it with manure or compost and put on garden. I find this very interesting rocket stove Mass heater couches . pretty simple if you want to save about two months of hot water build you a outdoor composting showers

Well, now I know who it was that posted the video about the poopy butt LOL. I am just starting out on raw land so I purchased three little Plymouth Barred Rocks. Just enough to have a few laying hens. They're so adorable! But one of them had some poopy stuck to its feathery little butt and it was starting to become crusty and hard and block its vent. Having watched your earlier video, I sat down last night with a warm wet paper towel and gently massaged it until it came apart. I put the baby back in the brooder, the baby worked on getting it butt dry and now this morning it's cute and fluffy just like it should be. Thank you so much for your advice and I can't wait to see my babies grow up! They're only a few days old and they already have their wing feathers! Barred rocks grow really fast!

thank you because i am getting a chinken and know i know what to do know thanks a lot

Yah, man I had mine In my closet in a clear 55 Gallon storage tote off the floor on a fold up table about 30 inches from the floor. Then I made perches with shower curtain rods & Wal Mart File Creates up the wall. So when they start to explore as they get bigger they grow up perching on stuff. 🤗 I put the lid from the tote below the edge of the table & tote so the poop falls on the lid. Clean the lid every day with a hose. Use pine pellets, with the first layer spread thin, & build it up as the poop. Like you said. If the poop starts to smell mist the wood pellets with water it will cause the pellets to run into saw dust & can absorb the poop easier. I did line the closet floor with roll out matting for easy clean 🧼 up if they happened to poop outside the 55 gallon tote. Chicks: Look dad I pooped!!! 🐣 I also step in my poop! 🐣 oh, look I pooped again! 🐣 step, step, step! 🐣 🤦🏻‍♂️

Thanks

I wish someone could invent an easier chicken tractor..I get tired of moving all that stuff everyday...Oh well... At least your setup is light weight and cheap to build

Idk why but your tutorials are awesome

Fist timer here, thanks!

Pretty good video.

Hello I love this video very informative we are trying our hands at meat birds thus July here in Nova Scotia Canada. Do you have a vid on the mobile coop ?

Did you do any videos for the homesteaders of America conference this year. I miss getting to meet you again this year. I hope everything gets better so we can meet again next year.

Food on the Grow

Chickens ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Nice informative and detailed video. You use commercial or your own feed (manufactured on your own home mixer)???

Sup Josh 🐣

Do you have any videos for raising and taking care of layers

So grateful to have your videos! Im getting 25 cornish cross next week...my question is how long do you feed them starter food...the whole time or do i switch to something else at some point? They wont be around too long as they will go to freezer. I saw somewhere online you need 4 different kinds of food...thinking that was a food sales pitch- any info ?

🥳 woooo#1

So true. It drives me nuts when I see some homesteading channels dipping in every single chick in the water. No need for that!

I have raised many batches of chicks with just using a 100 watt white bulb for the 4 weeks of brooding, and never lost chicks. I’m a little scared of the 250 bulbs.

I bought a hatcher from Amazon. It worked but I think I will just order live chicks from McMurray

What hatchery did you like better Murray Mcmurry or Meyer hatchery?? Just between theses two only please. I ordered from Meyer Hatchery myself.

You looked so cute and the baby chicks too.....lol..;-) Thanks handsome man, for sharing this video.

Could you use a plastic container a crate for old chickens and the Tanner could you use a heat lamp two

Thank you very much for this video , I get 10 chicks from local tractor supply 2 were weak and died after 5 days ,, 1 has poops stuck on its rear has died on weeks2 , so would you please give me some advice

Thanks I’m getting chick like I’m a few months I’m setting up every thing for them

zip ties can melt. Better use wire.

Hello I have a quick question I have 4 laying hens and one rooster and I have 6 hens but there 8 weeks on Monday The full grown hens are on the 15.5% layer feed but I bought 16% feed for the 8 weeks chickies so do u think I should keep them out with the full grown chickens for awhile

10 centimetres 🤣 greetings from Aus

Your videos are AMAZING!!! One question though.. When chicks are in the brooder, is it okay to have meat birds and layers in the same tub until they are ready to move to their coops? I've heard that they do not get along when they are in coops together.

I can’t seem to find your video on building the mobile tractor. Would you share it?

I use ice cube trays for food and water.

Been watching your channel for a while, this year will be our third year of cornish x birds.. though i have a question and trust your opinion. Do cornish X chicks need supplemental grit while in the brooder? I always feed them dumor 20% chick starter/grower and never had an issue without grit.. looking for input. Thank you!!

Question!!! What do you do about eggs in tractor? Could you/we add boxes to collect the eggs?

How much and often should you feed the baby chicks?

Is it good to build for the baby chicken a wood box or they need a specific fabric box ?

1700 not likely BUT zip tie can break . If it does , 🔥. The better option is to pass the clamp through the hanging loop.

What wattage of fluorescent bulb do you use. Also, is the bulb just a standard fluorescent bulb from the hardware store or is it the type from a pet store that is used for reptiles? Thanks

If I have meat birds and laying hens can I mix 24% and 20% together when I feed them ?

I visited third world countries with tropical weather and I was surprised to see NO one doing basic things like this in the country side…but they complain about poverty.

Hey, just wondering what's hanging in your garage? My husband thinks they're dried squashes, and I think it's pottery, can you help us out/tell me I'm right?!😅

I’ve just finished my coop and run and I’m ready to buy my first baby chicks. I’m having trouble finding good layers. Any advice?