The day has come to let our chickens (pullets) out of the coop for the first time. They've been either in their brooder or coop all their lives (7 weeks) Check out our Amazon store and help support our channel www.amazon.com...
First intro to Hen house with two Wolves present, - some of your content is genius - this is stupid. poop on my pants my hands - KARMA! you EARNED IT !!
This is the nicest chicken coop I have seen. I would say, it is a Chicken resort. Good job, it looks great, very unique! I'm sure they will get used to it soon.
That was awesome, very entertaining. I was on the edge of my seat watching them come out. When you went inside it was hilarious listening to you and that last exiting chick.😂
Thanks for the video. We just moved to Palestine, TX this past summer & have a whole herd of goats, lots of gardening, and we just got our very first chicks 2 weeks ago.
We were in Crockett and rusk 2008-17 and just moved back from NC in 2019 we are in Hallsville now with a small shop in Ben Wheeler it’s nice to know we aren’t alone and have good local resources for info we’ve been homesteading in some capacity for almost 15 years now
What a great hen house and yard. If your little hens are having a problem going in try putting a little light inside the hen house on a timer that comes on after dark and shuts off about an hour after sunset. They are attracted to the light and will make their way up the ramp and onto the roosts. Happy hens.
oldchickenlady ...unless the hens are self managing roost space everyone finds a place. Even if hens are to shy or have been bullied and haven’t found a place to roost, inside when the door closes is better than outside over night.
oldchickenlady : Me too. Mine have all gone in as well. Pete was introducing his little hens to the outside of the hen house in this video. He had commented that he hopes all the hens make it in. I was making a suggestion to use a light so all the girls are attracted to the light and get in. After that the routine is set. No light needed.
Thank you, Definitely build your coop and run as secure as you can. I had to build my coop and run strong and secure because I have a lot of coyotes, raccoons and hawks here.
Very nice run, getting my own chicks soon, going to steal your design to attach to my coup. Good work. I will even put swings, never thought of that. Will put auto feeders and waterer underneath that I can fill for the side of the coup.
Dude, that last one was so funny! I thought you were cuddling her and keeping her calm and was going to walk around to set her in from where your wife was standing. Then... Woosh! She comes flying out the door like a baseball!!! Lmao!!! I was smiling from ear to ear 😊😁 Great job on the run! Bet all that hardware cloth was a good chunk of moola! Again, great job on the run as well as the house!! Take care brother!
Kroger, IGA's etc... will sometimes give you their bruised produce, and they always take off the outer layers of lettuce mixed in. We used to get big blk bags full for our chickens.
Love the design. If you haven't already you should cover the top with the same wire or bird's of prey will fly in and kill. Also some animals like raccoons will climb up and over to feed on the chickens even in the daytime.
Maybe you better teach the dogs the command of "LEAVE IT". It worked for my dog and she would lay in the grass and watch the chickens walk right past her face.
Hi Pete. I am a new chick (owner) for the very first time. They will be about 3 weeks old this Friday. We are currently building their coop. When you put your chicks in the coop and didn’t let them out. How did you clean their coop and feed them without them trying to fly out? Love your coop and run. Ours will be simular
All the videos I have seen and books that I have read says, after 2 days of them only being in coop. You then can transition to the run. All you do is open the door and allow them to come out on there own. Everyone makes it clear not to force them. The treats were a great idea though.
Nice job, i wanna have my own chicken farm but i want to grow my dogs knowing that they will not attack my chickes but take care of them from other animals
I don’t know you guys have foxes or coyotes but make sure they are safe. My grandmothers coop foxes crept in and it was a blood bath, they didn’t even eat them but just killed them off. So be carful, the foxes dug their way in. All the best xx
I’m about to put my chicks in the coop, my pit is a outside dog 24/7…she kills squirrels, rats, possums and birds…he diet is raw chicken and fish…now I’m about to put my egg layers out…..going to be fun!!
That coop/pen looks like mine,, my coop is 4`x5` and my pen is 14`x9` only difference is i built mine out of saplings,,,posts are about 4 to 5" thick i cut them down in my back yard saving a lot of money on the framing I think i have about $175.00 in costs
Ha, they didn't want to come out! Ingrates!! LOL Get out there and like it! Do they swing on the swings? I love this! You could put a live Chicken Cam on this! :)
I'll be currious to see if the black egg eating snakes can get into your nesting boxes. I hate those things. They make me glad I like in the Pacific Northwest :)
I built the run very tight, the only snake that would be getting in to the run would be about 1/2 inch in diameter and the chicken should take care of them that size.........I hope 😬
My two German Shepherds watch and protect my chickens. They have saved them from wildlife already. The chickens know them and are comfortable free ranging with them around. If your dogs have the right temperament, you can train them. I have a video showing my dogs protecting my hens from a fox that wandered into the yard.
not a good idea having the dogs there on the birds first time coming out. Especially those dogs which seem amped around the birds. People reading this try and acclimate the birds with your dogs from very early on, my chickens look at my dogs as part of the family and have no fear
Nice job. I laughed when you said the white chicken would come out first then wouldn't you know, not the grey one or the two dark ones, the black one came out first.
You have a nice set up. What I don’t understand is your lack of patience by simply allowing them to come outside on their own. Chasing isn’t the way. If you friend them they will follow you. If you scare them, they will run. ☹️
Why make the transition with the K9s present. Dumb move. Acclimate one level at a time. Chicks out, Dogs near, then they will all understand and get along. Bad move Sir.
I can’t see if you have enclosed the whole run. If not, better put a roof of wire over that run if you havehawks. Throw down scratch to get them out. The dogs might dig under the frame to get inside.
Cool. The best dog I ever had and the sweetest was a red dobbie. But she had cancer and passed. If I wasn’t so old I would get another but I don’t need one to knock me down. Actually we had two- one was a Black and Tan male. He wasn’t so friendly. Love the dogs and chickens.
Here's a play list I put together of videos of my chickens and the work involved. They will start laying eggs at about 18 weeks of age. We get about 11 to 14 eggs a day from 14 hens. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H_Q1ZRlrT0U.html
