Becky 😂 the other day I went out to my run and NO CHICKENS! I have 3 gorgeous Black Australorp SWEETHEARTS SISTERS, and I freaked out! Then I heard “egg song singing”! I opened the side door of my Eglu Cube and there were all 3 sisters happy as clams laying their eggs together! My girls love each other so much. They are BFFs!
I was just cruising RU-vid and one of your older videos popped up. I thought I remembered watching Becky. So I clicked on it and then clicked on your name then video and this one shows up stating 12 days ago! I can’t believe it. I admire your dedication and keeping your videos on point. Kudos Becky you’re one of the few .
Becky you just confirmed what my Aunt Venna had told me many years ago! I had asked her why my hen's were eating their eggs. She said throw them some MEAT! I did and they stopped eating their eggs! She was in her 90's at the time. You have good Wisdom. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! You are appreciated ! GOD bless
Hahaha old timers were very perceptive, they watched what was going on around them. Now a days people have their face stuffed in a phone or tablet and the sky could fall and they wouldn’t notice until it hit them in the head😂 ☀️❤️☀️
Becky, I am always tickled pink when I see a new video has been downloaded. Flock personalities are fun, and they do love their protein. 🐕 I am trying to type this comment while my chihuahua is nudging my hand away from the keyboard to give him an ear rub.
I follow your feeding suggestions adding small cat kibble with first ingredient of fish along with layer pellets16% protein, black oil sunflower seed and a small scoop of dehydrated soldier fly larva. They love it. During molting four of the eight hens are still laying. I think the extra protein helps grow their feathers back in sooner. They’ve stopped eating their eggs now.😃
Had no idea!! Very interesting. Can't find this information in books. Very observant Becky. Thank you for your experiences dealing with chickens. TEXAS ❤
I took your suggestion some time ago about all meat cat kibbles. I give them a scoop each day and they love it. Beef style. Also equal parts of sunflower seeds. Whole corn and oats. It has made such a difference in egg production and moulting recovery.
The thing about feeding protein to chickens in the form of hot dogs is probably one of the best bits of advice I've got from any channel. I never have a problem with reduced egg laying one of my favorite ways to give protein to the chickens is to buy something for myself and give them the rest. Fried Chicken for instance who wants to pick all that meat off the bone when chickens have specialized tools for such activities? Sometimes I cook for them all day and cook every egg in the house. As long as they're eating it they need it
A friend put some trimmings off an aloe Vera plant in with the scraps for the chickens and it killed them all overnight. They were all board stiff. I put some aloe Vera gel on my boxer s nose as he slightly touched a wood stove. He swelled up allergic. So aloe Vera might be good for people but can be lethal to some animals.
For real…I can’t afford“meat everyday” for my family, chickens included. I protein combine with grains. I add brown rice with noodles , or other grains. etc. for a treat. Cook first the chickens every day, they sure look forward to that. They always have feed and oyster shells available. I just put combo of grains -noodles included - in rice cooker & add nutritional yeast. When done. Works well. Any cracked shell egg gets added to rice pot, you can crush shell-throw that in the cooking dinner too. . I also add pinch of herbs from garden that are anti parasite…sage , thyme, etc.
Well you will find your egg production will slow way down after they are 2 years old. Add meat to their diet every day and they will lay well until 7 or 8 ☀️❤️☀️
Another Excellent/Educational Video - Thanks! I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing, but I give my 3 chickens back their raw empty egg shells crushed so they don't look like whole eggs. In three years, I've never had a soft egg shell or eggs being eaten. The chickens do gobble them right up. Note: I watched all your videos when I first started with chickens - great info!
@@BeckysHomestead specially styrofoam! 😂 if you have Styrofoam blocks in your home foundation vents to keep out the cold from getting in your home or styrofoam as insulation in a garage. Anywhere there’s styrofoam those chickens will and do find it and will eat the styrofoam like candy! You think it make them sick, but doesn’t seem to bother them? Regardless I try my best to keep them away from any styrofoam I have around the property and get rid of any styrofoam that’s not needed or try putting wood or heavy plastic over the styrofoam where chickens will leave it alone!
I use 4 kitty litter buckes, as nest boxes for 11 hens. On one of your videos, you gave your hens Sardines. Wont the salt in water packed sardines hurt the hens?
This is a little off topic but what do you think would make a hen use a nest box as a latrine? My sister has a commercially built coop where all the nest boxes (5) are the same size. The other boxes are used to lay eggs in and the one used for bathroom is on the end but I have never seen or heard of that before. It’s a big pile and gross. Thanks for your thoughts.
One hen probably sleeps in there. Most often because she feels safe in there because the other chickens are mean to her, roost isn’t long enough, roost is to high or hard for her to jump up or down from☀️❤️☀️
Hello thank you for your videos I have a question for you is it true that government and some states offer free lands for people who they want to do farming can you explain it please and make a video about it thank you.
I put a wooden brown egg on each box and always bake a bunch of their own shells for them And add some oyster shells to food. The key was the wooden eggs!
I used to give a small amount of organic hamburger to the hens everyday, but they all got diarrhea from it and messed up the yard,coop, and nest boxes as well as the eggs. Might have been too much protein.
@@BeckysHomestead Yes, they get DE in their feed and in their dust bath. I even gave them a whole pumpkin to eat raw with seeds. They loved it. Never saw any indication of worms before or after.
In my yard the egg eaters go to freezer camp. I keep fake super hard eggs in the nest boxes to discourage egg eaters and over the years I have had very few hens with this behaviour but once I find the culprite they are "gone".
I have 1 chicken that likes to eat an egg and they also at one of my turkey eggs i couldn't believe she cracked it and ate it so im trying to stop her they lay in the new nest box all together and now they like to lay in the corner now
Becky I have a question for you. I switched to your feed mix and I noticed the girls are not eating it, especially the corn. How can I encourage them to eat it as I want to make this a permanent switch. Much more affordable for us.
Animals are much more likely to try new food when they are hungry, also they will not eat as much of my chicken mix because it is healthy whole food☀️❤️☀️
Thank you Becky, always love your stories and tips, Ieave your videos with a smile on my face and just forget life’s mess. Happy New Year to you and yours!🙏
I have a nice set of nest boxes that tge chickens use when they don't get out of their run. However, my chickens get the run of our property when my one dog isn't out where she can stress them out and, just like little kids, they prefer to find an empty box in the garage, or a basket tgat hot left under a bush ... then it's egg hunting time again 😂😊
