How to Raise MEAT CHICKENS (Homesteaders of America)

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4 жыл бұрын

I go through the process of raising your own meat chickens in your own backyard from start to dinner table. See below for links!
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Jason and Lorraine. In 2016 we sold most of our belongings and left the city in southern California to start a small homestead in the mountains of North Carolina. We left the city in search for a more minimal and intentional life. We became passionate about growing our own food and knowing what exactly is in our food after I (Jason) became diagnosed with cancer. Now 8 years in remission we as a family are on a journey to live our passions.
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@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

To see a cost breakdown check out this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iMx1ZcSVqN-lj6M.html and this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rb57p7Nis6qtgYU.html. (CHICKEN MATH!!)

@neill392 2 жыл бұрын

The big advantage of the slow growing breeds is that they actually taste of chicken.

@chief5981 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the free advice, you were a large inspiration for my family. our processed our first set of 20 birds and froze them as whole chickens. The next set of 20 my wife cut and packaged by parts- wings, breast, thigh, tenders, etc. We liked this method because it saved lots of freezer space and then we could have wing night, breast, etc. We also saved all the carcasses and made some amazing broth.

@cliffordwilliams9597 4 жыл бұрын

Last year we raised 3 turkeys as our first time raising meat, and loved it. This year, we're doing 6 turkeys and 25 chickens! I went with heritage dual purpose (Delawares, Orpingtons, and a few Brahma) in the hopes of a self-sustaining flock.

@graniteridgegreens6278 4 жыл бұрын

Jason has the best simplest way to be self sufficient. Cheers Buddy

@mishalea 4 жыл бұрын

Very good vid, Jason! Straight to the point with perfect info!!

@EmersonVeiman 2 ай бұрын

Wish i could like this video 10 times over. Great info. Thank you!

@chelemichele1524 4 жыл бұрын

👍👍 love these collabs... Have a good night..

@Oregonmac 4 жыл бұрын

This was a great video packed full of awesome information! Thank you and God bless

@raincoast9010 2 жыл бұрын

Good job, you are taking a journey and teaching us as you go. Thank you.

@mikem8050 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Jason, and thank's for the links. You and your family stay safe. Enjoy The Day 🤗🤗

@followellfamilyfarm Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for the clear cut info!

@vickiewhite4603 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to do this. Love ya'll

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kimbenefield4996 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this awesome video that answered a lot of my questions about raising meat chickens!!

@Themoonny 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all of this things 🙏🏼😊 we wait alot of videos 🙏🏼

@SarahPerine Жыл бұрын

It’s my first time with meat chickens… I’ve had my freedom rangers 6 days now and they stole my heart!!! They are soooo sweet💚💚💚 I adore them and they will be heartbreakers!!

@marcofonseca4511 Жыл бұрын

Omg like always so informative 💪👍

@plainspeaker4835 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are awesome (living the dream) thanks for sharing in the collaboration

@dianecharles881 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, something for us to think about! Very helpful information!

@jrt2067 4 жыл бұрын

Jason, Lorraine & Penelope- really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. It’s really a joy watching you all work together and the fun you have doing it.

@lucilenecosta233 11 ай бұрын

I only want to raise 5 chickens, I am Brazilian and I married an American and I miss raising chickens, so I come to watch videos about planning to make a house for them and what food you give them, because in Brazil it is very different, I loved your videos

@4KidsandaFarm 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason! What’s fun and informative video!

@LittleMountainLife 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, Jason! Concise and very thorough!

@SLFYSH 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you doing the planning math, offering solutions for anyone's situation. -Very encouraging.

@swvafarmer 4 жыл бұрын

Cornish cross will be here next week! I am so excited, gonna be like Christmas morning. Thanks for making this video Jason!

@WalkingScriptureWithShanna 3 жыл бұрын

This was the best walk through video on meat chickens I’ve seen!

@janetwithers7427 4 жыл бұрын

Great step by step video on the meat birds. 💖

@dwarftoad 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I should be getting my first flock of Rangers next week. I only ever raised layers before, you helped inspire me to try meat birds this year.

@lonniehollifield133 3 жыл бұрын

I did this for some home school neighbors kids start to finish. We loved it!!

@AlmostHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason. This was helpful. We are getting meat birds (Red Rangers) for the first time this weekend.

@Wild_Dreamer_ 2 жыл бұрын

What a wholesome video. Really made it feel like this is possible and doesn’t need to be super intimidating! Just got my first laying hens and looking forward to getting some meat birds this year as well!

@latin95 4 жыл бұрын

Great video !! Thanks for sharing

@ChickensAndGardening 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a nice, simple, straightforward explanation. We're restricted to 11 birds in our town but I guess our freezer is barely that large anyway.

@donnabuzzella5035 4 жыл бұрын

Great video you are so encouraging

@katiedangelo404 2 жыл бұрын

Im going to embark on meat birds... thanks for the great info! You have a new subscriber

@johnmartin9090 3 жыл бұрын

Great vedio! Enjoy your chanel so much. Thanks for sharing.

@MrChriswooldridge 9 ай бұрын

Great Vid. We are just about to jump in to raising chickens

@bonafideslacker2626 4 жыл бұрын

This is perfect timing for us; our first batch of 25 meat chickens arrive in two weeks. Thank you for the informative episode.

@kkg02122 4 жыл бұрын

This was a really great breakdown! And video!

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@BrendaJMay 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info on meat raised chickens! Much❤Love & 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻God Bless😘

@pinoyhomesteader2882 4 жыл бұрын

Recommended video by youtube to me knowing that I’m planning to make this happen this coming mid spring here in Ontario. Cheers Jason!

@sue702 2 жыл бұрын

I like your chicken coop with the wheels I've never seen one before. I'd want one like that My friend has chickens band thinking about keeping them. Awesome Video thanks for the information very helpful.

@nicoleb5990 8 ай бұрын

This was a very encouraging video. Thank you for making it so simple to understand.

@SowtheLand 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@isnoo1 4 жыл бұрын

Great video and info!!

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@pinkythechihuahua3156 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jason, on an informative video. We are not zoned for livestock. I'm on the HOA board and have to abide by the CC&R. What I DO have are two gardens that are the size of twin beds. They are the wood frames from them. With the Covid virus we are social distancing and are using our alone time, planting and cleaning up our winter garden. Our desert California weather has been odd this spring. We've had rain and cool temps. So, today I planted from transplants, black beauty zucchini, a yellow bell pepper and lunch box peppers. From them I'll make hot pepper jam. Jalapinos cost next to nothing here so I decided to not plant them. Instead I have 6 Chicago Pickling cucumbers I started from seed. They will be PICKLES! Yum! Going to check out your show note video on canning. 🌵🌵Coming atcha from Palm Springs CA🌵🌵

@denisebrady6858 4 жыл бұрын

Great video & explained so well- just wish I had the space to grow or keep chickens but only have a backyard. Cheers Denise

@cassityart7001 4 жыл бұрын

A plucker machine is a must have. ❤️🌱🐓. Thanks. Great video.

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

It really is!

@kimberlydoerr1329 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We didn't realize there was a big difference between the Freedom Rangers and the Cornish Crosses. This year we were not going to give it a try but now thinking with these tips it is possible again.

@sharonanspach2734 4 жыл бұрын

great info as usual..thanks for sharing

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

thanks Sharon for all the great comments you give us. Hope you are well.

@JeeJeanVittoVlogs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info Sir.

@VeryMiley 2 жыл бұрын

Succinct. Covers all they key points. Highly encourage anyone who is raising meat chickens to watch this as a great and accurate overview/summary video in addition to watching the longer classic videos. Nice job!

@alexwasko8069 4 жыл бұрын

Got my first meat birds last week got 6 Cornish and 6 rangers. Can wait

@AZHighlandHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Jason! Thanks for making this video. We have layers we are raising right now, but hope to raise freedom rangers next year here in AZ! 🌵 😃👍

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@steveo_o6707 Жыл бұрын

Good vid, we have egglayers but will be moving to an acre soon so we'll be adding more eggers and will start broilers after I get grass to grow on the plot

@IceLynne 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love your feeder :-)

@shaniaa9287 4 жыл бұрын

Good one Jason 👍

@WMHhomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Concise but exactly the information I’m looking for :)

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

So glad!

@MK-cw4gw 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you both for all you do. My wife and I have been following you guys for a few months now and you have been a HUGE inspiration to us to get moving on our own homestead. I'm a California native who now resides in an Upstate NY farm area and we are looking for land now. Just wanted to give you a quick note of gratitude for all you guys are doing and inspiring us as well as so many others here!! Much love! Your "California" friends in NY!

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

@dianeblack8849 4 жыл бұрын

very informative..good eating...stay healthy

@Searchingforthel1ght 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. We are building our chicken and goat pen this week. Something you said was so crucial and something I’ve not heard before ......you’ll be eating the birds before they lay eggs!!!! I didn’t even realize that. We made plans to include nesting boxes for our meat birds. We can scrap that idea. They won’t need them. It’s those simple things that you think people already know that really help us out.

@shaniaa9287 4 жыл бұрын

WOW 👍❣️ Great video. Love it👌

@bobnitko7825 3 жыл бұрын

That was very helpful thank u!

@andrewdisney8475 2 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@Marylmac Жыл бұрын

Wow, this is a great fact filled, no fluff video on exactly what I needed to know. I had only ever thought about laying hens...and didn't get any as I travel a lot, but this is an amazing small window of time to end up with so much chicken in the freezer! I have been becoming more concerned every day, at what ends up in the pan after and during cooking bought meat, here in the EU. So, it's get info Mary... and start. My friends also accidentally mentioned they tried raising geese and chickens the past 2 years, and are very happy with the results. They keep adding chickens every few weeks from March thru April and slaughter in July to end August. She is a school teacher so gets the heavy work taken care of in school holidays...a little at a time...and they live on a house block in the city.

@frankfunk9188 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

@gonebeans9546 4 жыл бұрын

You guys rock!!

@paulinelarach938 4 жыл бұрын

Good going!

@johns6119 3 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful, thanks man

@UsmanFaraz854 7 ай бұрын

Nice informative video 😊😊😊

@dawnmorris3252 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video 💚🌱💚

@hollys87 4 жыл бұрын

Just received our first meat birds Tuesday 3/24, really happy with McMurray hatchery really nice people and good healthy birds. Did almost have a heart attack when I called the main post office and they said the carrier had picked them up to deliver to our residence and we were working so wouldn'tbe home when they arrived, it was 38f with feel of 31f so I had to ask them to call the carrier and have her leave them at the local office.

@LetsTalkGoats 4 жыл бұрын

Great video

@nabdo7258 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information.

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

You bet!

@theone5404 2 жыл бұрын

How nice. I like my birds too be 3-4 pounds.

@jd5059 4 жыл бұрын

Thats so cool hope I do that one day

@isthiswheremynamegoesorher2667 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@greenacrebirds 4 жыл бұрын

Great video keep up the great content I can't wait until I get my meat chickens👍👍❤❤😁😁

@farnorthpicker56 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Just need to set up a wheel system on the tractor we built yesterday. Chicks will be here in a couple of days. Do you have problems with weasels getting into the tractors?

@danielmiller3567 2 ай бұрын

I just wanted to say thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with me. I found it very helpful. I’m looking forward to raising my first 25 chickens. I’m also looking forward to your future videos on how I should build a chicken coop for egg laying chickens. Believe it or not I’m thinking about getting two beef cows. I don’t know if you have any experience with . I look forward to your next video.

@therenaissancewoman2080 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great video. Well explained. I raised the Cornish meat birds. I would get 50 every year. I learn that if you give them the grower some of them will have leg problems and some of them will explode... their hearts. It happens. So the next year I learned to cut the grower food with some other grains and that seemed to help to reduce the intensity of their growth. My chickens were really big. Now, for the first time, twenty-plus years later, I have for the first time hatched my own eggs. These Rhode Island Reds will be for meat birds. I only have eight that hatched. This will be an interesting experience to see how they do as a meat birds. I'm expecting to butcher at 12 weeks.

@earlclaborn 2 жыл бұрын

good stuff

@JeeJeanVittoVlogs 4 жыл бұрын

Great channel. ThAnk you for sharing.

@SowtheLand 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@JeeJeanVittoVlogs 4 жыл бұрын

@ Sow the Land : Thank you so much Sir for the info about raising chickens.

@Chanchitasa 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed to watch. Newbie to country living and planning on raising chickens. I have no sweet clue what I am doing. Thank you for being so honest about butchering not being easy. I can't imagine that it will be fun but it will help myself and hopefully my kids really appreciate where our food comes from. ✌❤

@sethstoots15 8 ай бұрын

You gotta get in touch with BlueGabe down in florida and go out fishing with him. Y'all are almost twins

@stumpbumpers 4 жыл бұрын

Raised several flocks of layers or dual purpose breeds over the last 10 years, but never any meat birds. This year we are trying both Cornish cross and red rangers. We bought 25 each. Along with our dual purpose breeds we’ll have around 100 or so. Thanks for the info.

@batpherlangkharkrang7976 4 жыл бұрын

Hi...... Jason, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🌱🎥👍👍👍

@jeannel1065 4 жыл бұрын

Good editing, showing the highlights of chicken raising for a first timer. A lot of people are thinking about getting egg layers for the first time this year.

@lalalue158 4 жыл бұрын

wish to have this lifestyle

@guinealumps8736 Жыл бұрын

I rescued a Rudd Ranger chick from Royal King along with buying 3 Blue Andalusian's and 2 Sapphire Gems. I have a SERIOUS question!!! What kind of feed to I give my Rudd Ranger once she's of age, FYI I have NO intentions on slaughtering her and don't want her becoming "slaughter weight".... I have no clue what to buy her but I know I want her food to be organic though. So hopefully you or someone can please tell me what to buy! Thank you!

@reesysorganicworld1989 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best video! We have a very small yard and wonder if we can at least do 5-10 chickens to start.

@swvafarmer 3 жыл бұрын

Go for it! The key is keeping them moved onto fresh grass daily

@user-be3kj1tw3w 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

@maureenthefirst1 4 жыл бұрын

You are a wonderful family and I appreciate you all. God Bless You.

@OurSoVaLife 2 жыл бұрын

Great information. I'm really interested in doing this. The part that concerns me I'd butchering. I don't know if I am confident enough to do it. I'm working alone. Do you think it'd reasonable to do 10 birds myself in one day? Thanks for sharing

@valdiobrigedoebomsilva7592 4 жыл бұрын

*PARABÉNS PELAS CRIAÇÕES DE FRANGO TUDO DE BOM FAMÍLIA CALIFÓRNIA*

@johncourtneidge Жыл бұрын

Well done and hurrah. Two questions: do you give free access to grit and oyster shell? Joe Salatan spoke about a feed supplement (60lb per ton) have you ever used that? Again, many thanks!

@tankscrittersandurbanhomes5579 4 жыл бұрын

I did cornish last year. Trying a batch of red this year. Going to see what we think

@Oururbanhomestead1966 4 жыл бұрын

Just wondering if you guys have a po box? Would love to make a crocheted blanket for Penelope. I love watching your videos and we are in the process of turning our typical suburban backyard into our own urban homestead which I will be documenting on my KZfaq channel. Love from Annette Kemp Perth Australia