Did combining all our chicken flocks slow down egg production?

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Жыл бұрын

We have been talking about it for some time now and we finally decided to pull the trigger and combine all our chickens into one flock. We debated building one large coop to put them all in and pull it around the farm with the tractor but decided to just use the chickshaws that we already had and save the money. Also, when you have a large coop for all your birds there is a large concentration of manure right under the coop and usually leaves you with bare spot in your pasture. By using our chickshaws it is easy to move them daily within the fencing so we can spread the manure throughout the pasture and we shouldn't end up with any bare spots.
We have also been asked multiple time how many egg laying chickens do we have and we haven’t really been able to give a answer since our chicken math has gone crazy. Today we count them and see how many layers we really have!
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@selectbrands Жыл бұрын

Surrounded by tall trees, fields like that are a dream come true for hawks and owls. Sheer numbers do sometimes intimidate hawks, but they learn over time how to pick off the vulnerable ones. Hawks are territorial so it won't be all out carnage, but they do teach their young to hunt.

@armyofkidsfarmlife Жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that fermenting their food for a few days will help them digest it and their egg production will double!! Hope to have more updates on our channel, just getting into making KZfaq videos we are definitely beginners! Great video!

@marilynhoops3498 Ай бұрын

I haven't seen your videos from a year ago. I hadn't started watching you at that time. Very informative videos. Enjoyed watching them.

@PeterSedesse 4 ай бұрын

Stress-related loss of egg production doesn't really manifest itself until the 3rd day after the stress. The eggs that are laid the first 2 days after the stress have already been developing and will come out normal.

@andrewpaige6571 Жыл бұрын

I love your operation because you even taking your son along with you and they showing other youth that you could enjoy being or having chickens. 🐔I love the fact that they have their own homes and they have their own 🐔

@patricksmith3135 Жыл бұрын

Great idea putting them all together and just shifting coops daily. The manure below the coops will attract insects which will attract hens and nourish the ground. You have a great crew too. Best to you all.

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thanks! They are good help. We are excited about having them all together

@donaldvoltz9436 Жыл бұрын

I love when you guys hatch out chicks! I would use this incubator for quail eggs. I live in the US

@lmlrabbitry Жыл бұрын

Your chicken set up looks great! Thanks for sharing, as usual I always learn from you and get ideas on how to make things easier:)

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thanks this has made our life so much easier

@missushoneybee Жыл бұрын

You all have such pretty land. That sunrise shot was lovely.

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@laurie8166 Жыл бұрын

I love it when the kiddos know how to distinguish the chickens by name 😀 my kids want to start selling eggs here in my town. How much does a dozen of eggs go for in your town? We are in Arizona.

@M.I.TankLdr Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha....love the boy saying.....Wommmmaaannn! That was the best.

@BillBrown-fy1yj 11 ай бұрын

Think counting as they come out would be more accurate

@ahtemmathehun3506 Жыл бұрын

That's a great looking set up! I would be excited to bet them all in the same field too! Thanks for sharing, this gave me lots of ideas.

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

It is a beautiful sight. Love just watching them all do chicken things!😂

@MarioLopez-ob5rv Жыл бұрын

I really admire the company and teamwork. It's amazing...

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@cwomo9147 Жыл бұрын

Found out yesterday you have to childproof your pig pens like you child proof your house. I had a two week old baby piglet face plant into the hole in a concrete block ..couldn't get out, don't know how long he was in there ..got him out put him in the pool to help him cool off.. that was a close call so if you have baby piglets think outside the box and look for anything that they might get into trouble with

@TMesser74 Жыл бұрын

I remember when I was a kid my uncle who is a pig farmer pulling a piglet out of a gate that he got his head stuck in. He acted like it was a normal thing that happened and pulled that little guy out screaming his head off. lol.

@china-trip Жыл бұрын

My best friend, Wonderful video dear. I enjoyed watching. Hope to see you soon...

@hillarywattenbarger3203 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos! You guys are a great family❤️

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@marilynhoops3498 Ай бұрын

You're right. The pigs are really unhappy. 😂

@ReySantana_ 4 ай бұрын

Wow!! Great space for them!! Should be an Amazing experience ..

@g.eeducation251 3 ай бұрын

I love your coop.... Im gonna check to see if you have a blueprint

@KCFarms 3 ай бұрын

They are a Justin Rhodes design he has plans on his website

@borisbuliak3626 Жыл бұрын

Very impressive set up. Thanks for sharing it

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Your welcome. Appreciate you following along!

@Thomaslittlefarm Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful farm setup 😍

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@stephenhines2795 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see how you made the bottoms of the feeders

@ronmetz9172 Жыл бұрын

There is an outfit just outside of Lubbock that pastures a couple thousand hens. They use commercial built movable self contained chicken house trailers. By self contained I mean automatic waterers and feed are on the trailers. They move them around their pastures like you do with the chickshaws. When you drive by their operation, the layers are all out milling about the pastures. I don’t think your idea of a chicken house on a trailer would be a bad one. I’m sure you could find a running gear from an old hay wagon in your area and build a light weight structure on it. It would further cut down on labor and maintenance of multiple chickshaws. I’m going to predict you will grow weary of caps on/caps off on those feeders every day. Looks tedious and time consuming.

@lrmsmrls16 Жыл бұрын

Thats a very pretty field. Congratulations!

@eddiebarrera-ws8vu 9 ай бұрын

Would automatic deer feeders work,they can be set on a timer,and adjusted to how much feed comes out.seems like a couple of deer feeders help out.

@jimmyponds5504 7 ай бұрын

Nice ranging area! I'm not familiar with one of the breeds you named: If you will, please list the breeds again. Looks like you have some good help! Thanks!

@KCFarms 7 ай бұрын

Vario-ova, white leghorn, commercial brown (brown sex-link), black sex-link, and amberlink

@jimmyponds5504 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the names. I have "several" breeds. As I wish to hatch eggs of each breed, each pure breed is penned separately, so I can relate to the time/effort needed come chore time!! ha Then I have a pen of mixed hens and as Novagen (sp) is not technically a breed, I keep my Novagen in with the mixed flock. Thanks again!

@Farmer.David.Y 8 ай бұрын

Cool idea. I will try it on my farm ❤

@andrewpaige6571 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for allowing us to see how your production is going this is the first time I ever seen your free range chickens on your land on land. It is a joy to see how the production is coming along.

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew we appreciate you following along

@Farmsach5356 Жыл бұрын

I live in town, so i have no advantages of building a big farm. just try my best to work hard everyday to make alot of money by my way

@pauljohnston9446 Жыл бұрын

I would have the chickshaws a little further from the fence to keep flyers from getting out as easily ... Otherwise good job ...

@laurie8166 Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s a lot of buckets and a whole lot of chickens 😦👏🏻👏🏻

@HowDeeDo Жыл бұрын

I know nothing about chickens so I’m asking probably a goofy question…does it matter if there’s cross breeding between the different species I guess is the right word? Or do they stick with their own? Just curious and really love watching how you do things!!

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t matter. If you decided to hatch you would get a mixed breed of chicken. Thanks for following along!!

@HowDeeDo Жыл бұрын

@@KCFarms oh for Pete’s sake, I watched that too early today…you just sell the eggs, duh🙄 I promise to have 2 cups of coffee in my system before asking questions next time😂 thanks for answering though!!

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

We do hatch as well

@ray330 Жыл бұрын

How many chickens per chickshaw? Do you have a video on the construction of these?

@matthewmcconnaughey5930 Жыл бұрын

Would a shade cloth over the water pans help?

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

We are thinking about adding that

@jimmieepperson6131 Жыл бұрын

How did you you make your chicken coops. I’m not trying to build all these fancy chicken coops these other people are building. They act like they are building houses

@RaquelBatEl Жыл бұрын

Love this! Great vibes from this farm. Which type of chicken would you say TASTES the BEST (for meat and for eggs)?

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thanks for following along Raquel we appreciate your support. We haven’t raised many birds for dual purpose. We love the Cornish cross for meat and sex links for laying eggs. We have heard good thing about the Bresse chicken for dual purpose but haven’t raised them yet.

@RaquelBatEl Жыл бұрын

@@KCFarms Thank you so much! I will keep that in mind. 🙏

@frutbum Жыл бұрын

@@KCFarms American Breese is great, I just don't know how cold hardy they are.

@BaylorHabyan-hg6tp 10 ай бұрын

Video is great where do y’all get your chicks at

@KCFarms 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! We get ours at valley farms hatchery

@pacificfavor3310 Жыл бұрын

This is inspiring

@GerardoIantosca Жыл бұрын

Looking good

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Tha is man hope you’re doing well

@AmericanAFDumpsters Жыл бұрын

Awesome setup!!! Quick question! Is there any issues with hawks in your area? I would love to do this, we have 5 separate coops and want to put them all together to free roam like this but hawks are a real pain in the ass. Appreciate your videos!!

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

We’ve lost probably 3 chickens to hawks in 4 years. Appreciate you following along

@TexarkanaPrepper 10 ай бұрын

Great video. I learned some things. What is the dimension of your Chickasaw?

@KCFarms 10 ай бұрын

We have a few that are 6x6 and one that is 8x6. We used the Justin Rhodes Chickshaw plans and modified it to fit our needs.

@TexarkanaPrepper 10 ай бұрын

@@KCFarms how do you train them to go back in at night to begin with? How do you time the best time to go out and close the door. Can you use sun set plus a certain number of minutes?

@KCFarms 10 ай бұрын

When you first put them in it leave them closed in with food and water for a day. They learn that is home and go up everyday. We go and shut the coop once it is dusk or shortly after

@liamgarner6856 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a video or link to make those chick shaws? They are a great design!

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Justin Rhodes has one that’s where I got the plans

@liamgarner6856 Жыл бұрын

@@KCFarms awesome thanks! Also do you electrify the netting fencing they are in or no?

@Miandilshad-fg1fy Жыл бұрын

which country is your farm in

@Bigislandguy Жыл бұрын

Very nice

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate you following along!

@bns8594 Жыл бұрын

What are you using to charge the 5 nets?

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

I don’t have a charge on it. If I do it will be a premier 1 solar charger

@pattikemp-gettmann9646 Жыл бұрын

How will they go into the correct coop? How do you keep preditors away with having the nesting boxes open like that?

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

For the first month or so it was pretty cool they would go into the coop that they were used to going into to. Now some of them have switched but there are chickens still in all the coops each night.

@mikkeljylland9153 3 ай бұрын

Any dandelion in the grass? My chickens love that.

@stanleycarigtv4490 Жыл бұрын

Nice sharing my friend 👍❤️🤝🤝🤝

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@coziii.1829 Жыл бұрын

I call that free range I thinking to do that , go behind my goats and cows Greg Judy style if you haven’t heard of him. He has a KZfaq channel.

@bonniegerasimowicz1161 10 ай бұрын

Yes it will. Hopefully just short while

@Miandilshad-fg1fy Жыл бұрын

where is the village farm

@todphillips3935 Жыл бұрын

Nice life, my friend.

@luckyduck146 Жыл бұрын

Chicken lay like that when they wanted to be submitted

@MommyOfGirls1622 2 ай бұрын

What type of feed do you feed your flock to help them lay a lot of eggs

@KCFarms 2 ай бұрын

We just use a 16% non gmo layer pellet

@margiesnyder7086 4 ай бұрын

Great,but what about Eagles,owls & hawks?

@KCFarms 4 ай бұрын

We have lost 3 chickens to hawks in the 5 years we have been here

@hassanhussein2818 Жыл бұрын

What tupe of food are you feeding them

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Non gmo layer pellet

@3bouldersurban653 Жыл бұрын

Do the chicken return to the group and the same coop every night?

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

They used to now they have changed lodging but usually they go to the same coop they have picked

@todphillips3935 Жыл бұрын

Where do you sell your eggs? Do you need an egg license? Do you wash them in your kitchen? Or do you have a dedicated facility? Just wondering because I would like to sell my eggs at farmers market and we need an egg dealers license.

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

We sell by word of mouth and at a market. Rules are different everywhere

@avinashrananaware3464 2 ай бұрын

Combined or whatever , you think you feed chicken but long term ,chicken raising you 😅.. So your tools set as wholesome natural .

@maddog45auto66 Жыл бұрын

Be nice on that water Speak it to have a patio umbrella

@thishomesteadlife925 Жыл бұрын

This is a gorgeous setup! Love the simplicity of combining them all together in one large, protected space. A couple of questions…How many feet of fencing is this space and is it electric?

@KCFarms Жыл бұрын

Thank you. We have 6-100ft fences put together. We don’t electrify them.