Raising Healthy Chickens Organically Part 1

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Raising Healthy Chickens Organically Part 1

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Ali's Organic Garden & Homestead

Күн бұрын

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@tammy6816 Ай бұрын

This ranks as one of the best instructional videos on keeping chickens! One year in and I’m still learning how to best care for the health, happiness, and enrichment of my flock of 11 hens, 1 rooster, and one new chick. Praying the new chick is NOT another rooster. 😅I’m saving this video as I’m sure I’ll refer to it often. Thank you Ali!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Your welcome! Our broody hen hatched out 6 chicks last fall and 4 were roosters. 😳She hatched another batch of 8 this spring and THANKFULLY we only had 1 rooster. 🐓 😊 have fun with your flock! I just love. Chickens.

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

And thank you! 😊

@Janemedia1 5 күн бұрын

Very informational and encouraging video... thank you! All of your videos are so appreciated! Blessings on your family and homestead Kiddo!

@VibrantEarthSeeds 2 күн бұрын

What a great tip to give herbs to our chickens! We have so much mint, that will work perfectly. Thanks for the great information!

@constanceburger Ай бұрын

I love all your videos! I pray for you often. God Bless You! 🙏🕊❤️

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Thank you!😊 May God bless you!

@lorigarcia844 Ай бұрын

I look forward to your videos Ali, always so informative ! This couldn’t have come at a better time seems like a lot of us are under extreme heat and our chickens are stressed. Thanks for all of these tips they are much appreciated!!! Blessings!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Your welcome! We are definitely going to have a HOT week here and we have to protect our chickens the best we can. 😁 stay cool!

@utubegreats Ай бұрын

I’m looking forward to the day when I can have my own chickens. I am getting started by getting educated. Thank you for this. Very helpful video. PS. Cute shirt!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

You’ll love having chickens! And thanks 😊

@lindascott3198 Ай бұрын

❤great information

@12pointlife51 Ай бұрын

I have to go back and watch this again taking notes along the way. Great content!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

🙏🏼 thank you 😊

@lisaginmt8109 Ай бұрын

I just saw your post on the Tackle Anything Project and looked you up on UTube - Wow!!! Am I ever glad I found you - your videos are sooooo inspiring and I cannot believe you do so much on 1/2 acre!! Very impressive and amazing how you have it all set up - I work out of my barn on my less than 2 acre piece of land in northwestern Montana - looking forward to watching more of your videos and interacting with you on the Project.

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

@@lisaginmt8109 I’m really excited for this little project we will be diving into and look forward chatting with you more through the months! I hope we can all help each other and learn from each other as well. It’s fun! I sometimes think “how can this little 1/2 acre can keep me so crazy busy”. Thanks for looking me up! Looking forward to next week 😄

@lisaginmt8109 Ай бұрын

@@Alisorganics I agree! See you next Thursday!

@QRSTUVe 9 күн бұрын

Amen 🙌🏾

@ellisfoodandmore6008 Ай бұрын

I love your amazingly educational channel. My girls and I learn a lot. Blessings always for continued peace and success. 🙏🏻 ❤ 🇹🇹

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 🙏🏼💕

@decafletcher6334 Ай бұрын

Thank you for another great video! You know so much about farming... Its amazing! I am so glad to have found this channel and that you are sharing all this awesome knowledge . Thank you again and God bless!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Thank you as well! God bless 😊

@MonkeyBoy-sd9vc Ай бұрын

If you want to use city water that's chlorinated you can leave it open in the sun and the chlorine will evaporate in 24 hours

@Rurallifevlogs68 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I learn so much from your videos!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 I do appreciate that.

@milliealford8968 Ай бұрын

You are a wealth of knowledge. I Love your videos. GOD BLESS!!😊

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. 🙏🏼

@jillnewton5630 Ай бұрын

I've been waiting for this video! Thank you Ali! Great informative video as always.

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@marking-time-gardens Ай бұрын

Very informational and encouraging video... thank you! All of your videos are so appreciated! Blessings on your family and homestead Kiddo! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕

@RhinoSmith63 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, I have had chickens for many years but can still learn more. Thanks!

@sustainably__u Ай бұрын

This is soooo good! Thank you❤

@PhoebeStead-u4k Ай бұрын

I was searching your content just yesterday for videos on chicken care but I could only find some on breaking down their manure... I was stunned when I saw this video today. Thankyou for sharing your wisdom with us. I look forward to your video about the tincture. I would love to see more videos on herbal medicines for both humans and animals. God bless you Ali I am so thankful that I found you your content is priceless ❤

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

What timing then! 😁 I plan on doing more herbal uses! Thank you for reassuring me that is something wanted. Take care and God bless you! Thank you as well. 🥰

@midwestribeye7820 Ай бұрын

I grow all these herbs outside my fenced garden area that my hens can nibble on at leisure. ❤ my girls!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Me too! 🐓🥰

@virginiaolsen5265 Ай бұрын

Chickens are so fun to raise. Thank you for the reminder. Love looking at your channel.

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Yes they are! Thank you! 🙏🏼

@cynthiagoodell1213 Ай бұрын

Ali, you are my hero!

@utubegreats Ай бұрын

Mine, too.

@loriarnold9011 Ай бұрын

I learned some new things! Thank you❤️

@Hydrangia6856 Ай бұрын

I love your videos

@colleencourtney4484 Ай бұрын

What a wealth of information. Thank you for sharing. God Bless you

@Serendipity_Strawberry_Farm Ай бұрын

We lost our chicken run during the bushfires. For months we purchased herbs for them at the grocery store as we had lost everything grass and herbs that day. As a lot of the herbs grow so well for us during the summer months I dry herbs including our calendula all summer and winter so that they have their herbs every day of the year. When we rebuilt their coop we built the new enclosure around a water tank so that during the summer they can dirt bath alongside of the tank to help keep them cool. We replaced their coop with a resin garden shed installing polystyrene to the inside of the roof to help insulate from the cold of winter and the heat of summer. I purchased a solar fan which we installed inside at the roofline to push the hot air out of the coop all day. I pulled out the plastic window and installed mesh for airflow and built them an awning over the window to stop rain getting inside and using hole bits we drilled holes at the roofline of the walls for extra ventilation. We include dried cornflower as well in their feed and some flax seed and hemp seed to provide them with additional protein. We’ve recently placed currants and thornless blackberries into a raised bed along one of the walls so that they will have those berries during the summer this year and I grew an elderflower tree from a cutting we were given so that it has grown a canopy of shade for them in the run if they have to be locked in. Ive spent the past 14 months teaching myself how to grow them meal worms for protein as well. My husband says their eggs are the best they have ever been. My adult children tell me that we spoil our chickens way too much but as Ive said to the girls the chickens are my little family since everyone grew up and left home they became my empty nest project :)

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Way to go! You are doing it all right! The rebuilding would be hard, but it certainly makes you think of how to improve! You didn’t loose your house from the fires did you?

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

And my animals have become my empty nest project as well. We always had them, but the addiction kinda took off 10 fold. 😅

@Serendipity_Strawberry_Farm Ай бұрын

@@Alisorganics no our house was damaged from the fire and our roof was burned. Every roof on our property was lost and had to be replaced. We lost our infrastructure ie water tanks, septic system, incoming power etc. We learned a lot from this experience and now have rebuilt one of our sheds to be fully battery powered and we’ve put on extra solar panels and installed a large battery to operate our house with back up generators. We had two 30,000 water tanks before the bushfire but we now have 70,000 litres all hooked up to sources that can run independently of the power grid so that we can fight to protect our home should it happen again. It’s been a journey to get back to this point.

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

@@Serendipity_Strawberry_Farm oh wow! So scary! I’m sorry you went through that. Hard lessons sure teach us a lot. Yes, what a journey. And I hope everyone is was ok going through that. 🥰

@Serendipity_Strawberry_Farm Ай бұрын

@@Alisorganics it has definitely taught us how to be more resilient. We have a small caravan now so that if we find we are in that situation again and have to leave we have the ability to come back afterwards even if we lose the house and be able to stay on our property with our animals. Last time we ended up in a shed at the local airport and our dogs had to be tied up to a tractor to keep them safe and our poor chickens had to be kept in the enclosed cages as did the cat and our budgies, our gold fish had to live in a bucket for 8 days. Im never going through that again. We have modular fencing staked under the bed of the caravan so that if we had to come back to nothing at least our animals will be able to cared for in a better situation than last time. You kind of don’t think about anything other than grabbing everyone and getting out but coming back and finding their coop burned down etc and then trying to work out where they would sleep and be safe wasn’t even a thought until it happened.

@chickenlady2802 Ай бұрын

What a great video. You know I love my flock..I learned alot...❤❤your black and white hens,splash marans??

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Yes! Slash marans. They are so sweet! Thank you!

@najwaseiya Ай бұрын

❤❤💟💟💙💙💙💙

@Truongthikimcuong92 Ай бұрын

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@Midwest_Fam Ай бұрын

Hi! I recently found and love your channel! 💕 I finally made the step to get five chickens this year! My girls are 6 weeks old. What is the brand of pre-blended organic chicken feed you use? I’ve been using a commercial blend from our local farm store, but I’d like to try the pre-blend you showed. I just put in some raised garden beds this year, and I plan to add more next year. I plant to incorporate some of these plants! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 😊 God bless!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

I use Whole Grain from Modesto Milling. Thank you and may God Bless you!🥰

@daisyw.7080 Ай бұрын

This is great Ali! Thank you so much! How did you learn all this? Do you have book recommendations?

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Lots of years of raising chickens teaches you! I have one I refer to and love. It doesn’t cover raising, but more about herbs and natural care of health issues for the farm animals. I’ve used it for years for all my animals. “The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm & Stable” by Juliette de Bairacli Levy. No pictures, just old fashioned print!

@robinvila2354 Ай бұрын

I have learned so much from your videos, they are solid, straight to the point and informative. Thank you! Would you be willing to share the brand of your preblended feed? It can be so confusing knowing what to feed them. Mine are still pullets and free range and get their crumble with some scratch but I feel like I want to give them a good solid feed with grains.

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

Yes! I use Modesto Milling Feed. They have everything. It’s wonderful feed. We order in pallets for our store and saves in shipping.

@AshokasRoots 11 күн бұрын

Was wondering the same! Thanks for asking ✨️

@mendocinoflowerfarm Ай бұрын

What kind of sand do you use for the dust bath? Any dirt? Thx!

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

This is just some local sand. I’ve used sand from the creek banks, washes and even some bagged play sand. You can use any type of sand.

@belindamanis3431 Ай бұрын

I keep hearing about feeding herbs to chickens but mine won’t eat them.

@mendocinoflowerfarm Ай бұрын

@@Alisorganicsgood to know! I’ve read that play sand is too large and the sand has to be a certain grit, and then went to the hardware store and exhausted myself over which grit of sand to get 😅 Love the whole video!🌿

@mendocinoflowerfarm Ай бұрын

@@belindamanis3431we now introduce herbs to our chicks from day 1, and the chicks that hatch on farm are born into a nest full of herbs and rose petals. The ones that didn’t get herbs from the start are more picky. Keep adding them in and they’ll get used to them. Even having them brush against them or walk on them helps release the volatile oils and can be beneficial 💚

@Truongthikimcuong92 Ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤ like ❤

@senzalbasha4455 Ай бұрын

Hi, how do you feed garlic to your livestock ?

@Alisorganics Ай бұрын

I’ll crush the garlic up over their feed. My goats didn’t eat it at first, they would push it around their grain and now they eat it without hesitation other than one doe. Miss picky pants! I have to put a clove in some peanut butter rolled in oats.

@senzalbasha4455 Ай бұрын

Thanks I’ll try that