Whens the Best Time to Introduce new Chickens to your Flock
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- I thought we would talk about when is the best time to introduce new chickens into your flock. I have always been told you need to do it this way and at this time. Let's break down those myths. As we introduce two pasture raised flocks to each other.
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I really enjoy how your family interacts on a daily basis and the quality of the projects you build. I love seeing the pigs zip n run in their new pasture! They are in Hog Heaven!
Thank you! Yes the pigs are loving it!
For me, Lumnah Acres is also the endless enthusiasm of Al about the interconnectivity of plants, animals and soil. It's the beaming smiles from Gina at fresh life and food. It's the sheer delight from Olivia about homestead tasks, the bounding joy of Pluto, the dancing pigs in their pasture, the content sounds of poultry and a homestead just bursting with life!
Thank you
Dow you wut more goats yes or now.
What I love? All the “how to” videos but with a fun twist. I love watching the pigs, and Pluto. And I love how Olivia helps with the goats and collecting the eggs. Would love to see more of Gina too.
I worked for the California Bean Growers Assoc. in the office (Westley and Newman locations) and I was trained by two wonderful people Miles and Nancy. She told me something I have never forgotten, if you're not making mistakes occasionally you're probably not learning anything. Wise woman.
That is awesome! A Very Wise woman!
I've been watching this channel for awhile now and it is my favorite homesteading channel . I like that I'm always learning things. The DIY projects you make us privy to is a huge part of that as well. Your philosophy with combining the old ways with the new ways appeals to me. Why work harder when you can work smarter? I appreciate that the channel is family oriented as well. Mr. Bigs is an awesome star of the show! I love that you do a variety of things as far as animals, gardening and cooking recipes, DIY and the products you test and bring to us that you actually honestly believe in. I hope you continue to educate people with your videos. That is the reason I watch aside for the entertainment is so that I can learn things to put into place when I get my homestead. Thanks for all you and your family do to put the videos out here for all of us to see.
Thank you! We really appreciate the feed back! What state do you want to homestead in?
I live in Indiana so will be doing it here. It will be a challenge as its mostly corporation owned farms but I'd like to practice permaculture and try to heal the land we want to buy and get it turned away from the standard soybean fields to a field full of lush grass where I can have chickens and whatever other animals we decide to put on it. I know it is going to take a lot and I have a lot to learn but it will be worth it if I can pass it on to my kids and grandkids. Thanks again for all you do and for engaging with your loyal subscribers. It means a lot.
That will be an awesome legacy to leave to your kids and grand kids! YW Thanks
Thank you for this video. For the first time I’m introducing a new flock to my old flock of hens.
I love seeing the interconnected systems. For example, the straw bales that provided insulation in the winter turning into veggie beds. The pig yards turning into gardens the next season. Reusing things or land, sometimes several times. It's thrifty and productive.
The innovation is really fun - new ways to plant potatoes, or squash and brassicas. All of the experiments give me ideas for my own tiny homestead.
Cooking new dishes (for me) and using the products of your labor is always appreciated.
Well said :)
Thank you! We really love finding new ways to use everything. And it blows my mind how interconnected everything is once we open our eyes to it! We are always learning new ways and I am always amazed
I love your channel! My kids(10, 8, 6, 4, 1) love your channel. Even if they're not watching, when they hear Mr. Biggs they yell out, "You watching Lumnah Acres, Mama?" LOL! Your processes, tips, and involving the family are favorites here. I know every family is different in how comfortable they are with how much of their kids' lives are shown on the internet, but our family loves seeing Olivia in the episodes and how she is involved in the homestead life.
Thank you! Your feed back is very encouraging and really helps! Very appreciated! Good old Mr. Biggs!
I just love the way you "thank you" to the chickens for their eggs!
I enjoy seeing you building projects, working with the animals, and growing and processing food.
Thank you! We really appreciate all your feed back!
For me, Lumnah Acres is the epitomy of Modern Homesteading - simply a wonderful family, working as a team, spending quality time together, applying intelligence, common sense and an infectious enthusiasm to your tasks, willing to experiment with what works best to achieve your dream of self-sufficiency and freedom in a way that's truly inspiring!
Oh, almost forgot - I hope you went back and collected the egg that was under the crate in the old meat bird shelter :)
I did! Lol Thanks
Thank you! We really appreciate the feed back! It truly means alot
Well said Simon.
Thank you for all your videos, it is helping my family become more self sufficient on our little homestead. Keep up the great work!
For me it's motivation to continue looking for that dream of becoming a homesteader. I like the family interaction.
Thank you! we really appreciate the feed back. It means alot!
Loving the positive simple fun way you go about doing the duties on the farm...And you've included your daughter and wife in helping when they can...In this labour of loving farm life...have no idea what else i'd like to see at your farm since there's a variety of things going on....Rearing of livestock and Gardening....Working outside of the home doesn't make it any easier....I guess it's what else you like and can manage....Your Homestead is large...looks nice secluded...You're both young and have many years ahead and time to introduce other things....You have to stay healthy and keep the strength up...Lovely eggs!
Thank you! Your feed back really means a lot!
Great job Al, I love the way you make your land more and more efficient with your animals and your gardens. You do a great job of thinking projects through before they begin.
Thank you! We can't wait to see what the property is like in 5 years! I am sure we will have added a lot more to it to by then.
Hey brother just became a subscriber today I'm introducing 10 ladies to my other ladies and I was very nervous but now I think I have the confidence to do it thank you so much
I follow you guys from day to day for quite a while now. I find it interesting to see how a modern homesteader lives! Thank you Al and family! :)
Thanks! We really appreciate the feed back! Its nice to know why you watch the channel.
Thanks for reminding everyone, when you interact with your animals, that you are not hurting them--even if they are squawking!
Thanks! Yes it can be hard on camera for it not to come across as hurting so I want everyone to know that!
Thank you for this video! The information and encouragement is much appreciated.
I love when they freerange😉
We love it about Lumnah Acres. You provide us with a daily satisfactory doze of homesteading. Best of luck.
Thanks! We are glad you are enjoying your daily dose of Lumnah Acres. We really appreciate the feedback!
When I want to crate up my chickens, I start by putting some feed inside the crate. That usually gets 80% of them into the crate. Then the last few I gotta herd/catch.
I love the super positive way you and your family work on the homestead.
Thank you! We really enjoy living this way
Ha! You just didn't want the pigs to pull your shorts down on camera. LOL
Brack, brack braaaacck. "He's gonna kill meeeee." Adding multiple birds helps diffuse aggression, add one or two, and they're targets. Moving the tractor, scatterfeed, or food scraps as a distraction also helps.
Your sensible approach to homesteading, coupled with your passion, and philosophy. You don't have failures, you have learning experiences, assess, adapt, and move forward. You learn what is successful from others, then adapt that to your homestead. You don't add more than you can handle. You add infrastructure wisely, if it's not mobile, it's multi-purpose. If it's fixed, it's well planned for location. Your attitude towards your livestock, is caring, compassionate, but they are clearly not just pets, empty mouths to feed. You provide them with a good life, while they enjoy life, they work for you. When the time comes, you dispatch them mercifully, with respect, and your appreciation extends all the way to the dinner table.
Your a good man Al, wiser, and smarter than you give yourself credit for. You have a lovely family, a beautiful home, and a successful homestead, with room to grow. Oh! and you're bat crap crazy, that just adds to your charm. LOL
May our Earth Mother bless you with her bounty, as you honor her with your labor.
Lol, That would have made a great video! Yes failure is just a learning experience and usually where we learn the most! Thank you, it means alot
1:35 made me laugh idk why. But keep up the great work my fruend i enjoy all your vids and your like made my night even better.
The one caveat to joining two flocks is that they should be a similar size. Adding young smaller chickens to an adult flock can sometimes be dangerous for the smaller birds. Joining pullets and hens together as a flock is also easier with a rooster. The rooster will insist that the older girls let his harem grow larger.
Thanks! Crazy roosters
BTW ... I think I saw one of the chickens that you moved that was displaying a curly tail feather. You might have one additional cockerel in the pen.
Hello you guys at Lumnah Acres !! Fabulous to see how healthy looking everything is, the pig are gorgeous just running around rooting for all of fresh soil for grubs and turning it at the same time !! The chickens are sounding awesome too !! The reason why we love your channel so much here at 50 shades is your enthusiasm and passion for your homestead !! We do wish for extra space so we to can keep some 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔 and even a pig🐖 or 🐖 🐖 two !! But untill then we're quite content watching and gaining all the knowledge we need from you guys !! Thanks for sharing oh yeah where's this outdoor kitchen you keep promising us I'm so looking forward to see what you guys do with it !!
Thank you! That is very encouraging! The outdoor kitchen is coming! We have the slab done! Waiting for the time and good weather! We are hoping to start on it this weekend! But they are calling for rain! :( Fingers crossed they are wrong!
I’m a new sub ! Love your style! So relaxed and your chickens are beautiful!!
That one you said was your favorite - with the long tail feathers, is a cockeral for sure. from what I saw there were 2 cockerals one pure barred rock and the other mixed.
Thanks! Its going to be fun figuring this out. They should all be pure breeds from the hatchery.
How do you get your hens to wipe their feet before they go into the nest box. LOL my hens seem to purposeful step in poop just before they go to lay their eggs. So if there's an egg in the box already they smudge poop in the one that is there.
I hate when that happens! The eggs have been very clean since we built New Yolk City!
Love everything you post - I should go back and see if I missed any of your earlier ones!
Thank you! you should! :) Lol
4:55 that is barred rock rooster you put in new pen. and 8:16 that one being picked by the pullet you put in is also cockeral. LOL Love your posts and videos.
You think 2 of them are roosters I know one is?
Maybe this winter you can do a vid about building your house and what indoor projects you have planned for the future. The first vid of yours I saw was the cement countertop and I know you have more up your sleeve.
Great idea! Yes, we have a lot more project we plan on doing. After the outdoor kitchen, it will be a root cellar!
Bahaha! good idea locking them out, last time all they did was chew on you!!! I have 7 kennels and always looking for more
Thanks! Lol, Yes you can never have too many kennels!
Love your videos. Thanks for sharing your life and journey (good and bad times). I would like to see more incorporating your food in meals.
Thank you! We really appreciate the feed! We will work on that! We should start harvesting veggies soon!
At this point, we only have chickens and gardening going on. My husband loves to garden and I adore the interaction with the chickens. My husband is sooooo looking forward to you building/completing your outdoor kitchen. He does all the cooking in the house.
I grew up around chickens, horses & cattle. In small increments tho. My parents free ranged their chickens and they ran loose on their 3 acres. They always had 3 to 4 horses and 2 steers at a time. At that time it was safe for the chickens to be loose and in the coop at night.
My husband & I have 3 acres also. We were free ranging our chickens like my parents did, but neighbors pack of dogs that run loose in the area killed one of our chickens. So now we keep them penned up. We like your New Yolk City set up and plan to get our chickens set up similarly next Spring.
When we can afford to we plan to completely fence off our land to keep at least dogs out. But deer are always welcome here.
You are doing an awesome job sharing the good and the bad, the triumphs and the failures. Thank you for that.
Have you done a video on wing trimming? Our Rhode Island Reds are frequently testing our fencing flying up and hitting what we have for roofing/shade. If we set them up in an electric fence we fear they may still fly out.
Thank you! Chickens and gardens are a great place to start and the work great with each other! You can grow feed for them and grow even more feed with there poo after!
Exactly, our chickens' poo & straw is what we used for fertilizer this Spring :-)
You forgot to add exploding myths and teaching old chores and jobs that are forgotten in this day and age. Good video.
Best Homestead ever. ❤
I could not put into words what I like most about Lumnah Acres, so as I read the comments I liked what others said that I also like. Some were so sweet, I cried. Didn't read them all. My first thought was, everything, I love everything. You and one other channel are my favorites, trying to get my husband to watch. I just thought of something that I don't think anyone else mentioned, your videos are clean, no foul language, in appropriate topics, no using the Lord's name in vain, everyone is appropriately dressed for the task, all around good wholesome videos.
Thank you! We really appreciate the feed back. We want people to be able to know that the can sit down and watch the videos with there kids and there won't be anything I wouldn't want our 8-year-old to watch. We could probably get some videos to go viral if we add some stuff in but we don't want to do that. We would rather be known for quality. It is nice that you have noticed that! Thanks again
Hey guys! For the first time ever CZcams had an appropriate ad. Gilmore gardening supply. Must be starting to listen to the complaints about ads for feminine hygiene products on cooking bids, etc.
That is awesome! That would be great
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I enjoy your channel very much.Great videos and very nice homestead. Wonderful family! God bless you all.
Thank you! We hope you have a great weekend
how many times have you been zapped when you forget to shut off the electric fence lol
I saw a video on another channel for a really easy way to catch the chickens. You just use wire hanger and just make a leg hook on the end. You make the hook like a snap over cotter pin but opened up a little bit. Then you just catch their leg in an up sweep motion and pull the bird right up into your other arm in one smooth motion. Looks like it takes a little practice to get the feel for it but once you do it's super quick and easy and really. ...I don't know, like easy on the bird, you know?
Thanks! I will have to look into it!
Nice little tractor!
I just threw my new ones in with old flock. I knew they were all healty so i pretty much just let them figure out.
When you took the chickens out of the first chicken tractor, there was an egg (or what looked like an egg) under the crate/step.
There was! We went back to get it! Thank you :)
Lumnah Acres is a part of my daily activity. Great jobs .
Thank you! We appreciate that!
Great video dude!!👍🐔🤠
Mark Baker is synging. A hog vs scalding and scrape. Check it out. Very interesting.
Thanks! I will
6:23 the stress in that chickens voice 😔
Gonna get my 6 girls a roo this Friday !
thanks for saying the name of your channel! Now i know how to pronounce it!! What region are you in? I'm in the hot humid deep south and alot of homestead practices are climate specific- like what kind of chicken coop to build. I have a three sided animal shelter that I plan to turn into a coop. Learning a lot right now...thank you for all the helpful videos!
Enjoy watching!
Thanks!
You are doing a great job. Thank you.
Thank you!
Thank you for telling me it's going to be ok! 😁
you are wright that anytime is a good time to introduce new chickens, they will sort it out.
Unless they don’t.. research what breeds associate well with others. We got some Polish and overnight our Rhode island reds stripped their crown feathers, 2 of which were so bad we had to put them down. After doing research I found that that the reds will bully a smaller bird like the polish. Wish I had taken the time to research. Now I am having to build a divider in my run and an additional coop to accommodate the polish.
Do the research before introducing new chickens to the flock
It was the carrying the chickens in the tractor for me
Please finish your outdoor kitchen. I am anxious to watch you use it and watch the construction. Love your channel !
Thanks! We will be starting it back up soon! We cant wait to use it too!
Love the way Lumnah Acres is run. You do an amazing job ? I love your enthusiasm in everything you do, and you do a lot of things. I am so connected to Lumnah Acres with you and your family and I nly wish years ago. Could have. The same type of living s
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Do you clip the feathers on your chickens? We have a 6 ft. fence and they were still flying out. Lost some to a feral cat, neighbors dog, and a hawk within a two week period. Had to cover the top to keep them safe.
Yes we do. Sorry to hear that. One thing you can do to keep the hawks out is run a rope in a grid pattern along the top of your fence. The Hawks will see this and not want to fly through it. Hope this helps
I feel bad when chickens get scared but it’s in their nature to be paranoid because of predators
Hey Al how the automatic feeder work when it rains does it leak into the feeder and ruin the feed?
No I will have to show that! But the feeder has been working great and keeping the feed dry!
Nice organised farm , i tried breeding tamworths here in UK couldnt make enough money , i miss them though .
Tucson Az
Lol 1:38 the pig starts sprinting
more of the building things :)
do you think the chicks from the broody hen will be smarter than the chicks that were hatched in the incubator? I am always amazed about how they "just know" how to peck and scratch for food. thanks for the entertainment.
I don't know. I know the chicks from the incubator are doing great and love pecking and scratching! They eat so much grass! Which is awesome!
I am still waiting to see how you put up the chickens at night or do they just go in all on their own or what.
does that electric fence efficent at keeping possums and racoons from eating your chickens and had the ever escape
Yes it does a great job keeping the critters out! No our chickens dont escape out of it. We make sure it is hot all the time
AL SHE IS A KUNG FOO MASTER LOL
I enjoy seeing the products you use - loved the soil block maker: ordered my own. Curious on your soil mix you use for it. Totally intrigued with the scalder & plucker. I went to Coops and More - your plucker does not look like theirs. Is there a reason you chose a different model? I'm going to be butchering out turkeys real soon & I'm seeing those at making life a lot easier - and no gum needed!! 😄
Thank you! We didn't get the plucker from coopsnmore because we didn't know about it! Thats right no gum! :)
I was also inspired to order my own soil block kit after hearing your positive review of it. My seeds will be delivered this weekend, and I'll likely be starting some right away!
I have free range chickens I set up a 5x5 cage out where I fed the orginal flock I let every watch each other for about 3 weeks till the new kids got about the size of the others I scatter the feed over about a 10x20 area I let the new girls out during feeding if one of the big girls #GwenTheHen chased the young ones they just went to other side of the feeding area there was enough food all over nobody could bully now they all fed together
That is awesome! It is funny how the birds can be with new friends
The trick seems to let the older bird know that the new birds are living here now and not invaders on they turf let the newness wear off the newbies have been behind a fence for a long time in chicken years and one day the fence is gone
Thank you! Thanks for sharing
i tried adding my one younger with one month older didnt work so im gonna get rid of roosters in bigger flock before i try again,,,lol
Roosters in a flock dont help,
I have hen that grew up with the rest of the flock and she was hurt and isolated and now I need to put her back, tryed before and they just peaked her a bunch, should I sneak her in at night?
How do you keep grass my chickens scratch mine up?
I think I recall you saying it in a previous video, but I want to double check: is that pretty greyish/brownish hen an Araucana? It's quite pretty, as far as chickens go anyway.
she is an Icelandic chicken
Are you going to get a steer next spring??? I think that would be awesome!!!
We will have to see! It would be great to raise a steer here!
I have a 25 week old cockerel and two pullets same age and I just got 3x 16 weeks old pullets yersterday. The rooster attacked one and I thought he was gokng to kill so I seperared them. Will the rooster kill them and is there too much of an age difference? Thanks
Just curious why you have such tall chicken tractors? It seems like you could streamline the design closer to Joel Salatin style. Closer to the ground using much less materials.
I think the tall chicken tractors are easier to walk into and put feed in the feeder.
BullittMcQueen1 You don't walk into the Salatin chicken tractors you have a opening on the top so you can reach in and work, They are easier to move As well.
They are also used as green houses for early planting. Better design for more uses.
The first chicken tractor I made was a Joel Slatin style tractor. There was a few things I didn't like about it for our homestead. It was hard to get the chickens out of, it only had one use, it was just as hard to move, Joel has a homemade dolly to help asst him. Our style you can walk into and get to the chicks, we can use it for a brooder, for meat birds, egg layers, and a green house. It is lighter weight and use less material and is easier to build imop
How old should the new flock be, when introducing them to the new flock?
Wow I never heard a chicken cry like the last caught one lol, I have chickens too. We got a rooster and boy he is an asshole lol
have a question about you electrique chicken fence you use ...Is it good to keep preditors out like weizles , fox, raccoon ? what about the chickens to they get zapped as well ? can they fly out ? and what type of fencing exactly ? can it be bought on amazon ? I live in canada ...looking for a link if you can thks ...
help me today is day 12 from isolating my new chickens (they are about 2 months old) from my rooster. the chickens were "visually" introduced to the rooster but are in a cage themselves. was planning on releasing them today but when i tried the rooster quickly ran to bully one of the chickens... what is wrong?? should i wait more time or do i need to do something else?
I wanna see a review on that tractor
I have never thought about that! What a great idea! Any specifics you would want to know?
Lumnah Acres what made you choose that brand over others, knowing what you know about it would you choose it again, what features do you like what would you change etc
What is your favorite kind of chicken
We really like our Barred rocks! And we are new with the Icelandic chicks and hoping we really have good luck with them
talk about putting your chickens under stress!
I'm in the process of introductions but have had to out a cover around my kennel cuz they are pecking at the younguns. Any suggestions cuz I have 17 that are going to have to go in the coop with the hens.
How did the candling go?
It is in Tomorrows VIDEO! :)
What is that chicken breed you were holding? 5:06
I am trying to let a new chicken ( just one because we only have one to let in there) and we thought we did good but after a few days of her being in there, she got her neck all bloodied up, we could almost see the bone. Do you have any advice about letting her in there? Thank you in advance.
Have you had a chicken lose an eye? I cannot put my Richie in with the rest of my girls because "he" literally goes for their butts, wings, and mainly their eyes. We have them seperated in the brooder and it makes my heart sad. However i will NOT let my little baby ruin the rest of my babies.
How's the duckling?
They are doing awesome! We did an update on yesterdays video too
Do you ever worry about running over the chickens when you move the chicken tractors?
We go slow! and keep an eye on them.
How old do need to be before inducing to the big chicken and my are going on 8 week old
I usually start introducing them around 10 weeks and see how the older chickens are towards the young one s
Love your channel it is so much fun. What would be a good cold hardy breed of pig to start with?
We raised red wattle x crosses last year. The farmer raises his out on pasture all winter and we can get down to -30f . And the mangalitsa pigs is supposed to be the best the Kobe beef of pigs!
Lumnah Acres Thank you, we get to -40's somtimes with high windchill.
Brrr... Thats when you walk outside and your noise hairs freeze! No fun! What state do you live in?
Lumnah Acres I live in Alberta, Canada.
Miss Olivia in the videos.
I will tell her!
I just purchased some poultry netting but I still have a nagging concern about aerial attacks. Do you find that has not been an issue in your case and the shelter you have in there for them gives them enough cover?
Yes we find the chickens hide from aerial attacks. We haven't lost any from aerial attacks
Donyou give them leftovers ?
Dow you wart more goats Yes or No
I am git wid of my goats now.