Pasture Rotation for the Chickens & Ducks | Fresh Grass and To-Do Lists
Vložit
- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- It's a fortnight and it's time to move the chickens and ducks in their pasture rotation. ↓↓↓↓↓↓ CLICK “SHOW MORE” FOR RESOURCES ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
** Come and Join the FB Community Page: / 504176049932233
Website: www.brimwoodfa...
FB: / brimwoodfarm
IG: / geoffwakeling
WISHLIST: www.amazon.co....
PRODUCT I RECOMMEND:
www.amazon.co....
____________________
HELP Fund the Farm through Patreon for exclusive content:
/ geoffwakeling
OR
By Shopping on AMAZON via these links*
AMAZON US: amzn.to/2hsLbZP
AMAZON UK: amzn.to/2hs0FNy
___________________
Tools I USE
Erbauer Combi Drill - amzn.to/2KDodbY
Erbauer Circular Saw - amzn.to/2HX0xgR
Bosch Cordless Strimmer - amzn.to/2jwTFfE
*Please note, these include affiliate links for both US and UK Stores. If you're thinking about shopping at Amazon, please consider following one of these links as it will help support the channel.
____________________
Thanks for stopping by the Brimwood Farm channel. We're a teeny urban smallholding trying to grow, garden and keep livestock on a tiny residential garden. Can you be self-sufficient and make money from an urban homestead? We're on a mission to find out.
Wow Geoff what a find . That snake skin was so long .
The ducks and hens look so happy . So sorry for your budgie xxx💖💖
The chickens and ducks look so happy there. The snake skin was an exciting find I’d be thrilled to find to that 😊🐍
I was SO thrilled! It was just unexpected to discover it and there had never been any hint of snakes being here before. :D
Thanks for another great video. Love to watch you progress on your journey. I look forward to the next video. Best wishes.
What some homesteaders do is have the chicken follow the sheep from section to section. Yes, let the sheep mow down the grass. By having the chicken follow, they spread all of the sheep poo out of their piles which is absorbed more quickly by the ground because the grass is short from the sheep grazing. ❤🌅🌵
Once I've got some sheep that's what I intend to do too. Also some chicken tractors so I can move the housing. In time I hope my current set up will be 'spare' :)
An Aqua roll for transporting water would be easy and cheap on eBay and if you had an old trailer or horse box you could build your chicken coop in the trailer and would be easy to move round the field.our chicks hatched 11 out of 12 and now more quail on the go
Good idea!
Oh no, poor blue budgie.....
I couldn’t see the Muscovies for long enough to tell if they are all male or all female.... you can definitely tell the difference when you have the different sexes.
And make sure they don’t breed with the other duck breeds or their offspring won’t be able to reproduce.
It’s so exciting. I’ll check out Instagram to see if you have a photo of the Muscovy ducklings.
The fences will definitely get better with practice and you’ll get a lot of practice!
You're not wrong there!
Re: Hauling water. When buying intermediary containers try to envision large enough containers that ca be used by you water catchment systems. I know you have a van, but there are large containers that will fit in you van that you can add a filler tube or a spigot on the side of the container. Also, think about bladders. I saw a bladder that fits a bathtub ( I think it holds 100 gallons). It's for people preparing for bad weather like a hurricane or blizzard. Very in expensive... Maybe $25. You can fashion a wooden crate out of old pallets to hold your bladder. ❤🌅🌵😷
Sorry for budgie.
Thanks
Hi Geoff. Have you noticed an increase in your egg production and or quality since your poultry has been out on pasture?
Quality is definitely better already. Increase in productivity ... not so much. Quite a lot of my girls are old timers who don't lay. But I think as they settle in more, it'll increase.
Buckets with lids!!
They're not something Ive readily seen over here but I'll keep my eyes peeled.
@@BrimwoodFarm head to local chip shop they should have food grade buckets with lids for batter, am sure they will be glad to give you them
There's a chippy within walking distance. Good shout! I'll ask them. Cheers :D
I know you did a video about UK regulations around chickens, but what about quails? As some people have them as pets? Can I feed them kitchen scraps(veggie peelings etc)?
Unfortunately not. They changed the wording a little whole ago to include quail, pheasants etc ... basically any livestock. But quail LOVE bugs. I give them little trowel fulls of dirt and they scratch through for woodlice etc.
Muscovey hens are almond shaped, the tail comes to a point. Drakes are massive early on and more rectangular or square shaped, the tails are longer but are not tapered. Looking down on them and the differences are obvious early on.
Thanks Robert. All mine look exactly the same so I'm thinking they're all the same sex. Will have a look at body shape tomorrow!
Hi. Just wondering can chickens and ducks live together and eat the same food ?
Mine do. You can buy waterfowl pellets but mine all eat layers pellets and grain.
@@BrimwoodFarm Well is I was to keep chickens and ducks together. What would the best food be to benifit them both
Believe it or not snake people can look at a shed skin and tell you what kind of snake that was. ❤🌅🌵😷
It was a grass snake. I only know that as we have so few species of snake here ... process of elimination! 😁