How do you feel about the maggot bucket? I know of a few folks who left a light on in the coop, and the hens were filing up on june bugs and such, not eating much feed at all.
they will eat mice too! I was helping my brother in law clean out the chicken coop, picked up an old straw bale and a bunch of mice skittered out ... they did not make it far!
Kitchen scraps are great.. they are not just veggie eaters either.. out here in Arizona, there are tons of lizards.. they dont last long if they accidentally get in the chicken coop.
not sure this helps during the colder months but having an old tire or sheet of wood laying on ground that's not being used or in the way would help with this issue if one is short on feed and cost is too much.
they love rice which I have tons of that I put back. Bread which you can make. Corn which can be grown in most areas. But mostly free range is better for them.
We use all of our kitchen scraps the only thing they dont eat is onions tomato's and citrus. we picked up our chickens in late oct. and are looking forward to the new chick this spring that we will harvest for meat in the late fall and we will take the rest of the eggs for food also.
Recipe for home grown chicken food.Ground Alfalfa, ground non GMO corn, worm meal from home worm farm, egg shells from chickens, any dried vegtables. mix in a large turning barrel, like you would use to make compost. Add water until mixture becomes a thick paste. Run mixture thru meat grinder to produce pellets. Lay pellets out to dry and store in dry cool area. Properly dried pellets will keep for 8-12 months.
Really no need to add supplemental feed if they are free range and you have the room to let 'em roam...chickens are notorious foragers...we do feed some corn just coz we like to watch them eat....I might give a supplement to laying hens if the need warrants it...I, too, love to turn over logs and rocks and stuff and watch them go nuts eating bugs and larvae. Grow sunflowers and proso millet and grains like that and feed that to them in Winter.
@Rofocowboy84 its a good supplement for them for sure and in the spring and summer they get alot of bugs and grass but in the winter there is not much for them to forage. To keep eggs production high they have to get enough food and protein to make a egg.
I sit here looking at the ground outside my window covered in snow, and ask myself how I forgot the whole "winter aspect" of chicken foraging.....
Damn winter, keeping me from riding my motorcycle AND not having to rely on commercial chicken feed....well, I don't have chickens yet, but some day I'll curse winter for both reasons, lol...
Here is another tip from someone who has raised chickens his whole life: if you have problems with the chickens eggs breaking then save the old egg shells and smash them up into flakes (like frosted flakes cereal size) Throw them some of the egg shells when you feed them and their eggs will be slightly thicker and will not break as easily. (yes they will eat their own eggshells)
Another great idea ive seen is using a 5 gallon bucket strung up. They place unused meat scraps / road kill, etc... inside the bucket. After flies lay their eggs on the meat the maggots crawl out holes near the bottom of the bucket... Great protein for the chickens, full use of an animal, and controls the fly population.
Raise worms. They will multiply like crazy all year long. Feed them paper and scraps. They will be multy functional. Use the works for fishing, feed for chickens, and the dirt they grow in as compost.
@darknightwatcher this one is not that bad...we raised him up from a chick. Occasionally he gets a little rowdy but a kick of the foot in his direction and he calms down
A couple ideas i have for feeding chickens are. 1- grow an extra corn crop and grind it up 2- collect bugs and maggets or mabey worms 3- oats 4- grass and other edible vegitation to add to for extra nutrition
you can poke holes in a dark bag and place animal innards and heads into the bag...the flies will lay eggs and produce maggots that fall through the holes auto feeding the chickens. The free range chickens also eat the insects helping pest control. you can also grow millet or oats for chicken feed.
Just started this year w/ chickens. Made poor decision and took what was available easter week at local hardware. Should have order the breed with more desirable traits.
Unfortunatly im not ready to have chickens but one thing on my list to grow when i do is field corn. then it will be easier to store thru even the winter months too. and rely less on the feed stores.
Good vid! There is lots of free food around for chickens. We need to get more as the last of our old birds died off. But we stopped feeding them commercial feed a few years a go. They got all the garden scraps and kitchen scraps and did wonderfully on that.
I sure miss the sound of the farm. All we raise now is hay to pay the taxman and keep them from raising the taxes.
Do you have any probems with cyotes or foxes in your area? We had numerous problems with fox, cyotes, mountian lion and bobcat attacking the yard birds.
I have some scrap sheets of plywood that I move around on the ground, and every time I let my chickens out I flip one over, and there is always a bunch of different bugs on the surface for them to eat.
Every animal on your retreat is so darn cute. I wish I had been raised on a farm. Your son is the luckiest boy I know, learning so much and so well, and so young. He'll make a fine man. Survival aside, all this prepping is worth it just to return to the virtues country life, simple living, honest work, responsibility, pride, and dignity. I might be a city boy, but I'm learning what I can. Maybe someday I'll live on a retreat, and my own kids will get to hunt squirrels and raise rabbits.
Have you ever thought about raising Black soldier fly larva for them to eat, theyre 50% protein and the rest is fat, they are perfect for composting waste and feeding the chickens, once I get my chickens I will raise BSF larva
@teenprepper96 Yes, We have a 5 gallon bucket system where we put usually the inners from rabbits or chickens and we harvest the maggets. Iam always trying to figure out alternative ways to feed chickens and rabbits because we will not have a feed store in a wrol situation or if its just a economic collapse like a depression and we dont have money for traditional feed.
Cricket breeding is one way of producing food for chickens if you have to keep them up because of dogs n other predators. Starting to do that myself n seems to work ok, just still working out how much crickets I need. Grass cuttings, worm farms and other insect farms are other ways. Worms can help with compost too. I alos feed mine vegetable n fruit scraps along with bird pecked and rotten fruit from fruit trees. Rotten fruit n potatoes also helps feed the crickets
they love to be around when I'm moving the wood pile! lotsa yummy worms and bugs there. Having other critters helps to feed them too. They love my horse manure piles and go nutz on the flies in it.
I just got some chicks. They grow so fast! I have found the girls like scraps of just about everything provided I leave it in my hand and let them peck at it.
I had some left over ham I gave them (not much because the salt could be an issue) Whoa!!!! Heavens!!! It is like the first time you get chocolate! They couldn't get enough, for several hours their favorite game was keep away. They couldn't eat it because they would have to stop then another girl would grab it!
Can you make a beginners vid for building a chicken coop, reproduction, protection, breeds, and harvesting eggs and meat? I know it would take a lot of your time but that's what I need. We have land an no experience raising livestock. My plan was to have a large fenced garden with a chicken coop so the chickens could free range around our produce and keep the pests down. Like I said, we are beginners. A link would be good too, but we really like your vids.
I told my kids this for easter they weren't getting baskets we got 6 baby chicks instead! LOL... Being a city girl I never thought I would have a garden and some chickens.
Very good point sp1. you can also lay numerous sheets of timber or iron fencing on the ground and then pull it up and alllow the chickens to feed off it. it only takes a few weeks for a large number of bugs to take up home under any shelter you lay down.
@astrialkil Yes, I feed the fruit. I don't know why a person couldn't feed any starchy veggy to chucken as long at\s they has water and grain too. I have found that feeding protein before butchering makes them REAL tough. Pigs same thing.
I have around 200 chickens right now and i rarely buy feed for them i have an area just for bugs and insects that i raise in there, along with corn that i grow just for them, but they do free range for the most part. It would get expencive to feed all the Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, ect..
Good one! Ive talk to someone from my neighbourhood who keeps chickens as well and I never thought about this. I will talk to the guy later on ask him about this topic. Though I know he got a real good understadning how to provide for himself etc. (he comes from farming family) and always tells me that it is hard work, to realy try to provide for onself, especialy this day and age all are provided before us. I think that is what 'they' just want! Make us dependable. I started grow my own garden.
@michelb08 About a year ago. When I gonna move to another house soon, I will get some animals and chickens will first get. I might stop working maby, i dont know yet. Anyhow, great topic there southern as always, thanks for sharing. Be well you and your family!
@sparkshaylee1221 If you just have a few chickens it doesnt cost much if they can free range and get alot of there food by find it themselves. If you just want eggs you dont need a rooster at all. If you want fertilized eges you need a rooster but just have one.
The problem I have is wild animals. I have lost three flocks and have given up trying to keep hens until I can afford to build a secure structure. I have had something rip the boards off the side of my coop and pull the wire off to get to the chickens.
Organic free range food....insects! What would I do? Gather what God has provided in nature. Good questions you're asking! Love your videos...thanks for sharing!
I have a push mower that I cut grass with and feed my chickens & rabbits grass. Also there is a youtuber from London who hangs a 5 gallon bucket in his coop filled with layers of straw and road kill. The flys lay eggs in the road kill and maggots crawl out holes drilled in the bucket and fall into the coop. Pritty cool way to dispose of leftovers after u butcher a rabbit or chicken. Of course my chicks eat the rabbit livers but I would feel weird feeding chicken guts to chickens.
Nice Domineckers! I leave rocks and wood and newspapers laying around near the coop...in the morning I turn 'em over and there's tons of earwigs and such for the chickens to eat. We are blessed to have enough acreage for ours to free range. Few things more relaxing than watching a bunch of poultry running around foraging happily. Thinking of growing some corn, proso millet or sunflowers to feed then this Winter. Cost of cracked corn at Southern States co-op is ungodly nowadays.
Rabbits can be very easily kept in a large run so they have access to sun, air, and land..this run (which will have a mesh/chicken wire sides and top) will be attached to the rabbits indoor house. This gives them a much better standard of life rather than Auschwitz style cages left in a shed which is cruel. .
Great video, chickens are the garbage disposal unit of the farm sight. I also let mine free range when I’m outside working or doing chores. It lets them find protein on their own. Chicken tractors are great for moving them around for weed control and off grid feeding during the warmer months, winter feeding is a little Harder off grid. You better hope that roaster never becomes a man fighter with those 3 inch spurs… I can mail you a hack saw blade…..lol
slugs also make good chicken feed, I suggest sinking plastic pots in WROL, you know that thing we used to do as kids, bury an empty plastic pot so the top is at ground level to catch insects and creepy crawlies, its a good idea to make a list of local resources that the Chucks can eat but humans cant for future reference.
One of my daughter's (8) favorite activities is to hunt up slugs and worms for the chickens--she has logs and bricks all over the place that she turns over daily to give the girls a treat. She thinks you have a nice looking rooster. :)
I throw grass clippings/leaves/food scraps in the pin. The leaves keeps the pin clean and once a year(before fall), I pick it all up and put it in the garden. I even so often run oyster shells through the chipper into the pin. My wife says I take better care of my chickens than I do her. Not true I think
@southernprepper1 With simple insect traps, one can augment the chicken feed with variations of heavy proteins. Sun-dried field grass, and random grass/weed seeds found in the field will satisfy the rest of their diet It will take some initial engineering and part sourcing/recycling effort to build the insects collectors and racking tubes for grass/weed seeds; even if you have to buy materials, after that expense, one can feed an incredible amount of chickens with only one's effort.
@gotulip How do you keep the rabbits from escaping and going wild? I heard of some experiments back in the 1980's about free range rabbits, but it don't seem to have gone anywhere.
Chickens free-range can pretty much feed themselves, but make sure to give them a place to roost at nite and lock them away from predators. I've grown millet for my chickens - easy to grow, easy to winnow and store for winter feed. My chickens also get all my kitchen scraps. They love to get onto the compost heaps and scratch around. Also saw this vid on YT a while ago, GREAT idea for protein supplement for the chickens in all seasons but winter. watch?v=RXWbBC1kQ24
We grew zuchinni and it was prolific! I used to cut up a hundred pounds a day and feed it to the chickens (100 birds). They got fat and juicy! Zuchinni grows really fast and it can get really big in a good year. It cost about $1.00 for seed, the rest was labor. We saved alot in grain that year. They ranged in the garden and kept the bad bugs off the plants. I also fed them all the gophers I caught in my traps. They will eat snakes, mice and any bugs it seems. Before butchering, stop the protein.
@lumberjak5010 Are you feeding the zucchini fruit or vine? If zucchini works then other squash will probably work too. Check out the climbing zucchini and trumpet squash.
I used to have chickens when I was a teenager and we grew extra greens for them. You can dig up grub worms from the garden, I always am getting them and we feed them to our water turtle. Store extra food in case like you would for your pets. Also, they have seed that you can get that grows pretty quick , like sprouts that you can give to your chickens. These are things I have in mind if I should be able to have my own some day.
Excellent information and much food for thought.Dried fish meal can be added to the grains that are grown to supplement protein.Fish meal can be made by the leftovers of the fish we eat.Just grind and dry,Then save for the winter months.Great video.
Raise 'Black Soldier Fly Larvae' to feed to your chickens. They eat plant matter, fruits and veggies, and also manure. So the waste from chickens, pigs, horses, gardens can be turned into larva that is 30% protein. The waste from the larva bins then can be processed by red worms. Again, food for chickens or bait to catch fish. Eat the fish and then the carcass can be processed by the Black Soldier Fly Larva in two days, Gone.
Links: blacksoldierflyblog and raisesoldierflies both are dotcoms
@ironhead41 It would be very hard to be self sufficent like they did in the past. In the old days people built their house near water and fertile ground. Make sure you have good firewood to heat and cook. Now houses go in everywhere and all the luxories are brought to you. It would be very hard to be self sufficent today. My goal is just to keep learning and practicing. Could it be done???? You have done alot in this field so what do you think???
@Tappedline Yes I agree with you. The other problem is animals that want to eat them. If there free ranged the risk of getting killed goes up unless you have good fences to keep dogs and other threats out.
But in answer to your question, I could not keep more than 1-2 chickens on my suburban block without importing some feed. I have 6 now. In the dry hot summer there are no greens, but with wheat grass and weeds, I can give them fresh greens daily. So, I could keep a couple of egg-producers, but no way could I keep chickens for meat. It's different on my retreat, but there foxes are a problem. Tough either way.
@Myrmecia In the old days any animal on the farm or homestead had to pull their own weight so it would justify feeding the animal. Right now this is not the case if things turn sour how many animals would be released or dumbed. Cats and dogs how about horses????
@southernprepper1 The abandonment of horses is already an epidemic. People are turning them loose to fend for themselves and usually they are alrdeady very poor and have body scores of 1-2 ( extremely emaciated). When it gets worse we'll see even more of it! I've worked for the GA Dept of Ag Equine Health, and I've seen it all! Of course some will see them as a free meal I imagine.
Chickens are naturally jungle fowls. They prefer insects and green leaves. Not grain. We know what we mean by "corn fed" and it's not pretty. Chickens don't like it either. I feed mine about a tablespoon of meat and fat leftovers every morning and they love it. In summer I grow wheat grains in soil on a tray for 7-10 days so they have fresh greens daily (I have 10 trays). I have about 50 old fence palings on the ground in the chicken run and lift 2-3 of these up every day for the insects.
Those chickens are racists, they wouldn't share ANY with the ducks. I think we need some social justice on the homestead. Some1 needs to start an advocacey group for the civil rights of oppressed waterfowl. Something like the National Association for the Advancement of web-footed birds, The NAAWFB. GIVE them the wealth...I mean grubbs. GIVE THEM THE GRUBBS! DUCK POWER!
@gearboy12550 Very funny even my wife said that it was funny. You get a gold star...Oh no I cant give you a gold star because then I would be discriminating against silver and bronze so you just get a star:)
@southernprepper1 i hate to inform you SP1 that is discrimination against other shapes such as triangles and squares. dont be a square now......opps now im discriminating:(
@southernprepper1 Well SP1, I fail to see the humor in the plight of an oppressed minority group, which those ducks most certainly are. It's clear you suffer from a severe case of Anti-Duckitism. I can assure you, my associates at the Southern Pigeon Law Center, The Anti-Duckamation League, & The New Black Swan party WILL hear of this. We'll have ducks from every inner-city pond in the state bussed into your homestead, with bullhorns, signs, chants, THE WORKS! & if you have anything negative
@southernprepper1 to say about it, you'll be slandered in the MS press. & if your passing out stars, I prefer RED. Just kidding. Glad you have thick skin. Love your channel. God bless.
You can also feed them maggots from a remote gut piles from cleaning those birds out. Put guts in a Women's stocking and hang Flies will be attracted and grow maggots! Put bucket under & they will fall into. Maggots also make great fish bait!
@killersp1974 That is the most disgusting thing Ive heard since this morning. It sounds like its more efficient then how then grew maggots on trays on the show dirty jobs tho!
So during the winter, if u were doing 100 percent store-bought feed, what does it cost per chicken per month? And how many eggs do u average? Just round numbers - I'm a city boy... Thanks
@Survive2Day I dont have the numbers but in the winter we break even by selling to a few customers. In the summer Nathan (my son) makes money. We also in the summer feeds alot to the dogs. In the winter I like to scramble 4 or 5 eggs, cook some rice on the wood stove and throw a handful of cat food in their dish mix it up and they really like it alot.
@sqrpnt Actually when you mix it up it smells great. Its sad but its better food then alot of people in the world gets. We are truly blessed to live in this bountiful country.
When we were in Indonesia, we saw people cutting tall grass from the side ditches and feeding it to animals at home. It certainly is a good question and one for everyone to think about.
I read an article a while back in Backyard Poultry about raising black soldier flies to use as a protein source. Also, as has been mentioned, maggots are a great source of easily produced feed. Ive seen chickens tear a snake in two on a few occasions, so when I find one I throw it to them. Theres no shortage in the warmer months and in the winter they get lots of scraps from my canning and dehydrating projects.
@GoatHollow Thanks I am fimilar with the black soldier flies but Iam going to research the beets. I still have empty space in the garden maybe I can plant some. Thanks
@greatwf Yes I did.....My son made me watch a ton of those videos last summer and then he built a fly trap to catch the maggots. We will fire it up again this summer. Goal is to be self reliant.
@southernprepper1 Maggots are great source of protein for chickens. When I raised chickens, I would mix some blood from a package of liver with some old stale bread, or get some meat that's going bad and leave it out in the sun (far from the house) inside a cage. Wait a few days for it to fill with maggots and shake the maggots into the chicken feed bucket. Mealworms can be gathered by doing the same thing with a cup of cornmeal.
SP, I was cleaning up the slab wood that had been sitting all winter, and each time I saw a worm I just called the chickens over and they ran over and cleaned house :)
ANIMAL FEED without the FEED STORE during SHTF is a huge concept. good vid.
Termites are also a good high fat food. They are pretty easy to collect. Either with a bucket and an axe (in the woods). Or get a 4 inch PVC pipe a few feet long, drill it full of holes, fill it with strips of cardboard, and bury it vertically near a fallen tree infested w/ termites. Come back a couple of weeks later and pull up all the cardboard inside of it, should be full of termites!
Look up 'meadow plankton' as well. Good fun for the kids to collect bugs in the yard.
In the summer I free range them and do not feed any commercial food, The winter is a lot harder. We usually feed them table scraps and some whole corn in the winter.
Today I found a few cauliflower plants that had bolted (or what ever they call it), I pulled them up and threw them in with the hens. In 5-10min, the plants were completely gone.
@1dutchgrl Iam not certain of the breed of ducks we have 2 drakes and 2 hens and we get 2 eggs everyday from them in the spring and summer and into the fall. They are great layers almost as good as chickens but not totally. They lay a egg the same size as a chicken egg and the yoke is darker. They are tasty.
How do you feel about the maggot bucket? I know of a few folks who left a light on in the coop, and the hens were filing up on june bugs and such, not eating much feed at all.
Iggysbabysitter 3 days ago
how about cockroach farming?
AndhePants 3 days ago
they will eat mice too! I was helping my brother in law clean out the chicken coop, picked up an old straw bale and a bunch of mice skittered out ... they did not make it far!
pepperheadtoo 3 days ago
Kitchen scraps are great.. they are not just veggie eaters either.. out here in Arizona, there are tons of lizards.. they dont last long if they accidentally get in the chicken coop.
BartleyJ 4 days ago
I free range my chickens every year, they grow to a nice eating size. I don't buy any food for them but I do keep plenty of water around.
mega12234 3 weeks ago
um what do u do with them... you wouldnt eat ur babies would u?
SammySydMy13 4 weeks ago
Oh, when I was a kid we would go out and catch grasshoppers.. the chickens loved them.
snaps81625 1 month ago
Barred rock chickens my favorite!
snaps81625 1 month ago
not sure this helps during the colder months but having an old tire or sheet of wood laying on ground that's not being used or in the way would help with this issue if one is short on feed and cost is too much.
freakygeaktwo 1 month ago
they love rice which I have tons of that I put back. Bread which you can make. Corn which can be grown in most areas. But mostly free range is better for them.
sunshinerinker 1 month ago
We use all of our kitchen scraps the only thing they dont eat is onions tomato's and citrus. we picked up our chickens in late oct. and are looking forward to the new chick this spring that we will harvest for meat in the late fall and we will take the rest of the eggs for food also.
urbanstarprepper 1 month ago
@urbanstarprepper "the only thing they dont eat is onions tomato's"
hmm , interestin that, aliums and nightshades -cheers.
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treemarble 1 month ago
Recipe for home grown chicken food.Ground Alfalfa, ground non GMO corn, worm meal from home worm farm, egg shells from chickens, any dried vegtables. mix in a large turning barrel, like you would use to make compost. Add water until mixture becomes a thick paste. Run mixture thru meat grinder to produce pellets. Lay pellets out to dry and store in dry cool area. Properly dried pellets will keep for 8-12 months.
DestinationHuman2012 1 month ago
Really no need to add supplemental feed if they are free range and you have the room to let 'em roam...chickens are notorious foragers...we do feed some corn just coz we like to watch them eat....I might give a supplement to laying hens if the need warrants it...I, too, love to turn over logs and rocks and stuff and watch them go nuts eating bugs and larvae. Grow sunflowers and proso millet and grains like that and feed that to them in Winter.
999manman 1 month ago
genetically engineered chicken with duck vocal coord? :) Good post, and good thoughts
jsmythib 1 month ago
Forgive the ignorance, but I thought chickens did fine themselves just "foraging" around the yard for bugs?
Rofocowboy84 1 month ago
@Rofocowboy84 its a good supplement for them for sure and in the spring and summer they get alot of bugs and grass but in the winter there is not much for them to forage. To keep eggs production high they have to get enough food and protein to make a egg.
southernprepper1 1 month ago
@southernprepper1
I sit here looking at the ground outside my window covered in snow, and ask myself how I forgot the whole "winter aspect" of chicken foraging.....
Damn winter, keeping me from riding my motorcycle AND not having to rely on commercial chicken feed....well, I don't have chickens yet, but some day I'll curse winter for both reasons, lol...
Rofocowboy84 1 month ago
Here is another tip from someone who has raised chickens his whole life: if you have problems with the chickens eggs breaking then save the old egg shells and smash them up into flakes (like frosted flakes cereal size) Throw them some of the egg shells when you feed them and their eggs will be slightly thicker and will not break as easily. (yes they will eat their own eggshells)
OEFvet1986 1 month ago in playlist More videos from southernprepper1
@OEFvet1986 lot of nourishment for everyone in those eggshells .
gotta grind them though - just my taste , a friend likes em crunchy ....
-/+ all good.
treemarble 1 month ago
@treemarble Ive never eaten them myself lol
OEFvet1986 1 month ago
save slugs they will love you ,,,,
zenmasterofslack 1 month ago
Another great idea ive seen is using a 5 gallon bucket strung up. They place unused meat scraps / road kill, etc... inside the bucket. After flies lay their eggs on the meat the maggots crawl out holes near the bottom of the bucket... Great protein for the chickens, full use of an animal, and controls the fly population.
BennyIceEyes 1 month ago
Raise worms. They will multiply like crazy all year long. Feed them paper and scraps. They will be multy functional. Use the works for fishing, feed for chickens, and the dirt they grow in as compost.
Robert31352 1 month ago
How do you get along with your rooster with the long spurs? as a kid i had to cut those down monthly.
darknightwatcher 1 month ago
@darknightwatcher this one is not that bad...we raised him up from a chick. Occasionally he gets a little rowdy but a kick of the foot in his direction and he calms down
southernprepper1 1 month ago 2
A couple ideas i have for feeding chickens are. 1- grow an extra corn crop and grind it up 2- collect bugs and maggets or mabey worms 3- oats 4- grass and other edible vegitation to add to for extra nutrition
Austinhasaraptor 2 months ago
you can poke holes in a dark bag and place animal innards and heads into the bag...the flies will lay eggs and produce maggots that fall through the holes auto feeding the chickens. The free range chickens also eat the insects helping pest control. you can also grow millet or oats for chicken feed.
MrsNewAmericaNow 2 months ago
chickens are so funny looking.... i always think of the giant rooster from looney tunes when i see that red mohawk
ivehearditallbefore 2 months ago
Just started this year w/ chickens. Made poor decision and took what was available easter week at local hardware. Should have order the breed with more desirable traits.
grady1610 2 months ago
Look into raising black soldier fly larvae... Free protein
maxl36 3 months ago
I saw a video from WWII where they fed the chickens "scraps" but they never disclosed what kind of scraps that would be... 8\
TheEndeavoringFamily 3 months ago in playlist More videos from southernprepper1
do you think you could do a vid on drying corn?
futureusmc100 3 months ago
Unfortunatly im not ready to have chickens but one thing on my list to grow when i do is field corn. then it will be easier to store thru even the winter months too. and rely less on the feed stores.
niffer58 3 months ago
Good vid! There is lots of free food around for chickens. We need to get more as the last of our old birds died off. But we stopped feeding them commercial feed a few years a go. They got all the garden scraps and kitchen scraps and did wonderfully on that.
HomesteadAcres 3 months ago
I sure miss the sound of the farm. All we raise now is hay to pay the taxman and keep them from raising the taxes.
Do you have any probems with cyotes or foxes in your area? We had numerous problems with fox, cyotes, mountian lion and bobcat attacking the yard birds.
cbarsonfire 4 months ago
chickens will eat just about anything, like a goat
charlie1957able 4 months ago
can chickens not just live on grass?
velcrots 4 months ago
I have some scrap sheets of plywood that I move around on the ground, and every time I let my chickens out I flip one over, and there is always a bunch of different bugs on the surface for them to eat.
danman911 5 months ago 2
Cute Chickens!
ViolentKisses87 5 months ago in playlist More videos from southernprepper1
how do u get rid of there wast in WSHTF??
thunderlord2200 6 months ago
@thunderlord2200 Mix it with rabbit manure and compost and add it to the garden.
southernprepper1 6 months ago
@southernprepper1
thanks =)
thunderlord2200 6 months ago
Every animal on your retreat is so darn cute. I wish I had been raised on a farm. Your son is the luckiest boy I know, learning so much and so well, and so young. He'll make a fine man. Survival aside, all this prepping is worth it just to return to the virtues country life, simple living, honest work, responsibility, pride, and dignity. I might be a city boy, but I'm learning what I can. Maybe someday I'll live on a retreat, and my own kids will get to hunt squirrels and raise rabbits.
Shanockdotcom 6 months ago
Yes. You can make them become cannibals. :D
MrUnicorned 6 months ago
Have you ever thought about raising Black soldier fly larva for them to eat, theyre 50% protein and the rest is fat, they are perfect for composting waste and feeding the chickens, once I get my chickens I will raise BSF larva
teenprepper96 7 months ago
@teenprepper96 Yes, We have a 5 gallon bucket system where we put usually the inners from rabbits or chickens and we harvest the maggets. Iam always trying to figure out alternative ways to feed chickens and rabbits because we will not have a feed store in a wrol situation or if its just a economic collapse like a depression and we dont have money for traditional feed.
southernprepper1 7 months ago
Cricket breeding is one way of producing food for chickens if you have to keep them up because of dogs n other predators. Starting to do that myself n seems to work ok, just still working out how much crickets I need. Grass cuttings, worm farms and other insect farms are other ways. Worms can help with compost too. I alos feed mine vegetable n fruit scraps along with bird pecked and rotten fruit from fruit trees. Rotten fruit n potatoes also helps feed the crickets
william0873 7 months ago
Love this video... Lived in Philly my whole life and am really over it.. Wish one day I can spend my days like this..
TheZombieTomShow 9 months ago
they love to be around when I'm moving the wood pile! lotsa yummy worms and bugs there. Having other critters helps to feed them too. They love my horse manure piles and go nutz on the flies in it.
Edzherenow99 9 months ago
What is the breed of the hens?
mrdeadeye19 9 months ago
@mrdeadeye19 Barred Rocks
southernprepper1 9 months ago
@southernprepper1 Thanks:-)
mrdeadeye19 9 months ago
I just got some chicks. They grow so fast! I have found the girls like scraps of just about everything provided I leave it in my hand and let them peck at it.
I had some left over ham I gave them (not much because the salt could be an issue) Whoa!!!! Heavens!!! It is like the first time you get chocolate! They couldn't get enough, for several hours their favorite game was keep away. They couldn't eat it because they would have to stop then another girl would grab it!
readyren 9 months ago
Can you make a beginners vid for building a chicken coop, reproduction, protection, breeds, and harvesting eggs and meat? I know it would take a lot of your time but that's what I need. We have land an no experience raising livestock. My plan was to have a large fenced garden with a chicken coop so the chickens could free range around our produce and keep the pests down. Like I said, we are beginners. A link would be good too, but we really like your vids.
gamonman 10 months ago
I told my kids this for easter they weren't getting baskets we got 6 baby chicks instead! LOL... Being a city girl I never thought I would have a garden and some chickens.
vida130 10 months ago
Very good point sp1. you can also lay numerous sheets of timber or iron fencing on the ground and then pull it up and alllow the chickens to feed off it. it only takes a few weeks for a large number of bugs to take up home under any shelter you lay down.
spockady 10 months ago
Hello, Can you feed chickens fish chub like from carp or buffalo catfish and not worry about the bones?
bud1014 10 months ago
@astrialkil Yes, I feed the fruit. I don't know why a person couldn't feed any starchy veggy to chucken as long at\s they has water and grain too. I have found that feeding protein before butchering makes them REAL tough. Pigs same thing.
lumberjak5010 10 months ago
I have around 200 chickens right now and i rarely buy feed for them i have an area just for bugs and insects that i raise in there, along with corn that i grow just for them, but they do free range for the most part. It would get expencive to feed all the Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, ect..
MrSFSniper 10 months ago
Interesting!
BigOStyle1 10 months ago
Osama bin laden in DEAD RALLY THE MESSAGE PRONOUNCED DEAD at 10:47 Eastern P.M!!!
Tux3d0 10 months ago
What types of chickens and ducks are those?
links0311 10 months ago
Good one! Ive talk to someone from my neighbourhood who keeps chickens as well and I never thought about this. I will talk to the guy later on ask him about this topic. Though I know he got a real good understadning how to provide for himself etc. (he comes from farming family) and always tells me that it is hard work, to realy try to provide for onself, especialy this day and age all are provided before us. I think that is what 'they' just want! Make us dependable. I started grow my own garden.
michelb08 10 months ago
@michelb08 About a year ago. When I gonna move to another house soon, I will get some animals and chickens will first get. I might stop working maby, i dont know yet. Anyhow, great topic there southern as always, thanks for sharing. Be well you and your family!
Peace, love, understanding.
michelb08 10 months ago
How much money does it take to keep a chicken and how meny roosters to chicken can you have?
sparkshaylee1221 10 months ago
@sparkshaylee1221 If you just have a few chickens it doesnt cost much if they can free range and get alot of there food by find it themselves. If you just want eggs you dont need a rooster at all. If you want fertilized eges you need a rooster but just have one.
southernprepper1 10 months ago
I lived on a producing bio-dynamic farm. We would supplement the chickens with comfrey. It's high in Calcium and makes for healthy egg shells!
jeremiahsineiii 10 months ago
The problem I have is wild animals. I have lost three flocks and have given up trying to keep hens until I can afford to build a secure structure. I have had something rip the boards off the side of my coop and pull the wire off to get to the chickens.
ziggyman297 10 months ago
Almost done with my coop, probably getting Rhoad Island reds for the tough New England winters
NovusChaoMundi 10 months ago
Organic free range food....insects! What would I do? Gather what God has provided in nature. Good questions you're asking! Love your videos...thanks for sharing!
autobahn101driversed 10 months ago
I have a push mower that I cut grass with and feed my chickens & rabbits grass. Also there is a youtuber from London who hangs a 5 gallon bucket in his coop filled with layers of straw and road kill. The flys lay eggs in the road kill and maggots crawl out holes drilled in the bucket and fall into the coop. Pritty cool way to dispose of leftovers after u butcher a rabbit or chicken. Of course my chicks eat the rabbit livers but I would feel weird feeding chicken guts to chickens.
ArboriusOwns 10 months ago
LOOK INTO Black Solider Fly Harvesters or the BIOPOD and if want more information on how to build your own shoot me an PM
MrWoMac 10 months ago
Nice Domineckers! I leave rocks and wood and newspapers laying around near the coop...in the morning I turn 'em over and there's tons of earwigs and such for the chickens to eat. We are blessed to have enough acreage for ours to free range. Few things more relaxing than watching a bunch of poultry running around foraging happily. Thinking of growing some corn, proso millet or sunflowers to feed then this Winter. Cost of cracked corn at Southern States co-op is ungodly nowadays.
999manman 10 months ago
Rabbits can be very easily kept in a large run so they have access to sun, air, and land..this run (which will have a mesh/chicken wire sides and top) will be attached to the rabbits indoor house. This gives them a much better standard of life rather than Auschwitz style cages left in a shed which is cruel. .
gotulip 10 months ago
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warrenbarclay 10 months ago
Great video, chickens are the garbage disposal unit of the farm sight. I also let mine free range when I’m outside working or doing chores. It lets them find protein on their own. Chicken tractors are great for moving them around for weed control and off grid feeding during the warmer months, winter feeding is a little Harder off grid. You better hope that roaster never becomes a man fighter with those 3 inch spurs… I can mail you a hack saw blade…..lol
houndsman03 10 months ago
slugs also make good chicken feed, I suggest sinking plastic pots in WROL, you know that thing we used to do as kids, bury an empty plastic pot so the top is at ground level to catch insects and creepy crawlies, its a good idea to make a list of local resources that the Chucks can eat but humans cant for future reference.
NeoWelshRevival 10 months ago
last i checked chickens were not man-made....so im guessing they have not always had man-made food...
CPLBSS88 10 months ago
cute chickens and helpful info
dronespace 10 months ago
One of my daughter's (8) favorite activities is to hunt up slugs and worms for the chickens--she has logs and bricks all over the place that she turns over daily to give the girls a treat. She thinks you have a nice looking rooster. :)
michiganmadmax 10 months ago
I throw grass clippings/leaves/food scraps in the pin. The leaves keeps the pin clean and once a year(before fall), I pick it all up and put it in the garden. I even so often run oyster shells through the chipper into the pin. My wife says I take better care of my chickens than I do her. Not true I think
btigtime2 10 months ago
glad you were looking after the chickens because your mom would be upset !keep that sweet lady on your good side
eastcoastpatriot 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 With simple insect traps, one can augment the chicken feed with variations of heavy proteins. Sun-dried field grass, and random grass/weed seeds found in the field will satisfy the rest of their diet It will take some initial engineering and part sourcing/recycling effort to build the insects collectors and racking tubes for grass/weed seeds; even if you have to buy materials, after that expense, one can feed an incredible amount of chickens with only one's effort.
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Xonegod 10 months ago
Please give the same freedom /free range to your rabbits...not inside those awful cages inside a cabin.
gotulip 10 months ago
@gotulip How do you keep the rabbits from escaping and going wild? I heard of some experiments back in the 1980's about free range rabbits, but it don't seem to have gone anywhere.
astrialkil 10 months ago
Something on my mind also. Feeding my flock of 10 chickens.
Great video as always.
You need to lock up your rooster for a bit. Your hens are getting saddle sore. And if they start getting bloody, death by other hens could ensue.
Wish you the best!
TheSunergizer 10 months ago
Table scraps and catching grasshoppers, pulling on leg of to make it easier for the chickens to catch. The birds would go nuts over grass hoppers!
clintsmith96 10 months ago
Chickens free-range can pretty much feed themselves, but make sure to give them a place to roost at nite and lock them away from predators. I've grown millet for my chickens - easy to grow, easy to winnow and store for winter feed. My chickens also get all my kitchen scraps. They love to get onto the compost heaps and scratch around. Also saw this vid on YT a while ago, GREAT idea for protein supplement for the chickens in all seasons but winter. watch?v=RXWbBC1kQ24
hunt1803 10 months ago
i bet my free range bardrock chickens lay more eggs than you're.
MrMooseheadbeer 10 months ago
Just found my first THIEF of the new strawberry season!
The sucker steals them without even hurting the plant; my DOG!
UnoRaza 10 months ago
@UnoRaza I had a dog that did that, as soon as they got ripe enough to eat. She also would get all the sugar snap peas at the edge of the row.
hunt1803 10 months ago
You do a great job on this show!
Thanks for being there and THINKING for us!
UnoRaza 10 months ago
We grew zuchinni and it was prolific! I used to cut up a hundred pounds a day and feed it to the chickens (100 birds). They got fat and juicy! Zuchinni grows really fast and it can get really big in a good year. It cost about $1.00 for seed, the rest was labor. We saved alot in grain that year. They ranged in the garden and kept the bad bugs off the plants. I also fed them all the gophers I caught in my traps. They will eat snakes, mice and any bugs it seems. Before butchering, stop the protein.
lumberjak5010 10 months ago
@lumberjak5010 Are you feeding the zucchini fruit or vine? If zucchini works then other squash will probably work too. Check out the climbing zucchini and trumpet squash.
astrialkil 10 months ago
I used to have chickens when I was a teenager and we grew extra greens for them. You can dig up grub worms from the garden, I always am getting them and we feed them to our water turtle. Store extra food in case like you would for your pets. Also, they have seed that you can get that grows pretty quick , like sprouts that you can give to your chickens. These are things I have in mind if I should be able to have my own some day.
clarissamck 10 months ago
nice looking chickens
jmmurdy 10 months ago
Good 411 brother, thanks! God Bless.
FletchBZMMT 10 months ago
arokondaes?? think those are the birds we had when I was a kid, colored eggs?
LowBuckPrepper 10 months ago
@LowBuckPrepper Aracaunas & Americaunas. They both lay blue/green colored eggs
Firedancer1987 10 months ago
theyre lovin that shit
rqm420 10 months ago
food for thought,much to ponder...good post.
pfcwar5150 10 months ago
Excellent information and much food for thought.Dried fish meal can be added to the grains that are grown to supplement protein.Fish meal can be made by the leftovers of the fish we eat.Just grind and dry,Then save for the winter months.Great video.
unomas58 10 months ago
Good question.
"prepping" is about preparing for possible scenario's. People should be able to do so.
IronRangeSurvival 10 months ago
thats awesome i was thinking about that today
timothy6487944 10 months ago
Can you do a similar vid. for rabbits? What's the best to grow, or which weed is best to gather for them?? Thanks for all u do..
randude1 10 months ago
Raise 'Black Soldier Fly Larvae' to feed to your chickens. They eat plant matter, fruits and veggies, and also manure. So the waste from chickens, pigs, horses, gardens can be turned into larva that is 30% protein. The waste from the larva bins then can be processed by red worms. Again, food for chickens or bait to catch fish. Eat the fish and then the carcass can be processed by the Black Soldier Fly Larva in two days, Gone.
Links: blacksoldierflyblog and raisesoldierflies both are dotcoms
KayakFisher01 10 months ago 13
@KayakFisher01 Thanks for that information!
AlohaCop 10 months ago
Magnificent chickens indeed!
KASPLARFO 10 months ago
Horses can be very valuable in a bad situation, but feeding them is extremely hard without warm climate all the time and large pasture.
thenew24th 10 months ago
Beautiful birds!
tesskansas 10 months ago
red wigglers in your compost
jamphellhamo 10 months ago
your right......that why we are trying to grow giant beet mangels for the first time........its also heirloom......we feed them slop mostly
ironhead41 10 months ago
@ironhead41 It would be very hard to be self sufficent like they did in the past. In the old days people built their house near water and fertile ground. Make sure you have good firewood to heat and cook. Now houses go in everywhere and all the luxories are brought to you. It would be very hard to be self sufficent today. My goal is just to keep learning and practicing. Could it be done???? You have done alot in this field so what do you think???
southernprepper1 10 months ago
I have found that chickens can live on pasture mixed with woods, with no feed. (expect in the winter)
Tappedline 10 months ago
@Tappedline Yes I agree with you. The other problem is animals that want to eat them. If there free ranged the risk of getting killed goes up unless you have good fences to keep dogs and other threats out.
southernprepper1 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 Yes you are right, I lost a few chickens while I was out of town.
Tappedline 10 months ago
But in answer to your question, I could not keep more than 1-2 chickens on my suburban block without importing some feed. I have 6 now. In the dry hot summer there are no greens, but with wheat grass and weeds, I can give them fresh greens daily. So, I could keep a couple of egg-producers, but no way could I keep chickens for meat. It's different on my retreat, but there foxes are a problem. Tough either way.
Myrmecia 10 months ago
@Myrmecia In the old days any animal on the farm or homestead had to pull their own weight so it would justify feeding the animal. Right now this is not the case if things turn sour how many animals would be released or dumbed. Cats and dogs how about horses????
southernprepper1 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 - Excellent point. Pets are a luxury and may be a problem when food is not abundant.
Myrmecia 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 The abandonment of horses is already an epidemic. People are turning them loose to fend for themselves and usually they are alrdeady very poor and have body scores of 1-2 ( extremely emaciated). When it gets worse we'll see even more of it! I've worked for the GA Dept of Ag Equine Health, and I've seen it all! Of course some will see them as a free meal I imagine.
DoctorsWife56 10 months ago
Chickens are naturally jungle fowls. They prefer insects and green leaves. Not grain. We know what we mean by "corn fed" and it's not pretty. Chickens don't like it either. I feed mine about a tablespoon of meat and fat leftovers every morning and they love it. In summer I grow wheat grains in soil on a tray for 7-10 days so they have fresh greens daily (I have 10 trays). I have about 50 old fence palings on the ground in the chicken run and lift 2-3 of these up every day for the insects.
Myrmecia 10 months ago
I couldn't eat chicken without KFC
homertalk 10 months ago
Excellent information, things like this are useful. Keep up the great work.
ron5x5wolf 10 months ago
Those chickens are racists, they wouldn't share ANY with the ducks. I think we need some social justice on the homestead. Some1 needs to start an advocacey group for the civil rights of oppressed waterfowl. Something like the National Association for the Advancement of web-footed birds, The NAAWFB. GIVE them the wealth...I mean grubbs. GIVE THEM THE GRUBBS! DUCK POWER!
gearboy12550 10 months ago 14
@gearboy12550 Very funny even my wife said that it was funny. You get a gold star...Oh no I cant give you a gold star because then I would be discriminating against silver and bronze so you just get a star:)
southernprepper1 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 i hate to inform you SP1 that is discrimination against other shapes such as triangles and squares. dont be a square now......opps now im discriminating:(
libertytooth 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 Well SP1, I fail to see the humor in the plight of an oppressed minority group, which those ducks most certainly are. It's clear you suffer from a severe case of Anti-Duckitism. I can assure you, my associates at the Southern Pigeon Law Center, The Anti-Duckamation League, & The New Black Swan party WILL hear of this. We'll have ducks from every inner-city pond in the state bussed into your homestead, with bullhorns, signs, chants, THE WORKS! & if you have anything negative
gearboy12550 10 months ago
@gearboy12550 This is like Animal Farm gone horribly, horribly wrong!!!
999manman 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 to say about it, you'll be slandered in the MS press. & if your passing out stars, I prefer RED. Just kidding. Glad you have thick skin. Love your channel. God bless.
gearboy12550 10 months ago
Great vid! GOD BLESS!
TheDaytonDevil 10 months ago
The bugs make the chickens taste better too.
cattnipp 10 months ago
You can also feed them maggots from a remote gut piles from cleaning those birds out. Put guts in a Women's stocking and hang Flies will be attracted and grow maggots! Put bucket under & they will fall into. Maggots also make great fish bait!
killersp1974 10 months ago
@killersp1974 thanks...One day all the tips we learn on youtube might be the differents between feeding the family or going hungry.
southernprepper1 10 months ago
@killersp1974 That is the most disgusting thing Ive heard since this morning. It sounds like its more efficient then how then grew maggots on trays on the show dirty jobs tho!
astrialkil 10 months ago
Nice Job SP1! Time to get that maggot farm going!
engineer775 10 months ago
So during the winter, if u were doing 100 percent store-bought feed, what does it cost per chicken per month? And how many eggs do u average? Just round numbers - I'm a city boy... Thanks
Survive2Day 10 months ago
@Survive2Day I dont have the numbers but in the winter we break even by selling to a few customers. In the summer Nathan (my son) makes money. We also in the summer feeds alot to the dogs. In the winter I like to scramble 4 or 5 eggs, cook some rice on the wood stove and throw a handful of cat food in their dish mix it up and they really like it alot.
southernprepper1 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 For a second there I thought you were giving us one of "your' favorite recipes!! The cat food is taking preppin toooooo far..LOL
sqrpnt 10 months ago
@sqrpnt Actually when you mix it up it smells great. Its sad but its better food then alot of people in the world gets. We are truly blessed to live in this bountiful country.
southernprepper1 10 months ago
Very cool vid.
UtubeAdminSucksAss 10 months ago
Ants
zombiekillerjordan 10 months ago
When we were in Indonesia, we saw people cutting tall grass from the side ditches and feeding it to animals at home. It certainly is a good question and one for everyone to think about.
katiatomsk 10 months ago
My unle made some kind of ant trap to trap big black ant when it got fulll he open it and put in cage the chickens loved it.
zombiekillerjordan 10 months ago
@badbrainprep Good stuff. But assume the store is empty and closed is the point of this video.
vashguud 10 months ago
I read an article a while back in Backyard Poultry about raising black soldier flies to use as a protein source. Also, as has been mentioned, maggots are a great source of easily produced feed. Ive seen chickens tear a snake in two on a few occasions, so when I find one I throw it to them. Theres no shortage in the warmer months and in the winter they get lots of scraps from my canning and dehydrating projects.
thedoctorisin24380 10 months ago
Amartha(sp?), sunflower seeds, and earth worms. Raise the worms under and in a livestock manure/bedding pile.
panhandletex9 10 months ago
are those rhode island reds?
hawaiianlineman 10 months ago
@hawaiianlineman Those are bared rock hens and a rhode island red rooster.
southernprepper1 10 months ago
@southernprepper1 Google this - "Black Soldier Fly Larvae" Also google this - "Red Mangle Beets"
GoatHollow 10 months ago
@GoatHollow Thanks I am fimilar with the black soldier flies but Iam going to research the beets. I still have empty space in the garden maybe I can plant some. Thanks
southernprepper1 10 months ago
good video prepper keep up the great work
360steven 10 months ago
Awesome!
Survive2Day 10 months ago
★★★★★
MadBadVoodo 10 months ago
hey, SP did you see the vids about make maggot feeders for chickens? I think they are a great idea.
greatwf 10 months ago
@greatwf Yes I did.....My son made me watch a ton of those videos last summer and then he built a fly trap to catch the maggots. We will fire it up again this summer. Goal is to be self reliant.
southernprepper1 10 months ago 2
@southernprepper1 Maggots are great source of protein for chickens. When I raised chickens, I would mix some blood from a package of liver with some old stale bread, or get some meat that's going bad and leave it out in the sun (far from the house) inside a cage. Wait a few days for it to fill with maggots and shake the maggots into the chicken feed bucket. Mealworms can be gathered by doing the same thing with a cup of cornmeal.
americangamefowl 10 months ago
@americangamefowl That only works if you have mealworm Beatles in your area! Maggots are fairly universal.
astrialkil 10 months ago
SP, I was cleaning up the slab wood that had been sitting all winter, and each time I saw a worm I just called the chickens over and they ran over and cleaned house :)
ANIMAL FEED without the FEED STORE during SHTF is a huge concept. good vid.
-TEW
theeastwatch 10 months ago
Termites are also a good high fat food. They are pretty easy to collect. Either with a bucket and an axe (in the woods). Or get a 4 inch PVC pipe a few feet long, drill it full of holes, fill it with strips of cardboard, and bury it vertically near a fallen tree infested w/ termites. Come back a couple of weeks later and pull up all the cardboard inside of it, should be full of termites!
Look up 'meadow plankton' as well. Good fun for the kids to collect bugs in the yard.
smh3w 10 months ago
In the summer I free range them and do not feed any commercial food, The winter is a lot harder. We usually feed them table scraps and some whole corn in the winter.
MidAtlanticPrepper 10 months ago
good info in a survival situation a scrambled egg sure taste better than a grub
roadhog1986 10 months ago
Today I found a few cauliflower plants that had bolted (or what ever they call it), I pulled them up and threw them in with the hens. In 5-10min, the plants were completely gone.
SpaceCraftsman 10 months ago
Could you feed your chickens without commerical food???
lead?
LOL no seriously thanks good stuff!
mtower235 10 months ago
Fried Chicken good good. Could you raise worms in an old tub to help out? It's just a thought.
henrycems 10 months ago
@henrycems Yes raise worms, dehydrate them between window screens in the sun and grind up or chop up and save for winter.
southernprepper1 10 months ago
Are those Kaki Campbell ducks? I love their quacking!!! Do you get eggs from them as well?
1dutchgrl 10 months ago
@1dutchgrl Iam not certain of the breed of ducks we have 2 drakes and 2 hens and we get 2 eggs everyday from them in the spring and summer and into the fall. They are great layers almost as good as chickens but not totally. They lay a egg the same size as a chicken egg and the yoke is darker. They are tasty.
southernprepper1 10 months ago
yup
wrathmaster 10 months ago
I hope ECPat and Mime Chef dont see this, they will be making a video on how to cook Beetles and Grubs in an WROL situation for the chickens!!!
Iam1uglyguy 10 months ago 6