 Which one's going to be the new penny? Hey fishing freaks and everybody else welcome on back to the channel and to the tree house It's a nice quiet Saturday morning here birds are chirping Things are blooming Stephanie's just planted some some new flowers peach trees going But you know what I'm missing. I'm missing the little clucks I'm missing our chickens And Amy is missing some chickens as well. So we're taking the family today Over to a friend of a friend that has some chickens and we're gonna pick them up He's got a bunch of different varieties. I'm honestly not even sure what we're getting so this is gonna be kind of cool surprise When we get there and see what kind of chickens he has for us I love my backyard, but I do miss those little mother cluckers, you know, just just hearing them squawk around letting them out Do their bug destruction thing They're a cool part of the backyard experience You don't have to have a whole lot of land to to have backyard chickens quite honestly You can raise them in a very small area It does take a little training with having the woods here For our chickens to kind of learn if you go in the woods, you're gonna get eaten Can I just got a little too comfortable with our last flock and I left the door cracked as it is open right now And while we were at dinner You know the chickens went back into their coop inside of their run and that automatic door close, but it closed too late We're just going with your old standard cardboard box and we're not gonna get as many as we did last time I think Five or six last time we had nine chickens if I believe right Which was a lot and when they were at peak laying season We have just so many eggs we're giving them out to neighbors and even with five or six It'll be just a little more than what we need at peak laying But during the winter months colder months, it'll be perfect and you know, it's less feed. I Think it'll just be better better easy to manage. So let's go see what kind of mystery chickens we're dealing with Mom's in kids are in You mean you ready to go get some chickens Okay, Amy Now which one is penny? One's gonna be the new penny. She was kind of a queen color one wasn't she? That's pretty much their penny. So we got a we got a new penny right here. She looks like she's going in the house right now There she is She's Amy So I'm not sure if we can really pick these chickens up yet. Oh, she got one Is that a Moran or is that a John Jersey John? There's chicken number one this is Kyle, he's kind of giving us some of his chickens since he's got he's got a full herd You do all right Girl Okay, I mean chickens have made it home. You want to help me put them in their new Coupe, okay. I got a little cleaning up to do. This is it guys. I get doing Apparently some of these had some really good bloodlines. So I'm excited to see don't don't don't don't don't don't Don't want them to jump out in mommy's car. Oh Yeah, don't want that. Yeah, we're gonna Daddy's gonna get all of them and we're gonna go put them in the run and then we're gonna let them out Okay, they want to see her penny chicken her new penny. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we're gonna get penny. Don't worry. Oh Man, there's one in here that Jersey giant mix Chickens you're free look at this white one here. There you go. There's your new penny Look at that little naked necker There's a lot of poopy in there. Yeah, so we really need to wash Oh, they're already eating the grass One two three four five six, I think it's perfect. What do you think? Oh, yeah? I think even numbers perfect so they can buddy up Get the buddy system going This little naked neck one Interesting Yeah, I think it's a good mix So a couple flaws I got a fix Chicken door. This is the easy fix. We just need to program it to shut at the proper time and Then we have a little open hatch right here Where animal has moved this around and the possum is able to get in here so I'm gonna have to close that off with some more chicken wire or something so we don't get some some aerial intruders and Other than that though, everything is pretty much left the same right now. I'm just putting in fresh bedding so taking the old stuff out and You know, it was it was only like a month old when I put this other stuff in there It's just a lot of feathers from the the asco that happened. So I'm just cleaning it up a little bit And these are not Laying chickens yet. So these chickens will start laying Probably in a month or so. They're about five months Got a little fresh layer of bedding in there using that hemp bedding, which I Can't recommend that stuff enough. It stays dry. I don't know how it's Structured or whatever, but it just does not get wet doesn't hold the moisture like cedar and pine chips So it just lasts so much longer. One of them has already jumped up on the roosting rack. So that's good I just need to get them trained on the nipples over here Like they're getting getting thirsty You guys are getting thirsty and you see this water coming out. They just haven't quite figured out Where it's going and this is how I've trained the other ones is You know, just just hold this down They know the sound of water and they'll they'll come over to it and start kind of getting curious if we have some sort of a naked necker There's like cream leg bar mixes with Moran's mixed with a Jersey Giants We just kind of got everything but these little hens in here are pretty happy We're just hanging just chilling Hopefully you guys are gonna start laying In another month or so and they should be even happier because there's less chickens in there this time, but You always want to make sure you have good ventilation in your Coop itself because that is what you get diseases and viruses With because you're not getting good ventilation through there, you know, they got poop They get they get respiratory viruses just like we do so I want to make sure you're aired it out every day Hold them to your new home Wrackly roost Look at the tree out here Dad's gonna sit on the stump here. I got a little tree mate. That's I get in the in the chicken grove This week, so you are actually leaving me tomorrow Only for a few hours Like all day. Oh, yeah, it's gonna be my first time alone Taking care of baby baby been my own devices. So I think you'll be fine. He's the easy one So what do you think about chickens now that we got them in there your little questionable this morning? I Was a little questionable, but honestly seeing Emmy with the chickens. It's kind of sweet. It's like Back to good old times Back to good old times We got some interesting breeds going on good selection good variety I'm interested to see what kind of eggs they get will they be like all the same color? I think we're gonna have all of eggs and then we're gonna have just like off-tone brown eggs So we're not gonna have any white eggs. We're not gonna have the bright blue eggs or the you know kind of Green blue eggs. That's cuz that's Easter Eggers, which we don't have but They're gonna be cool. They're gonna be cool eggs Just cool your biscuits Tend your biscuits One thing that could happen though is we might have a rooster in the mix. I'm So these these are these were unsexed chickens, so we're not quite sure we're pretty sure like 90% sure There's one there's one in there. I've got some questions on though. That's a big lizard run into the leaves Big lizard Chickens are eyeing it to they're all over. What is that? But if one of them turns out to be rooster I don't know Roosting are like crowing. I don't think so. When do they get their crow? Probably when like in another month or so Well, that's just another adventure for us rackeys. That's another adventure, you know We'll have all sorts of chickens and be ready for Armageddon Think it's good Now you've just earned yourself a new responsibility here at the treehouse taking care of these things You're gonna be able to handle it. Yeah, you got this. Have we named them yet? I only know Penny She's named one chickeny chickeny. Okay, which one's the chickeny chickeny is one of the white ones I'm not sure we've got Oreo is the next one She's got great names Puneau yeah old Puneau And Tama I mean the list goes on and on so if we ever get a dog I mean, you'll be a good name her. You'll be a good jingler like your dad Dog a dog a we'll work on that work on that dog game, but coming over to Take care the daycare area the back porch area. I Wanted to throw this in the vlog because I think some people would find use in this, you know We finally Steph Said we got to have a little back porch area This used to be like my woodworking stuff logs and there was a possum that lived under there and anyway Yeah, it was all mud now we got a little slimming space chimneys You know, it's nice, but it's still really hard with stuff on the kids. So You know Ben is super mobile now. He's crawling. He is Getting into everything he loves to rassle with Amy. He's just you know, he's doing what little boys do Oh, yeah, he's already been a little brother and I don't know when you got this but we finally we broke it out Like a month ago and it is just so perfect the way this this thing collapses down We actually got it for camping, but it's perfect for around the house So if you got kiddos this size and you need to contain them somehow This is a good way to do it Doesn't have a bug net that goes over the whole thing That can connect down here and there's also a little mat Right here a little blow-up mat. So if he falls over he's okay So going on camping trip is great, but in the backyard pretty good. So or the park or just park We're just we're just all about you know, I come over here Dad's grilling out a little bit mom's hanging out with the kiddos, but she doesn't have to hold them the entire time He's he's just everywhere. He's rambunctious now. So anyway, I will leave a link for this thing California Beachco, yes, make this one Yeah, you're going really high I'm not gonna lie get on the swing sometimes As soon as I get up from home from the lake sometimes I just hop right on it So a quick joy ride Now we got the chickens over here just to complete the ambiance Haven't even heard a clock like They haven't even been noisy at all like our other chickens. They'd be they'd be balking. They'd be noisy In the kitchen The West G Welcome to Saturday Night Meals Maybe that's a new thing. Saturday Night Meals. I feel like it's an every night meal thing. It is What are we gonna go on here? Tonight we've got pulled pork carnitas that I got ready before we left to go get the chickens And I feel like you were a little peeved at me for doing this last minute, but now You're welcome. I had I had no What did I say? Oh, I don't know. I was like we were racing out the door And I was like no we need to I need to get this in the instant pot really quick About five minutes throw it in and then now it's Whatever it takes for food. I don't care about it Uh, yeah, carnitas got some refried beans cilantro rice pickled onions That's that's a fan fave there pickled onions And he calls them uh gummy onions because they're like little gummy worms She loves them. Well, I love them too So we're now the coolest thing again that we've missed This isn't the coolest thing about having chickens, but um Scraps food scraps in the kitchen Got some leftover onions got some leftover rice. You just Put it in the chicken bucket basket thing. I've been missing that which where is the chicken bucket basket thing I don't even think we have it. We don't I ended up throwing it away because it was so nasty So I know what we need to get a new one. We need a new one And then we just give it give the scraps give us the scraps to the chickens They produce the eggs then we put them in our mouths It's the circle of life. They just figured out the water. So I'm sure they're gonna hammer down on it So in order to teach them I basically just had to take one of them actually just took two of them And um, I just grabbed their heads and I just pressed it up to The little nipple and then once they felt the water coming out They would drink it and then you know, they just watch each other and learn It's pretty much easy as that but You know, they they've been thirsty since they left and Just now figured it out. So They're gonna get ready to roost But hey look guys We've got some serious scraps going on here I mean just a little bit to get you started, but trust me There's plenty of the osg goodness here for you guys. You're not gonna be disappointed Not a big carnage this fan apparently Thinking this one Could be a cock Like yeah, I don't know. I'm just getting some vibes. This might be rooster You're pretty tall already. You got you got pretty tall tail feathers kicking in Saw your neck Swaffed out a while ago. It looked kind of roosterish Little buddy here looks like a hot dog wiener mixed with a marshmallow Just uh, just sweet just sweet little chicken But I think little penny here is my favorite She seems to be the sweetest You know, she's pretty pretty easy to handle I picked her up a few times And uh, that one's gonna be a runner like a dad right now Wife wanted a little chimney of fire. So we got it going sadly Throwing a piece of my one of my first bows in there That's all it's good for now Learn from my mistakes and now It's just an offer to the fire I'm gonna come out here Check out the fire I've got kids bathed ready for just smelling smoke tonight A little smoke bath with some cedar don't keep the bugs away How about that? Oh, that's a good fire dad. Oh, thank you. Just got it going. Did you start it by yourself? Or did you have a little starter help? What do you mean? I mean, did you do like a little rock? Okay, that right there. Okay. See I know you better than to use the old lighter Yeah, I like to I like to keep the primitive skills on point Chickens, so we're about to go roost. Hopefully from their proper spot Got a little backyard situation patio. Mama's happy. Hey life is good at the treehouse tonight. Life is good at the treehouse right now We're not gonna tell you the bad stories about the others Unless you really want to know. Okay, you really want to know Well, did they know about the rat? We had a rat for a while. We have like flies Just coming out a couple weeks ago. We smelled something dead And now there's just like flies showing up In a room that like there's nowhere for the flies to get in it's just like I think they're coming out of the vent And there's a dead rat in there that harvested some flies. So That's the only thing we got going right now. That's like there's always something The good news is it's in the basement. It's in my room. Yeah, that's not in the main part All right, my little chickadees It's time for you to start roosting You know what I mean? I'm kind of getting a little squawky. They're starting to get on the roosting bars the roosting ladder and just Not going in the hen house quite yet. Okay, this is where y'all need to be I know y'all are talking y'all are ready to roost I'll just go do it. There we go I don't see any on the bottom. They're all up top Amy that's good. Give me a high five Awesome. All right. They knew what to do So the coop is set to open up at 7 a.m. So they can come out actually 6 30 a.m. So right as it's getting light And I have it set to shut automatically at 8 o'clock, but we'll have to just shut it Actually, let's just take it out. They don't they don't need that feather anymore Should we get some chicken puffs? Marshmallows? Jet puffs. Jet puffs Big stick guy. Oh, he's gonna be a big fish and pole guy. I think so. Anything with a stick? You take that stick. All right Just wrapped up getting the chickens in the coop and they did good I had to give them a little help but they all got up on the roosting rack First night in that is good. So hopefully There's none that jumped down or in the middle of the night or anything That's that's usually a problem is getting them to sleep up there If they get in a habit of not sleeping on those those racks It's just they sleep in their poop, you know, and it just gets gross They have a chance of getting sick So you definitely want them to stay on those on those bars and stay up high and stay healthy. So We finally have chickens back at the Rackley Roost should be getting eggs In another month or so and I think I'm gonna have to do Do a little sit a little predator sit out here I know the coons are still out here. I just haven't sat out here at night and really tried to plink them I fixed there's a little hole where the possum was getting in I took a little piece of scrap wood put that up there where they can't get in now They're inside of a coop locked in so everything should be safe and secure. So stay tuned More outdoor action right here on the channel. God bless you guys. 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