Raising Chicks Off Grid: No Electricity Brooder Update

I use water succulent it works better than whatever

i have chicks too and i have them when i was 3 year when he died we buyed more and today too i have chicks

Great information. Our power went of for a few hours in NY and the hot water heat source was very helpful and the chicks loved it. Thank u 😊

A very clever solution to an off grid dilemma! Thank you for sharing this

Heating bulbs no?

What you are giving food for chiks

how often do you have to change the water to keep them warm?

store yogurt contains very little benefit for digestive track. The vinegar again very little probiotic effect. Spend 2 bucks and buy a product called Save A Chick Probiotic. This will help to develop a strong gut.

Hi, I'm David from Singapore & I'm a fish hobby guy but keen to bred chicks too & therefore I've a questions to ask u abt chicks before I buy & hatched myself!

1) if I buy some eggs in the supermarket to put inside the incubator, is it will successfully hatch after 21days?

2) will I be able to hatched a Rooster too from the eggs I've bought in the supermarket after 21days?

3) after 72hrs no feed them, can small born chicks eats Live mealworms & pets bird's feeds???

I love chickens and baby chicks

How do you get Internet service and power for the camera when you are off the grid?

Feed them all to the crocodiles I say.

I LOVE this! How often do you change the hot water in the plastic coffee cans?

how long does the water stay warmed

so cute!i will also hatch eggs too! thanks to you!

how many times a day/night do you have to change the water.

When our children were young they did 4-h and had baby chicks. We got to watch them grow and produce eggs. They were our pets! We could hold them, and carry them. Our son had one that would get on his shoulder.We have video of this. They would lay eggs everywhere, we would find loads of eggs in a pile. Their eggs were always good, never any that would hatch. Only when we had two to four chickens left did we get about 3 babies, but then something happened and they died. Some dogs got some of them, hawks or some other animal got some of them. They would eat what ever we gave them. They loved pop corn, (Popped). They gave us eggs, so we let them live till they died, then we buried them. We now have Grand children, so I hope soon we can get more chicks and they can raise them and learn all about them. Hopefully soon we will all be moving to live on the same property and really get back to homesteading, and off the grid living. Take care and God Bless .

How often does the water need to be changed to keep the temperature warm enough for them? Summer temps have been over 100! Does that make a difference?

doesnt it get cold after a while

ok

how r u keeping them warm

Love your video rearing chickens. I notice that you said 250 watt bulb for heat. I put two teaches ts together and used a 50 watt bulb to generate heat. It is a good idea to have a thermometer to control heat. I always set my heat about 3 days before I got the chickens, so I knew what to do to control the heat better, like put a blanket on top of the box to increase heat, or remove it to decrease heat. chickens day old need a temperature of 90 degrees week 1. 80 degrees week 2. 70 degrees week 3. week 4 they can be taken off heat, depending on climatic conditions at
t the time. I reared as many as 100 chickens from day old and I only lost 1 bird, and 2 birds another time. I bought a good quality chickens crumb from the start and always gave them clean water, this is very important.
A lovely way to rear chickens if you can come across a broody hen, you can put her on Delph eggs, or ordinary eggs for about two weeks, then buy your day old chickens, and put the chickens underneath her when it is dark, add a few broken egg shells, and she will think she has hatched them herself, and really look after them. A rode island hen could take about 12 chickens, a leg horn about 8 to 10 chickens. It really is lovely to watch the mother hen rear the little chickens and mother them. Hope this information helps someone out there.

Where can you get chickens

you can use a buggy soapstone for chicken water heater and brooding.they are flat and will sit on the stove .they will retain heat for hours.

What breed are the meat chickens? Are they the cross x's? If so, where did you get them?

Brooders should be round, not square. keeps them from crushing each other in the corners.

I raise meat birds for profit and personal use. If you dont specify what you want it will be a straight run you get. In my experiance its pointless to get pullets. The cornishx cant breed on there own because of the breeding and the females are to small. i order all cocks and raise them to around 7-8 lbs and put them in the freezer. this usually takes 6-8 weeks. Do not feed medicated feed to your brds. All you are doing is killing off any good flora the birds have which will cause pasty butts and can kill your birds. Also instead of giving them probiotics place some manure from mature birds in with the chicks. as they forage around they will pick some of it up and this will develop good bacterial cultures in their system. that is a better and more natural way the chicks get what they need.

I am loving loving your channel its so awesome! Baby Chicks sooooooo cutes

Do you have a home made chicken Scratch recipe and feed also? I can't find non GMO variety. I'm a new chicken mommy and want to be a good one! Congrats on your brood.

Question, do you have any problems with deer ticks and if you do how do you keep them away? I hear lots of people get lyme disease and well,kind of wonder how all of this preppers prevent this?

Getting big!!

The chicks are doing great!!  I have 48 ameraucana eggs ready to hatch out under two turkey hens sunday or monday.  Got to love the chicks. Cheers!!!

Glade to see their doing good.

Never any doubt here y'all making it work.  Could you keep a log of your expenses prior to butchering and convey that  to the rest of us.  Enjoyed the show.  Thanks.  Be safe.

Thats entertainment when you have cable or internet you can just sit and watch the chicks play and do their thing

Awwhhh!! sweet! I lost 5 chickens last week =(  that has never happened to us before but I guess when they free range thats bound to happen from time to time =/

Are they going to be yard chickens of are you going to keep them in a pen? If you keep them in a chicken run please cover the top so critters can't get at them.

Who doesn't love baby chicks?? We have 6 Rhode Island Reds.. great egg layers. All but one is friendly. the other like to peck at us. But the others love to be petted and will jump up on our laps. As far as butchering at 8 weeks.. we found ours at 8 weeks rather small.. with little weight. Of course ours weren't for butchering.. but at 8 weeks I felt they were still to small. Maybe its just the breed! Happy chickening! LOL

Ru sure ur gonna be able to kill them?

watch for the meat birds eating the wood shavings ... they will not survive if they do. Love your videos ...

Boy, he's tough, huh? I think we men are nearly impossible to live with. You should put him back on the roof with a buckskin :) Great flock you have there.