How to Raise MEAT CHICKENS (Homesteaders of America)

What are your thoughts on feeding meat chickens vegetable/fruit scraps?

Nice informative video 😊😊😊

We used to raise meat chickens as well as rabbits when I was a kid but unfortunately in Belgium we are not allowed to butcher animals at home for decades now 😞

This was a very encouraging video. Thank you for making it so simple to understand.

You gotta get in touch with BlueGabe down in florida and go out fishing with him. Y'all are almost twins

Great Vid. We are just about to jump in to raising chickens

What’s name the food, because I don’t understood English well

I only want to raise 5 chickens, I am Brazilian and I married an American and I miss raising chickens, so I come to watch videos about planning to make a house for them and what food you give them, because in Brazil it is very different, I loved your videos

I only want to raise 5 chickens, I am Brazilian and I married an American and I miss raising chickens, so I come to watch videos about planning to make a house for them and what food you give them, because in Brazil it is very different, I loved your videos

It’s my first time with meat chickens… I’ve had my freedom rangers 6 days now and they stole my heart!!! They are soooo sweet💚💚💚 I adore them and they will be heartbreakers!!

Will these birds eat grubs in the ground as well as the grass?

I am confused. When you say fast growing do you mean that they both get to be the same size but FR takes longer than the CC or is one actually bigger than the other when fully (not butchered size) grown.

Sorry to be late to seeing this but have a Question in regards to the butchering. After all is done, before you put them into bags, Do you put them in a cooler for a few days? So many confusing things out there. I just want to make sure to do it right the first time. Thanks if you answer my question. God bless! Thanks for sharing. :)

Omg like always so informative 💪👍

Good vid, we have egglayers but will be moving to an acre soon so we'll be adding more eggers and will start broilers after I get grass to grow on the plot

I rescued a Rudd Ranger chick from Royal King along with buying 3 Blue Andalusian's and 2 Sapphire Gems. I have a SERIOUS question!!! What kind of feed to I give my Rudd Ranger once she's of age, FYI I have NO intentions on slaughtering her and don't want her becoming "slaughter weight".... I have no clue what to buy her but I know I want her food to be organic though. So hopefully you or someone can please tell me what to buy! Thank you!

When did you transition from the ground water dish to the hanging bucket with the metal nipples?

Great video! Thanks for the clear cut info!

Wow, this is a great fact filled, no fluff video on exactly what I needed to know.
I had only ever thought about laying hens...and didn't get any as I travel a lot, but this is an amazing small window of time to end up with so much chicken in the freezer! I have been becoming more concerned every day, at what ends up in the pan after and during cooking bought meat, here in the EU. So, it's get info Mary... and start.
My friends also accidentally mentioned they tried raising geese and chickens the past 2 years, and are very happy with the results. They keep adding chickens every few weeks from March thru April and slaughter in July to end August. She is a school teacher so gets the heavy work taken care of in school holidays...a little at a time...and they live on a house block in the city.

How do you keep, your chicken from getting freezer burnt?

were you buy the little chicken

Well done and hurrah.

Two questions: do you give free access to grit and oyster shell?

Joe Salatan spoke about a feed supplement (60lb per ton) have you ever used that?

Again, many thanks!

Succinct. Covers all they key points. Highly encourage anyone who is raising meat chickens to watch this as a great and accurate overview/summary video in addition to watching the longer classic videos. Nice job!

Im going to embark on meat birds... thanks for the great info! You have a new subscriber

Great video. Just need to set up a wheel system on the tractor we built yesterday. Chicks will be here in a couple of days. Do you have problems with weasels getting into the tractors?

How nice. I like my birds too be 3-4 pounds.

No need here toss out a dead raccoon and poultry is delivered. Via Turkey buzzards.

The big advantage of the slow growing breeds is that they actually taste of chicken.

Mentioned how you invited your community to be part is what I liked the most. Have you done a butcher video yet?

Great information. I'm really interested in doing this. The part that concerns me I'd butchering. I don't know if I am confident enough to do it. I'm working alone. Do you think it'd reasonable to do 10 birds myself in one day? Thanks for sharing

What a wholesome video. Really made it feel like this is possible and doesn’t need to be super intimidating! Just got my first laying hens and looking forward to getting some meat birds this year as well!

This was a great video. Well explained. I raised the Cornish meat birds. I would get 50 every year. I learn that if you give them the grower some of them will have leg problems and some of them will explode... their hearts. It happens. So the next year I learned to cut the grower food with some other grains and that seemed to help to reduce the intensity of their growth. My chickens were really big. Now, for the first time, twenty-plus years later, I have for the first time hatched my own eggs. These Rhode Island Reds will be for meat birds. I only have eight that hatched. This will be an interesting experience to see how they do as a meat birds. I'm expecting to butcher at 12 weeks.

Where do you get the bag you put the breast on after butchering

How long can you keep the rangers for? If I processed 1 per month, could they live that long?

Now is the 8weeks from day one or 8 weeks after the initial 3 weeks in doors

Thank you so much your videos are really good I would like a drawing of your chicken house I want to build one in malawi

Thanks for all the free advice, you were a large inspiration for my family.

our processed our first set of 20 birds and froze them as whole chickens.

The next set of 20 my wife cut and packaged by parts- wings, breast, thigh, tenders, etc. We liked this method because it saved lots of freezer space and then we could have wing night, breast, etc.

We also saved all the carcasses and made some amazing broth.

What kind of feed you made? I'M from the Philippines I am always watching your blog

This is exactly what I needed to watch. Newbie to country living and planning on raising chickens. I have no sweet clue what I am doing. Thank you for being so honest about butchering not being easy. I can't imagine that it will be fun but it will help myself and hopefully my kids really appreciate where our food comes from. ✌❤

I like your chicken coop with the wheels I've never seen one before. I'd want one like that My friend has chickens band thinking about keeping them. Awesome Video thanks for the information very helpful.

Thanks.

Great job!

Excellent.

Good job, you are taking a journey and teaching us as you go. Thank you.

"and afterwords, buy ice cream for everybody... have a potluck"
Oof, my man... +10 to community bonding but you just wiped out your $savings from growing your own 😋

Worth it.

Nice

Hello, what do you suggest for housing when not on pasture or in a chicken tractor? I have a nice flat open spot in my woods I'd like to build a coop of some sort for meat birds. This is where they will live. From what I've read they don't roost. Do they need a coop to go in at night?

Ive never raised chickens before but I am thinking about it! If you do keep some long enough to lay eggs is it possible to just have that cycle going instead of having to keep buying them? You get an unending supply of chicken and even eggs.. is it more work and not worth it?

QUESTION DO YOU GIVE THEM STARTER CHICK MEDICATED FEED? ANYONE? THANKS