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Return Feeders/Waterers and Discuss Benefits

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Pastured poultry, how it can work for you to raise your own food!

What happens here

After the chickens have had approximately an hour to forage on the fresh grass, the waterer and feeder are returned to the coop. The speaker also discusses the nutritional benefits of chickens consuming natural elements like sunlight, dirt, and grit, contrasting it with store-bought birds. He also reiterates plans to move the coop towards a garden area for natural fertilization.

Tools and materials

  • Chicken Feeder
  • Chicken Waterer

What they say

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So typically what I'll do with the birds right here is I'll move the coop and I'll let them eat grass for about an hour and then I'll go ahead and fill the coop back up. You can see they're little escape artists. Most of the time the lid's on right here, I've got a little tin lid and I'll pull that ever top and the birds won't get out. That's also for their safety, we'll probably be moving them down here onto our garden. As they make their way down through our front yard here and basically they started way back there at that truck and every day we've moved them throughout the process of their life here. The ultimate plan is to get down here and fence in our garden spot and let those birds put some of that yummy butt fertilizer that we like so much on our garden and get some good grubs and some good worms and some dirt in their lives. I think birds need some dirt in their lives. I think we have a lot of infection in this world because we don't get enough dirt in our lives. Birdie birds. Something else I encourage is talking to your birds. I think it's a good idea. They recognize my voice and when I come out they know it's food time. Very cool. Guys, they're thirsty, huh? Don't jump in there. Well, you gotta get back in to get some water. There you go. Let's reach in here and grab some birds and we'll tell you what they are. There you go, buddy. This is a guinea, a guinea keat, a little bit different, very squirrely, very squirrely little bird. It wants out so bad. That's a guinea keat. This is our rainbow ranger, broiler and they all kind of come in different colors. Hence the rainbow ranger, reach in here. This is a buff orfington. It's okay, little buddy. All these birds are the same age. It's okay. It's okay. This is a Rhode Island red. Pretty cool. This is a bard rock. See how pretty? I call them jailbirds because they have those little jailbird stripes on them. Very calm demeanor, very, very sweet bird and this is, I don't know what the heck bird. So, my hatchery played a little trick on me and they sent me some birds that I just have no idea what they are. It may be the Myr Mealmaker bird and the deal with Myr Hatchery with their Mealmaker bird is that if the bird lays eggs, you're supposed to donate the eggs to the hungry and if the bird is a meat bird, you're supposed to donate the meat. Pretty cool. Pretty good way to live. I recommend getting yourself some guinea keats. These birds are super duper fun to raise and they are a watch dog. We hear how…

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