Chicken update.. Liming the pen for odours & pests..

Rob Bob's Backyard Farming & Aquaponics
Published on 30 Mar 2014
Had a bit of rain over the past few days so thought I would share a tip on using lime to keep the odours down when the chicken pen gets a drenching..
Lime also doubles as a lice & mite treatment as well which is a bit of a bonus.. Watched a great clip by Blake Kirby on how he used wood ash to control biting pests in his chicken run.. Something we don't do here yet but think we will give it a crack this winter..
You can fine Blake's "Why have a fire in the Chicken Run" clip here,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCoE6...

Back To Eden Chickens - My Back To Eden Garden Interview With Paul Gauts...

Published on 9 Aug 2012

Paul talks about his chickens and feeding them from his Back to Eden garden.

Tip for a cleaner chicken coop - Collect chicken manure under the roost ...

Published on 27 Jan 2017

At Best Nest Box, our hens are in the greenhouse in the winter. See how we keep a cleaner chicken coop by collecting manure under the night time roost bars. This is similar to a collection tray or poop board. We use a combination of cement mixing trays, greenhouse bench tops, and push in posts. Visit us at https://bestnestbox.com. Home of the best chicken nest box in the USA.

Rollout Chicken Nest Box - Stop egg eaters and collect clean eggs - best...

Published on 2 Feb 2017

See more at https://bestnestbox.com. Rollaway egg tray for clean, unbroken eggs. This egg tray is reversible. Collect eggs inside or from the outside of your chicken coop. This is for backyard flocks, pasture chicken farms and cage free egg farms.

...so we made 'the Coolest Chicken Feeder in the World' - www.weekendhip...

Published on 10 Jan 2016

WARNING!!! Includes 2 minutes of live animal testing using birds-eye-view action footage of what is probably happening right now... We are not selling or patenting, we 'open source' and release this contraption on the world, free for anyone to make one even cooler!

Feathers ruffled from years of flimsy, wasteful conventional feeders, we were hungry to build the ultimate chicken feeder. After months of research and design, then weeks of prototyping, fabrication and animal testing, we finally built 'the Coolest Chicken Feeder in the World!'

Over engineered, fully automatic, holds 150kg of food, stops mess, poop, waste and rodents, made from recycled materials and Glows in the Dark!!!

Seen the video now want all the hard core detail with 45 pictures on why and how we made it?
Behold the longest DIY chicken feeder blog in the world...
http://www.weekendhippies.com/the_coo...

And how is it going 7 months after? (all the good and bad)...
http://www.weekendhippies.com/the_coo...

We gift our learning and effort to the benefit of all.

How to keep happy chickens

Published on 13 Aug 2012

Chickens are fantastic recyclers and they provide fresh eggs too, we share the basics on how to look after them with the right chook house, enclosure and garden environment and give tips on feeding and general care.

LIGHT SUSSEX LARGE FOWL BRED FROM CHESHIRE POULTRY

Uploaded on 8 Jan 2012

CHESHIRE POULTRYS have carefully selected all our chicken breeds from the top breeders in Europe and our lines are exceptional. Our Light Sussex birds are from two lines, one from Bernard Thompson who won the top awards at the Federation Championship Show 2008 and the other line Nick Smith who won the National Championship Show 2009, 2010, 2011 and Federation Championship Show 2009, 2010, 2011 and his name is synonymous with Sussex's and he has won countless awards with his stock. The birds are very striking in appearance and have brilliant black hackle markings. We show our birds and participate in all the major exhibitions and shows in the UK. We won best large fowl sussex with a light sussex hen at the federation in 2010 .There are many breeders who advertise their birds as exhibition and show quality even though they have never been in a show. Please do not be fooled by people advertising exhibition and show quality birds as you may end up purchasing low standard birds.Visit http://www.cheshirepoultry.com/light_... for more information