We merge our chickens into the main flock around 4 months old. If we put them in earlier and they get beat up, we keep them out until they are big enough to defend themselves. And we do it at night so there is less fighting when they first see each other.

All depends on how many birds you have in there, but your numbers are on the right track. During each summer we raise turkeys for meat and we start out with 15-20 in a 6’ x 11’ chicken tractor. As they get bigger, we divide them out into several coops and eventually lower their numbers between them. Our 3 turkeys that are full time in the farm are in a little coop, but they have a large run. So just plan for more space than they’ll need so you’ll have room for them to expand.

That’s a broad question… I could talk for hours on hatching them, brooding them, or raising them to adulthood. If you’ve never raised birds of any kind before, just watch some videos or do some research on what structures you’ll need and how to take care of them. In the woods, your biggest problem will be predators. So make your enclosures predator-proof. But you’ll learn the most by doing it and learning as you go.

Awesome! Have fun with the move to the country!

Found the eggs originally on eBay. Many hatcheries carry them now, good luck!

Yes, I have silver laced and gold laces wyandottes and polish chickens. No, I don’t have laced Easter eggers. Brinsea incubators are the best but I test out cheap incubators every winter. I don’t have a favorite because we’re always hatching new breeds.

Everything you see. This website you’re on. My job. The videos you watch. My job. The farm we run. My job.

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A couple years ago we did an ad with Simplisafe Security. Is that what you’re talking about?

Nice! I wouldn’t think there would be an issue, as long as they room to roam from ones they might not get along with. So watch for fighting, but I would think they’d do alright.

Got a few videos that are almost complete. Thanks for the compliments. 😀

Thanks for the suggestion!

Massage the area on the chicken. Look up “egg bound” for other methods that might help pass the egg.

We live in Missouri in the United States.

Our next video will have an incubator giveaway.

We do giveaways of incubators every so often on our channel. Stay tuned for another one soon.

We can food throughout the year from our garden, raise cows for milk, chickens for meat. We’re slowly converting power to solar power on the property to get off the grid. We’ll eventually have well water as well. And we’ve been working on fencing the property to secure all of the animals.

No, I don’t know anyone who can ship to Canada. They wouldn’t get through the border.

We bought them from a local animal store, but they were like this: https://amzn.to/2W0RnZC

Congrats, Austin!