Raising Chickens EASY! Complete Beginner Guide (Everything You Need to Know)

Ready to start your own backyard flock? This is the ultimate Complete Beginner Guide to Raising and Keeping Chickens. Frederick Dunn, a PA Dept. of Ag Licensed Poultry Technician, walks you through everything you need to know, from the moment you start with incubating eggs to the final decisions about free-ranging your adult birds. We cover the entire lifecycle, including brooding chicks, proper housing, health tips, and exactly where and how to buy poultry through the mail. Stop searching and start learning from an expert! YES! In response to those generous viewers who have asked how they can support my work, please follow this link:   / 3494368   How to hatch chicken eggs. How to select and incubate eggs, how to brood and raise chicks, how to feed and house chickens. Demonstrations on many aspects of rearing the most popular bird in the world... the chicken. Chickens are the most popular birds in the world! If you ever thought about owning chickens, then watch this video and you will understand every aspect of flock ownership. Please share in the comments section, what you enjoyed most about this presentation. It is a pure joy to share about chickens and it's my opinion that every backyard should have at least a few hens for entertainment, enjoyment, and of course fresh eggs daily! Caring for chickens is great for children or adults of any age. Chapters 00:00 Introduction Beginning With Chickens 05:50 How to Order Day Old Chicks 12:35 Best Chicken Books I Recommend 14:58 Chicken Coops Designs and Space requirements 17:49 Portable Chicken Coop/Chicken Tractor Breeding Pen 27:L50 Chicken Coop Interiors and Equipment 42:37 What to Feed Chickens 48:58 Master Chicken Breeder Master Exhibitor APA Hall of Fame Member 53:07 Chicken Anatomy trimming toenails and more. 01:06:36 Chicken Health, can you keep chickens and turkeys together? 01:24:31 Incubation and Incubators for chicken or duck eggs 01:39:56 Chick Brooder Starting Chicks 01:46:33 Day Old Chicks Arrive In the Mail 01:55:43 Top Hatch Incubator, rolling eggs 02:00:13 Chicks Hatching in an incubator 02:04:49 Egg Care and Preparation for Cooking. Nadia Hamilton 02:19:36 Three-Week-Old Chicks 02:22:39 Six-Week-Old Chicks Move Into The Permanent Coop 02:25:20 How to Candle Developing Chicken Eggs, are they fertile? 02:33:26 Popular Chicken Breeds for the backyard flock. 02:39:33 When Roosters Fight, Rooster Conflicts 02:39:48 Wildlife Issues and chickens. 02:43:56 Trapping Animals that feed on chickens. 02:45:24 Dogs Can Protect Free Range Chickens. 02:45:49 Hawks! 02:47:30 Gardening With Chickens, using chicken coop deep litter as compost. 02:53:00 Broody Hens will raise any chicks without electricity. 02:59:07 Mother Hens with Chicks Outside on free range.