Forest Garden Poultry - Natural, Organic Chicken-Keeping

If we can try to understand what our birds are telling us or each other, then we can not only help them to solve potential problems but also learn so much from their conversations. Why did our mother hen throw herself at the back door? This and a lot more are discussed in the following film and more fully in my blog: http://holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/05/if-i-could-talk-to-animals-birds-part-1.html#.V17Cqu2li1E #ChickenLanguage #ForestGardenPoultry #ChickenSpeak
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Si podemos tratar de entender lo que nuestros pájaros nos están diciendo o entre ellos, entonces no solo podemos ayudarlos a resolver problemas potenciales, sino también aprender mucho de sus conversaciones. ¿Por qué nuestra madre gallina sí misma lanzarse en nuestra puerta trasera? Se discuten esto y mucho más en la película y con más detalle en mi blog: http://holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/05/if-i-could-talk-to-animals-birds-part-1.html#.V17Cqu2li1E
Pourquoi notre mère poule se jeter à notre porte? Nous discutons cela et plus encore dans le film et en détail dans mon blog: http://holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/05/if-i-could-talk-to-animals-birds-part-1.html#.V17Cqu2li1E

A dip into the fascinating world of mother and chick dialogue and including how birds are able to understand each other even when they initially don't speak the same language! Also perhaps something not everyone is aware of: hens and their chicks communicate whilst still in the shell.
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My observations made over two decades of my birds and how they use vocalisation and body language to express their love and affection for their chicks and potential mates. I compare and contrast my results with those of a 1969 study by Allen W. Stokes at the San Diego Zoo in a free-range semi-wild population of Gallus Gallus Bankiva. Written Article: https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2022/01/chicken-language-how-poultry-express-emotion-through-food.html My sites: The Holistic Hen:
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The fourth part of my dive into the language of our birds. From crowing in both the male and female, to nesting and enjoying and asking about food. This film also compares and contrasts my observations with the written articles and books, studying the last sizable flocks of wild Junglefowl in the early and mid parts of the 20th century. The accompanying written article will be coming shortly to : https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com
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This film details my first attempts at raising meal worms organically, mainly for my quail. Since then I have carried on with my experiment and found that just like my birds, meal worms thrive in a forest garden environment. The next film in this series, which shows the progression of my meal worm 'farm', will be posted uniquely to BitChute but I thought I'd upload this one first by way of an introduction.
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This film concerns my 3rd and 4th generation of meal worms; how I ditched plastic for wood and also initial musings on (and filming of) grain mites.
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I made this film nearly ten years ago and it was immediately struck with a copyright notice on YouTube. The music 'China Wave' is in the public domain and I so wanted to use this beautiful theme for my film because the history of the Cochin breed of poultry and the way they came to the West and the aftermath of 'The Cochin Craze' or 'Hen Fever' is a dark one; involving tea, silver, bloody wars, looting and above all, opium. I wrote an article about this topic here if you are interested: https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-cochin-craze-story-of-addiction.html#.YPrY9rpvaV5 I wrote to the artist Yuanji Chen, who created this haunting piece and they told me they'd never even heard of the small UK music Company that was claiming copyright on the work. Hope you enjoy the film and that you will also check out Yuanji's haunting contemporary piece here: https://archive.org/details/China-wave..
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It's the simple things in life....
Son las cosas simples de la vida ...
Ces petites choses simples.....
#Shorts #Chicken #Love #Food
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Pretty much one of my craziest ideas to date. How to get a whole flock of birds to behave in a box, without recourse to snacks. it was also better to film this at night - we finished at 3am as we had to keep collecting them from all the coops and trees and then putting them back before we got the next lot. I also made a mistake of opening up the compost bin and had to wash all the Polish before filming - hence the slightly damp-looking crests. #Alotofchickens #Christmassong #12daysofChistmas
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Sleighbells from RedHatCreator at https://freesound.org/people/RedHatCreator/sounds/539929/
Prácticamente una de mis ideas más locas hasta la fecha. Cómo conseguir que toda una bandada de pájaros se comporte en una caja, sin recurrir a los bocadillos. También era mejor filmar esto por la noche: terminamos a las 3 de la mañana porque teníamos que seguir recogiéndolos de todos los gallineros y árboles y luego volviéndolos a colocar antes de que tuviéramos el siguiente grupo. También cometí un error al abrir el contenedor de abono y tuve que lavar a todos los Paduanos antes de filmar, por lo que tienen crestas ligeramente húmedas.
À peu près l'une de mes idées les plus folles à ce jour. Comment faire en sorte que toute une volée d'oiseaux se comporte dans une boîte, sans avoir recours à des collations. il était également préférable de filmer cela la nuit - nous avons terminé à 3 heures du matin car nous devions continuer à les collecter dans tous les poulaillers et arbres, puis les remettre avant d'avoir le groupe suivant. J'ai également fait une erreur en ouvrant le bac à compost et j'ai dû laver les Padoues avant de filmer - d'où les crêtes légèrement humides.

Dust bathing is often a social event for our birds but Bangle thinks it better to be cautious when there is a predator overhead. With the ever expanding growth of the forest garden, it would actually be quite difficult for one of these large birds to land or even negotiate a flight plan. However, Bangle's taking no chances and once again it's our wall planter that's getting repossessed by poultry. My sites: The Holistic Hen: https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/ which also includes written articles to accompany each film plus stand alone ones as well.
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Keeping chickens is not just about egg production it's about the sheer joy of their personalities! Every day brings something new, interesting and often funny to the garden.
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This new mother hen decided that her chicks were ready to roost but she forgot to tell them how. Most mother hens will guide their chicks as they change from sleeping under the mother to roosting beside her and most mothers will start by guiding their chicks gently either onto the perch/roost in the coop or up into a tree. Not this mother however, these chicks have a baptism-of-fire in tree climbing. Written articles: https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com
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After many experiments with environments, I finally come to the conclusion that our mealworms should live as we and our poultry do - in their own forest garden. Beetles are scavengers and seem very at home on the forest floor surrounded by all kinds of debris and greenery - dry leaves, mosses, moulds and fungi to name but a few.
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Broody hens never cease to amaze me in their quest for motherhood but these two outdid all others with their ability to squeeze into a wall planter and sit on a wooden egg. So much so, in fact that if they hatch a wooden chicken, I won't even raise an eyebrow.
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Something I'm often asked but I believe the French words for pet; 'animal de compagnie', encapsulate both the idea of a bird as a companion and someone to keep you company on a daily basis. Birds are great gardeners but they are also highly inquisitive, so will be quite happy watching you doing DIY or sit on your arm or shoulder whilst you type, make films or read a book. On occasions they've sat in the house and watched films, yes it was Chicken Run. I've taken them in the car, sitting on my knee, we've been to the beach and I've taken them to gardening jobs with me, everything, in fact you could do with a cat or dog and you get eggs.
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Every year we look after our neighbours' animals and birds when they go on holiday. As most of these are not used to being handled, there is no real strong bond of trust and particularly between us and them, who only have real contact with them for three weeks in the year. Therefore when an incident occurs it can be quite a challenge to remedy, albeit basic first aid or emergency medical care. Detailed written version https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2016/07/treating-serious-roostercockerel-wound.html#.V50GzO2li1E
How to make a Chicken Saddle/Coat: https://holistic-hen.blogspot.com/2015/11/caring-for-chickens-in-cold-weather.html#.VjdJwpdVKlM
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What can I say, everyone needs Frizzles - beautiful, rustic, loyal, fantastic parents, good with quail and they can climb trees. https://holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/07/choosing-chickens-for-forest-garden.html#.WLSAtlf1G1F for more information and photos!
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Tree fodder and tree hay predates farming as a way of feeding herded animals. With problems of soil erosion, monoculture and drought it is now undergoing a renaissance as a way of feeding ruminants. However, there is no reason why it can't be used in our own gardens as a great way to feed poultry. In-depth written article: http://holistic-hen.blogspot.fr/2016/03/food-for-free-fabulous-forage-part-3.html#.Vv2Oeyali1E
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Our duck-egg-sitting hen is swapped for another and becomes the new Mummy for our baby jackdaw. Here we feed the baby cherries and egg but I've also since then added; apricot, apple and a little pasta. And has anyone else noticed how much the baby looks like a dolphin?
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Music Thanks to A Tiny Window for Un Jardin Forestier