I’ve been watching non-stop for the past month. Just bought a 10 acre parcel an am trying to rehab an old house and get a crop in for this season. Your work is truly inspiring. Thank you.
@wifiwarlord
4 жыл бұрын
That sounds pretty exciting Toby. I've been sucking up all the information up Richard puts out. His book is a must have go to resource. We've goit 4.4 acres and will be doing chickens in tractors and a market garden
@OBRfarm
4 жыл бұрын
Another great and educational video. You got me into farming at 27years old. Thank you for showing the next generation how it is done.
@NCharlesworth86
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure it puts a huge strain on you so take a break when you need. BUT. I absolutely LOVE the daily update format
@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347
4 жыл бұрын
Ragnar is a lucky lad, what an upbringing/apprenticeship!
@torbjornlundaahl7974
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing operation - may farming go in this direction! Super inspiring!
@CampingYurts
4 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean about green. Out here in the Oregon High Desert, the grass dues if and turns a yellow gray. Along with the sage brush etc everything becomes gray. I call it Green deprevation and come spring it seems like my eyes feast on green. I too come from England, so used to having green in winter
@amalgamdesign3220
4 жыл бұрын
I really like this format with lots of timelapses. I'm also keen to know how the forests where you used to run pigs through are looking, but i thats probably more interesting in a month when things have started growing. Keep it up!
@baws28
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, the beige of a Swedish Spring if you grew up with the green of the British isles is a hard one...
@theapplesfoodforestfarmacy1233
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Richard for sharing. I love learning from REAL TEACHERS like you.
@Hato6
4 жыл бұрын
The green color that begins to appear in the spring is the best. You feel that the dark cold winter is over.😎👍
@monicamccarthy8510
4 жыл бұрын
H i Rchard, This is just a note to say thanks for the updates on your farm. iI allows me to live vicariously in this time of confinement. in Paris. Keep up the good work. it helps me to enrich the imaginary farm I will have inthe not too distant future in France.
@ericfulda4196
4 жыл бұрын
Taking the class and catching your day activity, keeps me motivated, Thanks
@michaelmcclafferty3346
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing compost bins and use of local material.
@madmesmith5187
4 жыл бұрын
Not chicken "why" Not ready yet hehe, arr bless him made me smile :)
@louiseolivato838
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. You got me full swing I to farming.
@Kieranm513
4 жыл бұрын
That new compost setup is beast!!
@victorybeginsinthegarden
4 жыл бұрын
Do you water your compost have you thought of setting up a rain water collection system off of that roof to water your compost
@TheJunkyardgenius
4 жыл бұрын
They compost bays are looking great. A huge benefit to your farm oroducing that much . Put my 4 4ft bays to shame but you do need a fair bit more than i do at my alloment.
@louiseolivato838
4 жыл бұрын
Could you show us how you build and erect your wind breakers around you market garden area please Richard
@alcurtis93
4 жыл бұрын
I always think it's a shame how little time of life these animals get but hell it's far better than the lives of your average farm animal
@alcurtis93
4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised to see that the paper pots don't break down, kinda goes against the environmental image the name garners
@chrislangdell117
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool video. Would love to know the brand of your water line fittings. Need to start setting up a similar operation in the spring.
@lpmoller8968
3 жыл бұрын
Hi love your videos. I live is South Africa. We have Hot dry weather temp as high as 40 degrees. What would you do different in hot weather?
@linneastlouis9701
4 жыл бұрын
Have a good year. I love these videos.
@williamlopez-wagner2989
4 жыл бұрын
Where do you get transport crates? They ridiculously expensive wherever I have looked.
@joshnoiseux
4 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video about what you do with old hens? Do you have an easy market for them?
@am0ntgy
4 жыл бұрын
this might be a dumb question, but how do the worms get into your compost? do they come up from the soil underneath? love your videos. beautiful farm.
@edcarson3113
4 жыл бұрын
Alex Macdonald pile it and they will come 🙂
@nunayabusiness5850
4 жыл бұрын
Birds drop them in
@alexandergenna3048
4 жыл бұрын
First. Nice vid, great break from quarantine!
@davidbiewer8383
4 жыл бұрын
are you concerned about paperpot chains not breaking down? I have some in my compost well over a year old that look brand new if I dry them out.
@razpet20
4 жыл бұрын
How would you suggest pasturing chickens on a slope?
@RonnieToo
4 жыл бұрын
Depending where you are located you may be able to raise Haggis as they are ideally suited to slopes. They have one leg longer than the other which allow them to run at speed along their native hillsides. Ì have heard that they enjoy "Robert Burns" poetry being recited to them while they are feeding on "Wild Oats " 🏴😉👍🇨🇦
@tomadd8165
4 жыл бұрын
i've been doing it on 30% slopes for a couple of years now (30cm drop every meter, that is 1m drop between top and bottom of 3m pen). everything is more complicated but it's doable. i move them on contour lines going down the field. dolly kinda works (pen tends to shift a bit but not too much), at the end of the line two person lift the pen sideways to go down one line, water bucket needs extra-wood to stay somewhat vertical, circular waterers work ok, my feeders have special legs to compensate some of the slope, i have pieces of wood here and there, it's useful sometimes just to place a bucket on the ground. moving tractors back up at the end of the season is a pain at the moment, usually chicks sleep at the top of the pen, one batch decided to sleep at the bottom at first and a few died from being stuck under everyone else. biggest problem at first was transporting chickens out of the field, we ended up building a wooden wheelbarrow variation specially designed to carry chicken crates. i suggest starting very slowly to solve each of those problems one at a time. some things you think might be a problem won't be, others you didn't think about will.
@razpet20
4 жыл бұрын
@@tomadd8165 Interesting, so you have a similar setup, just struggle more with it... I think where I am it's steeper than 30%, iI think a pen like in the video would not even stay put there, except with staking it regularly. The place is just a backside of a barn that is too hard to mow because of the slope, so we have to scythe it usually. So I think chickens would be good for that place, I'm thinking in the way of setting up an electric net for them, but I'm afraid of air predators, so a "tank" like these ones Richard has seem more apropriate. We also have some big trees in that area, but I'm not sure if that will stop the predators, some cover would definitely need to be setup for the chickens I think, but I've never pastured chicken before and really wouldn't want to sacrifice chickens in order to find out what's safe enough.
@tomadd8165
4 жыл бұрын
@@razpet20 pastured chicken don't really mow. in fact you often have to mow before they come so the grass isn't too high. i usually have donkeys or sheeps pasture the area a couple weeks before the chicken get there. maybe sheeps would be better solution for you? don't be too afraid to try things out. i have many many buzzards around and i have a door on each pen for chickens to go out in electric fence. once the birds are big enough to not go through the electric net, i keep the door open night and day. i have sofar lost only one bird to an aerial predator (out of many hundreds). for each batch i also have a "justin rhodes meatshaw", chicks use it a lot more than the salatin pen and it is a lot faster to hide under in case of aerial predation.
@sarahhewlett2366
4 жыл бұрын
What happened to the roller pens for broilers?
@regenerativeagriculture
4 жыл бұрын
We figure they are best for groups of more like 1000 birds. We are only doing 500 right now, and the cold weather is easier to mitigate in more enclosed Salatin pens
@sarahhewlett2366
4 жыл бұрын
Richard Perkins Thanks for the reply!
@chrislangdell117
2 жыл бұрын
@@regenerativeagriculture . Very cool video. I like your water and irrigation set up. What is the name of the company that makes all the quick connect water line fittings
@Bibisheuuu
4 жыл бұрын
nice video, what's the model of your avant tecno? thanks
@corryrounsevell5548
4 жыл бұрын
How do you stop foxes from digging into the broilers?
@Hato6
4 жыл бұрын
I think the daily moves makes the fox nervous. and the soil in a field is often a bit harder to dig.
@shannonstephens4245
4 жыл бұрын
Did you name your dog for Justin Barbour? SAKU?
@arondombi4589
4 жыл бұрын
Who is Akos? What's his nationality?
@KvasaSmile
4 жыл бұрын
you mentioned that you get 140k Sek, (14,000 Euros) how many birds is that tho? is it like 200 birds? or more?
@Narutorban
4 жыл бұрын
I think he said its in total 500 birds and they will have 5 more "rounds". but He also says that ' yellow chix crate can host like ~40 birds, and into each "broilerbox" went 2 yellow crate of birds, they have 6 broilers if you pay attencione as they put them in If I'm doing my math good ~40*2*6=~480 ... close enough to 5 hundered to say in is 500 birds :D
@albertszilard577
4 жыл бұрын
He is keeping 75 birds in a pen, one batch every 3weeks,for the whole growing season around 5months, fully grown at around 2.2 kg in carcass he is selling at 26€/chick, just read it from his book
@edwardwilliams2564
4 жыл бұрын
How Many Acres is Ridgedale Farm?
@austinfox5268
4 жыл бұрын
Edward Williams 24 or 25 if I’m not mistaken
@Wonka_Tonka
4 жыл бұрын
what type of tractor is that 0:40
@janbroekhuizen5
4 жыл бұрын
A articulated tractor, a tractor that can 'break' in the center point and take very tight and odd corners. Just don't get too close to the wall with a side.
@Wonka_Tonka
4 жыл бұрын
@@janbroekhuizen5 do you know the make ? want to see if it can lift more then my Kubota BX . look like a nice tractor :)
@baws28
4 жыл бұрын
It's an Avant mini loader. Not sure which model but one of the smaller ones.
@jandenbesten2946
4 жыл бұрын
Richard, one question, my first batch of broilers of this year is now 32 days old. I do restricted feeding but if i compare the amount i feed with what you describe in your book, you are feeding way more than me. I actually found out that the data in the book is exactly the same as the official scheme for Ross 308 cockerels, but your growth is less than the official growth and less than the growth of may broilers. Is the data in the book correct or do i something wrong?
@regenerativeagriculture
4 жыл бұрын
We have worked out our feed amounts for our circumstances and feed supply. Do bear in mind all 'data' comes from industrial rearing, usually confinement where feed conversion ratios are of course greater due to no exercise.
@anglojoe2488
Жыл бұрын
Sorry Richard but Ragnar is the real star of the show haha
@ChaosZin
4 жыл бұрын
The 1 dislike is the chicken that got handled 'conventionally' for the sake of demonstration.
@usuariouser5794
4 жыл бұрын
Please spanish video luis lobo argentina
@bradcarby3765
4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I think Richard Perkins is an arrogant tool who thinks he knows more than he does. Then he goes and acts all gentle and kind with his new chickens and has some lovely moments with his son and I start to think that I'm the cynical jerk.
@regenerativeagriculture
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Brad, I don't normally have much time to read many comments, but I saw this one and it made me think. My presumption, and forgive me if it is incorrect, is that you may be relatively new to following my work? I also have the feeling you have not read my book. Am I correct? If that is so, I would like to send you a pdf copy, with the intention to share with you a deeper sense of my thinking and approach to life and farming, in the hope that it may be of real utility to you. Please be in touch if you would like a copy, and perhaps down the line you might share your thoughts here? I'm guessing that most likely you are not a jerk, just wisely cynical. By my estimation, a degree of cynicism is a healthy trait, certainly in the online realm. I create content to inspire others to act; be it KZitem, my book, online training, lectures and practical training we offer. If this might be such an opportunity, then my offer stands....
@bradcarby3765
4 жыл бұрын
@@regenerativeagriculture Hi RIchard, thanks for the considered response. I have consumed much of your youtube content over the last few months and will continue to do so. You are correct in suggesting I haven't read your book. I actually originally came in search of information about keyline design. I feel it is an underutilised and mostly misunderstood principle that would reduce erosion and flooding and provide better drought resistance in many areas, not just agricultural settings. Having said that, Yeoman's original texts on the subject are hard reading so I sought to better understand by taking in a range of other people's ideas, including yours. Take care sir, the world is getting weirder by the day.
@regenerativeagriculture
4 жыл бұрын
Well I have addressed that in a very clear way in my book, making it much simpler to understand in ‘everyday’ situations
@bradcarby3765
4 жыл бұрын
@@regenerativeagriculture Ok Richard, it does sound interesting. I shall endeavour to have a read of it when I get the chance.
@baws28
4 жыл бұрын
Bit harsh, even if it was an opener for what could be construed as a compliment. I feel like All Richards Perkins Content is pretty heavy on facts, based on what I can only surmise to be hard work and hard won experience. The fact that he seems like a pretty straight up and open guy who also shares parts of his self and his life that he really doesn't have to is just a bonus and adds to the videos. Arrogance? Nah. As a Scotsman who has also chosen to make my life on a farm in Sweden I know the degree to which you have to be a bit mad and we can all be "tools" sometimes but I defo don't get much of that from this KZitem channel!
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