Sneak Peek!
Check out this sneak peek of the footage we shot during the First Seven Days of our most recent flock. I think you’ll agree, Doc Scott’s homestead is a beautiful place to live, love and learn!
Backyard Chickens
GoPro Video Series – Free Range Foraging
The latest installment of our GoPro on a Rooster video series gives us an inside look at the life of a free range chicken. Our rooster went on a foraging adventure; little did he know that his Mrs. was right there beside him to steal his find right out from under his beak! One of …
GoPro video series: Feather eating
In my “GoPro on a Rooster” series of videos, we are going undercover inside my chicken coop to see how my chickens behave when humans aren’t around. In this video, I can see one of my hens eating feathers…. Any thoughts or questions about this video? Send me an email or leave a comment …
GoPro video series: Chickens check out the GoPro
In my GoPro on a rooster series of videos, we go inside the coop to see how chickens react when humans aren’t around! This video shows the reaction of my birds to seeing the GoPro for the first time on my Brahma rooster. Any thoughts or questions about this video? Let me know in the …
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GoPro video series: Mating behavior
In this video series, we take an undercover look at life inside the coop when humans aren’t around. As you’ll remember, I outfitted my Brahma rooster with a GoPro camera to capture video of behavior that may surprise you! The video below shows my Brahma rooster engaging in mating behavior. It’s pretty quick – mounting, …
Chicken and Egg: Raising dual purpose chickens
I recently got a question from Lorraine, a backyard chicken farmer. Lorraine asks: “I am a backyard farmer and want to do free range chickens for meat and eggs. Can I use the mass produced broiler chicks for this? I hate putting my chickens in small cages. How long does it take for the chickens …
Indoor/Outdoor Living for Chickens
I recently built an outside addition to my chicken coops. I’m always learning about my flock, and I learned last summer that I needed to both protect my vegetable garden from my birds and also protect them from the various predators interested in adding chicken to their diets. Allowing my birds to roam free is …
Introducing Brahma and the GoPro
I have always been fascinated by the behavior of chickens. Behavioral patterns tell you so much about your flock: the challenges they may be facing that affect egg production, issues with their health, or unwanted vices they have. The behavior I see when the chickens sense my presence is certainly not their true, uninhibited state, …
Domuvore: add it to your vocabulary!
I remember traveling to Cuba on behalf of the Ontario government in the early 1990’s. This was an agriculture mission, working with the Cuban government on strategies for improving poultry, swine and dairy production. The experience was tremendous, as I realized the beauty of the country, the diverse culture, and the respect and appreciation the …
Introduction to Snow!
Early this winter, I let the chickens out on a day after a light snow fall. The chickens quickly came out of their door, down the ramp onto the dirt pad, and then stopped. It was clear that to them, the snow was absolutely strange. They were “chicken” to go further when they encountered it! …
