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Matt DuBoise of Carolina Coops and chickenista Kristen host a LIVE streamed show about all things backyard chicken. Your burning questions answered live every Friday at 12pm EST about chickens, building your own coop, and integrating a flock into your lifestyle. Have questions?
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Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions. We specialize in chickens and chicken coop construction.
We discuss the shortage on baby chicks (for those of us who are ordering now!) and how you can get around that. Checking out local resellers and local farms is one option.
Matt gets opinions on our popular rope wrapped roost bars. We started with manila rope which is more coarse, like a tree branch, and changed to jute rope when manila wasn't available. Jute is much softer, but now has availability issues.
Matt talks about new add-ons for the chicken coop winter storm shields, and replacing wooden dowels for the coop windows with stainless steel dowels.
We answer viewer questions, and feathers fly between Matt and Ingrid and the restrictions on hemp.
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Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions. We specialize in chickens and chicken coop construction.
This first episode of Season 3 talks about the price of eggs and different factors that are affecting the high price of eggs. We then discuss ordering baby chicks online from some of our favorite hatcheries and go through the steps with you. BUT, we discover many hatcheries are already sold out on popular female chicken breeds. Partly due to the avian flu from last year and perhaps from the increased demand due to the rising egg prices.
Disappointed but undeterred, we will try to find out what's going on and where to get our baby chicks this year in time for chick season.
Plus we answer your questions on chicken keeping and coop building.
Favorite Hatcheries: 🐥
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Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid are back with lots of news and goings on.
Matt shows a local news story about Carolina Coops, that unveiled a new product that will be going into production: a greenhouse.
We also ask the viewers if they think a manual door on the henhouse should be standard, (there was lots of debate within Carolina Coops about it), and we also asked about black and white or color coop manuals. (color won, hands down)
We answered viewer questions and had more conversations about all things chickens and coops.
See the news story about Carolina Coops here
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Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions. We specialize in chickens and chicken coop construction.
Part Two of our No More Frozen Chicken Water episode, where Matt explains some troubleshooting tips if your heated poultry water system isn't working.
He and Kristen install the waterbar on the inside of the coop and discuss the correct angle, height and placement of the waterbar.
And we answer your questions.
You can purchase our basic poultry water system here https:
You can purchase elements needed to make it a heated system with a rain barrel here
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions. We specialize in chickens and chicken coop construction.
Frozen water in the winter for your chickens is just awful. Constantly making sure your flock has access to clean, fresh drinking water when the temps are low is a backbreaking chore for many.
Carolina Coops has the solution to this common problem; our heated poultry water system. But like anything, it must be installed correctly to work. Find out more...
Check out Part One of our No More Frozen Chicken Water episode, where Matt shows how to install our heated poultry water system, the components you need, and what not to do and other basic troubleshooting tips.
This episode was cut off so please check out Part 2 for more troubleshooting and installation tips.
You can purchase our basic poultry water system here
You can purchase elements needed to make it a heated system with a rain barrel here
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions. We specialize in chickens and chicken coop construction.
This episode we are talking about the evolution of the Carolina Coops chicken coop. We look at early coops and how the coop became the chicken coop it is today and why. What did work and what didn't work.
We explore how a simple design evolved into the perfect functional and beautiful chicken coop. We see lots of different coops that became the prototypes for the coops and features we still use today.
Plus we answer your questions on chickens and coops with the help of Francis, the frizzle bantam rooster.
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Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions.
This week we talk about why your chickens aren't laying eggs. Shorter days, molting, will make egg production go down. We fill you in on the reasons for less eggs and what you can expect from your young hens, and older girls this winter.
Also Kenzie is in town and helps answer questions. We also break out eggs that have been egg glassed the last time Kenzie was here 5 months ago and fry them up and eat them. Find out how they tasted!
Plus an important note about Chickenguard automatic chicken doors purchased from us in June and July of 2022. Some of the doors may have a defect in the rails that will cause the door not to lock properly. Please watch the video and if you think your door isn't working or locking properly, please contact us to get replacement rails.
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Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions.
This episode deals with molting. It's during late summer into fall (and sometime even in winter) when your chickens may start to molt. Molting is a natural process where birds lose some to almost all of their feathers and replace them with new ones. Some chickens will have a heavy molt, while others will have a light one that you may not even notice.
During this time, it's advisable to give your flock access to extra protein to help regrow feathers. This can be black oil sunflower seeds, scrambled eggs, tuna, or extra mealworms.
Chickens that are molting don't want to be handled and their pin feathers (where new feathers grow out of) will actually make it uncomfortable for them. We tackle what to expect, how long it can take, and how you can help your birds during this time.
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Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions.
This episode we discuss tips for preparing your coop and chickens for the winter. We give pointers on what to do with our heated poultry water system, the benefits of our winter storm shields, and talk about why you should never heat the henhouse.
We also address different things you can do to deal with the changing needs of your flock in the cold weather. We showcase different products and answer view questions.
This show links:
Poultry Water System
Components to make the poultry water system heated
Chicken Coop Winter Storm Shields
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Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Live from Creedmoor, NC, Video Chicken Live is a fun and informative show about all things chickens and coops. Matt, Kristen, and Ingrid answer your questions. We specialize in chickens and chicken coop construction.
This episode we are talking about having dogs and chickens.
Can I have chickens if I already have a dog? How can I teach my dog to not chase or kill my chickens.
We have special guest, Brady Foster, head trainer of K9 Gunner Tactical Dog Training in Boca Raton, Florida. Brady talks about first having a foundation of basic training with your dog and creating a strong bond.
Brady gives us steps on how to set your dog up for success with training in general and around chickens. He answers viewer questions on dogs and chickens.
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