TEXAS
TEXAS TO
TEXAS TO HAVE A BACKYARD CHICKEN COOP. IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FRESH FARM
EGGS.. THERE'S
NO NEED TO BUY THEM AT THE
GROCERY STORE.
BUT RAISING A HEALTHY FLOCK
TAKES WORK.
THAT'S WHERE MARY ANN FORDYCE
COMES IN.
SHE RUNS "BLUE STAR RANCH" OFF
HUDSON BEND
ROAD.
I KICKED OFF MY HEELS.. PULLED
UP MY BOOT STRAPS AND
JOINED HER.. FOR THIS WEEK'S
TAKE THIS JOB.
NATS
NATS ROOSTER CROWING WELCOME TO BLUE STAR RANCH.. 2:05 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LIFT
ONE FINGER MARY ANN.. I"M
HERE..
MEET MARY ANN FORDYCE.. THE SELF
PROCLAIMED
"CHICKEN LADY".
IT'S FEEDING TIME FOR HER
FEATHERED FRIENDS...
2:19 AHHH. WANT SOME HELP NO I
CAN DO IT I CAN DO IT
2:39 USUALLY I TIP IT AND THEN
GRAVITY WILL POUR IT RIGHT IN
THE BUCKET..
3:00 OK THERE WE GO... POUR
4:44 YOU GET A BUCKET, I GET A
BUCKET.. SOUNDS LIKE A
PLAN
MARY ANN KEEPS BUSY.. CARING FOR
THOUSANDS OF
CHICKENS AND ALL.. BUT SHE STILL
HAS TIME FOR JOKES.
4:54
4:54 I
4:54 I HAVE 17 ATTACK ROOSTERS. WAIT..HOLD ON, HOLD ON..YOU HAVE ATTACK
ROOSTERS. YEAH BUT
YOU'VE GOT YOUR BOOTS ON.. OK
I'M KIDDING.. HA HA HA..
5:48 THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.. THANK
YOU. THEY ARE ALL
VERY HAPPY AND THIS IS MR. T
OVER THERE.. MR. T.. I PITY THE
FOOL
5:59 AND THEN WE HAVE CHEWBACCA
HE'S OVER
THERE IN THE FRONT
6:04 AND WE HAVE STALLONE OVER
AROUND HERE
SOMEWHERE
AS WE FEED THE CHICKENS
13:15 JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE
TO THE TOP
MARY ANN TELLS ME ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF FEEDING
CHICKENS HIGH QUALITY FOOD..
THAT MEANS NON GMO, NO
HORMONES, ANTIBIOTICS..
THESE GUYS GET THE GOOD STUFF.
8:12 I THINK ALL THE CHICKENS
SHOULD BE TREATED VERY
WELL AND A HAPPY CHICKEN IS A
CHICKEN THAT'S GOING TO LAY EGGS
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?????????????????????????????? ???????????????? 7:34 I DON'T WANT TO BE INVASIVE
WOULD THEY MIND IF I STICK MY
HAND IN THERE? SOME OF THEM
WILL, SOME OF THEM
WON'T
LOOK AT THIS HEN, SHE'S NOT
HAVING IT.. SHE'S GIVING ME THE
EYE... LIKE.. DON'T YOU EVEN
THINK ABOUT IT EACH HEN IS IN
ITS OWN LITTLE APARTMENT LIKE A
CLEAN NEST BOX.. TAKES A LOT OF
COAXING..
8:34 I BRUSH THIS OFF AND I ADD
SOME MORE NESTING
MATERIAL AND THEN WE GO IN AND
WE GET THE EGGS OK 8:50
SOMETIMES THE CHICKENS WILL PECK
AT YOU BUT MOST
OF THE TIMES THEY WON'T
8:53 OK HELLO THERE I'M JUST
GONNA COME GRAB SOME
EGGS DON'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU..
EXCUSE ME..
COMPERMISO
9:33 SCOOTCHY SCOOTCHY
9:48 EXCUSE ME.. CAN I GRAB THIS
ONE.. THERE WE GO..YOU ARE AN
EGGSPERT.. I WAS JUST TRYING TO
BE KIND AND
GENTLE. I WOULDN'T LIKE IT IF
SOMEONE WOKE ME UP
LIKE THAT
LIKE THAT
AGAIN
AGAIN "BLUE STAR RANCH" IS LOCATED OFF HUDSON BEND ROAD.. HERE IN AUSTIN.
SINCE OUR VISIT THERE... THOSE
EGGS IN THE INCUBATORS
HAVE HATCHED.
IN FACT... MARY ANN SHARED A
PHOTO OF ALL THE BABIES.
THEY'RE DOING WELL AND GROWING
NICE AND BIG.