Regarding Chickens, DVD Video Guide, Incubation, Hatching, Brooding & Caring for Chickens of All Breeds. Chicken Video

If you are interested in starting poultry, this DVD is the first thing you should buy. Fred covers so much material. I was surprised at how much effort he made to produce and explain so many areas on the subject of raising chickens. He is truely an expert in this field! I raised chickens when I was younger but I lost many more than I did when I recieved my shipment a month ago. I believe the problem was that Fred's brooder is a smaller scale than mine. I built a 4 ft.x 4 ft. plywood square with a plywood floor. I ordered 50 chicks and many of them piled up under the one light. I added a second light on the third day and they started behaving like Fred's chickens in the video, (nice and calm and socially chirping). I only lost 2 chickens in the batch. This video covers just about everything. There were a few questions I had that the video did not cover but luckly Fred is very good at responding to emails from his website. In the video Fred explains that chickens need grit to grind up their food as well as remove particles of wood shavings they may ingest. I went to my local feed store and all they had was large grit for full grown chickens. I thought this was too big and wrote to Fred. He said there is something called chick grit and searched the hatchery I bought my chickens from and found the product. It has made a big difference in their growth. Thank you Fred for all the hard work you did on this video!! I watch the video over and over and still find bits and pieces I missed before. I highly recommend this video to anyone interested in keeping a healthy and happy flock!

Ok,Everyone else said it much better than I can; this is a "pack" full of information, on DVD!So I will tell you how it makes me feel, I am a woman so I can get awaywith it. :~0My wish is to own a hobby farm, live off the land and gridless. BUT UNTILLmy dream comes true [any farmers need a helper ;-)] watching this DVD will do.I love birds have one cat, three rats, 8 finch, 2 keets and had 1 canary - opps.Maybe I was a bird in an other life. ;-) tweet, chirp and cluck.Love the information and WOW great out buildings for the chickens, greatpeace of land. When I get the city blues I pop in this DVD and pretend Iown the farm.Hope you do more on chickens and their care, diseases, and behavior. Maybe like a mini course in a college "like a box set". Remember the oldFirefox stuff, (in the late 1960's, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her contemporaries and includes log cabin building, hog dressing, snake lore, mountain crafts and food, and "other affairs of plain living". Your daughters picture on the DVD reminded me of that.I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL, great information on nature - even if all I do is chat about my interest.I would watch it just to dream and relax, maybe I can will myself to owna farm.Fan of your DVD, city chick

Regarding Chickens with Frederick J. Dunn is a must see DVD. After reading and purchasing several books, and watching some DVDs on the topic of raising the birds, this DVD proved to be as valuable as all the books and DVDs combined.My first DVD, The Natural History of the Chicken, was entertaining but hardly informative. I also purchased the DVD Beginners Guide to Raising and Showing Chickens. While the latter was enjoyable and informative-- especially the section on diseases-- much of its content focused on showing birds, and it was nowhere near as exhaustive as Fred Dunn's video.Each segment of Dunn's DVD is thoughtfully presented and explained in simple and clear detail. From incubation of eggs, to housing, raising, feeding, and bedding, so much information is given and demonstrated that you'll be amazed.Running time is approximately 3 hours, rather long, but worth every minute. If you buy only one DVD on this topic, I encourage you to make it this one. After a month, not only do still I review it repeatedly with my family in anticipation of getting chicks in the spring, but I'm still amazed at the wealth and simplicity of the information it contains. Clearly, a lot of time was put into the making of this DVD, and beginners--I daresay, probably even some pros--will learn a lot from it. Purchasing Regarding Chickens will be money well spent.

There are so many fantastic things to say about Fred and this wonderful DVD and just not enough time! When I first saw this DVD I couldn't believe how much information was on it and how he went into detail on every subject, you can really tell he has a passion for his poultry! I have read tons and tons of books and information on the internet, and yes they did help some, but to actually see someone else doing it and knowing I can go back and check to make sure I'm doing it right is the best you can get. It is so much easier to learn when you see some else doing it. I learned so much on just hatching, candling and the incubation process, even though I have done it before and read so much about it, I learned stuff I never knew, and would of probaly never found out. Fred also shows his gorgeous chickens and beautiful land and amazingly built coops. I can't wait to see his next DVD and all the more to come! You are a great man Fred! Hope to keep in touch and keep up the good work! I will always go to you for my chicken questions! Thanks so much, Sophia Rich!

This fella did a fine job, and still does with bees and chickens. Thank you! Value too, still selling because its only 6 bucks. I would have given it a 5 star if it had been updated, or made with better production value, but damn close at 4.5 which I can't give in the Sham-a-zon system of stars.