#65 Chickens have arrived

The week starts with a lot of rain which turns everything into green. I'm visiting an animal fair where I buy some chickens. After taking the formwork off, more digging and and adding a layer of gravel, the basement is beginning look like a room.

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Music in this video: Afterthought by Sun Rain

0:00 A rainy start of the week
1:48 Taking of the final formwork
6:18 Picking up the chicken
8:06 Chicken in the coop
9:58 Making a ramp
13:03 Installing rooster bars
14:09 Pointing machine
17:14 Another roosting bar
19:34 Colouring morter
20:41 Pointing the wall
21:53 Dust bath
24:35 Cleaning up the wall
25:54 Breakfast
26:36 Taking soil of the basement
29:53 Lunch
30:58 Explanation concrete walls
34:23 Gravel delivery
36:11 Levelling the floor
37:31 Moving gravel
41:49 Masonry
44:42 Outro

[originalnickosiris]

Anyone else working their way through these now in Feb 2024 and just got to #65? We're a bit late to the party I know but it's still a great party. Plus we get to watch one every day! Enjoy!

[EcoCurious]

Something I noticed about Martijn's film-making: this video was spent mainly in a dark basement, digging soil. It could make for quite a boring video, that is dark and unenjoyable. But Martijn regularly interspaces the digging shots with footage of the trees, the sky, the mountains. It keeps it from feeling too dark and enclosed while still showing the work that he's doing. Love it.

[manaschandel]

And so has the most peaceful 46 mins of the week. 😌

[strongbeanM]

love the sound of rain falling on the roof of chicken house ❤

[ceciliamolina]

Calling them chickens ladies made me smile❤

[mardimccabe]

I love your beautiful chicken house.... it's not a coop....it's very beautifully made luxury chicken palace!

[mareepeters]

Hi Martijn. I love the addition of hens. I have had hens throughout my life, if you let them out in the afternoon, say 2pm as an example they will forage and scratch and generally have a great time. At dusk they will want to roost for the night. This is a good time to feed them. I generally call them and shake a container of wheat or whatever food I'm feeding them, trains them to come back and eat before settling for the night. They like routine. Will take a week or two for them to feel at home. I'm imagining cooked eggs with your homemade bread, will taste like heaven.
Exciting progress with the floor. Thank you for sharing your life. Love from New Zealand ❤

[paulvanmotman]

Alright Martijn, we're going to need a permanent live stream from the chicken coop

[thelettera]

What I have learned from Martijn is that if you just keep steadily working at something, repetitive and never-ending though it may seem, you can achieve great things. I love how he just does the work, doesn't look for shortcuts or complain, just perseveres until it's done.

[kathysmith]

You will love the chickens, we have 26 and they ALL have names, they are like humans with different natures, we have a white leghorn and her name is powdered sugar🤪granddaughter mainly named them, Oreo, buttercup, cinnamon, dandelion, and so on, a calf named Sebastian, and 9 goats…all with names, getting hard to remember them all

[rita-yc]

In the south, we might say that your chickens have "done fell into some high cotton, "...meaning they had landed in the lap of luxury. Your chicken condo is great! As always, time spent with you is relaxing and inspiring. Thank you!

[noelineleary]

The BEST videos ever. Love them. Very informative & tranquil to watch. Good job Martijn. 🇦🇺👍.

[MyVespa]

I love the way you ask the chickens if they like the chicken coop.🤣

[georgepeatiearth]

wonderful wonderful, the work of life. All strength to you. Thank you& Good Health.🍀🍁

[reubenstanley]

Chickens will change your life in so many unexpected ways Martijn. 👍

[greatnorthernexotic]

Tapped the thumbnail excited to see how you were going to fit 65 chickens in the coop 🤦‍♂️😂

[blacksheep_]

The only part of all your videos I really hate is when they end.

Thanks for sharing a different kind of life.

[chelsealeonardbaum]

I truly look forward to a video each week!! I spend the week hoping it will be close to an hour long. Martijn thank you for all of your time in bringing this to all of us.

[lindabrooks]

I love everything about this! Thank You!❤

[angietaylor]

I love the daffodils from the rain! Can't wait to see the "Animal Affair!"😂😊