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Quenga Farm
United States
Приєднався 8 лип 2018
Converting a former 5 acre tree farm into a hobby farm.
Roots and Harvest Plucker - Updated Version
Roots & Harvest sent me out this plucker and asked me to do a video on it. That's it. No obligations to say anything good or bad, no further incentive than the plucker itself...
I bought the original plucker because it was the cheapest, non-no name brand I could find. I did not know at the time they were a part of LEM, which I have and love many of their products.
I get nothing if you decide to buy this plucker or not, but I bought the first one and I would definitely buy this one, too. I've been very happy with my first one, this second one and everything else I've used of theirs. If you're in the market, check them out.
www.rootsandharvest.com/category/poultry
Check out daily updates on our Instagram:
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I bought the original plucker because it was the cheapest, non-no name brand I could find. I did not know at the time they were a part of LEM, which I have and love many of their products.
I get nothing if you decide to buy this plucker or not, but I bought the first one and I would definitely buy this one, too. I've been very happy with my first one, this second one and everything else I've used of theirs. If you're in the market, check them out.
www.rootsandharvest.com/category/poultry
Check out daily updates on our Instagram:
quengafarm
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Відео
Learn to Raise and Process Meat Birds - Flagstaff, AZ
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I should've scripted this video, but I didn't. Here's me mumbling about the Meat Bird class we're hosting in Flagstaff, Arizona. If you want to raise, process and fill your freezers with your own chickens, come out and join us. If you're not ready to take this class right now, still send us a message for future classes.
Kioti CK2610 HST - Transmission Hydraulic Fluid Change - 400 Hour Service
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This is Part 1 of the 400 hour service for the Kioti 2610 HST compact tractor. I will do the rest of the service soon in the next few days and post when done. NONE of these are affiliate links, so buy from wherever makes sense for you. This is where I got all the filters: legacytractors.com/product/tractor-filter-kit-kiotikit10-for-kioti-ck2610h/ Transmission / Hydraulic Fluid: www.tractorsuppl...
Moving Pregnant Pigs
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Same stuff, different day... time to build new pens and move our pregnant sow into the shade.
Feeding Pigs and Shoveling Shi... 6/10/24 Farm Vlog
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While it looks and feels like all I do is feed pigs all day, it isn't until I try to do a day in the life VLOG that I start to believe it's true. Humor me as I learn to shoot my daily struggles as a first gen farmer.
Offsetting the Cost to Homestead - 4 Week Meat Bird Update
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We raise 100 Cornish Cross meat birds a year. Our goal is to get them paid for by other people. Lots of work, very little money... but the life is worth it. I think... wait for the 8 week update to find out why.
Cheap Chicken Plucker Fixed! Only $9!
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These cheaper chicken pluckers are great for small farms and homesteads, but they have 2 major flaws. Luckily, for under $10 they can be fixed, let me show you how.
Filling Our Freezer With Chickens - ASMR / Too Lazy to Narrate
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This footage was shot in 2023 and I'm just now seeing and editing this almost a year later. I didn't have enough detailed shots, or the footage cut off earlier than I thought. I was focused on processing, not filming, but I wanted to be able to edit the footage regardless. Someday we will have a really nice processing setup, and this video is for me to reflect on where we've come from. If you'd...
Chicken Processing Station - Part 1
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We process our own chickens every year and teach a few classes to help others get over the fear of doing it themselves. This year I'm upgrading our dispatching station, this is part 1.
The Boars Get Their Girlfriends Today - Pig Moving Day on the Farm
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Time to breed the pigs! We're a little behind, but we're getting it done.
Pig Farrowing Setup - Prepping For Our First Piglets
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This is how we built our first farrowing setup for our first round of piglets on the farm! It went well and was very useful. Improvements to be made for future litters, looking forward to the next setup.
Why Do We Have So Many Pigs?
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This is an introduction to our pig population here on the farm, why they're here and what questions we're trying to answer.
Rare Pigs From China - Intro to Our New Piglets
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Rare Pigs From China - Intro to Our New Piglets
Building a Duck Pond with a Water Trough - Part 1 #DIY
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Building a Duck Pond with a Water Trough - Part 1 #DIY
Running Pigs Through the Woods - Agroforestry
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Running Pigs Through the Woods - Agroforestry
Fixing the Tractor Tire and Moving the Chicks Outside
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Fixing the Tractor Tire and Moving the Chicks Outside
Working On Our Chicken Coop (A Pig Escaped!)
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Working On Our Chicken Coop (A Pig Escaped!)
First Planting of our Small Farm Orchard
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First Planting of our Small Farm Orchard
How and Why We Ferment Our Chickens Feed
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How and Why We Ferment Our Chickens Feed
Garden Bench From a Shipping Crate and Scraps
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Garden Bench From a Shipping Crate and Scraps
You Can Weigh a Pig With a Tape Measure??
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You Can Weigh a Pig With a Tape Measure??
Pigs Are the Worst Eaters - Trying a New DIY Feeder / Waterer
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Pigs Are the Worst Eaters - Trying a New DIY Feeder / Waterer
Cracked Farm Eggs? How to Reuse the Shells and Eggs
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Cracked Farm Eggs? How to Reuse the Shells and Eggs
Putting the County Line Post Hole Digger on the Kioti CK2610
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Putting the County Line Post Hole Digger on the Kioti CK2610
Kioti CK2610 - 100 Hour Tractor Update!
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Kioti CK2610 - 100 Hour Tractor Update!
Greenhouse Prep, Preparing Soil for Fertilization with Tiller
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Greenhouse Prep, Preparing Soil for Fertilization with Tiller
Had to use one of those chain wrenches, my dealer torqued filters down like they were permanent installations.
@@johncware66 that's the worst. I hate finding filters and plugs where dealers do that. It's why I never take my vehicles in for fluid changes anymore.
Built in water was a huge improvement!! You use less water and it makes less of a mess. Also, cute baby 😍
VERY excited:]
Lmao. Nice dance moves
why not just an above ground pond, less frogs/toads can get inside, easier to drain too?
We live in the high desert, there's no toad/frog pressure up here. We see 2 a year and they're usually hiding in our irrigation enclosures. The pond is pumped out once a week with a sewage pump which has zero issue pumping it out and is much stronger than most pool pumps, especially for the price. You'd also have to build some sort of ramp for the ducks to get in, and then the frogs could go up it as well. We also freeze in the winter, an above ground pool would only be more susceptible and likely cause tears and damage. I'm not finished with the upgrades, but when I am I will add an update.
I’m on my last batch of cornishx ever. Last year I got dark Cornish roosters, and white rock hens. I’m currently 3 weeks into my first batch of chicks, which are being raised with some same age layers I order and this batch of cornishx I got going. I scheduled my hatching 2 days before delivery so all the chicks would be same age. My chicks are nowhere near as fat as the McMurray cornishx, but are way bigger than the layer chicks. Honestly, to me they look like the ginger broilers I did from McMurray last year, which were awesome free range meat birds. Im raising this first batch with the layer chicks cause I didn’t know what to expect, next batch is gonna be separated and fed like a jumbo cornishX and see what happens… I like to free range them too, lots of good forage here. People don’t want to pay what these birds are worth to raise, I don’t even bother trying to sell anymore, feed is too expensive. I got my freezers always full and a few friends that buy a few chickens here and there. Selling eggs to neighbors pays for about half my feed bill, I’m counting that as a win ;)
Nice, I'd love to know your results when they're finished out. I've got McMurray Big Reds coming this week actually. Just a batch of 10 to test out. I'd like more of a free ranger type. I did Ginger Broilers last year, but wasn't hugely impressed. I had too many with low carcass weights. But I didn't track my feed, so I don't know how much they really cost. I had several batches and just bought feed until they were all done.
@@quengafarm I still have a few of last years gingers, they lay like a leghorn, everyday, and I let one rooster, big Steve, for future breeding in my meat bird pen. I’ll let you know on these “cornishx” I made, I should make my own videos but I’m too lazy and talk too much smack on here ;)
Saw this video a few days too late! I just ordered my switch, but will have to wait until next year to use it! 😂😂😂
Literally how I figure most stuff out, right after I need it!
@@quengafarm 😂😂😂
Good video! I’m in SW Ohio. We just processed 24 CCs this week. Last year we switched to Kalmbach Non-GMO Start-To-Finish feed and I’ll never use anything else. Our birds were 7 weeks old, and average weight was 6 lbs, 14 oz. Cost per pound was $1.40, including the ice for processing. Last year our biggest was 9/5 and we processed at 8 weeks. Just a little larger than we really like, which is the reason we cut back to 7 weeks this year.
I will be switching to 7 weeks going forward. I've had way too many die after 7 weeks. It feels like I'm picking up dead birds daily after 7. And, wow, that's great weight gain. I only get a few 6lbs chickens.
@@quengafarm same here. Last year we bought 25 and butchered 21 at 8 weeks. This year we bought 25 and butchered 24 at 7 weeks. Okay, I have to ask this question. I see so many YT videos where people order directly from the hatchery, and I wonder why. I buy mine from Family Farm and Home, and they get them from Hoover Hatchery. But, because they buy a lot more than I do, I only pay $1.99 per chick.
Gained a sub here. Don’t even own chickens nor really plan too lol. Liked your flow/editing and am always interested in small business finance. Keep it up!
Thanks! I'm trying to figure this all out. Not a video guy, but trying to learn. I appreciate the comment, and I'll be sure to share more $ info.
Got a new sub in me i want to try this
It's a great feeling to fill your freezer with meat you raised. And, it's only 7 to 8 weeks of your time. Jump in!
Of course we had to subscribe to you also! We are a small channel too! Keep sharing your journey! ❤
Thank you!
Awesome. We’ve got bresse and Cornish cross growing out here in Williamson Valley right now. They’re 2-6weeks right now. Love the financial breakdowns.
Editing the final count video now. A lot more than I was planning!
So you ever have a problem with pigs getting out or pushing on the hog panels. I just built the same setup but was thinking about running a hot wire on the inside to keep them off it. I’ve heard they can root under the panels?
Definitely put a hot wire, nothing I've tried has kept them in otherwise. They have ripped t-posts out of out of ground and pulled fencing. I've also had one actually get OVER the hog panels. Hot wire has solved all my issues.
So amazing
Yep we added a foot pedal also!
Stump in the background at the end 😂
Meishan gilts are crossed with Berkshire Boers.. they are called American black Beauties’. Good luck with your breeding program (s).
I've heard this. Excited to see how they turn out.
Well done. Real life. This is what we do to eat chickens. All the best to you.
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I’ll do this like I do my husbands Podcast, put it on while I work and let it play!
Winner winner.
Berks and hamps!
Hereford all the way.
Too lean
Piggie smalls lol
Stumpppp
I think once you taste the meat from the Meishans you will have your answer. Do not rule out the fat you get from the Meishans. It is top quality as well and has so many uses. To get your best results process the Meishans at 15 months. You will also find out the Meishans are much easier keepers and have very high immune systems.
No thanks. They're weird and fat
Hello.. you have a very nice set up there. I can totally relate to where you are coming from. Making decisions as far as which crosses give you more bang for the Buck.. (?), you seem to know what you are doing. Only time will tell. If I were you, I’d still raise your breeds for purebred stock with all breeds for those who want purebred as breeders…. plus still cross them as well for higher meat yields. I currently raise Meishans’ in Maryland. I have to agree with Imperial farms comment here. The fat on a meishan isn’t like other breeds. It is delicious. More like a delicacy. No joke. No comparisons to other breeds. Even though Some consider the Meishan’s a Heritage lard pig.. from my experience raising them.. I didn’t have a high fat yield. They do take a long time to grow out. As to date.. I currently have 3 -- 16 month old barrows about to head to the processor with hopes of curing them for charcuterie style cuts. There is money to be made if you have the time & patience to do so.. meaning 12 -14 more months curing time. You have enough good common sense to make the right decision to do what’s right for you. ✔️👍 For me….Raising the Meishans’ seem to be the easy part.. it’s my full time job as an independent woman farmer Getting my name out there & selling them .. well that’s a whole different story… I’ve hit a wall. Currently there are now 39 pure bred Meishan on my farm to date. This includes 3 recent litters. Started with one mature breeding pair. Brought in a second younger unrelated pair so I can sell breeding stock. Fencing for additional separation paddocks is now an issue. In a nut shell.. I’m sure you’ll love this breed. I can’t comment on the crosses for I have no experience there.. in any event, I wish you the best of luck. If you’d ever like to chat about Meishans’ you can find me on the AMBA breeder locator. You take care.. stay well. 🕊️✌️🇺🇸🐖
How many pigs do you have and how much land do you keep them on?
The pigs don't take up much space. We probably have 4 pens that are 16'x32' with 2 to 4 in each. We do move them around the property as we use them as clean up and tillers. When we gave them larger areas, they never really roamed. They would dig up the same areas and eat and sleep.
Ducks are messy and this monstrosity will become a cesspool in a matter of weeks and impossible to empty and clean out. Bad idea.
Impossible for you maybe, but we clean it out regularly and it's just a pump we switch on that goes to our orchard, with a deep clean once a month. People who have horses shovel manure, people who have dogs buy doggie bags, people who have cats have litter boxes... etc. Yes, they are messy, but so is every single animal on this farm.
We went with Idaho pasture pigs. Can’t wait to process and see how the taste. They’re a Berkshire, duroc, kunekune cross.
Our cross was our friends' version of an IPP. We butchered the barrow at 11 months and he was around 330-340 live weight, 238 hanging. A lot of the "cuts" were really great, but I was not a fan of the belly. Too much fat, I cut half (I actually weighed both) the bellies fat out, and still had really fatty bacon! So I got less than 1 typical belly. The gilt we have is being bred to our Berkshire, so we'll see what those piglets turn out like.
@@quengafarm our butcher date is at the end of may so hopefully ours will render some good amounts of meat. We bought 4 and are keeping two for possibly breeding. Not sure if I want to take the plunge. Our pigs aren’t registered so I’m not sure how important that is. We’re totally green on this pig thing but meat has gotten outrageous at the store and we have 27 acres of heavy woods we figured surely we can use it to raise some kind of meat fairly inexpensive. We’ll see….🤞
I love how people think tractors are fragile lol. That's pretty gentle work
Yeah, I work this thing hard and have had zero problems. Just passed the 250 hr mark and not a single thing wrong... and I've done some really dumb stuff with it, lol.
Nice build! Part 2? I'd love to see how it turned out & how it works throughout a summer. If you haven't already, be sure the ducks can get out of the pond. Place blocks or something for them to step on to get out. Otherwise, they can drown. I learned the hard way.
Coming soon. I haven't figured out the way I want to do it just yet. Right now we just use a transfer pump to empty it out, a shop vacuum to get the stuff that doesn't get and its not bad. Will be working on it next month and making an update on it. Taking forever, but the ducks are the lowest priority for us. And yes, the water is kept full so they can always easily get in and out. I built a ramp and they never used it, so I took it out.
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Real time Genetics is fascinating! How about a Meishan Kunekune mix? More prolific Kunekunes? We have 4 Kunekunes right now.
🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forevers
Nooice! 😎 STOC
🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forevers
I’m currently raising Mangalitsa pigs on 2 acres of forest. I got them for a good price at 6 months old. They are much slower growing, but they are awesome foragers. I think feed and genetics play a role in taste. When I first raised pigs (Berkshire), I used a custom mix feed that included fish meal as a protein source. Then grew extremely well and foraged very well. They were 350/375 lbs at 8 months old. Lots of meat, but I wasn’t overly impressed by taste. I was told later that flax or fish should be avoided, and both were in my feed mix. With the mangalitsa, I went with a custom feed of (peas, corn, wheat, and barley). I’m at 12 months and these pigs are just starting to fill out. This breed takes time. My butcher date is in January, so 15 months. I’m also under feeding by most standards (12 quarts a day for 5 pigs), but it really encourages rooting and disturbance, which was another objective with these pigs. They are currently enjoying plenty of acorns and beech nuts as well. I’m excited to see and taste the difference in meat.
🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forevers
We’re rotating ours through the woods but I’m not sure how much additional feed to supplement with. I’m also wanting to get away from soy feeds. I’m considering planting some chickpeas, turnips and maybe sweet potatoes along the rotation areas to limit feed consumption. Our woods have acorns and walnuts everywhere so I’m hoping with some experimenting I can lower feed cost and eliminate soy.
I can't stand my rooster sometimes 😅🤣
This one is 24/7 not nice! He won't be around much longer now that his replacements have grown up.
@@quengafarm I just learned how to process chickens at a friend's, now I'm like, don't make me process you chicken nugget 👀😜
A confined animal WILL EAT ONLY WHAT They have. Mine REFUSE to Eat ANTHING that is "Rot-GUT ".
Wow, cool...... Our animals aren't confined and free range our entire property. They have free access to regular feed, fermented feed, grubs, bugs, plants, whatever they want. They still choose fermented feed over their regular feed 100% of the time. Actual studies with actual scientists have already shown and proven the benefits of fermented feed. So what's your point again?
Just 83 more payments to go.... And the "Operator's Manuals " will STILL be in their wrappers, when that rig gets paid for.
Cool. Thanks for helping the algorithm.
Kunekune piglets costs me $750 unregistered here on the big island of hawaii
Wow, $150 to $250 here. Everything is more expensive on the islands!
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Thanks for this good video :) I have been doing this for years but never used the crumble feed, I just use scratch grain and just before I give it to them I will mix in an equal quantity of the egg laying feed (crumble) and I guess I need to mix it ALL up together and include it in the three day fermenting cycle... I have also been throwing away the water that comes off the third day ferment... the plants and veges did NOT like it as fertilizer, so I just throw it on the grass where it doesn't matter, what should I do with this water?? Any ideas?
I either just dump it on our compost or put it in a separate bowl, they sometimes drink it, but mostly gets dumped on compost.
@@quengafarm yes, makes sense, I will keep a bucket handy and when full throw it n the compost heap, thanks :)
Are your eggs orange?
Sometimes, but thats not due to fermenting feed. The orange color comes from pigments in plants. If you raise them on pasture or feed them fodder, they will have orange eggs.
Good luck. The bottom of that pool with be filled with duck poop always and it will pile up with time.
We pump it out to water our orchard and pastures once a week.
poop is good for plants did you know magic mushroom grown from cow shit?
Yanmar is about the best you can get. I'm going to have to go a hour out of my way to get a Yanmar, but to me it's not a problem!!
On a shifter that’s sticky pull it toward the gear you want until it stops with the clutch in, once’s it stops dont jerk it or force it but hold tension and ease off the clutch it will align the gears and go right in. Jerking it will result in broken parts eventually
Yeah, I've figure out how to shift now, lol. It's become second nature. Was a learning curve for sure.
@@quengafarm absolutely. I’ve seen so many people that jerk and break stuff because they aren’t synchronized like automobiles
I literally was going to buy a Kubota for somewhere in the ballpark of $45,000. I had great credit. It would of been a slam dunk buy, but the salesman failed on his part. He never followed thru with his side of the deal. Basically blew me and never called me back to finish the sale. Seen the salesman at a sporting good place and his jaw hit the ground when he seen. He tried to get me to come back into kubota and finish the sale. He was totally embarrassed and started making up excuses after excuses for not calling me back. His loss and Kubota lost out on $45,000 and possibly future business from me. I refuse to go back to that Kubota dealership.
Why we bought this over Kubota? PRICE...
No offense but I do not know anyone including myself who has worn out an ankle from operating the Kubota forward/reverse single pedal. I have been using my B2100 since 1998 and neither the pedal nor my ankle have given out. I my opinion the dual pedal is barely okay as an alternative to the shuttle because in a panic an operator can press the wrong one and instead of reversing that person ends up running into an object or if lucky pressing both and nothing happens, the latter is the best possible outcome. The other part of the 2 pedal is the lack of fine control to position the tractor ...with the Kubota shuttle the operator can position that tractor within a 1/2 inch of any spot desired ..on flat ground ,up or down hill. Kiotis are nice tractors and if I was in the market to buy a new tractor I would consider them but for two things, they have a horrible website as opposed to Kubota , and in my neck of the woods the nearest dealer is 60 mile away versus 2 Kubota dealers 18 and 22 miles respectively...parts for Kubota are pricey ...but they make them available for the first to the most recent tractors they make. Tractors are a big money investment , Kubota hold their resale value for all the right reasons. By the way, nice tractor 👍..have fun 😄
All great points. I'm not sure my ankle would've had any issues, but it was a random thought I had. I OFTEN press the wrong pedal and go the wrong way, and have ran into things. Including my truck when I was loading soil... So now there's a reminder dent every time I walk up to it. With that said, I also tend to be uncoordinated and often do the opposite of what I'm thinking I'm doing. No doubt I would push the Kubota pedal the wrong way. Just like when I tell my wife to turn right and point left on nearly 80% of left hand turns, lol. Ultimately, dealer choice and the fact that I saved thousands is what I'm happy with. I personally don't care about resale value as I don't ever see myself selling. This tractor will hopefully make it to my children. If I need a bigger one someday, I'll just have multiple tractors.
Little Eeyore piggys
good tunes bruh!😊