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Honey Acres Homestead
Приєднався 24 жов 2019
Welcome to our channel. Our family left California suburbia in 2014 and moved to the country in Eastern Tennessee to learn the old skills of growing and raising our own food. Although we have had several bumps along the way, the biggest one being a devastating mudslide, we press on toward the goal of being self-sufficient yet fully reliant on God. Join us as we seek to live a healthy and wholesome life-style at Honey Acres Homestead!
Too Busy for Dairy Goats? Here are Tricks to Make it Possible!
Are you interested in having your own fresh goat milk but not sure if you can handle the commitment? Here are some tricks that I have learned over the years to make it possible to work milking into your busy schedule. Let me encourage you to give dairy goats a try. It is a worthwhile venture for you and your family! If you want to chat or ask questions, feel free to connect with me through our website:
HoneyAcresHomestead.com
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Відео
Goodbye to the Fluff...Some Thoughts to Consider from our Alpacas
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Have you ever felt that you have been sheared of your comfort, accomplishments, and progress? It happens to all of us at some point, and it is all for our own good! Today we spend some time reflecting and relating to our newly sheared alpacas. For more from our homestead, visit our brand-new website: HoneyAcresHomestead.com
Website Launch! Farm Store Open for Business
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Our website is finished and ready for visitors and shoppers! If you would like to check it out, go to HoneyAcresHomestead.com. www.honeyacreshomestead.com/
Honey Acres Happenings...Quick News and Update
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Hello Friends! We have been busy behind the scenes lately developing a line of wholesome goat milk soaps to sell and share from our homestead. These soaps and other things will be ready to view and purchase on our upcoming website. Stay tuned as spring is in full swing and everyone is busy and working away on the homestead!
5 Make Ahead Meals Using Oats--Great Recipes for Busy Families
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In this video, I share 5 of our favorite recipes all using oats as a main ingredient. Each recipe is perfect for making ahead of time and having it ready for busy morning breakfasts or quick snacks. They are also great for customizing and making them your own by adding your own favorite ingredients. Enjoy! 0:00 Intro 2:55 Chocolate Chip Overnight Oats 4:44 Granola 7:36 Energy Bites 9:12 Baked C...
Halter Training Alpacas---Talk of Future Alpaca Goals
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It is important for alpaca owners to know how to halter train their animals...It is about time for me to give it a try! Music by Morning Light Music
How NOT to Start a Homestead--6 Things to Avoid When Starting Out
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Here are some tips from our own experiences to help you on your way to developing your own homestead. Music by Morning Light Music
Wintery Homestead Tour PLUS a Sneak Peek at Our BIG Project!
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Winter is at our doorstep, and with it come various challenges on the homestead. As we prepare for the changing seasons on Honey Acres Homestead, come take a walk with me around the farm to see what things are looking like and take a peek at our root cellar and barn projects!
Why the Long Break?---And I Finally Made Soap!
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I'm back and accomplishing a long-time goal of mine...making goat milk soap from scratch with milk from our farm. If this is something you are also interested in, please check out my friend JC at @SteadfastTrailFarm. She has a great tutorial video and can provided lots of inspiration for your own creations!
A Spring Pep Talk...You Are Not Alone!
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Often we have so many dreams and plans, but turning them into a reality can be a challenge. Don't give up! Everything worthwhile takes some effort and time. Just get planting and you might be surprised as to what you can accomplish.
This is War! - A Dramatized Spoof of a Very Real Problem
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Chicken war on the homestead! Get a laugh out of our battle with the birds. Music by Morning Light Music All Access-Standard License ua-cam.com/users/MorningLightMusic
Spring is Coming...This is How I am Planning For Our Large Garden
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With so many different varieties of vegetables, herbs, and flowers that we are hoping to grow this year, I had to find a way to keep them all straight when it came to planting them. This is the system that I came up with. Happy planting everyone!
What Do We Do Now? / The Pains and Joys of Raising Goats
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Raising goats is not always simple or easy. Along with the irresistible bouncing baby goats, can come loss and heartache. The question then becomes, it is worth it? Music: ua-cam.com/users/MorningLightMusic
Tear It Down! Stepping Backwards to Go Forwards
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We are making way for our new barn and we couldn't be more excited. That excitement however, did waiver a bit when we realized that we needed to tear down or chicken coop in order to properly make room for our future barn. Sorry chickens! Music: Beautiful and Uplifting Royalty Free Background Music For Videos All Access-Standard license ua-cam.com/video/JqnJvYjDCuo/v-deo.html Happy & Fun Acoust...
Our Hopes and Dreams for the New Year
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It is that time of year again! Time to make plans and goals for all of the things we hope to accomplish in the new year. We have some of our own and we wanted to share them with you. Music: Beautiful and Uplifting Royalty Free Background Music For Videos All Access-Standard License ua-cam.com/video/JqnJvYjDCuo/v-deo.html
Our Annual Family Tradition and a Happy New Year!
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Our Annual Family Tradition and a Happy New Year!
Bringing Home the Bacon...A Brief Introduction to Our Idaho Pasture Pigs
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Bringing Home the Bacon...A Brief Introduction to Our Idaho Pasture Pigs
New Animals to Love and New Skills to Learn!
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New Animals to Love and New Skills to Learn!
Wild Medicine for the Wild at Heart...Plantain Salve for Bites, Stings, and Rashes
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Wild Medicine for the Wild at Heart...Plantain Salve for Bites, Stings, and Rashes
One Year into Building Our Homestead and Blessings Abound!
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One Year into Building Our Homestead and Blessings Abound!
Quick Farm Tips: Giving Your Chicken Sutures
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Quick Farm Tips: Giving Your Chicken Sutures
Building Our Homestead...More Progress to Share!
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Building Our Homestead...More Progress to Share!
1,000 Subscriber Giveaway...and a big "Thank You!"
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1,000 Subscriber Giveaway...and a big "Thank You!"
Progress Report: Take a tour and see what we have been up to.
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Progress Report: Take a tour and see what we have been up to.
Are We Doing the Right Thing? Looking to the Future and the Present.
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Are We Doing the Right Thing? Looking to the Future and the Present.
Putting the HONEY in Honey Acres Homestead
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Putting the HONEY in Honey Acres Homestead
What if this was on goat simulator
I just finished all your videos today and thank you for sharing them. I’m sad that there are no more, but I’ll look forward to anything you send out.
The very best video ever created! Thank you for sharing your sense of humor lol. As an owner (?) of a very independent flock of chickens I understand completely 😊😅
I subscribe to your channel after about the second video. Watching this video gave me chills up and down my arms. I believe that God had you in his hands when this terrible thing happened with the water. I thank God that you were all fine and you’re moving forward in your lives, thank you for sharing your story and your journey with all of us.
@@lindatornowski2421 Hello Linda! I have read your comments and wanted to say thank you! Even though I haven't made any videos in a while, I am glad you found us and I appreciate your kind words. ❤😊
Will you be making some new videos soon ?
What do you feed baby goats from their birth till one month or two
Baby goats need colostrum the first 24 hours, then only need milk for the first several weeks. They will gradually start to eat hay and feed and at some point and then will start drinking water as they get older and closer to weaning age. Baby goats need milk for at least 8 weeks, but I like waiting to completely wean until 12 weeks if possible.
Verry well done! Thank you.
Thanks so much
You kinda sound like a mix between princess twilight sparkle Applejack and princess cadence from mlp I love your voice and I would love it if you did more goat version songs
Thank you for the sweet comment! I am so happy that you like the song. I used to love MLP when I was a kid! :)
I listen to this when my parents aren't around cause I know they would find it annoying but It gets stuck in my head so I still have to hear it
❤cute any coulor of goat,,
I'm 9 and I anoy my brothers with it and some how I find this so catchie
Ha! Glad to hear it is useful for you 😉
This is so cute❤
Great video. Your communication skills are excellent and you laid everything out without additional details that are unnecessary most of the time. Thank you so much for this video. I anticipate an easy delivery but we want to know all the possibilities. Great job. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for the nice reply! I hope you have a healthy and smooth delivery! 😊
I'm about to attempt this as my chicken recovering from a hawk attack has one wound super glue wasn't able to close. How do you obtain the penicillin? It seems like you need a vet's prescription but I can't find one who will take a look at chickens.
Unfortunately, they have taken antibiotics away from us without a prescription since I made this video...very upsetting for all of us raising animals! Vets usually don't treat chickens, like you mentioned. Without seeing the wound, I would maybe suggest leaving it open to heal from the inside out to avoid trapping bactierica inside...then you can topically clean it as it is healing. We had a female turkey who got some deep wounds from a male turkey and we just allowed her to heal on her own and she did eventually. Birds are very resilient. I know you may have already stitched her up by now, and hopefully if you were able to keep things very clean she will do well. Also, if you can utilize some natural antibiotics for the chicken, it may give her immune system a helpful boost...things like apple cider vinegar and garlic. I hope you chicken makes a full recovery!!!
@@honeyacreshomestead Thanks for your reply. Tonight we did suture the largest of the wounds that just wasn't closing on it's own. I've had some experience with stitches and have actual sutures with the needle attached and a needle puller. I was a bit surprised how tough her skin was but wrapping her up in a towel and covering her head, kept her pretty calm during the whole process. Do you know if oral amoxicillin pills can be dissolved and given in small amounts?
@@travisharp74 Nice job getting the sutures done! Amoxicillin may help, but I know dosing may be tricky. I did a quick google search and the dosage said " a dosage of 10 mg/kg administered orally at 24 h intervals should be effective in treating a variety of systemic infections in poultry." I guess just do the best you can with that and hopefully the little lady pulls through thanks to your careful doctoring.
Cool I am 🎨 and there are 2 goats 🐐 here 😂😂
great vidio, thankyou !
Thanks
Thanks for the video, we have 3 nigerian dwarf goats who should be due in march altho it looks like the oldest is ready any day here. anyways i had a question as to what the blue barrel was in the stall? Is it a feed barrel. Also colloidal silver is great i use it after each milking to disinfect the teats.
Those blue barrels are heavy duty plastic barrels that we bought used. They are often used to store things like chemicals in them and then can be resold and recycled for other things like heat barrels. I hope your kidding in March goes wonderfully!
made me cry so great
I’m so ver sorry for your loss
Thank you for your kind words. Losses are definitely a part of farming that you can't escape. So many things to be thankful for, nonetheless!
Over the years we've had 2 male cria that we had to bottle feed and both developed beserk syndrome. One was dangerous to be around any human and the other only bonded with one person and cannot be around her, but is fine with anyone else. Crossing my fingers your bottle babies didn't develop this! And for some reason our alpacas did not get the memo of the communal dung pile. We've had them for 15 years and nope! Lol ❤
We did have our male fixed to prevent him from having that problem. Thankfully, he has remained as sweet as ever. That is a bummer about the pile not happening! You must have some free-spirited alpacas. 😆
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Great Job! I know it's a bit "freeing" in your day to only milk goats once instead of twice!! Loved seeing all the changes you've made and the projects you are working on!! Looking forward to the next video! :)🌸
Thank you!!
Please introduce your goats and other pet animals. We want to know their names also
Nice to see a video thanks
It has been a while! Thanks for watching 😊
Thanks
We actually did a video on how we fix our nubian babie's ears when they are folded back like that. It has worked really well for us over the years. Betty Longman, a big time nubian breeder is who showed us how to do it this way. It stays on and makes the ear lay the right way when it's done. Here's the address to see it if you are interested...for future reference...ua-cam.com/video/6P_7l6cro-A/v-deo.html
I just saw this video!! Not sure how I missed it -- love seeing the Alpacas and all their “fluff’!! Good “food for thought’ as we all have our “Seasons” we go through -- thanks for sharing!!😊❤
Have you ever been successful doing this on a chick? The skin is so delicate I'm afraid I'd only do more damage. The chick is 4 weeks old, injured by a kitten..
Poor little thing. I have not tried it on a chick and I know what you mean about their skin being fragile. I would probably just try to keep it very clean and maybe use those strip bandages to close the wound up some if it is gaping...I hope it recovers well!!
@@honeyacreshomestead she's already up and walking around, drinking but not eating yet. I have hope 💛
Thx God bless you and all your goat
I am going to start playing this song through my phone whenever there is a heated conversation.
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God bless
So sad you all had to go thru it all. I could hear in your voice, see on your face, so sad😢
I was actually purposely being overly dramatic...I was trying to make the situation funny and like a fake documentary. Although the chickens were frustrating at times, it wasn't that bad! 😁
Omg. I finally saw this. So hard for you have to go thru all that. I could tell by your voice and look on your face. So much you have gone through 😢
Love the new logo and hearing about all the busyness going on at the Homestead! I know the Farmer's Market will be successful.... your soap and honey are both GREAT products!! Looking forward to checking out the new website once it's up and running! Excited to see your herb garden and other changes to the Homestead soon!🌼🌸🌱🐝🦋❤
Thank you very much! I am hoping God blesses our little side business of Honey Acres Homestead and brings about new relationships and opportunities through it. 😊 Thank you for your consistent encouragement!!
Excited about the website! We’d love to try some of your stuff once it’s ready to ship. ❤
Hi Kaity! Thank you 😊 I hope you guys are doing well! ❤
Beautiful artwork, awesome motto.
Thank you Daniel!
Keep up the great work guys❤ absolutely love to watch your videos! Love seeing all the changes! ❤
Hey there! Thank you for the support and encouragement! ❤
Yay!!! So excited for you and your family!! God is so faithful 🙌 ~jc
Amen to that! Thank you, JC. ❤ We are excited to see how the Lord works through these new ventures of ours!
Love seeing your animals and the new logo looks so cute! Missed your videos, glad you are doing so well though ^-^
Hello Kayla! Thank you for the comment and kind words! I am working toward being more consistent with videos...It is a goal of mine at least! 😄I hope you are doing great as well!
OMG! This is too dang cute! 💜
That first mama goat badly needed to let the baby nurse😆 Can we say engorgement?
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you have any pics or videos of the goat after she got older? Just curious how it looked as she grew.
Actually, yes!...If you watch our "Baby Goat Song" video that we made a few months after this video was made, you can spot her a couple of times and see how her ear turned out. It never folded back up again and looked normal 😊
What a handsome assistant you have!
Great video!
Thank you! I hope it was helpful 👍
This is such a lovely video. Just wanted to say that I don't think your doeling had pink eye. The cloudiness on her cornea was a corneal ulcer from her eyelashes rubbing on her eye when her eyelid was flipped inward. The condition is called entropion as you already mentioned. It can be hereditary and we see it a lot in Boer goats. Your colloidal silver spray really seemed to clear up any infection. Also is nice to see how clean you keep everything. Ruby sure loves her animal crackers. Such a kissy face!