His Favorite WEED | What this means for our farm
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2022
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I have always used olive oil on the butt. It prevents the poop from sticking.
It also helps to give garlic, honey, and apple cider vinegar in the water. "Magic water"
Not only did Lacy keep the farm running ,but she looked damn good doing it! Love from Western Australia xxx
I got 2 guinea chickens with my second set of chicken chicks. They were just way too noise. I ended up giving them to my neighbor who already had some. A couple of days later he committed that “man your girls make a lot of noise.” I corrected him and said, “ no your girls make a lot of noise.”
They kept myself and chooks safe from foxes and snakes. And warned alerted me of anything amiss. Every peep was welcomed. No one came on the property un-escorted. Fearsome mommies. Do you know. One year they laid hundreds of eggs in a chooks nest and kept everyone around. With eggs to incubate. As they laid but didn't sit on them. Hopeless parents. Ha ha!
@@dianegranger6864 if you have more then one hen, they will all lay in the same nest until they think they have enough, then take turns sitting on them. Unfortunately the only eggs that will hatch are the top layer because the lower ones will never get hot enough.
Their noise is well worth it.
They grow on you. They also did s lit if bathing holes. I'm in a wheelchair. So forever filling those in. Still love them. I could never understand how they managed up those pines in -10°c. Rotten parents went ip the trees and keats left under tree exposed and usually never made it. Easy pickings. Still love them.
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So glad the family is home to help with the triple increase of animals/fowl on the homestead this year. 2 1/2 weeks is a long time when you are doing all the work outside, inside, child care and meals when you are not doing well yourself due to being pregnant again.
But children make our lives so extra rich. Congratulations!
What I do to prevent pasty butt is to put a thin coating of Vaseline on their bums before putting into the brooder the first time. We started doing that and have had zero issues since then.
Love your videos!
also feeding them a bit of fine ground cornmeal will help
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That makes sense. It's like the diaper rash ointment you put on babies.
Just watch the heat Lacey, your health is more important ❤️ remember nothing runs if Mom's down. I love your family 💖
That weed is very good for you. I grew up eating it curly doc is also edible plantain is my favorite for salve. It is a powerful anti inflammatory and antibiotic and anti fungal. It also has antihistamine properties. My mother has very thin skin and her dogs are always giving her cuts that used to take weeks to heal. She now puts the salve on them and they heal in less than a week.
Lamb's Quarters AKA Pigweed AKA Chenopodium album is a true spinach, very high nutrients, however, it also has a lot of Oxalic acid, so you want to be careful when consuming it.
Fat hen here in New Zealand... Love it.
Your motherly instincts are kicking in with those chicks Lacey.
Lacie and Mike thanks for the jog of past memories. My mom in late spring would take a clean bucket and fishing supplies and head to the pasture. We knew what the evening meal would be. Nature Salad and catfish. She picked curly dock, plantain, lamb's quarter and a few more weeds for her salad. So good.
Lacie*
That is so new to me about eating the weeds thank you for sharing your memories
I had read somewhere that using lukewarm water, not cold, in the waterer really helps prevent pasty butt. Glad everyone is back together, safe and sound. 😊 I do this and rarely have issues with it.
I'm happy the family is back together after the trip. I enjoy watching the children help with work and chores. It creates a good work ethic in them . God Bless you all.
Want a good worker? Hire someone who grew up on a farm!! No Joke!
Good job on the Copperhead! I didn’t know you could feed the chickens the head. We always buried the heads in a deep hole where the dogs or critters wouldn’t dig it up but we also didn’t have chickens…. Just the darn snakes! Lol
A friend of mine always throws the dead snakes in an ant bed. We live in a region heavily populated with venomous snakes.
Of course she takes good care of the homestead, because she’s “Mom” 👍🏽glad everyone is all together again❤️
I had a old timer tell me to boil eggs and use the yoke, smash it up with equal parts of chick crumbles and feed it to them every day. As they get bigger use 2 egg yokes with equal parts of chick crumbles. Just one feeding a day where they eat it all at once. I have done this for years now and never had to deal with pasty butt again. Hope it helps!
One thing I was told when a baby chick has pasty butt that you can do... is when you clip the feathers around the vent area...is to apply a little bit of regular petroleum jelly around the butt/vent lol area so the poop does not stick.
Glad to see you and the children back home Mike . Lacey you did amazing job on the homestead .
Glad to see you back together. The snakes are so fast, glad you got it. The family did a great job. Thanks for sharing the lesson on weeds. Have a blessed week.💚
We had a copperhead by our front door after making a weekend trip to see my brother this week. My husband stepped right by it without seeing it. It slithered away before we could get a shovel to kill it, so I am very nervous about where it might be. Your chickens sure seemed happy to get at it!
I tried to have guineas once, and they were picked off one by one by predators. I wanted them to just roam free in the yard, but if I try again I will have to find a way to protect them better.
I've never raised guineas, but my sister had some and dang, she couldn't keep them on their property! They had 6+ foot fences and the guineas just flew over, into the neighbors yards and all around. they wouldn't roost in the pen either, and everntually the coyotes got them all. Hope you have better luck! My neighbor in Colorado had a large bunch, and it was so fun to see them running all over the fields, eating bugs and ticks and just enjoying life. They would nest either, and roosted in the trees.
The guineas will help a lot with copperheads.
We have had guineas going on 2 years now, and we don’t ever plan to be without them. This year they set their own eggs and have cute little keets running around with them. They are well worth the investment.
Blessings to you all!
Shalom from the Moore’s~
My guineas. Surround the snakes and move them on.
Your guineas stay to protect you. Yes they will fly all over checking out your property. But very loyal.
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All snakes? That would be so wonderful!
Wish they kept coons n bears n spraying kitty cats away too, LOL
Much Shalom!(completeness, perfectness and wholeness) who’s circumcised minds and hearts are continuously on YHWH.
If you live out bush. Every owns and supports a stray or two after desexing.
Friends visit with animals and wonder off. Big problem for sheep etc. Loved my guineas. Didn't mind the noise. They do an amazing job keeping foxes away etc
You are very lucky to have all of that lush grass and weeds. I've been watching some videos of the homesteads out in the Ozarks. They are suffering with extreme heat and drought. No pasture or grasses for the animals. And nothing growing to cut for hay for the winter. And the gardens shriveling up. I'm glad that you are being able to fortify the land for next year's crops. Congratulations on the new addition to the family. God bless you and your family.🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. May the Lord bless you and your family
NIce seeing you all together and helping together!
The turkey’s sounds are so calming!🥰
Good to see you back! I have Black Australorps! Love the colors of their feathers in the sun!
So happy to see everyone back together. Thanks for talking about the weeds, I know I've toss one or two of those in the trash, not knowing. Your wife is awesome to have done so much. Thanks for sharing and take care.
Its great seeing y'all so happy!
I have two lambs quarter growing and they’re awesome! Glad you caught the pasty’s. Giving them grass helps prevent it. It is not good for our babies for sure. It’s great to see the family back together! ❤️
On the baby chicks my sister in law puts a little olive oil on their bottoms to keep them from backing up and keep them clean try that
TFS Great to see your wonderful family back together on the homestead God bless you abundantly and much love from California 🌴🌴🌴
I give chopped greens or grass from day 1 and do not have problems with pasty butt since I started doing that 30+ years ago. Major problems before then.
Greetings from East Texas! Good to see you back Mike! I had one of those baby Nope Ropes wind up in my kitchen. Cut the head off and took it out with the trash! Blessings to you all this week!
Y'all are raising INCREDIBLE KIDS HEART ❤️ 💙 💜 💖
I just love watching your channel guys truly happy everybody's back home and safe appreciate it for a good information about the weed for some of it I already knew from my grandmother and I'm so happy to hear that again you guys are awesome we love you guys stay healthy be happy peace those animals that you guys have are looking really healthy doing incredible job thank you guys
Adding a mixture of apple cider vinegar, honey and garlic to the water can help pasty butt. You can also use Nutri-Drench for poultry.
Yes n I've used a drop of oil on their butt😊 thank goodness it worked cause I felt silly..youre giving them love
Thanks, I was going to ask about the black chickens…lol
The guineas - they would follow my nephew around all of the time…it was so funny - like the Pied Piper leading his merry band of guinea birds.
Congratulations on the pregnancy love watching your videos y’all are an inspiration to my husband and I we hop that god continues to bless you and your family
Tips on pasty butt. First off give em a tablespoon of Bragg's ACV in a gallon of water for them. After washing their butts smear their butt with Vaseline. Walah. Guineas have been my easiest birds to raise
I did the apple cider vinegar.
I absolutely love seeing yalls Littles running the farm equipment.
Mike I knew you were worried about lacey getting the job done and she did an awesome job. I'm happy that the family has been united as one again. I got some horse nettle in some of my flower beds it's a pain in the butt to get them out.
I'm 80yrs.i can only dream & watch videos like this.
Love watching your show love living on a farm or ranch glad to see you folks doing good let us know when baby comes 1 st time I've watched your show and love it from Hawaii Aloha
Dock, Curly Dock, Garlic Mustards, and wild Mustard greens are my favorites to chop up, and add to stews, side dishes and just like dandelion greens They taste great with Bacon dressing. Dock plants you can use like cabbage as in stuffed cabbage rolls, awesome flavor! The broadleaf plantain has way more nutrients than your spinach. I admit it's a bitter green which are wonderful for your health and stomach. It can be strong, so I use a Bacon dressing on them or mushroom and onions in a butter herb sauce.
loved watching the care of the baby chicks, cute little critters. Thanks for telling us about what lambs quarters in soil mean. I was so glad to hear it. Can't wait to see the baby bump going on :)
Lacey n son did fabulous Job keeping the homestead,, ESPECIALLY when pregnant.... U go girl.....
When my chicks had pastey butt, I soaked them in warm water, dried them off, and applied vaseline around the area. It worked for me.
Why apply Vaseline? We usually just wipe off with hot water.
Apply Vaseline to soothe and so it doesn't stick again.
@@mezenman The warm water wasn't enough to completely loosen the crusty poo. I did not want to risk tearing vent tissue by picking at the crust, so I applied vaseline to soften it.
Poop won’t stick to the Vaseline.
Thanks. I have only had a few get the crusty butt. I’ll have to remember the Vaseline next time.
Always learning some good things on your channel. Thank you for that and it is good to see ya back on your homestead.
You guys sure do work well together! I love watching loving couples and kiddos! Thank you for doing educational videos.
Survival of the fittest Mike it's either them or your family and animals. I HATE SNAKES!
Good sized copperhead. Glad you got rid of him, they can cause a lot of damage if bitten. A friend lost both of his dogs, and later realized one was under the doghouse!
I have learned so much watching you guys. The honesty from both of you is just so good. Your children are just very fortunate to learn all they are learning they are so good and respectful
Broad leaf plantain is also good for bandages. They also promote healing when used as a bandage.
Chores? Yes, it can get old...but, then you also appreciate what you have, and overall, just what The Creator has made! CONGRATULATIONS on your upcoming addition to your family (the human kind! :) What a blessing! And a joy! You guys are awesome! Great channel and we just love you out here in Minnesota! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN : )
Mike what you call horse nettle we called it bull nettle if you dig up the roots you can make a tea with them it's good for u t I s and kidney stones you boil the roots after you wash them then when the water turns light brown you strain it sweeten and drink
I learn so much from you all.
Hello you all , love watching your videos. It's heart warming watching you work together. Families are awesome. Learned so much from you. God bless you!
GLAD you Mike and the big kids are back!
Good to have you back Mike.
I treat my chicks for PASTY BUT right away. When I get them or when they hatch.
I take coconut oil and a Q-Tip. I rub down around their vent and on the feathers sound it. I do this every few days until they are about 2 weeks old. They won't get it if you keep it moist with the oil.
Look forward to each of your videos. Love you all. Thank you so much
Just subscribed to your channel and I have been watching for hours. Love your family and your content. If I were 30 years younger I would love havinh a Homestead. You guys are amazing! Congratulations on your success!
Great video! And thank you for sharing the info on the herbal uses! I'm trying to learn alittle each year!
Thanks for sharing! Great reunion & family unity! Many blessings to your family 🤗❤️🇨🇦
Great to see everyone working together again on the farm. You have lovely, healthy animals in your care. 💜
I'm Really Glad To Be Back Too I'm New In Your Channel ⭐
LOVE LOVE LOVED this video !!!! I am so glad you are all back home & I am looking forward to some great videos. Cheers Denise- Australia
I enjoyed this video and glad to see that you all are back together so that the chores can be split I also loved the information about the different weeds. Thanks for sharing 💜🙏
That is something I need to learn about is the different wild plants and their properties. Thank you
Good to have you back,,,,,,and seeing a video,,,,really enjoy them
Glad to see y'all made it home safe. You wife was probably very happy y'all are back
I love you channel and all the information you give about farming
Great video. Good variety. I really love how you say what specific plants tell you about what is going in in the soil and their medicinal use.
You and your family are wonderful. God bless you all so very much. I enjoy your videos and look forward to watching your family grow. Thank you for sharing. ❤️❤️❤️
Glad you made it safely.🥳🥳🥳
Yes, you have an amazing wife and family!! Truly blessed❤️❤️❤️
silkies are great non-electric incubator/brooders! I LOVE AUSTRALORPS. always have silkies and australorps here! bought buffs this time after move also meat and eggs
Lacy is a TROOPER!
I love videos like this. One place I lived was all clay right to the surface and after a few years tilling in organic compost I made myself and then later just top dressing and doing no till, I had a good 10" of nice rich black loam full of earthworms that grew the best tasting vegetables. Never added fertilizers, but did put a lot of garbage in the compost pile that amended the soil. Also I'd grow things like dandelions both to loosen the soil and bring up deep nutrients, but also to provide me with one of my favorite bitter greens.
Your channel just popped up on my feed. I have raised plenty of chicks in thirty years. I usually buy from a hatchery, right now I have two hens that are raising their own. Their first water I put in vinegar about a teaspoon to a quart. Enough that there is a slight tinge to the water. I continue this throughout their caged life. Another thing you may try is just a bit of baby oil around the vent. Just a little bit on a cotton swab.
enjoyed the video about the weeds. and separating the black astorlorpes have a great week
Mike and Lacey I just enjoy watching your channel. Glory to God for blessing you and your plans for the future 🙏
Mike I like how you help with the kids even the little one
I have juiced lambs quarter too in place of spinach. Good stuff!
I learned from the first time I got chickens to immediately lube up their vent with bag balm and give them a little cornmeal everyday. I haven't had a lot of problems with Pace to but since I learned that.
Many many years ago Dad would build up the garden soil by planting Vetch (that seed possibly isn't around anymore) it has a lot of nitrogen in the root system. He would till it under a bit before we planted the garden in the spring to rot. It fed our family all year with much to spare.
It's good to see mom and dad raising kid like they should, great job!!
Loved learning about the plants.
Thanks for sharing guy's ~ take care n have a great evening~ 🤗👍❤
It is really nice to see you all back together and the excitement that Mike shows about the good weeds in the garden. Lacie I can't say much to help with your chicks. Sorry 😔 But on second note you did awesome taking care of things with your youngest Micah help. Love your channel GOD Bless
What a beautiful family just keep it up and godblessing.😇😇🙏
I don't have anything to teach you except that I had 2 last year that were hatching out, 1 died, 1 lived! I just really kept an eye on "baby" and it just thrived! Out here in Minnesota, it gets really cold and that little girl just came out fighting! And, survived just fine! :) Just keep going...it's worth it! Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)
thank you ,nice info about herbs..forgotten knowledge..
Hey y'all I'm glad you're all back together I'm new to your channel and I love y'all❤ I watched a video yesterday where lacey fermented little cucumbers I would like too know where to get those fermenting lids that have the dial on them that you used never fermented before so I'd love to give it a try I've got alot of gut issues and maybe this may help GOD BLESS ALL YOU guys❤
The broad leaf plantaine grows all over my property. So do wild blueberries lol. It’s old pin oak and jackpine ground. No clay but sand 4 inches down. So after a few years of failed in ground gardening, it’s going to be raised beds from now on.😊
I've added shelled crushed pumpkin seeds to feed not much, and it seems to help with the pasty butt.
Grow Lentils and soybeans in those areas you want to raise the nitrogen levels. At the end of the season plow it back into the ground. My uncle was a farmer and that is what he did to raise the nitrogen.
Mike you got me laughing! Don't you be smoking that lamb's quarters now! 😂
Congratulations on a wonderful little farm. Congratulations also on your pregnancy
I have had chickens with pasty butt. After I clean them off I put vaseline around the vent. It actually helps.
Always nice to visit , love the info on all the plants you mentioned , important things to know. Are you going to burn the nettle with a torch ? God Bless..