Next best thing to a friend dropping by to visit, which happens less and less as my younger friends become disabled, is a download from a favorite you tuber..so hello again, friend. It brightens my day.
In Northern Illinois we built hard pink insulation "boxes" around the water . One sheet on the bottom, one on each side. Cut sheets to fit on the ends. Duct tape the seams. Add solar powered water heaters.
Our wood boiler is a very popular attraction for our cattle. It took ALOT of cement blocks to ensure they wouldn't get hurt or ruin something. But now they have basically a big brick wall to lay against that's always a few degrees warmer
There's something really pleasing about watching you doing the morning chores, Morgan. Kind of familiar and comforting. Lovely to see Bea taking a treat from your hand. I saw someone in the comments mention doing a bit of training with Abby/Toby to encourage them to seek out the cats....... is that a good idea, maybe?
Morgan, I know I mentioned it a while ago, but have you started training Toby and Aby to seek out the cats on command? Edit: salted water is a cheap method of making homemade ice cream or quick chilling drinks at a party. I'm not surprised it didn't work. You need to find a thermal insulator, something that can hold a temperature well above the 0C point. I don't think there are many options without keeping the water flowing constantly too. Maybe a solar powered pump?
The jug of salt water will freeze at a lower temperature than plain water, releasing heat of fusion as it does so. But it might need several jugs, and a stronger, saturated salt solution in the jugs (perhaps using rock salt for economy) to noticeably retard the freezing cycle, and eventually even this will not prevail when the outdoor temperature highs fall far enough. It seems to me a system of buffering the temperature when at some point during the day it is still above freezing. On a related matter of freezeworthiness, perhaps a drill powered self priming pump, kept indoors at temperatures above freezing between uses, could help suck the hoses completely free from water after each use. Hope Joey gets over his shovelphobia. Interesting that Randy didn't seem to care. Perhaps a less noisy way of breaking and removing the ice might be devised? Something like a net of rope kept beneath the surface and a way to hoist the net above the water trough?
@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 So there is a product made from beets, IIRC, that they spray on the roads to de-ice. I'm surprised they don't have something edible, even nutritious, that will keep water from freezing.
When the video notification dropped it didn't show the full title. All I saw was " Weird ways to stop cattle..." My mind filled in the gap as "Weird ways to stop cattle rustling in Vermont. " I'm sure glad that it was only in my head and not for real. 😊😊😊❤❤❤😊😊😊
I put 2/3 c. of dry salt in used, dry water bottles. They float on the water of my barrels of rain water - completely in the open - and the winds move them around. Really makes a difference until the temp. gets really, really cold. Saves me from breaking ice most of the winter.
❤ It's always great to see a GSF video. Vermont is so beautiful in the wintertime with snow on the ground. So nice to see all of the animals, both indoors and outdoors. Thanx, Morgan. ❤
It's funny Dr. Pol talks about how unsocial beef cattle are, but you have proved that it depends on the owner and if they want to make a difference with their attitude.
1:54 precious Abby she’s so patient She’s gotten so good with everything. I do think you should let her befriend calves.. animals are different but I think Abby would love it
Up here in BC the water REALLY freezes. An old farmer trick is a "heat-sink" using geothermal heat from the earth. You dig down below the frost-line ( up here thats 6 feet) and place a culvert in the ground. At 6 feet the temp is approx 55-60°F. You insulate a box on top and can place a drum and plumb it using an automatic water system (toilet float shut off works fine). As long as the box on top of the culvert is insulated enough the water remains unfrozen. You could place it along the fence line between the girls and boys with an access on each side and you have enough head drinking that you wouldnt have any issues with even a skim of ice. Im not describing it very well here but if you look it up or ask some old-timers you will get a better idea. Much simpler in the end for you and much less mud and mess in the pens around the water hole. I love watching you develop your farm Morgan❤
BBC news has a piece, also online about Farmer George Ford, from Blagdon, uses two Maremma sheepdogs - Bear and Holly - between August and December to guard his 600 free range turkeys.
Long time viewer here. I've mentioned this before but the view products that pop up during your video that I constantly have to dismiss is continually getting more and more frustrating since I am a viewer that has to use subtitles to watch. I wouldn't comment if I didn't love your channel and really care about watching it. Thanks!
Oooh it looks really cold there, can't imagine living in that kind of climate,lol. Well it looks like the experiment didn't work, I was having a hard time imagining how a bottle filled with salt water would really do much of anything, and we got the answer. Thinking it would be nicer if you shoveled those chunks of ice over the fence instead of where they might step to get a drink, just sayin. Looks like the waterline is still doing its job, let's hope it continues to keep from freezing. Morgan, thanks for taking us along on the morning chores, all is well at Gold Shaw Farm.❤️👍🐓🐄🐶🐱
I just saw a video this week that showed digging a hole about 5 feet deep - get below the feeze level. Then drop a large plastic pipe in the hole andinsulate around the pipe with soil and straw. Basically allow the warmer air below the freeze level to rise up to hit the bottom of a water trough. There is more to it than what I wrote but I think you get the idea of using warmth from below the freeze line to keep the water from freezing. Good luck!
You need to disconnect the Y divider on your hydrant. The water needs to run back down inside the hydrant the way it’s supposed to. Then the hydrant should work.
i dont know if you will see this, but at the feed alot I work at they use these "Submergible Cast Aluminum Utility De-Icer" in the bottom of the water , along with using big bobbers that the cows have to push out of the way to drink, the water never freezes in our canadian winters :))
I'm getting 2-6 a day from about 12 laying hens just that time of year. And yes that's with added light. We hd a plus 10 day recently and got 9 though.
Morgan you need to check out the wire insulators for plumbing I have it because my bathroom is built on with a open bottom and when it would get below Zero and windy would freeze this stops it
The water that freezes releases heat, keeping the rest of the water warmer. So if you want to do the jug technique, you really want the jug to contain water that is *less* salty, so it freezes first.
WATER Issue: the salt, or alcohol in the water only lowers the freezing point of the water. The water is still going below freezing and the bucket of salt water is also still going below freezing, i understand how you could imagine if you put the bucket in the freezing water, you would think its not going below freezing and should level it out. But its actually is, the salt or alcohol only lowers the freezing point.😯🤔
If you run some water pipe 10 foot under ground, then back to the surface it might fix the problem of frozen water pipes. It's a more constant temperature down at that depth and usually well above zero. You would need a ditch digger.
I think the issue here is that the periphery of the cattle areas keeps on changing. Morgan buried lots of pipe already to carry water. If the watering troughs stayed in the same place, this would work. But they don't.
Hi, we have a fist pond and we do something similiar to the bottle trick you did but we let half of the bottle sticking out (we also use multiple longer skinier bottles). The first 5 years we filled it with 1/3 of non-freeze liquid and 2/3 water and it worked very good, this year we put the filtration sand in but IDK how well that works jet because we didn't have such low temperatures this winter. Hope this helps 😊
Hey Morgan just a suggestion (maybe you know better) Why do you buy around 10-12 60W coop heaters to keep the Hoop Coop warmer during such cold winter nights (buy solar powered if possible to reduce your carbon footprint as you always intend). I guess it should cost you around $600-700 (one time) but your chickens n geeee n ducks will feel much warmer. Just a suggestion from a fan from India (who loves to watch your videos)
🟠 Morgan, watched a vid few days ago that they dug a hole 4 feet deep to get below the frostline, and put a water bowl for the chickens above that. vid title: "Freeze proof chicken waterer with no electric heater and no bill!!!". Since the volume of the cattle trough is much larger than a chicken bowl, Maybe something similar in principle to the hottubs that are heated by stove, where the water circulates automatically from the bottom to a wood-stove heated copper coil, and then back out the top into the tub, but instead bury geothermal loops instead of using a stove. You would only need a small trickle to keep the ice from forming. and hopefully warm enough to keep the entire trough ice free. hopefully.. 🙂 (maybe a separate loop for each side of the trough, or even 3 loops for good measure of heat and motion of water, 2 sides and the middle) - Edit: Also, if there's not enough water flow within the system all by itself, a solar water-pump could make sure the water stays fluid and is not permitted to freeze.
Thermodynamically the salt water jug doesn't make any sense. The water in the jug is the same temp. as the rest of the water in the trough, so it cannot prevent the trough from freezing. The water in the jug doesn't freeze because the salt interferes with ice crystal formation on a molecular level. Not because it is somehow magically "warmer" than the trough water.
Gotta pay alfalfa tax to Boss Cow. How did the "mooing order" vary when the bull and the steer were present? Or did the boys get what they wanted, but otherwise leave the rest of the herd alone?
My mom ask me today's morning get milk from groceries shop I told her it was very very cold(+18 degree c) outside don't disturb. Here in south India people arrange in fire everywhere especially villages just i am trying say is how over body adjust to different weather conditions.
I think it will work. There is a new farm watering system that uses two big blue balls constantly moving to keep the water from freezing. I think you just need something that will move around.
Those crampons make me think of when I was working in DC. I wore 3" stiletto heels all year round. People couldn't understand how come I didn't fall in ice. I was effectively wearing crampons. I was safer than they were.
I believe you are asking about how to prevent chicken water from freezing in cold weather. One trick is to use saltwater. Saltwater has a lower freezing point than fresh water, so it can help keep the water from freezing. You can submerge a plastic bottle filled with saltwater inside your chicken waterer to increase the freezing point of the surrounding water 123. Another option is to use a large black rubber tub to hold your chicken water. Black attracts sunlight, and the rubber holds onto the warmth longer, which slows down the freezing process 4. Ping pong balls can also be added to the tub to prevent a solid layer of ice from forming on top of the water 4. You can also start with warm water, switch waterers regularly, thaw with a heat lamp, or use a heated bas
WATER Issue: the salt, or alcohol in the water only lowers the freezing point of the water. The water is still going below freezing and the bucket of salt water is also still going below freezing, i understand how you could imagine if you put the bucket in the freezing water, you would think its not going below freezing and should level it out. But its actually is, the salt or alcohol only lowers the freezing point.😯🤔
Hi Morgan. Have you talked in past videos about why you do not use heaters in your water troths? We have several horses where that solution works perfectly for our farm. Is there a solar option available?
This sounds expensive to install, but might work for your two bulls tank that doesn't get much activity. It's the same principle as your freeze-free water hydrant, only the animal can activate it instead of depending on a human. "The Drinking Post automatic horse waterer is similar to a frost free yard hydrant, both in installation and operation. The base of the Post is buried 18″ below the local frostline. When the paddle is pushed, the bowl starts to fill immediately. It will fill completely within 5-8 seconds. Once the paddle is released, all the water will drain away below the frostline! No heaters or insulation are needed for it to stay frost-free!" I keep looking for a better way to keep an area of my pond unfrozen. This year I'm using an aerator, and so far it work better than a temperature controlled heater, and it adds oxygen to the water, so the water is healthier for the fish. Thinking of adding a temperature sensing switch during winter, so it only activates at freezing -- since the fish are hibernating anyway.. Have not found a way to accomplish this without electricity. A solar aerator would need a battery backup to work at night when you most need it. And batteries don't like cold, so how would that work?
If batteries could be kept in a heated area close enough (or in soil deep enough?) that electrical losses in wiring are not serious, this would keep the batteries alive.
So, bury the battery below the frostline, or run a long (probably buried) cable to the house in Morgan's case, since that's the only heated area, and keep the battery indoors. Or maybe the hoop house would be warm enough with all the birds in there. I know. Put the battery in the weird chicken coop 😄@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
Take a day this upcoming spring to run underground waterlines to the hoop coop and cattle water areas. With Alfred's excavator, just one day of work for an incredibly valuable payoff.
what't that fancy camera you got that follows your movement. I noticed that since your last video. First i thougt it was a cameraman but then I realised it was your camera following you.
Pablo has known Ginny since she was a kitten, so I suppose he’s used to her behaviour. Also, it’s a case I suppose of him thinking it’s too much hassle to argue with her.
Your jug will work better if it's black! Black captures more heat from light than white. Also have you heard of the disks that heat water and float in troughs?
My favorite morning is any morning with a new Gold Shaw Farm video.
Morgan, CONGRATS on Baby Bea taking a treat from your hand!! YAY! I know that was a happy moment for you! And us!
Singing ‘Saturday morning Gold Shaw!’ to myself as I watch this. You know the tune. 😉
I am so pleased to see you using those Spikes on your boots.
Next best thing to a friend dropping by to visit, which happens less and less as my younger friends become disabled, is a download from a favorite you tuber..so hello again, friend. It brightens my day.
I just noticed we haven't heard "tranquilo" in a while--Abby is doing so good!
Wild to see how quick the garden vanishes under the drumming footsteps of the war birds
Time for Saturday Morning Gold Shaw Farm.
In Northern Illinois we built hard pink insulation "boxes" around the water . One sheet on the bottom, one on each side. Cut sheets to fit on the ends. Duct tape the seams. Add solar powered water heaters.
Aww it looks like Bea’s little horn nubs are coming in!
Our wood boiler is a very popular attraction for our cattle. It took ALOT of cement blocks to ensure they wouldn't get hurt or ruin something. But now they have basically a big brick wall to lay against that's always a few degrees warmer
Good to see lil barn cat and all the animals in one video great video
Please videotape anymore experiments. It is interesting. Enjoy your holidays.
There's something really pleasing about watching you doing the morning chores, Morgan. Kind of familiar and comforting.
Lovely to see Bea taking a treat from your hand.
I saw someone in the comments mention doing a bit of training with Abby/Toby to encourage them to seek out the cats....... is that a good idea, maybe?
Morgan, I know I mentioned it a while ago, but have you started training Toby and Aby to seek out the cats on command?
Edit: salted water is a cheap method of making homemade ice cream or quick chilling drinks at a party. I'm not surprised it didn't work. You need to find a thermal insulator, something that can hold a temperature well above the 0C point. I don't think there are many options without keeping the water flowing constantly too. Maybe a solar powered pump?
The jug of salt water will freeze at a lower temperature than plain water, releasing heat of fusion as it does so. But it might need several jugs, and a stronger, saturated salt solution in the jugs (perhaps using rock salt for economy) to noticeably retard the freezing cycle, and eventually even this will not prevail when the outdoor temperature highs fall far enough. It seems to me a system of buffering the temperature when at some point during the day it is still above freezing.
On a related matter of freezeworthiness, perhaps a drill powered self priming pump, kept indoors at temperatures above freezing between uses, could help suck the hoses completely free from water after each use.
Hope Joey gets over his shovelphobia. Interesting that Randy didn't seem to care. Perhaps a less noisy way of breaking and removing the ice might be devised? Something like a net of rope kept beneath the surface and a way to hoist the net above the water trough?
@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 So there is a product made from beets, IIRC, that they spray on the roads to de-ice. I'm surprised they don't have something edible, even nutritious, that will keep water from freezing.
Hi, i’ve always wondered that since you moved the weird chicken coop inside the winter hoop coop, are the benefits to closing the coop door?
Like a water fountain?
@@bland9876A submersible pump to circulate the water will probably do a pretty good job actually.
When the video notification dropped it didn't show the full title. All I saw was " Weird ways to stop cattle..."
My mind filled in the gap as "Weird ways to stop cattle rustling in Vermont. "
I'm sure glad that it was only in my head and not for real.
😊😊😊❤❤❤😊😊😊
Hahahaha
@GoldShawFarm Perhaps for April Fools day next year? 😎
This is a great thing to know at this time of the year
I put 2/3 c. of dry salt in used, dry water bottles. They float on the water of my barrels of rain water - completely in the open - and the winds move them around. Really makes a difference until the temp. gets really, really cold. Saves me from breaking ice most of the winter.
I haven't watched this channel for a year and Abby is still trouble , love that dog
Did you ever send the pigs to the butcher? Did I miss a video? Lovely to see the farm at winter time. Thank you for sharing these moments with us.
We slaughtered on farm, but I didn’t put that in a video.
@@GoldShawFarm Try water fans or pumps to keep the water unfrozen, instead of heat.
❤ It's always great to see a GSF video. Vermont is so beautiful in the wintertime with snow on the ground. So nice to see all of the animals, both indoors and outdoors. Thanx, Morgan. ❤
It's funny Dr. Pol talks about how unsocial beef cattle are, but you have proved that it depends on the owner and if they want to make a difference with their attitude.
Highlands are also not your typical beef cattle, they are much more likely to be raised at small scale and basically even as pets
1:54 precious Abby she’s so patient
She’s gotten so good with everything.
I do think you should let her befriend calves.. animals are different but I think Abby would love it
She and baby Bea were really good friends before Abby’s injury.
Up here in BC the water REALLY freezes. An old farmer trick is a "heat-sink" using geothermal heat from the earth. You dig down below the frost-line ( up here thats 6 feet) and place a culvert in the ground. At 6 feet the temp is approx 55-60°F. You insulate a box on top and can place a drum and plumb it using an automatic water system (toilet float shut off works fine). As long as the box on top of the culvert is insulated enough the water remains unfrozen. You could place it along the fence line between the girls and boys with an access on each side and you have enough head drinking that you wouldnt have any issues with even a skim of ice. Im not describing it very well here but if you look it up or ask some old-timers you will get a better idea. Much simpler in the end for you and much less mud and mess in the pens around the water hole. I love watching you develop your farm Morgan❤
Just watched a video where a father and son built one of those. Would be an interesting project to watch Morgan do 😊
BBC news has a piece, also online about Farmer George Ford, from Blagdon, uses two Maremma sheepdogs - Bear and Holly - between August and December to guard his 600 free range turkeys.
That was a great experiment for freezing water. We don't have that many animals, we have put a heater in all their waters. Enjoyed your video.
I love watching your vids as a farmer girl myself
Lets gooo Morgan finally hearted my comment another goal complete ❤🎉🎉🎉
Happy to try it!
Hello Morgan
Long time viewer here. I've mentioned this before but the view products that pop up during your video that I constantly have to dismiss is continually getting more and more frustrating since I am a viewer that has to use subtitles to watch. I wouldn't comment if I didn't love your channel and really care about watching it. Thanks!
I think it's a UA-cam thing, not a creator thing. Morgan won't be able to do anything about it, unfortunately.
@@esspyarrow8772 thanks for the info
@@afoust34 If you have youtube premium, there are no ads.
thats youtube ads try getting youtube premuim thats what i use still support the creator but its ad free 😊👍
Love the hat but the orange crochet one looks good on you too Morgan.
It was worth a shot!
Oooh it looks really cold there, can't imagine living in that kind of climate,lol. Well it looks like the experiment didn't work, I was having a hard time imagining how a bottle filled with salt water would really do much of anything, and we got the answer. Thinking it would be nicer if you shoveled those chunks of ice over the fence instead of where they might step to get a drink, just sayin. Looks like the waterline is still doing its job, let's hope it continues to keep from freezing. Morgan, thanks for taking us along on the morning chores, all is well at Gold Shaw Farm.❤️👍🐓🐄🐶🐱
I thought the same thing about the shuffled ice
Enjoying seeing the variety of animals you have, music, and the explainations of herd dominance etc. Great with my morning coffee👍
It's always fun to try experiments, you'll try more things next year. The cows always like the camera, it's so funny.
I just saw a video this week that showed digging a hole about 5 feet deep - get below the feeze level. Then drop a large plastic pipe in the hole andinsulate around the pipe with soil and straw. Basically allow the warmer air below the freeze level to rise up to hit the bottom of a water trough. There is more to it than what I wrote but I think you get the idea of using warmth from below the freeze line to keep the water from freezing. Good luck!
0:48 Always a highlight for me. Lookit them bein` so happy to see ya.
Love you Morgan! Happy holidays to you and Allison!
I love what you do hope you have a great rest of the day!!!
You need to disconnect the Y divider on your hydrant. The water needs to run back down inside the hydrant the way it’s supposed to. Then the hydrant should work.
A video with Lil Barn Cat is a great video!
Luv your vids Morgan. I don’t think there’s one that I haven’t watched at least twice.
i love your bright yellow doors!
Open water sources will freeze , unless your heating them. finished Shoresy season 2 today so that's fitting
thanks for sharing Morgan.
love your background music!!!!
Interesting experiment. Ever think of using pool noodles for your hoses for extra insulation?
I lived in a carriage house and my pipes froze until I put pool noodles on them. They're cheap too.
pool noodles are great and they also provide more support so its easier to drain the hoses
Hey Morgan just wondering if you are going to do a break down of all the profit this year and if so when will it be posted can wait ❤
He usually does that around third week of January.
i dont know if you will see this, but at the feed alot I work at they use these "Submergible Cast Aluminum Utility De-Icer" in the bottom of the water , along with using big bobbers that the cows have to push out of the way to drink, the water never freezes in our canadian winters :))
hahahah one of my cats does exactly the same thing.
She always wants the other cat's food even though it's the same exact thing!
Cats are awesome!
So true!
Keep the water moving using a small water pump or air pump like you do in an aquarium to keep it from freezing.
Yes
Great video Morgan
I'm getting 2-6 a day from about 12 laying hens just that time of year. And yes that's with added light. We hd a plus 10 day recently and got 9 though.
Morgan you need to check out the wire insulators for plumbing I have it because my bathroom is built on with a open bottom and when it would get below Zero and windy would freeze this stops it
The water that freezes releases heat, keeping the rest of the water warmer. So if you want to do the jug technique, you really want the jug to contain water that is *less* salty, so it freezes first.
WATER Issue: the salt, or alcohol in the water only lowers the freezing point of the water. The water is still going below freezing and the bucket of salt water is also still going below freezing, i understand how you could imagine if you put the bucket in the freezing water, you would think its not going below freezing and should level it out. But its actually is, the salt or alcohol only lowers the freezing point.😯🤔
Grandpa Doss Farm has put a heating element in his tubs to stop water freezing and it works for him, he sits the element on a cinder block
If you run some water pipe 10 foot under ground, then back to the surface it might fix the problem of frozen water pipes. It's a more constant temperature down at that depth and usually well above zero. You would need a ditch digger.
My buddy alfred🎵
I think the issue here is that the periphery of the cattle areas keeps on changing. Morgan buried lots of pipe already to carry water. If the watering troughs stayed in the same place, this would work. But they don't.
Try a Freeze Miser set up they work great
Hi, we have a fist pond and we do something similiar to the bottle trick you did but we let half of the bottle sticking out (we also use multiple longer skinier bottles). The first 5 years we filled it with 1/3 of non-freeze liquid and 2/3 water and it worked very good, this year we put the filtration sand in but IDK how well that works jet because we didn't have such low temperatures this winter. Hope this helps 😊
Hey Morgan just a suggestion (maybe you know better) Why do you buy around 10-12 60W coop heaters to keep the Hoop Coop warmer during such cold winter nights (buy solar powered if possible to reduce your carbon footprint as you always intend). I guess it should cost you around $600-700 (one time) but your chickens n geeee n ducks will feel much warmer.
Just a suggestion from a fan from India (who loves to watch your videos)
🟠 Morgan, watched a vid few days ago that they dug a hole 4 feet deep to get below the frostline, and put a water bowl for the chickens above that. vid title: "Freeze proof chicken waterer with no electric heater and no bill!!!".
Since the volume of the cattle trough is much larger than a chicken bowl, Maybe something similar in principle to the hottubs that are heated by stove, where the water circulates automatically from the bottom to a wood-stove heated copper coil, and then back out the top into the tub, but instead bury geothermal loops instead of using a stove. You would only need a small trickle to keep the ice from forming. and hopefully warm enough to keep the entire trough ice free. hopefully.. 🙂 (maybe a separate loop for each side of the trough, or even 3 loops for good measure of heat and motion of water, 2 sides and the middle) -
Edit: Also, if there's not enough water flow within the system all by itself, a solar water-pump could make sure the water stays fluid and is not permitted to freeze.
Thermodynamically the salt water jug doesn't make any sense. The water in the jug is the same temp. as the rest of the water in the trough, so it cannot prevent the trough from freezing. The water in the jug doesn't freeze because the salt interferes with ice crystal formation on a molecular level. Not because it is somehow magically "warmer" than the trough water.
All the people suggesting bottles of salt water and alcohol as if I ice will be afraid of them 😂
Thank you for another eNjOyAbLe video 🤗
I found my new fav youtube channel 🥹🫶🏾♥️💛🥰
Thanks for putting degrees C ☺
It was adorable that Audrey chased all the cows and heifers off but let the calf have a treat, even though it's not her calf
Herds looking great! Have you had the cows Preg Checked?
Did you ever get any leads on Molly? Sorry to bring up old wounds.
I was so sure Abby was going to squat and pee on that bale of straw. Pleasantly surprised.
😂 the Beastie Boys clip got me laughing.
Gotta pay alfalfa tax to Boss Cow.
How did the "mooing order" vary when the bull and the steer were present? Or did the boys get what they wanted, but otherwise leave the rest of the herd alone?
How do you know how much food they need ? or all birds have the same amount of food ?
HELLO BOY IT'S COLD THERE
My mom ask me today's morning get milk from groceries shop I told her it was very very cold(+18 degree c) outside don't disturb. Here in south India people arrange in fire everywhere especially villages just i am trying say is how over body adjust to different weather conditions.
8:10 My thought process: Morgan got a cameraman? ...Nope.. COW. Rofl 😂
Well.... At least you can use the jug to help break the ice.😅
Rubbing alcohol doesn't freeze either and can be added to a water bottle. It's $1 at Dollar general.
Debbie here,,👩🌾. Is that straw or hay you put on the chicken floor?
Straw. Better compost for the garden and more absorbent.
Too funny, chickens exit and reds run in to make a deposit!
Egg bank
Why not get some kind of large water heater, that you plug in? Like what they use for large fish aquariums
or maybe some kind of bubbler so the water stays moving
I think it will work. There is a new farm watering system that uses two big blue balls constantly moving to keep the water from freezing. I think you just need something that will move around.
This could retard freezing by mixing the water around, but with outdoor temperatures low enough would not prevent an eventual freeze.
For the balls to move around there must be a breeze moving the water first.
Hey Morgan, I don't know if you'll see this, but why don't you try using those solar powered water sprinklers you had for the duck pond ?!
Man I'm I.pressed how easily you put your ice cleats on. Almost fall over every morning trying to put the damn things on lmaom
If I had a farm and gave someone a treat, I just had to give some to everyone! :P
Those crampons make me think of when I was working in DC. I wore 3" stiletto heels all year round. People couldn't understand how come I didn't fall in ice. I was effectively wearing crampons. I was safer than they were.
We love weird chickens.❤😊 we love weird chickene.❤😊 we love weird chickens.❤😊 we love molly murder mittens.❤❤😊😊
What happened to getting the white cow and her calf?
I believe you are asking about how to prevent chicken water from freezing in cold weather. One trick is to use saltwater. Saltwater has a lower freezing point than fresh water, so it can help keep the water from freezing. You can submerge a plastic bottle filled with saltwater inside your chicken waterer to increase the freezing point of the surrounding water 123. Another option is to use a large black rubber tub to hold your chicken water. Black attracts sunlight, and the rubber holds onto the warmth longer, which slows down the freezing process 4. Ping pong balls can also be added to the tub to prevent a solid layer of ice from forming on top of the water 4. You can also start with warm water, switch waterers regularly, thaw with a heat lamp, or use a heated bas
WATER Issue: the salt, or alcohol in the water only lowers the freezing point of the water. The water is still going below freezing and the bucket of salt water is also still going below freezing, i understand how you could imagine if you put the bucket in the freezing water, you would think its not going below freezing and should level it out. But its actually is, the salt or alcohol only lowers the freezing point.😯🤔
Hi Morgan. Have you talked in past videos about why you do not use heaters in your water troths? We have several horses where that solution works perfectly for our farm. Is there a solar option available?
This sounds expensive to install, but might work for your two bulls tank that doesn't get much activity. It's the same principle as your freeze-free water hydrant, only the animal can activate it instead of depending on a human.
"The Drinking Post automatic horse waterer is similar to a frost free yard hydrant, both in installation and operation. The base of the Post is buried 18″ below the local frostline. When the paddle is pushed, the bowl starts to fill immediately. It will fill completely within 5-8 seconds. Once the paddle is released, all the water will drain away below the frostline! No heaters or insulation are needed for it to stay frost-free!"
I keep looking for a better way to keep an area of my pond unfrozen. This year I'm using an aerator, and so far it work better than a temperature controlled heater, and it adds oxygen to the water, so the water is healthier for the fish. Thinking of adding a temperature sensing switch during winter, so it only activates at freezing -- since the fish are hibernating anyway.. Have not found a way to accomplish this without electricity. A solar aerator would need a battery backup to work at night when you most need it. And batteries don't like cold, so how would that work?
If batteries could be kept in a heated area close enough (or in soil deep enough?) that electrical losses in wiring are not serious, this would keep the batteries alive.
So, bury the battery below the frostline, or run a long (probably buried) cable to the house in Morgan's case, since that's the only heated area, and keep the battery indoors. Or maybe the hoop house would be warm enough with all the birds in there. I know. Put the battery in the weird chicken coop 😄@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
Morgan, do you have a calendar for 2024 yet?
No calendar this year. I was so busy with book stuff that I didn’t have time to tackle.
Take a day this upcoming spring to run underground waterlines to the hoop coop and cattle water areas. With Alfred's excavator, just one day of work for an incredibly valuable payoff.
PLEASE put the link for your boot ice snow attachments
what't that fancy camera you got that follows your movement. I noticed that since your last video. First i thougt it was a cameraman but then I realised it was your camera following you.
It’s been a fun addition to the arsenal. It has AI face tracking so I can set it down and have it follow me.
Neat
Pablo has known Ginny since she was a kitten, so I suppose he’s used to her behaviour. Also, it’s a case I suppose of him thinking it’s too much hassle to argue with her.
Lil doin' a talk at u
Good way to start the morning ngl
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Shovel - Exists
Joey - _And I took that personally._
edit edit: I don't think it worked.
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Your jug will work better if it's black! Black captures more heat from light than white. Also have you heard of the disks that heat water and float in troughs?
get some fish tank bubblers or dock bubblers that stop docks from being frozen in the winter
Fantastic editing. Beefy boys…?
You need a couple of donkeys for the farm!
Or horses!