Nothing seems to go right today. Dividing the herd and Vaccinating
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Some days all you want to do is sit down to a platter of ribs and call it good. What a team.
We have had sheep for close to 35 years , and the best advice I can give you is , yes, build a narrow alley for working them , and until you do ( I never have got ours done ) wear the slickest pants possible when working or moving etc, because they will definitely take a knee out , ask us how we know!! We have gophers mice , voles , etc , so we worm several times a year, but I've not heard of the test on the eyes , on goats I have. Better quit spoiling Mia !
I think I'd be renaming Dusty to "dinner".
Guess who coming to dinner?
Dusty the guest of dis honor
I thought he was the one on the grill. Lol
Rooster and dumplings
That's the same thing that I was thinking!!!
You need to watch Sandi Brock. Make sure you watch shearing day with Charlie he really knows how to maneuver the sheep to your advantage. Sandi really knows how to move the sheep easily, she is very gentle and slow. I love her calmness. You will always have an occasional moment with any animal. Mia needs some manners, goodness. You all be careful with that one.
Kudos to Rebecca for communicating with the rooster in a language he can understand
Your to hard on yourself, I think you did a great job.
Absolutely hilarious Rebekah challenging the rooster and it’s great her driving the tractor! I love you Evan, but she’s just awesome. 😂❤
I spit my roast out...😂
If you flip the sheep back on their rump so their sitting upright, they become more docile.
Thanks for sharing the bad with the good. It's what makes your channel real. 👍
Hope Rebekah is okay. You two are a joy to watch. God bless
Hay Evan exiting video always nice to see you interact with your animals but this video was awesome funny how your wife was ready to fight your rooster you guy's make a great team thank you for sharing blessings to you and your family
Sorry you guys had a bad day. Tomorrow is a new day. Thank you for sharing your day on the farm. Have a great rest of your week.
I really enjoy watching you two
That old roaster is funny. He is such a mucho man!
Way to show the reality of animals. One is always mean to you and one is always busting out of a fence or gate 😂👍👍
Oh man that looked like one heck of a day. Glad you got it all sorted in the end
We got some action today ! I hope Rebekah"s knee is ok. Take Care ! I LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!!!!
As bad as your day was, I received a pick-me-up when I heard the Redwing Blackbird singing in the background. It is my favorite harbinger of Spring.
I great video to show your viewers that owning animals isn’t for the faint of heart, it’s a lot of work
Just a thought but if you drop the fence by the back of the barn so that you could come up hill at the muck instead of sideways at it you would have much better luck. Then when you have cut out a couple feet in depth buy about 60 yards of bony bank run gravel to replace the muck with. Then, put-up the gutters you would have a much better outcome next time. Side hilling on rubber-tired equipment just does not work as you are well aware by now. Love what you do and Rebecca doing the chicken dance with Rooster Cogburn is priceless. JeffinMaine.
As a city boy, I like watching the events on your farm. A gutter on the back of that barn would certainly be a big help. Keep up the good work, the farm looks better every day!
@@harrygalley8217 He reads enough to comment on them in the videos. Not replying is different than not reading.
Greetings. Wildest action yet. No ''gentleman farmer'' video.
Really enjoy your channel! Couldn’t help but laugh when the rooster jumped you! Thanks for sharing!
Love the honesty often doesn’t happen
Evan past on the other side of the Barn to clean the barn yard just put a new gates .
I completely understand my friend. My wife and I have 18 goats, and doing shots, and famancha check, and hooves, well, sometimes it’s a rough day. But then I think back to city living, and my bad days on the farm, are still better than most good days in the city. God bless you all, and keep these videos coming.
Good stuff Evan! That’s life! Doing well ❤😂
Oh my, that was not a fun time. I hope you don't have any lasting injuries to that knee Rebekah, that was quite a hit. I hope you are able to put a large gutter with down spouts on each end before the rainy days of spring, Evan. This is something you have been wanting to do for the past few years. I'm sure it isn't cheap, but will be well worth it in the end. Y'all have a Blessed day.
Awesome job Rebekah. Tough seeing you limping after that hit. just goes to show why you don’t get around to the other things like the roof on the firewood shed. Good job just getting through the issues the day gave you.
Good luck with that knee Rebecca.
get that fence out of the way so you can move around behind the barn. Cut in some runoff ditches to get the water away from that area. It's holding too much water in that spot.
7:19 onwards some of the screen shots of Mrs. Rebekkah acting the rooster is very funny! Her expressions of the roost are so apt and good to watch! LOL
😂 Had to laugh when Rebekah started showing us how she challenged the rooster. At least he no longer wants to exert his dominion over the barnyard and the crazy humans.
You mean you are putting the roster on the grill, Evan😊 you are a nice person ❤
Must say, that Rebecca's way seemed to work. Hope her knee improves quickly.
We had leghorn chickens on my dad's farm and one rooster decided he was king of the hill one too many times. He would always attack at a bad time and finally my dad had had it. He ended up kicking him and the rooster did it again. So he kicked him again. After that he left us alone, but he always walked a little lopsided from then on. I don't suggest hurting them, but it was really funny to see him stay away from us.
You guys are absolute troopers! Anything that goes haywire, you two always handle it. I would bet a bad day on the farm is better than a good day most anywhere else. Great ribs and you can't go wrong with Sweet Baby Rays.!!
Rebecca i hope u heal by the time this video is out.
Another very entertaining episode
Enjoy your videos! Thanks for sharing!😂
Hope Rebecca is ok. Love the cooking part!
ya got to put all the sheep in the tinyest enclosure you have packed in there tight, then get in there and give shots, and mark which ones you do with a paint marker or something. if the are packed tight they can't move around. the way you were doing it will get you hurt, and those cows might give you a lot of problems when its time to milk them, they have no fear or respect of thier owners, they've been made pets instead of livestock, not a good thing.
I've learned an important lesson from this video. When your day doesn't go right ... eat a massive rack of awesome smoked BBQ ribs that night. 🤪
This old Vietnam vet watches several farm videos. I like yours and Farmer Tyler Ranch best of all. (I watch about 12 farming channels.)
Good morning from the UK. Just wanted to say that I really enjoy your vids. Been following since you were getting ready to move to the new property. I love the fact that you show the bloopers and “fails” as well as all of your successes. I especially like Rebecca suggesting that the rooster thought she may be crazy for scratching at him 😂❤
We missed the wildest, dang! I have to admit watching you wrestle sheep is more fun than watching pulling fence posts. Enjoyed both.
Lots of excitement in that video! Thanks for sharing.
Rebecca, cowboyed up and took 1 for the farm. Congratulations
The animals can feel your confedence or lack of ! But you all do a great job go relax 😂❤
My saying is you only have good days and better days and hopefully yours goes better
You know that rooster Dusty would make a mighty fine BBQ chicken on your grill. Handling the sheep is easier if you grab their front legs and put them on their buts back legs raised slightly off the ground.
Like a sheep wheelbarrow?
Check out sheep-shearing if you want to see what is meant.
I loved Rebekah's "Chicken Fight Dance"!
In your intro we saw Dusty attack and the next shot was the smoker. Ya fooled me. I thought for sure you were cooking chicken.
Years ago we had a rooster named Two-Points. He got his name when my wife would go down to feed. He'd charge and my wife would kick him and holler 2 points when she made good contact.
Yes buddy but that bird ( chicken) in the oven mate god bless thanks for sharing your experience with us mate.
Rebekah and Evan. My turn to tell you both what you NEED. An acre large building, at least, to put in all the STUFF people say you need plus a very large loan to pay for all that stuff you NEED. I think you both are doing great, as most farmers, sticking only to what is necessary to purchase so to make the farm more self-contained. People who like to throw $ away need to buy a boat. I know that one day you both will like to retire from the 'day jobs' and spend full time on your wonderful Ranch-Farm. With advice I take, from the wise, the good that helps and ignore the rest. You know there's always people who tells us what we should do but it's just an opinion & many have never seen a farm. I loved this action-packed video, I laughed throughout it. 🐓 Greeting from North Carolina.
At least dinner worked out ok. Enjoy the ribs.
So, here is an idea for you. The fence that is down hill of the bank barn is in your way.. If you could move it further down hill then you could use the tractors facing up hill. Not only would that be more comfortable for you and the tractor but the barn would act as a back stop while loading the bucket. Seems like a winning ticket to me. But you'll have to assess what that would do to that pasture.
You learn to look back and laugh at those days. You definitely need a handling/turnover crate for the sheep. Will make things alot easier. Thanks for the video. All the best 🇬🇧.
We never miss your show! Missed you at the farm machinery show but there was so many people we never got a glimpse! Really Love you guys.
You got done what you needed too!!!
Hi Evin, Tell the rooster "Rebekkah is my Chic...!" and he will back off for sure!
That rooster would attack me one time and he would be called "Yummy" !!! I pray Rebecca is doing well by now!!! Evan, that wet spot at your barn will never dry out until all the mulch is removed down to the natural soil . And no four legged animals are allowed on it. My barns are on the top of a mountain with a lot of acreage around them, but when it rains, snows or freezes and thaws it is a mud pit around them . And I fed away from the barn . If you read this comment, it's only my opinion. Please don't take it the wrong way !!! Please be careful and God bless you all, in JESUS NAME!!!! Eddy
I hope Rebeccas knee is ok ,poor baby I feel your pain. 😢
Sheep sure do seem to give up pretty easy once captured.
Your lambing should be interesting rookies and I say this kindness 😊
That was a great rodeo. Hopefully Maya will calm down after her first calf, but she is great entertainment.
Sure be handy to have a gate at the other end of the barnyard to make it a drive thru
Evan watch Sandi Brock she is a sheeper rancher, she knows how to handles her sheep.
thats a born fighting rooster
Thanks for sharing with us Evan and Rebecca, hope you heal fast from the knee getting hurt. Looks like it might be close to a Lamb and Chicken Beef stew if they don't settle down, can't have them running over you like that. You got a lot of good compost out of the barnyard. It will wash off the road and driveway the first rain you have. Stay safe and keep having fun. Hope those ribs were as good as they looked, lots of good meat there. Fred.
Oh my gosh those ribs good so yummy, enjoy 😊
There is always tomorrow Evan. Chill out bro with a beer and delicious ribs 👍
Evan I would try and use the sub-soiler running east and west down through the gates to the lower pasture, to give the water a place to go.
Hope Rebecca gets better soon Love your videos thank you
Intro was hilarious. Attacked by the rooster, next frame is meat on a barbeque. Sadly it wasn't the rooster. 🤣🤣 I think you need to do Rebekah's trick Evan. Hold him down for a while. 😂I know it was a frustrating day for both of you, but it sure was entertaining to watch. Except when Rebekah got hurt.
Mia is like a big puppy
thats a great rooster dance lol
A plate of ribs will make any day better. Enjoyed this video.
When you cut away from the rooster to the grill I thought for sure it was going to be chicken instead of ribs. 😂 Looks like you had a fire in your compost pile-I noticed the posts were charred.
My Moms Parents were Champs at rooster tamming. Nothing got past a tennis Racket ...
They would chase them Birds down and give him a few Wacks. The Roosters got the hint real quick. HAHAHAHA...
LOL, I thought for sure when you switched from the Dusty attacking to the ribs in the opening scene, we were actually going to see a chicken on the grill.
Did you know roosters make the best dumplings ..? I hope your knee isn’t hurt to bad, Rebecca.love you guys.
RECKON YOU MAY HAVE TO CREATE A HARD STANDING OUTSIDE YOUR BARN FOR EASE OF CLEANING. Had a big Reeves pheasant who was challenging all the time. Quick trim of his tail feathers sorted him out. He used to ride on the car and mower. Great character who lived to a great age too. Best from the UK
Job well done!!!!!!
Just a lil grapple bucket advice, roll your grapple bucket at the end of your push and you’ll fill your bucket more and take a bigger bite. Bigger bite means taking more out at once. 👍🏻
Gutters aren't too expensive, about $1.20/ft. Im not sure how you would ever solve the mud problem without them. Looks like some good compost!
Good job guys definitely Mr rooster needs to be on the grill .be very careful with mia all the best to Rebecca👍
Hi, I saw you working your sheep. My family has sheep in Virginia and we take a sheep panel or a kettle panel and we have slowly bent it to make a large you so you can then take it, tie it to one wall and then push a couple sheep or one sheep into a corner to do your vet care Also sometimes needed is something like a hog panel or piece of plywood to protect yourself they can jump and kick
I've had more than my share of "bad days" when it comes to completing tasks. One of the biggest frustrations for me is when I go to use a piece of equipment, and I have to work on it for an hour just to get it going. I guess it's just a part of farming/homesteading.
I hope that Rebekah's knee is alright and she feels better quick.
That back section behind the barn slopes away from the barn. Why is it flooding near the barn? I'll tell you. All that old bedding you keep putting down is holding the water in place. Take all the hay out and leave it out so the soil can dry up. Grade it away from the barn and your problem is solved!
Take the fence down behind the barn and do the job being able to turn around then put fence back up farther away. Put gutters up and some sand on ground so it drains before putting cattle back in ..If you don’t do it right you will always have trouble..Good Luck!
You had a bad day but it'll get better.........................................
Welcome to life.
Ill take that bird ! Great feathers for tying flies!
I have used waste lime as a base in the barnyard it will be solid if packed and makes it easier to cleanup manure
well one thing you might want to do for the barnyard is dug a trench and get some weeping tile hose with socks on it and lay it into the trench and put some rock on it and fill it back in and have run out to the field then it drains the barnyard of its water and keeps it dry in there year-round so its an idea they do that to wick water away from basements but it should do what I said and it lasts a long time
Not sure if you plan on milking Mia? If so, might be a good idea to build a milking stall and feed her there every day. Also touch her all over around the udders etc like your milking her. This will get her tamed for when your ready to milk her. It would also help het from being so pushy because see would head for the stall for feed instead of looking for you.
Evan
You need to build yourself or simply setup a drafting race.
It's what we use in Australia to hold sheep in a single line
A drafting race is simply two gates set up side by side and narrow enough for the sheep to walk down between the gates or fence in a single file. They can't turn around in it. It's like your cattle crush but for sheep and you just build it on the end of one of your yards
You can then block the sheep in it and drench them or needle them or just check their health without having to physically hold them yourself.
If you need me to explain better let me know
Regards Neil
Maybe some gutters on the roof to drain water out to the pasture or into water caption containers. Might help with the mud. Just an idea!
How about a sheep size squeeze shoot?
I felt sorry for Rebekah, I hope it’s nothing serious. Love you guys. ❤
It's a little sore, but she is fine.
You might try digging a pond and use all the fill to level the fill up to the back of that structure that gets muddy and filled with straw and hay and manure. Fill up to the level and slope it gradually out. And install gutters to keep roof water from being a problem. Just an idea.