As an American living in Asia, I was pretty unhappy about seeing people farming and butchering dogs. Dogs are incredibly intelligent animals, and I have enjoyed having a dog for companionship. I never brought up the subject, but several of the more defensive countrymen I encountered wanted to discuss it with me. "Its just another kind of meat." True. But then, every organism is "another kind of meat." It could very well be a free-for-all when it comes to eating other creatures. Anything goes. Which i think is pretty unethical. After living in Asia, I'm loosely vegetarian now. Meaning, my husband will eat the roast and I'll eat the potatoes out of it. I just can't go there after watching sentient creatures suffer. But that's me.
I’m vegetarian/border line vegan but only because the meat “farmers”, I don’t even know what you would call them, mass produce animals and have no respect for them. I refuse to buy any product from inhumane practices. I truly do not see anything wrong with eating meat, as long as the animal was cared for and respected, which is exactly what you’ve created and I thank you for caring about your birds.
I think that's exactly why we should all be trying to support small farmers and get rid of these corporations...I have no idea who thought it was a good idea to mass produce any of this. We have this stigma about farming that I wish would stop, we would be able to produce healthier food and less inhumane practices if we kept meat and vegetables to certified small farmers with limitations on growth capacity to prevent them from becoming huge mass producers for money. It's so sad. It's part of the reason we want our own homestead, beyond simply loving the life...it's knowing where our food came from, knowing that it's been cared for well and had lived its best life.
@@parrotles real farmers grow animals for meat and care about them and treat them like gold. They have one bad day of their life and that’s the day they die. The mass production ones they don’t do anything but abuse and treat them like crap
I find it interesting that (generally) farmers and hunters have the greatest respect for animals and that people that eat hamburger at a restaurant can look at a hunter or farmer and call them evil without a thought.
@@John-wk2fd They should experience the whole process of a mass production business where most of their meat comes from because I can tell you it’s wholly different from doing a clean kill of a single animal and breaking it down in a respectful way.
Its not the people like this that people complain about its the ones who lock up there animals in tiny cages there whole lives never seeing the outdoors before they die
It’s a tough part of farming, but it s important to know you gave them the best life possible. Sending you a long range pat on the back for being a great animal steward. Thanks for having me up to help out.
@@garyfunderburk7233 Farming animals has nothing to do with nature or the circle of life. Not trying to start anything here, it's just facts that are okay to admit.
@@comedicsociopathy man is a creature of nature, or he's not; if man is, then that which he does, of higher intellect or not, invariably falls within the circle of life and nature. please, do think your position out before you post it; man is not removed from nature because he may express his inner world make saliently than a drake.
and just a note, ants 'farm' aphids for honeydew, and when the aphids are no longer productive, the ants do the sensible thing and they eat them. leafcutter ants 'farm' fungus mats they eat. then you have animals that process their meals, as to eat the toxic lubber grasshopper a bird will impale it and wait for 1-2 days for the toxins to degrade.
Former farm kid here. Giving the livestock their best possible lives and being respectful of their ultimate purpose. There really is no higher calling (btw-I can still pin a chicken in under 60 seconds. My family raised 500 chickens every summer until I was 20 years old -and all completely done without any machine from start to finish.)
THIS is why I admire the caring farmer way more than billionaires, movie stars, etc. It's the hardest job, and most important job next to parenthood, there is. This world needs more like you.
Becoming a billionaire often time takes working hours beyond imagination, lots of stress and hard+smart decision with huge impact on others. You become billionaire by adding massive value to others and the world with realising your ideas. Both being a farmer and trying to become a billionaire is hard work and i appreciate it. How they spend their Money as a billionaire and the point to where they gave enough to charity is another thing. Just wanted to give you my point of view as entrepreneur :)
I’d rather consume a well-loved animal than one that was likely raised in confinement and raised in filthy conditions. I’ve butchered many an animal I cared for, and yes, it’s somber, but again, I feel like I’m giving that animal the respect for its life that it wouldn’t have gotten if it would have gone to a factory farm.
Well said. And I also think about how much kinder it is than murder by hawk or fox in the wild. I've seen the terror that my chickens experience when a predator almost gets one and the whole flock is stressed for the rest of the day. My method (for my small backyard flock) is to take a few girls off the roost just a minute before sunrise when they're still sleeping. I put them in crates in the dark garage with a blanket over them where they continue to remain calm until I'm ready to kill. I do the Joel Salatin slit throat method which only takes about 30-60 seconds for them to bleed out. I hold their feet from jerking and look the other way so I don't see their eyes before death. As for the plucking - do some more research/experiments on the amount of time in the scalder. I dunk and swish for 10 seconds, lift it out to cool 5 seconds, repeat 2 or 3 times, testing pulling a tail feather and then when it's easy you go to plucking. I don't use a mechanical plucker so I put it on the table and pretty much just rub all the feathers off. No nitpicking plucking required except a bit around the face and feet. Only thing about it that's hard is the wet feathers stick to everything so you have to finesse pulling off whole handfuls and wiping off your hand before going in for more.
@@curiouscat3384 yep that's about it, but i dunk to the count of one Mississippi , etc. n on thru 3 that usually does it for chickens but ducks take too 4 n geese ive not yet done but i would think 6 mite do it for them n i test wing feathers cuz tail gets cut off n fed back too chickens or hogs n what they didnt eat ( which is rare,) goes to compost !!! Dogs get what i dont want .n i cook in crockpot long n slow n bones turn to mush for better broth or soup n what doesnt get mushy the chickens take care of ..
I’m a vegetarian, and a devout animal lover, but I agree with this. Eating an animal is not disrespectful, but how that animal ended up on a table absolutely can be.
I greatly respect that you are able to treat your animals with such care through their lives and are that same care while butchering and processing them.
You actuly have to do these things and it's a must to butcher for your food. I'm a pro grow your own and there's so much peice of mind in having them treated well up til freezer camp . So very glad for your farm progress.
Normally I don’t like music in the background of videos because they don’t have anything to do with the video and too distracting, but the music you have on during this video is very calming and appropriate. Thank you for your editing.
Caring is important. I see so many farmers here on UA-cam who legit care about their animals, but in the end, they still send them to market/slaughter/or dispatch them themselves, and it's important to them as consumers of meat that they know where their food comes from. That they were raised as humanly as possible. Eventhough I don't have a farm, I've actually just started raising chickens (and 1 goose ❤), it has made ME more concerned as to where my food comes from. Keep at it, Morgan, you're doing great!
Hahaha true, I have the same sentiments when it comes to my food. This why I mostly eat eggs and fish for protein(my family has a small chicken/duck farm and we get some of our bird meat there). And I tend to be more grateful with my food nowadays(I even eat soft bone and cartilage, that way I don't desecrate the blessing by wasting leftovers).
I got 11 chickens a couple months ago, and it definitely does make you aware of where food comes from, I guess it is because they do have such a personality and it makes you sad when hearing of birds stuffed in buildings...
@@dunroamingfarm1385 It really does. My mom and I were having just that conversation the other day. To imagine our little cluckers living life only stuffed into a cage, only to eat and lay eggs. Yes, eventually they will go off to freezer camp, but it will be by MY hand, and will hopefully be their only bad day.
I’m glad you talk about the subject on this channel. I really enjoy seeing you care for your livestock and face the reality of what farming is. Also “release the Quacken” cracks me up every time.
I no longer eat meat, but I recall an old UTNE Reader article by a woman who raised her own Thanksgiving turkeys. She had previously been vegetarian and decided to start having a holiday bird. She said she raised her own so that she could be sure he had a good life and so she would know and be responsible for what he went through before getting to her table. Integrity is priceless. Thanks for showing the public via youtube how farm food-animals should be treated and what kind of lives they should be able to live before becoming someone's food.
That's what I learned early on. I even attended a chicken processing workshop at an organic farm where I killed two chickens myself. That just made it worse for me. So now my geese are pets and watchbirds. I eat their eggs, and I don't let them propagate. Not much of a farmer, am I? I will gradually switch to just plants.
@@LH23511 Yes, I want to learn how to grow mushrooms. My latest efforts have been focused on getting some fruit trees and berries going, especially elderberries. I planted my first elderberries in the wrong place.
@Petzilla I didn't mention that I have call ducks, too. Bantam-sized cute little ducks. I've spent so many hours working on housing to keep them safe from predators, but they're worth it. They are so nice, and bring me joy.
I am so glad you did not dispatch the runner/flyer! I appreciate that your animals have good lives, while they are here. Poultry farm videos are impossible to watch, and seem unbelievably cruel, so your farm seems like heaven to me. I love watching your videos, which I only came across in the last few days. I am already pleasantly addicted. Well done!
It’s kind of similar to what a surgeon told me once (I work in a hospital). He said you have to care without caring. You care about the patient on the table, about their welfare and survival. But you can’t afford to get emotional about it because it will impair your ability to do a good job for that person.
Livestock are not pets. You can care for them and provide them with a good life, but at the end of the season, they go to auction or to the butcher. I could never do that; it's why I was never interested in 4H. I've helped process deer during hunting season, so it's not that aspect that bothers me. It's the emotional attachment that develops over time that would kill me.
I thought I would read many mean and nasty comments here for having different opinions and thoughts for the subject of this video. So pleasantly surprise to read only respectful comments with totally different point of views. It is so rare these days to see people respecting the fact that it is OK for others not to agree and can still share thoughts without being rude, mean and aggressive. Which is almost the norm these days. Thank you EVERYONE for warming up my heart. I almost believed will never see this kind of mentality again. Thank you. xoxo Edit: I LOVE Toby Dog. 😍🐺🐾🐶❤💋
Morgan, your approach to raising meat birds was an inspiration to us! We raised a number of chickens for our consumption. “I want my birds to have one bad day”. Is now our motto. Some even had names. It’s a tough emotional day but we take satisfaction in the fact we treat them with respect and love, give them the best life possible, knowing how they were treated, free ranged, treats and probably some chicken snuggles! Thank you for helping us navigate those difficult days , bringing a sense of peace to our decision to raise our own food.
Honestly to me the fact that your animals have such good lives makes the fact they have one bad day okay. I respect you for that. Also ninja duck should just ninja XD
Morgan you are doing it completely right. Animals that are needed for food deserve to have a happy life and be dispatched humanely. It may be harder on you to love them but it's what they deserve. Thank you for including us in the journey and having the dispatching a separate video for those of us who can't watch that part.
Great way to broach this topic. Our 8 year old daughter has started asking where our food comes from, "what kind of animal is this from?". Hopefully, we can teach her the value of sourcing food from good people like you versus commercial farms.
I am glad that you let the drake that escaped culling get to stay on at the farm. The duck obviously has a strong will to survive which I think is a very good trait to have in the animal world and a good indication he maybe one of the drakes worth keeping for breeding. For a minute there I thought you were going to say you had to cull Mundungus in lieu of keeping the drake who escaped culling! Whew! Hope Mundungus' new owners will keep him for a long time and he has a nice new home! Morgan, thanks for explaining to us...again...the part about harvesting your animals. I get it! I got it the first time you explained it to us. Oh yeah, I've also heard "the chat" on "Our Wyoming Life" when once a year they sell off the intended stock for their yearly paycheck that keeps their ranch going. Most livestock raised in large commercial farms for products or meat live horrible lives. They never see the sky or feel the wind or sun on their faces or run through the grass or swim in the water and live in cramped undesirable conditions. I think your farm comes close to life after they cross over the rainbow bridge. Your discussions about being aware where meat comes from (living animals) and being responsible for reasonable or less consumption of meat is very true and I am glad that you remind us of that now and then. If you raised pigs or cattle or some cows it might be easier come culling time since they go off to auction or are sold to feedlots to complete the cycle but you'll probably still have to explain the cycle of the farm to us again. Loved the aerial shot of the video where you and Toby are playing together!
With a new homestead, a couple of years, I am beginning to expand how we operate. The first year I put in a garden. It didn't do well; we are in a very different climate and soil type than I am familiar with. The garden this year was much better. Last spring we added a couple of ducks and 10 chickens. None of them are meat birds, more like pets, and egg producers when they are a little older. I started watching your channel when we got the ducks and I love following your farm updates. I am giving serious thought to raising a group of 50-75 Cornish Cross chickens next spring for family use, 3 households, and have worked through the positive and negative aspects of it. Everything that is born into the world will eventually leave it. The question is, how were all of the days in between. You give your birds the most beautiful days possible. To me, this is the most moral option, outside of vegetarianism. Eating meat is not inherently immoral under the circumstances you provide. Thank you for the life you provide to the animals under your care.
I was raised by people who's parents kept animals they didn't care about too much (two generations removed on my lineage) and I thought you had to not care in order to do farming with meat animals. I started small - quail - and it's been really nice to realize there are more ways to think about it than what grandpa taught and still fully realize the potential of lifestock animals. :) Thanks for putting that into words for us.
Morgan, always love the way you sound like the self-talk I hear in my head on a regular basis, mulling ideas over, taking them apart to see what's at the center. As to the morality of harvesting your animals - oh that someday my compass will point true north like yours does. I have to keep watching your videos to remind myself what humanity is supposed to look like. Thank you.
Yeah one of the greatest things I love about watching your channel as a livestock farmer is the fact that you treat the animals with so much respect. And in doing so you also have a bond with those even the ones that you know aren’t going to make it to the winter time. In that respect for your animals is actually what I come back to see. Keep it up man! I really enjoy your channel!!!
I've heard you should process when they are full feathered so you don't have to worry about the new feathers that are growing in. Farmstead meatsmith has some good videos on butchering ducks. Just giving you some additional research material xD
As an ethical hunter or live stock farmer we should never stop seeing the beauty of the animals we harvest. They bring joy, wonder and love into our lives as much as they do sustenance. There should never be a time when we don't feel sadness for the life we have taken, it makes us appreciate and respect the animals we kill to put food on our tables. When you raise your food, be it livestock or crops, we tend to have a closer connection to nature and all the life she has provided for us. Thank you for sharing this video, I wish there were more farmers like yourself that would share this way of life with the rest of us.
Yeah, people forget they are a part of nature and nature's life cycle. We wouldn't be here if our ancestors weren't part of nature's life cycle. Simply put👍 Farmer Morgan a thought, try 100 goslings at a time, maybe 3 to 4 weeks between batches. That way you have a time frame that works for your harvest schedule. The way we use to do our sweet corn. Should serve you well.
I grew up on a farm and we raised our own hogs, beef, chickens, ducks, sheep, and milked our milk cows and drank the milk and made butter....grew our own garden that allowed us to eat the whole winter from our produce. Yes, we did our own chicken processing, Think of 9 kids hand plucking and chasing down decapitated fowl that flopped around the farmyard, boiling buckets of water to dunk them into. Our barnyard cats and dogs having a field day with the many chicken heads piling up. We survived, sure we had some beloved animals taken to the meat locker, but we knew that was the way it was. Would not trade my childhood upbringing for anything. It made us all strong and enduring adults.
People forget, that the role of a human is to be a protector, not a murderer. Humans have survived for millenia on plants way before Barbarian culture swept through the world. The reason humans kill nowadays is for greed not for survival. You are a part of nature too, unless you have forgotten. And in nature you would have been eaten up by an obligate carnivore. I highly doubt you would subject yourself to that. And yet you think yourself justified in taking the life of an animals who desperately pleads to live. There is nothing humane about that act of treachery and violence.
@@parrotles you know what! You are right, whoa is me, but I grew up in a family of 10, poor and naturally out of control. Dad worked hard to feed us all and our neighbors were naturally out of control too and would help out anyway they could. We helped them in anyway we could. However, in the end, we all would got hungry even with the vegetable gardens, even with preserving of that food. So, we had to supplement and that included food from animals we all raised. Yep, guilty here, but we all are here. Yes we hunted for meat too. Now if you knew anything about nature then you would know, in nature, which you say we are a part of, it's a man eat man situation out there. Educate yourself, go spend three or four weeks in it, but, don't take any of those veggies with you, just some water, seeds and tools then get back to me afterwards. But most of all, pay attention to what is going on around you! Yeah. But something tells me you'll never get far from your lifestyle. Remember, we all are just one step away from starvation if a major natural emergency hit and the crops failed in this country. If it weren't for all farmers, there wouldn't be any food (veggies) (meat of any kind) on that table in front of you. Corn don't grow from cans fool!
This just proves you’re a true farmer now. You do your best for your family and your animals with a balance knowing the circle of life continues. This is true farming.
I love animals, from raising and caring for them to cooking and eating them. I’m a chef and I love the fact that I raise and care for them to use them in my own recipes to feed my family and the people I care about.
If I was a bird I would be happy only having one bad day of my life. Even outside of farms we all have bad days, I'm glad you were able to give them not just a happy life but a short lived final day.
Thanks for the memories! My Grandmother always raised geese for Xmas. Two families and my grand parents gathered for the “dispatch” day, usually just before Xmas. I don’t remember the plucking being so difficult. When they were all plucked Grandma would blow torch the rest of the quills off. None of her customers ever complained and they always had a nice fat juicy Xmas Goose ❤️
I think "The Great Houdini" is the best name for the escapee duck! Also you do an excellent job of balancing. I wish I could have a farm just like yours. 😊
Love the aerial views of the farm. It looks ‘so good’! 🤓 Every animal deserves the care and respect that you put into your farm. These videos help to spread that idea. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to your next video. 😻
It made my heart melt when you told us how that duck fought for his life so hard that he decided that it was't his time to go. He knew how great it is to be on the farm and did not want to give it up. What a warrior ! It must be agonizing to process your buddies which is why I'll never be that type of farmer. Blessings !
This is why I love your channel. I love that you don't shy away from the emotional side of farming. We bought 3 feeder goats for meat last spring and the thought of sending them to the processor soon has me gutted. But I will. And I will cry and give thanks for the food the nourishes my family.
You can do 500, 2 days. I helped a friend with her flock and we started at 7am and finished 7pm. Six volunteers, she killed (very humanly) , husband scalded the birds ( 2 vats, he always had the temperature right) one electric plucker, 4 of us eviscerating and two people packing and putting into cooler. We were rewarded with fine drinks, a wonderful supper and good laughs!!!! It took them a few seasons to get their method down so you too will figure it out in a few seasons!
This was a very thoughtful vlog. Thank you. Also I want to tell you that the “ All Ducks GoTo Bed “ tee shirt is my favorite. Comfortable and cute. Everyone should support you in such a great way.
I’m glad you do talk about the processing of your birds. There’s no doubt they have a wonderful life there, that they meet their given reason for being what they are. Thank you for letting people see where their food sources from.
This really was a somber video. I would not be able to kill any animal that I owned and cared for. Thank you for letting the ninja live. He totally earned that.
So glad I found your channel. I have learned so much and I appreciate your candor and sincerity. It is wonderful that you care for your animals. I love the philosophy that the birds have only one bad day. Thank you for sharing your journey! Your humor is also very entertaining ;)
I can always count on you. Thank you. I sometimes feel I am old enough to reprogram myself to manage this in case it's a life protecting choice for myself and others. You've helped me think another step to getting there while still having so many feels.
Being humanely slaughtered has got to beat watching a coyote or other predator sink his teeth into your belly and starting to swallow your flesh even while you're still alive...
i think predators kill their prey instantly with a neck snap, except for cats that just play with the food item. my dog sure did. also leaving the prey alive for consumption could lead to unnecessary injury to the predator.
@@bobs5596 while domesticated cats play with most prey, big cats actually are quicker killers than most predators. They may play with prey if they are young, but they usually choke prey out before finally eating them. Ironically canines like wolves and wild dogs eat prey live and are the messy killers
When I saw the title of the video, I thought, "NO! I just discovered this channel two weeks ago! Don't tell me he's ending his videos!" I guess I'm glad you're only saying good bye to some ducks and geese. Also, I 100% support another commenter's idea of naming the ninja warrior Duck Norris.
You strike a wonderful balance between compassion and practicality. I was raised on a farm. I had to disconnect my heart on butcher day and just help do what needed to be done. Then, I went right back to loving those that were left.
Honestly I love what you're doing on the farm, it's impossible to find goose or duck, especially grass-fed or paste raised, and especially farm butchered. I went vegan for a little over a year because I didn't like the way animals where treated in the industrial farming practices, but on my food journey, I found that meat is a pretty darn essential part of my diet. I experienced memory issues, vitamin and mineral deficiencies even with supplements, and over all not good things... BUT, today I'm raising quail and harvesting them myself, because I could pay somebody else to do it and not be 100% sure the animal was treated like it should have been, or I can do it myself... And you know the saying: if you want something done right, do it yourself! I hope to get myself some land and be somebody that people like me can go to, and get good, high quality meat and animal products, while being able to see everything that goes on in my farm. I'd LOVE a goose from you but I'm in seattle, washington, so it's a bit to far 😭
Thank you for this.. I've raised ducks the first time ever this fall, and I love them! But I got them as food for my husband and I, and I have to set aside my heart and remember these are here to nourish us.
Your videos are fabulous. I have 5 Khaki Campbell gals in Colorado (for eggs) and they have kept me sane during this crazy year. Keep doing what you're doing!
Circle of death you mean! No hate you say! But you're alright with murdering an innocent creature who never harmed anyone. Looks like the epitome of hate.
This was a wonderful video, it was so real !! May you find your idea what you Need to do on your farm. You definitely give your animals the best life !!
I’ve got a great name for one of your drakes..... “Justin Timber-Drake” I actually thought I heard you call one that on one of your earlier video’s and I cracked up laughing only to rewind it to hear something entirely different... lol In this crazy year of 2020 your video’s have been a great way to escape... thank you!
Mufasa said it best that it's a circle of life. In the spiritual walk one must realize that everything has a purpose and can't be happy when it's not living its purpose. And during that journey it's very pertinent that love and respect are given on that journey to ensure happiness for that purpose. It warms my soul seeing you do the very thing that their purpose needs. You have to love your animals to ensure that the get the respect they deserve. We see too many times what lack of positive emotions do to factory farm animals. Thank you for telling us your story because I feel you're showing what real farming is. Bless you, your family, and farm!
I think I could find a day or two I could slide it on here in TX. Ha! I was thinking the same thing... a little distracted at one point, checkin' out the duds. 🤔😄
Beautifully done. Thanks for being so real and compassionate. I've been wanting to tell you how much I appreciate the background music you choose for these videos. I noticed right away how perfect it is for your message and the well being of your viewers -- like me! Thanks for that! Did you say, "Scuderia" in this video? Please say more about whatever the concept is. Thanks again. I really love what you're doing.
Morgan, your heart and perspective are in the right place, difficult as it may be at times. You are a better person for it. Btw, I like your sweater/jacket!
I know it’s tough to harvest an animal but it’s part of our lives in a daily basis! Keep up the good work you do on your farm. God bless you for what you do and the content on your channel!
I love your videos,, you make my day when I’ve had a rough one and sometimes I smile and sometimes I cry watching them. I’m a subscriber and will tell all my friends to subscribe as well. Thank you for all you do my new friend.
I love this Italian proverb: Every animal deserves a good life, a good death, a good butcher, and a good cook.
Italians know what’s up.
Humans included!
Horses get a melter
As an American living in Asia, I was pretty unhappy about seeing people farming and butchering dogs. Dogs are incredibly intelligent animals, and I have enjoyed having a dog for companionship. I never brought up the subject, but several of the more defensive countrymen I encountered wanted to discuss it with me. "Its just another kind of meat." True. But then, every organism is "another kind of meat." It could very well be a free-for-all when it comes to eating other creatures. Anything goes. Which i think is pretty unethical. After living in Asia, I'm loosely vegetarian now. Meaning, my husband will eat the roast and I'll eat the potatoes out of it. I just can't go there after watching sentient creatures suffer. But that's me.
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A Farmer i know said it well: "You can't have livestock without deadstock." Thats the circle of life
That is a great saying
Yes it is the carnal mind of man that starts in the second chapter of Genesis cuz then man becomes a predator.
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Indeed!
Have you heard of pets
I’m vegetarian/border line vegan but only because the meat “farmers”, I don’t even know what you would call them, mass produce animals and have no respect for them. I refuse to buy any product from inhumane practices. I truly do not see anything wrong with eating meat, as long as the animal was cared for and respected, which is exactly what you’ve created and I thank you for caring about your birds.
Yea, or someone has to kill it humanely, it breaks me down into tears whenever I see those videos.
I think that's exactly why we should all be trying to support small farmers and get rid of these corporations...I have no idea who thought it was a good idea to mass produce any of this. We have this stigma about farming that I wish would stop, we would be able to produce healthier food and less inhumane practices if we kept meat and vegetables to certified small farmers with limitations on growth capacity to prevent them from becoming huge mass producers for money. It's so sad. It's part of the reason we want our own homestead, beyond simply loving the life...it's knowing where our food came from, knowing that it's been cared for well and had lived its best life.
Real farmers grow crops. The worst hypocrisy is to use the word love and kill at the same time.
@@parrotles so hating the animal and killing it as a farmer is okay? You must live in the city. Pretty insular and ignorant viewpoint
@@parrotles real farmers grow animals for meat and care about them and treat them like gold. They have one bad day of their life and that’s the day they die. The mass production ones they don’t do anything but abuse and treat them like crap
I find it interesting that (generally) farmers and hunters have the greatest respect for animals and that people that eat hamburger at a restaurant can look at a hunter or farmer and call them evil without a thought.
Everyone should experience the whole process involved in butchering a chicken, cow, or deer even. It really puts eating meat into perspective
@@John-wk2fd They should experience the whole process of a mass production business where most of their meat comes from because I can tell you it’s wholly different from doing a clean kill of a single animal and breaking it down in a respectful way.
Ah yes. Generalizations. The best way to evaluate others
Its not the people like this that people complain about its the ones who lock up there animals in tiny cages there whole lives never seeing the outdoors before they die
Ninja duck name: Quackie Chan
I second that! Great name!
That is my Jumbo Peking's name 🤣
Love it 😂
+1 on Quackie Chan!!!
I see we were of the same mind but you did it better.
It’s a tough part of farming, but it s important to know you gave them the best life possible.
Sending you a long range pat on the back for being a great animal steward. Thanks for having me up to help out.
I greatly respect yall for that. You know most of 90% of animals we eat daily were 🙌🏽 "Butchered" Its the circle of life.
@@garyfunderburk7233 Farming animals has nothing to do with nature or the circle of life. Not trying to start anything here, it's just facts that are okay to admit.
@@comedicsociopathy man is a creature of nature, or he's not; if man is, then that which he does, of higher intellect or not, invariably falls within the circle of life and nature. please, do think your position out before you post it; man is not removed from nature because he may express his inner world make saliently than a drake.
and just a note, ants 'farm' aphids for honeydew, and when the aphids are no longer productive, the ants do the sensible thing and they eat them. leafcutter ants 'farm' fungus mats they eat. then you have animals that process their meals, as to eat the toxic lubber grasshopper a bird will impale it and wait for 1-2 days for the toxins to degrade.
Former farm kid here. Giving the livestock their best possible lives and being respectful of their ultimate purpose. There really is no higher calling (btw-I can still pin a chicken in under 60 seconds. My family raised 500 chickens every summer until I was 20 years old -and all completely done without any machine from start to finish.)
THIS is why I admire the caring farmer way more than billionaires, movie stars, etc. It's the hardest job, and most important job next to parenthood, there is. This world needs more like you.
Becoming a billionaire often time takes working hours beyond imagination, lots of stress and hard+smart decision with huge impact on others.
You become billionaire by adding massive value to others and the world with realising your ideas.
Both being a farmer and trying to become a billionaire is hard work and i appreciate it.
How they spend their Money as a billionaire and the point to where they gave enough to charity is another thing.
Just wanted to give you my point of view as entrepreneur :)
@@dieperfektemakaroni1528 Good try. But, uh, no.
I’d rather consume a well-loved animal than one that was likely raised in confinement and raised in filthy conditions.
I’ve butchered many an animal I cared for, and yes, it’s somber, but again, I feel like I’m giving that animal the respect for its life that it wouldn’t have gotten if it would have gone to a factory farm.
Well said. And I also think about how much kinder it is than murder by hawk or fox in the wild. I've seen the terror that my chickens experience when a predator almost gets one and the whole flock is stressed for the rest of the day. My method (for my small backyard flock) is to take a few girls off the roost just a minute before sunrise when they're still sleeping. I put them in crates in the dark garage with a blanket over them where they continue to remain calm until I'm ready to kill. I do the Joel Salatin slit throat method which only takes about 30-60 seconds for them to bleed out. I hold their feet from jerking and look the other way so I don't see their eyes before death. As for the plucking - do some more research/experiments on the amount of time in the scalder. I dunk and swish for 10 seconds, lift it out to cool 5 seconds, repeat 2 or 3 times, testing pulling a tail feather and then when it's easy you go to plucking. I don't use a mechanical plucker so I put it on the table and pretty much just rub all the feathers off. No nitpicking plucking required except a bit around the face and feet. Only thing about it that's hard is the wet feathers stick to everything so you have to finesse pulling off whole handfuls and wiping off your hand before going in for more.
@@curiouscat3384 yep that's about it, but i dunk to the count of one Mississippi , etc. n on thru 3 that usually does it for chickens but ducks take too 4 n geese ive not yet done but i would think 6 mite do it for them n i test wing feathers cuz tail gets cut off n fed back too chickens or hogs n what they didnt eat ( which is rare,) goes to compost !!! Dogs get what i dont want .n i cook in crockpot long n slow n bones turn to mush for better broth or soup n what doesnt get mushy the chickens take care of ..
I’m a vegetarian, and a devout animal lover, but I agree with this. Eating an animal is not disrespectful, but how that animal ended up on a table absolutely can be.
@@curiouscat3384 I respect what you've said. Just can't do it, especially alone.
I completely agree and respect you for this. I just can't get past whatever is holding me back.
I greatly respect that you are able to treat your animals with such care through their lives and are that same care while butchering and processing them.
You actuly have to do these things and it's a must to butcher for your food. I'm a pro grow your own and there's so much peice of mind in having them treated well up til freezer camp . So very glad for your farm progress.
Been binge watching yall for days! Probably the best farm/homestead channel around! Thank you brother, your such and inspiration!
the ninja duck has to be named Norris, as in Duck Norris. Come on that's comedy gold.
Love it!!!
Yes, just yes.
I support this name.
Indeed.
@@Pavaroso I too vote for Duck Norris!
Normally I don’t like music in the background of videos because they don’t have anything to do with the video and too distracting, but the music you have on during this video is very calming and appropriate. Thank you for your editing.
Yep. This is one of the very few channels that can pull it off most of the time.
Caring is important. I see so many farmers here on UA-cam who legit care about their animals, but in the end, they still send them to market/slaughter/or dispatch them themselves, and it's important to them as consumers of meat that they know where their food comes from. That they were raised as humanly as possible.
Eventhough I don't have a farm, I've actually just started raising chickens (and 1 goose ❤), it has made ME more concerned as to where my food comes from.
Keep at it, Morgan, you're doing great!
Hahaha true, I have the same sentiments when it comes to my food. This why I mostly eat eggs and fish for protein(my family has a small chicken/duck farm and we get some of our bird meat there). And I tend to be more grateful with my food nowadays(I even eat soft bone and cartilage, that way I don't desecrate the blessing by wasting leftovers).
I got 11 chickens a couple months ago, and it definitely does make you aware of where food comes from, I guess it is because they do have such a personality and it makes you sad when hearing of birds stuffed in buildings...
@@dunroamingfarm1385 It really does. My mom and I were having just that conversation the other day. To imagine our little cluckers living life only stuffed into a cage, only to eat and lay eggs.
Yes, eventually they will go off to freezer camp, but it will be by MY hand, and will hopefully be their only bad day.
Ninja warrior duck has seen things... He remembers, he waits.
I’m glad you talk about the subject on this channel. I really enjoy seeing you care for your livestock and face the reality of what farming is. Also “release the Quacken” cracks me up every time.
I no longer eat meat, but I recall an old UTNE Reader article by a woman who raised her own Thanksgiving turkeys. She had previously been vegetarian and decided to start having a holiday bird. She said she raised her own so that she could be sure he had a good life and so she would know and be responsible for what he went through before getting to her table. Integrity is priceless. Thanks for showing the public via youtube how farm food-animals should be treated and what kind of lives they should be able to live before becoming someone's food.
This is one reason why I could never be a successful animal farmer. I could not handle the going to market part.
That's what I learned early on. I even attended a chicken processing workshop at an organic farm where I killed two chickens myself. That just made it worse for me. So now my geese are pets and watchbirds. I eat their eggs, and I don't let them propagate. Not much of a farmer, am I? I will gradually switch to just plants.
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@@LH23511 Yes, I want to learn how to grow mushrooms. My latest efforts have been focused on getting some fruit trees and berries going, especially elderberries. I planted my first elderberries in the wrong place.
@@rachmae4180 Thank you.
@Petzilla I didn't mention that I have call ducks, too. Bantam-sized cute little ducks. I've spent so many hours working on housing to keep them safe from predators, but they're worth it. They are so nice, and bring me joy.
I am so glad you did not dispatch the runner/flyer! I appreciate that your animals have good lives, while they are here. Poultry farm videos are impossible to watch, and seem unbelievably cruel, so your farm seems like heaven to me. I love watching your videos, which I only came across in the last few days. I am already pleasantly addicted. Well done!
It’s kind of similar to what a surgeon told me once (I work in a hospital). He said you have to care without caring. You care about the patient on the table, about their welfare and survival. But you can’t afford to get emotional about it because it will impair your ability to do a good job for that person.
lol. A sociopath murdering animals has nothing in common with a doctor operating on a patient.
It’s hard but part of the balance. You’ve given them a good life and excellent care.
Livestock are not pets. You can care for them and provide them with a good life, but at the end of the season, they go to auction or to the butcher.
I could never do that; it's why I was never interested in 4H. I've helped process deer during hunting season, so it's not that aspect that bothers me. It's the emotional attachment that develops over time that would kill me.
It’s hard not to love an animal in whom you’ve invested your time and care. Nurturing creates a bond.
I thought I would read many mean and nasty comments here for having different opinions and thoughts for the subject of this video. So pleasantly surprise to read only respectful comments with totally different point of views. It is so rare these days to see people respecting the fact that it is OK for others not to agree and can still share thoughts without being rude, mean and aggressive. Which is almost the norm these days.
Thank you EVERYONE for warming up my heart. I almost believed will never see this kind of mentality again. Thank you. xoxo
Edit: I LOVE Toby Dog. 😍🐺🐾🐶❤💋
Morgan, your approach to raising meat birds was an inspiration to us! We raised a number of chickens for our consumption. “I want my birds to have one bad day”. Is now our motto. Some even had names. It’s a tough emotional day but we take satisfaction in the fact we treat them with respect and love, give them the best life possible, knowing how they were treated, free ranged, treats and probably some chicken snuggles! Thank you for helping us navigate those difficult days , bringing a sense of peace to our decision to raise our own food.
Honestly to me the fact that your animals have such good lives makes the fact they have one bad day okay. I respect you for that.
Also ninja duck should just ninja XD
The duck that gave you quite the adventure? He is the one. Neo.
Morgan you are doing it completely right. Animals that are needed for food deserve to have a happy life and be dispatched humanely. It may be harder on you to love them but it's what they deserve. Thank you for including us in the journey and having the dispatching a separate video for those of us who can't watch that part.
Great way to broach this topic. Our 8 year old daughter has started asking where our food comes from, "what kind of animal is this from?". Hopefully, we can teach her the value of sourcing food from good people like you versus commercial farms.
Quality of life is so important! Thank you for giving these geese and ducks a good life. Circle of life
You let the one that got a way live? next year you're going to have a ton of ninja ducks!
Ninja duck seems like good breeding stock - fast, smart, able to leap small buildings in a single bound.
Nina duck ninja duck does whatever a ninja duck does
Flaps his wings flew away escaped the cone and now he stays look out
Here comes the ninja duck
Wonder if anyone else thought of the Mighty Mouse theme song? 😉
I am glad that you let the drake that escaped culling get to stay on at the farm. The duck obviously has a strong will to survive which I think is a very good trait to have in the animal world and a good indication he maybe one of the drakes worth keeping for breeding. For a minute there I thought you were going to say you had to cull Mundungus in lieu of keeping the drake who escaped culling! Whew! Hope Mundungus' new owners will keep him for a long time and he has a nice new home! Morgan, thanks for explaining to us...again...the part about harvesting your animals. I get it! I got it the first time you explained it to us. Oh yeah, I've also heard "the chat" on "Our Wyoming Life" when once a year they sell off the intended stock for their yearly paycheck that keeps their ranch going. Most livestock raised in large commercial farms for products or meat live horrible lives. They never see the sky or feel the wind or sun on their faces or run through the grass or swim in the water and live in cramped undesirable conditions. I think your farm comes close to life after they cross over the rainbow bridge. Your discussions about being aware where meat comes from (living animals) and being responsible for reasonable or less consumption of meat is very true and I am glad that you remind us of that now and then. If you raised pigs or cattle or some cows it might be easier come culling time since they go off to auction or are sold to feedlots to complete the cycle but you'll probably still have to explain the cycle of the farm to us again. Loved the aerial shot of the video where you and Toby are playing together!
With a new homestead, a couple of years, I am beginning to expand how we operate. The first year I put in a garden. It didn't do well; we are in a very different climate and soil type than I am familiar with. The garden this year was much better. Last spring we added a couple of ducks and 10 chickens. None of them are meat birds, more like pets, and egg producers when they are a little older.
I started watching your channel when we got the ducks and I love following your farm updates. I am giving serious thought to raising a group of 50-75 Cornish Cross chickens next spring for family use, 3 households, and have worked through the positive and negative aspects of it. Everything that is born into the world will eventually leave it. The question is, how were all of the days in between. You give your birds the most beautiful days possible. To me, this is the most moral option, outside of vegetarianism. Eating meat is not inherently immoral under the circumstances you provide. Thank you for the life you provide to the animals under your care.
I was raised by people who's parents kept animals they didn't care about too much (two generations removed on my lineage) and I thought you had to not care in order to do farming with meat animals. I started small - quail - and it's been really nice to realize there are more ways to think about it than what grandpa taught and still fully realize the potential of lifestock animals. :) Thanks for putting that into words for us.
Everything dies, so I think if you give those animals a good life all the way to the end, then I find no issue with killing them to eat.
Morgan, always love the way you sound like the self-talk I hear in my head on a regular basis, mulling ideas over, taking them apart to see what's at the center. As to the morality of harvesting your animals - oh that someday my compass will point true north like yours does. I have to keep watching your videos to remind myself what humanity is supposed to look like. Thank you.
Jenni - well said! Thanks for putting my thoughts into words.
Yeah one of the greatest things I love about watching your channel as a livestock farmer is the fact that you treat the animals with so much respect. And in doing so you also have a bond with those even the ones that you know aren’t going to make it to the winter time. In that respect for your animals is actually what I come back to see. Keep it up man! I really enjoy your channel!!!
And so begins the legend of the Ninja Warrior, who saw death in the face and quacked his way to life!
I've heard you should process when they are full feathered so you don't have to worry about the new feathers that are growing in. Farmstead meatsmith has some good videos on butchering ducks. Just giving you some additional research material xD
Agreed!
As an ethical hunter or live stock farmer we should never stop seeing the beauty of the animals we harvest. They bring joy, wonder and love into our lives as much as they do sustenance. There should never be a time when we don't feel sadness for the life we have taken, it makes us appreciate and respect the animals we kill to put food on our tables. When you raise your food, be it livestock or crops, we tend to have a closer connection to nature and all the life she has provided for us. Thank you for sharing this video, I wish there were more farmers like yourself that would share this way of life with the rest of us.
I totally agree with how you run your farm, and your feelings that you have for your birds. Don't ever change.
I would have to farm just for the by products - milk, eggs, rabbit pellets - thus at 73 I stick with a dog and 2 cats.
Yeah, people forget they are a part of nature and nature's life cycle. We wouldn't be here if our ancestors weren't part of nature's life cycle. Simply put👍 Farmer Morgan a thought, try 100 goslings at a time, maybe 3 to 4 weeks between batches. That way you have a time frame that works for your harvest schedule. The way we use to do our sweet corn. Should serve you well.
I was thinking the same thing
Thats a good idea, I think a great idea for the corn. Im going to try the corn next year
I grew up on a farm and we raised our own hogs, beef, chickens, ducks, sheep, and milked our milk cows and drank the milk and made butter....grew our own garden that allowed us to eat the whole winter from our produce. Yes, we did our own chicken processing, Think of 9 kids hand plucking and chasing down decapitated fowl that flopped around the farmyard, boiling buckets of water to dunk them into. Our barnyard cats and dogs having a field day with the many chicken heads piling up. We survived, sure we had some beloved animals taken to the meat locker, but we knew that was the way it was. Would not trade my childhood upbringing for anything. It made us all strong and enduring adults.
People forget, that the role of a human is to be a protector, not a murderer. Humans have survived for millenia on plants way before Barbarian culture swept through the world. The reason humans kill nowadays is for greed not for survival. You are a part of nature too, unless you have forgotten. And in nature you would have been eaten up by an obligate carnivore. I highly doubt you would subject yourself to that. And yet you think yourself justified in taking the life of an animals who desperately pleads to live. There is nothing humane about that act of treachery and violence.
@@parrotles you know what! You are right, whoa is me, but I grew up in a family of 10, poor and naturally out of control. Dad worked hard to feed us all and our neighbors were naturally out of control too and would help out anyway they could. We helped them in anyway we could. However, in the end, we all would got hungry even with the vegetable gardens, even with preserving of that food. So, we had to supplement and that included food from animals we all raised. Yep, guilty here, but we all are here. Yes we hunted for meat too. Now if you knew anything about nature then you would know, in nature, which you say we are a part of, it's a man eat man situation out there. Educate yourself, go spend three or four weeks in it, but, don't take any of those veggies with you, just some water, seeds and tools then get back to me afterwards. But most of all, pay attention to what is going on around you! Yeah. But something tells me you'll never get far from your lifestyle. Remember, we all are just one step away from starvation if a major natural emergency hit and the crops failed in this country. If it weren't for all farmers, there wouldn't be any food (veggies) (meat of any kind) on that table in front of you. Corn don't grow from cans fool!
I love that intro 💜 What an amazing testimony to what farming should be. "I hope they only have one bad day." 🥰
The Caring Farmer (4:55): "I ... make sure that our animals really only have just one bad day"
This just proves you’re a true farmer now. You do your best for your family and your animals with a balance knowing the circle of life continues. This is true farming.
I love that "make sure our animals only have one bad day." I admire that! I will hold onto that thought
I hope the ninja warrior lives a long time - he has fought for his future!
I love animals, from raising and caring for them to cooking and eating them. I’m a chef and I love the fact that I raise and care for them to use them in my own recipes to feed my family and the people I care about.
If I was a bird I would be happy only having one bad day of my life.
Even outside of farms we all have bad days, I'm glad you were able to give them not just a happy life but a short lived final day.
Pretty sure “Son of Yellowneck” is, in fact, his name 😂
How about Yellowneck Jr.?
Sonny?
Mac Yellowneck?
Thanks for the memories! My Grandmother always raised geese for Xmas. Two families and my grand parents gathered for the “dispatch” day, usually just before Xmas. I don’t remember the plucking being so difficult. When they were all plucked Grandma would blow torch the rest of the quills off. None of her customers ever complained and they always had a nice fat juicy Xmas Goose ❤️
I really appreciate the respect you pay towards your animals, and the respect you display when discussing this.
(Also I love your sweater.)
I’m glad your ok....I was very worried for a blood clot with that electrical zap occurred...I got zapped a few times...I fenced 100 acres by myself
That's impressive.
I think "The Great Houdini" is the best name for the escapee duck! Also you do an excellent job of balancing. I wish I could have a farm just like yours. 😊
the story telling is always healing to me. I love his amazing tone and voice.
Love the aerial views of the farm. It looks ‘so good’! 🤓 Every animal deserves the care and respect that you put into your farm. These videos help to spread that idea. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to your next video. 😻
"One bad day..." I'd gladly purchase more meat/pork/poultry if it came from a farm like this and I'd definitely be willing to pay more.
It made my heart melt when you told us how that duck fought for his life so hard that he decided that it was't his time to go. He knew how great it is to be on the farm and did not want to give it up. What a warrior ! It must be agonizing to process your buddies which is why I'll never be that type of farmer. Blessings !
lol. those animals are not his buddies. hes a sociopath murdering animals for profit. Go vegan. Its a win win in every way.
This is why I love your channel. I love that you don't shy away from the emotional side of farming. We bought 3 feeder goats for meat last spring and the thought of sending them to the processor soon has me gutted. But I will. And I will cry and give thanks for the food the nourishes my family.
Today you just touched my heart. I couldn't have explained it better myself. Thank you. Love from Denmark . ❤️❤️❤️
You’re a damned goose loving hippie. I appreciate your view on raising livestock. Keep at it brother.
You can do 500, 2 days. I helped a friend with her flock and we started at 7am and finished 7pm. Six volunteers, she killed (very humanly) , husband scalded the birds ( 2 vats, he always had the temperature right) one electric plucker, 4 of us eviscerating and two people packing and putting into cooler. We were rewarded with fine drinks, a wonderful supper and good laughs!!!! It took them a few seasons to get their method down so you too will figure it out in a few seasons!
This was a very thoughtful vlog. Thank you. Also I want to tell you that the “ All Ducks GoTo Bed “ tee shirt is my favorite. Comfortable and cute. Everyone should support you in such a great way.
I’m glad you do talk about the processing of your birds. There’s no doubt they have a wonderful life there, that they meet their given reason for being what they are. Thank you for letting people see where their food sources from.
This really was a somber video. I would not be able to kill any animal that I owned and cared for. Thank you for letting the ninja live. He totally earned that.
They were given a great life and they can live with that. Hopefully the next younglings will get a better life
So well said. I've lived in the country for much of my life and really understanding your comments. Well done! Rooting for you.
God bless you and your wife , I hope you both have continued health and success in the years to come !
It’s always good to know where your food comes from! I understand the full circle of life.....You’re a good steward, Morgan❤️
Yes! Thank you!
lol. Good steward? the guys just a sociopth murdering animals for money.
I was scared that goodbye in the title meant no more uploads, love your content, it’s like a cozy hug during my lunch breaks 😭😭
So glad I found your channel. I have learned so much and I appreciate your candor and sincerity. It is wonderful that you care for your animals. I love the philosophy that the birds have only one bad day. Thank you for sharing your journey! Your humor is also very entertaining ;)
I can always count on you. Thank you. I sometimes feel I am old enough to reprogram myself to manage this in case it's a life protecting choice for myself and others. You've helped me think another step to getting there while still having so many feels.
Being humanely slaughtered has got to beat watching a coyote or other predator sink his teeth into your belly and starting to swallow your flesh even while you're still alive...
Ugh.
i think predators kill their prey instantly with a neck snap, except for cats that just play with the food item. my dog sure did. also leaving the prey alive for consumption could lead to unnecessary injury to the predator.
@@bobs5596 while domesticated cats play with most prey, big cats actually are quicker killers than most predators. They may play with prey if they are young, but they usually choke prey out before finally eating them. Ironically canines like wolves and wild dogs eat prey live and are the messy killers
@@bobs5596 bears will do that. Just hold ya and eat chucks. They are so fuckn strong
The title of this video made me worried you were giving up raising geese entirely, glad that isn't the case
Just after HOBBY OR BUSINESS vlog
Zeke King: I thought the same thing and, like you, am glad that isn't the case.
@@lauradent5420 SAME HERE...
The end aerial shot is amazing!! I loved seeing the fowl going so far back in the pasture. I can't wait to see them mow down all that grass.
A voice of reason. You care for them,you learn from them, you give them the best life.
You are doing a great job.
Good video.
Thanks,
Susan
NW Georgia
When I saw the title of the video, I thought, "NO! I just discovered this channel two weeks ago! Don't tell me he's ending his videos!" I guess I'm glad you're only saying good bye to some ducks and geese.
Also, I 100% support another commenter's idea of naming the ninja warrior Duck Norris.
R.I.P to the ducks and geese. May they have as much grain and grass and ponds in the afterlife
The afterlife for ducks is
@@TheFalseShepphard 😂😂😂
You strike a wonderful balance between compassion and practicality. I was raised on a farm. I had to disconnect my heart on butcher day and just help do what needed to be done. Then, I went right back to loving those that were left.
I think you have a balanced view of farming. Thank you. I like that you try to make the animals’ lives as good as can be.
Well, feels bad to butcher them, but that's what farmers do... (but still miss them)
Honestly I love what you're doing on the farm, it's impossible to find goose or duck, especially grass-fed or paste raised, and especially farm butchered. I went vegan for a little over a year because I didn't like the way animals where treated in the industrial farming practices, but on my food journey, I found that meat is a pretty darn essential part of my diet. I experienced memory issues, vitamin and mineral deficiencies even with supplements, and over all not good things...
BUT, today I'm raising quail and harvesting them myself, because I could pay somebody else to do it and not be 100% sure the animal was treated like it should have been, or I can do it myself... And you know the saying: if you want something done right, do it yourself! I hope to get myself some land and be somebody that people like me can go to, and get good, high quality meat and animal products, while being able to see everything that goes on in my farm.
I'd LOVE a goose from you but I'm in seattle, washington, so it's a bit to far 😭
Thank you for this.. I've raised ducks the first time ever this fall, and I love them! But I got them as food for my husband and I, and I have to set aside my heart and remember these are here to nourish us.
Your videos are fabulous. I have 5 Khaki Campbell gals in Colorado (for eggs) and they have kept me sane during this crazy year. Keep doing what you're doing!
Some people: oh my God. You killed these poor animals for food?
Also some people: i ordered a bucket of chicken and did not finish it.
You can tell so much about people by observing how they react to wasting food.
Rip they had a good life (Circle of life)-( no hate pls)
They had a great life and that's important, while they're here let it have the best of what it has. No one should hate knowing that.
Circle of death you mean! No hate you say! But you're alright with murdering an innocent creature who never harmed anyone. Looks like the epitome of hate.
@@parrotles you can't have live stock with out dead stock
Your channel is the only channel who raises poultry that I can stand to watch. You respect your flocks.
This was a wonderful video, it was so real !! May you find your idea what you Need to do on your farm. You definitely give your animals the best life !!
I’ve got a great name for one of your drakes..... “Justin Timber-Drake”
I actually thought I heard you call one that on one of your earlier video’s and I cracked up laughing only to rewind it to hear something entirely different... lol
In this crazy year of 2020 your video’s have been a great way to escape... thank you!
Suggested drake name is "Action Jackson."
Action Quackson
SmedleyDouwright, Action Quackson?
Mufasa said it best that it's a circle of life. In the spiritual walk one must realize that everything has a purpose and can't be happy when it's not living its purpose. And during that journey it's very pertinent that love and respect are given on that journey to ensure happiness for that purpose. It warms my soul seeing you do the very thing that their purpose needs. You have to love your animals to ensure that the get the respect they deserve. We see too many times what lack of positive emotions do to factory farm animals. Thank you for telling us your story because I feel you're showing what real farming is. Bless you, your family, and farm!
I appreciate your honesty on the topic. It’s definitely a divisive one and you handle it with care.
Where did you get that awesome sweater? I want one too! It looks so warm and comfy!
I love it! Somebody gave it to me as a gift a few years back. I love wool.
@@GoldShawFarm - I love that sweater, too. Of course, I wouldn’t get much wear out of it here in Texas. I can admire it, all the same. Great video!
I think I could find a day or two I could slide it on here in TX. Ha! I was thinking the same thing... a little distracted at one point, checkin' out the duds. 🤔😄
At least they had a good life and they were free ranged animals I am a farmer aswell and it is sad but also good to move on and feed people 🙃
Beautifully done. Thanks for being so real and compassionate. I've been wanting to tell you how much I appreciate the background music you choose for these videos. I noticed right away how perfect it is for your message and the well being of your viewers -- like me! Thanks for that! Did you say, "Scuderia" in this video? Please say more about whatever the concept is. Thanks again. I really love what you're doing.
Morgan, your heart and perspective are in the right place, difficult as it may be at times. You are a better person for it. Btw, I like your sweater/jacket!
Always enjoy the drone footage.
Yesss,... I thought it was a very nice element for this story. Very well done!
Heartwarming video. I feel the same way with plants that refuse to die. LOL
I know it’s tough to harvest an animal but it’s part of our lives in a daily basis! Keep up the good work you do on your farm. God bless you for what you do and the content on your channel!
I love your videos,, you make my day when I’ve had a rough one and sometimes I smile and sometimes I cry watching them. I’m a subscriber and will tell all my friends to subscribe as well. Thank you for all you do my new friend.