Just want to say, some of my favorite UA-cam channels also take breaks during the winter, whether that be just Christmas through the new year, or the whole month of December. You are absolutely right, your family, your farm and job, are both vastly more important than uploading. You also have a much busier time in winter I'm sure than some other types of channels. Basically, don't worry about it. You don't owe us anything.
New subscriber here in the US. Love your videos, very informative. Beautiful family, beautiful country, and beautiful homestead. Please keep up the videos and God bless you and your family.
Really enjoyed the music to the intro and the winter snow. I feel so peaceful when it snows. Love your cattle, trying the deep bedding method in my two small chicken coops this winter.
Beautiful footage and music in the first minutes of this one! Wonderful to take in. Watched it three times. In farming there is a time for everything and your channel is very balanced, some talking, some how to, some informational, some just for fun, its all a pleasure to watch!!! Enjoy your winter rest.
Great video! I loved the snowy trees! Take the time you and your family need, be blessed...not stressed. Don’t worry too much about crabby people, they’ll be crabby no matter what.
I enjoy your channel. Hate chickens due to having raised the birds myself. I can not wait for gardening to start up. Be blessed and covered by Gods mercy.
I regularly see wild chickens in the jungles of SE Asia. They always roost very high in the trees, except when they are brooding. My bantams at home roost every night and the mothers hens encourage their chicks to roost as soon as they have wing feathers.
Family and Farm first, you are so right!!! You're a great dad, husband and son Simeon, I just know it.. Take care and God Bless you and yours my friend!!! ☺
Great info! I credit our deep litter for our chickens very robust health. Such beautiful cinematography and music! What beautiful scenery! I love your channel!! And enjoy your rest! I'm grateful for every video, but also know it takes time and effort and you deserve some down time with your family to recharge before the next season.
It is so nice to see you (and most youtubers) having so much fun making the media. SALLY and the geese are my favorite of yours. I don't have chickens...so this makes it learning......
You are doing a fantastic job... and IMHO your priorities are in the right place... I have enjoyed all your videos and will look forward to any and all you make in Future... Get your rest while you can...
thanks for sharing this awesome advice and information on looking after chickens !! here where i like in the midlands in the UK there's a farm full of the highland cows
My friend has Galloway dunns. They are beautiful and gentle. I really like the highlands too. There are a some around our area, here in Ontario, Canada. Cheers!
Loved your introduction ! Great cinematography ! The landscape is breathtaking and your choice of music fits it to a "T"... Thanks for all the information and please keep making the videos . :)
Thanks for answering my question on ventilation and moisture, I really appreciated the time to explain it in those terms and making the question about smell that I didn't express, also answered in there too. I never thought of ashes for a dust bath. I am learning some great things from your gifts of sharing videos, thank you for service and sacrifice ( from the Book of Mormon: 17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.) I will keep checking through your previous videos. I loved the hoar frost on the trees, it is my favourite scenery of all year!
Hello, Simeon!!! thanks for all your Wisdon, I have thank my Lord that I found your channel. I have learned a lot for future reference, my farm land!!!. Never I have seen before a egg incubator and how it work and the lighting of eggs Loved! Loved! Simeon, loved your farm and your lake, Have you lived in Sweden all your live? Have you visit United States, your English is very good!!! Blessings, from Lorain Ohio!!!
I think that roosts in the chicken tractor could be a good thing for me. We can get a lot of rain, and chickens hate to stand in water. I will obviously have to move them to steeper, dryer terrain if we get heavy rain, but the weather can change really fast some times.
Yes, that would be a pro of roosts in the chicken tractor. The con for me is that if they sit on the roosts they will not cuttle up and stay warm in early spring when it is cold at night.
I don't think it would be responsible of me to start as early as you do because we have so much wind and rain here on the south west coast of Norway. That weather is a really bad combination for chickens. Ducks are a much better fit for me, but I think the market is a lot smaller.
Tulips Moran The style of tractor that Simian use doesn't have a 'sleeping house'. But I have been thinking about doing that. A mobile coop and fencing instead of tractors. No floor inside.
Great video as usual, take as much time as you like as family always comes first and there is no point in burning yourself out. Make a video of eating a pie with the beverage of your choice 😄 . Cheers, Schnuz.
The best thing I ever did for my chickens was put a roof over their run. It is bone dry and even though I let them out to forage and moonscape the garden, their run never smells. The coop does not smell either but I manage that differently. Honestly, there is a lot of information behind how the deep bedding system works. If people don't understand that they should do some research, not expect you to justify and explain everything.
Inspired by your video about deep bedding I have applied for my chick in the greenhouse during the winter. It works very good. My husband was sceptic and expected bad smell inside, he didn´want to believe me. Now he is very good surprised, other fan of deep bedding :-)
Coming from Midwest from family of Ranchers/Farmers, chickens have roosts. I've not seen any deformation of any kind in chickens roosting. Their nature is to "roost" in trees. Perhaps your experience with your chickens is a product of long cold winters. However here in Midwest US the predator threat would be very high on chickens or any birds that did not roost.
not sure what area of the "midwest" you live in, however most of my mother's side of the family were farmers in the saginaw valley area in michigan - most of whom raised many chickens in addition to their other livestock - we never had chickens that roosted in trees and preferred to roost in their chicken sheds and under it during the warm weather - any chicken here that attempted to roost in a tree would be food for owls and hawks - but then maybe your chickens were of a different breed that were capable of flying high enough ????
Whould you mind to give temperature at the beginning of each video? Maybe just onscreen text of temp and humidity. I am trying to compare my north shore oneida lake,ny climate to yours. Btw we get alot of snow and winter is nearly a 5 monrh event. Most other homesteaders aside from lumnah acres are in much warmer climates.
Hello! The trees at 1:22 would make a beautiful Christmas card! Then of course so would 1:33...1:37...Ha Ha Ha! You're place is just picture perfect! :))
Stunning filming and editing, this Video realy is artistic! It's sad that you didn't publish that man's videos lately, because Of realy enjoy your content, but you're absolutely right to rest a little bit. The editing and hatchery sure consume a lot of your time.
Hej, just a short one. I guess you have sad it many times by now and I just missed it. But can you tell me why the cows are in the open this winter and not in a shelter like last winter? Many thanks and have a great week.
On this note, I tried reading Martin Luther King's note from Birmingham Jail. I didn't finish it, but in the beginning he addressed how he doesn't normally address or (placate) the naysayers. He said it would be too much time. So focus on the positive.
Hello Simeon! Did you or the cows feel anything of the earthquake with epicenter at Falköping today at 14.46? 2.5 at Richter scale maybe is possible to notice were you are situated. Extremely uncommon in Sweden so be glad if you felt it. Buy a Lottery ticket! [But who wants to mine for cobalt in a earthquake zone? :) ]
I got beltet galoway here in Denmark and its NOT a come breed. the bulls are serius dangerus to be around when they got a herd...my bull is just now after 4 years starting to be come hes 6 or 7 now...just my experience :-)
I think possibly you do not understand some of the abbreviations others use here in questions. So. DE= diatomacious earth. IMHO= in my humble opinion. Hope this helps you understand some more of these. I lived in Switzerland for a year and had trouble with "short hand speak".
Joshua Smith-Homesteader Don’t just like the idear of leaving dirty bedding left in the shed . I just use straw and sawdust . Check on my channel and u will c
paddygoesracing It seems that you have a misunderstanding of the way deep bedding works. Please check out his videos that go more in depth... (in depth on deep bedding... anyway) It really is a cleaner system.
Spectacular landscape...loved the handwoven fence with snow :) Rest well!
Well done and thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your experience & wisdom with us. We appreciate it. 😀💜
Just want to say, some of my favorite UA-cam channels also take breaks during the winter, whether that be just Christmas through the new year, or the whole month of December. You are absolutely right, your family, your farm and job, are both vastly more important than uploading. You also have a much busier time in winter I'm sure than some other types of channels. Basically, don't worry about it. You don't owe us anything.
thank you for all that you do to educate all of us. Your reasons for your experiments make so much sense
New subscriber here in the US. Love your videos, very informative. Beautiful family, beautiful country, and beautiful homestead. Please keep up the videos and God bless you and your family.
A very powerful opening sequence, thanks Simeon. Johnny. Northern England. U.K.
Thanx for the chicken info.
Take your time to get some rest! All the best from Holland for all of the family!
Thanks.
Beautiful winter landscape! It's always good to hear your verbal input Simeon ~ That's how people are gonna learn!
Loved the opening of this video. Very picturesque!
Really enjoyed the music to the intro and the winter snow. I feel so peaceful when it snows. Love your cattle, trying the deep bedding method in my two small chicken coops this winter.
It is not amazing how clean and fresh everything is when it snows just love it . Happy Trails.
GOD BLESS
Beautiful footage and music in the first minutes of this one! Wonderful to take in. Watched it three times. In farming there is a time for everything and your channel is very balanced, some talking, some how to, some informational, some just for fun, its all a pleasure to watch!!! Enjoy your winter rest.
Plus love to see nature. Most beautiful wherever.
Great video! I loved the snowy trees!
Take the time you and your family need, be blessed...not stressed.
Don’t worry too much about crabby people, they’ll be crabby no matter what.
Beautiful, beautiful cats!! Thank you for this video. I never thought of the chickens like that! I missed your kids! 😂💞
Great words, AWESOME CREATIVE INTRO!
You are doing a great job. I really enjoy all of your videos.
I enjoy your channel. Hate chickens due to having raised the birds myself. I can not wait for gardening to start up.
Be blessed and covered by Gods mercy.
I regularly see wild chickens in the jungles of SE Asia. They always roost very high in the trees, except when they are brooding. My bantams at home roost every night and the mothers hens encourage their chicks to roost as soon as they have wing feathers.
Quite informative video. Thanks. Thumbs Up.
Family and Farm first, you are so right!!! You're a great dad, husband and son Simeon, I just know it.. Take care and God Bless you and yours my friend!!! ☺
Beautiful scenes and love the dustbath recipe!
En av dom bästa youtube kanalerna som finns. Fortsätt den goda arbetet. Hälsningar från Finland
Great info! I credit our deep litter for our chickens very robust health. Such beautiful cinematography and music! What beautiful scenery! I love your channel!! And enjoy your rest! I'm grateful for every video, but also know it takes time and effort and you deserve some down time with your family to recharge before the next season.
It is so nice to see you (and most youtubers) having so much fun making the media. SALLY and the geese are my favorite of yours. I don't have chickens...so this makes it learning......
You are doing a fantastic job... and IMHO your priorities are in the right place... I have enjoyed all your videos and will look forward to any and all you make in Future... Get your rest while you can...
Well, that photography...! I now have a yearning to visit Sweden (and I am not really a lover of winter). What beautiful Creation God has given us!
I particularly enjoyed the prelude to this video!
Beautiful and informative, thank you and rest up spring will be here before we know it.
Beautiful!!
thanks for sharing this awesome advice and information on looking after chickens !! here where i like in the midlands in the UK there's a farm full of the highland cows
Beautiful video!
I will love to see when you get belted Galloway. It’s very interesting to watch you teach us how you handle your animals.
You live in a very beautiful place my friend! Great recipe for dust bath although I would add some DE :)
Beautiful snow video
My friend has Galloway dunns. They are beautiful and gentle. I really like the highlands too. There are a some around our area, here in Ontario, Canada. Cheers!
Beautiful Intro.
your doing great, keep up the good work.
Loved your introduction ! Great cinematography ! The landscape is breathtaking and your choice of music fits it to a "T"... Thanks for all the information and please keep making the videos . :)
Thanks for answering my question on ventilation and moisture, I really appreciated the time to explain it in those terms and making the question about smell that I didn't express, also answered in there too. I never thought of ashes for a dust bath. I am learning some great things from your gifts of sharing videos, thank you for service and sacrifice ( from the Book of Mormon: 17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.) I will keep checking through your previous videos. I loved the hoar frost on the trees, it is my favourite scenery of all year!
Great video . . .
Hello, Simeon!!! thanks for all your Wisdon, I have thank my Lord that I found your channel. I have learned a lot for future reference, my farm land!!!. Never I have seen before a egg incubator and how it work and the lighting of eggs Loved! Loved! Simeon, loved your farm and your lake, Have you lived in Sweden all your live? Have you visit United States, your English is very good!!! Blessings, from Lorain Ohio!!!
beautiful vid - your conversational English is improving noticably
I think that roosts in the chicken tractor could be a good thing for me. We can get a lot of rain, and chickens hate to stand in water. I will obviously have to move them to steeper, dryer terrain if we get heavy rain, but the weather can change really fast some times.
Yes, that would be a pro of roosts in the chicken tractor. The con for me is that if they sit on the roosts they will not cuttle up and stay warm in early spring when it is cold at night.
I don't think it would be responsible of me to start as early as you do because we have so much wind and rain here on the south west coast of Norway. That weather is a really bad combination for chickens.
Ducks are a much better fit for me, but I think the market is a lot smaller.
You wouldn't put roosts in a tractor but in their sleeping house.
Tulips Moran The style of tractor that Simian use doesn't have a 'sleeping house'. But I have been thinking about doing that. A mobile coop and fencing instead of tractors. No floor inside.
Great video as usual, take as much time as you like as family always comes first and there is no point in burning yourself out. Make a video of eating a pie with the beverage of your choice 😄 . Cheers, Schnuz.
I think polled (no horns) is dominant in all cattle breeds.
Hello from NM , Love your place keep up the good work.. Try to mix it in a wheelbarrow just an idea..Keep warm and rested..
You must have gotten the same snow storm as Richard Perkins at Ridgedale Permaculture!
The best thing I ever did for my chickens was put a roof over their run. It is bone dry and even though I let them out to forage and moonscape the garden, their run never smells. The coop does not smell either but I manage that differently. Honestly, there is a lot of information behind how the deep bedding system works. If people don't understand that they should do some research, not expect you to justify and explain everything.
Inspired by your video about deep bedding I have applied for my chick in the greenhouse during the winter. It works very good. My husband was sceptic and expected bad smell inside, he didn´want to believe me. Now he is very good surprised, other fan of deep bedding :-)
Coming from Midwest from family of Ranchers/Farmers, chickens have roosts. I've not seen any deformation of any kind in chickens roosting. Their nature is to "roost" in trees. Perhaps your experience with your chickens is a product of long cold winters. However here in Midwest US the predator threat would be very high on chickens or any birds that did not roost.
not sure what area of the "midwest" you live in, however most of my mother's side of the family were farmers in the saginaw valley area in michigan - most of whom raised many chickens in addition to their other livestock - we never had chickens that roosted in trees and preferred to roost in their chicken sheds and under it during the warm weather - any chicken here that attempted to roost in a tree would be food for owls and hawks - but then maybe your chickens were of a different breed that were capable of flying high enough ????
Whould you mind to give temperature at the beginning of each video? Maybe just onscreen text of temp and humidity. I am trying to compare my north shore oneida lake,ny climate to yours. Btw we get alot of snow and winter is nearly a 5 monrh event. Most other homesteaders aside from lumnah acres are in much warmer climates.
Hello! The trees at 1:22 would make a beautiful Christmas card! Then of course so would 1:33...1:37...Ha Ha Ha! You're place is just picture perfect! :))
Did your woodsman brother leave the country? Like to see him now and then . . .
love the intro, what soundtrack is that from please?
Stunning filming and editing, this Video realy is artistic!
It's sad that you didn't publish that man's videos lately, because Of realy enjoy your content, but you're absolutely right to rest a little bit. The editing and hatchery sure consume a lot of your time.
How close is your farm to the Arctic Circle?
Can you tell the difference between male and female chicks at hatching of the Bresse chickens.
No. Not unless you are an expert at sexing chicks. With this breed male and female chicks look alike when they hatch.
Hej, just a short one. I guess you have sad it many times by now and I just missed it. But can you tell me why the cows are in the open this winter and not in a shelter like last winter?
Many thanks and have a great week.
You can never placate the naysayers no matter how kind you try and be . Happy Trails.
On this note, I tried reading Martin Luther King's note from Birmingham Jail. I didn't finish it, but in the beginning he addressed how he doesn't normally address or (placate) the naysayers. He said it would be too much time. So focus on the positive.
yup exactly not mush has changed over time good old common since will prevail every time it's tried .Happy Trails
I say nay to losing Sally.
Can the highland cattle be used for milking and if so do you milk your highland cattle thank you I Love all your videos
yes, Rich Highlands are a dual purpose breed. I dont think Simeon milks his tho
Thank You for that information
Hello Simeon! Did you or the cows feel anything of the earthquake with epicenter at Falköping today at 14.46? 2.5 at Richter scale maybe is possible to notice were you are situated. Extremely uncommon in Sweden so be glad if you felt it. Buy a Lottery ticket!
[But who wants to mine for cobalt in a earthquake zone? :) ]
Please...what beef Cow are you raising. They look like what we want to raise.
highland cattle
Hi Simeon - you mentioned a channel to check from Cheston Rhodes (?). Can you share the link to his channel? Thanks and greetings from NE Thailand :)
Justin Rhodes is the name of the channel.
Faith R awesome, thanks :)
time for a drone :)
GENES??? I thought in Sweden it's all a matter of Creation?
I got beltet galoway here in Denmark and its NOT a come breed. the bulls are serius dangerus to be around when they got a herd...my bull is just now after 4 years starting to be come hes 6 or 7 now...just my experience :-)
Listening to the chickens it reminds me of my own and quite easily offended...
When we can see forestry videos?
I hope soon.
Good, i love them :)
I think possibly you do not understand some of the abbreviations others use here in questions. So. DE= diatomacious earth. IMHO= in my humble opinion. Hope this helps you understand some more of these. I lived in Switzerland for a year and had trouble with "short hand speak".
New subscriber. You do what you think is right. Ignore the comments.
I don’t like the deep bedding system .
Why is that? It is the best and healthiest way for them.
I agree. Deep bedding is best for chickens and farmer. What system do you use if not the deep bedding?
Joshua Smith-Homesteader Don’t just like the idear of leaving dirty bedding left in the shed . I just use straw and sawdust . Check on my channel and u will c
paddygoesracing It seems that you have a misunderstanding of the way deep bedding works. Please check out his videos that go more in depth... (in depth on deep bedding... anyway) It really is a cleaner system.