We Will NEVER Raise THESE Animals Again!!!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- There are 3 homestead animals that have worked out horribly on the homestead and will never be invited back.
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Two things to know about ducks and geese.
1. They eat what is in front of them.
2. They crap on what is behind them.
You know how little that narrows it down
LOL@1970Peterbilt
_simple wisdom!_
@@shahidmiah110 That's the point. It is never narrowed down.
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Usually in the clean water you just filled for them.
I HAD TWO GEESE THAT STAYED ON OUR POND, THEY SAVED MY SON FROM DROWNING, EVERY TIME HE GOT NEAR THE POND, THEY WOULD CHASE HIM BACK TO THE HOUSE.
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Awesome 👍
They have nasty bite
DAMN HOMIE!!
This is such a great example of every animal having a purpose
Your first mistake with the geese was that you raised them with other geese. If you want your guard geese to guard certain animals, the gosling needs to grow up with the animals it will guard in the future to build a familial and emotional bond with them. Raise one gosling with the chickens, one with the ducks, one with the goats etc. One per flock or hsmall herd. Once that bond is there , the geese will do the rest.
I think it's the same with some guard dogs. Like I heard sheep Shepard dogs think they are sheep.
How effective are protective geese against opossum attacks? I have a free range flock of one rooster, 5 hens, now 10 chicks.
How young do they have to be to imprint on a chicken mom?
@@boltofthunder92 if you let a chicken hatch them they will imprint on the hen. When the geese hatch put the hen in a cage or box 2or 3 days til the Gosling learn to understand chicken talk.
I had lost two flocks of chickens to some critter/s (I have some thoughts on type.) who attacked at night. I needed a way to keep the chickens safer, without costing me a huge amount, and/or putting the neighborhood at risk. I did some research, talked to people who had previous experience and decided on geese.
I picked a breed known for being noisy and protective, as well as being manageable and edible. Our policy is that we don't raise an animal we aren't willing to eat. The birds I selected, African Browns, are known for being "talkative"(noisy), and protective. They are large geese - considered a 'Heavy' breed, and very protective of what they consider theirs. They are definitely Not For Everyone.
I was careful while raising them - they brooded in my kitchen, but I never cuddled or handled them extensively. I wanted to make certain that, while they would know me, they would also learn the dog and cat, and the other people who were likely to be around them. The only 'handling' they got was when I would move them from one tote to another, and take them outside to graze and play in the grass/yard/waterers. Because of this, I am MOM. They follow me around the yard, and want to be with me when I'm outside, but they aren't too troubled by my absence. They don't hang around the stairs on the possibility that I'd come out, or otherwise cause problems.
Yes, they were amazingly messy to brood. I expected it - they're waterfowl. It's a trait they share with ducks. They swam in their waterers and soaked their bedding. They pooped EVERYWHERE. They were also adorable little things, so cleaning up after them was tolerable. I think it's a baby critter thing - they are cute as a defense mechanism, so you won't decide they aren't worth the bother.
They are now a year old and do the job I wanted them to do - make noise when something happens that is new and/or different in the local area, and patrol the chicken yard.
They keep the "backyard" mowed and well fertilized. They also scare people, which I find amusing. They are slowly reconciling themselves to the fact that once a week strange people "steal" our trash and that I have a strange preoccupation with gathering dried grass for the chickens.
@@goldengryphon you could pen the geese up with the chickens til they "buddy up" with the chickens. That means no hand feeding, no treats, and try not to even let them see you putting in the chicken feed. They defend their territory, you trained them your house is their territory.
Goats. Found out a saying was true. 'Fences need to be watertight and 8' tall!'
Lol electric is the great equalizer ;) keeps goats honest and most anything really lol
Myatonics never get their climbing legs. Cause they pass out never really learn to jump. Much less climb
@@perfectchaos5721 It generally takes about 4000 volts to turn goats and deer. Cows that already are accustomed to a electric fence can be turn with 600 volts. Accustomed horses maybe even less as it can be difficult to get them to though a gap even with the fence turn off and the gap unhooked and not there. Hint: jovels are much more important in buying a fence box than miles.
@@Fancyfan1000 Yep. Even my strongest charger won't deter my Nigerian Dwarfs! It's why they're all in collars and on cable runs now. Little shits. Took me nine months to fall in like with my new herd. Having babies helped. They're cute.
reducing your neighbors ticks reduces your ticks, ticks know property lines as much as guinea fowl
I was thinking, maybe they left their homestead bc there weren't any ticks there lol
@@solarjudgement4575 exactly, they had already clean their place out of bugs so they had to expand. ;) They are LOUD
Good point, Jason Sopko.
Oh my! My husband says, “never let a bird fall in love with you.” He’s currently sitting in the living room holding our indoor hen. 😝
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Love this!
I am currently doing the same thing 😂
Well. Duh, they imprinted on YOU. YOU NEED TO RAISE geese WITH the animals they are to guard....
Sounds like the training and raising was the problem
Truly sad and disgusting people get babies and discard the adults like garbage.
@@vonholley completely agree.
@@vonholley yeah. This gave me a bad taste in my mouth.
These people aren't living off the land, they're living for UA-cam!
Bunch of airheads
@@vonholley Grow up please... I agree that training probably was the problem but for you to say it's disgusting you really must only have half a brain or not have watched the video at all. The training was the problem because they CARED for the animals to the point of bonding with them.
Giving the animals away to a new home where their new owners will hopefully have a more fitting homestead situation for the particular animal or train them better is disgusting? And by the way, it's in the tittle of the video that they: WON'T BE GETTING ANY MORE OF THOSE ANIMALS. So how are these people just getting babies and discarding them if they're never gonna get babies of these again?
Maybe learn how to read and grow a spine while you're at it.
It's OK to learn from mistakes, and it sounds like they rehomed the animals responsibly. It's a learning curve.
Kevin she sit there with a crossbow and says " Every day I count them and there're still nine of them" ... Too funny Sarah especially when some are randomly disappearing. 😂😂 🇨🇦
Are you sure that chicken stew you are going to have for dinner is not really guinea hen stew? LOL
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Geese,You have to put them with the animals you want them to guard when they are little.
sounds like a Great Pyrenees.
He did, himself. They were guarding their mommy.
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Yep, that way they imprint of them and attack anything trying to attack / harm the animals.
@Andres Emilio DiStefano Cooked right, for humans too!
I appreciate your honesty. It's humbling to hear people admit their mistakes, especially since most people on social media want to appear perfect.
CJGfarm yep and they sure got some heavily opinionated backlash. People wanting to live other people's lives for them and all.
We learn and grow from our mistakes..........thanks for the honesty!❤️
I have had the absolute complete opposite experience with Guinea Fowl. Having a balanced flock keeps them much happier and I also raised my Guineas with the chickens. The Guineas very rarely make any noise (unless it's a predator alert) and they follow the chickens in to roost when the chickens go to bed. I also find that they mainly stay at the back of our yard and they'll go into the back field, only sometimes overlapping onto neighbouring property's. I highly recommend Guineas to any homestead especially if you live in a high tick area.
That was my experience aslo.
I dated a dude who’s mom had chickens, ducks, geese, goats and guineas all in the same area (small farm) that would roost in the trees. They were so obnoxiously loud the deaf could hear them. You are lucky, I’ve never heard of low key Guinea… lol
I also grew up in the country and you’d always see them walking through back yards, we have no clue who had them but they liked our back yard and woods… lol
@@jessicalaurin3064 we have them and they are loud at times and quiet at times, deff have not seen a single tick in our area though so its a fantastic trade off LOL
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during the 80s I raised 15 guineas they flew all over and made a lot of noise. the noise does not bother me. This year I raised just 4 guineas chicks with a group chicken chicks, they bonded. Aside a alert call never know they are here. They hang together right with the chickens and roost together. The guineas I will be selling, thin down the chicken flock for winter and next year I plan on getting a few guineas and doing it again.
are they also very loud?
I had some animals driving me crazy at my house. Then they moved out and went to college. I was so happy!
OMG! I had the same animals!! Now my house is so quiet and peaceful. One of the animals now has two of her own and she's just as frustrated. lol!
My girls told me, "Dad. I don't know who you'll get to clean up the messes in the house when we move out." I replied, "When you move out there won't be any messes."
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children = animals? Not funny
@@wurzelfix You must not have teens.
man I LOVED our guineas! they were the best home security system you could ever have! Someone would start into the end of the drive way and they would alert! And they ate ALL our ticks! Too bad....Ours did roost in the trees and we did lose some too....I love how they look like little old women holding up their skirts when they run...hahahaha
yeah they our flock did a super job getting all the ticks,
but that noise, i am not allowed to get any more - too bad since they sure taste good.
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Have a rooster as an alarm system. But he is getting old. May get some guineas. Have any particular type that are the best.
Need to know when trouble approaches, in the form of a fox or other.
@@jackfrosty4674 I love the pearl guineas. They are beautiful and the ones we had that would alert us to just about everything that was not supposed to be there (by their standards). Hahaha
Give your Gennies to yoir neighbors and then maybe they will come and eat all of your ticks ;)
Reverse Psychology! Brilliant!🤣🤣🤣🤣
UnitySeeker 17 😂😂😂😂
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Hahaha!
UnitySeeker 17, that’s a great idea, except Sarah is going to hunt them anyway.
I am rolling here listening to you both. You guys are adorable. When I was driving school bus on a very rural route in Massachusetts my last elementary pickup and drop off was a family with nubian goats. There was always a baby or 3 that would hop on and walk the length of the bus to get pets and then hop off. Another family had 2 wild turkeys they raised when dad discovered he had shot a mom. They were like security! Would have to time getting the door open, kids diving on and slamming door shut. They get BIG! Thanks for bringing back memories!🤣
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I'm not a outdoor cat 🤣
Them crazy cats, 🤣😂
Good on you for trying! Keep at it, we need more homesteaders(they provide great entertainment for the farmers!) Don't let the negative comments ruin your process. The world needs more honesty and humility.
Yall make it! I hope
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I’m guessing your slowly learning to quit making pets out of your resources. I love animals and will always treat them with respect but there needs to be boundaries.
Oh my lord y’all I just spit my coffee outta my nose at Sara’s face with regards to the Guinies🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anchored Dreamz Farm 🤣🤣🤣
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Me too
Anchored Dreamz Farm 😂😂😂😂
When they said the guinies got eaten by something and sara said "or whatever"....it was her, Sara has been getting them one by one...hah! Thats not just chicken in that noodle soup!
I love our guineas so much!!! They are loud but it makes me feel like I'm in a bird jungle. I love when they crouch low and run as fast as their little legs can go. We kept them in a coop and run for the first 6 months, then when we let them out they stay close-ish to the coop. They don't touch my plants, just the bugs. They are silent when bug-hunting!
Homesteader: What animals we won’t grow in our hom-
Me: TEENAGERS! Is it teenagers!?🤭😬🤐
3 teen home and I’m with you on this! 🤣
OMG - I feel for ya.
Hahaha! We had SEVEN of those all at one time (blended family) at our home!
I want to believe I'll cherish that.
@@microcolonel you will, but not until it's over, lol.
I am still laughing over this one! The face expressions Sarah was making was priceless!!
Socializing kittens and then expecting them to stay outside and catch mice while that young tells me a lot.
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Her eyes ticking like a clock.
the non-stop noise of the Guinea birds 😊
so funny
Oh my goodness I have not laughed so hard in a long time.. Thank you for making my day! 😂 hugs💜
I know right! I think this was a great video! 😅
I have heard farmers say a single goose is the best security guard to have. More than that an it's chaos and don't let it imprint on you.
Naught Guile No, they have the other animals
My great granny had a goose that lived in a dog house on the side of her yard. Nobody got within 100 yards of her house without that goose letting her know. That damn thing was evil.
My aunt and uncle had an awesome African goose. It was a great guard animal and really friendly to kids. It was a blast when we were kids.
You have to train Gunnies
First thing you walk your property with pockets of seed ... just drop a few seeds at a time ...walk in a spiral from the boundary back to the tallest tree on your property.
Done each day with chicks for about a week and they will get the idea of where they belong. Please read up on how they can be raised
Side note the males are very good if you are not vegan 🤗🙏🏽4️⃣🌎✌🏻
Charles, you obviously havent had guinneas. You cannot train them.
FYI: if you want barn cats, get them as adults at the rescue center so you can get ones with the correct personality.
They would still poop in the raised beds.
The animals are not the problem, it is the humans that created their own problems.
And then fixed their problems. See how that works?
Your welcome. So now go take some animal husbandry classes.
I'm not a farmer, just a guy in a city condo, but I still enjoyed the video.
This should be called, "Animals we learned from, and will raise them differently next time." Not as catchy, I admit, but a much wiser approach. No more imprinting might be smart.
Lol, yes and no. A goose or two properly raised with the animal you want it to watch over and a good daily property walk to show it's domain.
perfect.
Geese: once they're fully feathered, raise them with the flock/herd/whatever you want them to live with. They'll bond with those animals, and that will be that. They're super loyal animals. They're also the most sustainable meat source, for small scale operations. They can live on grass and nothing else. Regarding the noise: yep, nothing you can do about that. But guard dogs are even worse, so pick your poison.
Cats: best way to get a barn cat is to start feeding a stray cat. It'll stay close and catch rodents if you have them, but it will never become a pet, or hang out near the house/garden all day.
Guineas: I've got nothing. They're just snacks for the surrounding wildlife. Noisy snacks.
I saved three stray cats that were dropped off here hoping they would be barn cars, kept two in a rabbit hutch for two weeks to be familiar with their barnyard area. All three are asleep in the house now. They figured out the doggy door that my house cat used. My house cat has to hide from the three strays in the garage because she is afraid of them. My original barn cat stays outside in the barnyard all the time. He is the best one because you can’t touch him.
You had me rolling with the guinea part. You are correct in what you said though.
This made me laugh so hard!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣 The root of all three animal problems is the way you made them waaaay too familiar with humans. Leave them to be wild, and they will be. Love your videos, but this one tickled my funny bone. Y'all are just too sweet & nice. LOL
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@@joziebush same lol! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, agreed. I love this couple but this is a darkly humorous vid. Stephen King novel anyone? Premise for a Hollywood thriller? Note: see traumatized face (5:20).
I just had abdominal surgery. I was laughing so hard it still hurts. You need to put a warning on the label of this video! 😂
Sarah your eye rolling about the guineas cracked me up. Omg laughed so hard.
The goslings imprinted on you (thought you were their mama). You ruined them.
cindy pattana I think they know this....
They mention this EXACT thing less than 3 minutes into the video... no need rub it in
GG and here I thought Capt Obvious was a dude....
@@pugglebiscuit9600 nooo rub it in. These guys are thick.
@Jayne Eyre My experience has been that geese are only aggressive towards the weak.
Kevin, you did what's called "imprinting." Look it up.
Twilight 😀
The trick with guines is have your neighbor raise them up and then they come to your place and then go home at night
Teresa Martin works for us! 😂
Best cat for farms are rescue feral cats
Some people forget to spay and neuter barn cats, then complain when there two little kittens turn into 28 starving feral cats that carry diseases.
You can fix that pretty quick with a 22 rifle
Really good advice.
@@bentnickel7487 My bro in law didn't fix his cats. Now he has dozens sitting around his front door waiting for him to feed them. He's too lazy to fix them...too soft hearted to kill the overflow. He's trying to give them away, but by the time someone wants a kitten it has bred more problems....smh
Mr Whistler I learned this lesson the hard way. I too, am softed hearted, and taught myself it's much more humane to pay for spaying and neutering, than to go through the trauma of destroying a dozen of these beautiful felines.
A flock of geese is like a gang of teenagers - show no fear and they'll back off, let them bully you and they're vicious.
Like the cowardly small dogs in my street, try to bite me from behind, the moment I turn to throw a rock, they run out of range and bark, the chihuahuas are the worst bastards.
Although if you end up having a mating pair of geese that's a whole different story! Be prepared to get nipped by the male, he can be very mean! Man I miss the country life although where I lived when I had almost every farm animal was in a small city in Idaho and the biggest class to graduate was 22 students, at the time I graduated! Sorry didn't mean to go into that bit of detail, but seeing what you and other you tubers that do homesteading well... Lets just say some of us make bad choices that stop us from being able to start our own homestead!
@@grancito2 The Chihuauhas are more evil than cats! I will most certainly shoot them on sight.
I AGREE, HAHAHAHAHA.
This reminds me of when i was growing up. We lived on a farm. My Dad had a goose that followed him everywhere.
On my small farmette in the country. I got lucky. I have dozens of wild turkeys eating my ticks. I don't eat meat. So they are wild and free to munch.
Great video. Y'all are adorable.
Your story about the geese reminds me of my nephew and his girlfriend. They moved into an apartment complex that had a small lake and a bunch of Muscovy ducks. They decided it would be a great idea to sit on their little patio by the front door and feed the ducks in the evening. It started with one or two ducks and after about a week it was ten or twelve. And the ducks spent a lot of time there doing what ducks do, turning food into fertilizer. They learned a hard lesson about ducks.
Had a park nearby, everyone fed the geese on Sundays. They spent the other 6 days eating Evey blade of grass and turning it into poop. Now it's against the law to feed the now thousands of resident geese in the valley. It was so notable to see geese at the turn of the 20th century it would make the papers!
These aren't geese. They are guineas
@Lisa Saliture What are you talking about?!
These ducks are smart, they remember and they tell their friends who has the goods.
I love my guineas. They are part of a mixed flock that includes chickens & ducks. AND I live in an urban area. I taught them to be quiet. If something has them riled up I say “guineas quiet” and they quit alarming. On occasion they will bully the other birds. When they get into bully mode I go out and say “guineas roost” and they line up and walk single file into the coop and roost. This didn’t happen over night. Took some persistence and patience on my part but was worth the effort!
hey Lin! my partner and I are looking into getting guineas for our property, can I ask how you trained them to be quiet? sounds so cool! and handy haha
I contacted local animal rescue to find a ferrel cats for barn. She was so happy to bring me 3 ferrel cats family ( already adults). Don’t take kittens, but already grown cats. I kept them in a cage in the barn for 3 weeks and have food for them in the barn. I can see them time to time, but not to close.
Perfect
Great if they dont breed.
Hope Filled Sinner
If you don’t want kittens, spay/ neuter them before letting them out
@@margaret796 you don't have to tell me that, I've personally put down hundreds of kittens for the RSPCA because people don't do just that. I'm glad you do. 🙃
Hope Filled Sinner
Where I live, every animal that enters a shelter will get spayed/ neutered if they aren’t already. It’s a common practice that I think should be happening everywhere. Breeders also spay/neuter kittens and puppies as well as give them their vaccines and all that before they get adopted.
I’m shocked over your cat issues!! I’ve cats and they r the best part of my small farm.
Same! Ours take care of the mice at the chicken coop. As far as the cat litter box goes, I use chicken & rabbit manure fertilizer in the garden and we eat the food.
Same, our fat, spoiled cats spend half their time sleeping indoors on the couch but when they do go out they are indispensable hunters. They’ll hunt some in the day, but more at night when the critters are also more active.
@@angelak1540 Rabbit manure is a far, far different thing from cat. Cats that eat rodents (their primary job on a farm) carry toxoplasma parasite. Infection with toxoplasmosis causes miscarriage in pregnant humans.
This is a stupid irresponsable couple. Not worth looking at.
They are obviously not cat lovers.
Those sound like the best kitties ever 🥰 We looooove our “barn” cats (who are currently asleep on the couch 😂)
Isn't that where barn cats belong on the couch!!
You have a couch in your barn!?! Lol😉😂🤣
Complains about affectionate cats. RIGHT... Geese that work too well... City slickers 😓
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The sad thing is they weren’t raised correctly from the beginning for the purposes that you got them.
I don't even know what I'm watching here; It's a liability...lol. I'm trying not to point out the obvious.
Mine were raised perfect from the start and they act the same way as far as the nonstop noise. Ours do stay in our yard but sometimes I wish they would run away.
You live and learn
Put cats in the house then they will want to go outside
LOL. Mine doesn't. She was outside and I finally let her in, she don't go out anymore. She'll watch from the door.
My cat is terrified of outside. Every once in a while he’ll run outside when you’re using the door and he’ll just run straight back inside. He’s special
My cat is terrified of outside. Every once in a while he’ll run outside when you’re using the door and he’ll just run straight back inside. He’s special
Yep, ours always wants out ...BUT 2 minutes later, she darts right back to the door! - And that's when the weather is nice! Just forget it if the grass is damp. (as in- it rained last night). Don't ask her to face those brutal conditions!
Have a cat bought all the cat supplies at pet store fixed a warm place for it inside will not stay or use cat door unless extreamly cool...
I love your comments about your guineas. We had 25 and our neighbor had 25 we ended up with 10. They do learn by the others mistakes, like getting hit by a car, or a coyote gets one or the neighbors dog gets it. So get way more than then needed. If we had a noisy one then it went into the soup pot and the others learned not to be so noisy at night.
So funny, Sarah's expression and head movements listening to the guineas.
It would annoy me too, relentless!
Yeah I think Sarah might have had a hand in the day time missing Guinea ..LOL
@@Kenny-bj2zq that was my thought too... she kinda had a guilty/mischievous look when her husband was saying that... lol
Did you ever think that you may have had too many of them. One good tomcat , a couple of geese and a few guineas.
You may have had a much different experience.
I love these people. They come out here and tell everyone about the mistakes they made in order to help people. And their experience is from personal hands on experience. It takes a big person to stand in front of a camera and recant failures. They are big, and they are gonna be even bigger after having this experience.
You people in the comment section who said they shudda done their “research”, or thwy shudda done this, or they shudda done that, are just a bunch of “know-it-alls”.
Right? Why do your best to make someone you don't even know feel inferior? It's twisted.
@dreamingrightnow.... hahahaha... ya... “know-it-alls”!
Fawk, if they are so smart why arent they rich?🤣
Yeah. The Internet trolls are tedious
@@gogan3429 To be rich in money and things is not always the goal of everyone. Sometimes it is living naturally in harmony with the land and others. It is being kind, non judgmental, caring, giving to others so that they can grow too (as they do by sharing their info in their videos. They don't have to do this. It takes a lot of their time when they are already very busy.) It is a different perception; rather than getting, getting, getting in a dog-eat-dog world where they aggressively get in the first bite and screw everyone else. For them, perhaps they are both living a lifestyle together that they love. Perhaps, they are fulfilling their purpose instead of living like a zombie at a job they hate, even though it might make them more money. For some people, this perception is what makes them "rich". It makes their life happy, and they feel satisfied and excited about the job they do. (You can see it on their faces.) In doing this they receive too; they receive the wholesome, nutritious bounty they are producing that they know is safe and will make them and their family healthy. It is living in the beautiful country and breathing in the fresh air. It is a wholesome environment for their children. Another bonus is that it makes life so rewarding to harvest the food that one produces their self and it tastes so much better. All this can be another kind of "rich".
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Go Gan To be rich in money and things is not always the goal of everyone. Sometimes it is living naturally in harmony with the land and others. It is being kind, non judgmental, caring, giving to others so that they can grow too (as they do by sharing their info in their videos. They don't have to do this. It takes a lot of their time when they are already very busy.) It is a different perception; rather than getting, getting, getting in a dog-eat-dog world where they aggressively get in the first bite and screw everyone else. For them, perhaps they are both living a lifestyle together that they love. Perhaps, they are fulfilling their purpose instead of living like a zombie at a job they hate, even though it might make them more money. For some people, this perception is what makes them "rich". It makes their life happy, and they feel satisfied and excited about the job they do. (You can see it on their faces.) In doing this they receive too; they receive the wholesome, nutritious bounty they are producing that they know is safe and will make them and their family healthy. It is living in the beautiful country and breathing in the fresh air. It is a wholesome environment for their children. Another bonus is that it makes life so rewarding to harvest the food that one produces their self and it tastes so much better. All this can be another kind of "rich".
Switch out the cats for a Jack Russell terrier, great mousers.
Yeah, but JR's also require companionship--they don't just go into a barn and disappear to do a job lol, which is what these guys expected the cats to do. These guys got and raised house cats for working animals lol. He went and hugged the geese and they imprinted on him!
Jack Russell's are tenacious at what they do! However ours had a taste for chickens. She raided the neighbors chicken coop twice, second time she didn't come home. Laughed at your experience with Ginnie Hens and geese! Neighbors ginnies decided to take up residence at our home. Started out with several but was losing them on a regular basis. Got down to one and it had a habit of chasing my wife every time it saw her. Came home and saw it chasing her around and around the car...lol. She didn't think it was so funny, so it kinda disappeared! Learned the hard way about geese too. Nothing but a constant poop machine!
And then the other problems start. Always something. Keeps you busy.
It's kinda funny. On our homestead in South Africa we love hearing Guiniefowl. It's sort of one of the "nature sounds" we have here, similar to hearing frogs croak by the river at night.
I agree... I loved my guiniefowl...cats... and especially the geese... I used to sit with them out back...
Frogs ? O ya those bullfrogs who take over the pond outside my bedroom window after the sweet spring peepers are through ... gornk gornk gornk all night long..
Bull frogs are awesome... lol
I grew up in South Africa and woke up to the sound of guinea fowl every morning...they were wild in our neighborhood. Now the sound just reminds me of my childhood!
Mmmmm frog legs
Amateurs... just have to learn the tricks is all! Dont give up!
Don't get gremlins. They can be a pain.
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It is nice to see someone talk about things that aren't working out. Glad I found this channel! Learning a lot and learning to consider a lot.
My closest experience with guinea fowl was in my single days. I was camping out with pals, and that first morning three guinea fowl walked through the tents right after sunrise and made such a racket, it made me glad I'm a teetotaler. Those who had over indulged around the campfire the night before were not nearly as amused as I was.
Thanks for a wonderful video. Best of luck!
Im sure that there was a little speckled feather in the corner of Sarah's mouth when Kevin was describing how the guinea flock had gone from 10 to 2...
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I know!! Lol! She DID look a little guilty when he said they were disappearing. Too funny!
I absolutely LOVE my guineas! They help with our tick population here. hehe......We love guineas on the farm. Unlike you I count my guineas to make sure that they are all accounted for. When one isn't with the group, I panic wondering why it separated from the others and hunt for it. :>) It is all in the way you look at it.
Thank you THANK YOU!!! I am vindicated.
Have ducks(small geese) never again
Have guineas, same dilema as you,
Have 1 cat, she’s a front porch girl, who occasionally mouses)
Have a stray cat, don’t know about him, he comes and goes
Love you guys❤️
Absolutely the most hilarious episode you guys have done I am dying here this is just so funny 😹😃😃
I can sleep through dog barking, but wheb my geese go to honking I wake up immediately. I have two George and Gabby. I like them because other people are scared to death of them, and I don't have to worry about 2 legged predators coming trying to break in of a night. I posted I have guard geese.
But ohhh are they messy!
I hate the damn roosters crowing all night long.
@@loisaustin6200 my suggestion to you is move into town. Roosters Crow that is what they do.
Love that you guys are up front about the mistakes you made! That helps others make better choices. 👍
I cannot continue to watch, thanks y’all, God bless and God speed
Apparently the Guinea’s really ticked you off!
I'm not surprised that the cats wanted to be near the house and the family. They're social creatures and bond with people. I actually feel bad for the cats, but I'm very glad that they were given away and hopefully went to nice home(s). Information provided by Jonathan C is very helpful. Good strategy for creating bonds between the gosling and the other animals. The series of videos are very informative. Thank you very much for posting them.
You guys are so cute! I was gonna say you guys are so funny, but I wasn't sure you'd feel the love in my heart. Thanks for the joy : )
there's a big difference between having problems with animals and creating problems for yourself with animals!
They are newbys.
Yes I had a problem with in-laws twice the same in-laws I finally got rid of them and their daughter. No more will I raise anymore of other people's relatives or my own.
Used to have a wife. I decided "never again"!
I have tried 3 husbands, never, never again. My daughter says I’m not allowed to get married again. I say don’t worry!
@@pattyseward1567 how many husbands till you realize you are the problem or horrible at selecting partners
I won'r make the same mistake once...
Lol.
@@Chris-fn6lf boom. this!
With guard geese they need to be put with the animals they need to guard from immediately once received so together in the brooder with the chicks or baby animals or goats or rabbits.. I learnt that by watching Justin Rhodes he has guard geese with his flock of Icelandic I'm so sorry they were a fail
Yeah geese immediately bond just like ducks I believe. I have this issue with my chickens hanging by the house because I'm their mama haha.
i why not eat them just like your chickens? they are quite tasty ...
ONE guard goose! Geese make a gaggle and protect their own and dont give a shite about the job they were hired to do; One Goose ONLY
This is what I notice among my friends who live on farmlands . . .
- not one of them have more than 2 geese, their purpose is to keep the yard free from snakes
- they have Jack Russell terriers to keep rats and mouse under control, because cats kill rats only when they are extremely hungry.
- in most of their houses, after you enter the main door, they have to go thru another door, before you enter the dining area, and the bedrooms. That means any pets/animals have to go thru 2 doors before they can reach you or the kitchen.
"Omg we got cats and we were not prepared for them being cats!"
Another solution would be to go to a rescue and adopt feral cats. They will stay for the food but not want an to be social. They also come fixed.
Thank you for admitting that cats absolutely suck. I hate cats. They are horrible for the ecosystem, breed like rabbits, spread fleas and disease, etc. There should be no such thing as a “house cat rescue” they should put them to sleep as fast as they can. We’ve got to do something about this invasive species killing our native wildlife!!
yandrsupreme raccoons are native so they can’t possibly be invasive. Raccoons are the coolest pets I’ve ever had, best of both worlds when it comes to dogs and cats.
@@ScotchIrishHoundsman People who hate cats for being “cold” or “mean” never learned emotional intelligence or depth and think that love is only expressed by being submissive and unconditionally obedient.
Ronda S did I ever say that cats were either of those things??
Goats ate the wiper blades off my car standing on the hood
Oh No!!!
I almost spit out my coffee! I was hanging some solar security lights and when I got down to adjust the ladder placement I realized one of the goats ate half of the cord to to solar panel.
This is why I never have had goats. They eat everything they shouldn't then have the nerve to refuse perfectly good feed. They refuse to stay where put, even with a fortress fence around them.
My buddy had a goat...a male goat to guard his Harley.....he figured, no one could get past the stink of the thing...
Goats fed properly with good hay / minerals / salt and vitamins will never “eat everything” ie car wipers etc..
Throw feed - broadcast it in the area you want them to eat. They will scatter to find it and eat the bugs and weed seeds in the process.
P.S. this is a MOM talking of course , but you two are sooooo adorable!! You are learning and growing and just both have million dollar smiles. I just found this channel today and I'm sticking to it! Thanks for sharing your good and bad experiences on the homestead. Your honesty is so refreshing!! Watching your channel is like haveing really good homestead neighbors that are trying to help you out with your own homestead. Helpful and joyous! Keep it up Ya'll! !! So appreciated. I don't have a homestead (only in my dreams) but I do have 2 dogs. They are amazing creatures and I promise if you give one a home you will not be disappointed. Dogs are one of a kind. Their hearts are so big. You two are literally so lovable that a dog would be soooo blessed to be part of your family. And a bonus, they won't poop o on your food!!😂👍🏻❤️
Its not animal probleme its human probleme lool😹😻😼😽🙀
Possums eatticoks and thewill holy hurt
They certainly aren't the brightest.
So what jerk yr not cool
The geese ‘imprinted’ on the man. Many domestic farmyard animals do this. 😊
A lot of wild animals do it too. Probably would have worked better if they imprinted on the farm animals, although they could have been crushed when young
We bought 3 goslings, raised them with the chickens, and they keep hawks out of the chickens.
We have cats, and they do eat mice. I have covers for the raised beds, which keep the cats out when the plants are small, and they find easier litter boxes to use once the plants are well established.
good solution.
Geese work for me, 7 right now. Picking up 2 more, got them all grown. Yes they attack people. Just gotta love them.
I got the bright idea to try to tame a feral cat that was appearing every morning. It seems that the word got out, and we now have 7 "tamed" feral cats that show up for breakfast and dinner every single day. They are all very friendly toward ME, but run from every other human. They are never very far away and come running whenever we open the front door. They seem to even know the sound our screen door makes when I open it. Several of them now sleep on our front porch and have claimed our padded deck chairs as their beds which, you as you can imagine, has made them totally unusable to us. On the up-side, we no longer have any trouble with squirrels, mice of bluejays. I am now trying to teach them some table manners, i.e., don't play with your food while it is still alive, don't take messy food scraps OUT OF YOUR BOWL to eat it on the deck, don't leave any uneaten bits and pieces of your prey lying around on the deck for me to step on in the dark (feathers are okay).
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sure hope you have them spayed/neutered.....bc: do not ever breed or buy while shelter animals die aka being murdered all over usa
Terra Indigena I get kittens from the shelter to feed to my Burmese python
@@samuelphillian1286 if that's true its illegal
@@samuelphillian1286 cruel.
Whatever You Like you’d rather they were euthanized and then dumped in a dumpster? Because that’s what the shelter does if you didn’t know.
Absolutely loved this video. Because you two are so funny but your funny about mistakes you make, lessons you learned, and just about anything else. If you can't laugh at yourself stress sets in and disappointment. To the few that were commenting with judgmental attitudes and condescending tones...shame on you. Kevin and Sarah open up their lives to teach and learn with us. A video 5 days a week is not easy while holding down a homestead and I don't know very many people who also are so truthful to report mistakes or hard lessons learned that most of us just wouldn't tell anyone. One more thing, NO ONE was born tough or born knowing everything...appreciate what they do, laugh with them, learn from them or because of them, enjoy their hard work and honesty...the latter doesn't happen everyday. We are a community here and your now part of it, we build each other up, we're family.
I’ve never seen your videos before but you guys are great. Being honest about mistakes is so refreshing!
My mom trained a dog where she allowed her ducks and chickens, the dog kept them in line everyday.
Sounds like people problem not an animal problem.
These two are so cute, but I'd venture to say that "animal whisperers" they are definitely NOT. LOL
@ArchimedesBC I had guineas and cats with no problems for years.. I had 28 guineas and sold chicks off of them every year and made allot of money off of them...In fact only 1 male only.. He was a great watch guinea..If he saw a hawk he would let out a call and they would all run for the barn.. I loved them...
I have 9 cats that are tame and they stay close to the house when they ate or slept but they hunted at night and bring us trophies.
That’s what I was thinking, I love my cats!
So true I think your right I think she's a lol nutty
guinea fowl in australia: they also eat baby snakes and spiders. win!
Wow so which farm bird is the bravest for eating a live snake???, haven't seen any videos other than them walking around a snake
@@MrChangeordie guineas are your best bet, I've seena video of a rooster guinea sneak up behind a rattle snake and beat it to death
It's human arror nothing wrong with the animals it's the training
That's what they're saying... I like the Guinness actually.
Yeah, the other one is : it's spelled error, not arror.
For the Guinea chickens you could make a rolling pen that protects them from hawks and forces them to eat ticks in their pen area. You just have to keep rolling them around.
When we moved back out to the farm we had a couple of cats show up. By the time I got them caught, they were pregnant. 2 years later we had between 25 and 30 barn cats due to 1 wild female who hid her wild babies. That many cats became destructive, messy and a general nuisance around the farm. We worked hard to get them all trapped, fixed & vaccinated to stop the insanity. 20 plus years later we were down to 1 barn cat and I was good with that, but then we started having issues with mice and then the rats moved in. A couple of cats also showed up and soon another litter of wild kittens was noticed. Trapped & fixed thanks to our local humane society for helping! They have access to quality dry cat food at all times and they still hunt and kill tons of mice, rats and rabbits. 4 are tame and handled every day & 2 are untouchable yet they come in every night when called to the barn to be locked in for the night. Cats naturally like to hunt prey. You don't have to deprive them of food and attention in order for them to earn their keep by hunting. Personally, I don't care if they leave their kills lined up to show me every morning instead of eating the disease carrying rodents as long as they're killing them. I know a lot of farms that have dozens of sick cats running around snotting and pooping on everything. I don't believe in having animals around and not taking care of them, plus I don't want diseased animals around kids or my gardens etc. so I spay, neuter and vaccinate as well as feed them and they all still hunt. Raccoons, fox & coyotes also hunt mice & rats if you let them, but you have to be sure to keep easier prey like chickens protected.
30DayRide how do you deal with cats pooping in garden? Is it a problem for you?
If you have a rodent problem and you don’t want cats around, you could try getting some terriers instead. They are also good mousers. Glad you were able to find a nice balance and keep a few cats.
@@chasmerm3144 the solution would be to get cats before you have wild cats coming to your door. Theyll keep wild cats away and you can teach them to use a litterbox
@@2010pianofan I love to watch the videos of the terriers killing rats
Same thing happened to me. Nice to one to say hello. Just was glad didn't eat my bird. Was nice for awhile. If she wasn't around for awhile I missed her. Then she had two little ones. Even though I never liked cats I decided to keep them. Thoughts it was meant to be. Cuz I had lost my duck to Cancer ay ♋
. Abby came to the funeral. So I put up with slot. By now we decided to get them Spade and neuter ed the cats just kept showing up. Possums and skunks too. Everyone needed medicine. Yeah vetrx veterycyn one day I realized life is to short for pets you don't adore and they deserve someone who worship and spoil them. I will say we've never had mice like we did this year. . but also no predator attacks
my grandma got her barn cat when she just showed up in her barn and had 7 kittens. they trapped them all and momma and adopted out the kittens and got momma fixed, now she's still not 100% tame but sleeps in the garage at night and roams the farm during the day, and still hunts despite being well fed. hopefully you guys can get your own volunteer mouser someday that won't be too friendly
This is the funniest UA-cam video I have ever seen!!! I love these two.😂🤣😂🤣
Peacocks. They roosted on the roof over the back door and the porch was a constant mess. The problem was that the dryer vent was Nearby and it provided warmth in the winter.
It Seems UR Problem was that Yall Made tha Geese & Cats 2 Dependent on Yall So Instead of Being tha Animals that they R They Thought of Themselves as Family! 😂🤣
We had guineas and they would get on the roof of the house at night and scream. My Dad was ready to put them in the oven but they flew away. I think they heard him plotting with Mom 😂🤣
Sounds like with the geese, you just showed them too much love lol. YOU WAS DEY MAMA !! lolololol
All the discussion about the guineas was HILARIOUS.!.!.!.! And, YES, I would DEF agree with Sarah when it comes to the constant noise from them. THAT would just annoy the heck out of me. I am not a fan of crickets, tree frogs, and the likes, for just that reason. But, the funniest moments during the "guinea chat" was the look on Sarah's face, "cutthroat signs", and her comment after Kevin saying, "after 8 of them got eaten", and Sarah was all like, "or whatever" (rolls eyes), and you think, "just what DID happen to them there guineas"? Hehehehe
LOL. First time watcher. The look on the little ladies face makes me think she got good at aiming. I think I know what happened to the guineas. 8 "chicken" dinners. Wink wink.
My immediate thoughts as well when she said "or whatever" after Kevin said maybe they were eaten by "something"....hahahaha. It was one of the cutest moments I've come across on YT in a while. She looked so bewildered and innocent. Gee, what coulda happened>>> ahahhahaa
The other missing guinea is at your neighbor plate.
Nkajlem Cha they got tired of all that squakin'
I hope you found a good home for those poor cats. They deserved better. They were trying to be loving and wanted to be with you.
But whoever gave you kittens is a moron. Not all cats can be good barn cats. Just like all dogs are not hunting dogs or guard dogs. The only way to know if a cat can hunt mice is after they are fully grown and that's why there are barn cat rescues that provide mousers.
My son has about 30 guineas, but they do travel to neighbor yards. They have noticed that the guineas seem to forget that they can fly, so they have put up fencing that seems to keep them in their yard, at least until they find an opening in the fence! The guineas have definitely done their job though. Last year you couldn't walk from the house to the car without being covered with tics. When we visited this year, we saw only 2 tics! Plus, my son and his wife love their eggs. They are really rich and much more flavorful than store bought chicken eggs.