No Machinery Animal Feed! (This Could Save Us Thousands!)
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2023
- As our homesteading evolves we are becoming more self sufficient as we go. While we are producing nearly all the meat we eat from the property, we have yet to learn how to feed our animals from our own property. We take a massive step in that direction here. We are planting Mangle Beets, which are a heirloom variety that was used about 200 years ago as a primary over winter feed. We planted 6000 seeds! Also, we have a new sponsor Hisea! www.hisea.com They sent me some pants and so far I really like them. If you're interested in their products see the link above. You can use the promo code Flannelfarms at check out and get a discount on ANY of their products!
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One of my all time favorite foods is pickled beets. My MIL has been growing them for over 50 years and last year she taught me how to pickle them myself. When she had chickens she would feed them the greens. Now she gives them to a neighbor's chicken. Thank you for sharing and God bless! 💜💙💜
That sounds lovely
Super fun and informative video! I will be planting lambs quarters, burdock, nettle, alfalfa, white clover, plantains, Wheatgrass, sorghum, barley, and oat grass as fodder for our chickens, ducks, and goats.
Sounds yummy!
My uncles favorite cover crop for cow feed is turnips. They really help air the soil up. And the cows seem to love them.
Excellent.
We are still working on the animal feed side of things. Pasture has been great.
3:11 I gave you my heart
The very next day
Very cool 😎 looking forward to seeing how it turns out
I've been watching now and a then since the beginning. But lately I've been really loving your videos. Keep up the great work. You have gained a lifelong viewer. God bless
Thank you so much! We are trying to improve and grow as we grow. :)
You look like the guy from office space, the main character lol! Love your videos, keep ‘em coming 😍🥳very informative.
Ha!
Can't wait to see how the beets do. Never heard of lifetime warranty on clothes - wow. Lord bless these folks.
Me either! I've yet to register them, but I plan on it.
WearGuard did it back in the 80s-90s. Not sure if they still do.
what a gold mine, thanks Brian! shared on!
Will do!
Need a 1800's animal feed recipe book 😁
Exactly! I do have an older book called Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps that has given me some good ideas.
In that spot grow... corn? A good heavy producing variety, yummy for humans and a nice backup for the livestock. Then turn the cobs into biochar, charge that stuff, and whee! Next year better fields. You could maybe do it as a three sisters, that way you'd have beans either for you or the animals (chicks lay great with the extra protein of cooked beans), and also winter squash to save for yourselves or, also, for the livestock.
We did that there last year as a matter of fact. We have some non gmo feed corn that we are planting also. You can feed the whole thing to them, stalks and all
Those Hisea jeans will definitely get tested when you wear them working on your projects. Good thing they have a lifetime warranty. Hoping your crops are fruitful.😊
Thanks Momma!
Wow that is one huge garden that was done by hand! The wheel tool is neat! ❤
In my area they were just called 'mangels.'
Lots of great info thanks!
Gladly!
I'd like to have a big flat spot like that
I'm having to terrace a big section of my property to plant on
Man that's rough, on the plus side, it will be beautiful when you're done!
Pls note, you can make silage from the beet greens. Easier for the ruminates to eat but rabbit prefer them plain.
You can if you have the right storage for the silage.
@@FlannelFarms I make mine in a 55 gl plastic pickle barrel I got from a food service place. I add black strap molasses to mine. The trick is compression. Think pickle weight on the jumbo size and jump. Pack in layers.
Thanks for the info! Great idea with the barrels.
My grandma fed her Jersey cow mangel beets in the Montana winter
What zone is that? And did she grow them herself? Super cool that she did that!
Zone 3! But gardens do incredibly well in the short growing season due to the longer days and there are few pests. I believe she did grow them herself. She always grew pumpkins as well to give to the school kids for Halloween
Thats fantastic! I didn't know they would grow that car north!
@@FlannelFarms as I understand it, most of the country’s sugar beets (which are not so different from mangels) are grown in the dakotas which are just as cold
I’m trying to get my feed bill to zero. My feed bill is high. I support a mom and pop feed shop that is way expensive. I also sometimes use big box rural king feed. I did research and it said these beets can be fed to goats and all my poultry including turkey and ducks so I may try this and follow up with my results. 😊
Yes! Please do! We are trying to do the same. Our meat and eggs aren't free if we have to pay to feed them all. I'd really like to figure out the balance.
@@FlannelFarms I agree. Sometimes i get frustrated with the feed costs but then I remember that I just need to be thankful these eggs, meat, and milk, were raised with my hands and land and that I can just try my best to learn how to keep my feed bill lower. Beets may be a good avenue for me to try as fodder for our farm animals!
Right! It is healthier and better for the animals even if you have to buy it.
Great idea! I have several things I'm planting in hopes to reduce winter feed costs this summer, but the beets are probably a heavier calorie per square foot crop than most other things. I have pretty limited space, so I need to use it wisely. Thanks!
Gladly! Let me know how they work for you, this is our first attempt at them.
@@FlannelFarms Will do! Have you read anything about the best way to feed them to chickens? Would you dice them? Or just let them peck at them whole? (Probably a good winter boredom buster for them, actually 🤔)
I've heard you hang them and let them peck at it.
I think how you feed them depends on what you are feeding them too. Farmers used to have a special beet chopper in their barns so they could chop the beets that they fed to their cows. I imagine those needed to be in fairly small chunks so the cows wouldn't choke on them. Maybe someone who remembers using one of those will speak up.
Pumpkins?
We will be planting a squash also
You can eat the whole thing (I'm told they're tastier if harvested early but still food even when big and stored) not just the greens.
We're late getting going but some yellow mangles are planned for this year. We'll see how it goes.
Keep me posted.
We no longer buy carfarts too. Commies!
Stick it to'um!!
I have to plant mine as well. How do you plan on chopping them up for fodder?
Machete probably.
Pickled beets. Love them. Pickled red beet eggs are a favorite of mine. loving the videos. Thank you.
Gladly my friend
🙂👍🏻
Clothes hobos haven't warn before. Bwa ha HA ha Ha! Some sketchy clouds.
Somebody should do a fan fiction of you and your brother. A mix of the Tv show Supernatural the movie Frailty and retro modern homesteading. You could steal the tag line Saving People Hunting Things from Supernatural. Basically during the day you travel around the world helping people become more self sufficient and during the night you destroy demons. 👍
Sounds like something I could be on board with!
Interesting! Apparently Sudan grass is another item cows like, I learned about it from David, but later saw where farms bale it for cows I think you can get a least 2-3 cuttings per season. But the stalk gets beefy, but not as bad as okra.
Nice!
I'm considering doing this as well. Only issue is lots of deer in my area but hey if I have a lower yield but a few fat deer in the freezer I'll take that compromise. Regarding hisea I've been using their boots since black Friday sale last year and I love that they have wide soles for my wide feet and I got tired of going through a pair of boots per year. Only compromise is their tread is a bit flat bottomed which doesn't lend well to long periods of walking but this is typical of most muck boot styles and they're a little heavier which also isn't great for long periods walks or hauling water. That said nothing is perfect and we'll be getting many more pairs as our children go up in shoe sizes.
Very cool! Thanks for the info!
Corn. Feed you your animals and then a useful tool when everything goes to he** to take care of them cleanup when the final product from your bounty is dropped off at the pool. Well have to look at that crop never really heard of it before. Not sure how it would do in zone 9.
I'm not sure either. Corn is also on the list!
so funny
The brand that rhymes *used* to be good quality. I had a pair of their overalls that were well-used when a friend gave them to me, and I used them constantly every winter for about ten years before I finally wore them out. But their quality has gone downhill in the last few years, like so many other things.
You got to feed those babies so those babies can feed you, pork chops and apple sauce
Right!