My grandfather was a farmer his whole life. He lived into his 90's. He wasn't good about wearing sunscreen and it was no surprise he had multiple instances of skin cancer. In his later years he spent a lot of time having chunks of his face carved out and it was painful for him. I hope you are investing heavily in skin protection and taking it seriously. I don't want you to suffer like my grandpa did.
@jadeskorpion bro the sunscreens cause the cancers. Nobody should be putting sunscreen on their bodies.. How do you not know that... If your grandpa ate a lot of grains with herbicides and pesticides within them that could be his cancer causes ... the sun is good for us. The whole world is mislead
A cliffhanger ending! I hope little chimken is okay. The farm does look lovely in the summer all lovely and green and I like the fly catchers coming in - flies ruin a lovely day. Thank you to Allison for coming in to the video - we don't get to see her often but it's always a treat when we do, especially when she's cuddling the baby animals. I too would cuddle the babas - they are so fluffy and cute 😊
That calendar of yours hangs on my wall in my yoga area, and I have loved looking at it. But by far, my favorite has been Allison's awesome smile for May. I had a hard time making myself moving it to June, lol😂❤
I really like this style of video Morgan, it felt like you interacted with pretty much all parts of the farm you use (far pasture, orchard, barn for the male cows and also the lower area with toby and the new bee hive. Also inside as you showed the baby gooselings. It just felt so relaxing and almost documentary-like as we go over everything but also not in so much depth that it can seem overwhelming.
"Although it may seem gross the chickens potentially dinning on some of the fly larvae out of the cow dung/patty's, only for someone to possibly eat that chicken eventually." Can arguably be the best way for organisms to be processed naturally versus having a bird filled with synthetic lab made hormones.
It is so wonderful that your goslings have there very own Doctor and yes I say Doctor because I myself am a medical train wreck and all of my “Doctors “ are nurse practitioners because I really feel they know so much more than those other doctors.
I dropped my 15yrs of senior scientist career in P&G and moved to Almaty KZ trying to live my farmhouse dream, with my 8yr old. We are both fans of you. Will continue learn from you.
I think it's so cool how far you've come with your cattle and how much trust is shared between them and yourself. I remember how hard it was when you were just trying to have one of them just take a alfalfa treat from your hand, now you're brushing them driving right up on them with your all terrain vehicle Abby dog is walking right through them and hanging with them all the time. It's just amazing what a little patience and perseverance gets you, very cool. They are amazing unique animals that I've learned from watching are extremely intelligent.
Another enjoyable day on your farm. The video started off with a humorous tone when moving the chicken coop. Then the animals got loose which also was hilarious. Thanks for a great video output. These are my favorite kind, just life on the farm.
Wow. This is one of your best videos yet. Seeing all of the animals was so interesting. Please do more of these. Allison is beautiful. She has such a gentle spirit. I bet she is an amazing nurse.
this was just so much fun ~ going everywhere on the farm seeing everything like an action packed tour ~ i was ready for some lemonade after this ~ liked all the ducks in a row part ~ all the animals look like they are having a great tyme & want lemonade too ~ never get tired of them thar bebe birds & their chick chatter ~
Dear Morgan and Allison, oh how I miss baby goslings, I raised hundreds of them over the years and they were my responsibility to raise. So I throughly enjoy watching the videos you put out about them. Love to watch Gold Shaw Farm videos, and sorry if I come across with Hey Morgan, too much, yes if you can compost your hoop house gold, for a year if you can imo, to let it break down more and let the earthworms get into it and add their help and then wah lah, pure gold for whereever you put it, and on further thought add some of your barn collectings to the mix too, a mixed pile does wonders, lol, all right enough from me, have a great weekend!! Oh sorry couldn't help myself, we let some of geese hatch their own and we would get the fresh hatched and put them into brooders, just to keep them alive, rate of passing was too high if left with the parents out on the farm, and we also incubated the eggs, to hatch, for a higher rate of hatching. I'm gone lol
A couple of comments on the chicken coop: 1. Screwing through the end grain of the lumber makes for a weaker joint. The wood tends to split away over a relatively short period of time. With the droppings inside the coop falling on the cross members you’ll see those pieces deteriorate sooner than later. Maybe you’ve already accounted for that in the expected working life of the coop. I’d like to see more bee videos. I enjoy the evolution of your various learning curves, and I’ve enjoyed learning more about bee keeping.
They are amazing creatures. If there were no bees, we could not exsist. Honey bees don't sting. They only try to get you out of their bee line. So cute.
*@Gold Shaw Farm* 6:37 Wood is much stronger if bolted Across the grains, as compared to Along the grains. I suggest using a iron drill-bit, add a new hole on the "front"(?) side (non-wheel side) if the iron, then drill through the wood & add a bolt through it all, then add a washer, at least on the wood side, and a nut.
Would be nice to have the hive fixed. Every time you walk on the pallet the whole hive shakes. 4 stumps and 4 2x6, you will have a solid stand. :) Nice to see that the bees are alive. Thumbs up!
Yeah, pallets aren't put together very well, & break easily. We're not allowed to put both feet on them at work (Amazon warehouse), cause they break so easily & can cause injury 🤕
You don't need the wheels on your chicken coop if you have the strength of the tractor. I am a big fan of skid mounted stuff. Just put your stuff on wood skis and drag it. Skid mount is what they call it. I love skid mounted stuff. Easier to maintain. I like to see you using the tractor more.
Yeah, wheels are kinda better when they work but skids are so much simpler. Really excited about your farm's progress! Didn't know I could get nostalgic about the coop design 😂
That was a really nice picture of Allison, thinking it's worth framing. So where are the ducks and geese sleeping at night since you moved them up into the permaculture? Goslings are adorable and I'm so glad you were able to save those that needed assistance (except the one from the last group, sorry). All is well at the farm, thanks Morgan for the update.
Hi Morgan. I’m still amazed how great you look! I’m so happy for you. I wonder if you have considered using a real tree limb to roost instead of a square piece of wood. Seems to me that square wouldn’t be as comfortable on their feet. Love your channel brother. Take care.
Chickens like roosting on 2x2 with rounded corners. It fits their feet and gives secure purchase. Round roosts can be fine but sometimes a low rank chicken gets pushed to the uncomfortable spot, the end with too large or too small diameter. After several years I finally got smart and removed a piece of limb from my coop because it was too big for their feet to grip securely, replaced it with a smaller diameter one.
Maybe spread something that flowers in part of the area you are rehabbing. Cog Hill spread some type of bee flower that is going great. Just sprinkled in here & there. Perhaps some sunflowers here and there. Something that does well in your climate. Also spreading appropriate seed behind the pigs with something that has some stuff with blooms. Giving the bees more to eat & store.
Im so thankful the animals have allison too shes just so warm n loving❤ and screw the bee jerks im so thankful your just helping our bees their so important 🥰
I just sold my cottage & bought a farm so I'm gonna start over rewatching your videos & hope i can do almost as well as youive done! You have inspired my inner farmer that i never knew existed, wish us luck!
That was a fun circus of a video. Disappearing bull & reappearing chicken acts. I think the main reason the ducks & geese were following you was they are used to you feeding them the good stuff. We'll see if they give that up. 🐱👍🏻🐰⭐🐕☀️🐔💥🤞🏻🐈⬛
Hi Morgan, I've noticed a couple of your recent videos end very abruptly as if it got chopped off. Just passing it on in case you didn't know. Keep up the great work!
Seen some stuff of bees getting caught in the flow of honey. They can be saved if you get to them before they pass and set them by the hive opening and the other bees will clean them up.
You can also set up the right type of fans (so they don't get sucked in) to blow them away from the honey and partially cover the honey drip system with clear plastic in tandem with a bit of plastic wrap if you have a large enough container. Any mistakes or drops can be cleaned up by the bees after you've taken it all down.
Make sure your watching out for mites and placing mite boards especially in the winter they can get outta hand fast and they will destroy bee hives fast. That’s my only guess beehives are warm and full of food. Mites, hive beetles and louses like that stuff😂😂❤
Hey for the Bee's if I can suggest, getting a beetle trap and inspect your bees for mites. Mites are spreading amongst Honeybee's and especially their larva. These Mites will murder a hive, slowly, but surely.
Nice video A hack for the tractor forks I and a lot of others have a hole drilled in close to the tip of one or both of the fork lift forks IMO Not with a torch , or the heat treat might be messed up That lets me both pull a wagon when needed Or to hook a chain to the fork tip to move a pallet to the side or forward
Keep in mind that chickens are very good at hunting ticks. So may be a good idea to kee a few around Toby dog. Supposedly Guinne Fowl are especially good a tick murdering.
Regarding the bees: Keep track of Varroa mites they can "desomite" a colony. There are a several methods to help with this Apivar Strips may be the easiest and more hands off method. Oxalic acid is another common method. You for sure should look into either a test kit or learn about the powder sugar method if you've not done that before. Hope this helps :)
I think a lot of the bee keepers on youtube tend to have more than one set of hands to be able to do both the management and filming parts. I don't know anything about it, but it looks awfully involved to take care of bee's even for people who have been doing it forever. It's a good thing you're a dedicated life long learner.
I'd love to volunteer to work on the farm for a week. I know you'd said in another video you weren't interested in house guests but, think about it. Working for room and board. I wish I had time to watch all your vlogs. Such interesting content - your weight loss, the Abby Dog saga, weird chickens - ha, heck all of it!
Not sure if he's doing much internet stuff anymore, but it might be interesting to get Cody from Cody's Lab out to talk bee stuff. He never bothered with beekeeper garb and was just kind of "meh" about getting stung. It was pretty interesting seeing all the stuff he'd do with his hives, the wax, and the honey.
Morgan, I love watching your videos, you're one of my favorite UA-camrs. I see that you're keeping the brooder plates way too low, making it very difficult for the goslings to get under them to keep warm. Please raise the brooder plates up to the highest level, to make it easier for the goslings to get under them without burning their heads and backs. Place your hand on the heat plate, it gets very hot, it shouldn't be right on top the goslings (or ducklings or chicks) touching their back, it should be about an inch above the baby birds so they don't get burned or too hot. Since your brooder plates are so low to the ground, I doubt the goslings are using them, with the exception of the smallest birds, they are probably huddling together to keep warm, especially at night when the temperature drops.
Your backup skills are crazzzyyyyy. I'd have ended up flipping the tractor!!! 💖💖 And this just reminded me how much I love my GSF calendar! I didn't even cheat to see what months have what photos 😂💖
Hi Morgan good move. When I was hatching and raising chickens I kept my bantams with the chicken flock. The bantams held their own. Also the bantam hens were the best hatchers. It was only the rooster kept my bantam rooster at bay but it was not a constant fight. I know time is at a premium but I recommend to try putting the weird chickens with your main flock. Just watch then for an hour or so, either the flock will accept the weird chickens or not. If they get accepted it will be a bit easier for your management. btw That chicken stil in the hoop coop could be broody. Broody hens are loners and cluck a lot.
One advise on keeping the bees alive during the winter is instead setting a bowl of sugar water, just put a bowl of sugar. This is because the water freeze or get bad and can cause death of bees. But the sugar doesn’t get bad or freezes! All the love and hope for your beehive surviving! You’re doing great work keeping on trying ❤
It would be nice if some of the experienced bee keepers gave you some helpful advice instead of criticism,you are trying your best and having a go…..just watching you now talking and doing your daily jobs,all of the things you are making for the farm and how relaxed you are about everything is wonderful to see..I thoroughly enjoy every eposide ….Thankyou Morgan….🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
For your rebuild, you might consider building the walls like an A-Frame. This might achieve two things: The base would be wider and allow less bird droppings to accumulate on the edges. The wider base / \ might contribute to better stability. The roof could be rounded to prevent snow build up and perhaps have room beneath for additional roosts. Another thing, watching the chickens exiting one at a time through that door I found disturbing. You might consider a design that allows multiple chickens to exit at the same time. Maybe keep the small door dedicated as a "Walk-in" to ensure that all the chickens can be directed. The other door dedicated as an Exit and be made wider/bigger. Looking forward to the new design.
He already had a problem moving it about the farm. A wider base would be even harder to deal with. It would actually be better if he built a small shed up on the top pasture. During the winter, he could use it to house spring/summer items like a larger chicken coop and his anti-fly buckets and double sided tape. Not sure, but maybe even a spot for his barn cats to use if he finds them wandering up there, too. If he could get sets of huge poles put into the ground in various parts of the pasture, the poles could be used as anchors for sun screens. So he could put up reinforced multi-holed screens/tarps and anchor them to the poles creating shade. It would be another step in his moving the cattle, but better than trying to move his shade and scratch mobile around with them. And he could anchor the "scratchers" to the posts in a way so he could move them, replace them as needed, and store them in the shed during winter so they don't deteriorate in the snow. Same with the shade cloths. To bad he didn't plant some more of his fruit trees on his first year of the farm on the upper pasture to provide food and shade for his cattle for later years. Of course, if he continues to get pigs to open up his forest on his side of the stream, he can cut some of the trees down, but leave some up to provide a good amount of shade and let his cattle graze that area during the worst part of the summer. Or get a local goat herder, if he has any, to help him out if he doesn't want to continue with the pigs. It'll be interesting what more he might uncover as he opens up the area under his forest. That vehicle was cool!
there wouldn't be as much space for nesting boxes though and the width of the thing is already a proven issue it'd help if it was more bottom heavy, how that would be achieved i'm not super certain (heavier kit for the base? something to cut down the wood weight at least)
@@prcervi Just spitballing here: If he had round end (like a pirates hook--can't think of the name off the top of my head) bolts along the bottom screwed into the metal and then attached weights to weigh down the base, it might help? He could just use the weights while moving the coop instead of keeping them on all the time. Or use them on specific sides when he knows that the coop would tip in one direction--either while moving or when there is a heavy winds day?
I think a lower and wider design for the mobile chicken coop would be a better option for the sloping landscape to lessen the chance of a major tip over. Also adding a back support to hang the extra feed and fencing supplies would give it a bit more stability too.
Weigh the excess nitrogen but, do consider adding a good 12" layer of bedding material to the top if your garden beds when you put them to bed of the winter. Then depending, either scrzpung what remains off into a compost pike or tilling/ turning in come spring. For example nitrogen and pathogen levels will be higher in bird bedding but seed content will probsbly be higher in bovine bedding.
The undercarriage of the coup is a little too residential vs industrial. You may consider beefing it up with some angle iron. Your Friend Albert could tack it place with his welder. Also. You can purchase a tank with a toilet like shutoff. Place it at the top of your property and then fill everything as it flows downhill. You add 1 psi for every 27.1 drop in elevation. Just by gravity alone.
My grandpa kept bees for years and year. I mean decades. I remember us all running past really fast because we were afraid we'd get stung. He had them right by his garden. Eventually we learned if we didn't bother them they wouldn't bother us. And my grandpa always had the most beautiful successful garden. We used to sit by his strawberries come harvest time and eat them right off the ground. Ill talk to gramps and see if he has any pointers. ETA: he still has a very successful garden. A huge garden. I mean huge.
Allison's eyes sparkle when she is with the baby gosling. She's a beautiful, kind and caring woman❤😊
My grandfather was a farmer his whole life. He lived into his 90's. He wasn't good about wearing sunscreen and it was no surprise he had multiple instances of skin cancer. In his later years he spent a lot of time having chunks of his face carved out and it was painful for him. I hope you are investing heavily in skin protection and taking it seriously. I don't want you to suffer like my grandpa did.
@jadeskorpion bro the sunscreens cause the cancers. Nobody should be putting sunscreen on their bodies.. How do you not know that...
If your grandpa ate a lot of grains with herbicides and pesticides within them that could be his cancer causes ... the sun is good for us.
The whole world is mislead
This I so sad❤😢
A cliffhanger ending! I hope little chimken is okay. The farm does look lovely in the summer all lovely and green and I like the fly catchers coming in - flies ruin a lovely day. Thank you to Allison for coming in to the video - we don't get to see her often but it's always a treat when we do, especially when she's cuddling the baby animals. I too would cuddle the babas - they are so fluffy and cute 😊
Morgan you could move the “weird “ chickens to the cattle winter yard letting them spread the manure and taking care of bug larvae.
The bull and steer are still in the winter yard
@@3l3n4Wh4tyes but they won't be for long. That's actually a pretty good idea for later
That's a good idea for when the boys move out!!
The bees may have died due to mites! My brother is a Bee guy and has had a problem with that.
Hope that last chicken was ok
I loved seeing Allison again in a video! She does so well with the little ones
It was nice seeing all of the animals. Allison is amazing! I liked seeing her help the Goslings, it's a nice part of the video.
Seeing Allison glow and be so happy with the goslings was simply beautiful!! 🥺
Your ease / confidence with cattle handling is amazing now, you’ve done so well!
Allison is the best labor and delivery nurse ever! ❤
Allison + the goslings are magical and adorable 🥰
The smile on her face as she looked up at Morgan, aww reminds me of how I look at my husband. The goslings are so cute!
That calendar of yours hangs on my wall in my yoga area, and I have loved looking at it. But by far, my favorite has been Allison's awesome smile for May. I had a hard time making myself moving it to June, lol😂❤
@@cheriekalel9578 seeing the calender made me cry because i couldnt get one because i live in canada boo hoo not fair ~
@@colecolettecole now that is truly sad!
a good old farm chore video, my favorite!
I really like this style of video Morgan, it felt like you interacted with pretty much all parts of the farm you use (far pasture, orchard, barn for the male cows and also the lower area with toby and the new bee hive. Also inside as you showed the baby gooselings. It just felt so relaxing and almost documentary-like as we go over everything but also not in so much depth that it can seem overwhelming.
What a blessing to come into the world and Allison's smile be the first thing you see. God bless. TFS
"Although it may seem gross the chickens potentially dinning on some of the fly larvae out of the cow dung/patty's, only for someone to possibly eat that chicken eventually."
Can arguably be the best way for organisms to be processed naturally versus having a bird filled with synthetic lab made hormones.
The plants we eat are fertilized with poop, too. There's no avoiding feces on the food chain.
And pumped full of antibiotics
You wondered if this video was 'too much'... I say no! I love this length, seeing as much as possible of your farm-beings every time.
Joey was loving that tall grass!
Allison is beautiful and so nice to see her in the video. Loved the video 😊
Enjoyed the variety in this video. Thank u.
It is so wonderful that your goslings have there very own Doctor and yes I say Doctor because I myself am a medical train wreck and all of my “Doctors “ are nurse practitioners because I really feel they know so much more than those other doctors.
I dropped my 15yrs of senior scientist career in P&G and moved to Almaty KZ trying to live my farmhouse dream, with my 8yr old. We are both fans of you. Will continue learn from you.
Good luck on your adventure you deserve this ❤
Hope you are growing apples 🍎
I think it's so cool how far you've come with your cattle and how much trust is shared between them and yourself. I remember how hard it was when you were just trying to have one of them just take a alfalfa treat from your hand, now you're brushing them driving right up on them with your all terrain vehicle Abby dog is walking right through them and hanging with them all the time. It's just amazing what a little patience and perseverance gets you, very cool. They are amazing unique animals that I've learned from watching are extremely intelligent.
Another enjoyable day on your farm. The video started off with a humorous tone when moving the chicken coop. Then the animals got loose which also was hilarious. Thanks for a great video output. These are my favorite kind, just life on the farm.
I agree 😄👍
Wow. This is one of your best videos yet. Seeing all of the animals was so interesting. Please do more of these. Allison is beautiful. She has such a gentle spirit. I bet she is an amazing nurse.
this was just so much fun ~
going everywhere on the farm seeing everything like an action packed tour ~ i was ready for some lemonade after this ~
liked all the ducks in a row part ~ all the animals look like they are having a great tyme & want lemonade too ~ never get tired of them thar bebe birds & their chick chatter ~
Morgan you really do make video with a lot of content and i ain't kidding.....Thanks very much 👍
I know alison is camera shy But I am always happy to see her, She has such a beaming smile.
Dear Morgan and Allison, oh how I miss baby goslings, I raised hundreds of them over the years and they were my responsibility to raise. So I throughly enjoy watching the videos you put out about them. Love to watch Gold Shaw Farm videos, and sorry if I come across with Hey Morgan, too much, yes if you can compost your hoop house gold, for a year if you can imo, to let it break down more and let the earthworms get into it and add their help and then wah lah, pure gold for whereever you put it, and on further thought add some of your barn collectings to the mix too, a mixed pile does wonders, lol, all right enough from me, have a great weekend!! Oh sorry couldn't help myself, we let some of geese hatch their own and we would get the fresh hatched and put them into brooders, just to keep them alive, rate of passing was too high if left with the parents out on the farm, and we also incubated the eggs, to hatch, for a higher rate of hatching. I'm gone lol
A nice all around farm update...and a farm mystery at the end
A couple of comments on the chicken coop: 1. Screwing through the end grain of the lumber makes for a weaker joint. The wood tends to split away over a relatively short period of time. With the droppings inside the coop falling on the cross members you’ll see those pieces deteriorate sooner than later. Maybe you’ve already accounted for that in the expected working life of the coop. I’d like to see more bee videos. I enjoy the evolution of your various learning curves, and I’ve enjoyed learning more about bee keeping.
They are amazing creatures. If there were no bees, we could not exsist. Honey bees don't sting. They only try to get you out of their bee line. So cute.
*@Gold Shaw Farm*
6:37 Wood is much stronger if bolted Across the grains, as compared to Along the grains.
I suggest using a iron drill-bit, add a new hole on the "front"(?) side (non-wheel side) if the iron, then drill through the wood & add a bolt through it all, then add a washer, at least on the wood side, and a nut.
Babies and bees 😍 Spring is so exciting! I can't wait for more updates and the Big Move of the boys and Abby up the pasture ❤
Joey absolutely going to town on that grass xD
Would be nice to have the hive fixed. Every time you walk on the pallet the whole hive shakes. 4 stumps and 4 2x6, you will have a solid stand. :) Nice to see that the bees are alive. Thumbs up!
Also, 18" off the ground if you have skunks.
... agreed the solid foundation is way better ...
When that hive gets heavy with honey it may break the pallet and tip over. We are all wringing our little bee loving hands out here. Bee careful!😅
Yeah, pallets aren't put together very well, & break easily. We're not allowed to put both feet on them at work (Amazon warehouse), cause they break so easily & can cause injury 🤕
It's not often that you see eggs scrambled right in the coop!!😂😅
Wow Morgan, this was a great video of every aspect of the farm. The animals look great and OMG the pastor is lush and beautiful. Thanks for sharing .
Best show I’ve seen in a long time Morgan!!! ❤
You and Allison make such a great team!
You don't need the wheels on your chicken coop if you have the strength of the tractor. I am a big fan of skid mounted stuff. Just put your stuff on wood skis and drag it. Skid mount is what they call it. I love skid mounted stuff. Easier to maintain. I like to see you using the tractor more.
Yeah, wheels are kinda better when they work but skids are so much simpler.
Really excited about your farm's progress! Didn't know I could get nostalgic about the coop design 😂
That was a really nice picture of Allison, thinking it's worth framing. So where are the ducks and geese sleeping at night since you moved them up into the permaculture? Goslings are adorable and I'm so glad you were able to save those that needed assistance (except the one from the last group, sorry). All is well at the farm, thanks Morgan for the update.
they have their sleeping bags stashed up top of the pasture ~ as well as their star charts & telescopes ~
Lol, Good one!
Love your attitude about hawk
Hi Morgan. I’m still amazed how great you look! I’m so happy for you. I wonder if you have considered using a real tree limb to roost instead of a square piece of wood. Seems to me that square wouldn’t be as comfortable on their feet. Love your channel brother. Take care.
Chickens like roosting on 2x2 with rounded corners. It fits their feet and gives secure purchase. Round roosts can be fine but sometimes a low rank chicken gets pushed to the uncomfortable spot, the end with too large or too small diameter. After several years I finally got smart and removed a piece of limb from my coop because it was too big for their feet to grip securely, replaced it with a smaller diameter one.
Love You both with the Baby Geese!! Mine are 8 weeks come Monday. So Big!!!!
Maybe spread something that flowers in part of the area you are rehabbing. Cog Hill spread some type of bee flower that is going great. Just sprinkled in here & there. Perhaps some sunflowers here and there. Something that does well in your climate. Also spreading appropriate seed behind the pigs with something that has some stuff with blooms. Giving the bees more to eat & store.
Im so thankful the animals have allison too shes just so warm n loving❤ and screw the bee jerks im so thankful your just helping our bees their so important 🥰
Dream pretty much looked like it does right now”🎉 So happy for you and Allison.
Nice to get an update on all of your animals and chores.
i see what you mean by the bee contents, sheesh 😂 nice update, always a pleasure to see how things are going, both the ups and downs.
Not only is Allison beautiful, she is so sweet, caring and talented. Her hands are experienced in care.
I just sold my cottage & bought a farm so I'm gonna start over rewatching your videos & hope i can do almost as well as youive done! You have inspired my inner farmer that i never knew existed, wish us luck!
That was a fun circus of a video. Disappearing bull & reappearing chicken acts. I think the main reason the ducks & geese were following you was they are used to you feeding them the good stuff. We'll see if they give that up. 🐱👍🏻🐰⭐🐕☀️🐔💥🤞🏻🐈⬛
Hi Morgan,
I've noticed a couple of your recent videos end very abruptly as if it got chopped off. Just passing it on in case you didn't know. Keep up the great work!
You are so far north I hope the crazy weather doesn’t effect you as much. Glad to see your spring has a good start 😊
Seen some stuff of bees getting caught in the flow of honey. They can be saved if you get to them before they pass and set them by the hive opening and the other bees will clean them up.
You can also set up the right type of fans (so they don't get sucked in) to blow them away from the honey and partially cover the honey drip system with clear plastic in tandem with a bit of plastic wrap if you have a large enough container. Any mistakes or drops can be cleaned up by the bees after you've taken it all down.
Loved the update! I really enjoy vlog like videos the most. Seeing everyone is great.
Make sure your watching out for mites and placing mite boards especially in the winter they can get outta hand fast and they will destroy bee hives fast. That’s my only guess beehives are warm and full of food. Mites, hive beetles and louses like that stuff😂😂❤
Thank you for sharing! I really enjoy your videos! Allison is a beautiful young lady!
Hey for the Bee's if I can suggest, getting a beetle trap and inspect your bees for mites. Mites are spreading amongst Honeybee's and especially their larva. These Mites will murder a hive, slowly, but surely.
Bee-ginner - lol! Dad jokes are the best!
Nice video
A hack for the tractor forks
I and a lot of others have a hole drilled in close to the tip of one or both of the fork lift forks
IMO Not with a torch , or the heat treat might be messed up
That lets me both pull a wagon when needed
Or to hook a chain to the fork tip to move a pallet to the side or forward
Keep in mind that chickens are very good at hunting ticks. So may be a good idea to kee a few around Toby dog. Supposedly Guinne Fowl are especially good a tick murdering.
Guinne are superior tick hunters; they are also the loudest fowl on the plantet, and scream every time the wind blows.
Regarding the bees: Keep track of Varroa mites they can "desomite" a colony. There are a several methods to help with this Apivar Strips may be the easiest and more hands off method. Oxalic acid is another common method. You for sure should look into either a test kit or learn about the powder sugar method if you've not done that before. Hope this helps :)
Loved your camera in the coop too. We often see critters on the move from outside thier enclosures but "never" from inside.
Cute Bee Hive! Thank you for keeping Weird Chickens.
Great music and musical editing!
I think a lot of the bee keepers on youtube tend to have more than one set of hands to be able to do both the management and filming parts. I don't know anything about it, but it looks awfully involved to take care of bee's even for people who have been doing it forever. It's a good thing you're a dedicated life long learner.
I'd love to volunteer to work on the farm for a week. I know you'd said in another video you weren't interested in house guests but, think about it. Working for room and board. I wish I had time to watch all your vlogs. Such interesting content - your weight loss, the Abby Dog saga, weird chickens - ha, heck all of it!
Not sure if he's doing much internet stuff anymore, but it might be interesting to get Cody from Cody's Lab out to talk bee stuff. He never bothered with beekeeper garb and was just kind of "meh" about getting stung. It was pretty interesting seeing all the stuff he'd do with his hives, the wax, and the honey.
I could listen to Joey eating grass all day. So cronchy.
Morgan, I love watching your videos, you're one of my favorite UA-camrs. I see that you're keeping the brooder plates way too low, making it very difficult for the goslings to get under them to keep warm. Please raise the brooder plates up to the highest level, to make it easier for the goslings to get under them without burning their heads and backs. Place your hand on the heat plate, it gets very hot, it shouldn't be right on top the goslings (or ducklings or chicks) touching their back, it should be about an inch above the baby birds so they don't get burned or too hot. Since your brooder plates are so low to the ground, I doubt the goslings are using them, with the exception of the smallest birds, they are probably huddling together to keep warm, especially at night when the temperature drops.
Always enjoy seeing Roy's Mountain and Harvey's Mountain in the background...
❤❤ Great to see you both!
Your backup skills are crazzzyyyyy. I'd have ended up flipping the tractor!!! 💖💖 And this just reminded me how much I love my GSF calendar! I didn't even cheat to see what months have what photos 😂💖
Excellent official Farmer Tan.
Hi Morgan good move. When I was hatching and raising chickens I kept my bantams with the chicken flock. The bantams held their own. Also the bantam hens were the best hatchers. It was only the rooster kept my bantam rooster at bay but it was not a constant fight. I know time is at a premium but I recommend to try putting the weird chickens with your main flock. Just watch then for an hour or so, either the flock will accept the weird chickens or not. If they get accepted it will be a bit easier for your management.
btw That chicken stil in the hoop coop could be broody. Broody hens are loners and cluck a lot.
Hi Morgan I saw you on the news in a segment it was presented very well .
@goldshawfarm you get that hive off that pallet ASAP .. shits gonna topple over with a strong gust of wind break your hive.. Cmon Man
Your chickens looks happy there they can get bugs and enjoy their mice chicken coop and the sun have a good time
Why do you use a triple space in stead of a single space?
That chicken is looking a little "I'm not feeling so well Mr. Stark" Has she laid her last egg!?
One advise on keeping the bees alive during the winter is instead setting a bowl of sugar water, just put a bowl of sugar. This is because the water freeze or get bad and can cause death of bees. But the sugar doesn’t get bad or freezes! All the love and hope for your beehive surviving! You’re doing great work keeping on trying ❤
It would be nice if some of the experienced bee keepers gave you some helpful advice instead of criticism,you are trying your best and having a go…..just watching you now talking and doing your daily jobs,all of the things you are making for the farm and how relaxed you are about everything is wonderful to see..I thoroughly enjoy every eposide ….Thankyou Morgan….🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Love your tractor! Sounds great.
Good morning Morgan!
Love the sound of insects in the grass and walking through grass. Not much grass like that in Arizona.
i love seeing those chickens. so envious of their lifestyle.
I looked into those and found same thing. There were concerns, can't wait to see how the flow hives go
For your rebuild, you might consider building the walls like an A-Frame. This might achieve two things: The base would be wider and allow less bird droppings to accumulate on the edges. The wider base / \ might contribute to better stability. The roof could be rounded to prevent snow build up and perhaps have room beneath for additional roosts.
Another thing, watching the chickens exiting one at a time through that door I found disturbing. You might consider a design that allows multiple chickens to exit at the same time. Maybe keep the small door dedicated as a "Walk-in" to ensure that all the chickens can be directed. The other door dedicated as an Exit and be made wider/bigger.
Looking forward to the new design.
He already had a problem moving it about the farm. A wider base would be even harder to deal with. It would actually be better if he built a small shed up on the top pasture. During the winter, he could use it to house spring/summer items like a larger chicken coop and his anti-fly buckets and double sided tape. Not sure, but maybe even a spot for his barn cats to use if he finds them wandering up there, too. If he could get sets of huge poles put into the ground in various parts of the pasture, the poles could be used as anchors for sun screens. So he could put up reinforced multi-holed screens/tarps and anchor them to the poles creating shade. It would be another step in his moving the cattle, but better than trying to move his shade and scratch mobile around with them. And he could anchor the "scratchers" to the posts in a way so he could move them, replace them as needed, and store them in the shed during winter so they don't deteriorate in the snow. Same with the shade cloths. To bad he didn't plant some more of his fruit trees on his first year of the farm on the upper pasture to provide food and shade for his cattle for later years. Of course, if he continues to get pigs to open up his forest on his side of the stream, he can cut some of the trees down, but leave some up to provide a good amount of shade and let his cattle graze that area during the worst part of the summer. Or get a local goat herder, if he has any, to help him out if he doesn't want to continue with the pigs. It'll be interesting what more he might uncover as he opens up the area under his forest. That vehicle was cool!
there wouldn't be as much space for nesting boxes though and the width of the thing is already a proven issue
it'd help if it was more bottom heavy, how that would be achieved i'm not super certain (heavier kit for the base? something to cut down the wood weight at least)
@@prcervi Just spitballing here: If he had round end (like a pirates hook--can't think of the name off the top of my head) bolts along the bottom screwed into the metal and then attached weights to weigh down the base, it might help? He could just use the weights while moving the coop instead of keeping them on all the time. Or use them on specific sides when he knows that the coop would tip in one direction--either while moving or when there is a heavy winds day?
Geez Morgan, Joey Ramone only trying to help you keep the grass mowed. No harm done. 😊
Poor male cows.. they need their freedom asap
Allison is so cute with the babies!!!!!!
I think a lower and wider design for the mobile chicken coop would be a better option for the sloping landscape to lessen the chance of a major tip over. Also adding a back support to hang the extra feed and fencing supplies would give it a bit more stability too.
Morgan Allison is good for you she keep you steady and grounded
You need a Small Water tower/Tank in the upper pasture. It will boost water pressure for your whole System & should be easy to build.
Weigh the excess nitrogen but, do consider adding a good 12" layer of bedding material to the top if your garden beds when you put them to bed of the winter. Then depending, either scrzpung what remains off into a compost pike or tilling/ turning in come spring. For example nitrogen and pathogen levels will be higher in bird bedding but seed content will probsbly be higher in bovine bedding.
Maybe add a guard goose to the chickens? Like when you shampoo one of the cows…
The undercarriage of the coup is a little too residential vs industrial. You may consider beefing it up with some angle iron. Your Friend Albert could tack it place with his welder.
Also. You can purchase a tank with a toilet like shutoff. Place it at the top of your property and then fill everything as it flows downhill. You add 1 psi for every 27.1 drop in elevation. Just by gravity alone.
My grandpa kept bees for years and year. I mean decades. I remember us all running past really fast because we were afraid we'd get stung. He had them right by his garden. Eventually we learned if we didn't bother them they wouldn't bother us. And my grandpa always had the most beautiful successful garden. We used to sit by his strawberries come harvest time and eat them right off the ground. Ill talk to gramps and see if he has any pointers.
ETA: he still has a very successful garden. A huge garden. I mean huge.
Sure is a very fancy looking bee house, like a mountain cabin for bees!
Thanks for the bee update
“One of the weird chickens has found a new ~home~”
Lol
Ah, please get more weird chickens im a fan of these cute critters ❤
Abby and Toby dog are left thinking, Oh My Fluffing God he's at it again 😂
Ginea hens will eat 100 ticks a day and help keep ticks off of your cows.