A quick THANK YOU to Lorraine - in a recent video, you shared a tip, that spinach needs to be picked for the plants to get the message 'make more leaves!' I went right out and picked some leaves off my spinach and it has taken off like gangbusters! It had seemed almost stunted - your tip did the trick! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
What we did on the farm growing up to store feed was find old chest freezers that were broken but still solid and used those for storing feed in. We usually got them for free and they keep mice and other critters out.
I appreciate very much how you clean up the waters and feeders for your animals. I've seen quite a few who just fill them back up. The healthier your animals are, the better they will flourish. Thank you for sharing.
Just lovely seeing Penelope feeding her chicks with oatmeal. Keeping the surrounds so clean makes for healthy plants and animals. It truely is a lovely homestead.
You are doing it! A free shed expansion idea: You could move the barrels to the front of the shed so they effectively act as a front wall, repelling rain at ground level. Keep the feed bags behind them. you could hang a tarp down from the overhang to complete the wall from above if it rains. Have you called around to restaurants to see if you could get cheap or free buckets or barrels? many chains will give them away. Even a bunch of smaller buckets would be great rodent protection. An honor to watch you guys grow!
Well just look at you. You're movin' on up !!!!! Remember the Jeffersons on TV? I bet you were really tired that night. High fives all around. The animals are really looking healthy and happy. Boy, Bernice really gets into her dust bath only the tail sticking up. Too cute. Another good graphic for your merch. Blessings to you all.
I was thinking an IBC would be a good idea also. The pallets are a bit of a shock seeing as the idea is coming from you. I kind of think you know its a bad idea.
Jason, I would definitely find another way to store that feed. The cost of the barrels/ buckets in the long run is going to be worth it. Just my thoughts. Thanks for the video.
Suggestion.....as the bros get bigger they eat more and MORE which costs MORE. For penny's you could plant Zuccini somewhere..how about around the pig house (not sure you have enough water there but the compost will seep down to the zuccini plants and the roots will grow into it. plant more any where you can find the space and have water. Let the fruit get big and feed it to the pigs. They will eat the whole thing right through the tough shin and love it . Zucs grow so fast you could have a dozen or so a day if you plant enough This will keep the Bros happy and growing and not your feed bill. If you cut them in half lengthwise the chickens will enjoy them too. Also pigs love fresh green corn stalks right after you have harvested the ears and it's a great way to get the corn stalks composted easily and quickly ! Love you all
I saw another channel had built a very large framed plywood box, with a hinged lid and a padlock, inside his shed it barn, to keep his bagged feed safe. Simple and sturdy, not too pricey. He seemed more concerned about theft than rain or pests, though.
I had horses and we kept our feed in old chest freezers that had gone bad. No rats or mice ever in them. Keeps the feed safe and dry. People give them away, I’d put up a sign at the co-op on their bulletin board. If you don’t get freezers or barrels you’re going to lose more than the cost for the feed that will get well or attract rodents. Penelope feeding the chicks was adorable.
Way to go Jason and family. So happy to see this family farm grow so beautifully! I knew you could do it!!! God has blessed you, and will continue to bless you is my prayer. 🐖🐓🐥🐥🐥🐥❣️
Penelope looks so cute feeding her chicks. You all are doing an outstanding job at homesteading. Maybe look to secure your feed better. You are resourceful. Good Luck!
when you get ready to activate the woodchips from the pig pen add 1 can of beer, 1 can of coke regular not diet, 1 cup of ammonia put into a sprayer "gun" that hooks onto a hose. Wet down your pile with this mixture & water wetting down the layers. It will help with composting.
Jason, I bought a big rubber trash can with wheels. It held 30 gallons. I went out to the workshop for some feed and rats had chewed a 5 inch hole in the lid so we went to Home Depot and purchased a 30 gallon galvanezed trash can. Rats have not bothered it. I live in the city and keep Bantams and Barnfelder hens. The grocery here will give away the 5 gallon buckets that Icing for the bakery come in. Just remember that feed will attract all types of animals and it can be dangerous to your animals and your family. I Love your family and pray for success.
Wow your farm fit today Jason. Good job. You could put a tarp across the front of your shed to protect from the weather. You could also get a shed cat 😄 or mouse traps. I have total respect for you and Lorraine and Penelope.
We used to keep our eye out for old chest style deep freezers that no longer worked. If you can find them they work well for feed storage. Basically those are a steel box with a lid. We would remove the old motor and then added a few small holes drilled into the unit and then covered with a hardware cloth cover. The holes provide ventilation and make the freezers safer around children. We left the feed in the bags and just stood the bags side by side until the freezer was full. They made great "bulk" feed storage and cost nothing.
If you build a construction cloth cage to store your feed in, rodents should not be able to get inside. Since construction cloth is more sturdy and is a smaller square mesh.
Wow Penelope I thought you were going to spoon-feed those puppies well shouldn't use the wow Penelope I thought you were going to spoon- feed them and it was gone and no time wow I'm impressed and I loved how you sat down there and let them jump on you to do that and for just a brief moment there you sounded just like your mama
You treat all of your animals very well. And your farm certainly is growing! And how exciting is that! Best though to protect the animals and feed because word will get out to every living creature what you have there.
Suggestion: Call area restaurants and find out if any of them have food grade barrels they are willing to let you come pick up for free. You could also check Craigslist and see if there are any listed for a low price or free. Freecycle is a list=based group where you can list things you want to get rid of and request items too, all free. Check the rules before you do Freecycle.
my granpa solutions for mice: put those bags on a higher platform and around it's legs put some plastic bottles so the mice cant go up! nice to see this project going on, cheers from Romania
Penelope you are the sweetest...... I'll be surprised if mice & rats don't gets into those bags of feed within 24 to 48 hours. Any moisture in the air not just rain can ruin those feed bags.
Jason with your building skills why not convert the pallets into a wooden container big enough to hold the feed? I don't know if mice can eat through wood but those boards are quite thick. You can just put those bags inside and make a peppermint spray to spray around the area to keep the mice back. This way you don't spend money except for more nails. Just a suggestion. Hope everything works out.
Jason and Lorraine, thank you for the video and for letting us travel along. Looking forward to my new T-Shirt and Coffee mug from Teespring soon. Love the new Hey Bernice design! Thanks for keeping it real on the channel. God Bless, Rob Schroeder (Rockford MI)
Jason, I work at a seed company and just so you know the most vulnerable part of a pallet of seed that we see is between the slats of the pallet in the middle. Keep a watch for feed underneath that’s where they will get it. Might be a good idea to put out some decon around the shed.
I’m sure plenty will say this but you have made a significant investment. Find a way to secure the feed bags. Animals, critters, mice, rats, frogs, snakes, raccoons elal will find it fast. While you ponder wrap in a tarp to keep the moisture out. Speaking from plenty of experience. One of the water totes cut in half May give you planning time. Put bags in the base and flip top piece inside the base rim, For now do a very close check each week at least.
I think you need a barn cat that will get rid of the homestead mice rats and snakes and other creatures. They would keep all your bags of feed safe. Just a thought because so many of the homesteads you know on UA-cam have one.
On another channel this guy built a crate that he puts his feed bags in for his goats to keep out unwanted guests like mice or rats, it has hinges and a lockable top, maybe you can do something like that, just a suggestion. Larry
I loved watching Penelope sitting and feeding the chicks in their pen. I did that kind of thing all the time as a kid. Later The chickens became my job when I was about 10 and now it's 50 years later and I'm still the chicken lady, even living in town, I keep 6 and love having them.
We've grown past our 5 acres raising Hereford cows. Along with the poultry and other animals we are looking for more land very soon. There's been huge housing growth in our county and its become less than farm friendly so its time to move. I buy around 125 bushel of corn and 30 bushel of peas from our co-op for feed, grind our own, then add minerals for each species needs. Normally every 3 months.
Come winter it'd be great to incorporate the chickens in the pig shelter, shelter from the weather & working it for you xxx Have you thought of putting wheels on the freedom rangers pens too?
Jason one thing that works really well for keeping feed in is a big chest type freezer. Find one of the real big ones that someone has that no longer works and use it. Keep everything out and feed good inside. I used one growing up at a big horse stable and it would hold a lot of feed. I live in south Florida and no problems with the feed getting moldy or going bad. Good luck and best regards to you and your family. I really enjoy watching your channel you guys are one of my favorite homesteaders. You keep me inspired thank you so much
Jason, I think you may need to get some heavy duty shocks for your truck. When I was an interior designer, I had a pinto station wagon. The whole back & the back seat was filled with samples. My dad put heavy duty shocks on it & it made a world of difference. I really think you need to invest in more barrels. I know things are tight right now but I feel you’re going to lose money on feed ruined by rats or other critters. If you have any restaurants close, check with them about buckets or barrels. They also might let you pick up their scraps to feed to the pigs. That would save you a lot on feed costs. Just a couple of thoughts. How much do those barrels cost? Keep up the awesome work y’all! Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️😁🙏
You could place 3 barrels together side by side and place some boards on top and lay the bags on top, mice would not be able to climb the metal barrels. Love your video's
Please use extreme caution if you ever use mothballs. The ingredient in mothballs is VERY dangerous. Moth balls contain a toxic chemical, either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene. Both become a gas when exposed to air and cause that pungent moth ball smell. That gas can cause permanent nerve damage in both people and animals.
I built the same lean to that you built in my yard for animal feed and lawn care items but what saved me is I built a deck floor. Just ideas I think would really help you out
A quick THANK YOU to Lorraine - in a recent video, you shared a tip, that spinach needs to be picked for the plants to get the message 'make more leaves!' I went right out and picked some leaves off my spinach and it
has taken off like gangbusters! It had seemed almost stunted - your tip did the trick! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
I did the same thing! Thank yoy Lorraine ❣
What we did on the farm growing up to store feed was find old chest freezers that were broken but still solid and used those for storing feed in. We usually got them for free and they keep mice and other critters out.
I appreciate very much how you clean up the waters and feeders for your animals. I've seen quite a few who just fill them back up. The healthier your animals are, the better they will flourish. Thank you for sharing.
I've always appreciated that too.
hello, you can plant peppermint around the shed where you have the feed, mice and rodents dont like the smell ,I learned this form the Amish
Tell me about it. If you have a black thumb you can get mint to grow for you.
Penelope giving the chicks oatmeal, yogurt and water was a hoot. So cute. You truly are growing as a homestead/farm. You guys are doing amazing work.
❤️ the oatmeal for the chickens
Your daughter is so sweet and such a good helper. Isnt this life the best way to raise a child??? We sure think so!
Get the barrels, protect your feed investment. Once the barrels are not necessary anymore, turn them into grills and sell them !
That's amazing a kid so young fixes the breakfast. Farm kids for the win!
Just lovely seeing Penelope feeding her chicks with oatmeal. Keeping the surrounds so clean makes for healthy plants and animals. It truely is a lovely homestead.
Penelope is the chicken whisper. She a little sweetheart you're raise that child well to be kind. God Bless Y'all. Penelope is good helper.
You are doing it!
A free shed expansion idea:
You could move the barrels to the front of the shed so they effectively act as a front wall, repelling rain at ground level. Keep the feed bags behind them. you could hang a tarp down from the overhang to complete the wall from above if it rains. Have you called around to restaurants to see if you could get cheap or free buckets or barrels? many chains will give them away. Even a bunch of smaller buckets would be great rodent protection. An honor to watch you guys grow!
Great information to share with "Bernice's parents" -- such a caring way to try to help.
Well just look at you. You're movin' on up !!!!! Remember the Jeffersons on TV? I bet you were really tired that night. High fives all around. The animals are really looking healthy and happy. Boy, Bernice really gets into her dust bath only the tail sticking up. Too cute. Another good graphic for your merch. Blessings to you all.
Back in the 70s we used old broken freezers for animal feed. Kept all the pests out.
Love how you greet the pigs, calling them brothers, you got a lovely homestead x
Penelope is so cute feeding the chicken!!
Making the chicks oatmeal has to be one of the most adorable things I've seen in a hot minute.
Penelope, I love your new haircut! You look so pretty!
The cutest chicken feeder! What a wonderful girl.
growth is so wonderful to watch..it's a lot of work and I admire how you take such good care..God bless you all.
What about cutting off the top of an ibc tote and with your carpentry skills making a top? Love the videos. Thanks for sharing. Becky from Kansas City
I was thinking an IBC would be a good idea also. The pallets are a bit of a shock seeing as the idea is coming from you. I kind of think you know its a bad idea.
Jason, I would definitely find another way to store that feed. The cost of the barrels/ buckets in the long run is going to be worth it. Just my thoughts. Thanks for the video.
galf99 could also rent a POD for a month.
Get the barrels cause the rodents will find it and ruin it PLEASE listen to experience.
We found an old truck tool box to keep our feed! It works beautifully!
Suggestion.....as the bros get bigger they eat more and MORE which costs MORE. For penny's you could plant Zuccini somewhere..how about around the pig house (not sure you have enough water there but the compost will seep down to the zuccini plants and the roots will grow into it. plant more any where you can find the space and have water. Let the fruit get big and feed it to the pigs. They will eat the whole thing right through the tough shin and love it . Zucs grow so fast you could have a dozen or so a day if you plant enough This will keep the Bros happy and growing and not your feed bill. If you cut them in half lengthwise the chickens will enjoy them too. Also pigs love fresh green corn stalks right after you have harvested the ears and it's a great way to get the corn stalks composted easily and quickly ! Love you all
yes!!!!. i always grow extras for my chickens, i dont feed much commercial feed during the summer and fall,
Wonderful video as usual. Your animals are well cared for and you have a lovely farm. Kudos. Carole in UK
Oh goodness! I love the beginning of your video, Penelope feeding the chickens💜😆
you should have put a tarp under the feed then you could pull it up and then cover it all with a tarp on top
I saw another channel had built a very large framed plywood box, with a hinged lid and a padlock, inside his shed it barn, to keep his bagged feed safe. Simple and sturdy, not too pricey. He seemed more concerned about theft than rain or pests, though.
I had horses and we kept our feed in old chest freezers that had gone bad. No rats or mice ever in them. Keeps the feed safe and dry. People give them away, I’d put up a sign at the co-op on their bulletin board. If you don’t get freezers or barrels you’re going to lose more than the cost for the feed that will get well or attract rodents.
Penelope feeding the chicks was adorable.
I love that you use that same empty can to feed your birds! It’s an antique!
Way to go Jason and family. So happy to see this family farm grow so beautifully! I knew you could do it!!! God has blessed you, and will continue to bless you is my prayer. 🐖🐓🐥🐥🐥🐥❣️
Hi..... Jason, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐖🌱🎥👍👍👍
Penelope looks so cute feeding her chicks. You all are doing an outstanding job at homesteading. Maybe look to secure your feed better. You are resourceful. Good Luck!
Yes you are doing a wonderful job.
thanks Pat
when you get ready to activate the woodchips from the pig pen add 1 can of beer, 1 can of coke regular not diet, 1 cup of ammonia put into a sprayer "gun" that hooks onto a hose. Wet down your pile with this mixture & water wetting down the layers. It will help with composting.
Penelope's looking so grown lately!
Jason, I bought a big rubber trash can with wheels. It held 30 gallons. I went out to the workshop for some feed and rats had chewed a 5 inch hole in the lid so we went to Home Depot and purchased a 30 gallon galvanezed trash can. Rats have not bothered it. I live in the city and keep Bantams and Barnfelder hens. The grocery here will give away the 5 gallon buckets that Icing for the bakery come in. Just remember that feed will attract all types of animals and it can be dangerous to your animals and your family. I Love your family and pray for success.
Penelope getting personally involved with her chicks. So cute.
Could you get some corrugated metal and make some sort of storage locker for feed?
Wow your farm fit today Jason. Good job. You could put a tarp across the front of your shed to protect from the weather. You could also get a shed cat 😄 or mouse traps. I have total respect for you and Lorraine and Penelope.
We used to keep our eye out for old chest style deep freezers that no longer worked. If you can find them they work well for feed storage. Basically those are a steel box with a lid. We would remove the old motor and then added a few small holes drilled into the unit and then covered with a hardware cloth cover. The holes provide ventilation and make the freezers safer around children. We left the feed in the bags and just stood the bags side by side until the freezer was full. They made great "bulk" feed storage and cost nothing.
I just started watching the video but I had to stop and say, OMG PENELOPE I LOVE YOUR HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks so Beautiful and Healthy!!!!!!
Love seeing you grow your homestead
If you build a construction cloth cage to store your feed in, rodents should not be able to get inside. Since construction cloth is more sturdy and is a smaller square mesh.
Wow Penelope I thought you were going to spoon-feed those puppies well shouldn't use the wow Penelope I thought you were going to spoon- feed them and it was gone and no time wow I'm impressed and I loved how you sat down there and let them jump on you to do that and for just a brief moment there you sounded just like your mama
You treat all of your animals very well. And your farm certainly is growing! And how exciting is that! Best though to protect the animals and feed because word will get out to every living creature what you have there.
Stay well! Penelope is charming!
What a work out! Can you put an old tarp over the bags to keep rain off ? You guys work so hard , Penelope you are an awesome helper!!
You are doing it!! Thank you for sharing your journey, teach us what you learn and inspire us to grow! 🐔🐖
Great job, nice way of making due with what you have.
Yay for growth ! Many Blessings and Greetings from Ohio.
God bless you and keep you safe always. You are living the life i am dreaming of.
With no siblings for Penelope, and her having such sweet maternal instincts, why not surprise her with a puppy? She would be such a good mama.
I’m glad that you are getting ahead of the game.
Suggestion: Call area restaurants and find out if any of them have food grade barrels they are willing to let you come pick up for free. You could also check Craigslist and see if there are any listed for a low price or free. Freecycle is a list=based group where you can list things you want to get rid of and request items too, all free. Check the rules before you do Freecycle.
I used to get barrels from a cheese factory. They would beg people to haul them off.
my granpa solutions for mice: put those bags on a higher platform and around it's legs put some plastic bottles so the mice cant go up! nice to see this project going on, cheers from Romania
Penelope you are the sweetest...... I'll be surprised if mice & rats don't gets into those bags of feed within 24 to 48 hours. Any moisture in the air not just rain can ruin those feed bags.
Such a positive attitude and yes your entire family is a pleasure. Thanks for sharing the journey.
Jason with your building skills why not convert the pallets into a wooden container big enough to hold the feed? I don't know if mice can eat through wood but those boards are quite thick. You can just put those bags inside and make a peppermint spray to spray around the area to keep the mice back. This way you don't spend money except for more nails. Just a suggestion. Hope everything works out.
Thank you J for sharing your journey! you are a hard working family.
Jason and Lorraine, thank you for the video and for letting us travel along. Looking forward to my new T-Shirt and Coffee mug from Teespring soon. Love the new Hey Bernice design!
Thanks for keeping it real on the channel. God Bless, Rob Schroeder (Rockford MI)
Great to see your homestead growing.
Jason, I work at a seed company and just so you know the most vulnerable part of a pallet of seed that we see is between the slats of the pallet in the middle. Keep a watch for feed underneath that’s where they will get it. Might be a good idea to put out some decon around the shed.
Or how about adding layer of hardware cloth on top of the pallet before adding feed sacks.
I love watching your channel 🥰🥰. It makes my day 👏👏
Get some thin wood slats and cover the cracks in the wall to stop the rain from coming in
I’m sure plenty will say this but you have made a significant investment. Find a way to secure the feed bags. Animals, critters, mice, rats, frogs, snakes, raccoons elal will find it fast. While you ponder wrap in a tarp to keep the moisture out.
Speaking from plenty of experience.
One of the water totes cut in half May give you planning time. Put bags in the base and flip top piece inside the base rim,
For now do a very close check each week at least.
Love Penelope’s haircut. Y’all are doing a great job. 👍🏻
A couple good mouser cats go a long ways earning their keep!
I think you need a barn cat that will get rid of the homestead mice rats and snakes and other creatures. They would keep all your bags of feed safe. Just a thought because so many of the homesteads you know on UA-cam have one.
So busy. It’s all worth!
On another channel this guy built a crate that he puts his feed bags in for his goats to keep out unwanted guests like mice or rats, it has hinges and a lockable top, maybe you can do something like that, just a suggestion. Larry
For that many bags- they should deliver to you. 😀
not for free. nobody does.
Nice job on breakfast Penelope.
I’m praying for more barrels
Huge feed haul! Can't wait to see the pig move, they are going to love it
I loved watching Penelope sitting and feeding the chicks in their pen. I did that kind of thing all the time as a kid. Later The chickens became my job when I was about 10 and now it's 50 years later and I'm still the chicken lady, even living in town, I keep 6 and love having them.
For your water collection I would recommend Ibc containers they hold 1000 liters, we use those and it helps with the watering of the garden
Wow! You are growing so much this year! That is amazing, wonderful and must be so satisfying! Love watching your VLOG!
Oh my goodness! We go to church together 😊
We've grown past our 5 acres raising Hereford cows. Along with the poultry and other animals we are looking for more land very soon. There's been huge housing growth in our county and its become less than farm friendly so its time to move. I buy around 125 bushel of corn and 30 bushel of peas from our co-op for feed, grind our own, then add minerals for each species needs. Normally every 3 months.
You could put a roll down tarp at the entrance of your shed so the feed doesn't get wet
GREAT JOB EVERYONE.....
Come winter it'd be great to incorporate the chickens in the pig shelter, shelter from the weather & working it for you xxx
Have you thought of putting wheels on the freedom rangers pens too?
Penelope, your hair is so cute!
Looks like you could use a few more terraces on your hill. 😁
Jason one thing that works really well for keeping feed in is a big chest type freezer. Find one of the real big ones that someone has that no longer works and use it. Keep everything out and feed good inside. I used one growing up at a big horse stable and it would hold a lot of feed. I live in south Florida and no problems with the feed getting moldy or going bad. Good luck and best regards to you and your family. I really enjoy watching your channel you guys are one of my favorite homesteaders. You keep me inspired thank you so much
LOVE watching your farm grow! Your videos are so inspirational!
Y’all are getting it done! By the way tell Penelope I love her haircut. I have forgotten to tell ya that.
I’m enjoying watching y’all grow! Blessings🙏🏻💖
Blessings all around ❤️
Feed - We always put ours in barrels - it is a pricey so proper storage saves tons of money.
Wow a lot feed you sure have come a long way I was just saying you must be beat but everything your doing is so worth it love you guys 🤗
Jason, I think you may need to get some heavy duty shocks for your truck. When I was an interior designer, I had a pinto station wagon. The whole back & the back seat was filled with samples. My dad put heavy duty shocks on it & it made a world of difference. I really think you need to invest in more barrels. I know things are tight right now but I feel you’re going to lose money on feed ruined by rats or other critters. If you have any restaurants close, check with them about buckets or barrels. They also might let you pick up their scraps to feed to the pigs. That would save you a lot on feed costs. Just a couple of thoughts. How much do those barrels cost? Keep up the awesome work y’all! Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️😁🙏
Penelopes haircut is cute
You could place 3 barrels together side by side and place some boards on top and lay the bags on top, mice would not be able to climb the metal barrels. Love your video's
Love seeing kids so comfortable with and so respectful of animals 😍
Man you got your workout that day!!
Put mothballs around your feet it will keep them away it will mast the smell
Please use extreme caution if you ever use mothballs. The ingredient in mothballs is VERY dangerous. Moth balls contain a toxic chemical, either naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene. Both become a gas when exposed to air and cause that pungent moth ball smell. That gas can cause permanent nerve damage in both people and animals.
get the chicken to turn your compost then just stack with green lawn clippings it will break down quicker the you sift before next years garden
Time for a small tractor/mower with forklift tines... Good Luck. I check you guys out every day.
I built the same lean to that you built in my yard for animal feed and lawn care items but what saved me is I built a deck floor. Just ideas I think would really help you out