I wonder what its like just living a normal life there.. getting food from the supermarket

where do you think you will go? Are you in the pacific North West somewhere?

It is possible to have veggies / crop / livestock and some fruits. I mean i come from a family of farmers. But the thing is that the veggies were limited and usually just for us and neighbors who want to buy some, fruits were max apples and some bereies which needed little care. Main was animals and crops. But for this we needed our family to work on it and a helper. Means ur kids gonna work, your grandparents work, your parents work, you work. Everyone works. There are times where u can have a day off or do smth for yourself but for this you need good planning skills. And limit your wishes and wants for that special occasion. Its very hard.

Great video! I want to make one of these for my rabbits. I've never built something before. Is there a materials list somewhere?

All I can say is that you will miss the home grown veggies because you are giving your kids THE best food with no garbage put into the food like processed food is getting which is extremely sad! Moving to more land would be a benefit and a good thing

I've used cardboard as mulch once around the house and ran into a big termite issue later in the year. Coincidence? Perhaps. After doing some research cardboard is one of the food sources of termites.

haha!! right?? My white leghorn started laying recently. woo hoo!!!

And soon enough u won’t even know what to do with em all.

Y'alls romanticize homesteading lololol Silly kids you want all the modern conveniences, trust me. Just stop consuming so much, America

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Hi! I’m curious about how and where you learned to get your roosters ready for eating (the gentlest way I can word it, haha!) and how to get over the fear of ending a life?

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I’ll sell extra eggs for 2 and blue eggs for 3 lol never 7 because I know no one is buying that

So you did too much and burned out? rip

Put those crabs back

Death is real.

Not to be weird, but what kind of person has the ability to just purchase and create an entire homestead in a year, fancy camera equipment and then up and quit and fly and move to Japan a year later, while renting out their home? Who is actually bank rolling this? Most of their videos haven't broken 10k views for advertising and etc, If they were just farming for a year and working so hard on the land - where did money for Japan come from? All the money to afford an international move? A new international home? Passports? Furniture? It's giving rich people who are cosplaying farmers

bro thank you so much for these vids, i’ve learned so much and i’m trying to convince my parents to let me get chickens for our yard and to let me build a coop and i’m getting close

How did you get the money to buy this property when you’re in your twenties… thirties?

love the video

Whoa, hold tight! Lol, nice one, Mike!! 😄👍

it's been so windy here in cape breton! love this.

so glad to see you back home!

i can see ur ass crack

I thought I saw a video that you guys were quitting and moving on and it looks like you're in the same place?

5 gallon bucket. What about a 50 gallon barrel?

the " BULK uPPPPpppPPPPPP!! GRRRRRRR!!" killed me

Most of the “homesteaders” around us in middle Tennessee are transplants from California. No shade. But, It’s a mystery to them why one of their neighbors (who grew up caring for livestock, doing farm chores, and having all of the skills to run a farm) drives 45 minutes each way to work at the GM plant. It’s not an easy way to make a good living. My humble advice is, if you take anything away from all of the Joel Salatin videos, you can make money in any chosen field (pun intended) if you’re a great salesman. ✌🏻

what you did to mother earth's creature's was horrendous, evil and unjustifiable. No wonder it all failed. Karma is king.

Why didn't you do it to get as away from commercial society as you can, you actaully thi k you could make easy money ey off it.

That’s sick. Raising and caring for them, only to kill and eat them in the the end. I don’t know why this video got recommended to me by KZbin. It’s too bad animals can’t speak. Maybe if they begged you not to kill them, you’d listen. Choose a life of compassion.

We're in the US and have a flock of laying hens + pullets and chicks from them. We're doing a small breeding project to get some green and blue eggs. I'd love to raise meat birds, but we don't have enough space right now. You're lucky the hawks didn't get any of yours. So plump and not very agile. One my my Olive Egger pullets jumped on my leg today when I was squatting, asking for cuddles, just like yours did. Your homestead is so bucolic and I love your Scandinavian style black and white home with the large windows.

awe of course they have personalities! Thank you fo giving them their best life. And I am so glad they will feed you and your family in return. Circle of life.

Great seeing the whole family involved in this process.

5 gallon bucket

Have you ever considered raising chickens for meat?

So you are example of failure. Self sufficiency, that is the reason.

Poor little guy

You don’t need to kill any animal in homestead! So many families raising their children in loving animal friendly homestead lifestyles and the children learning how to love and respect animals instead of killing them while eating a healthy plant based diet. Seeing the footage of your baby bunnies and knowing you will teach your children to kill them is horrific to watch!

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You’ll be back

could you include the cut sizes for the cage

Yeah, it takes a backbone to be a homesteader

Long story short, you started homesteading when you should have been travelling. And now you have to fix that error.

I think you’re right, you should come face to face with the animal you’re taking the life from. If you decide it can be done and can continue to do it easily. It’s definitely not something I would want to be around. Those “cute” animals have little souls. What an inappropriate channel I have stumbled upon.

Stop playing with your food 😊

I appreciate the honesty of why you decided to take a break. That take courage, especially with the profile you have, and the haters online.

Hey Slowsteading! I have been watching your channel for a while now and I first found you through your A-Frame chicken coop! If you are looking for another animal to add to the homestead you should consider Guinea Pigs! They are very good for breeding for some extra money and they fill you with joy with their squeaks to greet you or let you know theyre hungry! They also can be eaten but Im not sure how that works ahah. Hope you are doing well starting the farm back up!

i can’t believe y’all can just try homesteading for a year, rent out the house, and move on as if it’s nothing, makes me feel a little ill