You are the gift that keeps on giving ! Another gift to those looking to raise chickens or their eggs ! Merry Christmas to you and yours !

I've got savings from working as an engineer after being employed for most of my life. But now, I can't get anybody to pay me to work as a software engineer in my late 60s. However, I think that I can build a house on a view acreage where the value of the house above just the land is probably 3 times the cost of material and equipment rentals. I'll be able to do something satisfying in improving the property by building out infrastructure and improving the fertility of the pasture and planting productive trees and shrubs and gardens. Rather than just paying for rent leaching out my savings too fast month by month. And with luck my kids will get some property that they can sell to be able to get a good down payment on a house where they end up living and working.

Merry Christmas and thanks for the video. Another con of using the netting set-up is they just fly over it, at least mine do.

You should be able to use salt water to fill up the basketball, as long as you leave the ball underinflated.

I've got 2000 ft of perimeter fencing to build up in future. I'm planning on sheep. Two sides are currently barbed wire, but one of the fences doesn't run on the property line, so I may have legal issues to relocate it due to "reasonable and customary" concepts. But, I'm targeting getting it in place in Spring of 2027, so I have time to work on it as needed. The other sides are against the road, so there isn't any issue with maintenance. I'm planning on using T-posts for new sections of fencing. I might need to do something more for the corners.

The idea that I've heard to prevent coyotes or dogs from digging under a fence is to run a strand of barbed wire at ground level or slightly below. Then give the gap above that before starting the welded wire. Canines are discouraged from digging under it, but you can still run a weed eater in the gap. Does anyone have experience with this approach?

Merry Christmas! With living in Ohio, I do know that you could get all four seasons in one day. But I had a strange question: do you think your style chicken tractor would work with like a plastic window on the roof so they would have more lighting during the winter season? Just curious I live in the Akron area. I would love to know what breed of cattle you have why you have that breed specifically do you use a hybrid like Angus and Hereford or something else? It sounds like you do beef cattle so I would also like to know why you went with beef over doing Dairy. Looking forward to more videos.

Excellent video!

Cows weren’t a bother 😊, Thank you. 🎄Merry Christmas!🎄

Farming Nature's Way wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas, we bought 7 acres with only a house and all yard, we got 5 acres fenced with 3 steers, our future milk cow and many chickens, 3/4 acre garden but it took 5 years, starting our KZbin to help others

Well, thankfully it's heavy enough that the wind doesn't carry it away. Built to last a lifetime 👍

Get them eggs

Sorry for the cows

Just as another reference for folks. We have about 40 birds for myself and two others. We are sometimes up to our eyes in eggs. When this happens, we water glass for the times that the girls slow their production. We also use eggs to supplement dog feed. Sometimes we sell a dozen or two. But we can go through 24 eggs in a day, easily. Between a breakfast casserole and then baking for ourselves or for a church get together or something. This is NOT meant to go against anything hes saying in the video. Just letting people look at a way that we're doing things. We still consider ourselves to be small. We have three pigs too. Two gilts that we will breed in a few months and one feeder who will be getting processed arouhd the same time the gilts are bred. Love watching your videos. Theres always so much great info in them. Saving up for that tractor, now. The one that does the most and that i dont have to work on much. Which unfortunately, means $$$. Keep up the great work!

How to gain access to your neighbors property?

Just found your content today and I enjoy your forwardness and honest opinions

Great info. !!

I think the spelling of your title is off.

Another video that teaches and makes us think about reality of winter pastures. Thank You !

Good video! Try an Akaushi bull 🙂. This breed has everything you are looking for. Check out HeartBrand, Harwood TX

I bought two low line angus heifers at 6 months. That was 1.5 months ago and they're just now starting to warm up. Very skittish. They're from a small time farmer who does grass fed/ finished. One is a lot smaller than the other and they were born the same day. I have heard from multiple ppl about the black cow. I wonder why that is. Pretty crazy. I plan on butchering these next year or breeding the nice one with a hereford.. Love these videos. Learning a lot! Thank you!

I've currently got 21 chickens(12 Jersey Giants/9 buff orpingtons)here in TN that i purchased as chicks. I think it was a good experience for the 1st time ever having chickens of my own. But yes, moving forward, I'll go with laying hens.

Great video, from Australia,fellow vet here, similar story. Thanks 🙏

Do you have any videos or content on that chicken tractor in the background? See the nesting box, assuming they are layers.

As far as a great work socks - Wigwam ! Can get them in White & Black ! I used to be in boots all day & in all types of weather. Boots I love Red Wing. My feet never felt tired. Thanks again for your advice. A lot of great suggestions whether in a hot or cold climate.

Great info. We just finished our first year and have about 10 acres perimeter fenced and filled our freezer with chicken. Also build gardens and have a flock of chickens for eggs. We cant keep the eggs in stock, they go like crazy. How far do you recommend leaning into eggs if you are selling out every week? I know you have said eggs are not profitable, but on scale, say 200, wouldn't there be a decent return worth the ROI? $23/50lb feed bag, supplemented from free grocery store produce and only 24 hens getting 6 to 8 dozen a week during spring/summer/fall. $5/dozen.

You mentioned 3+ cows, what about if you only have 2and1/2 or 3 pasture acres. Do you think that could handle 3 cows and would you consider 2 cows and 2 goats a herd?

I helped a friend with building roads in Upstate NY. We cut trees and brush out, graded in the late fall. Then we seeded the roads and spread hay. Even with cold weather the seed germinated. I would try an area with cover crops to try to get the soil healthy again ! Good Luck !

Just bought 25 acres in Southeast Oklahoma. Can’t wait to get started on our homestead

Not magically. Make sure the cattle aren't on one spot more than 3 times in a year for no more than 3 days at one time. Atkeast 60 days rest between.

Hahaha look at Colorado prices if you think that's high.

Noone homestead to make money, they do it to not rely on the system 100%

I have found great value in each and every video I have watched ! It helps to have some interest and knowledge. Then we need to focus and listen. I’ve saved many so I could access them again.

So the only question/comment I have is why include depreciation on the land? Land is not a depreciable asset like all other items mentioned. I get that it is an upfront cost from a cash flow perspective, but if you sell it after say 10 years you get your money back.

Another wonderfully informative video! You should definitely publish a book on this! Bless you all!

My old man farms and I’ve had calves before that we raised up on replacement milk and moved them to straight whole corn we farmed and a mixture of protein pellets, we had them In a slatted barn and we got rid of them and butchered, in this upcoming year I’m looking to get more and thinking about pasturing them and was wondering if I can continue to feed them while corn and pellets or if I should switch to buying hay, alfalfa, or grass to feed them if I wanted to breed them. Would the different nutrients effect the breeding or labor of the cattle?

Hello from the UK, I can only say that your videos are simply a breath of fresh air! Thank you so much for sharing and I pray you continue to do so. You’ve most definitely given me inspiration to move my smallholding forward here in Wales. God bless you and your family, happy Christmas and I wish you a prosperous new year! Stuart

Great video.

Where in Ohio are you located???

Dear mate, thank you so much for your video. Im a danish homesteader that just got started with a small number.

Really excellent detailed video, thank you.

I have a weedeater with a metal blade that will cut up to 3/4". That would take care of the bulk what you had. I've have sheep now and they clear about a foot on the other side of the fence.

Who the hell in Iowa can afforded 10k acres I been looking for a 5 acre plot and that’s insanely expensive

I'm curious about what the so called farm bill can do for your business. I'm under the impression that it only helps big ag.

I worked at a butcher shop and it was sold as hind ¼ or fore ¼. No mix or match rib steak and t-bone, chuck and round.

We mix cracked corn with hog Feed. When we started thar we never stopped getting eggs.

Ohio family here. Upper Sandusky Ohio

Follow the cows with chickens ...more nutrients for the soil plus the chickens will help spread the cow manure and help with fly control

Outstanding!

Your correct on keeping your fence at a higher level. Grass / moisture will rust the fence out fast ! Tree / brush removal. Try using Pathfinder herbicide. A contact herbicide. No cutting needed. A squirt at the base of small brush / trees they are dead ! Been using it for 15 years. The power companies also use it around easement areas to control trees / brush. Highly effective.......and much cheaper and safer then using a chain saw on larger trees in fence lines ! Three weeks to three months a tree is dead ! But in many states.......its illegal to cross a fence line to control brush. Check with the neighbor. Its not your property !