Abandoned Dairy Surprise!

Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #164!
Exploring a huge abandoned dairy farm in the desert off Route 66...with a weird surprise at the end! In addition to the old processing buildings and barn, there were also several houses to look through...but I NEVER expected what I found in the last building!
*Note: it was a really windy day, so there are a few spots where the audio sucks. But I tried to shield myself when possible, so most of it is fine. (My GoPros are all broken, so I have to use my cellphone in the meantime, and it's difficult to shield both microphones and still be able to operate the controls on the phone.)
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[@rickkinki4624]

Sarah Jane, never apologize for the way you look, at your very worst you're still gorgeous! Everywhere you go, everything you show us, and everything you say is always so interesting!

[@carlyjm841]

Hey WonderHussy I love you! I actually grew up on a turkey farm. They run and flock to where they see people, so with you standing there they were all pressed up against the fence, curious. However, they DO have plenty of space of roam. We discourage people to do this because it causes stress. So if you see a turkey farm please stay back! (Their brain is the size of a pea okay lol)

[@lionelborges8094]

Hey Lionel here in central California. Here's my take. It's a turkey farm as you can see and not a dairy. The stalls appear to be for horses and the upstairs is for the hay that is lifted through the door up there. The holes in the floor is to drop the hay down. Horses like to chew on wood. There are no corrals or water tanks for cows, they drink a lot of water. Sure not a place known for a lot of water, lol. That is a feed wagon and it can be used to feed all sorts of live stock. The concrete area with the lower center is were trailers are backed up to load the live turkeys, which have to be put into small cages by hand. Looks like they repaired their own trucks, trailers, and other equipment. I'm sure the houses aren't close, as you noticed, because of the smell. Just saying...

[@Dave30867]

Always nice to see you roaming and smiling YAY Hussy

[@dalebelseth3058]

I was hoping for a new adventure. I was not disappointed. Thanks Wonder Hussy

[@badgerpa9]

When a very small amount of the population feed the rest you will need to have high volume farming so that is why you have the turkey farm. You have the large building for the cows to free stall in so you might as well use them. That dairy probably could not get enough water to have a large herd of cows there. Sad but when you make it impossible for small farms to survive you will end up with more corporate farms.

[@dekcgi7891]

..... Like your smile...... Love your style.....!!

[@peterwill3699]

You are a cool lady,and your narrative shows you are smart too.I grew up in an old Milltown and explored my share of old abandonment factorys during the late sixtys.My coolest place was a old opera house that was built in the 1880s .There was a chandelier that was 30 feet in diameter under its domed roof.Sadly like a lot of abandoned buildings in the east they burn down.

[@petenelson6654]

That was a silage wagon. Ground up corn, stalks the works. Some will add hay in with it. Still awesome video looking forward to more in the future.😍

[@jeanineruby]

yea I agree about Lithgow. Love your vids girl. It would have been so cool if you'd try to climb up to that treehouse!

[@patb9375]

I thought I watched all of your videos and then I find this one. At 1:00 the "railway car" is a silage wagon, the beaters full of hay twine would beat the silage loose as it came forward. It does not chop the silage it is pulled behind the chopper and silage is blown into it to feed the animals. At 2:00 the barn is for calving and the 2nd floor is a hayloft. At 6:05 is a beautiful lady. At 14:00 you are in the milking parlor and the "trench" is where the workers would be and the cows are up on the higher level cement. The dairy probably employed multiple people and maybe provided a house for the families. The books may have come in the cart after the dairy moved out. The turkeys are in the free range barns that the cows could walk around in. When you get to 2% of the population feeding the rest you will have large farms to produce the food. The turkeys you saw would not be enough for a major city for a day. As always awesome video it opens your eyes to the life and loose of farming. That bulldozer at the beginning is neat.

[@commanderzero5811]

When you said it smelled, I figured it was an active operation.

[@jamesarmstrong6666]

Many of those California dairy producers left California and moved to the area in Texas, where I live, because of the amount of water they used, literally pulled all of the available underground water, for their use. They're doing the same thing, here. The water table has dropped so much, in the next few years, there won't be enough for irrigation. It'll become dry-land farming, again.

[@fredsmith4416]

What great timing to get the train going by too, and I need to say that you should never apologize for your looks cuz I'm sure it's impossible for you not to be HOTT!!!!

[@jeffsharp2113]

Yea what Fred said!!

[@derekcoe9633]

A great video from a beautiful lady..love from England!

[@bigbadwood279]

Always 5 stars great videos !

[@olecanole8596]

Cool totenkopf earings, Sara.

[@SouthernMechanic]

Dang I was hoping you would have filmed the old dozer up close, looks to be an old D6 caterpillar or maybe an international, as a mechanic I love to see old abandoned equipment

[@jimkey920]

You could probably get that thing running in an afternoon.

[@SouthernMechanic]

Jim Key I would love to have a try at it, those old machines can sit for years without seizing up as long as they don't get water into the combustion chambers

[@karldammann]

She did its at the 5-6 second mark at the start.

[@joaquinvalera2847]

Its a Caterpillar D7 dozer with tilting blade . I made a U.S. army model sometime ago.

[@Ellenslife851]

Southern Mechanic I feel for you I To would love to get the old beast running and rolling wouldn’t take much they were built well

[@EMGL33]

The turkeys wanted you to set them free Wonderhussy

[@MikeBaxterABC]

Those are healthy Turkeys ... they must have automatic watering system, ...maybe auto food delivery too ... someone is definitely checking on them daily I'd say.

[@BIGBADWOOD]

Wow .... Another great and informative video ... Thanks & be safe !

[@harrykuheim6107]

TumbleWeeds are fun to paint and put lights on for a nice patio light

[@larryt510]

Definitely hasn't been abandoned long. The Mansfield toilet in that last bathroom is definitely 1990's. I know because I do a lot of plumbing and remember when that model was sold at Home Depot. The broken tv is definitely a late 90's or early 2000's model too. I like that you always show the appliances and plumbing because those are usually the giveaways for a timeline. And the magazines. One thing that I've determined. It only takes 3-4 years of abandonment to look like it's 25 years abandoned. It happens real fast and especially in the desert with heat and winds speeding up the aging process.

[@70elcamino.]

And vandalism for the copper and just plain vandalism

[@ronsbeerreviewstools4361]

Good video, very entertaining. That old Bulldozer looked interesting.

[@bentstrider]

Looks like an alfalfa farm. Seems similar to a dairy, but no visible milking parlor for a tanker to back to. I pickup raw milk over here in NM and many of the farmers used to be situated in that area of CA before heading east for cheaper land and such.

[@jimkey920]

Sarah, This is a wonderful video. Your camera work was so good I actually ducked at one point , as I was anticipating what's next. In another, there was a cloud of dust in the closet, I almost sneezed!The, "warehouse" is the remains of the milking shed, attached to the building with the processing and storage facility.It would have been a large operation using hay produced somewhere with pivot irrigation. Your initial assesment that the long buildings were for chickens, was on the money. Due to the season they are doing turkeys and will, most probably change over to Broiler Chickens. Thousands and thousands of birds andhundreds of dairy cattle. The stall barn was for horses, too small for a dairy operation. I share your feelings about meat. I prefer not to eat it but go through phases. Factory Farming sucks. Animals are sensient beings and have many of the qualities of feelings that we do. They just don't do a lot of scheming. The reason the turkeys were no trespassing: They are sucessible to disease It is possible to track one in. Not that you would want to walk around in Turkey Poo, in flip flops.

[@neapolis6919]

Foster Farms is the biggest Poultry co. in Cali. and nothing is wasted from processing these birds. I wish I could buy there products where I live in Tennessee! They have the best in my opinion. The wild ones here in Tennessee are ok to eat but you have to do them right to get rid of the gamey taste. They can also fly but only for short distances.

[@hestheMaster]

Phew! Thousands and thousands of turkeys out in the Mojave desert. Guess they're not long for this world. November is right around the corner and I guess they are the feast for Thansgiving this year and courtesy of Walmart. LOL

[@phillips.english1442]

Glad to see that your ok ! I was worried about you & your sister with the shootings !!! So sad !!!

[@PoliceChaplainMisty]

Love your storys at the end , your sillly. Stay safe in all you do

[@terrygraham1877]

Very neat program...those turkeys are white hollands

[@alexasmachine]

WOW GREAT FIND, YOU MY FRIEND ARE MY EYES TO OTHER PLACE'S I'LL NEVER SEE, I USED TO DO ABANDONED BUILDINGS ONLY I WOULD PHOTOGRAPH IN BLACK AMD WHITE. I MISS THOSE DAYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT ADVENTURERS. I PATIENTLY AWAIT THE NEXT...P. S. ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU STORIES YOU MAKE TOO.😉😆😊

[@dougclendinning2588]

Its sad to see farms that have gone out of business..the people that were there probally worked hard to make a go of it..Ive lived thru it myself..The turkeys ..maybe a different property..everyone wants cheap food but dont like large scale operations that make that possible..

[@scottieray]

I am amazed you did not come upon any rattlesnakes in that basement.

[@DrChem-wx1uc]

Out of all of the recent locations this one was by far in the best condition in terms of vandalism and graffiti. Thanks for another fun walk through. How many miles on the rig now?

[@215jami]

Raising Turkeys in the desert makes sense, since they are known to drown themselves when it rains by looking up .

[@arthermannjr2370]

That green equipment was a feed wagon for feeding cattle

[@markhalverson2708]

How do you think steaks and hamburger are made? The meat (cows and bulls) are raised on farms like that.

[@lozobrown637]

Yikers with all of Wonder Hussy's superpowers alas she cannot control the wind.

[@indonesianprincess]

I was drinking something when you said "Auschwitz for turkeys" ...omg i almost choked from laughing....and then I was sad!! Poor Turkeys!! :(

[@milowalker8991]

Great video WH

[@kenwall5846]

I like the idea that it was a DARPA bio lab and had to be closed due to an “incident “!

[@danielmcginnity2229]

aAuscwitz for turkeys. instant classic!

[@neapolis6919]

That Dairy probably belonged to Portagee Joe Silva. I love turkey. They are raised just like chickens and cows. Most of us like Beef and Poultry products. Very good video WH! Please be safe sweetheart!

[@milowalker8991]

I'm related to some of these Portuguese's Dairy farmers in California

[@neapolis6919]

Milo Walker: Yep, I have many good friends in the dairy business in California.

[@robin5380]

Surprised you don’t keep a pear of boots in your truck lol be safe

[@СтивСкотт]

This poor, poor girl.. Thank God she has ...something to do!

[@johnnethery3661]

Looks like you are back in hinkley,

[@hipo6352]

Where's the old junk cars at ?

[@tracygibson5151]

Those poor turkeys! I wonder why they bailed?

[@larrystevenson1048]

The turkey operation is not part of the dairy farm. Best ones to ask about what happened to the dairy farm would be them. Meat. I tried to be a vegan once. After six weeks my skin got sore all over like I had a fever. My doctor asked if I had stopped eating meat or changed my diet. He said I need the amino acids in meat and prescribed a steak. If your ancestors ate a lot of meat, you will need it too. Amino acids don't work well in pill form. Still a good video. Thanks.

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Many carnivorous people turned vegetarian without any problem whatsoever. Your doctor was a charlatan to prescribe you a steak for medicine. Big Pharma would have provided you with amino-acid tablets, if it was the real problem, but I doubt it.

[@tracksmokentrapper3795]

Turkey that makes tv dinners good.

[@nicolamarini]

How can I locate it on a map ? (I mean the house ... i think I wil find a piee of myself. thanks in advance.)

[@iainsanders4775]

Those poor turkeys. I'd never eat one again, if I ever Had.

[@CB-xi1ml]

that house could be restored looks like it's in pretty good shape

[@dragoncrackers7660]

Well, they got a better deal than most chickens get, they dont ever go outside and are way more crowded. The chicken poop is ankle deep and stinks up the place for miles. This looks 1000% better than a commercial chicken house.

[@buddylight2191]

Lotta turkey jerky there.

[@danielyoung6630]

bravo!

[@MrSpongie1]

you and your flip flop's haha...

[@cg7856]

Great vid wh

[@michellelefevre2775]

Turkey's concentration camp for Thanksgiving. Sad

[@greatcesarsghost]

You should report that to the SPCA .. look for a 800 number and report what you saw ..

[@garbage854]

Cool place :) Poor Turkey's

[@bryanwhat2268]

ha ha those turkey will be thinned out next month, I see the screaming Wounder hussy take us with you dont leave us,

[@f1junky63]

Interesting place. Would love to know the history of it

[@Starlite123]

Oh Lord, Helendale!

[@curtis13450]

fix upper for shure just watch tremors

[@RalphGuest]

I kept wondering what all those holes were in the walls all indiscriminate throughout in single holes and lined tracks of holes and couldn’t figure what was making them other than a sledgehammer or something like that and what for, looking for wires and pipes? But then it kind of hit me, and I’m no expert on the subject, but could those holes of been made by shotgun blasts or a high powered automatic weapon? Like someone just walked around with a bad ass gun and just started blasting the shit out of the walls for shits and giggles, maybe?

[@gregdesmond2422]

You're a hoot

[@truracer20]

That style poultry farm is nothing new. I think the majority of all poultry you've ever eaten has come from one. The other type is the barnyard chicken that will walk right up to you so you can pick it up and carry it to the chopping block. then you lop the head off of the chicken you hand raised.

[@kanuckbrewero6118]

Business come and go. Someone ripped out the copper wire for scrap value in most rooms. That turkey farm is too much. What happens to the feathers? Cheers.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

1:33 Yep ... chewed wood = Horses

[@wondergranny2299]

Poor critters. I agree, it's sick to raise critters this way. I don't eat much meat, either. Adam and Eve didn't eat meat; they ate fruits and veggies. Meat-eatin started after the fall, the curse of sin and death. I like your videos. I like desert scenes. I live in west Texas. Me and my daughter love to explore abandonded houses. You have to be super careful here in west Tx. tho, because there's no trees, you can see everything for miles, and you could get shot or the cops called on you. There's not many houses or buildins outside of the little west Tx towns.

[@MountainFisher]

The reason Thanksgiving was invented was to punish turkeys for being so utterly stupid. lol Those turkeys are not being mistreated at all, they are fed and allowed to roam the bunching up they're doing here is because that's just what they do. I raised turkeys and when they are first hatched and are hungry you have to teach them where the food is even if they're standing in it, they'll starve if you don't. They most definitely will stand in the rain and drown by looking up (no kidding) and if they get frightened they will pile up and bury each other and suffocate. I never allowed my turkeys to be in such a large group as one lightning bolt and they would pile up. Better keep them away from chickens too as they don't have any immunity to a plethora of chicken diseases. Domestic turkeys couldn't survive in the wild.

[@ronaldcadiuex4009]

The big wall keeps out the zombies

[@poothead7327]

great loft to take the farmers daughter for a hay ride

[@MultiCrusher2]

I wonder why it was abandoned?

[@ruthpullis4977]

Nice video have. you been to the dime mine. u heard about it an we are. Going next year.

[@jtcbrt]

Even "busted" (really?) you look My-T-Fine!

[@alexasmachine]

LMAO. 😂😂😂😂😂 A SHOPPING CART! HAHAHA

[@charlesgifford4947]

That paper work is for milk that was pick up I had to fell them out when picking up the milk it was your weight and time that you pick it up

[@patb9375]

Maybe you filled them out, if you fell them it would have been when they where still a tree.

[@GhettoWagon]

Git Outta my barn! :D

[@JohnDoe-ld8nr]

Your local area is one thing but when your wife turns into an arid desert you gotta pack up and move along.

[@dvilettdv]

Comin up on Halloween. You need to do a vid like this where some creepy dude jumps out from the cellar when you are filming. It would be a good gag for Halloween. Probably give people a few heart attacks😂😂😂

[@tomfrye9037]

Looks like the dairy farm didn't make it...but the turkey operation did. Don't feel too sorry for those turkeys. They get fed good, just not every 10 minutes. Look at the size of them. Seriously, those commercial turkeys are so stupid, ya gotta run them inside when it rains...at least the first few times. They'll stand there looking up with their beaks open...trying to see what's falling on them...until they drown. I'm not making this up. I know a retired turkey farmer. So they have no idea what's good treatment or bad. You just feed and water them...provide a little sun and shade. They'll be fine.

[@MountainFisher]

tom fry; Exactly, I raised turkeys and when they are first hatched and are hungry you have to teach them where the food is even if they're standing in it, they'll starve if you don't. They most definitely will stand in the rain and drown by looking up and if they get frightened they will huddle and bury each other and suffocate. I never allowed my turkeys to be in such a large group as one lightning bolt and they would pile up on each other. Better keep them away from chickens too as they don't have any immunity to a plethora of chicken diseases. Domestic turkeys couldn't survive in the wild.

[@tomfrye9037]

Yeah...wild turkeys wise up real quick, or they become fox, owl, hawk or coyote food. Well, I guess that pretty much goes for most wild critters. They're gonna be a lot smarter than anything man- kind had a hand in "developing."

[@alphonsozorro7952]

Sure the turkeys are not aware of their fate, but imagine yourself sentenced to death spending years in prison awaiting execution. Sure, you'll be well fed in the meantime. What you say about the turkey as a turkey farmer is exactly what your executioner would think about you, while you get strapped into the electric chair.

[@tomfrye9037]

I love eating those poor mistreated turkeys. If you don't want to, fine...leaves more for me. You PETA type folks lost all my respect when I first heard one of you yell out, "Why don't you just buy your meat at the store so no animals have to die!?!?" I grew up on a farm...took agriculture classes in high school and got to be a pretty good judge of pigs cattle and sheep. I've hunted for meat all my life and will continue to do so. I'll hunt deer in particular...because I love venison and hate seeing so many killed on highways...where, on occasion, a few have come on in through windshields and injured or killed drivers and passengers. Keep wildlife thinned down some and that stuff happens less. And yes, I may just go out and shoot me a wild turkey come turkey season. Meats different...and I like it. All this crap from you babies makes me want to throw up every time I see ads for a Walt Disney movie.

[@skymiller530]

Dollar Stores have to get their poultry from somewhere.

[@OGAstra]

Butterball ahah

[@hipo6352]

Abandoned turkey farms

[@cindyhatch5062]

Factory 🦃 turkey farm, so sad!!! Critters need room to move around, not be stressed out & peck each other to death. Despise factory farms & greed

[@blahmcnob]

I have worked for dairies in the past. The piece per lb. Varied as to milk fat and contamination but was was backed by the FDA at a stable priçe. Back in the 80's-90's many dairies were shut down and the animals eradicated because of disease. They may have taken up turkey farming as an alternative to maintain ownership of the operation. I don't necessarily agree with the farming practices you had in your video it won't keep me from eating a turkey sandwich.

[@genefoster9770]

I bet a caretaker was lerking about somewhere there I doubt they would leave all of those birds unattended. maybe you should start wearing your running shoes at these places

[@AlArafathOfficial]

@9:50 Dog loves Tiger print curtain. Probably thats the only thing I learned from this video.

[@camodudemtbh7594]

Blair Witch celler, lol

[@pigoff123]

I agree it looks inhumane

[@andrewbeaudry4399]

pat goff Sorry but your stupid

[@michaelh465]

Looked like feed lot for cattle. They bring them in as younguns and they spend their lives standing around doing nothing but eating and shitting.

[@gunz2090]

Now I've got a taste for a Turkey Club

[@WhatTheHeckTV]

presidential turkey farm for all members of congress maybe

[@neapolis6919]

joe18370: You are such a kiss ass!

[@WhatTheHeckTV]

what's that supposed to mean ?

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

20:40 I agree, sick to raise animals that way :-/

[@tomfrye9037]

How else would you raise them, VCF? Farmers only make so much money, how much money would you spend housing turkeys that barely know enough to eat and drink? I'm serious when I tell you that all the smarts have been bred out of those birds. And here's something for you...the wrapper costs several times the nickle's worth of wheat that goes into a loaf of bread. Who made all the money on that loaf of bread? Wasn't farmers. Same kind of crap goes on with those birds. I wasn't going to come back over to this video, but comments started popping up in my notifications...

[@donaldconnolly220]

cattle ranch????. .turkeys.....no room..to move ..

[@donaldconnolly220]

what makes you think youll understand.......the mnd of another man. ...claptan.

[@alexasmachine]

YEAH IT'S A TURKEY FARM...LOL...NO WORRIES, THEY KEEP PENNED UP TO GET HUGE. HAHA LIKE CHICKEN'S WHEN PENNED UP CAN GET UP TO 6LBS SOMETIMES, ITS NOT UNUSUAL TO RAISE POULTRY . LOL...NO WORRIES. YOU'RE RIGHT THEY'RE FOR THANKSGIVING. .....TURKEY FIGHTING LMAO.😂😂😂😂