Animal chores as the temps drop to -35°F!

[@marciathom6708]

Welcome to farming and animal care.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

For sure!! Everyone wants to be a farmer until it’s -20 🙃. Honestly though, it’s turned into a muddy mess and we are missing the cold!

[@justme-uw6bz]

Wow I cannot imagine that cold, the lowest I've ever been in is 5 deg C. Thinking of you all there.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Thankfully it's going to warm up this week so I think the worst is behind us :).

[@renanafriedman]

the eggs treasure-hunt looks so fun! :)

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Ha! Fun until you can't find the pile of eggs until weeks later ;) Thanks for watching!

[@renata-s5b]

It was good to see all the precautions and follow you in some methods 😊 Thank you 🌸🌸🌸

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!!

[@TheRealJayGutta]

Love the full on descriptive videos you both create! You really show how much hard work goes into having a functioning homestead farm. It's amazing how you balance it all!! I pray to have as strong of a team-mate/co-parent/partner/friend/love as you two have! You're all so amazing. Thank you.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Thanks for such a kind comment! It does make such a difference being in it together! Praying you find that person too!! Thanks for watching!

[@timmathewson3910]

This was a good video, thanks for sharing. Hope all your animals make it through the cold. Have a good week

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

The worst is behind us so I think we are in the clear for now :). Thanks for watching!

[@nancyseery2213]

I'm out twice a day to give warm water to my chickens because even with a heater their water is freezing. I can't wait for the cold to go away. One of the reasons we left Nebraska and moved to Tennessee is the cold and now we were at a -3 last night in M'boro. Our son in NE was at a -21 and that didn't even count the wind chill. God bless y'all and keep warm! Use all of the cow poop to make hot beds that will be compost when the beds are done.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Yikes, it was quite the cold snap! Warmer weather is just around the corner - hang in there!! Thanks for watching!

[@heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

Yes feeding our animals take a little out when doing chores in the dead of winter. It takes us about two hours twice a day to do our chores, when you have many animals it does take time. We have 6 wild mustangs not wild anymore, 1 wild burro not wild anymore. 4 roasters, 3 ducks, 23 laying hens, one hen turkey. We have 8 breeding meat rabbits, 4 breeding bucks 27 feed out bunnies, two litter due this weekend, two litters due next month we breed two per month. We have 5 breeding Alpine bucks, one ram, 12 Alpine doe's 10 are bred 8 are due in less then 4.5 weeks. We start kidding February 15th. We are always busy here. We bought our farm in 2020 that's was a complete wooded land with a house and one small barn, we have been working hard each year making our small farm in the woods or homestead. We have a few fruit trees, grapes, garden were we raise and grow our own food. Thank you for sharing. Till next time. God bless

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Wow! You guys have a lot going on! Thanks for sharing, we love hearing about it!! Keep enjoying it all!

[@walkertongdee]

Ah cold memories, feelin' lucky they are only memories... It's sixty-eight this morning here in Thailand, I got a blanket, it's cold for us lol...

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Oh, that sound lovely, enjoy the warmth :)

[@searose6192]

18:24 I hope you don’t take offense at this, but I can’t tell you how nice it is to see glimpses of your slightly messy home. Real people make messes and put things in temporary places to deal with later etc and it’s nice to see that you guys are ordinary people with ordinary cleaning and organization levels in your home. Some homestead channels use almost a show studio for their videos and it gives the impression that they keep their home spotless and staged at all times.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

No offense at all. Our home nor property aren't pristine at all but filled with love and chaos. I'm glad that comes through :). Always a work in progress!

[@loriegroth2472]

Last week was -41C and so I could identify with your chores. Our hens huddled together and went on strike. No eggs for a week. Cows did just fine but frostbite with the milk cows’ udders are a worry. Good your barn builder kept the hydrant indoors. Ours is outside the barn (argh) and frozen. So we haul pails of water from the house.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Oh boy! You got your workout with hauling all of those buckets!! Glad your animals are all doing ok!

[@littlegriffoffgridalberta6837]

Awesome job guys ! I just found your video's :) I will have to check out more " Nice to see that some people know how to budget & live the life you do ! Sharing chores is family time together & we should know that is really living !

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

It's the best life! Thanks so much for watching and being here! :)

[@searose6192]

The Easter egg hunt cracked me up 😂 ah chickens….why won’t they ever lay where they are supposed to?

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Ha! So true!

[@524FrmGrl]

My husband was never a bib overall farmer either.

[@naturekat3]

Love Stella, she reminds me of the Kuvasz we had when my kids were young. May all continue to go well. Could you tell me the name of that heated bucket you have for the cows.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Stella is the best! Yes, it's a jug waterer and a lifesaver in the winter. Here's a review post we did on it. fromscratchfarmstead.com/jug-waterer-review/

[@naturekat3]

@@FromScratchFarmstead thank you so much. Great review. It is saved for our future homestead desires.

[@amandayeates185]

Buurrrr, looks so cold there! I live in Louisiana and have no clue what it is like to maintain a homestead in those temps! Thanks for sharing, I really liked this winter vlog style video! Oh, did Thimble's milk freeze in pale when milking?

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Good question! Any splattered milk on the side of the pale froze instantly but the bulk of it was fine. Thanks for watching!

[@karendeklerk622]

I hope Stella can sleep in the barn?

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Yep! She does.

[@erinconnolly1809]

Do you know which breeds of your chickens lay eggs in the winter?? I think I heard leghorn in the video. It’s 40 degrees here and mine are like nope! Thanks for your content!!

[@thatguy5801]

Did you know chickens can just eat snow for their water, like all wild birds do... My grandpa did it this way for 50 years every winter, when heated water bowls didn't even exist, and it takes 0$ and zero cost to fill a bowl of snow twice a day, and if the power goes out, who cares, its snow. I've been doing this for 3 winters with mine, I use to have a heated bowl but even that would freeze at the top, and they last 1-2 seasons. A bowl of snow is forever and costs nothing.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!

[@pameladerk9719]

Does Stella come in to the barn at night?

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

Wherever the cows are, that's where she goes! But yes, lately they've been spending lots of time in the barn :)

[@TeenaFaucette]

Just watched this video! What part of the country do you live in with the snow and cold. We live in NC and have cows and goats but thankfully no weather like this.

[@FromScratchFarmstead]

We are in Northern IL. Thankfully we don't get weather like this too often, just a couple of times each year. Thanks for watching!

[@TeenaFaucette]

@ I thought you must be in middle of country due to the weather.

[@TeenaFaucette]

@ I thought you must be in middle of country due to the weather.

[@pameladerk9719]

Nvm!

[@christophsass4968]