Bringing Our First Goats Home In A Minivan!

[@beblessed3227]

Your son making sure the hay they were eating was clean ...was such a SWEET SWEET thing oh my goodness looking after the new goats already on day one GREAT JOB little man !!

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Thank you for sharing your video homestead ART and BRI🐔🐓🐥🐕🐖🐈🐐🌱🐄🎥👍👍👍

[@theJustinRhodesShow]

Gotta love the minivan truck! ~ Rebekah

[@asdjqckqvkwvjzwhcqjfw360]

Justin Rhodes what

[@UniversalDirt]

When I was in high school in Washington State back in the late 1960s we heard stories of the "Goat Lady" that lived up in the mountains. A few years later a friend and I decided we'd go up there and see if she was real. She was. She lived alone and kept a lot of goats that she let range on a 100 acres or so. She said she and her husband, before he died, once had a big cheese making operation and shipped cheese all over the world, including to Greece. It was winter with snow on the ground, and we visited with her in her trailer that was, like 90 degrees F. at the ceiling and 40 degrees on the floor. Wood heat. My feet were cold from getting wet on the hike in. She gave us what she called "fretoast", a kind of goat cheese. You could see Mt. St. Helens from her place-that was before it blew up. I went horseback riding up in that area once. -Art's Dad

[@TheBonnieberry]

Dear Art's Dad,I just loved this story keep them coming...I see where Art gets his zest for life and the outdoors...you have lots of knowledge to share with us keep it going/coming...From a green but cold Yarmouth,Nova Scotia

[@UniversalDirt]

Stories of all sort, including family stories have always been part of our life. I've written a few, too.

[@UniversalDirt]

It's fun for me to give a little background. I'd love to visit NS sometime. I enjoyed Alaska when I took Edie and the two youngest boys.

[@jch1965]

+UniversalDirt Love hearing about your life experiences, too! ☺👍

[@UniversalDirt]

Thanks. Once I was taking the ferry to Nantucket Island and sitting in a booth. Some boy of about 11 years old came up and shyly said he loved my show. I said in a friendly way, "I know what you're talking about, but I'm not who you think I am." Everywhere I went on the ferry he and his buddies kept staring at me and whispering. They were sure I was someone from the Duck Dynasty family. I was wearing camo pants and let my beard be longish. (No, I'm just from the ART and BRI family.)

[@hollyturner4202]

How delightful! Two goats, plus 4 eggs from the chickens! Many blessings of this new year for your homestead, now a farmstead!

[@josephg.3370]

My wife and I long for the day we can move on to our own land and start homesteading. I love watching your videos!

[@Brifromscratch]

Thank you for watching! We really appreciate it!

[@chick-fil-a4290]

She was exactly right about the ligament! The most sure fire way to tell. Smart girl. The bag will develop first, then some mucus, then the ligaments will disappear. Good luck!

[@Brifromscratch]

She has read whole books on goats.

[@TheBonnieberry]

excitement doubled...thank you...

[@electro1622]

the chickens are looking great, their feathers are so shiny.

[@dawnscott3015]

This is fun being at the beginning stages of the animal aspects of your homestead. You thank us for our time.....we thank you for the enjoyable minutes you provide for us. I'd take even more if I could :).

[@ChickaWoofRanch]

So exciting to join the homestead! Thank you for sharing your big day! Many joys are to come.

[@indigoblue4791]

Fantastic, very happy for you all. It's lovely to see how taken the children are with the goats!! The goats seem to love them back already! Good luck with those babies!! 😃

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Goats in minivans. Love it! It's nice to see your farm growing. Good luck with both the goats and birds

[@Brifromscratch]

Thank you!

[@sofiarani7664]

ART and BRI 🌹👍

[@ysoileau1]

So cute watching the goats walking with the girls. They look so tame. Glad your feeling better.

[@MrSourblood]

your oldest is smart and got it together, love your family

[@1994abbygirl]

They are lovely! And Gracie is already a goat whispered! Blessings!

[@susansharphaynes555]

THANK YALL for sharing your lives

[@Brifromscratch]

Thank you for watching!

[@joinmeinthedirt5186]

How exciting, keep living your dream.

[@quilterjanet]

The barn cats are adorable as well as those goats!

[@stephharrison869]

Congratulations! How exciting in less than 2 weeks you have added a whole lot to your homestead!

[@sandyk8594]

I so hope Bri gets those goats back. So sweet

[@mariayelruh]

Nice to see you are getting eggs!

[@CleoCastonguay47]

Happy to see your new goats. Your farm is growing ! That's wonderful ! Can't wait to see the kids in the spring... Thanks for sharing...

[@Molly-dg3bs]

My gosh your daughter knows so much! She is so smart! She must of wanted them badly because she knows all about them!

[@karenweber7898]

there is something spiritual in mountain territory. I once lived on a mountain just north of Asheville I camped there hard core style. it was raw and awesome, love your sincerely!

[@WillowCreekHomestead]

You guys are awesome! Way to use the resources you have on hand to get the job done. your video work just keeps getting better. What an inspiration.

[@Brifromscratch]

Thank you!

[@kimberly6599]

Oh your funny! Love watching your family grow your homestead! Toodles🌞

[@38kimpossible]

Awe what sweet goats!

[@sarahmcguire8127]

I am so happy

[@TheCarolbrummett]

I love your videos. A real family sharing life and sharing love.

[@Brifromscratch]

Thanks for watching!

[@Emma-3010]

Goats AND the first eggs of the season! Great day, for sure!

[@Brifromscratch]

We felt very pleased with the day!

[@noneofbizorjuliejt6466]

my neice who lives in Alaska has miniature horses that she has transported in an economy car and buckets of spent grain too. lol That's grain left over from the brewing process the local brewery gives it away. The goats, pigs and sheep love it!

[@czbylut]

awh yeeh! you got the goats! :) Also Brighten's smiles...melt my heart!

[@appalachiashomesteadwithpatara]

Hey! Owner of my 2nd Odyssey here! No shame in that game! Hope you all are warm & well! xo

[@Brifromscratch]

Quite cozy and ready for the cold weather.

[@loucee222]

And hope you are feeling much better!

[@elizabeth50mahoney]

Love watching you "grow" your farm! Thanks for sharing the great goat "Odyssey."

[@Brifromscratch]

Thank you for watching.

[@joenperkins2138]

So glad your better , Art

[@hgils]

Ha ha ... the goat van! pretty cool ya used what you have to get a job done. Now your flock will grow! happy children, happy goats, happy Mom and Dad. A great story☺

[@sandysledge6860]

Now, theyjust need a couple things to climb and play on. Pretty animals. Congrats!

[@Brifromscratch]

I should have showed you guys the "toy" Grace made for them .

[@smokeyangelav]

Congrats! I bet it's really starting to feel like a homestead now! I know you are worried about the cold but I think you will love visiting them every day!

[@donnataylor5161]

Congratulations! This is such a wonderful video and Grace is spot on about how to tell when they are going to have their babies. You are going to take wonderful care of them.

[@munchiemunchie2010]

I love babykins pulling his hat off at 6:01....so cute

[@binthrdonthat]

You're kids are so darling and intelligent.

[@meganphillips4961]

Wonderful! Can't wait to see your baby goats. I am so happy for you guys

[@brianphilbrook5262]

Glad for you guys

[@grettapitts3068]

Y'all are going to have so much fun with the baby goats! I had a set of twins, and it's so sweet to spend time with them and see them warm up to you!

[@SuperPoopoopoopoo]

This was such a cool video. Cant wait for the kids to be born. I loved it that you all took the time to make the goats feel welcome and not so fearful. Goats are very smart and they do feel fear.

[@Brifromscratch]

We could tell they were nervous. I spent quite a bit of time in the barn this a.m. trying to reassure them that they were safe and loved.

[@picking4profit]

they are lovely, so pleased for you.

[@HollerGramma]

Brighton seems to always be happy! Love your family.

[@HollerGramma]

So sweet how fast you all became a 'real' farm. What a blessing you all are.

[@brjmomma9416]

Luv you guys and we gladly spend my time watching. You inspire us. We live in California and we do as much as we can on our 1/4 acre suburban lot but we've been working towards moving out of CA and doing what you are doing. It's been a dream for way too long and this coming year we plan on making it a reality. So thank you for sharing and inspiring us to really do it. Lastly, your description of Guatemala and the market bus took me back to my time spent in El Salvador. That was great!

[@Brifromscratch]

I love hearing how we inspire folks! - Bri

[@CarnivoreStork]

Looks like Gracie is going to be the family's Vet Tech. She is really smart! 🤗

[@Brifromscratch]

For real! She is already planning on being a farmer when she grows up and Joyful is planning on being a veterinarian.

[@bobrousse8593]

Congratulations! It' amazing what you can do with a minivan! I once hauled a garden full of mulch in the trunk of my Oldsmobile Achieve, one load at a time. Third world do the best they can with what they've got. The do not let not having the "right" tool prevent them from doing what they have to do to take care of their families. They are not pretentious. Pretension = Prevention.

[@erosendaul]

So exciting!! Congrats on the new editions! It's all starting to come together! 😀

[@JM-wp7te]

I just find this videos what a beautiful family

[@dorascott8286]

Thank you for that great clip...It was great to see....Goats sure seem to to happy...Kids will be easy to find. LOL

[@chrisdeecaregiver2]

First of all, I love the caps that Grandma made everyone. What a thoughtful labor of love. Secondly, I am soooo happy for your family. Your plans are coming together one by one. Your oldest daughter ( ~ is it Grace ? ) is such a gentle soul. She had a real way with animals. I'll bet she was good with her brothers and sisters when they were babies. Congratulations to all of you.

[@onedayatatime7378]

We used to have a goat that would climb the fence, I had never seen anything like that before. She was a escape artist. We made our own goat cheese as well very simple thing, it was fresh cheese not aged. I love goats, but where we live it is impossible to have them now.

[@ChezGra]

Loved this episode!!! Good to see Art feeling better already. Justice is right....you have a farm!!!! Gracie, so cute with the goats!!!!

[@cristyrhodes4898]

Your goats are gorgeaous! And I love the blue eyes.

[@colleenrodamer6230]

SThanks for all ur sharing what u do God Bless

[@DaybirdAviaries]

I'm so happy for you.

[@amc200555]

Such a nice family and the mother smiles making the videos more beautiful. I subscribed.

[@LindaPenney]

awesome update thank you for sharing and have a blessed day

[@kathrynhaviland-pabst3818]

I LOVE the videography on this video! I like when you were driving that you filmed the landscape. SO great!

[@kathrynhaviland-pabst3818]

and amazing hand knit hats!!

[@kathrynhaviland-pabst3818]

and..and.....the mamas calling for your girls!!!! What in the world! LOVE!

[@loucee222]

Don't goats make the funniest faces? Too cute how they have bonded with your daughter. I work in a high stress environment in the big city. Your videos are a breath of fresh air and sanity to me. Thank YOU!

[@Brifromscratch]

Thank you for watching!

[@FarmhouseTeas]

So excited for you! I'm also glad to know you can fit all of that in a mini van incase our truck breaks down :D Yay your BUILDING YOUR HOMESTEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sherryduncan7968]

Yep, transport my goats like that all the time. I put down tarps on the floor and across the backseat just in case of accidents. Works great. My girls usually know the routine now and wait till they get out to do their business. Little tip for bigger goats is to have one of your daughters get in the back seat with a little bit of grain or dairy cow treats. They will jump right in the van without blinking an eye. SECRET WEAPON.......Dairy cow treats!!! They will do ANYTHING for them. Yes, amazing how they can tell you have them too.

[@rsoubiea]

my first husband & i moved to Cedar Hill OR, in Sept 1979, i gave birth to my first child, a boy in Dec. a few months later Mt St. helens erupted. We came back home to CA in May 1980. The ash that fell in the parking lot of our apartment was three inches thick and covered everything. It was very surreal.

[@JAW88]

Gracie is spot on with that knowledge 👍🏻. We have hauled all of our goats in a van or SUV much fun. You goat home is awesome!

[@MissScrapAlot]

LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about thus episode...... What a valuable resource and learning experience for your lil ones :)

[@bartduncan2854]

I have to tell you that I enjoy watching your videos every morning. I just wish I was younger to do the things that you guys are doing now. I'm enjoying my chickens I've had for one year now and I also raise bees for the last five years. Thanks for sharing your videos with us I look forward to seeing them

[@IrfaanHassanDiamonds45]

Hey guys.. Brighton is adorable .. petting the lil goats.. pretty boy, aameen.

[@tthomestead2763]

Oh that's awesome. I'm glad I'm not the only one who picks up straw in a minivan. Lol

[@74drummergirl]

You are such a sweet family! I hope you are well and the goats are doing well. I hope to get my Nigerians soon. I love goats!

[@roxananunez2735]

Awww little Grace is so cute ☺️well all of them are

[@Lisa-pe4kq]

Mini-vans are pretty amazing. By the calm attitude of the goat seller I would guess she'd seen goats transported that way before? Now you're "married" to the land. Or "grounded" in a good way. Great home school curriculum.

[@everydayrosalez5493]

Congratulations on the goats! So excited for yall, they're adorable! It's great that your children are being exposed to learning to take care of farm animals at such a young age. I wish my family had that lifestyle when I was a kid. I would love to have that knowledge now. It will be a learning experience for us if we ever venture into raising farm animals.

[@amyjohnson7834]

Yay the goats are home! Can't wait to get my own 💜

[@pamelabratton2501]

Me too! It is so FUN watching this family grow and learn! I wanna play too!

[@Brifromscratch]

We really appreciate all of our viewers! Thank you for watching!

[@kristinregine4798]

i am happy for your new adventure.

[@georgettewood8894]

A well oiled machine. Loved the video.

[@crossbucklehomestead2908]

Can't wait to see you guys at the Appalachian Homestead Conference! We look forward to your video every day and it will be great to meet you in person.

[@jtdmn3442]

They are just beautiful! Congratulations!! Gracie the goat whisperer, LOL! :-) Enjoy!

[@mjf719]

Congrats on the eggs and goats!

[@cristyrhodes4898]

Can't wait to see the babies

[@ДмитрийПетров-б4ю]

Greetings from Russia! Thank you for interesting video! 👍🤠

[@leahhitz7183]

So exciting!!!!!

[@simeonandalex]

Awesome. Love the goats.

[@fogs3430]

The goats set up is amazing! Good job :)

[@WholesomeRoots]

I seriously can't tell you how excited I was to watch this video! Gracie is a natural! They are such sweet, calm little goats! I can't wait to see how many they have! The all brown one, cocoa?, looks like she will have 2-3! But you never can tell with goats! Keep in touch!

[@Brifromscratch]

I am out of town for the night and I am SO worried about the goats!!!! - Bri

[@WholesomeRoots]

lol, they will be fine! they have Arthur and Gracie! You enjoy yourself! xoxoxo

[@Blackbriars-Shadow]

Hope you are feeling better, Art. Maybe an old beater pick-up just for the farm work would be a great help now.

[@Brifromscratch]

We have an old pickup, but we all wanted to go get the goats so we took the van. :)

[@kellygreen8255]

Beautiful scenery. Love y'all,from SC.

[@UniversalDirt]

We used to haul beehives in a VW camper van.

[@davidsandlin9686]

UniversalDirt now that takes balls. One huge bump and that could have went bad quick. I can't imagine being in a van with a swarm of honey bees.

[@UniversalDirt]

I'm not sure I thought very much about it going bad, no more than normal, which was often bad in the other normal, non-beekeeper POV. In Art and Bri's video with me and the bees, we didn't show the part when, in the rain, I was lifting 80 pounds of beebox over the barbwire fence and got my pants caught, so I was standing there trapped on one leg and couldn't put the box down. With bees things always went "bad", at least for me. For example, getting stung was/is a matter of course.

[@davidsandlin9686]

UniversalDirt yeah that's a conundrum. Fifty pounds of bees with no where to set them.

[@ChicagoCFH]

awesome!

[@vintagelady7029]

Love love your videos!! Gracie is so smart, looks like these are her goats!😉

[@CherishHopePhotography]

Hey we did the same thing with a pony!! That was adventure

[@heatherd.9390]

I am a brand new viewer as of today and I've watched several of your videos already. I really love your family, your farm and the goats and look forward to the day the kids are born! I have friends who own an alpaca farm on Vancouver Island in Canada here and was there to see a baby born last summer. It was a fascinating process watching the mother beforehand, in labor and then giving birth to this little sweet animal who stood up within minutes with these legs that were a mile long. Congratulations on your vision becoming reality. I wish you a wonderful 2017. Heather, St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

[@Brifromscratch]

Thanks for watching! Welcome to our channel!

[@estrogenacres4988]

No you didn't !!! LMBO!! That's awesome!

[@OldesouthFarm]

Enjoyed the video. Nigerian Dwarf Goats are easy going. They seem to be settling in very well. Great job and you all will love them. Looking at their udders, not ready to kid yet...

[@patrickmiles9954]

It’s time for more, Bre!

[@susanwoo1393]

So much fun, hope to get some soon!!!!😃😃😃😃😃

[@IslandExoticsHomestead]

CONGRATS on bringing your new goats home! How exciting for you!!! Enjoy :)

[@Brifromscratch]

Thank you!