Better to ask forgiveness than permission (An animal-filled vlog)

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Hey ya'll, I'm Jess from Roots & Refuge Farm
Welcome to a place that feels like home. A small farm with a big family. We hope you'll pull up a chair, grab some coffee and visit awhile.
There was a time that all I wanted in the world was a little farm where I could raise my family and grow our food. Now, that is exactly what exists outside my door. In watching it unfold, a new dream was formed in my heart - to share this beautiful life with others and teach them the lessons we've learned along the way. Welcome to our journey, friend. I am so glad you're here.
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[@bethrichmond2970]

Alice Walker has a book of poetry called, “Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful .” I can’t think of a more worthy purpose❤️

[@gibbiechirico5939]

They do don't they... I miss having horses

[@katiew8511]

My husband thought I had a sticker/t-shirt worthy quote. He was asking permission to toss some peppers that I had on the counter and new used so they were spoiled. I told him, “Good intentions make great compost.” It reminded me of your huge rutabaga that went to the worms.

[@jenniferchristiansen2040]

That is awesome Katie. I will need to get one while I'm learning how to cook.

[@blessedabundance6266]

ADORABLE ❤

[@Tiffythompson17]

My husband heard me tell seedlings happy birthday one day and thought I was going crazy😂...I told his Jess does it and I think it's sweet. He laughed and said ok.

[@vonniemerriam974]

I can't imagine Lady having landed in a more caring place to live out her best years than the Refuge.

[@cindyfrick4860]

Speaking of the old horse, we rescued an old mare and just kept her many years. She was 36 when she had a health crisis and had to put her down. But she had a good good life in our pasture for over a decade. 😊

[@thegrowinggardener]

Yay!! Lena here! It’s been so fun to finally design stickers and then see them on my favorite channel with my favorite gardener ❤️ thank you so much! (And no my channel didn’t copy the gardening class workshop, I named my channel literally weeks before the classes were announced - just coincidence 🤣)

[@AllisonLitch]

I still can not get over how stunning your office is! The Sunflower in between the R's is definitely my favorite element. ❤

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Mine too!

[@whisperjoy1128]

I learned to ride horses at 3 years old to a really sweet, old horse named Bill. He was 27 years old and lived to 30 years. He is a precious memory I still carry with me. He trusted me, I trusted him. That is, until he accidently knocked me into a water bucket in the barn 😂 But man, I love those senior animals. They are sweet and they love big.

[@BearWithMe-Jillian]

It made me giggle when you were talking about the guineas being too noisy and the sheep kept talking over you. Apparently, guineas aren't alone in being noisy. :)

[@tamichristiansen387]

Jess, you are fabulous! We just got 17 guineas (5 days old) and I was frustrated that I'd be doing a homestead thing without advice from you. And now you have guineas! God is so good!

[@kariannecrysler640]

We got the gift of drop off cats, two pregnant cats 😂 the kittens are all weaned and in that teenage phase & my property has less moles, chipmunks & snakes. You never know when what seems a burden really isn’t sometimes lol

[@caroleferreira2846]

Love seeing the animals especially the horses. You have such a beautiful farm.

[@TraciNewberry]

These stickers are so adorable!! She did a great job. ❤

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

I think so too!

[@joannagel4681]

You & Jeremiah have such a sweetheart , praising God for your ministry to people & Gods creation❤

[@TerrieAllred2023]

Stacy from @Off Grid with Doug and Stacy taught me so much about raising Guineas. She told me that it may sound crazy, but leave your Guineas locked in a coop for FIVE MONTHS. Yes, FIVE MONTHS, and I didn't lose a single Guinea out of 15 newly hatched keets, and they came back to their coop to roost every single night. I eventually gave them to a friend because as adults, they can dig some ankle breaking holes, and they started to wonder off to the church next door and I didn't want them digging up the church property. But they were so fun, and funny and such a joy to have.

[@weaverbee2808]

You also don’t let them all out at the same time. Leave a few in the cage and they will stay nearby!

[@TerrieAllred2023]

@@weaverbee2808 that's a great idea because they don't like being separated! Insures they will stay near the others. :)

[@kimberlyearly8918]

I literally laughed out loud when you came home with more animals and said you texted Miah and he didn't answer so you went ahead and got them. I laughed because I did the EXACT same thing with black copper marans hahaha! I really enjoyed all the animals!

[@limingunicorn]

I love how Miah says, "I'll let you have a wild Saturday." To most people, that's a night out and drinks, but for homesteaders, it's new animals. Y'all are too cute!

[@ErnieHatmaker]

Speaking of teaching baby chickens that kitchen scraps are food, my great aunt would pick up some of the scraps she'd put in the brooder and eat them so the babies could watch her do it.🤣🤣

[@kata2180]

Finally an explanation! Every time I heard somebody talking about raising guineas, I though "why on earth would american farmers eat guniea pigs??" 😂 oh the language barrier haha

[@deewinston5651]

Thank uou Jess for sharing. I love to see all your animals.❤️✝️

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

I hatched guineas. They grew up and started beating up the chickens. They wound up in freezer camp. Yes, they are LOUD, and use to follow me everywhere... They would fly over my house, get in the garden and pick all the greens, etc. Good luck! I miss them and think some times that the chickens should have gone to freezer camp instead. I'm feeding 10 hens and lucky to get 4 eggs a day. My ducks lay better.

[@Seasoncromwell]

I hear you. We have many times (not every time) spent more money and time with a calf than they will *earn* or are *monetarily* worth. But we all know they have a worth that can't be counted. ❤

[@kayrabey1344]

As a child my Dad kept guineas in the pasture. They roosted in a big tree. We ate them on occasion.

[@jodibillingsley]

Lady would be a beautiful addition to your classroom if you still have her by the time you start inviting folks out for classes! I can just envision a small class of kids grooming her and loving on her, while learning horse parts and taking care of horses. I taught horseback riding lessons during college to kids at a Boy's and Girls camp year around ages 8-18, and we took it 2 broodmares who were only ever used for breeding and not for riding. They turned out to be the absolute BEST gals for our littlest ones who were in our Intro to Horses class. They just loved all the attention they got! 🧡🧡🧡 Good luck on being there for Lady's next chapter in life!

[@MarciPrice-cl6eq]

In our tiny rural town (292) someone has a flock of guineas..they roam all over town😂..

[@10KidsandAGarage]

The stickers are beautiful! ❤

[@MissBetsyLu]

Maybe guineas will be alright in a chicken tractor thing?????? Many fabulous blessings everyone everywhere.

[@marcialittle7893]

My last batch of meat birds (cornish cross), were the most foraging birds I have ever raised. Every time when I moved the chicken tractor, they were all about looking for and chasing the crickets, spiders, grasshoppers etc, it became a game. Was quite comical.

[@patriciamorlan6487]

With our beginning flock of keets we supplied them with white millet (it's like crack to them) and ring a cow bell every time we feed it. We trained them to come in the coop to the sound of the bell every evening (cause that's where we give the millet), if they roost in your trees the owls will get them. You could actually just train them to come in your barn and roost up in there. Remember, guineas mate for life unless something happens to a mate. We were lucky enough that an even amount of each sex survived them wanting to roost in a tree one night and the owls struck. When we have retrieved their eggs for hatching we have had better luck putting them under a chicken hen then letting them hatch them themselves. I put them under a broody 5-7 days before putting any chicken eggs under her and they hatch at the same time. Eventually they integrate with the guinea flock if they have access. Sorry for being windy, I love my guineas and they are trainable.

[@sharonpack4889]

Awe, Best video ever. 💘💝💖💞💕Love the Garden, but the animals are so calming to watch.

[@bintlooda]

I hope u get to sell these sticker pictures on a printed paper for hanging as a kitchen decor on day. They are lovely but I’m personally am not a sticker buyer but would Loooooove to buy them as framed art to hang on my walls 😊❤

[@elizabethlink3993]

💚 Love all the animals and hope your Guinea flock will serve a great purpose. I'm glad you included the info on the 2 sheep, I'd been wondering about them.💚

[@Tammylovesalat]

I have found leeches to be very very helpful on hoof abscesses, better than antibiotics and vets medicine. We put them on the coronet and the lower part of the pastern, 3-4 leeches for a foot (that also works extremely well in laminitis). You leave them on until they get they are full and then they fall off. Usually the abscess will disappear or come out within one or two days, and only one session with the leeches is needed.

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Growing up on a large farm, we tried guineas multiple times. They stayed on the farm, but not close to the house. They wandered down to the ponds, swamps, wooded areas and unfortunately would get eaten by alligators and other predators. If they had stayed closer they would have been a lot safer . We also had chickens that were always there (it was extremely rare for one of our chickens to be butchered) but they didn’t keep the guineas close even though the chickens, who were also free range (decades before free range was a thing, lol), stayed close. I liked them , though. I hope yours do great.

[@lawandaweiss1193]

I look at it as a job well done. My shelves are full and I learned a lot. My garden and canning shelf is my way of showing love for my family. I am excited to take what I’ve learned and improve my skills.

[@trottierheritagehomestead4406]

I love my guineas. They roam our 6 acres and we had zero Japanese beetles this summer. I have next year's flock in the coop that will get released in the spring. I've found that keeping them up for a while reinforces that this is home and they don't wander.

[@GreenWitchHomestead]

YAY STICKERS❤❤❤ I handed some out to the kids that come threw our store. And I have had a few moms say oh. I know that channel!!

[@belieftransformation]

Great video of all that’s going on; thanks for sharing! Blessings to everyone 🤗💗🇨🇦

[@angelinasaavedra5850]

Oh my gosh, Jess! I am so glad that you have so much property! And experience with guina’s! Guinea’s are so very loud! However they will help get rid of ticks and other insects, and they are incredible alarm birds! We live in a smaller property, we gave ours away!

[@Peachy08]

All of your stickers are usually pretty but these are really really cute!!!❤

[@EvaVilla-pm5mv]

Sometimes us old gray haired mates have a purpose. The wisdom of our years 😂

[@SmallTownSouthernWife]

❤

[@teriharman566]

Love that you have a soft heart For the animals. I think it says alot about Miah and you. We use to visit friends tgat lived in Arkansas and they always gad guineas tgey are noisy but there great for hunting snakes rodents and bugs. I use to enjoy watching them. They all got along great with the chickens too.

[@louiseswart1315]

I would keep an old horse simply for companionship when I have the land to do it. They are as good as dogs for that purpose. It must be heartbreaking to be discarded just because you are not strong enough anymore to serve your original purpose, having made bonds with your humans that you have served 😢

[@thensley3624]

LOVE seeing the animals!

[@mlee7037]

The stickers look great! I received my hoodie and frost tender flower shirt yesterday! So excited to wear them. I wore one of your shirts to our local restaurant recently, and one of the ladies excitedly told me she watches you too. After four years this was the first time it had happened!❤

[@JeanKris83]

My great aunt had guineas and whenever we'd go visit they would ALWAYS find their noisy way underneath the window of whatever room I was sleeping in to wake me up before the rooster.😂

[@emblarovardotter]

Oh Jess. I just got done listening to this week's podcast episode and I am so moved. Never before have I wished for a commentsection on Spotify as much as today, I just had to go straight here to share with you how thankful I am. For you. You make the world better, just speaking into a microphone you change the minds and futures of people on the other side of the world. Thank you for your bravery and your compassion and your big dreams that you dare share with us. You are a true source of inspiration, support and faith.

[@kkb0896]

That’s a great price! We hatch out keets and sell them at 2 weeks for $5 and we are the cheapest in the area. Enjoy them 😊

[@blessedabundance6266]

The New Stickers are Precious ❤

[@colleenbellscanadiangarden9180]

Nade my first ever sticker and magnet purchase in your store been following for 2 years and this was my first opportunity to purchase thanks for sharing

[@HeatherNaturaly]

When I raise guineas, I like to grab the keets the day the mamas bring them out for food. Then I trap mama in a have a heart live trap and put the lot in a brooder for 4 weeks. Sometimes I leave mama outside the brooder. She usually hangs around till the babies are 'safe' to release and then they are automatically part of the flock. Pretty much the only way I have ever managed to keep them alive. I'm down to 12 from 22 adults that I had at the end of Spring.

[@privatesuzie4071]

Love the Lady story…..”sho shatisfying”

[@joelc9421]

Excited for the new stickers. Y'all should ask the lady who did your new leg tattoo to make some stickers.

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

Thats a great idea!

[@socorromolina-sm9vy]

"Avocado"🥑 I love how you name your cats & other pets!😍😁

[@rachelshane8546]

Thank you for mentioning animal retirement!

[@mousehousehomestead]

I just wanted to say , I just now finished listening to your latest podcast..Dream infinitely... I am not an emotional type of person. But your podcast brought tears of understanding to my eyes . Thank you

[@Homestead-ish]

Can’t wait to get my stickers!

[@debwiley3914]

Oh Jess, You bless my heart so regularly. Funny that you are talking about fowl in this video, and my brother just called to tell me that he purchased quail eggs to incubate so he could grow a flock on his little farm. He mentioned my homestead light experience (I live on a city lot with zoning restrictions!) and we talked about quail. All this while the crock pot is simmering my sauce which will get canned in the morning. We are turning the waiting room into a classroom. Blessings from my home to yours!

[@terresiagregg9326]

Thanks for sharing your life with us

[@doulacoach6801]

Guineas are fantastic to deal with ticks. Yay noisy guineas!

[@loribethartist6353]

We rescued 2 puppies from our neighbor’s unwanted litter… at first we were “puppy sitting” and they got seriously sick the next day. We rushed them to the vet (our neighbor didn’t have the funds to help them) because we thought they had Parvo, but it ended up they had hookworms- the worst our vet had seen on the slide! So we got all the meds and tried our best to get them healthy. One made it but the runt didn’t 😢 we already had 3 dogs but we couldn’t let the other go! Our neighbor told us that all other puppies in the litter died (they had 7 all together, only ours lived). I wish we could have helped all of them 😢 our other female dogs are Daisy and Lily so we had named the pups Rose and Violet… violet is the one who survived and she is the sweetest baby ever! Rose is buried in our yard and we are going to plant a rose bush to remember her. My 14 yr old son took it really hard 🥺

[@TheTandumbs]

I love guineas! We are sadly down to one but she lets us hold her ❤!

[@lindawoody8501]

Congratulations on your new flock of Guinea Fowl. Nice. Yes, can be noisy. Some smaller places use the flock as watch fowl to alert when others who are not from the farm arrive.

[@beckymartinez9926]

Hi, would love to have that art on a canvas tote bag 🌻

[@lcostantino7931]

Stacy from OFF GRID,just for first time had a brood of guinies hatch.....n the male protects the nest ....BTW they only make noise to tell you ,something has arrived on site.....best wishes...n blessing....BTW prayers for Hawaii .

[@CarrieNita]

Lol, I saw Jess pet the sheep and heard it meow... yep, had to give my head a shake

[@jenniferchristiansen2040]

Chips was being Jesse when she pet the sheep. 😂

[@sisiwest6169]

Love your title Jess, it hit a spot in my heart today with situations in life ❤

[@susanturner9023]

I love the Guinea noise! Can’t wait to get updates! ✌🏻🙏🏼❤️

[@katherinebelk8398]

Lover her work

[@jmuth890]

I love seeing all the animals.

[@robinlj5767]

Thank you and I bless YOU and your precious family💖

[@bethsands7665]

Fun and fabulous addition to the farm. You have so many meat chicks, it just seems sad that they only get 10 weeks of life ... a year seems more fair.

[@FireNMist01]

Fun fact - a group of Guineas is called a "confusion" which is oddly so appropriate 😂.

[@Renie-hl8dd9mw8c]

Loved seeing the animals. Thanks for sharing.

[@leahharbison4932]

Bless you Jess ! ❤

[@jacquelineallan5723]

Thank you Jess! Love seeing all the animals they are very cute...

[@jessicakivett7838]

Lady can bring you lots of joy and love.

[@beckymartinez9926]

I love the new stickers!

[@lauriefederico6039]

Bless you😊

[@CZDrea]

Second commenter! Woot! Excited about the new merch.

[@sherrizanoli1398]

Amen, from your lips to my ears. Lol. I always ask for forgiveness and get my way.

[@kayrabey1344]

Very nice art work Lina!

[@thegrowinggardener]

Thank you! ❤

[@jojoadk]

My 6yr old watches with me in the morning while getting ready for school. This morning he said “she married him because he’s TIDY”.

[@leslieabell1320]

Love ❤️ the stickers.

[@lisalemaster9383]

This was a wonderful video❤

[@jadeinthewoods]

I totally understand the desire to rescue animals. We are the house that homeless animals come to live their best life. Our oldest is a cat that a family with a new baby could no longer afford to feed. Our most recent addition was a stray kitten that was dirty and skinny wandering our woods.

[@HalleluYahfarm]

I'm excited for the stickers and magnets!!

[@letssummondinner]

There is no better early warning system than a guinea. They see something that doesn't belong and start screeching lol. When I go visit my friend her guineas always alert her to my arrival so she can open the gate lol.

[@lindasmith6202]

Guineas are the best tick eaters you can have! Also best "watch dogs". They were our snake alarms when we lived in Arkansas & they preferred to roost in trees so easy keepers.

[@caraoiler711]

We have 6 guineas and they’re the center of entertainment 😂

[@wildman2894]

God Bless some kind hearts

[@kathylane5934]

Love birds

[@stephaniehanuman-dale6279]

❤️💔🥰 you’re great animal parents Thank you

[@CharityTiffee]

I need a I’m a frost tender flower sweatshirt !!

[@sharonhildenbrand5230]

They are good guard birds

[@samanthahoos9827]

Giggles cause I wouldn’t have passed up those guineas either! 😊

[@pathoward5721]

I’m glad you got Guinea’s, I think 🤔 they are pretty unique ❤❤❤

[@lindahollar8]

Haha! Frost tender flower….MEEE TOOOO, me too!

[@kiarakeeper2154]

I work too much and can't keep up with your family and farm. 😭 you got SHEEP?! I love sheep.

[@ziggy7077]

I saw the title and thought "uh oh, what did she get now?" 😂😂