Digging out stumps with the backhoe and 21 Turkeys go in the brooder.

[@sameaston1301]

Never a wasted day. "Let whatever you do today be enough" 👍

[@DavidRobinson-mx6cl]

That's how I do it , both sides then reposition to opposite side of stump !!!!! I have a Case 530 backhoe yet all will work!!!! Just don't get carried away, a little at a time, and you will succeed !!!!!!! 😮

[@Bjames5150]

Evan, you are having way too much fun on that backhoe.😂😂

[@jahn9960]

Mulberry trees do wonders on anything parked under them. Birds love what parked under them!!!

[@stevengunter2843]

Great looking turkeys cows are looking good you are doing good job!!

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Evan and Rebecca thanks you for showing your video homestead bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[@susandreiling6765]

Pete at, Just a Few Acres, raises turkeys as well. He found if he didn’t feed them food for two hours, they did better. Food for thought.

[@jamesmason8944]

That sure looks like a reasonably powerful little digger. Evan you look like you are burning the candle at both ends.......don't burn yourself out, take care.

[@stephaniewilson3955]

The suggestion is that you do not feed the turkeys for 2 hours after they are put in the brooder. Give them water but no food for a couple of hours. Then aim for 28% protein feed to start with. This is from 'Just a few Acres' who is successful in raising Turkeys.

[@Bass2010]

If you watch Just a few acres he rises a lot of chickens and turkeys and he says not to feed them for 24 hours after you get them just give them water with apple cider and vitamins or something and almost all of them will make it

[@neilschipper3741]

​@@Bass2010👍

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Good luck with the turkeys. 😊😊😊

[@defresurrection]

​​@@Bass2010hy? I'm sure the breeder gave him instructions. I'd put a lot on the stress of shipping.

[@DinSF]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/opnWkp93jb5rftU This is the link from "Just a Few Acres" and Pete's words of wisdom on turkeys.🦃🐥

[@Bigtoolrack]

Operating that backhoe like a professional, nice work! Goodluck with the turkeys, great video!

[@LauRoot892]

Hey 👋

[@jimputnam2044]

Put some Electrolytes in the water for a couple of days. Hold back feed for a few hours 2or 3 when you first get them. That way they fill up on the water before they start feed. It works to reely cut down on dead birds.

[@InquisitiveSearcher]

Pete, on Just a Few Acres, states that he has better luck keeping turkeys alive if he gives them only water for the first day, maybe two. You'll have to check his video for the exact information. Good job on that stump. I keep waiting for more work on the Allis. 😏

[@johnwood7372]

Pete on “Just a few acres” says hold off on feed for the first two hours when you get Turkey chicks!

[@joerodrigues3816]

Love you both and watching your videos hope you all are doing well God blessed you and your family mate c u in the next video take care my friend and yes I know you don’t now me but I do like what you do and again all the best to you both and your family.

[@northernlassie2755]

Watering gardens in the evening leads to mold and rot. Watering in the morning gives the plants time to dry off with the sun....👩‍🌾

[@debbiethompson9029]

The Garden looks fantastic

[@valeriedevereux5912]

I love how your title is honest. Thank you.

[@williamlillibridge6055]

When I was a kid I lived in Illinois, and we had lots of Mulberry trees. I remember dark purple bird poop would be on everything.

[@janetdupree6353]

Pete, from Just a Few Acres, posted a video on what they have learned about successfully raising turkeys. He gave some helpful information. Good luck 🦃

[@timboslice3755]

Good Morning!

[@Storm-rp9xe]

A “burned vacation day” working at home/farm, is better than a work day at the office anytime! 😊

[@janetlutter9925]

Good job getting those dug up

[@Tonetwisters]

We used to have to drive down a country highway ... maybe SR 21, years ago, between Jacksonville and Tallahassee ... we knew, well before we got there that we were getting close to the pig farm! As a kid, I would go into the woods near my house and pull up little sassafras trees, knock off the dirt, and scrape the bark off the bottom and chew on that for a while. Thought I was a big deal!

[@shamrock56gargan96]

Here in Eastern Maine it has nothing but rain, we need Sun for the garden 😊

[@jimbucher1049]

Just another great video,,,the picture was very Clear...always so much work to do at the farm....we sure enjoy watching you and thanks for explaining all you do...take care, be safe and see you again soon !

[@LauRoot892]

Bucher

[@robkeeler4981]

Back in the days, my grandparents used to take the routes from the Sassafras trees dry them out and make sassafras tea guys have a pleasant one

[@LauRoot892]

Keeler

[@daverave3698]

Worked at an apple orchard many years ago. We would thin the apples on the trees while the apples were mostly green so those remaining will grow larger. The apples we thinned were used to extract fruit pectin that is used in jams and jellies. Just a thought.

[@jaypino2642]

Pete in country view acres holds off the feed for 24 hrs I believe,water only and in the water there is a protein supplement.

[@LauRoot892]

Jay Pino

[@stephenfriday1352]

When I've removed tree stumps at friends property, I uses a Concrete chain saw to cut in too the soil through the roots then at a 30 to 80 Angel into the trees lower trunk/roots and put them out, Great video

[@LauRoot892]

Stephen Friday

[@tomfarley3924]

Cut off some of the smaller roots, clean the dirt off, and boil them to make sassafras tea. Add some sugar to taste to make a form of sarsaparilla. Not great, but different. I enjoyed your video of your day on vacation.

[@coyotiess]

What you took off the afternoon! LOL!

[@leol1682]

Enjoy the video Evan .

[@LauRoot892]

Leo

[@petergielen5905]

Nice video, ths for sharing, greetings from Belgium

[@LauRoot892]

Gielen

[@charlieconnor1490]

Save the sassafras root for making sassafras tea, it's good for you

[@alithemagicbum]

Yes Evans, MEYER HATCHERY is in Ohio, sw of Medina. Not far from where we live. That is where we get our chicks, they also started game birds...pheasants, quails, etc. They have a beautiful facility, and a dairy farm. In the middle of AMISH COUNTRY.

[@waynek921]

Evan you work hard to upkeep the farm and everything you do great job. Always great content thank you. .

[@harlonlantz4094]

Evan,I would park the tractors in the work shop.🚜

[@setholson6550]

Evan look at Pete’s page just a few acres he does turkey once a year also and shows how he puts them on pasture with a fence. Poor pond looks rough I know you must be sick of duck weed by now. Susan

[@dougbrewer2257]

Garden is looking good. Pond water sur has helped e

[@teenagefarmer]

Looks like you've gotten pretty good with that backhoe. Great work.

[@susancarter9862]

Try withholding feed for a couple of hours or so and add electrolytes to water to give them a good start. All the best. Thanks for the videos.

[@robineggblue-bp3rq]

Garden looks nice.

[@margaretpervier8357]

Having a backhoe surely is handy.😊

[@jamesharless5357]

Another great video Evan!👍🏻

[@LauRoot892]

Sharless

[@dennisjoyner8569]

Turkeys like feeding on the ground not a feeder. I might sugguest laying down cardboard and putting the feed on it . Always worked for me !

[@bobjarrard]

Pete of Just a Few Acres holds back feed for two hours from turkey polts and does not dig the beaks. Different strokes for different folks. Bob in Nevada

[@Fellgla]

Sassafras roots make a good tea after boiling. My grandmother use to boil some when we were sick. Love to smell it brewing

[@LauRoot892]

Is that you on your profile ? 😁

[@Fellgla]

@@LauRoot892 I think so. 🤔 I have to look in the mirror and see. 😁

[@ronatwell5379]

Boy, I wish I had a bunch of those roots. I like to save them to keep in the shop or garage as a air freshener. Love walking into the shop and smelling root beer. Haven't come across any sassafras root balls in years. Used to work as carpenter, and occasionally, there would be some around a building site.

[@LauRoot892]

Hey Ron AtWell 👋

[@DanKlein_1]

My dad used to put marbles around the water tray actually in the water... like 10 or so, not quite a full circle the whole way around. He said the peeps will see that and be curious and peck at them or investigate and find the water that way. When he was a boy, he worked at a turkey farm and knows quite a bit about raising turkeys... at least what they used to do 70 years ago.

[@stevebowman421]

Boys and their toys, someone having fun 😊 weight of machine has a bit to do with it, but yes using the bucket or blade as an anchor is usual, even when trenching, Good effort with the backhoe though.

[@raylinden3622]

Just a suggestion, when I dig stumps, most times I dig the hole a little deeper and just bury them in the hole. Easiest way to make them disappear imo. Over time if the ground settles you just bring in your choice of fill.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

The sassafras stumps was sure a chore to get out, that little TYM did a nice job on it. Good luck with you turkey's. Have a nice Sunday!

[@robertlusnia506]

Enjoyed your video

[@creekriseoutdoors]

Those little turkeys look great. Never ending chores out at the farm for sure. If birds aren’t pooping on my tractor they are building a nest in it. That was a productive vacation day! Thanks for sharing.

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks Evan

[@outdoorstudios2022]

Hello Rebecca & Evan

[@clintellis4636]

You can boil those roots and make sassafras tea. Which im sure you already know

[@oldthudman]

You might check into pruning the Fruit Trees and what time of year to do so.......Should produce more apples and pears, etc etc

[@sandratalbert9578]

Can’t imagine getting those roots out without that TYM backhoe. Great hack upending the bucket!!! 👍👍👍

[@nautilusshell940]

you should store the tractors inside, theyre your most valuable piece of equipment

[@jimbo16720]

It always amazed me how a tree you are trying to get rid of just keeps coming back but a tree you want seems to always have trouble. Trust me unless you mow that area you'll still see new chutes coming out of the ground from the roots.

[@TKCL]

Ever thought about using wheel chocks while digging with the backhoe? Should help with the pullback.

[@jimbecker5675]

Bucket curl is your friend when working stumps and rocks...it has about the most force you can concentrate on an object.

[@--_DJ_--]

It is also very hard on pins and bushings, but you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.

[@adamsisler]

Evan, next time you need a 2 way latch look up a “kiwi sure latch”. I have a couple different brands and I prefer them over others.

[@skawizzard02]

We don't give food for a while after we first get them. We usually judge when we give food by how much they have drank, maybe 3-6 hrs. Then we put the feed in. We use 30% protein wild game feed. We also put vitamins in the water for the first two weeks. It is very rare for us to loose a turkey when they're young. Hydration seems to be much more important then food when you first get them and it seems like the food soaks up to much water, taking away from their hydration, if you give it immediately.

[@oxfletch]

If you can get a used heating oil tank for free from someone converting to gas, you can make yourself a 275g diesel tank that someone will deliver you fuel for, using a cheap 12v pump - works great.

[@johnsnider3394]

Boil some roots for tea .my uncle uses to come from Colorado to Arkansas to see us and get the roots

[@chrishoneycutt9839]

Great video Evan got the good work buddy

[@lotus....]

A few yrs ago we had 13 turkey poults shipped to us. We put them in the brooder and that same day we had a broody Key West hen (chicken) loose all her eggs. We gave her the baby turkeys and she raised them as her own. She is small almost like a bantam hen. They were huge by the time they were adolescents. It was so comical because she would boss these giants around and they would still try to snuggle under her wings.

[@markpriddy1]

Thanks.

[@terrylandis6831]

Love what your doing with the farm.

[@richnusser6079]

You do great work Evan. Your building a beautiful place there. It must feel really nice to have the right equipment to do the things you do. Your definitely a skilled worker. Thanks for bring us along on this journey with you.

[@donaldspaulding5817]

Might want to consider thinning the apples out, looks like branches may start breaking. Will also improve size of fruit. Love your videos .

[@michaelholden5131]

Answered my question on duck weed.

[@johnsandell4501]

Nice orchard!👍

[@jameswilburn5406]

Many farmers add electrolytes to the water and withhold feed for 24 hours. The loss of salts can cause dehydration and the feed soaks up a lot of food in the first day.

[@greatlakeswoodworks5122]

Hi Evan! quick question regarding the turkeys. i was watching Pete over at a Few Acres Farm and he was talking about raising turkeys and he said to hold off on the food for the first couple hours after delivery to help the survival of the chicks. hope they all make it. love what you and Rebeka do on the farm.

[@jakeschisler7525]

Have to be careful with the cylinders, they can bend from the stress.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good job Evan, you'll still have some of those Sassifras root running in the ground and you'll need to dig them as soon as you see them because they are rugged trees. Clean up some of them roots after you dig them and get a recipe for Sassifras Tee. Makes some excellent drinking. The animals are all looking good, Hope the turkeys all do well. Missed Rebecca today but she needs a day off too. Stay safe around there and keep having fun. OLD DAWG DREAMING Fred.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Does the tractor seat tilt forward? Might be a good idea to always do that. Will keep it cool too. 20 Turkeys are going to be noisy. But R will love it. 👍👍👍

[@krispetersen9595]

Excellent video, love your content

[@cathiwim]

Watching you get those stumps put was great!! Wish i had a backhoe like that! I was taking a break from planting and weeding. Good stuff, thanks!

[@nimabevis4509]

In less than 50 hours' use, you've earned that tractor's worth! How many hours (and pain) would those stumps have cost you to do it by hand? Uggh. My little JD 1025 was a BIG help with our storm cleanup. Not finished yet, but a lot closer than we would have been without it.

[@jda1961]

should withhold feed for 24 hours for turkey chicks and add electrolites to thier water, they are very sensative to changes

[@ourv9603]

When you need to remove a tree that you know will require removing the stump as well, do yourself a favor & dont cut the tree down. Use the tree trunk as leverage & the stump will come out much much easier. Tie a tow strap around the trunk as high as you can reach, hook the other end to your tractor shovel. Give the tree a series of gently yanks. Each yank is popping some roots, Eventually the tree will pull over & you just backup & pull the roots out of the ground. Easy as pie. !

[@johnzink3309]

thx

[@michellegerrard6623]

Can only imagine how long that would take to do by hand 😢

[@AfterTheRains]

Good tractor tip to acknowledge and share, every day is a school day Evan. Seems like turkeys do everything they possibly can to kill themselves.

[@LloydJones-p7e]

Really enjoyed your video and the way you operated the backhoe, I’ve seen some that act like they’re gonna hit China if they dig to deep and others you could take a kitchen spoon and do a better job. Keep up the great job and keep the video coming.👍👍👍👍🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃

[@kathyline11]

I was rooting for you ( pun intended)

[@amgstiernon1]

From another KZbin farmer I learned you should not feed the young turkeys, immediately when they arrive; just water for a few hours or more.

[@tublifer1]

You should hold the food for a few hours water only to get the turkeys started.

[@LauRoot892]

Hi Cute Frank 👋

[@theburnhams2925]

Try water only for the first few hours (at least) after shipment. No food at first. Good luck! (I just get 'em when older...)

[@LorraineDennison1960]

Could make for a good video with 21 full grown Turkeys chasing you around. 🤣🤣

[@terrycastor8299]

I know the feeling, Evan. I have great plans to accomplish so much in a day, but things take longer than anticipated or circumstances necessitate a change of plans. Runs to a store always eat up precious time. End result it seems a waste of a day, but things get done eventually. Love the backhoe. We raised free range turkeys on the farm growing up from two or three hens and a gobbler. The last year I believe my Mom and our neighbor butchered 45. It's a lot of work, but they sure were tasty!

[@paulgagnon7153]

you can bend your bucket pistons that way!!!

[@LauRoot892]

Gagnon 👋

[@carlmauro4813]

Love the TYM's but the backhoe was painful to watch. My MF 60H would have ripped them out in minutes. But I'm still in the buying process for a TYM 574. I need it for a lot of things but not for the backhoe!

[@cjt2020]

As someone else had said, the backhoe will be a lot more stable with the back wheels lifted completely off the ground. I pulled a full sized backhoe into a hole one time through not doing that!

[@LauRoot892]

Hi Chris 👋

[@greybear3090]

got my coffee

[@andrewl7467]

Next time running the backhoe, get your back tires off the ground 4-5 inches. And put you edge of the bucket down and lift the fri t end of the tractor. Then you will hopefully not pull yourself towards the hole. Looks like you might need a new dairy cow. Edit guess I should watch longer lol