First Storm of the Year Hits the Farm

[@MattBrander]

That's a red fox!! Very cool. Great video.

[@judykinsman3258]

Thanks. Now I have to go back & rewatch to appreciate the red fox.🦊

[@FloraGaleFlower]

Yep! It's probably clearer in the video than it was IRL, tho. He probably saw it from far away and it's easy to mix up distant things.

[@A_Smith94]

Actually a yellow one you’re all wrong

[@Jessicasadd114]

I thought so

[@ninabriesch4184]

Yeah.. i was thinking the same.. But still cool to watch..

[@bikepower1378]

it is a fox

[@A_Smith94]

I don’t know bud thought that shit was a rhino

[@lisagauvin]

Morgan! I have a friend who lost a hand from clearing snow from a snow packed snow blower. It had a bunch of tension built up. It was locked and when he removed enough snow….😢. I am only posting “dreaded advice” because of risk of maiming. Going back to minding my own business now.

[@malcolmpayne9517]

Definitely not a coyote, that's a beautiful red fox displaying its beautiful, thick, winter coat. Their coats thicken up in the winter to help withstand the colder temperatures.

[@highpsi11]

Very soothing when it's not my chores, my ice, my broken snow plow, my trapped dog or escaped, vandal calf : )

[@nodigBKMiche]

🤣🥰

[@xPhyllx]

pro tip from a horse girl. with cutting the plastic of the haybale make X ontop of the bale and slice it al the way down. now you can peel the 4 plastic flaps down and grab the bale with your tractor. now your plastic is all in one piece

[@filobetobaby]

Your coyote identifies as a fox. No judgment 😅

[@judykinsman3258]

Cute😂👏

[@johnsandell4501]

Winta ucks!

[@WestchesterWoodworking]

No, the fox identifies as a coyote! And Morgan knows👍 what a good man♥️

[@shariselove]

Confirmation post here😊

[@jimputnam2044]

Those darn pronouns.....

[@barbarabigelow9110]

Always happy to see Toby and Abby greet you! Their excitement is contagious. And Alfred's granite retaining wall looks amazing! Thank you for sharing your farm and accomplishments with us!

[@amandareynolds8930]

3:15 toddlers are toddlers in every species 😂😂😂😂

[@rebeccadepew827]

Please don’t put your hand in the snow packed snow blower. When I was in the hospital years age , I had a roomie who put her hand in it , with it off and when the tension was relieved, it moved and amputated her fingers. I do love your channel by the way

[@gkiferonhs]

Grandpop kept an area on the edge of his farm that was his "rabbitat" where he would pile brush, etc. to make it a good home for mice and rabbits to feel the coyotes. He felt they were territorial and a resident pack was a good way to keep other packs away. The locals knew where the food was easy and they didn't bother trying to get through the fencing.

[@nodigBKMiche]

Smart man, your Grandpop, and you are smarter, for learning from him🥰

[@JessicaParsons]

I’m like oh wow that’s a fox!! 😅😅😅

[@grumpydruid8372]

Beetlejuice jumped on that hen and I swear I heard Michael Keaton yelling "It's SHOWtime!"

[@0megaming]

I always love to see your weather, because living in northern germany, I can expect exactly your weather with about 5-7°C more xD Also for driving the tractor with the plow: You need to drive much slower (like a crawling speed), so that the blower actually clears out enough. Love for all the animals and you as well as your wife ^-^ Also the ash provides some neutralizing and replentishing minerals to the ground, so it is kind of a good refreshener for the manure and straw.

[@MC-qb1jg]

I absolutely agree with you, Morgan. We must coexist with wildlife. Your farm is beautiful year round. OH MY GOODNESS, YOU HAVE A YA'LL O' METER from Ryan Hall Ya'll 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marthamyers]

The paint chip got me. 😂

[@mirandamaher9465]

YAY!!!! Glad to see you're part of the Y'all Squad now!!

[@urkiddingme6254]

The peach and gray sunrise with the black and white trees in front could be a designer fabric - a French country toile, but much prettier.

[@MaddSlasher]

Morgan I fully believe in coexistence with coyotes, but that’s a fox. We can coexist with foxes too so the message is still relevant.

[@louisalintern-jones4626]

Aren't red foxes invasive in North America?

[@MaddSlasher]

@ yes and no. There is a native red fox species, but there is also the invasive European variety. I couldn’t tell you which is which though.

[@rogerrabbit132]

Besides the fact that that's a fox, not a coyote, great video and I love seeing the cattle and dogs! Edit :: if Tobey figured out how to get into the cattle pen, he'll figure out a way out. He's not stupid.

[@RJ-go3sn]

Love your humor, Morgan (i.e. voice changing)! And also how great you are with your beautiful animals!! That morning sky was something!!

[@Crayfish-]

@ 1:50 .. A word of Advice; " Never Discard Wood Ashes into the Trash " ! [ Some ] Trees have " Deep Roots " and they're in the ground for years or decades, and they " pull up Minerals " That are expensive and Are Very Beneficial to Other Plants ! [ " In a Word, " Don't waste them and Don't Throw them away ! " Reuse them on your soil " ] !

[@annalapoint7156]

It was a red fox, Morgan! 😍

[@pnhnut]

Hey Morgan, I have a set up for water much like yours. Things I do to make my life easier is 1} quick connects. 2} have a high bar to rest the hose on near the trough (I use a 2x4x8 attached to the fence with a pvc guide screwed on to it for the hose to slide on). 3} a rubber hose that you can pull easily up and over the bar to drain the water and then I take the end back up the hill with me to the faucet and just leave it on the ground so if there is any water left it will be flat ice and easily forced out when hooked back up the next day. I NEVER coil a hose in winter. Good luck - I love your ingenuity :)

[@nodigBKMiche]

Maybe do a short video and post it, pls :)

[@abbazabbadoodle]

The Y’all O’Meter - Love Ryan Hall! Happy Farm Chores from a snow birder in the Hill Country of Texas. I’ll be watching Ryan’s weather reports closely for when it’s safe to return to the NEK pulling a trailer.

[@buzzard732]

I'm a pest controller in Scotland! Rule1:in Learn your Enemy! None native species!! Load of 🤎🦴💩!! Red fox are one of the most prolific and adaptive vulpids on this planet! Red Foxes don't respect county lines or need passports!! My Grandad taught me a valuable lesson, by saying "Close the birds up every night, because Foxy checks every night!! And they go mental if they do get in...Cache Kill! Worth the watching.. All the best Morgan!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@finnthecat3429]

Baby B is so, so beautiful in the snow! 🥺❤️ they all are, but you know I’m Baby B’s biggest fan! 😂

[@mercy92399]

Always enjoy the cows….they are especially beautiful in the winter snow.

[@InspiredJJ]

If you spray some wd40 on the snowblower it helps in wet snow ❄️

[@nodigBKMiche]

is WD40 biodegradable? I heard wax, cooking oil - but then Abby would be eating the snow....

[@79PoisonBreaker]

From my perspective you did not have the rpm's up high enough for the snow blower to work as intended, it should be throwing the snow much much further. Low rpm's result in slow snow movement allowing it to build up and clog it. Umm that's not a coyote, that's a red fox. For a hose try one of those expanding hoses and keep it in a reusable grocery bag at the house, regular hoses will not coil up in the cold.

[@gracedawn]

The paint color pics were hilarious!

[@nicecatholicgrl]

Love winter on your farm !! Just as much fun as summer!! Oh and what an awesome gift from Ryan hall!! Here in Kansas we depend on him and some of the awesome storm chasers out there from March to about Oct , for helping protect us from those very nasty tornadic storms and once in a blue moon a heavy snow storm which usually happens late winter if the kids here are lucky!!! Lol. Stay warm farmer Morgan!!

[@abigailclayton3505]

that was defiantly a red fox i seen plenty of them around being in the country side in the uk .

[@jasonellstrom920]

Have a small air compressor and a camper air valve to blow out the water hose after use

[@adamhoeldke2841]

a BARN you say good sir! perfect for the tractor AND its implements ;)

[@galesgoats]

You could wrap up the hose and put it into the high tunnel where it will stay a little warmer. Watching your videos always brightens my day.

[@hadlee189]

Love, love, love the classical music Morgan!

[@danielduncan6806]

A human has an average of around a 98.6 degree nominal body temperature. A dog has an average of around 102 degrees. Not only that, but some, like yours, have a very thick coat of fur. And that coat of fur, when it is not totally messed up(matted everywhere), is VERY effective. Your dogs could dig a ditch in the snow and law down in it, and they would be as happy like that as they would be in a nice warm living room in your house. Also, doing something today that makes tomorrow better in some way, any way, is a pretty good way to live your life.

[@songsayswhat]

I remember when I was 15 or 16 sitting on the porch with my grandparents and uncles & listening to them talking about they didn't see many more redtail hawks or black racer snakes. I thought, "Yep. Because you keep killing them every time you see one. Why are you surprised?" A few weeks later, they talked about how there were more mice around. Well, duh. This was back in the late 70s, so attitudes and knowledge has changed. But it's definitely an eco system. Also, that looked like a red fox to me.

[@MoteOfDust430]

Baby B is soooo cute!

[@karlaschaffner6592]

I'm more in the market for "Allison's Garden Sage" than any of those colors. But Congratulations for that!! 🌟🌟

[@EllaBee90]

That storm is only a cute snowfall... that coyote is a fox... and that mic is a submarine 😆

[@gerrimilner9448]

a hose spool attached to the shed would work, if you can wind it round it with a handle, it will empty, while winding

[@Valcour]

That was a long winded plug about the "coyote". But it's a fox... They can be very friendly, especially in winter.

[@greybeard1233]

I had one living in a brush pile behind the house. When we would get a foot of snow, I would make up a couple of fried egg sandwiches and leave them next to his den.

[@suemacmorrisoceansurigging5950]

Winter time hose draining and overnight storage idea.. install a pulley just outside the Barn Second Story window add a rope that will reach down both sides of the pulley to the ground at the end of the day tie rope to the end of hose and raise up to pully. with the other end at the ground level tied off to a cleat. .... Drag the hose back and forth with no coiling or rolling or wrestling for the overnight ...... hope that helps

[@mnemosynevermont5524]

Great hat, good for hunting season! Would buy Goldshaw logo hat in that color.

[@lukeknowles5700]

The color chips are fantastic!

[@imperfecteclipse]

Love Ryan Hall’s channel! He’s definitely worth watching, especially when harsh weather is coming your way.

[@hrenes]

Draining the hose(s): an air compressor near the hydrant to blow the water out of the hose(s)

[@sdtyler40]

Always always feed Toby dog first before Abbey. In dog hierarchy, eating first is a thing. Toby good dog behaviour should be rewarded and should be the model behavior that Abbey needs to model.

[@Hummingbirder1]

10:25 That's a Red Fox, as far as I can see, not a Coyote. Probably hunting for rodents? After checking the ducks and chickens were out of reach, maybe. Edit: as quite a few commenters have commented already... Ah well, consider my fox-comment just adding to the pile, then.

[@otterfan3213]

Love the farm-color paint chips!

[@Crayfish-]

@ 5:54 .. " Punishment for the vegetables " !

[@gcrousseau]

If you run a wire along the length of your t-posts you could make it super tight and then secure your hose with zip ties along the length of the wire. It will keep it from drooping in between the posts.

[@heatherstewart768]

That was a red fox!

[@kc4941]

What happened to the shelters for the cows? How is Bean doing?

[@voidliving6922]

In the southern part of Hampton roads in Virginia, I miss snow so much 😭😭

[@wrenchdoozer]

10:19 - The coyote walk of shame after a full night of partying.

[@Cstarsmoon]

Crew the Moo....😂🤣 I agree live and let live, why kill nature just to kill. It was a pretty fox.

[@WanderingGypsy-q2j]

Definitely a red fox!!

[@wjm1319]

Suggestion for your hoses: get a small battery-powered air compressor, bring the battery in to charge each night, then use the compressor to blow water out of the hoses. Then drain angles don't matter so much.

[@fuzzytale]

I always look forward to the days your videos release. A lovely pick me up in a dark world, seeing you go through your daily routines on your lovely farm with all your animals, as well as just your attitude towards life. I'm so glad you decided to share your farm life with the internet.

[@Crayfish-]

@ 12:41 leading into 12;59.. " Would Compressed Air Be a Viable Option " ? !

[@leonlester8998]

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[@carmenortiz4446]

Release the quackins! Moo! Goat and dog fun.

[@bellepfeiffer3630]

Morgan, you lived in VA long enough to know how to pronounce that y'all 😀 You need to install that Y'all-O-Meter in a flat unobstructed spot. I don't know why it doesn't come with mounting stakes - I cut up a metal hanger and stuck the wires in the holes in the end of the plastic to stick in the ground and then also used a little bungee around it and a piece of rebar I stuck in the ground behind it for more stability. It survived that 60 mph wind we had last winter in Burlington.

[@mr.rubber_duck]

Well ya of corse it makes stuff grow better its basically pot ash so it add potassium

[@Dovietail]

This is the time you really need the farm to be SHIPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION. That way, you don't lose stuff or trip over hazzards under the snow!

[@kevinwilson296]

Morgan I liked how you think if You don't have to don't do it

[@lararabb8888]

When you make your geese nests you need to remember to put some type 'top' so the chicken don't roost & put poop in the nest.

[@gracedawn]

Put the wet microphone in a bag of dry rice to dry it out. Worked for my step tracker that went through the washer.

[@juztyn00]

Coyotes diet is about 90% mice, leave them be, they are helping out.

[@bakerfamily7854]

Wood ash contains 20% to 30% calcium depending on the wood that is burned plus it contains, phosphorus and potash = potassium and several trace elements. Generally good for soil in moderate amounts but can affect the pH if overused.

[@NHOULI]

Heyy, I got the Toby dog book. LOVED the first hour and really enjoyed the adventure in the second one💙. Well done.

[@gracedawn]

Abby is so lovable

[@kuronyaa-san]

Cars zooming across your plowed driveway @7:22. Zoom!

[@RamenNoodle1985]

*cats 😂

[@mega_n5803]

As a first time owner of a couple of young LGD great pyrs, I have a question. When you capture your chickens and they get upset, do your dogs react? When my husband grabs one of our roosters and the rooster cries bloody murder, the dogs go alert. Not sure if I should be allowing them to look at what's happening, or tell them to ignore it. To their credit, they do seem to just be checking what's going on and they don't chase the roosters after the bird gets put back down.

[@urkiddingme6254]

If your snow comes straight down with no wind, then you can measure it on the top of your fence; otherwise you should measure it on the ground if you want to be accurate. You probably know this; you were just doing the easiest thing this morning in a fun way. And you probably get way less wind in Vermont, lucky you!

[@Riael]

I know I'm like the 40th person to say this but no problem with giving free algorithm boost That's one of the foxiest foxes I've seen, bwahahaha!

[@alistairjamesheaton9155]

Looks like a red fox to me. But also Morgan has guardian dogs unless the Fox incredibly sneaky. Then it’s not going to have much chance of getting one of his poultry. Plus the fence is tipped with hot wire which makes it a lot harder. Unless the coyotes came down in large numbers to have a go at one of his calves then they’re not going to be much use against two large guardian dogs, especially when they’re being backed up by a herd of angry, highland cattle with horns. The contacts I saw some footage, the other day of the same breed of cattle, trying to give a Glasgow kiss to a wolf in the Netherlands. Coyotes like foxes are opportunists. It’s a case of grab something when you can but unless you’re really hungry you don’t go in guns blazing again against a bloody great big pair of guardian dogs. The vantage so Morgan has right now is that with his past is affectively in their off-season. The coyotes can come in and knock off some of the various rodents rabbits and other bits and pieces running around the place. And not get chased by the dogs. Also, if anything succumb to the storm, then the coyotes will clean it up . Latin, hopefully they will have knocked off a few of the young deer in the vulnerable stage earlier this year, so the woods won’t be overrun with young deer, trying to make it through the winter

[@DM-lc2cf]

Snow is Very pretty. Forecast is 80 for Southern Arizona...

[@jbbrown7907]

Morgan, you can tell a coyote from a red fox, can't you?

[@TheOtherSteel]

Toby! No getting stuck!

[@dj_cat_mama]

I know you know the difference between a fox and a coyote. I assume when you saw the video you saw your mistake.

[@thomaswinters6586]

Here in Pittsburgh, we have a YINZ meter.😊

[@chuyeeyang9881]

That cayote coat is very pretty. lol

[@kittycat4054]

Thats a red fox LOL not a coyote

[@Scandic45]

would you build a run off ditch along the old river to divert the water for next summer? I worry that one day your luck will run out and the water will hit your farm directly!

[@robertvargas2324]

I didn’t know coyotes were red

[@raigarmullerson4838]

Love the content. Cows are like big puppies. Enough treats and you win them over lol. Cheers from Estonia

[@pamstearns4298]

Not a coyote, a red fox, and it was probably looking for a free meal from the chicken coop! Also, get yourself a slinky water hose. When done using it throw it in a 5 gal bucket and keep it in a warm spot. No need to worry about draining it!😁

[@MiceAndMinecraft]

To drain the water pipes used compressed air

[@graycat7704]

That’s a fox lol!

[@phantomslayer1595]

Sorry Morgan that's definitely a fox lol. A very beautiful fox.

[@ravencatastrophe5858]

uhm weird looking coyote hahaha thats a fox

[@xaryuo]

nice tuque with the oreo cow!

[@c.storbin3271]

Need to mount the yall meter to a stake & leave it out all winter 19:34

[@ramariele]

Morgan, love you site! Have a suggestion…..the way Abbie Dog chases the cattle…she seems to be wanting to herd them. That is a skill you might need. Not sure how to go about training a “herding” dog, Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and Allison.

[@noble3205]

14:23 you know what else is massive? The low taper fade meme is crazy, I'm seeing new ones pop up everyday getting millions of views.

[@Flowmaster925]

Yinz meter, shoutout from Pittsburgh