How Amish Heat Their Barns Without Gas/Electricity

[@caninedrill_instructor5861]

I'm a bit flabbergasted. I grew up on dairy farms in Illinois and Wisconsin. We never heated the barns. The cows were the heating system. We just had to make sure that we kept dry hay in front of them. In cold weather, we'd go to the barn before bedtime to make sure the cows had hay. If it was extremely cold, my Dad, I, or one of my brothers would make sure the cows had hay between bedtime and milking time the next morning. Especially if we had a cow that was due to calve. In the morning, the first thing we did while the pipeline was being rinsed was to feed hay to the cows. Within minutes, the temperature would rise. Then we'd feed grain and protein. Actually, oftentimes we had a harder time keeping the barn properly ventilated in the winter. The narration kept talking about heat from hay bales curing. That is incorrect. It only takes days, not months for hay bales to cure. Considering that, depending on how many cuttings are done. Hay season runs from spring to fall. The hay bales would be cured long before winter set in.

[@JonBruner-p7x]

I was raised on a 1400 acre Michigan farm. We heated our 2 story brick house with radiators fired by coal. Our big barn was full of square baled hay in the hayloft. On the other side if the barn was an overhead grain storage area where the weevils liked to live. We had sheep for awhile and they kept the barn very warm. The comment above is right on the money about the hay and barn heat.

[@1NaturalNurse]

Love this video. However, Americans don’t normally use UK measurements. Pounds, Fahrenheit and inches would be so much more informative than kg, Celsius and cm.

[@77fiancee]

Excellent❤

[@solovable1ify]

Chickens don't need extra heat inside the barn. Most farm animals don't need it. It's too risky to use fire in a barn. Even electric heat sorces are too dangerous in a barn unless you're going to be there the whole time.

[@ladyann5778]

I love their ways but not the religious part