Is This Feed Part of the Problem??

[@terryrussel3369]

Very sound statements regarding livestock, feed and land quality ! You remind me of a neighbor and a favorite uncle, born farmers with generations of family experience to guide them and us. They are very much missed. God Bless You and Your Family.

[@JoshuaSmithHomesteader]

We have to pick our battles on what is beneficial to grow and raise on our homesteads. We cant grow it all, the hippies tried that back in the 70s without much success. I think what you are doing along with other like minded folks, is the key to a self sufficient future. Neighbours and communities growing together to provide a local sustainable lifestyle. Grow, barter, live. Cheers!

[@wifiwarlord]

What a great comment. I'm working on building something similar to what you've said in my area with other farmers and the local residents of the town. Both through business development for our acreage, but also trying to work with other farms to see what we can all do better.

[@rodneyjack3309]

Nothing is perfect yet. Sales are important and you and your peers only have access to what is already available. Your doing a great job! You will always be improving and that's important.

[@carolleenkelmann3829]

Hear, hear, especially with regard to the top soil management. It's so good to see that the younger generation are not only aware of this but are actively involved in addressing this problem and proliferating and propagating the information and example to others. Thankyou for talking about it in your Vlog. 💕🙂👍

[@wifiwarlord]

One of the many reasons why i purchased his book. Our acreage has pretty much no top soil and is just tight packed clay. Going to be utilizing all this information for regenerative agriculture to build out our soil.

[@patriciabragg5331]

Well put! Feed the microbes which in turn feed the plants which then feed both and your animals and you. You can't go wrong. It's called the cycle of life. When we leave out one consideration we affect the end result. I love your videos! Keep on keeping on! You and your family do an awesome job!

[@-KMS-]

Happy Valentines Day Swedish Homestead and your beautiful family. ❤️🥰❤️🇨🇦

[@dauntiekay2768]

Always enjoy watching the animals on your farm!

[@wifiwarlord]

Looking forward to the new articles coming to the website. Thanks for the update.

[@HillsideHighlands]

We are also raising highlands! We learn so much from you and hope that we can teach others as our channel grows as well. Keep up the good work!

[@rayward9265]

So glad to see the happiness in your face!

[@TK-qu1ht]

I'm thankful for you and yours!

[@ronharrington228]

Your logic rings true! Love the videos. Keep up the good work😊

[@salliebeard1899]

Thank you for sharing ❤️💗 Enjoy the sunshine, the farm & family. Hugs for Everyone ❤️🤗🤗🤗💞💖

[@edieboudreau9637]

Good to get updates. Thanks.

[@maryelkins736]

Thank you for your beautiful knowledge about how animals actually we need them for to neutralized Our Land it's so important for that how are animals are. I pray your mother and father father-in-law or doing well and the whole entire family is doing great many blessings to you and your wonderful videos

[@Crazy.Sheller]

Looks like a beautiful day!

[@Rowdymotmot]

Your farm is doing well. I am looking forward to more videos.

[@amdodonuae]

Thanks for sharing.. have more lovely mornings.. God bless

[@kenrichardson4144]

Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍

[@kathleenholmberg5034]

In 1941, ‘42 When I was 10, 11, lived on my grandmother’s farm. I remember that in the winter Uncle Joe , besides giving the laying hens feed, also gave them crushed oyster shells. I always thought that was for calcium and to replace the gravel they got when they free - ranged in the summer. The calcium was to help make the egg shells stronger . Are my old memories correct?

[@anandrew6641]

Could be for gizzard?!? Or both

[@edieboudreau9637]

Kathleen Holmberg you're right.

[@mariadi1069]

Thank you

[@katepowell1051]

I love your videos it looked so beautiful with the frost on the farm X

[@Afrikitty]

I really enjoyed this video with you being out there in the early morning "twilight". And the music you put to the video left me with a feeling of deja vu. I come from South Africa (living in the USA now and a legal citizen) and that music took me back home to the farmlands in Cape Town where my Dad worked.

[@catcook3324]

Welcome to America. So sorry about what is happening in SA.

[@aaronwhiting4340]

Just became a level 2 member keep up the good work and vids👍

[@dennieolson1814]

Simeon, Thanks for the updates on the farm animals. Thus far it has been a mild winter in Michigan. I do enjoy the sunset on those evenings when we have a clear sky.

[@HomesteadOC]

We used to get our chicken feed from a local mill (non-organic), but they just closed down during the pandemic and the next closest one has a 5 ton minimum, which we cant handle. So now were shipping in a more superior organic, non-gmo, no corn, no soy from a 320 miles (515 km) away. Not ideal, but theyre then closest organic only mill to us and they will ship in 2 ton increments. There is no way I could support my chickens and turkeys on the land alone, but I do seed a forage crop every year for them and they get all the kitchen scraps and fallen fruit. When we had goats they were 100% fed off the land, mostly because they can eat things up to 7’ (2m) high and chickens are regulated to the ground mostly.

[@debramurray5132]

Great video, have a great week.

[@WendyK656]

*lol* with the geese! They want to put there two cents in too.

[@Largexxl-zn4lx]

Yeah, cattle had this wonderful impact on the soil and in your case they have it today. But in most cases they are fed with grains (soja), too.

[@JamesCouch777]

As Joel Salatin so aptly puts it, we are not cattle farmers, we are grass farmers.

[@nickpepper4592]

As always great job with the farm

[@donaldmiller8629]

Ha ha , Simeon , you tell the geese , " I'm talking ! " And they quiet right down . lol

[@susansmith5044]

WOW OH BOY PIGLETS!!!! LOVE THE BABIES!!!!

[@danfraser7479]

May God bless and prosper you all.

[@jennifersinclair6044]

Love your videos. They're always so peaceful. I'm curious if you've ever considered soaking the chicken grains till they sprout?

[@chrisdarry-roseelrod4481]

You "I'm talking" geese "Too bad, We want to be on camera. " lol

[@Formulabruce]

I think your Highland Breed cattle might look amazing all cleaned up and groomed. Do people show this breed at farm fairs? Do you have fairs?

[@franksvarten8382]

I'm not aware of any smaller fairs in Sweden. I'm sure they exist, but they're not very usual. I was talking with a friend of mine that suggested it might be a fun thing to start one in our small home town in Sweden and I like the idea.

[@robsterenborg]

What about the drilling and losing land you told a while ago. Is this solved now and you can stay ?

[@saemushailstorm3135]

VERY THOUGHTFUL video , Simeon - congratulations ! mid-winter almost 10 days away & we'll all start climbing out of this deep dark ditch , lol !

[@donaldmiller8629]

@ saemus hailstorm , Don't look now but each day has been getting longer ever since Dec 21st. Plus , on the 3rd of Feb, here in northeast Ohio , a high temperature of 71* F ( 22* C ) . I was sitting outside on my front deck wearing only my underwear , sunning myself ! Vitamin D , baby ! My citrus trees were all out on the deck also . lol What deep dark ditch ?

[@brucea550]

@@donaldmiller8629 You’re a lot farther south than Simeon!

[@donaldmiller8629]

@@brucea550 , Yes , I know that . But , the seasons are still the seasons ! On Dec. 21st , the days start becoming longer no matter what . And on June 21st , the days will start becoming shorter, no matter what . These are facts of Nature no matter where you live.

[@slycat1939]

Just love your farm in the mornings. We are to get some more snow here in Kansas city Kansas Tuesday evening thru Wednesday night. Its been our weekly routine all winter snow in the middle of the weeks. Just few inches at all. Kansas City Chiefs football team here won the Superbowl Sunday night. We are the world champions. Yippee. We are to have the parade Wednesday. Gonna be in the teens daytime to cold for me to stand out in the cold that day. But I am sure thousands of people will just to see the team. Its been 50 years since they been to a Superbowl and won it. I was ten the last time they won in 1969. Wow. Enjoy your chickens they look awesome as do all your animals. God bless and keep you all always.

[@simeonandalex]

Thank you and congrats on the Superbowl ;)

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

we love seeing baby animals.

[@chelemichele1524]

Piglets not that far off 🎉🎉yeahhhh.. Babies!! Have the highland been breed? Have a good night ☃️☃️☃️

[@PiaLiljebladh]

What a beautiful morning! I look forward to the piglets 🐷

[@christinehulmes]

How is Lucky coming along? Hope she is happy x

[@fooddude9921]

Hello Simeon and family. Quick question on your brooder. I noticed there was about 12-18 wood chips in them, is this because you just keep adding to that until they are ready to go outside? Or do you start with that amount and take off the top when it gets manure on it? Thank you.

[@brendawhite6540]

Exciting baby pigs😁can't wait❤️

[@WuesteGobi]

looking forward to the piglets

[@Largexxl-zn4lx]

3:09 they dont jump out? Mine would have been on the ground already 😅

[@anandrew6641]

they're Swedish, you know, chill!!! 😁😃

[@frankz1125]

What do you feed them chickens? Crushed cow corn?

[@frankz1125]

I still have a foot of snow in Ont. Canada

[@marysandersmacfadyen2675]

I'm worrying about your mild winter. Nice now , but it wont be if it is foreboding a dry hot summer. Do you get forest fires in Sweden like we do in Canada or Auzzie land?

[@daynight4902]

GOD BLESS

[@dwightehowell8179]

Chickens need the right food, calcium, and limited cold. To cold and what they eat is used to keep them from freezing. You already know this of course.

[@erinevans4761]

What kind of cow?

[@brucea550]

What you mention about the herbivores is very true, I think I would be focusing on just raising the highlanders and selling meat, and have chickens for family use only instead of struggling to make money with them. Also more work devoted to them vs the cattle- not as efficient. The pigs can be pastured 8 months of the year, and grow a garden for them for variety. I would think the price per pound is better for beef and pork than chicken? I know price per unit of labor is more favorable. Glad to see your greenhouse is far more humane than Salatin.

[@thechickenwire6136]

Bruce A I haven’t seen the Salatin greenhouse. What concerns do you have with it?

[@brucea550]

@@thechickenwire6136 If I remember the chickens had 3 sqft each. There’s a video on KZbin showing them packed in.

[@MetaView7]

How could people live with only 6 hours (or less) of daylight ???

[@brucea550]

Lots of people do, the trade off is awesome lonnngggg summer days!

[@dixiemae5042]

👊🏻💪🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Bottenskrap]

First one!