1 Hour Q & A! We Answer ALL Your Homesteading Questions.

[@swianecki]

Merry Christmas to all of you. You have blessed our lives tremendously!

[@dorenenagy564]

I love your channel! You two are so fun to watch. I always learn something new I didn’t have a clue about. I don’t raise animals, but you have helped me with my canning and gardening. I appreciate that. I’m 69 and anything to make it easier works for me. I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and happy New Year 🎊🎈🎆. Enjoy your time off!!!❤

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Stay safe and have a great time off with your families. Merry Christmas to each and everyone of them too. Fred.

[@sweetpeacollections6494]

My sister in law always referred to Dec 23 as Christmas Adam 😊. Merry Christmas! God bless you and your growing family.

[@kaikeller3214]

I think donkeys also help guard other animals from predators. So another reason to have them.

[@rodjendrysik3444]

Thanks for the Q&A. Always learning something. Another one from Illinois here. Grandparents and Great grandparents on my dad's side had farms in Wisconsin. Hatfield/Blackriver Falls area. Enjoy Christmas with the family. Wish the kids a Merry Christmas. Our kids all grow way too fast. Take care and God Bless.

[@RB-fw4zj]

For the person who asked about watering chickens in winter, check out Carolina coops video on that. I used their technique and it has worked great, even in single digits. Bottom line, I use a 40 gallon trashcan on an elevated platform for gravity feed, hose connected to a 2" PVC pipe with water nipples and another hose at the end running back to the barrel for a complete loop. There is a stock tank heater in the barrel plugged into a thermostat and I have a little pump at the IN side of the PVC pipe that keeps the water moving through the pipe and back into the barrel. It's simple but works like a charm.

[@elizabeththomas8746]

Love this live Q&A with you! You're a genuine couple with great experience in homesteading. Very trustworthy answers. I commend your hard work and know your blessed it. Have a Merry Christmas to you and your family. God bless.

[@dawnmelton7718]

My family laughed when I asked my hubby for a plucker for Christmas. But that thing has been the absolute best investment EVER! Saves so much time! And it makes it easier on you mentally I'd you have any issue butchering your own because you're not pulling the feathers out yourself (luckily i don't have any issues, but a dear friend of mine does and it helps her a lot when she borrows our plucker). God bless from Texas! And y'all have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🙏❤️

[@janetharley9465]

Baby rabbits : it is illegal in arkansas to sell bunnies(baby rabbits) less than 8 weeks old. You can wean earlier than 8 weeks but not sell. Same for kittens and puppies.

[@lindasuerussell4398]

Living by the action of the weather keeps us connected to the earth and is so fulfilling.

[@Lucy1234-y2k]

Merry Christmas. May you and your family have a wonderful holiday and God bless

[@tinamincheski2195]

I grew Stevia this past growing season. Some of my neighbors just used it straight off the plant...and said they really liked it. I dried a bunch of it and have used it in my tea...It's not real strong...but it sweetens the tea very nicely.

[@faithbuller4086]

God bless you and yours 🙏🏼 Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@ItsMe-mk7pt]

Donkey right Kevin?...lol. Most farmers put them in with their cattle because they actually calm and protect them from predators so no additional fence needed.

[@joanijimison7397]

You guys are so fun to watch and learn from. ❤ Merry Christmas ❤

[@jrygh8380]

I’m trying to build a retaining wall here in Ozark county. The rain turned the base dig into a moat.

[@chrisswain5633]

Hope you both have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Chris from NSW 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@faithbuller4086]

I like goat and deer depending on what they have been eating and butchered when calm.

[@authorannbaker]

You should name your pig pen Wallowsville.

[@jennifergravina866]

Merry Christmas. 🌲🎉

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

I worked at a Ranch, they had a donkey to help calm their high-strung natures. I started riding her, but soon graduated to a mare that retired to brood mare status. The donkey was nice as ride-a-long to shows & races.

[@bowtielife]

Merry Christmas! You two and your negotiating with each other over donkeys and putting up posts... 🤣🤣 Y'all are so funny. We do the same thing, though! 😉

[@jimmylittle9393]

Hello from Australia... it's the 17th here and the future is doing ok haha

[@RosalyndaHasch]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 from Angola Indiana

[@mskippi]

Merry Christmas 🎄,

[@saundrajsimpson9627]

Around the area I live here in TN there are a lot of Angus Cattle farms and I have noticed that many of them have donkeys in with the cattle.

[@HorseyGal4ever]

🤠Donkeys protect livestock and can carry /pull small loads. A Mini anything is not practical, they are only pets.🐎 🎄Merry Christmas from Iowa

[@MrRodnick1955]

That storm went through here in North Central Kansas on Saturday night big lightning huge thunder booms. No tornado’s thank the Lord.

[@hollynelson543]

❤ u guys . MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@twopeasinapod7554]

Merry Christmas 🎁 From Monett, Missouri ❤

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

When my kids were young, we did Xmas Eve at my folks & when we got home Santa had "hit" our house early, and by noon on Xmas day we went to my exes family (they wanted us there at day break! I was the rebel & later the other kids thought I had the right idea). By evening we relaxed & had friends in

[@dawnmeier2834]

Extended Family Christmas eve. Our parents did Christmas day with us kids

[@dawnmeier2834]

Merry Christmas

[@daveh7137]

Merry Christmas!!

[@ruthmonroe-dz8oy]

Merry Christmas to you both

[@peytonreynolds2097]

T posts here in New Brunswick Canada are $12-$15 each!!

[@timothyvanderschultzen9640]

How can I homestead and have heathcare?

[@sandysimpson9]

Hi from Kentucky!

[@joyces.9021]

Hi from Alberta, Canada

[@debrathompson2008]

solar electric fence would probably be more affordable for the cows. I hear you on the cost of t-posts 10 years ago they were only a couple bucks now they're up towards 5 bucks each, it's unreal. We have the alternative season from like the 28 to Jan 7th I believe that's for tags you didn't fill during regular season.

[@andih5895]

I vote Donkey, they can serve a purpose/several purposes whereas a mini horse is just a pet imho.

[@MudBuddyHarrison]

If you have coyotes, a donkey is great at keeping them at bay! God Bless!

[@dawnmeier2834]

Hi from Princeton Minnesota

[@mskippi]

On my homestead we will only get what we will eat!! So no donkeys or mini horses.

[@tinamincheski2195]

I vote for a donkey ! They are good at protecting their space...which includes yours !

[@kathybergman4409]

Saeah, just take the high road and give Kevin a donkey for Christmas. He would be so surprised!

[@billierichter1379]

Christmas Eve Eve = Christmas Adam...because Adam came before Eve.

[@clintreed1744]

I wonder if Gavin is a distant cousin of mine . My ancestors are from Northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.

[@bobbarnes5014]

Liberator rocket stove. Will burn wood or pellets

[@rev.rustypreston435]

What gas powered Tpost driver do you recommend ? Weight, power, brand, etc.

[@kathybergman4409]

Sarah said: If I don't have to help with the fencing, you could get a donkey. Kevin thinking about nothing else: I got this!!

[@loribarto2119]

I missed the live but one question I have is with my laying chickens who are getting older do I just let them die naturally when old age takes them or should I cull them? I know they are not meat birds per say and they would be tough meat, but I thought if I boiled them it would make the meat more usable and especially since they are smaller I wasn’t sure if it is worth butchering them?

[@peggysesco3724]

Do you use certain types of cows for milking or does it matter

[@laurieclarkson9180]

Anne of all Trades (you tube channel) has donkeys and several videos that will help give you a good idea of what it's like to have them--good and bad.

[@Willene1950]

I'm sorry to ask but what are the donations for?

[@ritasnider2998]

It doesn’t show backwards

[@1LittleMama59]

A donkey would be more sure footed for you hills than a horse.

[@carllatta871]

Get a Donkey

[@tractordan933]

Merry Christmas