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[@JamesColeman1]

You didn’t break a thing. 🎉

[@gerardconsidinejr.2802]

You telling me about a selectable freezer just helped me in ways I cannot explain. Thank you so much

[@ronaldclemons5520]

Nice set of hogs. They look like all are well over 400lbs😊

[@gardenman3]

Learn something every day. I never heard of this type of freezer before.

[@EC4400]

And nothing got broken. Another good plan. Hi Rebekah.

[@sameaston1301]

When they call it a Sawzall, they really mean sawz "ALL" 😅 Never have I ever thought to cut melons with a reciprocating saw. Love it 😁👍

[@sandratalbert9578]

Wow those Turkeys got big!!! Nice new freezer. How nice they are combo frig or freezer. Those pigs are getting big!!! By the time they go to freezer camp they should be huge. Clever how you are planning to get them into trailer the night before. You have continued to use your learned experience to improve process each season!! 👍👍👍

[@BH-by5ky]

Almost time for a walk-in freezer.

[@nickmastroianni5557]

My thoughts exactly, And by the way, who is eating all this food? There is enough chicken and turkey for a family of four to eat at every meal of the year.

[@BH-by5ky]

@@nickmastroianni5557 They’ve mentioned they are able to help family and friends with the food they produce and recover some of the cost. Wish I had the same, though I do have access to an independent butcher and fish monger, so I can’t complain.

[@patwitter8990]

Wow those are huge turkeys

[@alfredrichter6236]

What helped me to keep my workshop a lot more organized: „Before you buy equipment, you should finde a place for it to live in. After that it is just a matter of putting the equipment back to its living space.“ The advantage is, that you always know where your equipment is and that it will be a lot tidier.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Your families are very fortunate. The amount of protein you grew this year in your spare time is mind bending. I think you have just about every attachment a fella could want! Nice video Evan. 👍

[@jerrycopley9325]

You guys are a good team :) always enjoy !!

[@rayjayks]

Sawzall for cutting squash. I haven't thought of that one. Love it! 😂

[@ithacacomments4811]

I love ham with marshmallows!

[@AmandaDoll-hi4dr]

You need to name one Thanksgiving ❤❤

[@leol1682]

Evan and Rebacka Love your videos .

[@mrclaus859]

Thanks Evan

[@stevedrew5425]

Great looking birds!

[@boblowe5699]

You should look into a small walk in freezer. More space and cheaper to run

[@patblaney6147]

You have the right idea Evan I salute you sir

[@T_157-40]

By the way, a professional trapper caught a skunk under my house my using donut holes sprinkled down the path - then inside the steel trap. It worked. Skunk was transported far away.

[@ralphcostello7990]

YOU GOT THAT IDEA FROM PETER ABOUT LODING PGS, 🤣🤣 Ralph from South Wales UK.

[@harkbelial]

Porker's look excited and happy to go to the sausage factory🐷🐷🐷🐷

[@joerodrigues3816]

Great to see you mate all the best and take care of yourself and your Wife also hope your family are doing well many thanks for your video love it c h in the next one cheers. You two are so amazing great work together

[@kingkong7617]

Your process system seemed to work better this year and experience really helps make it easier.

[@shirleyjames9697]

Really enjoyed the video. Especially all yhe editing done while moving equipment and mowing. Your videos are such a joy yo watch and I am so grateful you do them!!!!

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

looks like it should work okay. 👍👍👍

[@dennisworkmansr.714]

I like the way you cleaned up stuff, wouldn't it be amazing if you could do that in real time........LOL.

[@AdamDeal-KF0PRI]

nice electric bread knife! them pigs gotta be between 250 to 300 + pounds! thanks for shareing!

[@benrogers5808]

Those are nice😊 straight hogs. Good job.

[@pinhookfishingclub]

Huge turkeys hehe. We only have Toms on three farms and when they head to processing they are anywhere between 44-48lbs

[@DEJones71]

Evan, Jason at Gog Hill Farm puts water in the pig's dry food because there is potential for dry food to block the bowls. Have you checked this out?

[@SetitesTechAdventures]

I love the size of those turkeys. Do you have a video explaining the whole process. I think I'd like to try growing out some turkeys for next thanksgiving

[@Me-ov9nw]

Love ginormous turkeys!

[@TomSmith-me7ph]

Good video Evan, have a great day!

[@jamesschaffhausen4466]

Oh Great. Thanks, Evan I went to the Garage for my Sawall machine to cut wood ✂️ and it is full of pumpkin juice and melon seeds 😀😅🤣🥝🪚🤔🤪 Great Farm videos, tho ❤🚜🐖🐃🐐🦃🐔🐓😁

[@johnzink3309]

thx

[@steveb4992]

I think it’s time to build a walk in cooler/freezer!

[@wrldvw1836]

Those boys are huge. I think they are bigger than last years pigs

[@outdoorstudios2022]

Good morning!!

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

JudithB I dont think you are going to run out of groceries this year!!! I got a small Hot Point freezer to replace my old one finally. Not what I wanted but what I could afford right now. Watching sales to put meat in it now, but planning to make pie shells, cookie logs, and breads to put in it!! So nice to have one again!!! Always lots to do around a producing farm, but its a pleasure to see too!!!

[@ThePenn7]

Pete would be proud👍

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

The pigs have really grown! Thanks for sharing !

[@duaneklein4924]

Seems like there is always one more thing to do on the farmstead. Whether it is just cleaning up or harvesting. The hogs look great! They seem much bigger than the ones in the past. Great job! I sense a little sadness in Rebekah. You are feeding your family high quality food and for that you should’ve commended and proud. Thanks for taking us along on this journey with you. You two have a beautiful place because you put a lot of work and love into it! It shows!

[@margaretbedwell3211]

This is definitely one of the best organized farm/homestead I have seen.

[@duaneklein4924]

@@margaretbedwell3211 I definitely agree. Appreciate their channel for its honesty and candor!

[@jamesbrown8718]

I agree totally, they both are hard workers and take such great pride in what they do on the homestead. Evan really takes allot of pride in everything he builds or repairs

[@FieldstonefarmOH]

You need a walk in freezer!! :) I see them all the time on FB

[@garystlaske7703]

Great Video......Those Turkeys were hugh... 😮

[@richardgreen7811]

While you're not doing anything ... the front of the trailer has a rusted out section at the floor level. Fixing it now is a simple task versus waiting until it becomes cancerous and spreads. My steps would be: 1. If you wire wheel the inside perimeter at the floor level up two inches (from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock at the nose, aka perimeter width of the trailer) you will be catching the current and future issues. 2. Prime the bare metal. 3. See if you can find a "moderate gauge" of 4" angle iron (good idea to use one piece, likely to be around 8' long). 4. Drill appropriately sized holes in the angle iron (selected as the bottom piece) to use for attaching the angle iron to the floor. 5. paint inside of the trailer and the angle iron on all sides. 6. Place the "center" of the length of the angle iron at the "apex" of the front of the trailer with the flat side against the nose of the trailer and the other flat against the floor. 7. Starting at the Apex, attach the angle iron by "Force Conforming" the angle iron to the shape of the trailer (screwing the angle iron to the floor, but also flat against the nose of the trailer ... You might have to notch the metal slightly to get a good fit.) 8. After a good fit, apply a good quality sealer in the gap at the upper part of the angle iron to keep water from invading the gap (some people tack weld here, but it means you have to do paining on the front of the trailer). You should be good to go for a long time. If done this way, you can replace the angle iron later (using the old one as a template) if corrosion recurs.

[@thomaslapp6029]

Those pigs are huge.

[@jasoncorreal8810]

We had finished weight turkey at 48 and 52lbs!!

[@MattWilson801]

I'm just going to recommend a full commercial walk in freezer. It will have at LEAST the volume you have now and it will be more efficient power wise.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks for sharing with us Evan and Rebecca. You're getting lots of things packed for cold storage which can really be a blessing. Sure glad that you are able to work with family and folks around there while raising your own foods. Stay safe and keep up the good videos and the fun you have around there. Sure miss your fishing contests though. Fred.

[@kgal63]

Maybe you should consider a big commercial freezer.

[@josephalford4012]

Good farming ideas! I like what you all do together. My wife and I do some farming as well. I want to try some sheep and maybe some pigs. I'm not sure about turkeys.

[@Mugenyari]

Was that an escape chicken that almost got run by the bale trailer (i think)? 😮

[@ourv9603]

Theres a farmer in Pa who lures his cows into his trailer with a pumpkin. His cows love to eat pumpkins. !

[@DinSF]

Hi Country View Acres. Yes, those turkeys are big. Your Family will appreciate organic turkey as they will feed a lot of people. Question. Are all your freezers/refrigerators on the walls that are part of the exterior walls? I wonder if having refrigerators and freezers next to the exterior wall and not having curtains or shades to block the sun might be decreasing the refrigerators and freezers efficiency?

[@patwitter8990]

You two work together so well

[@teenagefarmer]

All the animals are looking great. Nice work guys

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Thanks for taking us along on this "end of season" tidying up. Your pigs are huge. I like the way you prepare them for transport. Much less stress on the way to the butcher. Y'all have a Blessed day.

[@stuartsplace100]

Holey Crap,those Turkey`s are HUGE

[@sandypratt8951]

❤️👍👍👍

[@dickdavidson3616]

Nice to have and enjoy an off-season from the livestock!❤

[@danbentsen]

Pigs are buffin up w/all the good feed you serve them. smooth sailin on this video. Like how your getting ready w/pigs ahead of time. good watch

[@GWBoen]

Good video as always

[@johnwelborn8965]

Look into getting a walk in freezer

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Something about freezer camp phrase makes me think it should be on a t-shirt, just don't know how.

[@stephendoing2253]

monster turkeys!

[@Dan-qy1rg]

You two have some awesome turkey processed for the winter. A good amount of stored meat is satisfying to have during this time of the year. Good plan on the pigs, having the ramp going into the trailer sure will get them accustom to it. Thanks for sharing, I hope you two have a nice week!

[@stevendarden5026]

Should have built a walk-in cooler! And freezer! Its not to late!

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Evsn Rebecca your animals well taken care of. The chickens and turkeys dressed out well big. Take a few to your local food banks I'm sure they would be appreciated. Have a great day.

[@None-xk7by]

Someone hasn't put their toys away. Lol

[@GoldieMcGoldie]

Looks like it’s bout time y’all got a walk-in, deep freeze cooler!

[@miguelavelasquez8056]

Great video Evan well it's sad to see your steers go and now your pigs but i know that's part of being a farmer turkeys look very big by the way cant wait to see you replace all the animals that were processed thank you for sharing blessings to you and your family

[@terrycastor8299]

I dunno, Evan, if you have three beeves, four pigs and nine more turkeys to keep frozen, you're going to need three or four more freezers at least! You may have to figure out a way to stack them!😉 Those are big turkeys and the pigs are really big too. Great job on the meat production this year.👍

[@kathylinville3696]

What about getting a large walk in freezer

[@johngastineau653]

Will the trailer be hooked up and/or have the wheels been chocked? Also a small fence panel blocking the right side of the trailer. (The v-shaped area between the trailer and the gate concerns me. ).

[@cheeseburger9232]

You should get a refrigerator/freezer walk in box like the restaurants have .

[@barbaracranfield6703]

Why not use the Weed Wacker and really clean it up!

[@troyfrei2962]

How are your chestnut trees doing?

[@joelshurtleff8932]

walk-in freezer

[@dalewallace3812]

After seeing the squash and pumpkin seed do you have permission trees to check the seeds we used to check the seeds where my grandma used to live to see what they predict for the winter forecast by splitting the seeds to see if we see a spoon or a knife in them to predict for a snowy or not snowy winter but I don’t have anywhere that has permission trees to check anymore

[@51rwyatt]

Awesome turkeys. That size would be great to take the breasts off, because the breasts are huge and would make excellent Texas smoked turkey breasts. Basically, salt and pepper the breasts, put on smoker at a gentle temp (like 250F), then put the breasts in foil with a stick of butter for the last 20 degrees F internal. One of my favorite bbq meats, maybe even more than brisket.

[@kansasfarming]

Bacon is good

[@martihetrick609]

And donate to your fire department for the ones stay on shift..on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve

[@stevengunter2843]

What will you do this winter!!

[@stephenbulingame8631]

when does the bank barn get painted? and the woodshed roof?

[@carlfoltz4244]

Are some of your family coming to get their chickens/turkeys/beef soon? that will recover some freezer volume. I'm sure you planned all of this out months ago.

[@Flowing23]

👍👍

[@rossnolan2883]

❤❤❤

[@quienvive675]

🐮👍

[@helenhelps9619]

👍👍❤️

[@douglaskerr6813]

Great movie title Pigs at the gate Sounds like a hollyweird production And you didn't break anything

[@pterrydactyl]

Wouldn’t a commercial walk-in freeze be a consideration with so much freezer items?

[@--_DJ_--]

That would cost a fortune to install and the running costs would be crazy compared to a bunch of chest freezers.

[@pterrydactyl]

On second thought it might not be possible just on only solar power.

[@csnanny1882]

Turkeys are really big. God bless, ❤

[@davidmicalizio824]

❤ 🦃 🐖

[@skrtskit1521]

💕💕🎶🎶

[@billkroczyk3749]

What is the name of the shrink wrap bags that you use I have never seen them and where do you get them

[@daleh645]

Maybe you need a walk-in freezer? 🤠 God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸🇮🇱

[@SeattlePioneer]

"To serve pork...."

[@randalljones137]

You need a walk in freezer.