RAISING a Years Worth of CHICKEN on PASTURE FAILURE isn't an option this YEAR

RAISING a Years Worth of CHICKEN on PASTURE FAILURE is an option this YEAR
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I was born and raised 20 minutes from Boston, MA. At the age of 17, I was diagnosed with Anxiety. My personal experience with the prescribed medication was NOT POSITIVE. So I decided to find better way. I didn't know it at the time but, that was the BEGINNING for me! I have been “FINDING A BETTER WAY” in all areas in my life ever since. Better ways of how to create a modern homestead affordably, and a better way to provide my family with healthy foods, and so….. much MORE!
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[@lucillekenney8311]

Willow nodded when you thanked her for her milk. LOL

[@geraldkeene6172]

Al & Gina & Olivia, I enjoy watching you all everyday you post! It's good to see farmers keeping busy at their work. The new greenhouse is amazing. Your goats are funny and fun to watch. The new baby black girl goat is so cute!

[@ancimargarita2763]

as i already said, Little eyes of Willow looking with so much love is such an amazing thing to see... maybe you are already used to it, but I can feel it every time and it touches my heart so much. One can see how well your little animals are loved, and that is humbling!!!

[@paulrice1918]

You are really getting going this spring. With all the animals and gardens you are going to be busy. I just love seeing how Gina has become much more comfortable in front of the camera. Your whole family is such a joy to watch.

[@dellstephenson8817]

I'm 70 yrs old and love watching ur videos. Wishing I was young again and could do what u'll do.

[@indicasmama]

Im 63 & did this when I was younger just differently. Sure miss it. It's nice to watch these young one's continuing the life. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

I can sure relate. I'll be 70 in Sept. My grandparents had a farm when I was growing up. Always wanted a farm but ended up in L.A. So enjoying these homestead videos.

[@jackieoman6695]

Me too !!

[@vickistone2359]

70 years aint ild

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

@@vickistone2359 Its all perspective. LOL

[@joanneganon7157]

Gosh Al thought they croaked over night , buy the thumb nail! I'm sure glad you haven't had any more losses👍 We had almost 90° yesterday, welcome to summer may you grow and prosper Lumnah Family 👋! JO JO IN VT 💕😄

[@rondacorkhill1654]

I put a neon strip on both of my end poles. I did egg salad but I used avocado rather than mayo, even though I could've made the mayo from my eggs as well.

[@nathanielsizemore8594]

Good morning Al, Gina and Olivia. I looked for your P.O. Box in the description and in the comments but couldn't find it. Here in Josephine County Oregon we are in fire season, we could use some of your rain. Stay healthy and enjoy the rest of the week.

[@tonygrimes13]

Nathaniel Sizemore - You will find it along with their e-mail address in the *About* section of their KZbin page.

[@nathanielsizemore8594]

@@tonygrimes13 found it. Thank you.

[@CaryKelly11]

With you free ranging the chickens, you don't need to move NYC. You could consider some type of deep carbon-based bedding in the chicken pen and get them to help you make your compost.

[@CaryKelly11]

@soaringtractor You should see Justin Rhode's system. His "breakfast posse" never moves and makes the most beautiful black gold (compost). If it starts to smell, you add more wood chips.

[@kaybs9913]

Oh my gosh Fig is a huge cat! I did not realize he was that big but seeing him by Nora was eye opening

[@leebenstead7171]

Tip - soaking the ground first will help when putting in the ground wire, plus it will earth better especially if you keep it moist. Love watching the vids guys, from sunny England.

[@emerybarg6424]

I am relatively new to your channel. I love what you are doing and really enjoy the videos. I’m going to go through withdrawals when I have to go back to sea and won’t have internet on the ship...

[@jenng2454]

I’ve been wanting to make Al an “I like it” t-shirt on my Cricut since last summer when he was building the goat barn/workshop! I think it’s a must have

[@mainiac430]

Nice video today..I'm just letting you know a video you did in the past replacing the front axle seal on your Kubota...I am using it to replace the seals on my Massey Ferguson. Almost exactly the same but...you encouraged me to tackle it myself. Thank you!!!

[@shirlthepearl3167]

"Crooked but made with love" I like that ! All the best to Y'all from the Oh10.

[@anthonyi6572]

You can always count on Figaro walking through a scene.

[@brianrobbins3499]

Al you have lived in New England long enough to know we usually jump from old man winter to summer in a few weeks. Looks like everyone is happy with the life style at Lumnah acres

[@TXNLaurenMcN]

I loved seeing the chicken transition! Almost everyone got a new home. Soon it'll be time for the NYC flock and Rusty and his gang to get out on pasture. The meat birds are really going to take off now that they're outside. There's always so much to love in your videos!

[@hughcrawford9160]

Have a piece welded on you green house side opening lever, and then you can use your battery drill to open it easily. Worked in your garage for your ladder.

[@PlanetMojo]

It just got to 85° while I was planting the other day. It was fine while the clouds were blocking the sun, but then the clouds disappeared and the temp rose to 105° and fried a bunch of plants. It can go from nice and cool to way too hot very quickly at this time of year. Love your big greenhouse!

[@PatrickPoet]

I read that the smells like rain smell is from a low pressure overhead. The soil always has air in it at the same pressure as the air, but when the air pressure lowers above, the air in the top few inches of soil can't come out all at once, so over a period of time it's kind of spraying out and whatever it lifts into the air with it is what you smell!!! Nature is cool.

[@ellenvirgillo6716]

Loved your comment at lunch time Gina "made with love". I believe everything you two are doing together on your homestead is with love.It reflects on how you treat each other and your sweet daughter.Lovely to see.

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

It is amazing how much they can accomplish in a day, now that Gina isn't working for someone else.

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

I loved the expression on Olivia's face with the sound the Chicken made toward the end. Priceless! I can't draw Al. But if I could, it would be a picture of Willow with a Newsboy cap tilted slightly & a piece of straw hanging out of her mouth with the letters done in black & blue like Gina did on the Goats' sign for Lumnah Acres over top picture.

[@ginacota9724]

Seeing all your gardening tools leaned up against the side of the outdoor kitchen makes me think one of your next projects might be a leanto or awning off that side to house all of the gardening tools and such. You did mention having a project in mind at the back of the outdoor kitchen when you were placing all of the large boulders back there 🧐 I love watching all your new projects and seeing the Homestead improve day by day. I also was so excited to see the chickens go out on pasture today!

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Such a nice family. Keep having the good thoughts.

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

Lunch instead of dinner, that was nice for a change. Doing the chicken shuffle today. I don't know if they are confused but I sure am.

[@MrBigblueford]

Al, Was watchin another channel and they were putting poultry netting up in a circle to eliminate the corner issues with the netting, they didn't have any pulling occurring on their corner posts because the netting wasn't pulling on the 90* angle. Just a idea for you next time you put up your netting as it seemed to work pretty good....

[@ronaldfrancis3628]

Hi Al &family, just a thought, with the uneven ground how's about filling bags/sacks with dirt/sand then place around bird pens - not much ,if anything is gonna get through + portable for any other gaps etc etc. Hope this helps, great to see all happening now for you!, regards to you all.

[@francesbolen257]

Wow, the farm is looking so beautiful! I watched a old video last night and Wow how the farm has changed! Keep up the amazing videos! Have a blessed day!

[@kayashmore4296]

Watching your wife and daughter walk to the barn they look like "two peas in a pod". Soon you won't be able to tell them apart until they speak. That is a compliment in my book. Mom and I were always best of friends. God bless.

[@cherylsmith-bell6509]

I was thinking here come the milk maids! Time to throw the other girls in with the billies, two to each one. They will bring them in being with them. Get your babies on the ground before it gets bad winter.

[@vivaldi1236]

14 years! Terrific feeding your family with veges, chicken, etc. Having been a subscriber for only 5 months, do you sell crops, chicken, eggs? If so, what is your biggest seller?

[@annebiggins3876]

Willow loves her brushing ritual!

[@christinedehn3257]

As soon as you said "now we have to find the end" I thought 'colored yarn' or string or tape, on the top of each end post. Make it easy to find the ends any time the fence is gathered up for storage or just during a move.

[@DisabledUKPrepper]

The way Rusty and the girls were so unsure about other birds invading their space. 🤣 Hope they've all settled in, and that the meat birds stay safe. It's going to interesting to see how that pasture improves once the animals have started to live on there for a while. I bet the pigs are going to love getting out on there as well. Funnily enough, I'm having egg salad sandwiches as my lunch today, using lettuce I have grown in my kitchen windowsill garden.

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

I didn't have a plan for lunch; but I do now. ;)

[@sandravanlankvelt7975]

Maybe some of those hooks with rubber on them on that wall where you have all of your shovels, rakes etc. would help keep your tools organized and off the ground??? Okay I have a question??? How many of the FIFTY STATES have sent in CWC License Plates....UPDAT??? Which one's do you still need plates from??? Little Nora is so funny and curious she will learn quick who the kitty kitty is LOL.

[@newandoldtech5634]

Al, when catching hens, use a long 1-1,5m rod with a hook bent towards you narrowing down and just half an inch at the bend. Get them by the leg

[@bobgrauer]

Al, Everyday your chickens play the same little game, they find their way out of your fence and everyday you lift the fence so can get to the feed. If I where you I would through the feed inside the fence and let the chickens find their own way back inside the fence they would soon learn which side of the fence had the greener grass.

[@joesharp5602]

You can put a hook in the chuck on a battery operated drill and use that to open and close your greenhouse side vents. It should make it easy for your wife to open and close the vents if necessary. Awesome planning and execution by your amazing family. Keep the great content coming... Joe

[@dianashelton1371]

Gina and Olivia walking down the lane is timeless, anywhere, any decade. Precious

[@lauriesmith7793]

Looks like all is going well at Lumnah Acres. Nice to see the change in weather warmer days.

[@cindiberg7718]

You should set up some kind of rainwater collection system for any rain that comes off the greenhouse. You'd be able to water the greenhouse with it. You should rent or hire a grader in the fall to even out the surface of your land, then seed it so in the spring the grass will come up evenly.

[@crt9082]

Love the way you did this vlog..seemed a lil more personal.i dunno, loved it!

[@sampennell8467]

Loved this video just like all of them! Those sandwiches for lunch looked great! My wife made the comment that yall should do a cook book!

[@repairrestoreandrebuild8974]

And Al yeeted the chicken fence. Lol, my kids say that. Morning Lumnah family!

[@paracop35]

With the Premire fence around them you should make a door that can allow them out in the fenced area. Maybe?

[@bruceaugustine6486]

With all the pines that was in that pasture likely made the soil very acidic and that is not ideal for growing grass, you should test your soil and if it is high in acid spread some organic lime and the grass will grow better and faster.

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Get the rocks out that are less than 18 inches deep....Then roto-till in some lime or fish meal. It may be worth getting a company with a commercial grade plow if you really intend to maximize the use/production of that plot.

[@mountainviews5025]

Love ya'll your doing so well Gina your beautiful Olivia your the cutest and all I'm extremely Proud of you for taking such great care of your girls thumbs up my friends

[@chris_favreau]

This is the first time in a long time that one of your videos didn't pop up for me.... Really thought that you didn't make one today. I know that Sunday and Wednesday you don't do videos... Just giving you a heads up. ALSO, and this is very important to me, I live in upstate NY, Albany area... And I'm curious to know how your chicken guard door is holding up. Suffered my first loss recently and it's time for an automatic door.. Just don't know if I should go premium or if I need to go with the extreme... Money is tight, so I'm hoping that I can get away with the premium. I'd sincerely appreciate your thoughts on all of this. Thanks Al!

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Fantastic job of farm animal management. Love your videos. 😻👏💕👍

[@gkevineady49]

regarding the two "cold frame" gardens. Tie a rope to the handle, and when you open it you can control the lid drop easily without walking around.

[@MKCarol-ms7lg]

I was surprised he didn't put two handles, one toward each end of the lids instead of one in the middle.

[@joesharp5602]

Curious about how you intend to water your plants in the greenhouse long term. I noticed you have not run any overhead water lines/zones with quick disconnects as some have done in their greenhouses. I look forward to whatever you decide is best for your particular climate and application.. Joe

[@josephpedone2004]

Good morning Lumnah family ☕️ nice job on the poultry netting, use red electric tape to mark the end for future reference... have a blessed day

[@loraineleuschke4186]

Things are going so well. Continued good wishes to you three musketeers.

[@chinqupinchatter9485]

Geez I need to go to the grocery store; oh wait I have a year-round garden! LOL if I didn’t live in a mobile home park I certainly would. But we live in the woods and anything I grow is going to be eaten by the deer and the native population which I value more.

[@tdhawk167]

Classic shot... Moose on the gate. Love it!

[@williamisch]

I just love love this channel thank you AL Gina and Olivia I learned lots from you Guys :)

[@allanulen3809]

first Al nice legs dude.HAHAHAHAHAHA. mine look just as white. finally shorts weather. second thanks for explaining cwc. really enjoy your videos, at 66 things take a lot longer to accomplish than they used to. nice to know we aren't the only ones who feel the urgency to grow more food. best from sw Mich.

[@tonygrimes13]

@soaringtractor That's why *youth* is wasted on the *young*

[@randyrejer4219]

I would like to see what your property first look liked. I know what it looked like about four years ago. It’s been such a transformative since then. Is it EEK or Yeek this over the edge?

[@wayneleamon3186]

Al, I showed my 4 X 4 chicken brooder that I built using your plans. He loved it and plans on making one. My next project is to build me a $30 chicken tractor. That will be over the Winter getting ready for next year. My wife says one project at a time.

[@jackywaldon359]

I see Moose is still hanging with the big ladies. Good to see you all again.

[@janetwithers7427]

It is nice to see the meat birds and turkeys out in the pasture. All looking great at Lumnah Acres. 💖

[@trishanavarro4887]

I love to see your home stead wake-up😍

[@kwayne9846]

Tomatoes on Egg Salad sandwiches so good.

[@BraxxJuventa]

Great video again Lumnah's! Thanks for sharing! 👍😁

[@billhohenzollern7161]

God bless you and make the work of your hand fruitfully and thanks for sharing .

[@jonny7491]

I only subscribed just over a year ago, so recently during the lock down I decided to go back three years. What a difference to now,it looked like you lived in a forest, so many trees.

[@madampolo]

You can eliminate feeding the chickens by making a chicken feeder for them. Take a plastic garbage can and cut holes in the side at the level a chicken can reach. They make a hole reinforcer for it. You put in 50 lb of feed in it and then just replace it as they eat. Right now with them escaping the chicken netting, it wouldn't work. I also saw an automatic pig feeder where you load it with a couple hundred lbs of pig food in the hopper and it drops into a tray. To dispense more food, the pig must turn dividers in the tray which they do with their pig-rooting instinct. You already have auto waterers.

[@nancylitton390]

I would enjoy a video from start to now on your Homestead. I think it would be fun to see how far you've come... I have watch some of your "early days"... My, have things changed!!!! 😀 Thank you for sharing your journey and God bless.

[@shirlthepearl3167]

Why not binge watch their older videos ?

[@faithrada]

@@shirlthepearl3167 That's what I've been doing. 😊 I'm amazed at how many quality videos Al puts out. That has to be so time consuming ... though much appreciated.

[@wayneleamon3186]

Figaro was checking out the dinner menu. That crazy cat has never been flogged by a chicken. Our female cat, Ruby, thought she had an easy free meal when we had our rooster a couple of years ago. She went after him and he taught her why endogenous never bother chickens. He flogged her and she ran away and never bothered our chickens again.

[@tlgpb0627]

Moose crowing on fence....classic farm stereotype. Love it.

[@sheilahauser7564]

If you put a little piece of colored tape on the poles that are the end then when you go to unroll them they’re easier to find

[@madampolo]

Buy yourself a poultry hook from Premier One. They are inexpensive and look like a shepherd's hook. You use it to snare a chicken by its legs. I don't know that it will work for the small chickens you were trying to catch, but may if you squeeze the hook smaller. We have one and love it.

[@adam-fu4uv]

I liked how he said YEET

[@virginiareid5336]

That was a very busy day today. The chicks and turkeys are now on pasture. Nora ventured part was to the feeder, but went back to find Momma, and Buttercup was relieved to have a kid sitter so she could go out by herself. God. Bless

[@dalelewis1016]

You could cut a strip of the rubber Mat and attache it to the gate to keep the chickens in the pasture

[@garyfeltus9801]

Chicken and more chicken looks like good food to me. Thanks for sharing.

[@northernliving2387]

Thanks guys

[@thee.c.r.gtherealmoftheunk3717]

Only difference between chicken a tractor and crab pots is about 950lbs ! Lol !

[@Naplesfrank154]

Great video today, I really love your long videos. Did you know that on “Sailing Doodles” a sailing show on KZbin, Bobby had 2 Labradoodles names Maverick and Goose. Unfortunately he just lost one of them to cancer. By chance, did you name your geese after them or is it just a coincidence? God bless you all. ✝️

[@beverlysmith5658]

I love the idea of a shirt with the goats namely hope lol or the boy goats or even just figero

[@wouterros9959]

It's very interesting, your whether compared to ours here in South Africa. Usually our days are 18-20c but last couple days 10-12c, and nights -11c. And it's May!!

[@billhohenzollern7161]

Newyork City needs to be moved at least every four days if they are following the goat grazing paddock, and daily if they are grazing your field to avoid disease. For more on your soil please check out Dr Ingham's website and for pasture check out Joel saladin.

[@hwtcoach]

I would love to see the transformation!

[@patbecky89]

You need a shirt that has the word "Delicious" in it! You say it all the time. Love it!

[@cathiwim]

I use a large fish net to catch my chickens. Like you catch bass with! Works like a charm! I dont think it was Figaro that got the bird. Just a suggestion, but until you are growing ALL your grain and hay on the farm, you aren’t independent of pesticides, etc in the feed. Even if its organic, some residue from other places probably drifts. I would put some eggs under the broody hen to hatch them out. Be your own replacements.

[@peggybowe5556]

I guessed 12 eggs also! LOL! YAY! Love your video. You guys stay so busy & get so much done!

[@tessjones5987]

What a great family homestead. Martha Stewart would approve. Thanks for sharing.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

You are really amazing! Love following your journey!

[@brendalawrence6732]

It's a hen party in the coop! lol The meat birds are probably liking the change of scenery and loving the clover. Everything is thriving so nicely. Your crops of lettuces and such is looking great, nothing like having fresh cut lettuce. Egg salad, yummy! I think it would be great to see what you started with and how far you have come so far! Looking forward to that...in your spare time. lol

[@angelapalmieri3883]

Al that would be awesome to see how you guys got started..Is there videos of the house build?? I couldn't find any...love the greenhouses....love how you tackle all the projects with expertise and precision 🥰..and a keen eye

[@tonygrimes13]

Angela Palmieri - There is some information on their Website www.lumnahacres.com - Also if you input *lumnah acres property* into KZbin search you will find a few property tour videos.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

We went right from winter to summer if it’s anything like the summer two years ago it’s going to be a great growing season

[@inglis7086]

what about getting a hand sprayer or back pack sprays and doing sections of the paddock/field with a mixture of organic liquid fish fertilizer - put flags up so you know what section you have done - it is wonderful stuff and will feed the worms and the grass getting good growth leading into your summer

[@davelawson2564]

they can throw leaves / hay too for grass to start rooting

[@inglis7086]

@@davelawson2564 yes they can on the bigger pasture that was cleared last year but for the existing paddock they are using for the goats and chickens they need something with really zero holding period that just organically produces more and better grass and where the goats will be able to eat that grass within a week with no adverse effects that is why I suggested flags so they could do a portion every week - Al this might be an interesting read the New Zealand organic farming pastoral guide biodynamic.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/organicfarming-pastoral-guide2010-part1.pdf

[@martyplunkett7011]

I've heard of this, great idea for Lumnah acres!! ❤

[@Granja_89]

Hi. Love you're animal's. What Ingredients do you used to make your deworm. Thank you.

[@tammymckenna1899]

Loving the salad bed.

[@anuskisss]

How beautiful you've got the greenhouse

[@bluebird5949]

🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RANGER !

[@Zombie-adventures]

Love your farm!

[@christiantinker]

a long handled fish net works great to catch chickens, around $12.00 at walmart

[@angelacross2216]

Great teamwork.

[@tonimitchell9930]

Your chickens would stay put if you kept more food out for them. I would move them and throw seed out where they are now to get that to come back. Chickens also like hay to scratch in and would give them something to do and put good stuff back into the soil. I think you are way under feeding your chickens. Your chickens should have a constant supply of food throughout the day. Chickens will eat when they need it and should go to bed with a full crop as they need lots of food to produce eggs. A fully grown chicken will typically eat about 120 grams of layers pellets a day. You should check the feeders every day to ensure they are topped up. It can be a good idea to have two feeders, one inside of their coop run and one outside of their run (if they are free ranging). This will stop any dominant chickens stopping less dominant chickens from getting their share of food.

[@131dyana]

Grass looks like it will be better. Loved seeing all.