Stocking our pond with 5,000 fish!

We pick up a bunch of fish for our pond today. Why did we get these…
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[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

Love the vids. But clearly a bunch of people don't actually hear words in the video. Clearly a chunk of viewers did not hear you state the person you brought the fish from verified the pond would be the same temp as what he or she holds them in. Second one person didn't hear that you mentioned the particular breed of carp on breeds in streams. Also you probably already have crawfish in the pond. Over here we have yabbis and they will travel over land etc to get to the right water area.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Areyousaying idontknowmyname - 1. awesome username 2. how do I make them watch and listen prior to commenting 😂

[@classy_southern4637]

Areyousaying idontknowmyname love the name and 100% agree people talk without doing their research

[@hanzifaction]

Some crayfish are self cloning. So it can really take only one to start a population. I don’t care what anyone says, you shouldn’t stock Asian carp. Ask the Mississippi River about them or the Great Lakes

[@classy_southern4637]

Alex .H I did not know that about the crayfish thanks for the information

[@judynewman5965]

Any reliable source of info on invasive species and Asian carp will tell you that you shouldn’t release them into the wild under any circumstances. If there’s flooding you’ll have carp getting into waterways that they will breed in.

[@yellowflower2067]

The crawfish are probably already in the pond. They don’t take over the ecosystem. They provide food and cleaning abilities for the pond. Big bass and other larger fish eat them too, so they are a good thing to have. They keep the small bait fish and dead things in check too. 🦞😄

[@MimicRaccoon]

if u only ad about 8 of them in the startin stead of puttting like 20 i the pond they cant take over

[@claytonmareno]

I usually add about 60 pounds of them to a good size pond, they feed my bullfrogs, predator fish like bass and catfish, and of course me. they dont necessarily take over and they are delicious to eat if they ever do become a problem. They also eat alot of grass and dead fish or animals so they are an all around good thing

[@sophiabultena8001]

And delicious 😋

[@katoli3425]

I was like hmm that’s not a risk I would take putting something in my pond that could possibly become a problem to my pond and I’m seeing comments that are saying that yeah are good if you do that I would look into it first

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

"Ouch! That's sharp!!" *does it three more times* LOL!!!

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Welcome to Chickenlandia - was really hoping for a hilarious thumbnail, but it didn't work out 😳

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

White House on the Hill should have tried just a few more times! 🤣😜👃🏽🦞

[@mymangobango3533]

White House on the Hill ~ wish the crayfish thumbnail worked out cuz the hundreds of dead fish bodies used instead is horrific. What.. it is. Please do thorough research into the proper care & needs of animals prior to acquiring them.

[@06_naty]

Mymango bango -IKR LOL

[@Randomplayer-ct9ig]

@@mymangobango3533 Did you even watch the video? The fish clearly aren't dead. And I don't know if you're blind or something, but him and his family clearly do research before getting animals. This amazing channel don't deserve to get comments like this, when they take such amazing care of each and every one of their animals. Smh.

[@user-ig3yg9qe7l]

Watching you grow your farm is absolutely magical.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Gigi Wortley - thank you for the support!

[@beverlysmith5658]

Your pond is lacking minerals if your burn some hardwood then sprinkle a couple of cups of the ashes in that area of the pond it will clear up in 24 hours good luck love u guys ❤️❤️😉

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Beverly Smith - ok, thanks... we'll give that a shot

[@sirennafreez9392]

Beverly Smith That’s so smart!

[@thatdroneguy9820]

Was just about to say that lol good luck guys

[@_h3rb]

Wow i never knew that trick. Will also try that

[@manalacazu]

@@whitehouseonthehill Did it work!?

[@alondrafernandez1217]

Your farm keeps getting better everyday! 😊

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Alondra Fernandez - thanks! ❤️

[@ljvob863]

hey, oysters will help filter out the water + they are food too

[@classy_southern4637]

LJ VOB as far as I am aware there is no such thing as a freshwater oyster the closes thing would be a mussel and they would need a lot of them But it could help the pond once it has clear water good luck 👍

[@tekoaisrael1711]

@@classy_southern4637 there are both freshwater clams and muscles

[@jackpitt8316]

That would be a good idea they could even put them in some sort of container so the are easy to access

[@joshuam5689]

Oysters need brackish or salt water. Clams and mussels can help with freshwater though. If they do get some of those though, it would be best to get a native species and the fish they need for successful reproduction.

[@skutovr]

Oysters in a NW Missouri farm pond? 🤨

[@ariannakanekoa]

It was so very special to see that pinchy dude go into the water. I hope he lives forever :)

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Ohna//Ari - me too!

[@da_bananananana4171]

As a crab owner, I felt the intro in my soul. It's tiny, it won't hurt at all, right. I have one that refused to be hand trained

[@pamspray5254]

It was a bit surreal seeing so many fish just streaming out from those buckets into the pond, haha! And you got a bonus critter too! As somebody who's kept fish for 12 years now, I will say just a couple things. Take out any dead fish from the initial die-off after transfer. In my experience they typically don't get eaten and sometimes carry illness so they shouldn't be eaten by other fish. Often the smell can attract predators too. I would highly recommend a small air pump for Dolly's water trough. It will keep the water's oxygen high and the chance of mosquitos, damselflys, and other insects trying to breed in it lower. Might even want to try a simple sponge pump while you're at it. Pretty easy to DIY and the benefits are numerous. I believe there are actually solar air pumps out there too, so you won't have to run electricity. Last piece of advice I have is to make sure you've got equipment to monitor the chemistry of your pond. That way if anything happens(like an unexpected algae bloom or die-off), you have a way to figure out why it happened and how to fix it. (Also, don't do test strips, do chemicals, they're way more accurate and last much longer.) Best of luck with your fishy endeavors! I hope everything's going well out there for y'all. I'm excited to see what happens next week! Best wishes from somewhere in Missouri.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Pam Spray - good info, thank you

[@sarpijk]

If I may you have algae not moss in the water. This is caused by high organics and nutrients. Water plants should help absorb the nutrients. Fish release ammonia and they add to the nutrients of the pond. Also adding fish to the water buckets without any plants means that you get bad water quality for the livestock.

[@JackieGreen71]

Fathead Minnows are sold specifically as both a food source for Bass(which he got), and for eating the algae. Missouri Department of AG and Pond Management encourage these minnows for pond health. You are welcome to learn more here: mdc.mo.gov/property/improve-my-property/habitat-management/pond-stream-care/ponds-fish-frog-management/stocking

[@JensengTea]

@ white house, if you see this, DO NOT ADD DUCKWEED or any other similar plants. They're sucha nuisance... Some water lilies would be lively though!

[@mouhitorinoboku9655]

@@JensengTea second the aquatic plants but dwarf hair grass, which is what we have here in our pond at certain times of year (we just had a bloom because of lack of rain fall and heat, but normally we have this growing in the shallows under water, if the water is clear though i'm sure it could grow deeper) it definitely helps filter the water, and also provides a place for small fish and crawdads to hide

[@FirstLast-sw1gx]

Yeah I don't understand their logic in putting fish in the water buckets. Why not just give the animals fresh water, which he should be doing regularly anyway.

[@transformerpro7489]

Your videos are like a breath of fresh air during these tough times. Stay safe, love you guys

[@kbee225]

Not so much for the fish they suffocated 😅

[@cola.kittie8341]

I thought the cow was really gonna eat the fish.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Epic cooler - me too 😂

[@joemyers83]

I fed a cow a hamburger one time, because it wouldn’t stop chasing me for it

[@chalseywilder937]

@@joemyers83 lmaooooo. That's so wrong

[@cola.kittie8341]

@@chalseywilder937 I know. 🙃

[@cola.kittie8341]

But the he licked the hand? Or licked the fish 😂

[@shawnhoffman6288]

I don't Know the oxygen levels in the pond but a fountain would oxygenate the pond meaning less fish casualties. you can get solar aerators to

[@zidanerashid9665]

With the amount of algae I think the oxygen levels are pretty high

[@007amitabha]

@@zidanerashid9665 green algae ofcourse. Weed are also good for cleaning purpose. Grass carp can easily feed upon it.

[@allenjones1947]

Try not to hold the entire fish or caress/rub down the fish's bodies it runs off their slime coat and that can open up an area in the fish for diseases

[@samuelwilliams5161]

Allen Jones fish are stronger than you think

[@pisasowieso484]

An healthy fish shouldn't have any problems with that.

[@mackennzie9]

I'd like to second the "don't touch the fish" here. Even assuming that those fish were relatively healthy at the fishery, transporting them added a huge amount of stress. Sudden changes in water parameters can also stress their systems. They really need that slime coat protection during stressful times, and any handling rubs it away, not to mention the foreign skin oils that are being transferred onto their bodies. The grass carp might be hardier than the minnows/feeder fish thanks to size, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised if you lost a few in the first couple of days. As it is, every minnow you put in with the Mandarin ducks appeared either dead or dying. Contrary to what you might have been told, fish can feel pain and distress just as acutely as other vertabrates, and scientists have recently discovered that many species are remarkablely intelligent. Koi, for an example of commonly-kept fish, have been reported to act in ways that suggest different personalities, and can be hand-tamed. Be kind and as gentle as possible with your finned friends.

[@pisasowieso484]

@@mackennzie9 well. I think you are right, but an not stressed fish shouldn't have big problems with holding them. I know that kois can get jand-tame becouse our carps and kois are hand-tame an even our sturgeon is.

[@samuelwilliams5161]

If anyone’s been fishing they’d know fish are some tough sons of bitches couple rubs and temp change don’t hurt to much fish are acc pretty hardy

[@thania68]

You need an air bubbler to keep the fish alive in the cooler

[@codkue5142]

ya, half the fish are going to die.

[@marcietee3841]

@@arosesthorn8978 They are not pet fish and the few that died will feed the other fish no big loss.

[@gerbenbakker_]

@@marcietee3841 That is true but they add the fish because they will start reproduce and boost the ecosystem in the pond. When 60% of the fish is already dead or harmed by the ammonia, is it smarter to throw some cheap fish food in the pond than expensive live fish who are already dead.

[@kaleyhayes6307]

thania72olds442 only if they are in there for a prolonged amount of time

[@traxy1238]

They would have been fine for transport besides they're feeder fish no big loss

[@LadyLithias]

My biggest concern is that those fish really seemed to be unhealthy. That could be due to (A) too long in the cooler and they ran out of oxygen, or (B) they come from unhappy stock tanks. If it is (A) then they were stressed by the journey, and those that live through the ordeal will be fine. If it is (B) then you may have introduced parasites and problems to the pond that will not be so easy to eliminate. Judging by the vigor and health of the crustacean, I'd think it was probably (A). Fun-fact, you could also put feeder goldfish in the pond.Those are carp also, and my experience with feeder goldfish is that they grow FAST, and their colors are AMAZING after only a week or two in a pond. Just a thought. But you might try some Carp. Might even try to buy a few dozen very small Koi

[@ethansexotics616]

Only issue is that he said there are bass, which will anhiliate any smaller to medium sized colorful fish.

[@marinetteyoung3503]

Thinking the same as there are too much fish in that small container, funny thing is the person they bought it from should have told them about it. Hopefully they got enough to survive.

[@Jessica2010Love]

They are GRASS Carp Not Bass. 😀

[@maxtaylor357]

He said there are already vas’s and blue gill in the pond smh 🤦‍♂️

[@MegaMike7]

Start your own pond.

[@ithulah]

Here in Australia carp are seen as real pests. Yes they might eat some greenery but they like stirring up muddy bottoms and out competing native fish. And while this has somewhat been said... you didn't seem have really any regard for the lives of the feeder fish, eg letting them sit without water. You need to include a bubbler for some oxygen, and even if the pond temps were similar, significant chemical differences can still exist even in the same body of water, let alone ones at a significant distance. Going from a low oxygen environment to fairly high can also send them into shock. You obviously have no idea how many fish survived, but you'd be lucky to get half I think. Less fish, more oxygen, proper introduction slowly adding new water.

[@sy851]

Carp here in Chicagoland can be very very difficult to get rid of and they do the same thing your carp do. They kill off the good fish. A lot of fisherman, including myself, catch carp and toss them on the banks to feed native wildlife. Right now we have a HUGE problem with Asian Carp (big head carp). They will give you a concussion if you boat down the Mississippi River or other tributaries.

[@jackpitt8316]

In Australia Its eropean carp and they aren't.allowed to be released they must be destroyed

[@ithulah]

@@sy851 Yeah if we catch a carp it's illegal to throw them back. They're nasty things.

[@therandomchannel9226]

looks like most of the fishes almost died!

[@antoneydon7908]

They get stressed when there all compacted so that's why they die but it's normal

[@mymangobango3533]

Antoney Don they don’t just get stressed, they suffocate, it burns their gills very quickly packed in like that. The vast majority won’t recover no matter what Jake says while trying to save face. 😕

[@antoneydon7908]

@@mymangobango3533 well that sucks but they will reproduce.

[@royalteluis623]

R Savage there feeder fish it’s not fish abuse

[@gregoryreese8491]

No, if you watched closely they were rapidly recovering and were soon swimming away. Though I was looking for them, I didn't see even one "dead beyond a doubt floater" though there were no doubt a few.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

Very satisfying to see those fish swimming out and the crawdad trundling down into the water. I bet those fish take down lots of mosquito larvae. A win-win for everyone but the mosquitoes.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Catherine Hubbard - 👏🏼

[@tzucwizard]

To be completely honest, I have nothing but respect for you and your wife. To be able to take care of 3 children, so many animals, the farm, edit videos like this and upload them for our entertainment takes so much work, especially when your wife was dealing with newborns. And to do all that, on a daily basis..meanwhile I feel lazy to wake up and go make myself a cup of coffee in the morning.. Been a subscriber since you had about 40k, and even though my schedule wont allow me to watch every single video of yours, when I do, it brings nothing but joy to see your adventure and lives unfold!

[@mymangobango3533]

2:00 Eli’s first helping of dead fish soup.

[@staredgazer6961]

Wow, that is a lot of fish! So are you going to set up a little fish pond? That is so cool! I love you guys! I also have an idea maybe you guys can make a gorge for a mini river so that the fish can reproduce?

[@hannahboyton6975]

:0 it hurt's i know

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Minecraft and Me - I wish... just the pond for now.

[@joshuam5689]

The small bait fish don't need a river, they'll be just fine with a pond to reproduce as long as they have plenty of plant cover and shelter to lay eggs. They will eat a lot of the small algae and plant debris that enters the pond if kept at a high enough population. Also depends on how many of them survive the transportation, predation, and availability of food. Crawfish also help eat algae. The carp are probably unable to breed anyways since many sold in the US now are bred to be sterile...which is an incredibly good thing since those fish are awfully destructive when they get loose.

[@4KidsandaFarm]

Think of the memories you are creating with this simple move! Epic summers coming your way!

[@whitehouseonthehill]

4 Kids and a Farm - definitely excited to see Eli catch some bigger Bass in there this year. Hopefully we get some time to build a dock soon so we can fish and swim off of it.

[@4KidsandaFarm]

White House on the Hill like I said the new Al Lumnah😉

[@rondakudrna2054]

@@whitehouseonthehill way cool!!

[@krinang]

The only thing that is getting on my nerves - you took so much time trying to feed the emus and a cow, to explain the situation with algae in the pond, and meanwhile the fish was dying of oxygen starvation.

[@serenashu6652]

krinang yes I was cringing at that too

[@HappyTailsFarmFl]

Oxygen starvation it’s called lack of oxygen @krinang

[@itabs9067]

i think you will have series amonia build up in you water tanks for the animals with those fish in there. it could become toxic

[@eloiwee]

Ita Bs I was wondering if I was missing something about them accounting for ammonia build up but I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking that.

[@TheDragonsDreamer]

I don't think they have enough fish in the tanks to cause problems. My grandpa throw gold fish in his cow tanks to handle algry growth. It only becomes a problems if you throw too many fish in the tanks.

[@FaenumVena]

its also still water, so lower disolved oxygen, the warmer it gets the lower the oxygen. those poor fish arnt going to live long.

[@TheDragonsDreamer]

@@FaenumVena The sad truth is that fish use for this purpose general are not meant to survive long. It why people use super cheap feeder fish for these jobs. They are not meant to be protected pets. They have a job to do and that keeps keep the tank clean. If they live they live. If they don't, they don't. The fish clean the tank so you don't have too.

[@serenashu6652]

Faenum and the water hasn’t been decorinated :(

[@Poko0Chan]

Love a lot of your videos, but I am a fishkeeper. I love fish so please be ever careful how you put the fish in the pond and not let them be to long out of the water. There was one thing that bothered me. That was with the feerder fish. Not get them like this in your hands and let them fall back in their transport box. But I like you guys Do more good stuff and enjoy your farm

[@ianschwartz1222]

Yea me too fishkeeper gang

[@abhimanyukapoor1910]

6:54 Mamma always got your back. Whatever danger you are in she will always be there for you. They proved it.

[@mollymurphy2197]

Me: Awwww look at those cute little fish!! They’re soooo cute!!🤣🤣🐠 Jake: GO BIG DADDY!!!

[@mymangobango3533]

Cute & dead

[@justkibby5959]

I didn't want this vlogs to end

[@rmkang0110]

Ducks: "Yumm. Free fish is always delish!"^-^

[@mariamd786]

Isaiah "driving" the golf cart thingy has got to be the cutest thing. Brought a smile to my face.

[@FarmAlarm]

Craw-fish / Cray-fish Potato / Potahto 👍😜👍😜

[@cool2427]

Farm Alarm don’t forget “crawdaddy” lol

[@DaybirdAviaries]

Crawdad

[@Audin-ol4xl]

That's what we call them. Craw-daddy

[@pinkyfromhaughtfarms6550]

Crawdad👍🤣

[@leannepaxton5012]

In Australia, they are yabbies!

[@kevinbeharrilal1609]

you should release the Mandarin ducks into the pond.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Beharrilal - we will put most of them in the aviary, but we hope to put at least one pair on the pond this year

[@juliereis146]

White House on the Hill any of the ducks will help with the vegetation issue in the pond, and I think it might be string algae that you’re dealing with. 🤷‍♀️

[@BellefromOz]

@@whitehouseonthehill will you have to clip their wings then? I worry that they will otherwise just disappear, and if they reproduce, isn't it a problem if they disappear and spread?

[@creedbratton9384]

Julie Reis it is string algae, if you want look it up but there is a clear difference from green algae and string algae and it’s differently strong algae.

[@kevinbeharrilal1609]

@@whitehouseonthehill ok cool have fun and stay safe :)

[@jurassicjonahthechannel4912]

I don’t know if your pond has aquatic plants or not, but I would highly recommend getting an aerator, or at least a fountain (something to keep the water moving), also though I see it does get some wind so, you will have to see how it goes 🥳🥳👍👍😉😉 love your channel!

[@whitehouseonthehill]

jonah hulbers - yep, the water moves all the time, we go out on a boat and it moves pretty fast to one end

[@amycurtis8568]

Its great that now you guys are getting fish! The ducks and chickens really seem to like the minnows.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Amy Curtis - definitely!

[@ShadowGamer-nq2dt]

Yay swimming * runs to the waterfront *

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Oh MAN!! I want a pond. This is so next level and I'm only a little bit jealous! We had a crawfish as a pet when I was a kid but he ate all our fish so we had to let him go LOL.

[@talaaljaber5375]

I know you were little but releasing a captive animal can ruin rivers right now there are alot of rivers being infested with invasive crawfish.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Tala Aljaber we released him back to where we caught him. :)

[@Moohna]

I discovered this channel 9 months ago i dont know but it's so relaxing to watch when im stressed or even when im bored i learn new things every video thank you for giving nostalgia too when my grandfather is alive he used to keep tons of chicken!! LOVE FROM PHILIPPINES

[@kyleramirez5614]

11:55 i love how there's relaxing music in the background as the fish experience an apocalypse 😂

[@ethansexotics616]

The minnows in the water trough might die from a lack of oxygen over time.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Ethan's Exotics - they look good so far. We'll keep the numbers in there pretty low so they can get all of the food and oxygen they need.

[@willwhitaker5919]

I doubt it, there's only 4 or 5 tiny minnows in there, and the water movement from dolly or the emus will dissolve all the oxygen they need, plus oxygen will dissolve on the water surface all the time

[@ethansexotics616]

@@willwhitaker5919 that's true. As long as there are only a few they might last a while.

[@cacophonyfarm8449]

Nope. Everytime the emus drink water they're breaking the surface of the water and adding oxygen. They'll be fine.

[@ethansexotics616]

@@cacophonyfarm8449 that's true. Shiners can be sensitive though and in my experience in my native tank they don't do well unless they have some flow. The one's in the cow's trough will probably be fine, but the ones with the emus will probably either overheat or die from a lack of flow.

[@jazzyb3165]

Those minnows are having a BAD day.

[@demopuppy2238]

imagine being stuck in a crowded bag your whole life then you’re finally free! then bam you’re eaten by something

[@davidjohnston1971]

Yep, there bad day started by being stuffed and overcrowded in those chests. That volume of fish quickly used up all the oxygen in the water and produced copious amounts of ammonia. Lack of oxygen and ammonia burned gills, not a good way to go. That's why so many were floating on the surface by the time they got to putting them in the pond.

[@JHTCT3-USMC-777]

Tbh most of the feeders were in shock and most had to of died on the ride and from just sitting in a cooler with little water and fish sitting on top of each other. I mean yea I get it they are feeder fish but in the end they are still fish so providing the cooler with aeration and maybe an extra cooler so the fish arent literally in each others face would've been good and looked better for the video. I mean I love this family they are great but if they dont really care about the fish like they do the other animals then at least release them and all that off camera so we dont see tons of belly up and dead fish just slowly floating out into a new body of water that probably put most of the lively ones into shock since there was no acclimation and yea the temp could be somewhat similar but even just 2 degrees off can be harmful but not my pond not my fish so can really say to much just pretty hard to watch a video that is all inspiring and happy then see just tons of dead fish and the release of the feeders was just depressing lol.

[@teemo7714]

theyre bought as feeder fish. they get to be in a pond and not in a human-made breeding tank. thats good news for them

[@JHTCT3-USMC-777]

@@teemo7714 I'm sure it was great news for the 10% that made it yea but I mean u r right about them being feeder fish but still for video purpose and a better idea so they dont get much hate is to just make it look good for the video or dont show any of the process with the minnows just say they were added instead of showing a cooler with almost no water and the fish all piled on top of each other and then showing the release of like 90% dead fish lol just saying it looked bad for the video and for them.

[@maryclairekalamafoni9524]

The ducks didn't eat the dead ones, huh? My brother and I were given the job once or twice a week to siene for minnows for my Dad to fish with. My Kindle is telling me siene in not a word!! Dang I must be old!! The siene was a twenty foot, tightly knit net fixed between two five foot long wood poles. We would hold the siene so the pole was just touching bottom, stretching it out between us, and start to pull towards shore keeping the pole upright and the net net tight. A lot harder than it sounds! But you had to keep the pressure up or the little things would escape! As you approached shore you had to scoop in tandem, lay it on shore and grab em to put in Dad's bait bucket. There were a variety the minnows, some more prized than others. But boy, watching you today brought this back to me clear as day! Thank you! ☺

[@teachertimm]

What a beautiful family. Thank you for sharing all your animals too:)

[@fishbone5430]

It was mildly upsetting that the proper precautions weren't taken to transport and acclimate the fish... I'm well aware that they're only feeder fish, but they still need to be properly cared for. All fish do.

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Fish Bone - Hi there. We asked a lot of questions of the seller since we had never transported that amount of fish before. We felt like we were prepared. Obviously, we would have brought more containers if we had been made aware. Luckily, they made it into the pond and most of them survived.

[@rakibpavar3332]

V 😊

[@paiiininthebuttt2477]

That’s just your opinion

[@zillaanime]

This is a wholesome family

[@loafandjug321]

Algae thrive in environments that are rich in nitrogen and phosphorus. When runoff carries excess nitrogen and phosphorus into a pond, or when heavy rainfall causes additional runoff, an algal bloom becomes possible. Common sources of nitrogen and phosphorus in runoff are manure and agricultural fertilizers, along with mowed grass thrown into the pond water.

[@SimplyJanHomestead]

Very nice Jake! We have catfish and perch stocked in our pond on our new homestead! There’s nothing better than walking out there to go fishing!

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Simply Jan Homestead - Eli goes fishing all the time down there, I love it!

[@tylerkrug7719]

The fish in the cow tank, one fish says to another. "dang it, why couldn't we have been let out in the big pond?we're stuck In this cow tank!" the second fish chimes in "you don't even want to know where Phil and Mary had to go, they went to the ducks pool! We're actually pretty lucky!" First fish "poor Phil and Mary"

[@SlimeyLemonz]

Ducks: **see the fish** Also ducks: *I am s p e e d.*

[@aea365]

5:54 I think you left a fish in the bucket

[@cubbi2789]

I can hear many fish voices all shouting we’re free! Hope this helps with your pond, good job 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻 love seeing how much your farm is growing 👍🏻👍🏻

[@crestenify]

You certainly took yer time getting those fish home and transferred

[@Phoenix_Wcue]

Jake: I'm gonna take a crayfish to the nose Me: are you like coyote Pearson or somn?

[@whitehouseonthehill]

😂

[@Phoenix_Wcue]

@@whitehouseonthehilli dint know you would actually ripply to my coment hiii!

[@jameswest4819]

I have a friend that built a pond on about 350 acres and stocked it with trout, lots of them. As time progressed, a couple of Ospreys decided to nest. That was ok with him because he was a falconer. then after the trout had matured and he could catch himself a fish dinner. Then, one day he noticed something swimming on the pond besides ducks. Otters had swum up the creek and discovered his pond. After about a month or two there wasn't one trout left in the pond. I doubt if he ever stocked the pond again but it was still a nice view from the house.

[@barbarahouk1983]

This is the retired physician in SW Mo. My dear neighbors to the north, I am going home to Southern Ohio in about 2 months to permanently live. I have been in Missouri most of my adult life but with our crazy irrational governments, I am joining my grand nephew on his farm so that my spouse and I have the best chance of survival come whatever may. Getting closer to the food source is survival. I started out in my life in the farming community of NE Ohio and I am returning to a farming community in Southern Ohio. I truly wish your family the best. I shall continue to follow you all from afar. I truly think things just may get rough in the near future but I know you will be near your food source. May all of you stay safe and healthy. I sure hope you continue having fun.

[@kristine123abc]

Anyone else feel unsettled when they hold the fish out of water

[@legna21390]

kristine movsisyan i did

[@gemasnicket1817]

kristine movsisyan just you

[@Tammyb.]

It was painful to watch.

[@EmmiLa]

I had to look away, couldn't watch the big beautiful fish gasping for oxygen. :(

[@kristine123abc]

Yah like I was flinching when they just took them out and the way the fish just floated on the water after. They were passed out no doubt until they got enough water to swim

[@giancarlojosesalvatierra5313]

I felt so sad seeing tons of the small fish dying

[@juniorgalvan3290]

Your dumb they were just in shock from transportation

[@Shannon-nl1dz]

Well, yes...but the purpose of them being in a duck pool was to be eaten. No different to the killing that happens to make your KFC and maccas...its food and its life. I'm a veggie but still understand that its a cycle of life.

[@Niah-jx9zi]

You all complain about everything

[@andrewna7362]

@@juniorgalvan3290 shush

[@frowner_and_co]

@@andrewna7362 stop

[@harrybonnsr4818]

The mandarins might struggle to get into nest box’s. It would be worth adding a ramp to each nest box to make it easier for them to get into. Good luck 👍🏼

[@matts9371]

When transporting that many fish in such a small cooler, you should get an ice chest aerator to keep the water oxygenated enough that they don't die. In the section where one of your sons is getting them with a small minnow net, most of the fish were seemingly lethargic and starting to float. Not a good sign. Just an FYI.

[@stevo9421]

Excellent advice. I probably would have brought less to start as the likely ratio of dead fish to live would have increased substantially with that many in the cooler for live release and not bait. Our local fisheries service release trout into certain waters with the same technology to transport them as you have suggested

[@seth2854]

I would be way too anxious to drive a car with fish, water and energetic kids lol!

[@lexibbaranczyk227]

Hi everyone! Did anyone else think it was a little sad when the ducks went in the water, you saw the fish take it's last breath and then fall still?

[@marianpizeno8511]

Awww! The little one trying to drive was so cute!!

[@blacksheep2862]

I love watching these videos they always make me smile :) I love seeing how gently you handle the farm animals and the clear care you put into your farm. Thank you for making your videos!

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Blacksheep28 - thanks for the support!

[@tylerkrug7719]

If the minnows weren't dead when they went into the duck pool, the mandarin ducks made sure they were, lol haha. Splashing around all crazy

[@thefishroom9952]

Hey I love the videos! Keep it up! Your kids are so advincherus, so cool! (You guys have imspired me to make a channel)

[@ImCooookieCassie]

5:10 It’s weird how it’s oddly satisfying looking at fish getting slowly put in a lake 🤔

[@AvaPotterfieldandFriends]

Crawfish to the nose! LOL How exciting to add fish to the pond! Love dolly's halter.

[@redjestertm196]

This is like the holocaust for the Minos lmfao

[@danielbohonek8086]

God where do begin. My nerves whenever dolly swings her head with those horns 😱. There is to much nutritionist your pond that is causing algae growth, plant some Lilly,s and reeds around the pond. Those iris would be a great introductions great for bees and looks stunning when in full bloom. Look after yourself guys and let us pray for those fish x

[@citlalichavez5560]

5:23 no one : the fish:” yeah let’s just act like we’re dead until we go under water😀👍🏻”

[@lindanichols7893]

This is right up your alley. I read on a website that a couple had swans on their pond. The swans pulled up the algae by the roots

[@Crappytiara]

That was incredibly hard to watch. All those half dead fish.

[@rocket5557]

Those fish died from lack of oxygen on the ride home. They put way to many in there with no aeration. The fisheries are not in the business of selling dead “live fish.”

[@traxy1238]

The fish were just in shock from the bumpy car ride they would have been fine after a few minutes of being in the pond

[@Crappytiara]

@@traxy1238 nope, at least a quarter of them were floaters (dead).

[@traxy1238]

@@Crappytiara nice easy snack for the blue gill and bass then

[@jankrijnen7374]

I must say that how he handles fish ( for whatever reason he bought them), i feel disgusted. To many fish during transport in a tank, handling them etc. No research for what he uses them for, for me that is the last time i look at this channel. I wish him luck

[@crspens]

Probably not first, but it shows on my phone that I am... I absolutely love the Mandarin ducks. They are all so beautiful. Really so many of your animals are. :)

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Candace S - I love em, too

[@annadelacruz1483]

Just watching you put the fish in the pond really shows me that you care about all the animals. Fish, ducks, etc. It's wonderful to know. Really great video and lots of fish in the pond now. My hubby wants to raise Talapia, but that's another story altogether. lol Hugs and smoochies to all, stay, safe and healthy as usual. Anna Banana Big smile here!

[@rondakudrna2054]

In North Dakota we put gold fish in our stock tanks. They get big!

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Ronda Kudrna - we might just do that 👍🏼

[@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD]

Your supposed to acclimate fish so they dont go into shock and die

[@michaelshannon606]

He said the water was the same temperature

[@Skay24]

And oxygen for the duration of the trip, as there are many of them. So now 90% will die.

[@Trinkuh2]

i just about screamed watching him just put them in.

[@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD]

@@michaelshannon606 he still didnt acclimate them, he guessed

[@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD]

@@Skay24 yeah that too

[@ShreyaanSeth]

it was so heartbreaking to see so many dead fish :( especially in the end in the duck pond you saw the fish dying while happy music played in the background. Also please put filters in the drinking water tanks or the ammonia buildup from the fish will make the water toxic.

[@IautumnfireflyI]

That part is what bothered me the most. So sad. I watch lots of fish tank videos and have owned a lot of fish...they do have personality and its really sad to see them suffer. If their purpose is to be eaten, fine. That doesn't meant I wanna see them suffer first...

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Shreyaan Seth - not sure why you thought there were so many dead fish, nearly all of the minnows survived their transition to the pond, they recovered after the drive to the farm. We gave a handful of fish to the ducks to eat. So... they all were eaten by the ducks. Please read that again if there is any confusion as to what happened to those feeder fish.

[@ShreyaanSeth]

@@whitehouseonthehill They looked a bit off while being released so I decided to check the comments to see what was up and everyone was saying they were dead which made me pretty disheartened, but I guess you shouldn't always believe what the comments say. Also got confused about the diet of the ducks and mistakenly thought they were vegetarian which made me think the last scene was just them playing with dead fish which... seemed a bit morbid to me. Really sorry about all of that, I know it must've been annoying to read all these comments knowing the fish were all doing fine! Looking forward to more pond content and hope all of you stay safe during virus season!

[@mymangobango3533]

White House on the Hill ~ why you lyin?? Fish don’t recover after going belly up.

[@ShreyaanSeth]

@@mymangobango3533 Im pretty sure the fish can go belly up from stress and recover given enough time

[@kinseytaryn7538]

I loved how huge our grass carp got, they were probably close to 3 feet long after about 4?? years. And THICK. They would splash and come right up to the surface and just graze on the algae.

[@lindajackson5498]

It’s been a while since since I’ve seen your channel, I don’t know why I’m not getting my alerts, but I’m glad to finally catch up with you and your family and the farm. Your boys have grown so much and are so cute. Your boys are so lucky to have this hands on experience growing up and having such a fun loving mom and dad!

[@doublearon1073]

That’s a lotta fish

[@ddevine123]

Double A Ron a lot of dead fish *

[@sanifmaknojia8294]

Sorry to say but I doubt that even 10% of the fishes will survive there’s a whole process of transferring them into pond and if you don’t do properly they all die I hope they survive :)

[@whitehouseonthehill]

saint maknojia - About 95% of them survived. Not bad considering our drive from picking them up and the coolers we could fit in our car. They recovered really well once they got into the pond.

[@sanifmaknojia8294]

White House on the Hill Thank god, so glad to hear that, wish to see them get big and your kids practice fishing ❤️

[@mymangobango3533]

White House on the Hill *hint - if you don’t have the cooler space, buy less fish.

[@joshuam5689]

It's good to have crawfish, they eat some plants and algae and also clean up the dead fish. Get a few more native ones and let them go, they are territorial so they won't really "overrun" the pond. They also aren't that fast to get healthy fish and many big fish also eat them. You'll need them for a cleanup crew with a lot of those half dead minnows/shad I saw. If you plan on leaving the fish in the cow trough then you need to have a constant water input or add an aerator so the fish don't suffocate. Next time you get fish have an aerator with the cooler, the fish will do a lot better that way. Grass carp, and any non-native carp, quickly take over anywhere that they are placed. There's also a chance they are incapable of reproducing as many sold in the US are bred to be sterile...which is an incredibly good thing.

[@mattsara2802]

Our kids loved the crawfish pinching your nose. 😂 We hope the carp help in the pond. Good luck

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Homestead Engraving Business & Life - good! 😀

[@Bronnie336]

I usually love your videos. This time I was stressed out watching while those fish were being taken out of the water for so long and being handled like that. Fish need water to live otherwise they suffocate, maybe that's why they were all dying. Hopefully you have learnt something about caring for fish. All the best.

[@beachgirl8345]

I actually didn’t see any die. They all swam off after being in the pond

[@judynewman5965]

I really enjoy your videos, but I have to say that releasing those carp into your pond is a recipe for disaster. Grass carp are a species of Asian carp and are notoriously invasive, they completely destroy ecosystems and wipe out native species of fish. Obviously that doesn’t matter in your personal pond, but all it takes is some flooding and even a few carp getting into major waterways would cause a disaster. Just something to think about.

[@judynewman5965]

Amber WildCraft No you clearly don’t understand anything about it. Go read about the threat that Asian carp pose to North American ecosystems. There’s a reason the Canadian and US government spend millions of dollars annually trying to prevent the spread of this invasive species, it’s not new or hard to find information.

[@noahadkins7283]

They put in grass carp the eggs of grass carp need moving water to hatch

[@kristenwalsh4271]

Ur right they do take over ecosystems I study fish such as the grass carp

[@wiladarky3909]

You are an example of a family that everyone dreams of, when i watch on your videos i just imagine and dream how amazing is all this stuff you do. I Love It

[@nimeshudamulla783]

you should get feeder goldfish

[@phisalaymang9869]

When ever you transport fish you need to have a portable aerator so the fish don’t die from lack of oxygen in the water

[@zakarymcleod1850]

Carp are a nuisance here in Florida, and they certainly don’t have any issues reproducing in lakes! Those are probably a different species though

[@whitehouseonthehill]

Zakary McLeod - Diploid Grass Carp, from everything I've read, they are unable to reproduce in a pond

[@aparnaaluru1309]

Man, watching these bee videos sure does makes me so refresed and happy. Especially the honey harvesting videos!

[@owlhooting123]

6:53 the baby goes to the water and the moms runs after him lol

[@douglasledford7497]

Probably should have let them get use to temperature change from cooler to pond water temperature

[@whitehouseonthehill]

douglas ledford - temp of the water from the fishery water to our pond was the same, not sure how many times I could say that in the video for it to be heard

[@crazyferretlady]

Holding fish in the air is like holding mammals under water. That's not OK! 😳

[@agent6025]

11:01 how he spills it hahaha ❤️❤️❤️

[@xXTrollerzForEvaXx]

Your pond is eutrophic! You should also get some aquatic plants to place on or beside the pond. Putting the fish in there may actually be a danger to them if the algae concentration in the pond is high as it'll be hypoxic. Getting some good aquatic plants in there will really help. Good luck!

[@mymangobango3533]

How can anyone be so clueless? Poor fish.

[@knopie88]

I always love your video's but this time...nah. All those feeders dying while filming them is not the way to treat animals. I know they are considered feeders but you could have treated them with a little more respect.

[@derfreklats7921]

I worked at a gasoline and oil storage facility. We were environmentally very clean. We had frogs,ducks,egrets,herons,foxes,raccoons and of course very very big mice.we had 2 ponds with the same algae growing in them. We called a company called the pond guy. He sprayed I think some kind of copper based pellets in the water and it killed the algae. We specified it had to be friendly to the enviorment and not cause death to any living creature in the water since we do get inspected by the D.E.C. regularly. I don’t know about fish they are bottom feeders right. Any way maybe that’s a solution to get rid of the algae. Great videos and good luck.

[@maryjanekeao2351]

Crawfish are the Housekeepers of the pond. You need a few more, though.🥰🤠