The Downside of Farming. Australian Sheep Farm Vlog

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FAQ
Typo - Australian Kelpie (2017)
Cooper - Spoodle (2014)
Delta - German Shepard (2017)
Sheep and Broadacre Cropping Farm - Merino, First Cross, Primeline Sheep. Over 6,000 acres in size, 7,000 mature ewes.
Are you Australian?
Yes, I'm from Victoria, Australia
What camera do you use?
I use my iPhone
My videos are for entertainment purposes only.
Music
Stellar Echoes - Top Flow

[@Eileeleedon]

Not me straight up sobbing about the fact that the lamb got a mom and the mom got a lamb 😭😭

[@TaraFarms]

Was very happy that worked, honestly didn't except it to but the primelines are so much better.

[@Bildgesmythe]

Me either, I'm not crying

[@miley6738]

It's my birthday and I came home after the waterpark and a stand-up comedy evening and watched a mom wothout a lamb and a lamb without a mom be united forming a new beautiful little family. What a wonderful ending to my awesome day! ❤❤❤

[@Ali-mv3jc]

​@@miley6738 happy birthday 🎉🎂

[@Phatballzinyoface420]

Tara 👍👍😍

[@grawrisher]

Ewe is like “I dunno man, I thought the lamb was dead, I came back and it was alive, smells kinda weird but I guess miracles smell weird”

[@bootybuttcheeks]

Sheep Jesus Shesus

[@kindateia]

I guess miracles smell weird😭😭

[@Moon-has-pawz11]

😂😂😂😅

[@deadprivacy]

I love how expressive slug is, its like she Follows every single word intensely then ignores all of them.

[@TaraFarms]

Slug is her own independant woman. 😂

[@deadprivacy]

@@TaraFarms shes one of those dogs if you fuss over they just look at you as if to say , wtf are you even doing?

[@TaraFarms]

Thanks for watching! Like or Slug put her dirty feet all over your passenger seat!

[@ssgtmole8610]

Slug is a pretty chill passenger, so I wouldn't mind. I'm weird for an american in that I don't really care what my car looks like. Typo is a good girl! 🐶🤗🥰🥰

[@aj.lilley405]

Jokes on you, my dog already shed and put his feet all over all of my seats!!

[@NakaidaBeauzec]

Already have 2 putting their dirty paws all over my bed lol.

[@aircastles1013]

Slug is a straight up SAVAGE 😂.

[@skippershikrapski6583]

POM POM HAT!!!!!

[@Bildgesmythe]

The lamb nursing the lug nut on the tire😂 so glad it got a mommy.

[@TaraFarms]

Found the tyre but took 20 minutes to find a nipple 😂☠️

[@suep9445]

One little comment "the trick is not to touch them too much" and it all made sense why sheep farmers all pick up new lambs the way they do. 👍👍

[@helmaschine1885]

Amazing that you managed to switch a lamb in the middle of a huge paddock. Your attentiveness saved both of them an yourselves a lot of midnight bottle feedings❤❤

[@pamlister452]

It’s tough being a farmer, Wishing you all the rain you need and appreciation for everything you do

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you, hope we get some meaningful rain soon. Might be getting a little bit tomorrow at this stage.

[@pamlister452]

Fingers and toes crossed. And keep warm its bloody cold here in the home of the Cats ……….. Magpie supporter.

[@Greta3090]

I love how slug just looks like your work mate on the way to the office, checked out and fully in her own world. Just missing a pot of coffee between her paws.

[@lgran79]

Such a dad thing to say, If you can catch the lamb you can keep it!!! Meanwhile he knows youll be chasing the the lamb forever and never catch it 😂😂😂😂😂

[@khills]

Keeps them from nagging for a pet AND wears them out! 😂

[@mindacarpenter2996]

Makes bedtime easier I'm sure.

[@gggthsb]

I love when fostering works because it's awesome for the lamb but I think it's just so heartwarming for a mom that lost it's baby to get something to love ❤❤

[@Ali-mv3jc]

I love how you talk to the sheep "who's fuckin lamb are you?" Reminds me of my grandma, she grew up on my families farm in south asia and she speaks about animals the same way haha.

[@laurabailey6051]

I love the fact that you don't have a verbal filter. I watch you and Sandi Brock. 2 different types of sheep raising that show how much you care. Thank you for your vids.

[@alpha1solace]

I love it when you go medic with the sheep. Youre just a precious soul. Bless your dad raising you to be a doer.

[@sarademattie963]

Hey Tara, for what it’s worth from an internet stranger, I think you’re very knowledgeable farmer who prioritizes the flock health over everything else. You are strong and fuckin brilliant and I think you and Slug are doing a great job. Praying for some rain to moisten the Slug’s land.

[@seanstrehle6312]

My mother's dad had 110 000 acres Owen Downs and her stories of growing up on sheep stations I will love until die ❤

[@TaraFarms]

That's A LOT of acres!!! They would be been very busy!

[@seanstrehle6312]

All I know is the 30s and 40s was a different time her maiden name was Dan .her dad was true bushy

[@SomeoneBeginingWithI]

The successful adoption made me tear up a little🥲 Thank you for sharing the realities of farming. The sweet moments mean so much more when I've seen the tough ones too

[@changing-the-world]

Well done on the switch 😂. That's a good mum.

[@greggleblom]

I still think you should start calling your TED talks Tara talks. I'm certainly going to start calling them that 😂

[@TaraFarms]

Good idea tbh, next week's video is already filmed but will do it if I remember lol

[@thandiwolfe813]

Make it Aussie! Call them Taz talks!

[@greggleblom]

@@TaraFarms Tara talks has a better ring to it anyway. And you do educate me a lot on sheep farming

[@scoldingwhisper]

@@thandiwolfe813 Tazza Talks

[@jeanette477]

I like you going back and showing us the lambs with their babies. That’s what I love.

[@georgiasumby6092]

We’re going to be pelted with rain here in the west over the next week here in the west. I wish I could bottle most of it and send it to you. Wishing you all the rain and wet weather in the world.

[@TaraFarms]

Seems to all fall there and nothing left by the time it gets over here 😂

[@aircastles1013]

Oh you are in the west.. ? Want to buy a sheep farm? I have one for sale and I’m desperate!

[@georgiasumby6092]

@@aircastles1013 I wish I don’t have the money to buy a farm at all

[@mrayb007]

From Canada... I really like your take no shit attitude towards the 'know it all' commenters. Your videos always make me laugh, " No i'm not a kiwi. I do not have feathers". Have a great day eh!.

[@paulyking3714]

Another fantastic vlog tara thank you for allways making my Wednesdays and the longer vlogs are great

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you so much 😊 I'm glad you're liking the longer content. Makes it easier to not have a edit as much out!

[@theolfella-d2u]

That little twinkle in the eye when you said"Believe me you don't want to see a dried out Slug"🤣🤣 Cheers Tara for the fun ride agin. The Ol' Fella Greg.

[@jerryskeepero]

So heart warming to see a foster work out

[@khills]

Oh goodness, that primeline foster mom. She’s glaring at all the other sheep all “my child is PERFECT I do NOT know what you are talking about, s/he looks just like their daddy. Mind your own business!” 😂

[@TaraFarms]

😂😂😂

[@raraavis7782]

'That's my story and I'm sticking to it!' attitude 😅

[@SamlSchulze1104]

"Ripped from breakfast to dinner" 😂😂😂. You know, i gotta start using that.

[@Metta-eg4wi]

Your accent and the use of words makes my day so much better and you do an amazing job in every video I’ve seen and learned quite a bit about sheep so thank you very much!

[@leannemayor5755]

Typo in her jackets so adorable ,I just love how she sits up in the car ,cracks me up . Good job on the old switcharoo perfect . I don’t farm and have no idea how you all keep going but I am glad you do . Keyboard warriors must be an absolute insult . I’m not stupid enough to comment on how to do their job even if I’d done it myself .Tell the warriors to go find someone else to heckle . I thank you farmers so much ,you are the back bone of this country and don’t you forget it . Thanks for your hard work Tara not just farming videoing as well xox btw I have ms and I am exactly like your sheep if I fall down lol I’m serious I call the ambos and I’ve turtles again lol have a great night sweet ❤

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you Leanne! ❤

[@leannemayor5755]

@@TaraFarms my pleasure sweetheart and tell Liam nice running up and down those hills lol ,ps love your new nanny ,you’re a regular milk maid now lol

[@MrsGisawesome]

can I just say you have an incredible eye for your stock, you spot problems and recognise the mamas...most of the sheep look the same to this city gal! And you it from a bouncing moving vehicle! Bloomin amazing

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you, but if you’re looking at them everyday you notice things about them that make them different, eg the mum that I put the lamb on is bald and has a wide jaw.

[@mikk4309]

I could watch Typo round up sheep all day. You are both awesome.

[@doughanson6657]

Looking forward to a new adventure all week. Hopefully you are doing well my friend :-)

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you Doug, I'm doing well. Hope you are too!

[@zo_471]

Hello from Perth! Love a successful foster ❤Thanks for the content, wishing you some rain 🌧️

[@lisamoulton2540]

Aww, those baby lambs all squishing each other was soooo Cute!

[@1995robin]

"Mother nature... Please piss on us" 😂

[@marklocke5678]

Good to see more Liam action, he's a real scene stealer, can you give him more of a talking role going forward???

[@TaraFarms]

I've asked him to film parts of his day over a month and I'm going to edit it together for a free video over on Patreon. But I will include him more when he's around.

[@marklocke5678]

@@TaraFarms I mean he's no typo but he would be a great addition to the cast

[@Toby3610]

The good news, the bad news and the annoying news with Tara ❤ I’ve been over in Western Australia (Albany, Denmark, Margret River, Perth). We drove past a lot of farms and saw a lot lambs and mums. No turtles thankfully. We went to a few wineries and they had lambs. It was a bit cute. Until a storm rolled through and a pup called Soot chewed through his collar and must have run 2 or 3 kms to seek shelter at the winery. He had the same markings as Typo. His owners came and got him. They were a bit embarrassed Soot was quite happy chilling at the winery.

[@TaraFarms]

Typo's scared of storms too! She always gets into the bed when there's storms and hides at the bottom of the bed!

[@ssgtmole8610]

@@TaraFarms I'm glad she knows she can come to you for reassurance. 😎

[@Oak_Hollow]

​@TaraFarms My Kelpie would hide under my bed. One of the better uses he made of it, because he also liked to drag things from outside into my bedroom. Like turtles, frozen horse poo, pecans (worse than Legos on the floor). 😂

[@Jerhyn7]

Seven words that make algorithms love You.

[@pawsitive6558]

Finally maybe a little bit more sleep for you! I'm glad you got the Milk Warmer! I'm relatively new to this channel, but I really like your vlogs. I hope it will rain soon. Give that adorable little Slug a hug from me, keep up your good work and don't let the negativity from some comments get down to you. You are a good farmer, you care about your lifestock and that's all that matters.

[@saspredydious9295]

Such a tough farm girl Tara! But you expose your heart when you wrap your working dog in a rug! Bless you! 🤗

[@TaraFarms]

She gets cold 🥹 no point her suffering when she can just have a coat!

[@woofawoof7616]

Though I live very far away, and I don't know how to knit, sew, or crochet, I'll bet dollars to doughnuts you could ask people who do to make Slug something! Unless she'd get too warm. Anyway, always appreciate your content and you! And Slug! Really gives me a break from my world​@@TaraFarms

[@zo_471]

Thank you for the weekly cow update 🐮

[@Emmuzka]

Thanks for showing the whole prolapse process, it was very educational. Congratulations on the milk warmer! The instruction manual was hilarious, they printed the most important think with huge capital letters right on the cover because they know that some people read nothing else.

[@TaraFarms]

Glad you enjoyed it! And yes that’s probably very true 😂😂😂

[@christinemartin8095]

What a beautiful aerial view of the paddocks, good luck with rain, go Slug

[@heatherlane2349]

You are very entertaining but educating at the same time. I can tell you know your stuff! Wishing you rain from Texas!!

[@ShortOrderCook]

When I watch Warragamba spill over and they release the water to go down the Hawkesbury and flood out Richmond, and paddocks and houses are 3 feet under water - I think of you guys. Some great saves on the playing fields with the lambs and mums. And the Nanny will be a blessing to you. Thanks Tara! Always a pleasure to watch your videos!

[@TaraFarms]

I cannot tell you how good that Nanny is. The lambs learn in a day or so how to use it. Primelines seem to be faster at learning. Then I just need to fill, clean and check they've all drank!

[@ShortOrderCook]

@@TaraFarms there's always something to do, isn't there. First day out of the box is the best day - from there on its maintenance. Apply to everything LOL

[@khills]

@@TaraFarms So delighted you have your own Nanny now! Sleep is way too precious to lose when there’s another option. 😂

[@welchsusan8444]

Love your drone footage. Typo is moving those sheep with precision to the gate🐶❤️

[@Dartanian1959]

One of your best, well done sad about the lost lambs, life on a farm it is! Aerial Drone shots just give a picturesque view perspective, more of them! Thankyou for your honest down to earth commentary, fk yeah! Lol

[@denisemurphy3915]

Wow, your treatment of that first prolapse, and explaining and showing everything was amazing, also that you didn't freak out, and remained calm, and your homemade upcycled harness worked a treat. Yep, really not the same after any childbirth, that's why do many physios in women's health have C-sections. All the best for some more rain mate, I think I did see a small dam there that was almost full. Keep spreading the melanoma prevention message.

[@nicoledeloncrais5940]

Tara you are a legend sweetheart 😘. Thanks lovie for your sincerity & for helping city folks who think everything comes from a packet 😜 to wake up. Your gorgeous 🥰

[@NutmegBGB]

My dad has raised cows for quite a while, and when I was smaller I would ask to pet the calves. Dad told me if I could catch them on my own I could pet them. I have yet to pet any of the calves 😂

[@OolongTea2000]

Can't express how interesting these videos are :) I hope you are well, best of luck to all the orphaned lambs too.

[@TaraFarms]

Thank you, hope you are too 😊

[@abihelen]

the lamb was gnawing on the fence at 29:02 haha

[@laurencelulusue1651]

😂😂😂😂 "put that back down!" You f.... ng" rock Tara.... ❤️ from 🇨🇦

[@Beaumiester_622]

I love the names/nicknames aussies give there dogs, slug and typo are the best I've come across

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

Farming is tough. The care of the rest has to take precedent over mourning the poor creatures that do not make it. You care for your animals and that is evident. ❤

[@BeeKayy13]

Love your shorts and I love these videos even more! We're the same age and it just blows me away with all the things you do. You're amazing!

[@glitter.ghostie]

i always love watching your videos! as someone who is also from vic’s southeast and has worked on a cattle farm (tho one Way smaller than yours lmao) i admire that you show both the ups and downs of this line of work. i see so many commenters trying to tell you how to do your job who clearly think sheep are basically weird looking dogs. love seeing you shut them down 😂 i look forward to each and every upload ❤

[@jennifercourtemanche9793]

I had Icelandics and I never stop being surprised by long tails on lambs (Icelandics are born with short tails). I hope you get rain in a useable way!

[@TaraFarms]

That would save us a job if they were born short! Thank you, I hope we get it soon the crops are now starting to struggle too.

[@nome8080]

I appreciate the detailed prolapse explanation. And your directness. I'm watching to learn. You're funny as fuck. Loving your channel.

[@jordanm2936]

Me living in my studio apartment in the city of Chicago watching an Australian girl’s lamb farming vlog: I need to be her.

[@arvoitus4649]

The drone footage gets better and better. Seeing Typo zipping back and forth helps to understand the need for moistenings! No dried out Slugs.

[@christinemartin8095]

Love all the sheep and lambs, this is real Aussie sheep farming, great work Tara and Slug

[@imstuman]

I guffawed when you said she's got a bit of plastic up her snatch.

[@EluraCorenBooks]

I should not have been surprised after watching so many of your videos, yet your "grower not a show-er" comment had me snorting loudly.

[@Lakotajo2]

Well done! Your joy is matched by your viewers

[@LordoftheThings327]

Cool cloudy mornings with (what looks like) eucalyptus trees, I can practically smell the air in this vid sometimes you just need a small win like a successful switcheroo man the drone footage is fun to watch- especially when you get little moments like a sheep faceplanting the gate (right about at 22:52) Hell yeah for more funky colorful little dudettes!

[@TaraFarms]

Yes they’re eucalyptus, and lol I didn’t notice that ☠️😂

[@saragayle2217]

Great video, you do a wonderful job. And you make me smile ,I love the way you say it as it is .love from the 🇬🇧 ❤

[@morganalori]

Yay!! you've got a nanny for the pets. Yay on good mom ewe taking the lost baby. Perfect timing

[@malcolmpettett5957]

Good well balanced content, no bullshit, thanks for sharing for sharing ❤

[@angelareimann6433]

That prolapse spoon is great. Amazing stuff

[@deadprivacy]

So sad that the prolapse condemns them, but a little bit of plastic is amazing when it saves a couple of lives. Ingenious

[@christinemaney2294]

I totally get that rush from making an instinctual move and being spot on. Yea baby!!!

[@michaeloliver1039]

How remarkable ewe are. You really deserve a trophy. Such knowledge, compassion, and grit.

[@angelareimann6433]

Love the hero switch music 😂. Gotta take your wins! 🎉

[@TaraFarms]

I was thrilled when that actually worked!

[@n8thal718]

Nice drone & music editing. Some drone sceens are awesome. ❤

[@martincooper6386]

Tara, you make sheep farming interesting and entertaining. Great delivery. 😊

[@every-istand-ophobe6320]

Im just impressed that you can tell the sheep apart. I would never know who was who.

[@ppshale7223]

Tara ! Thanks for all of this one! I appreciate you! So glad the foster / adopt took and the milk maker made it ! Stay safe stay great and keep up the good work!!!!

[@DerryManley]

I used to raise sheep. You're a f legend!

[@reign8428]

your drone shots are amazing!!! love them so much also “but you know all this because you raised sheep” cracked me up!! the best way to end that response 😂

[@oranjmusemeyer968]

I wish we had drones when I was young... it is so beautiful to watch the sheep from above! Its like lying on your back on a summer evening just before sunset watching a starling murmuration. Love your videos!❤

[@yhazn9109]

typo has always been chilled XDD

[@FoxSaysDerps]

Your drone footage is something else!! 🔥

[@denisemurphy3915]

Sorry to hear about the drought in Victoria Tara, they can be so devastating. Hoping for good rains for you, as we also need in WA. Very lively and interesting channel.

[@jeanhawken4482]

So pleased you have the feeder. Feeding all those lambs takes a lot of time out of your day. Many thanks😊

[@Uli_Krosse]

Cheers, Tara. Your vlog has quickly become a staple for my Wednesday. That prolapse fix was impressive - again: props for showing the dirt, the piss, the grime, the blood and all the other harsh realities. Great drone footage once more, I can really begin to understand how Typo works and how both of you form a team. Sometimes it's just the classic pincer movement, isn't it? :P Please, keep FIGHTING THE COMMENTS and do not turn down the snark. All the best, see you next week! Also, those lambs in the sweaters ... Just brilliant! 😁

[@TaraFarms]

Absolutely so glad people have sent me them the lambs are super grateful!

[@Reneesillycar74]

Prolapses are hard, you handle it really well. We’ve had to put down cows when putting them back in & they don’t stabilise. It’s sad but a fact of farming unfortunately. I love your Ted/Tara talks. Hoping you get rain mate ✌🏼

[@judewilkinson5486]

Love the milk warmer... So much better than cold early morning feeding...

[@anthonyburke5656]

Good job Taz, I think using the birthing spot was genius

[@inflynn4573]

"My tripod is like, jigglin' all over the place" Thats what Liam says ?

[@TaraFarms]

😂💀

[@LyndaCollier-yb1rg]

One of the most interesting videos I've gotten to see.

[@mehvgaminz5163]

I'm here for Slug, best puppers ever

[@candychocolates]

29:05 the camera turn and like "Thoughts?"😂

[@kathaRoo]

You are amazing! As a farmer I know we love our animals and you certainly do the very best you can

[@aj.lilley405]

Yeah, I definitely teared up watching that lamb get adopted by that mom who lost her lamb. Also, love how the sheep seem to know when they are being filmed and just stare straight back at the camera

[@ruthwalton3457]

Praying hard for some decent rain for you all 🙏😘

[@janiceswale9092]

So happy to see the ewe accept her new foster lamb, great job Tara! The little ones are sooo cute in their jumpers. So sad for the prolapsed ewes but glad you were there to help them out. Loved the video.

[@secretrivertours2117]

Excellent switcharoo and inspirational music to set the tone,,, more Liam and cows please, need to sack your fencer 🙂

[@JaydeJackson]

Tara fighting the comments is my favourite segment.

[@user-jd4sg1ws9m]

Good morning from eastern USA Tara. Another great Wed morning having a Slug wake up call. Noticed on drone footage there was a field that looked freshly tilled, just curious what Liam planting, etc. speaking of Liam, scene where he helping you get sheep out of brush and gulley, maybe you can get him trained to respond to whistling like slug ? 😂😂😂 Anyway, thanks for great video as always.

[@TaraFarms]

Hey! The paddock we went through is wheat. That wasn't Liam out helping me with that one, Liam doesn't really do sheep stuff that's another one of Dad's 'minions'. Will need to train him up though 😂

[@ssgtmole8610]

@@TaraFarms My mum had different whistle calls for me and my two brothers so she could call us home from the neighborhood when we were kids and out playing. It wasn't "left," "right," or that sort - just which son she wanted to come home. They were bird calls. I think mine was bobwhite. So you have three examples of whistles working on guys. 😉

[@karab2095]

during the fighting comments bit the cut to the orphan lambs in sweaters was so unintentionally heartbreaking, felt like an old SPCA commercial, just need sarah mclachlan😂