What Happened To The Other Animals

[@shawnmcpeak6184]

You all have done a Magnificent job in just one year on the homestead. The Animals are healthy and well, and the the Garden.. Oh my gosh, it is going crazy. I an so happy has all come together so soon. I like how the pigs find things you didn't know were there.

[@hamiltoncole9187]

Thanks so much for sharing. I applaud your lifestyle (and am cheering you on), but I am too old to do what you are doing. I could watch a daily tour of the animals and garden. Your commitment gives me hope. I appreciate the extra effort you make by hauling a camera around with you. it makes my day!

[@hauoleguyify]

“Good mawn’n modern steaders”. You blew my mind for just a second. I love Lumnah Acres too.

[@AfterTheRains]

Great outdoor sink for cleaning the garden produce. 🥕 Love that T-shirt Ben you really suit the green. You always have your littlest shadow in the background. 😊

[@armyrabb1]

Love the ‘safe house’ idea. I’ve got lots of chickens of various ages, that will work for them.

[@feathersky860]

👍👍👍💙💜❤️

[@steverobinson4199]

Love Lumnah Acres. I said that one time, instead of saying "gooood morning modern steaders". He said "Gooood morning beautiful people" I thought it was a shout out to you guys. Oh, I almost forgot. If you make a smoker for the Rhodes, can you film it? I'd love to see your metal skills Ben. I know that's your wheelhouse. I'd love to see you forge a knife too. Great content!

Totally agree!

[@indicasmama]

As would I.

[@dixsigns1717]

I fourth that motion! Would enjoy seeing metal crafting!

[@flickertail3116]

He has such talent, would love to see more of that content and Meg and her soap making

[@JoJoDragonslayer]

Good morning modern 'steaders 😆 i love the Lumnahs Animals are lookin great!

[@TalkingWithBob]

Seems like your posting more videos now that's awesome

[@jennburnett1823]

Omg! Another video so soon! Thank you for sharing and not making us wait! Yay!

[@guntaweiland3428]

I’m 77 years old and living, with much enthusiasm, vicariously through you guys. I’ve recently found you, so am watching hours of back story Love your family and the hard work you do. Those children, in bare feet, are wonderful❤

[@angeloftheland4210]

Omg I love his idea of being a good steward, people pick on me for my chickens “luxurious abode” but to me it is just right to care for them well, happy chickens lay better eggs imho!

[@4BWVan]

BEN: "Don't get attached!" ALSO BEN: "Are you my turkey friend?!" LOL

[@dixsigns1717]

Love it, LOL.

[@francocarnemolla1856]

@@dixsigns17175

[@kailesancez]

Ben turkey's are friends not food. lol rofl

[@monikastep5711]

Lmao i picked up on that too. How sweet :)

[@rosiec1974]

Heheee

[@brendanfallon971]

Your duck are male and female you know by the way they sound , ducks aren't suitable to be raised in tractors they need to much space, I have had them ducks before and kept them with geese and they ranged a good bit. Love your videos, I resently discovered your channel.

[@billharris3913]

Your woods look like a perfect place to raise goats especially a meat type goat like a Boer or Kiko

[@chadpartain6435]

"Thanks Chuck!" "He's a good guy!" Don't know why, but that was really funny. There's gotta be some Hollar Homestead merch involving Chuck!

[@misty2782]

The animals looks so good! I always marvel at hpw much you all have done in such a short time.

[@kellieagrusa8998]

The shirt you're wearing is from where I'm from. Beautiful place to be from.

[@claireisacamel]

Mackinac Island is one of my favorite places in the U.S.! So gorgeous and peaceful!

[@tanapittsford5067]

I love upper Michigan and Mackinac Island. I grew up fishing in the UP. Every year we went to the island. Three years ago I took my grandkids. We hit all the good places. The Mystery Spot, Ship Wreck museum, the lighthouses and of course the shore of Lake Superior for Lake Superior rocks. You grew up in an awesome area.

[@zawadafarms7402]

Agree! We live in the Upper Peninsula 😊

[@terrypatterson1481]

Morning "Happy Hollar Homesteaders' or the triple "H Crew'

[@MsCaterific]

H³

[@wenknight8586]

Good Morning Ol' Smokey Ben! Thanks for the tour and explanations again. Nice to see the growth of everything.

[@indianacryptid6020]

everything is beautifully growing bigger and stronger. thanks for sharing your story, I Pray you all have a good week.

[@tantrictami]

Looking good Ben, you've lost a ton of weight. Homesteading clearly agrees with you.

[@cindywaldron621]

I love their curly hair 🥰🥰. They are so cute 😋

[@markkristynichols845]

Moooornig Modern steaders!!!😂😂😂- Kristy in Missouri 😃

[@jonabriggs8829]

That's Al Lumnah's saying from Lumnah Acres !! Lol

[@angeleay3067]

💖

[@jennifercullison]

You've been watching Al and Gina I hear..lol

[@KenJ-61]

@@jonabriggs8829 oh it is? None of us knew that.

[@BigggRoss]

I saw once "sorry I can't remember where" this homesteader ran her duck through the garden to get all the snails and slugs. They didn't eat the plants and don't scratch everything up because ducks don't dig like that. Might be something to think about for your ducks. Everything really is looking good there/

[@hector131]

Grab my tea and enjoy this! Greetings as always from Sweden

[@traciesites428]

Love what you guys are doing. I'm a Native North Carolinian, and I think it's awesome to know that so many homesteaders has chosen NC. By the way I think it would be a great idea to let the meat chickens out of the tractor and just keep them in the fence. They've grown so much it seems crowded.

[@angeliquemcniff3076]

Garden tour next? Yea! Then maybe mobile home progress or Meg cooking up your freshly grown produce? Or building that new coop and/or tractor? So many possibilities.

[@FaithfulCatholicIN]

I love alliteration so maybe you can create your own greeting like: hidy ho to the Hollar horde. Okay that's a bit rough but ... You get the idea.

[@bonafideslacker2626]

Yeah, where DO all the buckets go?! I'm forever 'looking for the bucket.'

[@edieboudreau9637]

There are never enough buckets....except in winter.

[@perfectlessons]

Wherever the socks are

[@wildfyrefarmlife8638]

Exactly, buckets and scoops.

[@pamalapeterson5352]

Enjoy the video# you share...thank you! God bless y’all and stay safe and healthy!

[@karenzaller9659]

I like your cleaning habits. I’ve seen some pretty questionable watering containers and food ones as well. Yuck!

[@evalinawarne1337]

Thanks for the tour. LOVE the path way. I am so glad for you that you are living your DREAMS. PRAYING for you all. 7 SHALOM CHOW. Chuck

[@terryayers7549]

when I was a kid I took care of hogs and the one thing we never did was enter the hog lot bare footed..

Yeah, there are worms from pigs that can burrow up into your feet. I wouldn't run around barefoot either.

[@donnamays24]

Those new pigs are the Kobe of pork! I think your very wise to start breeding those...could be a reall $$ maker for y’all’s homestead. Love getting another vlog so soon! You guys are my favorite to watch..blessings from western NC🙏🏻💖

[@TheHobbyFarmHomestead]

Animals are looking awesome! I love all the different chickens that you have.keep up the good work!

[@susanbrown2909]

Ducks nasty...really.? They are over crowded tbh...not enough room to walk around...seems the meat birds have a disadvantaged lifestyle.

[@francesbolen257]

Ben the farm is looking great! Love the new sheep pigs! LOL

[@hardenmama1800]

Great find on the utility tub! I need to replace mine and was floored by the prices!

[@sharonnowlin2297]

I Love seeing all the animals. Keeping It Dutch has a full grown turkey that acts like a "dog", he follows all the people around wherever his people go!! He is so funny and so pretty. When his people get too far away from him he starts running really fast to get to them. I had no idea turkeys could run that fast!!! You need to get a small fenced area that you and he kids can get in and really see how really friendly your little turkeys will be and turkeys love to eat bugs!

[@territn8871]

I love Dutch's turkey "Abe"! He loves attention!

[@sandyc6569]

@@territn8871 same

[@indicasmama]

Cog Hill Farms has a beautiful Turkey also, Thomas. ima survivor has a beautiful Turkey that is brown color that is stunning. I agree with you turkeys are awesome.

[@annamaybeekman5152]

Bubbles and Lamb chop do look like big possums

[@crystalwood6731]

I just started watching different homesteading videos. I just came across yours and watched this one. Please don't get me wrong because i know nothing about raising chickens but your feeder chickens and ducks are in such a small mobile coop for so many. You said they are nothing special just for food but you said you wanted them to have a good life. Just from watching a few other homesteaders they have big grazing areas for them and they have a separate place for the ducks which to me if you had a large fenced area for them all would be sufficient enough. I know nothing on homesteading other than watching other videos so please don't take this wrong you guys are awesome and doing a great job. Garden looks awesome and i am loving your hairy pigs.

[@Bennybob01]

You have a good point and I’ll do my best to answer. We keep them in the tractors for protection from the owls and hawks. We’ve talked about just letting them run around in a fenced area but the problem is they have been too small and could easily just walk through the netting and now they are bigger we could probably let them out without worrying about them escaping but we still have hawks to deal with during the day and these things don’t watch for anything but food. We are still in the beginning stages and this is our first run of meat birds I’m sure we will improve as time goes on. Hope that kinda addresses you’re thoughts.

[@1jmass]

Could you get a guard goose, or do they need to be raised with the flock they are guarding to be effective?

[@soniaspangenberg6892]

Ugly in a cute way. Speaking of appearances BTW, Ben, loving the sun streaks in your hair. My husband back when he had long hair used to get really sun streaked every summer, despite having dark brown hair.

[@kennethkauzlaric8948]

"Gooood morning modern st...wait, that's not my line"😂 I watched Lumnah Acres right before I saw this.

[@mgtmoffat8411]

Hello from New Zealand. First post from me though I have enjoyed watching your lives unfold since you found your property, and watched most of the previous ones. Great to see your enthusiasm. We did a similar thing over 50 years ago, sold up our possessions and moved to another country. We had twins too, but we stopped at 4. Blessings on you all.❤️❤️

[@jonabriggs8829]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL Animals you guy's have, doing a great job I see !! Those "Furry Lambchop" Pigs kinda scare me for some reason,lmao But I'm warming up to them :) I think it's the Eye's cause yes, they do look like Opossums, and I have Opossums in my Apt, they scare me, so I usually sleep durring the day when they sleep, so I don't have to worry about them getting in bed with me at night(Yes, I'm looking for another place to live. Lol) God Bless !!

[@cascadiagrove6367]

Yay! More videos 😁 Love you folks.

[@tracyreed8766]

I would have been squealing and freaking out if I would have walked into a spider!!

[@sandyc6569]

me to!! 🤣

[@JenniferG728]

Definitely the best way to do a weeks worth of cardio in about 3 seconds!

[@helengriffith461]

Love to see your "shadow" in the past few videos. What great bonding and teaching without even knowing that is happening.

[@qismyfavoriteuncle9856]

Perkins R great pets! I had 2 Donald & Daisy they was sooo AWESOME 😁

[@markkristynichols845]

I love it when you share the cost info too! Thanks for that! The last video you did with the meat cost was very informative!!!

[@territn8871]

Loved a tour of all the animals and the good job they're doing for the land! Can't wait for you to discuss more about the curly-haired pigs! Are they a new breed in America? I've never seen them before, so I look forward to learn about them. They are so strange looking! BTW, it's great having a new vid just a few days after the last one! I really miss those almost daily vids you used to do.

[@kennethgibbons2487]

Sometimes its just the small things that make you standout as a great family... like I loved your comment about cleaning the water feeders... its your attitude that makes you great.

[@reneehenrichs4538]

Life on the farm. Love it! Never thought I would miss it, but ironic how we see things differently as we age. Would not have changed being raised on a farm for anything. Some of my favorite memories.

[@roymcelwee9334]

One tidbit for advice if you leave the trees slightly taller when you cut them they will sprout and the next rotation the animals will eat the coppiced top and brush against the tree trunk to scratch themselves. Eventually this’ll help loosen the stump to be pulled out a lot easier.

[@claireisacamel]

Mangalitsa’s are a nice fatty hog - the kinda pork chops to light your grill on fire 😆

[@savagesquad8546]

I think it's so funny I'm from Sault Sainte Marie Mi and you have on a Mackinac Island shirt on

[@brenda9140]

What your pigs have done is amazing.

[@joannschultz3679]

Ben, you are a hoot. I love you and your family. You are so talented you remind me of my dad, able to do anything.

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

Love seeing your animals and of course you and your family. About cleaning the waterers, my wife just loudly agreed.

[@mattsara2802]

Everything looks good. Love the new pigs

[@maryjemisonMaryjay1936]

Love that outside sink Ben & yes you’re a very good Stewart

[@nickieburgess6558]

That's a good idea a safe box !!!! Oh wow !!!!!

[@emmadalrymple4102]

I like your system of moving the different animals around. Love that outside sink you hooked up! Cool color shirt too. 👍🏻👚

[@nettyhughes6680]

Love that u clean the animal water . I do the same thing for my chickens I wash their water out too. I hate them to have dirty water and dirt water dish

[@dianapollex3266]

Y'all are doing a great job on your homestead. How is your orchard doing?

[@kkg02122]

I love Al’s channel.

[@kkg02122]

But I love your channel also

[@auntiedee3242]

Me 2 love Al.and family and the Hollar family too

[@gratituderanch9406]

I used to, but I didn’t like all the click bait. I still check him out sometimes, and we miss his “I like it”. 😇😇😇 I know it’s how he feeds his family, but after watching for so long, it just got old. ☹️ if he stops the click bates then I would consider subbing to him again. His family seems sweet.

[@sassiesmom]

kkg02122 .me too. One if my favorites. 👍🏻

[@barbaracleri123]

WOW I was so excited to see you on again love to see you guys your one of the best couple how's the trailer coming along last time you had put some walls going up so exciting . Can't wait for you to move in what fun.😃😃❤️❤️💞

[@WendyK656]

Everything looks great! it will be nice to have chickens and ducks in the freezer too

[@hapnewsom9217]

Looks like you have some muscadine vines in the pig paddock Good for you!! They make a really good jam, and you can even try winemaking. it's a real blessing to have them on your property!! According to Ashley Cobb, clinical dietician at WakeMed, muscadines are especially high in the antioxidants resveratrol and ellagic acid. ... “Muscadines are also fat-free, high in fiber, low in sodium and an excellent source of manganese - they're a perfect addition to a healthy diet!” said Cobb.

[@flemingsburgfarmscommunity6390]

i knew them black ones was workers ✔ i just kind of knew that, great grubbers 👍

[@madelinemarrero4672]

I was trying to figure out what they looked to me that i couldn't remember and YES they look like giant Possums

[@gloriahohman2790]

You're such a good animal dad, I was out my water container too. It can get slimmy after awhile, I wouldn't want to drink out of it. I love how you care for your animals.

[@ThelaziaCafe]

Those werent drakes my dude.

[@dwalsh4027]

Looks like Chuck is working overtime on those poor hen. All the backs scratched up and no feathers

[@rrenda1]

I’ve been watching Lumnah Acres for several years . In the last two days I’ve heard both you and Justin Rhodes mention them. It’s great that you are all connected by KZbin. Love your channel.

[@eaccristo]

Everything looks terrific....love the birds and I love the pigs...

[@callynt]

In stressful times like these, it's so nice to relax and enjoy all the homesteader videos.

[@becomingtexian-ahomesteadj6316]

Great to see how you're using the animals. I can't wait to have my own and work through it myself! Cheers and God bless!!!

[@agnestakacs2059]

You would love Cog Hill Farm's pet Turkey Thomas :D Homestead starting to look good and take form :)

[@kathyw7143]

Don't the ducks have to have water, like a pond or something?

[@debbwebb1279]

How is the family dynamic at this time, since its almost/been a year? Do you find your work for intensive? as you have so many to take care of? Just asking...love your videos.

[@LittleMountainLife]

Haha. So make yourself a ‘Ben’ line. Great things happening on your Homestead!

[@lorineidtinytoadplot744]

I have a meat bird (that was getting beat on) in my spare room, healing his /her wounds. I started calling him / her Happy lol. Supper friendly, I know happy life would suck if he / she was left to grow to full sizes.

[@chelemichele1524]

Who needs a dog when you could have a Turkey. 😆 rufus the guard turkey... Have a good evening 🌻🌻🌻

[@WayToVibe]

It's amazing to see how you've just accumulated all these food animals on your property and don't even have a house to live in yet. Food is a priority, though!

[@jessiec1044]

Maybe pick a turkey to be the homestead mascot. Everything looks good.😀

[@elizabethmacdonald4605]

Lol! That was too funny! Love Lumnah Acres also!

[@markmorris3579]

Greetings from Maine! Am I seeing things,or is the hood on the Excursion getting rusty?

[@Bennybob01]

Lol not seeing things, it’s been rusting since we acquired it! There’s almost no clear coat left on the poor thing.

[@gelwood99]

Maybe a breeding pair of turkeys? Either for more meat or for eggs. 💞 Blessed indeed! Happy for another vlog! Give Meg a hug! 💞

[@barbfrank917]

Crazy, duck eggs sell for $4.00 for 4 of them, very healthy.

[@abaddon2479]

I love how you boys are always barefoot. Looks like you guys are working out all the kinks. One day at a time.

[@MommaOG]

Everything is looking good guys🥰💐🌷

[@pjkz63]

Ben you are the Saint Francis of homesteaders 😂

[@hangingwiththebogiers3840]

SO INSPIRING I LOVE WATCHING YA'LL CHANNEL 👋🏻😇💗

[@sammygonzalez2356]

*Some of these chicks have really bad manners- they stand in the food...* I loved that part! (I laughed a little... ☺️) You are such a sweet family! May I ask the age range of your boys? Keep up the awesome work! 🌱🌷🌻

[@bookmarkmonaco4255]

Did you know that you can teach turkeys games? They even enjoy playing. 😀

[@tdhawk167]

Oh my gosh....spider! Arrrgh! Can not stand to have them on me!(this is an understatement) 😊 Loved hearing your plans

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Yall are doing such an amazing job in such a short amount of time! Before you know it your little one will be here.

[@fannieking2893]

Mulberries are great for jelly.( 😋 yummy

[@susanmarsh4351]

And jam and cobbler and smoothies.