This Barn Needs to Hold a Cow

[@marytucker9404]

Jason, I would hold on to the metal roofing. You never know if you'll need it for a project. Forney, TX

[@pamelacrowell2007]

Put 2 doors on top and sliding barn door(s) on bottom.

[@StoneKathryn]

That could work. Good idea. He could lift hay up there if he wanted to.

[@RAYOFSONLITE]

I just wanted to say you folks are amazing. I appreciate your wacky humour.

[@TerrieAllred2023]

I think your barn door would be gorgeous with some of your wood art worked into the design :)

[@pattyarpaia4887]

Oh yeah your mountains… oh yeah ! Still could be sliding doors or what ever!

[@glengillis7775]

That's a really nice building. You were lucky to find that farm. Gets better every day. Good work Mr.

[@SowtheLand]

Real luck for sure

[@shelleypoole6415]

I’m really enjoying your sense of humour through the videos. You have me laughing. Great job in the making the barn stronger for the beefy boys. Penelope reminds me of me as a young girl. Always willing to help her Dad, learning and bonding at the same time. She will remember these days with great fondness. ❤️

[@wendyburston3132]

Hey Jason, great content as always. Just finished watching tiny shiny house and they referenced you and your great video on processing chicken. Looks like they followed you guys to a "T". You're making a difference. Keep em coming👍🤩

[@stellaunger8568]

You have risen to every challenge, the barn will be just how you want/need it to be one day. ❤️😁🎄

[@deniseharris9363]

I bet you could never have imagined you’d be harvesting 2 steers when you were back at your desk in CA, huh? What a transformational adventure your family has gone on! Bravo and PTL ♥️🙏♥️

[@pattyarpaia4887]

GOD always gives you what you need and what you can handle.

[@lindawilliams7273]

I really like the idea of instead of closing off the loft putting two doors there so you can open them when needed. You can have visitor's use the loft for sleeping like the old days! :)

[@embracethefarm7191]

The chewed place in your barn is probably due to a horse "cribbing". We've had a horse do this...usually due to boredom or stress...it's a bad habit. I'm enjoying watching the evolution of your new homestead!

[@nancymweasel6561]

Yes. It's cribbing. Cribbing becomes an OCD in horses...almost addictive for the endorphins for a stressed horse. I have often seen this in race horses.

[@Jimmy-wd5nk]

Good morning, I don't claim to know a whole lot about farming, and I'm not being bosdy. But I've been told to help with not having a barn fire, stack hay the narrow side up. The opposite direction of the way you stacked. Again, I'm just trying to help. My wife and I have a small homestead in Indiana. We're still learning too. Your videos have helped us a lot. Thanks, and have a good day.

[@camicri4263]

That barn is so awesome, but one day will be like new and the way you want it! You had the best help ever!🤗💞🤗

[@josephhall2858]

Great job Jason, keep up the great work!

[@daleannharsh8295]

Are you hoisting your beef on a single hook or using a spreader bar? If using the bar pulling that up high enough to connect with the crossbeam of the loft will keep the carcass from spinning while you are working on it.

[@tsaligrass]

drill a hole in the board of the loft and run the cable through that. This way you keep the structure of the loft but wont be in the way

[@rebeccamunoz4596]

I watched Tiny Shiny Homestead butchering chickens earlier today.. They referenced your butchering videos , & Justin Rhodes butchering videos they did an awesome job ! They learned well 👍 you all and TSH are inspiring.🤗❤👍 I also believe the added beams you just put up should work really well. Have a great evening 🤗

[@juleswins3]

I like the idea of extending the wood siding down to cover the loft. That would look really nice. Also, the sliding doors would look and work so much better than two giant swinging doors.

[@jamesmoore1743]

I see you are using the one pulley system if you get a double pulley you can pull heavier weight with less effort and you was talking about people using a tractor you can attach the Rope to your truck and use it to horse the weight of your steers easy. I hope you think about using the technique of a double pulley even with your electric pulley by just adding one more pulley or maybe three

[@gaylehewitt7762]

Love it They're training you well

[@hannahm3665]

You guys are my favorite channel to watch. You and your wife Go over every detail, easy to learn. I’m in the process of moving my family to North Carolina hoping to find some land.

[@loulauer5853]

Those metal panels from the barn loft make excellent side for a raised garden bed.

[@oldbear6813]

I commented the exact same thing 😂 I guess I should read through the comments first 😁 Great Minds 👍

[@robinwhitlatch4497]

Those are metal roofing and very expensive now. Better to keep them to replace damaged roofing.

[@sallyburkett-caskinette8723]

If you close in the upper section is there a way to still be able to get stuff up there? Seems like it would be easier to load things into that area with it open. So putting doors up there would be more beneficial.

[@SuesSecretGarden3]

You are getting things done I agree wait don't cut your loft . Those doors sounds perfect

[@charlesvaughn5055]

thanks for the video on moving the beefi boys and reinforcing the hoist. have a great day.

[@SowtheLand]

Thanks, you too!

[@twocooneys]

My dad used to grow his beef out at least two years but he had a farm with grazing and hay so didn't have pay for hay. I quite understand. Later he bought sides of beef through the butcher shop.

[@beverleyspugsandhomestead.]

Cover the wooden beam with half a tyre to stop it rubbing. 😊 looks good.

[@2MorMor]

With continuing the wall don to the loft, you could leave the middle open `like they did on old barns` so you would have a door to the outside to throw hay down into a trailer or pickup bed. AND your wood art work .... like Bee Well Farm suggested!!!

[@Wildevis]

You have done so much in such a short time, it boggles the mind.

[@randybutler4772]

Good luck w/ your doors. Good to have a helper when you need one. Thank you for sharing.🐂🐂

[@allonesame6467]

Beefy Bois seem small to butcher. Feeding them over winter would be pricey, though, to get their weight up and it would be and up-hill battle to get muscle weight on them at this time of year, perhaps. You gotta do what fits for you guys. Handling a smaller animal is easier to process. It will be interesting to see butcher day! Thanks for sharing. Blessings Abound.

[@njutarn8381]

I unsubscribe

[@janetwithers7427]

You have reinforced the barn beam well. It will hold the animals you harvest. 💞🎄☃️🎄🎅

[@glengillis7542]

Good luck with the beefy boys

[@stanleyhaskell8207]

Lower sliding barn doors, upper hayloft doors.

[@susanmolnar7323]

Milwaukee Tools! That's all my husband will use.

[@bryanhagley6244]

From what I see of the barn - the sliding door idea makes the most sense - I have seen doors for the loft as well as doors for the lower level this would give you outside access to the loft, which can come in very handy for storing large or long items.

[@MightyMoeDaFarmer]

Your farm is one of the top 5 out of all I've seen on organization and Neatness.

[@fiendeng]

Exciting! That barn wood hold up a station wagon 👍 Jason you may need red tools in the future 😆

[@ilzitek2419]

Thank you.

[@patriarca91]

We just started, awesome project, can’t wait to see those beefy hanging….

[@oldbear6813]

That aluminum sheeting would make some killer raised garden beds! Jackpot!!

[@amortada17]

Love watching the whole process

[@thedavysdodonnybrook]

I think the beefy boys are just avoiding where they pooped last time they grazed that section ☺️

[@Jack_of_1_Trade]

Sister the joist and notch for rope/ chain

[@richardroyles1423]

One step at a time. God bless

[@Gingervitis336]

Hey Jason! Love your channel. Don't be afraid to utilize that chainsaw for those thick pieces of wood!

[@JBNetBreaker]

"they are training me well" made me laugh. The awareness lightbulb came on. Hey man, good job on the barn, enjoying your videos!

[@SowtheLand]

Thanks!

[@surender4ify]

Cut a hole in the loft for the chain/rope to go thru. Fixes the "rub" issue

[@sharonhaas8503]

🤔Just a thought on the barn. Maybe hang a tarp over the edge of the loft when you are butchering. Would protect the animal, wood and your opening during butchering. Would be nice not to lose any of your loft. ❇

[@afrlala3593]

Great thinking and you will make it work. Love you guys.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... Jason nice to see you, thank you for showing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🦃🐕🐄🐖🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@cassityart7001]

We are watching and excited about the beefy boy process too! Thanks. 🌞🌱❤️

[@karionhawkins3091]

Love your channel ❤

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

JASON! Great content! What camera gear do you use? Where do you find your music? you've always got the JAMS

[@noahvale2627]

Agree, music is always great

[@Chefsantatravels]

Wow you're really getting a lot of stuff done on that farm. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but have you ever seen a quarter of a cow the front or the hind quarter your portable cooler is not tall enough to hang anything unless you break it down into primal cuts like separate the loin from the round and the ribs from the Chuck. I just retired being a butcher for over 50 years when I first started cutting meat it was fronts and Hines so I know what I'm talking about. If you ever have any butcher questions please feel free to message me on Instagram. God bless and I can't wait to see the video on the butchering I enjoy your videos so much.✌💪👏🎅🚌🌻👍

[@ordinarypete]

Beefy Boy dropping’ bombs!!! Loo😂❤

[@SowtheLand]

dropping bombs left and right

[@cathykelly6002]

looking good, winter feed can be pricey

[@pathoward5721]

O no, not the beefy boys……hate to see them go!?😂

[@victoriabrownfrank4328]

Put rails in so you can adjust as needed

[@gwc3721]

Where did you get that small refrigerated trailer?

[@lenam2114]

What a lovely video, I really enjoyed it! 👍

[@islandgardener158]

You could cut that wood and make a trap door, with a recessed handle

[@ambermcfarland6273]

Those roofing panels are going for about 60 bucks a piece here in maine

[@SowtheLand]

Gold!

[@kimkerley4218]

Instead of cutting a piece of the loft out you could just make a hole for the rope to go through. Just a tip. 😊❤

[@rudygtrz]

Make doors for the loft and doors for the bottom.

[@Libhater-PP4PM]

Sure can tell your from the city a longer butcher date would give you a better harvest...

[@SowtheLand]

I’ll take that as a compliment. Thanks! And i agree with you. But we need beef!

[@wendy833]

@@SowtheLand Jason wants a steak! I made beef broccoli tonight! I think you and your steers have been "training " each other.

[@Schmooozers]

What size charger do you have on your hotwire for your cows? I recently put mine out to pasture and used the premier 60 I had, but feel like it might be just a tad underwhelming. Lol! They respect it so far.....til the cows on the back 40 tell them to come over for lunch or something. 😫

[@RuthAnnnMorris]

Those steers are fine outside… they raise cattle in Wyoming in snow and with water and some shelter and grain, they will graze just fine. And they will grow..

[@SowtheLand]

watch the video first.

[@Tiffycha1982]

They are testing the barn for holding the cows for butchering 😆

[@sheribristol2826]

From what others are doing I thought you were getting a milking cow 🤣

[@MrFlip001]

Bless your heart…

[@janellevoigt5481]

Jason, in the cooler trailer you want to quarter the beef, you may have to cut the legs off to do it, maybe?

[@corinnecreswick1280]

I don’t think the beefy boys are ready for butcher, especially the small one. Neither one seem very meaty at this point. Wintering them over seems a better idea.

[@SowtheLand]

better idea for who? Easy for you to say you don't have to pay for hay.

[@iaroadkill2354]

My wife has caught me, numerous times, sitting in a chair and staring at a project. I need to visualize all the possibilities before I start a project.

[@jasondarling4602]

I would wait to process them maybe another 6 months. As a Rancher I realize inputs are high but you have already put in alot of time and money into the beefy boys so what is a little more to do it right? Especially when you will be so much happier with the end product and make the extra cost worth while. If you do choose to process now you will regret your decision with the first bite even though you may never say it on camera. Your cows, your money so feel free to make your own choices but Id wait if it was me

[@SowtheLand]

I would rather them be smallish because I don't have heavy machinery to process them. We are a small homestead not a ranch or commercial beef farm.

[@RAYOFSONLITE]

The barn doors, 2 at top one slider at bottom.

[@joedecook]

I can see that metal roofing being used on a pig shelter in the future.....Like your old shelter

[@armidaperez5360]

Hope you don't have Giant termite's leaving Giant bites of wood lol your doing a Great job 👍

[@reginagibson1908]

Why not make it a door to swing down and then put a latch on it to have the full loft later.

[@twistingpenguin3211]

Ever thought of putting the cows water on a trailer so you can just pull to the new location instead of having to dump then refill?

[@SowtheLand]

How would i pull it with no vehicle? Too heavy.

[@dottytoomey6545]

I think you doing small barn door would be easier for all of you to move

[@henklenting2821]

I also think sometimes like my chickens are training me well. Why use my feet to scratch if the guy just puts food on the ground where we can reach it easily

[@ntc_newstotochannel]

woww..... luar biasa bapak ini 👍👍👍

[@jleeraske6122]

you can do it!! think STEAK!!

[@rebeccazody1278]

I will miss those beefy boys.

[@MightyMoeDaFarmer]

Chewing at the side wood took me out *nawh nawh nawh* lol 🤣🤣

[@pattyprice2644]

It will hold them

[@allthingsgrowing]

It's too bad you don't have a second set of hands to help you. Looks like you could use one... Full-time!

[@ericsebina256]

A lean to on the barn for the tractor that is coming..😀

[@SowtheLand]

are you saying you bought me a tractor for Christmas!!

[@_Elijah_1979]

That's going to be a lot of beef meat but at least your set for awhile 💯

[@billynnc1998]

Okay Jason, a huge laugh is coming at my expense. Your image with "This Barn Needs to Hold a Cow" led me to think you were going to put a cow in the loft. I did not put HOLD to mean LIFT a cow. Now laugh. Having never seen a video of the loft I thought the loft was complete 2nd floor with maybe there being a way for livestock to enter from the far side. Here is a thought, put a one-piece door that covers the loft opening with hinges across the top and could be raised to give a wooden awning to offer some weather protection when hoisting animals up and store animal harvesting equipment in the loft. :)

[@roberthealey7238]

What are your “lofty” goals? 🤔

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

How do you plan to move them from the point of dispatch to the wench?

[@SowtheLand]

Stay tuned … 👀

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

@@SowtheLand for sure!

[@ssfoste]

Check out todays Tiny Shiney Homes , you got some great plugs about chicken processing.

[@marshafrazier5190]

❤️

[@bobmuirs8040]

Why did yr parents not share meal or help with steers?

[@jamessparks2691]

My opinion...2 smaller doors, on rollers, that meet in the middle

[@BruceErickson]

Put in a trap door for the rope and animal.

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya, I guess it sould holt a cow ?

[@richardgreen5602]

We''ll of course you are!!!!!!! Cattle will not eat the longer tougher grasses and weeds. How many calves have your "cows" had??????

[@SowtheLand]

Do you yell at the screen as you watch me do stuff? Lol

[@jeanneshannon5607]

Hahahaha

[@jills5939]

No door needed

[@Marialyse]

They call the bite marks by a horse as cribbing.

[@dianetm8557]

You know, I love meat! I really love beef! But the thought of the Beefy Boys being slaughtered hurts my heart. Good for me to see once again what it costs to eat the meat I love. ❤

[@trenaoquinn753]

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