When Hard Work Pays Off

Taking pigs to the butcher, moving some boards into the house, and getting ready to move piglets.

[@allanpeters4403]

"What are they doing?" - "Oinking!" - Precious - I love your down home videos - don't feel you have to apologize to city folks or rude people for the things the country folks have to do to house, feed and care for family!!!!!

[@carlfoltz4244]

It's great seeing the little man step up to the plate and do the things he is capable of doing. Your investment in him is beginning to pay off. And his observations are a joy to hear. Good work Dad!

[@johnking8679]

AMEN, Wes - your interaction with your son is always great !! That's how he's gonna learn !! It's going to be interesting what you got from the butcher from yesterday's delivery of the big pigs..?

[@bocephus5088]

"Why are they npt ready to go?" "Well.... uh..." That got me man 😂

[@falllineridge]

Wasn't quite sure what to say...

[@DDL2728]

Congratulations on raising the pigs & getting to this point!! I love your response to your son's question - uhhh!! 😉👍 As always, he is so adorable & entertaining. I'm so excited you're getting back to your remodeling job!! God bless you and your family! Thanks for another great video!! 🙏♥️🙏👍

[@falllineridge]

Thanks!

[@mattoney4094]

That Jeep and trailer looks like something straight out of FarmSim

[@Sword-Shield]

🤣🤣You ask a pig if she hungry ? I bet a huge yes 👍 😅 We had stickered lumber piles like that from old boxcar lumber...and when we would go to use it would find that snakes shed their skin all through the lumber stack as well as underneath 🐍

[@toddnewsom8129]

"Why aren't they not ready to go? Uhhhhh.... Well..." Bwah hahaha 🤣😂🤣😂Being a adult parent is fun...

[@SheratonParkFarms]

Master class in Pig Loading!! 👍. Keep us posted on hanging weights and what cuts you chose.

[@trampster7306]

Great video thanks Wes! Pigs are all looking well, especialy the ones that are now in the freezer! Never heard of "water glassing" Eggs over here - I shall read on with curiosity! Stay safe & well. 👍👍

[@lesabre1972]

Finaly a smart man with chickens most people think they go bad and boy are they wrong. Good job.

[@williamhill9432]

Wes, I was waiting for you to make a comment on the pigs “getting the meal of their choice on their last night of their life”? Your son is so dear. We have 4 little grandsons ourselves and they crack my wife and I up every time they come over.

[@greggd3351]

Nice work. Always good to see the CJ back in action.

[@jbfuzzy]

take your sawdust from mill and spread in your pig areas it will absorb the pig waste and cut down on the smell also it will give great compost for your gardens.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

When I was raising pigs I did the same thing, load them the night before as I had to have them at the processor before 6 am and then get to work. much easier as I was dealing with 8 big Duroc's and used a 1 ton stock truck and a ramp. worked great !!!

[@girlonamission1685]

Wes you need to do a Q& A episode.😊

[@aaronfletcher3971]

Wes you got to learn to use your cut gate in the middle of the trailer and the escape door on the side. Put pigs in back and set up the front with feed and water, release the pigs. When moving them to the butcher close them up in front half of trailer. When going down the road the less space they have to roam the safer it is for them and the better the trailer will pull with them in the front half. Good job as usual and keep learning fast. As usual necessity is the mother of invention. And on a farm, figuring it out as you go is often a necessity.

[@jewlmoore]

Thank you for sharing, I enjoy all your videos. Your house is gonna look great! The pork chops are going to taste great too!

[@thevjv1]

When we had chickens we had a light on a timer for winter to increase "daytime". This caused them to lay eggs.

[@dawnd8120]

Simple Living Alaska has a great video on how to do the eggs.

[@goatstead814]

Water glassing eggs advice.....first don't waste $ on pickling lime. Go to your local feed store and get hydrated lime in a 50 pound bag......wayyyyyyy cheaper and same stuff. We water glass in icing buckets we collect from bakeries. I use the water glassed eggs for dog food and chicken food. We also freeze dry eggs and powder them. One thing with the water glassed eggs, they must been clean, not washed just clean. I weigh 8 ounces on a scale to warm water so it dissolves better and let cool before adding the eggs. Some people claim you have to put the pointy end up.......I just put them in the water lol. Good luck and have fun. Make sure you label and date the vessel so you know how old they are.

[@thatozarklife]

One additional suggestion….don’t try to cram too many in there. I inadvertently cracked one, didn’t realize it, and it soured the water in the entire jar (about two dozen eggs). Whoops!! Blessings, friends!!!

[@rickharper1497]

The chickens might appreciate you moving the pigs too. lol

[@ralphsullender2474]

All over the place but none the less interesting.

[@terryeason4319]

You're right the boards in the wall and ceiling look great. That's a really nice job. Those pigs looked nice and plump too. Pork chops tomorrow.

[@richardthornhill4630]

Another day in the life of Wes. Another summer of pig production. Harvest is always a pleasant time of the year.

[@bluethunder1951]

Congrats on getting the pigs to the butcher, they looked really healthy, should make for some nice eating. As for the boards and shrinkage, I acclimatize them after the first planning for a few weeks, then plane them to final thickness, just let’s the moisture come out a little quicker on 4 quarter boards.

[@fooddude9921]

WRT water glassing. This is our 2d year of doing it - the first year worked just fine. We actually use a 5 gallon plastic pail and put about 150 eggs in each and put the cover on after so the water doesn't evaporate, then store in a cool, dark closet. This year we have two buckets - 300 eggs. Two things to note, 1) when mixing your lime be aware that the water can only hold so much lime at which point it is saturated, so what happens is you'll mix and mix and there will still be solid lime that hasn't dissolved - no worries, that's just a law of physics at work. No need to take that excess lime out as it'll settle to the bottom. 2) The glassed eggs will still be fresh when used (we've used 9 months later w/o issues), but the whites will generally not be firm enough to get a nice fried egg with, so we use them for anything we would normally mix an egg for, e.g. scrambled eggs, baking, quiche, breakfast casserole, etc. Also, it is perfectly fine to start a bucket and put a few dozen in, and then just add more eggs as you get them.

[@jeremy1350]

Hey Mr. Green Jeans. I think this second generation of Piggies Process was a success. You did a good job this second time around. We learned a lot from round 1, yes? And our Junior Supervisor managed daddy well, I think too !! ha ha ha Pretty soon, he's gonna need tractor driving lessons !! ha ha not for a while yet, I know. Christmas Ham is on the way.

[@falllineridge]

Definitely learned a ton from last years' pigs, this year was way better!

[@heyhope326]

Water Glassing: Don't use containers too big! The weight of the top eggs could crush the bottom eggs. Like a 5 gallon bucket. Your jars sound great. 👍 (Second hand advice)

[@anneoreilly4900]

Make a few eggs and see if you like them before investing all the work. We didn’t care for them.

[@RavensRidgeNC]

Tough thing, transporting the pigs - but reality is, that's a part of life. Hat off to you sir - gotta do what ya' gotta do.

[@pineridgefarm]

We always have a surplus of eggs each week. My wife has water glassed eggs before. We prefer to freeze dry them. Can put 6 dozen in a half gal jar and vac seal. They will last 20 years at room temp. We have 100s of dozens for future use.

[@johnblake3863]

Thanks for sharing your work, Wes.

[@falllineridge]

Thanks for watching!

[@cleokey]

Great video, as usual. From California 😊

[@dianapatterson4657]

That trailer is straight out of a horror film.

[@johnwoody4905]

good video and job you will have some good eating soon. alway good to see little guy. take care, be safe and well.

[@johnsonlam]

Have to thank for them being the food and income, totally agree with your way to let them have a good natural lifetime, and harvest the result.

[@RXRSawdustStation]

Excellent work, Wes and your little *Thought Process Machine.* Great work with the hogs going to provide food for you and yours! But, be careful. IF you keep this up you're going to wind up raising a fine young man! Careful, Wes! 😉 All the very best to you all!

[@Mike_squarebeefarms]

Thanks for putting this video together. I’ll be doing the exact same thing end of September with our 4 pigs. This is our first year with pigs so videos like this help a lot! Take care

[@yeagerxp]

All over the place videos are unscripted real life activities. Since you are now a PIG FARMER and it was an ordeal to get the pig mobile re-certified a suggestion for you Wes "RESTORATION OF THE PIG MOBILE" videos. Well done 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦

[@buddyreed2623]

Hello Wes. They actually helped you put the mats down. I looked at my monthly forecast for September and the highest temp was 88 for a few days. I usually only rely on two or three days out for a forecast. Have good days!

[@jimdaugherty4498]

We built our house 25 years ago. Had a guy cut us some tongue and groove pine flooring. Brought it in the house to acclimate for two weeks. Weeks after installation, we discovered that our expensive air conditioning system was not removing the humidity from inside the house. When we got that fixed, the flooring shrank and left lots of gaps between the boards. Nothing to do but chalk it up as a learning experience.

[@clintonswartz9673]

Wes, I’ve been watching you for a couple years. My family enjoys seeing the realness in your videos. We just moved to East Georgia and from what I gather you are somewhere on the West side of Georgia. I’d like to spark a private conversation about homesteading if you’d be willing. I can tell you are private and my family and I would like to stay private as well.

[@Bass2010]

You need to watch living traditions homestead they do a lot with chicken and quail eggs and they are all about put up food

[@scottfortune9016]

I don't know what I'd do with a dozen eggs a day. Lol. That's a lot. I guess is have to learn what water glassing is too. I'll just keep watching your channel and find out from you, as I'm sure you'll do a video on it.

[@AC-li2pj]

they’re so cute!! nooo!!!! 😭😭😭

[@ronwood7040]

Wes glad you didn't have to use the bucket trick. You seem to be quite the pig farmer. Ron

[@falllineridge]

I'd like to try that trick one of these days, seems like it would work.

[@cecilialabel4565]

They hold very well. The only thing that happens is that the shell thins out over time, so the longer they sit, the thinner when you go to Crack them. The taste doesn't change. Do you have a freeze dryer? You can freeze dry raw eggs as well. You just reconstitute them by adding a couple of teaspoons of water per egg.

[@jeremiah1528]

Pickle those eggs Wes ! ❤.... You can do multiple different flavors too ! Mmmm mmmmm......

[@falllineridge]

Oh man, I tried a pickled egg once and decided it wasn't for me 🤢. More power to you!

[@jeremiah1528]

@@falllineridge haha 😄 😆 🤣 ❤️...

[@user-fx4bz2tc4s]

My Uncle raised raised pigs, his son said that's the smell of money.

[@brianhake4507]

Get some half gallon jars. You can fit a couple dozen in there. Check the jars a week or two after you fill them to make sure none have broken. You dont want to find rotten eggs six months later. Calcium Hydroxide, "pickling lime" is semi-soluble in water. Once you stir in a little bit, the solution will become saturated and any more will just settle at the bottom, or on eggs. You probably need less than any recipe you see. As long as there is a little extra visible lime sediment then the pH of the solution is good and there is enough to replenish any that might get consumed.

[@jdollar5852]

We scramble eggs, put them in Ziplock bags, and freeze them. We get 6-8 every day and may eat a dozen each week. The frozen eggs turn out just like fresh eggs.

[@falllineridge]

Interesting, I didn't know you could do that.

[@melee7719]

i have a solar powered LED light to extend the daylight hours for our chickens, we adjust thru the winter to let them have a total of around 14 hours of "daylight" and allows for better egg production thru the winter. We set the timer to allow the light to come on in pre dawn hours, so their sunset time stays normal.

[@Backwoodsfarmmill]

Love watching your channel!

[@falllineridge]

Thank you!

[@tonyn3123]

Better than water glassing, it was cost effective for me to purchase a freeze dryer and I enjoy the eggs more rehydrated and scrambled. Freeze dryers are certainly not cheap, but the long-term storage of food is beneficial, and I believe cost-effective. You have to decide based on your budget. Thanks.

[@johnmonkey1874]

Yeah, not too fun turning over a slab of wood and having a pygmy rattler pop out. Thank goodness in this area of Tennessee we don't see them very often, copperheads, for sure, but not many rattlers.

[@tonyn3123]

All snakes prefer not to be in contact with humans. I prefer rattlers if I am going to come in contact with a southern venomous snake. Those copperheads are sneaky, and you are bit before you know they are there. Rattlers aren't always noisy, but most of the time they are. Thats a plus.

[@167curly]

Wes, have you thought about using a dehumidifer in the room where those "ugly" boards are stacked, before installation? I bet your looking forward to nice juicy pork chops, barbequed ribs etc

[@falllineridge]

No, just the AC did a good job shrinking them down a little last time. I do worry a little how they'll act this winter when the humidity really drops though.

[@pswoodworks7007]

We keep our extra eggs by freezing them in a muffin tin. After they are frozen, we just put them in seal-a-meal bags and into the freezer.

[@stevengunter2843]

Pigs look great !!

[@terryeason4319]

I hope you're right about the grand finale. We are coming off a hot week. A couple 110° days and a lot of 105° days. We show over 100° for another week here in Texas.

[@phillipappling3904]

Put some diesel fuel in a sprayer and coat that wood floor with the diesel and it will help the wood last longer

[@jimmieburleigh9549]

Water glass them in gallon pickle jugs. Eggs also freeze well. Put them in cartons prick a needle hole in top freeze well then transfer to bags or boxes to utilize freezer space. You can also lay a tray out fill with egg rings fill each with a egg freeze then layer them in a bag with wax paper and store. Better of course if it's a food saver set up to suck air out and seal. You can also mix up a batch of scramble raw eggs and freeze them like that liquid egg stuff from store.

[@justintime2277]

👍FROM CADILLAC MICHIGAN

[@randydobson1863]

hello fall ling ridge it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks friends randy

[@Matty_B3ast]

"why are they not ready to go" Uhhhhhh, Well...

[@kellyharbaugh9391]

I watched videos of people doing that and they say don’t do no more than a gallon jar because the line does not preserve or get around it settles and somehow doesn’t preserve them if you use great quantities or you try to preserve great quantities in one container

[@jwhodson]

Can’t go deer hunting and relax if the honey do list isn’t done.

[@stephaniewilson3955]

Bits of this and that is a Homesteader's life. Meat needs to be hung before final butchering for the best results so the pork might well be a day or three before it is ready for you.

[@falllineridge]

That's usually true, but not with pork. Carcass just needs to cool off, no aging involved. Got the meat back in 2 days!

[@tinydancer7426]

Just another battle at Pork Chop Flats (Wanted to say Pork Chop Hill, but you don't have any hills). 😉

[@tonygrimes13]

Wes I saw a channel mentioned recently on *Keeping it Dutch* about water glassing eggs, if you input *the macs eggs* you will find the video. P.S. I can't eat eggs!!!

[@brianttanner4997]

Great video that will be some good eating

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼

[@tomp538]

I know the goal; but still made me a little sad to see the pigs go, knowing that "this is the end." Look forward to the reward and the cost/feed conversion figures.

[@falllineridge]

Planning on including that info in the next one!

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Great video Wes. Those big pigs are some fine looking pigs. I look forward to seeing your house when it's finished. Those boards look great. Are you going to keep Sue in the pasture she's in or set up a different lot just for her?

[@falllineridge]

Probably going to keep her where she is. It's a really convenient spot for everybody.

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

@@falllineridge Thank you sir!

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Cool video

[@frankcherry3810]

It wasn’t that long ago when you couldn’t wait to move the Hogs closer to the house… Bet the Wife had something to do with them being evicted!

[@harkbelial]

No pigs were murdered in making of this video.

[@mikethompson4336]

I hope it is cooler there, 102 in Central Missouri today.

[@falllineridge]

Unfortunately it's not, it's rough right now.

[@bobwollard9105]

Wes, I am wondering what measures you take to ensure that no pests or their eggs have followed your lumber into your home? Most kiln dried lumber is "finished" by a short period of temperatures between 130 and 160 degrees F. This kills all bugs, borers and their larvae.

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Good video! I'm in the market for a grapple. What brand is yours and do you like it? Also, what is a Fall Line?

[@falllineridge]

It's a Construction Attachments brand. It's a fantastic grapple. Very well built. I think it was $1900, but that was 2-3 years ago. www.constructionattachmentsinc.com/products/compact-root-grapple-tractor-loader-attachment?return=/catalog/grapple-attachments

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

@@falllineridgeThanks! I'll check them out.

[@garybessey2184]

Google has an explanation that lets you know what's behind the expression "fall line" It's a geographical description.

[@jdollar5852]

The Fall Line is an area where the piedmont region meets the plains region. It's basically the geographical "line" where the elevation changes relatively rapidly.

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

@@jdollar5852 Interesting, thanks!

[@johnwood7372]

Whatever happened with the building you built out back specifically for drying lumber?

[@falllineridge]

The solar kiln? It worked great, but was awful to load. Bad design on my part. I stopped using it.

[@stevegreene6176]

how Is that netting working out

[@sharonromer6606]

👍❤❤❤❤

[@chrischisholm4800]

Hi Wes. I’m curious about your pocket knife. It looks like it opens up real nice. May I ask what it is? Thank you 😊

[@falllineridge]

It's this one: www.benchmarkoutfitter.com/556-s30v-mini-griptillian-stud.html I've been carrying mine for about 12 years. It's a wonderful knife.

[@chrischisholm4800]

Thank you Wes! Your home is looking great 👍🏻

[@raywwg1wga627]

KZbin channel simple living Alaska they do 5-gallon bucket at a time of eggs with the lime,

[@rudyrivera7426]

👌👍

[@donkndave7811]

Wes! Enjoyed the video. If you are looking at breeding and selling weaned piglets will you be doing AI? Been following Sheraton Park Farms and they are pretty all out on pigs and AI. If you do AI you can pick the best breed of pig for your purpose( I am fond of Berkshire pigs, the Waugu of pork). Looking forward to your continuing adventures with swine.

[@falllineridge]

I thought about doing AI, but I watched Chuck do it and honestly it looked like something I don't want to do. So, that's why we've got the little boar.

[@007darryl]

Hey brother, Have you tried powering your eggs?

[@onepup-pr3yl]

Try laying those rubber mats out the back of the trailer over the gap and electric wire and they will soon just run in and out without the gap being an issue.

[@briancapp8287]

Look at simply Alaska living they persevere there eggs.

[@ve6hdh992]

How are you going to get the chickens to go into the trailer? That might be a be more of a challenge.

[@falllineridge]

😂

[@user-zy7on7gk9u]

Зачётный ролик

[@bobcarter5104]

Great content of every day life. Best u tuber channel bar none.god bless you and your family bc 20:31 20:33

[@sergueiothonucci1638]

😀😀😀

[@brucewelty7684]

Why not use sodium silicate? That is the traditional "water glass".

[@falllineridge]

Didn't know that, I've only seen it done with calcium.

[@jimwilloughby]

We have just seen step one in the little foreman's quest to be a better equipment operator than you, Wes. Do not leave the keys it it anymore .He'll be taking it for a joyride the first chance he gets.

[@MrHobby0]

Is there a particular reason why you haven't ear tagged Sue and Rooster to tell them apart from the others?

[@tonygrimes13]

It's called eyesight!

[@falllineridge]

Rooster is white with black spots, and Sue was the pink pig with floppy ears. Easy peasy.

[@jimhagler2242]

Watch Simple Living Alaska for egg pickling.

[@kencobb4834]

When ru going to run the old ford tractor and do some bush hogging?

[@falllineridge]

I've got some food plots to do soon, might use it then.

[@Farms-R-cool]

Sup

[@OldIndyRacer]

I apolgize , i guess I said something wrong...

[@nh_spxmz8836]

Early