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Elder Acres Homestead
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 5 ธ.ค. 2020
We are a young family trying to learn all we can about growing and raising our own food, as well as canning to become more self sufficient. I purchased the land I was raised on (a little over 5 acres) with the house, a decent sized pole barn and small out building being all the infrastructure built. As well as all of it being wooded land. With that being said there is a lot to do and we are very excited in our journey. We will be posting a lot of videos on our building projects and everything we have going on here on the homestead and invite you to join us along the way!
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Thanks! The Lewis Family
If you would like to give your support we would greatly appreciate a follow!
Thanks! The Lewis Family
Rabbit Weighing Day!
Do these weighing videos has quickly become one of my favorite things to do! It is always fun to get the rabbits out and interact with them. Then seeing the numbers on the scale and putting it on paper where you can see the progress of all your hard work! I hope you guys enjoy this video, comment which Bunny you think I Should save for a Breeder! If you haven't already Please hit that Like button and Subscribe to Help Support our Channel! THANK YOU! Happy Fathers Day!
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Our First Batch to the FREEZER!
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We have finally gone full circle with our rabbits on our Homestead! Over time everything will become easier and we will have more experience. For the first batch I think we did Great! Thanks for watching! Please Like and Subscribe to help our channel Grow!
Making our driveway a Dry Ford
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This has been such a long time coming. I’ve cleaned these old culverts since I was a kid after floods and finally it is no more! Super happy with how it has turned out, we have had plenty of rain since this was done and I’ve been able to drive my little car through every time! Thanks for watching and joining us on our journey of building our homestead and making my childhood home ours! Please s...
Weighing the grow outs and Spots new litter
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Weighing the grow outs and Spots new litter
Chickens, worms, rabbits and pasture Update
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Go on a walk with me! Everything is looking good and going well always so much do to! Thanks for watching!
Composting and Chicken Coop Problems
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We build up our compost pile, my oldest takes a fall, and hopefully we fix a crappy problem ;).
Hay feeder Build (for rabbits)
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This was a super easy build, I ended up already making a second one. The rabbits seemed to be enjoying it after I put it in and it seemed to work pretty well. Anyone can make something like this and most likely you have material you can use laying around! I will be back with an update on how well it is working in a few days!
Weighing the Rabbits
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Very excited to receive this gift for my birthday. This is definitely something I will always keep up with when it comes to my rabbits. I believe my rabbits are looking pretty good right now, but we will keep checking them every couple weeks and see where they are at week 12! Thanks for watching!
Worm bin setup (Red Wigglers & European Night-crawlers)
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Well you guys have seen these bins for a while now and we have finally got around to putting something in them! These guys are going to be working non stop to provide us with some of the best compost you can get! We will use it on our garden spaces as well as make worm tea for fertilizer. The most important thing we will be doing after that is reproducing as many worms as we can to fill these b...
The Bunnies have been weaned!
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Almost full circle on our first successful litter of rabbits! Now just to butcher date! We also talk about some changes. I am a little bummed about the way the run and box turned out I had high hopes for it. But that is all part of the process, and you will never learn anything if you don't try. At the end of the day my lessons learned can still help someone else so I will always post them!
Comfrey is planted and we got to see an OWL
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Join me on my evening chores with the chickens, see a cool encounter with an owl and plant some comfrey with me! Hopefully in the next couple of months we will see some growth from these! This is just the beginning of all the things we are working on and trying to do. Thanks for hanging out with me! If you would like to support our channel please Like and Subscribe!
The Rabbitry is Completed!
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We have finally finished building all of our hutches. There is still more we plan to add in the future, but as of now the foundation of our Rabbitry is done! Thanks for watching! If you like this video Please support our Channel and hit that like button and Subscribe!
When to Rebreed your rabbit
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In this video we rebreed our doe spot! super excited that the first successful set of kits is doing so well and that it is already that time again! Everything is going super well. Comfrey will be in the ground soon and are willow are setting roots and starting to grow! Thanks for watching! Please like and Subscribe!
We flooded out bad and a rabbit update
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The rabbits are doing good and we are almost to round two for the year with spot. Are willows are starting to grow! The driveway is a mess, within the next couple months the creek will be forged.
Farm Update! The rabbitry is almost DONE!
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Farm Update! The rabbitry is almost DONE!
Kindling Tote Build for our rabbit (what is a kindling tote)
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Kindling Tote Build for our rabbit (what is a kindling tote)
Our Rabbitry Expands Pt2 The Buck Hutch
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Our Rabbitry Expands Pt2 The Buck Hutch
Spot had her babies!! Alive and healthy!
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Spot had her babies!! Alive and healthy!
Building a nesting box for our rabbits
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Building a nesting box for our rabbits
Really nice hutch! Great home for your rabbits. It’s hard to tell from the video but it looks like the bottom cage wire is on wrong. The smaller dimension wires 1/2” should be on top. 1/2” should be what their feet touch and not the 1”. They can get sore hocks.
You might be right and I never knew that. Thank you!
I like the box's
Thank you!
Why don’t you go to the freezer. Maybe, let her get a good pet life instead of killing her.
Why don’t you go to freezer
Thanks keep up the great work
Thanks, will do!
How bad is culling? Im 16 have a red rex buck i show through 4H, ive been vegetarian since 13 but open to eating stuff i raise, found the perfect doe and im thinking of buying her and selling the show qualities and then processing the culls
I've watched videos it seems not too brutal but I'd like to hear it from somebody actually doing it
It’s not terrible I use the broom stick method anything that makes it fast, painless, and clean is good. You might not like it at first but do it a few times and you will get used to it. Just stick to knowing that the process is letting you and your family eat something that you know is healthy and had a good life! Nothing you can do for yourself is better than anything in the store!
@@elderacres Thanks! Doe should be here in a week and I'll try for my first litter August-September
@@elderacres Also, where did you find that log? seems like it would come i handy
Im down to a buck and doe.. but im going keep back a couple does myself
Do you weigh or just use best judgement for deciding what you want to keep?
@@elderacres I definitely weigh but I keep back like 3 so they have competition over food causes them to eat more (in my belief) lol and sell or process the other 2 around 20 weeks after I decided my keeper
@@mcproductions2151 that is a very good thought I will most certainly be trying that. Thanks for the response!
It's like the same set up as me lol... I been raising rabbits since 2017
Simple and efficient!
Thanks for sharing. Where did you get the scale?
If you get onto all things bunnies it is the winco 20 pound scale with wire basket kit and I got the large basket!
Welcome back to the worm farming community! Steve from the channel Our Sustainable Journey uses those repurposed containers for worms too. I have four inground worm buckets as well as totes. New subscriber! ~ Sandra
Thanks you! I like them!
So cute. The babies look awesome.
I think so too!
Congrats on Spot's second litter! That's a great litter size. Hope all goes well!
Yeah I miss counted she had 9 again which is still great!
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Thanks for watching
The scars on your hand literally sums up the life of a rabbit breeder 😁💪🏻
Yes 😂😂 after I’m done I’ll be like dang didn’t even get scratched then an hour later my daughter will be like how’d you get a boo boo daddy and I look down to my hands and arms covered. Like how 😂😂
Nice video. We have a similar creek crossing. Our creek goes from bone dry to 8 feet deep during heavy rains. I widened the channel as you have to slow the current down. Having said that with the amount of water born debris evident in your video it will continue to work its magic and want to clog things up. Additionally depending on the velocity of the current it may tend to scour the creek bed along with the stone you put in. It looks like you have plenty of large stones there. You may consider having your contractor pull the 1-1/2 inch back and then dump a quantity of cement block size rocks in the creek bed and along the sides as riprap. He can imbed the larger rocks in the creek bed and then use the smaller stuff to fill in the voids to smooth out the crossing. Its how the romans did it.
That’s how ours is we are lucky if there’s even water 300 days out of the year. We might eventually put a couple 12 inch pipes and concrete over that but for now we are gonna keep it how it is. It has done great with almost an inch of rain. Very little water coming through and no rock has washed and my little neon still makes it haha
Great video definitely a good idea
Thank you 😊
Great 👍
Thanks for the visit
Just a thought, keep that spotted buck as another breeder
Yeah I have thought about it. My backup buck isn’t weighing in good at all. The only problem with that is I plan on keeping a doe out of this liter and I don’t ever want to worry about breeding litter mates.
Put a top on them
I tried taking them out and so far it is going much better!
@@elderacres what ever been doing this shit for 60 years but carry on
Go you!
@@elderacres go where
That is a nice set up.
Thank you!
Bạn thật khoa học ,lập xổ theo dõi sức khoẻ cho thỏ👍,
Thanks for watching!
Ôi những chú thỏ xinh xắn ❤👍.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks again nice hay feeder
Thank you!
Great video
Thanks!
u sure u are man? bikoz u record like gal. protip: less of yo face, more environment.
You got to put a cover on them
I said I was at the very end of the video
Thanks interesting
Glad you enjoyed it
I always give a new mom a second chance. Sometimes it works out, other times not.
She might get one more
What kind is karen
A Rex
What breed is karen
A Rex
What breed is karen
A rex
Nice litter of bunnies
Yes they are
ah, bunnaedos.
Thanks for watching!
Been watching from the first rabbit video and I can say ur having some great progress keep it up❤️
Thank you! Will do!
So pretty
Very much so!
That owl is well camouflaged!
So crazy how good they blend in!
Another great video keep up the hard work
Thank you!
Nice set up 👍
Thanks 👍
Those hutches look good!
Thank you!
Those bowl holders are brilliant, might have to make a couple of those myself. Great video!
Thank you! They have been working fantastic! I have had no tipped bowls with my doe and kits. I haven’t been able to make one yet for my buck, I need to tho because he needs one bad. But overall they work really well and a great solution because I love using the metal bowls!
@@elderacres Glad to hear! I love using bowls for moms & kits as well, but my rabbits are chronic bowl flippers. Seems like this those holders fix the issue. Looking forward to seeing Spot's litter, I have a Californian doe due around the same time. You have a great rabbitry!
I’d definitely give it a shot super easy to make! Hope you have a successful litter! Thank you for the kind words!
I have a blast raising meat rabbits I've been raising them for about 6 years.. keep up the good work 👍
I’m finally enjoying it as well I’ve had ups and downs over the last couple of years but daily chores with the rabbits are so fun and my daughter loves them! Now just to teach her as she grows up to appreciate them at the dinner table as well!
Thanks I like seeing what your up too I'm 80 and used to raise rabbits for meat raise new zelin
Thank you for watching! That is awesome! I’ve thought about New Zealand’s, it would open up more opportunities with 4H!
Great video
Thanks!
Thanks looks like lots of work but your young.
It’s quite a mess but we will get alright!
Keep up the great work
Thanks, will do!
I like your content
Thank you so much!
Nice vlog🌷
Thank you 😊
Looking good!
Thank You!
😢trees are so expensive now!
They are I want so many more but starting with this then will propagate on my own!
@@elderacres i grew pomegranate and mullberry from seeds too. Only 1' tall this 1st year.
@@elderacres where's your land? I'm in central Texas.
We are in southeastern Indiana
did they get pecked on?