Quarter Acre Homestead Tour | Beginner Backyard Farm
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- Welcome to our little backyard farm! We are learning all sorts of new skills and hobbies while growing food and animals on our backyard homestead this year. We're so excited to show you around!
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This video showed up randomly on my feed. I'm glad it did. I'm glad to see younger people excited to be more self sufficient where they are. I'm subscribing to see your journey.
Thank you so much for watching my video and commenting-I'm so excited that you're here! I can't wait to start sharing regular videos again next week!
@@kyannandmat You might teach this old buddy a thing or two. I'm also on quarter acre. 🙂if I could have goats or sheep I'd be happy! We're limited per town to chickens, no roosters. Most people think they need huge area, what I saw you do is amazing. Hoping to see more content!
She has little prisoners in her yard. It is inexcusable. Educate yourself. Humans have no business "growing meat". Number one, it is cruel. Number two, it is unnecessary. Number three, look at YOUR teeth, length of intestine, and nails. Your teeth are just about identical to chimpanzee´s teeth. They are frugavores. Your intestines are four times too long to be eating meat which is why humans get colon cancer in correlation with the amount of corpses that they eat. Your nails are not claws. Now stop using/abusing animals. No excuse for that cruelty. Look at those little things in small cages desperate to get out. Shameful. @@kyannandmat
You are so right it is not about fear it is about being healthier. I am 54 and after several big health problems my doctor gave me the best advice ever. She said eat the way your grandmother use to and as much as possible stop eating can food and it really made a difference. Glad I found your channel ❤😊
Thank you so much for sharing! I have big homesteading dreams but I know that it’s going to take time; but seeing what we can do in a smaller space is really inspiring. I always feel a little offended when I watch people that have 5 acres and they call it a “small” homestead but I have to remember that size depends on the availability you have. But I’m so excited to see y’all’s homestead continue to thrive!
Absolutely, I totally understand that mindset of being discouraged by someone else's "small" homestead being 5 acres. But also love what you pointed out about size being relative on what each person has available to them. Cheering you on in your homesteading dreams and love seeing others making it work on a small space!!
I love that you are showing us FROM THE START. You have a wonderful yard with LOTS of great things going on. You and your family are so smart to start your journey now despite not having the exact amount of land you one day desire. Very inspiring. I know you are not going to be at your place super long but I do encourage you to check out the no till methods of gardening. You will LOVE not only the amount of water you save and the FANTASTIC quality of soil that it produces over time but also the lack of WEEDS you will have to deal with. I recommend going to Paul Gaustchi Back to Eden gardening video. This will help to jump start you. You sound alot like me. Once you get an idea you jump in feet first. Also for some homesteading skills, Homesteading Family channel is amazing as well as Melissa K Norris, Huw Richards, MI Gardener, James Prigioni, and well...I could go on. My husband and I have been on this adventure for a few years now and have learned so much. All my best!! Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for the encouragement, Becky!! This was so kind! And yes, I'm 100% the kind of person that just jumps in and figures it out as I go...glad I'm not the only one! 😂 Some of those channels I already subscribe to, but some are new to me so I'm excited to check them out. Thank you so much for sharing!!
@@kyannandmat you are so very welcome. I also forgot a super important one that likely you are subscribed too but it is Off Grid with Doug and Stacey. Can't say enough good about them.🌻
Just found your channel because I was searching for backyard gardening/homesteading. We moved to a new state in April so we downsized from 5 acres to a 1/4 of and acre. So just looking for new ideas for smaller space. Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching my video and commenting!! Best of luck with your new adventure!
I'm so jealous. We have a quarter acre and can't have any livestock. We are trying to move but it's been hard to find a house for 7 people on land that isn't super expensive. We just looked at a place that's on an acre and I was happy and making plans of what I could maybe do with it. I just looked up the city ordinance and found out I can't. On that acre I can only have 1 beehive and 8 chickens that's it.I want to plant fruit trees and bushes. I wanted 30 chickens with roosters to raise for eggs and meat. I wanted turkey, and goats for milk and soap, and pigs and 2 or 3 beehives. I just want to cry. I feel like we just can't get out from under government restrictions. We have to have over 5 acres to not have limitations. I thought we could supplement some income with this but not if I can't get most of it.
See about relocating to Minnesota!! Property there is cheap and the jobs are still fairly decent
The rules and regulations can be SO frustrating and disheartening. I feel similarly to you, although we can have a bit more than you here, it feels like there are lots of rules to get around and we aren't in the position currently to buy a larger property. I'm really focusing on expanding my garden and food production this year while we're waiting to be able to have more animals and livestock in the future. I'm so sorry you're in a tough spot as well and praying that the Lord would open doors and opportunities for you. I'm trying to be content in finding joy in the things we are able to do and learning as much as possible in some of the less "exciting" or shiny parts of homesteading like gardening, food processing, setting up our home to run well to support all of the "outside" homestead activities we hope to do in the future. Sending hugs!!
Build down and up and badabingbadaboom.
I looked for over 4 years. God knows what you need, and He is preparing it for your family. In His time... that's what I learned through all this. HIS time. Not mine.
I'm in the same boat as far as not being able to afford enough land to do much but there's almost always a work around. Like I can't have enough chickens for meat so I'm going to raise rabbits because they're unregulated
I bought an abandoned farm with 30 acres (15 of wood and 15 of pasture) end of September 2021 , we moved there in January 2022 ... so I am as new in my homestead as you and wow! How much we learned in various domains (garden, animals). I am so impressed by your setup on a 1/4 acre ! Having goat there is totally surprising me! The city and neighbour do not complain about that? i will follow your journey! This video just showed on my YOuTube feed so, this is the fist video I am watching from your channel.
Congratulations on your farm, that is amazing!! I love that we will be learning together! And thank you so much for watching along!
She has little prisoners in her yard. It is inexcusable. Educate yourself. Humans have no business "growing meat". Number one, it is cruel. Number two, it is unnecessary. Number three, look at YOUR teeth, length of intestine, and nails. Your teeth are just about identical to chimpanzee´s teeth. They are frugavores. Your intestines are four times too long to be eating meat which is why humans get colon cancer in correlation with the amount of corpses that they eat. Your nails are not claws. Now stop using/abusing animals. No excuse for that cruelty. Look at those little things in small cages desperate to get out. Shameful.
it looks like you're off to a good start. it's great that you're collecting wood. you'll find it useful to build so many different things: planters, raised beds, trellis, etc
Thanks so much! And yes, we’ve found it handy for SO much! Definitely discovered that homesteading means keeping lots of random items that will come in use someday. 😅
I also do the back yard farm I have 1 acre on that 40 chickens 19 ducks 5 goats and 36 rabbits it's been the best decision I have ever made next spring putting in a garden and pen for the peacocks which we have 3 of them enjoyed your video just always follow your dreams God bless you all
That is amazing and so inspiring!! Thank you so much for sharing and watching my video!
I'm impressed with what you've accomplished!
Thank you so much!!
I love roots and refuge too. And epic gardening and migardener and so many more. Lol
Yes, all of those channels are incredible-so educational and inspiring!!
I love how you’re not letting your limitations hold you back.
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate your encouragement. ❤️
I love seeing this. We have 1/3 an acre and this gives me the confidence to know that we can bloom where we are planted.
Yes absolutely!! This just made my day! 🤍 Can't wait to hear everything you do with your property-so much potential!
Beautifully articulated KyAnn 🙌🏻
Thank you so much, Rebekah!!
You did an amazing job on this video!! Thank you for sharing your journey.
Thank you so much for your kind words-that really means so much to me!
love the tour and sharing the insights along the way. I also love the transparency and showing the 'not perfect' parts along the way. Appreciate the realistic insights. Good job with all of that!
Thank you so much, Melody!! I really appreciate that! I really value showing the parts that aren't as pretty as well since nothing can be perfect all the time and it's such a journey. So glad that you enjoy that as well!
She has little prisoners in her yard. It is inexcusable. Educate yourself. Humans have no business "growing meat". Number one, it is cruel. Number two, it is unnecessary. Number three, look at YOUR teeth, length of intestine, and nails. Your teeth are just about identical to chimpanzee´s teeth. They are frugavores. Your intestines are four times too long to be eating meat which is why humans get colon cancer in correlation with the amount of corpses that they eat. Your nails are not claws. Now stop using/abusing animals. No excuse for that cruelty. Look at those little things in small cages desperate to get out. Shameful.
Love the tour and your goat’s names ❤
My husband and I have 1/2 an acre and are hoping to homestead as well so this was very inspiring!
Thank you so much, Lydia!! And I love that-can't wait to see what you do with it!
Just happened to run across your video. I just sold my 4 goats due to health issues. I found keeping their barn and pen clean was really hard for me. They had 2 huge electric fences hooked together that they were in during the day. We have 5 acres with about half woods and half yard. Keeping your chickens with the goats helps a lot with parasites. Our goats were Nigerian mixed with mini nubian. Super cute! The smallest one was the one that figured out how to jump the 4 foot pen fencing. It wasn't a big deal because he just ended up in the electric fence area.
I honestly didn't even realize that keeping the chickens with the goats helped with parasites, but we had no parasite issues while we had the goats so that's super interesting! We had to rehome our goats about 6 months ago due to a few things until we get a larger property so I totally understand how hard it is to have to let go of something you love.
Your doing a great job.
Thank you so much for the encouragement!! 🤍
Thank you for sharing your lovely homestead! ❤ Would you be willing to make a video on how you guys made the picket fence from pallets?
Hi!! Thank you so much for this kind comment! I don’t have a video on this, but I do have a reel over on IG that shares more of how we did it! My IG is @kyannandmat and it’s my very first reel I posted in the reels section (you may have to scroll back a little bit to find it)! I hope that’s helpful! ❤️
Awesome video. We have a quarter acre and chickens. We're looking at goats next. Small farming is rewarding to me.
Yes absolutely, I totally agree! Love that you guys are doing similar things on your small space-so inspiring!!
KyAnn! I love your channel’s theme!
I am staying home full time with our two toddlers now too and I am learning homesteading tools too! So far just gardening and cooking from scratch, but hoping to have animals next year!
Thank you so much, Sarah!! That is amazing that you get to stay home with your kiddos and learn homesteading stuff as well! I love that we are doing so many of the same things! We need to connect more! ❤️
Look into permaculture. In a nutshell permaculture is growing food in a way that mimics nature
I've got 5 kids and only a 3rd of an acre of garden we definitely don't live completely off our garden but we have a much lower grocery bill than our friends, however this has definitely been a learning curve because I'm vegetarian and although I brought all our kids up vege only 1 stayed vegetarian so I had to find a way to provide them with the food they wanted without compromising myself which has weirdly lead me to butchering my own meat even though I still don't eat it , honestly life is weird but I completely believe you can provide all you need in a tiny garden xx
That is amazing!! I love that you are focusing on being more sustainable and bringing in what you can from your own backyard. Thank you for the encouragement and sharing your story!
I love your video it just popped up.ive never seen it before.
Thank you so much for the encouragement!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🤍
You both did an amazing job!! I can tell this means a lot to you as I could hear the passion your voice! I just purchased a 4 acre homestead in Texas and I’m excited to get everything going!
Congratulations on your homestead!! That's amazing! And thank you so much for the kind comments!
Smores! Ha! Perfect name lol
Thanks for starting this channel. Excatly what i dream to have back in kenya.
You are so kind, thank you so much for following along!! I'm so happy to have you here!
Setup looks great and obviously alot of passion and dedication has went into it. I pray it's all went well for you.
Love that you are making the most out of your space. Great video and information and love that yall are building structures for your animals that make sense not just to look good. Also love the goats, something I might look into after watching this. Very cool you openly talked about you waiting to see what the Lord wants. Eager to see what yall do next!
Thank you so much for the encouragement-this really meant a lot to us! We absolutely want to use our channel to glorify the Lord in everything we do so this made my day. Thank you for following along!
Also you should try bokashi composting it doesn't take up alot of space and you can diy it to make it more affordable.
I'll have to look this up and research it some more, I haven't heard of it! Thank you so much for the idea!
This was an enjoyable video to watch. Thank you for sharing! I really like the way you have your chickens with your goats. My chicken coop is about 10 years old and falling apart. I'm going to have to build a new one. Think I'll follow your example and use pallets too!
Thank you so much!! Yes, we have loved having our chickens and goats together and haven't had any issues. Our chickens even hop up on the goats' backs regularly and get a free ride, which cracks us up! 😂
Awww your newborn goat looks almost just like our little goat so adorable
Awh, that's awesome!! Baby goats are the cutest! We can't wait to have more in the spring!
Leave a comment below with a dream (far off dream or a more current dream to start soon) you have for a project to start in your backyard or homestead, no matter how much land you have! I’d love to hear! 👇🏼
We started with quail. We'd like to get a few chickens and maybe dwarf goats. We are on 1.75 acres.
5acres… 1 acre market garden, layer hen run, meat rabbits, goat pen, fruit forest and poly tunnel…. Searching for property in wv at the moment, would like 50+ acres altogether and leave the rest wild/untouched
Great job! I have 2.5 acres and the furthest I have gotten in 5 years is chickens and a so so garden. It's motivational seeing someone with this kind of drive making it happen. Keep it up!
Thank you so much for the kind comment and encouragement!! We're so excited to continue utilizing the space that we have and eventually grow to include new things as we get more land as well. But that is amazing that you have chickens and a garden as well! Our garden honestly only did so so last year (our first year) as well so we're excited to try again this year and hopefully learn more!
You have little prisoners in your yard. It is inexcusable. Educate yourself. Humans have no business "growing meat". Number one, it is cruel. Number two, it is unnecessary. Number three, look at YOUR teeth, length of intestine, and nails. Your teeth are just about identical to chimpanzee´s teeth. They are frugavores. Your intestines are four times too long to be eating meat which is why humans get colon cancer in correlation with the amount of corpses that they eat. Your nails are not claws. Now stop using/abusing animals. No excuse for that cruelty. Look at those little things in small cages desperate to get out. Shameful.
KyAnn how exciting for you and your family to start your new lifestyle adventure! I imagine that you’ve heard of these channels on TH-cam before, but just in case you haven’t these are people who’s channels you should definitely follow and videos you should watch to learn things from the beginning to success. First and foremost I would say would be roots and refuge farm. Roots And Refuge Farm is run by Jess and Jeremiah Sowards and I think you will learn quite a lot from her she’s probably not a great deal older than you are and she started the way you did. Also I would say whispering willows farm, that would be Jill and Nathan. They actually upgraded their farm by purchasing Jessica & Jerimiah‘s farm when they upgraded theirs and moved to another state to much larger piece of property and expanded tremendously. Another good one to watch and learn from, not just gardening and farming/building a homestead, but this channel is called acre homestead, and that couple is Becky and Josh. Becky has only been gardening for I think it’s three years now but she jumped in head first and went very large in her backyard, now they’ve just purchased a larger property and she is starting right now going to be building a new homestead in the new property from scratch. She’s a good person to watch, she also does a great deal of from scratch cooking and meal preps and freezer meals and the kind of things that I would imagine a young busy mom could benefit from. Another one is a channel called Mary’s nest. Mary, teaches not only from scratch cooking but how to make literally everything from scratch. You mentioned butter and Mary can show you how to make it not just butter but cream cheese, sour cream, yogurt, various different types of cheeses, home remedies, and all types of baking additives etc.
Your channel popped up on my feed out of nowhere, and it’s refreshing to see someone new starting in the beginning and I know you’ll be successful at it!
Oh by the way, you may want to move all the pallets away from the fence because the goats will climb on the pallets and jump over the fence very easily. Don’t put anything in front of your fence that they can climb on they will do it and they will jump. I would imagine the easiest thing to do to stop them from getting out of your gates would be to buy tea posts and other pieces of chicken wire or that type of rolled wired fencing and simply extend the height of your fence all the way around your property by at least 3 feet or more. That might make it a little more difficult for them to get over the fence but definitely do not stack anything next to the fence like those pallets that’s the easiest way for goats to jump out!
Hi, Sherrie! Wow, this comment encouraged me so much! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave it!! First of all, the fact that it popped up randomly for you is so encouraging since we are just starting out and definitely are growing from the ground up. I'm so glad that you found us and took the time to watch our video!
Jess Sowards and Jill are two of my all time faves!! I've binged all of their content in the last year and absolutely LOVE them and everything they are doing + teaching. I have watched a few of Acre Farm's videos but I need to check it out more! And I haven't heard of Mary's Nest yet so I'm excited to check that out! Thank you so much for the recommendations!
And thank you for the advice on the fencing and goats as well-I really appreciate it! We have only had a goat escape our yard once so we are in the process of fixing that small area of fence. We haven't ever had them escape around the pallets but never say never! I probably should work on moving those just in case, I appreciate the heads up. Our goats really haven't been the typical escape artists that people always complain about, which I'm so grateful for! But definitely better to avoid problems early if possible so I really appreciate all your kind advice! Thank you so much again for your kind comment! So excited to have you here! ❤️
Love your farm, have you ever had an issue with your chickens flying over the fence?
Love this. We have a little under half an acre, with a big driveway and detached garage though. But we have chickens and a garden and have been considering goats but haven’t been sure if we have enough space. This was encouraging! Keep up the great work
I love that so much! Definitely enough space! We ideally would really like to rotationally graze our goats so long term, we definitely would like more space to be able to do things like that. But, if you're willing to bring hay in, you can totally keep a few dairy goats on that size land and they can lead a super happy life! We love having our goats here! Best of luck with your homestead!! Thanks so much for watching!
Your doing a great job!!!!
Thank you so much-I really appreciate that!
Thanks for sharing! I just found your channel today, and relate so much! I have an almost 2 year old, and an almost 4 month old, and we have a tiny little yard in a small town. 🙂
I'm so glad you find my channel!! I'm so excited to have you follow along-it sounds like we have so much in common!
You have alot your doing. Nice place thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless
Thank you so much!! Definitely busy around here and we love doing it!
I'm so jealous that you can have goats!
Good job!!!Greetings to those lickielickie goats❤❤❤
Thank you so much! Thanks for commenting!
Our lot is 1/3 of an acre. I'm excited to see your content!
I love that!! I can't wait to hear what you do with your lot as well. Thank you so much for watching!
I have a question and not putting anyone down caue we have same amt of land as you but out township will not aloud us to have any out door animals how can you that close to your neighbors. I guess everywhere different. Good luck to you all.😊
Hi! Totally valid question! From my experience, towns are SO different in their rules and regulations so it totally depends on where you live and even what area of the city/town you live in. I have a dear friend that isn't allowed to have even chickens at her house, but literally across the street, she would be allowed to have them! So wild.
I love this video. 1st one of yours I've watched. I really feel this video. I have been wanting to learn how to cook from scratch and feel starting with bread would be a good start.
Thank you so much for watching!! And yes, starting with bread is a great place to start (and super yummy, which is obviously the best benefit! ;)! Cheering you on!!
@@kyannandmat thank you! 😊
Well done and thank u for sharing even tho it ain't ur idea of prefect.. I love it !!
Thank you so much for watching and your encouragement!! I'm so glad you're here!
New Sub and Loved I mean Liked lol
I only just found your channel and I do hope you're still going, I'd love to follow along on your journey. I'm doing something somewhat less ambitious but similar myself... it'd be nice to follow along someone else's progress while I work
Hi! I'm so glad that you found us and that you are here! I will be getting back to regular videos next week and I can't wait! Thank you so much for following along!!
Worm farm inside would be a great option
My dad has actually done this at his house! It's definitely a neat idea!
Agrofloresta é bem legal.
Well done!
Thank you so much!! And thank you for watching! 🤍
Outstanding work so far, you got the basics covered, it's definitely time to move on to a larger property where you have more options and hopefully can get a rooster. If you don't mind me asking, have you started to offer any products for sale or do you plan to?
Thank you so much for this encouraging comment!! We definitely hope to get a larger property soon as we can afford it and dream of doing so much more. :)
We personally are not trying to sell any farm products currently. We’re actually focusing on building up some income streams online teaching others and building community that hopefully will be a benefit in the long term for our family personally as well as lots of others who can learn and grow along with us. Just to be transparent about our goals as far as income streams for the homestead!
We did make money selling baby goats when we had our goats, but as we’ve had to sell them currently, we won’t be able to continue that until we get a larger property. That is something we dreamed of having a larger herd to use baby goats to help fund some of our homesteading goals in a financial sense! I forgot to mention that since we’re on pause from that right now.
How much of the land does your house take up? Wold love a home tour…..
I'd definitely love to do a house tour in the future, thanks for the suggestion! I will be back to uploading regularly next week and I can't wait!
Hi KyAnn, you did a great job presenting your small homestead in this video. I didn't realize chickens and goats can manage happily in the same area. That's good information. Planning your yard so your children have areas to play is very important and your ideas were thoughtful. You have done a tremendous amount in a short period of time! Personally, while I enjoy watching homesteads that have 10+ acres, the reality is that most of us will be working with our small suburban yards. You have a winning combination with your backyard farm. May I ask, what state you are in? Mostly so I better understand your climate. Blessings.
Yes, our chickens and goats live together quite happily! We love it! Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging comments. It's definitely a lot of work to get everything going, but it has been so worth it already and we are really enjoying the journey! We are in Kansas!
@@kyannandmat Thank you for the reply and where you live. I saw the KC chair and was thinking you were in Missouri. I think Kansas is an underrated state for homesteading, even on a small scale. Looking forward to more of your videos.
I like your homestead, it beautiful. I have a question, why do you separate the baby goat from its mother during the night time?
Thank you so much!! ❤️ We separated the babies at night once they were a few weeks old so that we could milk the mama goat in the morning. And then they could still be together all day!
Hello 👋, Holy Waters Homestead here.. Have you considered using ducks in the garden area? Also, Dr. Leo Sharashkin is a wonderful resource for bee 🐝 keeping naturally. He has several workshops a year and a ton of TH-cam videos. He even offers free resources on his website. I believe if you google horizontal hives you’ll find it.
Also, you may want to check out Perma Pastures Farm on TH-cam they have a ton of great permaculture videos. Easy to learn!
God bless you and your families journey!
Brandy, thank you so much for watching!! We would love to have ducks in the future, but I think we would like to wait until we have a slightly larger area before we add more animals. I'm excited to learn more about ducks and gardening when that time comes, though! Thanks so much for the suggestion!
Love you! So true, don't be scared be prepared. It's simply just a good idea. No fear necessary. Trust God and he provides a way🤗💓💓💓🌻🌿🍇🍎🌾🍊🍉 God bless!!!
I stumbled upon your video as I was searching 1/4 acre farms because me and my wife are planning to buy a lot and build our house + small agricultural project (didn't know they were called homesteads). Our plan is to have a 900 sqft house footprint (2 story) and the rest for a garden, some olive trees, vineyard etc. I wonder if we would like more than 1/4 acre or if 1/4 acre is a handful already. Thanks for the video and good luck with your project!.
That is so exciting that you guys are buying a lot and building a house on it! We are definitely excited to have more land in the future and working towards that, but there truly is SO much that you can do even on just 1/4 acre! Good luck to you guys as well!!
Solar string lights dollar store fyi.
Ooh good tip, thank you so much!
Your fence is cool. I asked a company how much to fence my 1 acre property with a wood and wire fence. He quoted me over a hundred grand. I didn't pay that for the property! Pallet fence, it is! :)
Uhm whattt. That is absolutely insane! And yes, pallet fences are the way to go-especially compared to $100 grand! Lol.
came across your channel in a small fb group, and chose this video, as i am just starting my backyard farm journey. You got a big space for kids to play, and those goats are so cute
Thank you so much for watching!! We definitely want to keep an open space for our kids to play so we're a little limited with how much we can expand here, but also really happy with the spaces we've been able to carve out while still leaving room for our kiddos to play!
I wish I could eat sour dough bread. It gives me anxiety. Can't do it. Glad he can
Aw, I’m so sorry! That’s such a bummer!
Amen
Beautifully shot b-roll footage. What camera do you use? Oh and good luck on the homestead. It is a fun and rewarding adventure.
Thank you so much!! I mostly use a Canon Powershot G7X and then I also use my Nikon D750 occasionally.
Thank you for taking time to share this video you did a wonderful job. God Bless you and your family ❤
Thank you so much!! You are so kind! ❤️
She has little prisoners in her yard. It is inexcusable. Educate yourself. Humans have no business "growing meat". Number one, it is cruel. Number two, it is unnecessary. Number three, look at YOUR teeth, length of intestine, and nails. Your teeth are just about identical to chimpanzee´s teeth. They are frugavores. Your intestines are four times too long to be eating meat which is why humans get colon cancer in correlation with the amount of corpses that they eat. Your nails are not claws. Now stop using/abusing animals. No excuse for that cruelty. Look at those little things in small cages desperate to get out. Shameful.
Hi my name is Laura. ...welcome to the homestead world. I've been doing it a while. Let me know if u want any tips.
Hi!! So nice to meet you, thank you so much for being here! The homesteading community is so welcoming and it truly means so much to me! ❤
@@kyannandmat ❤
Do you guys have a livestock trailer? How did you get the goats home or transport them when needed? What vet bills are typical in a year? I have chickens and am wanting to branch out to a few goats for milk, soaps etc…BUT don’t know what all is necessary for a few and I’m trying to see if it’s financially possible for us! Thank you in advance if you get the chance to answer I love your channel so much! ❤
We do not have a livestock trailer! We have a pickup truck and we have used large dog kennels to transport the goats home (or with the tiny baby goats, we held them in our laps) and that has worked perfectly fine. Or I've also seen lots of people that have SUV's or minivans do the same with dog kennels in the back. As far as vet bills, I'm sure it can vary greatly depending on your goats' health and history, but we have a vet on call for all 4 and have only needed to take 1 goat in so far. She ended up being perfectly fine, we were just being overly cautious and it cost us less than $150 for the visit, testing, etc. So I would say if you have healthy animals and keep up on their care and wellness, the vet bills overall should be pretty minimal!
Thank you so much for your kind words as well-I'm so happy that you're here!! Reach out anytime and I'm happy to share our experience!
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@@kyannandmat ahhh thank you so so much for responding!!! I never would’ve thought about a pet kennel! This helped me so much. Can’t wait to see what y’all continue to share of your journey! ❤️
You also want to be careful where you source wood chips, leaves, compost etc from. It only takes one delivery that has chemical products on it to tank your garden.
Absolutely!! I have seen that through a few well known homesteaders this year and definitely want to be as careful as possible. Thanks so much for the reminder!
Your so cute. I love your set up! My HOA probably won’t let me do goats but I really love gardening and totally want some bees
Thank you so much! We're learning so much with gardening and the goats this year and definitely hope to learn more with bees in the future.
She has little prisoners in her yard. It is inexcusable. Educate yourself. Humans have no business "growing meat". Number one, it is cruel. Number two, it is unnecessary. Number three, look at YOUR teeth, length of intestine, and nails. Your teeth are just about identical to chimpanzee´s teeth. They are frugavores. Your intestines are four times too long to be eating meat which is why humans get colon cancer in correlation with the amount of corpses that they eat. Your nails are not claws. Now stop using/abusing animals. No excuse for that cruelty. Look at those little things in small cages desperate to get out. Shameful. Watch "Vanishing of the Bees" documentary before you start with bees.
By the looks like the gots need minerals salt
Thanks for the suggestion! They were always stocked on loose minerals, but definitely started looking a little rough when they were shedding their coats.
I have been gluten free for over 9 years and recently tried freshly milled wheat with ZERO problems!! Check out Sue Becker and her videos on wheat
That's amazing!! We just got a grain mill and we're so excited to try freshly milled wheat and see how my husband does with it. I'll definitely check out her channel, thank you so much!
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Thanks so much!
Awesome. I think your setup is awesome and it looks clean and organized to me. 💖. Good on you 😁
Thank you so much-I really appreciate your kind comments!! Thanks so much for watching!
How do you take apart the pallets?
We used a reciprocating saw. My husband said we cut between the boards, just cutting the nails to separate the boards off. It did take some time to do all the pallets, but it was worth it to us since we got a free fence out of it! Hope that is helpful! :)
How do you guys deal with critters that try to get the chickens at night, or have you run into that before?
We actually have been VERY lucky and haven't had truly any predator issues at all, to be honest. A few run in's with neighborhood cats, but honestly one has only actually gone after the chickens once and we were able to scare the cat off easily and no issues since. We have lots of possums and raccoons that we see on our street at night, but they don't seem to go near the chickens. I don't know if the goats kind of add a little protection that predators don't want to miss with them or what? Either way, sorry I'm not of much help there!
Are your goats pretty quiet? Do they disturb the neighbors at all with being noisy?
They aren't super loud, but I also wouldn't say they're overly quiet. We have a few goats that are more dramatic and a few that are quieter so I feel like ite evens out. Definitely not louder than neighborhood dogs would be the majority of the time! And we haven't had any issues with neighbors getting upset about the noise!
Did you know? You can make a rooster not crow with a collar. If you want to or need to have a rooster
I have never heard of this before! We don’t have any roosters, though. But thanks for the comment!
How much milk do you get each morning from your momma? Also did u find it hard to adjust to goat milk?
We are not currently milking her until she kids again this spring, but we were getting about 2 cups a day from her, give or take. To be honest, she didn't produce as much as we were hoping so we are going to see if she produces more after this kidding, but we also will be milking our full Nubian goat for the first time this year as well. It's all such a learning curve! Many Nigerian Dwarf's produce a lot more than that, even with being a miniature goat so she may just be one that didn't end up being as great of a milker as we had hoped.
And as far as the goat milk, it was not a hard adjustment at ALL! Literally tastes just like cow's milk. Depending on how you keep them (without a buck around as they tend to be smelly and dirty and that can affect the taste of the milk, interestingly enough) and the kind of goat you get as well as how quick you get the milk cooled down after milking, all of those things go into it and if you do it well, truly can't tell the difference. We've had other family members taste it as well and they agree!
Roots & Refuge is a great channel. Check out Perma Pastures Farm too.
Yes, Roots & Refuge is my absolute favorite!! And I’ll have to check out Perma Pastures Farm, I haven’t heard of it. Thank you so much for the recommendation!!
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What garden zone do you live in?
We're in zone 6B!
Honey, please slow down. I can hear it in your voice, you are very passionate about what you are saying. I am with you for the long haul!!! I don't watch TV, I watch REAL PEOPLE, like YOU and Sara of Coastal County
Thank you so much for watching my video and following along! I'm so excited that you're here.
Am I the only one who feels that KyAnn looks like female version of Justin Bieber?!
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I was really enjoying this video until the voice fry started getting to me. I'm out!
I'm so sorry you didn't enjoy it!
Thanks so much for this! We are building a home on an acre and I've always dreamed of this. I'm excited to start down the road and I'm just trying to research as much as possible beforehand. 🤍
Love this so much!! Congratulations on building your home, that's so exciting! And I totally get that-I'm the exact same way with wanting to research and get lots of ideas of how others are doing things before making our own plan. Wishing you the best!!