Off Grid Ducks in Winter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- It's another snowy day on the farm and I want to tell you guys about what it's like to keep off grid ducks in winter. I'll also try to tell you about some of the lessons I've learned from my experiences here in Vermont.
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Very interesting to hear about the snow rollers. If we are ever in the area it would be nice to see the museum. So important people care enough to save things from the past. Great video.
Our town does an awesome job with preserving its history. We are really lucky.
I would too enjoy dealing with snow in the morning if I had an ATV plough lol
RELEASE THE QUACKEN!!!
I live in a mobile home. Water often puddles under the house. Yesterday I walked by the house and heard what sounded like dripping water. Wasn't a sound one wants to hear under their house so I stopped and looked under it. Found 2 ducks sucking up all that muddy water. Glad your ducks are staying healthy.
Ha! That's a great "ducks being ducks" story.
Use your instinct! Your animals are happy and healthy! You can keep all the info in your mind and know yourself have considered their wealth. I love how everything comes together.
Hi..... Morgan, Gold Shaw Farm. Thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
I like seeing how your farm progresses
such a good provider
I like living at the back of my property. I have ranchers on 2 sides and roadfrontage at the top of property. I built my house where I did to be away from road and traffic.
I'm in Australia... Holy Crap that looks cold :(
I am so early today, just clicked on the video and I'm sure I'm gonna like it!!! Good day everyone!!!
Enjoy!
You explained this very well. Every situation is different. . Been thinking of getting ducks this spring ...Blessings
Thanks! I've really enjoyed our ducks and I prefer them over chickens.
Kudos Morgan!
Little White Dory Thank you! I always appreciate you stopping by.
@@GoldShawFarm Thank you for sharing, I'm excited for you guys and hope someday to put a lot of the same principles you've been putting into place myself. I'm looking for a micro farm/small scale farm opportunity to grow about 1.5acres of vegetables and chickens for eggs and sold off at summers end to allow travel.
fascinating info, especially the snow rollers. I love seeing old school ingenuity. That particular snow system makes me want to get out the sleds.. haha, I feel like that would be fun. Glad your ducks are doing well and that predator system looks great. I was talking to the husband about guardian dogs the other day and how that wouldn't work for us, glad to know other systems exist.
Thanks, Natalie!
New sub here. I'm loving your videos. I was worried about my ducks going through the winter. Well, I'm in Mississippi. I have no more worries. :)
Awesome video! I can relate with you concerning the plow but I'm using a snow blower. We got sooo much snow in Sheldon. I hope the ducks handled the last few nights well. It has been bitterly cold!
Nicholas Lamphere Thanks! The ducks are doing pretty well. We’ve dropping to around -16 on the overnights and they are really earning their “hardiness” merit badges this week. Stay warm!
Do you keep food in the shed overnight, or do you only feed outdoors? I love your videos! I have 5 Khaki Campbells (all female) and this will be our first winter together in Colorado!
don't know where you got in the past 3 years, but if you are still looking at a way to have running water in the duck shed: you could always just put out a PE-hose and provide an extra inlet which you can blow compressed air in. This would empty out the hose after you've used it.
That sure is a lot of snow! I like your duck routine. It was cool to get the ducks out. I like your three sisters garden plan.👍
Thank you! I'll keep you updated on how it goes.
With the amount of snow that you have I think you should get a snow-blower. Then you can steer the exit tube of the blower so that the snow lands out of the way.
Never heard of snow rollers! Very interesting.
I can not believe how much snow everyone is getting and I have almost none. :( Although it can be a pain to deal with sometimes,I like snow. Also, it is important to insulate the ground from the cold and to provide needed ground water and it is just kinda beautiful.
Morgan you need to get yourself a utility sled and kids for those buckets. I used to rent a barn for my 4 horses and I had no water or vehicle access in winter. I also could only store around 100 bales of hay in the barn. I used a sled to drag everything in all winter. Bales of hay,straw and shavings. Warm water from home in giant camping containers,bags of feed. I do not know what I would have done without it. Those sleds are invaluable tools and you can use them for sledding too. Save your back where you can.
Also another idea is you can use one of those solar lights for inside the duck house too. Mount the light inside and the solar thingy outside. Flip the little switch when you need light.
I have a little sled that I keep stashed in the barn. When I grab some extra straw or hay I usually bust it out. But I kind of like the physical exercise that comes from hauling the water by hand. I love your idea about the internal light. I might try to mount a second unit when the snow melts. It will help with my morning egg hunts!
Gold Shaw Farm I hear you about the physical exercise part. That is what I used to love about hay season or when I had to pick up my regular pickup truck loads of hay. I liked throwing the bales around. It made me happy to know that I knew just how to load the truck myself to get the maximum amount of bales yet not have them fall off during transport. I guess it is all about picking and choosing your work/chore battles. That sled for me was a game changer. I could haul 6 bales of hay or shavings at a time,multiple 50 lb bags of feed etc. It was still a workout for me. My horses are at a friends currently one day I will have my own place, I will for sure need to find ways to make it easier as I will be in the other side of 50 by then.
Here we go a waddeling amongst the leaves so green...
My drive is 1/4 mile long! But I don't have to plow snow! We don't get much snow in central Texas. Your area is pretty in the snow but I'm glad I don't live there. Thanks for a good vlog!
Ha! Vermont is a place where short driveways are a selling feature.
lol..the ploughing does look fun though :)
Pablo needs another kitty. He does have Toby...
Good video! Keep warm!
Thanks, Leslie!
Wow you all got alot of snow!
Oh yeah. We get ~50 days of snow per winter.
Great video. I'm trying to talk my husband into getting a UTV with the plow on it.
The UTV has been one of the most useful tools on our farm. And it is waaaaay cheaper than a tractor.
@@GoldShawFarm I really could have used one after the 12+ inches of snow we got over the weekend. Having to carry hay and 5 gallon buckets of water to the south field for our sheep in all this snow was not fun.
Great video Morgan, I definitely identify with getting into a winter routine or groove with the “off grid” animals. What’s your experience been like plowing with a UTV? Right now I’m primarily using a 2WD lawn tractor with snow chains and a front blade and it does alright, but seriously struggles with heavier snow. Definitely could not plow straight forward for as long as you were able to.
-Chris @ Sunshine Farm
I've enjoyed using the UTV to plow. For up to 10" snowfall, it works awesome. But it only takes about 10-15 minutes to plow so I usually will do it once or twice during the snow if we get hit with a huge snow. It makes a big difference.
predator eye link? I plugged it in Amazon and there were a thousand results :) I really like the solar idea. I have a couple of solar lights (on at dusk, not motion) in my chicken coop to minimally extend their day, for more eggs. Don't know that it works for that but I like having a light out there.
Sorry about that, Brenda. When I went to post the video, I totally forgot. Here you go:
www.amazon.com/Aspectek-Predator-Powered-Animal-Repeller/dp/B00KBAIGQO/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=
@@GoldShawFarm thanks. I have questionable luck with my chickens at the farm. Also, bobcat? yikes.
great info thanks
Indeed, it’s so common that we research and hear advice that seems to be concrete - ducks eat slugs, pigs will turn the garden, goats escape and eat tin cans....but it’s not always true. Experience and observation of your own livestock, faking it till you make it and trial and error are the best ways to learn than taking the homesteaders forums or how to books as gospel. My chickens eat more slugs than the ducks, go figure.
Never would of thought about the keeping the Ducks off grid, that's interesting. A new channel coming? Off Grid with The Ducks of Gold Shaw Farm
Ha...I should get on trademarking that one ASAP!
Have you checked out the no till stuff? Lots of great “bonafide” research out there.
I have. Generally speaking, we do most of our gardening as no till. That said, I've found that when you're trying to convert a plot that has been perennial grass for a long period of time, tilling is up helps get the garden established quickly. But I definitely think that once you're establishing tilling can often do more harm than good.
Who doesn't like plowing in the morning 😜😂😂😂😂
I wish I had a snow plow or blower my driveway is so long and it's a horseshoe drive way also wish I would have thought before now to only plow half of it and only use one side
👍👍 good stuff!
Thank you!
Why not collect rainwater for the ducks?
Stay tuned. It’s something we’re working on for duck house 2.0
Are duck eggs taste good ? Me and the wife have 3 Turkey hens that we get eggs from but no one want the eggs . The turkeys were suppose to be dinners .
Just eat the eggs. Stop being so picky. They all taste the same
(Naomi Shubert) Those ducks are pretty cute I have to say.... :-D
Geoffrey Shubert Thank you! They are a lot of fun.
How do the ducks etc avoid getting frostbite on their feet?
What type of corn will you be growing . I had great success using dent corn winter squash and of course pole beand
Terence McClammy I’m still trying to plan out the varieties for all three. I’ll definitely check out the dent corn. Thanks!
Zero degrees...Duckies lets go have a bath ! :/
Me Duck < Screw Dat..
Wow, that is a new definition of "off grid," using a nearby outbuilding you haven't yet put water and power in! If that's what "off grid" means, most small farms and a lot of homeowners are "off grid" with at least one shed that doesn't have all the mod cons. You use what the grid offers every day in your care of the animals. Clearly, that person didn't watch many of your videos to see just how "on grid" your animal operation is. :D
And changing the meaning of the phrase doesn't do justice to those who really are raising animals without being connected to electricity lines. That is hard, hard work even with modern technology providing solar energy etc. There is a reason that American farmers waited hopefully for rural electrification to come their way. Anyone who chooses to live like that has a much different life than those who keep ducks in a shed.
To be fair it's actually the original definition of "off grid", meaning "not connected to the electrical grid". Sure in this case it's only a long extension cord away, but the problem is that the term "off grid" has been applied to many unrelated things over the years and now people assume it means you are self-sufficient, living in isolation and with no modern services. I've seen people argue that living hours travel from the next person, generating your own electricity and growing all your own food doesn't count as off-grid because you still have a satellite Internet connection! I think the term "off grid" is just too ambiguous now, so I try to avoid it (or clarify it) wherever possible.
SCREW DAT....lol