"Don't give up the day job" is very good advice. Having an off farm income will give you financial security and allow you to use profits from the farm to invest in and grow your business. Farming is a marathon not a sprint.
Thanks for taking time to make these videos. I know dragging cameras and tripods, setting up camera angles etc (we won't even go into the editing) adds significantly to your chore time. I, personally, am grateful.
I, personally, am grateful that you are grateful, haha. It's a never-ending loop. I love what I do and I am happy that I have the skills, the passion, and the tools to share it. I put in the hours to support my family, better the planet in my own little way, and to support the community of people just like me who are trying to make it all work.
1:53 He pronounced "raise" incorrectly because he made a Z sound but it's spelt with an S, so it should be pronounced as "rās", not "rāz". He should pronounce "raise" with an S sound, not a Z sound because it's spelt with an S, not a Z. If the word spells with an S, it should always make an S sound, not a Z sound. If the word really spells with a Z, then that's only when making a Z sound is alright, otherwise the Z sound not alright with the S spelling.
Masashi Ng No, he pronounced it correctly. English language has a lot of exceptions to the rules. The way you thought it should be pronounced would sound like the word"race". As in, if you and I were to run from Justin's pens to the tree groves in the background. Maybe a friendly wager put on said race. " Hey dude, I'll race you to the tree groves. Loser buys the winner a soda pop" . There are times when a word is spelled with a "z" and has the "s" sound too. However at the moment I can't think of one !
great advice for newbies John, my wife and I are now 20 years at this and when we started we both worked 8-5 type jobs, now only i work full time. Focusing on efficiency is key, as you mention, the birds my only need 15 minutes a day of your time until the final day. We have really focused our time to learning from neighbours and an area butcher. These days we get two heritage hogs each year from a local lady and her husband that have two breeding sows, we were part of a a whole group of homesteaders that agreed we would take two hogs each year , every year, and this has lead to having this stock available to us without us having to breed them. I am so much happier and healthier since we started raising our own animals. When anyone asks "why" we do it, I have one simple reply: I like knowing what my food ate.
It really is that easy. I was a homeschooling mom who wanted to improve our food chain, so I started gardening a 64x64 space, raising all the major meats, and milking 3 goats and a cow. During summer it's maybe an hour a day. When you have a large enterprise or no land at all, then the chores become a full time job.
This is great content. I’m almost two years into setting up my property which was largely overgrown and unmanaged. I have a lot of grasslands now. Predators will be an issue as we live in the mountains but I’m sure you have those as well. We also have two months of wind that will blow down barns and tear eves off. But I’m excited for the challenge and to start early next spring. Your info is very helpful. Oh and I like how you have morning chores as you called it. I have started writing a book titled Morning Work. It’s mostly a journal of daily morning work from sun up until I get ready for my day job. I tell a lot of stories in it but the main point of the book is self discovery and the age old remedy for mental health which is a getting up out of bed and going to work on the land.
I'm glad you are expressing a sensible, gradual approach. There are so many homesteading channels that sell this bullshit fantasy of "quit yo job and homestead!" to get clicks and views and I think that sort of advice is dangerous. When I started my homestead last year I thought I was being sensible and STILL managed to over extend myself and have had to scale back a lot and reboot (luckily I had the good sense to keep my day job...)
BareFoot BackYard Thank you! It's been a lot of work, and I've stumbled a lot, but I keep moving forward! Yes, I have a channel; documenting my journey. :)
We raise pigs (7) turkeys (30) broilers (75 a year) and a few layers. I work full time off the farm but I cannot get everything done in twenty minutes! It takes longer then that just to check on them all- a big part of successful animal husbandry Is LOOKING at them in addition to feeding and watering them. We like the red rangers too. I don’t know how you can do it that quick.
More about your efficiency watch a TH-cam tutorial on tying a falconers knot. It'll take about 5 minutes to learn and make tying that rope across the tarp on your nesting boxes much faster. It can also be tied one handed.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I don't understand why more people don't do this. It takes just a few minutes a day and it doesn't take much room. When I was working at the mill we worked 14 hour days starting at 5am plus I had a 45 minute ride there. I had to be up at 3:30 before the farm after I had 25 layers 12 rabbits and 2 pigs plus 20 or so meat birds and another 20 grow out rabbits during summer I only got up 15 minutes earlier. And as far as space we only have three acres at the most. My grandmother owns an old 90 acre farm she says she wants me to start working next season.
Mahky Maaahk doing great I’ve added khaki ducks and pekin ducks and just got started with some quail. I’ve also got three pigs coming the first of May to raise for the freezer. Still got the chickens rabbits and goats too.
You my sir have some very nice fescue. Thank you for the videos very informative. I like how you mentioned marketing which people often time forget. Again thank you for the videos. 👍👍
Are you in a mirror? Your shirt with "Hello,My name is Farmer" is on one side of your shirt in a proper manner, then in another shot, it is on the other side. Backwards. Or you are using a green screen. We have a farm with cows, chickens and pigs with a 5 acre orchard that is expanding every year. Anyhow, love your videos and hope you bring more.
Love the Red Rangers instead. How much granite do you have to feed them to prevent sour crop with the long grass ? Have you ever had that problem? I usually get one or two with it.
Good morning John. You've learned so much about your farm and have made the flow of creating your videos a learning experience for us as well. Good to see you as always and have a beautiful rest of your day. ~Smile!
Hey John. Thanks for another informative video. I am wondering if your birds ever try to roost on their waterer because it is an issue for me. I noticed that yours have open tops while mine are closed. Could that be the reason? Thanks in advance.
Great public service you do with your videos. Very cool. If I could change one thing, I'd turn down the music. It's not for everybody, and it's louder than your voice as you blend the two in diff. segments. Up to you of course. Just offering up one experience. :) Have a great one!!!!
Moving the chicken tractors are not time consuming until it comes to moving the electric fence I have set up around them. Especially when we haven't had rain and the posts either won't come out or won't go in... Anyone have any tips on making this part of the job quicker/easier?
Great video as always John. I recently started raising guinea fowl in a tractor-style coop setup. Due to the nature of these birds, they often run away from "threats" (me) and tend to huddle in the back when I'm pulling my tractor. Thusly, I've bumped/upset at least one of them while in motion. I have a few ideas to remedy this, but I am wondering if you have any problems with hitting or injuring your birds when moving your tractors? Thanks!
Have you thought of doing vemiculture, to feed them worms instead of feed? And grow vegetables for them to eat? Much less expensive, and then you're not dependent upon big ag for their food.
What would one do if they don't have the space to move the trailer around the yard? We are considering raising some meat chickens just for personal use, but live on a 1/4 acre lot.
How do you chose what animal to kill and eat each time? does it feel good? I'm not sure I could do that, eat eggs yes but grow animals to kill them and eat them? weird stuff.....
Yeah this is it many us farmers or homesteaders have problem with mobile chicken traktor and this is it wheels up one side and other it is easy even for skiny girl :-) and boom to other localization cool👍
I would’ve liked a closer look at the chickens water set up? I don’t have the trailers we just have a few chickens in our coop but I’ve gotta hang their drinkers up or else they get filthy
I never eat organic eggs ever again, they feed then pig shit. I vomit sick when I eat eggs .. Organic Egg lying birds should eat a clean veterian died.
I live about 20 minutes from you. Are the boots to prevent the tics around here? Also is it ok that I have Amtec spray for ticks per our contract since they don’t spray out in the open areas?
Hi john , thank's for uploading awesome videos and sharing facts n figures about poultry farming for free range. Sir I would like to request u to upload the vide about the electric fence ,like homemade fence or readymade fence, so that it will be helpful for upcoming farmer. I am from Nepal. Thank u again. Keep it up.
Been watching your vids for two years now and two days ago I got a business license. Today I'm putting together garden beds. Thanks for all you do on TH-cam, it's really helped me.
Ok. Been raising chickens for eggs for 5 years. Never a predator problem until 3 months ago. Something is murdering my chickens . Down 35 hens. Sometimes there’s just a pile of feathers, sometimes just half eaten birds. It’s not my dogs because the hens are behind hot wire. How do you keep your hens from flying over the fence? And what might be coming in the barn during morning hours leaving half eaten birds? I don’t smell skunk.
It could be a raccoon. I had the same problem as they climb over hot wires from post or trees. Get a trap and catch him/her and relocate away for miles. They love tuna and a no kill trap will do it. You need chicken wire over the area they go outside .
absolutely same as us....4 yrs no issues.... then similar. was raccoons. caught in the act. a baby... then a medium sized one then a huge male. sadly nothing to do but trap/dispose/relocate whatever is ok and recommended legally for your area.
Im impressed, it takes me 45 min every morning to feed/water my dual purpose chickens, 3 ducks,2 geese and 4 turkeys... wish i could make it that easy and fast
With my system they're really easy to move by hand without having to turn a machine on. Larger chicken coops require tractors and that's fine, it's just not how I'm set up.
yes, they do, very smart and affectionate... humane harvest when it is time and breed them to honor the spark of life and not let it die... immortality through offspring... just like people
I thought the thumbnail said "Boiling Pig Eggs" and i started questioning everything i ever knew
Broilers*
Dude me too, i getting pigs this year and thought I was in for a surprise... Haha
That's why I'm here lol
😂😂😂😆
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"Don't give up the day job" is very good advice. Having an off farm income will give you financial security and allow you to use profits from the farm to invest in and grow your business. Farming is a marathon not a sprint.
John White quite. I bet all the youtube farmers make much more from youtube adverts than from farming
Indeed. It's hard enough making a living as a full time farmer.
Right, only it shouldn't take all your time...
I milk 120 cows and rear 40000 chickens per year, believe me it takes all my time.
No farming is a walk for me!
Thanks for taking time to make these videos. I know dragging cameras and tripods, setting up camera angles etc (we won't even go into the editing) adds significantly to your chore time. I, personally, am grateful.
I, personally, am grateful that you are grateful, haha. It's a never-ending loop. I love what I do and I am happy that I have the skills, the passion, and the tools to share it. I put in the hours to support my family, better the planet in my own little way, and to support the community of people just like me who are trying to make it all work.
Amen brother! Keep up the noble work
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1:53 He pronounced "raise" incorrectly because he made a Z sound but it's spelt with an S, so it should be pronounced as "rās", not "rāz". He should pronounce "raise" with an S sound, not a Z sound because it's spelt with an S, not a Z. If the word spells with an S, it should always make an S sound, not a Z sound. If the word really spells with a Z, then that's only when making a Z sound is alright, otherwise the Z sound not alright with the S spelling.
Masashi Ng
No, he pronounced it correctly. English language has a lot of exceptions to the rules. The way you thought it should be pronounced would sound like the word"race". As in, if you and I were to run from Justin's pens to the tree groves in the background. Maybe a friendly wager put on said race. " Hey dude, I'll race you to the tree groves. Loser buys the winner a soda pop" . There are times when a word is spelled with a "z" and has the "s" sound too. However at the moment I can't think of one !
Great video! How many acres are needed for the pigs, layers, and broilers?
You could easily run a farm that would support your family in a 3 acre property. You could even grow crops with that
great advice for newbies John, my wife and I are now 20 years at this and when we started we both worked 8-5 type jobs, now only i work full time. Focusing on efficiency is key, as you mention, the birds my only need 15 minutes a day of your time until the final day.
We have really focused our time to learning from neighbours and an area butcher. These days we get two heritage hogs each year from a local lady and her husband that have two breeding sows, we were part of a a whole group of homesteaders that agreed we would take two hogs each year , every year, and this has lead to having this stock available to us without us having to breed them. I am so much happier and healthier since we started raising our own animals. When anyone asks "why" we do it, I have one simple reply: I like knowing what my food ate.
10:55 captions on, when the chickens start making noise it says [Music]
Beautiful chicken music!
when you swapped out the set of wheels on your chicken tractor you got a sub.
It really is that easy. I was a homeschooling mom who wanted to improve our food chain, so I started gardening a 64x64 space, raising all the major meats, and milking 3 goats and a cow. During summer it's maybe an hour a day. When you have a large enterprise or no land at all, then the chores become a full time job.
This is great content. I’m almost two years into setting up my property which was largely overgrown and unmanaged. I have a lot of grasslands now. Predators will be an issue as we live in the mountains but I’m sure you have those as well. We also have two months of wind that will blow down barns and tear eves off. But I’m excited for the challenge and to start early next spring. Your info is very helpful.
Oh and I like how you have morning chores as you called it. I have started writing a book titled Morning Work. It’s mostly a journal of daily morning work from sun up until I get ready for my day job. I tell a lot of stories in it but the main point of the book is self discovery and the age old remedy for mental health which is a getting up out of bed and going to work on the land.
I'm glad you are expressing a sensible, gradual approach. There are so many homesteading channels that sell this bullshit fantasy of "quit yo job and homestead!" to get clicks and views and I think that sort of advice is dangerous. When I started my homestead last year I thought I was being sensible and STILL managed to over extend myself and have had to scale back a lot and reboot (luckily I had the good sense to keep my day job...)
Congratulations on your homestead! Do you happen to have a channel?
BareFoot BackYard Thank you! It's been a lot of work, and I've stumbled a lot, but I keep moving forward! Yes, I have a channel; documenting my journey. :)
We raise pigs (7) turkeys (30) broilers (75 a year) and a few layers. I work full time off the farm but I cannot get everything done in twenty minutes! It takes longer then that just to check on them all- a big part of successful animal husbandry Is LOOKING at them in addition to feeding and watering them. We like the red rangers too. I don’t know how you can do it that quick.
hearing the hens go "Wwwwwwwwoooooah!" when he opened the curtain was adorable.
You're an awesome teacher John, so glad I had suscribed! 👍😎🍺🍻🍺
I don't remember, John, how much I like the opening drone footage! Also, those pigs are crazy about you✔️
More about your efficiency watch a TH-cam tutorial on tying a falconers knot. It'll take about 5 minutes to learn and make tying that rope across the tarp on your nesting boxes much faster. It can also be tied one handed.
Absolutely love the rubber boots and shorts. I spend the entire summer in that exact outfit. 😂
That is how we do it, too. Farm Fashion!
do you do your own harvesting of your pigs and broilers or do you send them out?
My laying hens talk to me at feeding time too:) As always, great job!
Those animals look very nice. Your doing your job as a farmer should. Greetings from the Netherlands (Holland)
as a homebrewer you should do some brewing videos.. i think some growing hops videos would be cool too... ive done that as well
Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I don't understand why more people don't do this. It takes just a few minutes a day and it doesn't take much room. When I was working at the mill we worked 14 hour days starting at 5am plus I had a 45 minute ride there. I had to be up at 3:30 before the farm after I had 25 layers 12 rabbits and 2 pigs plus 20 or so meat birds and another 20 grow out rabbits during summer I only got up 15 minutes earlier. And as far as space we only have three acres at the most.
My grandmother owns an old 90 acre farm she says she wants me to start working next season.
Brian Philbrook well, it’s been two years. How’s that farm working out?!
Mahky Maaahk doing great I’ve added khaki ducks and pekin ducks and just got started with some quail. I’ve also got three pigs coming the first of May to raise for the freezer. Still got the chickens rabbits and goats too.
Brian Philbrook that’s awesome man! You doing anything on TH-cam or Instagram?
Mahky Maaahk thanks it’s still just a homestead level. Make a few sales here and there. I’m on Facebook and MeWe
Hi John...I'm from Brazil and I'm studying English and American culture.
I love countryside landscapes and rural life.
Your channel is amazing!
You my sir have some very nice fescue. Thank you for the videos very informative. I like how you mentioned marketing which people often time forget. Again thank you for the videos. 👍👍
Are you in a mirror?
Your shirt with "Hello,My name is Farmer" is on one side of your shirt in a proper manner, then in another shot, it is on the other side. Backwards.
Or you are using a green screen.
We have a farm with cows, chickens and pigs with a 5 acre orchard that is expanding every year.
Anyhow, love your videos and hope you bring more.
probably using the front camera on a phone as well as a normal camera.
love how organized your farm is
So I could do any of this off property if need be? Like lease/rent/borrow some space at a farm outside of town, no?
Yes!
Love the Red Rangers instead. How much granite do you have to feed them to prevent sour crop with the long grass ? Have you ever had that problem? I usually get one or two with it.
love your channel!! and your website is so chalk full of info, love it. great work!!
Good morning John. You've learned so much about your farm and have made the flow of creating your videos a learning experience for us as well. Good to see you as always and have a beautiful rest of your day. ~Smile!
How was the water bucket setup for the chickens
Hey John. Thanks for another informative video. I am wondering if your birds ever try to roost on their waterer because it is an issue for me. I noticed that yours have open tops while mine are closed. Could that be the reason? Thanks in advance.
Thank you for sharing. Got to make myself some tractors.
can you detail your water system in the chicken tractors. ..
Great public service you do with your videos. Very cool. If I could change one thing, I'd turn down the music. It's not for everybody, and it's louder than your voice as you blend the two in diff. segments. Up to you of course. Just offering up one experience. :) Have a great one!!!!
Revelation 14:12
(King James Version)
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Hey John upload a video on pig ..
What to feed them ,how to care pigs..for marketing
Lmao: at 4:40, that's me with my fridge. "Nothing in there." *5 minutes later* "Nope; still nothin'...."
I think you should keep maggots using pig excrement and feed the maggots to the chickens.
I would say black soldier fly larvae :D they self harvest
Moving the chicken tractors are not time consuming until it comes to moving the electric fence I have set up around them. Especially when we haven't had rain and the posts either won't come out or won't go in... Anyone have any tips on making this part of the job quicker/easier?
Ssssshhhhhhhhh! People are supposed to think farming is all getting up in the dark and back breaking labour till the sun goes down.
Great video as always John. I recently started raising guinea fowl in a tractor-style coop setup. Due to the nature of these birds, they often run away from "threats" (me) and tend to huddle in the back when I'm pulling my tractor. Thusly, I've bumped/upset at least one of them while in motion. I have a few ideas to remedy this, but I am wondering if you have any problems with hitting or injuring your birds when moving your tractors? Thanks!
Have you thought of doing vemiculture, to feed them worms instead of feed? And grow vegetables for them to eat? Much less expensive, and then you're not dependent upon big ag for their food.
very simple system. i like, probably how will do one day. I like the structures. what about roosters? Do you have? do they stay w the chickens?
Do chickens make this much noise all the time please?
Like they aren't to noisey it's just that his chickens are still a bit young and he has 120 of them
There’s a bunch of other bird noise in this video.
I asked this in the "move" video but I'll ask here too, how many rolls of electric netting are you using? How often do you move the pigs?
WOW! What an awesome egg collection system. Looks like I found my next project. Thanks!!
Subscribed for sure.
What would one do if they don't have the space to move the trailer around the yard? We are considering raising some meat chickens just for personal use, but live on a 1/4 acre lot.
How do you chose what animal to kill and eat each time? does it feel good? I'm not sure I could do that, eat eggs yes but grow animals to kill them and eat them? weird stuff.....
Howany acres you got? We just bought 6 and are thinking bout things
Chickens: clucking
CC: Applause 👏, laughter 😂, music 🎶
quick question if you don't mind....I love the idea of moving the chickens regularly, but how do foxes etc not get into your chicken runs?!
I'm in the same predicament, except here in the mountains of New Mexico it's more like mountain lion, wolf or bear.
Yeah this is it many us farmers or homesteaders have problem with mobile chicken traktor and this is it wheels up one side and other it is easy even for skiny girl :-) and boom to other localization cool👍
I would’ve liked a closer look at the chickens water set up? I don’t have the trailers we just have a few chickens in our coop but I’ve gotta hang their drinkers up or else they get filthy
I never eat organic eggs ever again, they feed then pig shit. I vomit sick when I eat eggs .. Organic Egg lying birds should eat a clean veterian died.
Thank you, very informative with out long ego video!...........Thank you Sir
I live about 20 minutes from you. Are the boots to prevent the tics around here? Also is it ok that I have Amtec spray for ticks per our contract since they don’t spray out in the open areas?
What fence are you using for your layers and pigs? And what fence chargers? Thanks
Thanx. Don`t stop posting videos, ok??? ;)
Hi are you Australian or American? because i would love if you were in Australia!!! 👌👍
Your speech about farming would actually apply to anyything
Have you tried growing sunflowers also? You can give the seeds to your chickens.
Hi john , thank's for uploading awesome videos and sharing facts n figures about poultry farming for free range. Sir I would like to request u to upload the vide about the electric fence ,like homemade fence or readymade fence, so that it will be helpful for upcoming farmer. I am from Nepal. Thank u again. Keep it up.
how many pounds of feed will a feeder chicken eat over its life time
Been watching your vids for two years now and two days ago I got a business license. Today I'm putting together garden beds. Thanks for all you do on TH-cam, it's really helped me.
I love how the pigs want some attention when they see you.
Ok. Been raising chickens for eggs for 5 years. Never a predator problem until 3 months ago. Something is murdering my chickens . Down 35 hens. Sometimes there’s just a pile of feathers, sometimes just half eaten birds. It’s not my dogs because the hens are behind hot wire. How do you keep your hens from flying over the fence? And what might be coming in the barn during morning hours leaving half eaten birds? I don’t smell skunk.
It could be a raccoon. I had the same problem as they climb over hot wires from post or trees. Get a trap and catch him/her and relocate away for miles. They love tuna and a no kill trap will do it. You need chicken wire over the area they go outside .
absolutely same as us....4 yrs no issues.... then similar. was raccoons. caught in the act. a baby... then a medium sized one then a huge male. sadly nothing to do but trap/dispose/relocate whatever is ok and recommended legally for your area.
Carolyn Vance I think my predator is a possum. Ugh. My dog got leptospirosis 10 years ago. Vet said possum poop spread it. Thanks y’all.
Why dont you just throw the feed on the ground instead of puting it in the feeders.It keeps animals busy and its better for the soil
I guess I only have one question and that is how do I sell all these chickens or pigs or cows for profit once their grown?
Winter is rough for taking care of animals. Always trying to cut down the time.
how come you shake the pigs feet ? like kinda clean them off ? dont they just get dirty again ?
This looks great, thanks for sharing!🙏
What Farm Animals do you have alen of pigs and chickens ???
Are those laying chickens New Hampshires?
John you are so generous with your process and also enthusiasm! Thank you! I'm inspired!
Listen to the chicken complain when you are stealing the eggs 🥚 😂
Why give the chickens feed if they are already eating grass, weeds, bugs, etc?
Why don’t you leave a set of wheels on each tractor? It’s not that much money and would save time
7:40 Pez Pigspenser
12:27 Crouching Tiger, Leg swept chicken
thank you for sharing how you do farming , I've learned a lot from this video , cheers from Romania!
Very informative thank you so much, this coming from a beginning homsteader
Please look at bible for list of animals that are food vs the ones that are prohibited from beig eaten
Love your channel, greetings from Norway
MN
Im impressed, it takes me 45 min every morning to feed/water my dual purpose chickens, 3 ducks,2 geese and 4 turkeys... wish i could make it that easy and fast
How do u get chickens to Kay their egged in nests l. Or do they just do it.
Don't make friends with your food...
Great channel John. Subscribed
When you collect the eggs, it sounds like back masking. It sounds really creepy. But I still love the content.
What is back masking
I love the sound when your layers shift gears :-D
How do you keep the chupacabra off your pigs?
I was going to ask why you don’t use a tractor to move the cages, I see now that you can watch the chicken so they don’t get crushed
With my system they're really easy to move by hand without having to turn a machine on. Larger chicken coops require tractors and that's fine, it's just not how I'm set up.
Do u keep track of weather to keep tithe diffrents in costs
What the fuck kinda noisy bird...
Grow for your household first. Farmers are awesome
No problems with foxes or other animals?
im exactly the 7000th like for this video
This guy aint gonna tell you it for free. Buy his stuff
Thanks Really Educative
nice
What breedof pigs to you guys raise
Its interesting how the pigs follow h as he walks in do they have a reward/companionship relationship with humans the way dogs do? Anybody? Please?
Ya it is pretty fucked up to kill them. But that is existence, it is cruel.
yes, they do, very smart and affectionate... humane harvest when it is time and breed them to honor the spark of life and not let it die... immortality through offspring... just like people