Is the rabbit water safe to drink with that dunk in it to kill the mosquitoes? I would probably just set something over to cover the hole to also keep other small animals and birds from falling in and drowning.
I was only 10 when I starting raising chicks. It was in a little town called Anson, TX and there were few jobs. Our family had just enough to eat and sometimes a little less. When we would visit my grandmother across town for Sunday dinner, she had an abundance of good food from her garden and flocks of chickens, ducks and her rabbits. I quickly learned that we could also eat these kinds of meals if I had my own garden and a flock of chickens. Grandma gave me a broody Bantam hen and ten fertilized eggs. When the eggs started to hatch, I found enough soda bottles to sell for enough money to buy 12 baby chicks from the feed store. This little momma raised 22 chicks and from that day forward, we always had chicken to eat. My garden also did well, even with the work provided by a ten year old.
Different world. My grandma in Europe had each spring new yellow chicks, ducklings and goslings - natural way!!!! The only ARTIFICIAL was, that she would let her hen to have ducklings and than the hen was running around the pond , desperately trying to protect her “ chicks” from drowning. You two take such an excellent care of your animals and plants. Perfect job. Looks very idyllic, but hard work.
I use those quail waterer cups for one of my chicken waterers. One of my chickens went broody so I put some fertile eggs under her and she hatched about 5 chicks. One died soon after but 4 thrived. Working on my planting of warm weather crops now, just transplanted tomatoes and peppers in the covered raised beds we have.
Congratulations on the 2 new calves. Things are looking great on the new place. If I remember companions correctly onions are not antagonistic to peppers. They should drive off some pests. Hope the kids are doing well. Take care and God Bless.
Such a great & informative video. I always learn something new every time I watch. Everything looks great! Will you guys do a quail cookbook in the future? I’m also in Missouri. Do you have to do anything specific to the greenhouse when a storm is near? My hoop coops (made from your design) have also done great during these crazy weather. Thanks for all you do & we are looking forward to seeing you all at the homestead conference in August.
Good morning 🙏😊. And what a wonderful start to your garden season! I’m anxious for my garden to get to harvest time as well. And the new calves and the little silkie! Wow!! So much to be thankful for ! Thank you guys so much for sharing your life and homestead with us. Have a blessed week 🙏😊
I've been a fan of your channel for a very long time and subscribing was one of the smartest things I have done. I attempt to ensure that my water remains vibrant in the storage container by adding a small amount of Sphagnum moss the same as Christopher Columbus on his long voyages so that the water does not become stale. I also had a little Lactobacillus to the water before giving it to the livestock. I'm really impressed with your work ethics and it is definitely evident. Note: This is my first comment on TH-cam, this might become a trend. Less hope not!
Everything looks great on the homestead!! Congratulations with all of the new animals!! I'm glad that this flock of quail is so far cooperating better than the last one!! I would love to see the new calves in the next video!!
I love watching your garden grow and produce, I miss that so much. I live in an apartment bldg with no outside area to grow anything, so I am experiencing it vicariously through you, so exciting! Thanks, Melaney from SoCal.
I found some Jet Star plants. I was so excited. I’ll let you know how they do here in Michigan. I’m a newbie and only growing in a small raised bed but there is nothing like homegrown tomatoes.
Your plants look AMAZING, so happy for you guys ❤️ Those cabbages look perfect. Happy all the animals are doing so well. God Bless you and your channel ❤️
We put window screens on some of our water catchment tanks. That keeps the critters & insects out for the most part. Grosses me out when there is a dead whatever floating or sunk in the water I've been giving animals or plants!
Sarah, have you tried the copper coil wires on the south side of the plants? I've been reading that they make a wonderful difference in growth and production.
Love the dunks! I use them in my water barrels and I have a small water feature in my garden. Best thing ever. I found the same issue with my peppers last year too,I trimmed them and had never done that in previous years and feel like I also got less peppers because of it. So, I will do the same thing your doing and just leaving them alone.
I have to add a chuckle from me. About 29:00 I saw a thumb while Kevin was describing the status of the green beans. It was painted. lol. I had to back up to see if I was seeing things. It was clear whose it was when I re-watched that section, but initially I was surprised. lol Thanks and congratulations on the growing garden.
I've been watching your August videos of roast the red peppers etc. But it's fun to watch the videos from months back! Thanks for bringing us along with you!
I start my own tomatoes from seed every year and almost never buy plants but this year I found a Jet Star tomato plant at my local seller and I was so excited to be able to try them for myself this year, I wonder if I will love them as much as you guys do!
I don't know if this works; but, I saw it on Facebook. According to the post, aphids are attracted to yellow. They put Vaseline on a yellow Dixie cup & pinned it to a stake & placed the stake near the plants. It would certainly be cheap enough to give it a try.
Your orchard in the background looks great. They survived the drought last summer. Still need a few more years til they bare fruit. Kevin, what have you done inside the red barn besides cutting off the electricity to it?
Hello Folks. I don't have a greenhouse so I use my living room. I have large windows facing due east so I have morning sunlight until about 11 or 11:30 A.M and I also have large windows facing due west. Yup, starting about 1 or 1:30 P.M. I have afternoon sun until sundown. Thus ,I am able to grow citrus trees even here in northeast Ohio. A TREE RIPENED navel orange beats supermarket oranges , hands down ! Many store oranges are actually harvested green and then dyed orange. As for lemons , I grow Meyer Lemons. Lemons are one of those kinds of trees where you can have ripe fruit on the tree and have new fruiting blossoms at the same time. So I can harvest lemons nearly all year. Meyer lemons are not very tart ( sour ) but they do have a nice lemon flavor. It is near the end of Feb. , 2024 so I will soon be starting some tomatoes and large mild chiles in large containers in my living room. I like chiles stuffed with cheese , dipped in egg and flour and dipped in egg again and fried. As soon as the danger of frost is past , the citrus trees will be rolled outside onto my front deck. To come back inside in the fall. It's quite nice to have the greenery in the house during the winter. I have both morning and afternoon sunlight , but do make use of what you have .
I’m already getting several types of zucchini I have some wild pumpkins growing my tomato plants are big but no tomatoes yet anything that is Vining is doing well also spinach carrots will be pulled soon and potatoes Will too 🧅🥔
Great to see all the updates on the animals and the greenhouse. Do you have a video on how you set up the watering system in the greenhouse? and where do you get the buckets?
I`'ve had similar plant damage in Cape Fair MO and found black and gray caterpillars in the soil. I think they hide during the day and come out at night. I scratched through the soil and got rid of the ones I found. The damage seems to have ended.
I raised meat rabbits for a few years and killed and dressed them out my self and sold a lot , Rabbit meat is so good and to dress them out is so fast easier them chicken, I m 82 now so only have 5 hens an a pair of geese, So been there done that and had enough
We always had mom's and chick's but they will flog anyone that messes with their babies. Of course we was little then and played with them. They was our dolls
I love your channel and just sub'd. Try stretching thin cloth over your water barrel in the duck house to help keep the mosquito larva out?? keep up the great work! 🙂👍
Have you checked with any of your local bee keepers to see if any of them would like to put a hive or two on your property. Not for you to maintain but since you dont poison the bejeezus out of everything. Guessing there are wildflowers out in your fields. Wish you had more just flowering plants.
Really enjoyed seeing your farm this morning. I gleaned a little from each topic. Now, I'm a little worried about my peppers that I've slipped into the maturing onion bed. I put in a mild habanero and Anaheim Chile Joe Parker. I could use tips on starting peppers. Mine are considerably smaller than yours and those at the big box stores. I transplanted them as it's hot here now, hoping new soil would boost growth. I started them indoors Feb 5th. Moved them to a small greenhouse. When they had two sets of true leaves, I put them into 3" pots. Transplanted them outdoors in early May.
Ground beetles are eating your Basil. They come out at night, go out there now. I sure you will see them. They look like may bugs the ones that stick to the screen doors.
Adding a line of wood ash or lime around your coop areas will help with your snake issue. That water bucket looks like a drowning danger for the chick and it needs a waterer that it can reach.
@@rhondaborders3452 I grew up on a 110 acres and we had a chicken coop that my dad always used wood ash or lime around the outside of it to repel snakes.
Those quail are more like the old bobwhite quail we hunted way back when. Much larger than the Mexican quail we see now. They were big, and didn’t fly far after the dogs pointed them. You could take out a covey if you wanted. We always left some for seed as they say. Those were the days my friend! 👍
I like your approach to planting in tubs but must have missed the video on what type of soil you use. Is it raised bed soil from bags or something special you like? Do the tomatoes from pots taste as good as when planted in the ground soil?
I only raise chicks under broody hens. When a hen gets broody, I have an indoor cage set up with a separate nesting area. I move all of my eggs laid over 2 to 3 days into that nest, place the broody hen in that nest and count down to 21 days. About half of those eggs produce a live chick. Other than daily cage cleaning, watering, and feeding, I leave her alone. Just a small light on with the cage covered. I eventually take the hen and her chicks for daily outdoor stays inside a rabbit tractor, moving them back indoors before dark. When the chicks start to jump and show flight characteristics, I take mom and the chicks out for free range supervised "walks". This is great for foraging instructions, dusting, and danger alarms. Eventually the hen will be done being a mom, and I put her back with the flock. The chicks rotate inside to outdoors until they are big enough to join the adults. The result is smarter, friendlier birds.
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@@LivingTraditionsHomestead sounds good and Thank you. Love your channel
Your plants and animals are all awesome. Enjoy your videos so much.
Is the rabbit water safe to drink with that dunk in it to kill the mosquitoes? I would probably just set something over to cover the hole to also keep other small animals and birds from falling in and drowning.
@Living Traditions Homestead Hi. Where did you purchase the dunks?
I was only 10 when I starting raising chicks. It was in a little town called Anson, TX and there were few jobs. Our family had just enough to eat and sometimes a little less. When we would visit my grandmother across town for Sunday dinner, she had an abundance of good food from her garden and flocks of chickens, ducks and her rabbits. I quickly learned that we could also eat these kinds of meals if I had my own garden and a flock of chickens. Grandma gave me a broody Bantam hen and ten fertilized eggs. When the eggs started to hatch, I found enough soda bottles to sell for enough money to buy 12 baby chicks from the feed store. This little momma raised 22 chicks and from that day forward, we always had chicken to eat. My garden also did well, even with the work provided by a ten year old.
What a great story. Even at a young age you were helping to feed your family.
Thank you for sharing your story. You should be visiting every school across our country and sharing. Think how much we could learn from you.
Did you all call them banies
Morning everyone! I found the websites for Kevin and Sarah. Which one is for the newa letter? Thanks for helping me.
That's a beautiful & powerful story.. thanks for sharing. 🙏
Different world. My grandma in Europe had each spring new yellow chicks, ducklings and goslings - natural way!!!!
The only ARTIFICIAL was, that she would let her hen to have ducklings and than the hen was running around the pond , desperately trying to protect her “ chicks” from drowning.
You two take such an excellent care of your animals and plants. Perfect job. Looks very idyllic, but hard work.
I use those quail waterer cups for one of my chicken waterers. One of my chickens went broody so I put some fertile eggs under her and she hatched about 5 chicks. One died soon after but 4 thrived. Working on my planting of warm weather crops now, just transplanted tomatoes and peppers in the covered raised beds we have.
The look on the rabbit's face when Sarah took away the water bottle it was drinking from!!!
Congratulations on the 2 new calves. Things are looking great on the new place. If I remember companions correctly onions are not antagonistic to peppers. They should drive off some pests. Hope the kids are doing well. Take care and God Bless.
Such a great & informative video. I always learn something new every time I watch. Everything looks great! Will you guys do a quail cookbook in the future? I’m also in Missouri. Do you have to do anything specific to the greenhouse when a storm is near? My hoop coops (made from your design) have also done great during these crazy weather. Thanks for all you do & we are looking forward to seeing you all at the homestead conference in August.
Hi Kevin & Sarah,everything looks great on your homestead.All of your hard work shows!🌷💕🌷
We have an all black silkie, Midnight. She has just hatched 5 🐣🐥🐣🐥🐣 they are just amazing!
Good morning 🙏😊. And what a wonderful start to your garden season! I’m anxious for my garden to get to harvest time as well. And the new calves and the little silkie! Wow!! So much to be thankful for ! Thank you guys so much for sharing your life and homestead with us.
Have a blessed week 🙏😊
I've been a fan of your channel for a very long time and subscribing was one of the smartest things I have done.
I attempt to ensure that my water remains vibrant in the storage container by adding a small amount of Sphagnum moss the same as Christopher Columbus on his long voyages so that the water does not become stale.
I also had a little Lactobacillus to the water before giving it to the livestock.
I'm really impressed with your work ethics and it is definitely evident.
Note: This is my first comment on TH-cam, this might become a trend. Less hope not!
If all your posts are so friendly, I hope the trend continues. :) How well does the moss work?
You think writing comments is fun, wait 'til they answer. Blessings to everyone.
Always so wonderful to watch you guys and learn something almost every time.
Congratulations to the new baby chick 🐤 ❤️
I hope you can put in some sunflowers and maybe zinnias in your outdoor garden. More choices for your pollinators.
Everything looks great on the homestead!! Congratulations with all of the new animals!! I'm glad that this flock of quail is so far cooperating better than the last one!! I would love to see the new calves in the next video!!
Love the mama raised chick. So cute.
Your Basil damage can also be a grasshopper. You can never find them, then suddenly you see one who did not depart fast enough.
I just love watching you do morning chores. My favorite videos. Thank you for sharing.
I love watching your garden grow and produce, I miss that so much. I live in an apartment bldg with no outside area to grow anything, so I am experiencing it vicariously through you, so exciting! Thanks, Melaney from SoCal.
Those are beautiful white chickens 🐓
Great episode! I love when you take us along on your chores.
As always, fun, information and inspiration ❤
Blessings to you as well, thank you😊
I found some Jet Star plants. I was so excited. I’ll let you know how they do here in Michigan. I’m a newbie and only growing in a small raised bed but there is nothing like homegrown tomatoes.
Such a great video! Your farm looks amazing 🎉
You guys have such a wonderful setup, enjoy your vids, from southwest Missouri here too!
One chicken moat coming right up around the garden! Love and hugs from Maine❤
When you folks have time, I would appreciate a tutorial demonstration on how you cook quail…..maybe some recipe or two. Thank you.
Your plants look AMAZING, so happy for you guys ❤️
Those cabbages look perfect.
Happy all the animals are doing so well.
God Bless you and your channel ❤️
Congratulations for a successful cattle season.
Everything growing so nice take care guys.
My garden this year is tomato's green bell peppers,halipinios, potatoes,onions,and ocra.
Put in electric fence round your birds to keep snakes out. love your Shirt Kevin very funny!
We put window screens on some of our water catchment tanks. That keeps the critters & insects out for the most part. Grosses me out when there is a dead whatever floating or sunk in the water I've been giving animals or plants!
Sarah, have you tried the copper coil wires on the south side of the plants? I've been reading that they make a wonderful difference in growth and production.
WOW the greenhouse is very EDEN
Love the dunks! I use them in my water barrels and I have a small water feature in my garden. Best thing ever. I found the same issue with my peppers last year too,I trimmed them and had never done that in previous years and feel like I also got less peppers because of it. So, I will do the same thing your doing and just leaving them alone.
I have to add a chuckle from me. About 29:00 I saw a thumb while Kevin was describing the status of the green beans. It was painted. lol. I had to back up to see if I was seeing things. It was clear whose it was when I re-watched that section, but initially I was surprised. lol
Thanks and congratulations on the growing garden.
I've been watching your August videos of roast the red peppers etc. But it's fun to watch the videos from months back!
Thanks for bringing us along with you!
I start my own tomatoes from seed every year and almost never buy plants but this year I found a Jet Star tomato plant at my local seller and I was so excited to be able to try them for myself this year, I wonder if I will love them as much as you guys do!
Jet star is a great tomato, very prolific and sizable tomato.
The Jet Star did really well! Lots of tomatoes and the taste was good 🍅
I have chickens, ducks, and a garden and I learned a lot watching this video! Thanks!
I don't know if this works; but, I saw it on Facebook. According to the post, aphids are attracted to yellow. They put Vaseline on a yellow Dixie cup & pinned it to a stake & placed the stake near the plants. It would certainly be cheap enough to give it a try.
Sarah could you put a piece of shade cloth or fly screen over your water barrel to keep the mosquitoes out.Just a thought 😊ty for the awesome videos.
I love your channel 🤗🥰
Your orchard in the background looks great. They survived the drought last summer. Still need a few more years til they bare fruit.
Kevin, what have you done inside the red barn besides cutting off the electricity to it?
Your bird mote is quite an interesting idea.
Hello Folks. I don't have a greenhouse so I use my living room. I have large windows facing due east so I have morning sunlight until about 11 or 11:30 A.M and I also have large windows facing due west. Yup, starting about 1 or 1:30 P.M. I have afternoon sun until sundown. Thus ,I am able to grow citrus trees even here in northeast Ohio. A TREE RIPENED navel orange beats supermarket oranges , hands down ! Many store oranges are actually harvested green and then dyed orange. As for lemons , I grow Meyer Lemons. Lemons are one of those kinds of trees where you can have ripe fruit on the tree and have new fruiting blossoms at the same time. So I can harvest lemons nearly all year. Meyer lemons are not very tart ( sour ) but they do have a nice lemon flavor.
It is near the end of Feb. , 2024 so I will soon be starting some tomatoes and large mild chiles in large containers in my living room. I like chiles stuffed with cheese , dipped in egg and flour and dipped in egg again and fried. As soon as the danger of frost is past , the citrus trees will be rolled outside onto my front deck. To come back inside in the fall. It's quite nice to have the greenery in the house during the winter.
I have both morning and afternoon sunlight , but do make use of what you have .
Silkies r so cute!
Good morning
Wondering progress; thanks for sharing! You’re great at explaining all the aspects of your homestead! Blessings to all 🤗💗🇨🇦
GOD BLESS YOU.
Already have our tickets. Excited to finally meet you guys!
Love those BRESSE chickens. I have some and they are good eating
I’m already getting several types of zucchini I have some wild pumpkins growing my tomato plants are big but no tomatoes yet anything that is Vining is doing well also spinach carrots will be pulled soon and potatoes Will too 🧅🥔
Thanks for the video.
I love Kevins shirt.
Great to see all the updates on the animals and the greenhouse. Do you have a video on how you set up the watering system in the greenhouse? and where do you get the buckets?
Such a wonderful and abundant spring!! God is good!!!
Thanks for sharing 😊
Wonderful video, thank you. God bless 💛🌻
@ 5:05 you took the rabbit water away from a rabbit and they stood there like "what the heck lady".
I saw that too ,that was funny!
have you thought about electroculture in the greenhouse? it is the rage now to grow healthly and tastier fruits and veggies...
Congrats on the new calves
I`'ve had similar plant damage in Cape Fair MO and found black and gray caterpillars in the soil. I think they hide during the day and come out at night. I scratched through the soil and got rid of the ones I found. The damage seems to have ended.
Awesome. Congratulations
Could you show more on your quail watering system? I have been looking at those cups as well, but I would like to see how you have it piped in.
I raised meat rabbits for a few years and killed and dressed them out my self and sold a lot , Rabbit meat is so good and to dress them out is so fast easier them chicken, I m 82 now so only have 5 hens an a pair of geese, So been there done that and had enough
Great video!
We always had mom's and chick's but they will flog anyone that messes with their babies. Of course we was little then and played with them. They was our dolls
Kevin. How do you handle all the manure from the Quail? How often do you need to handle, daily, weekly?
I love your channel and just sub'd. Try stretching thin cloth over your water barrel in the duck house to help keep the mosquito larva out?? keep up the great work! 🙂👍
Have you checked with any of your local bee keepers to see if any of them would like to put a hive or two on your property. Not for you to maintain but since you dont poison the bejeezus out of everything. Guessing there are wildflowers out in your fields. Wish you had more just flowering plants.
The basil damage looks like pincher bugs. They come out at night so you probably didn’t see them.
Really enjoyed seeing your farm this morning. I gleaned a little from each topic.
Now, I'm a little worried about my peppers that I've slipped into the maturing onion bed. I put in a mild habanero and Anaheim Chile Joe Parker. I could use tips on starting peppers. Mine are considerably smaller than yours and those at the big box stores. I transplanted them as it's hot here now, hoping new soil would boost growth. I started them indoors Feb 5th. Moved them to a small greenhouse. When they had two sets of true leaves, I put them into 3" pots. Transplanted them outdoors in early May.
Ground beetles are eating your Basil. They come out at night, go out there now. I sure you will see them. They look like may bugs the ones that stick to the screen doors.
Great video! Truly enjoy your updates.
Adding a line of wood ash or lime around your coop areas will help with your snake issue.
That water bucket looks like a drowning danger for the chick and it needs a waterer that it can reach.
I didn't know about the lime or wood ash keeping snakes out.
@@rhondaborders3452 I grew up on a 110 acres and we had a chicken coop that my dad always used wood ash or lime around the outside of it to repel snakes.
Good. Morning guys! Always Love your updates👍🏻😊
Go out at night to check for worms.
Peppers are fine near leeks, they do not do well near any brassicas.
Those quail are more like the old bobwhite quail we hunted way back when. Much larger than the Mexican quail we see now. They were big, and didn’t fly far after the dogs pointed them. You could take out a covey if you wanted. We always left some for seed as they say. Those were the days my friend! 👍
I use the same water cups and have it set up on all birds chickens and turkeys included plus have the ones made for rabbits abd LOVE them
Love your videos. Would love to know where you purchased the big nursery pots for inside your high tunnel
They are mineral tubes from the cattle. After the cows are done with them, they clean them out, fill them up and plant.😊
I like your approach to planting in tubs but must have missed the video on what type of soil you use. Is it raised bed soil from bags or something special you like? Do the tomatoes from pots taste as good as when planted in the ground soil?
Think you had citrus tree(s) in the green house last fall; how are they doing, and where are they?
Is a Juliette the same as a grape tomato? My dad always plated Jet Stars here in northeastern NY. We loved them.
How do you manage the floor/ground of the hoop coops? Do you spread straw and muck out occasionally? Thanks!
Sarah, what ratio do you use for the Dr Bronners and neem oil?
I am also hoping to get her recipe for the aphid spray 💚
I wonder if a flying critter could be eating your Basil, such as a moth?
On the topic of quail. You said you processed the males, is male quail meat stringy like a chicken rooster?
Hi you 2, what size pots are you using for the peppers
I am an avid watcher of your channel. I have been following you from nearly the beginning.
Please could you share your recipe for insecticide 🙏
What kind of snakes (moving your direction from west coast)? Do I need to worry about my kitty???
How do I get your newsletter… can’t find the link…. Thanks
Lemon Tree?
Don't worry, my parents bred a very aggressive gene into our family too.....LOL!
One of my co-workers' favorite statements was, "Stupid people shouldn't breed!"
Do you keep feed to your chickens 24 hours a day
where do you get those growing canisters
💖💖🙏🙏💖💖
How do your chickens stay warm in the winter in those coops?
We block the ends with plywood but we really don’t have super cold winters here like up north.
@@LivingTraditionsHomestead here in the Cumberland Plateau in TN we were down to windchills of -13 last year. I like this lower cost option. Thank you
I’m the first one.😂
I only raise chicks under broody hens. When a hen gets broody, I have an indoor cage set up with a separate nesting area. I move all of my eggs laid over 2 to 3 days into that nest, place the broody hen in that nest and count down to 21 days. About half of those eggs produce a live chick. Other than daily cage cleaning, watering, and feeding, I leave her alone. Just a small light on with the cage covered. I eventually take the hen and her chicks for daily outdoor stays inside a rabbit tractor, moving them back indoors before dark. When the chicks start to jump and show flight characteristics, I take mom and the chicks out for free range supervised "walks". This is great for foraging instructions, dusting, and danger alarms. Eventually the hen will be done being a mom, and I put her back with the flock. The chicks rotate inside to outdoors until they are big enough to join the adults. The result is smarter, friendlier birds.