I personally rode and drove horses for over 40 years and miss the horses and the satisfaction and joy they provided me. Working Horses With Jim helps keep my memories alive. Big Ken reminds me a lot of 19.1 HH Percheron Gelding named Chance
Thanks for the great tour it’s a lot of work and time in all of it. They all are well trained, getting their bed time snack and a little talking back and forth before sleep. They’re all doing well!!
Work doesn't end on a farm, even when you don't feel great and would like to rest. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video... there's always something new to learn! ❤❤
I love watching these podcasts. My grandfather had two "work"horses. I was allowed to go into their stalls and bring them out to the water trough and I thought I was great. (I was probably 5) I love they way you treat your horses.
❤HI JIM & BRENDA......THANKS FOR TAING US ON EVENING CHORES......GLAD YOU GIT EVERYBODYS' NAME SIGNS UP SO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE! CHORES, EVERY DAY, ALL DAY....Are you going to get a helper again like William? He was a big help for you!! Anyway, HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR....GOD BLESS 😊❤😮❤😊😊
thanks for an all day tour of the barn. they are happy,healthy horses..all run efficient even the big heater for heat..hugs to Lady and Kenny g. ( Brenda,your hair looks great....suz
Thank you for sharing the little things that make up your day. I grew up on a farm in the late 70s and 80s. We had a milk barn that was much like yours. It was a little smaller and had only one silo (no fancy tops😊). I remember well the cold days getting hay from the loft for the animals. When I watch your videos, I can almost smell and feel my childhood. I appreciate your exciting videos of the hoses pulling, etc and I love the quite video of your day to day life.
Jim I had too laugh, yes once the horses can read there names , they will be much better at knowing their stalls . Happy New Year . May see you at a horse pull in 2025 . Charlie
I really enjoy watching all of your videos. Every time I see one it takes me back to when I was a kid running wild and free on my grandparents farm back the 1950s. It brings back memories of the sounds and smells out in the old barn. Usually dinner consisted of boiled potatoes and the slowest chicken in the yard. We bought our milk from a neighbor who had a dairy cow. I must have been 7 or 8 years old before we started getting that watered down store bought stuff. And last but not least, my grandparents still used the old style facilities down the path a short distance from the house.
we used to have a concrete slab to put the pill on so it would stem as the water would run to the centre of the. Midden pile as the salad would be sloping to the centre & we would turn the Midden once a week. often we went spread daily but the Meden would be put in the field that we intended to plough to be spread a week before ploughing.
Jim and Brenda, A great tutorial on your feeding routine of the Horses and Cattle. I whole heartily agree with You on feeding horses according to the amount of work there doing .
Jim made a joke about reading the horses' names. It's really funny in the context of what was going on a minute ago. I've had a cold for three weeks. I'm sending prayers up for all of us.
Oh , I am always surprised when you talk about them fighting. I never think of them fighting, they are so well by behaved. I know it happens but you video their goodness so much.
Happy New Year Brenda & Jim. Looking forward to seeing videos with Bree, June and how the training goes. We love the T-Shirts and calendar. Your Canadian fans.
I was blessed enough to have spent my summers on my grandparents working farm and my good friend's horse yard and Ive always been impressed with the amount of work that goes into farm animals. As much as I have a dog but it's nothing in comparison to working horses or bovine
Know I'm late but on the worm issue, probably resistance to what is being used. You might want to mention that to your vet as resistance is a seriously growing problem in deworming equines. thanks for sharing!
Never noticed before how much of a size difference a year makes on your fillies! Great looking horses. Thanks for videos, and I hope you have a fantastic 2025. May God bless!
Ich wünsche Gute Besserung Jim! Vergiss nicht viel Artemisia annua Tee zu trinken, viel hochdosiertes Vitamin C (Deotform) zu nehmen und L-Lysin gegen Viren, um den Körper gut zu unterstützen, damit du schnell wieder gesund wirst! Vielleicht auch noch etwas Q 10? Und löfter hinlegen und ausruhen. Wir warten lieber etwas länger auf ein neues Video. Hauptsache ist, die Krankheit nicht zu verschleppen und zu chronifizieren! Ich wünsche euch einen Guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr und viel Gesundheit! Herzliche Grüße 🙋♀️
It is 70 beautiful ,clean sky, lovely blue degrees..perfect outside working weather. thank you guys for the video...lov ya'll from south alabama. HAPPY NEW YEAR.........THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
Jim, for the rain rot, rub in White Healer daily, its a zinc cream originally made for dairy cows' teat issues. Comes in decent sized tubs at your rural store. Waterproof and oily, it keeps it soft, repels water, and after a few days of working it in with your fingers will heal the skin and the scabs can be worked out and away. Same thing for greasy heel, hobble chafe, rope burns. The condition dries then cracks and oozes, expanding the problem. I have seen a horse totally covered with it. Coconut oil will also do the trick, but zinc is best. The fillies are not working or getting the grooming the others need, their coats are heavier, and their backs maybe haven't totally dried out, and so the rot sets in. Once healed, when they come in wet, it might help to stir their coats up with a stiff curry or brush, to aid drying. I hope this will be of some help, not just for you but others as well. Greetings from Australia.
The logging shoes providing better traction is undeniable, I remember that trip you took with Ken and Baron when he was young, and Ken's logging shoes are what got y'all across that ice patch. There are various hoof boots on the market that would provide superior traction to flat shoes, though I'm not sure how they'd compare to the logging shoes. But the boots could be used across horses, so you don't have to have one pair with pulling shoes and the others without. Traction on demand would be super useful for you. Rainrot is super common and I'm shocked you haven't dealt with it much. It's a general term for dampness in their coats causing skin irritation, which allows natural fungi in our environment to infect the spots and such. With the Belgians' feathering and your mud, I thought you might have a big problem with it on their legs. But it's good you don't. With the mud you do have, I'd probably trim off the horses' feathers during mud season, when it's still chilly so they won't dry quickly, to avoid any spots of skin irritation but maybe it's not a factor. For the foals, I'm guessing their coat transition from baby fur to adult with undercoat for winter may be causing dampness (sweat or rain) to get trapped. Finally, about the worms, couple things. One, with the number of animals (cows included) you've got a pretty large infectious load on your farm. That takes a pretty multipronged approach- feed thrus, poisons, fly wasps that kill them, etc. Something you might prefer is called rotational grazing, but you'd need to get some sheep/goats to interrupt the horse/cow worm lifecycle. Dewormers are nice, but there's a lot of ways to stop them before that point.
We always enjoy seeing the farm adventures! You're both so knowledgeable and hard working! It's been up and down weather here in Minnesota too, mostly foggy here, lately! Expecting freezing rain and snow later this week. Hope you both had a good Christmas and feel better, Jim! We love our calendar as we do last year's! You both are a blessing and so are the beautiful horses!
I'm at the end of a cold with a cough just like Jim's. I fought it but ended up having to take Amoxicillin. I'm older and thought I could beat it but it just didn't happen. It took about 4 hours before the Amoxicillin started to work and one day before there was a big change. Then I was just really tired. Get well soon.
its great that you put up hay and corn for your livestock Jim I You really a long with Brenda You guys really know how to be very efficient saving hay for the winter
PG here. Watching the horses being fed was very educational. I loved the video. But I missed something??? What? Where was I? Lady is pregnant again? When, where? Who? How? I missed an entire video. The best part of the video was building the fire in the furnace overnight. We have a very small wood-burning stove in the basement, but it heats up the regular gas furnace thermostat, so it never kicks on. Only the basement stays very warm. I'd love to have a furnace like yours.
A friends grandpa made a ladder that pulls out from the wall and acts as a hay slide from the loft. 60 years and that old aluminum ladder is still good inspite of needing a few bolts replaced every few years
we were just thinking of a way to make an inside shoot from the loft to where you took those heavy bales. you walked 30 feet to drop them in the barn area.😊
My great friend ...saddle maker and horseman learned a lot from him....with rain rot his sure fire cure was used motor oil with sulfur flower mixed into it to make kind of a paste
Hello Jim&Brenda!! Hope you had a merry Christmas! Thank you for all your great TH-cam videos this year! Its been an absolute joy to watch them!! You have made my life so mutch better!! Happy and healthy New Year 2025 to your Family and all your animals on The Farm!! Stay safe in all The work you do!! Greetings from Malin in Finland ❤
Jim thanks for the small square bale count and sales . You have 77 large round wrapped "oat hay " . Do you have buyers for them .We always threshed our oats .Pansy like your thoughts regarding her future . Cheers 😊😊😊
Thankkyou for sharing this video with us.lt was always my favourite time bedding the horses down for the night,l always found it to be so peaceful and satisfying knowing they are warm fed and safe.Lovely video.We have had a nasty various since 22nd of this month,then l went down with it on 24th so we had to pass on Christmas this year.lm hoping it will get better in the next day or so.Best wishes dear friends 💞💐
I hope you're starting to feel better Jim from that cold 'tis the season. I'm trying to get over bronchitis, it sure slows you down doesn't it? But I know you don't have the luxury of taking a day off so rest and put your feet up when you can - I hope you have a nice recliner to relax in. 🎉Happy New Year!🎉
Happy New YearJim, Brenda and your family . Really enjoyed the experience of working with horses, as a young boy my nan had one and we also pulled wood etc. Lots of great memories of seting up the sled, horse sometimes more trouble than it's worth but had to get the job done.
You’re weather is just like ours a bit of snow and rain ,like you’re videos,from our house to yours Happy New Years,to you Jim and Brenda and family,and your gangs of beautiful horses,😊Hugs to Bree and Bill.
They do talk, when one learns to "read" a horse, you can feel what they are thinking. If you keep a horse for long enough, or any you have bred and kept, there is a psychic connection that is all about mutual trust. When he does something completely out of character, you better take note that all is not right, and search for the issue, be it pain somewhere, or a perceived threat or danger.
I have loved your channel from the start but since we just bought a 16 stall barn, house and kennels on 42 acres man this is good company! Well got to go start my chores lol
Love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and Jim and the Brenda and the horses and working on the homestead. Happy New Year Jim and Brenda
There is nothing like small children for giving you a cold. Luckily, they are sweet and fun to have around, right? You feed about like I feed. I was never one for fancy, expensive horse hay. I liked to feed good clean grass hay, and all they wanted: not to waste any, but to have their bellies full. Horses are grazers by nature, and I don't like their bellies empty. Its an invitation to colic. You give them small quantities of high quality hay, and they will gorge themselves and then be hungry until morning and then gorge themselves again. I also tended to go light on grain. The biggest team I took care of were half Clydesdale, half Hackney horse Canadian crossbreds used for horse and carriage weddings. I fed them just about the same amount of grain out of the same kind of scoop. They stayed in really nice condition. They had nice rounded butts, and you could just see the outline of their ribs as they moved, no crease down the back. In the summer, they would have the most beautiful dapples. They could trot for miles without a problem. The main thing is that the hay has to be clean and sweet smelling: no mold. There is nothing more peaceful than evening chores. I love closing the barn door on a bunch of well fed, clean, deeply bedded horses contented crunching on hay.
Hi Jim & Brenda, Could you tell us more about that great big fire box which you stoked up in this video. FYI it was 101 deg F here in Wagga Wagga NSW Australia last Sunday.
Good job on the labeling the stalls. They're pretty smart. I still like the Belgians. Bill is a great horse. I like Ken too.b but life moves 9n and it makes sense to start using the new boys. They're a good breed. Blessings to you and Brenda
Congratulo o Jim e a esposa pela dedicação e apresentação dos vídeos. Gostaria de pleitear apenas a possibilidade de legendas em portugues. No mais, grande abraço e Feliz 2025 e muita saúde ao casal. Parabens.😄
What do you do w your bailing twine Jim.? I never see a pile of it anywhere. Hahaha. 😂 i need their names above their stalls too. D.S. Ty. 😂 I really liked seeing the horses routines and your doing your things, w no notice of us for a bit longer at the end. Thnx too for the gr8 narrating Jim, and filming, Brenda. Loved learning the routine God bless yall. Happy New Year 2025.
Those horses lost without Jim (and Brenda), its funny how they like little kids, will walk right over a flight of stairs if you do not grab them, cute in a way how they lean on your guidance. Yes, my Dad always said "You have to show them who is Boss." The words so intriguing but the secret of how Dad and here Jim do that is really where the rubber meets the road , or the horseshoe hobs meet the Earth in a pulling horse. (you like that, ah ha). I like to comment on 3 things or so , I also like to comment on something unique while most folks hit on a similar topic again and again, I try to find a unique point or angle. With all those cats , no mice or rats messing around too much. It's funny how the scraunieist skinny cat can be the best mouser. They would drink the milk from a cow that was out of certification due to a medication, grade A farm some meds can not go into the milk for a week then the cats drink that or mayb a calf. Anyways,, fun to see how you do your chores, I always admired how professional farmers know their individual animals, it was my job to just listen to instruction and do what the farmer said because they know best, I never would challenge that and learned so much from those oldtimers. "You better let me milk that one". I learned there was a reason and roll with the punches. Amazing Jim how you get a cold when you get with others, I have the same thing. Coming from secluded Alaska, sometimes I pick up a big I have not yet been exposed to and build up the immune system. You have a good strong cough though. One last thing..., Love you guys and that goes out to All, happy New Year 🎉. Save some water in the prime can. (I better go see how Abby is doing in that new house.). Nice barn arrangement and feed philosophy. My sister is happy your getting after the rain rot on the horses, she said that can make them quite sick. Your on it. Horses look great. Nice work you guys, especially when it's not all fun and games. I appreciate your loyalty to your trade. Sorry, I got a little carried away, ah ha.
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Jim how does your wood furnace work to heat your house
Wish both of you a Very Happy New Year
The barn cats are just the cutest. I want one 🐈⬛
It tickled me when Jim cracked that joke about the horses reading their names. Really funny in the context of what was going on a few minutes before.
The chores never end, but that's actually the beauty of it. Something to rely on, no matter what. That's how I experience it, at least.
I completely agree
Horses are a lot of work but, it is so satisfying to have happy, and healthy animals.
Happy New Year to all!
I personally rode and drove horses for over 40 years and miss the horses and the satisfaction and joy they provided me. Working Horses With Jim helps keep my memories alive. Big Ken reminds me a lot of 19.1 HH Percheron Gelding named Chance
Hallo Jim! Ich freue mich sehr auf deine Videos. Du bist ein guter Mensch 😊
Thanks for the great tour it’s a lot of work and time in all of it. They all are well trained, getting their bed time snack and a little talking back and forth before sleep. They’re all doing well!!
Work doesn't end on a farm, even when you don't feel great and would like to rest. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video... there's always something new to learn! ❤❤
I love watching these podcasts. My grandfather had two "work"horses. I was allowed to go into their stalls and bring them
out to the water trough and I thought I was great. (I was probably 5) I love they way you treat your horses.
Thank you Jim and Brenda. I have had that cold for three weeks.I send prayers above for us all❤❤.
❤HI JIM & BRENDA......THANKS FOR TAING US ON EVENING CHORES......GLAD YOU GIT EVERYBODYS' NAME SIGNS UP SO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE! CHORES, EVERY DAY, ALL DAY....Are you going to get a helper again like William? He was a big help for
you!! Anyway, HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR....GOD BLESS 😊❤😮❤😊😊
Feel better, Jim! Those signs on the stalls are looking good.
thanks for an all day tour of the barn. they are happy,healthy horses..all run efficient even the big heater for heat..hugs to Lady and Kenny g. ( Brenda,your hair looks great....suz
Glad you enjoyed the tour. They are good horses!
😊 What talented horses you have Jim 😊
The animals are so well cared for. Take care of yourself
Thank you for sharing the little things that make up your day. I grew up on a farm in the late 70s and 80s. We had a milk barn that was much like yours. It was a little smaller and had only one silo (no fancy tops😊). I remember well the cold days getting hay from the loft for the animals. When I watch your videos, I can almost smell and feel my childhood. I appreciate your exciting videos of the hoses pulling, etc and I love the quite video of your day to day life.
Marvellous podcast Jim and Brenda. Recover from your flue soon Jim and take care both of you.
Jim I had too laugh, yes once the horses can read there names , they will be much better at knowing their stalls . Happy New Year . May see you at a horse pull in 2025 . Charlie
Happy New Year!
Thanks horses can count better than reading and writing😊😊😊@@WorkingHorsesWithJim
Happy new year Jim and Brinda and many mor, Have a wonlderfu day
I really enjoy watching all of your videos. Every time I see one it takes me back to when I was a kid running wild and free on my grandparents farm back the 1950s. It brings back memories of the sounds and smells out in the old barn. Usually dinner consisted of boiled potatoes and the slowest chicken in the yard. We bought our milk from a neighbor who had a dairy cow. I must have been 7 or 8 years old before we started getting that watered down store bought stuff. And last but not least, my grandparents still used the old style facilities down the path a short distance from the house.
Prosperous New Year, 31/12/2024 it is today . I keep you in my prayers for abundance of previsions .Love you .
we used to have a concrete slab to put the pill on so it would stem as the water would run to the centre of the. Midden pile as the salad would be sloping to the centre & we would turn the Midden once a week. often we went spread daily but the Meden would be put in the field that we intended to plough to be spread a week before ploughing.
Love seeing the hay barn. Hoping you feel better soon. Happy New Year ❤
Jim and Brenda, A great tutorial on your feeding routine of the Horses and Cattle. I whole heartily agree with You on feeding horses according to the amount of work there doing .
Thanks for watching!
\@@WorkingHorsesWithJim I enjoy every episode Jim and Brenda
Jim made a joke about reading the horses' names. It's really funny in the context of what was going on a minute ago. I've had a cold for three weeks. I'm sending prayers up for all of us.
Oh , I am always surprised when you talk about them fighting. I never think of them fighting, they are so well by behaved. I know it happens but you video their goodness so much.
You and I agree totally about the fine line in training horses
LOL The kids, I meant horses always act up over the holidays. 🐴🐎
Happy New Year Brenda & Jim.
Looking forward to seeing videos with Bree, June and how the training goes.
We love the T-Shirts and calendar.
Your Canadian fans.
I was blessed enough to have spent my summers on my grandparents working farm and my good friend's horse yard and Ive always been impressed with the amount of work that goes into farm animals. As much as I have a dog but it's nothing in comparison to working horses or bovine
Know I'm late but on the worm issue, probably resistance to what is being used. You might want to mention that to your vet as resistance is a seriously growing problem in deworming equines. thanks for sharing!
Never noticed before how much of a size difference a year makes on your fillies! Great looking horses. Thanks for videos, and I hope you have a fantastic 2025. May God bless!
Thanks, we hope you have a great 2025 too.
Brenda ! You can carry 2 bales at a time ! I’m impressed.
Thanks guys! Great video. Gives a real illustration of the day in a life on a farm. ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ich wünsche Gute Besserung Jim!
Vergiss nicht viel Artemisia annua Tee zu trinken, viel hochdosiertes Vitamin C (Deotform) zu nehmen und L-Lysin gegen Viren, um den Körper gut zu unterstützen, damit du schnell wieder gesund wirst! Vielleicht auch noch etwas Q 10?
Und löfter hinlegen und ausruhen. Wir warten lieber etwas länger auf ein neues Video. Hauptsache ist, die Krankheit nicht zu verschleppen und zu chronifizieren!
Ich wünsche euch einen Guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr und viel Gesundheit!
Herzliche Grüße 🙋♀️
Jim, love your dry humor
And your dry lumber, ah ha
It is 70 beautiful ,clean sky, lovely blue degrees..perfect outside working weather. thank you guys for the video...lov ya'll from south alabama. HAPPY NEW YEAR.........THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
Jim, for the rain rot, rub in White Healer daily, its a zinc cream originally made for dairy cows' teat issues. Comes in decent sized tubs at your rural store. Waterproof and oily, it keeps it soft, repels water, and after a few days of working it in with your fingers will heal the skin and the scabs can be worked out and away. Same thing for greasy heel, hobble chafe, rope burns. The condition dries then cracks and oozes, expanding the problem. I have seen a horse totally covered with it. Coconut oil will also do the trick, but zinc is best.
The fillies are not working or getting the grooming the others need, their coats are heavier, and their backs maybe haven't totally dried out, and so the rot sets in. Once healed, when they come in wet, it might help to stir their coats up with a stiff curry or brush, to aid drying. I hope this will be of some help, not just for you but others as well.
Greetings from Australia.
I agree with what you said.
The logging shoes providing better traction is undeniable, I remember that trip you took with Ken and Baron when he was young, and Ken's logging shoes are what got y'all across that ice patch. There are various hoof boots on the market that would provide superior traction to flat shoes, though I'm not sure how they'd compare to the logging shoes. But the boots could be used across horses, so you don't have to have one pair with pulling shoes and the others without. Traction on demand would be super useful for you.
Rainrot is super common and I'm shocked you haven't dealt with it much. It's a general term for dampness in their coats causing skin irritation, which allows natural fungi in our environment to infect the spots and such. With the Belgians' feathering and your mud, I thought you might have a big problem with it on their legs. But it's good you don't. With the mud you do have, I'd probably trim off the horses' feathers during mud season, when it's still chilly so they won't dry quickly, to avoid any spots of skin irritation but maybe it's not a factor. For the foals, I'm guessing their coat transition from baby fur to adult with undercoat for winter may be causing dampness (sweat or rain) to get trapped.
Finally, about the worms, couple things. One, with the number of animals (cows included) you've got a pretty large infectious load on your farm. That takes a pretty multipronged approach- feed thrus, poisons, fly wasps that kill them, etc. Something you might prefer is called rotational grazing, but you'd need to get some sheep/goats to interrupt the horse/cow worm lifecycle. Dewormers are nice, but there's a lot of ways to stop them before that point.
I laughed when you said he horses will now know which stall to go in because they can read their name above their stall. Ha Ha
Not really, just not needed right now as we train the younger ones
😂Доглядати за таким господарством де стільки тварин це величезна відповідальність.
Got my calendar it’s really nice. Great video can watch you put all the livestock to bed all the time❤
We always enjoy seeing the farm adventures! You're both so knowledgeable and hard working! It's been up and down weather here in Minnesota too, mostly foggy here, lately! Expecting freezing rain and snow later this week. Hope you both had a good Christmas and feel better, Jim! We love our calendar as we do last year's! You both are a blessing and so are the beautiful horses!
I just wanted to wish you, your family, and friends many blessings for a Happy New Year!
I'm at the end of a cold with a cough just like Jim's. I fought it but ended up having to take Amoxicillin. I'm older and thought I could beat it but it just didn't happen. It took about 4 hours before the Amoxicillin started to work and one day before there was a big change. Then I was just really tired. Get well soon.
Thanks, glad you are feeling better
A very enjoyable video. Have a very Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
I loved this video, it was a chance to see all of your wonderful horses. The cats and chickens are nice too. Happy New Year ❤
Ty for letting me see about your rainy days work around the farm. Happy New Year Brenda and Jim. God bless you and the farm.
its great that you put up hay and corn for your livestock Jim I You really a long with Brenda You guys really know how to be very efficient saving hay for the winter
Thank you Jim and Brenda for a fascinating year i have enjoyed all of your content eagerly awaiting for 2025
PG here. Watching the horses being fed was very educational. I loved the video. But I missed something??? What? Where was I? Lady is pregnant again? When, where? Who? How? I missed an entire video. The best part of the video was building the fire in the furnace overnight. We have a very small wood-burning stove in the basement, but it heats up the regular gas furnace thermostat, so it never kicks on. Only the basement stays very warm. I'd love to have a furnace like yours.
Lady was bred to a Belgian this time; so not a Baron offspring
Great video Jim nice there all out of the rain ❤
Thanks 👍
Nicely Done. Thank You for sharing.
A friends grandpa made a ladder that pulls out from the wall and acts as a hay slide from the loft. 60 years and that old aluminum ladder is still good inspite of needing a few bolts replaced every few years
we were just thinking of a way to make an inside shoot from the loft to where you took those heavy bales. you walked 30 feet to drop them in the barn area.😊
Just an old aluminum ladder foldable kind bolted to the wall it can be pulled out for sliding bales or easy climbing or the extendable kind works too
My great friend ...saddle maker and horseman learned a lot from him....with rain rot his sure fire cure was used motor oil with sulfur flower mixed into it to make kind of a paste
Hello Jim&Brenda!! Hope you had a merry Christmas! Thank you for all your great TH-cam videos this year! Its been an absolute joy to watch them!! You have made my life so mutch better!! Happy and healthy New Year 2025 to your Family and all your animals on The Farm!! Stay safe in all The work you do!! Greetings from Malin in Finland ❤
Love to hear the chickens
There is a lot of hard work goes into your horses and cattle Thanks for sharing
I enjoy watching the horses brought in and fed!
Jim thanks for the small square bale count and sales . You have 77 large round wrapped "oat hay " . Do you have buyers for them .We always threshed our oats .Pansy like your thoughts regarding her future . Cheers 😊😊😊
Those naughty boys!!! I'm glad I didn't do anything naughty when I was their age?!?! (Ha!Ha!) Have a Happy New Year!!!
Thankkyou for sharing this video with us.lt was always my favourite time bedding the horses down for the night,l always found it to be so peaceful and satisfying knowing they are warm fed and safe.Lovely video.We have had a nasty various since 22nd of this month,then l went down with it on 24th so we had to pass on Christmas this year.lm hoping it will get better in the next day or so.Best wishes dear friends 💞💐
Happy New Year!
@WorkingHorsesWithJim HAPPY NEW YEAR to such dear friends 💞💐
Happy New Hear folks! Question: Will you ever be getting another Percheron or maybe breed some? Such a fine horse.
😊love the big old barns
I hope you're starting to feel better Jim from that cold 'tis the season. I'm trying to get over bronchitis, it sure slows you down doesn't it? But I know you don't have the luxury of taking a day off so rest and put your feet up when you can - I hope you have a nice recliner to relax in. 🎉Happy New Year!🎉
Happy New YearJim, Brenda and your family . Really enjoyed the experience of working with horses, as a young boy my nan had one and we also pulled wood etc. Lots of great memories of seting up the sled, horse sometimes more trouble than it's worth but had to get the job done.
I know how Canada doing he's already been showing on here today and he is semi-retired now so that's good to see
You’re weather is just like ours a bit of snow and rain ,like you’re videos,from our house to yours Happy New Years,to you Jim and Brenda and family,and your gangs of beautiful horses,😊Hugs to Bree and Bill.
Jim, i have no Doubt the Horses can read. but When they start talking is when i will wonder what is going on Lol !!! :)
They do talk, when one learns to "read" a horse, you can feel what they are thinking. If you keep a horse for long enough, or any you have bred and kept, there is a psychic connection that is all about mutual trust. When he does something completely out of character, you better take note that all is not right, and search for the issue, be it pain somewhere, or a perceived threat or danger.
greetings from australia
Hello!
I have loved your channel from the start but since we just bought a 16 stall barn, house and kennels on 42 acres man this is good company! Well got to go start my chores lol
Hi Jim and Brenda! The calendar has arrived 😀 Best calendar ever! So beautifully made! Thanks a lot and a very Happy New Year to you all!!! 💗 -Chris
very insightful.....thanks for this video
...good supply of cats... 💟💟💟💟
Your horses are looking really good ! Very impressive
Absolutely loved this video watching you do chores and of course your camera person does a great job filming
Happy New Year and God Bless
Love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and Jim and the Brenda and the horses and working on the homestead. Happy New Year Jim and Brenda
We're glad you enjoy our videos!
Hard working family!!
There is nothing like small children for giving you a cold. Luckily, they are sweet and fun to have around, right?
You feed about like I feed. I was never one for fancy, expensive horse hay. I liked to feed good clean grass hay, and all they wanted: not to waste any, but to have their bellies full. Horses are grazers by nature, and I don't like their bellies empty. Its an invitation to colic. You give them small quantities of high quality hay, and they will gorge themselves and then be hungry until morning and then gorge themselves again. I also tended to go light on grain. The biggest team I took care of were half Clydesdale, half Hackney horse Canadian crossbreds used for horse and carriage weddings. I fed them just about the same amount of grain out of the same kind of scoop. They stayed in really nice condition. They had nice rounded butts, and you could just see the outline of their ribs as they moved, no crease down the back. In the summer, they would have the most beautiful dapples. They could trot for miles without a problem. The main thing is that the hay has to be clean and sweet smelling: no mold.
There is nothing more peaceful than evening chores. I love closing the barn door on a bunch of well fed, clean, deeply bedded horses contented crunching on hay.
great braids brenda!
You can tell those horses are well taken care of.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Love the chore videos
Hi Jim & Brenda, Could you tell us more about that great big fire box which you stoked up in this video. FYI it was 101 deg F here in Wagga Wagga NSW Australia last Sunday.
Good job on the labeling the stalls. They're pretty smart. I still like the Belgians. Bill is a great horse. I like Ken too.b but life moves 9n and it makes sense to start using the new boys. They're a good breed. Blessings to you and Brenda
😢HAPPY NEW YEAR Jim and Brenda! Thanks for your videos.
Yes some people I watch who have horses who they don’t ride or work give them tons of grain. Too much grain is bad.
Happy New Year To Y'all And Blessings To Jim And Brenda Please Be Safe ✌️
Happy New Year!
Happy new year Brenda and jim
Congratulo o Jim e a esposa pela dedicação e apresentação dos vídeos.
Gostaria de pleitear apenas a possibilidade de legendas em portugues.
No mais, grande abraço e Feliz 2025 e muita saúde ao casal. Parabens.😄
Great video
Informative video, thx
Did I miss what that wood burning house heats? That’s a lot of wood!
Das Wohnhaus.
It heats our house, heats our hot water and the wood kiln
Now I know why Brenda has good shoulder muscles. Look at her carrying two bails like Jim, with no effort.
Earl is actually smart! He pretends to go into the wrong stall so he can start eating Bill’s hay before Jim makes him go to the right stall
Yes he is
Ah ha 😊
Hello jim happy new year..watching you in the Philippines
🧐Did a good job heads up on nightly chores follow up adjustments etc for next day impressive to say the least 👍👋
Happy New Year Brenda & Jim.
Thanks, Happy New Year!
What do you do w your bailing twine Jim.? I never see a pile of it anywhere. Hahaha. 😂 i need their names above their stalls too. D.S. Ty. 😂 I really liked seeing the horses routines and your doing your things, w no notice of us for a bit longer at the end. Thnx too for the gr8 narrating Jim, and filming, Brenda. Loved learning the routine God bless yall. Happy New Year 2025.
I imagine used twine and plastic wrap go on the burn pile .😊
Those horses lost without Jim (and Brenda), its funny how they like little kids, will walk right over a flight of stairs if you do not grab them, cute in a way how they lean on your guidance. Yes, my Dad always said "You have to show them who is Boss." The words so intriguing but the secret of how Dad and here Jim do that is really where the rubber meets the road , or the horseshoe hobs meet the Earth in a pulling horse. (you like that, ah ha).
I like to comment on 3 things or so , I also like to comment on something unique while most folks hit on a similar topic again and again, I try to find a unique point or angle. With all those cats , no mice or rats messing around too much. It's funny how the scraunieist skinny cat can be the best mouser. They would drink the milk from a cow that was out of certification due to a medication, grade A farm some meds can not go into the milk for a week then the cats drink that or mayb a calf. Anyways,, fun to see how you do your chores, I always admired how professional farmers know their individual animals, it was my job to just listen to instruction and do what the farmer said because they know best, I never would challenge that and learned so much from those oldtimers. "You better let me milk that one". I learned there was a reason and roll with the punches. Amazing Jim how you get a cold when you get with others, I have the same thing. Coming from secluded Alaska, sometimes I pick up a big I have not yet been exposed to and build up the immune system. You have a good strong cough though. One last thing..., Love you guys and that goes out to All, happy New Year 🎉. Save some water in the prime can.
(I better go see how Abby is doing in that new house.). Nice barn arrangement and feed philosophy.
My sister is happy your getting after the rain rot on the horses, she said that can make them quite sick. Your on it.
Horses look great. Nice work you guys, especially when it's not all fun and games. I appreciate your loyalty to your trade. Sorry, I got a little carried away, ah ha.