My granddaughters raise pigs for 4H and the sale day is sure to bring tears to their eyes. One girl swore off raising pigs and switched to horticulture.
If more people understood about where their food, at the market actually came from, they might be a little more appreciative of the Farmer's and Rancher's that feed them daily. Thank you for sharing your life on the farm, good and bad Much Love to you and your family ❤
I have Lupus, which processed foods make it much worse. Especially the body pain. We cut out sugars and processed foods, and raise our own meat and eggs. I can really tell a big difference since we changed our diets.
Stunning confirmation on Chungous. You all have done well with that pig and your family will eat well for sometime. Thank you for your kind animal care.
My Grandma told me never name your food. I got close to a calf and I named her Patches. It broke my heart when we butchered her. I gave her lots of Love. I do understand all about farming. I grew up on a 100 acre farm.
I've never been on a farm so I know I couldn't do it but my Dad was raised on a ranch that my Grandpa owned so he helped my Grandpa with the animals and helped my Grandpa in the butchering as well. My Dad's side comes from a long line of farmers in the U.S. and Ireland. My Mom's relatives were farmers as well but in Mexico and also on Apache reservations. I think by showing this in your videos, you're showing how well you treat the animals you care for. Even if they are going to be used for meat. She was a good girl and we'll miss seeing her. I'm sure she appreciated all your love and care. RIP Ms. Chungus. 🙏🏻💖
Read the heading and thought it was about Kora. 😢. I can only imagine the feelings of taking the pig away but she was well taken care of and happy towards the end. You guys are very good to your animals and they are loved. They know it and that's all that matters.
My sister had a pig that followed her straight into the trailer. She (my sister) cried all the way to the meat processing plant. I hope you have better luck with your emotions than she did. Lots of love sent your way.
I remember when my uncle brought home a couple of baby pigs for his kids to raise for meat. He named them Ham and Bacon, to make sure they understood these weren't pets. Good video, Kevin.
I know you have to do that to eat but I personally I can't eat meat due to allergies. Aww bless her the way she looked at you, it's Iike she knew. I was bought up at the side of a farm and a lot of Sundays we would hear the pigs squealing, my parents used to say it's like they knew it was slaughter day. Xx
I personally couldn't do it, I tried once but ended up falling in love with her and keeping her on our farm. Don't get me wrong Kevin, I DON'T begrudge anyone else for doing it, Lord knows the meat is better. Good luck loading that big girl 😂. I love ya'll, NO bad feelings whatsoever!! Love and God Bless you all 💜 ✝️ Jennifer
This isn't about grudge. Just don't introduce the animal into your TH-cam channel to Be one day Slaughtered. Seriously! And I am a fan but just dissapointed.
She is a beautiful show pig. Some 4-H kid probably raised her up and won a prize with her at the fair. It was special to share some time with her before her demize. She's a sweetheart, so gentle and friendly. Goodbye my lovely girl! And Betty's grandchicks...let's count them and watch for their numbers to decline, what with all the coyotes around every night! Won't it be sad? Chungus was used to going to shows and loaded right up, an experienced traveler, sweet dreams baby girl!
I think it is awesome that you have the opportunity to raise your own food. Sad to see Chungas go. You give them an amazing life until, the day comes that they serve their purpose.
Hello from Washington State on the eastern side. I remember my grandparents raising pigs to be used as food. It was hard knowing that, but I understood.
Hello Kevin and Rachel how is Caleb doing and Kia. Hope Caleb leg is healing good. You know that people need to understand farm life .there are animals that are pets and others raised for food. I don't like killing animals my self. But I do understand I had members in my family that were farmers and raised there on food. God bless yall and hope yall have a wonderful weekend coming up your friend Robin from Virginia. 😊
Kevin love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals and the homestead. Ms Chung going to market. I was raised on farm grown animals
I so much agree with out about caring what an animal that I will consume has eaten and so forth. Living in the city makes buying meat expensive when you don’t know a farmer.
We feed ours pigs in the trailer the last two days, so they load themselves up. They even sleep there at night. We raise 4 at a time from 30 lbs to 350 lbs, May through November. Nothing is better than home ground sausage, just don’t season it until you thaw and cook it. The last 6 weeks we feed a finishing ration. The 4 of them eat 50 lb bag every 4-5 days!
She has lived a good life while y'all had her. Now it's time to fulfill the purpose for raising her. That's farm life as Cassie says. Glad that she was easy to load. When I was young that's how we got our meat. I know it's gonna taste lots better than meat from the grocery stores. Nice seeing your Dad. GOD bless y'all.
Kevin, I'm with you. I raise the animals that provide us with meat. I raise them, love them, even name them but their life purpose is to provide meat. I see to it they are healthy, happy and stress free until their time.
Hello Kevin and Rachel I know it’s hard. At the same time, Chungus has had kindness and love. She was stuck in some tiny breeder pen, or the smallest possible pen to simply feed her until she was fat. She’s been playing in her own field. With nice neighbors, sunshine, a warm place to sleep, kind words and touch. She will nourish your whole family, help the kids to grow strong, and everyone to be healthy. You will honor her and the gift of her. Blessings ❤ ~Linda
My family lives in the farm and yes we’ve butchered our own animals for food when I was a kid but it’s okay to be sad. I left a like on your video keep it up the content 👍🏻
No problem, I understand about the pig because I used to hunt with my husband and we eat whatever we harvested. It is what it is. Luckily I never to eat what we raised. But I know how you take care of your animals and they loved. Love and blessings❤
I’ve led a “farming life “ my entire lifetime. When it comes to “freezer camp” it’s never easy, but it’s a natural part of life. If you didn’t have feelings about this, there would be something very wrong you. We/I have always done our own processing, from raising the animal to putting the meat in the freezer (and everything in between). Some animals affect you more than others. I think that it’s very healthy to understand where your food comes from; regardless of how you get it (the store or your pasture). Have a blessed day!
You'all are So Sweet, haven't watched in a while,, been on Politics,, and Prayer, In Such a Time as This . Be Blessed and have A Wonderful 🎄 Christmas ! and The Best New Year Ever ✨🕊️
I never name the animals that are destined for freezer camp. Unless it's their last few days then they may get a name like pork chop, ribeye, spare ribs, etc.
You've given her the best few weeks of her life 💟🧬🧬🧬. She's been happy 😊😊😁😁. Don't feel bad about it being time to say goodbye.❤❤❤❤ I love you and your family,and videos too.
She really was a very social pig Kevin and I can see how some folks would just turn her into a pet, but I'm sure you'll honour her by not wasting any of her. I had a dog once who would give me that 'side-eyed' look whenever she knew she was going to the vet and was not impressed with me! 😂
Ms. Chungus had a wonderful life. Y'all raised her to feed your family, and your family knows that. If people don't understand that and want to say something mean or whatever, they can move on. Y'all never hid the fact that she is being raised to be put in the freezer. I live in an apartment and have never had farm raise meat. So I never know what's going on with it. I actually have never even eaten farm raised anything. My sister-in-law says she doesn't like farm raised meat or even farm fresh eggs. She says they taste differently. I would only assume they would taste better but I don't know. 🤷🏻♀️ Y'all done good by Ms. Chungus and she will feed your family well. God bless.❤
I never thought pigs could be so sweet. We had pigs but my Mom would not let us visit them. You're right about knowing where your food comes from. In stores especially the big name food shopping stores like Wal.... the meat can be very undesirable looking and in package. Fresh chickens cut up in a bag can be butchered in nasty ways. Vegetables are another matter. They turn in your fridge before you get to use them. Our area in Pa. the food is of low quality. We are getting our meat in a better store now. ❤❤❤
What a great video! What a tough subject to approach and share! The Littles had mixed feelings, but I think that the thought of BACON… ruled!😋. They all agreed that prayers of gratitude were necessary to thank Chungas for her life sustaining sacrifice 🥰. She fulfilled her purpose, and was lovingly nurtured🥰. This process brings a whole new appreciation for the food we are blessed with, especially home grown! The Native Americans had it right in giving thanks for the life that was sacrificed for human consumption! We also discussed how the Littles felt about waste. They were less likely to waste a home grown source, that they personally contributed to its well being! They did make the connection that all living food sources make that sacrifice. A new appreciation for food and where it comes from was instilled in a new generation today!😍. Thank you for always sharing and keeping it real! Loves and prayers to ya’ll as always!🥰
It’s always hard to say goodbye. Ripe applies are a nice treat helps to get them where you want. I use to be the one to put outs in the trailer. I had the patience to guide as opposed to force. You can’t really force a pig, the more you push the more they push back…. Give them a little something sweet and they follow you any where.
Those big bale holders are great for all that and keeping air circulation so it doesn't mold because mold can make them very sick and kill them. You can get an old truck or tractor tire to put dirt, sand and Ashe in for the chic's dust bath, or they can start doing a dust bath by the edge of the fence and eventually dig out. You're not going to put the lil chickens in the pen, I would or they will more than like get got if momma takes them outside the field especially now that it's getting cold and little less food source for the owls, hawks, eagles and such. Its always heart tugging but you know it is feeding your family for the year with very good meat.
It is sad for the animal but i can't be saying anything because i eat pork, lamb beef i do understand that you do give your animals the best life and you know its not been injected with chemicals and other stuff that they put into animals to bulk them up, and yes shes a lovely pig big Chungess, but with not being brought up on a farm i still find it sad but u know you will di it humanely, she could have been in a horrible place and still killed and not had a good life before her ending.❤
{{HUGS}} 🙏🏻 All animals on your farm, have a purpose, and know they’re luved. You always explain in great detail, what is going on and what to expect. Almost daily I direct people to your channel. Comfort prayers to your family. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I just don’t know how u can name them and be friends with them knowing they will be on ur plate in a few weeks/months . I’d have to simply feed it and walk away. No belly scratching or anything like that . All business , no friendships . I don’t know how u do it .
I know how much I Iike pork chops and bacon. I'd rather still go to the store and buy them. Couldn't have an animal on my farm and feed him, and he looks back at you, only to take him to the processor. Then eat him! That's my opinion. Everyone else out there will disagree with me. I couldn't do it.
I know it’s necessary to process your meat animals Kevin and I feel bad for you all. You are great animal owners and I enjoy watching you and look forward to your videos. Rachel is so beautiful and you handsome and your children are your little twins. Such a great family.
Thank you for sharing this video with all of us. I used to raise pigs also for meat in my freezer. I was a single mom trying to keep good food in my freezer to feed 3 children and myself. I didn't have as big a setup as you do but I had a couple of cows for milk and ducks for eggs. My kids also helped me with taking care of the animals. I love watching you and Rachel and your kids working on the farm and sustaining your family with the good food. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You bought her for a reason, don't feel bad. You have shown her love and fed her well. We are the ones that have to go to the grocery store to get our meat. I'm told old to raise pigs and cows.
Hey Kevin and Rachel, She is a well mannered calm lovely Piggy 🎉. It is good Animal husbandry to keep the telationship going till their worst day arrives 👍. Any luck on Kyah's Buck?????????? Whe she arrives in little white packages she will be meat 🌞. JO JO IN VT 💞
Hi from Mary Iceland 🇮🇸 😮. Hope you're having a lovely good day, and that's farm life I am sure everything will go well. God bless you wery much dear family ❤
It is kinda sad, for me personally I don't eat pork but I was raised on a farm where we butchered what we ate. I don't fault your choices and hope she feeds your Family well. I'm very thankful for how well you treat all your Animals, she had a very good life while she was on your Family's Farm.🙏❤🙏
I went with my Grandpa Bates one time to drop his hog off at the butcher. I think that hog knew where she was when we pulled up becsuse she started running around in the trailer a hittin the sides. Grandpa ran back to the trailer and started calling her name, Mags, Mags. He had named her Maggy the Piggy LOL anyway she calmed down and walked out of the trailer. My Grandpa thanked her for the blessing she was going to be giving the families of her body. He prayed and they shot her in the head then they fixed the body to a crane and pulled it up feet first and took it in the processors. My Grandpa did have a few tears on the way home. I didn't say anything. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. God bless you.
Poor Chungus, I understand the reason you got her for, but she is a sweet animal, I try not to think about where she goes. I wish she could have stayed with you on the farm longer, another few months or so. We'll miss her.
The hardest part of raising for your freezer. We raise bottle baby steers. After a year and half of giving them the best care and life it hurts to say goodbye.
We save our ashes in a coal bucket and a stainless trash can. We then put it in dust bath holes inside of our chicken static pen. It kills off lice and mites which get worse in the fall, just like fleas trying to get indoors for the winter.
I wish I could, for Christmas my daughter is getting me some venison, has given me beef they baught in bulk from a farm, it seems all of a sudden there is so much food recalls it scary, I try to buy organic, you have to read to make sure it's GMO free, you are doing such a great job, I guess to some our ancestors were terrible people to, lol, I only buy eggs from a local business, too if you haven't tasted fresh milk out of a cow, oh boy you are missing out, I stick to the local small grocery stores too, hopefully the next year gets better on importing, 👍❤🇺🇸
I don't know about the taste of fresh milk. When we visited my uncle's dairy farm, the milk always tasted weird. It either tasted like old grass or silage smelled. I was a kid, raised on milk from the grocery store. Now my aunt and uncle are gone. The cows were gone for a long time. The farm is still in the family, I think. They always raised potatoes.
Even though you haven't had Ms. Chunga very long I'm going to miss her especially how gentle she is.
Agree
Thank you for giving your pig the best possible life this last few weeks. It is very sad but I understand!
My granddaughters raise pigs for 4H and the sale day is sure to bring tears to their eyes. One girl swore off raising pigs and switched to horticulture.
Lol
Kevin, it is life. I know you love your animals. You are fortunate that you can control your own food. Who knows what we, less fortunate, are eating!
If more people understood about where their food, at the market actually came from, they might be a little more appreciative of the Farmer's and Rancher's that feed them daily.
Thank you for sharing your life on the farm, good and bad
Much Love to you and your family ❤
shoot dont talk like that if you come to the UK!! heir starmer might lock you away for 18 months
I have Lupus, which processed foods make it much worse. Especially the body pain. We cut out sugars and processed foods, and raise our own meat and eggs. I can really tell a big difference since we changed our diets.
I totally understand why you have animals to harvest. But she is so sweet I'm going to miss her.
You’re a good girl Chungus and we will miss you. ❤❤
Stunning confirmation on Chungous. You all have done well with that pig and your family will eat well for sometime. Thank you for your kind animal care.
My father raised chickens and pigs that would go to freezer camp and most of time we accepted it was food; but when it became a pet it was different.
My Grandma told me never name your food. I got close to a calf and I named her Patches. It broke my heart when we butchered her. I gave her lots of Love. I do understand all about farming. I grew up on a 100 acre farm.
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My folks told me the same thing, don't name them!! God Bless ✝️ grandma Jennifer
I like that you showed how to load her and that it wasn’t a stressful event to her and you showed respect and calmness. Thank you. ❤❤
I've never been on a farm so I know I couldn't do it but my Dad was raised on a ranch that my Grandpa owned so he helped my Grandpa with the animals and helped my Grandpa in the butchering as well. My Dad's side comes from a long line of farmers in the U.S. and Ireland. My Mom's relatives were farmers as well but in Mexico and also on Apache reservations. I think by showing this in your videos, you're showing how well you treat the animals you care for. Even if they are going to be used for meat. She was a good girl and we'll miss seeing her. I'm sure she appreciated all your love and care. RIP Ms. Chungus. 🙏🏻💖
She looks really great!! It's hard sometimes but it farm life!! The Good with Bad . Love n Blessings
Read the heading and thought it was about Kora. 😢. I can only imagine the feelings of taking the pig away but she was well taken care of and happy towards the end. You guys are very good to your animals and they are loved. They know it and that's all that matters.
My sister had a pig that followed her straight into the trailer. She (my sister) cried all the way to the meat processing plant. I hope you have better luck with your emotions than she did. Lots of love sent your way.
I watch your videos because of the love 💞😘 you have for your animals.
That's the sad part of Farm LIFE..
I remember when my uncle brought home a couple of baby pigs for his kids to raise for meat. He named them Ham and Bacon, to make sure they understood these weren't pets. Good video, Kevin.
I know you have to do that to eat but I personally I can't eat meat due to allergies. Aww bless her the way she looked at you, it's Iike she knew. I was bought up at the side of a farm and a lot of Sundays we would hear the pigs squealing, my parents used to say it's like they knew it was slaughter day. Xx
I personally couldn't do it, I tried once but ended up falling in love with her and keeping her on our farm. Don't get me wrong Kevin, I DON'T begrudge anyone else for doing it, Lord knows the meat is better. Good luck loading that big girl 😂. I love ya'll, NO bad feelings whatsoever!! Love and God Bless you all 💜 ✝️ Jennifer
I couldn't eat an animal i personally know. Especially when they have a name and are your pet
I am unable to eat my “friends” either but I do not hold a grudge against folks that do!
I personally wouldn't be able to do it, but I understand that it's how a lot of people get their food. Going to miss you Chungus.💔😢
This isn't about grudge. Just don't introduce the animal into your TH-cam channel to Be one day Slaughtered. Seriously! And I am a fan but just dissapointed.
She is a beautiful show pig. Some 4-H kid probably raised her up and won a prize with her at the fair. It was special to share some time with her before her demize. She's a sweetheart, so gentle and friendly. Goodbye my lovely girl! And Betty's grandchicks...let's count them and watch for their numbers to decline, what with all the coyotes around every night! Won't it be sad? Chungus was used to going to shows and loaded right up, an experienced traveler, sweet dreams baby girl!
I really liked Big Chagas. She was a precious friendly pig😢😮
I think it is awesome that you have the opportunity to raise your own food. Sad to see Chungas go. You give them an amazing life until, the day comes that they serve their purpose.
Hello from Washington State on the eastern side. I remember my grandparents raising pigs to be used as food. It was hard knowing that, but I understood.
It's good to see how much you care about your animals. Your videos are awesome.
I don't feel sad about raising an animal for food, going to the processor is a part of life.
We processed our own.❤
Aww... yup it's farm life... still sad. Love you all so much! Continued prayers and God bless ❤
Hello Kevin and Rachel how is Caleb doing and Kia. Hope Caleb leg is healing good. You know that people need to understand farm life .there are animals that are pets and others raised for food. I don't like killing animals my self. But I do understand I had members in my family that were farmers and raised there on food. God bless yall and hope yall have a wonderful weekend coming up your friend Robin from Virginia. 😊
Going to miss hearing about the pig but it is a part of life.
I couldn’t do that, especially if I had it for awhile. I’d get attached and feel real bad.. Poor baby 😢
Kevin love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals and the homestead. Ms Chung going to market. I was raised on farm grown animals
It is difficult, but great when we pick it up and the freezer is full!!!
I so much agree with out about caring what an animal that I will consume has eaten and so forth. Living in the city makes buying meat expensive when you don’t know a farmer.
We feed ours pigs in the trailer the last two days, so they load themselves up. They even sleep there at night. We raise 4 at a time from 30 lbs to 350 lbs, May through November. Nothing is better than home ground sausage, just don’t season it until you thaw and cook it. The last 6 weeks we feed a finishing ration. The 4 of them eat 50 lb bag every 4-5 days!
She had a good life. You gotta do, what you gotta do.
Because there is not enough food in the grocery stores 🙄🤔 rashions!
You know where it has been and what it ate before hand so that is the best way to know where your food comes from. FARM LIFE!
She has lived a good life while y'all had her. Now it's time to fulfill the purpose for raising her. That's farm life as Cassie says. Glad that she was easy to load. When I was young that's how we got our meat. I know it's gonna taste lots better than meat from the grocery stores. Nice seeing your Dad. GOD bless y'all.
Kevin, I'm with you. I raise the animals that provide us with meat. I raise them, love them, even name them but their life purpose is to provide meat. I see to it they are healthy, happy and stress free until their time.
Hello Kevin and Rachel
I know it’s hard. At the same time, Chungus has had kindness and love. She was stuck in some tiny breeder pen, or the smallest possible pen to simply feed her until she was fat. She’s been playing in her own field. With nice neighbors, sunshine, a warm place to sleep, kind words and touch.
She will nourish your whole family, help the kids to grow strong, and everyone to be healthy.
You will honor her and the gift of her.
Blessings ❤
~Linda
Thanks for sharing.
My family lives in the farm and yes we’ve butchered our own animals for food when I was a kid but it’s okay to be sad. I left a like on your video keep it up the content 👍🏻
No problem, I understand about the pig because I used to hunt with my husband and we eat whatever we harvested. It is what it is. Luckily I never to eat what we raised. But I know how you take care of your animals and they loved. Love and blessings❤
I’ve led a “farming life “ my entire lifetime. When it comes to “freezer camp” it’s never easy, but it’s a natural part of life. If you didn’t have feelings about this, there would be something very wrong you. We/I have always done our own processing, from raising the animal to putting the meat in the freezer (and everything in between). Some animals affect you more than others. I think that it’s very healthy to understand where your food comes from; regardless of how you get it (the store or your pasture). Have a blessed day!
You'all are So Sweet, haven't watched in a while,, been on Politics,, and Prayer, In Such a Time as This . Be Blessed and have A Wonderful 🎄 Christmas ! and The Best New Year Ever ✨🕊️
Oh wow, that sunset is beautiful.
I know why you are doing this but for me it makes me sad. I am one that can't see the face of the animal I am about to eat. I just can't do it!
Poor piggy knows something is gonna happen. i could never do this
Chungas was a pretty girl and seemed so sweet. A gentle soul. :(
Good afternoon I love your farm animals videos how are your Dogs doing I love your animals ❤
I never name the animals that are destined for freezer camp. Unless it's their last few days then they may get a name like pork chop, ribeye, spare ribs, etc.
You've given her the best few weeks of her life 💟🧬🧬🧬. She's been happy 😊😊😁😁. Don't feel bad about it being time to say goodbye.❤❤❤❤ I love you and your family,and videos too.
She really was a very social pig Kevin and I can see how some folks would just turn her into a pet, but I'm sure you'll honour her by not wasting any of her. I had a dog once who would give me that 'side-eyed' look whenever she knew she was going to the vet and was not impressed with me! 😂
Farm life but sometimes it stings a bit. Great you can raise your own food so you know whats in them. Blessings 🙏🫶❤️🫶🙏
It's hard when it's time for taking animals for processing. It's just part of farming abd you guys a awesome with your animals.
Thought you were going to have to make a ramp. Curious to see the hams from that beautiful girl.
Ms. Chungus had a wonderful life. Y'all raised her to feed your family, and your family knows that. If people don't understand that and want to say something mean or whatever, they can move on. Y'all never hid the fact that she is being raised to be put in the freezer. I live in an apartment and have never had farm raise meat. So I never know what's going on with it. I actually have never even eaten farm raised anything. My sister-in-law says she doesn't like farm raised meat or even farm fresh eggs. She says they taste differently. I would only assume they would taste better but I don't know. 🤷🏻♀️
Y'all done good by Ms. Chungus and she will feed your family well. God bless.❤
I never thought pigs could be so sweet. We had pigs but my Mom would not let us visit them. You're right about knowing where your food comes from. In stores especially the big name food shopping stores like Wal.... the meat can be very undesirable looking and in package. Fresh chickens cut up in a bag can be butchered in nasty ways. Vegetables are another matter. They turn in your fridge before you get to use them. Our area in Pa. the food is of low quality. We are getting our meat in a better store now. ❤❤❤
What a great video! What a tough subject to approach and share! The Littles had mixed feelings, but I think that the thought of BACON… ruled!😋. They all agreed that prayers of gratitude were necessary to thank Chungas for her life sustaining sacrifice 🥰. She fulfilled her purpose, and was lovingly nurtured🥰. This process brings a whole new appreciation for the food we are blessed with, especially home grown! The Native Americans had it right in giving thanks for the life that was sacrificed for human consumption! We also discussed how the Littles felt about waste. They were less likely to waste a home grown source, that they personally contributed to its well being! They did make the connection that all living food sources make that sacrifice. A new appreciation for food and where it comes from was instilled in a new generation today!😍. Thank you for always sharing and keeping it real! Loves and prayers to ya’ll as always!🥰
She’s been happy.
My granddaughter has one that looks just like yours.She is doing for 4H. She named her pig Chewy
It is her 3 rd pig
She had the best life while she was with me guys.❤❤❤
I will say you are only doing what is best,,,it feeds the family********** i will miss her❤
It’s always hard to say goodbye. Ripe applies are a nice treat helps to get them where you want.
I use to be the one to put outs in the trailer. I had the patience to guide as opposed to force. You can’t really force a pig, the more you push the more they push back…. Give them a little something sweet and they follow you any where.
Those big bale holders are great for all that and keeping air circulation so it doesn't mold because mold can make them very sick and kill them. You can get an old truck or tractor tire to put dirt, sand and Ashe in for the chic's dust bath, or they can start doing a dust bath by the edge of the fence and eventually dig out. You're not going to put the lil chickens in the pen, I would or they will more than like get got if momma takes them outside the field especially now that it's getting cold and little less food source for the owls, hawks, eagles and such. Its always heart tugging but you know it is feeding your family for the year with very good meat.
It is sad for the animal but i can't be saying anything because i eat pork, lamb beef i do understand that you do give your animals the best life and you know its not been injected with chemicals and other stuff that they put into animals to bulk them up, and yes shes a lovely pig big Chungess, but with not being brought up on a farm i still find it sad but u know you will di it humanely, she could have been in a horrible place and still killed and not had a good life before her ending.❤
{{HUGS}} 🙏🏻
All animals on your farm, have a purpose, and know they’re luved. You always explain in great detail, what is going on and what to expect. Almost daily I direct people to your channel.
Comfort prayers to your family. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
i still say she would make a better sow than bacon she has beautiful lines & would make beautiful babies
I just don’t know how u can name them and be friends with them knowing they will be on ur plate in a few weeks/months . I’d have to simply feed it and walk away. No belly scratching or anything like that . All business , no friendships . I don’t know how u do it .
It's never easy to say goodbye. If it was I would not have liked it 😭😔😭 very much.
I know how much I Iike pork chops and bacon. I'd rather still go to the store and buy them. Couldn't have an animal on my farm and feed him, and he looks back at you, only to take him to the processor. Then eat him! That's my opinion. Everyone else out there will disagree with me. I couldn't do it.
Miss Chungus did very well !! So great!!
It's the circle of life. She was lovingly cared for in her last days. Now she feeds those who fed and cared for her.
That is why God made animals and good people to take care of them.
Most enjoyable Great video thanks. Chris from England
That's part of life that hurts. You do your best and treat them good.
I know it’s necessary to process your meat animals Kevin and I feel bad for you all. You are great animal owners and I enjoy watching you and look forward to your videos. Rachel is so beautiful and you handsome and your children are your little twins. Such a great family.
Is Kora staying home now
😢 RIP SWEET ANGEL 🎉❤
Carnitas , bacon , cheeks ribs and pork chops...
Yup I am with you Kevin❤
One big pig!
Thank you for sharing this video with all of us. I used to raise pigs also for meat in my freezer. I was a single mom trying to keep good food in my freezer to feed 3 children and myself. I didn't have as big a setup as you do but I had a couple of cows for milk and ducks for eggs. My kids also helped me with taking care of the animals. I love watching you and Rachel and your kids working on the farm and sustaining your family with the good food. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You bought her for a reason, don't feel bad. You have shown her love and fed her well. We are the ones that have to go to the grocery store to get our meat. I'm told old to raise pigs and cows.
You are great keeping it real,
We grew pigs cows horses goats veggies fruit all
Too bad you can't keep her for breeding stock, but I understand her purchase. She's had a good life with you at least.
Hey Kevin and Rachel, She is a well mannered calm lovely Piggy 🎉.
It is good Animal husbandry to keep the telationship going till their worst day arrives 👍.
Any luck on Kyah's Buck??????????
Whe she arrives in little white packages she will be meat 🌞.
JO JO IN VT 💞
She is a stunning animal
As Cassie Walker says “It’s farm life people”
Have a good rest of the week.❤🎉
Hi from Mary Iceland 🇮🇸 😮. Hope you're having a lovely good day, and that's farm life I am sure everything will go well. God bless you wery much dear family ❤
It is kinda sad, for me personally I don't eat pork but I was raised on a farm where we butchered what we ate. I don't fault your choices and hope she feeds your Family well. I'm very thankful for how well you treat all your Animals, she had a very good life while she was on your Family's Farm.🙏❤🙏
I went with my Grandpa Bates one time to drop his hog off at the butcher. I think that hog knew where she was when we pulled up becsuse she started running around in the trailer a hittin the sides. Grandpa ran back to the trailer and started calling her name, Mags, Mags. He had named her Maggy the Piggy LOL anyway she calmed down and walked out of the trailer. My Grandpa thanked her for the blessing she was going to be giving the families of her body. He prayed and they shot her in the head then they fixed the body to a crane and pulled it up feet first and took it in the processors. My Grandpa did have a few tears on the way home. I didn't say anything. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. God bless you.
Poor Chungus, I understand the reason you got her for, but she is a sweet animal, I try not to think about where she goes. I wish she could have stayed with you on the farm longer, another few months or so. We'll miss her.
That was smooth.
The hardest part of raising for your freezer. We raise bottle baby steers. After a year and half of giving them the best care and life it hurts to say goodbye.
I lay a pallet down with plywood over it for pigs as a extra step for them to get in the trailers. Seems to help
We save our ashes in a coal bucket and a stainless trash can. We then put it in dust bath holes inside of our chicken static pen. It kills off lice and mites which get worse in the fall, just like fleas trying to get indoors for the winter.
Wish I could raise a pig for meat. Would be tough no doubt when harvest time but the meat would be so good!
I wish I could, for Christmas my daughter is getting me some venison, has given me beef they baught in bulk from a farm, it seems all of a sudden there is so much food recalls it scary, I try to buy organic, you have to read to make sure it's GMO free, you are doing such a great job, I guess to some our ancestors were terrible people to, lol, I only buy eggs from a local business, too if you haven't tasted fresh milk out of a cow, oh boy you are missing out, I stick to the local small grocery stores too, hopefully the next year gets better on importing, 👍❤🇺🇸
I don't know about the taste of fresh milk. When we visited my uncle's dairy farm, the milk always tasted weird. It either tasted like old grass or silage smelled. I was a kid, raised on milk from the grocery store. Now my aunt and uncle are gone. The cows were gone for a long time. The farm is still in the family, I think. They always raised potatoes.
I get to attached I love growing vegetables but animals I’m to tender hearted .