The Most Sustainable Pastured Poultry
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2019
- Let me show you the most sustainable way to raise pastured poultry. Chickens, ducks, and turkeys are all inferior to this sustainable pastured poultry. I think that this bird can save the planet!
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I'm no farmer, I don't even have land. But it's really interesting to watch you work through how to have sustainable poultry. It's stuff I never even thought about. Thanks!
When you said, maybe we should all eat beans, that scene occurred to me. In southern California they outlawed cows because of the gas they emit. The dairy farmers moved to Arizona. Having worked at the air quality management district office, I learned it's not the environment, it's about the power. Thanks for the encouragement.
I totally agree, I was just saying yesterday that I believe geese and rabbits are 2 extremely underutilized sources of protein. Love the video!
And rabbit meat cooked in wine garlic and some herbs is absolutely beautiful.
Sadly people are afraid to eat cute animals, so most will never touch rabbit or Guinea pig despite both being 2 of the most efficient forms of meat production in terms of the environment and feed conversion. They're read meat but dont have the drawbacks of duck, chicken, or fish farming and require little to no room since they enjoy enclosed spaces much more then cows or birds so they're one of the only animals that might LIKE living in cages
I heard eating rabbit meat was bad becuase it was lean meat and you need fat too and there’s a disease that hunters that eat mostly rabbits get from not eating enough fat. So eating only rabbit is bad
I think rabbits multiply like rabbits. I think I used to have a great grandpa who bred rabbits and chickens on a balcony. Apperantlybthe rabbits multiplied like rabbits.
Both turn inedible grass into meat, but in a much much MUCH easier and smaller package than cattle. (Has someone done a kg-by-kg conversion of rabbit/goose/beef? Anyway, they're of course not nutritionally equivalent.)
I haven't tasted goose, but it's supposed to be similar to beef. Rabbits are extremely low-fat, but then you can have geese as well to make up for that. These animals, as well as goats, were invaluable to our ancestors. Donkeys were used as working animals, and can also be used as guards. So many animals our ancestors knew the value of, but we've forgotten because of industry.
You should make a video talking all about your Trees and how long they will take to start producing.
During the recession I drove tractor trailers into NYC, Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, South Eastern NY for stocking the major chain supermarkets. I saw all the food warehouses just outside the NYC Metro area and how they were stocked from trucks from all over the country. Very fuel intensive. Meanwhile there is virtually NO farming going on in this region except hobby farming, pet horses and haying operations. Horses are an enormous hobby all over! The wealthy keep them as pets on beautiful farms. The farms are everywhere, 6 in my Town alone! There are supposedly more horses in the country now than during the Civil War!
As a long islander I can confirm. Land use here is horribly ineffective.
@@killerqueenisbestmanneko8419 Land use everywhere is horribly inefficient. But that's because the rich folk keep buying up huge swaths of acreage and then just doing nothing with it.
@@WalkerRileyMC i ironically think their land should be seized and expropriated for use by the rest of us. After all, the reason they have the money to buy that land is that they steal our wages in the form of profit. So in a way its actually our land lol
Its especially bad since everyone keeps going more towards shipping ny truck rather then by train.
You couldn't be more wrong. You can move produce from Arizona or California to NY for less fuel per pound of produce than you can from upstate NY. Tractor trailers running on interstates are more fuel efficient than pickup or box trucks on rural roads or state highways. This is very well studies and verified. And of course, shipping by train is even more fuel efficient.
You should Grow SunFlowers to feed your ducks and gain more profit margins by making your own feed.
My ducks don't care for deshelled sunflower seeds and I'd imagine the shells can cause problems in their digestive tract.
@@TAPriceCTR He already feeds them sunflower seeds. Thats why i recommend it
@@jaridkeen123 ok. In that case he doesn't even have to remove them from the flowers. make the ducks do the work :D
@@TAPriceCTR the wild birds don't eat deshelled seeds and they are fine.
@@elhombredeoro955 assuming you meant to say seed instead of eggs... absolutely wild birds which evolved for eating shell on sunflower seeds have no problem with it, however, I'd wager most of them remove the shells themselves. additionally those birds generally have beaks, not bills.
According to Jarid, Shaw already gives his ducks sunflower seeds to which I say "ok" guess I was wrong... but your response about wild birds says nothing about ducks specifically. wild birds kill weasels... but those wild birds are not DUCKS.
I really like this site for the different content and the way Morgan explains the topics.
Watching the ducklings grow and mimic the adults has been a joy. I wish they would stay babies.
My ducklings have been chipping away inside their eggs since last night... a couple of times I’ve heard “cheeping..."
It’s getting exciting... fingers crossed.
Good luck ^^
Connieditz Thank you... the first one, the most vocal one... has made his first crack in his shell a few hours ago... I wouldn’t be surprised if the cheeping he’s making, is cussing 🥰😂😂😂.
@@MyMumHasEpilepsy That sounds brilliant, keep me updated ^^
Connieditz Sure.... I’m really excited... but I know they can die, even during the hatching process... 😢🥰🥰🥰🐣👈🏼🥰🥰🥰
Connieditz the first baby hatched early hours this morning.... OMG... I’m so excited... I don’t know if he’s boy or girl... but his egg was always called ‘Jackson - he was the most vocal, cheeping 3 days before he hatched 🥰🥰🥰.
Yes I missed hearing you say all duck go to bed but at least we still saw them going in and oh my goodness when I saw those babies following I LOVED IT!!!! I am so thrilled you found those babies. Great video as always. I just look so forward to all your new video.
Another side effect of geese: I take it you either mow less often, or have less area to mow since they're basically loud, feathered lawnmowers.
All very great points! I like how Edible Acres does their chicken operation (for eggs). They are nearly 100% fed from food scraps in compost and the bugs they find in them. I think they still keep some grain during the winter, not sure. But yeah I certainly want to try geese on my future homestead.
Not to put more pressure on you, but, thanks for another entertaining & informative video. You have a knack to making me laugh at times. Art in CA
I dig how you shoot it straight & give us your informed opinions & perspective. It makes it easy for us to disagree with ya (in only a few points) while keeping the conversation constructive. Cheers
We have been watching since you started this vlog with your ducks before and we still here.And now we decided to take a vlog with our ducks and chickens in our farm too.Thanks for being an inspiration to us.
thanks for showing off the pond - I was curious what it looked like by now!
I love watching your videos, i am saving up money to buy land in South Florida and i want to so more Vegetables, Fruits, and Birds.
I suspect a lot of things are faster than the puddle ducks.
I actually dislike the pekings. As in I feel sorry for them, bred into disability.
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis humans didn't spend millions of years evolving flight. So that argument is absolutely invalid
You do have an argument with their lost flight. However, several birds have given up flight including penguins, and all ratites. The campbells (and other domestic breeds) may have lost flight for the purpose of being useful to humans, but like for all domestic animals, being useful to humans has it's benefits including protection. Few domestic dogs could hold their own against a wolf, but there is a big difference between the breeding practices which created the border collie and those which created the pug.
husbandry is taking responsibility for the wellbeing of the animals not just irresponsibly seeing how extreme you can morph them. Until seeing his pekings, I had only seen stills and only knew they we larger and faster growing. Seeing them move like an 800+ pound person makes me believe their breeding has been irresponsible.
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis is that how you silence people who say things you don't like? accuse them of being mean? well guess what. because shame is something which cannot be imposed, your attempt to honesty shame me falls flat. anyone who feels shame about my analogy feels it of their own accord.
just because my analogy isn't sunshine and rainbows, doesn't mean it is not accurate.
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis my cayuga keeps up with my rouen, buff, sweedish blue, and golden 300s just fine. it's not just about top speed, or which is stronger... it is about maintaining viability.
before we continue.... are we arguing about where the line is? or do you believe any breeding practices are fine no matter the problems they impose on the offspring?
yes, your second comment is valid... which is why I liked it.
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis cross breeding of species does make sterile offspring which is a questionable morality... but crossbreeding of breeds within a species generally improves the health of offspring by giving back some lost genetic diversity.
all domestic ducks (except muscovy) came from mallard stock, it's understandable that we needed to take their flight to domesticate them. breeding out their ability to properly walk because we want more meat is the same Machiavellian attitude as leads to chicken battery egg factories.
If you need more duck meat, you can always cook another duck, you don't have to breed them into "obesity". It's fine to breed for size, color, prolific laying or what ever.... as long as you don't throw viability out the window.
I'm not saying pekins are as troubled as certain dog breeds, but seeing how hard it is for the puddleducks to move around, I am glad I did not get any because I find that degree if disability to be sad and something I hate to see DELIBERATELY passed on to the next generation.
Never sick of your info, I just love to watch ur animals and u explain. I grew up on a small farm. We had chickens, ducks, geese, horses, cows rabbits, pigs. Plus fruit trees and berry bushes and nut trees. It was only 3 acres, but wonderful. I had a pet duck. I miss that simple life.
Great video. I am trying to get back to the basics and get me a small homestead in the future.
Cutest babies ever! That last scene of them all going to bed....priceless! Three little ducklings waddling along.....I laughed! Blessings from NE Missouri!
You're so great Morgan. I'm from southbury, CT. But yeah u and Allison are the best! I look up to you in many ways.
I love it when you reliese the geese and duck's . It's so cute to watch them walk.
OUTSTANDING CONTENT TODAY !
The show must go on so even with technical difficulties discovered, your synopsis and quick shots with voiceover, told the story while dolling out the cuteness factor. I was amused AND learned important stuff.
Al at Lumnah Acres has you over to help with the barn but I thank you for showing up! Without that alignment of events I might never have found The Quacken Master; a modern farmer, gifted, smart, willing to share his knowledge and understands that communication is key whether friend or fowl.
Thank you for this video. I currently raise ducks on pasture for local restaurants, but it's been such a battle to find even non-GMO feed that's locally available and reasonably priced. We've finally located an excellent source, but we're grain-dependent in many ways. I think I will start a small flock of geese and begin introducing the idea of using more goose to my chefs. Thanks again!
Absolutely! You're right. People complain that the Amazon forest is on fire, but it's on fire to have more land to plant soy. Soy for the farm animals. So I'm NOT buying meat from factories then supermarkets, but from my local farmers who pasture feed. Yes, they do supplement a little. If everybody did like me, the problem would be solved. I should be considering more geese meat, thanks for the thought process.
Nothing like a Christmas goose !
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis are you suggesting that a soy plant would produce as much O2 as a fully grown tree?
@Peter Wójtowicz Francis still won't compare to the thousands of plants and trees destroyed in the fire.
OMG that scene when 'all ducks go to bed' and seeing those 3 adorable ducklings following in the lineup...so precious and it must be so rewarding for you. I recently found your channel and got hooked so I'm binge watching oldest to newest videos. You have a gift of storytelling and are very interesting. I can see that it's a lot of hard work and really don't know how you juggle it all. IMO you're doing an awesome job. And..I really hope the 3 ducklings do well! ❤
Great video, Sir! Quality is through the roof and I think you might have a great point about geese.
Great video. I especially like your sense of humor.
I want you to know that I play all of the ads on your videos. I want to help you grow in any way I can. Love your stories!
Hi..... Morgan, thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
Keep up the great work and thank you so much for always answering anything I ask about . There is a few channels on here I watch and I don't get answers which is a let down .
This works for you on your land, in your region, with your climate and rainfall...
In Northern California there are no Summer rains and have a dozen different micro-climates. For most, geese are not an option unless we irrigate($$$).
A combination of chickens and cattle do better first me on our dry pastures. The cattle eat the standing dry grasses, the chickens follow the cattle and turn their manure piles and scratch under tgr oaks. Yes..we supplement some chvjen feed as well as alfalfa, rotten fruit and veggies in September & October.
PM Beaham I think we would all agree no water, no water fowl would be a good rule of thumb. :)
Very cool, we are all on the verge of better farming technologies. It will improve and more will join in. Big ag can't stop a million little farms like your. So good!
That was very interesting. I think it is always a positive when you are less reliant on store bought feed and yet still able to produce healthy fast growing live stock. Thanks.
Glad the ducklings were ok. I love geese and how they help the land, so much fertilization.. only downside to free range is they poop on your pathways, driveway and eat stuff they shouldn’t.. like my husbands coveralls, shoes, rubber boots 😂 great video and totally agree with your thoughts.
Oh my gosh they are so cute! They do tend to get in the strangest places though. lol I love the puddle ducks, they are so ungainly on ground but in the water they are graceful... Keep up the great work! BTW I tend to agree with you about the geese. Mine do the same thing...
Bravo my friend.Well said. I said for years even if you are in city environment you can do a little bit with container growing and small chicken coops for eggs. Every little bit helps in the big picture of things.
Your videos are always awesome
Thanks
Linda from Ct
I love americanas. SUCH AMAZING beautiful roosters and hens. I really loved how chill they were.
Morgan, That was very thought provoking and probably too much on the keeping it real side for some! Absolutely right, though! Last week we were two eggs off being self sufficient 😀. Me and my sack of layers' pellets, sack of mixed corn, oyster shell, grit and bale of shavings that I drive to obtain. No retail packing or transport in this small way, though.Very good. Regards Stephen.
Awesome video. Even better teacher and storyteller.
Great video. Your video quality is superb. We are just starting our homestead. We don't have any meat animals yet, but our eggs are fantastic, no more store bought eggs!
Oh there is water in the Pond👍my duck is fine for two days now,He gets the niacin since thursday.😁♥️Love your videos.hope the baby ducks are fine!
Farm mutt chickens are the best. My most prolific and consistent layer is an easter egger mix one of my broody girls hatched out two years ago. Didn't have a rooster a the time, so I picked up some hatching eggs from a local farm and rolled the dice. Unfortunately got waaaaay too many roosters, but hey, it was only $5 and we still got dinner out of it.
You are absolutely right. I was raised on a farm in Northern Idaho. We were organic before organic was a term. In 1975 my x-husband and I moved to South Dakota. What a shock when I saw crop dusters spraying the field of wheat and corn with pesticides. What a shock when I went to work in a feed lot. I would never have believed people were doing such vf things. I hate big Agricultural practices. I miss being on a organic and sustainable farm. Thank you for showing us the difference.
Kathrine Kerns What do you think of family farms in SD? Fortunately, SD has had politicians who came from family farms, some farms dating back to homesteading days, and want those to survive and thrive. There is also a strong Native American influence in SD regarding stewardship of the land as opposed to getting rich any way you can, which stewardship was the attitude of many family farmers from other parts of the country and world, too, who saw their farm as something to last generations. In the 60s-70s there was a back to the land movement of people who didn't want to be a part of big farming, (which emerged to feed the postwar homes as fast and economically as possible), and they made inroads into the way we all thought about our food and our relationship with the land, which at that point was poisoned and teetering on the edge, such as talk about dying Great Lakes. I was in Amarillo about ten years ago and there was a strong odor from the feedlots in Heifer, TX. That's the smell of money. The same thing was said about trying to breathe air laden with oil farther south or in the oil boom in North Dakota. That's the smell of money. Reminds me of the 1800s when the rich lived near their polluting city factories enjoying the smell of money. I guess for some people money CAN buy happiness. Not for most of us. Quality of life means more. I hope you get your organic, sustainable farm. :) Maybe in one of the dying small towns of SD that desperately needs a boost in population as young folks leave for the bright lights and chances at an exciting career in the big city, leaving behind the old folks at home.
@@653j521 I was there in 1973. I lived in Oneida S.D. which was 30 miles north of Piere. I was shocked the first time I saw a feed lot. I was shocked when I saw the aerial spraying of crops. I didn't like any of it. I liked the people, but, never liked they way they raised or cared for their crops and animals. I was more used to organic and sustainable methods, which my father, grandfather and great grandfather used. I don't like big agricultural farms, and think they are wreaking havoc on the environment, including the soil, water and air. The whole food chain is disrupted by not paying attention to the long term consequences of what we put in our soil and water. We need clean air and water, more importantly than anything. I hope that this answered your question.
Morgan, good show. Always entertaining and educational. I really like how those Khaki Campbell ducks are actually taking care of their little ducklings, I am really surprised.....and they seem to be great attack animals as well, lol.
Really enjoy your videos! Also am considering buying a farm and you place me right in the action; inspiring!
Awesome video new to your channel and I’m loving it. 👍
Thanks for the valuable information. You did not mention that the geese and duck meat reared this way is also much healthier. It contains less fat, lots of protein and minerals.
I raised geese as a high school kid in northern Minnesota. They were penned in and ate grass mostly and some corn. They were cheaper to raise than chickens, which required a prepared food. I should have used a pen with a top on it as I had three geese fly away. I’m living in the Philippines now and I’m wanting to raise some Toulouse geese again. This time, the pen will have wheels and a too. I learned my lesson.
Enjoy so much also the new movable videos.
My grandpa used to slip duck eggs in under broody hens. They hatched them fine, and it was always funny watching them take newly hatched "chicks" past the stream and pond. The ducklings would dive in and the poor hen would have a conniption. A guy I knew who raised geese kept them all together until they were for the most part grown. Then he separated them with a fence between but still "together" and only released one group at a time. They stayed close and didn't wander too far. As opposed to when they were all released at the same time and found the neighbor's newly retiled pool and had an all-afternoon pool party.
That is so true the animals that mainly graze on grass are the most sustainable. Besides goose is very good meat. For me it's like a cross between a turkey and a duck, very tender and not dry at all.
Great video, thanks for sharing your farm with us,
Jimmy
Jimmy Clark Did you mean to say birds, rather than cattle or horses, that mainly graze on grass are the most sustainable?
Awesome video. Did anyone else notice the goose 🦆 that kept falling on it's face? 😂
We have geese on our farm, 18, and actually it is quite profitable selling goose eggs for hatching in addition to providing us with a nice amount of meat. Goose confit is the best! And its great that it is basically the same amount of work as slaughtering a duck but you get way more meat. Plus they are a great lawn mower, and in the fall they love cleaning up fallen apples. Seriously underrated animal and extremely sustainable compared to our pigs!
My mother is from Ireland and talked about eating goose. You need a marketing campaign. Gosh - who has those skills! Go for it! Goose meat has a romantic quality - but also a sustainability feature. In WI there is def a hunting season for geese. I love the sustainability aspect, which I will share with my son is who is working on sustainability issues a a college student.
Awesome and informative video, but the best part was the blazing saddles reference haha
seeing the top of your t-shirt I thought it was going to say 'If it feels good rub it' ;D
Nice thought you have on geese, they definitely are smaller and grassfed which would solve some issues.
I think the main problem is with today's culture, huge cities of people relying on huge farms with hundreds of livestock. Then half the food is wasted. The best solution isn't going to happen..which is, everyone supplies their own food. There would be a lot less waste! So yes, for you as you said, we must do our best we each can do. Thanks for thinking out your farming solution to benefit this world, everyone's effort adds up!
You did a very well job as a farmer..
So glad you are highlighting geese
Cat is like "screw the food dish, lets go catch some breakfast"......
well said. if you look at it like you said, we all would have to sustain ourselves by growing our own food and raising our own food.
Geese are fairly smart and lovable; people may resist notion of them as the "new chicken"; but the sustainability factor is huge. Blazing Saddles reference! yay
Thank you. Great info.
Yeah!!!!! Water in the pond. all critters looking good.
I'm in So. Cal. I do grow tomatoes...... and enjoy some of the "Homesteading Videos". I don't have or want animals, but still enjoy watching them. If there was any animal I would enjoy........it would probably be ducks. That said, your a good story teller and I like this video......keep up the good work!
All ducks go to bed !
You have a good heart.
Excellent. Thanks.
Have you ever considered Muscovy ducks? A very sought after meat and no quack, no noise.
Hey Morgan, in watching hundreds of videos on the topic and not having actual hands on experienxe... Several others have had success buying from local organic mills. Not only is it cheaper but the grains are grown locally and you can take your own containers or pay more for them to bag it for you.
lol i love these ducks especially here at 3:48
Release the Quacken!
Fluffy white duck wobbling like crazy: yeeeEEAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
5:15
Airstrike Team Alpha Wing! GO!
solid info. thanks!
They’re such a pain to butcher! That’s my problem. I raise 50 Cornish cross chickens for our meat. I raised 3 ducks this year to try it out and the feathers just never stop.
Thank you!
Good video, thanks
Interesting stuff!
Do you let your flock free range while you're at work? I'm debating whether or not I should do that. Thank you!
I love my ducks! I don't know that my farmstead is big enough for geese. Love your videos!
He had a cool video about raising like 12- 15 geese on about an acre.
I love this guy because before he butchers the animals, he cares about them, and gives them a happy life. F THE FACTORIES
LOVE monday mornings! :D
Will you still be feeding the geese as winter approaches?
Oh-my-GHOT, the little babies going to bed. My heart!!
The Christmas goose was very popular in the 1800's according to Charles Dickens / A Christmas Carol. I'm pretty sure my Dad snuck in a goose here and there for family dinners & they're very greasy at least the ones he made.
Could you make an update video on how all the trees you planted are doing?
I think of muscovies the same way....perfect!!
I think I love the puddle ducks the most
I have a book titled if it feels good do it. Just like your shirt.
Geese do seem to be a good all rounder. Rotated on pasture, insect control, fertilizer, eggs, down and meat - the total package : )
Exactly!
@@GoldShawFarm But, isn't it true that geese only lay a few eggs/year, like 50 or less" And, people in these modern times do not have the taste buds for geese meat. It is great they are cheap to raise, but they are a niche market right now and for the for see able future.
*Awe* Pablo patiently awaiting his morning smooches.
What do you feed the geese in the winter?
You're ducks are so cute.
impressive my friend
If you are raising geese for your own consumption, are the down feathers difficult to remove?
Nailed it Boss
Hello everyone, I’m seeking a little advice. I ordered 4 Pomeranian saddleback goslings for May and I have a 1500 sq foot area where I can pasture them and I’m wondering if that’s enough space for them.
Hey! I think maybe you can compost those feed bags :)
I would love to have just one or two geese as pets/security. I also think they would be a pretty addition. I’m just wondering if they would be a good fit for me here and what it takes to keep them healthy.
I want sone geese too. I think the would make great aditions to my farm.
I've never seen anyone farming geese in person but in Alabama, where I'm from, people have long kept goats as living lawn mowers, and for a tax break as property with livestock are taxed as farms not as residential property. Last time I was down there I found out that someone was putting dairy goats out on people's yards to graze and then milking them for cheese. Not really sure if the goats were fed grain supplementally, I didn't see the dairy end of things, but it struck me as a reasonably sustainable operation especially compared to all the industrial coops in the area.
I grew up spending part, if not all, of my summers on farms. One was strictly a grain/corn growing concern. But they did have animals, several pigs, chickens and a cow or 2. Most of the latter was for their consumption. The other farm was varied, was some grain/grass grown, mostly it was the animals. Pigs and cows, chickens and ducks and there were always 2 geese. On this farm, forests were managed and trees were planted to replace what was cut. I planted a lot of trees one fall. One year I raised a boar! I knew how things worked and learned drive on a farm. Lots of things went on, both were family farms. Two of my cousins went on to become farmers themselves. There is a balance, I think, of what is grown and what is reared that is missing on a lot of our farms today. Sad, that.