HARVEST SEASON IS HERE: Dexter cattle, pastured pigs, chickens & turkeys
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- The Fall harvest season has arrived at Just a Few Acres Farm, and we are busy getting our animals ready for freezer camp. We have pastured pigs going to the butcher soon, new piglets to start growing over the winter, turkeys and chickens to harvest, and one very special
Dexter steer to take to the butcher in a few weeks. It's a beautiful fall day and I take a farm tour to show you all the animals.
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I laughed out loud at "freezer camp" ! Keep up the good work and God bless !
As always I’m so impressed by the care you take of your animals/land and the level of your videos! Happy napping!
Love it when you put up a new video. The only other Dexter guy I know of! I raise the smallest of everything, because my heavy labor force is 11, 9, 7, and 6. The 4 year is our egg farmer, and I cut the 2 yr old some slack. She’ll be able to pull her own weight later.
Anyways, we raise Kune Kune pigs. Very docile, only 140-150 lbs. Guess what else they are? MARKETABLE! The urban sophisticated eater with money doesn’t want 2 or 3 freezers full! Same thing with the Dexters. THEY PORTION OUT PERFECTLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT, AND CAN MAKE THE INVESTMENT!
I get it concerning cattle becoming pets. The head butts are cute when a calf is under 200 lbs. When that calf gets up to 5 or 600 lbs, not so cute anymore. I had a 'pet' 1900 lb bull that was so gentle I would fall asleep on his back while he was grazing. When he was about 2 1/2 years old is was time for market, that is the nature of raising livestock.
I agree. Sammy looks the nice pet but nature is nature. Nevertheless somehow I am sad for him
Livestock pets are just like any pet people take in eventually grow tired of it. My wife was big time into horses the stable was loaded with horses in 12x12 stalls hardly ever got road much. They buy them for their kids, or wife and grow bored with the animal after a few years the stable doesn't take them out these horses go crazy in these little stalls. My wife used to contact them ask if she could ride them just to give them some time outside the stall. Totally understand why be concerned with giving up livestock to someone as a pet.
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Time to take hitler to the butcher
Please make a vid on butchering the pig. Im interested on your approach on it. Thank you!
Will do, Chris.
I once had to leave a butchering of a pig for 15minutes. When i came back the others had started chewing the carcass. Last time that happened. Never knew they were cannibalism capable. Nice videos.
@@northrockboy Yes, pigs are carnivores.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm YT frowns on that!
it might help with piglet survival if they have a creep that they can go under and the sow cant go into. piglets that don't make it cost money in feeding during gestation, some simple changes can improve the outcome.
For those of us who grew up on and/or live on farms we get it when it comes to butchering animals we've raised. To be honest I think it's easier for children to comprehend than folks with a 20yr, 30yr, or older paradigm that's deep rooted. Heck, I thinks it's easier to understand most things in life at a young age. Philosophy, art, the meaning of life. We're geared toward learning then and more accepting of the realities of the way the world goes around. Anyway, thanks for presenting these subjects in a way others (non-farm folks) are more apt to respect.
Well said
How have I not come across you channel before great vid look forward to binge watching the reat
You take good care of your animals, especially the piglets. I grew up on a farm and remember fondly the butchering in fall. Great video.
So many birds!
Sammy! We will always remember you down deep in our bellies,hey! That's what farming is All about.great videos
Great video thank you so much!!!
Pigs are awesome
Sammy burgers, ha, gotta love it.
RIP SAMMY. YOURE AN ICON
Fall time ---Less flies-------------In Hawaii, any day is a good day for butchering !
Love the way you talk about live stock or any animal ön farm in general. God Bless You.
I don't know how you find the time to record these videos. Another great one. Thanks
I think it's wonderful how you make a great living from only 45 acres farm. You tube is a bunch oof work but so much you can teach so much. I think this scary time in all the market will get you through tough times. Keep your great channel. Neal
Wow! That was a lot of information! All I want is pigs and cattle! Ducks and chickens will do for now!
Pete I'm always glad when you do a video on the animals. I understand about Sammy and I guess that is life on the farm for all animals. I don't know if I could sit down and eat a Sammy burger, just me I guess.
@ larry moore ,
Try going without eating all day. By suppertime that burger may start looking pretty good. Especially if you cook it on a charcoal grill .
Pete...can you show us the hen and egg production. Inside the sheds...how it works🐓
Keep on keeping on!
A visit with the cows in pasture ends with a nap! They were wearing you out pretty good today!!! LOL
Can’t wait to see your butcher the sow! What a great teaching moment!
Another very interesting video. From one very busy person to another, thank you for taking the time.
Love your videos. Very entertaining and therapeutic!
Another great video! Always informative. Thanks!
Thank you, I see your new T-shirts, they look great!
Remember those days growing up on a farm! Lot of work!
Hey just want to say thanks alot for the videos!
Great update take care
I love your farm it’s beautiful and your animals love ❤️
A great video is always Pete I always like the way you explain things I grew up on a farm but everyone is different and no farms are the same . I hope you and your family are safe and I hope you have a very successful and prosperous coming months.
Excellent, informative and entertaining, thanks for sharing your farm operations!
Saludos desde Mexico, Pete! Gracias por tu informacion!
Love all your videos, Pete!
I enjoy all your videos, keep up the great work
Butcher-Rama, that's part of farm life. Very informative video. Thanks
Thanks Pete; I understand better now I think, the things I would enjoy about this type of operation... and more importantly- what I wouldn’t. Looks like you’re doing a great job
We butcher hogs every year as a family. We buy them from a neighbor and do most of it ourselves.
We have been cheating a little bit by having the locker do a "kill n chill" which saves us some time, and costs very little.
Another benefit of doing it that way is that it gets the meat cold before cutting, which can be hard on Kansas some winters. And even though our locker is booked way out, they can work in a kill and chill pretty easy.
Looking forward to the pig butchering video(s)!
Brings back memories. New sub.
another great video!
Good video👍👍👍👍
I still have 5 year old hens out producing my 2 year hens.
Thankyou for your vidio and lesson on why and what you do , very sobering , I work at a market , good to know how it's cared for at the small farm .
Sincerely in Utah , would like the vid on butchering the pig too
Hiya Pete, Just discovered your channel. Subscribed!!! Looked up Dexter cattle because I watch Morgan Gold in VT/Gold Shaw Farm. Your channel came up first. You and Morgan both left corporate America. Good choice. Farming is an art and hard work but more than satisfying. My folks grew up in NYC, But moved to Windsor NY (east of Binghamton) before I was born. Best way to grow up!!! I'm also going to order your book. Hope to meet you one day at a Farmer's Market. LOL Cathy Miller Sayre, PA
How many acres do you have again farm is full of animals fair play to you!
I sunbed your channel and I love the content. Keep up the good work
"The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive!" Joker, Full Metal Jacket
I watched a nature show in which a Forest Ranger explain that it was better that he shot a rogue black bear, rather than a hunter, because he "cared" about the bear.
The things people tell themselves to sleep better at night are amazing and usually very self-righteous.
Mister Bojangles, Sammy, waves bye, bye.
Poultry can be butchered and packaged for sale without inspection? That would certainly keep costs down.
I would keep Sammy, not often you will get one as friendly as he is.
Well Pete i pulled the trigger on getting the little egg scrubber. Hopefully it does a great job.
Let me know how it works David. Hilarie spends a lot of time hand-washing eggs.
When I was young boy a 87 year old man got knocked down in pig pen and pigs ate alot of him before his wife went out to look for him... they beleive he had a heart attack feeding them but couldnt ever be certain...😳
where are you located? I currently live southern Ohio (Dayton) but lived the younger years in Macedon/Palmyra great to see your continuing the tradition. We raise just chickens rabbits and couple goats for milk.
Subscribed!
How many is a few acres? And what type of cattle they seemed a little small
We have 4 Dexter's but they're so skittish. We cannot get close enough to put hands on them to become familiar. Can you do a vid on the process you do? Thanks!!!
I will be in the market for a Dexter within the next 2 years. I would be interested in buying one.
You need to get a farrowing crate for your sows....so much safer for the piglets.
Pete, have you ever put a small divider into your pen with a heat lamp on the other side? The heat draws the piglets in and the divider gives them a safe place to keep them out of mommy's feet.
I have tried that, but the piglets still preferred being close to Mom. I've thought about doing the same thing, but with a heating mat on the floor instead. The weird thing is that some sows rarely step or lay on their piglets, and others do it all the time.
Nice update! What breed of pigs do you have?
I agree, butcher Missy.
Man I can almost smell bbq steaks.
Sounds like 25 hours a day work!
Missy is a terrible mom, ill be butchering here soon hahahaha
Hey Pete I wanted to raise pigs next year and I was wondering what you feed them (grain wise) and how much land do you need for them
I can tell you a short story how we farm too. So we have close size farm like yours and my mom is taking care of it she does mostly all the jobs and im 15 years old try to help my mom after school much as i can. And my dad is working at his job. And that is how we make money of a farm and my dads salary when they add up you live pretty good but the thing is that we never have a vacation or something like that. I suggest you to try get a sponsor for your channel that would really help you out.
@ Dei Vidas ,
Actually , you live in a place that some people would go to for a vacation. I live on a small homestead. I've been asked about going on a vacation . " Well , don't you want some peace and quiet ? " I already have that. " Well , don't you want some nice scenery ? " I already have that also.
The only thing that a vacation would do is give me someplace new to enjoy that which I already have. Besides , watching my chickens is a hoot.
How much milk do Dexters produce per year, are they heavy milkers?
Is there any law that forces farmers to tag their livestock? Mainly cattle.
Excellent videos! One question, do you have a back up generator to power all those freezers in case the power gets knocked out for two weeks.
Yes.
Why don't you setup a farrowing pens? To give the piglets a place to get out of the way of the sow.
What happens to the hides? Do they get turned into leather?
I was wondering/asking about the same thing too. No answer though.
how many acres do you have, ? And What is each used for?
Besides pasture, what do you feed your animals? If grains, what kinds?
Do you reder your lard and make cracking and lye soap
What do u do with all the way from butchering
Next time name your steers "veggie " .
Will you post a video on Butchering Missy in the future?
Planning on it.
Can't raise cattle but might raise kunekune or goats, or both.
keep Sammy
Looks your Black Walnut tree really produced this year. Time to pick them up and toss them in the driveway. Nothing better in candy.
We always have lots of black walnuts. I used to husk, dry and crack them and sell the meat. I have a motorized machine for doing the cracking. That was back when winters were quieter.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm ,
And what do you do with your black walnuts now ?
How many month you raise the pigs to take at the butcher
when you butcher your pig misty i would like to see a video of it just be sure to keep it humane for youtube
it would be nice if you were to scald it instead of skinning i wish i lived close so i could help
How was Sammy?
With your laying hens I've noticed few roosters, do you guys lay your own layer hebs or do you get them from hatchery?
We keep a few roosters to help guard the flock. We've found it easier to buy chicks from the hatchery rather than brooding or incubating our own.
We just bought a small 10 acre property, that currently has 5 head of registered Dexters, two of which are pregnant. We have bought the cows, along with the property. I can imagine handing the animals over to a stranger is hard to do. I am taking the responsibility to heart, and want to give our animals the best life possible.
One of us has experience with dairy cows. Personally, I just know how to cook them. ;) We take possession near Christmas this year. I am feverishly trying to learn all I can in the meantime. You channel has been helpful, so thank you for that.
I would appreciate any advice on resources, where I can learn all I should know to properly are for these animals.
I am appropriately concerned about my own lack of knowledge going into this. I am a retired nurse, so I keep telling myself, if I can be trusted to take care of critically ill humans, hopefully I can manage to keep cows healthy. ;)
You can fix the problem of pigs gettinf stepped on with a farrowing pin. you can make your own on the farm we did.
Are you going to make blood sausages and liver sausages when butchering Missy? They are some of the old country butcher season treats I would travel miles for :D
I've never had blood sausage. Maybe I'll give it a try.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm use every part of the pig, sort of deal.
Are butchers everywhere booked out through the middle/end of next year? It's the same here in Missouri with earliest being at least a year out.
I'm hearing it's that way almost everywhere. There weren't enough small butcher houses to begin with, and with Covid their business went way up.
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How do you determine when your cattle finished and ready for butcher?
This video covers it: th-cam.com/video/Uh8oDOv8bSk/w-d-xo.html
Wow 400 birds. Can you guys really get rid of 147 dozen a week thats alot.
Yeah our eggs sell really well, thankfully.
What happened to that nose ?.Hilary Catch you with her right cross again Love your attitude towards your animals keep Sammy on the farm is my vote Pete great video thanks.
She hit me with a hoe handle! Actually, I stepped on the wrong end of a hoe in the dark & the handle hit me in the nose.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm I know there's a Dad joke here!
How do u know the 2 year old hens from the 3 year old ones ? Colored bands on legs ? Or can u just tell . I have tried bands and they didn’t work good for me . Now I just get one certain breed one year and a different one the next .
Hi Todd, we do it by breed too. Leg bands didn’t work for us.
Pete. Im from a rough part of new york. Yonkers to be exact. Ina dangerous neighborhood. Im 27 and ive seen people get shot and stabbed. Your videos are an escape for me from this harsh reality. I feel safe watching your videos. You make me want to be a farmer LOL. Here my family struggles financially to survive. But you have shown me you dont need to be rich to be happy. Im a huge fan of yours. I have nothing but upmost respect for you. Please never stop making videos we need people like you in this world. Thank you and take care.
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Is all the meat put in the freezer and do you sell it frozen so customers can pop it into their freezer when they get home?
Great videos Pete.
Hi Pat, we sell fresh chicken during butcher season. All our other meats are sold frozen.
Always according to the law.