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The kids do not know yet. My daughter has been really good in understanding that our animals give us our meat and our little guy is still too young but I’m sure questions will be coming down the line. Definitely a tough decision for us but one I believe needs to be made for us to take the next steps with pigs. As far as other breeds, I’m confident we’ll still get really good meat. I do believe breed has a part in it for sure as some have been bred specifically for certain body types, sizes, etc. however I’m still a believer that good practices is ultimately what makes or breaks the end result. You can take a great breed with good genetics and feed it nothing but garbage and come out with inferior meat. So it’s important to have both but I lean toward good practices making the difference. The pigs we have are more of a lard pig and believe me they do have a ton of fat when we process. Good to a degree and useful but also takes away from the size of your cuts. Who knows maybe we’ll keep our sow around and breed with a new boat of a different breed - one step at a time!! Lol. Lot of planning and thought as always but processing this guy will be our first step. Thanks as always for watching!

Appreciate it! It well worth it despite all the work that goes into it

There’s a chamber with a big knob right where the bar connects to the head of the tool. Just pour any standard bar and chain in and you’ll be good. I get mine at tractor supply

Absolutely. Works great on 2-3 inch diameter trees. You can go bigger. Just need to take it slow

Woody weeds are tricky. It cuts them as long as they are somewhat firm. Sometimes briars can bind up and pop the chain. Just need to be careful and learn to get a feel for it

Haha all good! I agree with that. Obviously bad things can happen with any livestock but it’s pretty cool to see how proper management actually makes it much easier and dramatically reduces the chances of these issues. Part of the reason we started documenting what we’re doing. Don’t know everything but learning along the way and trying to show people the truth

Haha I just responded to your other comment talking about the strength of hybrids. Agree completely. Also never really registered that she was part black belly. Not sure why I didn’t connect that but she’s mixed with katahdin as well. She gave us a beautiful brown lamb but wasn’t bred this past year.

And yes I’d rather talk sheep and things we can control than the news lol

Well said and thank you for sharing. Most of our flock is katahdin as well. Some actually have a bit of Texas dall in them as our first ram had a good bit of Texas dall. He was a really large animal but also aggressive so we processed him this spring. Also have one ewe that seems to have some of the wool genetic from another breed. Haven’t decided what we’re going to do with her yet. The previous owner swore she shed last year but I’m having my doubts. Don’t really want that bred into new lambs so will have a decision to make there. I agree I think there’s value in developing a strain accustomed to your situation and like a lot of animals, crosses tend to be more resilient. Aiming to have mostly a katahdin and st. Croix cross going forward but wouldn’t say anyone is wrong for trying others. The dorpers to my understanding have more issues but I’ve also seen people successfully raising them. Hoping for several lambs this coming spring so we’ll see how they all turn out for us.

We do not. These guys are in a woven wire pasture so really no concern with predators. However most of our flock is in a larger pasture with electrified high tensile. Predators could definitely get through but believe we have it hot enough to be a good deterrent. During early spring when coyotes have their pups I move the flock closer to the house into the woven area. That would be when they’re most aggressive

However I must say I’d never fault anyone for taking the extra step and getting a dog. Certainly won’t hurt!

Awesome. Glad I could help!

That’s an awesome idea! I think it would work as long as you can funnel the water properly into the pipe. If you have too much force I’d be concerned about getting air pockets which would keep it from working properly. Would also need to have enough water to keep it running. Obviously this situation would also be dependent on rain which aside from the last two days here we have been bone dry. Really interesting though. You’d have plenty of drop

@@EvergreenFarm19 yeah here in florida there is plenty of rain. And it would be to store water for gravity feeding plants during the dry season? Or maybe hydroelectric energy too

Would definitely be curious to hear the results if you try it!

Yes much needed for sure! Hoping it keeps up for one last growth push this fall

Could definitely do that. Would lose some of the benefits but would also be able to control them haha. I’ll definitely give an update when i make a decision

Yes definitely! Not there yet but certainly want to learn this as well

Yes it certainly appears that way right now. Very odd patterns and light winters recently. At least in Pa… can’t speak for Maine haha

Our animals are not enslaved though

We’re actually in PA. As far as I know there’s nothing that says this is required. However, there’s also nothing that really protects you from someone getting hurt on your property. Being that this is so close to the road, I don’t want to find out!

Good to know. Thanks for sharing!

Perhaps yes but better too hot than not enough! This is actually tied into our larger perimeter fence where we have sheep for a good part of the year

Thank you!

Haha that one just came to me! Glad you liked it.

That is outstanding and will be an awesome setup! I’d appreciate the info as well. If you want you can send it my way at hill.tyler218@gmail.com I’ve looked into a few but wasn’t sure how the whole process worked. This will be great

@@EvergreenFarm19 I will do!

@@EvergreenFarm19 I sent 3 separate emails. Let me know that you got them and if you need further info. These were to show how they worded what we are getting.

Great stuff!

Lol well said

You got it!

@@EvergreenFarm19 pure w.a.g.😃....wild ass guess.

Haha well it was a good one at that!

16 would be crazy! But would love to see it as well

Pretty certain you got it!

I did forget!! but added in the text at 4:28.

​@EvergreenFarm19 Good video...learned a lot.

Thanks for that! Going to check again today to see if I can confirm

Did you visit Joe in NY?

Certainly a hassle as expected for me as well. I wish I could give you an answer as to what the “actual” process is but both tractor supplies that I went to gave me different direction. The one told me that I must buy the trailer than go to the notary that they use and then come back to pickup the trailer. Of course it was in the evening and the place was closed so I went to another store the next day that had already told me I can buy and drive off the lot at the same time. At this point I had 10 days to register but again they only worked with one place that was quite a bit out of my way. As far as actually registering it, it wasn’t too bad just need to be prepared with bill of sale, drivers license info, etc…. And of course be ready to pay their fees and fees for fees lol.

@@EvergreenFarm19 I was thinking they were giving bill of sales. Thankfully, I’m in the Harrisburg area and the Tractor supply store I’m getting it from is literally right next to the Penndot service center. I guess it depends on the manager at the store to if you take it right away or not. Honestly as long as it’s paid for I don’t see why they care about if it gets properly tagged.

Hopefully that makes it easier for you then! Best of luck!

Won’t give you a true reading. In theory you could wrap a wire around it to another ground like stake to extend if needed. That would probably work. As long as it’s in contact into the ground

@@EvergreenFarm19 good idea. I might try that. Thanks for the help and keep up your great channel!

No problem! I appreciate it!

Hope so too!

I’ve looked around for a weight limit on the gate and came away with nothing. It’s not the strongest but I believe it would be ok as mowers aren’t terribly heavy. Worst case, use some boards as added support or even take the gate off and use your own ramp. It’s held on my two pins and the latches

Ive been loading a John Deere X330 alot on it this summer. No problems

Good to know. Thanks for sharing!

Is the grate on the gate bends when you loaded up your tractor

I dolly up my 500 pound water slide up the ramp and it’s good. Not sure how heavy a zero turn is.

We have not - I actually hadn’t heard of that until now so thanks for sharing! Will definitely check out her channel as well

Thanks for the sub!

Appreciate that! Thanks for watching