What NO ONE wants to admit about Rotational Grazing + Building a Turkey Tractor
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Raising animals for a year's supply of meat, we have fun but also and deal with nature and other problems. We also built a turkey tractor and tell what we will do differently after using it.
Chapters
00:00 Goals for Year's Supply
00:52 Turkey Tractor Build PT. 1
03:00 Multi Species Grazing
06:28 Turkey Tractor Build PT. 2
12:09 Pig drama
18:17 Rotational Grazing Truths
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I like it you guys are so normal and not some self appointed “homestead gurus”…..💚
It’s funny to me that, despite a very full and busy life, I am always excited to see a new video you’ve posted. You never disappoint. Reading the other comments, I see I’m not the ONLY person who feels this way. Love seeing your kids working alongside you, love your humor, love your grit.
Thank you!
Love your attitude! You are correct, every animal will escape from time to time. Usually at the most inopportune time. If you farm or raise animals you have to walk around with a pocketful of screws and nails, a hammer, two screwdrivers and a multi-tool all of the time. Even to the bathroom!
Owls, eagles, and hawks are Raptors of the sky and the size and weight of a house cat.
Justin Rhodes follows his cows with chickens 3 days later. The chickens keep the flies down and distribute the manure.
Grew up growing, hunting, fishing. We filled the family freezers. Pushing 70, can't kill anymore. Don't know why...
For the turkey tractor, add larger wheels to the middle. It should help with turning because you are more likely to be on 4 wheels at once instead of all 6.
That's terrifying about the owl but I guess that's news I can use, so thanks. I had no idea that they could or would do that!
Thank you for the timestamps! Very much appreciated!
We are full believers in Rotational grazing especially with livestock. Do not get discouraged, the old time farmers are very firm in their beliefs from traditions passed down from generations. Sometimes, it is just the way it is. We have the Royal Palm breed of turkeys. We started them five years ago and it is the only way to go - your own homegrown meat - yummy!!! Keep up the great work you are doing. Very inspirational. Thanks,
I love how you tell the animal stories with a smile. I could not help but, smile and laugh along with you guys. Enjoy watching your videos.
I'm really glad you're showing that you're doing this people should know how to best utilize the land that they've got if they're lucky enough to have land in order to provide on their own food for their animals if it's possible. There are too many awful chemicals ending up in our animal stuffs and feeds not even our water is safe! Thank you for posting this video.
WE moved our pigs with marshmallows……my grandkids did 4 H shows and that’s how they would show their pigs best attitudes for pictures….get them use to giving them a treat of marshmallows and they will come for you.
Electric fencing is nice until the power goes out…..animals can hear the electric and know when to leave,
Our large pig didn’t care he got shocked, he went right thru and got shocked over n over
All our fences are run on solar energy. We have done that from the start for exactly the reason you state...if the power goes out, everything gets loose!
I love how well you guys work as a team. Something all couples should aspire to!
Thank you Elsa! So nice of you.
It's a journey . The pigs are so cute. Your kids probably know more then most adults 🌻
Our cows and chickens pasture together but we keep the coop on the other side of the pasture fence and have a hole cut in the fence for chickens to enter and exit. You’re right- those cows are relentless 😂
I come here for Becky...just to learn from her commitment, passion for whatever she does...& Must say learnt a lot how you couple team up and involved your children to grow their own food...and I believe that is the most beautiful thing to teach them apart from just bookish formal education..I hope and pray...someday I'll be able to realise my dream of having my own land and build a permaculture farm
May I suggest you get down to 1 wire w the cows. It will save you a ton of time.
to make your turkey tractor turnable, just increase the diameter size wheels for the middle two tires. this will allow the tractor to rotate on those two larger center tires.
Another great video y’all! Keep doing what your doing and sharing it all! Thank you for your efforts!🤗
It’s so good to see the whole family involved in everything, kudos to you all
Glad to see a new video from you all! I've enjoyed watching your journey and always look forward to the next video. Happy to see you all making your dreams come true!
Our family is vegetarian/vegan, so we only eat the occasional egg and cheese, but your video was interesting. God bless you as you continue to care for your family and animals on your homestead.
Great video! Loved the narrative & clips of the farm. Goodluck with the piggies😊
The other reason you are supposed to wait and run the birds a few days after cows is because the cow poop will attract fly and other insect larvae that the chickens will love to eat and it will be really good for them. If the chickens are in at the same time the insects won’t have time to set it or will set their larve after they leave which is not what you want. Highly suggest you look into Joel salatin he explains it better
We love Joel Salatin and what he does. We try to model some of what we do after him. Not quite there yet, but progressing.
I was just thinking I would love to hear more about yall's livestock! Thank you for sharing. Hopefully soon, my family will be following on y'alls footsteps.
Thanks you guys for sharing REAL life!! You're a huge encouragement to do many! We appreciate you 💖
You guys showing the things that don’t go according to plan is so refreshing. Thank you!!
Thank you so much for sharing this! It gave my husband and I some really good ideas since we are staring over on a new farm. We really appreciate you sharing your trial and errors and modifications to get things working for you and your animals!
This was a great informational video. It's also great to see your children helping right alongside you folks!
Great documentary! You have an amazing family and amazing perseverance and faith to live how you do. An encouragement for many like me. Thank you for sharing.
You guys are awesome. I admire you both and how hard you work on a daily basis.
AWESOME video - love these recipes that show how to cook are harvest that has been preserved in different ways. So different from the way I learned to cook - grocery store food. I have so much to learn. THANK YOU - love the remnant type recipes SO MUCH!
If you get a donkey, it can help guard, but also you can train it to pull your tractors. Plus it's good for the kid to learn to train.
I love to listen to you two giving us info about your work on the farm.And your attitude is awesome!And always a happy smile or a laughter,no matter what catástrofe you experience !!You guys are awesome!Thank you for this!All the best!! 🎶😃🥰
One year at the farm I volunteer at, the pigs were most often located along the road. They were very social with all the folks walking by and the humans would in turn would stop and chat at the pigs. Those pigs managed to escape SOOOO MANY TIMES!!! They just wanted friends. 😀
Love watching your family! Encouraging even with the not so good stuff!
You two are just precious!! Always learning every day. So enjoying your videos. ❤
Oh my goodness! This video brings a whole new love I have for your family. I completely empathize with you! We have had so many of these same learning experiences. I love seeing your family all come together to problem solve all of these problems. I’m sorry you lost some of your turkeys, but your new coop design with be so much better for the remaining birds and future batches. Your homestead is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your ups and downs, openly and honestly. God bless!
My wife and i love these videos. We are wirking toward starting our homestead and love the information and experiences you all share. No plan is the plan lol. Our instincts and adaptability should be exersized and strengthened more and more. Thank you for sharing!
You kids are so great. I love watching you😊you are a wonderful family 😃keep smiling 😊
even as a vegan I love to watch how you care for your animals. Greetings from Germany 🙂
Thank you! 😊 We appreciate your perspective on this. We try to do the best we can with what we have 👍
I admire you guys, your kids are so helpful and they loved what their doing ...😊
Loved watching your video. I like the way you shoot video then the 2 of you talking about it. You definitely get the point across that it is HARD work.
Thank you for sharing your intelligence, design, mistakes, escapes, unpleasant surprises, lessons learned and doing it with kindness, laughter, and humbleness. God bless you and your lovely family.
Great job of showing us what works, what does NOT work and the why of it all. Thank you so much for this video and how you found solutions for each animal. I'm going to start raising chickens and turkeys next spring and you have been a great help. God bless y'all and keep growing!
Best family video with real life and laughter at the forefront. Being so excepting of life in all it’s glory and many disasters as displayed is so refreshing it shows us all that nothing is perfect but it can be perfect for you especially doing it the way you are, one day at a time thank you
I love to see you working toguether as a family.
Love your videos!! It’s Great you’re keeping it Real!! I also follow Homesteading Family - Living Traditions & Roots and Refuge. Infrastructure 1st!! Is what they preach - now I see why😆 - but it’s all about hands on experience is the best teaching tool. Thanks so much for show that!! 😃
Watching your videos from the South of France where we also homestead, I kept grinning at the "déjà vu" feeling 😁 The sight of my husband trying to hold a sheep the first time it had to be sheared was really something to behold 🤣 Thanks for all the great videos and the many recipes.
Thank you, brilliant. Murphy was an optimist.
Beautiful family.
You will succeed with your homestead because it's a family affair ❤️.
Truly enjoy your videos.
You are such an inspiration to me! I usually watch on my TV and can’t comment but I’ve binged all of your videos since I found you a few months ago. I have purchased additional chest freezers because I had never heard of having one freezer per animal and it has been revolutionary for my family! We also have 4 children (only one son and 3 daughters, opposite of you guys) and we homeschool as well. We have 20 acres that we are also building a home on, my sister has 20 connecting acres as well (no plans for a home). Currently it’s a lot of tillable acreage that we rent out and amazing woods. We’ve taken back one acre of tillable land and plan to have a garden and maybe 2 cows and some chickens next year. This video is very helpful! Thank you SO much for sharing your experiences with us 💗
Hey Becky! I have become really fond of your videos & lifestyle. I’d love to see how you homeschool & manage the garden and such.
You're all doing a fantastic job. I've got free ranging chickens (egg layers) and I learned very early on that if there's a way out of an enclosure - anything for that matter - they will find it! One day two of them decided to take a wander up and down the whole street - still amazes me that the foxes didn't get them! I've also got bees, and even they have their idiosyncrasies! Thanks for taking the time to make these vlogs.
I love your videos! I needed a little pick-me up this morning... we lost another chicken to a darn fox that lurks around the pasture. RIP Bella... my best Bielefelder girl! Soooo angry!
Nothing goes as planned but when it does, Great, take care and stay safe
Eagerly waiting new videos from you. You are by far my favorite homesteader/gardener to watch. You have such a sincerity and dedication to you, a wealth of knowledge, and a purity. You’re a breath of fresh air and really inspiring. I turned to gardening this year as a means of dealing with serious depression; you have been a healing and relatable voice. Thank you for this channel!
Hoping for more long videos !! Waiting patiently for the next upload ❤️
Thank you for your honest video. It makes me feel like I am not doing too bad.
I also understand the animals before the enclosure issue.
Thank you for the video
I am so proud of you and your family!
We have a basic shed in the middle of our 33 acres with a couple of rolls of chicken netting trying to guide the chickens, ducks, geese away from our house. Sort of works, but at least never have to shift them. We have near 200 birds.
I was just thinking that I would love to hear about y'all's journey raising livestock! Thank you for sharing. Hopefully soon, my family will be following in y'all's footsteps! Y'all are so inspiring.
Do it! You'll never be perfectly ready, and that's ok!!! Thanks for watching.
Glad you show the way it really happens. I lived on the farm when I was young. And that would happen. Thanks for sharing
Gotta bring back the "reality" part of reality tv, lol!
This is literally the first time I've seen anyone say this. This has been my experience of it, too. Glad to see someone telling the truth. I had no idea what I was getting into.
Since we have moved into the country, we have woken up to cows, sheep and a goat in our yard. None of them ours. It happens, they just get out 😊. I love how you guys work as a family, it makes me wish my children were young again. Thanks for sharing your life with us, we are inspired by your efforts and commitment. God Bless.
You are a hardworking couple and are doing a marvelous job in creating a sustainable home for your family. Love the design of the turkey tractor. Sorry about the owl though. Things doesn´t work out as you have planned it. Neither for me. We are growing our food too. I had been looking forward for months to finally harvest my corn. Looking closer the cobs were empty. The rats had taken 80% of all the maize. There were a few ones left for us. So the nature certainly has the upperhand sometimes and you need to take all into consideration wich only trial and error and experience can give. As you said, you´re lucky if you do it right the first time.
Howdy 🤠. While the cows may have went for the grain and broke the door, we have found that they also try to use any structure as a rubbing post. We no longer let the cows graze at the place and time with chickens.
An idea for the wheels on the turkey structure would be perhaps lowering the middle wheels a bit more creating a teeter totter effect to help pivot with the center wheels?!?
I've been binge-watching your videos, and wanted especially to see how you were housing your chickens. I've used many types of coops but am on a new property and need to build yet another one; I like the deign of your mobile A-frame. This vid was quite helpful, Thanks!
We use trailer jacks for our chicken tractor wheels. They work well and are easy to install. They also allow us to raise the tractor to move it and lower it flat on the ground when it is stationary. One further layer of protection is cattle panel pieces along each of the 4 sides that we raise up & latch when we move it and lay flat on the ground when it's stationary. Helps keep diggers out. I can email y'all pictures if you want.
Thanks for that last section! I thought it was just me that had trouble with them getting out. Mostly it's our calves, but sometimes an adult cow will get out too. Electric fence for me has been a lot more work, and I'm considering setting up permanent paddocks because I'm tired of finding/fixing shorts every time I move the animals (almost every day).
I’m not a big commenter but just wanted to say how much I enjoy your videos! Keep it up! You have a precious family and I love living the farm life vicariously through you. Much love from southern CA with my little front yard suburban garden.
Thank you! We appreciate the kind words and comment😊
About the animals and insects, they are more industrious than one thought when they set their eyes on sthg. Hornbill owls are no different - very cunning! The one you had in the turkey coup is HUGE! 😬
I always love watching your kids with the animals! I grew up with chickens and rabbits and I hope to be able to do that for my kids one day too. Do you ever have problems with snakes? I grew up in the desert and snakes were one predator we really struggled finding a way to keep out of the coop.
2:36 I did the same thing as a kid. I usually followed the lines of my carpet or cracks in concrete with it. It's called an ab roller or something like that. Good for ab workouts
Just happened onto your post and liked it very much. Have been dealing with various livestock for almost 70 yrs. They will quickly show you any weak spots in any new situation. It's worked for me when bringing in new critters or making a big change in a groups management to contain them in escape proof smaller area to settled for a day or two. Save time with a feed bucket , great for pigs but will work for most handfed animals rather than chasing. Calling to animals at feeding time will also encourage them to come to you.
What a pig heaven ! And getting it right the second time out? How about setting up a chicken rotational system behind the cows, throwing the grain onto the cow-pads and separating through e-fences, the cows from the chickens, having the cows go ahead by, say, a day? Do you have a fly problem? If you had a fly problem - I mean, an incredible annoyance problem for the small cattle herd with rotational grazing, how would you solve it?
BRUH! That is the most badazz turkey coup I've seen on RUclips! Great job and love how yall did the tires and placed them inside, please keep us updated on how this model works over time.
Appreciate it!! Glad you like what you see! Much more to come :)
Have you thought about getting a guardian dog(s) to help with your critter invasions?
Definitely discussed a farm dog or two. Probably on the horizon
Hard work. Good results.👏All the best!
Joe Salatan & Justin Rhodes run the cows , then the chickens and then the sheep through the pastures - theyve been doing it for years - if you want to reclaim the woods and brush areas & pen the hogs up there, when cleared , move them out ( yum ) seed it and put down hay - just increased pasture
Great video team. It’s nice that you guys shared your failures as well as how you overcome them. Something to consider with your chicken/cow incident, it’s a good idea to bring the chickens in 2-3 days after the cattle so there is time for larvae to develop in the cow pies. That will encourage them to decimate the Pattie’s which will help fertilize even further. Just a thought but you guys keep up the good work!
I remember my time on a farm as a kid and the farmer did exactly that, put the cattle on a harvested field for a day or so and then 3 days later shoo all the chickens into the field to get lots of grubs (after the cattle!)...This would be a solution in India for the pollution from burn off, feed the chickens and cows instead, Win ,win for an intractable problem!
It's so nice to hear from you. I dropped everything I was doing to watch this video ❤️ Yes, rotational grazing is they way to go. It's too bad you can't let your chickens free range in with the cows. That's what's best for spreading the manure and then the chickens can eat whatever yucky stuff that is in the manure 😂 I understand that that's hard to do because of overheard predictors. Have you thought of getting a live stock guardian dog? There are good ones out there trained especially to protect your poultry. You just have to make sure it can handle the heat you get down there.
Have you made any wallows for the pigs?
Looking forward to hearing about what's going on in the garden. Can't wait for your blog on Sunday
Stay safe and blessed
You could plan for the chickens to follow the cows.
It is normal to have the chickens follow a few days after the cows. This gives time for flies to lay their eggs and maggots to grow which is what the chickens eat, breaking up the patties as they do so.
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The trick with pigs is let them know when you're shaking a bucket that it has feed, they will follow you anywhere. I have 15 pot belly pigs.
Agreed! Pigs are very intelligent animals. I found that they train fairly easy. Similar to dogs. One fun thing is they love being scratched as you pet them and if you'll do this on their tummies, they practically fall over for a belly rub!! 💞
Oh yes! I have them trained to the bucket(Cam). I use exclusively red buckets for the pigs so they know for sure when food is coming! Pigs are intelligent, but so so so fun to have :)
Even when your family has farmed for generations, everything doesn't always go to plan. Y'all have a great attitude. Good luck.
New to your channel. Thanks for sharing. If you were to turn the wheels on the 🦃 🚜 90 degrees so it’s moving sideways instead of lengthways it will take longer to reach the end of the pasture.
I live in the center of a big city but still watch & love all your videos because they make me feel so calm 🤣
Your comment makes me happy! Glad to be a help to you!
Honestly, I’d ditch wheels all together and put round pipe to serve as a skid. We’re moving repurposed high tunnels with a tractor, but a smaller unit could be moved with an ATV.
We run the chickens in our cow pasture after moving the cows out. First the grass is a lot lower second the chickens break up and thins out all the cow manure.
Hey guys,
I enjoy following your videos.
Just thought I'd share something that I learned when I was raising pigs.
Since I don't live very far from you, this excessive heat is very detrimental to pigs.
They are unable to sweat to cool off like many other animals.
Therefore, they need a small area of mud.
It's not as hard as you'd expect. Since you have a tractor you could scoop out some dirt...6 to 12 inches is enough. 10 feet by 10 feet will be adequate while they are still small. You'll want it near your water source and in the shade. I had to use a water hose to fill my little mud puddle up each day.
Don't worry about it draining out and getting dry with a drought. Just fill it with water again each morning!
This will keep them healthy and they'll have to energy to roam around your pasture to eat.
I also found out that if they don't have a muddy place to cool off then it's almost impossible to keep them in. Because they are needing the water and shade in your creek to survive.
Blessings to you!
Shelley
Chicken wire on tractor , then the tarp ( kevin and sarah Living Traditions ) use signage and or silage covers - holds up much better and can get it for free or cheap
I think most people free range their chickens with her cows. You don’t have to do your whole chicken flock that way. But put out like 16 meat birds with them. Then they eat the grass and digging the cow poop for larvae all day long. Then they’re spreading the cow poop all around your grass and making it better fertilized. Then you call them to the coop at night with their grains for dinner and that’s what makes him want to come to the coop. Well and just general training.
Wait till the pigs get into mamas beloved garden. That's when the fun really begins.
Great video 🙂
Sorry about loosing your Turkey’s.
For good built chicken and turkey tractors you might want to take a look at Justin Rhodes channel, he has some very good ideas on rotating cows and chickens on pasture also. Good luck with your homesteading adventure.
He and Joel Salatin made a book that’s literally blueprints to all of their perfected mobile farming designs. It’s called Polyface Designs. Hope that helps
Good tips! I didn’t know owls would actually squeeze I under a fence barrier or a cow seeing and smelling grain would crash into a chicken tractor
Loved this SO much!!!
PLEASE DO A HOME TOUR. 🤍 I want to see the build/functionality of the home and how you incorporated your homestead lifestyle INTO the build.
Lol, I loved your pig stories. I grew up on a pig farm. Our little pigs got out all the time. Our German Shepard made it his job to chase them back in. Pigs are a whole other level of farm animal.