Hello from the Netherlands . you still forgot to tie up the hydrologic strokes of your dump trailer behind the tractor which are still rubbing the ground now . just tie it to the drawbar with straw rope. but do that quickly otherwise you will have broken hoses and an unnecessarily expensive repair. thanks for the video and keep it up. Sincerely Hollandduck from the Netherlands
The reason why you've got this hay wasted is that you're feeding the goats too much at one time. If you try feeding just a quarter of a bale you should find they eat it all not waste it. They have grass if they really do want more.
That's what I call stuffing 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag, lol. I think your composting bins are full. I will say that I don't miss cleaning out the barn, great job guys.
Stick the forks in the bottom of each bin pile & lift as high as your comfortable. Next run a hose into the middle of each stirred pile & Soak well (given that there is plenty of water for this). Finally Soak the top of each pile well. Than forget about them until spring. One good thorough soak gets enough moisture into it to get them to cook. There are long stemmed temp probes to poke into a pile to monitor temps as they decompose into humus.
Evan & Rebecca , I had 2 Nubians that waisted 4 feet deep of hay in a 12x12 ,solved problem by adding corner feeder 6 feet off ground and made a tray to catch hay on bottom of feeder that goats 🐐 couldn’t stand in . On your tractor 🚜 battery try installing a light 💡 in dash that lights when key is on . I use deep cycle batteries in all my equipment and plug them in to my off grid solar system keeping my batteries fresh and getting cheap electricity thru inverters and a 12 volt power system (fridge , lights ,fan etc)
Put some smaller wire where you have the hay so the goats can just get their mouths in and they won't waste so much hay...great job and video...glad to see you both back...we missed your videos...need a video of you rebuilding the pump and making new fork....
A 5 tine manure fork was the answer, you were using a muck fork designed for just a few inches of content in a stall. The muck fork is a take off of corn fork, used when everyone had ear corn in corn crib.
The goats will jump back onto that plastic thing, maybe a center brace, a 4x4 with a 1 foot wooden square screwed on the top and bottom of the 4x4 should be a good brace. Keep making the awesome videos, really enjoy them.
Attach a note to the diesel cut off leaver to cut off ignition switch, Might work, I even wrote a large note to myself attached it to the wall where I get off my tractor in the shed to cut off the fuel valve,
I'm glad the overtime shifts are done and you're back to regular output of videos. This is one of my favorite channels including all the golf channels I watch.
We used to run around 65 head of goats. We always took the trampled hay and spread it on areas that needed to be seeded with grass and it was amazing what the transformation turned into.
Rebecca, where’s your flip flops? Mice and hay a good reason to have your boots on. Great to see you both back on camera. Been wonderful watching you put your property in order.
It is so nice to see you both back again. Looks like Rebecca knows how to run pretty fast when the mice are running out ,that was priceless watching her run quick. That was a lot of hay to move out and now the goats will be happy to see their new look of their home. Evan you and Rebecca did a good job getting cleaned out. Have a great day and stay safe.
If you move both hinge points on your bucket it will give more movement in the bucket. Move them down so lower ones are about six inches off the ground
Evan you need to get bigger booster cables, put the key on a cord or wire attached to the tractor so you can pull the key out and leave it on the tractor.
Here is my take on jump starting with a "completely" dead battery. The dead battery was taking 30 amps of charge from the battery charger and probably taking any extra amps from the truck. I think the dead battery was taking all the extra amps to charge. So jump starting there wasn't enough extra amps to start the tractor. I think if I would have disconnected the dead battery, and just hooked the jumper cables to the tractor battery cables I think it would have started the tractor. I think the dead battery was pulling down the whole system since it had very little DC voltage. At least That is my theory. If I screw up again and completely drain the battery and it won't jump start, I will try disconnecting the dead battery and see if I can jump start it. Diesel engines take a lot a amps to start, I know bigger booster cables would transfer more amps and help the starting. I should compare all my sets of jumper cables and see if I have a set that is bigger wire gauge, and keep those in my truck. But overall, I need to stop leaving the key on.
I didn't know nurse Rebecca was also a track star. She is fast! It's amazing what a few little mice can do :) But looks like the old Allis Chalmers saved the day ... and your backs. It was a sizable job but I'm sure you will have some super compost when all that sweet smelling pile compost down. Meanwhile thanks for sharing a slice of your lives. I think most country folks can relate.
I would use the TYM tractor and grapple to empty out your compost bins. Mix it all up with the grapple to help it break down quicker, then fill them back up, just a thought. Love the channel.
Food for thought on your goat feeder. Kevin on the Hidden Heights Farm put cattle panel lining the manger that holds the hay. The smaller squares that the goats have to pull hay through reduces the excess hay that gets wasted.
Mouse attacks. Nurse runs. EEEK! I have missed the sound of lovely Miss Rebekah's laughter!! How 'bout a sign on the tractor, "KEY OFF!" that will survive the weather? I love that old CASE tractor and the AC is also a goodie. That dump wagon was a good investment ... I KNEW that would pay off in time and a reduction in hard effort. Love Miss Rebekah's on camera discourse. And I liked your longer hair, Mr. Evan! And thanks for this new video! Try giving those billy goats a lot less food at a time, see how that does! You guys seem to be miked, works great! Still loving that guitar music, by the way!
I just found this channel, I think that what you're doing is really interesting. I'm learning a lot about farming from you. Sometimes I'm going to ask questions, and that's because I'm interested and don't know the answer. When I retire I plan on moving out of Miami to central Florida and starting a 20 acre farm raising pigs, hay and chickens. Your's is the best learning channel I've found so far. Thanks.
Evan, how about tying something onto the kill lever as an aide memoire - so every time you think what the heck's that on there for...Uh huh!! Saved battery 🕶
Big job done together. The two of you did a good job cleaning out the goat pen. Evan I know you are very thankful for such a awesome helper like Rebecca. Rebecca you are an amazing wife and homesteader. Love you both. Be blessed and a job well done 👍🏽
I'm not sure if putting some barn lime down every once in a while would help with the smell at clean out time or not. Just an idea. Good to see you guys.
You're doing a great job of restoring an old farm. I saw, in one of your recent videos that you had a Silva Brothers Construction logo shirt on. This Ols House has been a favorite of mine, for a lot of years. They have some really good info.
I don't know what it is about your channel, but your my favorite farming/homesteading channel. I love watching you both working together to compete a job. I think it's because watching you two and your farm reminds me of helping my grandpa and uncles take care of their farm growing up. I'm glad your off the night shifts for awhile and I'm looking to seeing more of your great videos.
Good to see you guys this morning. That hay sure was a mess. But that is one big job out of the way. Rebecca looks like she is on a diet,but I know better. Glad that things can get back to normal now. God bless you as you go about a lot of work ahead. Be safe
Great job Evan and Rebecca, one of the unpleasant jobs of having goats but it has to be done. Thanks for sharing with us, keep up the good work and videos. Stay safe and keep having fun. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻
Y'all need to move the tang down on the bucket hydraulics closer to the fulcrum. It'll bring that bucket back and you'll be able to shovel more into it at a lower point
I really like to see the two of you work together. Your very respectful of each other and seem to make a great team, which is refreshing to see now days.
Hello Evan, you need a spring loaded pogo stick on top off the tongue of the wagon. To hold your hydraulic lines off the ground. Cheaper to get them up then to replace. Continuously dragging on the ground will wear them out.
Evan - I think your homestead has outgrown compost bins. Maybe consider just having a traditional manure pile. I think you'd have an easier time turning it as often as you want. Just a thought. I grew up on a dairy farm in Southern Ontario and basically all barn waste was wheelbarrowed onto the barnyard manure pile. It was always a challenge keeping the wheelbarrow wheel centred on the 2x8 board runway to the top of the pile. Love your channel. You two have done amazing things over the last 2-3 years. Congrats.
Hi, you may also compost at the field by stacking it in an area that is the best choice for your own needs . Turning the material once a month using the manure spreader. You will end up with stuff that is more evenly mixed and granulate for spreading on the field. Compost needs nitrogen and oxygen. Turning it enhance the process x 10 !
I love watching the old tractors work. Keeping'em running Evan. Speaking of, that dump wagon is a jewel in disguise. A little time and money to keep it in good working condition would be a good investment. I agree with Robyn Taylor. If the goats are wasting that much hay, I thing they are getting too much hay to eat. They will eat what is on the ground if their feeder is empty. I wonder if your old tractor loaders could be redesigned (modified) to use skid steer quick attachments. That would be a fun project. Thanks for the videos, glad to see you guys back.
The slow hydraulics means there is less disturbance making it easier to get loads of compacted hay out with the tractor. So a fault can be used to your advantage.
Rebekah yeah putting the cats in there will help with the mice. Evan, it only takes one time of a mouse crawling up your pant leg to cure you of standing still in the presence of mice. Nice clean out and you 2 work so good as a team.
Hi...... Evan and Rebecca nice to see you both, thank you for showing your video homestead chicken Duck Goose farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐩🐕🐈🐐🐖🐄🐝🐠🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍
One of my favorite couple. I agree you guys make an awesome team together. I love watching you guys working together. Powerhouse couple. 👫🏻 Rebecca don't worry I don't like mice either. I would have ran also. 😆
That was a tough job and maybe trying to cut down on the amount of hay you put in their feeder. Let them eat it down close to the bottom before putting any new hay in there and that should help with the waste. You and Rebecca did a good job on the cleaning job and it looks a lot better.
If you had two old sheets of plywood, you could lay them on the top of that plastic bedding and screw them on from underneath and then cut the round circle out. It should be somewhat stronger.
Next time you go to hook up any battery cables put the positive on first then ground cable. I’m just sharing this for your safety and others who read this.
If you let your chickens onto the compost heap, would that workout? Pick/scratch, bug feed? That plastic shelter for the goats, you turned over. How about plywood cover for support, also circular, slight smaller so they won't chew on it?
Try making some pointed L- brackets that could be mounted on the tractor that fits in the goat shed with the points facing down. Then repeatly, pull the matted hay out. Then use the grapple on the new tractor to put the old hay in the wagon. Hopefully that would reduce manual labor to just a little cleanup at the end.
About the slow hydraulics, I’ve recently seen some videos from Marty T, restoring old tractors. Several had slow hydraulics and just cleaning the hydraulic filter fixed them.
Bolt three or four spikes on the front of that bucket on the tractor. Then you have a good old fashioned muck loader. Not an expensive modification, Flat plate, bit of a point, two sturdy bolts through the plates and bucket.Save time and effort
JudithB I think I would have put all that old hay in the pig pen and barn yard so the animals could glean the seeds and other munchies out of it. It would make another mess to clean up in the spring but every little bit helps!!! LOL
Hey she is wearing boots!! U guys R living the dream! Blessings
Hello from the Netherlands . you still forgot to tie up the hydrologic strokes of your dump trailer behind the tractor which are still rubbing the ground now . just tie it to the drawbar with straw rope. but do that quickly otherwise you will have broken hoses and an unnecessarily expensive repair. thanks for the video and keep it up. Sincerely Hollandduck from the Netherlands
The reason why you've got this hay wasted is that you're feeding the goats too much at one time. If you try feeding just a quarter of a bale you should find they eat it all not waste it. They have grass if they really do want more.
That's sort of what I was thinking. They just can't eat it all.
That is what we have to doe with our goats and sheep. Good call
Goats will be goats. They love to climb. Blessings🙂
That's what I call stuffing 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag, lol. I think your composting bins are full. I will say that I don't miss cleaning out the barn, great job guys.
Stick the forks in the bottom of each bin pile & lift as high as your comfortable. Next run a hose into the middle of each stirred pile & Soak well (given that there is plenty of water for this). Finally Soak the top of each pile well. Than forget about them until spring. One good thorough soak gets enough moisture into it to get them to cook. There are long stemmed temp probes to poke into a pile to monitor temps as they decompose into humus.
Evan & Rebecca , I had 2 Nubians that waisted 4 feet deep of hay in a 12x12 ,solved problem by adding corner feeder 6 feet off ground and made a tray to catch hay on bottom of feeder that goats 🐐 couldn’t stand in . On your tractor 🚜 battery try installing a light 💡 in dash that lights when key is on . I use deep cycle batteries in all my equipment and plug them in to my off grid solar system keeping my batteries fresh and getting cheap electricity thru inverters and a 12 volt power system (fridge , lights ,fan etc)
Put some smaller wire where you have the hay so the goats can just get their mouths in and they won't waste so much hay...great job and video...glad to see you both back...we missed your videos...need a video of you rebuilding the pump and making new fork....
I love that you guys can make me watch 23 minutes of cleaning up goat poop and spent hay! LOL soooo glad you’re back to posting videos!!!
lol, me too, a strange occupation, but fun to share with these two!
A 5 tine manure fork was the answer, you were using a muck fork designed for just a few inches of content in a stall. The muck fork is a take off of corn fork, used when everyone had ear corn in corn crib.
The goats will jump back onto that plastic thing, maybe a center brace, a 4x4 with a 1 foot wooden square screwed on the top and bottom of the 4x4 should be a good brace. Keep making the awesome videos, really enjoy them.
Attach a note to the diesel cut off leaver to cut off ignition switch,
Might work, I even wrote a large note to myself attached it to the wall where I get off my tractor in the shed to cut off the fuel valve,
Been watching for the past year and a half. Just want to say thank you for putting together some great content
Great video guy's.I am so glad you are back.🚜👍👏💯
First! Thanks for all the great content Evan!
Evan and Rebecca, y'all are a good Team.
I'm glad the overtime shifts are done and you're back to regular output of videos. This is one of my favorite channels including all the golf channels I watch.
... Including all the guitar channels I watch. Another good one, though, is Field Rows channel ...
We used to run around 65 head of goats. We always took the trampled hay and spread it on areas that needed to be seeded with grass and it was amazing what the transformation turned into.
Rebecca, where’s your flip flops? Mice and hay a good reason to have your boots on. Great to see you both back on camera. Been wonderful watching you put your property in order.
Evening from New Zealand!
Good morning from Grand Forks
It is so nice to see you both back again. Looks like Rebecca knows how to run pretty fast when the mice are running out ,that was priceless watching her run quick. That was a lot of hay to move out and now the goats will be happy to see their new look of their home. Evan you and Rebecca did a good job getting cleaned out. Have a great day and stay safe.
If you move both hinge points on your bucket it will give more movement in the bucket. Move them down so lower ones are about six inches off the ground
Evan,impressive clean out of the goat pen. You and Rebecca make a great team. Great video, thanks guys
Evan you need to get bigger booster cables, put the key on a cord or wire attached to the tractor so you can pull the key out and leave it on the tractor.
@m9 ovich that isn't true. My f150 alt has 40 amps at idle , it does not take 40 amps to run the system.
Here is my take on jump starting with a "completely" dead battery. The dead battery was taking 30 amps of charge from the battery charger and probably taking any extra amps from the truck. I think the dead battery was taking all the extra amps to charge. So jump starting there wasn't enough extra amps to start the tractor. I think if I would have disconnected the dead battery, and just hooked the jumper cables to the tractor battery cables I think it would have started the tractor. I think the dead battery was pulling down the whole system since it had very little DC voltage. At least That is my theory. If I screw up again and completely drain the battery and it won't jump start, I will try disconnecting the dead battery and see if I can jump start it.
Diesel engines take a lot a amps to start, I know bigger booster cables would transfer more amps and help the starting. I should compare all my sets of jumper cables and see if I have a set that is bigger wire gauge, and keep those in my truck.
But overall, I need to stop leaving the key on.
That is a good start on another compost pile. Will make some very good topsoil in about a year.
Good to see you both again. Big job a years worth of hay to move.
I didn't know nurse Rebecca was also a track star. She is fast! It's amazing what a few little mice can do :) But looks like the old Allis Chalmers saved the day ... and your backs. It was a sizable job but I'm sure you will have some super compost when all that sweet smelling pile compost down. Meanwhile thanks for sharing a slice of your lives. I think most country folks can relate.
Even those of us who are just part country, can relate ...
I would use the TYM tractor and grapple to empty out your compost bins. Mix it all up with the grapple to help it break down quicker, then fill them back up, just a thought. Love the channel.
Food for thought on your goat feeder. Kevin on the Hidden Heights Farm put cattle panel lining the manger that holds the hay. The smaller squares that the goats have to pull hay through reduces the excess hay that gets wasted.
Put wooden runners on the shed and pull it backwards then use the the bigger tractor to cleanup and the pull the shed back into place when done.
Great to see you both are back. And everyone is healthy. Stay safe my friends.
The goats love brush, vines and weeds. Might stretch their hay needs some. Great videos!
Mouse attacks. Nurse runs. EEEK! I have missed the sound of lovely Miss Rebekah's laughter!! How 'bout a sign on the tractor, "KEY OFF!" that will survive the weather? I love that old CASE tractor and the AC is also a goodie. That dump wagon was a good investment ... I KNEW that would pay off in time and a reduction in hard effort. Love Miss Rebekah's on camera discourse. And I liked your longer hair, Mr. Evan! And thanks for this new video! Try giving those billy goats a lot less food at a time, see how that does! You guys seem to be miked, works great! Still loving that guitar music, by the way!
good video, love your old tractors,
Hey, your LT70 sawmill looks nice. Perfect for a one man operation.
Enjoyed the video! We understand why but really missed the videos. Your channel is our favorite!
I just found this channel, I think that what you're doing is really interesting.
I'm learning a lot about farming from you.
Sometimes I'm going to ask questions, and that's because I'm interested and don't know the answer.
When I retire I plan on moving out of Miami to central Florida and starting a 20 acre farm raising pigs, hay and chickens.
Your's is the best learning channel I've found so far. Thanks.
Using a pallet like that is a welcome mat for Rats and Mice. From my experience on our family farm they LOVE to nest in them
Evan, FYI, I've heard several times that you should push with your hydraulic cylinders retracted. This because with them extended the rods will bend.
Evan, how about tying something onto the kill lever as an aide memoire - so every time you think what the heck's that on there for...Uh huh!! Saved battery 🕶
Big job done together. The two of you did a good job cleaning out the goat pen. Evan I know you are very thankful for such a awesome helper like Rebecca. Rebecca you are an amazing wife and homesteader. Love you both. Be blessed and a job well done 👍🏽
One minute in and this is the reason we love your channel! Real Farm Life!
I'm not sure if putting some barn lime down every once in a while would help with the smell at clean out time or not. Just an idea. Good to see you guys.
That's what I call work smarter not harder! Great job!
Great to see you guy's sure have miss you two! God bless!
Love this video. Awesome! Good to have Rebecca as your assistance- hard worker!!!!!!!
You're doing a great job of restoring an old farm. I saw, in one of your recent videos that you had a Silva Brothers Construction logo shirt on. This Ols House has been a favorite of mine, for a lot of years. They have some really good info.
I don't know what it is about your channel, but your my favorite farming/homesteading channel. I love watching you both working together to compete a job. I think it's because watching you two and your farm reminds me of helping my grandpa and uncles take care of their farm growing up.
I'm glad your off the night shifts for awhile and I'm looking to seeing more of your great videos.
So glad you are back.
Run Rebekah Run nice to see ya'll back.
Pitching stalls...brings back childhood memories. Good times...good times!!
Awesome that is a dump trailer, I was just sitting here thinking how nice that would be if it where a dump trailer, and sure enough it was.
Great video as always! Keep them coming! Thanks for sharing!!
Good to see you guys this morning. That hay sure was a mess. But that is one big job out of the way. Rebecca looks like she is on a diet,but I know better. Glad that things can get back to normal now. God bless you as you go about a lot of work ahead. Be safe
Great job Evan and Rebecca, one of the unpleasant jobs of having goats but it has to be done. Thanks for sharing with us, keep up the good work and videos. Stay safe and keep having fun. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻
Glad your back. Great content. Watching from Australia.
You need an old fashion pitch fork with three tines the hay will not stick to the fork.
you are correct. too many tines on that fork, a 5-6 tine fork would work fine .
Another great video. Thanks for sharing.
Sorry Rebekah. It was funny to watch you scram when the mice came out. I hate mice too. keep up the great work . Thanks
Y'all need to move the tang down on the bucket hydraulics closer to the fulcrum. It'll bring that bucket back and you'll be able to shovel more into it at a lower point
Good team work.
Rebecca's fun to watch. Great video.
Love your videos☺💖glad to see yall back☺
So glad you are back! God bless your family!
I realize that you have another job. The time spent is always relative, what ever time it takes is okay. You are working.
Great job!
Maybe one tip. Put 3/4” plywood against that far wall so bucket has something to work against loading hay. Love your hay wagon with the dump!!!
I really like to see the two of you work together. Your very respectful of each other and seem to make a great team, which is refreshing to see now days.
Great work on the videos! Thanks for the extra effort you make to share your experiences with us.
You sure keep those old tractors working. Way to go.
Hello Evan, you need a spring loaded pogo stick on top off the tongue of the wagon. To hold your hydraulic lines off the ground. Cheaper to get them up then to replace. Continuously dragging on the ground will wear them out.
I plan on welding a hose hanger on the tongue. Similar to how the hydraulic hoses on my disc harrow are held up.
@@CountryViewAcres Right with the pigtail curve. 🐖
For a once a year job you guys did great. And lots of compost for next years garden.
Evan - I think your homestead has outgrown compost bins. Maybe consider just having a traditional manure pile. I think you'd have an easier time turning it as often as you want. Just a thought. I grew up on a dairy farm in Southern Ontario and basically all barn waste was wheelbarrowed onto the barnyard manure pile. It was always a challenge keeping the wheelbarrow wheel centred on the 2x8 board runway to the top of the pile. Love your channel. You two have done amazing things over the last 2-3 years. Congrats.
Hi, you may also compost at the field by stacking it in an area that is the best choice for your own needs . Turning the material once a month using the manure spreader. You will end up with stuff that is more evenly mixed and granulate for spreading on the field. Compost needs nitrogen and oxygen. Turning it enhance the process x 10 !
I love watching the old tractors work. Keeping'em running Evan. Speaking of, that dump wagon is a jewel in disguise. A little time and money to keep it in good working condition would be a good investment. I agree with Robyn Taylor. If the goats are wasting that much hay, I thing they are getting too much hay to eat. They will eat what is on the ground if their feeder is empty. I wonder if your old tractor loaders could be redesigned (modified) to use skid steer quick attachments. That would be a fun project. Thanks for the videos, glad to see you guys back.
Good days work!😊❤️
That pen cleaned up nice! Tractor's are so helpful. Good job y'all! ☺
A lot of compost. Nice to see you both.
,,,great job, stay safe and have a good one
The slow hydraulics means there is less disturbance making it easier to get loads of compacted hay out with the tractor. So a fault can be used to your advantage.
Rebekah & Evan what an absolute fantastic team Honestly I could smell that from here in Oz
very sympatic this "team"...
When you clean out the barn, you might want to start putting lime down after the old hay is out. Helps kill the smell
Watching from Melbourne Australia i miss that when I was in tabouk Saudi Arabia that’s my job in my employer farm i use skid steer for that.
A skid steer would be very helpful on your farm!
Nice manure bucket with long Tong's would be nice for that
Rebekah yeah putting the cats in there will help with the mice. Evan, it only takes one time of a mouse crawling up your pant leg to cure you of standing still in the presence of mice. Nice clean out and you 2 work so good as a team.
Hi...... Evan and Rebecca nice to see you both, thank you for showing your video homestead chicken Duck Goose farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐩🐕🐈🐐🐖🐄🐝🐠🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍
Put a big red light on the dash that is lit when the key is on. Then you won't forget it.
One of my favorite couple. I agree you guys make an awesome team together. I love watching you guys working together. Powerhouse couple. 👫🏻 Rebecca don't worry I don't like mice either. I would have ran also. 😆
Good morning, that's the very reason I take the key out and put it in the tool box, always know the key is off
Throw a bit of fertilizer in that compost pile to help it break down faster and zeolites in the goat pen for odor control.
That was a tough job and maybe trying to cut down on the amount of hay you put in their feeder. Let them eat it down close to the bottom before putting any new hay in there and that should help with the waste. You and Rebecca did a good job on the cleaning job and it looks a lot better.
If you had two old sheets of plywood, you could lay them on the top of that plastic bedding and screw them on from underneath and then cut the round circle out. It should be somewhat stronger.
She is getting more comfortable in front of the Camera!! Niiiiice!! Blessings
Next time you go to hook up any battery cables put the positive on first then ground cable. I’m just sharing this for your safety and others who read this.
If you let your chickens onto the compost heap, would that workout? Pick/scratch, bug feed? That plastic shelter for the goats, you turned over. How about plywood cover for support, also circular, slight smaller so they won't chew on it?
Try making some pointed L- brackets that could be mounted on the tractor that fits in the goat shed with the points facing down. Then repeatly, pull the matted hay out. Then use the grapple on the new tractor to put the old hay in the wagon. Hopefully that would reduce manual labor to just a little cleanup at the end.
About the slow hydraulics, I’ve recently seen some videos from Marty T, restoring old tractors. Several had slow hydraulics and just cleaning the hydraulic filter fixed them.
Bolt three or four spikes on the front of that bucket on the tractor. Then you have a good old fashioned muck loader. Not an expensive modification, Flat plate, bit of a point, two sturdy bolts through the plates and bucket.Save time and effort
JudithB I think I would have put all that old hay in the pig pen and barn yard so the animals could glean the seeds and other munchies out of it. It would make another mess to clean up in the spring but every little bit helps!!! LOL