Seventy five years ago people living out in the country had their own family dairy cows and there were no chemical wormers, but they knew how to keep the cows healthy. My grandparents grew the corn and oats for their dairy cow, the pigs they raised etc. and none of it was GMO grains. They used herbal remedies for worming and there was no milk withdrawal. Find some books written in that era and you might be able to find their go to for everything to do with farm animals without chemicals.
Pumpkins are a natural dewormer. The key for animals and parasites is to keep them moving to new grasses and don't let the pastures get mowed down thats where the parasites are by the dirt
Jess, when you declared "I LOVE farming!", in that moment my spirit responded "I LOVE city life!" And what's more, I love supporting local farmers who trade in my neighborhood. ❤ I can't tell you how much I look forward to the opening of farmers markets in June 😊. We are all interdependent and I think that's a good thing. 👍🏾
Ahhhh, DIY Jess is a woman after my own heart! I'm 70, and have spent my entire life looking at things and thinking, "Huh, I'm pretty sure I could do that..." and most of them, I have. I'm delighted to hear you are a fiber person also, Jess. I like to think of the river of people who came behind us, discovering fiber and how to coax it into cloth, and all the other iterations, and how we're part of that legacy. You must at least show us your spinning wheel soon!
So glad to hear you say that you would use whatever modern medicine in a life or death situation. That does not make them dependent on modern medicine. Taking care of them that way is loving them and is humane. It doesn’t matter what people did a hundred years ago. We are more advanced. So are bacteria, viruses and insects.
I love to listen to people talk through their processes. You get so much quality info by listening to them. Thank you Jess, for bringing us along with you on your farm expansion. GOD bless
Love the sheep talk. We used to raise sheep (dual prupose)and now own a fibre mill where we process alpaca, sheep wool, some cashmere and angora...so much fun. It is my retirement (used to be a dental hygienst for 35 years) but I am busier now than ever. We don't have a lot of fibre mills here, in Ontario. Love it.
And I thougt it was exciting to see my first garlic sprout this morning. I qouted you "hello little guy, happy birthday". I think my neighbors are calling me the crazy garden lady since I have a urban farm that keeps me dreaming and happy. Congrats on your continued responsible farm growth. ~ Rhonda
😂🤣 My neighbors call me the crazy garden lady too! 🤣💯 Eh, I prefer crazy garden lady... Rather than many other things I can think of but won't type!! 🤣💯 💥🧡🧡🥀🌸🦋🌱🧑🏻🌾🌿🤗🌱🦋🌸🥀🧡🧡💥
Thank you Jess for inviting us into your world and helping us learn. Not sure if I will ever get my farm so I live and learn through you. Many blessings.
I just wanted to say thank you and your team for the respect and care you show to your animals. It is such a pleasure to see a well planned rotational system for your animals and land health. I watch other content creators who seem frenetic and chaotic in their approach to their animals and homestead. These sentient beings deserve our best efforts and care before being processed to provide us with food in which ever form.
Jess when you said, and I know I’ll get in the comments, because I’ve been crocheting…. I thought you were going to say yes, you were gonna start crocheting lamb jammies 😂. Nothing cuter than a lamb in pjs! Love seeing you so happy and excited. Lucky sheep
Boy Jess you really hit the nail in the head with ( my toxic grate is ….i can do that, 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤪) That’s my favorite phrase and I need to catch myself many times.
Do I own a homestead? No. But this whole video taught me so much about animals which is both a passion of mine and a future dream. I can’t wait for the lambs (and goats)
Love these kinda check ins. It helps me too to hear ur thought process and looking at my own animals. I always appreciate your down to earth attitude and approach.
Hi sweetie! Just starting 2 watch yr video....yes, yes, yes....we always said stretchy stretch, thought we were the only ones! Lol. Now 2 watch u in the cold.
Hey Jess, loved the video. Glad to hear you are getting St. Croix sheep. I have been wanting them for a year now, just need to work some things out on the property first. I hope you and Miah will closely take us along to show everything. This will help me as as well as others for sure.thanks for sharing. Have a blessed day.
Congrats on your new sheep. Lambing is so much easier than kidding. With my goats it's almost like human labor. It's a whole process where I'm watching and sitting with them while they labor. I have never seen signs of sheep labor. They just suddenly pop out a lamb and it's back to life as usual. 3 of my sheep have birthed with me 100 yards away and I noticed nothing until I look up and there is a new lamb. I'm sad about missing the miracle of birth, but I love missing the nerves of watching for the first sign of nose and feet to be sure I don't have to assist. 😂
Jess I heard Earth days going to be 25 hrs. Hope that mean you going to have a chance to rest. Girl you are an incredible powerhouse. Always doing something. I get so tired sometimes just watching and listening you. Do you think you ever slow down a bit? 🫂🫂🫂 Make sure you do 🌻🌻🌻
We have 8 sheep and baby lambs are the absolute cutest! We do pasture rotation and sourced ewes that weren't being regularly dewormed but in the humid south we've still had some issues with parasites. Love hearing the "why" that you do different things!
I have been enthralled by the BBC series taking you through several decades of UK farming. In the Victorian Farm Series, they talk a lot about the book “The Book of the Farm” by Henry Stephens. Absolutely fascinating how he put his life’s work in rural agriculture during the late 1700s - 1800s in a written manual that farmers used as their Bible. I have learned so much and not even homesteading! Truly a great resource you may want to read, but do not forget to binge watch the BBC series…you will get engrossed.
Sweet Jess, congrats on purchasing more lamb, and a male. As I became older, I've realized I have to tell myself no when it comes to taking on more/adding projects/events to my schedule. When I was in my 30's through late 50's, I would go, go, go, and do, do, do. Now I'm 61 years old, have bad arthiritis in my hands, lower back, and hips. I make myself keep going (like the rabbit in the energizer battery commercial). There are days when the barometric pressure with the weather takes a nose dive. When this happens, my pain levels are out the window. I can barely move....but I make myselve move. My movement isn't like it used to be therefore, I don't take on too much like I used to. That doesn't mean I can't work, that just means... I slow down a bit, and take care of myself first.
There's lots of sheep pastured around me (uK) they don't get any shelter, except for old stone walls. Lambs are adorable, at golden hour they run around playing, having a fabulous time..I know a few people around here who can no longer eat lamb 😁
I ended up getting 4 ewes, 3 ewes lambs (a ram lamb) and a ram from a friend. I wasn’t quite ready but it all just worked out. We had been talking about it a while and it all just came together. I too am Ram shopping since my ram is the sire to my ewe lambs I would like to keep. My little flock has been a fun addition to our farm.
How are they in a warmer climate… I’m thinking Shetland being a very northern island, that the sheep would be a breed that does better oop north🥶… just a wonder 🤓
We love you Jesse!!! I’m just like you! Love animals. Love farming! Love nature anything! Tea, coffee… pottery, crafting in winter… I’m painting birdhouse gourds (grown by me) for Christmas presents this yr! GOD IS GREAT!!! May He bless you and your family… ALWAYS!!!
I watched this while tweaking my garden plan for 2024 😂 and now I want to add all of the animals 😂😂. Thankfully my husband is a little more levelheaded than I am and reins me in when I would dive in head first and probably get us in over our heads. So we’re just going to beef up our food production and aim to rely at least 50% less on the grocery store.
Learned so much from that about responsible farm animal stewardship. You are my favorite YT educator because of your thoughtful and mindful living and sharing. Thank you for all you do. Take breaks please we are in this for the long haul.
Although I will never have a farm or animals, I enjoy listening to you talk about every aspect of your farm, Jess. The excitement and love in your voice makes anything you talk about interesting. ❤
My goats are like weather forecasters who actually get it right! They know when it's coming and they go home. Enjoy your new animals! Save me some of those lamb chops!
Hey, Jess, love your content, I've been following you since Arkansas days! I didn't know you had St Croix! We have 14 Ewe lambs all born this past Spring. Are yours registered? If so, do you mind if I ask with whom? We are in Mid GA and only a couple hours away from you. Perhaps we could share some genetics down the road?!! We share the same husbandry values ❤
What ever you do on your farm will always be much better than any grocery store....All I can think of is eating a beautiful rack of Lamb...lol Have a lovely day Jess.
I dont know if you have done this before or not but since you have said you sometiems dont know what to make content on during this season each year, so I i had an idea. I would love to hear the questions you ask people as you look for good animals, and what to look for etc (for each type of animal group you have) this is currently what im trying to learn so we know what to be lookong for and asking as we get closer to this reality as well ❤ Congratulations on the new additions how exciting! While i await the ability to have animals I totally live vicariously through your farm 😁
I'm so excited for lambs in the spring!! I know getting into the winter you have talked about not always knowing what to film, and recently I've been thinking it would be nice to get a "pet update" - all the dogs and cats you guys have as well as maybe a bearded dragon introduction. Just an idea I had!
Very good information, I enjoyed that. We have dairy goats (and a small dairy operation) and I completely relate to your thought processes. My goat kids sell so readily because folks can see the quality of my small herd, the love and attention we put into them. I’ve watched you from way back and don’t usually comment but I just wanted to give an atta-girl for this video! 👏👏
Someday in the far future when you get wool sheep, you should look into rat-tailed varieties like icelandic and finn sheep. They are less likely to end up flyblown.
Wait, what am I missing? St Croix have great, high fat content milk. Yay! I am excited for you and for me because you will teach me just like you thought me how to grow tomatoes and to grow vertical.
🎄🐑🐏👨👩👧👦🧑🏼🎄🎅🏼 I absolutely love this time of year on your channel and this year I can watch it as it unfolds🥰🤸🏽♀️🤸🏽♀️ Thank you so very very much Sandi and Brock Familia♥️♥️♥️♥️😘😘😘😘🎄
Your authenticity shines through! You are my inspiration as I build my own channel! I've been following you for the last 4 years, before I even had my farm. It's wonderful to see you grow as I've also gotten to start on this path!
Congrats Jess. I know how happy you animals make you. Your face is lighted up like a young child getting their first animal. I just love seeing the excitement on your face & in your eyes. ❤
Great talk Jess! I like how you think things through and not jump into things on impulse, setting your self up for success instead of heartbreak. Good call on the wool sheep. We had a flock of Shetlands and a few Angora goats. Besides the shearing, there is the prep before you can spin. Wash, comb, then spin. Within a few years we had what seemed like a couple decades worth of raw wool. Shetland is one of the finest, softest wools there is, more so than Moreno. Mohair is very soft and fine but a bit trickier to spin due to the fact that it does not have the tiny scales on the hair shaft like wool that helps it grip together. Love in Christ from Oregon!
I just love you and your sweet heart .. I'm happy for you and enjoy learning something's i know i will never need but it's still fun to learn and besides watching you grow and learn and share is a beautiful thing. Same goes for Miah too. ❤❤
Ha! I think that's one reason I find you guys so relatable. I also have the "I can do that" toxic trait lol. It's taken me almost 20 years to get better about biting off more than I can chew but I still step in that hole too often. An abundance of self confidence is not always a great thing lol.
How much land is required to properly house sheep/goats if not supplementing grain? I get asked this question a lot and have no idea. Thank you for taking us along on your thought process. It really does help when considering different aspects of homesteading. We are currently in the phase of less animals and more garden space to lessen the chore load as we get closer to retirement age. When our last pet pig and goat (both senior pets) pass my husband plans to use the barn as a workshop. We’re both excited to see more from Miah’s workshop in the years to come! 😊
I do agree that baby goats are way up there on the cuteness factor but what about kittens and ducklings you can not deny they are also way up there on the cuteness scale
I’m so happy and excited for you!! I know that lambs always have a special place in my heart. when I was a kid I would always help my grandparents during lemmings season and I thought they intentionally bread them so that they would have their babies in February because my birthday is in February.🎉 in two shakes of a lambs tail you’ll be having babies lambs.😊
Jess, you know how much you can take, but I feel you about talking yourself out of things. I see myself growing out of where we are, so I have to remember it. We are going more as raising our own. Meat rabbits, dairy goats, eggs, meat chickens and turkeys. Growing our garden and having a good size for us orchard. I'm so Thankful to do all we have gotten too. God is great. Thank you for sharing. God Bless
Actually we are in central Virginia and they do fine. It's get sheared in the springtime and by the time they have a full coat again it is fall. Their coat acts as insulation both in the summer and winter.
I definitely learned something from this. I had never thought through all of the topics that you addressed. Thank you! Can't wait to see the new sheep.
Okay so ear tagging is an option, But I'm not a fan of that just because you know earrings. Not sure what your plan is, but putting collers on individual lines is an option or maybe put in a drop of different color natural food derived die on their heads you can tell them apart unless you're gonna separate all your lines.💖 Anyway I'm excited about the upcoming journey I've been looking forward to the sheep's beginning.
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It took me a minute when you said, "the weaners," because I heard it as "the weiners.". 🤦🏼♀️ What a difference a single vowell makes.
I heard the same. I had to stop my cooking and look Jess in the eye. Then I figured it out.😂
❤️🐑🐑🐑 every time you get new animals, I feel like I get new animals too. Your critters have so many virtual aunties.
Yes they do!!
😅So true!
Seventy five years ago people living out in the country had their own family dairy cows and there were no chemical wormers, but they knew how to keep the cows healthy. My grandparents grew the corn and oats for their dairy cow, the pigs they raised etc. and none of it was GMO grains. They used herbal remedies for worming and there was no milk withdrawal. Find some books written in that era and you might be able to find their go to for everything to do with farm animals without chemicals.
Pumpkins are a natural dewormer. The key for animals and parasites is to keep them moving to new grasses and don't let the pastures get mowed down thats where the parasites are by the dirt
I really wish I could see that life for us all.😢❤
@@harvestenthusiast4519absolutely agree!
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Jess, when you declared "I LOVE farming!", in that moment my spirit responded "I LOVE city life!" And what's more, I love supporting local farmers who trade in my neighborhood. ❤ I can't tell you how much I look forward to the opening of farmers markets in June 😊. We are all interdependent and I think that's a good thing. 👍🏾
Lambs arethe most beautiful little creatures! Youre going to love them!!
Generational resistance to parasites is SUCH an important topic. Thank you so much for covering that.
That spoke to me on a human level. 😅 "creating dependence instead of resilience" 🤯🤯
@@journeytohomestead527 yes! The concept applies in many areas of life on earth!
Ahhhh, DIY Jess is a woman after my own heart! I'm 70, and have spent my entire life looking at things and thinking, "Huh, I'm pretty sure I could do that..." and most of them, I have. I'm delighted to hear you are a fiber person also, Jess. I like to think of the river of people who came behind us, discovering fiber and how to coax it into cloth, and all the other iterations, and how we're part of that legacy. You must at least show us your spinning wheel soon!
All I want for Christmas is…
Lamb photo shoot?!
So glad to hear you say that you would use whatever modern medicine in a life or death situation. That does not make them dependent on modern medicine.
Taking care of them that way is loving them and is humane.
It doesn’t matter what people did a hundred years ago. We are more advanced. So are bacteria, viruses and insects.
I love to listen to people talk through their processes. You get so much quality info by listening to them. Thank you Jess, for bringing us along with you on your farm expansion. GOD bless
I say "oh that's a big stretch for a small fuzzy!" to our cats ❤😊
Love the sheep talk. We used to raise sheep (dual prupose)and now own a fibre mill where we process alpaca, sheep wool, some cashmere and angora...so much fun. It is my retirement (used to be a dental hygienst for 35 years) but I am busier now than ever. We don't have a lot of fibre mills here, in Ontario. Love it.
And I thougt it was exciting to see my first garlic sprout this morning. I qouted you "hello little guy, happy birthday". I think my neighbors are calling me the crazy garden lady since I have a urban farm that keeps me dreaming and happy.
Congrats on your continued responsible farm growth. ~ Rhonda
😂🤣 My neighbors call me the crazy garden lady too! 🤣💯
Eh, I prefer crazy garden lady... Rather than many other things I can think of but won't type!! 🤣💯
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Thank you Jess for inviting us into your world and helping us learn. Not sure if I will ever get my farm so I live and learn through you. Many blessings.
I just wanted to say thank you and your team for the respect and care you show to your animals. It is such a pleasure to see a well planned rotational system for your animals and land health. I watch other content creators who seem frenetic and chaotic in their approach to their animals and homestead. These sentient beings deserve our best efforts and care before being processed to provide us with food in which ever form.
Thank you for sharing. Praying for you and your family. ❤
Love your stories 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣. It usually means something big is about to happen so I'm always patiently waiting for the end.
Jess when you said, and I know I’ll get in the comments, because I’ve been crocheting…. I thought you were going to say yes, you were gonna start crocheting lamb jammies 😂. Nothing cuter than a lamb in pjs!
Love seeing you so happy and excited. Lucky sheep
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Blessings 💞🙏
Jess, we have the same toxic trait 🤣. I'm excited for lambing season! What a joy!
Love that you can do this new adventure.
Lambs are the cutest there is 😍
WOW 🤩
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Boy Jess you really hit the nail in the head with ( my toxic grate is ….i can do that, 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤪)
That’s my favorite phrase and I need to catch myself many times.
Do I own a homestead? No. But this whole video taught me so much about animals which is both a passion of mine and a future dream. I can’t wait for the lambs (and goats)
Thank you for sharing your process! I always learn new information from your videos.
Love these kinda check ins. It helps me too to hear ur thought process and looking at my own animals. I always appreciate your down to earth attitude and approach.
So beef, dairy cows, lamb, dairy goats (soon), pork, chicken, turkey, duck, geese, pond freshwater fishes, vegetables, herbs, grains, fruits, and nuts. Wonderful variety. Maybe add Maples for tapping syrup? Also maybe bee keeping again?
I started to crochet because of you!
I had to stretch it was just like a yawn. It was perfect.
That's just amazing!!! Sheep are the absolute best livestock, hands down, they're amazing!❤
Hi sweetie! Just starting 2 watch yr video....yes, yes, yes....we always said stretchy stretch, thought we were the only ones! Lol.
Now 2 watch u in the cold.
You Jess are such a joy ❤
Love that you’ve thought ahead and have a plan❤❤
Hey Jess, loved the video. Glad to hear you are getting St. Croix sheep. I have been wanting them for a year now, just need to work some things out on the property first. I hope you and Miah will closely take us along to show everything. This will help me as as well as others for sure.thanks for sharing. Have a blessed day.
The whole process of shearing, cleaning, dying wool is a huge undertaking.
Bless you😊
💗love you and love this. Thank you 😘😘
Congrats on your new sheep. Lambing is so much easier than kidding. With my goats it's almost like human labor. It's a whole process where I'm watching and sitting with them while they labor. I have never seen signs of sheep labor. They just suddenly pop out a lamb and it's back to life as usual. 3 of my sheep have birthed with me 100 yards away and I noticed nothing until I look up and there is a new lamb. I'm sad about missing the miracle of birth, but I love missing the nerves of watching for the first sign of nose and feet to be sure I don't have to assist. 😂
Jess I heard Earth days going to be 25 hrs. Hope that mean you going to have a chance to rest. Girl you are an incredible powerhouse. Always doing something. I get so tired sometimes just watching and listening you. Do you think you ever slow down a bit? 🫂🫂🫂 Make sure you do 🌻🌻🌻
We have 8 sheep and baby lambs are the absolute cutest! We do pasture rotation and sourced ewes that weren't being regularly dewormed but in the humid south we've still had some issues with parasites. Love hearing the "why" that you do different things!
I have been enthralled by the BBC series taking you through several decades of UK farming. In the Victorian Farm Series, they talk a lot about the book “The Book of the Farm” by Henry Stephens. Absolutely fascinating how he put his life’s work in rural agriculture during the late 1700s - 1800s in a written manual that farmers used as their Bible. I have learned so much and not even homesteading! Truly a great resource you may want to read, but do not forget to binge watch the BBC series…you will get engrossed.
Sweet Jess, congrats on purchasing more lamb, and a male. As I became older, I've realized I have to tell myself no when it comes to taking on more/adding projects/events to my schedule. When I was in my 30's through late 50's, I would go, go, go, and do, do, do. Now I'm 61 years old, have bad arthiritis in my hands, lower back, and hips. I make myself keep going (like the rabbit in the energizer battery commercial). There are days when the barometric pressure with the weather takes a nose dive. When this happens, my pain levels are out the window. I can barely move....but I make myselve move. My movement isn't like it used to be therefore, I don't take on too much like I used to. That doesn't mean I can't work, that just means... I slow down a bit, and take care of myself first.
I too feel like you. 69. I live in MICHIGAN. If you take any herb's that help you. I need help. I eat VEGAN and have sour stomach too. Thank you.
Castor oil is really helpful to my arthritis. Just rub it in. 😊
Jess the Shepherdess.💞 Congratulations on your new sheep! Really enjoyed this chat.
My mantra is "just because I can, doesn't mean I should"....
There's lots of sheep pastured around me (uK) they don't get any shelter, except for old stone walls. Lambs are adorable, at golden hour they run around playing, having a fabulous time..I know a few people around here who can no longer eat lamb 😁
I definitely said "oh big stretch" today
I ended up getting 4 ewes, 3 ewes lambs (a ram lamb) and a ram from a friend. I wasn’t quite ready but it all just worked out. We had been talking about it a while and it all just came together. I too am Ram shopping since my ram is the sire to my ewe lambs I would like to keep. My little flock has been a fun addition to our farm.
We love our Shetland sheep, extremely hardy, amazing wool and fantastic tasting meat. Plus they are smaller in size so easier to care for.
How are they in a warmer climate… I’m thinking Shetland being a very northern island, that the sheep would be a breed that does better oop north🥶… just a wonder 🤓
Oooh, the spinning wheel is out! Yay! I just got an Ashford Country Spinner to add to my “herd” of wheels. I’m loving making art yarn!
We love you Jesse!!! I’m just like you! Love animals. Love farming! Love nature anything! Tea, coffee… pottery, crafting in winter… I’m painting birdhouse gourds (grown by me) for Christmas presents this yr! GOD IS GREAT!!! May He bless you and your family… ALWAYS!!!
God always provides for His children. Prayers are answered according to His will. I love hearing everything you will share.
God blesses
I watched this while tweaking my garden plan for 2024 😂 and now I want to add all of the animals 😂😂. Thankfully my husband is a little more levelheaded than I am and reins me in when I would dive in head first and probably get us in over our heads. So we’re just going to beef up our food production and aim to rely at least 50% less on the grocery store.
You are so relatable! I am also an "I can do that myself... no problem!" type of girl lol
Learned so much from that about responsible farm animal stewardship. You are my favorite YT educator because of your thoughtful and mindful living and sharing. Thank you for all you do. Take breaks please we are in this for the long haul.
Although I will never have a farm or animals, I enjoy listening to you talk about every aspect of your farm, Jess. The excitement and love in your voice makes anything you talk about interesting. ❤
My goats are like weather forecasters who actually get it right! They know when it's coming and they go home. Enjoy your new animals! Save me some of those lamb chops!
I live vicariously through you all.
Awe, yay! Can't wait to see your new sheep!💕
Hey, Jess, love your content, I've been following you since Arkansas days! I didn't know you had St Croix! We have 14 Ewe lambs all born this past Spring. Are yours registered? If so, do you mind if I ask with whom? We are in Mid GA and only a couple hours away from you. Perhaps we could share some genetics down the road?!! We share the same husbandry values ❤
What ever you do on your farm will always be much better than any grocery store....All I can think of is eating a beautiful rack of Lamb...lol Have a lovely day Jess.
I dont know if you have done this before or not but since you have said you sometiems dont know what to make content on during this season each year, so I i had an idea. I would love to hear the questions you ask people as you look for good animals, and what to look for etc (for each type of animal group you have) this is currently what im trying to learn so we know what to be lookong for and asking as we get closer to this reality as well ❤
Congratulations on the new additions how exciting! While i await the ability to have animals I totally live vicariously through your farm 😁
This is the first year in along time we aren't lambing I will miss it. You will love it
Love the info!
Love to hear about your processes. Bless you ❤
I always say “I can do that!” And my husband always says, “you have too many irons in the fire now!”
Very informative video. I know nothing about raising farm animals 😅🙌🏻🌻❤️🍁
So excited to hear about your new additions. Can’t wait to meet them!
I'm so excited for lambs in the spring!! I know getting into the winter you have talked about not always knowing what to film, and recently I've been thinking it would be nice to get a "pet update" - all the dogs and cats you guys have as well as maybe a bearded dragon introduction. Just an idea I had!
Very good information, I enjoyed that. We have dairy goats (and a small dairy operation) and I completely relate to your thought processes. My goat kids sell so readily because folks can see the quality of my small herd, the love and attention we put into them. I’ve watched you from way back and don’t usually comment but I just wanted to give an atta-girl for this video! 👏👏
😂😂😂Glad I am not the only one that immediately thinks I can make that.
Someday in the far future when you get wool sheep, you should look into rat-tailed varieties like icelandic and finn sheep. They are less likely to end up flyblown.
Wait, what am I missing? St Croix have great, high fat content milk. Yay! I am excited for you and for me because you will teach me just like you thought me how to grow tomatoes and to grow vertical.
❤ Bless you Jess !
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I absolutely love this time of year on your channel and this year I can watch it as it unfolds🥰🤸🏽♀️🤸🏽♀️
Thank you so very very much Sandi and Brock Familia♥️♥️♥️♥️😘😘😘😘🎄
Your authenticity shines through! You are my inspiration as I build my own channel! I've been following you for the last 4 years, before I even had my farm. It's wonderful to see you grow as I've also gotten to start on this path!
Love it! Thanks for sharing your process. It really helps those of us who are new to animal husbandry. ❤
I love that orange hat!
The SECOND you said turkey he interrupted you but didn't sing a thing while talking about the beautiful roosters 😂😂
Congrats Jess. I know how happy you animals make you. Your face is lighted up like a young child getting their first animal. I just love seeing the excitement on your face & in your eyes. ❤
Great talk Jess! I like how you think things through and not jump into things on impulse, setting your self up for success instead of heartbreak. Good call on the wool sheep. We had a flock of Shetlands and a few Angora goats. Besides the shearing, there is the prep before you can spin. Wash, comb, then spin. Within a few years we had what seemed like a couple decades worth of raw wool. Shetland is one of the finest, softest wools there is, more so than Moreno. Mohair is very soft and fine but a bit trickier to spin due to the fact that it does not have the tiny scales on the hair shaft like wool that helps it grip together. Love in Christ from Oregon!
We could learn the benefits of stretching from the animals.
Yay! Jess!❤❤❤❤
My head spins thinking about all of the things you do! You are amazing!
I just love you and your sweet heart .. I'm happy for you and enjoy learning something's i know i will never need but it's still fun to learn and besides watching you grow and learn and share is a beautiful thing. Same goes for Miah too. ❤❤
Ha! I think that's one reason I find you guys so relatable. I also have the "I can do that" toxic trait lol. It's taken me almost 20 years to get better about biting off more than I can chew but I still step in that hole too often. An abundance of self confidence is not always a great thing lol.
Can't wait to meet the new additions and then experience lambing season vicariously through you! ❤
I’m so excited for you Jess!
How much land is required to properly house sheep/goats if not supplementing grain? I get asked this question a lot and have no idea. Thank you for taking us along on your thought process. It really does help when considering different aspects of homesteading. We are currently in the phase of less animals and more garden space to lessen the chore load as we get closer to retirement age. When our last pet pig and goat (both senior pets) pass my husband plans to use the barn as a workshop. We’re both excited to see more from Miah’s workshop in the years to come! 😊
I do agree that baby goats are way up there on the cuteness factor but what about kittens and ducklings you can not deny they are also way up there on the cuteness scale
I’m so happy and excited for you!! I know that lambs always have a special place in my heart. when I was a kid I would always help my grandparents during lemmings season and I thought they intentionally bread
them so that they would have their babies in February because my birthday is in February.🎉 in two shakes of a lambs tail you’ll be having babies lambs.😊
Jess, you know how much you can take, but I feel you about talking yourself out of things. I see myself growing out of where we are, so I have to remember it. We are going more as raising our own. Meat rabbits, dairy goats, eggs, meat chickens and turkeys. Growing our garden and having a good size for us orchard. I'm so Thankful to do all we have gotten too. God is great. Thank you for sharing. God Bless
Actually we are in central Virginia and they do fine. It's get sheared in the springtime and by the time they have a full coat again it is fall. Their coat acts as insulation both in the summer and winter.
I'm learning from you. Thank you Jess! Don't stop recording 🤠
It's wonderful to see you so happy!! Enjoy your new additions! ❤
I'm happy for you! I love your animal discussions and updates while I'm in my waiting room.
Always enjoy hanging out, love your giddy excitement 🌟🙏😘
I definitely learned something from this. I had never thought through all of the topics that you addressed. Thank you! Can't wait to see the new sheep.
Okay so ear tagging is an option, But I'm not a fan of that just because you know earrings. Not sure what your plan is, but putting collers on individual lines is an option or maybe put in a drop of different color natural food derived die on their heads you can tell them apart unless you're gonna separate all your lines.💖 Anyway I'm excited about the upcoming journey I've been looking forward to the sheep's beginning.