I was all like...’no no no, I saw Jason on Justin’s channel, and who’s minding the chickens? What about our Sow the Land upload?’...and here we are! Always cheering you on, Jason! Long live ‘Sow the Land’! All the best from Mexico City.
Ever since you been on this diet you look more energetic more outgoing looks like it’s working thank the Lord I will keep praying for you bro God bless you
Willie is huge. He would love those chicks. Watch where you step if you go down to the creek. Yes the snake can get into that brooder. Put some foam under the roof and fine screen over the vents. Lamb look great. Yum..
Loved how you got your chickens back into their home. 🌝🐓 Your chicken brooder is adorable. It looks like a large Doll House ❤🐣🐤🐥❤ Deer/Bird Netting will definitely keep Snakes out. I had Deer Netting around my garden to keep the deer out of my tomatoes. I was weeding the garden and a Snake got caught in the Netting. It was mummified and that is where it sill stay. I'm terrified of live or dead snakes. Same way about rats/mice and heights too. That snake can definitely go through the chicken wire on your chicken tractor. Have a blessed evening, stay safe and healthy. 🙏🥰👍👌🙏🇺🇸✝️🙏
When we lived on the 80 acre farm we would buy several varieties of "good" critters to release each spring for pest/bug/poisonous snake patrol. Black snakes are awesome but if you step on one it will actually strike at you to get off of it in a hurry....found that out the hard way LOL Lady bugs / Lady birds are an awesome investment for your gardens along with nematodes!
The snake can probably go through the corrugated roof on the sides. And that one is big enough to get up there. Maybe put some spray foam in those holes.
You can detur snakes with mothballs. And if you think the snakes are getting eggs you can get ceramic eggs. The snakes have a hard time after they swallow one of those
I had a black snake that lived in my chicken coop (it wasn't mobile) never bothered the eggs and never saw a mouse or rat. They are our friends for sure.
Hey Jason, love the little chicken brooder that you have there. Do you possibly have plans for that one, would love to have a set. thanks for the videos, keep em comin. Darren at Hacks for the homesteader channel.
Great video. Love how you talk to the snake. I also love how those brown meat chickens walk/waddle. Glad you are eating some blueberries and yogurt besides meat. You look like you feel much better. 💖
We use post hole diggers to pick them up. There is also an extension arm with a pincher on the end that you can control on the hand grip. Perfect for picking up snakes!!!
Love the kingsnake, my kids would be playing with it. Baby coop...I was able to see entries in the top, fill in the hills in roofing on the ends where Willie can squeeze right through. Speaking from experience, they will climb higher than you might think and squeeze through spots that do not seem logical. You may want to do a remodel and install the corrugated roofing closure strips to keep Willie out. Those guys are a bit big for Willie now but the littles ones coming in tomorrow are just right. Love the videos, keep them coming!!!
Snakes are like Mice. They can squeeze through a very small hole. They will get in but can't get out after they eat. I'd be blocking those holes. Especially since Willy knows where Brooder is. Great Chicken escape Video. Good thing they didn't see Willy. They probably would of tried to eat him lol. God Bless and Peace From WV
Black snakes are troublesome and they can crawl through small holes. I grab them behind their head so they don’t bite, they have curved teeth so it’s harder for them to bite. Had a five footer kept getting in my chicken house.
}}}shudder{{{ 💀 I know in my mind that there are good snakes, but they still freak me the heck out. 😅 We put weather stripping on all the doors and small openings in our coop because Texas 🐍, and it is locked up pretty tight. Maybe try that since you know Willie is there?
I absolutely love snakes. I am all for live and let live. We don't have black snakes here but I bet you they can climb like no body's business. Are you sure those chicks are big enough to be out in that tractor? I bet Willie can climb up and get through that chicken wire or wiggle under the sides easy enough.
The snake will definitely be able to get under the chicken tractor. It will investigate the base until it finds a tiny low area and flatten enough to squeeze under. They are amazing creatures
Beautiful black snake - they are territorial - yours is a big mom or dad but its living under your trailer so likely it hasn’t gotten in yet its too big but you got nice meals of rats for him!!
He’s probably catching voles under the black plastic. I love snakes! I have several as pets! And yes, a snake can absolutely get through those gaps. Hopefully a snake wouldn’t care to try that hard.🤞🏻
Lamb is awesome. Glad you love it too. Black snakes are good but I am not a snake lover at all and I would be looking all over too for those nasty serpents.
We have had bull snakes hanging around here for many years. I had one that was very big, so I called him Ceasar, he was pretty chill. Every year he would scare me and then I would end up scaring him. We have an abundance of rattle snakes. And yes I have seen a bull snake eating a rattler. I gagged and told him to enjoy and left the area! They are something you have to be on the lookout for and give them their space.
I found a big one like that in my well house last year. Then I found a 3 footer slithering its way past my chicken yard yesterday. The neighbor made it go farther down the bushes. Maybe that's why I don't see any rats/mice in the chicken coop.
Oh, thanks for clearing the nomenclature up. I had never figured that out. Makes sense. You ingest it and you die it poisoned you. If it injects something into you it is putting poison in you so it is venomous. Cool!
I have a snake that is 1 inch in diameter and 3 ft long. (milk snake) she can fit in a a half inch hole. I think it's safe to say the snake can get in there threw the holes in the corrugated But! May not be able to get out if she eats to her fill.
Lamb and goat is one of the meats that we want to raise on our new homestead. With the taste of lamb will that make you want to raise it now for a meat soure?
I just wrangled my first snake of the year(over 6' long) Rat snake. I usually have to re- direct/ re-locate at least three to four a year, they eat my eggs.
Great video. I'm glad you let the black snake live. You look great. It was fun to see you at Justin's working on the electric net fence use video. It looked like you came up with a lot of info. Your homestead looks great. Loved how you wrangled your meat birds back to the chicken tractor. Sausages sure looked good. You named the black snake Willie? As in Willie or won't he eat your chicks? Yummy looking grilled meat and bacon. What cut of the lamb was that? Usually I see a little meat and a rib off of that when I have seen people eat lamb. They usually tell me they have to eat it with mint jelly to overpower the gamey taste. I've never tried it. I figured if you have to eat it with mint jelly so you can eat it, then I don't want to try it. Thanks for the update!
How did you find your land? I know you mentioned in another video that you flew out to NC to look, but HOW did you find this property? Did you end up going through a realtor? Drive around and find For sale by owner signs? How?! I'm trying to get this started for myself and I'm clueless how to find land deals! Thanks for any direction you can give!
We live in Minnesota and it took us 3 years of looking before we found our 10 acre hobby farm. Jason and Lorraine found their's a lot faster. We had a realtor and we looked online a lot and then had our realtor set up the showings. We had our first realtor quit on us because we took more than 3 months looking. She told us we would never buy a home! We were lucky. It was over ten years ago and foreclosures were plentiful so we had a lot to look at. We did end up buying a foreclosed on hobby farm. Right now things are being snatched up before you can see them. I wish you much luck!
That corrugated roof panel WILL let that snake in. It will go under an up-ripple corrugation like a cart under an archway. And it can squeeze its head and body into sizes you can't imagine. The quarter-inch mesh screen seems to be your most secure protection. I would either line the roof with that, or at least make a "screen door" over the top of the chickshaw to keep the snake out. Then I'd look at any hole larger than two fingers held together, because it can go through places smaller than its apparent skull size. The good news is that it might not be able to get back out after eating a chick. The bad news is you'd then have to catch it and take it far away...and you're not really comfortable with snakes. The snake not only eats pests, though--it also helps keep away poisonous snakes like rattlers that would like to move in and eat the same rats, mice, and chicks. They do NOT prey on poisonous snakes. But they are a major predator occupying the territory, which discourages competition. A nice big fellow like that one's going to be eating a lot of the available prey a rattler might also enjoy. A good big black snake like that is a blessing and one line of protection for your farm, your kids, your livestock, and your pets.
Jason Instead of moving the older chicks, why not just mark the newer 15 with some natural food coloring? (do not use red!) Then you can move the older ones when you originally planned, and keep the 15 in the brooder with the next batch of babies that comes in.
Hi Jason. You can not go past lamb in my opinion. Here in Australia we eat a lot of lamb when the price is lower of course which at the moment they have priced it out of the domestic market. I love lamb loin chops, forequarter chops and a good roast leg of lamb. Oh my I miss a leg of lamb. Here they are about $40 aussie dollars at the moment and that is far too expensive but I'm with you lamb is far better than beef and when you grill forequarter chops then add a little mint jelly to them before you serve. . .Mmmmm!! Michelle
I'm an Aussie and my dad was a shearer. We had lamb growing up all the time. We used to complain about cutlets and lamb shanks. Haha times have changed!
I see where a snake might get in. there are gaps from that roof you have on it. look at all the zig zag's on the roof & look at the boards it is attached to on the side boards. there are a lot of holds Any snake can get in from them.
Putting those little 2 week old chicks in the 5 year old chicken tractor with that snake around would make me nervous. Willie might find a little divot under the base of the tractor where he could slither in for dinner.
Willie likes chicken and eggs and he can go through chicken wire for little chicks. I know my name is willie. It is just a matter of time. .chicks or snakes.
Good to see your hoist worked for the feed and lovely to see the pigs enjoying the tomatoes! 🐷🐷
Hi....... Jason, thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
I was all like...’no no no, I saw Jason on Justin’s channel, and who’s minding the chickens? What about our Sow the Land upload?’...and here we are! Always cheering you on, Jason! Long live ‘Sow the Land’! All the best from Mexico City.
Ever since you been on this diet you look more energetic more outgoing looks like it’s working thank the Lord I will keep praying for you bro God bless you
Black snakes also keep poisonous snakes away. My daddy had one that stayed in an out building and he threatened us to leave it alone.
That was one heck of a big snake my friend. 😳
Willie is huge. He would love those chicks. Watch where you step if you go down to the creek. Yes the snake can get into that brooder. Put some foam under the roof and fine screen over the vents. Lamb look great. Yum..
I’m so with you on the lamb! 💗 My husband dislikes 😒, so I grill it when he’s at work.
Lol chicken looking in the camera saying "Sup guys!"
Another perfect example of the benefits of bucket training your farm animals! No worries and great job!
SO happy to see you saved that big guy! What a beautiful animal!
Loved how you got your chickens back into their home. 🌝🐓
Your chicken brooder is adorable. It looks like a large Doll House ❤🐣🐤🐥❤
Deer/Bird Netting will definitely keep Snakes out. I had Deer Netting around my garden to keep the deer out of my tomatoes. I was weeding the garden and a Snake got caught in the Netting. It was mummified and that is where it sill stay. I'm terrified of live or dead snakes. Same way about rats/mice and heights too.
That snake can definitely go through the chicken wire on your chicken tractor.
Have a blessed evening, stay safe and healthy. 🙏🥰👍👌🙏🇺🇸✝️🙏
When we lived on the 80 acre farm we would buy several varieties of "good" critters to release each spring for pest/bug/poisonous snake patrol. Black snakes are awesome but if you step on one it will actually strike at you to get off of it in a hurry....found that out the hard way LOL Lady bugs / Lady birds are an awesome investment for your gardens along with nematodes!
I haven't heard lately how successful your convior life change is going. you look alot better. blessing
The snake can probably go through the corrugated roof on the sides. And that one is big enough to get up there. Maybe put some spray foam in those holes.
Yes they can,, seen it dozens of times.
I love the authenticity of you and your family 👪. Keep it up!
Willie the snake.. I love it 😄
Dinner looked yummy...
Have a good evening 🌷🌷🌷
You can detur snakes with mothballs. And if you think the snakes are getting eggs you can get ceramic eggs. The snakes have a hard time after they swallow one of those
I had a black snake that lived in my chicken coop (it wasn't mobile) never bothered the eggs and never saw a mouse or rat. They are our friends for sure.
Here in WNC you see them in May and June during their breeding season. They are docile and easy to pick up. There will be two of them.
Perma Pasture Farms was wearing your shirt in their new video!
Morning all 🥰
Hey Jason, love the little chicken brooder that you have there. Do you possibly have plans for that one, would love to have a set. thanks for the videos, keep em comin. Darren at Hacks for the homesteader channel.
Great video. Love how you talk to the snake. I also love how those brown meat chickens walk/waddle. Glad you are eating some blueberries and yogurt besides meat. You look like you feel much better. 💖
I like your philosophy to keep the snake.
Great video. Who doesn’t occasionally leave a door open. Lol. I would run the other way if I saw a snake. 😱😱😱
We use post hole diggers to pick them up. There is also an extension arm with a pincher on the end that you can control on the hand grip. Perfect for picking up snakes!!!
We put half inch mesh bird netting around our brooder box. This keeps the snakes out. The snakes get stuck in it.
Look at them lined up at the buffet table!
Lamb is my favorite protein! My Dr says it's the healthiest red meat for our family...
Love the kingsnake, my kids would be playing with it. Baby coop...I was able to see entries in the top, fill in the hills in roofing on the ends where Willie can squeeze right through. Speaking from experience, they will climb higher than you might think and squeeze through spots that do not seem logical. You may want to do a remodel and install the corrugated roofing closure strips to keep Willie out. Those guys are a bit big for Willie now but the littles ones coming in tomorrow are just right. Love the videos, keep them coming!!!
Check the openings on the corrugated roof
LOVE YOUR VIDEO
I agree with you lamb better tasting than beef. Enjoy Glad yo see you looking a lot better xx
Man that Lamb looked good! We had a black snake like that outback by our coop about the same size.
He went on his way.
Omg its big...wow...nice job...
Snakes are like Mice. They can squeeze through a very small hole. They will get in but can't get out after they eat. I'd be blocking those holes. Especially since Willy knows where Brooder is. Great Chicken escape Video. Good thing they didn't see Willy. They probably would of tried to eat him lol. God Bless and Peace From WV
Black snakes are troublesome and they can crawl through small holes. I grab them behind their head so they don’t bite, they have curved teeth so it’s harder for them to bite. Had a five footer kept getting in my chicken house.
I think that I would raise the broader up off of the ground maybe with cement blocks? That snake would make me nervous.🤔
I don’t do snakes!! As long as I don’t see them I’m okay, but if I see one..... it’s days till I will go out of the house.
I had one in my grill last year. Talk about scared.
}}}shudder{{{ 💀 I know in my mind that there are good snakes, but they still freak me the heck out. 😅 We put weather stripping on all the doors and small openings in our coop because Texas 🐍, and it is locked up pretty tight. Maybe try that since you know Willie is there?
I absolutely love snakes. I am all for live and let live. We don't have black snakes here but I bet you they can climb like no body's business. Are you sure those chicks are big enough to be out in that tractor? I bet Willie can climb up and get through that chicken wire or wiggle under the sides easy enough.
The snake will definitely be able to get under the chicken tractor. It will investigate the base until it finds a tiny low area and flatten enough to squeeze under. They are amazing creatures
Beautiful black snake - they are territorial - yours is a big mom or dad but its living under your trailer so likely it hasn’t gotten in yet its too big but you got nice meals of rats for him!!
Chickens so funny looking into the camera. I heard mice get under garden tarps. Maybe it's going to look for some
love your land stewardship policies! I wish that snake was prettier lol but at least it is more easily seen!
A lovely video.
but I've always wondered how this brooder could keep a raccoon out. They are so clever and have fingers like people.
Love your videos gotten allot of tips from your channel keep up the great work !!!
Glad to hear it!
He’s probably catching voles under the black plastic. I love snakes! I have several as pets! And yes, a snake can absolutely get through those gaps. Hopefully a snake wouldn’t care to try that hard.🤞🏻
That was a long rat snake, nice property, where Is this? So green🌳🌳🌱🌱☘🌿☘ 👍
Lamb is awesome. Glad you love it too. Black snakes are good but I am not a snake lover at all and I would be looking all over too for those nasty serpents.
I'm glad you have an appreciation for the black snakes. I dont like snakes either but I leave black snakes alone as well.
We have had bull snakes hanging around here for many years. I had one that was very big, so I called him Ceasar, he was pretty chill. Every year he would scare me and then I would end up scaring him. We have an abundance of rattle snakes. And yes I have seen a bull snake eating a rattler. I gagged and told him to enjoy and left the area! They are something you have to be on the lookout for and give them their space.
That 🐍 oh no baby i would have a heart attack lol
I found a big one like that in my well house last year. Then I found a 3 footer slithering its way past my chicken yard yesterday. The neighbor made it go farther down the bushes. Maybe that's why I don't see any rats/mice in the chicken coop.
I wouldn't doubt it. Snakes can be really good on the homestead.
Get the snake repellent from Lowe’s forget the name just sprinkle some around
Have you seen the grass fed homesteads newest video they had lambs in chicken tractors maybe you could do that! Just a ideal great vid 👍
Charlotte from Ky.🙂
Lamb with mint sauce, delightful.
Love this channel!
P.s If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous, if it bites you and you die, it’s venomous.
Oh, thanks for clearing the nomenclature up. I had never figured that out. Makes sense. You ingest it and you die it poisoned you. If it injects something into you it is putting poison in you so it is venomous. Cool!
I have a snake that is 1 inch in diameter and 3 ft long. (milk snake) she can fit in a a half inch hole.
I think it's safe to say the snake can get in there threw the holes in the corrugated But! May not be able to get out if she eats to her fill.
Yo Justin. Are you in the dog house? When I'm in the dog house, I end up cooking all my meals on the grill also. You are not alone big dog! Ha ha ha
Lamb and goat is one of the meats that we want to raise on our new homestead. With the taste of lamb will that make you want to raise it now for a meat soure?
Have you noticed any flares after eating yogurt?
I would love to see a Black Rat snake!!
I just wrangled my first snake of the year(over 6' long) Rat snake. I usually have to re- direct/ re-locate at least three to four a year, they eat my eggs.
Great video. I'm glad you let the black snake live. You look great. It was fun to see you at Justin's working on the electric net fence use video. It looked like you came up with a lot of info. Your homestead looks great. Loved how you wrangled your meat birds back to the chicken tractor. Sausages sure looked good. You named the black snake Willie? As in Willie or won't he eat your chicks? Yummy looking grilled meat and bacon. What cut of the lamb was that? Usually I see a little meat and a rib off of that when I have seen people eat lamb. They usually tell me they have to eat it with mint jelly to overpower the gamey taste. I've never tried it. I figured if you have to eat it with mint jelly so you can eat it, then I don't want to try it. Thanks for the update!
Chickens are cuter than pigs too Jason
Where can I get a set of wheels like that on the trucker ?
bit.ly/3gD07x7 Make sure you tell them "sow the Land Sent me!"
Get a snake grabber. They keep them far enough away from you and it dosen't hurt them. You can move the snake anywhere
Elevate the brooder! Quick fix to deter your neighborhood black snake.
How did you find your land? I know you mentioned in another video that you flew out to NC to look, but HOW did you find this property? Did you end up going through a realtor? Drive around and find For sale by owner signs? How?! I'm trying to get this started for myself and I'm clueless how to find land deals!
Thanks for any direction you can give!
We live in Minnesota and it took us 3 years of looking before we found our 10 acre hobby farm. Jason and Lorraine found their's a lot faster. We had a realtor and we looked online a lot and then had our realtor set up the showings. We had our first realtor quit on us because we took more than 3 months looking. She told us we would never buy a home! We were lucky. It was over ten years ago and foreclosures were plentiful so we had a lot to look at. We did end up buying a foreclosed on hobby farm. Right now things are being snatched up before you can see them. I wish you much luck!
That corrugated roof panel WILL let that snake in. It will go under an up-ripple corrugation like a cart under an archway. And it can squeeze its head and body into sizes you can't imagine.
The quarter-inch mesh screen seems to be your most secure protection. I would either line the roof with that, or at least make a "screen door" over the top of the chickshaw to keep the snake out. Then I'd look at any hole larger than two fingers held together, because it can go through places smaller than its apparent skull size. The good news is that it might not be able to get back out after eating a chick. The bad news is you'd then have to catch it and take it far away...and you're not really comfortable with snakes.
The snake not only eats pests, though--it also helps keep away poisonous snakes like rattlers that would like to move in and eat the same rats, mice, and chicks. They do NOT prey on poisonous snakes. But they are a major predator occupying the territory, which discourages competition. A nice big fellow like that one's going to be eating a lot of the available prey a rattler might also enjoy. A good big black snake like that is a blessing and one line of protection for your farm, your kids, your livestock, and your pets.
Black snakes can be aggressive. My husband was trying to move one off the patio and it climbed up the BBQ to get eye level to attack.
Black snakes are also immune to rattlesnake venom and have been known to actually kill them
Lamb is delish. 🐑
Jason
Instead of moving the older chicks, why not just mark the newer 15 with some natural food coloring? (do not use red!) Then you can move the older ones when you originally planned, and keep the 15 in the brooder with the next batch of babies that comes in.
Snakes like cover it will like being under the tarp, keep the chicken tractor away from it.
Hi Jason. You can not go past lamb in my opinion. Here in Australia we eat a lot of lamb when the price is lower of course which at the moment they have priced it out of the domestic market. I love lamb loin chops, forequarter chops and a good roast leg of lamb. Oh my I miss a leg of lamb. Here they are about $40 aussie dollars at the moment and that is far too expensive but I'm with you lamb is far better than beef and when you grill forequarter chops then add a little mint jelly to them before you serve. . .Mmmmm!! Michelle
I'm an Aussie and my dad was a shearer. We had lamb growing up all the time. We used to complain about cutlets and lamb shanks. Haha times have changed!
We’re seeing some snakes here this year. More than usual.
I hate when chicken get all up and under my feet during feedings. Thanks for the great content!
The area where the meat chickens are is small😦 I would run out of there the first chance I got if I was a chicken.
it kinda like getting the pigs in the shelter
Lol, chickens are pigs with feathers 😅😂🤣, the snake is a big one😱
The Pied Piper of chickens .......😝
Do you get a lot of poisonous snakes in NC?
I see where a snake might get in. there are gaps from that roof you have on it. look at all the zig zag's on the roof & look at the boards it is attached to on the side boards. there are a lot of holds Any snake can get in from them.
What type are your meat chickens? They look so much better than cx
big red broilers from Murray hatchery
Just so you know, that is Murray McMurray Hatchery. FYI.
We have a black snake on our property. I’m glad he is here to control rodents, but it still startles me when I run into him.
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I love snakes. They have their purpose, and yup egg layers will tear em a new ass.
It’s chicken hoard 😆
Big mouse plague in my state (NSW Australia) so snakes are welcome!
Black snakes can get pretty big.
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You changed my perspective on black snakes. Willie, lol.
I just had to say this, Willie or won't he eat the chicks?
Putting those little 2 week old chicks in the 5 year old chicken tractor with that snake around would make me nervous. Willie might find a little divot under the base of the tractor where he could slither in for dinner.
Willie likes chicken and eggs and he can go through chicken wire for little chicks. I know my name is willie. It is just a matter of time. .chicks or snakes.
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