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Gold Shaw Farm
PO Box 225
Peacham, VT 05862
About Gold Shaw Farm: Gold Shaw Farm is more of a farm-in-progress than an honest-to-goodness farm. We dream that someday we can transform our 150+ acre parcel of land into a regenerative and productive homestead and farm.
One thing that fascinates me about coyotes is their unwavering loyalty to the ACME Corp. Which unfortunately leads to their downfall.
Seriously. I will never understand that level of brand loyalty.
You can't argue with the reliability of their products though.
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@@GoldShawFarm The Fish & Wildlife session sounded more like a joke than anything useful to be honest. What when they shouldn't even entertain the idea of coyote hunting for the simple fact as you said, hunting = more coyotes. ...... To answer your question of ecosystem.
The problem with identifying the role of coyotes is it's changing due to hunting & other issues. The traditional role of coyotes in the ecosystem was predation on small mammals & scavenging (cleaning up after larger predators) and unfortunately attacking farm animals because easier prey.
However, in Vermont or neighboring states there are small packs of wolves and due to their continually declining numbers and/or increased human habitation there has been crossbreeding with coyotes. Coywolves are becoming more and more numerous as the years go by and coywolves are neither coyotes or wolves. They're more dangerous than either. A regular coyote as example would almost never be able to kill a white tailed deer whereas a coywolf because it's bigger & stronger, and hunts in packs like wolves, can.
Bahahahahha!
And truly Abby has gotten much better with the geese chickens and ducks. Impressive! I like that Abby is allowed in the bird house now.
Yes, Abby is maturing. I think I'll miss the "puppy vibe energy" a bit. :)
Too be expected I don’t know why she got so much criticism in the first place she was a pup with no training now that she’s had some training she’s doing just fine.
@@joegosselin2888 It's probably because she was being compared to Toby at that same age
@@WanderTheNomad that’s just foolish comparing two dogs. That’s like comparing two kids from different parents saying why aren’t you as good as that kid?
You were right, it was totally calming to watch the weird chickens drink. You should do that more often, It is calming.
Great news for Toby, Abby has grown out of her zany puppy phase and starting to take her guardian duties seriously. Love the still, Toby looks so serene while Abby has that mischievous glint in her eye. They are so lovely together.
Carrying buckets of water like the old days! Bringing back good memories! I can't believe Toby is 3 years old, how time flies!
So true!!
When one of your cats rode on the back of one of the cows, that was like one of my favorite moments ever. cracked me up and was wholesome as hell
When did that happen?
@@jbrandao7675 😢
I love how when Abby wags her tail her entire rear end goes with it 😂 she’s so wholesome ❤
Wow that meeting needs u to speak up. That info is critical for decision making. Shocking it was missing!
I love the weird chicken moment of zen followed by the blowtorch moment!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Great video, Morgan!!!
I was surprised by how relaxing it was just to watch them for a moment.
I’m from MN and remember when coyotes started to be a concern after a few pets were taken. Than the the deer were eating crops and being hit by cars. The moose were in decline. Bobcat were seen in places where they historically weren’t. Cougar sightings became more frequent. Some people said it because of the wolf trapping season. I just remember no one was satisfied.
Biologists think Western Cougars are heading East. So you probably are seeing cougars.
Coyotes also eat a lot of rodents and such. I wonder what type of human feels the need to exterminate their problems by extinction. Ah, just remember, the Nazi type.
I live between Dallas and Ft Worth. We have coyotes and bobcats all around and in the DFW area. Over the last 3-4 years, cougars have been caught in trail cams as well as home security cameras in the area.
Too many are so focused on the small picture. That they don't get to sit back & enjoy nature as it is intended.
Thankfully, we have Mr Morgan to give us a calm & enlightened big picture.
The world would be a better place if we had more people like him and, of course, his buddy Alfred.
Yes Morgan, I would be interested to hear more about the coyote situation & how it’s handled there. You have the ability to grab the attention of your audience. Truly like to hear you talk and explain things. Thank you for sharing 😊
ditto
I wonder how they sleep at night in their new dog house - do they cuddle for warmth, do they sleep apart like an old couple? I'd like it if you would set up a camera in there for a night. 🙂
Wow you are a doggy perv ! 😮
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If they’re like my two border collies … sometimes snuggle and sometimes lay apart … all depends on weather and mood 🤓
I love how involved you are with promoting the different ecosystems and the compatibility of the different species having their place in it.
It also means for Morgan that having his own coyotes in his backwoods, who are Hazed is a lot easier than dealing with a constant stream of new coyotes, who have never encountered electric fence or a guardian dog before. That’s in keeping the deer population, slightly smaller because they take some of the fawns.
Which intern helps keep them and a crop damage from the eating crops down a bit more. Generally everyone benefits when you’ve got a balance as opposed to trying to conduct the tree operations every five minutes against the local wildlife. I wonder how much she spends for instance on ammunition a year Compare to people who treat coyotes like an enemy to be shot and killed every chance they get.
Also, the dogs deter the bobcats and make the bears thing twice.
The fencing is a massive help because it means the Bears I’ve got to get through fencing and to guardian dogs to get a livestock. Unless they’re incredibly determined they’re not going to bother.
People forget the predators opportunists, and it’s about not making the price worth paying in terms of potential injury
I love watching and thank you from us UK folks for putting the temperature in Celsius for us so we don’t get confused 😂
Growing-up in Canada, I was in school when the Metric system I was introduced to both systems so I know both fluently, so it's not a problem for me....though I refused to become a French language speaker as French is Canadastan's second official language, not to me, it will never be to me ever.
Oh, yes, I'm very bad on math... So I'm thankful too
Same here!
Same for myself !!!
82f is 28c, 😉
It seems like many problems in this world come from our trying to control nature instead of trying to understand and work with it. I would love to hear more about the coyote laws and also the coyote interaction with the rest of the ecosystem. I would really enjoy hearing more about the ecosystem your farm is apart of.
I agree!
Third that
I recalled how the Great Chinese Famine was exacerbated by promoting this culling of mosquitoes, rodents, flies, and... European sparrows. The thing about the European sparrows are that they are also vital for the ecosystem, eating away the flies and insects that feed on agricultural produce, so when their population declined, locusts decimated the farmland, contributing to the death of 40 million Chinese people by starvation.
It's almost as if you are on a platform that has the answers to all your questions in the format of entertaining videos......use the resources you pay for....
Fourth that
*Dude Morgan, the carabiner on your coat zipper-GENIUS!*
Yeah…helps with the thick gloves
Sometimes, when a yard hydrant gets some ice on the control rod, the handle linkage will slide up and down on the control rod because the set-screw is not tight enough. Check visually to see if the control rod is moving up and down with the handle. It's easy to miss this. Getting the set screw adjusted correctly is also the key to getting the yard hydrant to drain when closed.
Yes! Please keep talking about hunting wildlife and the laws in Vermont. Your perspective as a farmer is important to the greater small farm community. ❤️
I appreciate how you have a whole ecosystem view. It’s all about balance! 😻😻😻😻 1 for each cat! 🐶🐶 Can’t forget your beautiful dogs!
I loved "the weird chickens moment of zen". It was very relaxing.
Watching the release of the ducks and geese never gets old....
This video was 20 minutes of pure entertaiment and enjoyment. I love watching you go about your chores in the morning.
Toby Dog explaining beneficial mutualism is the single best thing I've ever seen on a video yet. I love it. I need more of Professor Toby Dog please.
I really loved the "chicken moment of zen". I'd love to see more stuff like that... Maybe a regular thing at the end of a video? Helped me unwind after my day in the office! Good to see animals just being animals :)
11:33 “weird chicken moment of zen” made me giggle while zenning out. ❤
Hey Morgan! I love your videos and the little ASMR moment with the silky chickens was great! Wish you put a few minutes of zen in all your videos from now on, it's really relaxing
@lisavanderlaan1123 Great suggestion for a few moments of Zen in all the videos. That would be awesome. Take care 👍
Thank you for being science based in your arguments. It’s such a relief to here facts quoted. I do appreciate you putting up Celsius temperature. I’m learning Fahrenheit temps. I’ve learned about black bear now too. Good dogs. They know their business. Hope you can fix your water issues easily. Thank you. May you please take care and stay safe.
I loved the weird chicken moment of zen. I don’t know if you have a second channel but I would love to see a longer version and just have it on in the background while I study. Keep up the quality videos !
That's a good idea! I'd watch that too. I love making up my own stories about what they're doing.
I love how wiggly Abby gets when she’s super happy. 🥰
Understanding Ecosystem dynamics is pretty important. At least, I am pretty sure it might help bring some solution to the problem that both the parties can agree on. Honestly there are so many documentaries explaining this phenomenon. Might look into it. I think I'd love a video on coyote issues and how they could be managed.
We've had alot of issues with coyotes here in kentucky too! My poor Great Pyrenees is constantly on guard because they run the holler that runs against our property. We've had hawk problems aswell!
When you're repairing/upgrading the water system, you should also invest in some quick release valves for your hoses/hydrants.
I’ve had really bad luck with them in the past
Looks like the Security Departments team building exercises have been paying off. It is fun to watch them work. Moment of Zen 🐓 Props to planning water management. Great video with most of the animals !!! 👏
Toby and Abby are a fantastic term when it comes to predator patrol.
Morgan, the Silkie chickens are interesting to watch. Please include more video footage of them in your future videos. Thanx!
South Texan here. We went into crises mode here when the outdoor temp went into the low teens one winter: all chickens cooped up with heat lamps, cattle sheltered and watered in huge buckets carried from house when pond/tanks iced, outdoor dogs and even barn cats were brought inside our home for the duration... It was scary. How do you manage in single digit temps? Massive respect!!!!!
Thank thank you for putting all that information out there on coyotes. It's ridiculous how many people don't know this. It just seems like the Hunter's just want to kill for the sake of killing. It's not like they're going to eat the coyotes. Please share more about their role in your ecosystem. ✌🏼💖🍕
Love those doggies, they are the best when it comes to greeting you in the morning. Hope there are no big problems with the pump, just watching you scoop up almost two inch thick ice off the Highlands water might just mean it needs a bit more thawing out. Really enjoy hearing what's up with Peachum, so please continue to share. Looks like all is well at Gold Shaw Farm, so thanks Morgan, and keep warm.
Coyote hunting laws in Vermont is definitely an interesting topic. 100% would watch.
You made my Saturday so special again Morgan...Thanks!
We have lots of coyotes here in Tucson Arizona! I live not quite a mile from a mostly dry riverbed at the base of the foothills. I have a small flock of laying hens, and a wonderful Great Pyrenees! Early mornings is when the coyotes are seen walking down the middle of the streets in our neighborhood!
Yes, please continue to talk about what's going on in your state of Vermont, I find it very interesting and necessary to have discussions about wildlife and anything that disrupts or helps our ecosystems balance!
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo no drama !!
FILL A GALLON MILK JUG WITH SALT WATER and it will float in cow trauft and prevent it from completely freezing over! We tried it and it works!!!! Love your videos! We started on our homestead 2 yrs ago and love hearing others homestead stories! Thanks for sharing!
Yes. I would like to hear more about the benefits of the coyotes and what they eat that helps control those species.
Morgan, you're opinion on coyotes is very interesting. I grew up in Arizona around cattle ranches. They were and still are considered pests to the ranchers. As such I shared their opinion about them. I learned something I had not considered about them. Thank you.
Love seeing the animals on your farm!
I saw a farm that put one of those blue bubbler water bottles in the water trough to keep ice from forming. It was partially filled with water and floated around the troogh to keep ice from forming - just a thought
I received my tiny Toby - so cute!
I do hope you try to explain on those meetings the impact of hunting and the animals themselves on nature. It's an important topic & people should know about that. Also, yes, please talk about it. The more you know, that kind of thing.
P. S.: It's so nice to see silkies. 🥰
Yes, please do more videos about coyotes. They are found throughout North and Central America, and have even crossed the Panama Canal as of 2013!
The weird chicken moment of Zen was so peaceful and blissful, loved it hahaha
I always love the ground level view of the release of the birds (Quaken)!
I'm definitely interested in hearing more about the rules making process and what input farmers have in them. You bring up a good point about the the importance of considering the ecosystem more holistically. The presence of wolves has been shown to improve the health of an ecosystem. Not sure about coyotes because they don't typically like to go after deer as wolves will. An overpopulation of deer can certainly have a devastating effect on an ecosystem. Thanks Morgan!
11:40 .*chicken voice*
"Ah, such an exquisite vintage" 🍷 :D
Loved the Weird Chicken moment of Zen!!!!!!😅😅😅
I always look forward to when you post Morgan ! Keep up the great work btw Abby and Toby are soo cute
The bucket system reminded me of how it was before your farm got bigger and bigger and improved. :')
Yup…old school
Here in Mississippi Coyotes have taking over also. We recently been letting people on our farm to hunt them
The weird chickens are adorable! Toby and Abby are great working dogs!
Morgan is such a great story teller, so relaxing and calming watching this channel just like of David Murray/8 Bit guy. Keep up the great work!
Goofy Abby has a sister on the west coast..Goofy Sookie. 😅.. Love the opening picture of Toby, Abby & the goose. (Frank?)
Have a wonderful weekend⛄️..🙋🏼♀️🐈🐕
Interesting facts about coyotes. Dogs are great guard dogs. It sure looks cold there. Burr. 💞
Lots of locals watch you, the more info you can put out about the ecosys, the better.
Morgan, you had me laughing again, thank you! Zen chickens, call the locksmith, love your narration, and stories, thanks for the videos.
I love Abby and Toby
Toby's top dog 🐶
Like the Weird Chicken's Zen made me smile they're so cute drinking water.
Okay finally! I needed to order the Molly shirt and I think I’ll end up getting all of them the art for them is so good and fits well with my style! Can’t wait to see more kitty / bird shirts!
I love your animals. I want a guard goose but I’m sure my guard turkey wouldn’t like that lol 😂
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That is some crunchy snow!
Definitely love hearing your input on the fish, wildlife, hunting and agriculture in your area and how it all impacts the community and ecosystem. Living in northern Maine, we share a lot of the same issues and concerns.
Love the way your dogs protect your farm
*@Gold Shaw Farm*
14:40 Maybe it would be better to use one of those "pitchforks" but with a lot of "spikes" on it?
In that way you only remove the ice & almost none of the liquid water.
Water: too much or too little is the story of a farmer's life. There's a reason that so many of the iconic images of a farm include one of those Halliday windmills: pumping water into or out of an area is a big deal!
As far as the coyotes: I would really be interested if you could interview some of the folks you met at meetings like that one, so we can see where each of the groups is coming from. It's possible that they're making assumptions about each other's beliefs about the entire eco system, that if spelled out clearly can be a key. So much of Vermont is forested, I feel like there's a constant tension between cultivated and uncultivated land.
Toby looks like a pup seal 🦭 so cute 😂❤️
The silky children are not weird. They're beautiful!
I’d love to hear more about the coyotes. I live in an urban area with at least a few packs around. Lots of people freak out about them but I think it’s neat. Thanks for your hard work!
They just violate the picking up after themselves. We hear about it in the spring as they nest in the large city parks and people just freak. Ok so let’s hunt the bald Eagle that’s been spotted ion the same park and there’s a dog park nearby🤫🤭
Here in the England we’ve had temperatures of below -3 c very cold
I can't imagine that weather, it's 6:30am here in Qld Australia & it's 18°c here which is a bit chilly for a summer morning, it's going to be a good day with a max of 28°c.
Would love to experience a real winter.
These simple videos featuring you doing farm chores while talking about various topics are always a treat to watch. The rather contentious topic of coyote ecology (particularly their eastern populations) has always interested me, and I’ve learned a handful of things and formulated plenty of opinions over the years. Without sounding too presumptuous, I’d love to share my thoughts (and hear more of your thoughts and the thoughts of other viewers).
Starting at the beginning, a somewhat recent genetic/palaeontological study indicated that the first Canis species to migrate into North America from Eurasia was the Red Wolf (Canis rufus, or at least a direct ancestor), from which the coyote diverged at some point in the middle/late pleistocene. The coyote quickly took up a jackal-like niche as one of the dominant mesopredators in western North America, pushing its sister species the Red Wolf to extinction in the Great Plains, and then in California (leaving Canis rufus only in the wetlands and forests of the east). Later, the Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) showed up, and all three species hybridized to some extent (as canids are notorious for doing), leaving us with the 3 or 4 species alive at the end of the Pleistocene (Canis latrans, Canis rufus, Canis lupus, and possibly the Eastern Wolf Canis lycaon). During this time, the coyote was generally kept in check by its larger relative the Grey Wolf as well as the Dire Wolf (Aenocyon dirus), the North American Saber-tooth cat (Smilodon fatalis), the Scimitar-tooth cat (Homotherium serum), the American Lion (Panthera atrox), the Jaguar (Panthera onca), the Puma (Puma concolor), both species of American Cheetahs (Miracinonyx inexpectatus and trumani), and eventually Humans. It, in turn, managed populations of rodents, lagomorphs, and smaller mesopredators. However, after the extinction event (potentially caused by human expansion/resource overuse/habitat alteration during a sensitive climate shift period), the Coyote was left with only the Grey Wolf, Puma, and Jaguar as apex predators above it in trophic level. Once Europeans showed up, this was eventually reduced to nothing in many regions. The main issue that I see with this is the fact that this canine still has the reproductive and adaptive abilities to thrive under pressure from tons of larger predators, but suddenly finds itself with zero pressure from said larger predators. This led to the population explosion and eastward expansion of the Coyote (aided by the near-complete elimination of its rival, the Red Wolf), where it interbred with the few remaining Grey Wolves in the area (plus some domestic dogs) to form the eastern coyotes of today. The landscape of rural Vermont, while fairly productive and biodiverse by US standards, is still lacking nearly all of its impactful megafauna and the associated environmental benefits those megafauna create. Among those benefits is coyote control, not only in population numbers but likely in body size and trophic level. However, considering the main reason for the lack of wild apex predators (misunderstanding citizens) hasn’t and won’t go away, I’m not sure what could be done. Again, a lot of the above conjecture is just that, conjecture, and I’d love to hear y’all’s replies.
Coyotes keep the rats, mice and wild hares down. They are part of the entire system. I am glad you brought this up. Folks in the city may not know this.
thank you for that moment with the upper crust silky chickens
during the night coyotes will do roll call singing into the sky and when they find a member of the pack gone the females will go into ester so re populate the pack which is why they are so resistant to hunters and farms killing them off
We didn’t see coyotes when I was growing up in Vermont. They moved on to my parents farm in the 80’s. It’s interesting Fish & Game sees them as important to the natural ecosystem yet they are not a native species.
True! They actually are filling niches that have been created by a lack of wolves, cougars, lynx and bobcat. Our current landscape doesn’t support large numbers of those predators to exist anymore. That creates an opportunity for the smaller coyote who is better suited for a more suburban landscape with smaller tracts of wilderness.
@@GoldShawFarm so nice to get a reply. I understand bobcat sightings have increased in recent years. Odd that cougars are no longer in the northeast but they thrive in LA. Must be a big cat celebrity thing. 🙂
maybe throw some plumbers heat tape on your hydrants for the winter...may help a bit
your doggos brings a smile to my face every time I see them ...🙂see.
Morgan I agree that since your farm is away from other houses it is okay for Toby and Abby Dog to bark what gets to be annoying is when you have a neighbor dog that lives close to you and their dog barks all the time. That can be annoying especially with people who have sensitive ears. I am fortunate I am deaf in my left ear so if I turn over onto my right ear I don't hear any noises at night unless an atomic bomb would go off.
Funny story I heard on one of the Late Night talk shows. A classically trained organist had a neighbor whose dog would bark all night and day. The trained organist asked nicely several times for his neighbor to control his dogs. Well the next door neighbor did not heed his warnings. There was an old movie theatre that was going out of business and this man bought their old pipe organ. He put a hole in the wall of his garage so he could play his PIPE ORGAN at night. His next door neighbor's dogs barked one last time. After about 20 minutes the Classically trained organist played on his PIPE ORGAN the rest of the night. The nest door neighbor finally got the memo and he never heard the dogs barking again.
It'll be interesting to see if when Abby is allowed to roam free and the cattle are on the pasture if she spends more time up there than Toby.
Going forward, if Morgan increases his cattle herd, I could easily see him, adding at least another couple of dogs.
Loved the moment of Zen with the weird chickens.
Morgan, as a long viewer I remember when you filled water buckets at the house and pulled them on a plastic sled.
Thanks, Lynn! It’s crazy how long ago that was.
Fantastic video. 💕💕💕💕💕
Omg Toby dog is so smart 🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you want, a way to preserve your soil water levels around the good parts of your property is to add plastic water stakes 1-2 feet long, drill medium holes into the sides of the pipe, then space it apart every 12-15 feet apart. As the snow melts, much of the water will not become runoff into the swap and instead speed up water filtration back into the pond or low lying regions for trees. Its a great way to combat evaporation while shaping the water ecologically as the seasons change. The earthworks terraforming improves also as the cover crop have longer access to the design of your landscaping plans because all life may get more access to the build up of these artificial water reservoirs you create. The water stakes can be bought or made. I use it to reintroduce water into my soil and prevent hill side erosion by giving the trees more captured water when it floods and droughts in California.
Good job just letting Toby and Abby bark when they want to!
Love these dogs ❤
Weird chickens moment of 'Zen' was totally perfect 💆♀️
I’d like discussion on the ecosystem of your farm’s wild spaces in general, not just the coyotes in particular. I’d like this to become a regular discussion as you plan to build out other land areas. I expect more of the woodland will be used for other projects over time.
Well, Morgan, it is the year of the water rabbit. You should have great luck on your water projects. Full splash ahead!
Your videos are always interesting. I like hearing about the state laws that effect the farms etc. It is always good to know what other states are doing.
I thought I was going to die in VT this week. So much ice and snow around my car. Impossible to use my walker or shopping cart. You could lug water in gallon jugs. Just a horse and 3 goats. Silly daughter goes to college and Mom had to do the chores. Son and father were working so many hours. I also worked full time.
Dude, you really need to look into getting a 100 or 150 foot heated hose. They work wonders. And a little bit of Plumber’s heat tape wrapped around the stem of your hydrant is all you need to keep it thawed out and you don’t have to have it on all the time put it on a timer so that it will fall out about the time that you need to turn the hydrant on about an hour or so before.
When I had to deal with coyotes I would set traps they could escape from. They are very smart. They get away and never come back. All you have to do is trick them into believing it is too dangerous to hunt their.
It was oddly relaxing watching the silkies have their morning sips