Really is good to help each other Mr. Colby, in this time of prices going through the roof. God bless your kindness in thinking of your neighbors. I love all three of your channels.
Lots to do. I remember when my brother and father would go hunting we pitched in as a family and processed the deer on the kitchen table. I was young when that happened. My cousin made an amazing summer sausage.
A feed Co-op is a great idea! How I remember my Dad saying a Farmer's work is never done. He never had time to be tired and we all knew he really was. I love your videos!! They bring back so many memories for me! I love the Macs!! ❤❤
Wow! You guys sound like us when we were your ages. Usually us, my husband’s parents & maybe other siblings would “harvest” a large hog each, on a designated cold winter day, canning some, freezing some, rendering fat & making liver mush. While the guys did their things outside, the ladies prepared food & washed jars by hand. My Grandmother gave us her hand turned grinder, which we still have. At the time, we didn’t realize how blessed we were to have those needed skills & how precious was the time together. Everyone anticipated the first skillet of sausage balls we used as tasters samples, eaten in a slice of sandwich bread. After the sampling, we would determine the seasoning was good as was or needed more salt or sage or blk pepper. In the summer, we grew a large garden, providing our potatoes & other veggies. We had a mulberry tree , red & black cherry trees, walnut & chestnut. It was hard work but a good life . Carry on, dear ones, carry on!
I love your cows. That is great your feed "co-op" with others. Huge expense up front, but it is really saving all of you more money in the long run. I love your lifestyle, keep it up, I learn so much from you.
Love all your channels. Thanks for teaching me so much everyday. And telling me the truth about what's happening in the world. God Bless you and yours. God Bless the world.
Love that you all come together to purchase your food for the animals. Very nice. Colby thank you for sharing today. I really enjoy all three channels. Thank you. God bless you all🇺🇸
We bought a very reasonable grinder from Harbor freight. We have used it over 6+ years. It has never failed us. Now it's just two of us but we have done hamburger and deer mixed with brisket, pork sausage. It works and never had a problem with it.
Thanks for sharing what you have in the freezer. I have a little peep hole in my small freezer. My husband shakes his head when he sees our freezer. So I show him yours.
My neighbor has a huge cold room he built in his shop. He has a rail system to hang meat, stainless steel table, commercial type vacuum sealer and I think a drain in the floor. It's not fancy, I think he found material people were selling.
Wow, that's a lot of processed meat & hard work, yes, I'm sure, but yes, natural is the key! Wow so many refrigerators! That's so amazing & y'all are so blessed 🙏🏻🤍🇺🇸
So great you do a co-op! Every penny counts! You look good in a dress shirt Colby! First time I've ever seen you in one! Thanks for a great video! Blessings from Holly MI! 🙋♀️💯👍🙏❤️
Thank you for sharing your homestead responsibilities. I commend you on your responsibilities, and can't imagine how it CAN BE overwhelming but the reward so worth it.
Colby, this one was Great! Showing just this snippet about processing your meats I think could help folks look at their foods differently. I grew up raising, harvesting, putting up foods, but then life happened... Now in my 50's I'm finally getting back to my roots and I Love it! At 58 and disabled I was able to process my own goat all the way out! It took longer n I paid for it physically, but it was Great for my self esteem to know I still CAN do it!! I've canned like a crazy woman this year and it's been So fulfilling to feed my grandbabies good foods! I have 7 different animal/meats on my shelves and it feels Great! My preps have been a blessing as I've just had shoulder surgery... No worries, other than milk n fresh veggies, I could go at least a year without a grocery store (prob 2)! So I've been hibernating, eating good, and just healing. Ok, and planning what to grow this next season! Lol I bought one of those $60 meat grinders and it works SO good!! I wish I had found a man like you when I was young. You guys are living the life I dreamed of. But, better late than never!!
It seems like you never take a break! I understand that it’s hard and constant work. I am really weird about meat from the grocery store. I prefer venison over anything else. Thanks for sharing! God bless you all! ❤
Coby, this was a great informative video !!! I learned a great deal about your Cool Bot … I’m learning So much watching this Channel… Thank You for sharing your experience with us who have So Little Experience !!! I’m getting Chickens & Pigs … You have made my choice to try this a little less Stressful. You’re the Best, until the next one 😉💞🇺🇸
Work on a farm is constantly ongoing. Many don’t understand the amount of hard work involved to maintain the food supply. Coop is good but nerve wracking and stressful. God bless you for taking this on. Stay safe and healthy!
Good evening Colby, I’ll tell ya what! If I could, I would be so happy to be able to come and help y’all do your hog processing. When I was young, 40+ years ago or so, I used to help my family process pigs and deer meat. We also lived on what’s called “The Hood Canal, and we lived a matter of yards from our property and beachfront. If we didn’t have any food, we’d go out fishing, crabbing, shuck oysters, geoduck hunting when tides were low, and whatever else we had to do for food. We didn’t have running water but part of the property had a tiny creek in the late springtime, or we’d use an old 5 gallon Milk Can and go to our little gas station to get water. It wasn’t ideal, but we didn’t what we had to do. I was the towns babysitter at the age of 9. The farm I babysat on, needed me at times to milk the one dairy cow. I didn’t get paid much of the time but would trade my work and labor so we could have milk and cream at home. I loved working and always was excited to get to work, I walked around 4 miles early in the morning during the summer. It was a real education helping on the farm and also helping to raise two kids. That’s the way I wanted to live my life, apx., 55 years later, my dream didn’t come to fruition. I live in Western Washington so it’s a long commute to help out your family, but I’d still enjoy helping out and learning more about the Homesteading Life.
Helping neighbors, family, friends and yourselves get lower prices on feed is an awesome way to help everyone at the same time. May be more work but if it helps more families save it is a great thing! Thanks for the tour of your meat hanging room. It is very nice. We have what we call our game room that we use during hunting season, that is similar, and will be using once we get a few cows and pigs to raise for food. Thanks for the fantastic information and ideas, always. Appreciate what you do and sharing it with us!✌️🙂
That's awesome that you & your neighbors came together & figured out how to get quality feed at a better price! Lots of times when a group of people come together to do something like that you end up with people not showing up to pick up their feed or they don't pay & it just ruins the whole thing for everyone. You're fortunate to not have experienced that!
Thank you for all you do & how you share the good & bad. You challenge me to do more in a very good way. May God continue to bless you and your family! ❤❤
Over the last year we have been buying equipment to process meat, we are currently looking for a half pig and beef. Our cold room is all cement including the ceiling, we have a heat duck that runs through it for upstairs heating so I drilled a few small holes in it to keep the area from freezing. I have control of the temp which is so important. We are up north and it gets really cold here. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for coming and watching!
🎉🎉Always!🎉🎉
Thanks for sharing. I love the setup in the pantry. A similar pantry is a goal of mine for 2025.
Awesome, thank you for sharing❣️
Really is good to help each other Mr. Colby, in this time of prices going through the roof. God bless your kindness in thinking of your neighbors. I love all three of your channels.
I love that your community partners come together to coop the feed. Great way to work together.
You and your family have so much energy it amazes me how y'all do it everyday ❤❤
Living clean as God intended. Not easy, but good. Have a wonderful day and God bless 💞
I love your “feed community”. What a blessing to you all.
Always ask God for safety before leaving. Trusting Him first is paramount. Praying all has been good. No rest for the weary
Thank you so much for taking us with you. Such an interesting life.
Lots to do. I remember when my brother and father would go hunting we pitched in as a family and processed the deer on the kitchen table. I was young when that happened. My cousin made an amazing summer sausage.
Love your channels. We love seeing your daily life with your animals. My sister & I are learning so much!!!!!! God bless you and yours🙏
A feed Co-op is a great idea! How I remember my Dad saying a Farmer's work is never done. He never had time to be tired and we all knew he really was. I love your videos!! They bring back so many memories for me! I love the Macs!! ❤❤
I love that cold room! I call it a very needed room! 👍🏻👍🏻💗🙏
Thank you, Colby, for sharing all you do and your wisdom. God bless you and yours ❤
Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing
I hope to be able to produce the majority of my family's food one day. You guys do a great job. Misty is truly a blessed lady.
LOVE THE COLD ROOM. HOW CLEVER. DEFINITELY NEED A BIGGER GRINDER SET UP. ❤
You guys are so awesome feeding your family the way you do and taking care of your farm and your animals. I really appreciate your channels.
Very nice cold room ! God Bless !! ❤
So proud of you all. Amazing family.❤
You guys are amazing!❤
Wow! You guys sound like us when we were your ages. Usually us, my husband’s parents & maybe other siblings would “harvest” a large hog each, on a designated cold winter day, canning some, freezing some, rendering fat & making liver mush. While the guys did their things outside, the ladies prepared food & washed jars by hand. My Grandmother gave us her hand turned grinder, which we still have. At the time, we didn’t realize how blessed we were to have those needed skills & how precious was the time together. Everyone anticipated the first skillet of sausage balls we used as tasters samples, eaten in a slice of sandwich bread. After the sampling, we would determine the seasoning was good as was or needed more salt or sage or blk pepper. In the summer, we grew a large garden, providing our potatoes & other veggies. We had a mulberry tree , red & black cherry trees, walnut & chestnut. It was hard work but a good life . Carry on, dear ones, carry on!
What a beautiful memory. Thanks for sharing it.🌻
I love your cows. That is great your feed "co-op" with others. Huge expense up front, but it is really saving all of you more money in the long run. I love your lifestyle, keep it up, I learn so much from you.
Love all your channels. Thanks for teaching me so much everyday. And telling me the truth about what's happening in the world. God Bless you and yours. God Bless the world.
Love that you all come together to purchase your food for the animals. Very nice. Colby thank you for sharing today. I really enjoy all three channels. Thank you. God bless you all🇺🇸
Truly enjoy your 3 channels. Brings back great memories to this 70 year old widow. Take Care & God Bless❤
Thanks for this video🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I hear you farming is 24/7 seven days a week, never know what the day is going to give you ❤️❤️❤️
Mr. Mac this was a GREAT VIDEO THX A MILLION👏👍🙏
This is one of our dreams, a chill room and a smoke room. Seniors on SS, but will see how the future comes.
Thanks for the tour Colby
We bought a very reasonable grinder from Harbor freight. We have used it over 6+ years. It has never failed us. Now it's just two of us but we have done hamburger and deer mixed with brisket, pork sausage. It works and never had a problem with it.
SUBSCRIBED TO ALL THE MAC CHANNELS AND LOVE THEM ALL. THANKS FOR SHARING SO MUCH. ❤❤
Thanks for sharing what you have in the freezer. I have a little peep hole in my small freezer. My husband shakes his head when he sees our freezer. So I show him yours.
Thank you for all your videos! God Bless your family.
My neighbor has a huge cold room he built in his shop. He has a rail system to hang meat, stainless steel table, commercial type vacuum sealer and I think a drain in the floor. It's not fancy, I think he found material people were selling.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing 😊...explaining the process is tiring just listening to you BUT I know in the long run you know what you are eating!!
A lot of hard work but so worth it. We love sliced bacon and homemade sausage. God Bless you and your family!
Wow, that's a lot of processed meat & hard work, yes, I'm sure, but yes, natural is the key! Wow so many refrigerators! That's so amazing & y'all are so blessed 🙏🏻🤍🇺🇸
Learning so much from your family, thank you. Enjoy the videos and information you so generously give us.
Busy busy busy!! That’s your family!! That’s any awesome cold room I wish I had a place for one.
I appreciate what you tell us and show us.
Thank you for sharing this good info. I don't know how you find time to make these videos as you're so busy. Job well done! God bless ya'll 🙏✝️
So great you do a co-op! Every penny counts! You look good in a dress shirt Colby! First time I've ever seen you in one! Thanks for a great video! Blessings from Holly MI!
🙋♀️💯👍🙏❤️
Wow! That’s a lot of feed! Great freezer system. You have set up there!
Great video, Thank you for sharing!!!!
Thanks again God Bless Yall!
Love this, I am a bit jealous but so happy for your family.
I love this channel. It's fascinating!
Thank you for sharing your homestead responsibilities. I commend you on your responsibilities, and can't imagine how it CAN BE overwhelming but the reward so worth it.
Thanks for showing us your real life Colby!!!
Enjoyed the video today. Thanks 🙂
Awesome video, thanks for sharing
That greenhouse will b cool. Meating cool
Thank you!
Thanks for making the video even when you are exhausted.
All that hard work is worth it.
GOD BLESS YOU COLBY AND MISTY!! You two are GREAT EXAMPLES all the way around!! ❤ I know THE LORD is pleased!
This looks like a lot rewarding lifestyle !
I love watching you.
Love all your channels ❤️
Sorry about the busted tire! Always something..huh! God’s blessings watching you and your wonderful family. So much work but so rewarding! YES! 🥰💗🙏
I just picked out a bunch of heirloom seeds. I pick them up in Amish country - Berlin, Ohio.
the amount of things you do amazing
I love your cold room
Colby, this one was Great! Showing just this snippet about processing your meats I think could help folks look at their foods differently. I grew up raising, harvesting, putting up foods, but then life happened... Now in my 50's I'm finally getting back to my roots and I Love it! At 58 and disabled I was able to process my own goat all the way out! It took longer n I paid for it physically, but it was Great for my self esteem to know I still CAN do it!! I've canned like a crazy woman this year and it's been So fulfilling to feed my grandbabies good foods! I have 7 different animal/meats on my shelves and it feels Great! My preps have been a blessing as I've just had shoulder surgery... No worries, other than milk n fresh veggies, I could go at least a year without a grocery store (prob 2)! So I've been hibernating, eating good, and just healing. Ok, and planning what to grow this next season! Lol
I bought one of those $60 meat grinders and it works SO good!!
I wish I had found a man like you when I was young. You guys are living the life I dreamed of. But, better late than never!!
It seems like you never take a break! I understand that it’s hard and constant work. I am really weird about meat from the grocery store. I prefer venison over anything else. Thanks for sharing! God bless you all! ❤
I totally agree. I even process road kill and can it up for over 43 years. 🥰
@ I’m sure that you’re talking about “fresh” roadkill, right?
Awesome! hard working people.
Thank you for sharing!!!
I would love a green house
thank you for showing the process you use
Very interesting!
Busy, busy, busy. Busy hands. Thanks for all you do for your family and others I can see you love what you do.
My new favorite channel
Coby, this was a great informative video !!! I learned a great deal about your Cool Bot … I’m learning So much watching this Channel… Thank You for sharing your experience with us who have So Little Experience !!! I’m getting Chickens & Pigs … You have made my choice to try this a little less Stressful. You’re the Best, until the next one 😉💞🇺🇸
Ty Colby! ❤ God Bless!
Lots of hard work, great job being sustainable!
Like all channels ❤❤
Wish we were closer. God bless
Great video! Thanks so much for taking the time to explain it all-love this ❤
Thank you for the videos ❤
Thank you for sharing "behind the scenes" of your life.
This is awesome step by step!! Thank you
Thank you Colby
Work on a farm is constantly ongoing. Many don’t understand the amount of hard work involved to maintain the food supply. Coop is good but nerve wracking and stressful. God bless you for taking this on. Stay safe and healthy!
What a nice cold room. And love the way your community works together.
Good evening Colby, I’ll tell ya what! If I could, I would be so happy to be able to come and help y’all do your hog processing. When I was young, 40+ years ago or so, I used to help my family process pigs and deer meat. We also lived on what’s called “The Hood Canal, and we lived a matter of yards from our property and beachfront. If we didn’t have any food, we’d go out fishing, crabbing, shuck oysters, geoduck hunting when tides were low, and whatever else we had to do for food. We didn’t have running water but part of the property had a tiny creek in the late springtime, or we’d use an old 5 gallon Milk Can and go to our little gas station to get water.
It wasn’t ideal, but we didn’t what we had to do.
I was the towns babysitter at the age of 9. The farm I babysat on, needed me at times to milk the one dairy cow. I didn’t get paid much of the time but would trade my work and labor so we could have milk and cream at home. I loved working and always was excited to get to work, I walked around 4 miles early in the morning during the summer. It was a real education helping on the farm and also helping to raise two kids. That’s the way I wanted to live my life, apx., 55 years later, my dream didn’t come to fruition. I live in Western Washington so it’s a long commute to help out your family, but I’d still enjoy helping out and learning more about the Homesteading Life.
Helping neighbors, family, friends and yourselves get lower prices on feed is an awesome way to help everyone at the same time. May be more work but if it helps more families save it is a great thing! Thanks for the tour of your meat hanging room. It is very nice. We have what we call our game room that we use during hunting season, that is similar, and will be using once we get a few cows and pigs to raise for food. Thanks for the fantastic information and ideas, always. Appreciate what you do and sharing it with us!✌️🙂
Thank you, Colby. I enjoy all 3 of the Mac's channels. ❤️ the Macs! God bless y'all 🙏
Enjoying your new channel Colby!🪅
Very interesting to see!
Enjoying the new channel Colby! 🪅
I love your reasoning and I love how you put it all together makes a lot of sense
Thanks!
That's awesome that you & your neighbors came together & figured out how to get quality feed at a better price! Lots of times when a group of people come together to do something like that you end up with people not showing up to pick up their feed or they don't pay & it just ruins the whole thing for everyone. You're fortunate to not have experienced that!
Been wanting to learn how to render lard. Will be looking for that video soon! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!!
Thank you for all you do & how you share the good & bad. You challenge me to do more in a very good way. May God continue to bless you and your family! ❤❤
Thanks for showing this--very informative. We have talked about getting pigs.
You make your videos so interesting to watch. Thanks for all you do to share with us.
It's worth making your own food ❤
GOD BLESS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
GLORY BE TO GOD HALLELUJAH SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🙏🇮🇱🙏🏡🥶❄️🙏💐💐🙏🙏🙏
Over the last year we have been buying equipment to process meat, we are currently looking for a half pig and beef. Our cold room is all cement including the ceiling, we have a heat duck that runs through it for upstairs heating so I drilled a few small holes in it to keep the area from freezing. I have control of the temp which is so important. We are up north and it gets really cold here. Thanks for sharing.
Hit the like button to spread the message and help Colby ❤❤❤❤