I just discovered your channel! This has been the most useful information I have found - you are doing a great job! We are setting up a grazing system for our animals based on what we are seeing in your setup. It makes perfect sense...
Cheeky grin at the end so warranted because wow you are doing some amazing work there!!! I’m interested in your chicken set up. You have some free ranging in the pig pen area, but then you also have this chicken run set up. I think it’d be a great video to walk thru that system especially with all the trees/shrubs I see in your chicken yard. Keep it up!
Hi Takota, I really enjoy your videos and just subscribed. One question, though. Do you worry about parasites like ringworm or other pathogens spreading more easily between your chickens, pigs and cows?
Were you to have the duckweed pond heated with compost waste heat such a Jean Pain System. You would be able to grow more duckweed since there will be better heat regulation. Once the compost is done, a fraction can be returned to the pond to repeat the cycle. The compost is more readily assimilated by the duckweed than soggy manure, but you will have both elements. You also need a meter to read to the biological dissolved oxygen in your pond. You’re letting untold yields escape through your fingers.
The plan is to use a greenhouse over the pond to extend the growing season. The JPS looks like more trouble than it is worth. Also I use a Secchi disk to monitor water quality.
You want the pond deeper than 4 feet so that cattails dont fill the whole thing up, but not too deep that the water does not get cold as the duckweed likes warm water. 4 to 6 feet is good.
So I’m really interested in the name of the aquatic plant you talked about that you harvest, could I have that please? I’m going to move to a 40 acre property and have a small river running down the middle and would like to some how create a pond like yours. I absolutely love your ideas and it all makes so much sense. I also want pigs chickens and 2 dairy cows. And trying to plan the layout so that it all functions similar to yours. Please post more videos about your chickens and the coop 😊
Have you considered cross contamination of the chickens, pigs, and cattle due to being in close proximity that disease may crossover to the other species like how the flu is to humans from pigs. I appreciate the work you do just a question that comes to mind.
Thank you for the video - good stuff. Say, if you get the chance I’d love to get a rundown of your chicken coop design, specifically what makes it work well in your cold climate. I also live in a colder climate (southern MN) and will soon be building my 3rd coop iteration and would love to incorporate the aspects of yours that you’ve found success with. Thanks again.
to reduce your hay and grain cost to zero. you might want to research "Tree Crops" by J. Russell Smith. In 5 years could theoretically have your feed from mulberry, chestnut, and acorn trees to give you all the feed for all 4 seasons. Just a thought.
Move over Joe Salatin The young blood is in town. I love your systems
I just discovered your channel! This has been the most useful information I have found - you are doing a great job! We are setting up a grazing system for our animals based on what we are seeing in your setup. It makes perfect sense...
Glad it was helpful!
Hope all is going well my brother's
This is such a novel idea when the world has lost its mind. Something to think about for sure. Thanks for the content Takota.
Great to see a local boy making such a huge impact. I have already learned so much from you.
Do you get mosquitoes from your pond ?
Dude you're such a crusher! Really grateful that you moved back to the farm.
I love these ideas to integrate livestock! I look forward to learning more from you 😊
I just recently started my piggery, it was inspired by your channel. thanks!
Cheeky grin at the end so warranted because wow you are doing some amazing work there!!! I’m interested in your chicken set up. You have some free ranging in the pig pen area, but then you also have this chicken run set up. I think it’d be a great video to walk thru that system especially with all the trees/shrubs I see in your chicken yard. Keep it up!
Would love to see a video walking through the chicken run set up.
Blessings to all!
Hi Takota, I really enjoy your videos and just subscribed. One question, though. Do you worry about parasites like ringworm or other pathogens spreading more easily between your chickens, pigs and cows?
Ring worm is a fungus. Buy i microscope if you're wanting to keep an eye on your microorganisms.
Great vid as always!!! :) all the best bro!!! :)
Thanks! You too!
Are you fermenting or sprouting your chicken feed?
Were you to have the duckweed pond heated with compost waste heat such a Jean Pain System. You would be able to grow more duckweed since there will be better heat regulation. Once the compost is done, a fraction can be returned to the pond to repeat the cycle. The compost is more readily assimilated by the duckweed than soggy manure, but you will have both elements. You also need a meter to read to the biological dissolved oxygen in your pond. You’re letting untold yields escape through your fingers.
The plan is to use a greenhouse over the pond to extend the growing season. The JPS looks like more trouble than it is worth. Also I use a Secchi disk to monitor water quality.
nice work, keep em coming!!
Do you have one for your watering system? Anybody know?
Love it!!!
Do you ever ship meet to saskatchewan?
What size of a pond did you dig? The way our yard is sloped, I'd like to give your idea with the duckweed a try if I don't have to dig too deep.
You want the pond deeper than 4 feet so that cattails dont fill the whole thing up, but not too deep that the water does not get cold as the duckweed likes warm water. 4 to 6 feet is good.
So I’m really interested in the name of the aquatic plant you talked about that you harvest, could I have that please? I’m going to move to a 40 acre property and have a small river running down the middle and would like to some how create a pond like yours. I absolutely love your ideas and it all makes so much sense. I also want pigs chickens and 2 dairy cows. And trying to plan the layout so that it all functions similar to yours. Please post more videos about your chickens and the coop 😊
Duck weed
What do you feed your chickens
Same mixture as my pig video, just ground more coarse and with more peas for protein. We also give them free choice grit and oyster shell.
Have you considered cross contamination of the chickens, pigs, and cattle due to being in close proximity that disease may crossover to the other species like how the flu is to humans from pigs. I appreciate the work you do just a question that comes to mind.
This wasn't a concern until the plandemic. Was perfectly safe for a hundred thousand years or so.
@@cletushatfield8817 fair however there have been other plagues from china over the millennia, also small pox from cows killing native Americans.
Thank you for the video - good stuff.
Say, if you get the chance I’d love to get a rundown of your chicken coop design, specifically what makes it work well in your cold climate. I also live in a colder climate (southern MN) and will soon be building my 3rd coop iteration and would love to incorporate the aspects of yours that you’ve found success with.
Thanks again.
Sure thing! Thank you for the suggestion :)
Thanks for the suggestion Ben, I will make a video about our chicken coop design soon.
Would love to see that video.
to reduce your hay and grain cost to zero. you might want to research "Tree Crops" by J. Russell Smith. In 5 years could theoretically have your feed from mulberry, chestnut, and acorn trees to give you all the feed for all 4 seasons. Just a thought.
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We need more videos bro
yes
Takota does sell their pig meat but wayyyy to expensive.
If their feed costs have gone down how is their meat more expensive? Lack of scale?
When my family cleans the chicken coops, they throw the chicken poop to the pigs.
You stopped yourself from saying chicken manure but there is no such thing as waist.👍