Our teenage grand children love being at our house. They feed chickens, collect eggs love being in the garden. The boys help papa with fixing equipment. Granddaughter has learned baking bread and homemade cookies, how to can. They want to learn and it makes us so happy and proud.
When I was 13 there was a rule in our big, huge extended family that all the kids go to stay with the grandparents for about a month and learn everything about our family ways. For the girls, it was crochet, knitting, baking, housekeeping, laundry, sewing our own clothes, and gardening. For the boys, it was farming, ranching, raising, livestock, hunting, fishing, and gathering various food stuff from the land & bay. I was never happy just learning the girls stuff, so I did both because I spent the most time with the grandparents of any of the grandchildren. And at night grandma would play the piano and we would sing hymns and grandpa would read Bible stories straight from the Bible and we would watch National Geographic specials and Jacques Cousteau diving in the sea. I never wanted to go home. And all of the things I learned at grandma and grandpa’s is everything I’m doing in my life today. I’ve thrown away everything my parents taught me and everything the modern world has messed me about with. I don’t have time for it anymore. I tried it, and I thought it was the way of the future and then I found out that the only way the modern world is going is back to the past whether they like it or not. Everybody may have a choice right now, but soon there won’t be. And when Covid hit, I knew that there had to be a radical change. My husband was not a positive aspect of my life and so I took my half of our estate, left and I spent it all paying off all my debts except for one & bought a tiny homestead out in the forest just big enough for one person with a water well and a tiny cabin and everything inside the cabin was from the 1960s and 70s when I grew up and it all worked including the appliances. It was originally meant to be a weekend getaway for people in the city to come out to the lake, not an actual residence. But back in those days they made everything so well and did everything so right that it’s stronger & better than anything I could’ve purchased that was new. This cedar cabin will be here 50 years from now when I’m gone & when all the new stuff that’s being built around here has fallen apart and been abandoned. I just wanted to get away and find some peace but then I realized that what I was missing was grandma and grandpa. I hadn’t cried about losing them even when they passed because we all knew it was going to happen and we were a family of faith so it was a joyous thing that grandma and grandpa went to God. But now I felt like I’ve never felt before. I missed them more than I missed my parents who just passed away. And a miracle was found inside the cupboards of this old house. It was the same old wheat china pattern my grandma had that she promised me some of when she passed away, but had long since been thrown away by disrespectful young people in the family who have no values anymore. But now I have that rare pattern in a tiny set in the cabin and the same jelly jars we used to drink out of as well found right beside the china. And so many of the same things from my grandparents house were in the cabin like the bait bucket that was in the garage that was identical to grandpa’s bait bucket, and the furniture, even the old Kelvinator refrigerator. All the things were like going back in time to grandma and grandpa’s house. It’s even the same size. I knew then that the Holy Spirit was trying to tell me something. Coincidences that so many things that I grew up with at grandma and grandpa’s house even the smell inside the cabin especially inside the bathrooms and the linen closet was identical to grandma and grandpa’s house. I just couldn’t believe that this all became a spiritual path for me to change my life and stop with all the technology and only embrace those new things that serve the purpose of sustainable living in the way grandma and grandpa taught me. And the first thing I thought about were all those days that I went back and spent with grandma and grandpa working in the garden and tinkering in the garage with the tractor and going to town to barter with the vegetables for some bacon and some sacks of flour. And I realized how little money I ever saw pass my grandpa‘s hands and how many times he would take me to town to barter for absolutely everything that we used on the farm and I never knew what it was called or how he did it, but now I do. And I realize that we’re going to be back in that situation if things keep going the way they’re going. We learned that during Covid lockdown didn’t we? Mother nature is the one in charge here and man’s got to get their act together. So it’s wonderful to see this young person’s videos & his family doing the same things, even if it’s in a different way and for different reason, but it all comes out to walking the same path. And I don’t have any children or grandchildren to bring me joy like you two do, but I just want you to know that it will stay with your grandkids for the rest of their lives and whenever they’re in their 60s like I am every now and then they’re gonna shed a little tear because they miss you And it’s in a good way not in regret that they never did anything with you or didn’t get to know you the way so many have rejected their grandparents these days. it is every little thing you say that they’re going to remember. I’m constantly quoting my grandmother and talking about how she taught me about chickens and how she used to cut out pictures of roosters in the farm magazine and paste it on brown paper and tape it to the side of the hen house when she didn’t have a rooster to make them produce more eggs. And she didn’t have a watering system like we do but horse trough with a hand pump water well at the end. And it had a float that would fill it up just from the residual pressure in the pump if the water dropped to a certain level. And she would go and catch Catfish with a net in the bayou and put it in the horse trough for the chickens, so they didn’t have dirty water. And she would put a little duckweed from somebody’s pond and always keep it at 1/3 of the surface of the water at one end farthest away from the water source. And that created a biological ecosystem all by itself and the water was always crystal clear and you could watch the Catfish swim around the bottom, eating the chicken poop when they would roost on the side of the trough. And, of course, as a child, I would say ewwww! But it fascinated me because Catfish would grow so big they had to be taken out and we would eat them and grandma would go get two more catfish out of the Bayou. There would be baby Catfish in there because it would sometimes be a male and a female, and she didn’t even know it. And then she would give those little Catfish to other people so they didn’t have to go down and net any from the Bayou because everybody did this. And she taught me “don’t get friendly with your food because it’ll just make you cry later over dinner”. 😂 she had her favorite chickens that she was attached to, and they didn’t ever go to the dinner table but all the rest of the chickens she didn’t get friendly with because she knew she would have to butcher them. And when we would visit we had chicken on Sunday after church and she would take me to the chicken yard to pick out the chicken that we were going to have and show me how she did it. And the first time I cried and the second time I whimpered but the times after that I was fine with it and told my little sister to stop crying. 😂 and now that experience is helping me when I’m living off of Social Security now without any family to support me and help me. But grandma and grandpa are still here with me helping me inside my spirit in ways they would’ve never imagined could be possible in this day and age. so it’s just something to consider how it comes around full circle and even when you’re gone, they’re going to remember every bit of it so keep making those memories and keep encouraging their curiosity and their participation without expecting it or forcing it because you know kids, they want to think it’s their idea. Exactly why all those memories are so precious to me… all four of my grandparents let me think it was my idea and that I was their favorite grandchild. And I was the only grandchild who loved the grandparents the way I did, and all the other grandkids could take it or leave it and just treated them like they were adult babies as they got older. it broke my heart, but I have memories they don’t have now, and I have a way of life to sustain me and fill me up with love and joy in a way that today’s world can’t give me. Hopefully I’ll last 40 more years like this because I’ve never been this in my happy in my whole life. New years blessings to your family & you. ❤
@@chelseacraft4669 what a beautiful life you have. Mine was filled with all the memories of having grandparents who worked hard, helped their community. You are so right we need to get back to the basics. I love our little homestead and it brings me peace! Blessings to you and Happy New Year!
i grew up in the 1940's and 1950's my parents were born in the 1920;s and my grandparents were born in the 1900's. We lived in a house that had several levels and one level was my grandparents and one level was where we lived. My parents worked to get the "american dream" and I spent my time with my grandparents, learned how to garden, how to cook, how to keep food to last the winter, and sewing. You are right when I am home for several days I feel so peaceful and calm. People poke fun at me like one comment that if i did not spend my time canning and preserving then I would have had more time to get other things done (mostly for them). Or another comment you need to get rid of those stupid chickens but then they are the first ones to ask for one or two eggs!!!!!!! Keep it up
"Convenience" has killed off everything our Grandparents did, and took for granted, on a daily basis....... i applaud what you are doing and your message. I'm 63 and keep chickens, grow a bit of my own food and know how to cure bacon, make butter/cheese/all kinds of dairy, make sausages, make apple cider vinegar, pickles, jams, bread, and i dehydrate/freeze what i've grown etc etc..... i don't do it ALL the time, but the knowledge is there, which is important in the time we are living in.
@ 66 you, I just found out that I Am American Indian according to the Federal Gov. When the Pan_Fakery hit in 2020 I bought 6 Wyandotte layer's No Rooster, ME BIG Dummy right but I HAD to and was forced to raise Chickens, and Oh WOW , I was not prepared....... Now after the garments got 5 of My Ladies I am going to purchase the Electric Brooder. Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏 WE just need to Try,.... IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Survival and, Well... Oh yeah, I have to mention, NONE OF THE MEAT, including Yad Bird's DON'T TASTE the same.... I'm rambling, but 4 you.. Sharing Wellness Recovery balance and wholeness for our Serenity Realm Wide. Oh and did it All in the HEART 💜 of ........ Chicago, Not Rural
If you have access to your grand or great grandparents wealth of knowledge, it is so wise to talk with them and listen o their experiences. I had the opportunity to get some of that encouragement and it was priceless. We are living this lifestyle and it has busy times and quiet times. The food we grow is amazing!
Its unfortunate that our government has different plans for us. Too many neighborhoods where chickens aren't allowed, and only a certain size garden, if any garden allowed at all. I miss the farm so much! I feel almost like i haven't truly been home since my parents sold it years ago. Working to get there again, but until then, i live this dream vicariously through you tubers like you.
I feel ya 100%! We need to get back to our roots and grow our own food so that we have a better appreciation for all the hard work and time that goes into making a single meal. My 2024 is going to be busy with upgrading my garden and adding quail to my mini homestead in the city. But I'm excited to learn and grow thanks to everything I've learned from you and other creators ❤❤ Much love and may you prosper greatly in this new year!!
Thank you for what you said in the first 1/3 of this video!!! People say I am weird because I have 6 chickens...crazy because they live inside my house!!! I don't care how they think...my chickens are happy, safe and well taken care of!!! And NO, my house doesn't have butt bombs all over, I'm not nasty...I clean up when they drop...and I make them wear chickens diapers! It works for us, so frankly, it doesn't matter to me the opinions of people who don't have anything to do with it. I have eggs everyday to eat because my health and happy hens thank me like that for giving them a safe place to live and hearty diets to nourish their bodies! I am not saying my chickens are better than anyone elses...but they are definitely most likely more spoiled! By the way...my mom loves her Acres of Adventure beanie I ordered and got only 9 days later!!! Super happy with how fast the order came!!! ❤
My grandparents were born in 1896. My parents were born in 1926. They taught me well.Both of my children are in their thirties. My family has lived right here in Polk county Arkansas for the last 200 years. We have always lived this way. So the way we live is not normal for people I don't what to tell.
I'm an elder Millennial, gen x cusper. January 81' My grandparents are the reason I'm surviving. My boomer parents always looked down on the old ways. My mother 1st generation to get a college degree in her family and only 1 grandparent went to university. All the other 3 dropped out at 14 to work. You hear boomers constantly saying Millennials have no work ethic, they claim they do. But. .. my grandparents survived the depression and WWII, they had no Walmart or McDonald's. They all worked full time AND farmed. Shucking peas, and 14 hours in a factory. Their lives were so hard they pressed my parents to get educated. My parents fell for the consumerist lifestyle. Fully indoctrinated. They refuse to care about pollution, forever chemicals or waste. They love plastic and processed foods. My mom used to brag that her kids would need no embalming because of all the preservatives we ate, as mothering and cooking wasn't for her. My parents were neglectful, truly the feral gen x way of growing up, I rarely saw them. I am disabled from all the slack I picked up plus the horrible junk food. My parents refused to follow any tradition and never got up or went to bed in a healthy way. They love big oil and hate environmental issues. They would spend hundreds on junk for my kidd and if I asked them not to, they can't enjoy or appreciate it, they get mad. My grandparents saved me. Structure, habit, Frugality. Up at 5 every day, walked 3 miles every morning up and down mississippi hills. Gardener when back, cleaned entire house in an hour, checked every room, emptied every trash can, every morning. Washed all clothes every day, swept, mopped, vacuumed, every day, entire kitchen cleaned and dishes after every meal. It was so easy because they kept up with it. My grandmother taught me to window shop, never pay full price, wait wait wait. My great grandmother was so frugal, despite being a millionaire from CDs invested by deceased husband, she didn't need nor touch the money. She was in peace, no stress, wouldn't waste a single piece of bread. Lack of spending and wanting and gratitude created very low stress in their later years. Grandfather dying at 92, great grandmother at 96. Grandmother in 80s with dementia and seemed trauma from WWII rations and tourist courts was all she talked about Last few years... I think each generation is a bit brainwashed by government corporate greed, and we have to choose our priorities carefully.
I think post covid shutdowns, people don't think of it as weird to have dreams of producing your own food, and having animals etc. We had these dreams long beforehand, since we both grew up in the country, but our wider friendship groups don't think it's as weird what they did a few years ago!
I haven’t even watched the video yet but just the caption got me. BRO I feel you and have been trying to embrace this old fashioned on purpose life I’m trying to create for my family. Love y’all’s channel keep the content comin. Happy for ya
Perfect timing! You are my synchronicity miracle today! I just got sucked into a previous video on YT that upset me for the reasons you said. But I caught myself & said I have to do better. Then I saw your video in my feed & was like “Yay! A safe video that lifts me up!” And you literally started talking about everything I just was lecturing myself about. Two yrs ago I left the city bought a half acre rural homestead & got chickens & started a garden. But I keep getting sucked in by emotional pendulums swinging me into the past & future problems so I am off center. Off balance. However, You articulate exactly what I keep thinking and saying. Thank you for reinforcing for me! I do try to live like my grandparents. That’s exactly where I am headed now. oh and by the way, I bought the cozy chicken auto door but I haven’t put it on yet but it looks like it’s going to fit my little coop just fine. I’m so excited to get that set up pretty soon. I also bought a pair of muck boots from Hisea. I had expensive knee-high rubber boots, but they don’t bend and without thick socks & rub blisters. So then I got some short boots, and I made the mistake of lace ups. After my first chickens were attacked by two German shepherds and killed, every time I hear the chickens make a bunch of noise I want to run out there and make sure they’re OK and I can’t stop to lace up boots! And I really made a big mistake because I bought three pair because they were actually comfy & good for going to town to Tractor Supply, and going to the dump to take my trash and so forth. They fit so well I bought two more pairs in different shades, but that was before I started getting frustrated lacing them up. With my new Hisea slip ons I keep them on the porch so I can wear sandals in the house and just jump into my boots and go run around the farm and then come back 15 minutes later and slip back into my sandals with no problem even in the cold & rain. My floors are so much cleaner too! I had looked at a lot of different muck shoes on Amazon and gotten overwhelmed with too much information and didn’t know which brands were good and which brands are junk and the pricing was outrageous for the old brands I knew and trusted from the old days. I also would read that they don’t make them like they used to and so you’re paying a lot of money for something you think you’re getting but you don’t. So I just want to thank you for steering me to these boots they are excellent. And they are plain and smooth enough that I can wear them to town without feeling like I look sloppy. And they are flexible enough that I can drive in them and feel the pedals of the truck. 😂 all in all I’m super happy! And every time I see one of your videos, I feel a little better that I’m not the only one going back in time and disconnecting from society in general, even if it’s isolating for me as a senior, because I finally have control over my life and others are not Impacting what I’m doing here and I’m making some positive steps for myself without everyone telling me what to do and forcing my hand about everything and making decisions to keep me in the system and constantly oblivious to preparing for what’s gonna happen when the power goes out (which it constantly does here) and what’s gonna happen when prices at the grocery store, jack up 100 to 200% which happened recently. And I can take care of these concerns without people criticizing me all the time, so I have backups of everything. I just got a powerful electric bike and a hand pump water well, that as a 62-year-old woman I’m gonna be able to put in by myself so the next time the power goes out or the well that I have goes down I’ll have water no matter what. And if my truck breaks down, I have a way to get to the grocery store until I can get it fixed. I also Bought solar back up power enough to take care of all the necessities, including power tools and heating. I’ve got backups of the backups for that. I’ve even got a back up tiny house because I bought a travel trailer in the very beginning before I bought this tiny cabin homestead and I still have the trailer for now. So if a pine tree falls on my cabin, I can just move into the trailer and keep going. I just feel like having a back up for everything that is important these days and I’ve put two years of food in storage and I’m planting a garden and I have eggs and I’ve got some meat chickens growing now. I even bought a plucker that goes on a corded high-powered variable speed drill because I just couldn’t afford one of the pluckers that you were showing. I even got some rollaway nest boxes that are individual plastic ones so I can put them in the various coops I have now. So I have food security, no matter what. For the first time in my life, I sleep like a baby. And I didn’t do it because I saw you doing it. I did it because I’ve been wanting to do this for most of my life and because this is the way my grandparents lived. But I watch your videos because you reinforce everything I’m doing and it gives me a lift that I can’t describe, and I just wanted to write this in hopes that it gives you a boost too. Best New Year’s wishes to you and Chelsea and the kids… from an old gal in East TX named Chelsea too. ❤
Your right ! about what you say , this really does feel like the way it should’ve always been ,I’m happier than i have ever been ,i love my chickens and i love growing my own food . I don’t care who laughs , i love waking up and running outside 😊
After being a scifi nut and techie my whole life I came to realize it was the wrong direction, I'm feeling a really strong call to return to the earth and old ways. It's funny how you mentioned the born in the wrong time thing because I always thought I was born either 200 years too late or 200 years too early.
Perfectly said. I’m watching this in tears because I just processed my home grown horseradish and it’ll clear the sinuses! I hope my grandparents are proud, since I grew it in once was her garden. Great video! You guys are an inspiration! Happy New Year!
Sad but true. Our world is crazy. I got 160 children’s. I never thought I be raising chickens. Hobby turned into good side hustle. People laugh at me but now they see what I got and now who is laughing lol.
Hey y'all!! New here! I just subscribed based on this video! Great video, we love the old way of living! It's fun to share the lifestyle we have with others! It's great to see how different people do different things!
Older than you are, so living my great grandparents would be a bit of a stretch. BUT - I applaud your message to appreciate things that aren't quite like everyone else in today's society. Learn what you can. Be the best you can be, no matter what anyone else says you 'should' be.
You are the normal ones-the ones that video game all day, stay inside all day, all technology and no nature are the abnormal ones. You are on your way to not being a slave to the system.
Maybe we don't need to long to 'go back'?My grandparents lived their youth without antibiotics, they sewed young children into their clothes in November!, lice and mites ate them alive all Winter. Maybe we can be grateful for the 'good bits' of now and value the 'good bits'of then? From an oldie in the UK who loves her chickens, organic veg growing AND the internet to see what you are doing!
I live in Michigan also and was wondering how your girls like the nesting box in this cold weather? Also, how do you keep critters from going inside by crawling through the flip door? I'm trying to figure out a way to access the eggs from outside the coop. I have raccoon and possum problems 😮 Great thoughts. I grew up on a farm and loved it 😊
my security cameras show possums all the time that walk right past my chicken coop and come up to my front porch to eat the few kibbles of cat food the stray cats leave behind at night and then they leave the porch and they go back right by the chicken coop the way they came into the forest. It’s the raccoons you need to worry about because they are mean, destructive, and way too smart and plus they have great eyesight and hand coordination. Possums are almost blind, and only smell their way through the world, and they are nocturnal and easily distracted for an easy meal over trying to go through an obstacle course to get to chickens they have to attack and fight. They know the difference between the smell of a rooster, and the smell of a hen, also. So if you have a rooster, there’s no way a possum is getting into your chicken run unless it’s starving to death and that would be your fault for not leaving some little tidbits to distract it elsewhere. Having stray cats or farm cats, you will never have a problem with rodents…. And I swear it scare snakes off as well. Raccoons are attracted to water sources. if you have a pond or source of water you’ll get raccoons so if you can eliminate those and you make the raccoons work too hard for it, they will go away and leave you alone for happier hunting grounds. Raccoons do not like to fight possums even though they can usually win but there’s that chance that they can get seriously hurt because possums are crazy fighters. They go berserk because they’re mostly blind so it’s an overcompensation technique. So, if possums are regulars at these food tidbits for the stray cats, or however, you want to do it… The raccoons would rather not encounter the possums. They will generally keep to a different territory if they can. I am in the middle of a forest out in the middle of nowhere in East Texas. and this is how things work out here. I have to worry about owls, catching a chicken too close to the fence and putting claws through and killing the chicken, but not being able to take it through the fence. that and peoples dogs who are smart enough and stupid enough at the same time to bash down a chicken coop gate if you accidentally sleep through your security camera alerts like I did and lost my whole flock, except for five. I’ve started over now, and I’m just about back to where I was with 30 chickens 10 of which are meat chickens. Good luck with your predators. in the end, it really does come down to vigilance and getting security cameras and being ready to pop out of a dead sleep and run out there in your nightgown with a gun or shovel or something. 😂
@chelseacraft4669 I keep a live trap for both of those critters. Each year, I have possums go into my coop as well as raccoons. I am very diligent checking on the coop throughout the day. My new girls lay throughout the day. I keep them in the run until noon, then let them free-range the rest of the time. I found a very young raccoon in the nesting box looking just like he belonged there. Both of these critters have killed my chickens. I even had a fox run into the yard with a hen in its mouth. My big stick changed its mind. Yes, even the birds have gone after the flock. Thankfully, I am retired and can supervise the flock better.
We're weird and crazy until the world goes into crisis again and we can live sustainably while everyone is trying to figure out how to get toilet paper and bread.
Our teenage grand children love being at our house. They feed chickens, collect eggs love being in the garden. The boys help papa with fixing equipment. Granddaughter has learned baking bread and homemade cookies, how to can. They want to learn and it makes us so happy and proud.
When I was 13 there was a rule in our big, huge extended family that all the kids go to stay with the grandparents for about a month and learn everything about our family ways. For the girls, it was crochet, knitting, baking, housekeeping, laundry, sewing our own clothes, and gardening. For the boys, it was farming, ranching, raising, livestock, hunting, fishing, and gathering various food stuff from the land & bay. I was never happy just learning the girls stuff, so I did both because I spent the most time with the grandparents of any of the grandchildren. And at night grandma would play the piano and we would sing hymns and grandpa would read Bible stories straight from the Bible and we would watch National Geographic specials and Jacques Cousteau diving in the sea. I never wanted to go home. And all of the things I learned at grandma and grandpa’s is everything I’m doing in my life today. I’ve thrown away everything my parents taught me and everything the modern world has messed me about with. I don’t have time for it anymore. I tried it, and I thought it was the way of the future and then I found out that the only way the modern world is going is back to the past whether they like it or not. Everybody may have a choice right now, but soon there won’t be. And when Covid hit, I knew that there had to be a radical change. My husband was not a positive aspect of my life and so I took my half of our estate, left and I spent it all paying off all my debts except for one & bought a tiny homestead out in the forest just big enough for one person with a water well and a tiny cabin and everything inside the cabin was from the 1960s and 70s when I grew up and it all worked including the appliances. It was originally meant to be a weekend getaway for people in the city to come out to the lake, not an actual residence. But back in those days they made everything so well and did everything so right that it’s stronger & better than anything I could’ve purchased that was new. This cedar cabin will be here 50 years from now when I’m gone & when all the new stuff that’s being built around here has fallen apart and been abandoned. I just wanted to get away and find some peace but then I realized that what I was missing was grandma and grandpa. I hadn’t cried about losing them even when they passed because we all knew it was going to happen and we were a family of faith so it was a joyous thing that grandma and grandpa went to God. But now I felt like I’ve never felt before. I missed them more than I missed my parents who just passed away. And a miracle was found inside the cupboards of this old house. It was the same old wheat china pattern my grandma had that she promised me some of when she passed away, but had long since been thrown away by disrespectful young people in the family who have no values anymore. But now I have that rare pattern in a tiny set in the cabin and the same jelly jars we used to drink out of as well found right beside the china. And so many of the same things from my grandparents house were in the cabin like the bait bucket that was in the garage that was identical to grandpa’s bait bucket, and the furniture, even the old Kelvinator refrigerator. All the things were like going back in time to grandma and grandpa’s house. It’s even the same size. I knew then that the Holy Spirit was trying to tell me something. Coincidences that so many things that I grew up with at grandma and grandpa’s house even the smell inside the cabin especially inside the bathrooms and the linen closet was identical to grandma and grandpa’s house. I just couldn’t believe that this all became a spiritual path for me to change my life and stop with all the technology and only embrace those new things that serve the purpose of sustainable living in the way grandma and grandpa taught me. And the first thing I thought about were all those days that I went back and spent with grandma and grandpa working in the garden and tinkering in the garage with the tractor and going to town to barter with the vegetables for some bacon and some sacks of flour. And I realized how little money I ever saw pass my grandpa‘s hands and how many times he would take me to town to barter for absolutely everything that we used on the farm and I never knew what it was called or how he did it, but now I do. And I realize that we’re going to be back in that situation if things keep going the way they’re going. We learned that during Covid lockdown didn’t we? Mother nature is the one in charge here and man’s got to get their act together. So it’s wonderful to see this young person’s videos & his family doing the same things, even if it’s in a different way and for different reason, but it all comes out to walking the same path. And I don’t have any children or grandchildren to bring me joy like you two do, but I just want you to know that it will stay with your grandkids for the rest of their lives and whenever they’re in their 60s like I am every now and then they’re gonna shed a little tear because they miss you And it’s in a good way not in regret that they never did anything with you or didn’t get to know you the way so many have rejected their grandparents these days. it is every little thing you say that they’re going to remember. I’m constantly quoting my grandmother and talking about how she taught me about chickens and how she used to cut out pictures of roosters in the farm magazine and paste it on brown paper and tape it to the side of the hen house when she didn’t have a rooster to make them produce more eggs. And she didn’t have a watering system like we do but horse trough with a hand pump water well at the end. And it had a float that would fill it up just from the residual pressure in the pump if the water dropped to a certain level. And she would go and catch Catfish with a net in the bayou and put it in the horse trough for the chickens, so they didn’t have dirty water. And she would put a little duckweed from somebody’s pond and always keep it at 1/3 of the surface of the water at one end farthest away from the water source. And that created a biological ecosystem all by itself and the water was always crystal clear and you could watch the Catfish swim around the bottom, eating the chicken poop when they would roost on the side of the trough. And, of course, as a child, I would say ewwww! But it fascinated me because Catfish would grow so big they had to be taken out and we would eat them and grandma would go get two more catfish out of the Bayou. There would be baby Catfish in there because it would sometimes be a male and a female, and she didn’t even know it. And then she would give those little Catfish to other people so they didn’t have to go down and net any from the Bayou because everybody did this. And she taught me “don’t get friendly with your food because it’ll just make you cry later over dinner”. 😂 she had her favorite chickens that she was attached to, and they didn’t ever go to the dinner table but all the rest of the chickens she didn’t get friendly with because she knew she would have to butcher them. And when we would visit we had chicken on Sunday after church and she would take me to the chicken yard to pick out the chicken that we were going to have and show me how she did it. And the first time I cried and the second time I whimpered but the times after that I was fine with it and told my little sister to stop crying. 😂 and now that experience is helping me when I’m living off of Social Security now without any family to support me and help me. But grandma and grandpa are still here with me helping me inside my spirit in ways they would’ve never imagined could be possible in this day and age. so it’s just something to consider how it comes around full circle and even when you’re gone, they’re going to remember every bit of it so keep making those memories and keep encouraging their curiosity and their participation without expecting it or forcing it because you know kids, they want to think it’s their idea. Exactly why all those memories are so precious to me… all four of my grandparents let me think it was my idea and that I was their favorite grandchild. And I was the only grandchild who loved the grandparents the way I did, and all the other grandkids could take it or leave it and just treated them like they were adult babies as they got older. it broke my heart, but I have memories they don’t have now, and I have a way of life to sustain me and fill me up with love and joy in a way that today’s world can’t give me. Hopefully I’ll last 40 more years like this because I’ve never been this in my happy in my whole life. New years blessings to your family & you. ❤
@@chelseacraft4669 what a beautiful life you have. Mine was filled with all the memories of having grandparents who worked hard, helped their community. You are so right we need to get back to the basics. I love our little homestead and it brings me peace!
Blessings to you and Happy New Year!
i grew up in the 1940's and 1950's my parents were born in the 1920;s and my grandparents were born in the 1900's. We lived in a house that had several levels and one level was my grandparents and one level was where we lived. My parents worked to get the "american dream" and I spent my time with my grandparents, learned how to garden, how to cook, how to keep food to last the winter, and sewing. You are right when I am home for several days I feel so peaceful and calm. People poke fun at me like one comment that if i did not spend my time canning and preserving then I would have had more time to get other things done (mostly for them). Or another comment you need to get rid of those stupid chickens but then they are the first ones to ask for one or two eggs!!!!!!! Keep it up
Living like my grand parents, I am a yuppie, best choice I ever made ,moving out of the city and growing , raising my food source
"Convenience" has killed off everything our Grandparents did, and took for granted, on a daily basis....... i applaud what you are doing and your message. I'm 63 and keep chickens, grow a bit of my own food and know how to cure bacon, make butter/cheese/all kinds of dairy, make sausages, make apple cider vinegar, pickles, jams, bread, and i dehydrate/freeze what i've grown etc etc..... i don't do it ALL the time, but the knowledge is there, which is important in the time we are living in.
Ty acres of adventure. :) God richly bless you guys
Happy New Year! There is definitely purpose to the hard work on a farm vs the exhausting work of the rat race.
Thank you we agree! Happy new year to you also😀
@ 66 you, I just found out that I Am American Indian according to the Federal Gov.
When the Pan_Fakery hit in 2020 I bought 6 Wyandotte layer's No Rooster, ME BIG Dummy right but I HAD to and was forced to raise Chickens, and Oh WOW , I was not prepared.......
Now after the garments got 5 of My Ladies I am going to purchase the Electric Brooder.
Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏
WE just need to Try,.... IT'S
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Survival and, Well...
Oh yeah, I have to mention, NONE OF THE MEAT, including Yad Bird's DON'T TASTE the same....
I'm rambling, but 4 you..
Sharing
Wellness Recovery balance and wholeness for our Serenity Realm Wide.
Oh and did it All in the HEART 💜 of ........ Chicago, Not Rural
I was always a city slicker till 7 years ago we moved to 5 acres and started to raise chickens in our retirement. I love raising chickens.
Indeed!
❤ 100% agree.
If you have access to your grand or great grandparents wealth of knowledge, it is so wise to talk with them and listen o their experiences. I had the opportunity to get some of that encouragement and it was priceless. We are living this lifestyle and it has busy times and quiet times. The food we grow is amazing!
Its unfortunate that our government has different plans for us. Too many neighborhoods where chickens aren't allowed, and only a certain size garden, if any garden allowed at all. I miss the farm so much! I feel almost like i haven't truly been home since my parents sold it years ago. Working to get there again, but until then, i live this dream vicariously through you tubers like you.
I feel ya 100%! We need to get back to our roots and grow our own food so that we have a better appreciation for all the hard work and time that goes into making a single meal. My 2024 is going to be busy with upgrading my garden and adding quail to my mini homestead in the city. But I'm excited to learn and grow thanks to everything I've learned from you and other creators ❤❤ Much love and may you prosper greatly in this new year!!
Thank you for what you said in the first 1/3 of this video!!! People say I am weird because I have 6 chickens...crazy because they live inside my house!!! I don't care how they think...my chickens are happy, safe and well taken care of!!! And NO, my house doesn't have butt bombs all over, I'm not nasty...I clean up when they drop...and I make them wear chickens diapers! It works for us, so frankly, it doesn't matter to me the opinions of people who don't have anything to do with it. I have eggs everyday to eat because my health and happy hens thank me like that for giving them a safe place to live and hearty diets to nourish their bodies! I am not saying my chickens are better than anyone elses...but they are definitely most likely more spoiled! By the way...my mom loves her Acres of Adventure beanie I ordered and got only 9 days later!!! Super happy with how fast the order came!!! ❤
YEP THE AMISH GOT THE MESSAGE, THEY ARE UNAFFECTED BY THE MODERN WORLD AND ALL OF ITS DRAMA. 🤔
YOU ARE A VERY WISE YOUNG MAN.
My grandparents were born in 1896. My parents were born in 1926. They taught me well.Both of my children are in their thirties. My family has lived right here in Polk county Arkansas for the last 200 years. We have always lived this way. So the way we live is not normal for people I don't what to tell.
I love your dedication!! I got farm animals because of you and I love them :D
Keep up the transformative transitions… you’ll be glad you do & happier every day! ❤
No truer words have been spoken. Thank you for putting that out there!
I'm an elder Millennial, gen x cusper. January 81' My grandparents are the reason I'm surviving. My boomer parents always looked down on the old ways. My mother 1st generation to get a college degree in her family and only 1 grandparent went to university. All the other 3 dropped out at 14 to work.
You hear boomers constantly saying Millennials have no work ethic, they claim they do. But. .. my grandparents survived the depression and WWII, they had no Walmart or McDonald's. They all worked full time AND farmed. Shucking peas, and 14 hours in a factory. Their lives were so hard they pressed my parents to get educated. My parents fell for the consumerist lifestyle. Fully indoctrinated. They refuse to care about pollution, forever chemicals or waste. They love plastic and processed foods. My mom used to brag that her kids would need no embalming because of all the preservatives we ate, as mothering and cooking wasn't for her. My parents were neglectful, truly the feral gen x way of growing up, I rarely saw them. I am disabled from all the slack I picked up plus the horrible junk food. My parents refused to follow any tradition and never got up or went to bed in a healthy way. They love big oil and hate environmental issues. They would spend hundreds on junk for my kidd and if I asked them not to, they can't enjoy or appreciate it, they get mad. My grandparents saved me. Structure, habit, Frugality. Up at 5 every day, walked 3 miles every morning up and down mississippi hills. Gardener when back, cleaned entire house in an hour, checked every room, emptied every trash can, every morning. Washed all clothes every day, swept, mopped, vacuumed, every day, entire kitchen cleaned and dishes after every meal. It was so easy because they kept up with it. My grandmother taught me to window shop, never pay full price, wait wait wait. My great grandmother was so frugal, despite being a millionaire from CDs invested by deceased husband, she didn't need nor touch the money. She was in peace, no stress, wouldn't waste a single piece of bread. Lack of spending and wanting and gratitude created very low stress in their later years. Grandfather dying at 92, great grandmother at 96. Grandmother in 80s with dementia and seemed trauma from WWII rations and tourist courts was all she talked about Last few years... I think each generation is a bit brainwashed by government corporate greed, and we have to choose our priorities carefully.
I think post covid shutdowns, people don't think of it as weird to have dreams of producing your own food, and having animals etc. We had these dreams long beforehand, since we both grew up in the country, but our wider friendship groups don't think it's as weird what they did a few years ago!
Happy New Year 🎉
You too, wishing you a safe new year😀
Amen I agree 100 percent.
I haven’t even watched the video yet but just the caption got me. BRO I feel you and have been trying to embrace this old fashioned on purpose life I’m trying to create for my family. Love y’all’s channel keep the content comin. Happy for ya
Great message !!! I do Love your channel ❤❤❤
Happy New Year. Looking forward for a great time this year.
Perfect timing! You are my synchronicity miracle today! I just got sucked into a previous video on YT that upset me for the reasons you said. But I caught myself & said I have to do better. Then I saw your video in my feed & was like “Yay! A safe video that lifts me up!” And you literally started talking about everything I just was lecturing myself about. Two yrs ago I left the city bought a half acre rural homestead & got chickens & started a garden. But I keep getting sucked in by emotional pendulums swinging me into the past & future problems so I am off center. Off balance. However, You articulate exactly what I keep thinking and saying. Thank you for reinforcing for me! I do try to live like my grandparents. That’s exactly where I am headed now. oh and by the way, I bought the cozy chicken auto door but I haven’t put it on yet but it looks like it’s going to fit my little coop just fine. I’m so excited to get that set up pretty soon. I also bought a pair of muck boots from Hisea. I had expensive knee-high rubber boots, but they don’t bend and without thick socks & rub blisters. So then I got some short boots, and I made the mistake of lace ups. After my first chickens were attacked by two German shepherds and killed, every time I hear the chickens make a bunch of noise I want to run out there and make sure they’re OK and I can’t stop to lace up boots! And I really made a big mistake because I bought three pair because they were actually comfy & good for going to town to Tractor Supply, and going to the dump to take my trash and so forth. They fit so well I bought two more pairs in different shades, but that was before I started getting frustrated lacing them up. With my new Hisea slip ons I keep them on the porch so I can wear sandals in the house and just jump into my boots and go run around the farm and then come back 15 minutes later and slip back into my sandals with no problem even in the cold & rain. My floors are so much cleaner too! I had looked at a lot of different muck shoes on Amazon and gotten overwhelmed with too much information and didn’t know which brands were good and which brands are junk and the pricing was outrageous for the old brands I knew and trusted from the old days. I also would read that they don’t make them like they used to and so you’re paying a lot of money for something you think you’re getting but you don’t. So I just want to thank you for steering me to these boots they are excellent. And they are plain and smooth enough that I can wear them to town without feeling like I look sloppy. And they are flexible enough that I can drive in them and feel the pedals of the truck. 😂 all in all I’m super happy! And every time I see one of your videos, I feel a little better that I’m not the only one going back in time and disconnecting from society in general, even if it’s isolating for me as a senior, because I finally have control over my life and others are not Impacting what I’m doing here and I’m making some positive steps for myself without everyone telling me what to do and forcing my hand about everything and making decisions to keep me in the system and constantly oblivious to preparing for what’s gonna happen when the power goes out (which it constantly does here) and what’s gonna happen when prices at the grocery store, jack up 100 to 200% which happened recently. And I can take care of these concerns without people criticizing me all the time, so I have backups of everything. I just got a powerful electric bike and a hand pump water well, that as a 62-year-old woman I’m gonna be able to put in by myself so the next time the power goes out or the well that I have goes down I’ll have water no matter what. And if my truck breaks down, I have a way to get to the grocery store until I can get it fixed. I also Bought solar back up power enough to take care of all the necessities, including power tools and heating. I’ve got backups of the backups for that. I’ve even got a back up tiny house because I bought a travel trailer in the very beginning before I bought this tiny cabin homestead and I still have the trailer for now. So if a pine tree falls on my cabin, I can just move into the trailer and keep going. I just feel like having a back up for everything that is important these days and I’ve put two years of food in storage and I’m planting a garden and I have eggs and I’ve got some meat chickens growing now. I even bought a plucker that goes on a corded high-powered variable speed drill because I just couldn’t afford one of the pluckers that you were showing. I even got some rollaway nest boxes that are individual plastic ones so I can put them in the various coops I have now. So I have food security, no matter what. For the first time in my life, I sleep like a baby. And I didn’t do it because I saw you doing it. I did it because I’ve been wanting to do this for most of my life and because this is the way my grandparents lived. But I watch your videos because you reinforce everything I’m doing and it gives me a lift that I can’t describe, and I just wanted to write this in hopes that it gives you a boost too. Best New Year’s wishes to you and Chelsea and the kids… from an old gal in East TX named Chelsea too. ❤
Your right ! about what you say , this really does feel like the way it should’ve always been ,I’m happier than i have ever been ,i love my chickens and i love growing my own food . I don’t care who laughs , i love waking up and running outside 😊
After being a scifi nut and techie my whole life I came to realize it was the wrong direction, I'm feeling a really strong call to return to the earth and old ways. It's funny how you mentioned the born in the wrong time thing because I always thought I was born either 200 years too late or 200 years too early.
Perfectly said. I’m watching this in tears because I just processed my home grown horseradish and it’ll clear the sinuses! I hope my grandparents are proud, since I grew it in once was her garden. Great video! You guys are an inspiration! Happy New Year!
Sad but true. Our world is crazy. I got 160 children’s. I never thought I be raising chickens. Hobby turned into good side hustle. People laugh at me but now they see what I got and now who is laughing lol.
You have plenty of room for a miniture Jersy Cow. Mini Jerseys give between 2-6 gallons of milk per day.
I'm glad I found your channel. You're very relatable.
We have used Christmas break to purge our home. Several bags to donate!!
Good for you and your family, God bless you , your voice is the voice of truth !
Thanks for sharing the journey bro
❤ I really appreciate your videos bro!
Life was less complicated in the old days
Hey y'all!! New here!
I just subscribed based on this video!
Great video, we love the old way of living! It's fun to share the lifestyle we have with others! It's great to see how different people do different things!
I pray to YAH that He will bless me to live in peace in my new home on my own land real soon. 🙏
Older than you are, so living my great grandparents would be a bit of a stretch. BUT - I applaud your message to appreciate things that aren't quite like everyone else in today's society. Learn what you can. Be the best you can be, no matter what anyone else says you 'should' be.
You are the normal ones-the ones that video game all day, stay inside all day, all technology and no nature are the abnormal ones. You are on your way to not being a slave to the system.
Thank you
100% 🙌🙌
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
Yes!
Your channel is wonderful 😊
Maybe we don't need to long to 'go back'?My grandparents lived their youth without antibiotics, they sewed young children into their clothes in November!, lice and mites ate them alive all Winter. Maybe we can be grateful for the 'good bits' of now and value the 'good bits'of then? From an oldie in the UK who loves her chickens, organic veg growing AND the internet to see what you are doing!
I live in Michigan also and was wondering how your girls like the nesting box in this cold weather? Also, how do you keep critters from going inside by crawling through the flip door? I'm trying to figure out a way to access the eggs from outside the coop. I have raccoon and possum problems 😮
Great thoughts. I grew up on a farm and loved it 😊
my security cameras show possums all the time that walk right past my chicken coop and come up to my front porch to eat the few kibbles of cat food the stray cats leave behind at night and then they leave the porch and they go back right by the chicken coop the way they came into the forest. It’s the raccoons you need to worry about because they are mean, destructive, and way too smart and plus they have great eyesight and hand coordination. Possums are almost blind, and only smell their way through the world, and they are nocturnal and easily distracted for an easy meal over trying to go through an obstacle course to get to chickens they have to attack and fight. They know the difference between the smell of a rooster, and the smell of a hen, also. So if you have a rooster, there’s no way a possum is getting into your chicken run unless it’s starving to death and that would be your fault for not leaving some little tidbits to distract it elsewhere. Having stray cats or farm cats, you will never have a problem with rodents…. And I swear it scare snakes off as well. Raccoons are attracted to water sources. if you have a pond or source of water you’ll get raccoons so if you can eliminate those and you make the raccoons work too hard for it, they will go away and leave you alone for happier hunting grounds. Raccoons do not like to fight possums even though they can usually win but there’s that chance that they can get seriously hurt because possums are crazy fighters. They go berserk because they’re mostly blind so it’s an overcompensation technique. So, if possums are regulars at these food tidbits for the stray cats, or however, you want to do it… The raccoons would rather not encounter the possums. They will generally keep to a different territory if they can. I am in the middle of a forest out in the middle of nowhere in East Texas. and this is how things work out here. I have to worry about owls, catching a chicken too close to the fence and putting claws through and killing the chicken, but not being able to take it through the fence. that and peoples dogs who are smart enough and stupid enough at the same time to bash down a chicken coop gate if you accidentally sleep through your security camera alerts like I did and lost my whole flock, except for five. I’ve started over now, and I’m just about back to where I was with 30 chickens 10 of which are meat chickens. Good luck with your predators. in the end, it really does come down to vigilance and getting security cameras and being ready to pop out of a dead sleep and run out there in your nightgown with a gun or shovel or something. 😂
@chelseacraft4669 I keep a live trap for both of those critters. Each year, I have possums go into my coop as well as raccoons. I am very diligent checking on the coop throughout the day. My new girls lay throughout the day. I keep them in the run until noon, then let them free-range the rest of the time.
I found a very young raccoon in the nesting box looking just like he belonged there. Both of these critters have killed my chickens.
I even had a fox run into the yard with a hen in its mouth. My big stick changed its mind. Yes, even the birds have gone after the flock. Thankfully, I am retired and can supervise the flock better.
You need to make your roosting bars bigger and flatter... 3x4 are great.... ❤
Thanks
Nooice!😎
I noticed u grow veggies under a plastic mulch layer how is that working out
More government and bigger businesses and regulations are a big cause of a less healthy and happy lifestyle all for their profits and justification
We're weird and crazy until the world goes into crisis again and we can live sustainably while everyone is trying to figure out how to get toilet paper and bread.
You don't listen to anybody you think you know it all at your young age