A Tough Day on the Farm
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- It's been a tough day on the farm. Marvel the Dexter calf is going downhill from his head injury, and our only solace may be to tell ourselves we've done all we can. Our veterinarian Julia comes to treat him again, administering fluids and steroids. I spend the rest of the day building chicken roosts, rearranging the hay barn, and moving tractors; playing "tractor jenga" with the Farmall 656, Farmall Super C, Farmall 504, and Farmall H. I'm glad to have them all inside for the winter!
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Poor Marvel. Too bad for the poor little guy. Hope he makes it. Thanks for sharing.🐂🐂😷👍
What makes your videos so amazing to watch is how apparent it is that you and your family truly care for the animals that you are ultimately growing to slaughter. The animals aren't simple a financial investment that are only of value once butchered but have inherent value in your (and your viewers') life. Thank you for inspiring others to do the same! Hoping the best for Marvel.
Praying for Marvel. Always a tougher loss when they are younger. It reminded me of a cow named Valerie that was 2 parts big milk producer 2 parts family pet. After calving she had milk fever bad. A whole case of calcium IV was given and she was down for a whole week. Then , when all hope was kind of gone we went to the pen, my brother had rifle in hand and when we got there she was standing up. None of us could believe it and we were overjoyed. No doubt many other farmers can relate to similar stories. I pray the same happens to your family and Marvel. Maybe the word on the street that day was hope.
Love how you care for your animals Pete & admire your hard work. Seems very rewarding at the end of the day.
Anxiously awaiting updates on Marvel. Sure hope he pulls through---good to have a good vet to help diagnose and treat.
“What’s the word on the street?” Good grief! LOL
Merry Christmas!
Cheers!
Whipple.
MARVAL WILL MAKE IT... BECAUSE IT'S IN GOOD HANDS! BLESS YOU,YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR ANIMALS AND FARM....
I didn't see the Scrabble joke coming. You spelled it out perfectly. Triple joke score Pete.😂
I only knew it was a joke when I heard the punchline.
Until today I’ve never said a prayer for a cow. Well here we are. Come on Marvel!!! Get up and live buddy! I know life isn’t fair but please give this little cow a break. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 It has a wonderful life on a beautiful farm to live. Get up buddy!! #teammarvel
Hope calf is doing better, great videos!! Stay safe!
God Bless you all. I pray that Marvel will be up and about in a few days.
Farming is hard. Especially raising critters. You cant have life without sickness and death. Hoping all works out for Marvel.
I think I could do chickens but that sick calf would be really hard. I think they remind me of dogs.
I've worked on quite a few Farms growing up I can sure see your family and your heart and all you do which makes a difference on the farm and the animals thank you for sharing making these videos Lord bless
Wish Marvel all the best! It’s amazing the bond and care a farmer has for his animals as they deserve a quality of life as well. What a great Vet!
Great video. Shows the reality of farm life how difficult it can be. I love seeing how much you care for your animals. Keep up the great work!
That is sad. I hate when animals go through that.
Love your channel. I grew up on my grandparents farm and wished I could have made a living at it. I always loved the farm life.
I grew up on a farm in the 60's and 70's. Some times farm life can be cruel. I like what you are doing. And I love your videos. Takes me back to when I was a kid on the farm. I still live on the farm where I grew up. It's been left go for the last 15 years and nature is taking it back. Another 15 years it will be a forest. I still love it here. I've been here for 56 years.
What acreage is it? do you ever think of renting the land out? an income for someone else and yourself.
@@COIcultist it's really steep and hard to farm anyway. We use it for hunting. The deer seem to like the new look. So I guess nature can have it back.
@@Wheelloader__ Well depending on how you earn a coin and how much time you want to spend farming and how much value you can pull from the farmed land everything is a choice. Timber be it just firewood for the moment or a long term crop and deer be it just meat for yourself or a few sold or invited guests it is still farming of a form. You might consider pigs or goats to keep the scrub in check. Whatever makes you happy. Thank you for your reply.
Super excited about the MD project! Sorry about Marvel, tough situation, but these things happen. Keep rocking it Pete!
I'm still playing catch up with your videos so I hope I haven't brought up any sadness, but I certainly feel your pain looking after sick livestock, it's not easy & yes..... often we come 2nd when looking after them, which is fine by me, so a late dinner is OK. Thanks for sharing so many different aspects of what you do.
Thanks for sharing the joy and sadness in a farm day
The sad reality of farming! While I don't enjoy the topic, I like that you do show the good and bad of real farming. People need to know what really goes on, without the donut coating. Thanks so much and I truly wish the calf all the best you are doing for him
I really enjoyed this type of video. Thanks for all you do.
Hope he gets well soon 👍
The family over at Living Traditions Homestead are going through the same sort of thing with their calf, Henry. Like you, they are bending over backwards to try to help him and it doesn't look too good right now. It's very sad, and it must be frustrating for you all, but as you say, some things are just out of our hands and that's life. Wishing all of you the best of luck.
Pete, I'll be in prayer for you and your family with Marvel. There's a lot of us with faith out here and at the end of the day when we know we've done all we can, faith and prayer releases us. Mike from NE Ohio
The Scrabble joke took us by surprise
I like your show and followed it for quite a while. I have commented a few times before on
how you find the time to do what you're doing, feeding, butchering, and selling your home grown
product at the market plus the building and maintaining the buildings.
Good luck with Marvel Joe and family. At least she is in very good hands.
I love being a part of what goes on at the Larson Farm- so I love the good and bad dad jokes, good and bad animal days and whether or not our favorite tractor gets some love.
Pete. I had a great time conversating with you through email, & I am happy to hear the choice of the MD. Prayers for little marvel.
It’s got to be tough to see one of your herd going downhill like that. The love and care you and Hillary give your animals is evident at every turn.
So amazing I can see the compassion for your animals such a wonderful thing thank you sir
Insane how fast the channels grown
Love your videos
over 17k in 30 days VERY good growth.
Thanks for sharing Pete. I hope Marvel perks up and pulls through.
Hi from Ontario Canada. I love your jokes and blog. Keep up the good work. 👍😍
Merry Christmas and love to you and your family. Thank you for sharing your life and knowledge of pretty much everything. Farmers are a special breed that we need more of.💓😁 ps. Sorry about Marvel I hope he starts feeling better.
Wishing Marvel a full recovery.
I think your grandparents would be so proud of you. Lucky having your dad to work with. Looks like a real gentleman. Neal
Than you for making these videos i love to watch them.Keep up the good work
You're welcome Zach!
I hope Marvel get better.Sad for both the situation.Wish you strenght.
GOOD MORNING. 👋 Keep the jokes coming. 🤣🤣🤣 Nice chicken roost.
💞 Dear baby calf be well.
Thanks for the video. 👍☝️
I hope Marvel made it through the night. I'm not a cow expert but when sheep go down like this they often need a cud transfer from a healthy sheep to get their rumens going again. Another trick is to give them good, dark beer (I'm serious about this!). Lots of calories and the nutrients help the rumen also. Fingers crossed!
Always tough to put down animals.
On several other notes. Some thoughts I have been saving. These are just pooh thrown against the wall to see what sticks. Maybe one can be adopted without too much expense.
Regarding your water issues around the barns. Have you considered slightly grading a mild trench to drain the water away from the pasture/barn area?
Here in the Phoenix area people with pools are not allowed to drain water from filter cleaning into the storm sewers. A solution I came up with is to dig a 6 foot long by 4 foot wide by 6-foot-deep hole. Fill it with pea gravel to keep the walls from collapsing and top with decorative lawn gravel. The outlet of the drain is about an inch above the gravel. The water goes into the hole and no one ever sees it. If a large enough hole was dug and filled with gravel. Downspouts would direct runoff from the roofs. Most of the water would be captured and eventually seep into the ground water. You would have to use some Architectural skills to determine how much runoff you have and how big the hole would have to be.
I have seen you wear a South Dakota T shirt. What is your connection if any. I am from North Dakota. Go Bison!
Would you consider doing videos on both You Tube and Rumble? Rumble does not have the size of Library You Tube does. You any content added to their library would be helpful. It does not seem like it would be too much trouble simulcasting. But I am by no means an expert.
I recently subscribed. I enjoy your videos having come from a small town with many relatives that lived on farms.
Jim
I appreciate your sanguine attitude good sir
Excellent video, you guys are great with the animals. Great to hear that you are leaning towards the MD for the winter project!
Sending your family and Marvel best wishes!
Pete, I'm a classic tractor and machinery lover also. I have a 1956 John Deere 420 w and a 1951 John Deere MT and several implements. They are all in good working order and I use them on my 15 acre "play farm". I enjoy your videos very much. Thanks.
You are the definition of a true legend!
Hope that all goes well with Marvel. You do a good job with carrying for your animals. It’s always good to get your tractors stored inside if possible. If they could talk they would tell you they appreciate it.
Hey I just wanted to say I’m a big fan and me and my dad work on a small farm ur a big influence thank u
YES MD is gonna be a great project! I can't wait to watch the videos and learn everything I can! I liked the 1 joke per video rule but you do what makes you happy.Cant wait to see what you make with the quick attach plates. Sorry to hear about Marvel, hope he pulls through.
My barns get too full of hay as well. I sold my Super C, 200 , 230 & 340 because I couldn’t stand to leave them outside. Now, I miss them😖
Hopes and prayers for Marvel.
The first video I ever watch from you I didn’t realy like, the reason was that I was really tired and didn’t watch any of your videos for about one and a halve week but I now hate myself for that because I REALY love them now 😂
Looking forward to the MD project.hope the calf improves
Just found your channel. Love the videos! I told my wife the Scrabble joke………I’m not allowed to watch anymore😜 keep up the great work!
I have the perfect Christmas Carol for you, "Dexter halls with boughs of holly, falalalala, alfalala!"
That's perfect!!
And when Christmas is over, you can feed the live tree to the animals...especially if it's a long needle tree. They love it.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm Thanks. I try.
Falalalala, alfalfa la!
I like to say I love sound of your H it brings back memories of my dad‘s
Peter, I know what you mean about your dexter burgers. I think my hamburger is the best cut of meat from my Angus or Scottish Highlander cattle, though the roasts aren't bad either. As a kid going up on a dairy farm, I didn't really care for the roasts. Think we really had roasts too often. Now I enjoy one cooked all day in the crock pot. Hope your calf recovers. It's not easy watching them decline. Love your videos and enjoy more of your family's exposure in them.
I love Farmalls & your stories
We lost a few calves over the years on the farm and loosing them always was the worst feeling I understand. Just a suggestion when we had sick animals we used a hose and a funnel to force feed them saved a few from time to time.
Very glad you are choosing the M Diesel pete. I turned 18 a few months ago and I enherited my Grandfathers farming equipment, all old farmall tractors, and I about went broke getting his 52 Super M going, but I dont regret it for a second! I hope everything goes well with Marvel. I love that you show all the aspects of farming, good and bad.
So so fun to watch your vids. Such a nice change from our sad world current state. l appreciate your content. Thank you.!!
I wish for everybody to have a wonderful day!!😁🎄
Really hope Marvel pulls through.
Best of luck to Marvel, hope he recovers quickly and fully. Thanks for the jokes, I look forward to your videos!
I hate to admit it, but I love the dad jokes. Funnily enough, my girlfriend is the one telling those jokes in our relationship, and each time I laugh hard and then feel bad about laughing at such terrible jokes. Keep them coming!
I like the videos with the piglets; so cute & such varied colors from the same litter. They certainly are fast little buggers! You stay so busy on the farm; there's always something to do; build; or mend it seems. 🚜🐄🐮🐖🐷🐽🐤🐥🐔
Did you know the first French fries weren’t actually cooked in France? They were cooked in Greece.
Love the Chanel Peat, keep up the great work. Thanks for putting good clean content on the internet. It’s nice having something I can watch with my kids and not have to worry about what they will hear. Thank you!
You're welcome Jon! Keeping it clean is important to me. Having 3 kids, I know there's not enough family-friendly entertainment out there.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm I appreciate you feeling that way. I know all the words, after all my career was in the Navy, but I routinely turn off videos with foul language.
Hope the calf gets better. Bet you those dexter burgers turns out real good. That's a good way of finishing a tough day.
Well the MD would a great one! Would love to hear the family history behind it.
Hope Marvel can pull through.
Hey Pete. Do you know why the turkey wasn't hungry for Thanksgiving? He was already stuffed!! Lol. 😂
We used to feed an electrolyte powder like that to calves when they got sick. Came in a white foil pouch. One time my sister grabbed a white foil pouch of tetracycline powder by mistake and mixed up a bottle. Boy did that calf ever perk up! Had to keep it for months to make sure all the antibiotics had made it out of his system, but it was one healthy calf from there on out.
You have those kind of days, but youre working and doing all you can, so this is how it gets better. I think your calf will make it through his tough time. Be patient and prayerful. God owns the results of all your hard wok and He will reward you accordingly.
Another great video thank you Pete
sorry for the struggle you are going through right now. praying all works out
🐄 thinking of Marvel. Hope for the best.
Aww man I hope marvel makes it keep us updated please
I'm excited to see the MD getting fixed. I still want one for my collection.
Thank you for continuing to try. Sometimes no matter how hard we try bad things happen...
Hey pete, since we just started dexters, this also happened to our cow also, you just need to feed them yourself... it will take a lot of effort but it is definitely worth it. I hope it she gets better soon
Thanks for sharing, sometimes there are hard decisions to make about your animals, but cheeseburgers usually fix my mood as well. Keep up the good work.
The rough part of animals. Pulling for Marvel. Good luck
When it's cold I like to "warm up a little bit" too before running.
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤦♂️🤦♂️love that scrabble joke. Made me laugh😂🤣😂😂👍👍 love your farm. Keep up the good work.
I want you to know I'm from Alaska and you've taught me so much about farming I work down here in the dairy barns and the potato barns I do polyurethane foam I don't know if you read these but you could get some stuff to fix those holes in the roof that you roll on and it will seal those holes in the roof
Hello Pete,the machines are in excellent condition, ready for winter, great jokes as always, but I'm very sorry for the calf, I hope it's okay, it's really very hard, but with the care you take, I think it will rise to its feet ... good luck
GOD BE WITH YOU all.
Marvel got up on his own at least, doesnt mean he's out of the woods just yet. come on Marvel we're all pulling for ya lad
Real farming life :)
Good things and bad things...
All the best for "the treasure" a. k. a. Marvel 🤠☃️❤️🐂
You got a "Thumbs up" on this video at, "What's the word on the street"! Keep em coming!
HOPING THE LITTLE GUY GETS WELL‼️🙏 Vinny 🇺🇸
I sure hope the best for Marvel. You're certainly giving him more of a chance than he would get on one of the big farms around here. He would have taken his last ride in the spreader already. Well, that's life on the farm. Always makes the newborns that much more precious, that's for certain.
Regards!
Say, did my email about the loader come through?
Yes I got your email, thank you! (the email address was misspelled, but the person who received it forwarded it to me) That's another little project I need to do.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm My apologies for the misspelling. Email links won't hook up to my address for whatever reason. Glad to hear it worked & you got it. A lot of people don't take the .com address seriously & the spam folder likes to eat it. It is registered through mail. com.
Really enjoy the videos, my daughter has chickens only eight of them but we love the eggs,keep the very infomative films combing
Good job. Hope he.pulls thru....
Best wishes for your little guy. Steroids are an amazing drug they can go a long way in getting a body human, cow or what ever animal. It sure seems you’ve done what you can do. We will be rooting for him. You tell us stories about what effects your family on your farm. I am not a writer like you and I come to your channel because your stories translate into other aspects of our and my life. I hope you will indulge me telling a story about my life that you are helping me get through. You have no idea your helping me.
Growing up my mom and dad had 4 boys. Son number 2 is just like our dad. My brother fought stomach cancer 3 years ago. After the ugly battle my brother had he won and number 2 lost his bladder and they created him a new one. Last year December 1st my brother doc said that’s the end of 3 year since your cancer treatments, Your doing wonderful. The family was very happy. December 10th our dad had some problems looking like a stroke. Turns out it is cancer throughout is abdomen and up and down his legs. We moved forward in what cancer what can be done but by December 21 hospice was at my moms house helping our family deal with our dads death. It was a beautiful death family around him everyone taking care of him and we lost him at the age of 89 on December 23rd. We lost our dad but we had our brother. 6 months later say July 1st my brother experienced some pain when he pees. Sees the doctor and the news comes down we will be facing my brothers death this December. Now it has been that first year since we lost our dad and we figure my brother won’t see Christmas this year.
I am not writing this to have anyone write and tell me how rough or how sad. I am writing this to let you know how your farm stories tend to put life into perspective. We have done all we could do for my dad and my brother. I look forward to your videos every week you are the neighbor that lives next door that I talk with over the fence. In these COVID times you are the neighbor over the fence. I wanted to let you know what your videos mean to me. I have my wife and adult children that are all helping dealing with everything. Just thought I would let you know how your videos help me through some sad times. When I thank you for your videos I really mean thank you, I really mean your videos are important. Looking forward to your video throughout the next year.
Hi David, thank you for telling me your story. I was deeply touched by it and I wish the best for you and your family. Sometimes I forget how important a little thing like making videos can be. You have reminded me that they can do so much more than showing a day on the farm. Thank you.
Yes work on the MD I’d love to see you work on that and get her going again!!!
Best dad jokes in last videos... "Why is our boss like a diaper? She's full of sh*t and on our asses all day." We accidentally found you searching for a haying video. Corporate ppl thinking about farming for retirement, but for now we enjoy watching you. Merry Christmas to you & family. 🎄
Love your videos, get well Marvel.
Your videos are great