Hey, thanks so much for the shout out. So glad you found one of my videos helpful. As far as the water system goes, they are probably getting plenty of water. If you want to test put some water in a bowl and if they almost run each other over to get to it drink then you might have a water issue. If they just kind of act casual about it then they are fine. The cups you are talking about are great and that is what i use but they won't hold water. There is a plunger they peck to get water and they drink it up so it also looks like they don't get much water but if it is empty, as soon as I fill the bucket they are at the water cups. I learned about your channel from one of my viewers and have been enjoying your videos. Keep it up.

GOOD VIDEO.Happy,Well Cared for Animals.

For the viewers who are concerned about the pigs. | use the same wire system along side my property there is a valley with a creek where the coyotes run a trail. In fourteen years of living here I have never seen one on my land or have one bother my pigs. I have lost a few turkey to coyote, but again never seen any on my land.

I have no worries that any of your animals are not happy...I would love to be reborn as one of your goats! 🤗

Those pigs look so happy in the woods. I'm sure they can take care of themselves:)

Thank you Kevin and Sarah for an informed and entertaining video. God bless

Not sure why but watching the pigs just brings me so much joy :) They sure are interesting, intelligent animals.

That wire is NOT cheap! U did a great job w what u have and it's great to see that its possible to care for pigs this way!

Those pigs are really growing!

Maybe the cucumbers are giving them A lot of water too.

Hi Sarah and Kevin. I am no homesteader, too old, but I watch your videos every day. Love your personalities and your kindness and loving is apparent when I watch you make your videos. Keep up the good work. Love you guys. PS your girls are so sweet.

🐐🐷🐓🐔🍓 good day to you Kevin and Sarah !! thanks for sharing another awesome update on the homestead !! 🍓🐔🐓🐷🐐

Yall are doing a great job at homesteading. Im not sure why folks are worried about the electric fence. Pigs are very smart and easy to train. Thank you for all your videos they are great.

Love watching your videos thanks for sharing your life

From a former Oshkoshian to another...you guys are doing a wonderful job!

What I really like about your videos is that you're more educational than many of the other homesteading channels. Kudoos!

Pigs are as smart as dogs. Once they are trained you are golden.

Wow so beautiful. I have 10 pigs.

Guineas. Too cute

There is another predictor you need to watch for, the coy dog cross between a coyote and a dog. However they are not that prevalent yet. I have seen a few here in West Tennessee, they can be big depending on the dog in the mix.

Pigs we always use just one wire and it helps with predators too by shocking them. Plus predators coyote can't break a pigs neck or get underneath to the throat when they weigh much.

Pig wrestling or pig riding video!! We use to ride pigs through the mud as youngsters. 😁

Thank you for sharing.

I have one pig (Penny) she has two strands and it's off 2/3 of the time. I trained her to it with very inexpensive silt fence so she could see it clearly and not move fwd. Her job is clearing and she does it well and has discovered a lot of interesting things in the areas she has helped reclaim for me. She is not for food and has protected status becaise she does stuff for me I am not physically able to. 😁 it is easy to establish new areas and move her around. And yes, she loves to scratch all over the trees.

@ezrabrooks12

6 жыл бұрын

Rhea/Yeah,I was going to say that you DON'T NAME OR BECOME ATTACHED TO YOUR FOOD!!! GOOD JOB!!!

@rheagriffiths3838

6 жыл бұрын

@@ezrabrooks12 absolutely not. My sons (when very small) named two feeser calves we raised to butcher. They did learn what happens. Some things you just can't tell a kid though. It did not stop them from enjoying Bart steaks. I will give them that. Still they didn't name anything else meant for the table.

@Jefferdaughter

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of people name the animals they raise for food and have no problem with it. Of course we all become fond of the animal we care for, and make sure they have a great life. The fact that almost nothing lives without something else dying (except a few organisms that live on deep sea vents) seems harsh to those raised without a direct connection to nature and the food chain, but that is the way it is. Even pulling up roots and eating seeds, including grains, is taking life. Pigs can do useful work around a homestead and still be food, too. Or raise piglets for the table and/or for sale.

I have the poultry cups for my quail and have been really happy with them. They were only about 2$ each Canadian on amazon. I use them for my chickens as well!

Al over at Lumnah Acres has his pigs on two strands and he has BEARS! I always default to the farmer. YOU know your area better than I do. Your farm, your investment, so you know best. Hopefully concerns are from those who are learning and just want to know how to set up their farms. At least that’s what I like to hope. I know there’s always that “one” who just likes being difficult but you guys are always GREAT at handling the “trolls.” Thank You so much for taking the time to help educate and help those who really do just want to learn. You’re an absolute blessing to this community and I for one am grateful. God Bless you all ~Lisa ❤️

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Lisa. We hope this video gives confidence to those who are considering raising pigs. Electric wire is easy and inexpensive compared to other fencing options. Thank you so much for your kind words. We all have things to learn 😊. We never get upset when people have different opinions. That's what makes the world interesting. 🌻

I started following when you all had 500 subscribers. My how your videos have improved and your channel has grown. Congratulations! I love the Ozark homestead life!

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks John! We sure appreciate you sticking with us. We love the Ozarks as well!

@johntaube6823

6 жыл бұрын

@@LivingTraditionsHomestead No thank you both. My wife and I find you an inspiration as we are going and learning to care for our family as well.

From my pigs they don't scratch that much I put baby oil on them with vitamin E and aloe in it and I've never had a problem with lice. With them being in a wooded area you don't have to worry about them getting sunburn I usually use the baby oil either in the spring or usually in the fall.

In the future if you ever raise a new batch of Guinese. Let your hens hatch and raise them and they will learn to nest indoors at night. You may yet lose some to racoons at night or opossum.

With a lot of rubbing we check for lice on ours. Summer and woods are a good enviorment for them.

Great update folks!

Maybe the quail are getting enough water from the cucumbers.

Hoot owls love them

Our pigs run the same system,I don't even have our fence on and they stay away from it . Love the video!

Great tour, love the farm thanks!

Good morning 👍👍✌

I really enjoyed this video I like videos about animals

Looking Good!

So cool to see all your animals! wonder what hurt the goat !! Good to here it cooling off!

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

We think she cut herself on a sharp piece of metal on the side of their house. We have fixed it now.

I feel better about the pigs ... but still ... I guess I'm a worrier.

Lumnah Acres uses the same system. He seems to be doing fine with it .

Yay on the quails....YES! I watch slightlyrednecked too, he is great and lives in southwest Missouri, close to you! You guys are my favorites along with someone in Idaho and North Carolina.

Good stuff, them coyotes love the guinea hens, my sister has 2 left out of 10 and she actually watched a couple be taken in the middle of the day. So they have become more used to humans and lost some of that natural fear in Mn. Love your videos have a great day.

Quail don’t drink very much water. We have ours in a large on the ground pen. I don’t have an automatic waterer so I change the water once or twice a day to make sure it stays clean. I believe my waterer is 2 qts. My 15 quail won’t even go through that much in 2 days even though we live in a hot and humid climate.

@ruthwhitfield9043

6 жыл бұрын

Remember the cucumbers you’re giving them have lots of water content

If Guinea are roosting in the trees....look for an Owl...they are bad news for Guineas

@suehinson1629

6 жыл бұрын

Mary LeForce Mary you hit the nail on the head! The owl will literally, perch beside one of the guineas and the guinea will move over, then the owl moves over and so on until the guinea falls/flys down to the ground and then it's meal time. They are very smart at their hunting game.

@ranchgirl5594

5 жыл бұрын

Owl and hawks

Your doing good, I enjoy your videos so keep them coming. Small world, my x-wife moved to Ava MO about 15 years ago. LOL big girl that sings Southern Gospel. Missy, if you know her I wish her well and tell her hi.

Great update!

Watch out! Bobcats will try to get your guineas at night , now that their roosting in the tree!

I would like to see the births of the goats and their first little steps

Good update

The homestead looks awesome! God bless...

Their in “Hog heaven” - too funny

Great update, guys! Looking forward to your next video!

Really lovely video! TY

Looks like everything is growing well. You're doing a good job. I really enjoy watching you.

Thank you for the update and lovely ❤️🙏🤗

Thank you so much for your vlog I have enjoyed it every time. I am enjoying the daily knowledge and your thoughts of the animals.

I just love watching your channel....it's so wonderful watching you and your family work the family farm. I get to live a-little of the life I wanted to live through you all.

Your a wise man!!!

Great to see your goat is doing so well! Your pigs look awesome and are my favorites on your farm. Your entire family does a great job on the farm everyday - Congrats!!!

I like yalls pigs the best,I guess domestic pigs do not jump but here in texas in the swamps I have seen Feral hogs jump pretty high ,I have seen their pigglets clear fallen large oaks with large trunk diameters as high as five feet but maybe they are motivated by fear . you know because some people hunt them. cool channel!

I love your videos. I just found you last week and am watching a lot. I'm in Idaho zone 5 but I did plant a fall garden. I wanted to comment on the quail. I haven't raised them but with my dear husband and his family we raised chickens in So. California. We only had layers. We were in the egg business over 30 years. We had 1.5 million chickens which include babies and pullets. Being in So. Calif. we had the open cage system where their is a roof and some lath half way on the sides with spaces for airflow. I wanted to comment on the water. We had waterlines for all our birds which was a small green cup glued to a saddle on a PVC pipe. Then in the center is a red valve. It screws into the saddle. The chickens will peck the valve and trigger the water. If a cup is leaking which you can see it running over you just have to tap the valve. It is usually a piece of feed that gets lodged there. This usually happened more with our babies. They were raise on the ground with the pipe in 4 feet lengths and the cup system. The baby chicks like to play in the water which brings feed into the cups so sometimes the valve will get stuck. No problem. Our babies had gas hovers that hung down low to warm them and they could gather under them. We also put a wire ring/fence around the hover which was bigger than the hover so they could move away from the heat during the day. But the ring kept them from wandering too far. As babies we fed them on the floor in 24" X 16" plastic trays. Each ring of chickens had 5 trays. Back to the water. In the winter which were mild in So. Calif. we did get below freezing. We were located in Yucaipa which is east of San Bernardino at the foot of the mountains. When the temperatures started to go down we would drain all the water lines for the birds. We would be out there at night doing this. Then in the morning we were up early watching the temperature so that we could turn the water back on. Good thing that chickens usually don't drink at night. A few times we did have disaster. We had gone to bed thinking it wasn't that cold only to find in the morning miles and miles of broken pipe. One year we were in the barn all night long glueing new saddles on new PVC and putting on the valves. We couldn't stop because Chickens need their water. Yes we did have a lot of layers. Looking back I am sad we couldn't have raise them all on the ground. Consumers want cheap eggs. But cages also keep the hens safe from coyotes, dogs, and the eggs are picked up while fresh twice a day. They don't poop in their feed. I rather every family has their own small flock than big business having a million birds. One thing, for disease control we had our babies on a ranch several miles from our adult flocks. My husband died August 2000 of cancer when he was 47 yrs. I stayed in the egg business 3 more years but I was not happy with his brother's business practices. I sold my partnership and now live in southeastern Idaho with all the farming around me. I love it here. I want to have a couple chickens but I don't know how to keep them happy and warm during our 9 months of winter. I can't imagine that they would like the snow. It's funny to me that my husband and I never called our farming homesteading. We did all the same things. I baked bread, canned, chopped and split wood, gardened, had fruit and nut trees etc. We just called it ranching. I love your videos. I can relate to being on call 24/7 and no vacations. Our kids raised pigs, cows and had horses. I always had ducks and geese around my home running free. Life was good. I'm a Christian woman so I love when you say, I'm running to church but I will be back. You're so sweet, both of you. Thank you for your videos. I'm enjoying them so much. Carol H.

The pigs look very happy. Your goats are beautiful. So sorry about your one goat. Thanks for another great video.

I truly enjoy the playlist that y’all have made and provided for us to watch, I find the steps r easier to learn from. I hope y’all have a playlist on the goats! The pigs did a great job of clearing up the brush, I’m guessing they’re still a good ways from being 400 pounds, do u have plans to move them over to the next section of brush, or keep them where they r???? Thank u

great video

The cup style is great for small birds

Hey 😊 Love the Guinness one of my favorites. We thinking in the spring of getting some quails.. great video thanks for the up date . Can’t wait until you get your new chickens .. have a great day Blessing 👩‍🌾

Thanks for the video, I always enjoy them! Hoping someday soon to get out of St. Louis area suburbia and get a small homestead.

Nice to see "all creatures great and small" are doing well. We have had black bear sightings here around the lake (LOTO) so I am quite careful with our dogs and don't walk unless armed. We back up to the woods and have seen coyote as well. Always vigilant! I love your ducks they are such a hoot to watch.....be blessed.

Also, I'm glad the animals are doing well. :) hope you find your missing guinea.

I had the water nipples for my chickens. I felt the same way, that they weren't getting enough water. I stopped using them. The little cups you are talking about would work well. Cheers!

Great video. You may already have done a video on the topic of Prepping the Garden. I am amazed at your garden. Would love to see how you prep your garden. Thank You

We settled on 4 does and 2 bucks as well. We used to run 6 does. It’s truly amazing how much production you can get annually from 6 total rabbits

We have a nice forest to move ours too when we feel we need to. We too feel that they are safe from predators and our 2 wires are all they need.

Love the ducks! Quack!

I really love this video. Thanks so much for the update. I would love to see a video around the time the goats are ready to give birth. I know it's touch and go because they could give birth while you aren't watching! But any kind of video regarding that would be something I would love to see as I am contemplating goats in the near future! Thank you!

Kevin, there are bears and cougars in southern mo. Cougars pretty rare but there are getting to be a few bears around. The bears in my youtube picture to the left were taken less than 20 miles from your house. Bears can be discouraged by electric fence pretty easy though. My experience with the genies is the more they stray the further they go until they get wiped out by the varmints. Love your channel so keep on keepen on and God bless.

@burdman1954

5 жыл бұрын

also bobcats and wolves in sm have seen them while hunting

The only thing coyotes bother of mine were chickens same with coons the only livestock I lost was rabbits an chickens coon an possums love them an coyotes

I use the water cup style for my chickens and it does give more water to them

I use water bottles for my quail and even though I have a smaller breed of pig they are about the size of yours right now and they can absolutely jump and very well! in fact there should be pig jumping competitions they might beat dogs at it LOL!

Hi, on the guineas, my sister and others I have heard from said they are flighty birds who tend to take off. My sister's birds slowly left her property until she had none. She only started with several, I think 4 or 6 but they didn't stay a full year. Others have told me theirs run away too so that might be the cause of your missing one.

@sharonawalker4501

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, they like to wander and expand their territory. I started with 13 and so they got older they traveled to the neighboring properties and then just did not come back home. Down to 3 males but have recently picked up a few more babies to raise. I'm hoping that I can get them to stay home by putting a "hot wire " along the bottom of the fence.

I doubt if your pigs are at peril, but I've read that the incidents of cougars sighted in S. Missouri has been increasing over the past few years. Especially in and around the protected Mark Twain forests to the east of you. There are reports at youtube if you search for: cougar Missouri.

It was nice seeing your quail in this video! I just moved and live in Tempe AZ and found a place that sells quail eggs from an Asian market and did the happy dance! I love quail eggs because I have grass and other related symptoms and they help to keep my allergies at bay. I made a quail egg sandwich this morning and now realized that I will have to find a quail breeder that does not have a male in the mix, out of the six eggs two had half-formed baby chicks, ugh. I found this from a lady from France that raises quail and her husband had the same problem and now he only eats quails and his allergies have actually are no more. May the Quail force be with you!!!!!!

we used to trade chicken eggs to a friend for quail eggs. boil for 3 minutes and peel. put in pickled beets. my kids loved them, especially with chunks of ring bologna in with them. my kids are all in their late 40s now, but my grands and great grands would love them if i could get some.

We havent raised any pigs just yet but I will be getting some AGH in the Spring I am hoping. :) We will try that fencing.

I have the same waters for my chickens and I also feel like they have to work extra hard to get enough water. I am going to switch to the cups

Hi, Dayne here again. I love pigs & i like what you have done with them, you can tell they are happy pigs buy just looking at how they are Lovely can not wait till you do chicken again. Your place look lovely just wish i was 30 odd year younger and do what you lot do love the Peaseful place your in nice and quiet Lovely. Keep it up Dayne PS; if i say some think out off line please tell me. :-)

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Great to hear from you Dayne! Glad you are enjoying the videos! It is peaceful here...esoecially after living in a big city for 20 years!

Appreciate all the energy and info you share with us all via your videos. Thanks so much for that! Re: the Guinea fowls, how noisy have they been? I hear their call is one of the banes of coexisting with them. How close is your closest "neighbor"? Any complaints from them? Looking to move out that way w/i the next 3-6 months from the West coast, so your vids have been invaluable to me. Thanks again.

Great update. I wonder if the missing Guinea is the one that went opposite the flock when they were let out.

😃 nice video

I came from the "Animals that didnt work" video, so your statement on the guineas cracked me up lol

Well, appreciate the channel, tomorrow we take off to recon some land in Idaho. Oh, you ever think about sheep? Hair sheep that is, for lamb meat.

Well I'm happy that she's doing fine I stepped on my gooses leg about a week ago and she started walking better we have to take care of our animals that's the right thing to do this is Jerry you can find me on KZread on Jerry Homestead just got a couple animals on there I want to put more just been in a bad wreck in his heart love you video

Hello from TN! You might want to look around where the goats are, and see if there is a piece of fence or wire or a nail head sticking out somewhere. Doesn't have to be big either. The pigs look great! My Mother used to raise pigs! I'm considering it. What breed to you think makes the best meat? Do you, or have you rendered lard? I'd like all of that! My Sister wants me to do it! I used to raise the big white meat rabbits. They were great! Everything is looking great! Love the canning and drying videos too! Bee blessed Danny and Rita in TN on Rooster Ridge

Quails are a desert bird, aren’t they? Perhaps they don’t require a lot of water...

The only time we had hogs that busted out was because the fence grounded out. That’s a human issue, I think you’re fine 🦋💜

Have you had bear sightings out that way? We're getting them as close as Chesterfield of all places. Luckily, we're another 30 plus minutes away. My only worry abt moving to a homestead situation is the predators. We plan on a few different dogs that are great for providing protection and good guns! 😉

@320homestead9

6 жыл бұрын

Dont worry, just prepare for predators. :)

Love the videos! What are your plans for the quail eggs? Thanks!

Owls will take guinea out of a tree at night. During the day fox, bobcat or coyote will pick them off as they forage during the day.

Is Coco a oberhasli mix? Oh wow, I didn't know Joel did pigs too. I know he does cattle and chickens with only one goose as a guard!