Ducks on a mission is so cool! She is like go way humans and let me lay my egg! Pigs pigging out no doubt. Easter egg hunting is always fun right? Pretty cool way to weigh a pig. They was like what are you doing to us Pa? LOL Looks like ya's had a good rain. Thanks for the tour and how to weigh a pig. Keep track of those duck eggs.. LOL Have a great day folks!

I look forward to watching your videos each and every day. I'm retired/disabled so homesteading isn't a possibility for me at this stage of the game but I'm living vicariously through you both and am just loving your natural, fun videos! I love seeing the 'daily vlogging' style of videos as they show you as you go through your day. Quite interesting! :) ....and those ducks...they sure do make me laugh~

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

Oh my goodness, watching Kevin dance around the pigs tickled the mess out of me. So funny. God love ya! You stuck it out! God Bless ~Lisa

I have watched allot of your videos as I catch up on all the goings on.. This was by FAR my fav! Watching Kevin measure the pigs.. I was laughing so hard! HA!! Funny!

Aww, your animals are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.

You guys make my day so much brighter, 1st ) the duck coming out of that bush telling you both off hahaha, but then watching you measure those pigs, even hubby chuckled, glad y'all didn't get drenched..have a great day God Bless

The pig that checked the bowl to make sure you weren’t holding out 😂. The ducks always make me laugh. Boy do they have personality! Always enjoy your homestead. Thanks for sharing your lives w/us!

Enjoyed your sharing today. Thanks

Really enjoying your videos! Your farm looks so nice and peaceful. Thank you for letting us into your lives.

I love your Channel and I eagerly await new videos. I also admire the fact that this is a family participated lifestyle. A few of my most favorite homesteading / farming channels, show their children involved and what they do and I absolutely love it. Kids nowadays are glued to the TV and their PlayStations and Xbox. And I find it so amazing an admirable to see children like yours involved in what you do. On another note I'm by no means a pig expert and I know that things on video don't always reflect the reality of what things are, but the pigs look like they weigh a lot more than the weight you mentioned. By the way I watch a lot of homesteading, farming and gardening channels and you guys by far have produced the most beautiful and amazing tomatoes. I remember being a child years and years ago and going out to our garden with a little salt shaker and picking tomatoes off the vine and just sitting they're eating tomatoes until I couldn't eat anymore. Your garden is beautiful and so productive.. I live in a little city in California and my hopes and dreams are to someday and hopefully in the not-so-distant future move out to the country like you have and have a little Homestead or Farm. The closest I can come to that dream at this time is to sit here and watch hours upon hours of KZread videos of all my favorite homesteading, farming, and gardening channels. I guess you can say that I'm living my dreams through channels like yours at this time. Keep up the great work and I wish you all the best. And as you say... God bless. PS. You also produce very beautiful Pablano Chiles. Do you guys make chile rellenos weedos Chiles and if so do you think you could make a video and share recipe. Thank you

Nice video , cool action Kevin & love the interaction between you n camera Lady! More like this please .

I love watching your Vlogs. Helps take the pressure out of my day!

I learned something new! Thanks for telling us how to weigh a pig! God bless

Love the goats talking!!! Good job Kevin with the pigs. Love watching you try to watch the ducks lay eggs. hehehehehe

That was funny! Seems cool in your area with the rain.

Y'all are great and have a great lifestyle! TY

Good Morning! We are water logged here!! Today is supposed to be sunny, we will see. Next week is county fair and it's rain almost everyday, so says Mr. Weatherman :( Love the ducks!! God Bless and have a wonderful day!

Great video! Blessings

Loved the video. Ducks are so funny. They fascinate me. Love the pigs too.

Those little piggy butts crack me up! I have always thought they were the cutest thing on the farm followed closely by a calf!

You learn something new every day! Now I know how to weigh a pig! Thanks guys. Love your videos :-)

We need some of that rain here in Ripley County. Love the video as always.

God bless you all.

Wouldn't miss an episode i loved it.

Those guinea fowl get wild so easy. If you could make them go in the building at night they would stay tame longer. Great video as always guys!! Love the ducks!

Thanks for the video. GOD BLESS.

That is an easier way to weigh them and trying to get them on my scale. I will have to try that, thank you very much. And joy the rain, and God-bless.

Great stuff as always guys. Still think Sarah needs to do that chilli on video since u did haha. X stay safe

Glad you are considering their feet on the cage bottom. That shows a responsible animal owner. 👍. I wonder who in the world came up with that pig weighing calculation. Lol. Whatever works I guess. Lol. Love your channel!

I never realized that y’all can grow yucca there. Do y’all trim the ducks wings to keep them from flying off? You’re doing great feeding the pigs your spare food. No waste on a farm. We could use that rain here in NM. I second the vote for using a cloth style measuring tape, like seamstresses use. But I like your technique. Keep up the good work Y’all. I really like these farm tours and daily life. God bless you!

Never been around hogs much. Very interesting the measurement thing!

Sounds like a good plan to keep the ducks in longer. The rain puts a damper on things but you got the job done. Enjoyed your video. 👍

love the background music

Thanks for sharing! Love watching you guys.. those ducks went right by you and their food. Haha that was to cute.! At least you got an egg.. yay. I can't wait to be living like this! I am a absolute animal lover but also know we need to eat as well. This would be so cool I can't wait!! I grew up with rabbits, chickens and quail. But would love a goat and pig as well. I am so grateful for your channel because I wish more people would consider living like this. I think it's so amazing what your doing and I can't wait to follow in your steps and to try and teach/inspre others to do the same! Thx guys!

Another great video. Ty vm

Neat way to weigh a pig. never heard of it. also thought a cloth measuring tape would work.

I could use a day of that rain. I can’t remember the last time we had rain here, and I live north of Seattle so that’s saying something lol🦋💜

Nice chicken feeders! I like seeing the DIY ideas. Slippery pigs lol...

C--L--O--T--H measuring tape ;-) ;-) Love your channel!

You’ve shown us how you let the animals out of the cages....how about getting them back in? Do they just walk back in or is a hassle getting them to get back in? I watch your channel every day. Love it!

funny that those silly ducks couldn't fool u. this was a short but sweet vid. I will sure miss the gardening and harvesting vids but i'm sure u will find us some other good content. have a good day

always love your vids

I've been watching your videos on your tomato harvest. How do you keep them bug free? I know you are in a cooler {a little} climate, we are se Tx, but we have to pick ours when they just begin to turn. Your whole garden looks pretty much bug free. I love all your videos.

I watch you guys all the time love your Channel I would like to share another way of taking the pigs measurements if you use a tape measure used for cloth you would not need the string and tape measure I think this would make it easier

Will y’all do a series on raising pigs and processing them?

I see lots of pork in your freezer, and your plate. Love me some pig. Lol. You may have to mm pen your ducks if you want all the eggs as they will keep a single nest a secret and all three lay in it a time or two till one gets broodie. Then you get surprise baby ducks to watch over. Thanks for the video, love and peace. Blessings

Danny and Wanda sent me ... glad they did. Enjoyed the video and looking forward to more in the future. Will subscribe now. God bless.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Sam. Glad to have you along on our journey!

THANKS FOR SHARING THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD ABOUT THE🐷 PIGS AT THE MOMENT WAS WHAT IS THE WEIGHT THAT YOU ARE SHOOTING FOR FOR BUTCHERING? THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED DAY :-)

A "sewing" tape measure would help so much! It is lightweight and flimsy and you only have to measure once without the second step of getting your tape measure out. They are pretty cheap and I have seen them made from different materials.

Do you have a video or could you do one of how you made your chicken feeders?

Do you move the pig training pen every year or two? I would think it would be beneficial: prevent any parasites carrying over from year to year; if seeded with grass, the manure would probably make it quite lush.

Hi guys! We are thinking about adding pigs to the homestead. Our biggest concern is the cost to feed them. If you don’t have as many scraps about how much would you average the feed cost at?

Ducks are funny.

What is the butcher weight you would like your hogs? Thanks. Enjoyed a full-watch.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

5 жыл бұрын

We usually plan on 275 - 300 lbs live weight.

Are there any kitchen/garden scraps that you don't or can't give the pigs?

Great video. What is your ideal processing size, and what is the usual gross weight to meat yield? I really enjoy your channel.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

We are hoping for 250-300 lbs live weight. That should be 150-175 lbs of pork. Here is a great website that shows about what you will get from a pig. www.oda.state.ok.us/food/fs-hogweight.pdf

@jarrigo2905

6 жыл бұрын

So your planning to carry these guys through the winter? In the last year we butchered 4 pigs of various breeds. My plan is to get them to weight by the fall so I don't have to spend the extra money to keep the weight on them in the winter. We cared for 3 through the winter, we're in NC and the winters are mild but it was still more work to care for them in the winter. I'm raising IPP now and I had the mill boost their protein % up to about to about 17% to add muscle mass quickly. The last month or two I feed corn and nuts to add fat to their frame.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping they will be ready some time in November. I am trying to plan it so they are ready while it's cold out here because we are processing ourselves and that way I can hang them overnight. These guys are off to a little slower start than I was expecting, probably because we are giving them so much from the garden and they are eating less feed.

Maybe I missed the video. Are you still putting the pigs on pasture? I have had mine out on pasture since they were 9 weeks old. Great hog measuring dance. Cheers!!

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. We have been so busy harvesting though I haven't gotten the area all ready for them. It's actually what I am working on today! Stay tuned. They should be moving out there next week.

Did u know any food peel pumpkin pot etc u cook them and feed those to pigs

Are your quail bob whites or something else and where did you get them?

Instead of a string, why don't you use a cloth measuring tape? Great video by the way!

@Mugsey1984

6 жыл бұрын

I use a soft tape, same thing? String is plan b when i mis place it lol

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I only have one cloth measuring tape and I really don't want it to get full of pig #@$@....lol. String works fine but I agree a cloth tape measure would save some work. - Kevin

@Mugsey1984

6 жыл бұрын

@@LivingTraditionsHomestead haha yea they can be pricey too!

@rabbell505

4 жыл бұрын

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How old are your hogs? Mine are measuring around 50lbs at almost 11 weeks. Were in south eastern Oklahoma and heat has been so horrible this year. I think it effecting their weights.

LOL she must have been thinking about that all night long she didn't waste no time I have some ducks just like that but I got in a car wreck now I'm have to downsize about 15 or 20 I might have to get rid of but just saying they knew where they was going to had all night to think about it LOL that's funny I love it

so my 8 year old wild sow is 55 from ear to tail and 59 diameter which 59x59x55 divided by 400 is 478. is that correct

This is a tried and true technique for heritage pigs but doesn't always work that well for show pigs.

that bed resembles a natural environment for your ducks to lay their eggs.

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How big is your farm

Have you followed the ducks to see the first place they run to when you release them every morning?

i have a hog tape for that..it has all the info on them..used to raise hogs along with everything else years ago...HOG TAPE couple bucks. easy to use

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I will look into that!

Question, maybe not really pertaining to the video but something I've been thinking about. Becoming self-sufficient means growing/raising your own food in hopes to not be reliant upon grocery stores. From the videos I've been watching, it just shifts the reliance from grocery stores to animal feed stores and seed companies. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for self-sufficiency. But how can we be self-sufficient from grocery stores, feed stores, and seed companies.

@kirarussom5780

5 жыл бұрын

With the seeds, You want to get some that are open pollinators. That means that you don't have to worry about cross pollination from a different species of plant . Then after the first year, you'd never have to go back to the seed store unless you wanted to get a different variety (or if you have a black thumb). Chickens or ducks for the eggs and some meat. Pigs and rabbits for meat. Cows and Goats for milk and some meat. You could probably get fertilizer from all of those animals, but some needs to be composted. I'm unsure what you'd use if you wanted to make your own feed, but I'm sure you could grow it if you knew what they're supposed to eat. And you wouldn't have to worry about getting more animals if you keep some to breed, just so long as they're not siblings or something. So you'd need to know how to grow everything, how to save the seeds for next year, and how to breed your animals for as full as possible self-sufficiency. However, you may still need the feed store or vet for vaccines, fencing (unless you're a blacksmith or carpenter and know where to get free stuff), and complications with your animals.

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Pigs are the only Animal on my mini farm that’s made me any amount of money!!! Cattle can make some but they are a lot of work and require lots of real estate too.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Did you sell them as ready to butcher or raise and sell feeder pigs?

Ducks are in charge 😂

What's that in kg

I’m guessing since ur dividing by 400, does this mean butcher size is 400 pounds??? Thank u

The pigs getting big.

@gonzalezpandura

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the weight trick.

Why are your quail in such a small cage and won't their feet go through the bottom open rungs

@robertburney6197

6 жыл бұрын

Julie Hale , did you miss the part, where he put paper sack in the cage for them to walk on.

hahaha bye ducks !

Ducks🤣🤣🤣

Are you still eating fresh food from your garden? You guy's had a huge garden!!! And the big cucumber's...…………………...still?

Boy that took no time for them to strip the vegetation from their plot.

Not sure why you would want to weight the pigs at that stage.

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Il very sorry cause I asked you why you don't let the chickens free outside (for sure I'm not used to farm life) and I found my response. They were so young and fragile for predators (I think). Sorry and thank you for sharing.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is correct. They are just too fragile and predators would kill them. It's always our top priority to keep the animals safe.

How I can stop this joe biden freaking add??? They everywhere!!!