I just found your channel. I enjoy seeing your farm tour, and learning how you manage your farm.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found our channel Jack!

This is a compliment so please don't take it wrong. It's really enjoyable to see a "nice average guy" just showing his farm. So many guys are "aggressive" or competitive in nature. I don't like any sports because I don't like the displays of arrogance or combativeness and I see that in so many different videos. I"m a non aggressive mild mannered average guy and I'm happy to see someone else that my daughter says "is just like me". My future wife loves learning from videos like yours as well. I'm subscribed as of today. Thanks so much!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi James, that is a good compliment, thank you! There are some videos where I get worked up about this or that, but usually I keep a level head.

Love his enthusiasm. Learning as we go.

@dominicfinley8732

2 жыл бұрын

i guess im asking randomly but does anyone know a method to log back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot the password. I love any tricks you can give me.

@reecepedro3632

2 жыл бұрын

@Dominic Finley Instablaster ;)

@dominicfinley8732

2 жыл бұрын

@Reece Pedro thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@dominicfinley8732

2 жыл бұрын

@Reece Pedro It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thanks so much you saved my ass!

@reecepedro3632

2 жыл бұрын

@Dominic Finley you are welcome :D

Thanks making the videos, such a wealth of information!

Love what your family is doing

Hiliary you are such a trooper!

What a beautiful farm,i love the scenery and the way you taking care of your animals,they're so happy and healthy too.Love your videos and watching them religiously.(From South Africa,Johannesburg)

Thank you for showing the reality of farming, including the not so ideal things.

Stock all look in great shape and with all that feed growing so fast. I am amazed at the production from your pastures We are waiting for good rains here in South Australia.

You make terrific videos that are very informative. Thank you

Dear Peter, thank you so much for your videos. I like them a lot. With kind regards Torben Gram from Denmark

Bobcat S70 6 ft. tall and 3 ft. practically fits into your pack pocket and you can buy a small grapple, bucket and snowblower for it. A small operation can cheaply outfit existing buildings to make the s70 useable and practical. New they are $23 grand and used they are considerably cheaper. Course it's way easier to spend other people's money in a comment section. Bonus, they even have heated cabs. PS. I let the ads play for the S70 fund.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Light Ning, thanks for watching the ads! Maybe 5 years from now I'll have enough KZread money to buy an old Bobcat!

@michellewilliams257

4 жыл бұрын

I hate ads, but for you and your family I'll watch them. I truly enjoy your channel.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

@@michellewilliams257 Thanks!!

Two things about clover. We have lost cattle in the past due to bloat. They where in a paddock that was nearly all clover, something to be aware of. Second if you put crop lifters on your haybine to lift your pasture as you cut it you will get all your clover but the lifters slow the cutting down a lot. Enjoying your channel thanks

I appreciate that you keep it real. Very informative.

Thanks for the tour nice little farm

Great looking pasture. It's nice when things start to go the farmer's way...

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Vincent, thank you! It's a good time of year to be in the grass growing business.

I learn more here about real world stuff than 12 years of school

Great terrific show Execellent

Awesome awesome video. Thank you Pete!! My family and I always enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for sharing so much.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Juliann!!

enjoyed the farm tour immensely, nature throws so many curve balls i agree...you guys do a great job rolling with the punches...

Awesome video Pete! My wife and I just got our first two Dexter's. We got a heifer calf combo. We also have out idaho pasture pigs, our broilers and laying hens. It's such a blessing to get to watch animals grow. Wish you all the best!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks spkmac1!

I really enjoyed the farm tour ! It just seems like the other and you had snow on the ground .

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

The seasons change fast here; there isn't much of a spring. Today it's 85.

most wholesome content ive ever witnessed with ma eye

Beautiful farm,I just had to laugh when you let the cows onto that field and that one cow went right up to camera and look at it to funny.

For your chicken house. A friend had a similar problem with critters tunneling up. Would it be possible to lay down quarter inch or three eighths inch construction cloth on the ground? Run horizontally an inch or two can be tacked on either end to the base boards using heavy staples. Overlap the sections an inch or two and wire them together to create a varmint resistant barrier. The surface is still shovel-able for cleaning. I could be a stop gap until you can lay down your slab. Just a suggestion.

@patraic5241

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. Use metal not plastic. Plastic can be gnawed thorough.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we've done that in our brooder house. The problem is the hardware cloth only lasts for a year or two before rotting out due to the corrosive manure. We'll be putting in a slab before the chickens come back in for the winter.

Thank you so much for the videos, because very informative.

Hey Pete, I used 1/2" Durock in my hen house. Much cheaper than concrete plus I was able to install radiant floor heating. I sandwiched 2" insulation board between the Durock board and ran defrosting cable in some grooves under the top layer. Ran 6" Durock around perimeter. Glued together with liquid nails. Cable comes with a t-stat. Works unbelievably well. Keeps the floor dry, cleaning is really easy and the chickens love it. -10 outside and really warm in the hen house. Less than $300 and you can do it in a few hours. The ice thing is you can take it apart later.

@drzorbo3770

4 жыл бұрын

@John I'm interested in your installation, but let me see if I have it right: on plywood floor you placed 2" insulation (some with cut grooves for the defrosting cable) then placed the Durock on top? The 6" perimeter is vertical along the walls? Thanks

Always quality content, and always a deserved like.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

That means a lot, and thanks much.

I love your channel. Going to buy Dexter cattle soon.

Really enjoying your content

Great video thanks 👍🇨🇦

Good job , it’s too hot so drink lots of water. When you re vamp your coop make it so u can take the end wall off so u can get the bucket in their if you have the head room. Just a thought. Todd

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Todd, it's darn hot! We have been debating that idea. We're going to be putting more horizontal roosts in, about 5' above the floor going across the high tunnel. These will increase the chicken capacity of the high tunnel, but will make it so we can't get a loader in there. Unless the roosts are removeable...

@toddcaskey9984

4 жыл бұрын

Just a Few Acres Farm I’ve seen some u tube on where they have them on hinges and with a 1/4 inch rope & pullies they were able to lift up to The ceiling so they were able to get underneath them. I need to do the same with my coop to make easier to clean , on my list lol well drink lots of water . Todd

Hi Pete...do your Buff Orpington's tend to go broody? Your chicks sure look healthy. May I ask what hatchery you purchase your chicks from? All your livestock look exceptionally healthy and happy. Keep up the great job!

Great!

When you have time Pete, a rating of each tractor and why you have them assigned to specific jobs could be interesting. When the MD is ready for use, how will that change the roll of the other tractors. I am certain that your answer will be organized better than my questions.

5000 subscribers,Yes!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Woo hoo!!!

the bull running at you got my attention to

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha! Never turn your back on a bull!!

Great stuff! I have always loved upstate New York. It is such a beautiful area. I like to fish on Lake Ontario and was wondering if you are located near the lake

Best wishes from an Indian farmer

thx

Love from India

What advice do you have for someone that is starting out from overgrazed soil with only annual vegetation? I am in the desert and I would like to build up my pasture with dryland pasture over the next few years in order to run some small breed cattle in about 3-5 years. I have Guinea Hogs now to try to help break up the cap and deposit organic material...but with the dry hot stretches...it's hard to really make headway without paying to have someone come drag the ground and drill seed. Enjoy seeing your operation. So many different ways to farm in this country!

@truenorthhaven7676

3 жыл бұрын

What I did in my pastures with basically no top soil that's all cracked dry and doesn't hold water is i moved hogs on it late summer and fall, they tilled it, seeded it and layed old bedding from my goats, egg layers and meat birds. In the spring I grazed my animals with supplement of hay. After they left I laid all compost material on it... every year made a difference now it's full and lush. Basically keep adding carbon and nitrogen without overgrazing.

@boisterouscockfarmstead2217

3 жыл бұрын

@@truenorthhaven7676 Thanks for the info. That's pretty much my approach. I only have pigs and chickens, but might get some horse manure to spread in the fields. I can't decide if I really want to focus on one paddock at a time, or just slowly let them all develope as the organic matter gets worked into the soil. Being in the desert really takes a toll by not having much precipitation to help things along

@truenorthhaven7676

3 жыл бұрын

@@boisterouscockfarmstead2217 Greg Judy talks alot about building soil. If I were to do it again I wouldn't let pigs till, ide just let grazing animals on it. Building soil is key for land that does not have enough rainfall, it will hold the moisture Instead of running off into your neighbours yard. Yes horse manure will help for sure, look around for any source of carbon, wood chips, spent hay, leaves whatever, I have a lot of work to do myself but got motivated once I saw improvement, good luck!

I do not know how long the Never Seize lasts on a nut or bolt but the forks on the manure should be a good test.

cool farm thanks for the tour new sub

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing!!

Make it bigger chicken hut so yuo can scoop manure frontloader.

Why don't you write a book about your and your wife's experiences and perhaps another book (or combine them) about your grazing and haying plans as compared to other methods. Such a book (or books) would be fascinating because of your experience, commitment, varied abilities and learning. Many of us who are old farmers, who are from farms, who love learning about farming and many others who think there are now no smaller family farms would be amazed. This is so much more meaningful than the massive, impersonal "factory" or "corporation" model. I realize the large farms are essential and can fascinating also. It isn't all about romance.

Thanks for what you are teaching but my question is how do you manage farming without snakes?

On one of your videos you had pigs biting each other and you you put a Xmas tree in with them I’ve found putting a couple tires and a couple bowling balls in they usually stop biting each other’s ears and tails hope u can use this to help

With how many red tractors you got I’d think you’d have a lot of red tools 🤔😂

Have you ever thought about potentially renting the bulls from another farmer for the mating season and then give them back?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Dexter bulls are hard to come by. Good Dexter bulls are even harder to come by.

Great farm tour how many total acres?

Anyone else think that camera was toast for a second, once they started coming?

Great video are not using chemichal fertiliser only on cow dung ?

How do you feel about high density grazing?

Do you ever grain finish any beef

Hey Pete, you might have mentioned it into another video, I haven't watched them all yet, but have you had any stories or issues with some aggressive cows? Such as story people have with horses, as big and heavy animal, they must be hard to calm or ensure they follow directives and everything. Good video again, cheers.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Alexandre, we have never had an aggressive cow. Even our bulls are docile.

I wish my few acres looked like your few acres 😂 I actually have two acres, how many do you actually have? I love your cows, they look like a cross between black angus 🐄 and some kind of retriever 🐕 just a big puppy cow 🐮/ I like their pig counterparts idaho pasture pigs, they are very friendly and don’t completely destroy when they root around a pasture.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Michael, we have 45 acres, but ours is a tiny farm compared to the giant dairies around us. We love our cows too! Thanks for watching.

What happens with the layers when they get to old to lay? Are they sold as meat chickens? Or do they just go into your own pot??

Why not modify the front of the coop so you can run the tractor loader in and scoop most of it out.

Does the elctric net fence keep out predators?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

If it's electrified it does. But we don't electrify the laying hens' fence because we lock them in the eggmobile at night, which is predator proof.

Hilary

Does Hillary run any of the tractors

Do you milk the cows when the heifers are old enough to eat hay?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

No. They are for beef.

Will you modify the chicken run so the entire door opens for easier loading/unloading? Thanks for the tour.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

We have been debating that idea. We're going to be putting more horizontal roosts in, about 5' above the floor going across the high tunnel. These will increase the chicken capacity of the high tunnel, but will make it so we can't get a loader in there. Unless the roosts are removeable..

Okay so what is considered a small farm? What is considered a big one?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

Good question Bill with no easy answer. I think it's relative. I hear from people in Europe that the 45 acre size of our farm is an average size. In the western US where the climate is arid it's considered a tiny farm. Farms there are measured in square miles. And it also has to do with what you're growing. I consider ours a small farm based on what is typical here in the northeast for livestock farms. We're surrounded by big dairies that own thousands of acres. Conventional wisdom around here is a family can't make a living from a farm our size.

That's 2 much grass left it tiller better when its shorter

Why do you think you grazed your pastures too far down? When you mow for hay you wouldn't leave half that much. You're doing a great job with what you have. Can't compare yourself to someone with 1100 acres. And with all that manure you could easily scare up a half acre and augment income with a little market garden.

100

How many acres of pasture do you have?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

4 жыл бұрын

30 acres combined pastures and hayfields.

i rase anges

Is Hilary not comfortable driving the tractors?

I vote Pete for SEXIEST FARMER IN THE U.S.!!!

I wish I could buy eggs, pork and beef from you, but I'm too far from you.

Hey we don't want your lectures, we only want to see Dexter cows. 😒