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I grew up on a pig farm as a child (intensively farmed) and whilst I don’t agree with that type of farming, there are, I feel, a few points of interest to mention that relate to your circumstances here. Sows have a lot of piglets for a reason, their high mortality rate. And while predators may not be an issue, the mothers size and clumsiness can be problematic (and potentially biting them, although quite rare). This was why the sow used to be kept in a farrowing crate for, I think, 1 to 2 weeks. (I don’t condone this amount of time in a farrowing crate) but it was done to improve the survival rate of the piglets. But maybe 1 or 2 days in a crate until the piglets are (as you mention) mobile enough to get out of the sows way when laying down. Or, at least as you did before, moving them up to the barn, closer to you, and perhaps have a “baby monitor” on them (some potentially sleepless nights) but worth it if you only have a couple of sows farrowing and those piglets are very high value to you? Final thought, sows can be very mild tempered and passive. However, when they hear a piglet squealing it can make some of them very aggressive, and what you have to bear in mind is there capability for hurting you, they are large animals with a very strong bite. It was something my father always warned me about, as he had worked on a “free range” farm himself and had seen men horribly bitten by angry sows. I’m sure you’re aware of these things. I don’t claim to be an expert, this is just my memories from 30 years ago. But I thought they were worth sharing, and perhaps other people could add there knowledge too. Great channel, but hard work looking after animals 24/7. Hats off to you!
@barrieneill4103 күн бұрын
If you want to turn off the seatbelt chime but keep the warning light, turn on ignition, put seatbelt in and out 9 times very quickly. Worked on my Discovery to hopefully on yours too - if you want to of course. Great videos on both channels.
@barrieneill4103 күн бұрын
I should have read all the other posts!
@koby-jaymansfield85354 күн бұрын
How many acres did you do and how many metres did you use
@andymoore27355 күн бұрын
blue pipe everywhere......and Plasson fittings.........
@andymoore27355 күн бұрын
Moores concrete troughs without a shadow of a doubt......if you can stretch to a concrete base under each then that is perfect
@paulparry47345 күн бұрын
Great vid as usual, quick question where did u get your foldable pliers with the knife from please & did it come with the belt pouch.
@paulparry47343 күн бұрын
Please can you point me in the right direction
@turnbull3215 күн бұрын
I always like to see old bath tubs in fields
@stephanieellis53995 күн бұрын
Me, too.
@terrymorton99415 күн бұрын
About 5 years ago I did a garden patio we dug down about 18 inch and water was apparent, apparently it was after rainwe had to raise the patio and ended up lifting lawn.... former field might be time to drain field kid.
@richardstevenson27275 күн бұрын
👍👊
@54mgtf226 күн бұрын
“Rushed morning with no plan.” - Yep. I live there.
@DavidB7736 күн бұрын
Have you thought about getting a borehole drilled?
@vaalrus6 күн бұрын
HDPE stock tubs hold up very well, at least on the Canadian prairie at similar latitude, and easily customizable for water fittings. They’re just about everywhere on the farms and ranches ‘round my way. If they do fail, (Say, a horse takes exception to them and stomps off a fitting) they do require a fairly pricey epoxy, but can be repaired. As for UV mitigation, you can always sleeve your pipe with a larger one, which is a common practice here in the land of 2m+ frost depths.. I am a huge fan of those compression fittings, particularly the Philmac brand… I’ve used them extensively on underground potable water service, septic systems, automatic livestock waterers, and down-well pumps up to 100m.
@C4sp3r1233 күн бұрын
I second Philmac fittings. Never had an issue. They do one that takes various sizes of pipes that is always worth having handy for urgent repairs. It is called a Philmac UTC (Universal transition coupling). I was first introduced to the brand and the UTC by my local water company who were doing an urgent repair, they sweared by the brand, so good enough for them I thought good enough for me and have never looked back👍
@teggyegg6 күн бұрын
I watch some youtubers doing "straight line missions" where they walk across a UK country in a straight line. It takes them across farmers fields and are often hopping fences too high to step over by briefly putting their foot and most of their body weight on the top wire. When I see it I think of how much resources and effort went into your fences. How bad is it? Out of 10 how angry/hurt would it make you feel with someone doing that to your fences?
@terrymorton99415 күн бұрын
Maggie would sort them, Im sure 🤣🤣
@BillsCountrysideAdventures6 күн бұрын
Good to add gravel to each joint just in case it goes,be much easier to sort.
@diyfarm6 күн бұрын
Great tip!
@tangofoxtrot46036 күн бұрын
Concrete trough,s can freeze and crack in the winter , empty them or place a piece of timber in the water, it will absorb the pressure.
@terrymorton99415 күн бұрын
Seen same usage in swimming pools can prevent expansion of ice
@gowithbazza6 күн бұрын
Well yellow one is a gas pipe and that's mainly Underground but they do come out of ground with it and wrap it up in wrap it Up and type
@felixreali71016 күн бұрын
"Timothy, you eejit!"...the Irish in you came out at last 😂😂
@diyfarm6 күн бұрын
😂
@Anderzander6 күн бұрын
If that seatbelt chime bugs you … 1. Turn engine on and then off before seatbelt warning appears. 2. Fasten driver's seatbelt and then turn on engine again. 3. Within 60 seconds, disengage and re-engage driver's seatbelt 8 times. A chime will then ring confirming elimination of seatbelt warning. It apparently eliminates both the audible and visual seatbelt warnings and warning light
@waterbuoy91215 күн бұрын
When you say 'turn the engine on' are you meaning to start it or just switch on the ignition?
@Anderzander5 күн бұрын
I haven’t done it on a D3 … though it’s the same on other Land Rovers. On those it’s just to the ignition on - not starting the engine.
@waterbuoy91215 күн бұрын
@@Anderzander Thanks. I did it on our D4 this afternoon - and as stated, it is just the ignition. Cheers.
@spex3576 күн бұрын
There's a recent video on here called "Injecting the sky - Met Office confirm Geoengineering" which explains what those Chemtrails are all about in your sky. Global dimming is just what we need at 53 degrees north, not.
@RegNarnoc216 күн бұрын
You are getting great use out of the mini digger..
@conor-breathnach6 күн бұрын
The concrete ones are great. But just be careful in cold weather with them. We had one split in the frost. So now we just have a 2litre plastic bottle left floating in them all now and haven’t had any problems since .
@diyfarm6 күн бұрын
Good to know. I thought we might drain that field down but either way I’ve heard the bottle trick works well. 👍
@paulj36255 күн бұрын
An old tennis ball in the water, also works well
@tomvalentine99857 күн бұрын
Keep your chin up Tim its great you show the realities of farming life but also good that you're questioning your management to improve for next time. Having the arks at the bottom of a hill you have found the problems of water running in and maybe allowing the sows more farrowing space will reduce your losses in future. Best of luck
@richardstevenson27278 күн бұрын
👊🫡
@JohntyNich8 күн бұрын
If you don’t trust the other sow, it might be worth seeing if someone else will take it on. She hasn’t had the time for understandable reasons to learn how to mother them. So I can’t see her being any different second time around. I’m not a pig farmer though, so may be wrong.
@Hagar26708 күн бұрын
It a tragic thing but you and especially the girls handled it well. a good argument for fitting bump bars in the pens to give the piglets a protected space when mum lays down.
@dannyfinch67008 күн бұрын
This is the grim reality of farming livestock, you always get dead stock. It should also show the benefit of farrowing crates, yes they do keep mum very restricted nut it’s not forever and there’s less piglets getting squashed.
@annaviola33928 күн бұрын
That’s a tough lesson for you all 😔 good old Matilda
@TheWoodlandOrchard8 күн бұрын
Tough days. Pleased you show them alongside the good days.
@54mgtf228 күн бұрын
Eh-oop. Hoglets. 🐖👍
@judyking91718 күн бұрын
'Old fashioned' breeds of pigs are generally very careful in avoiding overlaying their young. We found that Saddleback sows were very careful, my father tried breeding Large Whites and they were a disaster, large clumsy sows and large numbers of piglets. I have an impression that housing with protective bars helps to reduce overlying even with old fashioned sows.
@theresathomas12589 күн бұрын
😢
@DebsHill19 күн бұрын
😔
@stephanieellis53999 күн бұрын
Matilda is worth keeping and breeding until she can't. If she is that good a mum and is willing to foster any piglet who needs her she's worth her weight in gold!
@KateKoger9 күн бұрын
So very sad for the Mums and for you all. Thabk you for showing us this side of farming, although quite sad. You really do a wonderful job looking after your animals. Im curious to know....what happens with the piglets that didnt make it. Do they need to go somewhere official to look at cause of death? Then what? Loving everything you're all doing and we watch your channels all the time 🥰
@2009snico9 күн бұрын
Shame you can weld on some brackets and use ark length plank on a angle fer yer next farrowing, keep up the great work we watch every week
@noelkealey9 күн бұрын
What a shame, not sure if your allowed to do it in the UK but you could help a new tree grow and having the poor little dead piglets feed the roots if you buried and planted at the same time. Fingers crossed next time for Tiley, the girls look devastated, I hope they’re ok.
@terrymorton99419 күн бұрын
Omg.... so sad, got to take it sometime as hard as it gets. So sorry.
@Dannyp80389 күн бұрын
All first times mums struggle at first, there is always next time. Other wise she will need to go…..
@2009snico9 күн бұрын
Put a piglet anti crush bar in for expecting sows to reduce piglet deaths
@diyfarm9 күн бұрын
That's what we have always done in the barns but not so easy in the arks. Fender bars and heat lamp usually solves it but had hoped it would not be needed.
@heatherbrown39199 күн бұрын
Sad, but thats nature unfortunately. You are noticing it more because you've only got the 3 sows
@diyfarm9 күн бұрын
Just makes me wonder how many could have been avoided if we had brought them in like normal. 😕
@sandragay13249 күн бұрын
Rough time 😢
@blower110 күн бұрын
I think your kids already have more life skills than the majority of adults!
@aussie-buzz12 күн бұрын
👍
@TheWoodlandOrchard12 күн бұрын
Great video. Just wishing I had enough land to justify a Fergie!
@coedlan16 күн бұрын
The big seeds look like they could be vetch - hard to tell on the video though.
@54mgtf2216 күн бұрын
Hope farmer Eden is keeping you in line. Love your work 👍
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That hedge looks well!
What a great tool on the tractor 👍👍
What breed is your dog 🐕
I grew up on a pig farm as a child (intensively farmed) and whilst I don’t agree with that type of farming, there are, I feel, a few points of interest to mention that relate to your circumstances here. Sows have a lot of piglets for a reason, their high mortality rate. And while predators may not be an issue, the mothers size and clumsiness can be problematic (and potentially biting them, although quite rare). This was why the sow used to be kept in a farrowing crate for, I think, 1 to 2 weeks. (I don’t condone this amount of time in a farrowing crate) but it was done to improve the survival rate of the piglets. But maybe 1 or 2 days in a crate until the piglets are (as you mention) mobile enough to get out of the sows way when laying down. Or, at least as you did before, moving them up to the barn, closer to you, and perhaps have a “baby monitor” on them (some potentially sleepless nights) but worth it if you only have a couple of sows farrowing and those piglets are very high value to you? Final thought, sows can be very mild tempered and passive. However, when they hear a piglet squealing it can make some of them very aggressive, and what you have to bear in mind is there capability for hurting you, they are large animals with a very strong bite. It was something my father always warned me about, as he had worked on a “free range” farm himself and had seen men horribly bitten by angry sows. I’m sure you’re aware of these things. I don’t claim to be an expert, this is just my memories from 30 years ago. But I thought they were worth sharing, and perhaps other people could add there knowledge too. Great channel, but hard work looking after animals 24/7. Hats off to you!
If you want to turn off the seatbelt chime but keep the warning light, turn on ignition, put seatbelt in and out 9 times very quickly. Worked on my Discovery to hopefully on yours too - if you want to of course. Great videos on both channels.
I should have read all the other posts!
How many acres did you do and how many metres did you use
blue pipe everywhere......and Plasson fittings.........
Moores concrete troughs without a shadow of a doubt......if you can stretch to a concrete base under each then that is perfect
Great vid as usual, quick question where did u get your foldable pliers with the knife from please & did it come with the belt pouch.
Please can you point me in the right direction
I always like to see old bath tubs in fields
Me, too.
About 5 years ago I did a garden patio we dug down about 18 inch and water was apparent, apparently it was after rainwe had to raise the patio and ended up lifting lawn.... former field might be time to drain field kid.
👍👊
“Rushed morning with no plan.” - Yep. I live there.
Have you thought about getting a borehole drilled?
HDPE stock tubs hold up very well, at least on the Canadian prairie at similar latitude, and easily customizable for water fittings. They’re just about everywhere on the farms and ranches ‘round my way. If they do fail, (Say, a horse takes exception to them and stomps off a fitting) they do require a fairly pricey epoxy, but can be repaired. As for UV mitigation, you can always sleeve your pipe with a larger one, which is a common practice here in the land of 2m+ frost depths.. I am a huge fan of those compression fittings, particularly the Philmac brand… I’ve used them extensively on underground potable water service, septic systems, automatic livestock waterers, and down-well pumps up to 100m.
I second Philmac fittings. Never had an issue. They do one that takes various sizes of pipes that is always worth having handy for urgent repairs. It is called a Philmac UTC (Universal transition coupling). I was first introduced to the brand and the UTC by my local water company who were doing an urgent repair, they sweared by the brand, so good enough for them I thought good enough for me and have never looked back👍
I watch some youtubers doing "straight line missions" where they walk across a UK country in a straight line. It takes them across farmers fields and are often hopping fences too high to step over by briefly putting their foot and most of their body weight on the top wire. When I see it I think of how much resources and effort went into your fences. How bad is it? Out of 10 how angry/hurt would it make you feel with someone doing that to your fences?
Maggie would sort them, Im sure 🤣🤣
Good to add gravel to each joint just in case it goes,be much easier to sort.
Great tip!
Concrete trough,s can freeze and crack in the winter , empty them or place a piece of timber in the water, it will absorb the pressure.
Seen same usage in swimming pools can prevent expansion of ice
Well yellow one is a gas pipe and that's mainly Underground but they do come out of ground with it and wrap it up in wrap it Up and type
"Timothy, you eejit!"...the Irish in you came out at last 😂😂
😂
If that seatbelt chime bugs you … 1. Turn engine on and then off before seatbelt warning appears. 2. Fasten driver's seatbelt and then turn on engine again. 3. Within 60 seconds, disengage and re-engage driver's seatbelt 8 times. A chime will then ring confirming elimination of seatbelt warning. It apparently eliminates both the audible and visual seatbelt warnings and warning light
When you say 'turn the engine on' are you meaning to start it or just switch on the ignition?
I haven’t done it on a D3 … though it’s the same on other Land Rovers. On those it’s just to the ignition on - not starting the engine.
@@Anderzander Thanks. I did it on our D4 this afternoon - and as stated, it is just the ignition. Cheers.
There's a recent video on here called "Injecting the sky - Met Office confirm Geoengineering" which explains what those Chemtrails are all about in your sky. Global dimming is just what we need at 53 degrees north, not.
You are getting great use out of the mini digger..
The concrete ones are great. But just be careful in cold weather with them. We had one split in the frost. So now we just have a 2litre plastic bottle left floating in them all now and haven’t had any problems since .
Good to know. I thought we might drain that field down but either way I’ve heard the bottle trick works well. 👍
An old tennis ball in the water, also works well
Keep your chin up Tim its great you show the realities of farming life but also good that you're questioning your management to improve for next time. Having the arks at the bottom of a hill you have found the problems of water running in and maybe allowing the sows more farrowing space will reduce your losses in future. Best of luck
👊🫡
If you don’t trust the other sow, it might be worth seeing if someone else will take it on. She hasn’t had the time for understandable reasons to learn how to mother them. So I can’t see her being any different second time around. I’m not a pig farmer though, so may be wrong.
It a tragic thing but you and especially the girls handled it well. a good argument for fitting bump bars in the pens to give the piglets a protected space when mum lays down.
This is the grim reality of farming livestock, you always get dead stock. It should also show the benefit of farrowing crates, yes they do keep mum very restricted nut it’s not forever and there’s less piglets getting squashed.
That’s a tough lesson for you all 😔 good old Matilda
Tough days. Pleased you show them alongside the good days.
Eh-oop. Hoglets. 🐖👍
'Old fashioned' breeds of pigs are generally very careful in avoiding overlaying their young. We found that Saddleback sows were very careful, my father tried breeding Large Whites and they were a disaster, large clumsy sows and large numbers of piglets. I have an impression that housing with protective bars helps to reduce overlying even with old fashioned sows.
😢
😔
Matilda is worth keeping and breeding until she can't. If she is that good a mum and is willing to foster any piglet who needs her she's worth her weight in gold!
So very sad for the Mums and for you all. Thabk you for showing us this side of farming, although quite sad. You really do a wonderful job looking after your animals. Im curious to know....what happens with the piglets that didnt make it. Do they need to go somewhere official to look at cause of death? Then what? Loving everything you're all doing and we watch your channels all the time 🥰
Shame you can weld on some brackets and use ark length plank on a angle fer yer next farrowing, keep up the great work we watch every week
What a shame, not sure if your allowed to do it in the UK but you could help a new tree grow and having the poor little dead piglets feed the roots if you buried and planted at the same time. Fingers crossed next time for Tiley, the girls look devastated, I hope they’re ok.
Omg.... so sad, got to take it sometime as hard as it gets. So sorry.
All first times mums struggle at first, there is always next time. Other wise she will need to go…..
Put a piglet anti crush bar in for expecting sows to reduce piglet deaths
That's what we have always done in the barns but not so easy in the arks. Fender bars and heat lamp usually solves it but had hoped it would not be needed.
Sad, but thats nature unfortunately. You are noticing it more because you've only got the 3 sows
Just makes me wonder how many could have been avoided if we had brought them in like normal. 😕
Rough time 😢
I think your kids already have more life skills than the majority of adults!
👍
Great video. Just wishing I had enough land to justify a Fergie!
The big seeds look like they could be vetch - hard to tell on the video though.
Hope farmer Eden is keeping you in line. Love your work 👍
👊🫡