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Do you think I need another polywire reel? 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

It's that time of the year. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

The tushy wiggles get me every time. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

"Be honest, what do you do on Friday nights?" Friday, and every other night of the week, we're having the time of our lives. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

Installing a cut-off switch for our electric fence setup and explaining why I messed up when I bought this pre-loaded polywire reel. Time to move the beef steer! 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead We’re very new in our journey into rotational grazing and regenerative agriculture. I’m someone who likes to think things through (and about 5 or 6 steps ahead) so anticipating where all my fence connections, gates, etc. need to be is a pretty daunting task. That’s why when I bought this pre-spooled polywire reel I deliberately did as little thinking as possible so the wire would get up as soon as possible. Now it’s time to move our steer and I’ve got to rework a few things that will make future moves a little easier. One thing I’ve learned about this reel is that I bought it with WAY too much wire. I have had some serious backlash that makes me regret my life decisions (kidding). The way to fix this is to either cut the wire off the reel now and stash it somewhere for future use or just deal with it and cut short pieces off as they are needed elsewhere. And just to be clear, I love this reel and have no complaints about it. My mistake isn’t a negative reflection on the reel, and I’ll be adding more as the need arises. Soon we’ll be doing a follow-up on the pasture the steer moved out of. I think it will be a good way to show why you want to avoid overgrazing on particular spots (hint: weeds). Be sure to subscribe so you won’t miss that video! If you enjoyed this one be sure to like it and share it with a friend. See y’all soon! - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #homestead #rotationalgrazing

He’s basically a savant. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

Our first Nubian kid born on the farm, and we got the whole birth on video! Megan got the spotted doeling she was hoping for! 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead When Megan decided she wanted to dive into the world of dairy goats she was torn between Nigerian Dwarfs and Nubians. Ultimately, for a couple different reasons, we opted for Nigerian Dwarfs and so far they have been wonderful, but when the opportunity to purchase a bred Nubian doe presented itself we couldn’t help but jump on it. Belle Starr quickly acclimated to life here on our homestead and has become a favorite for our kids because of her sweet temperament. Of course, as goats tend to do, Belle decided to kid at a very inopportune time for us. We’re thankful for an easy delivery of a healthy goat kid, who just so happens to be the spotted doeling that Megan was praying for. Little Lainey is a treat and Megan has discovered just how amazing it is to have a full-size goat in the milk program. We may be making some changes to our homestead in the future! If you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up and share it with a friend. We appreciate you being here and taking the time to watch our channel – see y’all soon! - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #homestead #goats #nubian

"What am I supposed to do with this thing living in my house? All I want to do is look at you and kiss your face!" 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

And to think some people say parenting is difficult. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

All the *Handsome Boys* walk like this. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead #teamRicky

Why do we do this everyday? Because we love it. We love the challenge and the reward of growing our own food. The past 7 weeks have been hectic to say the least but the end is in sight. It’s a lot of work but it is a labor of love. I’m thankful for what these animals will provide for our family and for the lessons that I’ve learned while raising them. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead #meatchickens

We ran a fecal egg count on our dairy goats to check for worms. Knowing which worms are present in an animal allow you to properly develop a plan to treat them rather than applying a blanket solution that may or may not actually fix the problem. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead Every goat has worms – it’s just a part of the deal. However, worm loads should be carefully monitored because too much can be extremely harmful to their health. While it may seem beneficial to give dewormer on a routine basis doing so can actually cultivate a strain of medicine-resistant parasites, meaning that when things go bad, they get REAL bad. We have a few goats that we’ve been struggling to keep weight on. They get the same feed intake as everyone else and yet they’re just a little on the thin side. Our friend Heather at Sage and Stone Homestead has her own microscope and offered to give us a hand running fecals on our goat herd. Let’s have a “Poop Party!” Thanks to Heather’s help we now know that we have a good, healthy herd of goats and worming them is not necessary. We also know which of our does should be treated for liver fluke and have a good plan of action to treat that. It’s great to have good friends who want to help out, and that includes you. Thanks for watching the channel and for being a part of what we do here on the farm. If you enjoyed this video hit the Like button and share it with a friend – thanks! - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #homestead #goats

Slick Ricky is our miracle Nigerian Dwarf kid. Born weighing barely over 1lb and half the size of his sister, we knew he wouldn't survive without help and even then he had a long way to go. So far he's thriving and we're tickled about it! But really, it's all about the ears. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

Chemically speaking LP gas is organic 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

Oh to see the world through the eyes of a child. Over the weekend we made our first trip of the year to the Amish greenhouse down the road. Can you tell they were excited? 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse” - Romans 1:20 Thankful that God allows us to be stewards of His Creation. I can’t imagine doing anything else. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #joelsalatin #homestead

Our Cornish cross hens are 4 weeks old. Are they ready to move into the chicken tractor? First time raising pastured poultry meat chickens. 🐓 Raising Meat Chickens in 8 WEEKS!: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiBilDABA650M3S7ASEwunXTy-0KVzOVF 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead We purchased 30 Cornish cross females from Meyer Hatchery. Cornish cross are incredibly fast growers – from hatch to butcher in only 8 weeks. We’ve done quite a bit of research on this and feel very well prepared but everyone knows there’s no replacement for experience. If you’ve thought about raising meat chickens but just haven’t made that commitment yet I hope you can look to our experiences as something you can learn from. If we can do it, so can you! 💪 AVG. WEIGHTS: Week 1 – 3.8oz Week 2 – 12.0oz Week 3 – 1lb, 2.6oz Week 4 – 2lb, 1.4oz We’ve been waiting for the weather to warm up before we moved our meat chickens into the tractor. Having these partially-featherless birds exposed to subfreezing temperatures made me nervous so over the past week we weaned them off the heat lamp in the brooder as the temperatures slowly crept back to more normal levels. Now spring is here to stay (we hope) and with only one month left until butcher day it’s time to get these birds on pasture. As we move them around in the tractor they get a chance to forage a little – at least as much as Cornish cross chickens forage – but more importantly they’re pumping a whole lot of natural fertilizer into the field. When this is all said and done we’ll have plenty of chicken in the freezer and our pasture should be in better shape than when we started. The feed trough that we built from a gutter last week is working out great. Starting soon we’ll be giving the birds both feeders as they continue to eat more and more and more and one feeder just won’t cut it any longer. And coming up real soon we’ll be revamping our chicken plucking machine. This thing is a dinosaur but it was given to us by a family friend who hoped we’d put it to good use. If you want to see that be sure to subscribe to the channel, and share this video with a friend as it really helps us out. Thanks so much – see y’all soon! - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #homestead #meatchickens

Chewing cud. The only time when its enjoyable to listen as someone chews their food. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

I’m building a feed trough for Cornish cross meat chickens using free recycled (upcycled) materials. Meat chickens eat a lot of food and to make sure our hens never run out of feed we cut up and old gutter to make a water resistant and mess resistant feeding trough. 🐓 Raising Meat Chickens in 8 WEEKS!: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiBilDABA650M3S7ASEwunXTy-0KVzOVF 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead ⭐️ DEWALT Metal Shears Attachment: https://amzn.to/3XGZaKp **Amazon affiliate link. When you shop using our link we receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks! We purchased 30 Cornish cross females from Meyer Hatchery. Cornish cross are incredibly fast growers – from hatch to butcher in only 8 weeks. We’ve done quite a bit of research on this and feel very well prepared but everyone knows there’s no replacement for experience. If you’ve thought about raising meat chickens but just haven’t made that commitment yet I hope you can look to our experiences as something you can learn from. If we can do it, so can you! 💪 AVG. WEIGHTS: Week 1 – 3.8oz Week 2 – 12.0oz Week 3 – 1lb, 2.6oz Our meat chickens are now 3 weeks old and are ready to move from the brooder into the chicken tractor. However, we’ve been dealing with crummy cold weather for the past several days and I was not comfortable moving the birds into an unconditioned living space when the temperatures were dipping below freezing. In the meantime, though, we transitioned the birds from chick start to broiler feed and built a couple new feeders from used parts. The birds are growing really well and all appear to be healthy. It’s hard to believe butcher day is less than 5 weeks away. Please like this video and share it with your friends if you enjoy what we’re doing here on the farm, and consider subscribing so you won’t miss the next video. See y’all soon! - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #homestead #meatchickens

Our morning routine for the past week. As soon as we get some nice weather our meat chickens will move from the brooder into the chicken tractor. For now, we'll just keep separating them as needed. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #chickens #homestead

70+ MPH winds recorded across the region and of course our goat has babies today! Three brand new baby goats on the homestead. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead Violet is our “herd queen” and most experienced momma goat on the farm. This is her sixth freshen and we’ve been patiently waiting for the kids to drop. Violet is a rockstar mom – she does an excellent job of getting her babies dried off quickly and then nursing them. Last year she had kids in the pasture and we didn’t even know until a few hours later! We’ve been watching Violet intently for a few days now as she cruised into her kidding window. She even threw up a false alarm at one point but of course she wanted to wait until the weather was absolutely dreadful to have her babies. All across the state wind gusts exceeded 50 MPH and locally they reached over 70 MPH, and thousands of people in our local rural electric co-op were without power for several days. We figure either the wind was strong enough it blew the babies out or the low pressure system basically created a vacuum and sucked the kids into the world (joking!). Violet had two big bucklings and one little doeling. Right now everyone in our goat herd is low on selenium and we noticed that one of the boys would need a dose to help him along. Later that evening we gave him his shot and after a couple of days the change was evident. He continues to do great and is growing like a weed. We still have a couple of goats left to kid this year! There is a lot happening on our homestead (some good, some bad) and we are excited to share it all with you! Thank you for liking this video and for subscribing to our channel. See y’all soon! - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #goatkids #homestead

He won't eat it. At least it's being put to good use. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead

Below-freezing temperatures are in the forecast – how are we preparing our baby chickens to handle the cold? We’re raising Cornish cross meat birds for the first time and want to share the whole experience with you. We’ll be releasing a new video each week all the way through butcher day detailing things that surprised us and what we’re looking forward the next week. 🐓 Raising Meat Chickens in 8 WEEKS!: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiBilDABA650M3S7ASEwunXTy-0KVzOVF 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead We purchased 30 Cornish cross females from Meyer Hatchery. Cornish cross are incredibly fast growers – from hatch to butcher in only 8 weeks. We’ve done quite a bit of research on this and feel very well prepared but everyone knows there’s no replacement for experience. If you’ve thought about raising meat chickens but just haven’t made that commitment yet I hope you can look to our experiences as something you can learn from. If we can do it, so can you! 💪 AVG. WEIGHTS: Week 1 – 3.8oz Week 2 – 12.0oz These birds are growing incredibly fast and they’ll be nearly fully-feathered by the end of the week. Once they get to that point they’ll be much better at regulating their internal temperature but for now an external heat source is still required. Because we wanted butcher day to come before the heat and humidity of summer arrives we are dealing with some of the unpredictability of Kentucky weather. It was 70°F a couple of weeks ago and now we have multiple nights below freezing in the forecast (and some are thankfully already in the rearview mirror by the time this video goes up). We’ll be transitioning the chicks off chick start and onto meat bird grower feed next week. We also started feeding them on a 12 hour ON/OFF rotation to prevent them from overeating and making themselves sick. If the weather cooperates we’ll move these meat chickens into the chicken tractor next week but I worry that we’ll have a few nights that are just too cold for that. As it is with everything flexibility in this endeavor is key. There are lots of exciting things happening on the farm right now and we’re excited to share them with you! Please like this video and subscribe to the channel if you want to see more. Share this video with a friend, too – it really helps. See y’all soon! - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #homestead #meatchickens

"Have you ever been told that you're cute before?" "Yes." 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #shorts #homestead #goatkids

This large chick brooder will be the new home for our young birds. It is modular so we can adapt it to fit our needs and it is secure against rats, snakes, raccoons, and any other predator that preys on defenseless baby chickens. 🔔 Subscribe for more from the farm! https://www.youtube.com/c/GWPHomestead?sub_confirmation=1 ➡️ Shop our Amazon Storefront for farm essentials and our favorite odds and ends: https://amazon.com/shop/gwphomestead We’ve been raising chickens on our homestead for a few years now and each time we bought or hatched chicks we ran into the same problem: once they get beyond one or two weeks old we have nowhere to put them. We decided the best way to handle this would be to tear down a “temporary” coop we set up a couple of years ago and build a new, ultimate brooder in its place. This area would be large enough to handle chicks from days-old all the way until they are ready to move into their permanent coop. Because of its large size we can also scale it down a little bit or raise multiple types of birds here together. No matter the situation, however our needs evolve over time, or whatever the current situation dictates, we can handle it with this new space. Of course defense against predators was of paramount importance. Rats, snakes, raccoons, opossums, cats… everything likes to eat baby chickens. This new spaces offers an almost-impenetrable defense for our tiny birds, keeping them safe while they are most vulnerable. 🐓 Raising Meat Chickens in 8 WEEKS!: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiBilDABA650M3S7ASEwunXTy-0KVzOVF We are currently raising our first ever meat chickens. If you want to see how that goes be sure to subscribe to the channel and watch that playlist. Thanks for being here! See y’all soon. - Subscribe to our channel! We have a small farm in Western Kentucky where we’re raising our family and a handful of critters. Come grow with us. ★ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwphomestead/ ★ Watch us on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeckuB1v/ ★ All the goodies: https://linktr.ee/gwphomestead - Tools & supplies we like and use: ⭐️ GoPro camera tripod mount: https://amzn.to/3h8N74G ⭐️ Clamp mount for GoPro: https://amzn.to/3BIXnKq Some links may be affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you any extra and we get a few cents back when you use our link. Thank you for your support! - #homestead #brooder #chickens