It's a HAY DAY!! // Draft Horses Haying & Some CHANGES in our Horse Barn!!

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Today it's a beautiful hay day!!! Jim & the draft horses are haying and we wanted to show you some changes we made in our horse barn!
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@MrWaterbugdesign Жыл бұрын

Still remember the smell of hay, feel the dirt stuck to my skin from 48 years ago.

@bethtucker1810 Жыл бұрын

With Barron and Bill it could be called speed raking 😊

@klauskarbaumer6302 Жыл бұрын

The Suffolk's name is Baron, has nothing to do with a former president's son.

@georgetadic6174 Жыл бұрын

@@klauskarbaumer6302 What a stupid comment!

@susiejett8289 Жыл бұрын

I watch other people using their horses, and I know you take great care for all your horses. You know each one of them and you know they know you. I will say something farmers never said when I was a kid, that they loved their horses, they were for work. Well I see a lot of love and care from you both. With out them nothing would get done. You care so much about their health and comfort. I watch you every time you have a new video. I watch the old ones too. I love learning from you. Your pace in your work is most efficient and saves time by knowing where and what you are going to do. It's hard to teach and be working at the same time. Bless you both for all you do. Susie

@GarnettM Жыл бұрын

I used to rake the hay out of the wet places when I was able too then bale it slower can Jim go thru with the horses rolled it out few times on dryer ground, So peaceful haying always loved doing that we've Stooked for decades kids need to get a taste of that to get supper and game boys lol

@suzie9905 Жыл бұрын

Hang in there Brenda.. your the reason this channel is doing as well as it is. Women rock. !!!

@robertdonaldson6584 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes you see a wheel mounted underneath the gate on the unhinged end of it.

@johnkomosa4089 Жыл бұрын

Yes , or just a platform foot. Yep

@lspthrattan Жыл бұрын

Tedding those windrows back out over the wet areas this year might make the area a little better and less wet next year; even if it doesn't, as you said, you still are returning the nutrients to the soil. lol you know, I think stuff like this is why old-fashioned farmers are essentially philosophers. Thank you for the hayfield time; it's better than therapy!

@Ronald-hx6zn Жыл бұрын

I as probably many have taken for granted Baron. The progress over these past months is remarkable.

@chrism1164 Жыл бұрын

so glad to see you cut off those bolts. Years ago we lost a colt because he hit his head on a bolt. The hay baler is fun to watch. I counted a new bale coming out every 6 to 7 seconds! Bless you guys.

@jamesabare4877 Жыл бұрын

Bree so cute laying down. JIm must be happy to have four horses now he can work with Lady being able to work some now along with the three boys.

@gooddoggy3257 Жыл бұрын

As a beekeeper, the raking of hay means the end of the nectar flow. The old saying is, "No hay, no honey." A sign that the seasons keep moving on whether we are ready or not.

@johnkomosa4089 Жыл бұрын

I worked for a farmer who had bee hives also, he alternated his cuts so he always had flowers for his bees, he had some of the best fields I have every seen, and the honey combs all over the place oozing.. ah ha.😄 Bless u Ronnie

@plainsimple442 Жыл бұрын

The White Clover is quick to rebloom, for more nectar flow.

@michellesvensson2772 Жыл бұрын

PG here, Thank You. Brenda Jim keeps you busy going from field to field. Seems well worth it. I'm so excited for you to get a really good Sunny day to get bales of Hay made and Back to the barn. Jim the gate looks great.

@kenhurley4441 Жыл бұрын

Lady - Ken Whatcha doing? Preparing Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner! Hay,,,,,, someone's gotta do it!

@leardi58 Жыл бұрын

I wish I could smell fresh cut hay peaceful place you guys have

@WallaceBrown-dj2gm Ай бұрын

I love the videos I am 6 weeks from 84 and haven't had my Clides for 30 years so keep the videos coming. Great job

@suzannemomma Жыл бұрын

HERE WE ARE!!!!

@joycehennequin8469 Жыл бұрын

As always another super video.Jims working so hard in that heat and those dam flys Arrrrr Thankyou Brenda for this lovely filmin,you do such a wonderful job ❤ All the fery best Joyce.

@susanwood6509 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for giving me the joy of seeing the work being done..

@chrislittlefarm Жыл бұрын

Hey Jim and Brenda, so good that you got some good dry hay weather. I have read an article, that if you paint your horse like a zebra, then no horse flys will attack them anymore. 😆 Wish you a wonderful week, greetings to Eli! -Chris

@martyjones9043 Жыл бұрын

Jim we ad fly spray concentrate to regular fly spray to make it stronger also 1 or 2 Oz of vanilla helps. We ad 2oz of concentrate per qt. Hope that helps it works on our horse flies.

@ClissaT Жыл бұрын

That tall wagon is working a treat. Nice to see it all coming together. Your method of baling is so different to ours in Oz. Such a pity to waste that beautiful hay. Can it be racked further across the field to the harder land? Or forked by hand for loose feed? It's all so nicely winnowed to make it easy to fork up into a wagon. But I guess if you are so busy, there just isn't time to do any hand work. Bree is booming. She knows she has to start spending time alone now. But her mother comes back within an hour or so. So she doesn't bung on a big turn and scream the barn down! Always lovely to see your videos. Jim does the hard manual work and most of the horse work, Brenda does the filming and the garden and helps where she can. Always good to see you two working so well together. 😃

@chips4974 Жыл бұрын

" forked by hand " That's dirty word to Jim . 😊

@territn8871 Жыл бұрын

Good morning Brenda and Jim! The fresh cut hay looks great, and lots of it too! Hey Jim, did you by chance find the lost bottle of fly spray as you raked and baled? It was so cute when Lady was finished working to catch Bree laying down napping! She got all tuckered out waiting for her mama to get off work!🥰

@karenatha7890 Жыл бұрын

I recommend your channel to people in countries that don't think highly of us. We may have problems, but then there are folks like you. You're very inspiring! What a beautiful life.

@elainepeterson475 Жыл бұрын

I love the smell of fresh hay, cultivated and dried. I love watching your horses working with you Jim and Brenda. ❤

@OBjectifsFauneSauvage Жыл бұрын

hello me too!

@mrs.checkmate1282 Жыл бұрын

Avon’s Skin So Soft. This is the holy grail of fly spray ingredients for the do-it-yourself-er. This is a product designed as a mineral oil-based moisturizer for humans, and it does contain chemical ingredients. The entire line of Skin so Soft products includes some specific bug-repelling lotions, as well.

@prjndigo Жыл бұрын

Your tractors are smart enough to figure out those chains A 4x8 block with a dent in it where the gate will rest at closed is a good idea either way. I overbuild and I want bigger washers or plates on the nut end of the bolts XD

@TigreQuiMiaule Жыл бұрын

Beau travail. Un commentateur depuis la France qui vous regarde avec admiration. Cette année nous faisons le foin a la faulx( faux). Nous avons pas encore de si beau matériel a attelé derrière nos âne de travail. Tout et très grand chez vous, c'est très beau. 🇺🇲🇺🇸

@glenmomrik727 Жыл бұрын

I have never worked with horse's but I sure love watching you work with them brings back memories of taking my dad to horse pulls he grew up with horse's but said they never had a team that worked together 😊together

@jamescox8233 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Jim, Brenda, Great video, I enjoy all your videos!! Beautiful day to be on your farm working the hay! Jim, i like your tractor, I keep forgetting you own a tractor, the horses come first, Hi to Miss Trudy, & Abby, Jim, Nova Scotia, Canada. STAY SAFE, & COOL

@AdamsAcres Жыл бұрын

You mentioned in the previous video how you guys have improved the pasture over the years. Can you speak on your process for a pasture and how that’s different from your hayfields?

@kimwilliford6303 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking you could bail with the horses. However, the bailer looks too heavy for horses to pull. Stratch that thought. LOL❤ I hope you get to spread the hay out with the horses. That is cool the way you work with the horses. They are great animals as well as your friends. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@bhensel100 Жыл бұрын

Wow..... Jim on a tractor ! That is a rare sight to see.

@rgrottk 11 ай бұрын

Rob from Brewster NY here, made to the end and then you forced me to have a piece of our Pear Tree Kugle. Great video Thanks

@davidsmathers5621 Жыл бұрын

So glad jim cut off them bolts could be bad for the horses have a good day

@johnkomosa4089 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Jim with those cut bolts in his hand was a good sight, I have seen folks put a tennis ball over those protrusions also , good idea. Also glad Jim taking that bolt off the concrete wall, the horse had Brenda up by that wall. I had a great Uncle pinned up against a wall with a horse. I also looking in my shop for these hazards as my work area gets dangerous too. Well said.

@willwipf7030 Жыл бұрын

The Belgians are a great looking team, love how they look as a team,

@gregroling2973 Жыл бұрын

You need to get some fans for the horses when it's hot out & they are all in the barn

@d.g.n9392 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your videos, Brenda certainly making tracks with filming. Thanks for sharing 🙋‍♂️🐈🐈

@patricia.g1651 Жыл бұрын

Sorry, Brenda. I admit I chuckled when Jim easily climbed over the stall just as you're saying that it's not easy to climb over it.

@harryjansen6789 Жыл бұрын

I know that there is a lot of work on a farm,but does Jim ever slow down? Both of you guys ,you also have the best bunch of horses I have ever seen, I picked up a lot of hay when I was younger, I know how much work it is, your videos teach more than any other videos that I have seen , keep up the great work and God bless you and your family, be well ,

@cindyjcooke77able Жыл бұрын

I found it’s handy with big horses or any horses to buy a concentrated fly spray and put it in a weed sprayer and then you can spray them all over quickly instead of those little hand pumps

@monaliberty473 Жыл бұрын

Just read a nice article about you folks published by Lancaster Farming. Congratulations!!

@PeggyAmaya Жыл бұрын

Brenda, you are recording history with your excellent videos. It takes some hazardous maneuvers to get some of those shots. You put in more miles than the horses.

@quetzal2268 Жыл бұрын

Another great video. I love the footage Brenda shot.

@michaelstickland5854 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brenda a Jim another great video

@wjm9987 Жыл бұрын

As a city person I find the non-motorized equipment you use to be fascinating... so cool to see the horses and you work with it. thanks for sharing...

@bombardier3qtrlbpsi Жыл бұрын

That would make a great picture for a t-shirt all the stalls filled with the horses. I know it's the southend of the horse but still a great picture. I used to have a big poster of just the backend of a horse. On the bottom it said... There's one in every crowd 😅

@johnwellwood46 Жыл бұрын

when i was 14, i worked on a dairy farm. we always had to load hay like that on a wagon and haul it up to the baler and then fork it into the baler and make the bales, back then they wasted nothing, and i mean nothing..

@bombardier3qtrlbpsi Жыл бұрын

Step over gate right at hinges won't hurt nothing. And the rubber feet you put on bottom stool chair legs to not mark the floor work great on the hinge that sticks out a little from the post.

@terrythomas7035 Жыл бұрын

Mommies got to go to work you be good

@gregholl5011 Жыл бұрын

You need to borrow a hay loader from your Amish friends for that field that is to wet for the tractor. :) And yes I do know how hard of work it is.

@kentcorbett5436 Жыл бұрын

Maybe now that lady is getting back into working shape. Might be another way and day for all the horses soon

@richardcleasby105 Жыл бұрын

❤looks like a great job of mowing and raking

@arlysdavis3694 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing us along. Brenda, when you were in the field where Jim was racking hay, it was so peaceful and I could smell the hay. Thank you for showing us Bree, she is growing so fast.

@JamesMcGill-kr2qk Жыл бұрын

Glad you cut the bolts off they looked like an accident waiting to happen. Jim and Brenda you both work so hard and I don't know how you both keep doingthis . I am so glad that you do because the videos are great. May the good Lord bless you both and keep safe

@Ronald-hx6zn Жыл бұрын

Making hay while the sun shines. Good to see short window of dry weather for this.

@gailgaddy5340 Жыл бұрын

Great video with the haying thanks😊

@davidkimmel4216 Жыл бұрын

Thank You for sharing this with us

@mfc4591 Жыл бұрын

Lots of 'conversation' between Lady and Bree as they part, but its amazing how soon they settle again. Mom and filly both learning !

@debraandersen6895 Жыл бұрын

We are dry and will probably only get one cutting of hay. So thankful for that.

@RaymondWKing-dn8wf Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim and Brinda, when I was a kid, I learned to use Credos Dip and water for Fly dope / spray. I'm glad they have cratered other more effective Fly Sprays that work much better. I unto buy some stuff that was pink that I put in my Horses ears. seemed to work but most people out her didn't loke the Color.

@erikamarczak8470 Жыл бұрын

The pink Swat now comes in a clear formula

@terrythomas7035 Жыл бұрын

We used to have to catch and stack our hay wagons

@johnkomosa4089 Жыл бұрын

That right, any other way is cheating. Ah ha.😄

@Andriyan5555 Жыл бұрын

Большое спасибо

@kimwilliford6303 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤ famtastic. I love the way the horses work together. I love the way the walk in unison. Fantastic!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@todd1808 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the upload !!

@benzoverakers1877 Жыл бұрын

Love all the farm work you do.

@ponygirl5716 Жыл бұрын

Jim on the tractor-just doesn’t look right. 🤣🤣

@jeanhawken4482 Жыл бұрын

Always good

@jacktotterdale1223 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Horses are all looking good

@bettyloar2238 Жыл бұрын

Love watching your channel ❤

@markmunro4554 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing and thank GOD for good drying days.❤❤

@wayfaringrider972 Жыл бұрын

Is it your first cut of hay? End of july seems to be quite late. In Germany we start making hay in the lower fields in the end of may until end of june. Only in the mountains the time to make hay begins in the end of july until the middle of august. If the ground is wet it is a good idea to make a "swath". so only part of the hay gets wet again in the night and it´s drying faster... Wish you good luck, dry weather and healthy horses!

@elainepeterson475 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video Jim and Brenda❤

@joqlady888 Жыл бұрын

God Bless you all more than you can ask or think..........lov from south alabama.

@firecaptaintom Жыл бұрын

At 13:32 local residents reported a UHJ (un hatted Jim) sighting and again at 27:31 an even rarer JOAT (Jim on a tractor) sighting.

@OBjectifsFauneSauvage Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@javieresquivel4601 Жыл бұрын

Great videos Jim , keep them coming. I was wondering did you get to breed lady back to Barron ? Great job on your training with Bri , she's growing so fast. Let's not forget that the videos are great because of that awesome camera woman, she makes sure she gets all them great angles. You all make a great team. God bless you all stay safe.

@ChrisLascari Жыл бұрын

Great!

@rickyteets9524 Жыл бұрын

Ive used peppermint essential oil . about 3 drops per quart of water in spray bottle for flies . it works well . Hope it helps y'all.😊👍

@gordiesullivan3289 Жыл бұрын

You could pick up the hay in the wet spot like in the old days stack it loose on the wagon..

@johnking8679 Жыл бұрын

Always interesting, Jim and Brenda. Young Bree is certainly getting taller and cuter !!

@klauskarbaumer6302 Жыл бұрын

Judging by what I see on the Weather Channel about rain in your area, Jim, you also must be a master in timing your haying. Under the circumstances you have to deal with, I think, it's pretty hard to avoid some hay getting rained at. We were lucky, got our first hay in with out any rain, but ever since it would have been rather hard.

@sueupham2519 Жыл бұрын

time for lemonade!

@jimdewitt5798 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the having video

@jimdewitt5798 Жыл бұрын

Haying

@nancysmith-baker1813 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing all your farm workings . The horse are wonderful to watch working , being a mom , and enjoying the fields . Can't use wet hay for horses . hopefully it will be good mulch . Take care .

@tractordan933 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your hard work Brenda. You certainly get plenty of exercise. I have an adult size mini bike that you could make good use of around the farm.

@andrewmoran7353 Жыл бұрын

As always 👏👌👀

@bombardier3qtrlbpsi Жыл бұрын

Happened to me a few times. Those few rows he didn't bale because of ground wet. I would rake the rows to where you baled already. Great job 👍 with baling up what was ready. Before any rain.

@CapnCrusty Жыл бұрын

"Make 'shine while the hay suns." - no wait that's from Tennessee where they changed the old saying for their locality. Dunno if you've already got the message but the guy from Homestead Horsemanship has got a Clydesdale that he wants to train for working and he would like to connect with you for help getting started.

@user-nj4mk5if1b Жыл бұрын

He planned the stall that way 😊😊😊

@r.f.richardsonjr5691 Жыл бұрын

Quality looks real good as does the yield. I'm guessing 3rd or 4th cutting?

@kenhurley4441 Жыл бұрын

On the bolts you're cutting off. If you can leave them just a little sticking out. Get 2 golf balls and drill a hole in them and glue/caulk them onto the bolts.

@suepeterson5675 Жыл бұрын

If anyone has not had the chance to pet & rub a horses nose , you should. It is sooo soft & they like when you do that. 😊

@joqlady888 Жыл бұрын

so....Hay Day.....I guess that is where the term 'Having a Hay Day' comes from...

@gregholl5011 Жыл бұрын

I had forgot to attach an outside line on my Belle once. She wouldn't move till I figured out what was wrong

@ronhowell5202 10 ай бұрын

If you install your gate hinge pins one up one down the animals can’t knock the gate off its hinges by forcing it up.

@trcass1 Жыл бұрын

great segment. how many bales do you normally go through during the winter. Hay season in eastern Rensselaer County NY was hard work. you'd normally get all your hay up in a weekend or two. we had a small subsistence farm and only put up about 600 bales for our cows, horse, mule and donkey. i was in my late teens and i always got to get in the loft and pile it in there. thanks for sharing.

@ralphmartin4351 Жыл бұрын

it would take a bit but you could rake the wet hay ou.t of the wet ground to bale.y

@rodneywroten2994 Жыл бұрын

SSS oil works great in a mixture

@dickdavidson3616 Жыл бұрын

Farmer Tyler Ranch has a fly spray chemical mixed with Dawn dish soap that seems to work well.❤

@lloydparrish930 Жыл бұрын

I’ve had real good luck with sulfur salt the yellow block I kept a block so they would have access to it year round once it in their system they sweat it out horseflies and deerflies hate it they just light and gone wouldn’t hurt to try good luck