I have 20 eggs in the incubator right now, so if all goes okay we'll have almost 40 chickens in the freezer. That's pretty typical for what we eat in a year. It's like 1 chicken for every week and a half. The roosters are 8lbs so we get 2 meals from them.

@@quackersplatfarm Wow!!! I know it is a lot of work involved ...but...think about all the money you are saving. Out here for a small chicken we are paying ...on a good day...$10-12 per chicken. I suppose you have to figure in fed...but..no processing fee...lol

It's crazy how fast they grow!

They are always so excited in the morning!

Thank you:)

So true! We'll have some new baby chickens when you visit, but all the other farm babies will be big!

Yeah, I wonder. From a distance I can't tell them apart!

It's crazy how fast they grew!

Thank you!

Aww thank you!

I had a general idea of what I needed and then my Dad turned my thoughts into the chicken tractor! We are actually starting a second batch of eggs in the morning! The chicks dont need to eat or drink right away, but we offered them food and water once they were all hatched.

Yes they are toulouse geese! I had to watch the video to look for Harold's star of David... I never noticed that before 😁

I have no idea which are boys or girls! Harold is teaching them to be mean so I don't stand a chance with 8 mean geese! 😁

@@quackersplatfarm You need a pair of heavy duty chaps...lol

I'm not sure!

That was just the regular tractor.. I don't think she has a name 😁. My veggies do love it!

I dont think theres an odor at all, but maybe I'm just used to it? Once we start scooping it out, there is an ammonia type odor.

@@quackersplatfarm I suppose why I asked was we live near the Laurel Race Track and on HOT day the ammonia smell is quite overwhelming. On a side note...when we had a compost out back the same thing happened. I started looking into it and found out using cat litter on my compost helped remove the odor.

@@user-sj4mg7hs8i oh I bet that's so strong, I imagine the racetrack has lots of manure!

I hope to make a goose only video next week!

I can't whistle so on rare occasions if I have to call them in myself, I have to loudly sing the tune. They aren't picky, thankfully! We had 2 sheep over the years that didn't shed, so we had to shear them for summer. It's harder than it looks! I saved up the wool and we finally had a use for it this year! We built an insulated bee hive and used the wool as insulation. It's not fancy wool for spinning, the 2 sheep that we collect wool from are a wool/hair mix, so alot of their wool has thicker straight hairs in it.

@@quackersplatfarm Sounds like a excellent use for the wool and I'm sure the bees appreciate it during those cold months.

The rain sounds really made it enjoyable!

Thank you!

It's so much fun pulling the wool off of Spicey the sheep 😁

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Thank you for watching! I don't have an Instagram account but that's a good idea :)

So far they go back into the pen on their own near sunset and then we close their gate and get the sheep locked in the barn too. Flying predators are the biggest threat in daytime. I hope that with both parents nearby, the babies will be okay. Harold always watches the sky.

So far the chicken wire has kept the babies in!

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It's tough being a goose!

Yep, they all survived! 2 of the boy ducks have died in recent years, but 4 of them are still doing well. The kids do grow so fast. He was only 4 in that video!

Delicata is my favorite! We have 16 acres but half is forest. I'm in Washington state, south of the olympic mountains almost in the middle of nowhere 😁 The first 30+ years of my life I lived in the suburbs on the east coast. This has always been my dream <3

Thanks a lot 😊

Those long hisses are terrifying 😂

I picked some radishes that went to seed and the rest was claytonia (also called miners lettuce). It comes up as a weed but I welcome it because it's really tasty.

I think so too!

Thank you for the suggestion! We definitely need more practice 😁

There were 2 white ones with floppy ears but their ears have straightened so now it takes me a bit longer to tell who is who 😁

She always has to be the winner... 1st to the field, 1st to the barn

He definitely has brown eye patches but I'm not sure about the black. I'll have to look closely tonight at chore time!

Soon they'll be too heavy to pick up!

Thank you so much! Those first gourds are called "Autumn Wings Gourds" and I found the seeds at Territorial seeds. A few plants made so many!