In this farm‑life vlog, the host (Speaker A) walks viewers through a full day of hands‑on farm work on a mixed‑species operation. The segment opens with attempts to move chickens into a pasture‑compatible enclosure, noting escape issues and breed selection. The host then inspects and repairs an electric fence, explaining common faults such as grass contact and broken wires, and stresses the need for weekly checks. While walking the pasture, they highlight the emergence of clover as evidence of successful rotational grazing and discuss calf‑mother reunions after calves slip out of a chute. The vlog shifts to dairy work: milking cows, operating a cream separator to collect four gallons of cream, and using the cream to make yogurt and ice‑cream for family guests. Alongside, the host teaches a guest (Ann) and a child (Lily) how to handle a livestock net, emphasizing hand preference and proper technique. Throughout, there are light‑hearted family interactions, anecdotes about past farm experiences, and a quick look at feeding ducks and pigs. The episode ends with the preparation of a peanut‑butter‑cashew smoothie and a celebratory ice‑cream tasting, underscoring the blend of practical farm management and community bonding.
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I want to try some more chickens in the pasture posse. I'd rather have more out there than in here, but we gotta have ones that won't escape out there. Put a lid over it. This one has got a green band, so it's been in the pasture and escaped. That's strike one, so we won't even try her again. The rest of them out. We've got 6. Did this just get opened? This just got open and all the chickens escaped. Is it worth it to try to catch them? I don't know. We'll try it again tomorrow, I guess. We failed with the chickens. We'll try again tomorrow, but maybe we won't fail with it. We have calves getting out. That's bad. We have calves getting out of the chute, getting back with the mamas, nursing and stuff. Probably could be, maybe not. I'm thinking we might not be getting enough electricity out to them, so we're adjusting the fence. He's having a good time out with us. You coming with us? It's good right here. I am finding a number of spots, a number of wet branches on it, a number of times this is maybe hitting the metal for whatever reason. The electric fence, it's not put it up and walk away. It's easy to put up, but it takes maintenance. See this? Just a dead piece of grass hitting that. It's not that hard. Just got to make a habit of walking the fence once a week or so. See, like this little tag, is that hitting the metal? It's not, so we're good there. All right, it's in good hands with you guys. You're almost to the end. I'm gonna go ahead and get these chickens out of there. Moved and out of their coop. This is the future of the Pasture Posse. That one's a little old, but look how big and calm. That's those little fat chicks. We're raising them up. They're bigger, calmer hens, and they're going to stay in the sheep net better. But of course, some— all these guys have stayed in. They've yet to break out. The calves have broke out right there. Are you saying the calves are over here? Oh, they are? They're not over with mom? Oh good. I don't know if I believe that. It's not that I don't believe Josiah, it's that probably those calves snuck by to get to their moms, to get to the rest of the cow herd. I want y'all to notice something in this pasture as we walk by. There's clover. There's clover. There was not clover in this pasture. That's the miracle of hitting it with animals, moving them on, mowing behind them, giving it rest, giving this clover a chance to come. It's like a 30% grade, north-facing, meaning it doesn't get that amount of sun. Means a lot of water runs off of it because it's steeper. It's like rotational grazing heals everything. One mama cow without calf. Two mama cows without calf. Good. I think I'm gonna go ahead and take you in though. We'll put you in a stall till milking time. It's only an hour anyway. Come on, let's go, let's go. Just in case your calf finds you and gets all our yogurt. We're gonna harvest yogurt today. Come on, you can do it. Hop up. Hop up, come on. There we go. Good girl, good girl. You know the drill. Sneak past stud. See, while we're down here, see those gold birds? See that big black bird? That's a Jersey Giant. They're gonna be huge. Forget what the brown ones are, or the— yeah, the darker brown ones, but they're even bigger than the golden ones right now. I got Flossie in, stopped by and set the milks out. Just 4 gallons to separate today, Rebecca. Daddy, look at this guy, Rebecca! He went with us though. I heard he was very excited.
You were excited?
He actually followed us out there. Maybe it's because he didn't have a leash. Or even a, uh, a halter. What's it called? Harness. He's excited. Oh, he likes to grab that. But now he smells like cow because he ran through the, uh, the lane and it rained yesterday. Mega, now you're not gonna come now that you've had the taste of home, are you? Let's go on a ride. Hey, let's go on a ride. Come on, you can ride in the Sally. Hey Arun, you think we got the fence hot? I think so. Okay, test it, taste it, touch it and see. No, we gotta go turn it back on. All right, you got them back in? Yep. This whole fence was knocked over. Oh, all the way down there, and this, uh, what's it called, single one was all over there. What makes me think is this wasn't on because there was a break. They knocked it over. But look, Greg Judy's sheep, they didn't go anywhere. They didn't go anywhere. Thank you, Greg Judy, for selecting the ones, breeding the ones that aren't getting sick, that aren't breaking out. Thank you, thank you. Hey, you want to learn how to pick up a net? Sure. All right, let's get the net. Look at there, the cat will follow us out here, but not Teddy. Look, look, stop. Because if he stops, he stops. So Rune will pick this up and we'll set it up for today's move for the sheep. You right-handed or left-handed? Me? Yeah. Uh, right. Okay, cool. And it does matter, and it depending on what hand you are depends on which side of the net you pick up from. It's kind of like opening a feed bag, you got to do it from a certain side. We got our net up and I just realized we emptied the pigs and we haven't got them the skim buckets. Now let's set up the sheep right here. That's where the cows were yesterday teaching Arun how to do it. He's a quick learner. Dude is a hard worker, smart guy. It's an honor to have him helping us. Sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep. What's going on in here?
We're getting ready for a cream separate. All the way up here because I want to learn how to cream separate.
We got Anne, Anne all the way from Florida. Yep, to learn how to cream separate.
You know why she wants to cream separate?
Why? Ice cream.
Ice cream.
Have you ever had homegrown homemade ice ice cream?
No.
Maple syrup sweetened?
No, never.
Grass-fed.
And could she help to milk the cow today?
Did you guys get it turned on? I'm gonna go test it. It's not hitting somewhere. It's not connected. Oh, there it is. I forgot to hook it up. Oh look, we got a bust in our line. We need to fix That. Okay, that should be on. It's on. Good deal. Hitting good. Keep these cows in. I didn't think about getting over. Could I use that tree over there to catapult? Ducks. Still have plenty of feed. Look at these precious guys. Y'all are fun. Look at them herding together. They're not too bad on these waters. It's just backwash, it's not manure or anything. Let's do move it though. Exposed! Oh yeah, look, look! I'm glad I moved it. We're kind of soiling the area. You think Cornish Cross blew up the place. You know, they scratch a little bit. Ducks aren't going to scratch at all. This is just going to be an explosion in green grass. I don't know if it's because there's just 20 of them or they're ducks, but they spend more time under the, under the shelter, which is good because— oh look, one's picking out a feather. It's good because they aren't subject to aerial attack. And they've all survived even being so little. You know, Rebecca asked me if it was worth it to cream separate because there's only 4 gallons. I mean, we would have flossies today, which would be 2 more, but we need to make yogurt, so I'm going to use that for yogurt. And then I thought, oh, what about ice cream? Yeah, and your cousins are coming. Yeah, it'll be fun to have some ice cream. Look who we have here.
Yeah, the same person.
Now we're gonna get it done. Get in a little closer. Pull the bucket in a little closer. Me? Yeah, keep going, keep going.
Okay.
No, no, put the bucket in even closer. No, not that bucket. Oh, the one you're sitting on. Keep going in, keep going in.
That's close.
As close as you can.
That's as close as I can. Oh, look, I did get it. But she's faster. Look.
Oh, she's pro.
Look at— yeah. Oops, sorry, Lily.
So Aunt Ann is Rebecca's mom's sister.
Rebecca's mom's sister. Yes, yes. So that's my great aunt.
That's right, you're a great aunt.
Yeah, that's why you're— I'm Auntie Ann to you. I'm your— how come I can do one hand and you can't do the left?
It's hard. Lily makes it look easy.
Lily, there we go. I think I got one hand going.
You got it.
Okay, but not as fast as her, but that's because she does this all the time. You have those squeezable, uh, teeth. She has it. That doesn't work. Look at that, Lily. I'm keeping up with you.
That's 100 degrees when it comes out of there, Ann.
I believe you because I just hit me with it.
It's gonna go straight to making our yogurt. That's what you need. You said you said ice cream. Well, the stuff you're doing on in there is ice cream. I worried her there a little bit. Well, you don't like yogurt as much as you like ice cream?
I love yogurt. I love all the, the dairies. All right, I am an old pro at it now, but I'm only a pro with one hand. Okay, I'm coming in.
So, Ann, yeah, did you ever imagine? No. Little Becky No, little Becky would be spearheading us getting a cow.
No, little Becky was gonna be, um, the sweet teacher. Oh, she was gonna be the, the, the one every kid wanted to have, kind of like her cousin, um, like her cousins Lauren and Leslie. They're those teachers. And, um, yeah, that's what she was gonna be. And then she met you.
I messed it all up.
Here's the first thing I heard about, uh, uh, Becca's boyfriend. He has a truck and he has a grill and he's got steaks. Have grill, will travel.
That's right, I put that grill on the back of that.
That's the first story I ever heard about you.
And what'd you say? He's all right.
I said, hey, that's pretty cool, he's 16, whatever, or— and he's going around with the grill, steaks. Smart boy. And then you had dogs, St. Bernards.
Yep.
And that's when we got to be there, and we happened to be there those two days that the babies were born.
Yeah, great experience. That was a good first impression of me.
Yeah, so it was a good one. And so have you turned out to be— of course you have. Mountain boarding, that's— that— yeah, to, to, to the Great American Farm Tour. You're not afraid to try.
Oh, thank you.
No, you're not afraid to try, because if you fail, what do you do?
You get back up.
That's what you do every time you make a mistake. Even on your videos, if you say like, uh, I think it's 2 and 2 is 5— I mean 4— you, you're good. You just, you're not a problem. So you're the kind of person that everybody wants to have in their family.
Thanks.
Yeah.
How'd it go, Grandma?
Good, we're all done. I got just enough for ice cream.
There we go. Was it worth it? Oh yeah, it's a lot of setup and cleanup.
Yeah, and the ice cream's worth It's worth it, okay.
For breakfast. Lily, you making a smoothie? You making a smoothie for the niños? Making a smoothie for Mom? Peanut butter milkshake smoothie. Cashews. Dates. Vanilla over here. You got vanilla? Peanut butter. Boy, we're serious about peanut butter. What kind of smoothie you making, Lily?
Chocolate smoothie.
Chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie. And this is called peanut butter cashew milkshake. You just added your honey? Yeah, I've added my dates, my cashews, my coconut. I need some water. You done with yours? That looks delicious. Good job, Lily. Here we go, let's blend Mom's thing. Here you go, Mother.
