In this vlog‑style farm video, Victor (Speaker A) and his son Jonah tackle a packed day of chores on their family homestead. They begin by using a string trimmer to clear a strip of grass, discussing how the cut could be fed to livestock instead of being wasted. They then move cattle and sheep to fresh pasture, reinforce sagging chicken fences, and introduce new chicks to an existing flock, emphasizing the need to keep the youngsters contained overnight. The pair prepares a "chickshaw" (a mobile chicken coop) and adjusts its weight distribution. Later, they capture their cow Violet and a pig named Bear to perform a blood draw for a pregnancy test, noting Violet’s reduced milk output and coat shedding as health concerns. The blood sample is refrigerated for the vet. Afterward, they head to a hardware store, acquire cedar boards, O‑hooks, and other supplies, and discuss building a durable mobile pig shelter for the upcoming building season. Throughout, the dialogue is informal, instructional, and collaborative, highlighting family teamwork, problem‑solving, and practical farm management.
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Another Premier 1 shocker knot. Game changer. Love this stuff. Let's go. Jonah, bring the food and the string trimmer. Big day today. Absolutely crazy day today. We have to move the sea monsters to new grass and paddock fence. We have to tighten up the layer chickens' fence so the new chicks over there don't get out. And we're testing Violet to see if she's pregnant today. Yeah, it's a very nice cool morning, but we don't want to keep the layer chickens cooped up too much, so we gotta hurry. Johnny, you bring the string trimmer. Two fences are gonna be twice that, so that's a big strip. I'm gonna see if we can get it on the string trimmer. Oh, you heard me calling for two? Do they both have fuel?
It didn't break, but I can't get it to slide back.
That'll slip back on. Both those have fuel?
Oh yeah.
Okay, Jonah, let's string trim that whole strip right there. So we just string trimmed all that. You know what, we should have timed it. And next time, the sheep or the cows are gonna do that. That's a lawn. It stinks. It's not great for the environment. That grass could have been turned into lamb or beef or milk. Let's do that next time, okay?
Yeah, next time we say I want to do a big lawn mower.
Yeah, that's a little too much for the string trimmer, huh? Look, they're starving, Jonah. You go ahead and feed them.
But don't we have to— don't we have to move them?
Yeah, but I'll pull down the fence and you have your feed up there ready. You got it? Come on, get on it. Bring me the troughs, quick. We did it! Look, that's 200-foot pieces tied together. That, that gives us a week. We don't have to move them. We just move this meat shaw down along, move it every day for a week, and then move them over. Wow, those were such tiny wings to really come into something, weren't they?
They were the size of my thumb.
Yeah, I know, that's beautiful. Yeah, let her down.
Runs like crazy and then waggles his tail like it is all good again.
Remember last night we put the smaller chicks— or the bigger— the smaller chicks in here with these guys? You always move chicks, introduce them to new flocks at night. Now This fence though, it's saggy, it's down in the corner. It needs some love because I don't want those guys getting out day one. It's important that they follow the big mamas back into the coop tonight, and to do that we got to keep them in. And look what just happened, it just pivoted to the back. Hey, we're gonna need our, uh, sandbox up there. Or we're gonna have to create a kickstand. It just happened right in front of my eyes. The, the Chickshaw toppled. Too much weight got in the back. It's no problem. We can fix that with making sure their dust box is full and/or putting a kickstand in the back. We did it. Let's go let them out, Jonah, and then we'll cross our fingers that that'll keep them in. It's got to, man. I reinforced the corners. I put supporting posts in between two regular posts.
Ready?
Go ahead.
We're releasing the hounds.
Do you have their feed? These guys, these little guys still need starter. And it needs to go in our crib, chicken crib. So you'll get them a feed.
They're eating the layer though because I know, but they need the starter. Okay, I'll give them the starter next time.
No, today after we're done. You can do that.
You're gonna eat the layer though.
That's okay. You need to, right after this, right now, go get the chicken crib, put a feeder in it, and give them starter feed. Okay, all they want. I'm now on afternoon chores and I want to see if the chicks are using their crib. We put a crib in here, this, because they're on starter feed. The big girls are on layer feed and it's best to keep that separate. You definitely have figured it out, and I'm having— I'm afraid that's where you think you're gonna coop. So I'm gonna say you've eaten enough for today. Let's get this out of here so they don't— so they don't, uh, coop up in here tonight. Good, they're going back under there. I want them to get used to this flock. I want them to follow that flock into their coop tonight. Now we're going to get Violet and Bear because we have someone coming to help us figure out if Violet's pregnant or not. Boy, he's not happy that she's gone. This is going to be an important test because we We've been watching Violet's health. A little concerned. She's not shedding her coat like she should be, and there is a chance that we think she might have got pregnant because she dropped her milk production drastically from 2 gallons to 1. And we're hoping that— oh boy, she is heading into the field. Whoops. Oh, she's going down the road.
Okay, I'll catch Bear, you catch Violet.
So if she's pregnant That's good. If she's not pregnant, that means she hasn't come into heat, and that's bad. All right, you catch Bear. I got Violet. Take a blood test.
You get that cat out of there.
See this little— you kind of see it right there, that little divot? Yeah. So you want to kind of come in— yep, you want to kind of come into it perpendicular. Okay, did you get a good shot? Yep. Okay, I guess you wouldn't draw blood if you didn't, right? And what you would do is you just kind of pull back out and just kind of work it till you start getting blood. And how many did you get out? 3. Okay, so just put that in the refrigerator and take it to Beverly in the morning. Okay. That was so interesting, drawing blood. They make it look so easy, the pros. But now that we know how to do that, I guess we could do. She. Don't bother you petting her, huh? Now then. Now all we have to do is take it to the vet in the morning. Now we're going to go to the hardware store to get some, uh, supplies for our mobile pig shelter. It's a building season, that's for sure. But all these things we build will last for years and years. So work hard now, enjoy the benefits later.
Mom, put a Band-Aid on me.
Got the whole crew this afternoon. How come the cedar is always so jacked up? That's because it's so soft. That's a very rough draft of what we're building, kind of like a lean 2 sort of thing. Okay, Scott, 10 of the straightest boards you got. Okay, thank you, Scott. Oh yeah, let's go get the O-hooks and other hardware. Came back for 2 more. Good thing we got 2 strong boys. Well, that was a pretty uneventful trip to the hardware store. Thank goodness for Scott and his truck. What's the big idea? You taking a nap on the boards? Come on now, get up, big guy. We're about to bring our boards in here to our shop. We got to get these pigs out and working on the garden that we're going to be needing here in just a few weeks. So let's stack it up. Tomorrow's another day. Man, oh man, it would have been too good to be true. Those chicks would have went up. Hopefully it's just 2 out, not all of them. Is there any under the Chickshaw?
Oh, there is a ton.
Game begin. Okay, here, let's get these. Jonah, we're in the corner with these. Good, there's only 2 out. Hey, wait, maybe they'll go in if you chase them. I doubt it. They don't know where to go. They're new to this. That's pretty good to only have 2 out. Why don't you shut that door so nobody else comes out? Hey, that's pretty good. How many chickens do you think there were? 25, 30? And only 2 did not go back in after just one night. And so we'll put them up, and I bet everybody will go up tomorrow. They just need a little bit of training. Here, it came out. You could take the pull-out, get them out from underneath there. Herd it out and into the corner. Here, let me see that. Come on. Did they come out? Nope, none.
They're already out.
Where'd they go? Over here. They're not— they're gone. They're underneath again. Did it come out? Okay, get it in the corner. You'll never be able to chase it in the pen. You got one?
I'll get them out.
Take it to the corner, take it to the corner. Go to the corner, go to the corner with it. Oh, it's a fast one. Okay, we got it, we got it. Keep it going in the corner, keep it going in the corner. Keep going, keep going. Don't pounce on it. Good catch. Pretty easy when they go right to your crotch, huh?
I like sat on it basically. I almost found something.
Look, look, look, look, let it get to the roof. I can move the chickshaw if you want me to.
It went right down the grate and I couldn't go through, so I just grabbed it.
Okay, okay, good.
You got it.
We caught the birds. We'll see tomorrow if they all go up. Look where she's taken up to go to sleep. You gonna sleep in the bottom of the tree? Alright, Miss Thang. Alright, you go to sleep there. Huh? Is that a nice place to sleep?
