In this farm vlog, the host (Speaker A) discovers that chickens have been breaking into the family’s tomato garden and eating the crop. He rallies his helpers—Gideon, Lily, Josiah, Jonah, Randolph, and others—to repair and upgrade the temporary fence and install a stronger net to keep the birds out. While fixing the fence, they deal with escaped cows that have wandered across a creek, requiring quick herding and additional cross‑fencing. The host explains the use of specific farm hardware such as FiberTuff posts, plastic tent stakes, rubber mallets, and an electric string trimmer, describing how each tool helps prevent the fence from grounding out or being jumped over. The team also moves a group of Icelandic chicks (the “ICs”) from a temporary enclosure into the main flock, planning to do it at night to avoid chaos. Interspersed are brief updates on a kitchen renovation, breakfast preparations, and casual family banter. Throughout, the vlog balances instructional detail—step‑by‑step fence repair, livestock handling, and tool selection—with a light‑hearted, upbeat tone, aiming to both solve the immediate tomato‑protection problem and showcase daily farm life.
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The tomatoes are here. The chickens are here. They've been getting out and eating Mama's tomatoes. Big problem. Big problem. We're gonna fix it today. You're gonna see how we're gonna do it. We're either gonna succeed or fail. Either way, you're gonna learn mega and hopefully laugh a little bit along the way. The chicks growing up to replace the egg layers in here have been jumping through here, I'm pretty sure. I clipped their wings yesterday in an attempt to maybe stop if they're jumping over or flying through. I don't think they need wings to fly, to jump that high and get through here. So they're big enough though now that a normal net will hold them in. And this shocker knot net for chicks also tends to sag more. It's just a little heavier duty. It's great for little chicks, not necessarily hard to electrify. For bigger. So let's switch it out. We put ground clips down to prevent them from going underneath. You guys, it's 7:52. Gotta be done about 9 to get on to breakfast on time. Let's roll up this fence now. Okay, we've got a detour. Jonah's calling me, says the cows are out even after all we did last night. I'm actually shocked. I bet they went around the fence. Did they go across the creek and get out? They went—
yes, they got across the creek and went out.
Okay, our fence is up. Pretty sure they're going around it right there. We wanted them to just be able to come down here, get something out of— get some water out of the creek and not cross it, but they're on to us. Well, we pulled these in thinking it was gonna rain. It it never rained. We need to pull— get it back out quick because look, they're already growing leggy towards the sun. They can definitely get through here. That's probably it. You're gonna just put a line up in front of this? We could totally block them out of the creek. I want them to get in the creek every once in a while, get certain minerals and things. It's not good to have them in it all the time, but every once in a while Oh great, they were right here next to Jonah's Cabin. Shoot, that was a cow. Where would I want to go? Maybe into the forest. There they are. Stud, are you at all surprised I'm here? Home straight that way. There's that bear went out into the neighbor's pasture. Whoops, Jonah put the fence— I took it down because now they're standing there waiting to get in. Jonah, you gotta hustle, they're gonna— they're not gonna stay here too long. Okay, he's got it, he's got it down. Let's go, stud. All right, well, they came up the road. We have a cross fence up, so that's good. Just got to open this back up and get them back in where they're supposed to be. See, there's good eating over here. Well, that was quite the setback, but it's 8:12 now. This is our replacement fence. Let's just— I mean, we're going out there, let's just carry it out there while we're at it. Oh, you know what, dragging that string trimmer, I'm gonna need it too. Should I really just drag the string trimmer? Caught it. Might be a blessing. I'm gonna need the string trimmer before I put this down. Where were we? Okay, yes, picking up this chakra knot fence. I got one rolled up. I will put that away after I get everybody out. These people are ready to get out.
Are you ready to get out?
Got the fences down. This compost pile's been protected long enough. Heat it up. We need the chickens to help us spread it, shred it. Let's pull this out because we put the fence around it, they could get up there and jump out. Next step, let's string trim around, get this clumpy grass up so it doesn't ground out our fence. Look who's here!
Yeehaw!
8:40, about to put the net up, then we can let the chickens out and then secure that net. Tighten it up. Well, we came, we came short about 3, 4 feet. I think I went too wide on this. Thank you, Josiah, for bringing the— so I'm gonna go bring this in a little bit, and then as soon as I get done with that, you can support these between the posts. Okay. Yeah, I found the problem. We had gone, gosh, all the way to there with this. Hey, hey, don't mess with our corner post! We need that. That's how I was able to save the day. That's our garden line. We just need to go slightly around it, actually. I should probably go in a little closer with this corner right here. That's the cool thing about these FiberTuff posts, I can make a corner wherever I want. Right there. How about right there? All right, we got a fence up. 9 o'clock, still not done. I don't think this is going to be enough, but we can let out the big girls. Come on, let out the big girls.
Go ahead. No, don't let them out yet.
We gotta let the big mamas eat first, and we gotta catch the icies. Boy, that's a good looking fence. We got support posts in between the permanent posts. Although look, I think this might even be lower, maybe even easier for them to jump through. So we're gonna hope maybe that wasn't the case. We do have to look. Look, we do have to. It could be very likely that they were going under.
We got it.
We're gonna go with our plastic tent stakes so they don't ground out and drive those in. Okay, it's been wet, so we might be able to do it by hand. Actually, we're going to need our rubber mallet. We got a bunch of them secured. Jonah's going to get us more tent stakes. Let's test this fence while he's gone.
Sure, hold that button down.
Okay, put it up against that. Wow, it's at 6 or 8. Hold on, it's at 6. That's hitting real good. All right, you got your mallet? Yeah, don't You're not funny.
It turns it on, don't touch it!
Get in! Turn the fence off!
You're gonna betray me!
We still got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9—
oh my gosh.
I don't know if we have that many more. We might have used all our plastic stakes. And some of those are pretty high off the ground. We might have some here. Hey, good morning. I actually found some in our tool room. Maybe just enough. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 7. We're gonna have to make it work. How's it turning out down here? Good.
I'm trying to decide what I'm gonna do. I'm probably gonna have to sand all these. They're a little rough.
And do another coat?
Well, I'm just gonna do the white, white gloss paint on them.
This is beadboard for the ceiling. Uh, is Randolph here yet? Oh boy, he's gonna get a big old hug and a kiss when he gets here. So it's been 5 days since we've been able to work on this besides your painting, our kitchen reno. I just want it to be hopefully going to be a working kitchen by the weekend. I don't know, we're going to week 4. This is week 3, y'all. Can everybody say ding ding ding ding ding? 9:30, time's up! But we can't stop because these tomatoes have got to get protected. Thank you. Just fix that fence. One more there. Just, uh, technically maybe we'd put one there, but there's a hump on the ground. I don't think we need it. Everybody say woo! All right, wait. We need our, uh, we need a cage for the Icelandics. Okay, okay. All right, Josiah, Jonah, the other thing we really need to do is get the Icies, the icy chicks, out of here and put them with the flock. But we need to do that at night. You think we could come down here? I don't know, because it's like going through. He's wanting to do it at night. I'm wanting to do it now, put them in a cage until tonight and then put them in the coop. Problem with getting them out of there at night is there's so many to go through. See, we can kind of get these guys out one at a time and get them.
I can get in there, so let's do it today.
Okay, I'm gonna get in there, Josiah, and get in the back. Oh yeah, I'm gonna put out people. Can you put out everybody but Icy? Yeah, this is good. Anybody that's not an icy, get them out. Well, we did it. We decided to get the ices out of here because they're probably actually the number one corporate— corporate culprit. Uh, oh, here's another plastic. Hey, Josiah! We've got one more. Hey, Josiah, you got your rubber mallet still? So we're getting the ICs out of here, put them with the main flock, but we got to do that at night. Let's just put that right there. Would you mind grabbing the camera? When you get in there, I'm gonna shut the door behind you and you get them out, okay? Good boy. Josiah, will you let Gideon out when it's time? All right, I gotta go mill. We are 10 till 10. We're gonna have to hustle, get caught up. See, she's dropped a load. He's getting water and feed for the Icelandics. I need to get the wheelbarrow, get Jonah to maybe get that up. I'm gonna go— Randolph just got here and I gotta get our milking supplies. Good morning! How was the anniversary?
Oh, it was tremendous. Oh good, best trip I've been on in 25 years.
Good for you guys, happy for you. You end up going to Pigeon Forge? Yeah. Good.
Yeah, actually, it's Townsend. Okay, we wound up going.
Good, good.
It's a good trip though.
Good. You ready to get at it?
Yeah, I reckon so.
Okay, Rebecca's in the basement if you need her. Okay. Do you need her?
No, I don't reckon I'll finish that grouting, try to get you back in order.
Okay. How's your electric string trimmer hanging out?
Good.
Okay, good. All right, go get your size. Time to eat. Okay, breakfast. Eggs and greens from the land and some waffles. This is nice. Do you, um, know that I fixed the chickens? I pretty much fortified it. We'll see though. I got maybe the main culprits out of that Icelandic Pump chickens. What do you call a chicken that gets out and eats your tomatoes?
Bad chickens.
I can't say it.
Eat chicken! Where is it?
A very, very bad naughty chicken.
I was gonna say stew meat.
Yeah. Eggs! Eggs!
Eggs!
Unless they lay eggs, then we'll keep them. Far away.
That's what I was afraid you're gonna make me do if I don't figure this out. Is get them far, move them far away. Randolph, you've already got it grouted, the whole thing?
Yep.
11 o'clock.
Gotta do a little caulking around the edges here and there.
Okay, so what else? What else is on today?
Let's see, I guess maybe put some, some of them plugs in.
Okay.
Everything looking fine in here.
Okay, good.
Then I guess you'd be starting on the doors and the drawers.
Okay, Randolph says he's ready for doors and drawers.
I know we're going to start the drawers first. I'm not done with the doors.
Okay, this evening we might need those glow-in-the-dark shoes, Lily. Those sprinkling shoes. We've got to get those, uh, new chicks Icelandic chicks in with the older ones. They're way up there. We need to move them. Let's go ahead and move them tonight.
Be good.
And then we'll put the chicks in there with them, and then we'll let the chicks out in the morning, and all will be well. Be happy, happily ever after. Hopefully we beat the storm.
But what if a frog gets them? What chickies are you gonna put in there? Not mine.
Well, then it wouldn't be happily ever after without a tiki top if a crow got them. First things— first thing we got to do, get this fence down. We got the fence up. Now for the tricky part, getting the coop down.
So, Papa, do I pick up the camera?
Yeah, we're at location. We got the coop over here, we got the chicks over here. I do think— is that why you have them in the back? Yeah, I think we ought to put them one at a time into the back. Okay, it's very important that you don't let them escape. All right, don't open it too big. Okay, there you go. Shine the light on it, Gideon. Are they going in there all right?
Yeah.
Are they wanting to jump out, Jonah? No.
Well, you've got 12 hours to head to the end.
Oh, this is gonna be a great life.
Let's see how he acts with the, uh, others.
Is that an icy?
Yeah.
Is that all? Nope. They're really sedated. Jonah, watch it. Okay, if they get out, they don't know what home is. They have to spend the night in there to know that this is home.
I see one on the ground.
Okay, let's see what we got. So they're chill. They're gonna fit in just fine.
