The video follows a father (Speaker B) and his son Jonah on a farm outing to acquire new livestock. They first visit a farm to select a ram, discussing the animals' breeds (primarily Katahdin/Dorper crosses), ages, and temperaments before deciding to purchase a promising ram. The duo then travels to a seller, Virginia James, who offers four yearling bulls and a three‑year‑old bull. They evaluate the bulls based on size, body condition, and genetics, ultimately choosing a bull named William. Throughout the trip, they handle the animals—crating the ram, loading the bulls, and managing bedding—while completing paperwork. Interspersed are moments of casual conversation, jokes about naming the animals (e.g., Nacho, Muffin, Flossie), snack breaks, and reflections on the quality time spent together. The narrative emphasizes practical farm management decisions, breed knowledge, and the father‑son bond during a day of livestock acquisition.
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Don't let the no jacket thing fool you. I totally forgot it.
Okay, so that was the coolest hotel experience ever. This place is retro, outdated, old, yet clean and tidy. Happy day and welcome to another day in the life. Today, a dad and a son representing a family who's growing what they eat, eating what they grow, Today we're picking up a ram.
For no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run.
And a bull from Virginia. Patriarchs of the farm. Yeah, we're getting his driver's ed hours in. May you be driving. Enjoying this time him and I— he and I are having alone together. Motel was only 1 minute away. Here comes our ram. Getting pushed by a tractor.
So Bruce is the bigger one, he's more mature.
Okay. He is 3, I think. Yeah.
Ike and Mike on the back there are 2.
Yeah, they're big stout guys.
Um, but Bruce is about the sweetest thing. Mike is warming up to us, all white one. Ike displays beautiful genetics, but we got him from another farm uh, that we know really well.
What breed is this?
Uh, they're a Katahdin— well, Bruce is a Katahdin Dorper cross, uh, predominantly Katahdin. And really, I think all three of them are that majority.
Our flock is— yeah, I don't really care. But which one you like? I don't care. The proven ram but older, or a skittish ram but younger? And this guy that says real calm—
if we get him, we can just grow up a baby ram from him.
Well, I did just that. See, I thought they were all for sale, and I was eyeing that guy. He happens to be the one that's not for sale.
Do you want to lift him up into the crate while the crate's up in the truck, or do you want to put him in the crate?
What do you want to do, Jim? I think Jim would like the crate.
Get him in the crate first. The Katahdin, I think, is a little big for the Dorper. Good boy. Wow.
Okay, Mike, you ready to go?
So impressed that you guys— all the editing you guys do. Holy cow, I don't know how you do it, but more power to you. Well, that makes life easier.
2000, but now— holy cow. Well, that was really cool. They're willing to part with Mike. We got Mike, Bruce's descendant.
This is the type of farm Lily wants.
Really nice horse stable, event area, colonial brick Wow, you did it, man! You got us here to the bull. Farms are really nice around here, huh? Yeah. And once again, we have our choice of 3 bulls. One's a little older, maybe 3, but proven, and 2 are younger. I'm kind of leaning to the younger ones just so we don't have to replace chase the bulls so often. It's one of them.
This is one of them. These are two that are available. So I have, I have 4 yearling bulls.
Okay.
One is sold.
Okay.
I just registered them last week, so I go by— that's number 4 and this is number 6.
There you go. It's hard to know, isn't it? I don't think you can lose. Which one?
That one's bigger.
Well, he might be older. You like the bigger?
I don't know.
Bigger body, littler legs, filled out stomach. Oh yeah, his is shedding better, isn't it? Okay, name? Virginia James. They've all been— you've been around them a lot then, haven't you?
Every day.
They're going to come right up to you.
Yeah.
How big is your herd?
Actually, I sold all my females last September, and so now I have these 4 yearling bulls, and then I have the 3-year-old bull.
They're both great looking. I'm kind of leaning towards that guy. He's got the similar body constitution. Yes, we like William. I don't think we could lose with either one of them.
Why don't we go in and do the paperwork?
All right. Him, gentle but not handled, which is good. Doesn't mean he's gonna come and try to get rubbed by the children, you know what I mean? You want to drive? I'll direct you. Oh, you want me to drive? You're eating? You got the munchies? He's retiring, so I'm glad to get one of his bulls. Our neighbor has one of his bulls and it's turned out great.
There we go.
You tamed them well. All right, William, we're going home. Got a good feeling about you. All right, Mike. Such ordinary names. We might have to come up with some funky names. That muffin too, I like it. We don't want to convince your mom.
It stinks. That muffin is too good of a name.
It's too good of a name. Nacho's a good name.
I know, we're keeping it. Is this nacho?
Oh, is this all on nacho number 2? I like it. We just have to convince your mom.
We also need to name our next milk cow Flossie.
Yeah? Oh, it's only 6 hours.
Yeah.
6 hours and 40 minutes. All right, I guess I'm gonna drive till we get fuel. We're gonna eat again?
Yeah, why not?
Does pass the time nicely.
Some turkey and bacon and mayonnaise.
How's Nacho 2 doing? He's doing good.
He's laying down.
You got a turkey sandwich?
Yeah.
Been driving what?
What, about an hour? Did you get eaten up?
Yep.
You ready? How you doing, Nacho Numero Dos?
My life is good, really good.
Let's check on Stud Muffin too. He's a poopy pee mess. Here, let's do it because I'll just rinse it out when we get home. Yeah, but then— but he's gonna have to stay in the trailer. Why not? He's frightened. I would be too if I'd never ridden in a trailer before. We've switched. Did you get tired? You want some water?
Mm-hmm. Hey girl!
You like my new Stanley? One more hour left to get all his night hours in. I think Jonah and I are gonna switch. The back needs a stretching. Check on the animals. You poor thing, all by yourself.
Big fat rat. I'm scared.
Man, this is hard. All right, sun's setting. It's a nighttime What are you going to do, stretch?
I was going to let him have dog poop. Ooh.
We are 20 minutes away. He's finishing strong. You did good, Jonah. Mom's making us some steaks. I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten since this— 26 hours? You're pretty full, huh? Yeah. No, don't do that. Oh, there they are. Oh yeah, pull in here then. Look, coming out to greet us. Stop. What?
I like honking the horn.
Nobody's coming to see me. They're coming to see the bull and the ram, huh?
Hey, trying to come to you, but they wouldn't let me.
They're going to be so hyped up tonight. It's probably better just leave them in there. Hey, my man. It's so dark. They don't know any of these other animals. I think there's too much excitement. We're gonna let— hey, we need— no, I'll pay for them. Can you get a bedding? Can you get some shavings? Apparently we're out of shavings, so let's give him some hay. All right, I got him some hay in lieu of no more shavings, so he'll be good. I want some sort of bedding because he's gonna pee and poop, and I don't want to get all over him. It'll get on the bedding instead. We gave all the bedding to this guy. Look at this. Oh, what a way to break a 26, 7-hour fast. Avocado, low-carb fruits, squash, sauerkraut, egg drop soup. Are you hungry? Oh man. You may think that was a trip to go get the patriarchs of our farm, and it was, but it was also something even more important. It was quality of time alone with Jonah.
I had a blast.
He's just growing up.
I cherish that trip.
Happy day. See you tomorrow. We're gonna put those animals out. That'll be exciting. You don't want to miss it.
