How We Raise A Year's Worth of Meat & Never Buy Meat from the Grocery Store Again

To test if a fence is goat proof, take a bucket of water and throw it at the fence, if the water gets through the goats will escape.

We had five pigs at any given time growing up. They got out one day. We chased them for hours. My dad threw his hands in the air, yelled “screw it!” and went to bed for the night. The next morning they were at the trough waiting for breakfast 🤷‍♂️

Imagine working from home for a company, and being able to live on a farm. That's the life I want to live. Thanks for sharing.

If your pig pen is stationary, you might consider planting a few oak trees (or other nut baring trees) and apple trees just outside the fence. It’s a great way to get free food for them and provide shade in the summer

I have goats. My theory is that when a new prison is built they should put goats inside the fence for a couple months before the convicts arrive. If it can hold the goats in it can hold the prisoners in.

My Dad developed a "trick" electric fence. We had one horse, and she liked to break through the barb-wire fence. Dad got an electric fence, but couldn't string it around the whole 4 acres, so he just put it in the places that the horse liked to break through. He didn't want the grandkids to get shocked, so he put that bright yellow "Caution" tape everywhere the electric fence ran. The horse learned pretty quick that the Caution tape knocked her socks off. As a matter of fact, she learned so well that Dad would walk the horse to the un-fenced front yard, lay some Caution tape in a 20 foot circle, and the horse never crossed it while she grazed all day long. He had to pick up the tape in order to take the horse back to the barn in the evening. He also wrapped the feed-bins with it. It was Very reliable.

the dog is the only thing not being eaten and he looks happy as a clam.

Most people would love to live this life. Great video. What I found most impressive is how natural it came to her explaining and talking about it all. I don't think there was a single cut in this entire video, at least it didn't feel like it.

We actually trained cattle dogs (Australian shepherds) to be pig dogs. We haven't put a single pig back in the fence ourselves for 3 years.

She mentioned how many when you are “Planning”. Problem after a week the wife and kids have named them so they never make it to the table.

I haven’t bought meat in years. On 17 acres I run six cows, ten nanny goats, and two sows. I am able to sell enough offspring to buy hay and feed and still provide meat for my wife and I and our grown children. The best thing is that we love our animals. Loved your video.

She isn’t kidding about about the pigs when I was a kid we had run of around 20 Russian boars I came home from school to the volunteer fire department my parents volunteered at, chasing about 15 of the boars. Muddy and bloody it took another hour for them to contain them. I grew up in a prepping environment before prepping was a thing and took for granted a lot of it. 20 or so years later I’m finding myself obsessed with it.

I’ve heard it said that if you have goats, so does your neighbor.

I'm trying to do the same thing. I used to be a farm sitter and fell in love with farm life. Unfortunately there's a lot of money I need to make before I can just buy/rent land inorder to afford anything I want to build. I'm working on it in small steps though. If everything works out in about 6 years when I turn 30 I'll be able to start something.

Our pig got arrested while the wife was outa town!!!! HAHAHA they found him blocks away eating the neighbors flowers. They are such funny animals! Thank you for all the information this was a great video. Will be checking out more content!

I leave my guinea hogs in the pasture to graze with my cows. They never try to get out. The grass makes the meat taste awesome

13:00 For long term fencing, I thought growing Hazel trees would be good. They grow fast, they are hard wood, which is great for burning, the produce a crop and if you cut them you can push them down, secure them on the verticle and they will root, you can then weave them into a living fence. A lot of work, long term project, but low cost and has other benefits.

The mountains in the background are stunning.

This is one of my dreams. Hoping one day, my husband and I will be able to maintain this type of lifestyle.

Wow - all delivered without a script and very well said -you know your stuff.