We are new retirees, Dale and Kendra, joining our daughter and family in Virginia. We are moving from Pennsylvania to Virginia to join them on the recently purchased 15-acre farm. Journey with us on the former dairy farm with NO house, NO water well, NO sewer, NO driveway, and No address! We will create processes to grow our own food, and raise our meat. The dairy barn will be converted into home/s that includes in-law quarters. Kendra, a fiber artist, will take you from live sheep through finished garments. Dale, the shepherd, will care for the sheep, chickens, steers, and road-side stand. His jolly manner will charm the customers (and talk their legs off).
@@kleineroteHex I have used garlic for others kinds of worms, but never for barber pole. Thanks!! I also will use food grade diatomaceous earth (DE), don't know if it works for barber pole.
I know it’s an old video but people still need help and go to comments. Clean your fuel tank. If there’s gunk, that petcock will restrict fuel flow enough to let it start and idle but not run under load when fuel starts burning off faster.
Hi, thanks for watching. I have never milked one. But they are used as a dairy sheep. I have one that is always in milk and I've been tempted to milk it to see how much milk it could produce, but I didn't want to have to dry it up and possible deal with milk fever. Blessings, Dale
Life is going ok for us, Linda still works 3 days a week at Fairmount and I help out at garden spot auto auction one or two days a week. I hope you and your family are doing well. Take care for now Dale.
@@kleineroteHex The rain we got 2 nights ago was very helpful. It filled most of our water storage totes. I haven't used well water for animals for 3 days. And I have enough for 2 or 3 more days. The weather guys says there is more chances of rain this weekend. Bring it on!
I'm just seeing this now and I can't tell you thank you for explaining raw fleece as well as you have. I've learned more from you than all the books I've been reading. You take your time showing & explaining in your real world setting. A friend spun some Finn wool for me but now I'd love to get some cleaned Finn fleece, card it & spin my own. Super informational video on a lovely, lovely breed of sheep. Give us more. :)
Thanks for watching our videos! I will try to produce more videos about working with raw wool to yarn. I'm just starting to process lamb skins, producing lamb skin rugs and throws. Hopefully I can start to produce videos on how I am tanning these skins. I absolutely love having the FinnSheep! Blessings Dale D.
Hi Amy, long time no see, about 50 years, maybe? It seems hard to believe that we graduated 50 years ago!! After I commented I realized it was you, once I looked at your photo.
@3generations991 time flies when you have lambs 😉 If you super busy people have a free afternoon, would love to stop in. We are there from Saturday, mother's day weekend until next Saturday morning.
@@kleineroteHex Friday afternoon would work for Kendra. I won't know my work schedule, but you could come mid to late afternoon and stay for soup with us.
They grow up so fast! I have 2 ewes that lambed, one on Easter and one on April fools, and I din't have time to make a video on them, but they are so small compared to those born the beginning of the year.
Thanks Edna! I've been able to move on. I'm enjoying the other 26 lambs! Cherokee should have her liter of 3 to 5 lambs soon. I'm looking forward to them!
Yes it can be. I had so much fun with Ram Lamb 1. He'd follow me around as I did my sheep chores. He'd follow me into the chicken shed when I feed the chickens, then he'd eat the chicken feed until I'd come back later and remove him from the chicken shed. Thanks for following the Ram lamb 1 story! Blessings
Thank you! This morning he followed me around the barn and in the pasture. Last night about 12:30 AM I did get a little video of him actually getting some milk from Shannon. I'm really pleased about that. Shannon is a good MaMa!
I'm probably only naming the ones I keep. We have 23 lambs now with another 5-7 still due. I'm looking forward to being done with lambing season as I'm wearing out. Getting up several times a night to check on them is tiring.
Yes, they are soooo cute! I have 12 lambs and their mom's now out in the pasture. I love watching them frolickling in the field with each other. Hopefully, some more videos of them soon. I'm having trouble right now downloading the footage for 2 more videos!?! Grrrrrrr
Are you ready for “C” names? Carlos, Chet or Chester, Charles or Chuck, or Cooper. For the girls there is Charlotte, Cindy, Carla, Cathy or Catherine, Carlotta, or Cherry.
Classic coil failing. When it get hot due to higher resistance, it fails. Once it cools down, it provides a good spark again. Heats up, fails. Cools down, good again for 10 to 15min. Replace the coil.
Mushroom soil is the bomb! My one daughter had a small garden with her house and she just dumped mushroom soil on the old beds (not knowing what the previous owner had done). Stuff grew amazingly!!! oh, duh, it's wool! I thought you had snow already 🤣
There is a rumor that this could be a snow year here in the valley. I hope they are wrong!! as always thanks for watching and for commenting! Blessings, Dale D.
Happy 45th!! 💙💜🩷 My energy goes down in the afternoon also. So glad you got a job you enjoy at that Not-To-Be-Named place! You are such a fun people person!
I've lost so much respect for the amish, I'm from Iowa, after seeing how badly they treat their horses. I know to them there's just a farm implement but to run a hose in the ground, starve them and not provide any vet care is unforgiving..
You would get more respect if you looked after your horses and did right by them when they can no longer work! Sending these beautiful creatures to auction is not humane or god like is it ?
Hi Jane, just to clarify. I own no horses nor have I ever owned any horses. This was a story about Amish who were riding past the farm and I let them stay overnight with their horses. Anyone who abuses their animals isn't god like or treating them humanely. Thanks for watching, Blessings, Dale D.
