Teaching a Dog About the Birds and Bees 

Keeping the older hens with good character is vital for flock health. They pass desirable behaviours to the younger chickens, making your flock act more like you desire. Plus they make great low upkeep backyard pets.

Keeping mature hens on the farm helps train the young ones 🎉

I must say I'm so impressed by Abby that she didn't try to break up the mating geese! She just smelled them and observed! She's come such a long long way!

If sunflowers grow in your area you might consider planting a row or two. Come the big chicken roundup in Fall the dried heads can be added to your feed for the flock. Good for the birds, pretty for y'all.

haha, we recently had 2 broody ducks come back with a combined total of 26 ducklings. they are the friggin cutest things ever! we had our 3rd lady duck disappear about a week ago, so she'll probably come back with a swarm of her own as well haha! we have a couple older isa reds that we keep around because of their personalities (chickenalities??) as well. they dont lay anymore, but they will literally run up to you when they see you coming, and follow you around until you go do something else haha. all the silkies are now apparently trained to the sound of my truck, so when they hear it coming, they swam it. they also follow it down the driveway haha! they associate the truck with food because they are my first stop in the morning, and as soon as i park the truck, i give them their feed haha! cheers Morgan, have a great day!

nothing wrong with keeping exemplary good animals you like, even from a business pov. You keep their desirable genetics in the flow

I like that you let Abby learn her lesson with the mating geese on her own before intervening.

The little ones this year are so less scared than the runner ducks when you were a babies. ❤

I just had some observations I wanted to point out 😊. This is all just my opinion... I noticed in this video that anytime Toby would stand next to you, whether it was for your attention or not. Abby would position herself in between you and Tony, mostly to seek attention from you, and almost every time you would give her attention by petting her. Whether it wasn't on purpose or was by choice. Petting is a form of reward for a dog, so you are rewarding her needy, attention seeking behavior. I'm only saying this because on a previous video, you spoke about how Toby has changed since getting Abby, so I thought I'd mention this. I hope you are having a good day! The baby cobra chickens are growing so fast!

Watching the younger goslings merge with the older flock was very nice. Humans could learn from the geese.

Ignore those who say you're too softhearted! Its a wonderful quality you poses ❤

Thanks for adding the temperature in Celsius when you talk about weather. It really was a pain to go on google and search for the conversion each time you talked about it

Omg Morgan, the thumbnail 😆 😅 Abby has come such a long way though! The way she just backs up, confused.

Your animals have so much space, every farmer should be like you.

I don't know why it is, but I just love watching the dogs run beside the E-bike. They are so happy.

The old chickens can still pull field duty scratching around cow piles. You will still get an occasional egg.

Pigs are sturdy, there is a video of two pet pigs fighting off a black bear, making the bear flee out of their pen. And they didn't have guard dogs nearby helping scare things away.

I like the puccini music in the background. It's very relaxing! Gooslings, look healthy. Cows seem happy, grass growing well, dogs are thrilled spring/summer is finally here! Hope the smoke from Canada's wildfires don't bother you and Allison, and the critters to much!

I love how the piggies stand and look at you while you talk 🤣

LOVING the playful use of opera and classical music!

Just letting you know how much I enjoy your content. The way you run your life and your farm is so kind, respectful and quite honestly brilliant. You deserve much respect in return. You seem to live my motto, Love/Joy/Respect/Do not intentional harm. Wishing you and yours much love and light

I have been going through some stressful times lately and have not watched one of these videos in a while. Sooo much has changed and when I watch it always makes me happy and smile

The crazy names he gives them is hilarious 😂 I have 4 kittens, and one of them is a fluffy Colorpoint. She attracts any twigs and "hitch-hiker" stickers... So I call her Velcro!🤣

I love the weird chickens. They seem so happy now. I also love Abby. And her observation and curiosity about the mating geese were priceless. But I have a new love, too - the pigs! Never thought I'd say that, but they are so precious.

I'm so happy to see that you seem happier with Abby then in the past! Maybe she just needed to get a little older I'm so glad you kept her. It's unfortunate that she couldn't have been bread with Toby!

I love how pigs are cleaning up the forest.

I like the weird chickens new coop more & more every time I see it.

You sound calm, confident and purposeful. I think you’ve been busy planning too. 🎉

Another enjoyable farm story to make my day. Thank you for posting it.

The amount of talk about bodily functions in the 1st minute.🤣

I really enjoy your videos Morgan, I don’t know why I’m so negative sometimes. The world would be in a better place if there was more people doing what you were doing. I hope you inspire people to do the same along the way. Again I am sorry for my negative comments from the past, it’s only because I enjoy and care about your channel. But I will make a conscious effort to leave hurtful comments out. I was raised old school, it’s hard to break!

I live watching the progression of the farm. You seem to have a pretty good handle on it now. Havent seen much on the new barn! Keep it coming !

You have no idea how relaxing your videos are. Takes my thoughts far away and back in time (- as I grew up on a very small (part time) farm).

Morgan, I love watching this video with all of the animals and birds. It's so peaceful and relaxing. The music selections for each segment are absolutely perfect. The moment of Zen with the silky chickens is so enjoyable, and of course, the scene-stealing barn cats add comic relief to all of it. Thanx!

Thanks Morgan.. Is there an issue with goslings mateing with their siblings when they get older? Side note..Coming from upstate N.Y. it's nice to see blue skies as we are dealing with the fires from Canada, can't really be outside, but it makes you appreciate clean air and reminds you how important it is to protect our Earth..

Over pandemic, I found your channel and enjoyed your farm chores

I wonder how Abby will take her future move? She seems to be so happy right now

... playing just 1 slow score of classical music for the cows, while you're day working , will set a nice aura on the farm...

I had an old leghorn who just loved interaction with humans.. Brother Keneth and I kept her year after year and she laid eggs all the time. while we collected eggs she's entire our shoes!

The opera music was *on point* .

Mating looks like "fighting" in the animal world. 😂 I'm happy Abby dog is learning! ❤

I live on a small farm and I also kinda do what you do with the birds and the animals I have been watching your channel for a while I started watching since there was 100 k subscribers and I have learned a lot from you

Abby running along the bike to O Mio Babbino Caro 😍

Awesome short story on Good Morning America!!!!!

I have two hens, an Easter Egger and an Australorp that will soon be 8 years old. The Easter Egger is still laying almost every day! The Australorp has about stopped laying… last month she was broody! I have 4 new pullets that are 11 weeks old now. Hopefully they will be good layers.

Yes thank you I can see my favorite chicken Carmen she is so cute 🥰

I can't get enough of the goslings

I’ve seen regular show to know why they fight.

Morgan, you’re looking great. My shattered femur has finally healed enough for me to start weight bearing and physical therapy. I look forward to losing weight.

What a beautiful view from the top of the hill!!!

La Boheme is my favourite opera ❤ Your videos are balm to my soul Morgan and I thank you 😊

Introducing the next batch of babas to their older siblings certainly went better than the yearly introduction of the goslings to the adult flock - which always puts me in mind of prison movies and survival of the fittest, and makes me a bit sad when I see the little babas living in their little utopia so peaceful and content - and knowing what's coming next will be a beat down and much chasing and pecking and everyone being really mean!

Havent seen Gold Shaw videos for awhile...great to be back! You have lost weight! Hope its healthy weight loss!

I love Toby dog. I think he is my spirit animal

I love a good slow motion Abby in the fields!!! ❤❤❤

I throughly enjoy porky time - they're quickly becoming a favoured animal - impressed how the decimate overgrowth!

Love your "stories from the farm"! The goslings bring such joy! Your sky looks so clear and blue, that I am guessing that you haven't been terribly impacted by the smoke from the Canadian fires?!?! At least on this day!

I will have to say, you are looking very good Morgan. Great job on your weight loss.

I love the spring! It's beautiful there. So jealous!

Would it be worth it to add a shepherd to the farm? Some breed of dog you can herd the cattle with as needed, and whatever animals you plan to add

You could put a small wood divider between the oldest bunch and the two middle bunches. Then the next week move the all up again

I have free-range chickens and was missing one hen. Found her this weekend. Sitting on 16 eggs over by the portable building. Debating on pulling the chicks once they start hatching in a week or so. Out of the last batch of 7, only 2 survived. 4 got picked off in a few hours (possibly crow), and one was sickly. The Welsummers don't seem to be as attentive to large broods. OK with just a couple, though. Out of 10 chicks that hatched in 3 nests, I have 4 left, and 3 are roos. My luck. That Cuckoo Maran roo is now penned up. Need to catch the other 3 young Maran/Welsummer roos, too. Want to change breeds so I can keep any pullets out of this batch. I have 4 cochins separate (my set of weird chickens). Two turned out to be frizzles. They are in my small grow-out pen now, so they need a new coop. Going to make a better grow-out pen that is more snake-proof. Lost one cochin to a rat snake. Rat snakes are my biggest predator. Even killed a full-grown broody hen after he got all her eggs.

Have you considered making a " Smoke House " ? ! They don't have to be big ! My Grandfather ( on my dad's side ) once cut a wood shed in half leaving it 3'x3'x7' and smoked a " European Beef Sausage " recipe in it. ( Quite Excellent ) !

Thanks again Morgan and looking good👀 👍 Shoe🇺🇸

You know you're in New England when it's 45° and you're wearing a "light" jacket 😂

Thanks and thumbs up.

You are doing very well.

Morgan, are all the birds going to sleep outside, or are they going to have some housing? Was curious if you are still planning to receive the Heffer and her calf from the other farm. Piggies are looking happy, Abbey and Toby seem happy. All is well at Gold Shaw Farm. Thanks Morgan, see you soon.

Morgan one day you'll probably " Regret " raising Those hogs ! I've heard that sometimes " Even Before the Sun Comes Up " that they will be " Screaming, " because they want food !

10:34 Morgan's nose suggests the dogs are in their shedding season.

The pigs are so stinking cute 🥹

music towards the end was well matched

Thank you for adding Celsius. 🙂👍

It's always nice to see your videos. You explain what is going on that helps us that aren't farmers to understand. I started watching at about 25k-30k subscribers

I think the coyotes would have to be desperate to try to get to your pigs, and based on what you've shared with your camera traps, easy prey is plentiful, and since you leave much of the land alone there is plenty of other things for the coyotes and bears to forage. I think worst case a bear might break through your lines just to eat the pigs food, assuming the pigs don't completely eat everything you give them, which I'm sure they do.

Going to be a dry summer. Hay will be at a premium…always good to plan ahead.

I do the same thing you do with older birds, especially the ones as you said with character and yes, I am used to being roasted for not roasting them too.

Those lil birds are so cute!!!

Fighting for love! Lol

As someone who lives in a country which is always 28*C +, it always shocks me how cold it can get in other places 😭

People aren’t going to give you a roasting for keeping the chickens, they’ll give you a roasting for roasting them! I kinda think you know this Morgan, right? 😉 However, I like these cheeky reminders that this channel is a farm and not just an entertaining animal sanctuary on RU-vid.

Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing with us .

Try planting chamomile. It loves beaten down ground. I grew up around potato farms and it loved the farm roads where it was constantly crushed and run over. Smells great too

I thought the weird chickens were placed in the garden to eat the slugs and other critters :D

Ohh Morgan your babies are beautiful!! I couldn't get a good count on that new batch you mixed in. Was there 9 baby ducks?? And how many are you planning to keep on the farm if any out of those 2 batches of babies??? And does Allison ever spend time with the Littles ones ?? Such a good farmer you should b proud of yourself!! And what you have accomplished!! Congrats!!

Just sat down for lunch and your video pops up..... coincidence?

7:39 "Roasted in the comments" Wow what a pun when talking about chicken. I do admit, when it gets cool in the fall I do like a nice roasted chicken.

@2:40 look at Toby... omg

It's so lovely seeing your farm, calms my crazy mind. I love how far you've grown with the farm too, great job 😊

I love how much the animals/farm has grown over time! It's interesting to find the animals we know by name. It's great how you are constantly updating us on each animal and forthcoming on what part each of them play at the farm. Thank you!

Goslings are so cute

Am really digging your e-biking music! Great content as always.

Hoping you and your animals are safe during the current crisis.

Abby is doing great with the birds! All of the Goslings are cute. I'd love to see a video about the garden.

Loving the progression of the farm Morgan, but I was wondering where the blonde cow and her calf are and if they are coming to the farm soon? 🐮

Plants LOVE duck poop water!

yes, one of the things people tend to forget is that a small injury can sometimes be enough to kill a wild predator. It may get infected or just keep them for a long time from hunting effectively.

Looking thinner !! Congrats ❤

Cattle munching grass ASMR Zen moment please??

Pigs look great! I love to see pig & gosling updates. It looks like the pigs may finally be coming to the end of their first big enclosure. Looking forward to seeing the next area you plan out for them. I'd love to come apprentice on your farm. I've been to Vermont and it's like the best parts of Michigan. There's a lot of farmland near me which I'd love to be able to one day farm the way you do. I just saw a farm selling goat milk, $8 per half gallon. I've run restaurants before and I'd love to have goats, pigs, and birds to feed kitchen & table scraps. I've home brewed before, too. Local breweries give spent grain to cattle farms.