Wind Storm Destroyed Our Hoop House 

A part of being a farmer that isn't talked about: there are a lot of sleepless nights spent caring for sick or baby animals, being woken up by wildlife destroying the property, and worst of all people trespassing for nefarious reasons. Not to mention the weather events.

Abby is so adorable, even with all of her puppy mischief. Bud, you look exhausted! Hope you get a chance to rest up some after you get the birds taken care of!

When planning your next hoophouse, you should look into wind strapping. It goes over the top between the pipes, and is attached at the bottom on each side. Keeps the wind from getting up under the plastic. You could use some ropes for now. Looks like Anne is really close. She is starting to swell 'back there' (RU-vid doesn't like some anatomical specifics). They will get puffy and the muscles on top of the tailhead get real loose. It's hard for me to imagine it's still that cold up there. Going to be 83 today here in Texas. We have already had our last frost.

Watching your animals and fur babies is the best medicine. Abby is getting much stronger, and her training is going very good. Toby is so special and so good with helping in Abies training. Your baby calves are beautiful and healthy. God Bless you and your family. I look forward to your daily channel. Thank you for sharing your life.

Hopefully there’ll be more of Abby cam! Toby is such a sweet and accepting fluff. So sorry to hear about all the damages that happened. Hope things get better soon Edited to express my thanks for converting Fahrenheit to Celcius for many of us

I'm sorry about your hoop coop. I hope all of your birds are alright and no one was injured.

Love your baby calf, he is so sweet. Your dogs are beautiful and Abby is catching on very well. Thanks to you and Toby😊

9:40 I love how Ann of Green gables totally looked over when Morgan said mom almost like “ Yeah I heard my name, does someone need me??” 😂😂😂

I found that having a thin layer of hay over a hard bottom works really well for the goose eggs. The geese can bury the eggs then and it’ll be easier to find eggs

You guys are having a real time of it on the farm, wow! I hope things calm down soon!

I know your videos are a bit behind of real time, but man, I dont know how you deal with so much winter and snow, lol. Here in Oregon this weekend we've been cleaning up the garden, preparing the raised beds, building a compost bin, and I already planted a whole bed of beans and something like 20 grow bags of potatoes. Greens are going in this week. I've been working on seed starting in the greenhouse for two weeks already. Daytime temps are starting to trend more into the 60's now. I am so glad to have spring!

OMG!! I'm So Sorry about the Hoop House!! Abby is So Cute!! Have a Great Day!! 🙂❤⚘

Hoping things turn up for the farm, Morgan! Thanks for sharing, and you share the information like a champ.

It's a small thing but we really appreciate the Clesius notes. Thank you 😇

Wow you are doing so well being first time cow handler etc.. Love your videos . 🐂

Having ANY dog is like having a toddler. Or a teen, if they are really well behaved. They usually are puppies till the very end. The calf's tail wag is adorable.

Congratulations on that beautiful baby! 😍 Sorry about that hoop coop! Hope the repairs go smoothly for you 🙏🏻 Perhaps if you keep putting down bedding in the barn and later clean out with the tractor for your compost? The straw will be good for the new babies to snuggle in and keep warm👍🏻❤blessings from Idaho 🤗

So sorry to hear about the hoop house, but glad the birds are all safe and it can be repaired.

I don't know if it's possible but you should try to fit the front half of your tractor in the entrance of the barn. (The lower part where your stuff is stored) so you don't have snow on the dashboard or a ton of it on the seat. Or you could get a vinyl cab enclosure cover for your tractor to keep snow out

Congratulations again on your baby coow!! So sorry to see the damage to the coophouse. I'm glad that the storm didn't kill any chickens or geese in the coophouse!!! May the fix to the coophouse not be too frustrating and be a quick and efficient fix for the rest of the cold season. Would love to see more "Abby" produced video. You might consider running her in the pasture to get a whole lot more energy expended before attaching a camera. Right now, she just wants too many tummy rubs.🙄❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤗

thanks for putting it in Celsius on the side. I'm Canadian, so it helps.

Good luck putting everything back together. You always make it work.

I sure hope Audrey has a calf! I personally think she and Ariel have the prettiest fur colors, it'd be thrilling to see how they pass that on.

Morgan, so sorry about the hoop house! Dark circle under your eyes. I hope you get rest soon.

Do you have any ideas about Avian flu and changing your plans for where to allow the birds??

Ain't one thing it's two others...lol. But you gotta love the life and the interactions. Stay safe, take care. Still hopeful in Manitoba, Canada

Thanks for translating the temperature in celsius

I'm sorry about your hoop coop. Abby looks to be settling in well! However, I got a laugh out of that High School Musical reference ! That song, among others from that series, had been stuck in my head... it's haunting me! 🤣

Hope you will be okay in the cold!

I thought the snow might collapse the house too, but these winds now days are so

1:33 perfect shot of the dogs playing

Abby eating the camera would give us a different side of the farm we never see. Glad she knows drop it! Tarps for the hoop coop/

We had the same windstorm here to the west of you plus a few inches of snow. March can be a real bummer in the North East!

Hang in there. You’re doing great. Set backs happen. The sun will be out soon enough 🤍

Good Evening. Good luck with the hoop house repair. The calf is a currie. .

Your videos are my safe space man, big up.

I now have my husband yelling “Release the Quackin!” He has no idea what it means…

Absolutely enjoy your show..it feels like I’m doing it also…..I’ve learned so much ..thankyou 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Glad seeing you being happy with using 'yesss' instead of the clicker. You will always have a 'yesss' at hand! Think clickers are for teaching humans what behaviour you condition since it is easier to say: when dog does A, click and give treat. Instead of: praise good behaviour.

Maybe invest in some baby calf jackets? So it can ease your worries if they are cold, it’ll keep them a lot warmer : )

when you see your cattle are sleeping laying down always be alert and vigilant majority its gonna be a storm

You Need a thicker plastic per hoop houses The clear pond material is the best it doesn’t rip

Oh gosh, that's such a bummer with the loss of the hoop coop covering. Unfortunately high winds can just rip & shred weathered plastic when it becomes a bit brittle. Hope it didn't take too much to fix in a day

You might have had a snall tornado? That ripped that plastic? There's been so much of that to the west and then storms moving north east that it wouldn't be unheard of. It might explain why only part of the plastic was riped. Whatever it was at least your frame stayed intact and the animals unharmed. That's scary! They had to of been frightened with that ripping and all.

Hindsight, should keep extra emergency tarps on hand hindsight is learning point

The snow load is putting pressure on that beam running down the middle of your hoop house and stretching the plastic causing a weak area. That's very likely how it ended up being torn down the middle like that.

Buy many many tarps and zip tie it to the hoop coop. Good luck 🍀👍🏻!

To repair: Test first, put aluminum foil folded over, top and bottom of both edges being re attached, and use a hair flatting iron to repair the rip with heat going through the aluminum to seal the plastic. Practice with shreds of your cover left on the end to check if it will work. You can use a laundry iron in your test cause you just need the heat, before getting a flattening iron. That works generally on plastic bags and to seal mylar bags.. Stop the splitting further first so it doesn't get worse.

The editing! *chefs kiss

Yep we had 60 mph gust and I lost my greenhouse in the Dallas area two weeks ago.

I know I made comments before already but❣️😊❣️Every Farmer has his own style, you’d expect that but then comes along someone like you who is very unique, who has this unusual calmness and patience about them and even a animal whispering so to speak, which animals relate to obviously because look how well behaved Toby was from the start as a puppy and now we are seeing the same exact thing with Lady Abby💕😊♥️… She is such a good puppy. Your cats listen to you so well and respond to your orders like I’ve never seen cats especially Little Ginny jumping up right up to your shoulder with just vocal & commands. And your cattle also have come along way is in a short amount of time considering you’ve not had a very long and they’ve only been with you since May of last year. Winter time is not a good time to train animals but you’ve managed very quickly in less than a year‘s time to gain their trust with the exception of one cow….And I might Aaron that pregnant cattle are not very trusting!! That’s the truth!! They are more skittish, Much more Difficult & definitely more cantankerous and not willing to go along with the group. So not knowing which ones were pregnant and which ones weren’t was something you had going against you.… From the very beginning but even then when I think back and how quickly you work those cattle into Preston you to come down from far away in the back pasture and learn that you were just gonna safely bring them into little pens and reward them with the pellets and then move them again and they would have food and water and hay and no harm was going to come to them and they could have all the fresh grass they wanted and they trusted you. I worked on the farm with cattle and we always had some that would run every which direction like you did on day one EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAD TO MOVE ICATTLE… no matter how many cattle panels we had, Nor HOW MANY MEN & Women & Teens there were, we always, ALWAYS lost COWS IN EVERY DIRECTION YOU LOOKED 😂 😂 😂 😂But not YOU, Morgan …On day one you had one Cow run away…And day two -same cow. And then everything was fine. That’s a pretty darn good record I think. You’re just really really good with the animals and I truly admire you so if anybody can milk a Bear, I think it’s you Morgan & My $$ Is DEFINITELY ON YOU ❣️❣️♥️♥️

THE BALLAD OF GOLD-SHAW FARM (sung to the tune of the "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song) Let me tell you all a story 'bout Gold-Shaw farm, Way up north in Peacham where the weather is not warm. Purchased by a couple who came from a city life, The fellow's name was Morgan, and Allison his wife. The place just wasn't livable and needed much repair, They looked around for hired help to fix their Vermont lair, When they brought on workmen to go mend their broken house, The contractor had ripped them off because he was a louse. Morgan turned his efforts to start building up his land, Planting lots of chestnut trees in lots of wiggly bands, Then he dug a wading pond for his new geese and ducks, followed by a hoop coop that just wasn't strong enough. People watched him on RU-vid to see his homestead grow, Working hard and harvesting the seeds that he did sow, Then he purchased cattle to go grazing in his field, Breeding them to make sure that a profit they would yield. He started spending much more time with RU-vid every day, Building his subscribers to above 500 k, We gave him lots of good advice to help his knowledge grow, He didn't want it and continued making videos. When we saw his highland cows all laying in the barn, We noticed all the lumps of poop that they were resting on, No cow should have to lay upon their own wet smelly dung, But have a place that's dry and clean with calves to be among. Be advised that sickness comes along with herd neglect, And spending time on lesser things means you have no respect, For the lives your cows give up so you can sell your beef, But there's still time to change your ways and take away their grief. We can't say with certainty which way the farm will go, But before we end this tale there's one thing you should know, Just remember farmers give their herds priority, to give them care with cleanliness to live in dignity.

Man it's a shame that giant Barn can't be completely utilized instead of the hoop coop ..

Sorry to know about the hoop house. Careful when doing repair works out in the cold, it can be really rough. And i just can't get my mind off the part where you were walking around going "Oh no... oh no..." while the 2 pups were playing in the background 😆

I expected the hoop coop to be wrecked Like you build a plastic house in a super harsh environment,what's supposed to happen

aww that sucks dude , I hope everything works out for you.

😯😖 hope the hoop house can be fixed! So many goings on lately! Glad all the animals are all okay!

What a big rock in the barn! :O

Dude you look exhausted! I hope you took a nap!

Wait. That thing a bunch of people said was going to happen actually happened? Color me surprised.

I'm not an expert but it looks like there may have been a sharp edge somewhere in the frame that allowed a tear given the way it split.

Sorry about the hoop house. I am sure you will work it out.

Good luck repairing the hoop house, once material tears it's a bigger battle. I'll bet you get a free hoop house just for the video work and advertising you do.

You should probably put some red tape or something on the doggo cam incase it falls out and blends in with the snow

I feel like at this point Abby has decided that the camera is her arch-nemesis, considering how often she keeps knocking it over.

Looks like a job for duck tape! Blaaaaah 😁😜🤪🤓

HAHAHA.....Really Morgan! High School Musical around 5:10 time. That was unexpected and hilarious. Anyhow, enjoyed today's video in spite of your hoop coup mishap. I am sorry that happened.

Wow you have a lot of self control (or you did a lot of re-shoots). ;) I would have been cursing up a storm had I seen what happened to the hoop house. Best of luck with the repair. Hopefully when you build the more permanent structure you use a heftier covering. I know a lot of plastic products get very brittle in cold temps, which is why I'm guessing the tarp you used ripped instead of just coming loose. On the cattle business. I think you already watch White House on the Hill videos. They have quite a few good videos on cows. As you've learned through your trials and tribulations, bovines are a LOT challenging than avians.

Abby is Funny !! When in Doubt, Duck tape it !!

The edits are awesome 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Don't cattle prefer to birth when the weather is worst? Something about avoiding predators.

We got a very lil bit of ❄ here in MD I'm like wth

sorry for the trouble with the hoop house

There's always something going on... so you are storing these eggs. But how long can they be stored before you have to hatch them

Please give Toby more attention

Abby is cute and mischievous lol

It is going to take a lot of duck tape to fix the hoop house.🤭🤭🤭

Oh gosh so busy!! Keep your head up, maybe hire some help - either editing, researching, or farming (although farming isn’t bringing in enough to pay someone). Hope you get some sleep!

8:38 This is hard to do holding goose eggs😂

Name him winter, fun little name because he was born in the spring in the middle of a snowstorm haha

Hoop coop cover looks like a job for emergency duct tape.

I love animals xxx

I apologize if this comes off as over-cautious, but couldn't the point on the water bucket be dangerous @7:23 might be worth cutting that piece off.

At least the hoop coop didn't fill with snow, all things considered. Just a simple plastic tear repair without a lot of cleanup. Could have been way worse.

Time for a FLEX SEAL sponsorship.

What’s the deal with the huge boulder in the barn?

Work that problem, is the only way when the fan is on high.

Bit of duct tape on the coup n as we say here in Australia, she'll be right mate! 😁🙏💙🦘

oh the poor geese and chickens! must to froze their butts off

When you are not around, attach Abby to Toby. 4 foot lead. Let Toby do some training

Jeez it's all going on at Gold Shaw

oh no. sorry about your goose enclosure man.

This video seems to be older because there’s nowhere near this much snow here now.

I couldn’t keep my guardian livestock dog in his pen after a couple months, I had his pen and run in the middle of the goats pasture and he chewed through the actual kennel and then he chewed through the hotwire and took the shock to get out, so I gave up and let him be with the herd!

That rock

Do the other cows had their babies yet?

BUMMER.... you should have taken Abby in the truck with you on your errands?

How old does a goose have to be to lay fertile eggs? I've heard they have to be at least 2 yrs old to lay hatching eggs

Where is Alfred?

Where is Pablo