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Komentáře • 268

  • @meganvandusen2833
    @meganvandusen2833 Před měsícem +229

    Not Kevin just throwing handfuls of food like a kid at a zoo😂😂

    • @Weedemandreap
      @Weedemandreap  Před měsícem +56

      I know, right?! 🤣

    • @_Fizel_
      @_Fizel_ Před měsícem +47

      Him even going "no she's hungry" before tossing more food in.

    • @JYYB
      @JYYB Před měsícem +2

      😂

  • @wrinklesandsprinkles
    @wrinklesandsprinkles Před měsícem +118

    DaNelle’s whole mood changed when her babies came home!! Happy belated Mother’s Day❣️

  • @ShellyCurrier
    @ShellyCurrier Před měsícem +79

    It’s so adorable Luna rubbing her head on Ethan she really missed him!!

  • @jennybloodless
    @jennybloodless Před měsícem +19

    Cricket is just like her grand-dam! I’m so glad Tilly’s weird energy lived on. 🖤 Tilly. Forever.

  • @user-rt9zc1jv2c
    @user-rt9zc1jv2c Před měsícem +18

    On my 16th birthday I got stung by a scorpion. I’m now 71. Greetings from Texas

  • @annilbridgelal262
    @annilbridgelal262 Před měsícem +71

    The intro be like : kiwi our 100 year old turkey had me rolling till next year 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 The look in kiwi's eyes told me she aint want no more babies😂❤ Love you guys, but have you figure out the rat problem?

    • @Weedemandreap
      @Weedemandreap  Před měsícem +17

      There’s an update on the rat problem later in the vid - it’s getting tricky!

    • @skaiste26
      @skaiste26 Před měsícem +2

      I am the 31 coment

    • @annilbridgelal262
      @annilbridgelal262 Před měsícem +5

      @@Weedemandreap i have a rat problem too 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣pesky lil things

  • @Nirrrina
    @Nirrrina Před měsícem +36

    Kiwi has been one exceptional broody turkey hen.
    I can't believe she's still going.
    I'm glad you providing extra tlc in delivering her food & water since she's a bit older. She definitely deserves it for everything she's hatched for you guys.

  • @saoirsevicteoiria2759
    @saoirsevicteoiria2759 Před měsícem +23

    Watching the mommas eating their leaves quietly while the babies run around was like revisiting every childhood bbq I ever went to! Much love to them, and to Kiwi. All the best to you this Mother's Day DaNelle!

  • @kyliepechler
    @kyliepechler Před měsícem +9

    So wonderful to see Ethan & Lydia back. So adorable of Luna to be showing Ethan she has missed him.

  • @lizreeves9681
    @lizreeves9681 Před měsícem +12

    I feel like you’re talking yourself into the geese plan not us! 😉😄

  • @rochereaubreyolabe969
    @rochereaubreyolabe969 Před měsícem +7

    Twila and Cricket looks like Tilly and Willow

  • @udderlyfowlfarm
    @udderlyfowlfarm Před měsícem +15

    Hope you had a good Mother’s Day, i can’t wait to watch this!

  • @JulieStCyr-lw4hk
    @JulieStCyr-lw4hk Před měsícem +20

    Oh, I hope Kiwi is successful with raising the geese. That’s so exciting. And the little does are so good! And Danell I don’t blame you for not wanting to cook every day. I know you want to be able to enjoy those little nieces and nephews too. I look forward to seeing them interact with all the animals on your farm.

  • @Sandra-hk8ks
    @Sandra-hk8ks Před měsícem +9

    I couldnt ever live with scorpions. I draw the line there.😮😮😮

    • @potcakepups4947
      @potcakepups4947 Před měsícem

      I think it's just something you'd probably get used to but yeah. I grew up on a sailboat and if you know even just one thing about that, it's spiders and a heck of a lot of them. There's jumping spiders and dockspiders which are pretty big actually and I still don't really like spiders but growing up around them, I'm certainly not afraid of them anymore and you kind of just get used to them and accept that it's just part of the lifestyle. I suppose scorpions are to Texas as spiders are to sailboats

    • @jenniferr2057
      @jenniferr2057 Před měsícem

      It is why I live where nothing is trying to kill me... I just can't.

  • @makingalbanyhome3673
    @makingalbanyhome3673 Před měsícem +5

    You should do a before and after video! Of the yard and then the pool. Of the goat barns. Of your garden. Of the fruit trees! All the progress since you started on CZcams :)

  • @TeamVeen
    @TeamVeen Před měsícem +4

    I got chills when those two scorpions started crawling around 😬

  • @shellywelsh2316
    @shellywelsh2316 Před měsícem +10

    My neighbour has my broody chicken laying on some duck eggs. Everyone is happy!

  • @Sandra-hk8ks
    @Sandra-hk8ks Před měsícem +9

    Mice and rats love, love peanutbutter.

  • @Monica-qb1gz
    @Monica-qb1gz Před měsícem +5

    I really like the addition of there b role of the animals during a quiet time! so peaceful!

  • @UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm
    @UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm Před měsícem +8

    Hey y’all, Looks like the nest is no longer empty for a while. Ethan and Emily look so good I hope they had good school years. Maybe you can rent a rat terrier to root out those rats. The scorpion hunt was fun I loved the glow in the dark scorpions.

  • @MysticalElf
    @MysticalElf Před měsícem +3

    Rodents can be really smart. If they saw the others be trapped/ended, they will recognize the traps and not go in.

  • @rahemahmed7094
    @rahemahmed7094 Před měsícem +1

    I laughed so bad when Danelle said probably that scorpion is pregnant

  • @juliebates5315
    @juliebates5315 Před měsícem +3

    Lots happening today !!! Lovely to see your children again !!! Goats are growing so fast and kiwi magic is happening !!! ❤🦘

  • @Samantha-nx6sz
    @Samantha-nx6sz Před měsícem +2

    Any way Kevin can rig one of those scorpion lights to a headband or hat? Then you were it while doing evening chores and pick ‘em off as you go about your normal night.

  • @BiterAvid
    @BiterAvid Před měsícem +2

    I have been missing the kids so I was like Hooray. If I miss them, I cannot even imagine the ache in your heart you must feel when they are at school.

  • @jamiescott5461
    @jamiescott5461 Před měsícem +3

    So good to see the kids back, you can tell how happy you are. The kids however seem less than thrilled with the goats, their facial expressions 😝🤪

  • @malickceesay8079
    @malickceesay8079 Před měsícem +4

    I Was hoping to see the new
    buckling but that's okay

  • @victoriacollado7245
    @victoriacollado7245 Před měsícem +5

    Janell, hope you had a Happy Mothers Day! My dad always used raw bacon for mice and rats at our rabbitry-worked very well. Great video.

  • @LavenderLushLuxury
    @LavenderLushLuxury Před měsícem +7

    Luna's so sweet love her so much she's a mascot for this channel 💙🤍💚

  • @carriesnest
    @carriesnest Před měsícem

    Your whole mood changed when your kiddos came home. Luna is deadly with that head swing 😂

  • @HoneyBeeHeidi100
    @HoneyBeeHeidi100 Před měsícem +3

    I hope Ethan has his own fancy pigeon CZcams channel someday, I’d subscribe and like every video 😄👍🏻

    • @naerwyn239
      @naerwyn239 Před měsícem

      SAAAAME! Domesticated pigeons are such a sad and awesome story at the same time!! Ethan would be awesome to hear speak about it.

  • @sherrywilliams409
    @sherrywilliams409 Před měsícem

    Jeez! 95 degrees already! I have so say, here in north Louisiana we have had a true spring. Lots of rain and cooler temps. I have actually been chilled so I would take a walk to warm up! So happy the kids are home! I know y’all are too! Empty nest is so lonely. Our three sons are grown and married. BUT! I now have six grandchildren that I see on a regular basis!😁

  • @taradaycatalortaraifyourno8482

    Luna is like a dog. She needs love.

  • @shaylynbezooyen3102
    @shaylynbezooyen3102 Před měsícem +1

    Twila’s face kinda looks similar to Tilly’s face, also happy Mother’s Day!!

  • @joanneganon7157
    @joanneganon7157 Před měsícem +2

    Awe Kevin is just showing love,Great job Kiwi 🎉.
    Krafty Kevin Krafty 👍.
    Welcome home College Kiddos and 🎊!
    I got bit by a Briwn Recluse in my bed,boy did he have time to blow up my finger🫢.
    It fell off my hacket after stacking wood🤨.
    Im glad you got the buggers!
    Happy Mother's Day Danelle❤

  • @jenng2454
    @jenng2454 Před měsícem +3

    Welcome home kids! This was such a fun video

  • @TheLittleFarminmybackyard
    @TheLittleFarminmybackyard Před měsícem +2

    Kiwi is so funny! ❤ How many days does it take for geese to hatch?

  • @allyofaliens7766
    @allyofaliens7766 Před měsícem +1

    100 year old??? I got scared 😂 also can't wait to see those babies hatch so excited already!

  • @kar702
    @kar702 Před měsícem +1

    Brother-in-law lives in the desert and he woke up one night with a sting and on his back he had a mama with a whole bunch of baby scorpions. I shiver every time I think about it they also had one of those huge Millipede as big around as your thumb crawl up out of that little hole in the sink where drain where the extra water drains out, the horror.

  • @pamw.8676
    @pamw.8676 Před měsícem +3

    Ok. Quite happy not living near scorpions.

  • @feather6508
    @feather6508 Před měsícem +1

    Someone told me to use chocolat, he also mentioned granes, nuts or breadflower. When he got infested that where the items that they went in to and got eaten the most.

  • @kitkatmccabe
    @kitkatmccabe Před měsícem +2

    I remember the time we got purple carrots from a farmer my uncle knows and my niece was about 3 and found the carrots weird so we told her they were witches fingers she loved that and ate them all up😂😂😂

    • @Nirrrina
      @Nirrrina Před měsícem +1

      Witches fingers👏😂. A girl after my own heart!
      A lot would be ewe gross. But not us we'd chomp down.

  • @tidepoolpotions
    @tidepoolpotions Před měsícem +2

    From Arizona, never got stung..at 35 years old..I finally got stung in TEXAS! In my BED! It's so painful..a lot more than you expect! One nearly killed my cat too, he has a weak immune system..we had to flush his mouth out and thankfully saved his life. It was so scary! I love them honestly, I genuinely do..I have had pet scorpions. But dang they are painful!

    • @Weedemandreap
      @Weedemandreap  Před měsícem +1

      It is SO painful! Kept me awake for about 6 hours -- there's no sleeping through scorpion pain!

    • @tidepoolpotions
      @tidepoolpotions Před měsícem

      @@Weedemandreap I was so scared too because I never been stung, called my mom up like a baby! Now at 37 I can happily say I live nowhere they are at anymore and though

  • @ann2155
    @ann2155 Před měsícem +1

    I have one of those Emden geese. He has blue eyes a Drake obviously and he’s meaner than all get out. So good luck. They will pinch you till your black and blue when they bite you. But he’s only miserable during breeding season.

  • @analiaulloa9784
    @analiaulloa9784 Před měsícem

    Horses have the same training being tied. It shows patience and how to be tied/ led

  • @lajwantishahani1225
    @lajwantishahani1225 Před měsícem +1

    Scorpion sting is supposed to be poisonous or at least cause a few miserable days! But I have a slug problem with the rainy season having just begun.

  • @WaysideHome
    @WaysideHome Před měsícem +2

    The babies are so big!

  • @TheFrontAcre
    @TheFrontAcre Před měsícem +1

    We just hatched emden. They're so sweet! ❤️

  • @eternalsunshineofthespotlessme

    I’ve been wondering about Kiwi for so long! Glad to see she is still kickin’.

  • @deborahcornwell1840
    @deborahcornwell1840 Před měsícem +1

    I love the scorpion hunt...😮😂. Welcome home kids 😁❤

  • @carolmusso7767
    @carolmusso7767 Před měsícem +1

    So good to see Ethan and Lydia! And my favorite, Luna, got a lot of video time! Happy belated Mother’s Day, Danelle! ❤️🐐

  • @chrstinamercado2205
    @chrstinamercado2205 Před měsícem +1

    Woohoo to kiddos summer break. We missed them but not as much as mom and dad did.

  • @katherinerichardson2273
    @katherinerichardson2273 Před měsícem +1

    the peacock hatching is when I started watching this show

  • @janicesmith3986
    @janicesmith3986 Před měsícem +1

    I had one in my bed about 6 weeks ago. It stung me twice as I was trying to get away from it and out of bed.

  • @malickceesay8079
    @malickceesay8079 Před měsícem +1

    I think you should keep Wednesday on a bottle because she's slow growing like river but twila looks bigger and they cane from the same dam😮

  • @achillywind550
    @achillywind550 Před měsícem

    I think the secret for friendly geese is similar to goats. You just have to spend a lot of time with them when they are babies.

  • @shfrederick1
    @shfrederick1 Před měsícem +1

    I am scared to death of scorpions. You were so calm smashing them. I would have been freaking out.

  • @Deayushshow
    @Deayushshow Před měsícem +2

    Twila and tilly look SCARILY similar

  • @abbeysimmons8751
    @abbeysimmons8751 Před měsícem +1

    omg i am OBSESSED with Embden geese!! so excited for them!

  • @lookingforbluewater6162
    @lookingforbluewater6162 Před měsícem

    It was great seeing the kids home from college 🥰🥰. Hopefully Kiwi will hatch out the geese 😁. The baby goats are getting so big. ❤️❤️ Always a new adventure with them.

  • @purpledew9232
    @purpledew9232 Před měsícem

    handheld vacuum works great to collecting the scorpions.

  • @FranklineNoahK
    @FranklineNoahK Před měsícem

    Dear DaNelle. Happy belated mother's day to you. Grasshopper Mice are natural predators of Arizona Bark Scorpion - the kind that you have. They are not the pest kind of mouse. Grasshopper mice are carnivorous. They have high pain tolerance and are immune to scorpion sting! It'd be cool to ID your mice. If it's the pest- kind (Mus musculus), you should kill them. If it's Onychomys torridus aka Grasshopper Mice, you should keep them. They are good thing to have around! :)

  • @tinydancer36
    @tinydancer36 Před měsícem +9

    Kiwi...Foster Mother of the Year!!

  • @jackolantern404
    @jackolantern404 Před 28 dny

    *Two scorpions run off in random directions*
    "And that's how you kill scorpions. 😎" Lmao yall are too much 😂

  • @diego_fe
    @diego_fe Před měsícem

    Cricket is a just like honey. She does what she wants 😂

  • @jenifer5010
    @jenifer5010 Před měsícem +1

    For the rats try a little peanut butter on a cracker or a small piece of meat . For some reason they can't resist peanutbutter

  • @tearalewis7532
    @tearalewis7532 Před měsícem

    As a teen in the early 90s, my best friend lives in a home in Chandler AZ in a neighborhood similar to yours. Large lost and irrigation ect. They also had a scorpion issue, and every weekend we would go on "Safari" and take blacklights, putty spatulas to smash...BUT we also had a handheld propane torch and would run the torch down those cinder wall gaps and kill or run out all the ones hiding and smash them.
    We could easily kill 30 or more in an hour or so.
    Now living in NC for many years, I can say I don't miss those. But in exchange we have all kinds of flying bugs, and lots of snakes etc here in the country.

  • @barbaralavoie1045
    @barbaralavoie1045 Před měsícem

    Hi Danielle, Happy belated Mothers Day. The broody hen is hilarious and much success with those goose eggs🥰👍. Kevin had fun feeding the hen😂. You look so happy that the kids are home🥰. Enjoy your children being home. Is it for the summer? That will be nice for all of you and have fun❤️🥰👍

  • @mgm2008
    @mgm2008 Před měsícem +1

    Even I love the Bobo muffins/bars!!

  • @michellewatkins9106
    @michellewatkins9106 Před měsícem +2

    hi

  • @ariadne1696
    @ariadne1696 Před měsícem

    I feel ya with the scorpions, I was brushing my horses and after putting everything away I found a scorpion and a brown recluse in my brushes 😬 Once it warms up a little more it'll be tarantula time here too. Last year we caught scorpions and tarantulas to put in alcohol and my cousin puts them in resin, looks cool

  • @priscillachase-duran3843
    @priscillachase-duran3843 Před měsícem +1

    Sweet Willow!!!❤❤❤

  • @TheCrazyNette
    @TheCrazyNette Před měsícem

    My family lives in Southeastern Arizona and during the winter my sister will find scorpions curled up on the backs or necks of her milk cows.

  • @secretkalani136
    @secretkalani136 Před měsícem

    I will always watch your videos in awe. I inspire to be like you and I can’t wait ! 🫶

  • @axasatelier9426
    @axasatelier9426 Před měsícem +1

    So happy, a new video from you!! You are my favorite channel, I love everything about your super great videos, your wonderful animals and your life on your farm in Arizona. I watched every video, some even multiple times 🥰😄Sending much love from Germany ❤

  • @pamelathomas7209
    @pamelathomas7209 Před měsícem

    Welcome home Ethan and Lydia. Boy oh boy kiwi should be 100 by now...lol. Hi Luna and Willow. Killing those scorpions took me back to your earlier vlogs.

  • @JakeDavies-rs7hs
    @JakeDavies-rs7hs Před měsícem +2

    Deinel will you post a video on Friday or next week Monday I hope you show us the new buckling can you tell which herd he came from 😊😊

    • @goldfireplays3283
      @goldfireplays3283 Před měsícem +2

      Wait they got a new buckling? I thought they only got a new doeling(Not twila) I saw on their herd website.

    • @malickceesay8079
      @malickceesay8079 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@goldfireplays3283 Yes they said it at the Q AND A BUT HIS NOT ON THE WEBSITE

    • @goldfireplays3283
      @goldfireplays3283 Před měsícem

      @@malickceesay8079 Where do I find the QNA? 🥲

  • @malickceesay8079
    @malickceesay8079 Před měsícem +2

    Will there be a video on Friday

  • @debbralehrman5957
    @debbralehrman5957 Před měsícem +1

    Yes a very good thing. 🦂

  • @janellevoigt5481
    @janellevoigt5481 Před měsícem

    Yes Emden geese, we raised both them and toulouse geese.

  • @cheyanne.z
    @cheyanne.z Před měsícem

    Not Ethan popping his head out of the car with a death grip on his squishmallow 😂😂

  • @malickceesay8079
    @malickceesay8079 Před měsícem +1

    Daniel you won't be what I found on Facebook I saw the herd you sold Johnny Cash Daphnia buck He looks so good you should have kept him

  • @thaliahelene
    @thaliahelene Před měsícem

    I hope you get some geese! If they grow up there, maybe they will fit into your farm gestalt better. I was personally hoping for some of those smaller white geese with the lumps on their foreheads. Like they are trying to grow unicorn horns. But whatever hatches will be welcome.

  • @ranjordan1046
    @ranjordan1046 Před měsícem

    The truck extender is very cool

  • @theWightRabbit
    @theWightRabbit Před měsícem +1

    You could probably sell those scorpions to invertebrate keepers for like, $20 each, y'know.

    • @Weedemandreap
      @Weedemandreap  Před měsícem

      Probably not in AZ since they're everywhere:)

  • @farmemgoats4182
    @farmemgoats4182 Před měsícem

    You can use bread in a mouse trap. Works really well

  • @leeleescraps
    @leeleescraps Před měsícem

    So happy we don’t have scorpions in northern Ontario 🇨🇦

  • @deanna3504
    @deanna3504 Před měsícem +1

    Can't wait to see if these get hatched and the plantain chips are the best

  • @thekindwanderer
    @thekindwanderer Před měsícem

    If you put lavender on your windowsills that is supposed to help deter scorpions from coming in. Hope you do not get stung again!

  • @kathleenleone5488
    @kathleenleone5488 Před měsícem +1

    Oh my goodness, those scorpions!!🦂🙄

  • @charleeghee7195
    @charleeghee7195 Před měsícem

    What a fun video. DaNelle you sound so happy your kids are home. The wonderful kids that always seem happy to help around the beautiful farm. Crafty Kevin is always such an easy going problem solver. And then you have all the interesting animal antics ...Kiwi hatching geese eggs, the baby goats learning their lessons, old Granny Luna still reigning at the goat queen and boy oh boy those scorpions, yikes. It's kinda fun watching you squish them because I would do the same thing! Oh and one more note - you have one of the neatest, most attractive and well organized farms I've ever seen. You cram a whole lot of things in a relatively small area. Just awesome all the way round!

  • @richardthomas1743
    @richardthomas1743 Před měsícem +1

    YAY! I am excited !

  • @crawleyscaninecare765
    @crawleyscaninecare765 Před měsícem

    Twila looks like Tilly, Cricket looks like Willow, Duchess is like dark chocolate, and Wednesday is black. That is how I tell them apart.
    Every year when they show scorpion killing season, I am glad I don’t live in AZ anymore.

  • @nadiabosman526
    @nadiabosman526 Před měsícem +1

    I love you videos I am your biggest fan ❤😊

  • @pongpongdeleon6353
    @pongpongdeleon6353 Před měsícem +3

    Excited much the update I can watch this time❤️👌

  • @spencersoup845
    @spencersoup845 Před měsícem +1

    Why did I think it was lydia in the thumbnail at first glance? 😂

  • @GenuinelyJodi
    @GenuinelyJodi Před měsícem

    I love that you have an immortal egg mama. 😂 But Kiwi is a fixture as much as Luna. You need a plushie of Kiwi! The babies are so big!! 😢

  • @shelleyjones5037
    @shelleyjones5037 Před měsícem

    I LOVE your videos!!! You teach me so much about the farm!! I agree Kevin giving Kiwee the food was funny!!!! Enjoy the kids being home!!!

  • @not2tees
    @not2tees Před měsícem

    The scorpions got killed off quite well until the last pair, who split in opposite directions, confusing the spatula of death. Danelle should NOT be getting stung by those little devils in her own bed!!!

  • @Myfattoe
    @Myfattoe Před měsícem +1

    No what it is is that you probably caught younger ones
    And what’s left of the older ones. Rats by nature are very cautious so what I recommend is that you leave the traps open with food without setting them so that the rats become desensitized. That way they become familiar with them and not avoidant. Do this for a few weeks. Then set them and you will definitely catch them. That’s what Pest Control does. I used to work for Orkin and it took them months to catch one rat because the rat would avoid the trap.