Hagon's Homestead

We are getting honey bees! We will be setting up our double deep horizontal hive (Long Langstroth Hive). What do you think of the colour choice? We have a new site thats still technically in BETA but wanted to share it. There are a ton of scams going around so we have created a scam report site. It is only for farm related scams, but if you have been or know of a scam please report it. https://farmscams.com FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/hagonshomestead

Poppy is ready to have her piglets! We ran in to some issues while she was having her kunekune piglets but I think she did ok. I think it was more stressful on us than her! ha ha FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

Finally I had my truck fixed after putting DEF fluid in my diesel tank! How much did it cost to fix my GMC Sierra 3500HD? In this video I will let you know. FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/hagonshomestead If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

Well we are a little behind on videos but will be catching up over the next couple of weeks! This video we started our new garden! We rented a rototiller to help get it started. We also had a very nice surprise in one of our chicken coops and also an update on our buff orpington that lost her feet in winter due to frost bite! FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/hagonshomestead If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

Well its finally time for Poppy and Howie our Kunekune's pigs to meet! Will they fall in love, will Howie do his job? Only time will tell! FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2278412 If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

We went to a chicken and bird auction for the first time. What a cool experience. They had some unique chickens like the Chantecler Canada's only breed of chicken. Something we may want to get into in the future. As well as cool coloured Pheasants. FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2278412 If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

It's that time of year, hatching season! We have baby chicks all over the place and we love it. We also hatched out our first Brahma chicken! Unfortunately sometimes the good comes with the bad and we regret to say we lost Cricket one of our Kunekune pigs! RIP Cricket, we love you! FIND US: Farm Chit Chat: https://farmchitchat.com (Beta) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2278412 If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

Finally getting work done! Time to dig out of the snow and plow our pig pens. Fell so far behind not being home this past few weeks that we fell behind on the work on the homestead. Lots of plowing and repairs to the pig pens. FIND US: Farm Chit Chat: https://farmchitchat.com (Beta) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2278412 If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

We decided to get some Brahma chickens and a few Brahma roosters! In total we have 7 Brahma hens and 2 Brahma roosters in this coop. Reasons we got them. They apparently lay eggs better in the winter than the summer! Since we live in a cold region that is great because if the Brahmas lay in the winter and our other birds lay in the summer we have a good year round steady supply of eggs. Home you enjoy the video! #brahma #brahmachicken #homestead FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2278412 If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

Huston we have a problem! I broke my truck! I accidentally put some def fluid in my diesel tank! Yes you heard that right. My 2021 GMC Sierra 3500HD is now blowing smoke and running rough. For people who don't know DEF fluid is a required chemical that new diesel trucks have to had, you normally add it by dumping it into a separate tank on your vehicle, my truck has the def fluid fill hole right next to the diesel fill hole! What DEF fluid is supposed to do if I am not mistaken is lower the emissions from diesel exhaust by small amounts of it being infected into the exhaust system which captures some of the pollutants. Anyway let me know in the comments if you have done this! What a big mistake! FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

We are finally catching up on our videos! Only one or two more until we are current! Sorry for falling behind. We have a couple new Guinea Fowl! They are not white/pearl like our other two Guinea you have already seen. These two are Lavender Guinea and a Royal Purple Guinea fowl. We think both are female hens but one could be a male, only time will tell. We also have had someone drop of a cat on our property! What should we do?? FIND US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hagonshomestead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagonshomestead If you wish to contact us please feel free at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

Guess what? We got three KuneKune Piglets. Watch as we bring them to their new home and see them get used to their new pig house. Our little bird blue goes broody and I head back to BC.

Check out our new Black Copper Maran chickens & BBS Ameraucana chickens! Stimpy, Blue and Queen put a fight and Sly is a happy guy. Feel free to contact us at: jamie@hagonfarms.com

Well, shes back and she brought her family! The Lynx AND her kittens have been seen again on the property. This time in person. One of our chickens also had a HUGE egg! A must see.

Welcome back everyone! Well we did it again, we bought more chickens! We purchased a large mix of breads, Barred Rocks, black copper Marans, Olive Eggers, Leghorns, Ameraucanas, Polish crosses and even a Bantam cross! We also good fooled on a couple of hens, that were actually ROOSTERS! Blue one of our little birds laid her first egg! That was very exciting and we included that in the video.

Finally our baby chicks are hatching in our Little Giant incubator! We have been waiting a long time for this and are happy the hatch day has arrived. We also have some trail cam footage again! There is some great footage so please watch until the end of the video.

Finally our final chicken coop solar system install video! It took a lot more time to do, hope you enjoy! Also we get an unexpected visitor to the coop. The solar system has been working great. The cost is a little high but its nice to know its cutting our costs to own chickens as well as a source of power if for some reason our power were to go out.

Please read below for wiring instructions for the automatic chicken coop door linear actuator, timer, relay and battery hookup. Please let us know if you have any questions out our chicken coop door build or any suggestions on how to make it better. WIRE INSTRUCTIONS: R = Relay and T = Timer: EXAMPLE: R1 - Relay 1 Connector, T1 = Timer Connector 1. You cannot short out anything if all wires are connected right to the time and relay as well as using a 12V battery. If the relay closes when the time is on, just switch the linear actuator wires around. Linear Actuator R6 & R5 Relay Wires R3-R7 R3-R2 R1-R4 Timer to Relay T1-R4 T2-R7 T4-R8 T5-R4 Battery Wires R4 R7 Linear Actuator: WindyNation Model: LIN-ACT1BR-12 12 Inch 12" Stroke Linear Actuator 12 Volt 225 Pounds lbs Maximum Lift (Includes Mounting Brackets) Timer Used: Sinotimer Model# CN101A-4 Relay Used: TWTade Model: YJ2N-LY 12V DC Feel free to contact us at: jamie@hagonshomestead.com

We purchased two Little Giant chicken egg incubators and are going to incubate our chickens eggs for the first time! This is very exciting for us as we have never done anything like this before.

Finally I got the solar panels installed next to the chicken coop. The process it went fairly smoothly. But I think there will be changes soon! We also had some moose visit!

Preparing our chicken coop for our solar power system install. I prepare the chicken coop by making an electrical box and some other small stuff to get it ready for the solar panels and electronic devices.

An introduction to our new Buff Orpington chickens! Meet the girls. They have a few missing feathers from an over abundance of roosters in their coop but they will grow back. Buff Orpington chickens are a beautiful English bread of chickens.

I don't think its possible but did our chicken lay 2 eggs in one day? I found animal tracks near our chicken coop. Also in this video we will be doing some changes to the chicken coop as well as some chicken talk, we want to find out what our small birds are, we don't think they are jungle fowl.

I thought I would release a best trail/game cam footage of 2021 video. I love checking and watching the trail cam footage I collect and thing our views do as well. I only had 3-4 months of footage as we just moved here. Can't wait until I have a full years worth! I have numbered the clips so please comment below to vote for your favourite clips! I will post my choices later in the comments as well.

Well good news everyone, even with really cold temps out our chickens have laid their first eggs! We also have done a few upgrades to help prevent dust in the coop. I also cook and try our first eggs from our chickens.