Life & Loss On The Farm

so you might see we we've done some remodeling here we have a new [Music] animal Mark here and welcome to the 10 Acre Woods on this cold Sunny Sunday uh so it's midday uh and uh just a few things I wanted to go over with you today uh and we'll go out and uh check on see how the ponies are doing I can hear Levi over there ning away how are you guys handling this cold Billy got something hanging from your mouth yeah just uh standing there in the sun yeah I know this cold snaps only supposed to last a week Billy don't pee on yourself it's cold out oh silly boy so yeah this cold snap supposed to uh supposed to stop uh next weekend it's supposed to start to warm up again uh and when I say warm up I mean uh -8 I think for a high uh so that's not bad we've actually been pretty good this summer or this summer this winter it's kind of like a a Manitoba summer almost uh sunny beautiful um but yeah it's actually been pretty mild uh so this time of year you know it's not abnormal to see uh into the - 30s wind chills into Theus 40s andus 50s uh but it's still cold so all right let's go in the barn into the warmth into the above zero temperatures I can see there's some frost build up kind of here on this window let's turn on some lights here there's one and there's the other all right so you might see we we've done some remodeling here we have a new animal and there he is there so this is T hi Tom how you doing buddy so T is an intact male goat um and he was from a neighboring Community uh a rural area of an acreage um and it's odd because they were told they weren't allowed to have animals on their acreage so uh T is probably only going to remain with us for for a short period of time uh because the um the owners needed a place for him to go because they were told they couldn't have goats on their property uh and um apparently there's some uh we're going to be finding finding him a home uh there may be uh a couple opportunities for him hey bud hi hi are you a little skittish hey so the reason why we have all of these remodeling that's going on uh is because we were told he is a jumper and he's a little skittish so of course when animals are skittish a new environment uh they want to get out of it so hey what is it buddy T tum tum what is it come here come here it's okay here look here come come Tom come tell come come look what's this oh see food oh good stuff see not so bad that's some treats there you go see I'm not a bad gu oh that's my thumb I'm not a bad guy yeah good boy hey yeah yeah you're just scared aren't you can I pet you can I pet you no I can't all right I'll leave you to it no there's nothing left in there threw it down of course he runs over to it good midaf afternoon everybody well hello there Sheldon yes good day hi uh so this morning everybody was uh not wanting to get up uh because of the cold uh everybody just wanted to stay in bed right Charlie but everybody's up and around now so yeah it's this cold day isn't it days like this we think oh it'd be nice to insulate this shelter as well so keep everybody warm uh here's pety and Piper nestled nestled away and this is how they spend uh most of their time uh unless it is uh uh breakfast or dinner time yeah I see leave us alone so you will notice that um we are missing somebody so we have uh Jasper over there um but Java is uh nowhere to be seen so we made the hard decision to put yet another alaca down uh which this has been a tough year for that uh shanzy and Paula uh late last year uh and now Java so we were looking back at our records I thought Jasper and Java uh came in as seveny olds around seven but looking at the records it was actually Wanita and Pedro that were the younger ones uh so they were rehomed off to a farm in uh Western Manitoba uh Java and Jasper they were I believe 18 years old when they came in uh and male Paca intact they were breeding uh a breeding stock back in their day uh they usually only lived to about 18 to 22 years old so that means that Java and Jasper are around 2021 years old so they are in that uh in that time period uh and he started to act the same as shanzy and Paula did um he of course had the eye infection I don't know if that was something that just kind of you know hit his immune system um but he was in that time period so he was out here he was lying down just like the girls were uh we got him in the barn uh we had him in there for a couple days just to assess uh you know talking to uh our vet and doing some research uh we want to of course make sure we're doing the right decision not for us but for the animal uh so we made the hard decision uh and um and we had him put down so we're hoping that's it for a while um Jasper uh is in good spirits he's uh he he looks great but with alpaca they take it right to the end and then they kind of almost hide their uh hide their pain if they're in any pain uh so we really have to watch that and watch their body language uh so hopefully uh we've got you know maybe a couple more years out of Jasper but you know he again is in that time period where you know that's to be it's to be expected you know um the animals that come in uh the rescued animals Sometimes they come in they're they're older they've they've been around the block um and we keep them here and we have to uh understand that at some point they will pass um and we just have to look at um making sure we give them the best life that we can uh so um p and Piper over there they're old you know they've been kind of on the watch list for a couple years now um but they're doing great so you know uh as long as they are doing great uh then um then yeah that's that's wonderful so but of course we have to assess everything as it comes along so that's the tough part part about having animals uh is of course you know they don't have the life expectancy as as you or I do uh and um we're going to have to say goodbye at some time uh so that being said we actually had another loss uh this past week uh and this one was a little tougher because he's been with us for quite some time uh and it was Fernando the turkey so that was that was tough when Tera came in and said uh said we lost him you know kind of hits it there um Fernando he first came in in 2012 so he's an old bird and and we knew he was an old bird uh so 2012 he came in with a few other um uh turkey uh young turkeys and um we actually rehomed him so he went to another Farm came back here uh in what was it 2016 so he spent four years on another farm and um the uh the couple that had him uh went through a divorce and of course divorces can be messy uh so we took back a bunch of animals and Fernando was one of them uh so that would have been uh so 20 uh 2016 is when he came back we had Tom the turkey at that time uh so uh Tom uh was a wild turkey that actually came in here uh and we enjoyed him on the farm and then he decided to take off with some wild hens one year uh so then uh Fernando was the only one uh so oh Fernando you know he was 12 years old turkeys generally live only about 10 years domestic turkeys wild turkeys maybe 3 to 5 years um but um but yeah you don't expect these things uh and Fernando has had you know a great life he's uh he's interacted with multiple people brought smiles to so many people's faces um he has a beer named after him in Switzerland uh so there was a family that came to visit friends or family in Winnipeg came out to the farm uh met Fernando were just so inspired by him and um they went back to Switzerland uh they own a micro Brewery and they uh they had this Red Ale uh that they were brewing with no name and um they named it Fernando so on their website it says inspired by a Canadian turkey uh Fernando so uh we were down at the legislative buildings in Winnipeg uh and we uh it was the it was 20 2018 I want to say uh and um it was the first annual Manitoba therapy animal and service animal day so we were called down there and um there was the uh the city of Winnipeg police canine division brought some P puppies down uh there was a a horse that came down from a neighboring community and then uh we took Fernando in and uh you know he he uh smoothed with uh with all the politicians in there uh it was just a great hit the marble floors of of the legislative uh walking around there of course here we are with wet wipes you know cleaning up any poops that occur uh but you know you got to think of those memories that happen uh he went to multiple petting Farms with different communities uh it's uh yeah he brought uh brought a smile to many faces so Fernando will definitely be one of the ones that will be missed I know a lot of you uh have uh him as one of the favorites uh it's sad but uh it's it's inevitable you know life ends uh and we have to kind of accept that and just look back at the past uh So what had happened is uh of course he was in with the geese and the chickens uh and he wasn't himself he was slow and we thought well it's starting to get cold maybe what we'll do is we'll bring him into the barn uh in the barn here it's a few degrees above uh freezing so which is you know a nice um considering you know cold - 25 - 26 temperatures uh we brought him in uh the same thing kind of happened last year he was a little so we brought him inside and everything was fine he he he stayed in the barn the rest of the winter uh he was in there for a couple days and and ter came out uh I believe it was yesterday morning or the day before yesterday morning I think and um no it was Friday morning uh because I came home from work and she said uh Fernando had passed so yeah so that's aough tough one uh and you know I'm always thinking you know I'm these these videos I want to be happy you know show the animals show some love uh and I hate uh I hate the Death part of it but again it's inevitable so um we'll remember them definitely uh I went through and I pulled a bunch I guess it was my way to cope uh I went through and and pulled up a bunch of images and and just remembering uh Fernando and what he has done uh so I will play that little Montage here for [Music] you [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh so we have some uh chickens coming e in I think three chickens uh coming in this afternoon uh apparently there was uh the woman who has them uh has gotten old or had some surgery or there's some medical reason uh she's just not able to care for them anymore uh so that's one of the reasons why we uh we get animals in so uh they will be uh they'll be coming in this afternoon and bringing I think three hens I believe uh um so um so that's that's it you know I uh you know I hate like I said I hate doing these uh these videos on the losses of animals um but you know the last last couple months has been tough but uh hopefully here on out uh no more no more of this so uh all the best to you and yours and hope to uh see you in the next video take care have a wonderful week and we'll see you then [Music] bye-bye