40 Year Old Turtle Came In To The Farm

[Music] Mark and Tara here and welcome to the 10acre woods. 12° little cool this morning. Mornings are getting cooler. Sun's uh nice. It's been a warm uh warm yesterday, warm weekend. And um a chipmunk. Brownie. Oh, Brownie. Oh, Brownie. her owner was here the other day and Brownie wouldn't come out, but it was just after that rain and I said, "No, honestly, Brownie's out every morning." Hi, Brownie. Well, we tried introducing him to uh Houdani and uh Houdani was a little bit grumpy with him and then we put him in with Barry and he was grumpy with Barry. So, we're like, "H, you know what, Brown?" And then uh he was in there with He escaped. He was in. Yeah. And then he dug out and then he was out here and he's been happy out here. So he's uh Hey, Brownie. Hi. Uh you can go up and pet him sometimes. Sometimes. Not so much myself. I'll get you a new apple. He kind of he kind of runs away. Hey, you going to let me pet you today? No, you're not. Okay. No. No, just living the life, aren't you? So, you had somebody come by or we had somebody come by yesterday who uh watches the videos. Yes. Yeah. He was Dylan. Yeah. He was so excited. Yeah. So, he had come out. They they actually live uh just a few miles away. And uh they were here a number of years ago when he was I guess just a baby or very young. Yeah. Or Yeah. Quite a way. I don't even recall him saying, but they watch the videos and whatnot. And uh yeah, he was quite excited to meet us. So, yeah. So, that was good. It's always good to see uh people who watch the videos, viewers, you guys uh come out and I know some of you guys live quite far away. Um and you can't really make it, but uh but we do often have people that stop by. It just it, you know, it just adds a personal and a personal touch to it and whatnot. That's why I love the comments, you know? I love chatting with you guys on on uh you on the YouTube, right? Because it just it brings it all into what we're doing and that we love sharing it. So, yeah, for him to come and the smile on his face, he could hardly contain the excitement and and it was it was neat. Good morning, girls. and boy got beat up. So we Hank Junior and these are the uh the little ones. So that we put in Was that last weekend? Oh, time flies when you're having fun. So all the little ones in here. And then we've got Sriracha out here. So, we put him out here. He's he's one of the ones that goes to our little petting farms. Are you going to show yourself or just hide behind there? [Laughter] Uh, so we did have him in this cage with the other ones, but um there was some fighting going on, so we thought, okay, well, let's just separate them. So, so that's that is them. a stash this week with lettuce and nectar drains. We got lots of lettuce to go to the animals with lettuce. So, you can't just give them any old lettuce like iceberg that is just This is romaine, so it's a better quality lettuce. Well, iceberg lettuce doesn't really have much nutritional value. No. Um, romaine lettuce at least does have a little more nutrition in it. Yeah, it's not just leafy water. And then we got some nectarines back there. So, Terra's going to make up a nice salad. Yep. And feed the animals the salad with the grains. Yeah. Grains we have are uh this is wheat and then we have oats. Barley. Is that barley? Oh, that is barley. This is the oats here. It looks pretty pretty similar. Oats and barley. Okay. Banging at the door. Where's Charlie? Oh, Charlie's in the corner. All right. Hang on. Hang on, guys. [Applause] Oh, the geese will love that. Yeah, I know. They'll love the lettuce. Oh, yeah. There it is. That's the Oh, and there's Turbo cleaning the house. Look at this. [Applause] [Music] I guess some lettuce got caught up on the tire and some grain. What are you doing? You like the lettuce? No. More so the grains. I think everybody's got their preference. Tinker. Tinker. Your food's already out here. Yeah. Now you gave her a taste. She's going to be more more on it. [Music] Okay, go. Hi, Barry. Everybody's got their preference. Shimmer seems to like the lettuce. Charlie Sheldon's just running around. He doesn't know what to do. What are you doing, buddy? [Music] And the three the three drakes here. [Music] Nester, he wants hay. Yeah, he wants hay along with Onyx, who is likely in the building as well. Hello, sir. Can I help you? Yeah, we're we're just getting the nectarines ready. That is Turbo's favorite. He's just scratch there. Bronwin's I think waiting for hay. Uh yeah, and Tinker was in there. So yeah, we're just making up round two, which is the uh nectarines. Just have takes me longer to cut them up. So yeah, taking the taking the seeds out. Any bad spots? Any They taste so good, though. Yeah. So yeah, they'll get that. You're going to give um you give them to the chickens as well, don't you? Yeah. What are you doing? Eating them. Sorry, I was eating them. Don't feed your animals anything you won't put in your own mouth. Exactly. Yeah. All right. Well, we'll finish that up. And so flavorful. That's why they like to get Well, because they're really ripe. So, we get them uh we get them donated to us when they're at that right at the peak of their ripeness. So, you've got to use them up or they uh they start to go bad. Yeah. Now, the chickens will get uh I'll haul a box of lettuce out there. They seem to be going through that good. They're not too fond of The chickens aren't too fond of the nectarines. No, no, I would think they would be good. Can you uh grab a top? Our medicine medicine cabinet. Terra picked that up. Where did you get that? That was Jerry's dad's. Oh, right. That's what it was. So, a childhood friend, her dad passed away, and uh I went in and uh got all a bunch of antiques and you know, like bunch of stuff and I was like, I could totally use that. Like mice can't get in it. Oh, yeah. Okay, round two. Yes, sir. All right, Turbo. What you've been waiting for? [Laughter] Oh, lettuce. I think all the nectarines went out first. Yeah, they're on the other side. Yeah. See the goats? Oh, Bronwin. Okay. Yeah, Bronwin. [Music] JJ Turbo's just stuck over here. All the nectarines are going to be gone, buddy. Of course, Petey. There you go. Oh, boy. Piper. And yeah, the goats prefer the grains. [Music] [Applause] getting their grains. Give them something to do, too. Oh, yeah. Well, cuz mowing has stopped, right? So, normally all my Oh, your grass clipping. Grass clippings. This is going to be like the best soil ever. Yeah. Uh chicken poop and uh compost. [Music] They go through a case a day, do they? Yeah. I was wondering if they would, but Well, you can just see the stumps that are left. Nobody likes the stumps. You've been enjoying them. They're just stumps. Well, they're they're they're perfectly edible. Turbo. Well, yeah. Okay. Sorry. Almost nobody. That's a bag. knew it was you. Yeah, Turbo, that's just a bag. That sound. You want to hear that sound? What's that? Like the little chickens. Click like that. Click the happy sound. Oh, hang on, Bronin. We're getting there. I know. Well, and so does uh well, Onyx. Onyx had her food. I got to grab her bowl. Okay. So, I'll open the gate. Yeah. So, we gave Onyx her uh her food. Hey. Yeah. And gave her some uh some special food to get that weight on. We kind of closed her in because Netor, hi Netor. He uh he likes his hay as well. There we go. Yeah. Come on in, buddy. There it is. Tucker should be in shortly. And there's Sheldon. Shimmer. Where's Tucker? Tuck. Yeah, Tuck. Come on. Yeah, we got the hay. Come on, buddy. Charlie's coming, too. Yeah. Come on. We got the hay out. There we go. Okay, everybody's got in here. Oh, boy. Oh, girls. Yeah, pretty soon this will be closed in. Oh, there's Bronwin over there. I was looking for Bronwin. I got to put up my wall. Yeah. So, we've started thinking about winter. So, this will have uh well, this will be closed off here and there'll just be a small little entrance and then this will have poly right across. So, what we'll do is we'll start to winterize and that includes the watering system. This is currently hooked up to automatic water uh to a hose. But what we'll do is we'll disconnect the hose and we will put the heater in it. Uh there's this one and then there's the one up with the horses. And through the winter, we just filled them manually with buckets. Oh, there's enough to go around, guys. Oh, you guys. That's it. Okay. I think you got everything. I'm tired today. Are you? Yeah. Well, it was a long day yesterday and uh it was warm and uh we were we were out working on things, getting things I feel like finished up. I feel like I like need a nap and it's like 9:00 in the morning. Yeah. Uh so I put up on the pony shelter. Uh I put up some eaves trough. So uh this eaves trough just keeps the water at bay from from getting this area wet. It still does get wet cuz the way we've kind of uh made this swale that comes through here. But this eve trough then runs down comes down here and then runs across and over into a little uh trough that we've set up over here just to manage water. Here's the end of it here. Uh and then you can kind of see there's a swale that runs over and along the fence. And then there's one that runs out the driveway. So, just to kind of manage uh manage our water, lock the gate. We often put this bungee cord on because uh Turbo and Sheldon, I think, are the biggest ones. Is it Shimmer? They like to get in here. And you can see the the damage they've done to this gate. Uh because they just bash it back and forth. We have made some modifications to it. Yeah. There's wire all the way across. Yeah, I've welded these in place because tightening it just didn't do it. Uh, so the hinges are actually welded there. So, I think we're good. Um, but we have to lock it because they can still, you know, push it up and the pin is in here. It's just Yeah, it's a just in case. It's a whole game we play with them. Yeah. So, smarter. We got this. We'll keep you out. So, we're getting ready for the duck house. The ducklings went they went down to DNA farms where we get our hay. Uh, so they were always looking for muscoi. So, their daughters are excited. So, they're going to It's too It's too far in the season. They won't survive here. Um, so they're going to have them indoors and raise them indoors. Um, so I started getting this all ready. I put all the little houses the duck because their ducks will come in here in the winter, right? So I put hay in all the little houses. Well, of course the goats can get through the duck door. Oh, right. So they came in and they all the houses were thrown out where they ate all the hay. And I'm like, "Okay, we're not ready for hay yet." Yeah. Yeah. So we've got the big gate here. And then we've got this little one called the duck door, which has been there for years. It's actually looking a little sad. It's looks like Well, that's cuz the goats were like Yeah. The bottom's kind of it's uh Yeah. So, we made that size, you know, big enough that the the ducks and the geese can get in, but some of the smaller goats No, they all can. Even even uh Coco and Patunia with their their huge guts. Yeah. That's why the walls pushed out because Well, they get halfway through and then they it's like it will fit. So that is about that size is what goats can get out of. Yeah. Yeah. They can squish through. Yes. Small areas. So yeah. Don't think you're safe. Yeah. So these are old com Well, old new. They they were primarily They are primarily a compost bin, right? So you shovel out your compost there. Uh you open the lid here, which I can't. Yeah, which Oh, yeah. Okay. I thought it turned. It does. And then Yeah. So then that would be where you would normally put your compost right in there. Doesn't work like took it. Yeah. I have to fix I I messed it up. I have to come fix it. Yeah. But that's what it is. There it is. Well, and I was cleaning out I was clean because because of the ducks that were nesting. I couldn't clean these out. Oh, right. Yeah. So, I got halfway through and then somebody came and Yeah. I got squirreled and squirreled me this week, too. Yeah. to clean out all that. Get all that done. And then uh I don't think we showed you the hay in here. So Terra moved what did you say? Uh 115 I was able to get in here without packing it too. Yeah. Yeah. So it goes in and around the corner there. So this is the 100 back there, which is nice. A good hay storage for sure. And then before winter and before we like put the tractor away kind of stuff, we'll make we'll fill it right like fill the whole wall. Yeah. Right up to the edge. Yeah. Uh, you put the plastic on. So, there's plastic that goes right around here. Just a little opening down here for them to get in. That's all they need. Cuz if I have 120 bales in here, that is uh 120 days. Yeah. Could these guys go through about a bail a day? So, that should get us through the winter. Well, especially if we bring a little extra in here. Yeah. Well, if it's Sorry, Chitty. Um, this is why we kind of planned it like this, so that we weren't struggling out in the cold and they could come in and get out of the cold. Yeah. So, they still have their preferences on who they eat with, which is why So, Astrid here, she's like, "Yeah, I don't want to go eat with them." She's like the old It's so funny because she likes it. All right, let me get rid of these. Um, Astred likes it outside, so she likes it. It's kind of funny how they have their spots. Astrid likes it right there. Then Shorty Shorty likes it in there. I throw an extra so there's no arguments. So this is what I was up to yesterday. Uh, I put eaves trough eaves trough in here cuz of course this is an area of concern with water coming down and then ice. Uh, so that is the eaves trough there. So I have to uh have to pick up some flashing that's going to go underneath this uh and then into the eaves trough. So the flashing I had the drip flashing was a little too big. So I just need a smaller one. I'll pick that up. And then at the end, I just need the adapter to connect uh onto. So, I'll cut a hole in the top of the eaves and and push it through. I'll uh silicone everything up and then we can hook it up. So, what you got there, Tara? A turtle. So, you've uh you like turtles and you I love turtles. I love snakes. I love frogs. I love toads. So, I grew up catching these as a young girl. And this is uh well, not these. This is uh a red ear slider. And you can tell the difference by the red mark along the side of the head and the fact that she's yellow underneath. Uh if it was a painted turtle, she would not have those marks. It would be green where where it's red and she would actually be red belly. Right. So this is Simone. Simone is a 40year-old red slider. And uh I used to do this as a kid. and they tried to swim away and I'd be like [Music] play with them. Um, so the owners, the 90 90 yearear-old uh no longer take care of them. Terra take care of her. Uh, so they reached out and asked if I would take in. And uh an old friend of mine from my younger years who also loves turtles uh suggested that they call me and I was like uh yeah I love turtles. So Simone will be here. Uh if she's 40 already uh she's in good health. Her her hi her shell is is nice and hard. It's not soft. So calcium's all good. Um, she's active. She's eat she eats the fish and whatnot. And, uh, so it'll just be an age thing, I think. And, uh, what is average for I think we did a little bit of research. 20 to 30 years for a red ear slider. Yeah. 25 to 30 years in the wild. Uh, and they can live, they've been known to live 40 over 40 plus. And the oldest one, I think, is Magoo. Magoo. and he's 65. 65 as of 2021. I don't know if he's still around. So, so ideally, I mean, a turtle, you want them out in the wild. Um, but not here. Uh, red ear sliders are actually an invasive turtle here, uh, because people release them. Uh, so they shouldn't be here. They're very, uh, prone to salmonella and whatnot. I love it when they swim. It just shows relaxation because she's Well, and she's been in a hamster cage. Yes, is where she spent most of her time. So, since she's been here, she hasn't really come out of the water. We've got a good tank set up with fish and whatnot. And she's uh quite enjoying the the water. You can see she's practicing her breast strokes, but she's quite uh she's quite uh aggressive, aren't you? And whether it's an age thing or a not handled thing, she uh she would take your finger if you let her. You can hear her hissing. Okay. Mhm. But all right. Well, let's throw her in the water. Have to practice. Do you want do you want this? We've put some uh fish in there. Some feeder fish. Yeah. That we had out in our smaller uh what do you call it? Our our water feature out in the garden. Do not carry your turtle like this unless you know what you're doing. Just FYI cuz if one little toenail hits it, she's hitting the floor. Um, I've handled turtles since I was I could walk. So, uh, you kind of know how to handle them, um, and what to wait for and what to expect. So, she's got a nice little platform here. Oh, she's heavy, though. She's got a nice little platform that she can Turtles actually prefer to eat in the water, if you didn't know that. She can go bobbing. Yeah, she can go bobbing for strawberries. Strawberries. So, she ate three fish the day she came in, which was two days ago. Oh, two. Oh, I thought she was I thought she was eyeing one there. Uh, we gave away all of our uh our filters, our aquarium filters to Well, you to others. Uh, I don't think we have any, but we've been just doing water changes. So, and the goldfish will be our test. So, as soon as you see the goldfish uh sucking air off the top of the tank, then we change out the water. So, two days. I did it yesterday. Yesterday, but uh well, and the stuff you see is uh I gave her turtle food, but she not really eating it. Um yeah, she just she's wanting just to stay in the water. Well, turtles actually eat better in the water and they actually uh prefer to poop in the water. So, uh they they need water, but she quite enjoys it. Yeah. Yeah. No, I haven't even really seen her out other than when I pull her up. I pull her up a few times a day. And uh she dives right back in. Yeah. And the cats are enjoying it. Lucifer was up there. This is Kota. He's waiting at the door. He's like, "Are you going to go out?" And of course, this is the the reason he's the reason we put this sign here. You're the cat, aren't you? On every door. It never say You go to a door and he's there. You go to another door, he's there. Well, this is the door. If you try to go out the front, he's like he'll sometimes go underneath into the shadows. So, yeah. So, yeah, that is Simone. So, we'll probably for for next year make some kind of garden feature. Oh, look in the background. There's Lucifer right there. Yeah, I'll build a whole garden thing uh with an uh right now it's the time of year she'll go into uh it's not a hibernation, but they slow right down brone or I I'll butcher the word uh where they actually stop eating and slow right down. Um but I'll build a one come spring I'll dig in a pond out in the garden and uh fence it off. You have to have certain fencing with uh turtles because they can actually they're really good at climbing fences. So when you do fences for them, they they have to be long uh straight up or vertical. Horizontal. What's this way? Horizontal. Horizontal. Uh bars. Vert. Vertical. That's vertical. Yeah. No, that's horizontal. Oh, wait. Horizontal. Vertical. Think of the horizon. Right. Horizon. Vertical. Okay. Right. There's always Okay. So, they need vertical. Uh yeah. Um so that they can't climb because they will actually scale chain link or stuck a wire they will and just walk right over like the turtles that we have in the pod. The wild ones. Oh the um fencing the chain link when we had the chain link. No they get into my garden. Oh they can't get into my garden unless they climb a fence. Yeah. And that's where she hibernates. Yeah. Oh yeah. Which Yeah. Well we used to have chain link. Yeah. And they would just go over and go into the pond. So, but she'll hibernate inside and just whatever. Just slow down. Hi, Tier. You don't get to see Tier very much. Hi. He's getting better. Especially when we bring the tuna or salmon. What do you like better, Tier? Yeah. All right, we'll leave you be. So, that is it for this video. Hope you enjoyed it. Uh it is the first weekend of fall and of course uh we're getting ready for the winter months. Uh we're getting ready to hibernate ourselves. Uh so anyway, I hope you enjoyed this video. We hope to see you in the next one. And until then, take care and have a wonderful week. Bye. [Music]