Farmer's Introduction and Health Update

hey there folks this is josh otherwise known as stony ridge farmer here on youtube i'm up here in the hay yard with the cows and the dogs are up here hanging out on a hay bale all warm and cozy and i have covid i have covered 19. i went yesterday and got tested a lot of folks in my general vicinity uh have come down with covid19 and in the general town that i live in here in north carolina the simple fact is that life goes on despite covid despite what we might think and i've got to feed my animals i have to take care of my animals i have to take care of my dogs and my cats and my chickens and all the animals here on the farm so today we're going to go out and we're just going to show you a day of feeding the cows it's a little muddy it's that time of year typically we wouldn't have our cows in as muddy a pasture but i can't move them right now because the cold weather has dictated that at night our water tanks freeze so i have to thaw those out so in the morning i've gotta thaw out the water tanks and make sure that the cows have plenty of food and water and that's it so typically we'll roll out at least one bale of hay to our cows per day sometimes two bales per day alternating every other day we're out here in the hay yard right now and it's early january it's it's a beautiful beautiful day but uh i do have coven and it's the show must go on uh the farm must continue we've got to keep our animals fed if i was too sick to get out here and do this i wouldn't be doing it i want to put out some of the fears that that a lot of you folks have about covid it hits people in different ways if you have health problems it hits you in different ways if you don't have health problems it might not hit you as bad but it's a real deal it's a it's a real thing and i'm feeling a little bit under the weather but i've got to take care of my animals and i've got to take care of my