Bit of a jolt reading putting your calves to sleep!!!...realized you were sedating them not putting them down which is what I understood by that term...nice to see them up and moving about well.
Dehorning is an extremely painful process and many still do it without anesthesia. I'm glad you treat your calves so humanely. That deserves an extra round of applause for you!! All the best to you, your family and your calves😊
@Acceleration Quanta in the wild most of them would get eaten alive. The ones that lived to adulthood would have to keep watching their back and staying close to the herd until they got too injured/sick/ or old to keep up and then they too would get eaten alive. Farming is like paradise on earth for an animal. They never go hungry, get treated if they are sick, get lovingly cared for by most farmers and then get a humane unexpected ending for human health.
Yessss!!!! I hope you'll use this process next time including the local anesthetic. This is the most humane thing I have ever seen any farmer do with this many animals. And then the antibacterial power to avoid infection. Plus an extra dose of pain reliever to last for the rest of the day. It doesn't save time to do it without the extra acts of kindness as you can see all of this only took an hour. I'm so happy to see your comment. To know people see this video and consider making changes to how they do things is just incredible 👌
@Acceleration Quanta, versus the horns causing injuries to themselves, herd members or farmers?? Especially being sedated, the calves have no idea what happened.
@Acceleration Quanta Yeah, it's really not. They don't actually NEED their horns. It causes more pain and potential for injury and whatnot versus keeping them. It's not like declawing a cat where you're removing something they need and use for day-to-day living.
Those that think it is cruel have never come out to a cow with its eye poked out or a hole in its neck. We had a well tempered horned cow that flung its head for a fly and caught another cows stomach. Truly an accident. Her intestines fell out. Had to shoot that one. Would have been less cruel to dehorn the cow.
@@mayseventy4466 Dehorned cattle require far less minimum distance from each other. The maintenance costs can be reduced thanks to the space gained. But there are also genetically polled cattle such as Angus or Galloway.
What a terrible accident. I am sorry for your loss. I would like to note that such terrible things happen very rarely and cows with horns just need enough space. I'm a bit older now - not a single cow was dehorned when I was young and it worked well.
Worked at a stable for a few years, lots of their horses got eye infections just being poked by a low hanging branch and then it had to be removed. Cannot imagin with cows. The bigger the animal the more clumsy it seems to me 😂
Years ago I used to dis-bud the calves on my dads dairy farm in Scotland. We had to do it frequently because we only had limited numbers at any one time which were of appropriate development. Your method is very much better and that team are very impressive professionals.
That looked like a good way to get the job done. It was faster and safer for you and the calves. If you would have tried doing it without knocking them out, you would have probably been all day doing it. Good informative video. Thank you
Nice to see how other farmers do things. Ours are being done today! They only get a local anesthetic so not out cold - I'd prefer your way to be honest.
When I first read your Caption.. Putting Calves to sleep 💤 😴 I thought the WORSE, & still had to read Comments..Happy to learn that this was a process of de-horning them without pain...Great to Learn. Your Calves are Beautiful 😍 Blessings Continued 🙏
I think you are doing it right with the calves, they never seem stressed or uncomfortable after the procedure 👍 The duck nest was cool. You forgot to show us the job Mick did on the old timber shed 😉
I have seen this done before to older cows and it was traumatizing to me! This was such a wonderful thing to see how humanly you did this! They have feelings and I love how you care for that! God bless you!
Andrew it will be interesting to see how the polled cows produce. I raised Hereford cattle for years and the horned lines would out perform the polled lines. As for people saying that your cruel to those calves, those people are just showing their own ignorance.
I agree with those horned hereford cattle. The polled herefords had nothing but problems when it came to birth weights and other issues. I prefer horned cattle, but I live in an area where these cattle need horns to defend themselves from predators. I will say polled cattle are more sought after by stock yards just because they are easier to keep. They don't hook each other and you can put more in a lot. It has nothing to do with genetics and everything to do with numbers.
Brother that was the best way to do that. Enjoyed the video and you can really tell you calfs are well cared for. Howdy from the State of Michigan, USA
Nothing cruel and thank you for explaining that dehorning is very humane and for safty of other cattle and the herdsmen.. 60 years ago we use to take the horns off with a hack saw after the horns had grown. Lots of times critical people are not aware of what they are critizeing and how far things have come. Is the procedure to put the calves asleep and inject the area with a pain killer or is a choice to do it differently in New Zealand? Thanks Andrew.
There’s pretty strict laws around it here, you definitely have to use local but don’t have to knock them out, it’s just the easiest way for them to do it like that 👍
I was very surprised to see such an involved procedure. I raised my first Jersey steer this year. Had him since he was 2 weeks old. I had my vet come dehorn him at the appropriate age, before the buds attach to the skull. He used no sedation or numbing at all, and my little guy never flinched, never pulled back or anything.
I’m not saying your wrong, but I get local numbing when I get my teeth done. Different nerves and tissues I know, but it definitely gives me some reading material.
@@johnbennett7407 Why would I do something to an animal just to make me feel better? I have seen too many times when humans do things to animals that they "love" just to make themselves feel better when in truth it's a torture to the animal.
@@HoneyHollowHomestead perhaps but in this case I can't imagine anaesthetic would be torture. It is after all GA not local Local might be another story altogether from my experience. 😉
Your management of the dehorning process is exemplary . All the calves were well cared for and treated with the utmost care and concern . Good example of how this should be done.
O wow, I was scared first seeing the title. Never heard before a farmer does it this way, this is awesome! So cute to see all the little ones together. 😍 I'm curious for more video's and I subscribed.😀
I love this video. Great job all around especially in terms of dehorning them beautiful young ladies!! I'm glad ya'll did it so stress free for all involved, and I really appreciated showing the dehorning process!!! It was really cool to see all of the ladies approach you without hesitation or fear!!! That is the best thing of all!!!!!!! Thank you so much for all of it!
You have a beautiful herd of calves. Gorgeous babies! I have had to de-bud goat kids but I had 1 adult that we had to get the vet on repeatedly . Where the little ones had an easy time that adult wether had lifelong problems because he was never dehorned early. That poor wether bled so bad he had to go stay with the vet for a couple of days. Top it off with regrown screwy skur horn that grew back and started to poke his skull. The vet tried again. Hope this will be the last time. Yours is by far the best system for all involved. Beautiful herd and lovely farm.
That was amazing! It was such a relief to see the de-budding done in such a humane way. So glad it went well and they all were up and ready to be fed. All those swishing tails - Calves were so happy to eat! Your Cows Love You - they follow you, they are calm, and they go where you direct them to go! You have beautiful herds and beautiful land. This is the first time I have seen your channel. Liked, Shared, and Subscribed. 💛 From New Mexico, USA 🇺🇸
When you feed the calves that way, how do you know they're all getting their fair share & proper nutrition? I fed calves on a dairy farm on weekends in my college years. I mixed the milk in a tub and made separate bottles for each calf and fed each calf a bottle by hand 2 at a time until they were done. I was always sure how much each got fed. And they were more tame that way. Also every calving we regularly had 3 sets of healthy twins, occasionally more. We had to help pull the twins cuz mum got tired.
When ur feeding a mob of calves the slowest and smallest standout so they get put them into the next younger mob so they're the big kids in that mob ,works well
It wouldn’t be possible to feed 80 calf’s 2 at a time without lots of additional staff to assist you. This method allows one or two staff to complete the entire feeding process much more efficiently.
I work with goat farmers (ultrasounding) and some have been working to try to get polled genetics. I know one that found her polled bucks were not as fertile so that was a challenge. I started following you last year when you did this. I think it was your catchy title that caught my attention.
I am impressed ur the first channel I've come across that literally cares if it hurts the animals I've seen it all those hot irons right on the animals and of course they claim the animal isn't feeling it while the animal is in distress and hollering..... I admire how much u care for your herd.... so amazing this is a channel I'd love to share with my 6 yr old daughter ❤️ 💕 absolute pleasure finding tour channel ❤️ God bless
Great video once again. Unfortunately it's a sign of the times you are going to get people complaining with out a real understanding of things and think they know best. The joys of youtube
FINALLY some common sense. We might have to eat them but we don't have to abuse them. Anything you do to keep them calm is always a plus. Does that stuff work on blue haired cackling americans?
Great informative video. I agree that the calves look great and wake up from their dehorning with no adverse reaction. They act and drink normally that tells you there is no pain. I have seen in the USA dehorning cream that is applied to the horn base a few days after birth. It is meant to kill the horn bud. Seems to work for them and again very a very good way to go about it. Your channel is fast becoming one of my favourite to watch. Thank you
The way you do it now is more humane then the way it was done when I was milking cows I used to just put a paste on the horn and it would eat it away with order cows they would just chop them off no anaesthetic no nothing so things have definitely changed good to see cows don't need horns anyway
Have watched cattle horns and cows when being fed get their eyes and necks pierced inadvertently by horns debudding is prevention of more serious/painful even death of pen mates. Great job sir.
Thank you so much for at least going the extra mile and doing this as humanely as possible. It proves it doesn't take more time and on top of it you gave them pain relief for the aftermath for the rest of the day. I'm vegan and not comfortable with the meat and dairy industry, but this is the right way to care for the animals you raise after taking them away from their mothers. But seeing them feeding from fake teets out of a milk feeder and not being raised by their mothers breaks my heart. It just does. But they're not being treated the way they are in the US factory farms. Thank you for being kind when dehorning your calves since it's necessary.
Cheers mate. Its great for us townies to see what the farmer has to deal with each day running the farm. Still better than city life any day. Go Waikato!
So nice to you treating your animals so well. It's probably 3x the price to sedate and use local to remove the buds. Shows that your livestock comes before profit.
Great way to deal with disbudding so much easier when they're sedated Its a vital thing to get done as horns cause such big problems Back in my day my boss left a batch for his sons to practice on and they either didn't get done or didn't get done properly We had one ended up with in growing horn after it grew back round to her head And another caused me to loose my best milker she was butting other cows in the yard and a freak accident the horn went into the vagina of my best milker and ripped the inside the vet couldn't save her she lost a tonne of blood
did you note down the numbers of your poled girls before the blue spray wears off - you will want to know that info when it is breeding season for this new heifer group
I really like the feeding teet thingy's what a great idea they are . We used to put milk in a bucket , run like hell to get the calf sucking on our fingers , once they were sucking remove your hand and move on to the next one until they were all drinking and you had to do it fast LOL Your system is awsome .
Some people are unaware , it's better to deforn when they are calves , dangerous to people and other animals if you leave the horn on , especially jerseys , juernseys , ayrshire cattle because their horns are quite long , they dont feel much discomfort when they are sedated and plus injected with pain killer , many farmers still use the old method of burning out without any sedation , and on mature cattle use a tree loppers to cut off !
I saw this briefly on new phone. Had a bit of trouble getting the channel to stay put. Then decided to read later. The anxiety, but so glad to see they are just removing horns. I think. Not familiar with polling term. Cauterizing the horn buds seems very humane and done for safety. Cleaning the site, I was impressed with the procedure.
There's a far easier way we found its like a acid paste you feel for the wee buds clip a bit of hair and rub on a bit of paste on the buds do them when there a couple of days old or so
I worked for a dairy took care of all the calves, only part I didn’t like was the dehorning but, your system looks to be the only way to go I really think it was stress free on the animal and the human‼️😍😍😍😍💕💕💕. Just found your utube channel I really enjoyed it! I love animal channels‼️
For a herd animal that undoubtedly learns to avoid things that spook or hurt their fellows, it's kinder for all involved if they simply never see or hear anything at all, rather than getting held down one by one for an alien procedure(s). This should be standard imo.
Have you ever have any problem with a calf not being ok after the "sleep"? I mean, any allergic reaction or something. I had a calf, I think 10 years ago, she had umbilical infection so I treat her with benzyl penicilin and she nearly died, but hopefully she got better, what a day! Hope everything is ok, keep going!!
GREAT Video mate…. Reading the title I jumped to conclusions you were putting unwanted bull calf’s to sleep forever….. I’d have no objection to that it’s humane IF it’s done….. but your NZ way vs the Irish way is sooooo much better!! Like NEVER seen your way before!!! Ours is just a wrestling match and brute force with a gasing torch like yours just ours is not electric!!!
What do you do with the male calves? I believe in the US they put the calf in restraints and just use the local if they dehorn at all. The cattle around here are meat cows and not dairy so they are not handled as much making dehorning less necessary. Here in Texas, I live in a county with 16,000 people and 65,000 cows so we see cows everywhere, some of them longhorns. I'm amazed at how fast they were able to give them a shot to put them to sleep. Your country is so beautiful. Yes, you seem to get a lot of rain and lower temperatures than where I live.
Saw the thumbnail n thought struth they're all dead..what!!???☺ then I realised when you said Horning n no feed..Happy little souls aren't they ..liked n subscribed.
I think the reason why people think it's cruel or inhumane is because, it looks very painful when the horns are being removed. Even though that's not the case. And like it or not if you have to dehorn an animal do it. It's no different when people crop dogs ears or cutting off there tails. At least your putting them to sleep,your doing it in a way that's best for the animal.
