I wish you would consider giving us a tour of your milkhouse, and maybe the process of transferring the milk from your holding tank to the tanker that takes it away.
Every farm has a "recycling" spot. Stuff you just may need someday for something. To good to throw away, and shortly after you do, you want it back! Great video!
Lovely looking cows. I'd like to hear more about your breeding policy. And the herd data in general. Sires used, average days in milk for the herd. Yield. Conception rate for the fixed time AI. Fixed time program. Etc. Thanks
I just had a pedicure yesterday. I should have stopped by and had you do it Eric. I hope the cows feet feel as good as mine do after a good nail trimming. Clever idea putting the panels on the conveyor. Now for sure it will not snow. Love the cloud of steam coming from the manure. Great video as usual. Thanks.
We've had some pretty mild temperatures so far this season. Your cows get some good care, nice to see them getting it, you know your cows for sure. Good one Eric, I want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas.
I'm impressed by the cow care effort on modern Dairy Farms. It's a change. It's something I have seen on RU-vid that we should start doing more of. I do believe in cows living in green pastures instead of pens in a barn. But I may be asking for everything to be perfect.
Continue to be amazed at what it takes to put milk in my fridge. Love the scrounge for plastic cover for the conveyor. Big year for your farm and for all of us that follow. Merry Christmas dude to you and your family.
Idk about size, but milk has to be cooled to 38°f within 3 hours, and can only be stored on the farm for around 48 hours before it is shipped to the processor. The farm tanks have a recording thermometer to verify temps between pick ups. Great question!
Christmas blessings to you and your family. Thank you for hours of entertainment in the last year. Milked cows all my life but good to see how it’s done over the pond. 🤗
Hello, If you have a dog, you can use the hoof trimming as treats. When we have our horses trimmed we leave the trimmings on the ground for the dogs. Love the videos keep up the good work and God bless and stay safe.
Merry Christmas!!! It is my wish Eric, that you and Emily and your dad and all of your family have a peaceful, joyous and merry holiday season!! Dave plocher Illinois
I had to laugh, when you went back for the second load there was a cow at the manger with the look of "a tractor just went by but no feed was put in front of me"! With all the manure and wood chips you put on your fields your organic matter in your soil must be though the roof.
Organic matter takes years to build up. With natural decomposition, a ton of matter per acre turns in to a few pounds in a year, and on a % basis is under 1% per year. Strange paradigm, but it's nature.
7:40 ish.. the covers for the conveyor. To make life easier, you should have made a few 'L' shapes from old tires. screw the the "lids" into one side of tire, and the other side of tyre into conveyor. Badda bing, a cheap, strong flexible hinge with easy access for oiling the chains etc... to clear the snow, just lift the lid. Love your channel. Wish i worked on your farm.
There's enough chain "open" to lube it, but not enough for snow/ice to be a problem. As long as they don't crowd the conveyor, they should be good. Great idea. 👍
As I sit here at a desk job watching these videos thinking to myself, man I would love to drive a tractor and skid steer for my job instead of sit here at this desk, I wonder if at zero dark thirty when you are getting up to do things on your farm as the rest of the world sleeps, do you ever say to yourself, man I wish I had a desk job :)
What about making a concrete bunk to just store the manure until you can spread it when you have the time and the weather is right. Make it with a drain into a field that’s tillable. Also you can probably use the manure spreader as your mode of transportation.
Was wondering just after the cows hoofs are ground so nice and smooth are they a little more prone to slipping for a bit or does it make any difference? Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas and all the best in 2024. First Christmas in the new house must be exciting!
That was a steaming pile of...uhhh....manure, yeah, that's it, that you were spreading. 🙂 Unlike this vid, which was its usual wholesome content. Great stuff as always 10th Gen.
Theres a Hoof Doctor who has a channel & I keep getting suggestions to watch. Every vid of his is SO gross. Hoof infections & injuries & mal developed. I never watch but the suggestions jusr keep on coming. !
Some do, some get used to it. Notice the padding around the legs to prevent injury. Consider it like a visit to the dentist, except without someone talking to you with thier hands in your mouth.
