WEANING and Selling a Calf - BUT not how other farms do it. 

Me too

Yes! Such is the circle of life.

I’m sure she will be 😊

Thanks Ben! I posted the video on a couple cow Facebook groups and got some pretty rude comments.. so some encouraging words are greatly appreciated 😊 It’s hard for me too to see the separation thing, but I also have the upside of knowing I’m blessing another family!

@@morethanfarmers Some people like criticizing others so you will always have haters. Just keep creating great content.

Thanks 😊 I’m just gonna have to grow a thick skin!

Cody, nope you don't need to grow a thick skin! The Reality Check for haters / rude commenters / bullies / what ever you want to call them. The reality is that at what point do you separate them where the mother cow will kick the calf off her, most likely will not happen. Like you said you have to separate them because the calf would continue to suck on the cow. Yes the reality of a farm is they must be separated and I guarantee over 90% of those commenting don't have a farm and never been on a farm. They do not know the first thing about a milk cow. Here's another reality is that calf went to a farm that wants her for milk production. But if it was a bull calf and sometimes heifer calves they could be used for veal. Wonder how many of the haters / rude commenters / bullies eat veal, drink milk. Again the reality is the grocery stores do not manufacture the milk or veal from thin air; a farmer supplied that milk and veal. Best of Success with your channel More Than Farmers. Plus you are giving your children extremely valuable life lessens and yes Ice Cream is the best treats for kids and adults too. OH BY THE WAY where was the ice cream produced it started out on several farms all the ingredients that make up ice cream. Milk or Cream, a sweetener ( hope its not artificial) sugar or alternative, spices such as cocoa or vanilla, with fruit: Bananas, peaches, etc. First time watching your channel it was a great video!!! 😁

Thank you 😊 It does work really well.

Thank you very much! Glad to have you here 😊

Thanks man! I'm just gonna come over here and hang out with my cool RU-vid homies, and forget about those rude Facebook people 😉

@@morethanfarmers I think that sounds like a great idea!!!!

Thanks for the info! I know they would do the weaning themselves, but I don't wanna leave my calf on that long. It's takin all my cream! 😊

how long would it normally take for them to wean?

@@almazalmo7683 mostly between 6-9 month

Interesting!

Shelli makes ricotta and mozzarella.. we haven’t gotten into the hard cheeses yet. Maybe I’ll get her to do it a video about it sometime!

Thanks 👍

So interesting!

Welcome! Glad you're here!

Wow! That's awesome! We're so glad to have you here!

@@morethanfarmers so glad to have found your channel as well

Aw man! Just watched the rest of the video! Glad she got a good new home.

She sold pretty quick! That's really cool.. a channel is a lot of work, but it's fun. Good luck!

Guernsey!

Yes, we use an electric dehorner. We do it at about 2 months old. Not the most fun thing to do, but a necessary one for us 😏

Nice!

I've never shipped any. I've only had local people either pickup, or I delivered to them. I only sell one a year.

That's interesting. Good to know!

Why do they wean easier on a full moon?

I wish 😏 Just doesn’t work that way.

Thanks! I’ve never heard of it being that low 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’ve only used it twice. First time it took two tries. Second time she took on the first try. I think the first time I just had the timing wrong. Something I’ve heard is that with regular semen you AI at around 12 hours from the onset of heat, and with sexed semen you do it at more like 18 to 24 hours.

@@morethanfarmers Ok good to know, thank you. I think I’m going to stick with sexed. Her first calf was a bull and I need a heifer!

@@danegrrlsea Good luck!!

Sexed semen is awesome. The sorting technology has come a long ways over the years. What More than a farmer said about timing is correct. That’s the key to success with sexed especially. Good heat detection is important so the timing is right. Having a healthy cow, not overweight, and not having her open (not pregnant) for too long makes a huge difference as well. We use mostly sexed on our beef herd anymore. Will do the same with our dairy cows. Good luck!

I can understand your sentiments about the dairy industry, but you do need to check your facts. People groups all over the world have been drinking milk for millennia (including adults). Dairy is a staple in most every culture. Nut and plant "milks" are extremely unhealthy, thousands of living insects and small animals are killed in the production of those nuts and plants, and ACRES of habitat are taken away from wild animals to produce all those nuts and plants. Regenerative farms that produce animals for food aren't nearly that destructive. A lot more death happens in conventional plant production than in regenerative animal production. But I do agree that there does need to be change in the conventional dairy system of today.

That’s a sad way to look at life! So sorry for you. We were created for a purpose.

Agree with you in total that death is real God of equality.