What is the Best Animal for Your Homestead?

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6 жыл бұрын

What animal is best for homesteading? If you could only have one animal on your homestead, what should it be?
We answer this question in a collaboration with 3 other homesteading channels...
Arms Family Homestead -
/ darms319
Lumnah Acres - / @lumnahacres
Keeping It Dutch - / colt40farns
If you were only going to have one animal on your homestead, it should be a COW!
Cows are an incredible animal. They are capable of turning grass into milk, meat, and fertilizer. The milk that a good jersey cow gives is rich in cream, which then can be used to make butter, cheese, or enjoyed as cream!
There is such a variety of products that one cow can give...
But keeping a family cow is a lot of work! And in todays video we explore how much work a family cow is through the eyes of someone who isn't used to the work involved... ME!
K does the daily cow chores in our family, but today I get dirty milking a cow, and see if I still think that a cow is best!
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@kingcothern84 6 жыл бұрын

You guys have inspired me to grow my homestead. I started about 2 years ago and just not even a week ago found your KZfaq channel. About 3 years ago I got really sick and I fell into a deep depression so I started gardening and then I got chickens then pigs and it just make me happy and give me motivation and a since of purpose. Thanks for the awesome video and please keep making them you guys are an amazing family and teachers.

@Homesteadyshow 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks you keep at it too!

@StephanieSomer 6 жыл бұрын

I watched all 4 of the "best homestead animal" cooperative vids. And, I learned a lot. I think the best advice I gleaned from all of them is that the "best" animal for YOUR homestead is the one that satisfies the most of YOUR needs. And that conclusion helps me a lot to realize that whatever choices I make in animal selection are subject only to MY desires and needs. In other words, there is no real right or wrong choice. And that'a a good thing.

@Homesteadyshow 6 жыл бұрын

So true!

@787Earl 6 жыл бұрын

best choice , my personal miniature Herefords and ducks.

@hisimagenme 6 жыл бұрын

Yep, the wife always makes it look easy! But not bad cowboy! Lol, great vid guys another Homesteady winner! Smiles and blessings...

@LumnahAcres 6 жыл бұрын

But you can't get BACON from your cow! Plus I dont have to go out and milk them twice a day! :)

@Bryan-vz4sz 6 жыл бұрын

All about that bacon!

@Homesteadyshow 6 жыл бұрын

DANG, I CANT ARGUE THAT, AND I LOVE TO ARGUE ..... 😜🐷

@maryhelencoble5549 6 жыл бұрын

But you can get beef bacon. Also, goat's milk is nothing compared to fresh jersey milk WITH cream! You can do what Homesteady does and milk once a day.

@787Earl 6 жыл бұрын

last statement on video "just get pigs"

@maryhelencoble5549 6 жыл бұрын

True, but pigs don't give you milk...

@TractorsandTireSwings 6 жыл бұрын

I love this, because what is best for you might not be the best for someone else. We still love our Dexters

@TheKristenGibson 6 жыл бұрын

😂 ahaha omg your wife is hilarious. I laughed so hard. Squeezing the handle omg. My favorite video by far by you guys. You did good Austin!

@Homesteadyshow 6 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks Kristen! Was hard! My wife is 💪

@jjStinger72 6 жыл бұрын

arguably the greatest video on youtube. Thanks for the smile guys!

@britt3482 6 жыл бұрын

Great clip. Fun watching you switch roles in milking today! :) Love the videos, keep up the great work!

@josephtucker8227 6 жыл бұрын

Best video yet. Love that humble pie.

@terraranch1459 6 жыл бұрын

That was so cute and fun. I smiled and laughed the whole video. I bet you appreciate your wife a little more now LOL. Loved this video. Hugs❤️

@cassityart7001 6 жыл бұрын

This is a great video! Thanks. We used to farm spell - take care of farms while people took time off for everything from weddings and funerals and babies coming to vacations and even ice fishing. That is a really good way to HANDS ON know if you want to care for and raise certain animals.

@jerryhiers4802 6 жыл бұрын

I let my wife do the milking and I wash the jars. Our Jersey gives us so many products like cream for coffee, butter, ghee, cheese, buttermilk, etc. The excess skim and leftovers go to the hogs or fertilize the garden. We even use milk and blackstrap molasses for pest control on our garden and our bees LOVE it. Great videos!

@rkorsberg 6 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best KZfaq collaboration videos I have ever seen...You guy's humor is awesome and your honesty and humorous presentation of the problems involved with cows is just awesome. You did a great job representing the cow people...You guys had me laughing thru the whole video - Everything was so true and fairly presented!! You forgot about NO Vacations, Every Day 2x/day. the best part was having a wife to take care of the cow side of the business. Very nice job. BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR!!

@KeepingItDutch 6 жыл бұрын

rkorsberg he did a awesome job for sure.....

@marissaramos8950 6 жыл бұрын

Loved this video! Cracked me up! Thank you all for sharing!

@theladyinblack3 6 жыл бұрын

Found your channel through the collaboration and quickly subbed! Great video and I’m going to enjoy going back and watching your previous videos!

@flocksandfriends4638 5 жыл бұрын

Omg.. I was cracking up the whole video! Soo good! 😂😂

@RobertasArtisticAdventures 6 жыл бұрын

Love this fun and informative video! You all have a wonderful attitude about all the work involved in gaining the benefits of your livestock. Thank you for the entertaining video!

@BenNewman1776 6 жыл бұрын

This was a fun episode good work.

@mountainsidefarm8357 6 жыл бұрын

haha, yes when roles change appreciation abounds! :-)

@mrsgbee8246 6 жыл бұрын

That was a great fun video. Your cows have such beautiful eyes. You two are awesome. Milk is the best, I couldn't live with out it and butter and cheese. Even Beef Sausages, suet and mince. :-)

@dballard8660 6 жыл бұрын

Good collaboration. Fresh cow milk is excellent on the homestead.

@ricksgardenfla 6 жыл бұрын

love all 4 you guys vids thanks

@homesteadwannabee4253 6 жыл бұрын

Love your take on the collaboration lol Blessings ~

@jodysappington7008 6 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing...never laughed so hard...

@jasonmillar8945 6 жыл бұрын

I love this channels videography!

@6996katmom 6 жыл бұрын

Ya'll are so funny. I laughed for so long. Great video. Ya'll are wonderful!!!

@amberr6554 6 жыл бұрын

Loved this one!

@glendaruff125 6 жыл бұрын

You did great.

@ellisfamilyfarms8961 6 жыл бұрын

Very funny! Really enjoyed this video!

@TheKristenGibson 6 жыл бұрын

She knows Kay isn't milking her.....that's the first time I've seen her kick lol

@catherinelong4682 6 жыл бұрын

Lol she got you.....ummmmoooo. And y'all put a smileon my face this am. Dairy and beef my fav food but we don't have room for cow 2 miles down street neighbor farms we support them buying all our meat there.

@aliciaschwartz3 6 жыл бұрын

Hilarious video... so well done!

@sandispringfelch1317 6 жыл бұрын

I’m not a coffee drinker, so I don’t know how these things work, but that looked like coffee-flavored cream to me! 😉

@NadesikoRose Жыл бұрын

Snicker, don’t forget the hide of the cow after it’s been butchered plus sheep and goats can be sheered for wool which can be turned into yarn to knit into all kinds of things. Plus a goat or sheep would be a good starter animal if you are just beginning, it’s what I am going to do whenever I have the money to get land enough have a homestead/hobby farm.

@Aquari66 6 жыл бұрын

Homesteady has the best video, but Arms Family Homestead has the best farm animal, the GOAT.

@tammicorbett8977 5 жыл бұрын

GLOVES!!!CMON THATS A FIRST-CITY SLICKERS!!!

@yvencia1150 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@1961gfb 6 жыл бұрын

lol yes the cow is the best animal for all what they give us, and after, the horse for the beauty, the work they can do for us, and the entertainement too....

@Chronicles1611 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome editing skills!

@HeartinessApproach 6 жыл бұрын

Milk, glorious Milk. This was choice. Love it. Are you milking into a bucket covered with cloth. I must have missed that video. When we milked our cow, we became one with the cow and usually needed a shower afterwards.

@ronaldbequeath2307 6 жыл бұрын

Now you know what like for us who milk every morning. Not bad for a newbie. Ya, what a great drink. But if you mix the different milks your cheeses and sour creme, and butters, taste better. Have a fun day on the homestead...cleaning the milking equipment.

@TheToastedRabbit 6 жыл бұрын

Ah, I wish we could own a cow. Due to my milk allergies we won’t own one, no matter how delicious :( . Watching your wife gently guide you through the milking process was a lot of fun! I did the same thing but helped my husband butcher his first rabbit. Our favorite animal to raise is rabbits, actually! We love them because they don’t take up too much space. We grow everything in our backyard behind a shed. Our livestock have to stay small for a while until we can own bigger property, haha! You guys are becoming one of my favorite channels to watch! Best of luck!

@Scam-awareness 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. How do you make butter?

@NS-pf2zc 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think I would be able to choose! Love my cows, pigs, chickens, rabbits, and ducks! I don't love goats...I grew up with them and although they can be funny as heck, they are stupid ornery! Fun fun video!!! Lol

@Homesteadyshow 6 жыл бұрын

You will notice a comment thread has been removed Natasha, I don't tolerate hate speech, and when someone calls a person in our community an inappropriate word they have earned a block. Sorry You had to deal with a troll Natasha, we love having you in our community here ;)

@NS-pf2zc 6 жыл бұрын

Homesteady - Thanks guys. I should have known better than to respond. The rudeness got to me...lol. I will take care to make sure I recognize and don't respond to trolls in the future. ☺ Love the channel and the work you do!

@justme-uw6bz 6 жыл бұрын

Love your huge coffee mugs. I love my cow and goat's but I think the goat's are easier and safer to handled.

@serenabeauchesne2123 6 жыл бұрын

Love the milking video 🤣

@chelemichele1524 6 жыл бұрын

I love it...as long as i have a wife who can do all the work!!👍👍👍

@mgfarmer1 6 жыл бұрын

Hello from Ontario Oregon

@dianecharles881 6 жыл бұрын

This was so awesome! And I love bacon and fresh eggs too!! 😂

@787Earl 6 жыл бұрын

request from Houston and Daniel tell everyone that goats are the best.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead 6 жыл бұрын

Earl Jensen that’s right!

@Homesteadyshow 6 жыл бұрын

Oh no, the goat army is coming!

@787Earl 6 жыл бұрын

It would help if you did not need an instructor to milk her cow.

@maryhelencoble5549 6 жыл бұрын

Goat's can be really sweet, but a lot of them are stubborn. You can not beat the cow's milk or meat to goat's milk and meat.

@787Earl 6 жыл бұрын

Mary Helen Coble , bovine milk and meat are my first choice to consume ,but a good goat fence and water supply make meat goats the best for keeping ag taxes in central Texas.

@debbiem2146 6 жыл бұрын

This is going to be a great collaboration! We hope to get a cow this year; for all the reasons you mentioned. However, I have to put in a plug for our goats (and why we'll always have at least 2 does in milk) : Goat milk soap; cow milk turns soap orange. Soft herbed goat cheeses (amazing stuff), and the Kefir. Yes, cows milk kefir is ok, but goat milk kefir is just dreamy. Still, for drinking I only consume our goats milk when it's up to 3 days old (we get an extra day because our Oberhasli's produce super sweet, creamy milk thats not at all 'goaty' - for the first three days. Then it starts to develop that tinted flavour). I have made the goat butter. Good, but not like cultured jersey butter, which to me is a super food! Oh, and thank you for the humour :-) :-) :-). P.s. to relieve the strain on your hands when milking, periodically let your hands go limp and give them a good shake. It really helps me anyway :-)

@glenokla2588 6 жыл бұрын

Funny video!

@kerrydills3240 6 жыл бұрын

I think you bluff has been called,buddy. Lol.

@KeepingItDutch 6 жыл бұрын

Great video brother, had me smiling the whole time....we won't tell your wife that half the milk ended up in your boots lol. I bet your wife wants you to do a lot more milking videos who I she films you lol..keep up the good hard work...

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@kkg02122 6 жыл бұрын

As much as I love milk, butter, cheese and steak, I love bacon more. Pork chops, shoulders, lard and more. I agree with Al. But we all have or own opinions so.....

@christylinsday3992 6 жыл бұрын

Cows are definitely the best and easiest animal we have had, and we have had almost all of them. Except sheep

@jkhenderson1 6 жыл бұрын

Lol! Of course cows are the best! And, goats, pigs, ducks, turkeys and hey! Don't forget chickens! Too funny!

@victorforte1605 6 жыл бұрын

you guys ever thinking of getting a milking pump machine?

@roberttaylor8190 6 жыл бұрын

So Daniel and I agree... Goats rule!!!

@fiore-livinglife_0630 6 жыл бұрын

It's funny Austin but for me I guess chicken is the best homestead farm animals they can give you eggs daily and meat if you want. It's all my opinion but btw its a great video I enjoy watching it!

@bt1vn 4 жыл бұрын

I might be a grave digger BUT goats are the best 😜 love your channel guys and keep up the awesome work

@justinjeffries1554 4 жыл бұрын

Two Years Later: "Don't buy a cow, just go ahead and get yourself a camel!"

@tommylund7527 6 жыл бұрын

Fun video guys...about how money would you say you save on mike since you don't need to buy milk from the store? I just subscribed

@JenniferAllmendingerNDhouse 6 жыл бұрын

I think Al wins and almost talked into getting a couple of goats.

@josepaulinocalimag4187 5 жыл бұрын

For me chickens are the best animal in a homestead,every homestead I know has chickens cause you can't have a homestead without chickens I mean who doesn't love poultry and those farm fresh eggs

@candiwallace6605 6 жыл бұрын

GOATS!! #DanAndHustonSentMe!!🤗🐐🐐🐐🐐

@austinhughes1924 6 ай бұрын

I’d personally prefer beef cattle.And maybe one dairy cow.

@matoivic5977 6 жыл бұрын

Imagine how it's to milk by hand 6 cows twice a day and each cow gives 24l of milk per day.

@6996katmom 6 жыл бұрын

I love to watch baby goats play, but I love milk from cows. But, the best meat for me is pork.

@shadyacrehomestead4737 5 жыл бұрын

Goats. More versatile. Milk, meat, brush and land clearing, pack animals, not as hard to handle, easier to clean up after, (I'd rather clean goat poop than cow poop ;) )easier to handle, require less space. Lb for Lb a goat eats less but produces more milk. My saanen doe gives a gallon and a half a day by herself.Can't beat a goat! Go Arms Family Homestead! lol Ok, with that said, cows are great too ;)

@mattjkaufman 6 жыл бұрын

Do you pasteurized the milk or drink it raw?

@Homesteadyshow 6 жыл бұрын

Raw Matt, big podcast planned on this topic this spring, stay tuned.

@rockscorner5991 6 жыл бұрын

Just curious, respectfully, is it necessary to strain again since you've already strained it through the cheesecloth while milking? Please, no offense, just a curiosity to me. Being a nurse I completely get the need for everything to be as clean as possible and, should I get a milking animal, I will also probably wear nitrile gloves. I will probably also sew an elastic band in the cheesecloth (making two or three depending). That way it will slip right over the bucket edge. But, if your gonna double strain it anyhow, why not put the cheesecloth over the strainer, over the bucket? Would this not save time? Well, except to then immediately pour into Mason jars of course. Also, Aust, how do you get those random clips? Not that I need to or want to but I'm apparently a very curious person today. Lol. Your welcome to PM me or email me if you like. My youtube channel is Rocks Corner. Thank you, sorry post is so long. Rock

@Homesteadyshow 6 жыл бұрын

Hey rocks, great #askhomesteady question. About straining. Essentially your just behind double safe, removing debris each step of the way. I will talk more about it in our QnA. Now what random clips are you speaking of?

@rockscorner5991 6 жыл бұрын

Aust, like movie clips etc added into your video.

@singleman1986 6 жыл бұрын

LOL......You are too funny. You changed your mind so often I decided to bring in all 3. Well,...4. Manure in your hair is better than in your beard. Oh, wait, you don't have one. (Yet). I'm a goat, (ophob), and I LOVE my bacon, so AL wins!.....LOL.

@aletheiamartin4588 6 жыл бұрын

Goats!!!!!!!! And chicken!!!!!!😄😄😄😄😁😁😀😁

@arnoldromppai5395 6 жыл бұрын

I think she feels something is lacking so shes giving him guidance how to please a woman

@OfftoShambala 4 жыл бұрын

Rabbits for fertilizer?

@BornAgainFarmGirl 6 жыл бұрын

So Goats then :) !

@VochosGranja 6 жыл бұрын

She has a point there bud. lol

@ramblinevilmushroom 6 жыл бұрын

So, there was poop everywhere? Maybe pasteurizing isnt such a bad idea....

@thomaswright6250 5 жыл бұрын

What about the chicken you get eggs and meat from chickens

@cmiller1952 6 жыл бұрын

Great video but you need an automatic milker ....

@maryhelencoble5549 6 жыл бұрын

Most automatic milkers are expensive and hard to sanitize.

@cynthiafoster3564 6 жыл бұрын

WE LOVE GOATS!!!!!

@johnlongenecker6560 6 жыл бұрын

Kay is the best milker

@danpendergrass7762 6 жыл бұрын

Goats and sheep for me. Sorry. :)

@rhadamesasenjo79 6 жыл бұрын

I gave you a "like" because it's the polite thing to do. But, There's no way I can handle an animal that size... Sure, it gives lots of milk, more than goats, but again, it seems like a lot of work... I'll stick with chickens and goats...If I had any.

@MacBTN 6 жыл бұрын

I’ve always heard that you get better with practice. I’m thinking that if you milked every day for the next err month or so you’d get almost as good as your wife. Right, Kay?

@janeoreilly2010 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry,I love your videos but you didn't sell me on the cows. I still think I prefer goats!

@arnoldromppai5395 6 жыл бұрын

sounds more like you all cant get it to gather on what's the best, hell Al even referred to a chicken as an animal. lmao..

@iwantosavemoney 6 жыл бұрын

they make some cheap milkers not sure if they are worth it but i have seen them

@sippinghotchocolate 6 жыл бұрын

wool from sheep

@missmix48 6 жыл бұрын

Once upon a time I had 44 goats.

@newfeatherfarm2492 6 жыл бұрын

I vote goats 😄

@ziegenvinehomestead 6 жыл бұрын

Goats Rule! That is all.

@HarshmanHills 6 жыл бұрын

BACON!!!!!

@melissahorton6292 6 жыл бұрын

There HAS to be some benefit to your manure hair treatment.....right?? ;)

@CanadianFarmGirl1 6 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I pick the dog! Jkjk

@meilafluno1408 6 жыл бұрын

Go Goats😉

@legendary3773 5 жыл бұрын

#forthesteak

@DaybirdAviaries 6 жыл бұрын

Goats are definitely the best. Sheep are clearly second best.

@maryhelencoble5549 6 жыл бұрын

Different people have different preferences. Cows are the best in my book because one jersey can make enough milk for a large family everyday WITH butter, cheese, and much much more. Then you can sell the excess AND still only milk once a day. Sheep and goats are second and third because of their mini dual purpose life. They are better for smaller families and people willing to build playground for goats to keep them in. Of course everyone has their own preferences, this one is mine.

@KeepingItDutch 6 жыл бұрын

Hahahah at least i came in 2nd

@robinbriggs1517 6 жыл бұрын

Goats are awesome...... but I can say my mother milked cows for 70 years and never ever did the stuff you guys just did with this cow...... she is rolling in her grave laughing right now...... You guys go!