Jerseys take a pill a lot better than a Holstein. Glad the cow and calf are doing good.

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Awesome video.

thank you

It seems that all of the cows enjoyed Rascals singing as they entered the barn. Esther, however didn't seem to want to give much of her feed to the poor dog. Oh well.

My first flight was in a Ford Tri-Motor back in the mid 1960's as part of a YMCA trip. It was Island Airlines, which had flights from Port Clinton Ohio to Put-In-Bay Island and the surrounding islands in Lake Erie. I believe they were the last commercial airline to use the Tri-Motor, closing its doors in 1985. They carried passengers, the mail, and supplies to the islands year round.

I love all you include in the videos. I remember giving the cows the boluses with the big "pill gun". Keith is too funny the way he doesn't smile while rattling off the words so quickly. When I was little, we had all the Surge bucket milkers with the surcingle straps over the cows back. Then switched to a pipeline.

Love the cow videos! Thanks so much for sharing. I love that Jersey raw milk also❤

Pistol is adorable- Laura you do a GREAT job keeping up with Keith’s humor!!❤

Oh my goodness! Keith is quite the comedian. I'm really enjoying your videos since you've taken over the camera. kudos to you all.

Another great video, I enjoy!

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I remember training calves to drink milk from a bucket. You would get them sucking on your fingers and then force their head down in the bucket of milk while still sucking on your fingers. Once they got a good taste of the milk, they became very enthusiastic about drinking the milk without your fingers. We'd have several calves in a pen (not a good practice) and they would be like a bunch of pigs trying to get to the buckets. One of the problems we had in the early stages of training was that the calves were too stupid to realize that they could not breathe under water, actually under milk. They would be blowing bubbles through their nose in the milk while drinking and lift up their heads out of the milk, choking and coughing. If a calf did not become an enthusiastic milk drinker, it usually meant it was sick. We trained the calves to drink out of buckets because it was quicker than waiting around for them to suck their meal through a nipple. After they quickly gulped down their meal, they would go to sucking on each others ears as well as other body parts, in a futile attempt to find a little more milk from somewhere. I think the nipple bottles are really a better, more natural way to feed the calves, although it takes longer. Once they get the idea and get with the program, you can hang the bottle on a gate or fence in one of those wire holders and not have to wait around holding the bottle while the calf procrastinates about drinking all her milk.

Do you give all of your cows calcium when they calve as a preventative measure? Or just the ones who have had symtoms in the past? Would a calcium additive to the feed ration of your pre-fresh cows be feasable?

True or False , grown cows do not have top front teeth and when feeding on grass they rip the grass not bite the grass. heard this on another farm channel and since we have never been around cows i do not know what true and whats BS. show me their mouth of a grown cow. oh yea are baby calf born with or without front teeth.

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Thanks for the interesting video but awesome as always

Mom and calf looked great! Why is it that a lot of animals won't go where you want them to? You were doing great and Lydia (hope I spelled that correctly) shows she knows what not to do, by skirting close to the barn when she came out. I have never been able to teach my husband how to help out (and that is only with cats, although they are a lot like Esther in some ways). He always moves the wrong way or makes noise just when he should be quiet, but at least he tries. We are going on 46 years now, so I think I'll keep him. Hope all is going well with mom and her newborn. Thanks for the video. Will be interested in name you give this one.

Esther looks really happy and healthy.

good to see george

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I love those jerseys.

I love the gentle cows that I have created within our beef herd, but 😅 those docile girls are not easily driven a few of my girls will barely flinch forward even after applying electricity *I try to remember to keep a pocket full of protein cubes Cow Cakes.. Even if I don't give them any, they Smell them on me, know treats are handy, and they'll follow me anywhere😂 ...Immediately Post partum though, all bets are off 🤣 It's SILLY TIME!

Congrats on the new baby, and one more to add to the milking string.

Cow is puzzled, not seeing her baby

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My wife says that sometimes I follow directions similar to Esther. 😢

From past experience, keeping the calf within sight of the mother cow is key.

Always nice to see some of the family helping with the chores. I've watched the channel for a number of years and I love all of the videos. You ALL do a great job with them. The kids have grown so fast, all young adults now. The beautiful cows are always fun to watch and Lydia's Ayrshire calf is growing like a weed, lol. Thanks!

The robots in all 6 feeder barns stopped working, along with their showers. Long Canada Day weekend here but animals need attention holiday or no holiday got the service crew fly in late afternoon Sunday. July marks 2 years since we started having nanny sows, now we have 2 barns and almost 400 sows that are semi retired and now are nanny's , now all runts born are taken and put into nanny sows which feed them with gallons of milk. our birth to weaning loss number went from 9% to now under 1% and we leave only 8 piglets for every sow that gives birth. We told grandfather and our father years and years back that we should try this but just like Mr Keith the were set in their ways and would not change. All issues now fixed but not sure if we will have all trucks filled this week. The Robots sort the hogs that are ready for market, a micro chip in their ear tells the robots who is ready. Another thing much improved was having micro chips in every pig on our farm, well weaned. we saved the life of thousands. every morning i get a print out or a red warning flash of very sick pigs. without this chances are the pig may die.

I was wondering do you still have penny on the farm..I absolutely love your sweet cows😊

Nice to see George.

I don't know who looks more content, george or the cows😊

Greetings, happy Sunday

Thank You, big problems today, work never takes a Sunday off when u got livestock.

Can’t hear your voice over the machinery.

George got tall, you must be feeding him good, ha ha,

thank you

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Greetings to George and to the entire family

😂 Hi George, almost sounds like mom is trying to marry you off! 😂

Love watching the jerseys eat, they are so enthusiastic about eating with such a happy, contented look on their sweet faces. George has contented look on his handsome face too😊

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Great video guys. You are more brave than I am. I expected to see some rubber bands and baler twine holding that thing together. Glad you didn't have to flap your arms to get off the ground.

Keith, thanks for your response. Yes, I have worn many free caps in my career, including jd ones. (My first 1 was an ih cap). I asked about the plow because it looked like your tractor could handle more than 4 bottoms. I had an 806 and pulled 5 16s. Good watching someone working the ground. I am no longer farming and the smell of the the turned dirt is something I miss. Milt

That was a great gift. Flying is something else. We had a friend that became a pilot and we got to go up with her in a small plane. That was before google earth and we got to see our house from above for the first time. There's a small airport near here that has air shows every so often. My husband said that they had a Tri-Motor Ford there when we went to it one time. Wonder if they come to Michigan?. Have also had a ride in a helicopter and that was a once in a lifetime for me too. Thanks for the ride and good luck to Wilson on getting his training.

Such beauties. I know you have pretty much two breeds. Which one is more playful. They definitely have personalities. Thanks for the video.