Traditional dairy farming in -45 degree temperatures….😰
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2023
- Hey guys! So last night we had the coldest weather I’ve ever experienced in my life! While it was only around -23, the wind chill bumped that number up(or down rather 😂) to an unbelievable-50! So I just wanted to share with y’all the things we did to prep our 60 year old tie stall barn and how she fared the storm! Thank so much for watching!!
I was a dairy farmer 41 years in Minnesota so i hear you When cold spells were forecast i would stack enough hay bales along the walls in front of the manger made it nice for feeding and would help with the cold too. Block heaters are pretty much standard here
Mrglodie- I hear ya, I do the same thing, stack bale's up along the walls for extra feed just in case one of the silo unloaders didn't want to work and the hay helps with insolation sitting against the wall
Yep sometimes just surviving is all we can do. Im from MN and dairy farmed. One day isn't so bad but its when yah get a couple few weeks of it with no relief. Wears a person out from battling it. Planning ahead helps but when something unplanned happens such as a tank heater dying in the middle of the night and then the pipe freezing, oof its tough.
A hayloft with small squares was a blessing during those days.
Good job Winter rising the barn
Doing your best for such cold weather 🙋♂️🐈🐈
I grew up on a dairy farm in mass. And my mother named every cow too. I can tell you love your cows.
Happy to hear you survived that cold snap! The cows don’t even know it’s cold, thanks to all the prep work you guys did for them. You deserve an extra coffee break today! Stay warm and safe, Taylor.
That sounds like winter in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Winter gets brutal in Michigan's upper peninsula.
Another tip for unthawing pipes is use some old socks or shirts, soak them in hot water and wrap and rub pipes...unthaws fast. Learned it from Gerok Farms channel. Stay warm
Cool, thanks !
Our winters are very mild now but back in the 80s we still had a month of winter will below zero! Our silos would freeze solid on the edges so we chiseled junks of frozen silage to the cows they actually chewed on them kept them busy lol ! We had no cab tractor no manure pit so we still had to spread manure every day no matter the weather! Unless the snow was to deep.or the fields to wet we would stock pile ! Our barn was new back then so no real.problems of pipes freezing! Yoi get used of the cold with lots of clothes and even more cussing lol
Sounds like lots of hard work and perseverance were necessary! And I know what ya mean about the cussin😂 gets the best of us all at times! Thanks for commenting!
That was a cold weekend. Glad all went well four you. Think it’s supposed to be a little warmer this week. Another great video.
It sure was a cold one, and I can’t wait for that warm weather to get here! Thanks so much for watching and commenting hope you have a great week!
The coldest I remember it here in UK was -4 °C.
A breeze in the park for you. Makes you cold watching it! 🥶🥶🥶🥶
Keep well!
Us viewers were expectantly waiting for a video of your holiday. I do hope that you did have a fun break from your 70 ladies at your farm. 😂❤😂❤
We get that same cold weather almost every year for a few weeks in northwest wisconsin! I believe we are at 4 weeks of that weather for this winter already! Have had to shut the water off to the bowls before just so they wouldn't freeze and brake!
I don’t care what they say about those old barns, that’s all we ever milked in and in Minnesota during the winter cows were in for the duration. Those barns like that the wood swells up from the moisture the cows put off and seals them up. During the summer some cracks would grow to a half inch but would completely shut during the winter. We lived behind the cows for over a week when all power went out and everything froze in the house during a snow storm in the 70’s. Piled up straw bales behind them and slept with the girls. Just made sure we picked cows that didnt splatter when relieving themselves when we picked our spots to sleep.
Lived your life,40 years ago,best years of my life,thanks for everything you do
It is a wonderful life, thanks you!
Thank you tae every day keep up the good work. All the best.
Indeed I saw that it was coming last week to you there in Maine.
Mt. Washington set a new all time wind chill record -108 the wind up there was 97 mph.
Glad you were well prepared.
Was just as cold here in Nova Scotia! Crazy. I kept my cows inside.
so cool to see you get around only with frozen pipes! some other farmers heavily impacted
I remember my grandparents use to tell stories of -22, -35 and -50 degrees when they milked in a barn that was built in 1850s and finished in 1955... winters have changed and are way softer than they were in the 70s... even way before that. Am glad you were able to adjust to the fridgide weather... 😀
Great job blocking off the air. That's all you can do. The frost showing up on the walls and behind the tarps makes me shiver. How else would you spell "Gehl" on a farm? lol! After having grown accustom to your face, don't freeze it off!!🥶☕😨☕☕😃
You all did a great job of sealing everything up!! With only a couple of frozen water bowls and a frozen pipe, I would consider that a win, Taylor !!! Stay warm and God bless you all !!! Eddy. ( So far the coldest we have had here in Southwestern Virginia is -8 degrees.)
Scary when it gets that cold. Looks like your extra precautions have worked. The ladies seem comfortable and not affected. Have to say it's so nice to see the care and thoughtful nature you have for the animals. Hope it starts to warm up for ya soon Taylor. Best wishes, Deb
Yes very scary! Thanks so much, that’s so sweet of you to say! Hopefully you are staying warm as well, have a wonderful rest of your day!
Stay safe and warm Taylor and drink lots of hot coffee. Good video 👍.keep warm and well. Regards pat Brazil.
Wow, here in Eastern Oregon we were on the Western edge of the Artic air and some Mountain communities were -30, in the Treasure Valley we got down to 9. Glad so far you have weathered ok. Be safe those are dangerous temps.
Glad your weather was slightly warmer! Thanks so much for commenting and hope you have a wonderful week!!
Glad that you were able to overcome the cold weather and that it gets warmer soon. Great job using your ingenuity it working to keep your girls warm. I grew up a dairy farm but you always show me something new. Another great video Taylor and keep your coffee close by and stay warm. 😉
Thanks, I’m glad you like the videos!😁 I will, hope your day is wonderful!
GLAD GEHL IS STILL DOING GOOD KEEP WARM.THANKS FOR THE VIDEO
I remember feeding stairs in weather like that when I worked on a farm and it was really cold you had all the jackets you could on and you still weren't cold
Just a little FYI from Minnesota, my dad used to hook up a battery charger to his battery and have it set on slow charge all night so his battery would be nice and warm and the car will start up on cold days.
That’s a great idea! Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
Awesome video, stay warm and safe as always I enjoyed
Thanks, you too!
Good morning kitten stay warming 😅😅😅😅
Back in the late 1970's we had two very cold weekends in a row with windchills below 100 and actually temps of -56, even cold for us. The first weekend a bolt on the barncleaner decided to break, and almost dumped it into the spreader. The repair took a while, by which time the manure in the spreader and cleaner chute was rather crispy. That gave us problems until temps got near freezing.
In addition silage in the silos would freeze in two feet or more. Every so often a farmer would be killed when those walls would fall down.
To deal with frozen pipes, use a pail of hot water and wrap hot wet rags around or over the pipes. Very safe and easy to do.
Great video Taylor
That's really cold. Thankfully the cows can stand cold temperatures a lot better then us humans. Hope your truck starts again when the temps go up a bit. Here we have temps around 46 degrees during the day but expected to drop to around 39 with night temps around 30. So that would be rather warm for you ;)
Sure is! 46 degrees sounds like heaven!! 😄 thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Great video, very interesting, thanks for filming it.
Thank you for watching!
Reminds me of winters in Western PA. We had a few in the -20F range. -10 was not unusual. The frosted walls give the old memories a jolt. Yep...the cows generate a lot of heat, so bless them.
Eastern Connecticut we had -15 with the 40mph wind, lost power Friday afternoon at 4:30 was out for 32 hours. The generator earned it keep. Would of been a nice morning to go get sawdust with no window🤣. Glad you folks fared well.
It is brutal isn’t it, so glad you had a generator to keep this in order! 😂 that would have been a harsh sawdust trip. Stay safe and warm!
Did a great job trying to keep barn sealed up. 👍
Thank you!
Thank you for your hard work love milk that's why I left the East Coast in Sunny San Diego
It is our pleasure! Thank you for drinking milk! Enjoy the sun for me!
Great job trying to save the heat
I now live in Pa. It was 3 degrees here Saturday. But I remember when I lived in NY on the farm we had weather that got to 20 below. That was cold. We also had blizzards where we would get 2 to 3 feet of snow within 24 hours. I understand where you are coming from about the weather. A farm still has to be worked whatever the weather. Hope it warms up soon so you don't freeze yoiur pretty face off. God bless.
Same cold that we experienced in Québec.... Extremely tough on equipments and animals. Glad everything went relatively well
So sorry to hear your having the same kind of weather, I hope everything has been going well for you. Thanks for commenting!
Yes, I was in Northern New Hampshire 10 minutes from Quebec border to snowmobile. It was -26F at the house. My pick up did not start Sat or Sunday. Took several jumps to get it going. We did ride Saturday at -14 F, but is was miserable. I have never froze my hands so bad. Hand warmers on the sled were useless. Just too cold.
You are a lot more ambitious than I am! I don’t think I could have forced myself to go to snowmobiling. Thanks for commenting!
Hi Taylor, so enjoying your videos. You are an inspiration . We are a century farm ( crop farming ) in southern Ontario. It's young women like you who will help preserve this challenging but wonderful way of life. Wishing you all the luck in the world.
Shivering memories! In the late 70's and through the 80's my herd was 40 registered Holsteins in a tie stall barn(old barn that I had redone in 1980.) Anyway in somewhere around '86 we had two weekends back to back with -90 windchills. Motors had to be unbelted and run empty for 10 minutes before putting them under load, really hard to keep Milk room warm enough. It was terrible, don't miss that in my old age.
Yeah that's some serious cold I'm glad everyone is okay try to stay warm should be warming up soon I hope I am in Virginia and this week is going to be in the sixties I am thankful for that thank you for the video please be safe and careful you do such a great job explaining everything and you look amazing as usual
Watched a bunch of your vids over the past two days (subbed of course).
Question(s): You've mentioned that you have a boss, and that your dad drove you to work? Do you work for a non-family member's farm near where you grew up? Did you go to school for agriculture? Do you have a long-term plan beyond this current job?
It always gets that cold in wisconsin for a week or two every winter. plastic makes for good wind brake to help the cold air out.good luck and stay safe.
Yes plastic is a lifesaver! You stay warm as well and have yourself a wonderful week! Thanks for watching 😀
👍 Glad that everything was good
Yea it was 22 below on Friday in the central part of Minnesota. But it is 25 above on Sunday. Stay warm miss keep the great videos coming love watwatching them
Hey Taylor, I don't know if you heard, But the actual air temperature on Mt Washington in NH was - 104, Yes you read that right - 104. Colder than the Artic or Antarctica. Now that is COLD !!!! and I bitch about it being 18 degrees here in Florida back in Dec. Coldest I ever remember when we had our Farm in Aurora NY was -55 in 1966, That was the year we had the Blizzard from hell. We were snowed in for 2 weeks and my Grandfather had to dump milk for those 2 weeks because no Milk Truck could get through.
Enjoyed your video, Thanks for sharing. PS Stay Warm...
I did hear that, amazing isn’t it!! Now that sounds like one heck of a blizzard! Thanks so much for watching and commenting have yourself a great evening!
Hiya Tay,
Great video from the frozen farm. Thank you. What on earth do you mean, take a coffee break??? Do you not mean you sometimes have to take a work break from your coffee day? I mean, that is the right way around, coffee break, indeed!!!
Well done on keeping the girls warm enough, even the newborn. That is a lot of frost there. We are cold from 6 last night till Tuesday; not that bad, though, but I guess we got it from you; thank you for sharing, not!!! I'm glad you only had one pipe freeze; that could have been bad with the pipes bursting.
Stay safe, dear lady, and warm, Steve...
Hi! I feel like my whole life is one long coffee break😂 sorry for the cold! Next time we won’t be so generous to share it😁 thanks for commenting, have a fabulous week!
@@tayfarmsI often wonder how we survived before our parents allowed us coffee; no wonder babies cry so much, no coffee indeed. My favourite cake is coffee and walnut, and my favourite ice cream is; yep, you guessed it, cherry. What, no, I mean coffee. Mind you, I do love cherry too.
Your charges always look really well, fit and healthy, a testament to the care you two give them.
Steve...
Another great video sweetheart 😊
Thank you!!
@@tayfarms your welcome anytime 😊
well done.
Thanks!
Too cold bless your heart awesome job stay warm
Thank you! You too!
Nice tie stall barn we have pit barns in the south
Thanks!
We are supposed to be in the mid 50s today. And all next week I’m sorry for you In the brutal cold 🥶
That sounds so warm!! Enjoy it for me!😃 thanks for commenting!
You’re welcome anytime. Love your videos.
Hope you’re staying warm. This week. I’ll think about you this week. !!!
Omy gosh..we just went to -8..my daughter was stationed minot. N. Dakota..she said everyone plugged their cars in at nite..seems purty cozy in there compared to being outside. Stay warm ..
Hey Taylor, I live I in florida!!!
I'v been there! but not THAT cold, maybe -25 to-30! When I was a young man, we'd got about 2 weeks of way below -20! it would warm up to about-10 during the day! And we still had to do the barn work!! Give them lots of salt! Salt makes them thirsty, if they're thirsty, they're going to drink water, running water don't freeze!! And back in the day, you still had to run the barn cleaner, and spread manure, and no cab tractor!! and things would be all froze up!
I’ve never heard that about the salt, very interesting!! That must have been very cold on a no cab tractor, but that’s the way a lot of farm used to do it. I think folks were much tougher back then!😄 thanks for watching!
pretty normal to get 2 or 3 of those types of cold snaps here in wisconsin . don't like 'em but doable.
lol to get through it is a couple layers with a heated jacket or vest that how i roll in Wisconsin
That tractor that you have sitting out there on the generator you should have throw the tarp over the engine so it would help hold the heat in sometimes them heaters can't keep up with the wind chill
We had wind chill of -55 in the Houlton area Aroostook county was really cold.
Strange to see you Tay with a scarf and complaining about being cold lol your truck not starting is your third thing to go wrong but keep farming because farming keeps you smiling 😊take care stay safe in that frost 👍
😅 you were right! And hopefully no more breakdowns 😄thanks for commenting and I hope you have a wonderful week ahead of you!!
we always had a few days of below zero every winter in the 70s and early 80s but if the skidder would start we worked!! glad thats not the case anymore that was not fun 23 below yesterday now up to 32 with rain comming wow thats how ya get sick
If it’s still that cold their do this ! Fill a glass of water and go out side ! Then throw or splash it up in the air and see if it freezes before it hits the ground! U know it’s cold if it does u know it’s cold then
Forgive me if you already answered this, but where do you get your replacement animals? Do you raise any of them yourself? What is your cull rate? Are you on DHI testing or someother testing platform? Is your wrapped hay balage or just hay?
Hi Taylor. I just recently started watching your post. I love small N.E. dairy farms. Back in the 1950's as a 12 year old my first job was working on a small dairy farm here in Conn. for .25, ( thats cents LOL, ) per hour. I spent many summers working there. Those were some the best times of my life. Later on my wife and I became a JD dealer, ( not ag ) and that ran for 43 years until we retired 9 years ago. My question if you don't mine me asking, is this farm in your family?
Hi! It’s amazing how times have changed. I wish it was still a world with many family farms like back then. Sounds like you have had a life! Actually no I am just an employee, but I can’t imagine farming anywhere else! Thanks so much for commenting!
You like your coffee 🙂
For me, the word 'cold' loses its relevance @ any temp below 0ºs. Temperatures below 0º's is just an extrapolation measure of how quick equipment, animals & people will freeze! I hope the temperatures warm up for u & the girls!
Brrrr taylor 😁
28° in upstate NY right now.....this coming week they calling for temps in the 50's have to wait and see.
50! Heavenly!! 😀
You guys are over the top when it comes to concern about your cows. It wouldn't take much to make up some mitered frames of rough cut 1"x4" pine and staple on 6 mil polyethylene with cardboard strips to cover over your windows. The span of each set of three looks about 10 feet long and 3 feet high. The frames can be attached with 2 inch screws and readily applied/ removed every fall and spring. Windows are your biggest heat loss.
You can have all that code there. You won't. I am fine in Texas. We're at the 110 and a 115 during the summer.
dang I thought we had it bad at -24
Glad you didn’t have to fix broken pipes. Nothing much more miserable than fixing pipes in the cold unless it’s a broken manure spreader with a load on out in 2 feet of snow.
Curious, GI surgery on cows run how much??
And I have to say again...... Your number of suscribers is almost 1000 more than 10 days ago dammmmmmmmm
Yes, you guys have amazed me with your support of this channel! Thank you for comments I really love reading them!!
That’s colder than a mother-in-laws kiss !
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... im alway's a bad LiL' annoy boy hay hole around cute LiL' fuzzy feed chicklet's ...
find a big cow and snugle
Exactly 😂