Bit of a jolt reading putting your calves to sleep!!!...realized you were sedating them not putting them down which is what I understood by that term...nice to see them up and moving about well.
Dehorning is an extremely painful process and many still do it without anesthesia. I'm glad you treat your calves so humanely. That deserves an extra round of applause for you!! All the best to you, your family and your calves😊
@Acceleration Quanta in the wild most of them would get eaten alive. The ones that lived to adulthood would have to keep watching their back and staying close to the herd until they got too injured/sick/ or old to keep up and then they too would get eaten alive. Farming is like paradise on earth for an animal. They never go hungry, get treated if they are sick, get lovingly cared for by most farmers and then get a humane unexpected ending for human health.
Yessss!!!! I hope you'll use this process next time including the local anesthetic. This is the most humane thing I have ever seen any farmer do with this many animals. And then the antibacterial power to avoid infection. Plus an extra dose of pain reliever to last for the rest of the day. It doesn't save time to do it without the extra acts of kindness as you can see all of this only took an hour. I'm so happy to see your comment. To know people see this video and consider making changes to how they do things is just incredible 👌
@Acceleration Quanta, versus the horns causing injuries to themselves, herd members or farmers?? Especially being sedated, the calves have no idea what happened.
@Acceleration Quanta Yeah, it's really not. They don't actually NEED their horns. It causes more pain and potential for injury and whatnot versus keeping them. It's not like declawing a cat where you're removing something they need and use for day-to-day living.
Those that think it is cruel have never come out to a cow with its eye poked out or a hole in its neck. We had a well tempered horned cow that flung its head for a fly and caught another cows stomach. Truly an accident. Her intestines fell out. Had to shoot that one. Would have been less cruel to dehorn the cow.
@@mayseventy4466 Dehorned cattle require far less minimum distance from each other. The maintenance costs can be reduced thanks to the space gained. But there are also genetically polled cattle such as Angus or Galloway.
What a terrible accident. I am sorry for your loss. I would like to note that such terrible things happen very rarely and cows with horns just need enough space. I'm a bit older now - not a single cow was dehorned when I was young and it worked well.
Worked at a stable for a few years, lots of their horses got eye infections just being poked by a low hanging branch and then it had to be removed. Cannot imagin with cows. The bigger the animal the more clumsy it seems to me 😂
Years ago I used to dis-bud the calves on my dads dairy farm in Scotland. We had to do it frequently because we only had limited numbers at any one time which were of appropriate development. Your method is very much better and that team are very impressive professionals.
That looked like a good way to get the job done. It was faster and safer for you and the calves. If you would have tried doing it without knocking them out, you would have probably been all day doing it. Good informative video. Thank you
When I first read your Caption.. Putting Calves to sleep 💤 😴 I thought the WORSE, & still had to read Comments..Happy to learn that this was a process of de-horning them without pain...Great to Learn. Your Calves are Beautiful 😍 Blessings Continued 🙏
I think you are doing it right with the calves, they never seem stressed or uncomfortable after the procedure 👍 The duck nest was cool. You forgot to show us the job Mick did on the old timber shed 😉
Nice to see how other farmers do things. Ours are being done today! They only get a local anesthetic so not out cold - I'd prefer your way to be honest.
I was very surprised to see such an involved procedure. I raised my first Jersey steer this year. Had him since he was 2 weeks old. I had my vet come dehorn him at the appropriate age, before the buds attach to the skull. He used no sedation or numbing at all, and my little guy never flinched, never pulled back or anything.
I’m not saying your wrong, but I get local numbing when I get my teeth done. Different nerves and tissues I know, but it definitely gives me some reading material.
@@johnbennett7407 Why would I do something to an animal just to make me feel better? I have seen too many times when humans do things to animals that they "love" just to make themselves feel better when in truth it's a torture to the animal.
@@HoneyHollowHomestead perhaps but in this case I can't imagine anaesthetic would be torture. It is after all GA not local Local might be another story altogether from my experience. 😉
I have seen this done before to older cows and it was traumatizing to me! This was such a wonderful thing to see how humanly you did this! They have feelings and I love how you care for that! God bless you!
Andrew it will be interesting to see how the polled cows produce. I raised Hereford cattle for years and the horned lines would out perform the polled lines. As for people saying that your cruel to those calves, those people are just showing their own ignorance.
I agree with those horned hereford cattle. The polled herefords had nothing but problems when it came to birth weights and other issues. I prefer horned cattle, but I live in an area where these cattle need horns to defend themselves from predators. I will say polled cattle are more sought after by stock yards just because they are easier to keep. They don't hook each other and you can put more in a lot. It has nothing to do with genetics and everything to do with numbers.
Brother that was the best way to do that. Enjoyed the video and you can really tell you calfs are well cared for. Howdy from the State of Michigan, USA
Nothing cruel and thank you for explaining that dehorning is very humane and for safty of other cattle and the herdsmen.. 60 years ago we use to take the horns off with a hack saw after the horns had grown. Lots of times critical people are not aware of what they are critizeing and how far things have come. Is the procedure to put the calves asleep and inject the area with a pain killer or is a choice to do it differently in New Zealand? Thanks Andrew.
There’s pretty strict laws around it here, you definitely have to use local but don’t have to knock them out, it’s just the easiest way for them to do it like that 👍
Your management of the dehorning process is exemplary . All the calves were well cared for and treated with the utmost care and concern . Good example of how this should be done.
FINALLY some common sense. We might have to eat them but we don't have to abuse them. Anything you do to keep them calm is always a plus. Does that stuff work on blue haired cackling americans?
I love this video. Great job all around especially in terms of dehorning them beautiful young ladies!! I'm glad ya'll did it so stress free for all involved, and I really appreciated showing the dehorning process!!! It was really cool to see all of the ladies approach you without hesitation or fear!!! That is the best thing of all!!!!!!! Thank you so much for all of it!
I work with goat farmers (ultrasounding) and some have been working to try to get polled genetics. I know one that found her polled bucks were not as fertile so that was a challenge. I started following you last year when you did this. I think it was your catchy title that caught my attention.
O wow, I was scared first seeing the title. Never heard before a farmer does it this way, this is awesome! So cute to see all the little ones together. 😍 I'm curious for more video's and I subscribed.😀
You have a beautiful herd of calves. Gorgeous babies! I have had to de-bud goat kids but I had 1 adult that we had to get the vet on repeatedly . Where the little ones had an easy time that adult wether had lifelong problems because he was never dehorned early. That poor wether bled so bad he had to go stay with the vet for a couple of days. Top it off with regrown screwy skur horn that grew back and started to poke his skull. The vet tried again. Hope this will be the last time. Yours is by far the best system for all involved. Beautiful herd and lovely farm.
Great video once again. Unfortunately it's a sign of the times you are going to get people complaining with out a real understanding of things and think they know best. The joys of youtube
When you feed the calves that way, how do you know they're all getting their fair share & proper nutrition? I fed calves on a dairy farm on weekends in my college years. I mixed the milk in a tub and made separate bottles for each calf and fed each calf a bottle by hand 2 at a time until they were done. I was always sure how much each got fed. And they were more tame that way. Also every calving we regularly had 3 sets of healthy twins, occasionally more. We had to help pull the twins cuz mum got tired.
When ur feeding a mob of calves the slowest and smallest standout so they get put them into the next younger mob so they're the big kids in that mob ,works well
It wouldn’t be possible to feed 80 calf’s 2 at a time without lots of additional staff to assist you. This method allows one or two staff to complete the entire feeding process much more efficiently.
That was amazing! It was such a relief to see the de-budding done in such a humane way. So glad it went well and they all were up and ready to be fed. All those swishing tails - Calves were so happy to eat! Your Cows Love You - they follow you, they are calm, and they go where you direct them to go! You have beautiful herds and beautiful land. This is the first time I have seen your channel. Liked, Shared, and Subscribed. 💛 From New Mexico, USA 🇺🇸
Great informative video. I agree that the calves look great and wake up from their dehorning with no adverse reaction. They act and drink normally that tells you there is no pain. I have seen in the USA dehorning cream that is applied to the horn base a few days after birth. It is meant to kill the horn bud. Seems to work for them and again very a very good way to go about it. Your channel is fast becoming one of my favourite to watch. Thank you
I am impressed ur the first channel I've come across that literally cares if it hurts the animals I've seen it all those hot irons right on the animals and of course they claim the animal isn't feeling it while the animal is in distress and hollering..... I admire how much u care for your herd.... so amazing this is a channel I'd love to share with my 6 yr old daughter ❤️ 💕 absolute pleasure finding tour channel ❤️ God bless
The way you do it now is more humane then the way it was done when I was milking cows I used to just put a paste on the horn and it would eat it away with order cows they would just chop them off no anaesthetic no nothing so things have definitely changed good to see cows don't need horns anyway
Cheers mate. Its great for us townies to see what the farmer has to deal with each day running the farm. Still better than city life any day. Go Waikato!
Thank you so much for at least going the extra mile and doing this as humanely as possible. It proves it doesn't take more time and on top of it you gave them pain relief for the aftermath for the rest of the day. I'm vegan and not comfortable with the meat and dairy industry, but this is the right way to care for the animals you raise after taking them away from their mothers. But seeing them feeding from fake teets out of a milk feeder and not being raised by their mothers breaks my heart. It just does. But they're not being treated the way they are in the US factory farms. Thank you for being kind when dehorning your calves since it's necessary.
For a herd animal that undoubtedly learns to avoid things that spook or hurt their fellows, it's kinder for all involved if they simply never see or hear anything at all, rather than getting held down one by one for an alien procedure(s). This should be standard imo.
Have watched cattle horns and cows when being fed get their eyes and necks pierced inadvertently by horns debudding is prevention of more serious/painful even death of pen mates. Great job sir.
GREAT Video mate…. Reading the title I jumped to conclusions you were putting unwanted bull calf’s to sleep forever….. I’d have no objection to that it’s humane IF it’s done….. but your NZ way vs the Irish way is sooooo much better!! Like NEVER seen your way before!!! Ours is just a wrestling match and brute force with a gasing torch like yours just ours is not electric!!!
So nice to you treating your animals so well. It's probably 3x the price to sedate and use local to remove the buds. Shows that your livestock comes before profit.
I think the reason why people think it's cruel or inhumane is because, it looks very painful when the horns are being removed. Even though that's not the case. And like it or not if you have to dehorn an animal do it. It's no different when people crop dogs ears or cutting off there tails. At least your putting them to sleep,your doing it in a way that's best for the animal.
I saw this briefly on new phone. Had a bit of trouble getting the channel to stay put. Then decided to read later. The anxiety, but so glad to see they are just removing horns. I think. Not familiar with polling term. Cauterizing the horn buds seems very humane and done for safety. Cleaning the site, I was impressed with the procedure.
did you note down the numbers of your poled girls before the blue spray wears off - you will want to know that info when it is breeding season for this new heifer group
Great way to deal with disbudding so much easier when they're sedated Its a vital thing to get done as horns cause such big problems Back in my day my boss left a batch for his sons to practice on and they either didn't get done or didn't get done properly We had one ended up with in growing horn after it grew back round to her head And another caused me to loose my best milker she was butting other cows in the yard and a freak accident the horn went into the vagina of my best milker and ripped the inside the vet couldn't save her she lost a tonne of blood
Have you ever have any problem with a calf not being ok after the "sleep"? I mean, any allergic reaction or something. I had a calf, I think 10 years ago, she had umbilical infection so I treat her with benzyl penicilin and she nearly died, but hopefully she got better, what a day! Hope everything is ok, keep going!!
Some people are unaware , it's better to deforn when they are calves , dangerous to people and other animals if you leave the horn on , especially jerseys , juernseys , ayrshire cattle because their horns are quite long , they dont feel much discomfort when they are sedated and plus injected with pain killer , many farmers still use the old method of burning out without any sedation , and on mature cattle use a tree loppers to cut off !
I really like the feeding teet thingy's what a great idea they are . We used to put milk in a bucket , run like hell to get the calf sucking on our fingers , once they were sucking remove your hand and move on to the next one until they were all drinking and you had to do it fast LOL Your system is awsome .
Saw the thumbnail n thought struth they're all dead..what!!???☺ then I realised when you said Horning n no feed..Happy little souls aren't they ..liked n subscribed.
I've been around cattle my whole life and have always been told there wasn't a viable way of using anesthetic to dehorn large quantities of calves (We have always knocked out show calves for surgical dehorning which includes poll reshaping and sewing the wound back up rather than leaving them open, for a more tidy result when the calves head is shaved/groomed for show). You've proved that is not true. I hope to move in this direction with cattle in the future. This process looks so much less traumatic for the calves.
I worked for a dairy took care of all the calves, only part I didn’t like was the dehorning but, your system looks to be the only way to go I really think it was stress free on the animal and the human‼️😍😍😍😍💕💕💕. Just found your utube channel I really enjoyed it! I love animal channels‼️
There's a far easier way we found its like a acid paste you feel for the wee buds clip a bit of hair and rub on a bit of paste on the buds do them when there a couple of days old or so
Did you know that if you move the horn buds next to each other on top of the head, they'll fuse together into one horn? You could have a whole herd of unicows! Not sure if magical abilities are part of the deal, though.
@@TheOnceADayFarmer YES! I work across three different clinics and they all have those white clippers. They have a grey ceramic blade and 2 speeds. The white with black bladed version break more hahahahaha.
What do you do with the male calves? I believe in the US they put the calf in restraints and just use the local if they dehorn at all. The cattle around here are meat cows and not dairy so they are not handled as much making dehorning less necessary. Here in Texas, I live in a county with 16,000 people and 65,000 cows so we see cows everywhere, some of them longhorns. I'm amazed at how fast they were able to give them a shot to put them to sleep. Your country is so beautiful. Yes, you seem to get a lot of rain and lower temperatures than where I live.
Really nice too See the New Calf Shed inaction and all finished Andrew. Looks really nice tho . You Should do away with all barded wire Fences. They cause more problems than they are Worth. Really.
Bit of a jolt reading putting your calves to sleep!!!...realized you were sedating them not putting them down which is what I understood by that term...nice to see them up and moving about well.
That is what I thought they were going to kill them!!! So relieved they are not!!
The trouble with euphemisms.
That's what I thought to. While watching the video I was shaking my head and I was mad. Until I realized what was actually happening.
Same Here! maybe to attract more Eyes to the vid? LOL! anyway, i'm Totally Glad they weren't "putting them to sleep" Really!
That is called click bait.
Dehorning is an extremely painful process and many still do it without anesthesia. I'm glad you treat your calves so humanely. That deserves an extra round of applause for you!!
All the best to you, your family and your calves😊
I actually just wrote a post about it ... and just found this channel its amazing to see 👀 😍 these animals treated with dignity
At least you are doing this pain free and it’s not cruel at all a farmer with compassion lovely to see
@Acceleration Quanta, all of life is inherently cruel.
@Acceleration Quanta in the wild most of them would get eaten alive. The ones that lived to adulthood would have to keep watching their back and staying close to the herd until they got too injured/sick/ or old to keep up and then they too would get eaten alive. Farming is like paradise on earth for an animal. They never go hungry, get treated if they are sick, get lovingly cared for by most farmers and then get a humane unexpected ending for human health.
Dehorned many a calf, never seen them put for a sleep first. Bloody good idea, no stress on the animal or yourself fighting against them.
Yessss!!!! I hope you'll use this process next time including the local anesthetic. This is the most humane thing I have ever seen any farmer do with this many animals. And then the antibacterial power to avoid infection. Plus an extra dose of pain reliever to last for the rest of the day. It doesn't save time to do it without the extra acts of kindness as you can see all of this only took an hour. I'm so happy to see your comment. To know people see this video and consider making changes to how they do things is just incredible 👌
Your a great hearted gentleman ❤ in my book ,that costs a pretty penny to give them all meds ,blessings to you and yours ..
Right but I thought is was the stuff to put them asleep for ever like u may or may not no what I mean
@Acceleration Quanta, versus the horns causing injuries to themselves, herd members or farmers?? Especially being sedated, the calves have no idea what happened.
@Acceleration Quanta Yeah, it's really not. They don't actually NEED their horns. It causes more pain and potential for injury and whatnot versus keeping them. It's not like declawing a cat where you're removing something they need and use for day-to-day living.
The only stress these calves had was not being fed right away while coming off anesthesia. Nice and humane. Well done.
Can’t they vomit if fed too soon? Aspiration of gastric contents being the main issue in addition to dehydration and eye infection?
@@thepcal9654 yes. Protocol was followed precisely. The stress mentioned was sarcasm meaning there wasn’t any stress for these calves at all.
@@pmccoy8924 - I so enjoy a dry sense of humour. A true Aussie trait!
Those that think it is cruel have never come out to a cow with its eye poked out or a hole in its neck. We had a well tempered horned cow that flung its head for a fly and caught another cows stomach. Truly an accident. Her intestines fell out. Had to shoot that one. Would have been less cruel to dehorn the cow.
Wondered why they had to do it. Thanks for explaining though I'm not a farmer just watching to learn😊🇹🇹
@@mayseventy4466 Dehorned cattle require far less minimum distance from each other. The maintenance costs can be reduced thanks to the space gained. But there are also genetically polled cattle such as Angus or Galloway.
What a terrible accident. I am sorry for your loss. I would like to note that such terrible things happen very rarely and cows with horns just need enough space. I'm a bit older now - not a single cow was dehorned when I was young and it worked well.
Worked at a stable for a few years, lots of their horses got eye infections just being poked by a low hanging branch and then it had to be removed. Cannot imagin with cows. The bigger the animal the more clumsy it seems to me 😂
What a great way to do the dehorning! As you said, less stress for the calves and what beautiful calves they are!
At first, I thought the calves were small deer! Very glad to be wrong!
I know a woman who takes her goats in to be dehorned and she said the vet give them nothing for pain. It is nice to see you did for the calves.
Years ago I used to dis-bud the calves on my dads dairy farm in Scotland. We had to do it frequently because we only had limited numbers at any one time which were of appropriate development. Your method is very much better and that team are very impressive professionals.
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If I had that many baby calf’s coming at me, it has to feel like heaven on earth!
I’m crying here. So lovely to see someone do this job with so much compassion. Blessings to you. God smiling on you today. ❤
You are doing it the kindest way possible Andrew,it has to be done and that's it.
That looked like a good way to get the job done. It was faster and safer for you and the calves. If you would have tried doing it without knocking them out, you would have probably been all day doing it.
Good informative video. Thank you
Super cute how they follow you after they drink their milk/ formula.
When I first read your Caption.. Putting Calves to sleep 💤 😴 I thought the WORSE, & still had to read Comments..Happy to learn that this was a process of de-horning them without pain...Great to Learn. Your Calves are Beautiful 😍 Blessings Continued 🙏
Really kind way of de horning. Really impressive so much kinder than in days gone by.
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I think you are doing it right with the calves, they never seem stressed or uncomfortable after the procedure 👍
The duck nest was cool.
You forgot to show us the job Mick did on the old timber shed 😉
I’ll show you soon, 😉
Nice to see how other farmers do things. Ours are being done today! They only get a local anesthetic so not out cold - I'd prefer your way to be honest.
Makes it pretty easy for the vets 👍
I was very surprised to see such an involved procedure. I raised my first Jersey steer this year. Had him since he was 2 weeks old. I had my vet come dehorn him at the appropriate age, before the buds attach to the skull. He used no sedation or numbing at all, and my little guy never flinched, never pulled back or anything.
I’m not saying your wrong, but I get local numbing when I get my teeth done. Different nerves and tissues I know, but it definitely gives me some reading material.
Brave little fella. Consider sedation in future even if it just makes you feel better.
@@johnbennett7407 Why would I do something to an animal just to make me feel better? I have seen too many times when humans do things to animals that they "love" just to make themselves feel better when in truth it's a torture to the animal.
@@HoneyHollowHomestead perhaps but in this case I can't imagine anaesthetic would be torture. It is after all GA not local Local might be another story altogether from my experience. 😉
Great video, way to go, about 80% of our calves are born polled, looking forward to the day that 100% of the herd will be polled.
Wow that’s mint! 🤯
@@TheOnceADayFarmer some farm in ireland left 400 male calfs die cos they are not wanted
I have seen this done before to older cows and it was traumatizing to me! This was such a wonderful thing to see how humanly you did this! They have feelings and I love how you care for that! God bless you!
Andrew it will be interesting to see how the polled cows produce. I raised Hereford cattle for years and the horned lines would out perform the polled lines. As for people saying that your cruel to those calves, those people are just showing their own ignorance.
I’m hoping there’s not much in it and I only have a small sample selection so might be hard to compare but will still be interesting 👍
I agree with those horned hereford cattle. The polled herefords had nothing but problems when it came to birth weights and other issues.
I prefer horned cattle, but I live in an area where these cattle need horns to defend themselves from predators. I will say polled cattle are more sought after by stock yards just because they are easier to keep. They don't hook each other and you can put more in a lot. It has nothing to do with genetics and everything to do with numbers.
These must be the same people that think shearing sheep is cruel.
@@Nirrrina i see men beating up sheep as they shear them
What does perform mean in this context? I’ve just begun looking into cattle and I’m confused by the use
cute little things Looks like they all pulled through. good job the girls that did the work are pros.
They sure are good at it 👌
Thank you for humanely dehorning these beautiful babies
Glad to see they aren't awake for the procedure.
Brother that was the best way to do that. Enjoyed the video and you can really tell you calfs are well cared for. Howdy from the State of Michigan, USA
Hey Greg thanks for watching 👍
I would prefer calves to calfs though
Nothing cruel about dehorning calves especially the way you do it. Excellent work
sad to see they are not drinking from their mothers
@@anthonyharris3193, this way, the calves are extra-tame. Unless they severely abused, they'll be easy to handle all their lives.
Nothing cruel and thank you for explaining that dehorning is very humane and for safty of other cattle and the herdsmen.. 60 years ago we use to take the horns off with a hack saw after the horns had grown. Lots of times critical people are not aware of what they are critizeing and how far things have come. Is the procedure to put the calves asleep and inject the area with a pain killer or is a choice to do it differently in New Zealand? Thanks Andrew.
There’s pretty strict laws around it here, you definitely have to use local but don’t have to knock them out, it’s just the easiest way for them to do it like that 👍
Your management of the dehorning process is exemplary . All the calves were well cared for and treated with the utmost care and concern . Good example of how this should be done.
FINALLY some common sense. We might have to eat them but we don't have to abuse them. Anything you do to keep them calm is always a plus. Does that stuff work on blue haired cackling americans?
Haha I’m not to sure…possibly 🤷😂
Sounds like a worthwhile experiment! 😄😅😂😆🤣
I know this sounds like a girl, but those calls are beautiful. I thought they were fawns at first. I hope they all grow strong and healthy. Good luck.
I love this video. Great job all around especially in terms of dehorning them beautiful young ladies!! I'm glad ya'll did it so stress free for all involved, and I really appreciated showing the dehorning process!!! It was really cool to see all of the ladies approach you without hesitation or fear!!! That is the best thing of all!!!!!!! Thank you so much for all of it!
Disbudding is really important in commercial dairy farm like yours. Thanks for your videos and take love from Bangladesh ❤️❤️❤️🇧🇩🇧🇩
I work with goat farmers (ultrasounding) and some have been working to try to get polled genetics. I know one that found her polled bucks were not as fertile so that was a challenge. I started following you last year when you did this. I think it was your catchy title that caught my attention.
Thank you for your kindness in sedation.
O wow, I was scared first seeing the title. Never heard before a farmer does it this way, this is awesome! So cute to see all the little ones together. 😍
I'm curious for more video's and I subscribed.😀
Awh, what cute babies they are. What a professionally handled horn removal that was. Great job!
Back in 80s and 90s we had several New Zealand vets over here working in the UK always top class
This seems a great idea for disbudding ( it’s not dehorning that’s a bigger procedure)!
Fencing the saviour and bane of every cattle or sheep farmer, its a never ending cycle of replacing or repairing
You have a beautiful herd of calves. Gorgeous babies! I have had to de-bud goat kids but I had 1 adult that we had to get the vet on repeatedly . Where the little ones had an easy time that adult wether had lifelong problems because he was never dehorned early. That poor wether bled so bad he had to go stay with the vet for a couple of days. Top it off with regrown screwy skur horn that grew back and started to poke his skull. The vet tried again. Hope this will be the last time. Yours is by far the best system for all involved. Beautiful herd and lovely farm.
I just wanted to say thank you! For caring about the lil calfs given pain mess is just the right things to do
Great video once again. Unfortunately it's a sign of the times you are going to get people complaining with out a real understanding of things and think they know best. The joys of youtube
Gosh I had no idea this was even done without anesthesia before I read the comments. Glad you sedated them.
Hearing them snore was adorable
When you feed the calves that way, how do you know they're all getting their fair share & proper nutrition? I fed calves on a dairy farm on weekends in my college years. I mixed the milk in a tub and made separate bottles for each calf and fed each calf a bottle by hand 2 at a time until they were done. I was always sure how much each got fed. And they were more tame that way. Also every calving we regularly had 3 sets of healthy twins, occasionally more. We had to help pull the twins cuz mum got tired.
When ur feeding a mob of calves the slowest and smallest standout so they get put them into the next younger mob so they're the big kids in that mob ,works well
It wouldn’t be possible to feed 80 calf’s 2 at a time without lots of additional staff to assist you. This method allows one or two staff to complete the entire feeding process much more efficiently.
That was amazing! It was such a relief to see the de-budding done in such a humane way.
So glad it went well and they all were up and ready to be fed.
All those swishing tails - Calves were so happy to eat!
Your Cows Love You - they follow you, they are calm, and they go where you direct them to go!
You have beautiful herds and beautiful land.
This is the first time I have seen your channel. Liked, Shared, and Subscribed.
💛 From New Mexico, USA 🇺🇸
Thank you for treating these animals like they should be treated,your very kind to take the extra time.
Great informative video. I agree that the calves look great and wake up from their dehorning with no adverse reaction. They act and drink normally that tells you there is no pain. I have seen in the USA dehorning cream that is applied to the horn base a few days after birth. It is meant to kill the horn bud. Seems to work for them and again very a very good way to go about it. Your channel is fast becoming one of my favourite to watch. Thank you
That’s awesome to hear! Thanks Alison 👌
Who knew calves swarming was so stinking cute! 🥰
Much RESPECT TO YOU!!! Many could learn from you.
Not sure how I got here. One of those YT rabbit holes. I am not a farmer/rancher but love to see it.
I am impressed ur the first channel I've come across that literally cares if it hurts the animals I've seen it all those hot irons right on the animals and of course they claim the animal isn't feeling it while the animal is in distress and hollering..... I admire how much u care for your herd.... so amazing this is a channel I'd love to share with my 6 yr old daughter ❤️ 💕 absolute pleasure finding tour channel ❤️ God bless
Bless your heart for being so humane. I’m really touched by your kindness.
The way you do it now is more humane then the way it was done when I was milking cows I used to just put a paste on the horn and it would eat it away with order cows they would just chop them off no anaesthetic no nothing so things have definitely changed good to see cows don't need horns anyway
Cheers mate. Its great for us townies to see what the farmer has to deal with each day running the farm. Still better than city life any day. Go Waikato!
Thats awesome to hear that 'townies' like and watch my videos!
This DEFINITELY seems like a much more humane way of tending to things that are necessary
Thank you so much for at least going the extra mile and doing this as humanely as possible. It proves it doesn't take more time and on top of it you gave them pain relief for the aftermath for the rest of the day.
I'm vegan and not comfortable with the meat and dairy industry, but this is the right way to care for the animals you raise after taking them away from their mothers. But seeing them feeding from fake teets out of a milk feeder and not being raised by their mothers breaks my heart. It just does. But they're not being treated the way they are in the US factory farms.
Thank you for being kind when dehorning your calves since it's necessary.
For a herd animal that undoubtedly learns to avoid things that spook or hurt their fellows, it's kinder for all involved if they simply never see or hear anything at all, rather than getting held down one by one for an alien procedure(s). This should be standard imo.
Love the “party” paddock.great videos,thanks
Man, I just about had a heartache reading the title and didn’t think I could watch the video. Thank god I read the comments. Thank you for explaining.
To hell with the trolls who don't know squat about farming. I enjoyed the video so thank you.
Have watched cattle horns and cows when being fed get their eyes and necks pierced inadvertently by horns debudding is prevention of more serious/painful even death of pen mates. Great job sir.
GREAT Video mate…. Reading the title I jumped to conclusions you were putting unwanted bull calf’s to sleep forever….. I’d have no objection to that it’s humane IF it’s done….. but your NZ way vs the Irish way is sooooo much better!! Like NEVER seen your way before!!! Ours is just a wrestling match and brute force with a gasing torch like yours just ours is not electric!!!
Makes the job so much less stressful and pretty easy 👌
That was the first time I have seen that and I think what you did is awesome
Thanks 🙏
I wish more farmers cared enough to use sedatives and numbing medicine.
Thank you! They are to cute love the cows.
So nice to you treating your animals so well. It's probably 3x the price to sedate and use local to remove the buds. Shows that your livestock comes before profit.
I love your farm so much, i hope that one day in the near future i can work there. Lot of modern machinery.
That's a great service by your vets....is it expensive per calf.i do Angus across what I'm not breeding out off.huge labour saver.
I think the reason why people think it's cruel or inhumane is because, it looks very painful when the horns are being removed. Even though that's not the case. And like it or not if you have to dehorn an animal do it. It's no different when people crop dogs ears or cutting off there tails. At least your putting them to sleep,your doing it in a way that's best for the animal.
New sheds looking great
I saw this briefly on new phone. Had a bit of trouble getting the channel to stay put. Then decided to read later. The anxiety, but so glad to see they are just removing horns. I think. Not familiar with polling term. Cauterizing the horn buds seems very humane and done for safety. Cleaning the site, I was impressed with the procedure.
I also thought you were sending them too sleep for ever,happy to hear better news.
God bless you and your family for having compassion.💓🙏
Nothing cruel about it,some people just like to moan about anything
Yeah wait till they see a horn stabbed in the side of another animal
did you note down the numbers of your poled girls before the blue spray wears off - you will want to know that info when it is breeding season for this new heifer group
That title will certain stir up the vegans haha those calves are looking awesome mate, keep up the good work 🤙
I just love it how they follow you around 🙈🥰
Great way to deal with disbudding so much easier when they're sedated
Its a vital thing to get done as horns cause such big problems
Back in my day my boss left a batch for his sons to practice on and they either didn't get done or didn't get done properly
We had one ended up with in growing horn after it grew back round to her head
And another caused me to loose my best milker she was butting other cows in the yard and a freak accident the horn went into the vagina of my best milker and ripped the inside the vet couldn't save her she lost a tonne of blood
That sucks then! Can’t wait for the day for them to be all polled 👌
Have you ever have any problem with a calf not being ok after the "sleep"? I mean, any allergic reaction or something. I had a calf, I think 10 years ago, she had umbilical infection so I treat her with benzyl penicilin and she nearly died, but hopefully she got better, what a day!
Hope everything is ok, keep going!!
I’ve been doing it this way for the last 5 years and haven’t had any that have had any problems thankfully 👍
Some people are unaware , it's better to deforn when they are calves , dangerous to people and other animals if you leave the horn on , especially jerseys , juernseys , ayrshire cattle because their horns are quite long , they dont feel much discomfort when they are sedated and plus injected with pain killer , many farmers still use the old method of burning out without any sedation , and on mature cattle use a tree loppers to cut off !
I really like the feeding teet thingy's what a great idea they are . We used to put milk in a bucket , run like hell to get the calf sucking on our fingers , once they were sucking remove your hand and move on to the next one until they were all drinking and you had to do it fast LOL Your system is awsome .
Haha yes we have evolved a little since then and learnt to become very efficient 😅
Saw the thumbnail n thought struth they're all dead..what!!???☺ then I realised when you said Horning n no feed..Happy little souls aren't they ..liked n subscribed.
Thanks 🙏
Just stumbled upon your video/channel. New subscriber and I am about to binge watch! Thanks for sharing your farm.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it 👌
Great video easy Peasy on the calf’s beautiful little calf’s
No problem from an old Aussie.
I've been around cattle my whole life and have always been told there wasn't a viable way of using anesthetic to dehorn large quantities of calves (We have always knocked out show calves for surgical dehorning which includes poll reshaping and sewing the wound back up rather than leaving them open, for a more tidy result when the calves head is shaved/groomed for show). You've proved that is not true. I hope to move in this direction with cattle in the future. This process looks so much less traumatic for the calves.
I worked for a dairy took care of all the calves, only part I didn’t like was the dehorning but, your system looks to be the only way to go I really think it was stress free on the animal and the human‼️😍😍😍😍💕💕💕. Just found your utube channel I really enjoyed it! I love animal channels‼️
There's a far easier way we found its like a acid paste you feel for the wee buds clip a bit of hair and rub on a bit of paste on the buds do them when there a couple of days old or so
Hmm yeah used to do it like that and always had a couple it didn’t work to well on, and I duno how nice it is for the cow using that 🤷
I am a veterinary technician....my heart stopped when you reported you were putting your calves to sleep..thanks for clarifying.
Great stuff keep up the good content.
Did you know that if you move the horn buds next to each other on top of the head, they'll fuse together into one horn? You could have a whole herd of unicows! Not sure if magical abilities are part of the deal, though.
OMG I need to do this! Although, goats are more similar to cattle… I don’t know that their horns grow the same way.
Same here…I was thinking the worst! Glad it’s not that 👍
lol, I love the little sleepy one trying to follow.....
What a caring way to do that. And so quickly. 🇨🇦
Hahahahaha as a vet nurse in Australia, good to see that every clinic and vet ever uses the same brand and style of clippers.
Haha really 😂
@@TheOnceADayFarmer YES! I work across three different clinics and they all have those white clippers. They have a grey ceramic blade and 2 speeds. The white with black bladed version break more hahahahaha.
Good job. I like that you put them out first. It showes you care about your animals.
What do you do with the male calves? I believe in the US they put the calf in restraints and just use the local if they dehorn at all. The cattle around here are meat cows and not dairy so they are not handled as much making dehorning less necessary. Here in Texas, I live in a county with 16,000 people and 65,000 cows so we see cows everywhere, some of them longhorns. I'm amazed at how fast they were able to give them a shot to put them to sleep. Your country is so beautiful. Yes, you seem to get a lot of rain and lower temperatures than where I live.
Really nice too See the New Calf Shed inaction and all finished Andrew. Looks really nice tho . You Should do away with all barded wire Fences. They cause more problems than they are Worth. Really.
Yep it’s all coming out bit by bit, there’s not too much of it left thankfully 😅
Great.... thx for sharing your farming duties mate. Greetings from southern California
I worked on a farm back in the early 90’s and we did it while they were awake, no numbing. I was only a kid and afterwards I cried. It was horrific.
Yep I can remember those days, it’s illegal to do it that way in NZ now, they have to have local