hi I am 67 a retired farmer and cabinetmaker, when I was a kid we raised calves, we did not use nipple pails, instead we got them to drink by putting our fingers in their mouths and putting their noses in the bucket. it took a few times, but, they soon started to drink out of the bucket. I love to see the videos of you guys taking care of your stock. those of us who farmed way back when, always put the stock first. we went out to feed the cattle, or calves, before we had our own breakfast. Nothing is sweeter than seeing healthy stock bedded down on a cold day with a good feed. I grew up in Minnesota and farmed just southwest of the Twin cities, so, I know what winter is all about. I will always remember the good feeling of seeing healthy stock well cared for.
I am farmer in Wisconsin so I know about the cold also. My calfs are in a nice warm barn. And they get feed first thing in the morning. About 4:30 am every day. Learned to farm from my Grandparents. " take care of you herd and they will take care of you. " one of the sayings I was taught from a young age.
Knowing those low temperatures you have to work in is amazing. Explaining how to help the calves be healthier in what you feed them....all of the growing process ... so interesting.
As far as ground or not ground corn, my AG classes, FFA and experience told me that about 20% of shelled corn is wasted when not ground. Suppose that's why pigs love to root in the patties looking for the shelled undigested corn. With that said, one has to determine if the undigested corn offsets the lack of shelled corn reserves. In otherwords, is the process of slow weight gain per head feeding unshelled corn, better than feeding ground corn (limited reserves). A certain percentage of farmers actually use cobbed corn in cattle feed, most specifically when they are not in the "finishing" lot during winter months. Theory is, it's a better filler than standard mulch hay.
I like to grind our grain but if corn is cheap you don't lose much by not processing it especially feeding young cattle whole corn they chew it, and once the kernel is cracked they can digest it .
Dude you need some chickens to pick up the corn and feed the calves spill looking good my fav video's Of yours are the ones which cattle and the ones that involve corn shuck\chaff bales here in the west very few people make corn round bales they grow corn and just till it in ground once they harvest the corn
Do your cows know when you are going to feed them each day? I know my cat does. Was wondering if cows where the same way. Thanks! Please make much longer videos.
my cattle that were on a stretch of pasture always knew when they could hear the sound of my John Deere 530 chore tractor start to pop, that, dinner was near at hand. I had a great queensland blue heeler that knew the sound as well. when she heard that old johnny start up, she, came to help me through the gate to the pasture with a load of cattle feed. she would bunch the steers up while I drove in though the gate, and, keep them bunched until I had unloaded the feed and left the pasture. then she would run after me and the tractor back to the barn.
I dont understand... Do you go though and give every bottle calf a bottle or do you use a bucket? Ive never really seen it done that way so I dont really understand it
Dairy calves... milk cows are bred to have a calf, a few days after the calf is born it's sold (after it's had the colostrum) and the dairy cow keeps producing milk. They bought a bunch of these dairy calves to raise on milk replacer and then switch them over to ground corn and hay and eventually in springtime grass, then they'll sell them as beef feeder steers when they hit 500 lbs or so... SO naturally the calves are Holstein (dairy breed) and not a typical beef breed. Later! OL J R :)
Hey Daniel, any farmer who feeds stock in a cold country like Wisconsin and Minnesota, or the Dakota's, knows that corn fed in the winter gives the cattle the extra boost of calories the need to grow and survive. I used to pick my corn and put it in cribs, I ground the corn for my beef, and took buckets of ear corn out to the pasture for my horses. The horses had shelter and good alfalfa, with plenty of water, but, the extra energy of the corn keeps them in good shape through our long northern winters.
any critter animal or human that is fed one type of feed to the exclusion of all others is not going to thrive. cows do well on a mixture of grain and hay, or corn silage. I grew up in a time when we finished our feeder cattle on more of a mix than the huge feedlots, and, I can tell you that I have raised some great beef on a balanced ration that includes plenty of corn.
John Haas okay I didn't know that thank you sir. just seems to me that a pickup is always useful on a farm. I just work horses and I use mine everyday.
hey ryan as you are well aware, there is a big difference from good alfalfa that was cut at the right time, and, grass hay. the protein content makes for a big difference.
hi I am 67 a retired farmer and cabinetmaker, when I was a kid we raised calves, we did not use nipple pails, instead we got them to drink by putting our fingers in their mouths and putting their noses in the bucket. it took a few times, but, they soon started to drink out of the bucket. I love to see the videos of you guys taking care of your stock. those of us who farmed way back when, always put the stock first. we went out to feed the cattle, or calves, before we had our own breakfast. Nothing is sweeter than seeing healthy stock bedded down on a cold day with a good feed. I grew up in Minnesota and farmed just southwest of the Twin cities, so, I know what winter is all about. I will always remember the good feeling of seeing healthy stock well cared for.
keith kuckler we do the same with our calves! its so satisfying to see when they get the hang of drinking alone and there's that small moment of pride
I am farmer in Wisconsin so I know about the cold also. My calfs are in a nice warm barn. And they get feed first thing in the morning. About 4:30 am every day. Learned to farm from my Grandparents. " take care of you herd and they will take care of you. " one of the sayings I was taught from a young age.
Knowing those low temperatures you have to work in is amazing. Explaining how to help the calves be healthier in what you feed them....all of the growing process ... so interesting.
That silo works pretty nice for filling buckets
Calves really growing, look good. We have had goofy weather in IN too. Won't be long until you are in the fields.
I used to pick a lot of ear corn and grind it with hay and supplement that made good feed for my cows and calves.
Who needs the gym when you have buckets of grains to pack?!
Even a flat bed trailer would be handy in the future for moving things around the farm and moving equipment
I think you guys have more corn everywhere except in the buckets lol!
Thank you so much for these videos!
Your cattle look nice an they are clean. I feed a 11 % to my caves as a starter. with a lot of oats an Molasses. Like the videos.
As far as ground or not ground corn, my AG classes, FFA and experience told me that about 20% of shelled corn is wasted when not ground. Suppose that's why pigs love to root in the patties looking for the shelled undigested corn.
With that said, one has to determine if the undigested corn offsets the lack of shelled corn reserves. In otherwords, is the process of slow weight gain per head feeding unshelled corn, better than feeding ground corn (limited reserves).
A certain percentage of farmers actually use cobbed corn in cattle feed, most specifically when they are not in the "finishing" lot during winter months. Theory is, it's a better filler than standard mulch hay.
I like to grind our grain but if corn is cheap you don't lose much by not processing it especially feeding young cattle whole corn they chew it, and once the kernel is cracked they can digest it .
So many experts in the comments need to have their own RUclips channel,
farmNwife lol your right
LOL, I'm sure most of them need to have their own farm!
craig horton haha true that
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As a dairy farmer I agree.
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I wish we could still be going eazy like you our corn is out of the ground and about 6-8 inches tall
Nice video Ryan keep it up.
You have belted Galloway’s SWEET
Dude you need some chickens to pick up the corn and feed the calves spill looking good my fav video's Of yours are the ones which cattle and the ones that involve corn shuck\chaff bales here in the west very few people make corn round bales they grow corn and just till it in ground once they harvest the corn
Good job
Boy, that's a whole other scale from feeding a few animals on a homestead, let me tell ya!
when it comes to farming it's not always about running equipment there's some manual labor to
I think there should be a new challenge/trend of uploading vids of your daily chores, one of those things where you nominate people to do it.
Great vid ryan
Rocket called shotgun. He's a great dog
How much you consume daily feed buckets?
I wonder how many cows are fed from John Deer Hy-Gard bucket.
have u ever thought about geting a light bar for the bobcat?
I’m surprised you don’t use your semi for moving your cattle trailer is it worth your time to get a semi trailer for moving cattle
Looks like you do a lot of traveling with the Skid Steer. Wouldn't it be easier to put it on a trailer or is driving it easier?
very best video !!!!!!
how many cows u have??????
You say ground corn, is that run thru a crusher just to flatten it like a penny or do you actually make ground feed with cobbs and oats ?
Didn't see any "cobbs and oats" and they've never mentioned it... you do the math... LOL:) Later! OL J R :)
Do your cows know when you are going to feed them each day? I know my cat does. Was wondering if cows where the same way. Thanks! Please make much longer videos.
my cattle that were on a stretch of pasture always knew when they could hear the sound of my John Deere 530 chore tractor start to pop, that, dinner was near at hand. I had a great queensland blue heeler that knew the sound as well. when she heard that old johnny start up, she, came to help me through the gate to the pasture with a load of cattle feed. she would bunch the steers up while I drove in though the gate, and, keep them bunched until I had unloaded the feed and left the pasture. then she would run after me and the tractor back to the barn.
y'all have a corn grinder? how does that thing work? thought those were mostly big expensive things
How old are they when you wean them off
Are those the calves from the Jan 20th vid ? Sure have grown.
I'm not sure why you don't use your grinder mixer to mix a feed ration to your cows and calves?
we always mixed corn , bean meal, molasses salt and minerals. what you are feeding has little proteins?
Please can you do another video like this
how old are them calves now?
was that grounded corn ?
> Hi I love the videos
I have to ask, these "bottle calves" are they bull calves? If so, have they been castrated yet?
See the video "graphic-vet castrates the calves" or similar title a few videos back... OL J R :)
how do you deal with warts on cows
I dont understand... Do you go though and give every bottle calf a bottle or do you use a bucket? Ive never really seen it done that way so I dont really understand it
When they're on milk before they're weaned, yeah that's what they were doing...
OL J R :)
Contact Case or New Holland and see about getting some self driving tractors so you can farm 10,000+ acres. Have those tractors running day and night.
Like they can pick up 9 thousand acres over night. Unless you pay unreal amounts for rent that won't happen anytime in the next 20 years.
Can you say hi To me and I am 12 and I work on a Arkansas farm and my family has done it for 4 generations
LOGAN YOUNG Hi Logan!!!
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LOGAN YOUNG , hi Logan, farm on young man.
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LOGAN YOUNG hello just wanted to say hi hope things are going good for you. we've been having snow squalls today. have a great afternoon
how many cows
same here
give them cows some barley grounded up like the old days better for them
hi Ryan
What do you do to keep rodents out with all the spilled corn or do you not have many problems?
Eric Lovrien hey subscribe to my channel for good farm videos
Why Holstein? There mean and Aggresive at times. I run a 20 head angus group with my family. 3rd generation
Dairy calves... milk cows are bred to have a calf, a few days after the calf is born it's sold (after it's had the colostrum) and the dairy cow keeps producing milk. They bought a bunch of these dairy calves to raise on milk replacer and then switch them over to ground corn and hay and eventually in springtime grass, then they'll sell them as beef feeder steers when they hit 500 lbs or so... SO naturally the calves are Holstein (dairy breed) and not a typical beef breed.
Later! OL J R :)
When when you feed whole kernel corn to cows they don't get anything out of it
They do, more kernels just make it out the end of the tunnel before they're processed than with cracked corn.
wow I know corn adds weight fast on a cow but it is extremely bad for them and us if we eat the meat
Hey Daniel, any farmer who feeds stock in a cold country like Wisconsin and Minnesota, or the Dakota's, knows that corn fed in the winter gives the cattle the extra boost of calories the need to grow and survive. I used to pick my corn and put it in cribs, I ground the corn for my beef, and took buckets of ear corn out to the pasture for my horses. The horses had shelter and good alfalfa, with plenty of water, but, the extra energy of the corn keeps them in good shape through our long northern winters.
Daniel Thomason they understand it's bad for them they don't want to put the extra work of feeding them grads
crazygamerr20 grads
any critter animal or human that is fed one type of feed to the exclusion of all others is not going to thrive. cows do well on a mixture of grain and hay, or corn silage. I grew up in a time when we finished our feeder cattle on more of a mix than the huge feedlots, and, I can tell you that I have raised some great beef on a balanced ration that includes plenty of corn.
Daniel Thomason "You wouldn't believe how much corn comes out of those grass fed beef," words of a feedlot worker.
Where's Jamie????
Why do you own an SUV instead of a pick-up?
John Haas okay I didn't know that thank you sir. just seems to me that a pickup is always useful on a farm. I just work horses and I use mine everyday.
Sorry ,but you are wasting corn on the truck ,on the ground ??
get a polaris ranger
with all that food on the floor dont you get prroblems with rats
+peter james The dogs are hunters and we have good hunting cats
what do you guys do for rats
dean maeshiro cats and dogs!
should have a longer shoot on your ben,not loose so much grain
to much grain could cause twisted stomack
lots of waist corn on the grown!
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Hey Ryan did you my email
+Austin Nakaerts No I havent
How Farms Work is you email still the howfarmswork@gmail.com?
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Gee corn and hay don't give everything you need, here's an idea let the cows eat what there supposed to GRASS
There is no significant nutritional difference between grass and hay. It's not like there's grass out in their pasture this time of year lol
crazygamerr20 Uh hay is a type of grass.
hey ryan as you are well aware, there is a big difference from good alfalfa that was cut at the right time, and, grass hay. the protein content makes for a big difference.
crazygamerr20 hay is grass idiot
crazygamerr20 it's winter time genius