To check out the generator that we use please follow the link below. Inergy Solar Generator: glnk.io/p5q/living-traditions-homestead To look for a milker like ours, check Ebay and search for Surge Bucket Milker.
I have had 1-2 milk cows for years and have picked up quite a few tips from more experienced milkers over time and through trail and error. When you are getting lots of raw milk and selling it, it is nice to keep it fresh as long as possible. 3 things I have done: 1. Cool jars of milk in the freezer for one hour first, then move to fridge (the faster it is cooled the better) 2. Use standard canning lids and rings (they will partially seal as it cools and that will keep it fresher) 3. DON'T use the cream separating idea from your friend. I did that a couple years ago and the freshness of my milk (and cream) really suffered. Especially if you are adding milk to it over more than one milking session. I have noticed the milk stays fresher much longer if I leave the cream on in the half gallon jars until I am ready to use the skimmed milk. As soon as the cream is removed, the milk sours faster. Nothing wrong with sour raw milk of course, but I love fresh sweet milk the most. One more tip, use a sharpie to mark your date + AM/PM on the side of the jar. Washes right off. Love your channel, God bless.
Kevin, Raise the Quail in a Coop with an Outdoor Area covered with Aviary Netting and Corrugated Aluminum or Plastic partially for rain. That's what I do.
This took me back 65+ years when just after the morning milking we strained the milk thru cheesecloth and poured a pitcher full and sat down to breakfast. That fresh warm milk was so good ! We really enjoyed the videos you folks share with us. God has truly blessed you all !
Would a little ramp at the end of the milking platform with antiskid applied help Hope get off easier? Sort of like a handicap ramp. Hope appears to be such a kind, gentle, patient cow. She is a blessing as she is teaching you the ways of being a dairyman. God sent.
I was taught that whenever washing up containers that had dairy products in them you rinsed first with cold water,. Hot water does something that sets up the milk and makes it harder to clean. A quick rinse with cold before dropping everything in the hot soapy water might make your clean up a lot easier. Hope this is helpful.
You need to get a cork to put in the vacuum line if you are going to leave it out . One day you will get a spider or mud dobber in it and you will have a lot of work to fix it. I have been there and done that.
I hand milk, but may have to get a milker one day. Love your set up! We put our milk (quarts) in the freezer for an hour for a quick chill down. The only faster chill is setting them down into ice water. Our milk stays fresh for a long time before it goes to natural yogurt and then clabber (cheese and whey).
Great job. If my kids were little I would want a cow, but I would have to have some land to put her on. Boy what I could do with a cow. I love butter, cheese, yogurt, and milk. Have a Wonderful & Blessed Day!
I love your milk cow! I didn't have a cow when we had our farm years ago. I see what our family was missing by not having one! We sold our farm years ago. Even tho' I won't be getting a milk cow at my age, I found this extremely interesting! You both are very good teachers and 'Stewarts'' to your animals! I always enjoy your channel no matter what the content is.
Each time I watch you milking the cow it causes flashback to when I was a teenager and milking cows on the farm. Funny story. One cow we milked would sidestep while putting the strap over her back and then lean on you pinning you to the side stantion and she would not let go. She was never mean but had this little trick to catch you when you forgot and got inside with her as we did with all the other cows. We never had a beautiful milkmaid either. Thank you for the memories.
I love Hope, she’s such a good girl, I think Kevin should make a ramp up to the milking station after seeing her backing off the stand. I never want her to get hurt or take a tumble. I also love watching you releasing the ducks, they are so comical to me. Heck I love everything about your farm and life. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the tutorial on the frozen tomatoes and using ths CucinaPro for making tomato sauce. I bought a CucinaPro this summer and OMG, thick, beautiful sauce. I know that what you teach is directed to other homesteaders but there is a lot that non-homesteaders can learn from you. You are so fun to follow
Gr8 info as usual guys. I think a ramp leading into the milking stall would help,only a couple feet long would do,it would help Hope reversing out and keep her calm and content,she's a nice cow,I think you got a long term keeper there. Baz
Outstanding! Very educational. I like how Baby brother slipped in that this is more 'sanitary' then 'milking by hand', lol! No fuss, no bother! And I like that you showed us that no "I'm actually more comfortable with the cow now and Yes I can milk by hand!" No fuss, no bother! You very PROFESSIONALLY (and adult worthy) addressed all that. You guys BE BLESSED! Looking forward to the next video...
A cork attached to your suction hose would keep bugs, dust, mud dobbers,etc. from getting in the end after milking. Love your channel!! Can’t wait for the quail video!! I have quail also
As a youngster back in the 60's, I had to use many of those type milking machines. I had 20 cows to milk every morning before school. We had 5 machines so I milked 5 at a time and all with the strap around the cow. Obviously if you're only milking one cow at a time, you can do it the way you are manually holding the lines. It's when you have to milk multiple cows at a time, that you need the strap. BTW, if you notice, on the handle at the very end is a notch. That's where the machine hooked on the metal loop of the strap.
Good morning. I can't believe how big the turkeys are getting! I love watching the ducks run to get to the feed. Lol. As always, another very informative video. Have a great weekend. God bless.
Kevin we have our quails in our rabbit colony and they get alone with each other very well. Try putting a couple quails in with your rabbits in the rabbit tractor they can feed off grass too.
Hope looks amazing, she is really flourishing on your farm. We are not missing the 90 degree weather either. I also lived in Arizona and laugh that I grumble over 90 degree weather but it is definitely different with that humidity isn’t it? I hope you have a blessed rest of the day.
Great video. I learned how to milk with that particular style of milking bucket at my Uncle's farm as a child. As you said, the buckets were held by a strap over the back of the cow and we moved them from cow to cow. we could get usually 3 cows in each bucket before we had to dump it. We milked jerseys and a couple of Guernsey cows. Uncle had 50 cows so we started early in the morning like 4:30 or 5 o'clock to milk each day. After about 5 years uncle change to the automated system where all of the suction cups were mounted to a free flow system that took the milk directly to the tank. Trucks came to pick it up each day. We still had 2 cows that had to be milked by hand as the machine milkers put too much pressure on the teats. Have a great day and God-bless.
As I sit here watching you do your morning chores, feeding the chickens, etc..I was wondering...I see you let them out of their house, but how do manage to bet them in. I hope this isn’t s silly question, but I’ve really been curious. Whatever you do, it’s amazing. As I love to watch your morning chores. My best viewing as I have my morning coffee. Thanks for been there and God Bless ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Very interesting, I was wondering about that particular milker since I have never seen one exactly like that. She is such a sweet cow ❤️, someone really cared for her deeply before she got to you. And I am sure you are going to continue to spoil her rotten. Thanks for sharing your homestead with us, Jimmy
Thanks for the details. Just a suggestion, the line you leave in the stall area may get spiders, etc. in it so you might want to cover it with a cloth and rubber band, and to keep from having to hold the milk lines while milking you could hang a long bungee cord and S hooks to hang the line on.
Very informative per usual. What great teachers you both are, and engaging. I didn't wake up today to learn about milking machines but thats perfectly fine. I enjoy learning and so I am always excited to see what you have in store for each new video. Thank you both very much again for sharing your knowledge!
My grandparents and my uncle (who lived just down the road) both had Surge milkers that they used in their barns. I remember well hearing the pulsating vacuum pumps going, and then carrying the heavy buckets of milk to the "milk house" where the milk was strained into big cans for rural pickup. Ah, the memories!! Thanks for sharing with us all that you do. I admire your courage to break away from the rat race and how you are managing to make it "out there on your own."
I have just fallen in love w/ Hope. She is a blessed soul....so cooperative! The pigs are pretty funny, and so willing to do their job by eating. The turkeys are great, as they come out single file. You have such a happy farm....A REAL OLD McDONALD’S FARM! Sooooo glad it has cooled down for the animals...Nd you guys, too. Great Homestead! Bless you guys.
Thank you for milking tutorial! It was very interesting. Wish I lived close by as I would be one of your steady milk customers. I especially loved how you are very careful about each step of your process. tfs
Morning is my favorite time of day. I love to watch when you guys let the animals out to start their day as well as yours. I don’t live your lifestyle except small vegetable garden but I just enjoy all you do and show us.
I've been hand milking for 2 years now, and just got myself a machine, as this. Thanks so much for the video. I just jumped on to see how to get the teat cup off the teat. I didn't know about squeezing the black section!!! I expect that'll be much easier than turning the pump off and disconnecting an air hose :)
Would love to see you do a video on your animal husbandry. Looks like all of your animals are well cared for and you always show your appreciation for what they provide. People just don't get how important God's creatures are to our world! And sadly, many are not not well cared for and even abused. Good job!!
Looks like your pigs are coming along very nicely. We used to soak all of their grain in water and let it ferment a little bit they seem to get a lot more out of it that way. That's a vacuum gauge not a pressure gauge just thought I'd point that out
Greetings from Ottawa, Canada.... where we have just a few weeks left of autumn and then we'll be freezing our butts 'til next March I love this video! Very informative and I am in total agreement with you two, milking with a milker is by far the most sanitary way and also the best for the cow's health. You're doing awesome! Love your RUclips channel.
Thank you very much for the info on your milking system. My husband and I have talked about getting a milker for awhile now since our old hands are getting stiff..lol We hated to invest on something we weren't familiar with. We were happy to see some fall weather this morning too. West Tn. has been brutally HOT.
Awesome ! Good source to make extra money in the homestead. I wished so much there were someone near me that I could buy milk from. But I'm excited for you! 👍😀
It's a nice set up you have for milking. I hope you make a video of any changes you make to your milking procedure as the weather changes, ie, stormy, freezing conditions.
I'm so glad to hear you are looking for alternatives for the quail! I have always felt bad that they never get to be outside. In my head I knew that farmers worked very hard with a lot left to chance-environment, weather, choices made, and of course luck. But seeing the care you take for your animals, to be organic, the seeds you buy etc really brings it home. And when I think of the large scale farms that are organic etc, the knowledge passes from my head to my heart. I am so lucky to have grocery stores that offer organic alternatives and a wide variety of choices. And that represents A LOT of hard work and heart. Thanks you guys!
You are doing a wonderful job! I'm loving this new adventure. I've never been around a milking cow, so to see how this whole adventure plays out is super interesting to me. The pigs are looking very edible, LOL! Good thing you have a tractor to move that new trough feeder when needed. Keep teaching us such interesting things. I love following all of your mini-adventures. You've accomplished a lot this summer!! Love & Light from Minnesota, where it's been raining and in the 40's while you were sweating bullets.
In any home i have had I have an attic fan. In my race horse barns I have had fans up in rafters to keep air flowing through the rafters. You can either take them outside surrounded by bushes & protection or you can put a fan in the cooler end of the barn down low with an open screened end at the top of the hot end of the barn.
Back in the 60s we milked with a system where the lid fit on one of those tall old fashioned milk cans. If I think there was an inline filter so when the can was full the lid was put on and taken to the milk house and put in a cooler that had ice cold water. My mother had an aluminum can with handle that held around a gallon and she would skim cream off the tops of the cans before it got sold to use for butter etc. I still have that can.
OMG, I love your huge Tom Turkey - he is so proud! Amazing production on her milk! You have everything down pat and safe and clean on your milking! Great job!
Very educational with the milker. ♥️watching the pigs try and reach so Kevin can pet them🐷. All looks like things are rolling right along on the homestead.🦃🐥🐰🐮
Awesome! Cement trough! You guys, I love going with you to feed and let the animals out in the morning. 👍 The Milker is smart! Solar panels! Good idea! 🌵🌵🌵
I like this system a lot better than hand milking because, like you said, it is a closed system and very clean. And also, the cow can’t kick it over and spill the milk.
Hi guys. You bring back awesome memories as i was a kid milking our cow by hand and get two gallons in the morning and night. My aunt showed us kids making good butter from the top cream from the milk.
Maybe you can build a small aviary for the quail in a shaded area of your property? Post hole a couple of nice dead trees, and small live ones and a bush for them to roost upon, hide in. That will help them a lot in hot temps. A small coop set inside will help for the winter.
Hi love your channel!!! Quick thing Hope seems to be favoring her rear right foot i dont think its too serious she might just need her hoofs trimed but i just wanted ya'll to know keep up the amazing work
Thank you for all the updates, showing us how the animals are doing and teaching us about the solar powered milking machine. You both seemed a bit more relaxed today with the cooler temps. Have a wonderful day!
Beautiful work! I loved it! Just a friendly suggestion, Kevin, you may want to use a mask for the time you need to talk or open your mouth while pouring the milk or have the milk containers opened, is something simple that will prevent any saliva or hair from you to your milk and, either spoil the milk or, a hair appears in one of your clients jars which, in a great environment or among friends is just a hair, no problem but, some may not like to see you working without covering your mouth or head, you know, just a precautionary simple action to avoid some to decide not to buy from you when you're doing tremendous work to have this precious liquid!
The animals, birds and you all look hale and hearty. I am so glad you all are getting some cool weather. Our weather service keeps telling us we are going to get cooler in the next few days but they have been saying that for about 3 weeks. THEY LIED! HaH. I must admit the sunshine is beautiful but we need rain too.
Thanks for quail update. In S. Ms it's also been incredibly hot & outrageous humidity this year, I located my Quail hutches under a Huge fig tree outside our kitchen/diner rm window. We love hearing the Birds, particularly the Roos in morning. Doubt we'll ever milk cows for house, but enjoying seeing you'll experience this. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Kevin and Sarah just wanted to say thank you as I just purchased Inergy Solar Generator through the link you provided here on this video. They gave a 5% discount using Living Traditions discount. God Bless your Family from upstate New York
Very cool, I loved watching this. Makes me appreciate cows and farmers. I’ve seen a big production dairy before, but this was cool. Thank you for sharing. Give Hope some “good girl “ pats from me.
I have some questions about your great setup. 1) What is the mounting adapter that the inter-pulse pulsator attached to? I have found the pulsator, just not that flat piece that the vacuum pump hose attaches to. 2) What is the typical psi setting for your vacuum pump while running the milker? 3) what is the diameter of your milk tubing? 4) what is the diameter of your vacuum tubing? Thank you. I also really like the customized parts on the vacuum pump with the gauge and hose attachment. That looks super handy. You are an inspiration and I look forward to learning more from both of you!!!
You could just put a hook hanging on the board to hold the tubes for you 🥰 Awe.... so happy for you guys... I am so far behind trying to catch up on videos. She is beautiful.
Thank you both so very much for taking the time to go over the fine details of each process that you teach. I always feel more confident that I will actually be able to do these kinds of things myself after Ive watched your videos! 🌼😊🌼
I’ve always dreamed of living on a farm. So I’ll just live vicariously with y’all. I know I couldn’t own one. Mainly financially and those snakes’!! I admire y’all. Thank you for sharing your lives🥰❤️😃
Thanks for this video! I just got a surge bucket and I'm going to refurbish it myself. All my reading was leading me to believe that I needed smaller shells than the ones that came with my bucket. I see you have the C style shells, too, so mine should work for my Jersey.
To check out the generator that we use please follow the link below.
Inergy Solar Generator: glnk.io/p5q/living-traditions-homestead
To look for a milker like ours, check Ebay and search for Surge Bucket Milker.
What’s the pulsator you got?
I have had 1-2 milk cows for years and have picked up quite a few tips from more experienced milkers over time and through trail and error. When you are getting lots of raw milk and selling it, it is nice to keep it fresh as long as possible. 3 things I have done:
1. Cool jars of milk in the freezer for one hour first, then move to fridge (the faster it is cooled the better)
2. Use standard canning lids and rings (they will partially seal as it cools and that will keep it fresher)
3. DON'T use the cream separating idea from your friend. I did that a couple years ago and the freshness of my milk (and cream) really suffered. Especially if you are adding milk to it over more than one milking session.
I have noticed the milk stays fresher much longer if I leave the cream on in the half gallon jars until I am ready to use the skimmed milk. As soon as the cream is removed, the milk sours faster. Nothing wrong with sour raw milk of course, but I love fresh sweet milk the most.
One more tip, use a sharpie to mark your date + AM/PM on the side of the jar. Washes right off. Love your channel, God bless.
Kevin,
Raise the Quail in a Coop with an Outdoor Area covered with Aviary Netting and Corrugated Aluminum or Plastic partially for rain. That's what I do.
I love how safe, clean, and humane your practices are. Your homestead brings happiness to my heart!
This took me back 65+ years when just after the morning milking we strained the milk thru cheesecloth and poured a pitcher full and sat down to breakfast. That fresh warm milk was so good ! We really enjoyed the videos you folks share with us. God has truly blessed you all !
We did that too!
Would a little ramp at the end of the milking platform with antiskid applied help Hope get off easier? Sort of like a handicap ramp.
Hope appears to be such a kind, gentle, patient cow. She is a blessing as she is teaching you the ways of being a dairyman. God sent.
I was taught that whenever washing up containers that had dairy products in them you rinsed first with cold water,. Hot water does something that sets up the milk and makes it harder to clean. A quick rinse with cold before dropping everything in the hot soapy water might make your clean up a lot easier. Hope this is helpful.
You need to get a cork to put in the vacuum line if you are going to leave it out . One day you will get a spider or mud dobber in it and you will have a lot of work to fix it. I have been there and done that.
Yea, I was thinking that there needed to be some kind of cover over the end of it, too.
FYI. You can use a sharpie maker to write on the jar and it will wash off with a scrubby 😀
There is just something about those ducks running around the homestead. It puts me in the best mood.
I never tire watching the ducks run to their food
Hope is looking much better. She seems so sweet. Looks like she loves her new family.
I hand milk, but may have to get a milker one day. Love your set up! We put our milk (quarts) in the freezer for an hour for a quick chill down. The only faster chill is setting them down into ice water. Our milk stays fresh for a long time before it goes to natural yogurt and then clabber (cheese and whey).
Great job. If my kids were little I would want a cow, but I would have to have some land to put her on. Boy what I could do with a cow. I love butter, cheese, yogurt, and milk. Have a Wonderful & Blessed Day!
Thanks for the lesson on the milking equipment, now I feel better able to assess what I am seeing with the cow. She is cute and so gentle and patient.
My dad raised quail and pheasant in our backyard in town in a cage. Loved waking up with their voices!
I love your milk cow! I didn't have a cow when we had our farm years ago. I see what our family was missing by not having one! We sold our farm years ago. Even tho' I won't be getting a milk cow at my age, I found this extremely interesting! You both are very good teachers and 'Stewarts'' to your animals! I always enjoy your channel no matter what the content is.
I hate to see the end of the garden season, but so happy the hot weather is gone in Central Illinois.
Each time I watch you milking the cow it causes flashback to when I was a teenager and milking cows on the farm. Funny story. One cow we milked would sidestep while putting the strap over her back and then lean on you pinning you to the side stantion and she would not let go. She was never mean but had this little trick to catch you when you forgot and got inside with her as we did with all the other cows. We never had a beautiful milkmaid either. Thank you for the memories.
You guys are living the life that i wish i was...
So true Leslie! It's a little like we are living their life just a little because they are so generous with their time to share it with us!
Love watching the animals eat
That’s a great feeder . An you guys do a great job with all of your animals and their care .
I love Hope, she’s such a good girl, I think Kevin should make a ramp up to the milking station after seeing her backing off the stand. I never want her to get hurt or take a tumble. I also love watching you releasing the ducks, they are so comical to me. Heck I love everything about your farm and life. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the tutorial on the frozen tomatoes and using ths CucinaPro for making tomato sauce. I bought a CucinaPro this summer and OMG, thick, beautiful sauce. I know that what you teach is directed to other homesteaders but there is a lot that non-homesteaders can learn from you. You are so fun to follow
Gr8 info as usual guys. I think a ramp leading into the milking stall would help,only a couple feet long would do,it would help Hope reversing out and keep her calm and content,she's a nice cow,I think you got a long term keeper there. Baz
Love what you do🤗. Hope looks very sweet. She has Trained you guys very well. LOL🐂 she is a Happy cow. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY. 🦃
Outstanding! Very educational. I like how Baby brother slipped in that this is more 'sanitary' then 'milking by hand', lol! No fuss, no bother! And I like that you showed us that no "I'm actually more comfortable with the cow now and Yes I can milk by hand!" No fuss, no bother! You very PROFESSIONALLY (and adult worthy) addressed all that. You guys BE BLESSED! Looking forward to the next video...
A cork attached to your suction hose would keep bugs, dust, mud dobbers,etc. from getting in the end after milking. Love your channel!! Can’t wait for the quail video!! I have quail also
As a youngster back in the 60's, I had to use many of those type milking machines. I had 20 cows to milk every morning before school. We had 5 machines so I milked 5 at a time and all with the strap around the cow. Obviously if you're only milking one cow at a time, you can do it the way you are manually holding the lines. It's when you have to milk multiple cows at a time, that you need the strap. BTW, if you notice, on the handle at the very end is a notch. That's where the machine hooked on the metal loop of the strap.
You guys are so gifted in that you are very good teachers.
Good morning. I can't believe how big the turkeys are getting! I love watching the ducks run to get to the feed. Lol. As always, another very informative video. Have a great weekend. God bless.
Kevin we have our quails in our rabbit colony and they get alone with each other very well. Try putting a couple quails in with your rabbits in the rabbit tractor they can feed off grass too.
Hope looks amazing, she is really flourishing on your farm. We are not missing the 90 degree weather either. I also lived in Arizona and laugh that I grumble over 90 degree weather but it is definitely different with that humidity isn’t it? I hope you have a blessed rest of the day.
Great video. I learned how to milk with that particular style of milking bucket at my Uncle's farm as a child. As you said, the buckets were held by a strap over the back of the cow and we moved them from cow to cow. we could get usually 3 cows in each bucket before we had to dump it. We milked jerseys and a couple of Guernsey cows. Uncle had 50 cows so we started early in the morning like 4:30 or 5 o'clock to milk each day. After about 5 years uncle change to the automated system where all of the suction cups were mounted to a free flow system that took the milk directly to the tank. Trucks came to pick it up each day. We still had 2 cows that had to be milked by hand as the machine milkers put too much pressure on the teats. Have a great day and God-bless.
You have an excellent set up for milking the cow. Very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing.
As I sit here watching you do your morning chores, feeding the chickens, etc..I was wondering...I see you let them out of their house, but how do manage to bet them in. I hope this isn’t s silly question, but I’ve really been curious. Whatever you do, it’s amazing. As I love to watch your morning chores. My best viewing as I have my morning coffee. Thanks for been there and God Bless ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Build a lg wire aviary pen, then they can fly around. Have shelter and perches.
Very interesting, I was wondering about that particular milker since I have never seen one exactly like that. She is such a sweet cow ❤️, someone really cared for her deeply before she got to you. And I am sure you are going to continue to spoil her rotten.
Thanks for sharing your homestead with us,
Jimmy
Thanks for the details. Just a suggestion, the line you leave in the stall area may get spiders, etc. in it so you might want to cover it with a cloth and rubber band, and to keep from having to hold the milk lines while milking you could hang a long bungee cord and S hooks to hang the line on.
I shared it on my Facebook everybody help this channel grow share it God bless you and your family
Very informative per usual. What great teachers you both are, and engaging. I didn't wake up today to learn about milking machines but thats perfectly fine. I enjoy learning and so I am always excited to see what you have in store for each new video. Thank you both very much again for sharing your knowledge!
My grandparents and my uncle (who lived just down the road) both had Surge milkers that they used in their barns. I remember well hearing the pulsating vacuum pumps going, and then carrying the heavy buckets of milk to the "milk house" where the milk was strained into big cans for rural pickup. Ah, the memories!! Thanks for sharing with us all that you do. I admire your courage to break away from the rat race and how you are managing to make it "out there on your own."
I have just fallen in love w/ Hope. She is a blessed soul....so cooperative! The pigs are pretty funny, and so willing to do their job by eating. The turkeys are great, as they come out single file. You have such a happy farm....A REAL OLD McDONALD’S FARM! Sooooo glad it has cooled down for the animals...Nd you guys, too. Great Homestead! Bless you guys.
one of your best . Both of you are some of the natural teachers I have come across. I really enjoy you guys.
This brought back an old memory from my youth, dad had to milk a cow at another barn so he hooked a vacuum hose to the truck to run the milker
Thank you for milking tutorial! It was very interesting. Wish I lived close by as I would be one of your steady milk customers. I especially loved how you are very careful about each step of your process. tfs
Morning is my favorite time of day. I love to watch when you guys let the animals out to start their day as well as yours. I don’t live your lifestyle except small vegetable garden but I just enjoy all you do and show us.
Very informative thanks!! Your system runs so smoothly and easily
I've been hand milking for 2 years now, and just got myself a machine, as this. Thanks so much for the video. I just jumped on to see how to get the teat cup off the teat. I didn't know about squeezing the black section!!! I expect that'll be much easier than turning the pump off and disconnecting an air hose :)
i love the sound of the pigs eating their breakfast :0) and the ducks know how to make an entrance!
Would love to see you do a video on your animal husbandry. Looks like all of your animals are well cared for and you always show your appreciation for what they provide. People just don't get how important God's creatures are to our world! And sadly, many are not not well cared for and even abused. Good job!!
well l just really LOVE to watch all you bring to us and and so enjoy all your video's so very very much, thanks so much keep up the great work !!!
Glad to see your new pig feeder!
Love the pigs! Winner, winner, milk soaked dinner!
Looks like your pigs are coming along very nicely. We used to soak all of their grain in water and let it ferment a little bit they seem to get a lot more out of it that way. That's a vacuum gauge not a pressure gauge just thought I'd point that out
Greetings from Ottawa, Canada.... where we have just a few weeks left of autumn and then we'll be freezing our butts 'til next March I love this video! Very informative and I am in total agreement with you two, milking with a milker is by far the most sanitary way and also the best for the cow's health. You're doing awesome! Love your RUclips channel.
Thank you very much for the info on your milking system. My husband and I have talked about getting a milker for awhile now since our old hands are getting stiff..lol We hated to invest on something we weren't familiar with. We were happy to see some fall weather this morning too. West Tn. has been brutally HOT.
Awesome ! Good source to make extra money in the homestead.
I wished so much there were someone near me that I could buy milk from. But I'm excited for you! 👍😀
It's a nice set up you have for milking. I hope you make a video of any changes you make to your milking procedure as the weather changes, ie, stormy, freezing conditions.
I'm so glad to hear you are looking for alternatives for the quail! I have always felt bad that they never get to be outside. In my head I knew that farmers worked very hard with a lot left to chance-environment, weather, choices made, and of course luck. But seeing the care you take for your animals, to be organic, the seeds you buy etc really brings it home. And when I think of the large scale farms that are organic etc, the knowledge passes from my head to my heart. I am so lucky to have grocery stores that offer organic alternatives and a wide variety of choices. And that represents A LOT of hard work and heart. Thanks you guys!
You are doing a wonderful job! I'm loving this new adventure. I've never been around a milking cow, so to see how this whole adventure plays out is super interesting to me. The pigs are looking very edible, LOL! Good thing you have a tractor to move that new trough feeder when needed. Keep teaching us such interesting things. I love following all of your mini-adventures. You've accomplished a lot this summer!!
Love & Light from Minnesota, where it's been raining and in the 40's while you were sweating bullets.
Im farming India
you have some beautiful roosters and every time you let the ducks out I laugh at them running and flying in the yard on the way to the feed.
Y'all look really happy about the cooler weather! At last!!!
Thank you for taking the time to show us.
*_such a cute family and farm!!!!_* 🚜🐓🌾
I wish I have a farm someday
@Rachel Transgirl ,
Try checking out Fannie Mae for repo property. You may find some very good prices for small farms.
In any home i have had I have an attic fan. In my race horse barns I have had fans up in rafters to keep air flowing through the rafters. You can either take them outside surrounded by bushes & protection or you can put a fan in the cooler end of the barn down low with an open screened end at the top of the hot end of the barn.
Back in the 60s we milked with a system where the lid fit on one of those tall old fashioned milk cans. If I think there was an inline filter so when the can was full the lid was put on and taken to the milk house and put in a cooler that had ice cold water. My mother had an aluminum can with handle that held around a gallon and she would skim cream off the tops of the cans before it got sold to use for butter etc. I still have that can.
Have a friend raising their in an Avery outside. Big round chicken coop with small houses...and has a teein middle. Really cool looking
You can use permanent marker to write the date on the jar. It washes off when you wash the jar. I do it all the time with my jars. Works great.
You're so good to your viewers!! Thanks for another great detailed video! Love from Minnesota
OMG, I love your huge Tom Turkey - he is so proud! Amazing production on her milk! You have everything down pat and safe and clean on your milking! Great job!
Good day and blessings.
Very educational with the milker. ♥️watching the pigs try and reach so Kevin can pet them🐷. All looks like things are rolling right along on the homestead.🦃🐥🐰🐮
Pig Porridge!🥣🐷 Going great guns with the milking....🐮Loved it...great video!
Have a great and beautiful weekend...
Awesome! Cement trough!
You guys, I love going with you to feed and let the animals out in the morning. 👍
The Milker is smart! Solar panels! Good idea! 🌵🌵🌵
Thank You all the informations about milking system.
I like this system a lot better than hand milking because, like you said, it is a closed system and very clean. And also, the cow can’t kick it over and spill the milk.
You guys are great with the detailed explanations you do. Y’all are the best channel I have found for details. So informative.
Hi guys. You bring back awesome memories as i was a kid milking our cow by hand and get two gallons in the morning and night. My aunt showed us kids making good butter from the top cream from the milk.
Maybe you can build a small aviary for the quail in a shaded area of your property? Post hole a couple of nice dead trees, and small live ones and a bush for them to roost upon, hide in. That will help them a lot in hot temps. A small coop set inside will help for the winter.
Hi love your channel!!! Quick thing Hope seems to be favoring her rear right foot i dont think its too serious she might just need her hoofs trimed but i just wanted ya'll to know keep up the amazing work
Hi! Just found your channel. I was raised on a farm in So IL. I now live in Evansville Indiana.
I just love all your videos..... with this one ,,, I learned how to milk a cow with a machine !!! Always wondered about that ,,, Thank you !
Thank you for all the updates, showing us how the animals are doing and teaching us about the solar powered milking machine. You both seemed a bit more relaxed today with the cooler temps. Have a wonderful day!
i LOVE seeing your ducks leave the barn.
Wow I`m soooo happy to hear you are thinking of giving the quails a better life
Beautiful work! I loved it! Just a friendly suggestion, Kevin, you may want to use a mask for the time you need to talk or open your mouth while pouring the milk or have the milk containers opened, is something simple that will prevent any saliva or hair from you to your milk and, either spoil the milk or, a hair appears in one of your clients jars which, in a great environment or among friends is just a hair, no problem but, some may not like to see you working without covering your mouth or head, you know, just a precautionary simple action to avoid some to decide not to buy from you when you're doing tremendous work to have this precious liquid!
Very interesting video. Even though I'm not a farmer, I enjoy your videos and always learn something new. God Bless!
The animals, birds and you all look hale and hearty. I am so glad you all are getting some cool weather. Our weather service keeps telling us we are going to get cooler in the next few days but they have been saying that for about 3 weeks. THEY LIED! HaH. I must admit the sunshine is beautiful but we need rain too.
Love all animals but the ducks get me every time ♥️ 😁 You guys are so blessed , living the dream
Thanks for quail update. In S. Ms it's also been incredibly hot & outrageous humidity this year, I located my Quail hutches under a Huge fig tree outside our kitchen/diner rm window. We love hearing the Birds, particularly the Roos in morning.
Doubt we'll ever milk cows for house, but enjoying seeing you'll experience this.
Thanks for sharing.
Hey Kevin and Sarah just wanted to say thank you as I just purchased Inergy Solar Generator through the link you provided here on this video. They gave a 5% discount using Living Traditions discount. God Bless your Family from upstate New York
Very cool, I loved watching this. Makes me appreciate cows and farmers. I’ve seen a big production dairy before, but this was cool. Thank you for sharing. Give Hope some “good girl “ pats from me.
Learning a lot from your videos. Thank you and God Bless.
I have some questions about your great setup. 1) What is the mounting adapter that the inter-pulse pulsator attached to? I have found the pulsator, just not that flat piece that the vacuum pump hose attaches to. 2) What is the typical psi setting for your vacuum pump while running the milker? 3) what is the diameter of your milk tubing? 4) what is the diameter of your vacuum tubing? Thank you. I also really like the customized parts on the vacuum pump with the gauge and hose attachment. That looks super handy. You are an inspiration and I look forward to learning more from both of you!!!
You could just put a hook hanging on the board to hold the tubes for you 🥰 Awe.... so happy for you guys... I am so far behind trying to catch up on videos. She is beautiful.
Thank you both so very much for taking the time to go over the fine details of each process that you teach. I always feel more confident that I will actually be able to do these kinds of things myself after Ive watched your videos! 🌼😊🌼
I’ve always dreamed of living on a farm. So I’ll just live vicariously with y’all. I know I couldn’t own one. Mainly financially and those snakes’!! I admire y’all. Thank you for sharing your lives🥰❤️😃
Thanks for this video! I just got a surge bucket and I'm going to refurbish it myself. All my reading was leading me to believe that I needed smaller shells than the ones that came with my bucket. I see you have the C style shells, too, so mine should work for my Jersey.