Cleaning Pens

[@magnapack]

I’m impressed with your dedication to cleanliness and the continuing excellent health of the animals.

[@maryrinehart2346]

All the work you do to keep the farm clean is exhausting! but so essential for the health of your cattle and better efficiency in your operations. It’s very impressive to see your work ethic and determination to succeed.

[@classicalmidiorgans]

Our hearts and Prayers are with the people of British Columbia- Canada where 100's of dairy cows have died in the terrible flooding and several farms have been lost.

[@dougdiplacido2406]

I really like when your Dad is in the videos. Great to see you two working together. Hope you are still making videos with you and Jack working together. Thanks for the great video.

[@janetdupree6353]

I continue to be amazed by the amount of work is involved in running a dairy. I really had no idea until I started following you. Once again, and excellent video.

[@russellgilson4072]

compliments to your father for teaching you the value of doing jobs correctly the first time. Great team effort!

[@jjhbhd520]

Always love seeing a notification for a new 10th Generation Dairyman video

[@samspade4634]

Once again, I got out of breath watching Eric work those shovels. It is so cool to see a young man that has been handed down a great work ethic. Jack has a great teacher to learn from. Thanks as always for the video.

[@richardcompton2555]

There is just something soothing watching you do your cow work. I love it. I admire your work ethic. I think it is cool that you and your Dad work so well together.

[@davidbishop4015]

Those cows better appreciate all you and your Dad do for them. Everything on the farm goes full circle. Stay safe.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video. You and your dad should be extremely pleased with your setup and your teamwork that compliment each other. I think Jack has a great environment to grow up in. Thanks for sharing and have a safe and fantastic Friday and weekend.

[@Forevertrue]

I Love that keeping it clean is a priority. Comfort for the animal is a priority as well. I farmed beef cattle back in the 70s and those were my priorities for my stock and I felt good about it and did well.

[@shirleysousa9739]

Your barns always look so clean and well kept

[@sueupham2519]

Yes

[@budndeb]

Always enjoy your videos Eric and appreciate you and your family for all your hard work that you do everyday!! And for taking such great care of your herd. Our family has so much respect for dairy farmers!!! God bless you and your family

[@richardhicks7946]

Another great video. I like the way you and your dad just seam to work together with much talking. You both seam to know what to do and what the other one is thinking and doing. Y'all stay safe and good luck.

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

That manure is worth a lot considering the rising nitrogen prices! Great video as always.

[@braderwin937]

oddly satisfying watching someone else's shovel manure instead of me doing it but I've done that many times

[@daverukkila9089]

Totally impressed how you take care of the herd and your equipment. You guys are so organized in your work too! Plus I can tell when you had the buildings constructed, you put a lot of thought into how you would clean them. Awesome operation you have. Thanks for the videos!

[@AndyB718]

You and your Dad are one helluva productive duo. Almost makes me wanna get in a machine again and lend you a hand.

[@anthonybinning3853]

Love the pride you take in animal health 🇺🇸💪🏻

[@jonfelty2658]

Thanks for making great videos in the process of your daily work...you're really good at video/camera production. Your Texas fans!

[@Hoboelmo23]

Gotta get shit done before the geese fly, literally. Never ending cycle. Good work.

[@randybutler4772]

Very clean , worth the effort. The cleaner the better. Thank you for sharing.

[@barbarabelmar3819]

You keep your farm and animals so clean, healthy and happy...great job

[@steveneal2706]

just a GREAT video. very good job Dad and Eric. Thank you so much

[@charlesruble9589]

Hahaha, I don't really understand why, but I always enjoy watching the manure getting cleaned out and then spread onto the fields (both the liquid and solid manures). Seems almost therapeutic to me, although you probably don't experience the same enjoyment doing it as I get from watching it!

[@davidcantu824]

LOVE ALL YOUR WORK ERIC

[@i1469]

One word that comes to mind for this video "TEAMWORK".

[@MRblazedBEANS]

Just imagine how much harder it would be if cow poop was dangerous and had to be treated like human poop. Dairy farming would be nearly impossible

[@jbbrown7907]

After Lambing season, early summer, I had 42 pens to clean. I didn't have to do it by hand. I had a shovel.

[@pjmoody]

Nobody can ever say you two don't work hard! Well done

[@HerbanLegend420]

I'm not trying to tell you how to live your life, but for the size of dairy barns you guys have, a manure conveyor might be a real time saver. Put the switch out near where the manure spreader parks and the kubota driver can stay working and piling up the manure while the spreader driver fills and dumps. The newest barn would be the ideal candidate imho.

[@michaelcollins6851]

Thank you Eric for your hard work

[@jacobscyphers3630]

Soon as you said spreaders full my mind went straight to "shitters full" lol

[@codywebster0852]

Same here man 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

[@coltsjason]

Clark shitters full lmao

[@jasontaylor9871]

you guys should look into a Toro Dingo or a walk behind skid steer for cleaning out the pens.

[@freedomfan4272]

They just got the Kubota skid steer not to long ago.

[@tonybaleno2138]

Another fine video of what goes on at the dairy farm...you never run out of work. Enjoyed you video on the robotic feed pusher last week...Now I know more about how they work. Interesting machine. Did the wheel replacement solve the problem? Keep up the good work,

[@sueupham2519]

Great idea,,and we love your videos,,it's like coming home from school and heading to the pasture of animals..and barn

[@sueupham2519]

Gosh you guys are amazing

[@chriscrosby8012]

Love watching the pen cleaning. Great video thanks 😍

[@lindascott2107]

Great job you just got to love how the cows love new bedding

[@ronzo9377]

Another fine job by father and son

[@bbrcummins1984]

Hard working young man 👍👍

[@treasureministries]

Did you hook up those water heaters in the new cow barn?? You were going to do it before Winter. Blessings dean

[@Golfpro321]

Always looking forward to your videos!

[@jimbeck6093]

Awesome to come to KZbin most every night and see a new 10thGen video!!! Thank you!!!

[@harrietcarpenter2387]

Thank u for a great work filled video...

[@joetownsend-]

Thank Yall for editing and videos‼️ Prayers for Jack and ALL FAMILY‼️ Another commenter suggested Dingo. We have two and they definitely fill a need. A lot more powerful than expected‼️ Work great in tight places‼️ 🇺🇸AMERICAN FARMERS🇺🇸 🇺🇸AMERICAN HEROES🇺🇸 🍁🦃Happy Blessed🦃🍁 🍁🦃Thanksgiving🦃🍁

[@fatman500lbs8]

Great video but why not have the calf barn on the same grated or slotted floors as the rest of the barns?

[@thetessellater9163]

What a great invention the skid steer is; nothing else would be so maneuverable in such tight spaces.

[@avalon449]

Before the advent on bobcats that must have been a backbreaking job.

[@leftfootsam]

Looks like a pretty efficient operation. Keep up the good work.

[@johnjablonski2155]

Sure made it easier to clean pens. I remember doing it on my Aunts Dairy Farm with just a shovel

[@popquizzz]

Does spreading manure on the fields reduce your overall fertilizer spend or does it just pay for itself and provide nutrients back into the soil that would otherwise become depleted over time?

[@Martin-bb1qm]

Calories in. And calories out. Nutrients in. And nutrients out. Energy in. And energy out. Milk goes out on a dairy farm. Something has to balance the equation. Manure helps. But it needs to be supplemented. Watch some of his seeding videos. He still fertilizes.

[@kylehansen2122]

It does help a fair amount, but really they just need a place to get rid of it.

[@rodlowder1837]

Enjoying your videos Thank goodness for your skid loader it’s a life saver for you. Please enjoy each day of your young years. Times go quickly and you can’t do all you once did.

[@ZekenStreak]

It’s easy to understand why you have 368K+ followers. Great job young fella. Take care. Cheers from BC 🇨🇦

[@tanyajenkins919]

That's nice to be able to get your loader into those pens and scoop it out . Makes it easier for you guys to maintain a healthy environment for the young calves. Some your cattle are beautiful 🐄🐄🐄🐄 Good to see that you have your new building up and going now .

[@hedge685]

The circle of life...grow it, store it, feed it, shovel it, spread it, grow it again...

[@ns1383]

You guys are lucky to have megan as a employee. She does a great job for you. 👍

[@jonasgoodman8588]

You should get some 11th gen shirts for your kids.

[@Gwaycee]

I'm sure your Dad would also appreciate some 9th Gen ones too.

[@cmeproone]

2:00 Hi Could you give us the dimensions of the individual calf boxes and the height of the metal railings? greetings

[@john34261]

i am sure the skidsteer as i see a few times in the view in can nearly rotate itself where it sits i'd like to see how fast it physically can rotate without damaging the parts too badly like the second you or whoever drives it should turn as soon as it stabilizes from going back or forward i'm betting it can turn fairly fast

[@AndyB718]

That attention to detail are why the cows are happy beautiful and not diseased looking

[@jamesbreault5762]

Great stuff Eric👍👍👍👍

[@KanakaMaoli1]

You and your pops really work good together. Like a well oiled machine. Aloha brother 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@danieldzurko8053]

Please answer, what are the advantages to using wood shavings over sand for the bedding? Thank you in advance for your assistance with this and for making the video.

[@penelopebutton9323]

Looks like it’s getting colder, maybe post the temps so we can be shocked and grateful we’re not in it 😉 Really enjoy your videos

[@royordway9157]

Another good video. Do you keep spreading the manure into the winter until there is too much snow to run through?

[@marvinheuker6645]

Do you ever have trouble with your manure spreader freezing in the winter? We did on our farm and shoveling it out was no picnic.

[@davereeves1967]

Ah, the ol' dookie shooter. This is what brought me to your channel.

[@adamnurre9231]

What about cuttin that curb out Eric. Just enough to fit the width of the spreader. That way ur not fighting that all the time

[@lylestavast7652]

bucket magician there at 5:40 :) Good video !

[@cindymarker2087]

What is the slat? trench? down the aisle in the calf barn for? ( Sorry! Had to watch some more of the video. You explained it after I posted the question.)

[@satish8896]

Fantastic i am really very impressed and feel proud to see your hard working dear..... i am from india and a dairy farmer also..... thank you well done

[@Bird22]

When I was a kid being dragged around the country in the back of a station wagon, I often wondered why sometimes when we drove past a farm it would stink to high heaven. Watching farmers on KZbin spread a coating of manure over many acres of land has answered that question for me.

[@chucksmith155]

This is what I call team work great job well done

[@d2ndborn]

thanks for another great video your production is getting better

[@snapon666]

You guys run a clean operation ..I have worked on farms where the manure was 4 ft deep in the calf pens ...their heads were hitting the beams and all work done with shovel and wheelbarrow

[@emmaleamcelhinney8650]

It’s funny how my back doesn’t hurt when OTHER people clean up manure 🤣

[@bradmedved5947]

You may have answered this question but who built your new heifer barn? I’m from NEPA and looking to build something similar for my beef cattle. Thanks.

[@eldonhoward7925]

It seems like they could have made that drain in the center of the floor more effecient. But, what do I know?

[@justwondering5540]

That sawdust cleans up nice and looks easier to work with than straw or fodder plus you guys don't clean a stall you detail it lol

[@Token_Civilian]

Curious: I note that the solid manure isn't composted, so I'm assuming there's no advantage to doing that, given the particulars of your operation. What, if any, circumstances would it take to make composting the solids worthwhile?

[@Sagern234]

Manure + urine + sawdust = compost, spread in the fields

[@Wewoka54]

Awesome work...really enjoy your videos thanks for sharing..

[@SkyBlueOffRoad]

Heads up, I am lame..but I can not wait for next week when Farming Simulator 22 comes out. It would be cool if someone modded your fam into the game.

[@ronlaporte2898]

Is there a limit of how much manure you can put on the fields ?

[@davidepool5884]

Do y’all treat you calf barn with anything if you have an outbreak of scours in your calves? We couldn’t raise calves on our dairy farm. We had to sell them or risk loosing them. No matter what we did they always got sick.

[@carolynrose753]

The shovel, spade, scraper...irreplaceable

[@thenortherndairyman2566]

how many hours on the skid now??

[@10thgenerationdairyman]

1000

[@bigjordan8747]

I LOVE your vids

[@avalon449]

Seems like a lot more videos lately.

[@irvenrathburn9421]

Another day on the farm fun video to watch always enjoy !! See you in the next one !

[@danpeterson8957]

"load #2." hilarious...

[@robertrhyne74]

Would you get another hoop barn? I am considering one and wondered if they hold up to wind and snow well. Thoughts please.

[@barbarastedillie1336]

Very much enjoyed this vid. What’s the chances of getting a look at Jack?

[@busterqhorse4226]

Once again. God Bless the Farmers!

[@rockfish1430]

Its nice,good you take such good care of the cafes

[@brianhume1555]

How do you source all the shavings for the calf beds?

[@MrHathead2]

Eric I just caught this vid today so am a little late .I do have a ? for you. What is a normal temp for a calf and do you use lime when rebedding the pens.

[@10thgenerationdairyman]

101.5 degrees F. We do not use lime for calf pens because it isn't good for them to breath in.

[@leighvrooman2824]

Do you ever use lime on the floors after you clean? On the farm years ago when I was young we but lime on the floors after cleaning.

[@skyskylark130]

Yes yes yes my happy place cleaning pens 😊😊😊 thanks for an awesome video

[@sabretom7594]

“Whatcha doin hun” “Watching a guy spread manure” “If you don’t want to tell me …fine”