Bulls Are Off To The Works, Just Hope They Don't Destroy The Yards First?!

[@terrimoore5181]

Those Bull were going crazy in that truck.

[@johnjordan4647]

Ha Ha you called that bull a prick. Is his real name David Seymour 😂. Merry Christmas to you Andrew and your Whanau

[@cdemo1186]

Those bulls really are a pain in the arse 😂😂 I notice you have a yard scrapper beside the loading race,looks new. 🤔 I reckon spending a bit of time on the holding yard is a great idea Andrew. 🖒

[@michaelcanales3683]

"...he's a real prick..." Loved it!

[@drob517]

I’m watching your vlog with beautiful green grass after watching a rancher going through -30F degrees in Wyoming. What a contrast.

[@sandraanderson6441]

I live in Edmonton Alberta, Canada, it is winter here. It is 15c warmer in my freezer than it is outside. Have a bluebird day.

[@devondairyboy4290]

Great video Andrew but seriously, now you’ve got the collars, don’t let another Jersey bull on the farm. Evil buggers

[@NZFarmboy80]

Ours are friendly, mind you we hand rear ours from birth, feed them pellets right up to 18 months old, they eat out of our hands in the paddock

[@shaneowens4998]

Hey Andrew bulls are a menace to fences and yards . Hope U guys have a good Christmas and New year

[@multipower617]

I love your loading ramps, so much easier and better than we have in the UK

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

So much easier! when I was in the UK trying to load cattle I thought it was crazy

[@kellyhawk822]

Finally some sun! Good job loading . Bulls are always difficult

[@Dozerthefarmer]

Damn Andrew mate. Dangerous way of carting the bulls put them in a paddock together first to fight it out then they would be sweet as caring them together. Truck drivers have been killed trying to do it the way you did today.

[@Dozerthefarmer]

Usually a few days before would be good enough.

[@MMartinG1989]

Merry Christmas from Spain, God bless you and your whole family, cheers!!

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks and to you too!

[@johnny623]

Enjoy your videos, beautiful country which brings back memories of our visit through that area a few years back. Merry Christmas 🇨🇦-40c

[@philipwatts992]

Merry Christmas from Queensland

[@dallastairakena6636]

Awesome videos mate love ya work and love how u actually care how u want to make it easier for the stock trucks

[@drdulas5055]

Merry Christmas Andrew and to your whole family from the USA!

[@gerryoconnor8751]

Happy Christmas to you all Andrew. I hope Santa comes.

[@dairybear69]

Happy holidays to you all

[@yvonneward]

Great going with the milking chick, hope the cull helps fill yours and your dads freezer although I hate to see bulls go ( I absolutely love bulls) but I do realise the food chain and the business your in , the great circle of life I’m sure they have served you well looking at your holding area I do think it would make a good project for you x

[@markredmond987]

Them je bulls are cracked.happy Christmas to you and your family and thanks for videos all year.dont know where yee get the time to video and edit...

[@brendont1082]

Hi Andrew glad you got to see old yellow up your way . I bet you are relieved to see the back end of the bulls . And would agree with giving they yards any upgrade even if hardly used just to make it more bull proof. And just a suggestion maybe see if there are any mods you make to help make loading easier and safer then you could just use those yard all the time. Anyway hope you and your family have a good Xmas . And wish your dad a merry Xmas from us viewer's

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾🎄🎄👍Seasons greetings and a happy New Year Andrew and Family

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks and to you too!

[@albertkikstra]

Nice and green!

[@willyfindlay4398]

The Gator had its advantages over the bike sometimes. Enjoy your weather. Merry Christmas to you all.

[@bugmouthready529]

Hope all is well with you guys. Unusual to not see a post in a while

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Hey, there will be one coming out Mon/Tues, just having bit of a break over festive season sorry

[@bugmouthready529]

Sorry mate, being a farmer myself I know we never really get breaks, and I often forget there are things called holidays. Bloody catches me out all the time. All G catch ya next week 👍

[@richiebrashears7095]

Nice video. Love Jersey cows but the bulls are dangerous so continue to be careful. Have you thought of adding panels to the yard fence so the cattle can't see thru the fence. They are left likely to try to jump through the fence. Could have temporary sheets of plywood for a sight barrier. I am in East Tennessee USA. Love your video. We had a Brown Swiss milk cow our our small family farm but we see a lot of Jersey cows here too.

[@nikkireigns]

Brown Swiss are lovely ladies, my grandpa had a mixed herd with jerseys and guernseys too

[@richiebrashears7095]

@@nikkireigns yeah. My dad had a friend who ran a dairy with about 50 Brown Swiss. My grandfather had a Guernsey Brown Swiss cross for a milk cow. We would sell the milk cow's calf as a veal calf or raise it for beef. We bottle raised some Brown Swiss bull calves for beef.

[@MarkDonnelly-j9v]

Hi I like your video

[@mariannegoudswaard3996]

Merry Christmas

[@richardhoover7569]

If you don't keep the calves, I would recommend angus bulls. They are much easier to handle and the calves are worth more. Don't know about there, but that is true in America.

[@keithwheeler8875]

Happy Christmas to you and your dad and families So i take it you cull the bulls at the end of each season is their a particular reason for that ? And I assume you buy 4 new ones in each year ?

[@Hugbrun]

I enjoy your videos, but a question for you, why do you cull your bulls and not sell them on?

[@caveweta]

When did that fine weather turn up? It’s been lousy lately.

[@MichaelJones-wd9dp]

How good is that being done early maybe you’d wanna Change your milking time so you can do jobs on the farm like you said you would want to do more of in a previous video 👍

[@dirkvandenwyngaert8275]

Hi Andrew. Why do you send the bulls to the works? Is it cheaper for you to buy new bulls every year?

[@aLvArO-5mEnTaRiOs]

Hey Andrew, good time of the season. How much are you making/cow? Are you using supplement at the moment? Cheers. Merry Xmas & a happy new year

[@brycekirby1567]

Great video!! why are bullsgoing to the works ?

[@nyotauhura7412]

Bad tempered, I think. They were very aggressive and constantly fighting.

[@brianjonker510]

Is the number of cows processed by the works seasonal? or is it somewhat steady year round? Ours in NY state is mostly steady year round

[@OOpSjm]

Seasonal for the dairy farmers, but year round for the beef farmers.

[@nickdavis3177]

How is number 77 milking good or average

I didn't know the bulls only got one season then got killed. 😢

[@alanb9337]

The day is probably not too far away when there will be widespread robot beef-boning rooms. Cow repro: Some years A.I only & no bulls worked ok, other years not so much, there are still things the cattle reproduction researchers are finding out the tiniest details on like cattle pheromones, etc. Cattle yards - maybe see if a livestock sales rep can show the local sale yards layout on a non-sale day. The balance between cost, form and function, etc.

[@leandalynch975]

hows farm doing and production/crops?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Doing really good, just having bit of a break but there will be a video out Mon/Tues again

[@martinconnolly3227]

We had plenty of stock bulls over the years I can't remember anything as wicked as that crew. Now you have the collars would you 100% AI

[@aurorarowley7310]

He talked about that in an earlier video. He hasn't decided yet if he will do 100% AI or not.

[@OOpSjm]

It's a cost /benefit analysis. Now that he has done DNA analysis of the stock he can choose to AI a particular percentage.

[@martinconnolly3227]

@@OOpSjm It was how dangerous those bulls were that caught my attention. We had zero tolerance for temperament.

[@kingsolomon8946]

By works are you meaning you sent them to the meat works to be killed? What do you do when you need bulls for the next breeding?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yes that's right, the meat works and for the bulls we buy 4 young ones every year

[@kingsolomon8946]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer thank you Andrew for your reply!! I used to live in New Zealand in the early 2000’s miss how green it is there ! I’m back i the states but we still milk a few jerseys for our own family’s use….. I enjoy your content mate !! You seem like a good man ! Keep up the good work!! Cheers

[@johnpick6829]

Why do you get rid of your bulls so quick and not keep them longer

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

get to big and aggressive, plus its not economical

[@carlwereld5131]

I wonder are you never afraid that a bull will attack you

[@paulhaldeman7042]

Do u guys only milk once a day???

[@cullendouch5258]

yeah they do

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yes, all season

[@paulhaldeman7042]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer thanks for answering my question. Do u only milk once a. Day to conserve grass? Growing up we rotational grazed when possible but the. Winters in New York are rough. We did milk twice a day for more milk.

[@mantzyvlogs1236]

The pit is awful tight isn't it

[@gregsullivan8956]

Bulls are crazy ?

[@globalnomad450]

Are the bulls being culled ? Sorry I’m not a farmer…

[@benturner9246]

Yes

[@OOpSjm]

The truck isn't called "The Grim Reaper" for nothing

[@philpaul4206]

They will be turned into hamburgers

[@pmccoy8924]

Wondered the same. Seem to be healthy and obviously capable. Maybe it’s cost effective this way. To be honest him artificially insemenating there is no job for them. I think?

[@nyotauhura7412]

@@pmccoy8924 These bulls were very bad tempered and dangerous. Temperament is a genetic trait. Keeping them means the trait would be passed onto their offspring, selling them to someone else means the dangerous problem is passed onto someone else to deal with. Culling is the best thing to do with a dangerous bad tempered livestock.

[@inglis7086]

thank goodness those boys are gone - are you culling the cows because of age, SCC levels, quarters not working, not getting breed or are you not really able to discuss this on this platform

[@aurorarowley7310]

He said one of them was giving less milk than she should have and another was because of a bad quarter. I don't think he mentioned about the other 3 though.

[@braunvieh1416]

In another video he did discuss that he does cull for all of those reasons as well as just because their due date is too late in the season