First Time Cleaning Out New Heifer Barn

[@joelcaldwell4852]

I’m so dang happy for you and your dad. It looks like heifer raising got so much easier for you. Really appreciate the way you take care of your livestock.

[@mjh5947]

Other youtubers may have made a crazy thumbnail and clickbait-ish title out of the fact that the barn truss was hit. There's definitely something to be said for Erik's low key video style. And the occasional surprise cold drink gets me every time!

[@sabretom7594]

Impressive backing skills.

[@patzeuner8385]

Yes that right to left and left to right in backing, really mess' with city folk.

[@timothymbonham4453]

Since there are doors on either end, I wondered why he didn't just pull straight through with the spreader? Maybe his backup skills are better than mine.

[@patzeuner8385]

@@lt1nut have you ever backed a trailer either a hitch or goose neck. Doubt it, I'm glad you're impressed with his skills, but I do enjoy watching city folk getting frustrated over trying to do something that is actually fairly easy. LOL

[@patzeuner8385]

@@timothymbonham4453 watch previous videos of the barn build then you would know the layout.

[@johanasvik3294]

Yes. Those hatrs would have been good to have higher up, or possibility tonadjust higher as the pack grows.. But. Now you know for the next heifer barn.. 😏

[@Token_Civilian]

That looked like it went pretty well. Nicely designed barn - looks to be quite the efficient layout.

[@dustinstoffel4580]

If you can get some corn stalk bales they are the best bedding. I usually went thru about 200 in a winter that was 4x5 rounds. Absorbent and keeps the animals clean

[@janetdupree6353]

Eric, you are a master videographer! Those were some amazing shots. I love watching your channel for all the information on running a large dairy farm and the videos. Sometimes I can almost smell the farm life!

[@brucemanley7593]

Too bad they didn't recess the one side of gates there from the concrete wall, as it would have made it much easier to use the cleanup bucket along the wall, not having to worry about hitting the gates. Overall nice gate system though.

[@bustson12]

I was just thinking how we haven't seen a Pepsi, Mountain Dew, or chocolate milk cameo in some time.

[@ardoration2431]

Teaches me for reading comments really quick. The suprise got ruined D:

[@gritnix]

High speed time lapse moos are hilarious.

[@greggaskey5336]

my thoughts exactly

[@Ottedikkie]

They are!!

[@robertfranssen]

Haha ur right

[@doubledutch6739]

Also fun: high speed reverse.

[@kenprevatt1267]

More of a mah than moo .lol

[@joemueth4077]

Was thinking the same thing as you. Need those gates up higher for deeper manure. Nice set up when you don't need a pitchfork.

[@Ever443]

First thing I thought when you parked the spreader inside was "hope he dont hit the rafter with the bucket" Glad it was lightly

[@jettron1]

I made a comment about them hitting the rafters with that crazy bale mulcher gadget they tried out when they put down the first bedding. Eric's dad came pretty close a couple times.

[@Skymouth]

SAME!

[@lestki]

Your family works so hard. An absolute pleasure to watch. I love seeing the cows watching you work. It's great.

[@billfromkcmo1]

Lol they do seem really interested huh in what he is doing in there

[@ankanusia1569]

@@billfromkcmo1 ty ty

[@mikemoore8135]

There’s something satisfying about cleaning out manure and spreading on a field. Some of my favorite videos.

[@three6ohchris]

I did something similar with a forklift at my old job. The building was really old and had exposed wooden trusses and beams. I was getting a pallet down off of the top of a rack and didn't realize that my mast was that high(yes, I know... Rookie mistake), so as I backed up it slammed into the bottom of the old, super dry beam of wood. I was barely moving, but it still took a decent sized chunk of it and exploded little shards of wood down onto me. The building wasn't that big, and was essentially an "open" floorplan, so production, finishing, etc all heard it. Not to mention, it also shook the building and made enough noise that everyone came running over to see what I did, including the big boss from inside the office. Talk about embarrassing, LOL. Let's just say I had to go home and change my pants after that, haha. But, that's one of those things that you only do once, as you've learned your lesson pretty quickly. Luckily my employers were really cool and weren't upset at me over it. Even though I just happened to also hit an electrical line that powered the only lamp in that isle. 🤷‍♂️😂 Thankfully, that was tame compared to the damage a couple other people managed to do with that forklift. 😂

[@joelcaldwell4852]

You gotta love your new heifer barn. A little more concrete and raising your gates, things will be perfect!

[@dougdiplacido2406]

The new barn had to be initiated somehow lol. A nick in the truss is a good start. It adds character to the structure. It is amazing how nimble you are with the skid steer. You seem to have a lot of inspectors as you were cleaning up. Hope they were impressed. Great video as always, thanks Eric. See you on the next one.

[@problytrippin8153]

So satisfying to watch you clean out the barn with the skid loader

[@jabyrdlip]

Thank you. A cap that actually fits right out of the bag!!! ( okay, had to adjust the strap) THANK YOU

[@racenail9086]

As stated on an earlier post, the wood shavings/sawdust need an awful lot of nitrogen to break down. Buy spreading it directly onto your fields you will be using up any available nitrogen near the surface of the soil. We use course sawdust for bedding but by composting it for almost a year, adding urea regularly and turning the pile weekly until if freezes, by the time we spread it on the fields it is hard to tell from top soil.

[@victorsaheki]

That's what I was thinking. His corn looked pretty good though, judging by the harvesting videos

[@MRblazedBEANS]

They did have a huge harvest this year so what ever they are doing it working well, plus they add chemicals and fertilizer to their crops anyways. Probly already a excess of nitrogen compounds

[@carolynrose753]

If the bedding has urine in it then that should be enough nitrogen. It is thinly spread on the paddock so should break down quickly also. Sawdust in itself is a soil conditioner. It also has natural antibacterial properties so a great bedding choice.

[@stromxtc2033]

I was thinking about this black gold also. What just one scoop of that would do for my little garden. Would be nice if they could market this for an extra source of income. A roadside stand sort of thing.

[@joshprice1256]

Just goes to show ya, you never know where you’ll find a chocolate milk.

[@steveneal2706]

Eric, You are an awesome young man. I know your mom and dad are very proud of you. The way you work , the way you help your dad on the farm. The new barn really looks nice. Love you guy. Stay safe and be careful. Bless y'all

[@bearbon2]

I love those little honks the cows were making when you were in fast forward.

[@billpotmesil]

The new heifer barn has been broken in! Very nice design!

[@ryanwaege7251]

I jumped on that first scoop, too! Thanks for the video, Eric!

[@BrentFreyEsq]

7:30 What a shot! Creative!

[@viviangrantz2572]

I would say the barn design is 99.9% efficient. There’s always is a tweak here and there..

[@kennethdow7075]

They definitely did an amazing design!

[@larrykeener7900]

Thanks for the video. Very nice barn setup. Wish I could find chocolate milk like that!

[@MrPlumberguy23]

Never thought I would like to watch someone cleaning up crap but I love this stuff

[@TheFarmingLife]

I always enjoy hearing the heifer calves on the video especially when the video is sped up a little bit.

[@melijahtravelers3832]

I was impressed at how easy it seemed to move the cows, clean up, lay out bedding and, let the cows back in. Also, it looks like a dry and healthy environment for the cows. Best barn setup on KZbin!

[@Bill_N_ATX]

I love how the cows were watching you work so intently. Chewing their cud and just watching.

[@Gobucky63]

Nice job, I loved the camera angles when you put it on the spreader facing the tractor. Nicely done.

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

Just a suggestion in your next heifer building is to have a curbing of concrete running along both walls away from the fence so you can avoid hitting the fencing while plowing. Keep family farming alive. Thanks from New England

[@ohPokey]

Get the extra concrete pad as soon as possible.

[@chriscrosby8012]

Love how you keep the barns so clean !! 🙋‍♀️😊

[@stevemilam466]

So efficient on running the equipment really nice job.

[@mikekahl5609]

Skid steers make life so much easier. When I was little i had to do that with a pitch fork.

[@lesfogerson1092]

You need a rig that scoops it up and conveyors it into a follow behind trailer. Maybe a sweeper so you can get the edges. Project time.

[@killerdoxen]

Used to do this for a living. Used to work for a farmer who had up to 4 tandem spreader trucks, articulated loader and sometimes we had to use a skid steer for inside shelters. I ran every single piece of equipment he had at some point in time. We cleaned corrals for farmers in a pretty good sized area around home.

[@susiebryant381]

Because of your videos, I have come to appreciate every glass of milk I drink so much more. Love your videos and especially your 'low-key' sense of humor.

[@gaylewatkins4685]

Excellent job backing the tractor and spreader into the barn. Phenomenal barn design. God bless.

[@Bob-uw1zn]

I like it when the heifers' get clean sheets for their bed, they get so excited :)

[@russellgilson4072]

Day in -day out I admire your level of effort put forth to make your operation successful, very impressive. The new heifer bar is a nice addition to your farm operation.

[@jentpostma337]

Was thinking, you could probably use the spreader for bedding the barn with sawdust. Load it up at the commodity barn, back er in spread and done.

[@YourFriendKaren]

Great Job. You Have Some Happy Cows Blessings To You All

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Watch out for those rafters. You can always add to the outside pad. Looks good

[@magpie5710]

Thanks for the video. We were wondering how efficiently it would clean out. Pretty impressive building for sure. Eric at his educational best.

[@phillipsaunders8062]

Looks like you figured out the pack and looked nice! I still think you'd be happier with the pack if you opened the curtains more, you'd be amazed of how much drier it will be. We built one barn 12 ft, not my choice. I will not build one less than 16ft, when your on 3+ ft of pack, head room gets short

[@johnquinn3899]

Had me worried when you made the sudden stop. Interesting how the spreader was loaded & spread. Thanks

[@garywilson3183]

I like your camera placements, perspectives and angles. You do a great job with your vids! Thank You!

[@davidmckinzie6009]

Great job on the clean up, I would say the new barn is a keeper, be safe out there

[@kennethdow7075]

That's fantastic at how easily the new barn cleaned out!

[@deanbenedict707]

I'm impressed with the job that spreader did. I may have to look into one.

[@purplebunny7728]

Yep scary moment there with the chocolate milk. This new barn is easier and faster to clean. Nice to see it working well. Glad about the rafter too. Whew. Thank you for sharing

[@ederdner9609]

Funny how the heifers can't wait to get back to their clean bed. Also funny how they watch. Use to love working on the dairy farm. Loved being outside

[@rojo7578]

Recipe for chocolate milk: Take a bottle of milk, leave standing in bedding for three days and voila chocolate milk. Make sure the top half of bottle is above grade of bedding because daylight set the process in motion. Also bedding has to be at least one and a half week old.

[@lt1nut]

Lol, I prefer mine to come from brown cows.

[@ZekenStreak]

Right on the surprise drink makes an appearance!! Looks like the new barn is working out well & yeah more concrete out front would help with turning. Great vid bud. Take care & stay safe. Cheers

[@charlesward8196]

Having the room in the barn for the Pik-Rite really cuts down the transit time between bucket loads.

[@منكوكبأاخر]

أطلق الترجمه الى اللغة العربية في مقاطع الفيديو داخل قناتك💚💚

[@joem3097]

Never thought watching a guy shovel cow flop would be so interesting. Love these vids!

[@brucemanley7593]

"bean stubble" I like that...😂

[@budlvr]

Obviously some well thought out ideas went into the new barn. Great job.

[@gdhone2371]

The magic refreshing beverage returns!!!! Nice video Eric, thanks.

[@beckyumphrey2626]

New barn looks awesome. Happy cows.

[@dantomlinson4407]

Much better than old barn. Great job. Thanks

[@ProudPapaw88]

Good job young man. That was also some mighty fine backing also. 👍

[@michaelpaulzine6486]

Ever consider digging up that pack? Tiller or ripper? Something to stir it up.

[@donnamullins2089]

Good fast job cleaning and spreading in and afternoon. Cows look good and they do give Chocolate milk.

[@michaeldomling9487]

I think your way of working is really cool and very effective

[@midwestdairyfs3122]

Idea for u when for this barn use the skid steer to pile it up into a pile inside so when u come to load the spreader up u don’t have to pull it off the concrete

[@cbrpr]

4:52 first of many scratches on the new barn

[@cindyconnour446]

With the height of the gates, you just have to scoop sooner than later.😎

[@albertbusscher4270]

You are THE best backerer-upper this side of the black stump !! Greetings from Australia

[@jackthewisedog5171]

The new barn looks a lot easier than the old one !

[@chadc6129]

Couple things I’d do if it were my barn to keep that pack drier. Open those curtains all the time no such thing as too much air, chop the bean stubble up it’ll absorb more and maybe add some fans facing the pack heifers will appreciate them keep bedding way drier even in the winter moving air doesn’t hurt

[@bobrussel8530]

Looks like a really good barn for your operation

[@Zacht1980]

7:30 - This was a cool shot. Nice work!

[@jamesbarry4324]

New barn is really nice. Love the chocolate milk!!!!

[@davidcantu87]

LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS ERIC HAVE A GREAT DAY

[@stevejhorton]

So THAT'S how chocolate milk is made! 😅🤣 Crazy that one guy with the right experience and equipment can clean a barn that size AND compost a field in just a few hours. Good work man!

[@jadr3123]

Your new barn is great. Saludos desde España.

[@holadihokappa9886]

If you had one feet tall concrete walls at both ends of the barn you had a possibility to push the dry manure there it would be easier to load the rests.

[@troyshoup3695]

Gate set up looks great!

[@Arnoldfarmingvideo5328]

Nice barn good setup well done brother

[@paulwalsh548]

Seemed like it was done with lest stress for both animals and you, and less time unlike the old shed. And good idea for winter they will stay warm i watch Farmer p he uses it as he has a tree company and from the shavings he uses it in his yards and when he cleans them can see the steam come of them.And great job on the milk AD been missing, you missed ya chance when doing silage with everyone around.

[@phyllishalley8972]

The barn is a lot bigger than it looked from the outside .. it's huge! And it sure cleans up real good a lot better than the old one. And actually you are correct your cows are a lot cleaner than most cows I've seen on other videos! Nice job.....

[@tractorcorleone]

This stable is very well thought out, mucking out is quick and the animals don't seem to be stressed 👍👍

[@jdschini]

Congratulations on your new heifer barn operation. It looks very well planned, dry, and comfortable. I noticed that when you let the heifers back into the bean straw bedding, that some started eating it. Years ago when I was dairy farming I actually feed some round bales of clean bean straw to my dry cows. They actually ate it pretty well. And one year during a severe drought. I actually chopped green soybean straw and blew it into our Harvestore silo for feed. However, I found out the hard way that you do not want to do this. Because you will not be able to get it back out of the silo with the chain unloaders. As they will not cut the slimy wet bean stalks out of the silo. So I ended up having to hand fork all of the feed back out of silo. The cows loved the feed. However hand forking it was NOT fun! Thanks for sharing your great videos.

[@tonysikich4383]

Do you guys still plan on scraping out the area where the heifers stand while eating? Looks like a good job!

[@fredziffle6843]

This city slicker is learning a lot

[@terrytenley9327]

Great nice informative video.. Nice to see a clean stalls and much dryer for the ladies..

[@theatlanticdairyman7917]

Hey Eric, have you thought about putting the bedding bales through your Pikrite spreader to spread them out in the barn? The vertical beaters would probably tear them up and spread it nice? I don’t know just a thought. -Alex

[@loisblais3431]

Oh Eric!! You crack me up 🤣🤣👍. Great job on the new barn clean up. Real slick. Now it’s the time for sure to see where some tweeks in the construction can be made. It looks great! Take care. By the way that’s 2points for hitting the rafter!., 🤣😂🥴👋🏻

[@record1639]

3:20 i like the way the car takes a u-turn at the spot

[@TheDgdimick]

It's funny to watch the cows watch you work. They seem to be almost as interested in the work as the rest of us.

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Great video. The barn is new you will get it figured out.

[@davidwpinkston4226]

that dry, slatted floor looks better and safer than wet concrete

[@jjarm]

That manure looks very field ready!

[@themayorofdipshittery3646]

Great shed. Easy to clean out.

[@johntollenaar7898]

Very nice vid Eric! Love it. Detail … you’ve changed your shoes. 🥾 😁 Greetz from The Netherlands 🇳🇱 ✊