Making Cows Eat Charcoal 🤔 The benefit of biochar in the cattle industry.

[@MtMoriahLowlines]

A huge thank you for trusting us to test out your designs. Times and output data incoming

[@LittleAussieRockets]

You're most welcome it was a wonderful day, really glad you could share your knowledge with us all. 👍

[@grubboy3514]

Great to hear a "salt of the earth" farmer speaking common sense. We don't give these guys enough credit!

[@MtMoriahLowlines]

Thank you. You made our day.

[@ZEGOAT-pe6pp]

It's great to see our farmers leaning away from chemicals and looking after there stock. Very informative. Thanks for another great video 👍.

[@briancatling925]

Great to see the kids having fun outdoors 😀

[@Gumbatron01]

I make biochar for the garden in a 44/20 gallon drum in drum retort. To break it up I use a garden mulcher (basically a small hammer mill). The key to getting small granules and not dust is to wet the charcoal slightly. Get the water amount right and you can make a wheel barrow full in a couple of minutes.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

That is brilliant. Thanks 👍

[@mutantryeff]

I started using the biochar for my raised bed garden. Never heard of using for cattle. Very interesting. Our family farm had Guernsey cows for the milk. I hate drinking the milk from the store, as it isn't anything like from a Guernsey.

[@craigsymington5401]

Intrigued. My cousin is a rancher in South Africa. I can see a "working holiday" in my future. I have skillz😂😂

[@306champion]

We had these Angus back in the sixties, they were great. They were born small so no calving problems and they grew like steam (as dad liked to say). But about mid seventies the American blood lines started taking over and by the eighties we had all these giant long legged calves and all the problems in the world. Great to see some real Angus.

[@The_Hairy_Farmer]

I was given a broken brake disk - actually snapped in half leaving two round disks with raised ridges on either disk. I am going to turn it into a powder grinder, using a 12V gate motor. So, I'll run it horozontal, giving a greater grinding time, and just have a hoper above it.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

That sounds alright. I had someone in the comments suggest a small wood chipper. He said the key was to put it through the chipper damp to keep the dust down.

[@itsamindgame9198]

Gotta love lowlines. Belties are cool, too.

[@Baelfyr]

Really interesting information, i knew charcole can be good for humans, but didnt think about it in use for animals. Its good to see an alternative to commercial chemicals.

[@chookchook5600]

Good info. This what stepping away from big pharma is all about.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Exactly.

[@The_Hairy_Farmer]

I add aloe (Ferox) to my livestock drinking water - really helps with internals...

[@patrolmaverick]

That was really interesting. Im also curious to know more about how the donkey protects the cattle from dog attacks.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Yeah the donkey gets pretty upset when a dog comes around.

[@J9_j3]

love your fab videos bro. keep going.

[@barthanes1]

Biochar will make the dung better for the soil. It will hold nutrients and moisture for longer.

[@barthanes1]

Your farmer friend needs a ball mill to mill the biochar down to a consistent size. A plate mill, like a corn mill, would work too.

[@bravante5927]

I use my woodchipper. The trick is to have the char at the right moisture. Too wet and it will clog the chipper, too dry and it will be to dusty. Note that this is char and not biochar yet. No life into it.

[@jeffallen3382]

Interesting.

[@davidprocter3578]

Great Donkey had one just like him as a kid.

[@williambronson2935]

I'm surprised no one in the comments has suggested guinea hens, for tick control. He would certainly lose many to the dogs , but they said to be cheap and effective.

[@LittleAussieRockets]

They're pretty good the old guinea fowl, even just to keep the snakes away, but as you say the foxes and the wild dogs make it challenging.

[@Glenno7]

I tried to post this on your other video but it wouldn't post, You may want to check your source of pallets as most are treated with chemicals/pesticides....... for a forge yes but for consumption?

[@LittleAussieRockets]

He's making his own bio chart from timber off his property. The charcoal I'm making is for blacksmithing.

[@Glenno7]

@@LittleAussieRockets Glad to hear no cows were harmed in the making of this video Your doing good things bud BB

[@williambronson2935]

Wit, y'all have cows? I thought it was sheep only over there !

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Yeah traditionally sheep were the backbone of Australian farming, Here in Queensland it's too hot and two damp for sheep so cattle it is. Plus we prefer steak over mutton.

[@mickgatz214]

Hi, I just decided to re-record your Video.... Relax, I did not repost, and if I did, I'd post it to you FIRST! Reason?...just decided to play with manual filming without tripod to give it a 'documentary' feel. The drawback was the Audio, (not yours), it was not good at all. Also, the digital zooming (on the Angus), just ended up blurred. (old fone) Anyway, I deleted it. Cheers!