Milking Cows During The Winter on a Small Dairy Farm!

[@kevinriese6384]

Thank you Darby for being part of this video. We don't see you a lot but when we do it's enjoyable. Thanks' to The whole Gierok family for being farmers.

[@Biggestfoot10209]

You are a very lucky man finding a wonderful wife like Darby ,I hope I spelled that correctly. Make sure you treat her good. I think she is definitely a keeper. Congratulations, and I hope you two have a long and wonderful life together.

[@dalemayes3854]

Nothing better than to see a family working together

[@Jtwes]

I really Love how you guys still use all the older barns and equipment .

[@barrythompson4605]

I'm a milk drinker as is my wife, I just wanted to thank all you dairy farmers for your hard work to produce the milk that so many of us enjoy, so THANKS AGAIN so very much we appreciate it immensely !

[@anthonyhengst2908]

It's kinda neat to see you feed cows exactly the same as we do. It's what the infrastructure allows and really it isn't so bad.

[@paulreis1648]

So great to see you all joining in getting chores done. It's got to make your mom and dad feel great to know they can go and everything will be fine

[@DonWelter]

Quite a daily routine!!! I recently lost a brother-in-law who was a retired dairyman. We used to buy week old calves from them, and got to see the milking activities firsthand. He took a lot of pride in doing things right. His later evening routine included a last check on the bulk tank, the cattle, and an electric fence that let the cows have access to a small pasture.

[@dizzy8890]

Love it and miss it everyday. I am young compared to most commenters late 20s. The family farm was something i miss every day. We wheel barreled corn silage from 2 silos attached to our 40 head barn. Forked it out of the silos by hand even. It was so fun to climb the silo and play on thr pile with my cousins. The threw small square bales of hay down for thr cows. And had a 100 gallon feed cart we used for dry grain that feed the whole barn in one load. Pushed everything shoveled everything and forked everything else. Simple and it always worked. Never broke down. You enjoy what you have more when you work for it. Thank you all for bringing back my memories of these good times. My offer still stands as well. If you need help with anything, I would be right over. Your friendly neighbor from Minnesota.

[@ryanlesperance7926]

You know you married a good girl when she gets her barn clothes on and gets to work!

[@mikeapenhorst7706]

Hi favorite drink is cold milk its the best thanks for producing it you guy do a great job caring for the dairy cows

[@danw6014]

My first farm job there was 40 cows and about 500 sheep. The stable held 20 cows. Next to the milking stable there was a loafing area. During the winter half the cows were locked in. After morning milking we let them all out to eat silage around the Lazy Suzanne and hay while we cleaned and bedded the stable. No gutter cleaners. We had a 12 by 30 foot silo on the end of the barn that we blew sawdust up and stored it there for bedding the stable. The barn was always warm. I miss the sounds of the cows in the stanchions eating hay when there was no other sounds.

[@joekunk1738]

I'm a dairy farmer in ohio, with around a 300 milking heard, and it's always interesting to see how different farms do different things

[@leonaprice9028]

It makes me so happy to be able to watch these farming video's. I LOVE cows, and miss being around the cows so much. Thank you for sharing !

[@ryanwaege7251]

Always great to see a young farming couple working together!

[@garyforney9421]

Nice to see everyone pich in while your parents are away. It says a lot about your family. When it's that cold it just wears you out.

[@PughFarms]

Going tomorrow to pick up a Jersey /Holstein mix just over 3 yr old due to calf second calf in about 2 months, coming from an Amish farm. Lost our family milk cow to old age about a year ago so excited to get some decent milk again.

[@johnmichael8920]

Just brings back memories of my grandfathers dairy. Looked very similar to your operation. Thanks for the videos!

[@scottlabant8406]

Really enjoy watching the milking, feeding video, great the way family works together. Thanks again for sharing your life as a dairy farmer.

[@wayner806]

Enjoyed it from Lubbock, TX. 43° I grew up around some dairies in NM that were milking 1000s of cows but your family dairy is so great to watch!

[@billjoat]

Nice seeing your bride working with ya!!

[@maxinerose6664]

Watching this takes me back to my childhood. Thanks

[@heatherkohlwey8379]

Thank you for sharing the wonderful sights and sounds of the farm at milking time. That brings back memories of the best times of my life. Stay warm and God bless.

[@teenagefarmer]

Very good work guys. Love seeing the process. Keep up the good work.

[@raymondhenderson1516]

Great team work and keep sharing and being informational to those aren't familiar with milking.

[@tomvandenbergh4127]

Enjoy watching you guys work. Keep the videos coming!

[@davidwulf288]

The amount of labor everyday to milk. You should be proud. My dad was from a family dairy farm. They had a 4 stall herring bone system. Wish I could of seen it operation. Another awesome vid😗👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@tomkeltescheverythingoutdo2379]

Just love the farm content. I started watching last summer and I don't miss a video.

[@gatorguy7711]

Another great video! A hard working wife with a hard working guy is a good formula for a long marriage! Take care and stay warm...

[@jenniferlucas306]

Thank you so much for the shout out means a lot to me keep up the good work I love the vidoes

[@garysheftic6523]

Good to see Dad get a break...

[@alisciamarotta3888]

Nice to see Darby helping you with the choirs, she did a great job! Great family working together, glad dad had some time off. 020923' here in NE rural Ohio unusual 66° and winds 20to30 mph, keep up the awesome videos. God bless, stay safe

[@danmcgowan8563]

Just like I remember in the 70's n 80's while milking in SE Minnesota. Keep the Great videos coming!

[@terrydarow8401]

Perfect nice to c a loving couple work together God Bless TerryD.

[@robertlusnia506]

Thanks again for the video, you and Darby make a great team. Nice that your brothers got home to help to get chores done quicker

[@sperfdairy2160]

Shout out to jole. Im jason from iowa just started milking 30 cows back in 2020 still going strong as a one man show!

[@johnlookabill8495]

You brothers are amazing. So great to see y’all working together along with your wife. Love to see more of the whole family working together. God bless

[@christopherkleiman1830]

You’ve got a beautiful farm. There’s nothin like stancion barn milking. In the late 90’ my father N uncle were milking 160 head in a stancion barn with me N my cousin. Keep up the good work N great videos.

[@kensmithler5965]

Fantastic video as always. So many memories rekindled of feeding and milking. It's great to see more of your family in the videos.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job milking cows

[@paultighe3735]

Love the milking and the taken care of the cows, nice video enjoyed it very much.

[@misterhipster9509]

Makes my knees hurt watching all that excercise.

[@markellis6727]

The average person has no idea how much hard work it takes to be a farmer, and to bring the milk or produce to the shelves

[@stanhensley3082]

Farming 101.No matter how cold ,the work must get done.And everyone pitches in. Thanks 🥶.

[@MarcvanExel]

Awesome team work and a great video as always 👍

[@marshallsayre58]

Hi, We enjoy watching all the farming channels as "trinity dairy"&"10 generation dairy farmer". It helps us not in farming knw where it all comes from. Keep up the good(hard) work.

[@jerryrobson9309]

Great video. Always love to watch your videos.

[@andywallace5342]

im a dairy and beef farmer in Ireland , love seen how ye farm , and wat ye do in showin how farmers care for the animals 👍

[@afrodisiosanzdelahorra2227]

Saludos chicos,ha sido un trabajo muy arduo, los veo desde Madrid, España 🇪🇸

[@gerryheckmann3167]

Love those constant cowbells

[@donaldmack7213]

Another great video! You have a fantastic family!

[@sickbertmodelfarms5475]

Heck yeah the younger generation is interested in farming!!!!!

[@tammygurke7482]

I look for your videos everyday 🙂🙂🙂🙂how many cows do you have? I love when you show the animals so much. Thank you for your time🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@Blackwellll3066]

Cool video for sure always cool seeing the family milking

[@red_power79]

Do u just use windows for ventaltion in the barn or do have wall fans that run? Dont know why i watch cow milking videos because i milk cows but enjoy your vids. Thanks

[@5jkratz]

Once again, your family ethic is wonderful, am wondering if your young bride comes from a farming family? You both show a devotion to the family enterprise, are you and your wife going to develop your farm or will you slowly move into your dad's business?

[@geraldsundberg3610]

Always plenty to do on a dairy farm. Stay well.

[@paulmartin8784]

Do you have westflia surge one touches and classic 300 es? That's what I use ever since 2005 really like them

[@philippriegler9623]

Thank you for the great and informative videos! There is always something to learn. Your channel is by far my favourite on youtube!

[@glenkellner9936]

Good to see everyone working together.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Gierok Farms

[@brentreid7031]

Like your set up. I sure miss milking cows. Old age isn't all it's cracked up to be. Good job.

[@chrisray6536]

Never used that style of milker......the farms i worked on all had dumping stations. Awseome video.

[@jeffreyhall5679]

This is just how I feed my cows but loaded out of a upright silo. Sometimes when passing a cow she would put her head in the wheelbarrow and basically pull it out of your hand if you weren't holding on tight .

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job Darby

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank you 🙏

[@wibowodrtcattlefarm]

Saya kagum dengan kamu teman, sangat rajin dan giat merawat ternakan. Salam dari Indonesia 🇮🇩 DRT Cattle Farm.

[@mikekf0eap16]

Congratulations

[@joannielsen8502]

Nice to see Darby out and around, sounds like she is lots of help..

[@br927]

back in my younger years, late 60's early 70's, thru corn out by hand from the silo-16x60, for 120 head, put it in the wheelbarrow, a load to four cows , twice a day, then feed the feed with a push cart, throw down 12 bales per side, twice a day! man, I'm tired just thinking about it!

[@jeffblake6466]

Brings back grat memories for me milking in winter is great warm in the barn

[@jacobhoward1008]

I love your barn

[@virginiagraber9070]

WOW 👌👍Thank you. Naaman

[@petercahill3859]

Lights go out Good night ladies!

[@tomberg6699]

I now live in Alaska but was born on a dairy farm in Watertown, Wisconsin. Speaking of cold, my dad told me of a two week period when the warmest it got was 20 below.

[@johncherry6602]

Hey guys congratulations on your marriage and I wish you both the very best

[@johnthompson4162]

Too much for the heart to take this evening. Wish I could be there to help too. John T.

[@raymitch3768]

I have been dairy farming my whole life, and let me tell you. I wouldn't make a day at your place. I am too soft and out of shape, you and your family are very hard workers. Take care.

[@ronwestlake]

Ron says,,,,good job!

[@bapasrcadventures3619]

Great family team work. Good job

[@clarencewood1363]

That was great, loved how everybody jumped in and got the milking and feeding done. How many are you milking? I just love dairy farming

[@russellhansen7622]

Great video, I loved doing chores when we milked, rather do that than be in the parlor. So here is a dumb question, is your operation a Grade A or a Grade B, or is that a thing any more? Also if I remember you sell to AMPI is that correct?

[@jerrybennett483]

Still love watching your videos keep up the great work

[@robertbeechy6475]

When I grew up on the farm we milked 30 cows in 10 stachen barn no pipe line 3 milkers 1 extra bucket fed ground feed when we milked 7 in 7 out till we got done 6 cans of milk ran with milker bucket of milk to milk house I was done in 45 min.i did the evening milken when I was sixteen for three years and grew up with a st. Baneard dog brought back many memories I am now 77 live on five acres in Florida am very active with my life would love to visit your family sometime I don't get or do emails it is easier for me to talk on the phone love you all god bless you

[@timsticha650]

This takes me back growing up I a dairy farm your size in Minnesota. You all have beautiful farm and I enjoy taking us along farming through all the seasons. My favorite videos are when you let the cows out on pasture for the first time. Fun to watch. Oh, how often do you have to clean the barn and or clean the gutters?

[@nashcobb3056]

thank you

[@mikeburgan7675]

Congrats you two! Nice vid!

[@dennisbrandt9389]

Great to see your wife with you! Why do you have bells on the cows?

[@burrridgefarms]

You won't believe this but the hayleage I'm feeding out of a silo came out better during the cold weather then it's coming out now that it warmed up.

[@bodiehot]

how many pounds of grain and forge are you feeding per cow per day?

[@benaboyer2352]

Always good to see the milking operation. Does the farm ever use sand as bedding for the dairy cows? I grew up on a farm and had never knew of this, until I heard farmers were using sand as bedding in our area in Southwestern Wisconsin.

[@taylorkueppers8595]

❤❤❤ cute couple

[@jimsteele7108]

Now that right there is a good wife

[@christopherhenderson4820]

I love the bells on the cows. We weren’t dairy people but we had a few cows and a lot of pigs. I hate early mornings but it get the blood pumping, get going. Winter in the barn is so cozy, even when your freezing, I don’t know how to explain it, but deep winter, with all the headaches, is true farming.

[@timlueth7951]

Sorry if this has been asked before. How long does it take to get a first calf heifer use to the tie stall?

[@tarahagemann1556]

Really am enjoying your videos. How many cows do you milk and how long does it take (getting them in, feeding, milking, cleaning up)? I assume you milk twice a day, not three times, correct?

[@kevinchesnut8832]

I know you probably have gone over this before but how many cows do you milk ??

[@braderwin937]

I'm sure someone's have asked before what what are the dimensions of the milking Barn maybe you could get your dad to do a summer tour of how everything works in inside the Milk Barn

[@alanpranke3299]

Always hated the switchers. Had to have been a mental thing - each stanchion represented a given amount of work - feeding/milking. With a switcher, that work started over. 🥰

[@ronhoffman632]

Sorry if you've mentioned before, but what times do you milk? I'm assuming with your setup you milk twice a day I grew up on a 65 cow dairy in southern PA back in the 60s and 70s. Love your channel!!

[@colorado1088]

Next time you finish early cause some unexpected help shows up, try whitewashing a few of those pillars in the barn just for esthetics.

[@georgedoorley5628]

why dont u come over and do it for them ............!