I'm Tossing Up Whether To Put The Calves Out Side For Good & There's An Intruder On The Farm!!

[@JohnWood-tk1ge]

I just discovered your channel, I have always had beef and hogs but have a big soft spot for Jerseys after I found the book The Jerseys of Merridale Farms in a small museum in Delaware county NY. They had a thousand cow dairy in the later 1800s to roughly ww2 time frame. Some of their original herd came from the uncle of the Red Baron when he was called home to Germany. They imported many cattle from the Island of Jersey and had a tremendous influence in the breed here as well as having huge production sales at the farm.

[@Humanfirst_kp]

Love your videos Andrew, watching from Bangalore, India.

[@mollyalexander4401]

Beautiful you take care of them very well God bless you n the cows n calves 💞💞💞💞💞

[@ann-kristinloferski7212]

Great looking calves. For your water troughs in your new shed may I suggest running the water line to the front and putting the trough in the front so if calves make it overflow the mess is in the front and the back of the shed will stay dryer longer. We moved all ours to the front for this season and the sheds stay a lot dryer

[@thomasjtrunkersr.2774]

Like to watch your channel you’re hard to understand with your shall we say dialect of English that you speak slow down when you’re talking but we love to see you and your jersey cattle it’s amazing because we are in the frozen North country got a feed the cattle a starting in October all the way through almost till June you just turn yours out to pasture what a blessing that is I wish you the very best keep on keeping on wonderful videos

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Haha I thought kiwi was easy to understand, but I do talk to fast, definitely guilty of that. Our climates a lot milder which enables us to graze out side all year 👍

[@KiwiJim13]

Great video Andy the cows and calves are looking great as has already been suggested a Timins trap is what you need they don't dodge them

[@yvonneward]

No matter what you video Andrew I love them hope all is well with family and your wife doing well and that your little princess isn’t keeping you up all night too often x

[@obiorah1]

Congratulations on 17k subscribers,

[@brendont1082]

Hi Andrew hunting and fishing do cage traps for around $70 is spring loaded with a plate they walk on to set door off and I just use peanut butter as bait . If you are see possums around means numbers are high . I use pallet 🔫 to dispatch them

[@gerryoconnor8751]

Nice calves Andrew, cows are looking really good too.

[@cdemo1186]

It's true Andrew, 💩 does indeed happen. The calves are looking great . Great video as usual.

[@muhammadhamza8216]

Good works nice animals good very good management

[@jacobgaming1670]

those calves are looking bloody good

[@elhombredeoro955]

My family kept jersey cows before I made a transition to Water buffaloes, but I had 1 single jersey cow left and she looked so frail and skinny compared to my buffaloes, but the 14 member strong herd of buffaloes avoided her like plague and she followed them like the FBI.

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Andrew 👌

[@valerieburchett8951]

HI from Mesa AZ

[@robert8451]

Your cows are looking good Andrew I'm surprised you and your dad don't start milking at 8 or 9 am in the morning instead of 5 or don't you want to milk that late I figured you would want to sleep in seeing you only milk once a day

[@andrewpollock9755]

I mixed the optiguard in with the meal this season, I found it encouraged the calves to eat the meal because they love the taste of optiguard.

[@janrasmussen9659]

Beautiful cows ❤ really good work 💪

[@nickdavis3177]

Amazed that that colostrum milk can last for 7 weeks without being chilled is it because you add fresh milk each day seems amazing to me thanks

[@alisonrobertson4726]

Yeah i had the same question.. I amazes me that it is still ok to use and feed the calves.

[@paulveenings6861]

It’ll last that long as long as you don’t have penicillin , mastitis or blood milk in it .

[@heathdummett1892]

Where did you get the tail trimmer for the drill

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Andrew calves look great. Do you need refrigeration for the milk for the calves? Maybe a larger trap so it has to go inside cant reach in. Good video have a great day.

[@gwc3721]

Where did you get the tail trimmer? Never saw one before.

[@johnjordan4647]

Hey Andrew how many cows did your Grandparents milk in the old walk thru cowshed. Also with the records of the sires on paper actually turn out to have good offspring . Do you audit those figures? Cheers thanks for the video

[@MarkDonnelly-j9v]

Hi I like your video

[@drdulas5055]

A couple questions Andrew. Do you think possibly some mastitis come from changing from milking twice a day to once a day of the fresh cows? And is the once a day milking common there? Your calf crop looks wonderful. You are the first one I have ever heard of once a day. We have some that will milk 3 and 4 times here in the USA. You will have to let us know how you prepare your opossum after you catch them. Stew or baked. lol

[@FamilyFarmingandFun]

I was told that 40% of farms in the north island of New Zealand are OAD. Including my self👌

[@elhombredeoro955]

Mastitis was a major factor behind my decision to transition to a water buffalo dairy.

[@elhombredeoro955]

Jersey calves look dainty and fragile compared to buffalo calves, but they are equally cute. I often carried new born jersey from the spot they were born into the barn, but buffalo calves are much heavier.

[@hungerforgod16479512]

Where'd you get your tail trimmer and how much? That'd make life a tad easier for sure...

[@frasersengineeringandmoto5993]

In the colostrum tank do you turn the milk into like a yogurt, to store or how do you store it

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yeah it does go a bit yogurty for sure and mix it in with the fresh milk. I slowly add it into the diet as to not upset there stomachs 👍

[@cleasberg3461]

must ask many farmers sell the milk and use milk powder ?????????

[@paulveenings6861]

We bought milk powder for the calves about 45 years ago for one year , it was cheaper , which seems crazy .

[@jackleigh2849]

What is the secret to storing colostom milk

[@richardmarshall5960]

Love your blogs when you focus on your calves. Do you sell the bull calves right after birth for someone else to raise?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yes try to, usually sell as many as I can at about 4-10 day old

[@kingsolomon8946]

Mate did that colostrum start to stink after it has sat for so long?

[@caveweta]

Get yourself a Tim’s trap, sprinkle some cinnamon on half an apple and set the trap. No issues with despatch either, it’s all done for you.

[@francesacoy4730]

What happens to all the baby calves each year?

[@alanb9337]

Some of the wire traps' doors are seldom closed enough to lock with a large possum because the tail is too large. DOC website list of tested traps - National animal welfare advisory committee. "NAWAC trap guideline test status - updated 14 June 2022"

[@angelover1989]

Do you buy your bulls pr take them put of your own stock?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Buy 4 every year

[@NicholeOconnnor]

Do you take the calves straight away from the mother

[@MsMagicweaver]

Can I come live on the farm as a volunteer?

[@cantwellron11]

Good traps on Ebay

[@MsMagicweaver]

You don't worry about the colostrum and milk spoiling?

[@haydensmith2395]

do ya not use calf powder at all just clicked when you were using milk thats good for vat

[@pieterannekevisser8141]

Do you realy milk ones a day

[@quienvive675]

🐮👍

[@pratapsinghrathore2363]

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[@chamqual6480]

U just nedd to cover the back of the trap so it goes inside to eat the apple

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

👍

[@theresagosselin2705]

Nice try 😂💕

[@pewpew8159]

First :D

[@matthewballard1855]

Why give heifers milk let down drugs