Checking on the Milk Cows Dry Off, Doing Dairy Farm Chores, and Talking About Mastitis

Dried off our cows last Friday, and we check in to see how they are doing. I also talk about mastitis and some of the resources we use.
Clover Mountain Dairy is an Organic dairy farm in Northeast Washington State an hour north of Spokane. We milk Jersey cows, leave calves with cows, are 100% grass fed and love dairy farming!

[@masmeadowsfarmhouse]

Have a great day

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks! You too!

[@ronharrison1776]

Stacy has a Keeper with you . I enjoy your videos so much .

[@vnthomas16]

Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@charlenewenthold5150]

Aways good to hear from you. Thanks for the good information 👍 l found it interesting

[@vnthomas16]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@karencary3312]

I made it to the end and glad I did.

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks for sticking with us!

[@joansmith3492]

looks like a cute kitchen behind you.

[@vnthomas16]

It’s a great farm kitchen!

[@tommartin8155]

You deserve more credit than you think. I enjoyed listening to you. And I learned something too. Nothing wrong with that.

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@christianluts810]

I would imagine that the majority of people who buy milk never think, possibly, that there is anything more to it than milking cows.

[@vnthomas16]

I imagine you’re right!

[@richwhitaker1506]

Thanks for the update, Virginia. Your farm is always shipshape. The three ladies recently placed on hiatus look to be udderly content. Sorry just gotta be punny sometimes. Stay warm and well guys.

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you!

[@alithemagicbum]

Thanks for another great video! Absolutely love you kitchen, along with the heartsone stove! BTW I have 2 of the same breed dogs, hello from NE rural Ohio

[@vnthomas16]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@brandonhalsey6880]

Great video! Keep up the great work! Not easy running solo! Great to see you trooping through it!

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you!

[@mennoreuten1563]

Interesting for sure, but in my lifetime i have heard so many storys about this subject, i quess you have to find what Works and fits you and thats not always easy anyways thanks for the video ,greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

[@randybutler4772]

Girls are looking good. Thank you for sharing.🐂

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you for watching!

[@chrisreynolds6467]

Love watching the videos we have a beef cattle farm in Kentucky this is good information that you all put stay warm

[@vnthomas16]

Glad you enjoy our videos!

[@rosehorton6404]

Dry off is exciting time when you know there will be beautiful calves arriving in the spring to start the cycle again, not to mention a well earned rest from milking chores! 🥛🧀 great video-always learn something - Have a blessed day🌹

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@patbannwarth7813]

Good job Virginia!

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks!

[@fincarosa6767]

I hope I can manage 1 or 2 cows with the success yall have there!! Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us. So informative!! I'm new to cheesemaking (less than 2 years) but I find it therapeutic 😌

[@vnthomas16]

Cheesemaking really is an art! Thanks for watching!

[@coolcatc8lin]

-4 this morning with -46 with windchill later this week. Lovely to live vicariously through your process as my own goats get closer to freshening.

[@vnthomas16]

Have faith, Spring will come!

[@EpicWhitetailHabitatLLC]

Dr.Paul is a neighbor of ours!!!

[@vnthomas16]

Awesome! We ran into him at the last MOSES Conference!

[@kenlynch6332]

🚜 🚜 🚜🐄🐄🐄🐄 🚜 🚜🚜

[@realmongo7565]

Doing a great job Virginia! Is Stacy still at school?

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks! Yes, school goes through the end of March.

[@michealhanner8216]

Great video Y'all are doing a great job

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you!

[@johnhenderson299]

Nice video

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you!

[@stevemccoy8138]

I have a book from the 1950s called the Stockmans Handbook, it was my Dad's. Lots of good stuff in it. Stay safe out there.

[@vnthomas16]

It’s gone through many editions, and is still available today, but I’d probably put more “stock” in the older ones… pun intended!

[@allenmiller64]

I enjoy the rambling keep it up 😁

[@vnthomas16]

Ok!

[@roysutton9688]

Great video you did a great job 😊

[@JB-mf1zc]

You guys sure knows your cows!! Are yall still having a brutal winter like us way down here in south Texas? God Bless!!

[@vnthomas16]

It’s more like a normal winter… just started a bit earlier then we’re used to.

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Nice vid! Hey what brand of wood heat stove is that? How do you like it? I miss wood heat!

[@vnthomas16]

It’s a Hearthstone soap stone stove. We really like it!

[@clarkdevoto4691]

What that old book said about cows being with people who like them is very true. The cows that get mastitis always tend to be the PITA hard to work with (through no fault of their own) that get less attention/care. Self perpetuating cycle unless you take the time to treat and heal them properly.

[@vnthomas16]

We work for the cows… That’s why they’re “bossies”!

[@doncc6080]

Virginia do you ever treat directly into the udder as some dairy farmers do? One I watched recently injected the udders for dry off.

[@vnthomas16]

We’ve never injected anything into an udder. Just doesn’t seem right to us.

[@thomasspink4930]

Enjoy the downtime from milking. Is Stacy going to get the pipeline finished before calves are born? I know he was looking for a part.

[@vnthomas16]

That’s the plan!