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In the fridge or freezer! It depends on how fresh your cream was when you made the butter, but for us, around a week in the fridge and up to 3 months in the freezer.

That is currently my biggest project! I’m planning to add a drip valve to the end that can be turned on or off and then some kind of circulator or solar heater in the bucket itself. We have mild winters but are currently hauling water to the animals to avoid these pipes bursting. We’ll be uploaded a video as soon as I perfect the winterizing!

Thank you!! We agree 😊🥰

I love hearing your cost breakdown! So far we have DEFINITELY saved money owning our own cow. Especially since the raw milk for making cheese would cost around $20 per 2 lb wheel! We make it very cheaply, almost free now. Our first calf was Jersey angus cross too! We love that cross and are going to be breeding that heifer this year. It’s possible that a horned calf could sneak through but the polled gene is dominant so I don’t think it would be common for the cross calf to have horns. Neither of ours do so far! If your Jersey cross calf is heterozygous, breeding to another Jersey could result in some polled calves although it’s still only a 50/50 chance.

That’s awesome! I’m glad you found our video and like the setup, it is working great for us so far! Soon I’ll be adding a video to show what further modifications we have made to make it even more self sustainable. I love it!

Glad you enjoyed it! We enjoyed telling the story hahaha

Thanks for watching!

Hahaha true. It was still the best birthday present I’ve gotten though

You don’t get any better than that fresh and raw Jersey cream! Our butter looks like cheese! I’m so glad it’s legal here in South Carolina, although there are many restrictions and public opinion still isn’t positive yet. Did you grow up drinking raw milk?

@@TheHenTwins my grandparents had a dairy farm many years ago and when visiting, we would always take fresh raw milk back home with us to drink, make cheese and make butter with the scooped cream off the top

Thanks for the tip! We will definitely consider that for future updates!! How have you set yours up now to protect from predators?

@@TheHenTwins I did like I said, I put an extra row of hardware cloth all along the bottom of the chicken run and door, right on top of the chicken wire. I also placed old, used bricks on the outside to discourage digging.

@@eternalmistress I did my small coop laying the hardware cloth first on the ground and then building up like if it were a rabbit cage and then built the framing around it for support, etc. They're completely enclosed. Only had one small rat get in from the top and the rooster kung fu'd it out of existence - once in it couldn't get out! LOL!

@@GlobalMycbhNetwork If I were to build another one, I would do the same. Who knew that chickens loved to dig also! I was nervous many times that they were helping the predators, lol.

That's smart, I may work on that next.

Totally! We are always learning and adjusting our designs as we go! Yeah my number one desire was to avoid birds roosting on too of the cages so that’s why I went with a sloped build. I did them this high because lower the birds may be tempted to jump up and peck at the rabbits especially kits. I totally get the space issue though and that’s what I’m going to be watching closely. Thanks for watching and I’d love to hear how you’ve set yours up!

Thanks! Much love!

Thank you!!

He’s my favorite too!

They had to be kept in the trailer due to hurricane helene. It was an emergency situation- not ideal, but better than drowning in their tractor. Before the flooding (and now) they are on lush grass and moved daily.

Yes we are working on that!!

❤​@@TheHenTwins

All I know is these pigs love food! I guess that’s why they call it eating like a pig haha

It will be hard, for sure! But we just keep reminding ourselves that our job is to give them the best life possible before they are slaughtered. It’s the blessing and curse of growing your own meat. But it gives us a greater appreciation for what’s on our plates.

I pureed it and used some in a pumpkin whoopie pies recipe and then froze the rest!

Or just new at walking?

The farmer told us he had a difficult labor and had to be pulled. He was 3 weeks when we got him and walked like that the entire time. Our pastures have holes from being an old peach tree orchard so we talked to the farmer and he let us trade him out for a stronger calf. We suspect it could’ve been white muscle disease or injury from being pulled.

That's an Irish Wolfhound. I believe they are the biggest dogs .. but I might be wrong

Irish wolfhound for sure

Yes! @clairereynolds8583 and @michaelametty8809 are both correct. He is an Irish Wolfhound which is the tallest breed on average! He is currently 36.5 inches at the shoulder.

It's not

It’s a heifer, and she’s not don’t worry, it’s not pierced, just a soft clamp and it doesn’t poke her at all. It’s made to poke the mom who then won’t let the calf nurse. The doesn’t feel it

@@TheHenTwins thanks for explaining they should know it's not torture but instead something that has to be done sometimes💗👍😁

@@BaileyM-1 that’s right!

Calf to big and it’s still getting milk from mom when it’s already older like if you where 7-9 drinking Brest milk still so the spike make the mom cow not let the calf get milk from the udder

@@gelatoman7066that was even close to decent English.

@@mcminecraftman they probably don't speak english as their first language lol. can you speak multiple languages

@@gelatoman7066 exactly!

Her mother is with her, just not in view of the camera. Her dam is a Jersey. You can see her in many of our other videos as well as more information on both of our cattle.

Thank you ❤️

She’s just playing in the hay!

Grazie mille!❤ siete gentili, xche' e" bellissimo,gli occhi vispi e molto ben tenuto. Per questo lo chiedevo! Un carissimo saluto dalla Liguria, ciao ❤❤🧡🩵​@@TheHenTwins

You’re very right!

Nothing wrong with her, she just loves playing in the hay!

You might be right, I’m going to steer clear haha