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Lazy Cow Farms
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2022
I own 60 acres in Northeast Texas. We have a very wet climate with an average of 36" of rain, plus a long, hot summer with very mild winters.
I use regenerational techniques, mostly rotational grazing, to rebuild the soil life and grow grass. The animals I graze are cows and sheep, but I also raise livestock guardian dogs, ducks, chickens, and geese.
My videos are documentation on what I am doing and what effects it is having, along with the typical rants a farmer is allowed to enjoy from time to time.
My background is software and physics, so I am not a very good farmer and you probably shouldn't take my advice.
I use regenerational techniques, mostly rotational grazing, to rebuild the soil life and grow grass. The animals I graze are cows and sheep, but I also raise livestock guardian dogs, ducks, chickens, and geese.
My videos are documentation on what I am doing and what effects it is having, along with the typical rants a farmer is allowed to enjoy from time to time.
My background is software and physics, so I am not a very good farmer and you probably shouldn't take my advice.
Yami leads the way to a new row
Moving the sheep to a new row.
A couple of the sheep have overgrown hooves I need to trim. They should be wearing them down and shouldn't be growing so much. They tend to get long hooves with too much protein, but I am not feeding them any protein. Maybe they are just really good at foraging? If they are genetically disposed to long hooves they have to do eventually.
Thursday October 17th, 2 PM
A couple of the sheep have overgrown hooves I need to trim. They should be wearing them down and shouldn't be growing so much. They tend to get long hooves with too much protein, but I am not feeding them any protein. Maybe they are just really good at foraging? If they are genetically disposed to long hooves they have to do eventually.
Thursday October 17th, 2 PM
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Let's pick some steer to keep
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I looked at some of the steer I have to try and see what I like about them. I will keep back the best 2 or 3 and sell the rest when I see that I will run out of hay. 39 has long legs but a nice barrel body. 32 is not too bad either. 36 is nice and wide and short. 31 (the white one) is short but not very wide. 40 is pretty good. The neck and shoulder is big. 37 is short and wide and good. I didn...
The sun is warm but the air is not
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The sheep are trying to stay out of the heat in the shade of the trees but it's really not that hot. I should spend more time just quietly watching the sheep so they get used to me. Wednesday October 17th, 2024 12:30 PM
Everyone is complaining how cold it is in Texas
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My daughter left for her 18 month mission this morning. Everyone was complaining about how cold it got at night around 50 F. Winters are moderate except for the blasts from the north pole. Wednesday October 16th, 2024 12 noon
The eastern part of the row is full of grass too
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Tuesday October 15th, 2024 11:30 AM
Something is nibbling the tips of the indian grass
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Just moved the sheep and bulls to a new row. Monday October 14th, 2024 9:30 AM
We have wonderful dallisgrass here
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Is Yellow cycling? If so the bulls didn't do their job. Jim Gerrish is the guy in Idaho. I'm always checking their triangles on their left side. If it's hollow, then they aren't eating enough. Monday October 14th, 2024 9 AM
Which calves to keep?
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I'm going to sell all the heifers. But which of the steer should I keep? 1 chain x 1 furlong = 1 acre. 1 furlong = 1/8 mile. My field is 1/2 mile long in the N-S direction, so it is 4 furlongs. 1000' is about 15 chains long. I divide up my rows into 14 sections, which is roughly a chain. Saturday October 12th, 2024 6:30 PM
Talking about the dogs and rams
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I want to make the area smaller so that the dogs and rams are closer together. The sheep and dogs don't mind each other. The dogs have some behaviors I don't like but I don't think they are dangerous. I'm most concerned with chasing. I also want the dogs to be submissive to the sheep, not aggressive. The puppies demonstrate protective behavior when they hear a strange sound. They fan out, one o...
Are the cows getting enough grass?
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Their manure is starting to pile up too. It's time to think about protein supplement. Friday October 11th, 2024 6 PM
The sheep are like insecure middle school students
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This row is a lot better than how I left the last one . The sheep really like to go after a "weed" that provides ground cover. This time there is grass left over though. The eastern half of the row is very good though. Friday October 11th, 2024 9 AM
The white bull scares me
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The white bull kept turning to face me and complaining that he didn't want to go in the pen. He was rubbing his horns and ears in the dirt too. I moved the heifers (and steer) calves off of the cows because I wanted to give more time to the bulls to breed the cows but I didn't want the young heifers to breed. There were some signs that some of the cows were not bred so I gave the white bull a w...
The previous row was unevenly grazed.
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The sheep ate up the weeds that were providing ground cover. They also ate the grass to the dirt in the western part. The eastern part has plenty of grass though. This suggests I need to do daily or twice daily rotations to focus the animals on the fresh ground. I probably need to setup back fencing as well to keep the animals off the previously grazed ground. I should've run the water line dow...
Sunday morning meditations in the pasture
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Sunday morning meditations in the pasture
My thought process on whether to sell the calves now or later / Perpetual Ag Fund?
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My thought process on whether to sell the calves now or later / Perpetual Ag Fund?
My attempt at training my dog to protect the sheep
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My attempt at training my dog to protect the sheep
It looks like there is more grass in a row than the calves and sheep can eat
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It looks like there is more grass in a row than the calves and sheep can eat
The calves and the ewes ate a bunch of grass
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The calves and the ewes ate a bunch of grass
We got another inch of rain this morning
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We got another inch of rain this morning
I think I finally got the calves separated from the cows
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I think I finally got the calves separated from the cows
I failed at separating the calves from the cows
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I failed at separating the calves from the cows
They definitely need those hooves cut back sooner than later. Do you plan on getting rid of the ones you trim?
Global warming
Hello from England Will you keep the two bulls,.. silly question maybe.. will you use the these lovely looking bulls on the cows? How? in separate pastures? also thanks for your videos!
Nice to see they have a big beautiful pasture to hang out in.
They look good. Nice and sleek coats.
Thanks. I didn't notice but now that you say it, I think you might be right.
please combine the herd, at least try so we know the outcome. if it works excellent.
It will be a month before the sheep finish their rotation. When they do, I'll merge the ewes with the cows and the calves. I'll separate out the steer I plan to finish to be with the bulls.
Great video! They have so much room to roam, nice to see.
Back fence, my sheep do the same. Take it to the roots but only their favorite places. No matter the size paddock they definitely focus in on their favorites
I'm going to merge the ewes with the cows and I might do back fencing. I'm finding that if I graze more densely, the manure is enough deterrent to avoid back grazing.
I totally agree with your sentiments about hospitals, vaccinations etcetc.. I'm in the UK. I've gone off the conventional health services too, in a big way. Doctors experiment, and do as they're told by their handlers..by big pharma.. Love watching your videos. Thanks 🙏🌺
Suck rings on calves allows them to wean with the dams. 30 to 45 to 60 days is what we used for dry periods in the dairy farm. Big Pharma kicks back to vet clinics; wines and dines docs, techs, and big farm workers. Look at who pays for a study.
Tighten up the herd in smaller paddock and move more often, if you want a more even graze
Done. I should've done this a while ago. I'll be posting videos with thinner rows soon.
Complete Jewish Bible was translated from Aramaic and Hebrew to 1970's English.
Wonder how similar the CJB and your translation are...
I'll have to check it out as I hadn't heard of it yet. I grew up on the KJV but with heavy footnotes with better translations for various words and phrases, so I'm familiar enough with it I don't get too confused.
At 12:16 you might want to check these cows for suck ring and mastitis.
I'll check it out.
do you feed any protein ?
Not yet. The manure still looks good.
I got tons of that in the bales of hay I just got. I haven’t tried my plant app but I hadn’t seen it either
Given the drought that killed the hay crop 2 years ago, I'm going to stockpile some hay every year.
A grass identification book might be helpful for your study of grasses. You could perhaps peruse some at your local nature center or extension service or conservation office or library to see if any will work well for you. Decades ago there was a plant id book that asked yes or no questions until the plant species was determined.
Do you have any recommendations?
No, last i used such things was as an intern at Peace Valley Nature Center in suburbs of Philly in the 1990's. You would want something good for your local plants.
I would try and get them a little fatter before sending off, especially the white ones. Miss out a lot on lack of pounds
I'm going to keep them until April or the hay will run short.
You could make very long, narrow paddocks across from the water and away from it...
How many volts are you measuring running through the fence?
10 kV and 5 kV. The two wires are oppositely charged so if an animal touches both it gets 15 kV.
Awesome!
Cool video. Thx
Congrats on the bale unroller!
If you have enough polybraid, you could increase the number of lines between calves and dams to prevent mixing...
I seem to have inadvertently trained my calves to jump the wire. I caught one leaping over not to long ago...
Calves in pen for 5 days, then back 20? Good luck! Weaning is tough
Yeah, I can't keep them in the pen for that long. I think keeping a fence between the two for a few days seems to be enough though.
Oh no, poor Rammy! I'm sorry for your loss. :(
Low intake of colostrum in first few hours of life very much has a negative effect on immune function.
Farmer Tyler Ranch method th-cam.com/video/Ow_isgZD5XQ/w-d-xo.html
An option, if you have a barn or corral, lock calves in there with good layer of bedding, water, green chop (mowed grasses) or hay for 3 days, then move away from herd separating heifers from bulls. If you have a good restraint system, wean rings in calves' noses to get cows to wean the calves without separating...
Probably Sat Sept 19, 2024...
We had record rainfall in all the counties surrounding us but none here in June July and August. I’m talking about 10-15 miles away . We just missed it all summer . We finally got almost 8 inches over 8 days in September. I’m in Deep South Georgia.
Yep, I was watching storms go right around us all August. Our spring was a little too wet but it's been a dry summer.
Where are you located?
NE Texas -- 2hours east of Dallas
Is this E. Texas?
NE Texas. We're a lot closer to the Red River.
@@lazycowfarms3322 Im in Hopkins County , Sulphur Springs area , We need rain .
How does your grass compare to the continuous grazed pastures in the drought?
Good question. I try not to compare too much, but there are a few continuously grazes pastures. They are a golf course turning brown with a lot of dead dirt. They have been feeding their animals all year long so far as I can tell.
@@lazycowfarms3322 it is, hopefully, greener on your paddocks, even without much rain. In north central PA, we are blessed with dew more than we were in the suburbs of Philly and Allentown. I am amazed at a neighbor's improved paddocks the last 18 months since they began rotational grazing. Look back and compare your paddocks with when you first began recording. I bet you have improved. It is hard to see changes, when you see daily change. Like little children getting taller, those who see them once a year, really notice their growth spurts, while those who see them daily do not notice the changes as easily. That is where photos or videos can be very helpful to show progress.
@@Marilou-g5t I want to put together a website listing how the field looked on various days of the year throughout the years. I know that I have seen tremendous progress. I don't know that I am to blame for it all as we've had serious droughts the past 3 years, but I believe I had something to do with it. I hope one day to have deep, thick grass taller than the cows!
@@lazycowfarms3322 The neighbor's paddocks had many bare spots and weeds indicating stressed soil. Now their forages are covering the soil and there is a good variety of forages, not just the weedy patches. Comparing soil coverage, sward thickness, sward dry matter, sward variety (indicating varied nutrients available to herd or flock), soil temperatures, worm and dung beetle populations,... ...are some things to gauge progress of being more regenerative.
<--- Click there for thick grass... Hey there 🤠🍁 I read your bio' introduction. 36" of rain is substantial ! Does it come all at once in one rainy season? It looks dry there in this post...
The rain comes fairly well distributed throughout the year. The last 3 years have been drought though. We got 1.5" on Thursday but otherwise August and most of July was dry as a whistle. This spring was exceptionally wet to the chagrin of hay farmers. You're in BC, right? If it's like the climate of the Pacific Northwest, you get a lot of rainy days but not a lot of rain. I recall that Seattle only gets 12" of rain a year on average. Growing up there, I only recall 2 or 3 days in nearly 40 years of significant rainfall. Down here in NE Texas, we get a storm like that 4 or 5 times a year.
@@lazycowfarms3322 West central BC averages 11" of rain, 76" of snow and 120 frost free days annually... very different circumstances for sure. thanks
Excellent videos ….from East Texas.
I'm glad I chose this place to settle my family and raise animals. Even the hot and miserable days are good for me!
One point that these guys, especially Allen, say is to change up the impacts. Do not become predictable with the impacts on the soil.
That's something I am going to have to do at some point. I've noticed that grazing west-east or east-west is hurting growth in the middle of my field.
@@lazycowfarms3322 it is like an exercise routine. If not changed a plateau will never be overcome.
Good comparison! By stressing the soil in different ways, we can encourage it to become more resilient to various conditions.
Good summary below the title!
Jim Gerrish, Ray Archuleta, Allen Williams, Gabe Brown are some of my favorite regen speakers that are on youtube.
I've listened to a lot of Gerrish and Brown, but not so much Williams and Archuleta. I'll have to add them to the list.
Cults have existed in many forms for many years. John 10:10 (paraphrased) The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that you may have abundant life.
They try to hide their true intentions. But you can tell what they want by what they are doing. If they had noble intentions they would come in through the front door.
Boss or lead cow status, like pecking order in poultry
Bleed off USUALLY happens 12 to 36 HOURS post estrus in Holstein and Angus cattle. Probably other breeds...
How old is the bull? In months, that is how many he should be able to cover, til he is 36 months.
The lead bull, the one I left on since July, turns 1 year old (12 months) in August. The backup bull that I brought in September is 2 years old and a few months. If the lead bull did his job, we'll find out in April!
By 9 months, definitely remove; if weaned.
The 2024 heifer calves I will take off are born 2/2 - 3/18. So I should be very safe.
If you need to feed hay, place the hay on those bare spots...will help feed the soil...
Interestingly, Greg Judy actually recommends rolling the hay out (thin!) on your good pasture when you are starting off. His reasoning was you'll get better growth overall if you focus on improving the good ground first. This winter I'll be rolling out after the grass is all but gone. I'll try to get an even distribution.
Just eat meat and eggs for the win. Plus kidney and Liver is normal to eat in the UK. Stake and kidney pie was a staple food 10 years ago
I didn't think about mixing the meat and liver / kidneys together in a pie. I'll have to give that a try. I discovered something called "Scrapple" that is made from boiling down the bones and organ meats. I want to incorporate organ meat into my diet. I am told that liver and kidneys have tremendous nutritional value. Another dish I want to learn to make is haggis. I've never tried actual haggis but it sounds like something that would be good for you.
Oh Snowball! The sheep look good 😊
Thanks. I would like Snowball to breed, his puppies seem good, but I wanted to keep Hindungi's genetics too. Unfortunately Snowball was breeding with the dog I wanted Hindungi to breed with. I think she's too young though so I hope the breeding was unsuccessful.
@@lazycowfarms3322 Time will tell!
Loved the video, e came in guns a lazing 😂 assertive monster, that’s how a bull comes in and takes over
Yep, it would be dangerous to get between a bull and a cow when the bull hasn't seen a cow for a long time...
17 to 22 days is considered "normal" for bovine heat cycles. 21 is what breeding calendars have listed for watching for a return heat. More fertile females' cycles run on the shorter of average, less fertile females' cycles run on the longer of the average. Too short of cycle often indicates cystic ovary(ies). Double the average often indicates a non-functioning ovary or a missing ovary.
I turned my other bull on the cows just to make sure they all get bred.
Time FLIES when you are having fun!
True!
Looks like both charolais are still cycling. Either he’s being bullied out the way by lead cows, maybe why the Brahman is mounting her. Also may just be too short at this t8me. I hope he got most of them but I’d probably turn in older bull to clean up
I think I am going to do that. I'll separate the heifers from the cows so that they don't get bred too early. I'll keep the steer with the bulls just in case.