I'M SICK OF RAISING CALVES!
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Love watching small calf growing up by the effort you have been putting into their growth...
Do you love watching them being slaughtered too, or do you ignore that part?
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kdcope harder
you have done a good job with them. I remember the first three you got and then they just kept coming. some dairies are dumping milk and it would be nice to get some of that .hope they are all on pasture soon and we can watch them grow.
Keep grinding bro ... I’ve been watching your videos since you started ... you give future farms like me hope 🙏🏾 much love and respect to you ... soon I’ll be start my own herd .. hang in there 💯💪🏾
I’ve never seen a barn cat that wasn’t psycho, every animal around you seems so sweet! It says a lot about who you are and why you are loved by so many here, I pray someday you will be able to farm full time if that’s what you want.
You think it's ok to steel babies from mothers and bolt gunning day old calves in the head, all for a glass of milk? Here's what he's not showing you; th-cam.com/video/UcN7SGGoCNI/w-d-xo.html
Most of the time barn cats are semy ferals which means they weren't properly socialised with humans because their job is to take care of vermin…
Past the age of 12 weeks kittens who have never been handled by humans develop a fear… They go back into being wild ie ferral, and it is difficult to tame them to become pets…
That is why the TNR (Trap Neuter and Return) was invented… Kittens born in the streets and not socialised are trapped, sterilised, vaccinated and return to their environement and volonteers take care of feeding, giving them water and making sure they are healthy...
A good breeder will start to handle, touch, carry, play with kittens only a few hours after they are born… Some will even rub the mother's belly so the kittens will experience touch in vitro…
I personally adopted a kitten born in the streets, trapped at five months and with me since 5 1/2 months
… It took me three weeks of patience, ignoring him, giving treats, hand feeding him, inticing him to play before he allowed me to touch him… Now he is a love bug, follows me everywhere, demands pets and play time but he will hide every time I have guests and will only come out when they are gone…
I have had cats all my life and I am a part time cat behaviorist...
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd before you insult him or other farmers working there butt of too make a living, speak ENGLISH
@@blainefleming1715 Working there butt off to abuse and exploit animals, profiting at another's expense, yeah such great people. Literally no different than a justification I could use for slave owners.
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd NO FARMS NO FOOD. He works his ass off to provide healthy feeders or to raise to butcher weight to feed him and his family. Just stop sending hate he does want he wants to make money and you do yours.
Love the noise of suckling calves! Take me back to my grandparents dairy
I love how hard working you are..
He works hard to abuse animals. Here's what he doesn't show you; th-cam.com/video/UcN7SGGoCNI/w-d-xo.html
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You are so hard working that if you feel like you need to take a breather, then do it. You’ll be back to bottle calves at some point. You take great care of all of your animals, so maybe now time to take care of yourself just as good. I love watching your videos, you’re the best! 👍❤️
Don't forget he forcibly impregnates Mother cows and steels the babies. People who care about animals don't send babies to have their throats slit, which happens to all male calves in the dairy industry. The milk is for the baby not you.
Loved to see you working hard n your lovely calves. You r blessed with some kind of job think if the unemployed people. So you r the best n you have the best. God bless you.
I really enjoyed your jazzy blues music.
I love this!!
Great video!👍
I use a cordless drill and a paint mixer to prepare there milk works great.
Keep it up amazing videos
I know from raising goats on the bottle, that bottle feeding can make even the toughest farmer weary after a while. Best of luck working through this calf season and with your full time job. It's always okay for a farmer to take a break from things that are causing burn out, doesn't mean ditching the whole farm life gig, but mental health and physical rest are so important! God bless, dude!
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Man your blessed!!!
If nothing else you do have a colorful bunch!
A drill powered Paint mixer works great for milk replacer
... i raise 30 sows and kept them and had 70 or 80 feeder pigs i started.... and still worked a full time job... i know the feeling of the day in and day out of keeping livestock and working a full time job..... its tuff ....
Nice
First and love ur vids man
I use a 2 quart dipper instead of the cup that comes In the milk replacer that way it's only one scoop per 5 gallon bucket, I've welded beaters on a piece of rebar for the dewalt, but it chews up the plastic pails and bacteria can grow easier in the pails, so I'm back to a whisk.
Farming can be an awful lot of work, but the rewards are there possibly not financially, but satisfaction doing a excellent job rearing a batch of healthy calves. The experience is banking for your future ventures. Farming is a forever learning process, stop learning sadly means difficult times ahead, as there always new challenges ahead, both with government and agriculture business (supermarkets buyers)making life complicated and difficult, but it’s still a wonderful life. You have great wisdom and drive and live in a country where you can enjoy carrying out your dreams. 👍🏴
Could have said it better myself. Thanks for the encouragement!
Precious baby cows.. please don't get tired of them. They are beautiful. I no that you can't do 24/7
Ur amazing
We are looking forward to raising a few calves but never at the level you are brother. Stay safe and thanks for keeping the information flowing.
Your young long days is worth it now believe me I started working win I was 12 and now I am 23 I have land played for and I am debt free I worked lots but now I am set for life.
Don't quit yet. Think about those farmers way before you who busted their balls to provide. You'll look back on this on day in your life and tell your kids how it made who you are as person. Stay positive with your attitude young man. You're doing a great job.
Nice work 👍
One of God's greatest creatures! Love the baby calves.
good job brother
I understand you need a break from calves,but I love your videos ,hope you still going to post hugs Happy Easter.hugs
Yup still gonna post 2 times a week. But I just won’t be bottle feeding the new calves as long as I can get a few nurse cows. Thanks for continuing to watch!
Keep it up 🥺❤
They are so happy tails wagging
I buy and raise alot of calves. I have found a few dairys where I can buy weaned calves for $250 For beef×dairy. I have also paid calve ranches to wean them for me too. And also I let a few friends pasture their cattle on my land and for payment for that they help feed my calves so we take turns at it so I'm not burned out. Because I help run a 27k acre ranch with 7k cattle
so really beautiful video friend i love it
good video
nice job
Do they have automatic feeder machines that will mix, dispense, and clean up afterwards?
Nice
I love the kitten and cat
Hey man, looks like you are doing a great job, thought id give you my 2cents worth. I raise 900 calves each spring by myself in NZ (love the milkbar feeder) We only do twice a day feeding for the first 2 weeks then onto once a day, saves so much time. Feed meal in the morning and milk at night. Also we only use compartment feeders for the first week to sort the slow ones then use an open bar type feeder. For mixing the milk we set up a pump on the trailer with an ibc that goes through a pipe with holes drilled in it, then pump directly into the feeder. Honestly saved so much time and effort. One thing i cant see in your pens is water, ours drink at least as much water as milk and we have very few sick calves. Cheers Benjamin
That sounds like quite the operation!! I’ve been just doing twice a day feeding until weaned. And I’d like to get a milk bar without compartments but i don’t want to spend the money right now. And they all get warm water after every feeding. The ones on the bucket have water access all day long while the ones on the milk bar just get water after their milk. Thanks for the advice feel free to leave some more whenever you feel like it!
Nice cows you have there sir... Keep it up... Already parked here... God bless
u are doing a great job buddy, !!!!! how many calves u have now ?
43 calves!
The method of raising cattle is very high-tech.
Aren't they beautiful, their faces are so cute.love uour videos am a new watcher
Where did you purchase the milk feeder from
I got 3 bottle calves there almost a year now I'm getting more it's the best feeling in the world to raise them you gotta get some milk cows to feed them till they're weened it's cause it takes so much time to feed them
I took the idea from another TH-camr but take the fan off an alternator and use a piece of threaded rod and use that to mix the milk. It works amazing
That would be great getting a bunch of nurse cows. So you can also take a break of feeding will help you. I like your shirt too
Ernesto Garcia interesting didn’t know that. But I like the different methods of how to raise bottle calves. A nurse cow, is just another method of raising calves. Thanks for your input.
You are hard working.. How do u get ur calves?
Where do you get all your calves from?
You should do calf raises:3
At what age do you start the weaning process?
hi mate what do u do with the bottle calves when they grown
The father cat is so handsome and his little offspring kitten. So sorry to hear you're burnt out . You're definately my hero !!Don't forget to stay nourished and hydrated...! YOU'RE DOING GREAT THINGS..in caring for these young calves. It'll come back to you three fold. Don't get too discouraged. Find that time for yourself some how and get quality sleep if you can. 🐄📷✌ ❤. It was abit hard to hear your voice explaining about the calves at the beginning while you were in their stalls. Just letting you know. Sound was clear after you moved from that spot. 👍
You’re only exhibiting the same behavior as other hardworking people. The best, virtuous behavior of yours is responsibility! You’ve assumed an obligation in caring for those dependent creatures. Continue to be the farmer we all admire and follow in these regular postings.
There are a lot of things wrong with your comment. 1. I am not a dairy farmer. 2. I don’t send baby calves to get their throats slit, hints why I am feeding them on the bottle and raise them for over a year. 3. We don’t forcefully impregnate any animal on our farm. All cows are bred naturally by the bull whenever they cycle. It might help to pay attention to videos you start commenting on. Comments like these prove the lack of knowledge you have about the industry. Have a good one!
Farm & Hammer: WOW! I do not know Sergio, but he has got to go. To agitate people is a no-no! Sadly, there are those who walk among us who look for windows of opportunity for “sniper fire.” You are more techno-savvy than this old viewer; so, if there’s a way to block him, I say do it. I’m glad Sergio can’t read minds. But then, if people could read minds they would THINK TWICE BEFORE SPEAKING ONCE. Again, I don’t know this guy, nor would I want to associate myself with him. I’m so sorry he did this.
@@FarmandHammer All those calves you claim to 'care' for have been taken from their mothers and will be killed by having a knife in the neck. Why don't you atleast be honest to your viewers and admit that. People only see the happy part of milk production, when in reality it is a very cruel process. Almost all dairy farms forcibly impregnate the cows, year after year, before steeling their children, their milk, and then their lives. Are you saying you don't do this?
@@57143bodies All I am doing is speaking up for the animals, these calves have been taken from their mothers and are being raised to be milk machines where farmers will forcibly impregnate them year after year, steel their babies, their breast milk, and their lives. All so that people like you can have a glass of breast milk which is meant for baby cows. Absolutely ridiculous and vile. If you support dairy, you support animal abuse. Here's how dairy farming works in one short video; th-cam.com/video/UcN7SGGoCNI/w-d-xo.html
And that was meant for Sergio btw
What's the brand of powdered milk do you raise?
I'd not stop, as long as you can get them, you should.
That’s what I’m gonna try to do if I can source some nurse cows for cheap. I’d hate to quit buying when I’ve already got a good group going.
When I get enough saved to buy some beef cows, then I’ll consider heading to buy a bull from Greg Judy. I don’t really want to start my herd base with dairy genetics. But yes I’ll keep the heifers as cows and slowly keep building my beef herd. Thanks for the advice! Hopefully I’ll do a collab with Greg one of these days. I’ve been learning from his stuff for years but have never gone up to see his place.
Where can I get a feeder like that?? And what’s it called?
The jerseys work great. But you'll need to feed her alot of good feed to support 4 calves. Good luck
How are u bro your work like you,please help me this buisnes join me
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I'm curious, how many calves can a cow handle at one time? Thanks
Two
Where do u buy that calf mate feed ?
So beautiful
Stay home
Stay safe
Maybe it’s time to move them with a bunch to a bigger space like the group outside......I would get tired of lugging buckets of milk around you should by a big stick mixer to make the food. Love the kitten and daddy are so fluffy! Very nice compared to my tamed cat! What the heck! How’s those pigs doing?
It's a tuff job being Mr. Mom!
Don't forget he forcibly impregnates Mother cows and steels the babies. People who care about animals don't send babies to have their throats slit, which happens to all male calves in the dairy industry. The milk is for the baby not you.
Love it
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd not all. We actually keep some or try to find them a different farm. Not all makes are ate.
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd First they are shot in the head with a bang gun then their throats are cut. After they bleed out and die they are processed into ground, roast, steaks, brisket and stew meats which are purchased by the public for the table. After that one of us meat eaters then turns that meat into dinner for our family, something like a nice steak cooked in a cast iron skillet with butter and seasoned to taste, served with asparagus and roasted potatoes. Likely on a Sunday evening after a day of church and family where the father then prays to God to thank him for their meal and the protection of his wife, family and our nation. Sergio, like it or not, everyone here knows how bottle calves are created and almost all of us are here to learn how to better care for those calves in order to turn them into meat at some point in their lives. We as a collective want these calves to have the best life possible right up to the moment they are killed and then processed for our consumption. I don't come to a P E T A meeting and explain how to kill and butcher a cow, deer, lamb, goat or chicken and you should be more polite about where you preach. Raising bottle calves came about to stop unscrupulous dairy farmers from just killing the calves and now a new industry has been formed by farmers to help feed the world and make it a better place even for the cows that end up on our tables. May God bless you and yours.
@@Michael29160 Shot in the head and then throat slit. Well that sounds much nicer! Thanks for clearing that up. I doubt you have actually ever had to do this yourself. I think you’d quickly see that it’s not so quick and painless. The fear and abuse the animal goes through before that stage is horrible. Plus the bolt good is not always effective.
You’re also missing the part where the animals are sexually abused, separated from their families, mutilated, and in most cases confined in small or very unnatural spaces, consuming very unnatural food.
I hear what you're saying though, dairy farmers are such caring people. Providing a piece of murdered animal flesh for the family, which is scientifically proven to cause heart disease, and which also takes a massive toll on the planet, including those 'grass fed' steaks! Yeah you sound like really good people.
Would I be a good person if I went a murdered someone (humanely like you do!) and then fed that flesh to my family. And while I'm at it, force a pregnancy on woman so I can eat her baby and steel her milk for some butter. All while claiming that I want those babies to have a great life before they are killed at 6 months of age and separated from their mothers. You sound like a psychopath mate.
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A paint mixer on a drill seems like it would be way less time consuming when mixing milk.
I had same thoughts
That’s what I use when I mix my bottles
That’s what I use too, real quick
Please tell me how you sell your products?
What other full time work do you do?
I work at food processing facility and work in the Quality Control lab.
I have some questions. How much was it to fence one pasture? Whats your favorite breed of cows and when’s the best time to get your first set of cavs?
And would you say that jersey cows are good breeds to sell for meat?
And do have any jersey cows
Sorry for more questions by where do you get your grain at
Hi,please what do they call that device designed for drinking milk in English? Bucket right?
how many calves can you put on a nurse cow at one time? And how do you graft a new calf onto a nurse cow?
It depends on how much milk the cow produces, but some can handle just 2 and others can take 3 or 4. If I end up getting some jerseys I’ll try and show the process of grafting a calf on.
I raise bottle calves for 6 to 8 months out of the year, so I understand that your getting burned out. When i get burned out, I sell all of my bottle calves on craigslist, and 1 to 2 months later I get the itch to do it again. Lol. I have 1 nurse cow, she is lap dog gentle ! But she only makes enough milk for 1to 2 calves at a time. I don't know how much experience you have with buying nurse cows, but if at all possible you will want to know how much milk they give, so you're not stuck with a cow that only has enough milk for 1 or 2 calves. Like my nurse cow lol
You're a Good Farmer! Your Animals seem healthy and happy! Sure, they're food animals but you're obviously trying to give them the best life possible whilst you have them! Your Barn Cats seem healthy and content! They most certainly love you!
Happy? 😂. Will they be Happy also when them Will arrive in front of the sloughterhouse?
@@AlessandraBosiVEGwho cares
There yummy
You really could stand some remedial grammar and spelling!
@@spaceace1006 this Is not the point. I' m italian Genius.
Perdona no hablo inglés, como se llama este aparato que sirve la leche?
Tell me how to feed these babies what food they should be given besides milk
How long do you have a calf until you wean them?
I feed them milk for 6-8 weeks depending on their size and how much grain they are eating.
How heavy are your calves when you wean them? Do you have an idea?
The calves outside look skinny!...
Hi where they sale dose plastics and that milk tell me bro
OMG no wonder you are tired . 43 calves! If there is a positive in all this, and there are, the most important thing is that you recognise there is a problem and are proactively working to nip it in the bud ASAP. If you do not regain energy quickly it is time for a quick blood test.
Have to say the calves look great!
I've got a friend here in Colorado who has a couple 4 to 5 year old Jerseys for sale but there her father in laws who passed last fall. There not sure what there gonna do.
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Hello roughly how old are calves in the video
Nice farm but where is this farm
Hello sir . Do you sell these baby calves to Morocco
I like see Yu videos thanks
Do you have any advice on getting started as a beef farmer??
Start cheap/small until you learn more about cattle. Then slowly upgrade. It can have a harsh learning curve especially when animals die as that can be expensive. But find a mentor or neighbor that knows his stuff and maybe even offer to work for them for free just to learn some stuff! It’s hard to beat hands on experience!
Do you want to breed stud cattle or commercial. Or you want to feedlot or process. Find your passion in the supply chain. Go for yard sales and meet new people and link up with people who are already in the game. Good luck.
Calf raising is often romanticized but as you know its a lot of hard work. There is a new product out there called Get-Go, greatly helps the calf do better when you are raising them. Let me know how we make contact.
Excellent video, gonna miss how the calves loved you but like you said you are also working
We have jersey nurse cows it is still alot of work but I would never bottle feed. There is sale barn in eastern nm that sells jerseys off dairy it takes some work to switch them to nurse cows but they are cheap
I realize it will still be a lot of work(especially at the beginning). But it is a little different work than I’ve been doing so hopefully it will kind of break the cycle. Have you noticed better growth with your calves since using nurse cows?
@@FarmandHammer Absolutely better quality and bigger healthier calves
where did you buy your milk bar?
I was actually lucky enough to find two of them used on Facebook marketplace. Used ones are hard to find but they are much cheaper.
Have you tried a dead cat for your mic? Supposed to help eith the wind
The sad thing is, the mic had a dead cat on it. It doesn’t seem to help much for some reason.
What do you add into milk plese reply
here in north western Ont, Canada i been having a hell of a time trying to get cross breed calves, the past 2 years , were the past has never been a problem.. the market at the sales barn 8 hours away, they selling for 30 to $50 cnd each and i been offering local farm a $100, i dont know if there shipping them 8 hours away for far less or whats going on, i do know the farms here calve year round, i supply every farm that i get calves from the 1st response vac that must be given with in12 hours after berth, one farm promise me 7 calve for my starting in March but they have not repplied to any calls or emails since, so short of maybe they cant be bothered with them since market been so low since 2006, yes milk trplacer is very costly, any were from $72 to 97 cnd depending on brand,, i notice you dont mix your by weight as instruction, so you dont know if there getting all they need, i know i can weigh the same can many times and get a different weight, i mix by weight
You probably should put the milk feeder up one rail so the calves won't slurp so much and it would be easier on their necks.
I don’t like it any higher because it is roughly at the height of a cows udder. If I set it too high then I’d run the risk of causing calves to choke or having it go down the wrong pipe. Just my personal preference. Thanks for watching!
@@FarmandHammer ok, I'll admit I didn't think of that. Calves are all doing good and keep up the good work and stay safe
4:05 How old are these calves?
I have a 6 week calve that won’t eat on her own I’ve tube fed her since day 3 can’t get her ok a bottle. What’s should I do?
Put it back with its mother, where it belongs!...
I am sick of raising calves.. prescription...the brothers Grimm...🧙🧹🧹🧹
Just a couple of questions if I may ask. I'm sure you chose the Jersey breed for the richer butterfat content in her milk as what you want for a nurse cow both have you considered the beating her udder will be under nursing four calves??? The possibilities of her ending up with mastitis are bad enough allowing a Jersey calf to nurse but the bigger crossbred or Holstein calves could really do some damage. Why not look at a dual purpose breed instead, like a Brown Swiss or Shorthorn? Both have excellent milk production and on the Shorthorn I'm speaking of the beef side, not dairy as they've crossed to many dairy breeds into the milking Shorthorn to increase production but nothing can compete with the Holstein there.. Just wondering because if one of the nurse cows got mastitis, you'd have to hand milk her unaffected quarters until she was cleaned up. The beefier dual purpose are more equipped as nature made them to handle that awful banging and ramming a calf can and will do...heaven help her feeding four at a time....
Yes, I realize there is always a chance for mastitis. But I won’t be giving the cow 4 calves at one time. I’ll wean the first two off at 3 months and then put another 2 on. But the reason I want to go with jerseys is because I’ve heard they let calves nurse much easier than other breeds. The other reason is that a good jersey cow sells for $400 while a good Holstein or Swiss sells for 800-900. Thanks for the advice!
How many Beef-cross Heifers are there, among this year's Group?
Right at 20 I think. About the same as last years group.
@@FarmandHammer Breed Composition of the individual Heifer Calves?
That’s what mama is for.