The WORST Part About Owning a Milk Cow
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2020
- Most of the time, we truly enjoy milking the cows, but there is one aspect of milking cows on the homestead that drives me NUTS....
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A couple things I didn't mention in the video:
(1) It might look like Mabel has diarrhea, but this is actually the normal poop consistency for a cow- they are always "loose". She likely pooped more than normal that day because she was a little annoyed and impatient. ;)
(2) We are hoping to start selling milk locally, which is why we are super-picky about keeping things clean. We are currently getting our milk tested and working making sure the bacteria counts are low, which is important if we plan to sell milk to the public.
If you are serious about selling your milk you may want to milk with the machine on top of the calves daily if there are adjustments in the schedule the bacteria count changes
@@ka6148 Yes-- that's the plan. We've been waiting to get everything lined out, but once we get rolling, it'll be an every-day thing.
Are milk goats easier for milking or about the same as cows?
@@oneblessedmommy4024 Goats are easy. You only have to worry about the BBs where the cows you need to worry about the SPLASH.
@@tbac2432 Thank you! They seem easy and trainable. I have a friend who has milk goats but I've never had any myself.
Ok.....my cow gets extra grain tonight. I hand milk my gal and I am so dang slow. Its her first year and mine. We are still learning. We don't even have to confine her though. She just stands there and lets me milk. If she has to poop she will just walk away to poop. then comes back and stands there sweet as can be. I thought she was naughty for hitting me with her tail and licking my back constantly......Mable just convinced me that my cow is an absolute angel.
She grooms you?! Awwhhhhhh... she loves you.
Your cow is a love. Enjoy having her.
I was thinking that too, I always thought they had to be milked every day.
That is SO sweet!
Milk cows operate on routine. They are letting you know that you are disorganized.
@erin m Milk cows should be milked daily and at the same time every day.
@erin m Not sure if mine is a "good" routine lol. But routine is simply that...routine. Same time each day (very important), use the same procedures, same movements, same voice patterns...then lather, rinse, repeat. My cow knows exactly what is going to happen. She comes in sleepy eyed, relaxed. She poops while waiting for me to let her in, she pees immediately after being let out. Very rare for her to mess up the stanchion. I know exactly when she is going to let down her milk:-) It happens at a certain stage in cleaning her udder. This one little procedure causes a massive letdown. If I don't get it right ha! less cream for me!
The results of a good routine is delicious, clean milk with a consistent cream line. And the milk will keep in the fridge for several weeks with very little quality loss.
But, to be honest, milking a cow is a commitment not many folks actually have time for. And it took me years to figure some of this out. Thank you for inquiring. I hope this helps.
Very important they are milked at same time everyday. Skipping milking and switching babies on and off is not a routine. To put it in a way you might relate, let's say when you were nursing your babies, some days you just had your baby nurse and other days someone put the " milk pump " on you. Your body would not know how to react. Even with daylight savings time, you still milk at the time they were used to. Animals come before soccer games. They are a huge responsibility.
I can support that. Basically any milking animal, be it cows or goats (not sure about camels though) enjoy the routine. Same time every day, same procedure, same order, same stand (if you have multiple). Be sure you have your stuff prepared but out of cow reach.
I was thinking that too, I always thought they had to be milked every day.
This is the very best change I have made over the years in my milking routine. I get a large plastic tub, fill it with straw and ALWAYS keep it at the back of the cow when in her stanchion. Invariably one will pee or poop when I least expect it, and this way it always goes in the tub and does not splash because of the loose straw in the tub.
What sweet kids you have. At such a young age to realize you are having a frustrating morning and to make breakfast for the family. That is awesome. I’m star struck 🤩
Glad I’m not the only one with an unruly milk cow 😂 I was rooting for you to get to the soccer game!
As someone who milks on a fully robotic dairy. I love your setup it’s clean and I imagine once you setup milking everyday will be efficient for 4 cows. The poop is because you are stressing them out. Cows hate jets of water and you kept making it worse by spraying into her instead of away. And loose poop is normal with stress so I don’t see any issue with that
lol, my parents said we are the robotic milker lol more like the poop target on yea shit job when one goes yea hoping we do not get her had here we send the cow to an uncle farm and he does all the calving at his place the cow will go to one of the 8 barns family owns more likely we would not get some cows back to milk we milk 24 in own darn allow to the calf will be taken where ever we have space for them too
Thanks for the information 🤠
Came to say the same. She's pooping so much because she got stressed. Everything went sideways from the get go and wasn't part of the routine. Them the constant water about her legs.
@@emilypeterison2465 ^ the world's longest run on sentence.^
@@wethen5480 honestly, I'm in Vermont and read that in "Vermonter" language, lol! Made perfect sense, but need a few "sure bud" thrown in for New Englanders...
How sweet of that little girl to make breakfast and serve everyone. She is so sweet
I think you cured my romanticism of getting a milk cow! 😂
Same here 😂
Same.
Home dairying is great, but not all roses and butterflies!
Jill, thank you for your response! Yes, I still want to do it, but seeing the reality is very good for me!
I have always heard that you have to milk same time everyday.
Is this true?
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One of my earliest lessons when it comes to getting animals to do something : when you have 5 minutes for the 5 minute chore it will take (half) an hour, when you have an hour, it will take 5 minutes (tops).
Sounds a lot like the whole "Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast." adage you hear from time to time.
Yep--pretty much
That would be my luck. Murphy is my invisible friend. Ha!
Exactly
Definitely the same ethos with Kids too haha
She doesn't have diarrhea. If she "poops" 4 times in that period it's because it's stressed. Probably because she hasn't been milked in a week. That adds a lot of stress and increases the chances of mastitis and increase SCC's. The CMT it's accurate at all. Visual inspection is more accurate than anything. But the cost of your operation is insane 😱
I have watched quite a few of their videos and I agree. The cost of everything on this "homestead" is staggering. All new milking parlor, greenhouse, home additions, equipment, livestock, etc. You get the point. Either these folks won a lottery or a relative with "big" pockets is funding this. Not what I would call a "homestead". I think they might be frauds and taking everyone for a ride.
@@docleadpill5556 you do realize this is a ten year journey and she now is making a pretty penny off of youtube and her blog if course she'll be able to afford this stuff look at how big the audience got
She had calves on her all week if you were listening, so no need to milk her. They didn't just not milk her and let the milk just build up in her.
@@mooshiplans1869 Exactly ,you can go back and find many videos of her milking in the muck and and grim with the cow tied up dancing around and trying to keep the mud and gunk out of the bucket. I do miss those days though. I get they are trying to sell it to the public but I do miss when they were more like me.
My milk cow lost her calf this year which meant I had to start milking her immediately. I was totally unprepared. The first few times I used the squeeze chute until I could get a make shift milking area. Oh my gosh! The first week there was so much poop and pee! I was dying of laughter watching this video. She has settled into the routine now and she does all of her pooping and peeing before she comes in to be milked. My milking area is, let’s just say, rustic. 😆 Yours is amazing!!!
That poop is all it would take for me to just go buy milk.
I grew up on a grade B dairy, we had 86 of these gals. Jersey's too. Anyway, if you'd milk them at the same time every day, or twice a day preferably, let the kids bottle feed the calves . That give the kids a regular job, and puts your milkers on a schedule. No problem getting them to come in, they know they'll get relief so they're itching to be milked. I'd just step outside the barn and whistle, all 86 cows , who were already there, would come running. It the inconsistent milking times they don't appreciate. I was in the military and broke some bones in a fall, when I was x-rayed they counted hundreds of hairline fractures in my calves and feet, and they asked what that was. I said I didn't know how many times I've been kicked or stepped on by cows, horses and sheep during my teen years.
Wow!!
Raises good kids too
Mabel reminded me of an unpredictable newborn on the changing table lol.... what a sweetie to make breakfast for everyone.
hahah-- yes!
You have heard the term, haste makes waste, well the cows feel into your energy. Go in calm and collected and it is surprising how much smoother the outcome will be.
Thanks for sharing the true struggles you had instead of acting like you are homesteading with rainbows and unicorns... We milk one of our dexter cows and most days she is great, but occasionally it feels like everything goes wrong all in one day.
I think the cows were pooping so much because they were stressed, which can happen if you don't milk them regularly because that can be painful for them in many cases, and it definitely doesn't feel good to have milk in there without any relief. I would say find a schedule, preferably one time in the morning and one time at night to milk these girls. That'll help them feel better and cooperate better, and they'll be happier. I really appreciate how clean you keep your facilities though, it's very nice
I'm sorry to say this, but I was laughing so hard as your cow kept pooping! I know it was frustrating for you but it was very funny! However, I also felt bad for you. I never realized how much work goes into milking cows. I have an even higher level of respect for you and your family. Blessings!
Mabel’s like- “So you’re in a hurry, huh? Acorn, hold my beer...” Lol!
Our experience with our little Dexters, if they are milked at the same time everyday (I choose 6am), they will be standing at the gate. All you do is open it up and let them in. We share with the calves, separating them at 6pm, so only have to milk once per day, although getting calves separated is possibly more work than actual milking. .
This is very similar to how we manage our 2 jerseys. The easiest way to separate is to get the cows to come to a small treat (grain, alfalfa, etc) when called. We use a bell. While the cows are eating, I feed the calves in the barn where they will be closed up for the night. Within a couple days, the cows will come running, bringing the calves right to the barn door for you. From there it is relatively easy to herd the calves to creep feed.
Thank you so much for your video. It show's how homesteading is not always smooth.
Yep-- definitely some speed bumps along the way! ;)
I've been wanting a milk cow and I think this video just mentally set me back a year. lol. Thanks for sharing the real side of homesteading life, though!!
I’m glad you show the reality of milking a cow... very interesting ... Mabel changed how I feel about milk lol it’s so much work to get some milk!
The reality is the routine and structure--none if which was evident here.
I love how your husband looked at you like “haha she needs my help” 😅 my husband would play it the same way he did 🥰 also, I’m kind of thankful we only have room for goats 🤣🤣🤣
He is handsome indeed.
😂😂😂 Mable has some killer eyebrows lol
yes she does!
Her eyebrows remind me of "Toy Story" when Mrs. Potato head packs Mr. Potato heads angry eyes. Lol.
Hahah oh man! Mabel was not making things easy! Thank you so much for showing the not so glamourous side of things! I love the "real life" videos. Way to go Mesa on making breakfast!
I love how real this is!! Thank you for sharing everything....the how to’s and everything...would love the description of steps to know the in depth of how to’s to replicate ourselves .....tips and tricks....Love it!
She has such a sweet face. I'm sure she loved her additional treats. They are animals and not objects. Like children they often take patience. I think it was good to have a more realistic representation for us about this process and what it is like. Thank you.
I died laughing at the poop X4. Yes, that's life with a cow. My first cow seemed to poop a lot in the milking stall. I think that the last ones may have pooped like once each in the milking stall, ever. I don't really know why, because they don't potty train very well. It may be that they are used to being in the milking stall, because they get milked everyday. I pull the calves and bottle feed them. I actually wonder if maybe she was in heat? They seem to be super ornery when they are in heat.
I've noticed more attitude during heat as well!
Some of them seem to save everything they have JUST for when they're being milked. Lll
Oh my goodness, I thought only my Jersey could poop that much! I usually lead her around for a few minutes to try to get her to go before she gets in the chute (yes, I milk her in the squeeze chute. She is too impatient while I hand milk). It never fails as soon as I get an inch of milk in the bucket, she lets go and in intermittent bursts! I just bought a Brown Swiss two weeks ago who I haven't had an opportunity to milk yet but we are planning on getting a machine within the next month and I am so excited! Everything about this video is so relatable. It's almost like cows plan to make things difficult for you when you are on a strict time schedule...
Thank you so much for showing a difficult day milking. I now feel like I am not the only one that has a bad day! After a bad day I usually threaten my husband I am selling the milk cow!
Yep--same here!
Wow did you ever open my eyes to just how hard it can be to run a farm. I give you guys an immense amount of credit...bravo!
Love the video. Great job all.
If I may make a suggestion. Set your milker reservoir towards the cows front and rotate your milker so that the hose is coming up her middle to prevent her from kicking the milker off and it moves the reservoir away from her back end. With the clear milker I assume it plastic but those can still crack and break if they get kicked off a few times, the river mats you have dose help prevent that when it dose happen.
Again love the video thank you for sharing!!
Oh, what a sweet, helpful girl your daughter is. All the kids are adorable. 🤗
Thank you, to all the dairy farmers and, of course, the beautiful cows 🐄, who provide us with milk. Wow, what an ordeal. I’m exhausted. 😂😀👍🏼🥛
Thank you for sharing this! What a process- and I love your attitude...no telling how I’d act if I were under timed pressure and the cow kept pooping 🤪 your daughter is a rockstar for making breakfast 🥰
watching this while nursing my little one. I feel you cow 😂😂
Jill: Do you hose the poop out in the winter too? Or does it freeze and create a slippage issue for cows... and you?
I’m trying to design a barn for my future milk cow...
I got so tickled watching this video, ha! So true life, as someone that grew up around horses and I now have 2 new milk cows, this is the realest thing you could show! I really enjoyed meeting you at the Homesteaders of America conference and discussing milk cows. Personalities of large animals are like no other for sure! Thanks for sharing!
I needed to see this reality check! At 63, my bucket list consists of one item: get a milk cow. Just so I can hand milk.
Poop happens.
We hand milked when I was a kid. It was a royal pain in the butt...especially if the cows got into the wild garlic. Ooh, the smell! And, of course, that milk could only go to the pigs.
Milk animal is on the wishlist somewhere, but 1 no handmilking (wrecks your hand) and 2 not a cow (to big and to much milk). Hope to milk my ewes next spring.
Hand milking if done right doesn't hurt the hand at all. We have and recommend goats!
I loved that dose of reality with a dairy cow, but I bet it was all worth it once you got that milk in the house ❤️ Thank you for sharing!
After the 4th poo and then she peed I said “what the actual F” out loud. Damn Mabel! What got you so bitter this morning?! And I was flustered after my girl peed twice and attempted to kick the bucket umpteeen times. (We hand milk)
Dude her milk would've been bitter either way. 💀
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 i love it 🐄🐄🐄🐄 she sure was telling you when she left the milking station 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Loved this video, it brought back memories when I grew up on a diary. We all had a job helping with milking 🤗.
I laughed so hard!!! Wow, just wow. I want a Brown Swiss (thanks to you) when we get to move onto our land in a couple more years and my other half is skeptical...must NOT show him this vid!!! haha, I still want to do it! Just some chickens, a milk cow, maybe a goat, barn cat, a good dog, an orchard, a green house, a smoke house...need I go on???? Dreamers, we make the world go 'round! Blessings and AWESOME job by your precious daughter. Kids are amazing! Blessings Jill!!!
This video makes me happy that 4 out of my 6 member family have serious dairy sensitivities.
Haha my S.O and I are in the process of building a homestead, and I am lactose intolerant and don’t like the taste of milk.
My S.O said “you know that one cow you’re gonna breed every year for meat? Why don’t we just milk her a bit too?”
And I was like... “That’s why we have milk goats?? I’m not touching that cows udder with a 10 foot pole.”
So, good news, after watching this video, he is leaving the milk to the goats.
This nice video shows that cows have personalities, and it’s so much nicer to see cows feeding their babies, just the way nature intended.
Mabel!!! You handled that so much better than I would have.
Mabel walked out of there like " I'm done with y'all!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I grew up on a decent size dairy we always cleaned up after milking. Brought back so many memories of my childhood. We have goats now....
In my experience the quicker you get the cups on and milk, the better! Good job J&C
thanks for showing how you balance modern life and homesteading! This is what my mornings look like most days with toddlers lol and we just have chickens and ducks right now 🙈
Wow! She was really telling you how she feels about being in there! I have major respect for you guys. ❤️
Thank you fir shearing, i adore the way your milking area is builted, and how great is your interactions with your cows.
Suiss Brown cows are sooo cute also
I love this. Thank you for sharing the truth of homesteading. You have a lovely home and a beautiful family! :D
I respect that you source your own milk we milk 60 cows in a doubles sided milking parlour I have video up of it but this definitely change my perspective on what we have 😂
At 9:37...the look on Christian's face is hilarious! Haha!
I just about fell out of the bed laughing when Mabel was in her prime, I'll show you stage!!😂😂😂😂😍
They are beautiful. My girl is having her first calf this spring. I cant wait to milk her.
Love your parlor! It’s beautiful! Just an FYI...unless nupulse has changed their system, they do not recommend inverting the claw when washing. I have the original claw though, yours looks newer...maybe it’s different. The jetter washer system does work great for sanitizing and cleaning. Thanks for sharing!
lol...what a show at the beginning!! :-) That will be good for my veggie garden!! lol When I living in the village, our parents and grandparents use cow to do farm work, they never milk to cow at all. We children never have any milk to drink either.
I am reading everyone's comments and WOW, y'all are smart and experienced! I am learning from Jill and her family and all of you too! Love it!
Its never good to rush into things, with anything. Lol can't wait to have my homestead going. Hubby and I will be selling our home, in hopes to live like this one day! God bless your channel for giving me.tips and advice
I do enjoy your videos! I know it was frustrating for you and I’m sorry, but, truth is I laughed more than once at the irony of being in a hurry and all the slow downs you faced. What a gem your Mesa is! (sorry I likely spelled her name wrong)
Love that You have cows and calfs togheter ♥️
Wow, I never really thought about all the possible issues that you may in cure with such a simple task as milking! Lol hugs and love from Texas!
This video is amazing. Lots of belly laughs from our crew haha. We love Mabel's sass and personality (we have one just like her). Now, the most important question: where did you get your pullover?! I'm originally from AZ and love the print...it reminds me of home 😍
I always enjoy the creative chaos have a good day!
Thanks for watching! :)
I just noticed you are wearing a Homesteaders of America ball so at the end. That’s fabulous!!!
Have you ever considered Alfalfa cubes to keep them busy while your milking? We use them on our two girls Lassie and Katie. It takes them a while to chew them😆😆😆😆
Wonderful cows!
Lol!! The pooping cow had me giggling like crazy! 😂😂
I love your set up. I grew up in dairy country and my family milked and some still do. I have a cow I hand milk right now but looking to get a milking machine. Have you thought of haltering your girls to keep their heads in place? It also makes sorting them easier as you just grab a halter. I use horse web halters they work well. =) Thanks for sharing your experiences!
You keep your cool so well I think I would have cried by poo number four. And you daughter making breakfast ❤️ so grown and a team player.
Elizabeth in California said, Soccer? We don't need (and don't have any) no stinkin' soccer here! We're still shut-down!! Seriously, this was a great video telling the reality of animals and homesteading. Can't hurt for us to know what we're getting into before jumping into homesteading. Thanks, Jill and by-the-way, I just made your tomato soup recipe. I'll be making a large batch now, and canning it for winter. It tastes great!
We are in GA and all school sports are back in session. I can't believe your still shut down. My kids would be going crazy.
Glad you enjoyed the soup! :)
Nice parlor! I’d be embarrassed to show mine here. Safe but nowhere near as nice as yours. Love the sinks right there!
The cows tend to be super loose in spring and early summer when the grass is coming on fast here; always the messiest time of year. May be different in Wyoming.
We always used plugs and then would pinch the tube hoses while attaching so no air (and germs) would get sucked in between unplugging and getting on the teat. Your parlor looks so clean so perhaps not as much of a concern for you.
The P##p is the main reason that we put down straw and saw dust on the floors of the barn at the dairy that I worked at from 12 to 16 years old, a bit easier to clean up. By the way, I was almost 'hit' by that stream when a cow coughed and I was walking behind 'that'. And by the way, it doesn't rain but it pours.
Just wanted to say how much I love learning from you but how WONDERFUL that positive uplifting attitude is when things go bad... Now I have to admit, I could not watch this whole thing... YUCK but I skipped through the middle... BRAVO... BRAVO to your little lady for knowing how to get breakfast done... Question: Would not setting that milker on top of the table until you were ready to put it on, stopped all the extra work? Seems like a lot of extra TLC, which I know needs done, to get this done right... Being out of harm's way, might have made this go smoother... I think I'll skip cows on my little farm especially since I drink fat free milk...
We have grates that have a drain only under there back half. It is so much nicer then when we had the whole things in mats.
Mabel has an attitude and I’m loving it.🤣🤣🤣
Yay for responsible kids! Good job Mom!
Oh gosh…this popped up on my feed after a really hard night milking, lol. My cow lost her calf and I’ve been milking 2x a day for a couple of months…lately I have been having trouble with my pump losing suction and I can’t get the inflations to latch on! Tonight was a real winner, and as I was getting aggravated, she lifted her tail and peed all over me!…and my equipment!! I was ready to quit cows forever, lol
Mabel is so sassy omg just LOOK at her eyebrows. I mean wow. Idk if that makeup look is appropriate for a farm work setting. She knows that. That’s why she’s doing it. Because she’s Mabel. A Queen
Absolutely HILARIOUS!!!
Thank you for being Real Jill!
I have a poop problem with one of my Jersey milk cows also. I found it easier to milk by hand than by machine.
Oooh, that Mabel. 🙂
It looks like there is enough milk for the calves and plenty to spare?
Inspiring..
Great video. Thank you.
Please be careful with the iodine treatments, it can dry out the soft skin of the utters. I'd suggest getting an edible lotion for them, if you don't already.
Hoof trimmers use it to suck the moisture out of compromised hooves to make a protective shell. So it is some pretty crazy stuff.
Also please get a grate or something to cover the wells behind the milking stations. Cows tend to mess up their hooves when they have to twist, turn, and blindly step into dips. It is a leading cause is whiteline and many other issues.
Anyways, twas a nice video aside all that. I hope you all enjoyed the soccer game.
You're a determined woman! After poo #2 I'd have been so ready to walk away lol.
I guess she showed you.
Repeatedly.
Start to finish, today, how long did milking take?
Poop from cows on grass is always the worst 😂. Especially in the spring when grass is mostly water anyway. Having milked both cows and goats, and even a few Dorset ewes, by hand over the last 50 years I feel your pain 🙂
Mabel mooing her grievances at you on her way out. Hahaha well I'm glad I watched this. Wed love to have dairy cows one day.
We get pooped on at face level. My cousin's milk in a pipeline parlor, so we stand in a pit. If they don't slap you in the face with a wet, crappy tail, they will poop or pee right when you are putting the cups on. Lol. It's just a milkers life. At least you're using a tie stall, and can avoid the messy part a little easier. 🐄🐄🐄 Ever notice the cows only try to use and abuse you when you're in a hurry, and have something to do??? Lol.
❤️ this brings back so many memories! 😂 that may sound like I’m in my 70’s but I’m not, I’m in my 20’s. I grew up on a small dairy we milked around 30 cows 10 at a time. Usually if things were pretty quiet we could get through a peaceful milking, but if something were to be out of the ordinary or if one cow were a little fussy they would all start pooping at once. 😂 I still romanticize having just one cow one day. 😂 My family milked cows till after the 2008 election when it became no longer profitable and ours and 4 others in our area had to close. Pretty sad.
OMGosh I love cows. I would love to do what you do. As it is I milk 400 cows on a dairy farm in New Zealand
Glad to see it all worked out and they won!!
Haha cows... gotta love them! Also, what a sweet kid you've got there, making breakfast for everyone
I believe your system is alittle more complex than it should be. Either way beautiful cows.
I really liked Mable...she knows how to make a point😂😂😂
This was rediculously amusing and informative.
Great video...I hope to have a milk cow next year...but I think I’ll try for a mini jersey!
Thank you so much for such an informative video. I am looking at a 4 year old jersey cow now, she is in milk and has a calf on her BUT she was not bred back and it's been 6 months since she had her calf, I have heard that since around 5 months they are in peak production that it may be challenging to get her bred. My questions are #1 should I or CAN I dry her off before trying to get her bred? Or maybe just stop milking and leave the calf on her so maybe her production slows and she can cycle again? Also, after she is successfully bred does she come back into milk during her pregnancy? Or does she have to calve again in order for milk production to start back up? Thank you so much for your time!
As long as she's in good condition I'd get her bred as soon as possible but she must have a 2 month break where she is dried off before she has her next calf so she can start producing colostrum. She will likely continue to make a reasonable amount of milk until then, especially if you wean her calf (which will be noisy). Jerseys are persistent milkers. As long as she isn't either too skinny or too fat she should breed back just fine.