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Jersey Bulls Are The Worst, I Definitely Don't Trust This Fella!!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ย. 2022
  • Generally the bulls this year have been really good, with the one exception of this one who is a bit on the grumpy side
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    Hey I’m Andrew The Once A Day Farmer, I farm alongside my father on my family dairy farm in New Zealand.
    Our Dairy system is quite unique as we only milk our 320 jersey cows Once A Day (hence the name), and they stay outside on grass for 365 days of the year!!
    Email Enquiries to:
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    macknit@gmail.com
    If you want to send me something my address is:
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    118 Bank Road
    RD3 Ohaupo 3883
    New Zealand

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  • @retiredlogman
    @retiredlogman ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I would agree with the title. I borrowed a jersey bull from a friend to put in with my milk cows. He seemed well behaved. After several weeks I rolled under an electric fence to check on a cow. I stood up on the other side, then the bull wandered over as if he was just curious. He put his head down slowly and pushed against my leg while lifting his head. This left me on the ground looking up at the bull, at which time I promptly rolled back under the fence. For many days after that leg was a variety of colors, starting with my toes and going to my hip. I had green, red, blue and various blends in between. On the next sale day my friend picked up the bull and sent him to auction. I count myself very fortunate.

  • @davehaggerty3405
    @davehaggerty3405 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I’d always heard the #1 cause of death to farmers were Jersey bulls.
    That didn’t stop Dad from buying four Jersey bull calves to feed out for steers.
    He had several near death experiences.
    He called them the mob.

  • @phyllisscroggins7725
    @phyllisscroggins7725 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Andrew - A funny true story. My sister's family was showing their Jerseys at our State Fair. Two men approached my sister and said, "We understand that jersey bulls are the meanest bulls." "Yes" she said. "Do you think they are mean because their testrone is so high." She answered - "No, those bulls are mean cause they're short ! " The guys walked away laughing.

  • @cwavt8849
    @cwavt8849 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I am 62. As a small child I grew up listening to my father tell me if all things farm related. He was born into the great depression and had so much knowledge and experience. He always said that Jersey bulls were Never to be trusted, not to turn your back and never cross a pasture with a Jersey bull. You might can get by with other breeds, though no bull is a sure thing. Except Jerseys. They are Surely dangerous. Always

    • @TheOnceADayFarmer
      @TheOnceADayFarmer  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My grandparents lived through the depression and they didn’t waste much, a lot of things we would throw away now would be kept for the one day it ‘might’ be needed 😅
      Definitely the most dangerous

    • @jennifertselentis4755
      @jennifertselentis4755 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Had a friend with a jersey cow called Daisy she was aggressive and awful. A farm worker said the reason was they were calling her the wrong name. Her name was China. My friend kept her for another couple of years, and her personality did change, so maybe this was the problem.

  • @cw4608
    @cw4608 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    My old Jersey bull Titan was docile until the day he flipped. That day I was down in the pasture graining the cows. Titan decided I was a threat. I ended up spending a good part of the afternoon up an ancient apple tree. We kept him another year, but after he silently jumped the fence and tiptoed up behind me while I was picking raspberries I decided it was time for that handsome boy to go.

    • @spiralrose
      @spiralrose ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Did he ram you when he came upon you picking berries, or did he just stand silently until you turned around and noticed him?

    • @cw4608
      @cw4608 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@spiralrose he stepped on a branch and I turned and saw him. I climbed the tree next to me fast as a little bear cub. My husband was trimming with a weed eater and saw Titan tearing up the ground under that tree and chased Titan off with the trimmer. He was loaded and taken to the auction yard the next day.

    • @christielawrence4640
      @christielawrence4640 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@cw4608 glad that yall were not hurt!!

    • @philipbriney4430
      @philipbriney4430 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Been there done that lol.

    • @Pink_pr1ncess
      @Pink_pr1ncess ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@cw4608ounds like a horror movie, just casually minding your own business and suddenly a 1000 lb tank machine is behind you 😢 you’re braver than me I would’ve fainted.

  • @lylefoster6046
    @lylefoster6046 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    One of Grandpa's favorite expressions. "Stubborn as a Jersey bull".

  • @DoubleDogDare54
    @DoubleDogDare54 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Whenever I cross paths with a rabid vegan who tells me how humans like me don't understand how innocent and harmless dairy cattle are, I tell 'em to go find a Jersey bull and give it a big kiss on the nose. I wonder if any were stupid enough to do so.

    • @thecook8964
      @thecook8964 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Older bulls can go into "perpetual rut"

    • @mnj640
      @mnj640 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I know several vegans and I can tell you they are

  • @whathasxgottodowithit3919.
    @whathasxgottodowithit3919. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    You are so right about Jersey Bulls, (Any Bulls) treat them with respect, and don't turn your back. All the best from the U.K.

  • @bobhostetler8548
    @bobhostetler8548 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    As a retired bull hauler no truer word has ever been spoken, the jersey bull is a devil

    • @groovychic
      @groovychic ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Years ago I asked a close friend who drove a bull wagon which breed of bull was the meanest. He didn't hesitate - Jersey.
      I'm a farm girl so I know better than to base my judgement on "who looks the sweetest" but I'll admit being surprised. We had a jersey cow we kept in case we had an orphan and she was super sweet and easy going and jersey cows have such kind eyes.

    • @tvshowmemes-jt8eb
      @tvshowmemes-jt8eb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Really? The jersey bulls I seen at the diary farm were friendly

    • @brententhornton8951
      @brententhornton8951 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@tvshowmemes-jt8ebyeah they all start off friendly but then they all flip for some reason, I’ve been around 12 Jersey bulls and they ALWAYS end up turning on you

    • @merrelthorson2224
      @merrelthorson2224 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      But the cows are nicer.

    • @merrelthorson2224
      @merrelthorson2224 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@groovychicthey certainly do, Jersey's are gorgeous, they are my favourite cow. Just today our Jersey/ Pinzgaur bull got a zap from the electric fence, it made him angry and began scpoping up dirt with his feet, he was going to tak it on then calmed down, thought better of it. Jersy bulls do have a reputation, but the ladies are lovely cows.

  • @jdo2574
    @jdo2574 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    That milking parlor is the cleanest I have ever seen. Wow great work milk maids !

  • @cjames21
    @cjames21 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Funny that jersey cows are so docile yet the bulls are wild!

    • @TheOnceADayFarmer
      @TheOnceADayFarmer  ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Once they go out with the girls they change pretty quickly!

    • @GorgyPorgy65
      @GorgyPorgy65 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@nigelwilks1673 Really...that's quite incredible.

    • @Sine-gl9ly
      @Sine-gl9ly หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@nigelwilks1673No it's not - it's only ilegal to put them out on pasture _to which the public has access._ ie to fields through which a public footpath runs.

    • @Sine-gl9ly
      @Sine-gl9ly หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@GorgyPorgy65No it's not, its nonsense what he says. It's only forbidden if the public has access to the land.

    • @Sine-gl9ly
      @Sine-gl9ly หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@nigelwilks1673 There was no offence in what I wrote; it was merely correct information (as you have acknowledged) as opposed to incorrect information.

  • @rosemarymurlis-hellings8138
    @rosemarymurlis-hellings8138 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    My father was gored through the arm by his family's jersey bull and ended up having to learn to write with his left hand.
    When he took over the farm, the bull was the first to go.

  • @nohillforahighstepper
    @nohillforahighstepper ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I never had Jerseys but our Holstein bulls turn ugly at about 5 years old. We use a Pomeranian dog to move them. His name is BJ. BJ has their full respect because he bites them on the nut sack and won't let go. You can't fight a Pomeranian hanging on your nut sack...
    Every year since I can remember, here in South Dakota, there has been at least one death of a toddler due to a dairy breed bull. Most dairies use Holsteins here.

    • @colleenuchiyama4916
      @colleenuchiyama4916 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      My childhood dog learned to biter ball sacks from my aunt and uncle’s cow dog. Since my uncle had a closed herd, there were always crotchety bulls around me. Thank God I got to use the old truck to get around their pastures. And I was 11, so driving was SO cool!

    • @dwaynekoblitz6032
      @dwaynekoblitz6032 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂

    • @orsonwells7997
      @orsonwells7997 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Bought a Holstein bull that was someones local 4H project. Nice gentle fella till we put him out in the feedlot with the heifers and he figured out what he was there for.
      His whole personality changed overnight. He became one of the most wicked bulls I ever had to deal with. 2000 pounds of stupid in a leather bag.

    • @rickwilson5611
      @rickwilson5611 ปีที่แล้ว

      I doubt they would even feel it barely, he certainly aint getting his mouth around one of their testicleless.

    • @wakranich3488
      @wakranich3488 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Never underestimate small dogs! My 5lb Chihuahua once held off a 130lb German Shepard! She was guttural growling & my first thought was she's scared.. She held her ground & he came 8ft away before stopping..

  • @saltycomments318
    @saltycomments318 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The neighbours jersey bull was stood in the middle of the road eyeing up our friesians one night when I came home from the pub.. I had to get out of the car and put him back and he wasn't happy with me one bit. I thought I was a legend the way he listened to me until I turned around and realized my trusty dog was beside me the whole time 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

  • @melodigrand
    @melodigrand 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I grew up around beef cattle, Herfords, Angus, Charolais, occasional Brahma. I remember leading a huge Herford bull around the fairgrounds when I was in kindergarten. When I went away to Ag School I learned dairy bulls were much more dangerous. Might explain why I don't remember seeing any dairy bulls in the local pastures with the Holstein cows.

    • @TheOnceADayFarmer
      @TheOnceADayFarmer  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah I don’t think I would want to walk around a jersey bull at fair 😅👍

  • @tinydancer36
    @tinydancer36 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    What a beautiful countryside! Rainy or not, it's just lovely and serene.

  • @californiadreamer2580
    @californiadreamer2580 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Wow. I read many of the comments, I had no idea that Jersey bulls were so notoriously treacherous! Jerseys are my favorite dairy breed, and every cow I've met was docile. But come to think of it, I've never met a Jersey bull.

  • @IFarmWeFarm
    @IFarmWeFarm ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I used to have a bull that would put any cattle dog to shame, would round up the cows in the corner of the field and hold them all day just like you mentioned. Fierce frustrating 🙈.

    • @liamduffy3873
      @liamduffy3873 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi

    • @richardnettleton9402
      @richardnettleton9402 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hi Andrew have just subscribed , you should come and stay with us at Phillip Island Aus. we have a great B & B Glen Isla House. I had a young Holstein bull come at me two consecutive days, he was on the truck the following Monday. Had shown no signs of this previous. Cheers.

    • @captlee3732
      @captlee3732 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Must have shit dogs in your part of the world that bull wouldn't last the night on my ranch with proper dogs

    • @jimbob8969
      @jimbob8969 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@richardnettleton9402 I just looked at your website. You have a beautiful B&B. Greetings from 🇺🇸

    • @willyfindlay4398
      @willyfindlay4398 ปีที่แล้ว

      @IFarmWeFarm Adrian do you ever have Dairy Bulls on your farm ?

  • @mn4056933
    @mn4056933 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I like how you permit the cows go to graze in the field after milking, also there very clean!

    • @TheOnceADayFarmer
      @TheOnceADayFarmer  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep they’re on grass 24/7 👌

    • @kazzana9013
      @kazzana9013 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      It is New Zealand; where else would the cows go after milking? It is very unusual here for anything other than grazing in the paddocks.

    • @Redwarfa
      @Redwarfa 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same in Australia

  • @graemechristall5724
    @graemechristall5724 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I was taught never to trust a jersey bulls from a young age working in rural cartage. One of the company's older clients from Dannevirke got attacked by one of his jersey bulls in yards and passed away because no one was around to help him.

    • @jimbob8969
      @jimbob8969 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jersey bulls will kill you in an instant. We never kept one past 24 months old.

    • @wakranich3488
      @wakranich3488 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So sad!!

    • @Autistic-Noice-Panda-2023
      @Autistic-Noice-Panda-2023 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@wakranich3488yeah so moral of the story trust jersey cows and not jersey bulls

  • @Zubeneshemali
    @Zubeneshemali 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Agreed about Jersey bulls!! Ours never would behave until he had a 10 ft chain draped "around his horns, after dehorning" to keep him from charging. He eventually went to slaughter b/c the chain became almost embedded behind his horns due to stepping on it so often when he began a charge!! Tried the chain to a ring in his nose once. Did not last!! Loved that Jersey mild and cream!!

  • @robertqueberg4612
    @robertqueberg4612 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I can still smell the barn. It has been quite a few years, and I thank and appreciate the dairy farmers across the world. A nice presentation.
    I am seventy five, and remember the neighbor coming out to the pasture to get the cows, when I was around four. Les was carrying a three tine pitch fork as a defensive tool against his Jersey bull. He was pawing and bellowing, while keeping his distance.
    The Charolais bulls can get a good place on the bad bull list.

    • @thecook8964
      @thecook8964 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brown Swiss bulls are evil

  • @jasonbuck489
    @jasonbuck489 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    That is a GREAT LOOKING Herd of Cattle!.... They look to be very Clean and Healthy!.... Two things I learned from my Pap at a very young age is 1) Never, Ever Trust A Bull.... And 2) Do Not Fall down in the Hog Pen.... Both of those rules if broken will pretty much guarantee death.... And if not death, you gonna be left feeling like you want to die.... Great Video!

    • @wakranich3488
      @wakranich3488 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hogs will kill you & eat you!

  • @johnself6435
    @johnself6435 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm glad I only had to deal with Holstein bulls then. When I went in the pump house he was a quarter mile down the creek. Just as I walked out I heard him waiting for me to come out. Half hour before I could get to my truck and he added a few more dents to the door and fender.. I was using my tractor to herd one in the lots. He got his head down and in the bucket. Started pushing me back with my wheels spinning. But the most dangerous was a old crazy eyed range cow with her calf . My partner was supposed to guard my back while I tagged and medicated the calf. She ran over-the-top of him and send me tumbling. We managed to drag the calf into the back of the truck and shut the tail gate. That bad baitch jumped that tail gate played with us for while before we could jump over the side. But she was a good momma

  • @jamesmorton5017
    @jamesmorton5017 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I have noticed less docility in dairy bulls also. My grandparents kept jerseys for personal dairy production. Grandmah kept her children and the neighborhood in milk and butter. My uncle raised beef cattle. The Hereford bulls were virtually pets in comparison to Jersey and Holstein bulls.

  • @AlleyCat-1
    @AlleyCat-1 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I had a "mini" jersey bull up until last yr. Got him as a bottle baby. But when he turned 3 & I took him over to my folks to breed my girl's for the late summer/fall, he got beyond grumpy & turned into a stalker, first would stalk my dad & would try to corner him (never a smart thing to do to an old man with a short temper. Lol) but when he started stalking the neighbor's kid's he came home. He didn't improve. He had a bigger late cut steer that kept him in line, otherwise we might have seen the changes sooner. But I trained him to pick up his feet & be halter broke & to be lead when he was younger. He was a great breeder, but once he got grump, I had to use my heeler to train him to stay back. Bummer.

    • @Lagolop
      @Lagolop ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jersey cattle are pretty "mini" as it is. I didn't;t know there were actual mini Jerseys!

    • @AlleyCat-1
      @AlleyCat-1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Lagolop there's standard (abt as tall as most Holstein's), mid-size or moderate (a bit shorter than a Holstein), mini's. Which are abt half the size. I think they range between 38" to 42", but without looking it up for the specific size, that's the best my memory can give me. There's also micro-mini's (not necessarily in Jersey).
      This of course, is in the US, not sure if it's common everywhere.
      But our Jersey bull was 38" at the hip.
      He bred our standard (regular sized) Jersey cow & her last bull calf is about mid-size. A bit taller than the bull & reaches just below where the ribs curve towards the spine on his mom.
      But we have lowline or Aberdeen Angus or mini Angus which are found in Australia.
      We've got a micro-mini bull (soon to be steer) & 2 micro-mini's heifer (well 1 is a cow now).
      There's a few mini-jersey farms in the US.

  • @coyotedust
    @coyotedust 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I've a friend that buys 25 baby Jersey bulls to raise as grass fed beef from a dairyman in Idaho. These bulls aren't cut. He picks them up at a few weeks old. He said they're very dangerous. Opposite of the Jersey cows.

  • @bethhayes8427
    @bethhayes8427 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    When I was 5 to maybe 9 my grandfather had a small dairy. He had a mean bull who would force his way into the lot with the cows and then hold them up from going in the barn. My grandfather would stand behind the barn door to let the right cows in and send me out with a buggy whip to chase off the bull. My husband says that's why I'm not afraid of much. When I was 2 my dad would stick me on hogs to ride. And by 6 my other grandpa had me riding calves. lol. Those were the best times.

    • @Lagolop
      @Lagolop ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And today, they are afraid to let their kids even walk to school ...

    • @freedomrings1420
      @freedomrings1420 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Lagolop I'd be more worried about human predators versus animal predators around children.

    • @Lagolop
      @Lagolop ปีที่แล้ว

      @@freedomrings1420 Oh come on! Pedophiles are people too. It's just a "lifestyle". Obviously your a bigot and racist ...

    • @paulk8532
      @paulk8532 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@freedomrings1420 humans MIGHT let them live
      Animals will not
      Not condoning human harm
      Humans are evil
      Animals instinctively

  • @JaneJones-lg3bd
    @JaneJones-lg3bd 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You have a beautiful herd of diary cattle! God bless all our farmers! They do so much hard work to feed us all! Thank you!

  • @BostrsBoy
    @BostrsBoy ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was attacked by a 150 # Holstein heifer calf.I laughed it off as just a freak event. Two years later she almost killed one of my friends. I guess she tasted alright.

  • @scotsmanofnewengland7713
    @scotsmanofnewengland7713 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for the memories. My father’s family were dairy farmers up in Northern Vermont. Once while crossing a field of cows and one bull my cousin yelled the bull was charging towards us. I ran like hell and rolled under the electric fence as I looked back for my cousin I saw he had tripped and landed face first down in a pile of cow poop. I couldn’t stop laughing and the bull so no where in sight. He asked me to promise not to tell anyone but I couldn’t keep that secret secret LMAO 🤣

  • @chuckhenry5487
    @chuckhenry5487 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    When around bulls, I have a 3/8 inch x 3 1/2 foot fiberglass composit stick and don’t hesitate using it on their nose after a few lessons they learn to turn away from me .never had one come at me in reverse 😊 .thanks for your great videos!

    • @nohillforahighstepper
      @nohillforahighstepper ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My Dad uses a broken pitchfork handle.

    • @warrenpuckett4203
      @warrenpuckett4203 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As a teenager I used a 6 foot 1/2 inch galvanized pipe. I had to clang a Hereford bull with it. Only needed to do that once. Well twice.
      I guess I needed to ring his bell twice. Must have thought the 1st time was a mistake. Dad never asked how the pipe got bent.

    • @melindaburch4318
      @melindaburch4318 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Our horses would rear their heads at us in the barn when we fed them grain with a plastic bucket. It stopped when I started using a metal bucket. Horses have big, heavy, dangerous heads. ALL animals can be dangerous, even pets. Be aware, folks.

    • @johnbaker1256
      @johnbaker1256 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@warrenpuckett4203 he knew

  • @anzacday4141
    @anzacday4141 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. I was a dairy farmer back in the 1960's in East Gippsland Victoria. Has lost of Guernseys and Jerseys.

  • @mithall4198
    @mithall4198 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a nice looking herd, sir. I might opt for some AI instead of dealing with that fella. lol

  • @banjopete
    @banjopete ปีที่แล้ว +10

    And they can cover ground surprisingly quickly….I know…barely made the fence……very undignified!😮

  • @janegrieve
    @janegrieve ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When I was young I went into a field with jerseys didn’t know the bull was there 😮never went over a gate so fast in my life lol

    • @freedomrings1420
      @freedomrings1420 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL 😂, a dairy farm that I lived on when young brought in a Jersey bull to breed the Holstein heifers because of the small calves they would have that do less damage to a first calf heifer. And the owners of the farm told me to not get into the pasture when that bull was there. They were real mean. LOL 😂

  • @FASTBACKKAT
    @FASTBACKKAT ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jersey cows are so pretty, lucky you get to work with them !!

  • @August84118
    @August84118 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I remember in one of my Agriculture classes in the early 1980’s, my instructor informed us that the Jersey bull was the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States. Fun fact.

    • @TheOnceADayFarmer
      @TheOnceADayFarmer  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wow thats pretty crazy!!

    • @diaryofagoat-lass1023
      @diaryofagoat-lass1023 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What were the other two causes?...

    • @piratepete4322
      @piratepete4322 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@diaryofagoat-lass1023old age and gunfire.😅

    • @diaryofagoat-lass1023
      @diaryofagoat-lass1023 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@piratepete4322 Uh, wow...

    • @ahwell9984
      @ahwell9984 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Maybe he meant among farm deaths. In the US, #1 is heart disease, #2 is cancer, and #3 is accidents/unintentional injuries (everything from car crashes to falling off roofs to grumpy Jersey bulls).

  • @tonydeaton1967
    @tonydeaton1967 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Here in Texas, it's the angus cattle in general, that are a bit dodgy.

    • @outinthesticks1035
      @outinthesticks1035 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Always had shorthorns, bulls were just about like dogs , only worry was if they slipped when running to meet you . Then got a Angus to try getting some blue heifers , good and quiet till he got bit excited, then he turned into a nut case

    • @cwavt8849
      @cwavt8849 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's because we have way more Angus. And, yep, they can get nasty. But, Jerseys will actually hunt you, like a cape buffalo. They are devious. Angus will usually let you know what they think about you.

    • @brushwolf
      @brushwolf 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've worked cattle in south Texas. The cattle you never work on foot are Brahmas, cows or bulls. There were plenty of incidents that I remember.

  • @andrewpaige6571
    @andrewpaige6571 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Thank you for allowing us in the United States to witness the care of your cows 🐄.

  • @philipbriney4430
    @philipbriney4430 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Our bull Solomon jr. Is usually pretty mello. I watch him close and the other day you could tell he was ina mood. He lifted one side of the tractor off tbe ground. I was the ground guy so tbat day I kept the tractor between us.

  • @honey-bee-farmstead
    @honey-bee-farmstead ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for sharing this, I have a polled Jersey Bull calf I am wanting to grow out to breed my Jersey Girls.
    It is something that worries me for sure

  • @deborahgrantham7387
    @deborahgrantham7387 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    When I was a kid and we had to do the milking, we had a dairy bull… he was mean and we were not exactly angels. We would tease him as we knew he would charge …always. We would get into his pasture, get him to chase you, then run like h--, then jump over the gate. Our fathers decided perhaps one of us was gonna get killed, so he was down the road.🤷‍♀️

  • @johnbennett9149
    @johnbennett9149 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    And you sir are 100 percent right never and I mean never trust one😉

  • @allenwatkins4972
    @allenwatkins4972 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jersey or Guernsey dairy bulls are small, quick, and pretty. But once they get used to humans and lose their fear they can be killers, and were, back when most dairies, small and large, had their own herd bull. Jersey and Guernsey milk is very high in butter fat, and the cows are quite docile and have beautiful eye lashes, so people were willing to take the risk. But, you had to be really careful when you were around the the bulls. It's dairy bulls that are dangerous. Range bulls mostly just lay around chewing their cud and blinking their eyes before falling asleep. Range cows on the other hand are very curious and can be pretty pushy. They like to stand around in a wide semi-circle and watch you take a bath in their water trough. Well, not in it, beside it while you dip out the water and pour it over yourself. I used to like to think that I perhaps could charge admission...if cows had any money.

  • @dwaynekoblitz6032
    @dwaynekoblitz6032 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beautiful farm land! New subscriber. Let's see what y'all are up to. Atlanta, Ga. checking in

  • @michaelcanales3683
    @michaelcanales3683 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Hello from central Texas. My grandpa switched to a beef bull from a Holstein to get more marketable calves. That bull was not a mean but he did all he could to keep the cows away from the corrals closest to the milking barn. When milking was done, he would run them to the farthest end of the pasture. That only lasted for a little while, the bull moved on and a younger bull took his place. Never trust a jersey bull.

    • @elizabethrobertson2045
      @elizabethrobertson2045 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My grandpa always said you can trust a bull as long as you can swing it by its tail..IE... never

  • @John-xg2vj
    @John-xg2vj ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jersey bulls are the worst. We had one back in the early 90s named Percolator. Could not trust him at all. Sounded like the one in your video all the time. When we were loading him on a trailer once my mother grabbed the lever action 30/30 rifle in case things went bad. He wouldn't get in the trailer so I had to get in there and slap him on the nose until he chased me. I dove out the side door and he smashed into the wall. Meanest animal I ever saw.

    • @cw4608
      @cw4608 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Line trimmers are pretty convincing ways to encourage them to back off

  • @yvonneward
    @yvonneward ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love all your herd another great video again Andrew x

  • @giuseppeaudino697
    @giuseppeaudino697 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi mate very good panoramic video and also the beautiful cows you did a good job I have got a question in what country you are because is all nice green the land thanks 🙏👋👍🍻from west Australia

  • @michaelblanks4284
    @michaelblanks4284 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I used to borrow a jersey bull to breed her Jersey cross it was the most awful couple of weeks of my life dealing with that Jersey bull I'll leave it right there

  • @barbaramayer5182
    @barbaramayer5182 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The bulls of the milk cattle breeds, such as the Jersey and Shorthorns are much meaner than the beef cattle breeds like Angus or Herefords.

  • @andrewpaige6571
    @andrewpaige6571 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We love the the relationship with the cows and calf’s

  • @stephenharvie1404
    @stephenharvie1404 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fancy going to the beach with such good weather (not) pleanty of sunshine lol

  • @johanna5581
    @johanna5581 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Beautiful Cattles and a beautiful Landscape!💕💕

  • @johnjordan4647
    @johnjordan4647 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Another interesting video Andrew. Ha Ha bulls with attitude 😢. Hey have you thought extending the round yard over towards the “ Old Grandads walkthrough cowshed” and then you could accommodate both herds in one milking

    • @trevorstewart8
      @trevorstewart8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think Andrew likes to have them divided for easier tracing and management.

  • @effeo9962
    @effeo9962 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The ind of Siptember... Kiwi vowels are something else!

  • @johntomasini3916
    @johntomasini3916 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I can relate to the Jersey bull encounters. Was in Dairy Farming in Northern Victoria Australia until 1996, had enough, I knew the industry was on the ropes and sold up, four sons were not going to be Dairy Farmers. My Jersey story happened when I was repairing the fence adjacent to the Dairy, concentrating on what I was doing, didn't notice the Jersey Bull had pulled the bolt back on the gate. I noticed a sound behind me, his horns each side of me and pushing me up against the fence, I made a fist and hit him just behind the crown of his head, he took a small step back, I morphed into a bird and flew over the fence.
    Never had any Bulls with horns after that. Cows can be just as dangerous, I have a few fractures to prove it. Did away with Bulls altogether in late 80's, everything was AI after that, I was running a Genetic Advancement Program, everything was AI, including First Calver's, with a Condensed calving pattern as well. I like the Swing Over Dairy, very efficient, dad and I built a 30 a side Swing Over in 1992, 230 Friesian cows through in an hour and forty five minutes. Just Subscribed, thanks for the video.

  • @haroldingmire6768
    @haroldingmire6768 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Back in the 1960’s we would breed our first calf angus heifers with a Jersey bull as the caving was much easier. This one randy bull jumped our neighbors poorly maintained and impregnated a bunch his purebred Charlois cows. My dad to…d him he needs better fence🤣

    • @vernonfrance2974
      @vernonfrance2974 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Charolais is so much larger he must have been quite athletic.

  • @dirtpatcheaven
    @dirtpatcheaven ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Love it

  • @anguslaws2440
    @anguslaws2440 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I believe that the reason dairy bulls are more hostile than beef bulls all comes down to one factor; their upbringing.
    Whereas beef breeds such as Herefords, Angus etc are raised by their mothers for a few mothers, dairy bulls such as Jerseys and Holsteins are usually raised by humans and spend more time around humans. Hence why more bull attacks are dairy breeds.

    • @IrishFrank22
      @IrishFrank22 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If that's the case dogs should attack their owners 😂

    • @anguslaws2440
      @anguslaws2440 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@IrishFrank22 what I mean is that bulls from the dairy industry are less fearful of humans.

    • @vernonfrance2974
      @vernonfrance2974 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@IrishFrank22 Dogs have different brain structures and instincts than cattle. Also, most pups are left with their mothers until they are weaned.
      Familiarity breeds contempt. This is also true of horses as foals that are allowed to "horse around" with people will become dangerous to humans when they are older with greater frequency.

  • @Mach5Johnny
    @Mach5Johnny 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    New Zealand definitely reminds me of The Açores!

  • @fomoyearsfofofiv8178
    @fomoyearsfofofiv8178 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How many are A-2 milkers? Lovely herd and countryside!

  • @TheTWProductions
    @TheTWProductions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    here in the us everyone is having troubles getting corn and beans off bc of weather and only couple people with the machines.

  • @janosczovek8524
    @janosczovek8524 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the work's? Thanks really enjoyed the video 👍

  • @gurufams
    @gurufams ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A very nice farm with very good cattle.

  • @gerryoconnor8751
    @gerryoconnor8751 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do you buy in those bulls Andrew or breed them yourself?.

  • @beckbeverley3451
    @beckbeverley3451 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We had mixed breed but my pop taught us all that u never trust a bull. He also told us that when working cattle whether paddock or yard that u always needed to have 2 different escapes and to keep some poly pipe with u. 1 cousin if she put her big toe into the paddock it was a guarantee she would get charged. 1 time she got hit and flipped her up in the air like a ragdoll. And my uncle was mustering cows as a couple scrubber bulls had got in mixed breed 1 a jersey cross brahman. He was full gallop next to a dried out creekbed. Eyes on the scrubber in front. But didn't see the one stalking him in the creek bed. He got t boned with both him and the horse rolling down a steep bank . Both hurt but that bull was ready to finish the job. It hit both of them that hard as they were still a tangled mess. He ended up with a dislocated shoulder, 4 rib breaks a punctured lung and liver laseration. But had to scale a willow tree before that thing hit them again. Horse had soft tissue and strains.
    U have to be smart working cattle. Handeling helps some but not much. Although a family friend who i help manage his property due to age heflies up their arse had not only doing this but beeping his horn. Just making the potential for an incident and hurt ,so frustratine having o

  • @Highland_Moo
    @Highland_Moo 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    We’ve got shorthorn cows and we hire a nice shorthorn bull every year. There’s only been one bull that wasn’t docile and friendly and that bastard made my fat, Scottish arse clear a cattle gate at high speed when he decided I was needing a battering! He was a limousine rather than shorthorn and was very pretty, but that was the last non shorthorn we hired!

  • @janegrieve
    @janegrieve 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How long do you keep the bulls ? Do you always send them off to the abattoir

  • @annavizard970
    @annavizard970 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Aye, a Jersey bull is a lotta mean in one cute package.

  • @dansherwood9851
    @dansherwood9851 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Strange. We had a few Jerseys with our Holsteins but never a bull but the jersey cows were the most good natured of all cows we ever had and produced great butterfat.

    • @thecook8964
      @thecook8964 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Very accurate kickers though

  • @6830ful
    @6830ful ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What beach do u go too?

  • @peasant5612
    @peasant5612 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My baleage paddocks look like yours every year, just the way it goes up here.
    Been charged at twice this mating by me own freisian bull and a new shorthorn. They sure don't like being singled out. Havnt had problems previously.

  • @hazel555
    @hazel555 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful, healthy animals!

  • @Cthefarmer
    @Cthefarmer ปีที่แล้ว

    Loving the rainy weather.

  • @paperboy...8667
    @paperboy...8667 ปีที่แล้ว

    They learn real quick when they get a fence batten, across the ears...

  • @paulk8532
    @paulk8532 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I grew up with Hereford bulls. And that was a lot of bulls. From when I could walk, I was safe to walk through the corral. The neighbors had herefords and there were NEVER incidents.

  • @KiwiJim13
    @KiwiJim13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The kiwicross cow looked good 👀🙄👍

  • @juliadove1006
    @juliadove1006 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The homicidal tendencies of the Jersey Bull are notorious here in the UK. It is very unusual for a dairy farmer to keep a bull. In fact this danger to the cow man or farmer was the reason that, prior to the widespread use of AI
    Jersey cows milk sold for a serious premium. To a lesser degree it still has extra value.

  • @owenhinrich2135
    @owenhinrich2135 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How long do you keep the bulls for before changing them

  • @wonderfulwenna2710
    @wonderfulwenna2710 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gorgeous Farm !

  • @magnus9165
    @magnus9165 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Holstein bulls will kill you if you give them even a flicker of a chance. One farmer near us was killed when his Holstein bull pinned him in the barn. The bull crushed him with his head with no horns. I guess every bone in his upper body was broke.

  • @crusader777
    @crusader777 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Grew up on a dairy farm and the coba select sires truck came to our farm monthly, I remember asking the man , what's your meanest bull out of all the breeds , he said without hesitation, Jersey bulls

  • @BhupinderSingh-cj2vq
    @BhupinderSingh-cj2vq ปีที่แล้ว +2

    U r enjoying u r work awesome

  • @brycekirby1567
    @brycekirby1567 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great content

  • @joeandjudygreen5398
    @joeandjudygreen5398 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice looking cows.

  • @davidpearn4344
    @davidpearn4344 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Never turn ya back on a Jersey bull

    • @danarudgers2056
      @danarudgers2056 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Never turn your back on ANY bull. Good comment

  • @jasonrhodes7047
    @jasonrhodes7047 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yep never ever trust a bull. I have Holsteins and the nastiest 2 that I have had rarely ever made any noise.

    • @Encourageable
      @Encourageable ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When I was probably 8 or 10 years old we bought a small Holstein calf (male). My sister and I were always around it. But man did he grow up with a nasty temper LOL. Very aggressive. You’d think since we were around him since he was just a few weeks old he’d be kind to us but nope - became a mean bull.

  • @gregsullivan8956
    @gregsullivan8956 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Summer in January sounds really unnatural being from the States

    • @KiwiJim13
      @KiwiJim13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You get use to it

    • @jimbob8969
      @jimbob8969 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KiwiJim13I could definitely get used to it. Here it is 27F/-3C. 🇺🇸 Ohio

    • @danarudgers2056
      @danarudgers2056 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think it's a good place to spend our winter.

  • @kevinklingner7712
    @kevinklingner7712 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We had two bad jersey bulls but had many quiet , docile bulls many we could lay on while they were resting on ground.

    • @TheOnceADayFarmer
      @TheOnceADayFarmer  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're fine until they meet the girls haha

    • @kevinklingner7712
      @kevinklingner7712 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They make weighty first cross calves of small size over beef heifers. We never lost heifers to them.at 15 months old they were as heavy or heavier than Hereford and Angus and marbled well.

    • @kevinklingner7712
      @kevinklingner7712 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We always left them with the cows all the time the seemed happier that way.

  • @cathy6508
    @cathy6508 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jersey's are the most dangerous of all the bulls apart from an actual mad bull, which you don't see often. but Jersey's are known to be aggressive towards people, so be careful around them especially the Bulls.

  • @ethanlee9441
    @ethanlee9441 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder how it was treated. Because mine acts like a dog.

    • @sunstruckfarms4489
      @sunstruckfarms4489 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol , say you're clueless without saying you're clueless

  • @markkallstrom5672
    @markkallstrom5672 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4th generation dairyman here in U.S.A.
    from the state of Washington [ sold dairy 15 yrs. ago ] [ now sweet corn farmer ] We have had winters at minus 20 with 30 mph winds , I think that makes it nearly 60 below zero

    • @randykroells8049
      @randykroells8049 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In Washington state? We rarely get weather like that in Minnesota.

  • @ZitsaAdem
    @ZitsaAdem 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi I have Jersey cows. What do you recommend for best efficiency?

    • @TheOnceADayFarmer
      @TheOnceADayFarmer  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry I’m not sure what you mean?

    • @ZitsaAdem
      @ZitsaAdem 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheOnceADayFarmer What do you recommend I do to get a good milk yield from the cows?

  • @vanessamartin2186
    @vanessamartin2186 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jersey cows are so beautiful!!

  • @brianjonker510
    @brianjonker510 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did I miss in a previous video about the heifers getting bred?

    • @gregsullivan8956
      @gregsullivan8956 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cant get MILK without the bulls getting busy lol

  • @danieloblinger1199
    @danieloblinger1199 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It would be interesting to know in what part of the world these fellows are located. I can tell by this guy’s accent that he is not in Petersburg Kentucky :-)

    • @angelareimann6433
      @angelareimann6433 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I guess kiwi 😊. New Zealand by the accent.

  • @debradelarue9717
    @debradelarue9717 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why are so many cows thin? Prime dairy country, but so many need a good feed. Appreciate yr videos for the scenery and the milk cows. I'd love to have your job.

    • @TheOnceADayFarmer
      @TheOnceADayFarmer  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they're not that thin, compared to a beef breed they may look that way but they're not.
      Its a lovely part of the waikato!

    • @paulk8532
      @paulk8532 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's how the healthy cows look like. You'd know a thin cow.

  • @johnsmith-ht3sy
    @johnsmith-ht3sy ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At an Agricultural College in South Africa in the 70s we were told that one white New Zealand dairy farmer could work a milking herd alone. One man operation. Unachieavble with African labour.

    • @kazzana9013
      @kazzana9013 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      lol; that has nothing to do with what color skin the farmer has, it is more about the climate in New Zealand which grows plentiful grass and often pleasant temperatures to work in.

    • @johnsmith-ht3sy
      @johnsmith-ht3sy 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@kazzana9013 There are actually plenty of pleasant climate pastural lands throughout Africa covering areas greater in size than NZ.