Kip , your heifers are huge and are nice and calm. It’s nice to see the farmer who raised those heifers milking those heifers. No yelling, no whistling, just calm and kool. They know you and trust you. Great job. Thanks for the video.
Enjoyed seeing your parlor and I love the simplicity but efficient working of the cattle. Continue on and teach the next generation of dairy farmers. Thank you.
Like the fact you bring them in the parlor before they freshin!!! That takes a lot of stress out of them after they calve. Its one thing to freshin them in and makes it even more stressful after they calve and they have to also go into a place they never have been before and handled!!! They know the sound, they know their herdmates are there, good way to do it. Nice Nice group of 2 year olds, nice bunch of cows period!!! Kevin
you are calm and easy with your girls. Very nice to see. How about a radio in your parlor. Cows love music and will look forward to coming in to hear the hits. haha . You treat them with respect and dignity.
My dad had to sell our dairy herd about 10 yrs ago. We had a side by side 4 on each. Almost always had 1 new heifer we had to put a rope up to block her leg from kicking the milkers off. I've been kicked more times than I can count. Dairy farmers get all my respect. Your herd looks really good, esp for how many head your milking.
your cows are so clean.I like how you actually do care about your cows.looks like you have your farm running like a oiled wheel.Thanks for explaining your procedures.Nice video.
Great video. I have been in a lot of dairy barns and have milked many many cows. I have never seen a dairy barn set up like yours is. Also I never saw anyone lay down newspapers. The dairies I worked in back in my younger days were double 4 or double 6 herringbone barns. Your heifers look really good. Good job sir
Great videos. It's good to have a guy like you making these videos to show the animal activists that us farmers do care about animals very much. You've done a good job training those heifers.
Excellent video - again! Keep it up as your technique with your animals taking your highest priority is heartening to see. (From an old dairy farmer kid with Surge milkers - no pipeline!)
I only know 2 things about a cow they eat a lot and they crap a lot but i sure do appreciate everything that you and your cows do when i sit down to a nice hot dinner with a tall cold glass of vitamin d after a long hard day of framing houses so all you wonderful Farmers out there you keep me fed and i will keep a dry warm roof over your head to lay down after a hard days work on the farm
Nice looking herd you have Kip!! Nice and calm too. They (cows) feed off the energy people radiate if that’s the way to say it. If you’re calm most likely the cow will be calm or remain calm. If you’re mad, upset or excited the cows will feel that and react accordingly. Generally that is. Great vid! Cheers
Nice job getting the heifers to run the gauntlet a few times before they get introduced to the milker. I just chuckle when they swing their head down and look at ya with the come-on man, how about some more feed!
Keith great job. The cows are calm you guys are calm. You might have edited it out 😜 but did not even see one cow lift her hind leg. Great job. How many pounds on average are you getting per cow? Love the videos Thanks
Hi Kip, I enjoy your videos! You have a nice farm there. With those Nupulse milkers, do you have to re-time the pulsators very often? Anything you really like or dislike about them? Thanks!!
Really cool video ! That newspaper would make awesome red worm bedding after your done with it . I use red worms to compost so I see little things like that .
it's great watching your videos and see how you are always so calm with everything. The one with the water breaking started getting little jumpy, was there ever a time that you had one freak out and what would do you do get control? thanks
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting and informative how u milk 🥛 heifers. I enjoyed your videos. Heifers did well in the parlor. Whole lot different from a tie stall barn . I milked 70 cows auto take offs
I know I keep repeating but that yet to calve heifer is a tank!!! Amazing how a little feed can sooth the wild beast , my dad always called that kind of feed for the bucket calves he raised Cracker Jack's because it was real was real sweet to get them started ! I'm just gonna guess that pig pen my not be the cleanest heifer in the lot !!! Hahaha Thanks for the very interesting video !!
Do your Milkers automatically retract when finished. I work on a dairy farm. We milk from behind .. id be scared to go in on the side like you do.. you need a football helmet for milking 😊
Kip you are so calm and talking to them helps the beauties to relax good on you i got a few kicks from first time milkers but the worst kick i ever got was from my girlfriend over xmas your not with the cows now she said ha ha ha
Good lookin heifers! Freshening heifers is one of my least favorite things to do. Very necessary though! What kind of production do you see out of them?
I watched and listen to what you said and they were very calm...I liked the way you do these things so I subscribed to your channel...your the reason I drink so much milk ...God made the best drink...MILK...
My uncle always tought me and my cousins to pet the heifer and talk to them and be very calm and gentle when she didn't come in are parlor right and and I guess my uncle was right because those heifers learn really quick
Yep that’s what they were.The neighbors made fun of me for buying them because they had just came out with them.Can t believe they are still out there and you can get parts for them they worked great for me except for when it got below 10 degrees or colder they would freeze up sometimes Thanks for the reply brought back some good memories from the milking days
We herded the cows but never chased them, we petted but didn't hit them, matter of fact we petted everything on the farm including the hogs, tame animals know pretty much your there not to hurt them, their maybe scared of something new but your there and it calms them. We always brought the heifers in before they calved and they got use to the barn and what was going on around them. The only thing left was the first milking and that was always exciting but they always calmed down with a few pets and talking to. They all got their own habits and quirks and we knew each one of them. It's what makes the herd.
Nice and calm heifers, we had some really bad ones. Dad would take a rope and put it around her in front of the udder. Tighten it as tight as possible, then when she tried to kick she could only jump with both feet . She might kick off the milker but not kick us. Great video, thx!!!
The damaged teats are unfortunate, but as you said, it happens. One our best cows lost a quarter at a young age, yet she was a top 5 producer on only 3 quarters! Later on she was sold to a family friend (also a farmer) and he would take her to county fair shows, usually getting blue ribbons, occasionally best of show.
I still think the "Cow" is the best animal that God ever invented, although it might be a close tie with a good dog!
Agree with that!
My Grandpa would have put his team of horses first. The team feed the cows that brought in the money. Friendly cows and a loyal dog are best animals!
@@kswaynes7569 My Grandpa & Dad would give a big THUMBS Up 2 UR comment!
@@KipSieglerFarming1 of course I never milked a dog, not yet anyway,
Kip , your heifers are huge and are nice and calm. It’s nice to see the farmer who raised those heifers milking those heifers. No yelling, no whistling, just calm and kool. They know you and trust you. Great job. Thanks for the video.
Absolutely on the huge !!!!
Enjoyed seeing your parlor and I love the simplicity but efficient working of the cattle. Continue on and teach the next generation of dairy farmers. Thank you.
Like the fact you bring them in the parlor before they freshin!!! That takes a lot of stress out of them after they calve. Its one thing to freshin them in and makes it even more stressful after they calve and they have to also go into a place they never have been before and handled!!! They know the sound, they know their herdmates are there, good way to do it. Nice Nice group of 2 year olds, nice bunch of cows period!!! Kevin
Nice job with the new heifers! Your parlor may be old but like you said is still very functional an very importantly is paid for!
Great video, I had Uncle's and Aunts that farmed and I always enjoyed being there and helping. You bring back some great memories.
Kip, looks great and nice job with the new heifers. Thanks for sharing.
you are calm and easy with your girls. Very nice to see. How about a radio in your parlor. Cows love music and will look forward to coming in to hear the hits. haha . You treat them with respect and dignity.
My dad had to sell our dairy herd about 10 yrs ago. We had a side by side 4 on each. Almost always had 1 new heifer we had to put a rope up to block her leg from kicking the milkers off. I've been kicked more times than I can count. Dairy farmers get all my respect. Your herd looks really good, esp for how many head your milking.
Well done. You are by far the best dairy man on TH-cam .
I love the way you are working those new heifers.
They look really good.
Appreciate that!
your cows are so clean.I like how you actually do care about your cows.looks like you have your farm running like a oiled wheel.Thanks for explaining your procedures.Nice video.
Thanks
Great video. I have been in a lot of dairy barns and have milked many many cows. I have never seen a dairy barn set up like yours is. Also I never saw anyone lay down newspapers. The dairies I worked in back in my younger days were double 4 or double 6 herringbone barns. Your heifers look really good. Good job sir
beautiful animals ,great husbandry ,slow and easy ,quiet soothing voices ,you are a great advert on how dairying should be done
Thank you appreciate that👍
@@KipSieglerFarming1 you are more than welcome
Yours look so healthy and very well taken care of. You have a lot of patience. Cows are intelligent and gentle for the most part.
The beat of your Nupulse milkers is very calming!
Thanks for the live chat! Your cows are so tame even for their 1st time in the parlor, that's due to all their human contact from you! Great job!
Thanks 👍
Great videos. It's good to have a guy like you making these videos to show the animal activists that us farmers do care about animals very much. You've done a good job training those heifers.
Thanks 👍👍
Excellent video - again! Keep it up as your technique with your animals taking your highest priority is heartening to see. (From an old dairy farmer kid with Surge milkers - no pipeline!)
Nice set of cows and heifers. Always glad to see a new vid kip. 👍
I only know 2 things about a cow they eat a lot and they crap a lot but i sure do appreciate everything that you and your cows do when i sit down to a nice hot dinner with a tall cold glass of vitamin d after a long hard day of framing houses so all you wonderful Farmers out there you keep me fed and i will keep a dry warm roof over your head to lay down after a hard days work on the farm
Yes thanks, I always say to my family on cold nights here in Michigan with wind blowing we are so lucky to have a nice warm house to be in👍
You have a very nice herd and i like the milk parlor keep the awesome videos coming!
I use to milk a pipeline. 80 cows 6 milkers 3 on a side brings back memories. Nice work👌🏻
Great video. What age do you calve your heifers? They look awesome 👍
Usually around 2 but maybe a little older, and thanks
You have beautiful animals. Clean and shiny coats, nice high bags, calm temperament! What an amazing herd! Something to be proud of for sure.
Thank you👍
Loved this! Those are some beautiful cows and heifers Great job with your herd and genetics!
Nice looking herd you have Kip!! Nice and calm too. They (cows) feed off the energy people radiate if that’s the way to say it. If you’re calm most likely the cow will be calm or remain calm. If you’re mad, upset or excited the cows will feel that and react accordingly. Generally that is. Great vid! Cheers
I just subbed. Love the videos. Hello From Nashville, Tn
Hello thank you👍👍
Great channel, one of a kind! Your cows and heifers are so zen, that you would be the perfect yoga guru for them. Kudos!
Thanks bro 🤠👍
Great video. Nice to see calm heifers. They need a calm atmosphere to learn the ropes. Good management on your part.
Thank you
Great stuff - very informative - you sure explain it all very well - amazing to see how the different cows react so differently👍👍👍👍
Nice job getting the heifers to run the gauntlet a few times before they get introduced to the milker. I just chuckle when they swing their head down and look at ya with the come-on man, how about some more feed!
Yes 👍👍
Keith great job. The cows are calm you guys are calm. You might have edited it out 😜 but did not even see one cow lift her hind leg. Great job. How many pounds on average are you getting per cow? Love the videos Thanks
Hi Kip, I enjoy your videos! You have a nice farm there. With those Nupulse milkers, do you have to re-time the pulsators very often? Anything you really like or dislike about them? Thanks!!
Great video of The parlor they were all really calm. I love the parlor video's. Oh and I love how you explain so much thanks
Thanks 👍👍
I am not a Farmer but I have family who are farmers, I enjoyed the video and the Cow's you have a great setup, I like you're better.
Your heifers and cows are in great shape, love the way they look, healthy and beautifuly filled out love watching your videos
Great video. Really clean critters!
Your right your parlor is functional an paid for can't beat that, wish I had a parlor I'm stuck in a station barn for now!
We’re lucky to have that old parlor 👍
Nice cows! What sires do you currenty use and used in the past?
Really cool video ! That newspaper would make awesome red worm bedding after your done with it . I use red worms to compost so I see little things like that .
Loved it! Calm ladies...that says a lot about your disposition while milking them! Nicely done, 🐄🤩
I’ve gotten calmer over the years
Awesome vid kip! Always look forward to the uploads. So interesting
Thanks 👍👍👍
i love watching your videos...you sound like football announcers but for farming...its great.
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Great job Kip! Some of my best friends were the cows I milked.
New sub here….You just popped on my recommendations…. Thank you for feeding us!
Good looking heifers i love that barn best part is the paid for part keep the videos coming buddy
Awesome great video! Although that is a pretty nice white sweatshirt to be milking in 🤣! love the videos !
Excellent advice get in get out quick. Helped uncle similar parlour 50 yrs ago got kicked out cold he had to carry me out. 😢😢👍
Ouch
it's great watching your videos and see how you are always so calm with everything. The one with the water breaking started getting little jumpy, was there ever a time that you had one freak out and what would do you do get control? thanks
If they freaked to much I’d let them out to avoid a bad experience and try her that night or in morning 👍
Very nice looking heifers i like the fact of bring them in before they freshen and being nice and calm i really like your milking parlor
Thank you👍
Nice looking and clean cows for winter in a free stall with tails. It looks like they are cranking. Are those Universal milk units ?
They’re nupulse milkers
@@KipSieglerFarming1I meant to say Nupulse not Universal. They have the pulsator on top of the claw.
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting and informative how u milk 🥛 heifers. I enjoyed your videos. Heifers did well in the parlor. Whole lot different from a tie stall barn . I milked 70 cows auto take offs
Super nice group of heifers, do you milk fresh cows in a floor pail for the first few days. Great job with your operation
Yes exactly
Thanks for sharing from the parlor. They love their pellet treats.
Nice work Kip and fam!
Thanks joel👍👍🤠
All looking at ease looking good Kip good luck on the calving 👍 be safe
I know I keep repeating but that yet to calve heifer is a tank!!! Amazing how a little feed can sooth the wild beast , my dad always called that kind of feed for the bucket calves he raised Cracker Jack's because it was real was real sweet to get them started ! I'm just gonna guess that pig pen my not be the cleanest heifer in the lot !!! Hahaha Thanks for the very interesting video !!
Keep repeating yourself! Food soothes me too👍
Nice job with the heifer's, we always looked forward to seeing young stock coming in for the first time
Great cattle kip!the time you spend and the patience you have with them really pays off!! Nice vidya!!👍👌🙂
Yes bro 🐄☕️
@@KipSieglerFarming1 powerhouses!!👌👍like it!!🙂
Do your Milkers automatically retract when finished. I work on a dairy farm. We milk from behind .. id be scared to go in on the side like you do.. you need a football helmet for milking 😊
My Grandfather has the same milking parlor but it's only 4 station. He's retired now but still has the parlor.
They work 👍
Great video. nice looking animals.
Great video thumbs up !!! You can do it all top notch THANKS !!!!
Kip you are so calm and talking to them helps the beauties to relax good on you i got a few kicks from first time milkers but the worst kick i ever got was from my girlfriend over xmas your not with the cows now she said ha ha ha
😆👌👍
Good lookin heifers! Freshening heifers is one of my least favorite things to do. Very necessary though! What kind of production do you see out of them?
New heifers, those calving real soon, do you just feed them to get them ready or are you able to start milking them?
Thanks.
Yes feed them to get them used to standing there 👍
I watched and listen to what you said and they were very calm...I liked the way you do these things so I subscribed to your channel...your the reason I drink so much milk ...God made the best drink...MILK...
They come in Parler right after giving birth do you put that milk in separate containers or cows being medicated?
Bought and paid for is the best way to be. Too many people are owned by the bank now a days. Awesome looking heifers 👍
Boumatic milk tank, very cool!
I sold that line in 90’s.
My uncle always tought me and my cousins to pet the heifer and talk to them and be very calm and gentle when she didn't come in are parlor right and and I guess my uncle was right because those heifers learn really quick
I can tell you've been doing that for awhile, your right fresh heifers u have to take your time with! What do u use in your pre dip? Iodine?
Yes iodine
What style of claws are those I have never seen them.
Those are nupulse, older milkers but you can rebuild them 👍
What kind of milkers are you using ? Looks like the type i use to use 30 years ago when I was milking Thanks
Probably some ones lol, nupulse we can still get new parts and rebuild them👍
Yep that’s what they were.The neighbors made fun of me for buying them because they had just came out with them.Can t believe they are still out there and you can get parts for them they worked great for me except for when it got below 10 degrees or colder they would freeze up sometimes Thanks for the reply brought back some good memories from the milking days
Neat the way you run them through prior to having their first calf.
Nice cows, very calm!
Black heifers look big and long legs too. Red holsteins are best.
Great video.
Thanks 👍
Do you have a way of tracking what an individual cow produces? Per day
We could put them in the bucket to weigh it
kip can you milk with 1 person or do you have to have 2 and do you have clean in place for your milkers
Gotta be two people and yes clean everything after each milking 👍
kip how long have you been using nupulse milkers and can you still get parts for them
I think since the 80s, yes we have new parts on hand in case a cow breaks one👍
How long does it take to milk from start to finish
3 hours at night little longer in morning 👍
We herded the cows but never chased them, we petted but didn't hit them, matter of fact we petted everything on the farm including the hogs, tame animals know pretty much your there not to hurt them, their maybe scared of something new but your there and it calms them. We always brought the heifers in before they calved and they got use to the barn and what was going on around them. The only thing left was the first milking and that was always exciting but they always calmed down with a few pets and talking to. They all got their own habits and quirks and we knew each one of them. It's what makes the herd.
Perfectly said👍
What happens if one of the milking machine is not functioning? do you replace it immediately or?
Yeah find the problem snd fix it
They look good can you show the set up on the back side of the parlor
Nice and calm heifers, we had some really bad ones. Dad would take a rope and put it around her in front of the udder. Tighten it as tight as possible, then when she tried to kick she could only jump with both feet . She might kick off the milker but not kick us. Great video, thx!!!
The damaged teats are unfortunate, but as you said, it happens. One our best cows lost a quarter at a young age, yet she was a top 5 producer on only 3 quarters! Later on she was sold to a family friend (also a farmer) and he would take her to county fair shows, usually getting blue ribbons, occasionally best of show.
Wonderful job cows nice and calm giving wonderful milk. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love the TLC you show your girls 💝
Thanks 👍
Very nice to see u enjoy what ur doing and life
Do you just hose down the place when you're done? Thanks Kip
Yes after each milking major cleaning 👍
Enjoyed the vedio you know your girls!!
Lucky cows to have you .😀👍🏾🐄🐄🐄
Thank you
Great video. Your young cows look great. I like red holstein heffer.
She’s a puppy dog 🤠👍
What's with the paper?
It’s to sop up some of the slop and keep cows up to date on current events
you have a calm demeanor with your girls
Nice working, calm atmosphere. Lovely heifers.
Why do you put the newspaper on the floor?
Help with splatter control and keep cows up to date on current events
How many cows in milk do you have? Regards from Germany.
Big heifers. How long do u introduce them to the parlor before they calf? Calm is the key
I mix them in with the others and let them find there way 👍
What is the purpose of putting news paper on the ground I’m curious
Splatter control and keep cows up to date on current events 👍
Awesome lol