Not only is Rebekah's love and happiness there to see by all when she is surrounded by her animals, but also Evan's joy and love for his wife when seeing her achieve both their dreams
@@davidwhite4474 Not really, many animals are solitary. Many prey animals have evolved to be safer in numbers, so their stress levels when kept alone are high. These two seemed like firm friends however!!
@@nalley6815 Danger Ranger Rick is trolling . Well Ranger Rick just list all the herd animals and not herd animals so everyone will know what is what . For the troll , most animals are herd animals . Are you happy now Ranger Rick ?
We have Angus our bulls are quiet and have been no problem . Our neighbor milks Jersey,s his Jersey bulls are dangerous and will try to hurt you!!! Glad to see you got her a friend.
L'on voit le bonheur de ces 2 génisses de se revoir. Mais surtout l'on voit l'amour de Rebekah et de vous même pour vos animaux. Et leurs réactions qu'ils ont envers vous deux. Et une preuve du bien être de vos animaux. Bonne continuation. Merci pour ces vidéos et celles à venir.❤🐮🐔🐐🐑
Growing up my dad had Jerseys. The cows were very tame and easy to handle. He kept a Jersey bull. He was not nice. I was scared of him. I would go AI. Even the gentlest bull can be gone mean when there is a heifer in heat. Just remember the Jersey’s are small I would suggest using a Jersey for their first calf. 😊
Congrats on the jerseys. You are going to love having them. We do! The milk is amazing too. I would recommend breeding them at least 2-3 months apart. That way next pregnancy when they are in milk and you dry them off for two months before calving you will still have one in milk.
love it. It was the right choice that Rebekah got her a friend now she will not be only. She is beautiful. I think Tony would not be okay if I come home with a cow. Cows make a great pet too. Great video
Thank you for this video ! We have one jersey cow and I know she’s getting lonely.., she’s due in October. We are getting a baby Ram. I was hoping that would keep her company. This is a great video. ❤
Kudos on a pair of Jerseys, My grad parents always had one or two caves on their jersey milk cow, depending how much milk they required. Banding is very easy and a self exercised step in animal care, comfort with doing the process is the hardest part! Our Ag, teacher tried to round out our education.
I remember once stepping into a dairy barn where they milked about 95 Jersey cows. Way down in the far corner they had a bull pen. As soon we got into that barn that bull started these deep bellows. We couldn’t see him but he knew we were there and didn’t want us in his barn. Quite exciting and very spooky at the same time. We did not go down to look at him. 😅
When Rebekah was picking the sheep floofs and said it was kinda addicting I giggled. My daughters dog floofs all the time so I'm always picking his floofs..lol
This may be a good time to start keeping track of the heifers heat cycles for future reference when they are breeding age. You have two beautiful young ladies. 👍🏻🦞
We love all your videos! We just moved to the family farm and are getting started on our self sustaining journey! How is Lucy doing? We are so happy you got Maya a buddy. ❤️ Keep the videos coming! I’m asking Santa for a new red tractor for Christmas…it is best to start asking early, lol. Blessings to you all! Dan & Lisa
Loved hearing Mia calling out to Luck as the trailer pulled in and Lucy answering back. You definitely could see the happiness on the cows face seeing each other and now having a pasture mate and friend. What a shame you can’t put shock collars on the sheep and have a underground fence around the property where you need the sheep to eat and stay like they have for dogs at your home. They could be so useful cleaning up the woods and fence lines . I would be just like Rebecca with the sheep hair to I know they appreciate it even though she can’t tell you. Susan
When you band them, you think they are dying, but they get over it in a couple hours. You suppose to shear them and sell wool after winter! Nice 2nd Hefer.
Just a note. In one of their previous videos they said the sheep were hair sheep and I guess did not need to be sheared. I had never heard of that type but looked it up and they do shed. Different isn't it.
I have to caution you 2. When you get the 2 calves from the cows be very very careful when you are around the mother & calf. I had a friend almost killed by a mother cow when she went to feed them. My friend was climbing over a fence down to the ground. The cow pinned her against the fence & kept pushing her until she fell to the ground. It took her over two years before she could stand up.
Well, Maya really got excited to see Lucy, they are so cute and I love those big eyes. My wife and I just got our baby chicks, we waited to late earlier this year to order them, so we got pushed out until May. Like what your both doing there, keep up the good work and videos. Thanks for sharing, hope rest of your week goes good!
Don't have Jersey cattle, but generally mate heifers when they weigh 375kg (900lb) these are poll hereford, and Hereford Charolais x. But find giving them more time to grow a good frame, gives less calving issues. Keep them friendly easy to handle makes life so much easier.
JudithB My Jersey heifer was bred to a Hereford when we got her. She hadnt been handled much and with horns, she was scarey to me!! I had built a stansion for her and waited for the calf to be born. My neighbor had had milk cows most of his life, so he just stepped and started milking her. I slowly got used to handling her. She had a pretty red heifer and i halter trained her and she became a milk cow for another family. Best birthday present from my parents ever!!! LOL!
Well if that wasn't the sweetest reunion!! My goodness, that Mia has personality like no cow I've ever seen. You two look so happy. Looks like you've found your niche with the sheep and Jerseys. It's going to be a busy summer. Sure will be nice when you can both retire and have more time for the farm. See you next week. Take care. 🥰🌿
Really great to see everyone happy on the farm. When you get extra, I'd be happy to drive down and buy milk from you. Lucy is going to be a great addition.👍👍💚
it is a really nice field you guys have now if you milk them one thing I would do is start the training part of it to walk into where you milk just one of them and do it 2 times a day to get them used to it and they think I have to go into the barn and get a treat when doing this
Hey Guys, we are a small farm too and we have tried the AI route with little success. I would recommend looking into renting a bull. I agree owning a bull is not feasible but renting one for a couple heat cycles will probably save you a bunch of money and you will have greater success on pregnancy. Best of luck either way you decide. If you have any questions let me know I would be happy to help!!! Thanks for another great video!
We found sheep were a lot better for a farm than goats when I was a kid on the farm. Temporary electric fence around buildings and equipment can be as good as string trimmers at removing weeds. Practice making yogurt and cheese so you'll be pros at it when you're milking those two cows. Easy cottage cheese is just warm a gallon of milk up on the stove lower than scorching temperature (
I had a hard time with AI so I rented a bull for three months. It was fun and easy and hilarious to see my heifers in love. They missed him so much when he had to leave that I plan on renting him again next year!
Building a herd takes a few years but they're your cows especially the milkers. Early morning miking will be the routine and afterwards collecting chicken eggs. Farming couldn't be better.
Hey y’all. If you are looking at producing milk for personal consumption, you might want to stagger the breeding so they calve about 4-6 months apart. I grew up on a farm with 3 milking cows that we hand milked. One cow would produce about 2 gallons a day…even with a nursing calf. Considering the work on your plate already…trying to milk 2 cows, morning and evening is a chore.
Pulling the wool off like Rebekah was doing is called 'rooing' over in the UK. If you know your sheep well enough you can pull the whole fleece off in one go, though I have never seen anyone achieve that.
Jerseys are smaller cattle, cross breeding them is a risk check with your vet and enquire about breeding age. Our herds were 18 months plus for their first breeding season.
1014TOMCAT, your typing is like mine (breed) my fingers don't work as good as in the old days. Today I had my 91 birthday & enjoying youtube videos. Your comment I'm sure will help them in the future?
Just a suggestion: names for animals that you will eventually eat, should not be over enduring. Perhaps T-Bone or Rib Eye. or porter. such as that. Great job.
The best thing yall can do and this is comminf from a verry experienced cattle raiser and breeder i have tried ai and bulls if i were yall i would rent a jersey bull from someone in your area ai is a good idea but it also leaves room for issues like the cow not taking and you dont know where the ai sperm came from and how the calving ease is meaning you want a bull that has been known to give smaller calves at birth but fast growth in its first month through 6 months. When you look at a bull you should ask the man that owns it if you can see some of its calvs and also ask how its calvs bith weight and birth ease is. I hope you can find this info useful some people might disagree but this has workee for us for years. We rent abull from our neighbor and he always come through.
Not only is Rebekah's love and happiness there to see by all when she is surrounded by her animals, but also Evan's joy and love for his wife when seeing her achieve both their dreams
I believe Mia knew who was in the trailer before she saw her. Cows are really smart. Both are beautiful. Two little calf’s are going to be so cute.
they need to be at least 15 months old before breeding. i love jersys
Yeah, cattle are herd animals. They enjoy the companionship of other cows. They are beautiful animals.
All animals are herd animals , even human . yes they can make friends but we still need someone that talks our language .
@@davidwhite4474 Not really, many animals are solitary. Many prey animals have evolved to be safer in numbers, so their stress levels when kept alone are high.
These two seemed like firm friends however!!
@@sroberts605 explain how they breed ? What about babies ? Yeah .
@@davidwhite4474 that’s not at all how that works. Explain bears then. They’re not herd animals and they manage to breed don’t they?
@@nalley6815
Danger Ranger Rick is trolling . Well Ranger Rick just list all the herd animals and not herd animals so everyone will know what is what . For the troll , most animals are herd animals . Are you happy now Ranger Rick ?
Lucy is so beautiful and they both look very content!!❤❤
That was Great hearing the cows , sounded like 2 best friends back together again... Your Animals are all beautiful...
Jersey cows are so pretty💞
They really are! Paintable.
So glad she has a friend. ❤
We have Angus our bulls are quiet and have been no problem . Our neighbor milks Jersey,s his Jersey bulls are dangerous and will try to hurt you!!! Glad to see you got her a friend.
Mine is too but I bought him at less than a year old. Real calm guy. He won’t let me pet on him but he’ll touch my fingers. Better off that way anyhow
L'on voit le bonheur de ces 2 génisses de se revoir. Mais surtout l'on voit l'amour de Rebekah et de vous même pour vos animaux. Et leurs réactions qu'ils ont envers vous deux. Et une preuve du bien être de vos animaux. Bonne continuation. Merci pour ces vidéos et celles à venir.❤🐮🐔🐐🐑
Rebekah is an animal whisperer. All animals love her❤ So happy for you guys and everything you are doing on your farm.
Hi from the UK. The new cow looks like a Guernsey than a Jersey. Even so they produce lovely creamy milk great for cheese, butter etc
Like old friends that haven't seen each other in 20 years! I think both knew right away!
Awww, that’s the sweetest video!! I didn’t realize cows were so social!!! Glad you were able to get Lucy reunited with Maya!! 💕
It blessed my heart to see Maya and Lucy reunited! Great video! I really enjoy seeing your animals and it’s easy to see how happy Rebecca is! ❤️🤗
Your Jersey cows are beautiful. Mia was so excited to see her best friend. The farm and the animals look so good.
Rebekah your Jerseys will love u enjoy pets. Happy for you getting great milk cows.
The sheep will rub on your fencing to help shed. We put stiff broom heads on the walls to give them a place to rub on.
Very cool, looks like they are getting along good. Keep up the good work
Another great video Evan, Love the new additions
Should’ve named them Lucy and Ethel
Growing up my dad had Jerseys. The cows were very tame and easy to handle. He kept a Jersey bull. He was not nice. I was scared of him. I would go AI. Even the gentlest bull can be gone mean when there is a heifer in heat. Just remember the Jersey’s are small I would suggest using a Jersey for their first calf. 😊
Loved this! Thank you! 💕
that was a great video. Thanks!
Congrats on the jerseys. You are going to love having them. We do! The milk is amazing too.
I would recommend breeding them at least 2-3 months apart. That way next pregnancy when they are in milk and you dry them off for two months before calving you will still have one in milk.
Thanks for the video love it .
love it. It was the right choice that Rebekah got her a friend now she will not be only. She is beautiful. I think Tony would not be okay if I come home with a cow. Cows make a great pet too. Great video
Jerseys have such beautiful markings. They always make me think of those ancient cave paintings in France of the wild game cave men used to hunt.
It's cool that you guys love your critters so much.
Good Move Rebekah', you made that cows day.......😃😃😃
Lucy & May are two beautiful gals. Always nice to have a friend. 🐮🐮
Thank you for this video ! We have one jersey cow and I know she’s getting lonely.., she’s due in October. We are getting a baby Ram. I was hoping that would keep her company. This is a great video. ❤
I live in Dubai UAE and love to see your videos… such a lovely couple. Stay Blessed.
Mya and Lucy how sweet!
Kudos on a pair of Jerseys, My grad parents always had one or two caves on their jersey milk cow, depending how much milk they required. Banding is very easy and a self exercised step in animal care, comfort with doing the process is the hardest part! Our Ag, teacher tried to round out our education.
Loved this post.❤️❤️❤️
I remember once stepping into a dairy barn where they milked about 95 Jersey cows. Way down in the far corner they had a bull pen. As soon we got into that barn that bull started these deep bellows. We couldn’t see him but he knew we were there and didn’t want us in his barn. Quite exciting and very spooky at the same time. We did not go down to look at him. 😅
When Rebekah was picking the sheep floofs and said it was kinda addicting I giggled. My daughters dog floofs all the time so I'm always picking his floofs..lol
Love seeing all your animals and new additions! The speckled Sussex chicks are looking good!
Awesome to see another animal on the farm!
Hi Lucy! Lovely to see Mya's so happy.
Nice. Thanks for the video. 🙂
Good afternoon guy's the Jersey cow's are so sweet! Just like big big puppy! LOL! Love the sheep too!
Hi Evan and Rebecca, nice to see you got Maya a friend so nice seeing them together. Also just wondering how your hay fields are coming along?
The need cut, will do as soon as we have a few days without rain.
@@CountryViewAcres thank you !! Looking forward to seeing it!!
Banding them is pretty easy, but don't wait to long they get some big knockers lol
You could have have them calving 6 months apart. Then you would have a continuous supply of milk. Looks a good heifer. Great video. All the best 🇬🇧.
This may be a good time to start keeping track of the heifers heat cycles for future reference when they are breeding age. You have two beautiful young ladies. 👍🏻🦞
Excellent idea.
We love all your videos! We just moved to the family farm and are getting started on our self sustaining journey! How is Lucy doing? We are so happy you got Maya a buddy. ❤️ Keep the videos coming! I’m asking Santa for a new red tractor for Christmas…it is best to start asking early, lol. Blessings to you all! Dan & Lisa
Loved hearing Mia calling out to Luck as the trailer pulled in and Lucy answering back. You definitely could see the happiness on the cows face seeing each other and now having a pasture mate and friend. What a shame you can’t put shock collars on the sheep and have a underground fence around the property where you need the sheep to eat and stay like they have for dogs at your home. They could be so useful cleaning up the woods and fence lines . I would be just like Rebecca with the sheep hair to I know they appreciate it even though she can’t tell you. Susan
Had jersey milk cows when i was young every jersey bull had mean little burgers had keep rings in noses went to Holstein later and Swiss cows
Loving the cows. I love animals.
So happy you got Lucy 💕👍💕
love speckled sussex, In my opinion they are the most people friendly chickens.
When you band them, you think they are dying, but they get over it in a couple hours. You suppose to shear them and sell wool after winter! Nice 2nd Hefer.
Just a note. In one of their previous videos they said the sheep were hair sheep and I guess did not need to be sheared. I had never heard of that type but looked it up and they do shed. Different isn't it.
Nice to see L & M together 😊
I have to caution you 2. When you get the 2 calves from the cows be very very careful when you are around the mother & calf.
I had a friend almost killed by a mother cow when she went to feed them. My friend was climbing over a fence down to the ground. The cow pinned her against the fence & kept pushing her until she fell to the ground. It took her over two years before she could stand up.
Hard frost here in the Southerntier of New York tonight. So glad that I procrastinated and am late putting my plants out this year!
I'm sure Maya is so happy ❤️ Along with Rebekah 😂🤗
Loved seeing the animals! Thanks for the update
Well, Maya really got excited to see Lucy, they are so cute and I love those big eyes. My wife and I just got our baby chicks, we waited to late earlier this year to order them, so we got pushed out until May. Like what your both doing there, keep up the good work and videos. Thanks for sharing, hope rest of your week goes good!
Don't have Jersey cattle, but generally mate heifers when they weigh 375kg (900lb) these are poll hereford, and Hereford Charolais x. But find giving them more time to grow a good frame, gives less calving issues. Keep them friendly easy to handle makes life so much easier.
Absolutely the best thing you have done. How beautiful.
See ya Rebekah🎉 so happy you said goodbye for some reason😅
JudithB My Jersey heifer was bred to a Hereford when we got her. She hadnt been handled much and with horns, she was scarey to me!! I had built a stansion for her and waited for the calf to be born. My neighbor had had milk cows most of his life, so he just stepped and started milking her. I slowly got used to handling her. She had a pretty red heifer and i halter trained her and she became a milk cow for another family. Best birthday present from my parents ever!!! LOL!
Gorgeous heifers.
Well if that wasn't the sweetest reunion!! My goodness, that Mia has personality like no cow I've ever seen. You two look so happy. Looks like you've found your niche with the sheep and Jerseys. It's going to be a busy summer. Sure will be nice when you can both retire and have more time for the farm.
See you next week. Take care. 🥰🌿
If there is another farmer in the area you can share a Bull,we did.😊😊
Really great to see everyone happy on the farm. When you get extra, I'd be happy to drive down and buy milk from you. Lucy is going to be a great addition.👍👍💚
Mia is like a big puppy dog! Your farm is a beautiful, animals taken good care of…you guys do it right!
Great job beautiful animals and clearly happy together!
Go down to your local city and see if they have some used street sweeper brooms, and hang them up for them to rub on
it is a really nice field you guys have now if you milk them one thing I would do is start the training part of it to walk into where you milk just one of them and do it 2 times a day to get them used to it and they think I have to go into the barn and get a treat when doing this
You should get a Shepard's hook to catch the sheep. They work great.
Hey Guys, we are a small farm too and we have tried the AI route with little success. I would recommend looking into renting a bull. I agree owning a bull is not feasible but renting one for a couple heat cycles will probably save you a bunch of money and you will have greater success on pregnancy. Best of luck either way you decide. If you have any questions let me know I would be happy to help!!! Thanks for another great video!
This was a really cool video
We found sheep were a lot better for a farm than goats when I was a kid on the farm. Temporary electric fence around buildings and equipment can be as good as string trimmers at removing weeds. Practice making yogurt and cheese so you'll be pros at it when you're milking those two cows. Easy cottage cheese is just warm a gallon of milk up on the stove lower than scorching temperature (
I had a hard time with AI so I rented a bull for three months. It was fun and easy and hilarious to see my heifers in love. They missed him so much when he had to leave that I plan on renting him again next year!
We have dairy goats and have so much milk! Two goats and we have an over abundance. Watching to see how you use all yours from two cows.
They are beautiful. Glad you got both.
I'm glad Maya has a buddy now. 🙂
Good Looking cows!!!!!! For Sure ,,,,,,,
Building a herd takes a few years but they're your cows especially the milkers. Early morning miking will be the routine and afterwards collecting chicken eggs. Farming couldn't be better.
...and so the heard begins.
Hi Guy's have you got a friendly sheep shearer near to give them a quick hair cut.
Hey y’all. If you are looking at producing milk for personal consumption, you might want to stagger the breeding so they calve about 4-6 months apart. I grew up on a farm with 3 milking cows that we hand milked. One cow would produce about 2 gallons a day…even with a nursing calf. Considering the work on your plate already…trying to milk 2 cows, morning and evening is a chore.
We don't use much milk. But we use a lot of cheese and butter and heavy cream. So we will try to make our own cheese and butter.
Need a stiff bristle broom on a 4x4 post. Cows love rubbing against them.
A grain scoop works good for feeding grain
Oh that's so cool!! We are looking into getting a jersey too!
Yeah, a shedding blade will serve you well with the sheep. Lucy and Maya will enjoy it too.
Lucy is nice... My sister 's name is Lucy, and My sister -in-law's name is Lucy....
Pulling the wool off like Rebekah was doing is called 'rooing' over in the UK. If you know your sheep well enough you can pull the whole fleece off in one go, though I have never seen anyone achieve that.
First breeding should be done naturally. That's how we did it on our farm.
Jerseys are smaller cattle, cross breeding them is a risk check with your vet and enquire about breeding age. Our herds were 18 months plus for their first breeding season.
Are those two gals a permanent fixture to your homestead?
Just remember that Jerseys are small so they may have trouble calving the bigger breeds.
One loaf or two?
1014TOMCAT, your typing is like mine (breed) my fingers don't work as good as in the old days.
Today I had my 91 birthday & enjoying youtube videos.
Your comment I'm sure will help them in the future?
@Chris 3M Happy birthday Chris.
@@chris3m98 happy birthday
@@nalley6815 many thanks! 🌈
Yea good call on not getting a bull Rebecca. Them jersey bulls are mean little fellers 👍
Just a suggestion: names for animals that you will eventually eat, should not be over enduring. Perhaps T-Bone or Rib Eye. or porter. such as that. Great job.
The best thing yall can do and this is comminf from a verry experienced cattle raiser and breeder i have tried ai and bulls if i were yall i would rent a jersey bull from someone in your area ai is a good idea but it also leaves room for issues like the cow not taking and you dont know where the ai sperm came from and how the calving ease is meaning you want a bull that has been known to give smaller calves at birth but fast growth in its first month through 6 months. When you look at a bull you should ask the man that owns it if you can see some of its calvs and also ask how its calvs bith weight and birth ease is. I hope you can find this info useful some people might disagree but this has workee for us for years. We rent abull from our neighbor and he always come through.
I know the cows is in your own possession, is there a need to keep the tags on their ears?
Great thing about Jersey's are their high cream and fat content in their milk.
A2 A2 is so healthy for humans. Been drinking jersey milk 8 years now. Very creamy and delish. Very excited to watch your journey.
Used to band ours before they got that big