our first Dexter calf, piglets, chicks, oh my!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2020
- Last night our first Dexter calf of the season was born! Life is popping up (and popping out) all over the farm. I introduce you to our new calf, as well as our new piglets and chicks. I also give some information on what to expect regarding Dexter calving and the calf's first days of life, some issues we've had with our sows' mothering abilities and their piglets, and some tough decisions we're facing regarding pasturing both the cattle and broilers.
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Introducing my grandkids to your channel. They love all baby animals , especially the piglets. Thanks for your positive and righteous content.
I don't know why but this video just made me smile the whole time. That sweet motherly instinct is amazing.
That new calf puppy is beautiful. Pete I love your farm more and more with every video you share with us!
The love Pete has for his livestock really comes thru.
I just love to see this type video showing the animals and the explanation of good and poor. I fully understand the choice you will make with Missy, like all animals on a farm it's a business decision.
Thanks Larry!
Have just found your channel and we are enjoying it immensely.
I'm glad you found it Teresa! TH-cam is a big place...
Love to see a video on how to castrate and tutorial on dehorning...thanks for all the information...
My husband and I are keeping your channel on our favorites and we are gleaning/ rewatching constantly!
Hoping to get our first couple of cow/calf combinations in the fall!
Hailing from NC
Manycallmemom, that video is coming! I want to wait until the cattle are on pasture, so I can show all we go through to find a calf in the tall grass, bring it in, and tag/castrate/dehorn. Thanks for watching!
Love the piglets and the new Dexter calf !
From the beef lot I would scrape out that top 4 inches of mud and bring in a load of bank run gravel. My cattle thrived on it and we never had mud because of it.
Interesting GWC 3. Did it clog up with manure over time? Bank run gravel is very cheap here.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm Not if enough of the aggregate is big enough. You want an aggrage that mixed sizes so it will pack. Plus you want it high enough. Think of it as if it were a concrete slab. You would pour it so water drains away, no pooling. When the cattle go to pasture you can still give it a scraping with a york rake without losing all the gravel.
Congratulations!!
Thanks Keen Coyote!
I spy with my little eye: a Minnesota Golden Gophers t-shirt! Hello from the Land of 10,000 Lakes!!
I learn so much from your videos! I can't wait to see the calf processes in the next...I have a midsize jersey due soon, my first cow... Very interesting stuff, thank you!
You're welcome Karen, and good luck with your calf!
Your one busy man right now ! You got some hard decisions to make on what's the best thing to do .
Yep. Hilarie and I talked about it this afternoon, and I think we're going to let the cattle out to pasture on Tuesday when the weather is better, and feed them hay in the grove area. As for the broilers, the nighttime temps are going to be in the 30's, too cold for them to go out. So we'll open up the other pen and keep them in there for another week.
Nice video
From 13 piglets down to 2, ouch that's tough =(
we useto go out to see if a cow had a calf,long ago
Just found your channel this morning I was looking for some help with my broilers lost a couple two weeks old they keep opening up their mouth like they’re having a hard time breathing “ I know it’s normal to lose some but I was just wondering if I could find something out maybe I’m doing wrong vitamin water are used to do the Apple cider vinegar and my grain is non-GMO starter I’ve been with the same guy for eight years! And it’s also nice to have somebody just a couple hours away from me so we kind of have the same weather I’m in Duanesburg New York by Albany we just have 6 acres I’d love to have a milking cow but my husband won’t allow it I have layers I do broilers and turkeys and Pigglets but he likes everything gone before the winner!!!!! I move my layers up by the house for the winner I love the premier fencing I got hit by a weasel to they’re sneaky little buggers ! Thank you for the videos and all your time I appreciate it blessings 🙏🏻🇺🇸🗽👍🏼
Hi Michelle, I'm glad you found our channel! Usually cornish cross broilers will gasp like that (we call it "guppying") when they have congestive heart failure. If you butcher one with that condition you'll find a lot of fluid in the body cavity, and that makes it difficult for them to breathe. We don't eat or sell ones that get that condition. There's no cure for it once it happens, but it can be prevented by limiting their feed so they don't grow too fast & over stress their heart. It can be pneumonia too, but that's less likely.
Might I suggest, us viewers would like a chance to sample some of your produce. Yes, I know about carbon foot print blah... But I'm more than sure we would not mind paying above your Farmers Market prices plus ship& handling. Sales and margins would increase, buy so would your headaches of course...
How many acres is your smallest hay field
What breed of pig, what registery do you go through for your Dexter's, I understand the pbca doesn't acknowledge if you dehorn .
The PDCA allows dehorning of registered animals. Our Dexters are registered with the ADCA. Our pigs are mixed breed, Old Spot, Duroc & Hereford.
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10 thumbs up, oh my! Thanks Juliann!!
Is there a email to contact u to talk from small farm up north
Do you ever have a issue with rodents?
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