Your young cousins were amazing. You are giving them memories of being on your dairy farm that will last for their lifetimes. And that is very, very good thing! Your plans for next year’s forage crops sound good too! Don’t forget to give you little cousins some ice cream treats during their visit. Be blessed! 😊👍
Tell your cousins they can only be in the video if they do some work on the farm (like Andrew). They would have had fun cutting back that ag bag and pulling off the removed plastic part.
I'm not familiar with silage, but isn't there a lot of starch & other sugars & nutrients in that juice running across the driveway??? I know it's impossible to keep inside the bag out on the dirt like that..just seems like you'ld like to keep that in the feed somehow?
I see an amazing trend in most of the farm channels, particularly this one. If something happens not according to plan there is never any panic. Just figure out a solution, fix it, and move on. Take it in stride. Good lessons for everyone to learn. There is so much knowledge and expertise, and willingness to learn new things. Inspirational.
Kids on the farm is the best thing for this world we live in. Eric, i hope the corn turns out more than you think, and your bunkers are completely full.
Excellent video Eric! Great to see Andrew again. Seemed like the slide rail replacement went very smooth. Appreciate the silage explanation. Great to see your cousins and their interest in the farm. Proverbs 22:6.
Customer of mine had problems where one set of headlocks rotted out, while the other one had no problems. They figured out what the problem was. Electric fence was grounded to the pipe that they had the locks welded to, it was at the very end. Stray voltage (although very slight), cause an electrolytic reaction. This reaction pushes the metal ions out of the metal and onto the surface. Whenever any moisture collects on the surface the metal ions are water soluble and carry it away. Hence that's why everything is rotted together. It works on most of metals especially aluminum.
The comment about running low on feed reminded me of a factoid I read about somewhere. In historic times of feast and famine the famine didn't occur in the middle of winter as is often portrayed in fiction (usually). Famine mostly occurred in mid to late summer before the next crop could be harvested.
For the best hoof trimming results, the Hoof GP on CZcams seems to be the best teacher. He also has classes that he teaches available through his YT page. I think he's also a super nice guy to listen to, with his humor and all.
It's always good to see you folks take an interest in farming, young kids like your cousins too. I like the hoof trimming station you all picked up, I had a cow that we had to have her back hooves trimmed. I was cutting hay today so I could get some more hay to feed my cows, the early summer cut was less than half of normal, hopefully we can get enough to last the winter. Hope you can get yours in more supply with your plans. Thanks and have a good day!
Answered a lot of my questions on shortage of silage this year. Sounds like the plan for next year has been adjusted as well as milking a few less beauties. You family operations are really informative to this old city slicker who only knows his way around a dairy window in the store. Great content and thanks for that wonderful family interaction we get see from ya'll.
Can you please do a history of your family farm. I saw something someone else did about your channel saying you & your brothers combined resources? It also mentioned your family migrated in the 1940’s? I’d love to see you and your dad give a history of it all sitting at a table with any old photos Your content is great keep it up best you can in your busy life
You have been very fortunate. First that the fresh corn silage has not upset your cows and even more that production has held up. Second that your able to obtain parts to repair your self locks. Very often the manufacturer changes the style they produce and old parts are available. Those rods were really shot. They just cut like butter. I am anxious to see how changing your cropping system to provide more feed works out.
Glad to see Andrew using safety glasses. Also like his watch. ( I have 64 watches so I notice that kind of stuff lol) Great to see the kiddos getting some video time. Very informative video and thanks.
Not sure if you were still looking for tips on hoof trimming but if you haven't checked him out yet, The Hoof GP is a great channel and he talks through a lot about what he's trimming and why. Loving the videos, keep it up.
So if you want to learn how to do your own hoof, trimming and maintenance, I recommend go look at the hoof GP here on CZcams. He has his own website that teaches you how to trim and maintain cow hooves that might be a resource you wanna look at and if and when you decide to build a new free stall barn You may wish to go with an outside manure pit and go with a flush style alleyway cleaner. Basically it’s like a giant toilet that pushes all the manure to one side and let all the material settle out and you can reuse the water hundreds of times and then just do solid manure spreading , and then, when you think the concentration in the liquid is high enough, you can move all the old route liquid manure out of your storage tank would you use for the flush a lot less moving parts, and it keeps the alleyways a lot cleaner
Good news on the fresh silage. I was wondering if y’all had increased your milking count. Hopefully you’ll get a back to a surplus feed situation on your silage.
Yes it will be helpful for you to learn hoof trimming cows. I worked as a farrier for sometime and at least the cows won't need shoes like horses do! ❤good luck,(Robin)
Hi Eric, the word maintenance is a wildly used term by farmers. Nothing is made to last these days and your family do a great job keeping on top of what needs to be done plus the unexpected repairs. The hoof trimming unit will be good to have for a quick check on any cow that may be limping. Always looking out for your cows health as usual. Thanks for the video. Chris from Australia 🇦🇺.
Another great education video. Really happy to see you wearing eye & ear protection when working on your head stalls. Safety First. Trust me. As you mature into older age you will reap the benefit of protecting your hearing, & eyes and of course putting Safety First in general.
I enjoy watching you do maintenance on the farm. You give us a good understanding of what it takes to run a business like yours. Is Andrew the future brother in law? How's the baby doing? Stay safe.
Trimmed with my dad for years. In a very similar shoot. Use the belly strap every time. Extracting a down cow from them does a lot of damage to the cow and takes forever. Even if you aren't working back feet hook the side you are working put a little tension on it. Save you from getting kicked when working up front. Take a class or two you can do a lot of damage making it way worse than before.
40 years ago i used a good trimming rack similar to the model you just purchased. Your model is better built, heavier built. Having your hoof trimmer coming once a month is great but there are times you likely need intervention between trim dates. I enjoy The Hoof GP on You Tube but not sure i could do it some of the deep dermatitis trims he handles.
Eeet are easy to do except on the human back. Some big crunchers, a couple of good quality sharp foot knives and a chain mail glove to stop the accidental nicks to the hand. Tip, look between the claws 1st for anything lodged or wounds...thats the easiest and quickest to deal with. Your cows are use to the angle grinder so add the appropriate head for it into the mix
Regarding your new headlock controls, I would definitely give them a spray of WD40 every week or two to keep them free of rust and moving easily. They should last a very long time that way.
Running a dairy farm is for sure the hardest type of farming there is. The farm never get a day off the cows need to be milked 2 times a day at least. Every other farm has a season and they dont do much out side of their seasons. Dairy farms never get a season their season is 24/7 365. As a fan of dairy products and milk I think you and your fellow dairy farmers.
You know, when you were taking the rods out of the top of the headlocks you all were wearing earplugs of some kind. This made me think, if cows had to have hearing protection, what would the design of the earmuffs be? Would they be over-the-ear or would it be like earplugs? Keep doing what you do best and if your subscribers somehow pick cows for you to pet, I bet they would! Much Love!
You are going to have a hard time when you trim them the first day they go lame but don’t be afraid to just put a block on if you now the claw that hurts
Is it the cost of constructing a silo what is steering people away from them? I've never understood the use of bag, piles or bunkers. We had silos growing up and it was so easy to just push buttons.
Hi Eric, curious if the cow still around that is always first into the parlor? Can't remember the number but you mentioned her a long time ago in a video.
How about putting some used 10W30 where metal meets metal, and tell me about in 2 years? Same would apply to all new connecting rods, 10W30 on a rag and let her rip...
Your young cousins were amazing. You are giving them memories of being on your dairy farm that will last for their lifetimes. And that is very, very good thing! Your plans for next year’s forage crops sound good too! Don’t forget to give you little cousins some ice cream treats during their visit. Be blessed! 😊👍
Tell your cousins they can only be in the video if they do some work on the farm (like Andrew). They would have had fun cutting back that ag bag and pulling off the removed plastic part.
I'm not familiar with silage, but isn't there a lot of starch & other sugars & nutrients in that juice running across the driveway??? I know it's impossible to keep inside the bag out on the dirt like that..just seems like you'ld like to keep that in the feed somehow?
Great to see your cousins kids wanting to be in a video. They are now famous.
I see an amazing trend in most of the farm channels, particularly this one. If something happens not according to plan there is never any panic. Just figure out a solution, fix it, and move on. Take it in stride. Good lessons for everyone to learn. There is so much knowledge and expertise, and willingness to learn new things. Inspirational.
Farmers feed the world. Thank you.
Everyone works well together. Excited to see you learn hoof trimming. The next group of future farmers all just so cute. Thanks.
Kids on the farm is the best thing for this world we live in. Eric, i hope the corn turns out more than you think, and your bunkers are completely full.
If Eric wants to learn about white line defects and heel bulb separations, digital dermatitis. Nate the hoof guy is the man!
Yep. Nate is the best. 👍🏻
Thinking just the same
I love watching “Nate the Hoof Guy” trimming cows. Super informative.
Great video again Eric. love that Andrew was wearing your merch. The kids were a nice addition.
I've never seen cows this clean before, very nice!.
Give all the ladies a pink ribbon of good health.
Great video Eric. I didn't realize how big your arms are. Love seeing you and your dad working together..Thank you and your family
Excellent video Eric! Great to see Andrew again. Seemed like the slide rail replacement went very smooth. Appreciate the silage explanation. Great to see your cousins and their interest in the farm. Proverbs 22:6.
Always surprise us
1 fixing problems
2 letting family in the videos
Love all you do. May God bless your work
A shot of FluidFilm on those spacers & collars now and then may help with the rusting. Won't hurt the cows, either.
Customer of mine had problems where one set of headlocks rotted out, while the other one had no problems. They figured out what the problem was. Electric fence was grounded to the pipe that they had the locks welded to, it was at the very end. Stray voltage (although very slight), cause an electrolytic reaction. This reaction pushes the metal ions out of the metal and onto the surface. Whenever any moisture collects on the surface the metal ions are water soluble and carry it away. Hence that's why everything is rotted together. It works on most of metals especially aluminum.
The comment about running low on feed reminded me of a factoid I read about somewhere. In historic times of feast and famine the famine didn't occur in the middle of winter as is often portrayed in fiction (usually). Famine mostly occurred in mid to late summer before the next crop could be harvested.
For the best hoof trimming results, the Hoof GP on CZcams seems to be the best teacher. He also has classes that he teaches available through his YT page. I think he's also a super nice guy to listen to, with his humor and all.
It would be nice to see your family and how much your children have grown.
Great seeing the kids!! Thanks for putting them in the video. They will love seeing themselves on tv😅
It's always good to see you folks take an interest in farming, young kids like your cousins too. I like the hoof trimming station you all picked up, I had a cow that we had to have her back hooves trimmed. I was cutting hay today so I could get some more hay to feed my cows, the early summer cut was less than half of normal, hopefully we can get enough to last the winter. Hope you can get yours in more supply with your plans. Thanks and have a good day!
Answered a lot of my questions on shortage of silage this year. Sounds like the plan for next year has been adjusted as well as milking a few less beauties. You family operations are really informative to this old city slicker who only knows his way around a dairy window in the store. Great content and thanks for that wonderful family interaction we get see from ya'll.
I love how whenever you have an out of the ordinary job, the girls are so what you doing humans curious.
Can you please do a history of your family farm.
I saw something someone else did about your channel saying you & your brothers combined resources? It also mentioned your family migrated in the 1940’s?
I’d love to see you and your dad give a history of it all sitting at a table with any old photos
Your content is great keep it up best you can in your busy life
You have been very fortunate. First that the fresh corn silage has not upset your cows and even more that production has held up. Second that your able to obtain parts to repair your self locks. Very often the manufacturer changes the style they produce and old parts are available. Those rods were really shot. They just cut like butter. I am anxious to see how changing your cropping system to provide more feed works out.
Glad to see Andrew using safety glasses. Also like his watch. ( I have 64 watches so I notice that kind of stuff lol) Great to see the kiddos getting some video time. Very informative video and thanks.
Looks like you got things going good tell the corn is ready for full harvest. Busy job keeping on top of things.
Not sure if you were still looking for tips on hoof trimming but if you haven't checked him out yet, The Hoof GP is a great channel and he talks through a lot about what he's trimming and why. Loving the videos, keep it up.
The Hoof Gp will be great to teach you how to trim cows feet
I think he has some type of online course you can do
Defo Hoof GP the Five Step Dutch Method, he also runs classes and tutorials I believe
I have a feeling that a dairy farmer with a CZcams channel might be aware of other CZcamsrs in the dairy industry.
Nate the hoof guy my man
@@0xFF48 nothing wrong of suggesting who can help him.
I follow "Nate the hoof guy" he is a great teacher. God Bless You all.
So if you want to learn how to do your own hoof, trimming and maintenance, I recommend go look at the hoof GP here on CZcams. He has his own website that teaches you how to trim and maintain cow hooves that might be a resource you wanna look at and if and when you decide to build a new free stall barn You may wish to go with an outside manure pit and go with a flush style alleyway cleaner. Basically it’s like a giant toilet that pushes all the manure to one side and let all the material settle out and you can reuse the water hundreds of times and then just do solid manure spreading , and then, when you think the concentration in the liquid is high enough, you can move all the old route liquid manure out of your storage tank would you use for the flush a lot less moving parts, and it keeps the alleyways a lot cleaner
Nicely clean shaven, good man!!!
Wonderful! Good to see you! And your little cousins! Adorable!
I'd be worried about all the metal shavings on the cow's feed
Great job Uncle Eric !!!!!
i knew the cows would perform well on that green corn silage.
Nice Hair Cut 😁
Good news on the fresh silage. I was wondering if y’all had increased your milking count. Hopefully you’ll get a back to a surplus feed situation on your silage.
Probably running those mister was the biggest thing to shortening the rod life. Gotta do what is needed for cow comfort.
Thanks for the up dates
Hi Cousins Kids 8:48 from all of us! 👋👋👋👋
0:26 It looks like the cow-scratching brush isn't working and the cow is giving Eric a look...
Yes it will be helpful for you to learn hoof trimming cows. I worked as a farrier for sometime and at least the cows won't need shoes like horses do! ❤good luck,(Robin)
Glad you clarified the feed issue. I thought you were going to have to buy feed.
Hi Eric, the word maintenance is a wildly used term by farmers. Nothing is made to last these days and your family do a great job keeping on top of what needs to be done plus the unexpected repairs. The hoof trimming unit will be good to have for a quick check on any cow that may be limping. Always looking out for your cows health as usual. Thanks for the video. Chris from Australia 🇦🇺.
Another great education video. Really happy to see you wearing eye & ear protection when working on your head stalls. Safety First. Trust me. As you mature into older age you will reap the benefit of protecting your hearing, & eyes and of course putting Safety First in general.
Do you think the Misters on the fan adds enough moisture to corrode the pipes? Its' interesting to see everything you have to do on the farm.
Good to see your vid's coming on a more regular basis, always appreciated.
I enjoy watching you do maintenance on the farm. You give us a good understanding of what it takes to run a business like yours. Is Andrew the future brother in law? How's the baby doing? Stay safe.
Great video as always I'm sure u will do fine trimming cow hoofs and great to hear the cows are adjusting well to the new silage ur feeding
Nice of you to include the cousins in the video. Most likely made their day!
Thanks young man
Nice job on maintenance proud of you guys hope your milk will not drop. At all God Bless 😊
Love the Vids! Started my channel because of you brotha! Keep em comin
Metal shavings in the feed??
Another very interesting video Thank you 😊
Trimmed with my dad for years. In a very similar shoot.
Use the belly strap every time. Extracting a down cow from them does a lot of damage to the cow and takes forever.
Even if you aren't working back feet hook the side you are working put a little tension on it. Save you from getting kicked when working up front.
Take a class or two you can do a lot of damage making it way worse than before.
40 years ago i used a good trimming rack similar to the model you just purchased. Your model is better built, heavier built. Having your hoof trimmer coming once a month is great but there are times you likely need intervention between trim dates. I enjoy The Hoof GP on You Tube but not sure i could do it some of the deep dermatitis trims he handles.
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🐄 Man!!!
Cut grub of kids love that 😊
I like watching your videos. Glad that the feeds situation will work out fine.
Eric love your videos. Learn a lot from them. You provide awesome content😊😊😊😊
Eric, I noticed how well your lawn is doing around your new home.
to extend the life of your rails and hoof shute, sand shute, prime, paint w/ rustoleum..
Eeet are easy to do except on the human back. Some big crunchers, a couple of good quality sharp foot knives and a chain mail glove to stop the accidental nicks to the hand. Tip, look between the claws 1st for anything lodged or wounds...thats the easiest and quickest to deal with. Your cows are use to the angle grinder so add the appropriate head for it into the mix
Many hands make lite work !
love your videos. the hoof gp is a good channel , for learning how to do cows feet
Always love your videos!
You need The Hoof GP!! Nice new addition to the farm!
How many acres, field wise do you have for your feed crops?
Regarding your new headlock controls, I would definitely give them a spray of WD40 every week or two to keep them free of rust and moving easily. They should last a very long time that way.
Great video Tengen
Another Great Video 👍
Running a dairy farm is for sure the hardest type of farming there is. The farm never get a day off the cows need to be milked 2 times a day at least. Every other farm has a season and they dont do much out side of their seasons. Dairy farms never get a season their season is 24/7 365. As a fan of dairy products and milk I think you and your fellow dairy farmers.
Definitely look up the hoof gp
Eric tell your cousins to build up those muscles so they can work for you when they are older! 💪💪 👍👍👍
Great video as always Eric. I watch The Hoof GP you tube channel. He is in Scotland and does a lot of education while he is trimming cows feet.
The cows are thinking why are they walking om my food!!
You know, when you were taking the rods out of the top of the headlocks you all were wearing earplugs of some kind. This made me think, if cows had to have hearing protection, what would the design of the earmuffs be? Would they be over-the-ear or would it be like earplugs? Keep doing what you do best and if your subscribers somehow pick cows for you to pet, I bet they would! Much Love!
Earplugs! We had dampen sound for a jumpy show steer once, stuck paper towels in each ear. It worked .
Good stuff Eric
Hello to your cousin's kids from California. 👋
You are going to have a hard time when you trim them the first day they go lame but don’t be afraid to just put a block on if you now the claw that hurts
thank you
The Hoop GP has an online course. He has a great channel
spray clear coat or some type of a anti corrosion coating on it. it will last much longer
8:49 HI! 👋
You never forget the smell of silage.
Love the videos Eric. The kids are excited to be in your video....
I wonder if Stainless Steel is an option for that top pipe.
Invite the Hoof GP for a weekend.
Is it the cost of constructing a silo what is steering people away from them? I've never understood the use of bag, piles or bunkers. We had silos growing up and it was so easy to just push buttons.
Great video
Hi Eric, curious if the cow still around that is always first into the parlor? Can't remember the number but you mentioned her a long time ago in a video.
Cows get a little metal shavings with there food today
How about putting some used 10W30 where metal meets metal, and tell me about in 2 years? Same would apply to all new connecting rods, 10W30 on a rag and let her rip...
That didn’t look like a big job but holy man a lot of little parts. The extra set of hands must have been appreciated.
spray that small rod and clamps on the headlocks with fluid film
What will replace the alfalfa protein? Thanks for this video
Triticale spring forage and soybeans
Put those kids to work lol
what happened to the two front loaders that you were asked to demo? was it just a quick hire to test them out or did something happen?
You would think the head locks would be made better. Stainless steel or something lasting
Longer than yours did.