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@@samb6126 Really😉

@@zedks4227 Welcome! We milk 51 cows right now. It was recommended to keep our numbers down till we have acclimated to the new barn and robot. We hope to increase over time to 60 cows. The milk quantity has gone up gradually since we started about 400L a pickup, I think.

​@@HollcanaFarmThank you for replying to my question,and for the time you spent on filming and editing.I hope more and more subscribers will folow

@@nobodyschwarz4513 A couple of days

@@Ironvalleylarry tonight was an awesome night! No cows on the fetch list. We have a few awesome days and then a bad day mixed in now. Hopefully the bad days are further apart. It is pretty awesome to see them line up and push their way in.

@@Justangs The cows love the compost pack and lay down a lot and sleep deeply. If they were on sand they would have to lay on stalls and wouldn't be able to stretch out as much. It doesn't seem like manure solids when you are in it. It seems like a soft cushiony worked garden.

@@HollcanaFarm great video!

@@robertsummerville4561 not this year, we are hoping to get a handle on working with the robot before we add the difficult element of pasturing with a robot. Our heifers will still be pastured.

@@dawn20 yes, so sad! Hopefully we can start converting it for the calves this year.

@@patrickmorris3990 We have to. All animals have to be tagged. It all started with the BSE. We can't take any cow, calf or bull off the farm without tags even when they die and deadstock picks them up. It is in case of contamination, medicine mistakes, etc so they can trace it back to the original owner. When we buy the tags they are registered with our farm and location.

@@steveketchum9836 Yes, it is worse than we thought it would be but they say the collector does a better job than scraper or skid steer. I just didn't realize it was going to be like this compared to the old barn and standing stalls. I guess we have to take the good with the bad. The cows are happy.

@@markweiler8172 Yes, we hope to convert it for raising heifer calves. Some single pens and some group pens. We thought we would have more time to work on that ourselves but so far not yet.

@@MrPa1971 Wow! That is a lot! I hope you don't work too hard clearing it away!

​@@HollcanaFarm No problem whit snowblower and our Fiat 1180 dt! But it took a while to take it away on the yard.

Glad you got the white powder overthere and we havent, it gives so much work extra, i dont miss it a single day, stay warm and safe you all greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

@@PaulWilcox-n2p Stored in the barn, old and hard to start. My brother in law was the tinkerer.

@@kurt4917 I like the compost pack but we are still figuring it out and we are told that it is the hardest to manage in the winter. Yes, the cows do look dirty. In the old barn they looked better on camera than they were and in the new barn they look dirtier than they are. We had to keep the cows clipped in the old barn or they would have looked terrible. Now they can't be clipped but the manure doesn't clump up and stick to them like it would in the old barn if they weren't clipped. They do look stained and sometimes they find a fresh pie to lay in but the compost eventually soaks it off them. It is very different.

@@SandySwauger9644 I bet! That would be tough! I only had the odd calf that had spots Iike an Appaloosa.

@haydencow I'm glad!

@@investingperson1372 Thanks! I had some followers ask to have a closer look at some cows and I thought it would be neat to have a video to remember how to register a calf. Maybe it will be different down the road?

@@KevinChristiansen-i2q Thank you!

@@KevinChristiansen-i2q Thank you!

@@damien3278 It was going really well and we were starting to see things improving with yield and solids for about a week and then just recently everything dropped. We are scrambling to figure out what is wrong. The robot isn't quite running right either. Calling for help tomorrow. We've been told it will take longer than 3 months to get our numbers up substantially. It is more that the cows are adjusted to the robot now, mostly. As for paying for the robot, that is the plan and also to increase our cow numbers as we go.

@@jessebitler8956 Wow! Thank you for the great advice! It came at a good time. We are struggling the past 4-5 days. It was going really well for about a week and now we don't know what is wrong. I think there is something wrong with the robot arm but not sure. Numbers are down and 3 hours in the night nobody went. I think I need a reboot🥴

@HollcanaFarm we know the frustration. We are 7 years in 240 cows on on galaxy astrea robots.......some days it's still frustrating. High quality forage and keeping ration consistent are a big part of keeping cows moving in robot barn. I dont know much about the lelys other than I wish I had them instead of what I have at this point. I could sense a familiar frustration in your sons comments. If we can help look us up at Vista grande farms llc. Or jon at we cover has our contact info. Lots of people have helped us

Merci beaucoup! Happy New Year aussi!

@@stevenstodd2812 They've done a lot of work on this farm over the years. I have fond memories of cutting hay with a haybine and riding between the seat and the fender with my husband when we were dating.

Got that through my daughter-in-law. She has the Instagram account for the farm. 😊 Thanks

@@Ironvalleylarry It's amazing! I can't believe it! Never saw that happening😊

@@br45627 yes, sorry about that. I haven't been able to get the technology to work for me when it comes to sound very good. He needs to be closer or talk really loud. 😊

@@Dwthomas1946 Thank you very much!

The sawdust needs to be as dry as possible. We actually buy kiln dried sawdust. It is dusty but we wear masks and the the curtains are opened to blow dust away from cows who are off the pack while we spread. We doing the best we can and will improve if possible. It's not for too long every 4-5 days. Thanks

@@corrinurecowman2138 Thank you! That's sounds like a good idea! I will try and talk them into it. 😉

@@melvinstein7739 Thank you! The slow learners are mostly further along in their lactation and the new heifers are much easier to get on to it. I think we have trained at least 4 since we moved in. The robot and compost are pretty good in regards to SCC. It might be a little more difficult especially while getting the pack started. The curtains working properly has helped with the raining problem. We need to keep on top of it when the weather changes so quickly though.

@@mennoreuten1563 Thank you! Opa is doing very well and comes out a couple times a week to see the cows. I guess it's time to get him in another video😊

@@larryryan6173 I appreciate your comments! Thank you!

@@harveypenner2386 I'm glad you enjoy them! It makes it worthwhile to put in the effort!

@@JB26502 Thank you! I will tell the guys what you said. We know that having the dry cows separate from the bred heifers now will make it easier to feed each group better. Thanks

@@Jerseyhunger We will continue to pasture our heifers and as much as we love pasturing the cows we will keep them in for this year, at least, to get used to working with the robot. We will need a good fencing plan to make sure they come to the robot sporadically instead of all at once. We already kept the cows in during the day and only pastured at night since they didn't do well in the heat during the day. I love cows out in the field though. Beautiful!

Happy new year too you all from Denmark🇩🇰♥️👍

@jrgenchristensen5535 🇨🇦🐄🥳

@@allendavidson6608 Thank you! It is interesting to hear your thoughts about what you got from the video. It makes me see it from a different viewpoint. Always a pleasure to hear from you!

@@stevenmercer708 Oh, Thank you so much!