Those kisses she doles out are appreciated, I''m 😘 sure, by the respective recipients !! Looks like they certainly enjoy their grooming from mama Brenda !! They sure are ALL fine looking horses - thanks to your excellent care, Brenda and Jim !!
@@candyphillips2642 She is also the massage therapist. We don't just groom for dirt, we find any sore spots from the harness before they become galls (open sores). They love being groomed, hard and vigourous. My own always lived out, and a "horse tree" at which to tie and saddle up. Sometimes they would camp by it for shade, and I could go out with my brushes, grooming without tying them up. Communion. Trust.
Love watching Jim and Brenda, and their fine horses. He really knows horses,and is a fine horseman. Brenda is right with him. They love their horses, and their horses, love them. Thank you Jim and Brenda, and we love you. J.S.N. TUCSON, AZ😊😊😊YOU
Fun to see all the activity on the farm!! Oh!!! How Great you have a milk cow!! That was a fun surprise! It's almost like she's a rescue cow--being put into all things natural! She'll thrive on your farm! Exciting!!! 😁💕
Jim and Brenda, An interesting video today , A combination of manure spreading with Ken and Duke. then Brenda doing a wonderful job of grooming Earl and Bill. . Bill is a really what we call is a real doer horse who gives all his energy to the job . Even with his aggressive nature he'll give Jim all he's got but needs a hold back strap to prevent pulling on Jim. The Jersey Cow purchase involving swapping a greenhouse for her is a great idea, A good friend of mine who farms near Hampton New Brunswick milks 60 head of Jerseys and your right the milk is very rich with about 7 percent butter fat. And most of the milk production goes into cheese production, Brenda is really getting into grooming , gardening and milking in her retirement and I can tell she enjoys ever minute of it. By the way the outhouse William built looks sturdy and looks great. Jim I'm glad you were able to sort the repairs on the Kohler engine in the sawmill.
I remember thinking, when you got Duke and Earl, it would be quite a challenge taking on 2 colts to train at once but they are both coming along great, so congratulations .
Hi Jim In regards to the shoeing questions you posed. Horse shoes have styles that come and go with time like everything else. I am not to sure about the style with what you are calling the double heel cork. I used to make a similar style of heel cork for show shoes but they are very slippery. As you mention they do not dig into the soil well and leave the horse standing slightly high in the heel like a women's high heel shoe. If the ground is soft it is less problem then if you are working on hard soil, rocky or concrete. You mentioned that you have trouble growing heels and this could be part of the reason as good frog to ground contact is really important for lots of reasons. When I made drawing shoes from scratch or from factory made I would bend the last inch to inch and a half over and then sharpen them on the anvil like the front toe cork. It is not my favourite shoe but it works. In the days of full scale horse logging we used to have sharp drive in corks for toe and heels and then weld them on. The sharp shod horse got much better traction on the front of the foot and heel. On jumping horses we used to make screw in corks. We would drill and tap holes on the toe and on the heels . We then hard faced the bolts with Boron rod, sharpened them as best we could and screw them in. When we did not need them we unscrewed them and plugged the hole with material we could dig out or screw out and put the corks back in. I always wanted to try it on a drawing horse but never did. I saw in another one of your video's you using the big pads. They should be a great help and in rough bush work good protection for the horses feet. Hope that is of some interest. Cheers Ron
Awe just love your new addition to the family Pansy. What a fun video. Love following your day to day adventures on the farm. What lucky animals you have. You two are truly blessed. Hope you have a great day.
Jersey cows are the cutest with those big beautiful eyes. I used to make butter from sour cream, it does't get that funny smell like sweet cream butter.
Hi, I can't believe a cow doesn't know how to eat grass by herself, sigh of the times,she looks small for a Jersey. I'm sure she will injoy her life for now 😊 Linda 🇬🇧
Loved this video it took me back to my childhood here in Scotland where our family had a house milk cow house meaning not a herd cow but her milk was used by the family we made our own butter and cheese it really was a very special treat
I used to visit Gruyere Switzerland from Lausanne Switzerland with my family. Gruyere Cheese was made there. In summer the village restaurant serves wooden bowls of strawberries at outdoor tables on nice days. The Waiters come around and ask if you want cream on your strawberries and if you do, they pour it from a pitcher above your head and not one drop of cream misses your bowl. They are proud professionals in that profession.
Wow a milk cow.... Lucky You ! I grew up drinking milk straight from the cow....its so yummy .... Great Job on the Out Door Privy 😃 I guessed a donkey lol and milking together is not crazy I think its sweet 😎
Cool! Jerseys are so sweet and give amazing milk and ohhh, the cream 🎉 I hope you’ll be able to breed her back for future milk. 🥛 🎉 I do see some homesteaders feed alfalfa pellets instead of grain at milking time.
This time I am very envious. Fresh raw milk that you personally hand squeeze from the cow yourself is the best! It has been many years since I enjoyed that treat 😎
This was so interesting. Thank you for sharing with us. A milk cow ! I remember the cream my mother got off our " Bossy " 60 years ago. We made butter! I don't know if I could drink fresh cows milk. It would probably taste too much like real milk!😂 Good for you. Share with us what you do with that cream Brenda. This will be a good education for those of us that have been away from this way of doing things for decades. My mother never made yogurt.
Just a reminder for William - don't forget to sandpaper the bench in that well-built outhouse !! You don't want to get a splinter in your hands after the seat has been installed !!
With Bill's weight problem there are a couple of products that we have used to help put weight on. Rice bran is one of them but the other is one from Purina Mills. It is called Amplify and it has produced the best results. Feeding the Amplify according to the instructions will get Bill looking even more handsome.
Earl pins his ears back being ornery while combing when he does that he looks like a full grown moose. OMG Pansy’s rear udder looks like it fell away, it looks more like a cheap slaughter cow. At least the cats will be happy? LOL Brenda if you need a portable milker I’ve got one that was used on occasional fresh or sick cow which has a pail and pulsation that I can sell.
@@sueboettcher .........Having grown up with the sound of light delivery horses on pavement, I would bet a shilling or two it was William going home in the evening. (I am 82yo) Cheers, and kind regards. Malcolm.
Another video from you both that gives us all a "warm fuzzy". Welcome Pansy...she's a sweet addition to the farm, & company for Ken, who seems happy to have her close by 💕
Looking forward too your new arrival from Lady . Like the out house but where is the quarter moon on the door. 😂 Jim do you ever get too rest ? Like your new addition too the farm.
Ya, I think you’re a bit crazy adding one more thing to your to do list, but love it. You know what is in your milk, and look at all the whip cream you can put on those delicious looking pies Brenda works so hard to make. Thank you for the video
Nice looking cow, when I was a kid, dad always milked, in the morning. The evening chores I fed, and pulled the calf off and put it in a pen, Dad would release the calf in the morning, the calf would nurse all day so we only had to milk once a day, the calf took care of the rest. She provided enough milk for a growing family plus the calf, once a year we butchered the calf for our years worth of meat. I do miss that fresh milk and cream.
I was just wondering, why you don’t you do all your plowing in the fall ? I grew up on a farm and my dad always wanted his plowing to be all done in the fall so it can have all winter and wet spring to break down an when its time to work it in the spring for planting it breaks up an tills up easier, so its easier on equipment tractor or in your case horses? I never miss a video i enjoy them very very much 💯👍
It is always best to keep the ground covered as much as possible. The less the ground is bare the better. Covered ground means less topsoil erosion by wind and rain. Living roots in the ground help build better soil structure.
That shedding blade was taking off quit a bit of hair so he must have put on some winter hair. I used to use them on my dogs in the spring. You both take such good care of the horses and it shows on how they look. The milk cow is a good addition to the farm. That outhouse sure looks a lot nicer than the one my grandpa's had on his farm. Thank you both for another great video thank you for all of your hard work. God bless
On another horse channel I watch, the woman had a shedder that was in a bar so she could shed with one hand. It worked very well and she said the horses love it. It was easier to use and the hair came out in big rolls. She lives in a colder climate and they have very thick winter coats. I had the same kind as you. I think hers is a newer version.
That's what I did. My Jersey heifer was to quiet for heat cycle to ai. So I found a great Jersey bull to live with her and breed her. I loaned him out to an organic dairy herd so he had down time with her and then was gone couple months. It worked great cause he knew when she was ready...Jersey are fun...❤
The only thing missing on that outhouse is a crescent moon cutout for ventilation. But I imagine that would be up to the person who is buying it, to ask for.
Milk by hand and after about a week or so your wrist won’t feel like they’re falling off.😅 Lots of cream in Jersey milk. Should make some good butter too.
As a dairy goat breeder, I thought you may just say a dairy goat, but a Jersey is a great choice and you already have cows so great choice. I can't help but ask, have you ever had goats? I don't recall it being brought up before but then again I you may have said before. I raised Nigerian Dwarf goats for several years and they are the highest in butterfat in the dairy goat world. They are generally considered the jersey of dairy goats. I also had LaManchas and then bred Mini-LaManchas which are a cross between Nigerian Dwarfs and LaManchas. I bred them for years and sold out of dairy goats a couple years ago. I miss the farm so much, maybe I'll get back into raising goats again one day. Not in the cards right now, but maybe one day. Congratulations on Pansy! She's beautiful!
Make the whole end of the shed into one big box stall with a door to the outside and a door to the inside. Then it can serve for both a box stall and as a run in shed. If you have a door to the inside that is the same width as the door to the outside, you can still run the skid steer straight through it, and with no wall, you will still be able to swing the skid steer around in it. Then you can take the space that is currently your box stall and put two or three tie stalls in it. You could also take that wall out to the stall where Duke is, and maybe even fit a couple of tie stalls at 90 degrees to the rest of them. That is a really pretty little Jersey. She has a really nice, strong topline.
Another cool video covered a lot of activities! That cow... I knew it! I said, they got a cow.. and sure nuff! Beautiful horses and so very well trained. Have a great weekend!
🧐Hmm another addition keeps things perking , as you were grooming the horses it occurred to me if you hadn’t been a nurse your love of animals would be a great candidate veterinarian 🤭 horses looking 👀 good Jim/Brenda 👍👋
I love dairy cows! Pansy is so pretty. I've always thought Jerseys were the prettiest of the dairy breeds. Another thing to make is butter!!! Brenda, one podcast I watch the lady makes butter in her food processor, and it only a couple or three minutes in the processor. Looks like she pours maybe a quart of milk in the processor at a time. Then she rinses the butter under running water to get all the milk fat out . Also at the end she always adds a little salt to the butter to get it mixed in well as she forms it into a roll. She stores it in her freezer until ready to use. I would love to be able to buy raw milk to see how it tastes. People say it's delicious. But in TN it's illegal to sell raw milk which is a silly law I think. I myself go through a gallon of milk every other day and it's so expensive to buy milk these days. If I lived in the country I'd buy a milk cow since I drink so much milk. She's a pretty girl. I always heard Jerseys have the most milk fat. You do such a good job grooming the horses. They always look so shiny when you're finished!
Enjoyed the video as always. When I was a kid I got to milk a dozen cows. We had a couple of milking machines by then, but I milked a lot by hand as well. Used to really "love" it when you had almost a full bucket and the cow stuck her crap covered foot in it. Long time ago. How time flys.
What does William do when it’s pouring down rain at quitting time? , ( I just watched your green house video.) wasn’t Earl the colt that opened gates when he was younger? For a horse barn how about building a separate building in the barnyard with 4 more stalls in it that would extend past where the outside door is? Sort of like those sheds are built but larger? Earl looks so beautiful after you brush him, and I enjoy the videos of horses being groomed and rolling in the grass after a hard days work😊 Y’all take such good care of your horses! I appreciate that!❤ Maybe you could sell those silos for the horse barn money. Pansy is beautiful!
I was able to help setup a neighbour couple with a family cow and a pail milker, the mennonites in Pennsylvania make portable units for taking to shows, not sure the name, but is was a few thousand dollars. I grew up milking Jerseys, we shipped cream in pails to Stirling Creamery. After my parents sold our dairy herd I kept a cow or two for the house, I just used our existing vacuum pump and pail milker. Leftover got fed to pail calves. I envy you the helping hands to hold a horse by times. Weather here was good this week and able to get 20 acres of fall plowed sod disced, harrowed, sowed to oats and rolled, That is all my spring work in the can in a week. Had to put my best horse down 2 weeks ago but a new mare I bought a couple months ago is working like a champ. We got it done shorthanded. Hope you get a nice dry stretch of weather to tackle tillage work.
Jersey cows are a cute cow even as an adult. Just as a suggestion and concern for Brenda when brushing the horses, to wear a mask as you are breathing in that fine dust and dander from the horses, a good prevention. I know I get stuffed up, sneeze and cough if I don’t wear one. All the natural products from the milk. I heard they have higher fat content than other dairy cows, is that right? Is there a big difference in the taste of the milk etc with the different feed they eat? It was a mooovaralous video🐄🤠🇨🇦
So, horses have a bare spot in their mouths where the bit goes. in general, they don't really have the bit in their teeth, and it's fairly secure in the mouth, so they can drink over a bit fairly easily. Rinsing the bit with a drink while working is probably nice for them, too. Earl was being a pain today huh?! I haven't seen him act like that before. What are some good tips for Brenda to handle him a little more easily, so he respects her space? I really haven't seen Jim's horses push her around like that. Even Baron's been a much sweeter boy.
I live in Oregon and have never seen little barn structures on top of silos. Is there a real purpose? Or mainly decorative? BTW I love Jersey cows! They are the most gentle cows ever. ❤️❤️her name too 😊
Have you considered making butter? It was one of my jobs on the farm when I was a boy. You can freeze the butter to keep it. Some people like buttermilk to drink. The butter was useful for baking and even sour milk got used for sour milk cookies. The only fly in the ointment was when cows were put out to grass, the butter tasted funny. Eventually you got used to it. Eventually you came to prefer homemade butter to store bought. Just a thought for your extra milk. And the pigs loved the whey from the butter mixed in with their feed..
She has a short milk vane up her Hind Legs, the longer (higher) the Milk vane goes up her Hind Legs, the back side of Her leges and the bigger the bag, the more mike sha will produce. Some Breeds are Bred for Cream and Butter and others for Milk. Mixed Breeds are another option. Ray King Eckert Colorado.
Right now the box stall comes in handy, Lady will use it after delivery. Bree and Bill or Baron can use the two/standing stalls while Ken, Duke, Earl and Baron or Bill can have the 4/standing stall area. After the foal is weaned from Lady you wont need a box stall anymore and it can be remodeled into 2/standing stalls. At that point Lady and Bill can be there. Ken, Barron, Duke, Earl can have the 4/standing stall area with Bree and your weaned foal in the 2/standing stalls... Just a thought.
I love watching Brenda groom the horses, she's just like their mama. 😊
It is a communion.
Those kisses she doles out are appreciated, I''m 😘 sure, by the respective recipients !! Looks like they certainly enjoy their grooming from mama Brenda !! They sure are ALL fine looking horses - thanks to your excellent care, Brenda and Jim !!
She is their Mom
@@candyphillips2642 She is also the massage therapist. We don't just groom for dirt, we find any sore spots from the harness before they become galls (open sores). They love being groomed, hard and vigourous. My own always lived out, and a "horse tree" at which to tie and saddle up. Sometimes they would camp by it for shade, and I could go out with my brushes, grooming without tying them up. Communion. Trust.
Who doesn't love Bill!
Love watching Jim and Brenda, and their fine horses. He
really knows horses,and is a fine horseman. Brenda is right with him. They love their horses, and their horses, love them.
Thank you Jim and Brenda, and we love you. J.S.N. TUCSON, AZ😊😊😊YOU
Jersey cows are some of the best people I've ever met.
And Jersey bulls have a most bullish reputation, for some unknown reason.
The odd thing about UA-cam videos is that I feel you are family to me and you have no idea who I am. I enjoy watching you so much❤❤
Jersey cows are so sweet and beautiful. The milk is amazing. Spent time as a child running around a Jersey cow dairy. Those huge eyes or so soulful.
Fun to see all the activity on the farm!! Oh!!! How Great you have a milk cow!! That was a fun surprise! It's almost like she's a rescue cow--being put into all things natural! She'll thrive on your farm! Exciting!!! 😁💕
Jim and Brenda, An interesting video today , A combination of manure spreading with Ken and Duke. then Brenda doing a wonderful job of grooming Earl and Bill. . Bill is a really what we call is a real doer horse who gives all his energy to the job . Even with his aggressive nature he'll give Jim all he's got but needs a hold back strap to prevent pulling on Jim.
The Jersey Cow purchase involving swapping a greenhouse for her is a great idea, A good friend of mine who farms near Hampton New Brunswick milks 60 head of Jerseys and your right the milk is very rich with about 7 percent butter fat. And most of the milk production goes into cheese production, Brenda is really getting into grooming , gardening and milking in her retirement and I can tell she enjoys ever minute of it. By the way the outhouse William built looks sturdy and looks great. Jim I'm glad you were able to sort the repairs on the Kohler engine in the sawmill.
I remember thinking, when you got Duke and Earl, it would be quite a challenge taking on 2 colts to train at once but they are both coming along great, so congratulations .
Hi Jim
In regards to the shoeing questions you posed. Horse shoes have styles that come and go with time like everything else. I am not to sure about the style with what you are calling the double heel cork. I used to make a similar style of heel cork for show shoes but they are very slippery. As you mention they do not dig into the soil well and leave the horse standing slightly high in the heel like a women's high heel shoe. If the ground is soft it is less problem then if you are working on hard soil, rocky or concrete. You mentioned that you have trouble growing heels and this could be part of the reason as good frog to ground contact is really important for lots of reasons. When I made drawing shoes from scratch or from factory made I would bend the last inch to inch and a half over and then sharpen them on the anvil like the front toe cork. It is not my favourite shoe but it works. In the days of full scale horse logging we used to have sharp drive in corks for toe and heels and then weld them on. The sharp shod horse got much better traction on the front of the foot and heel. On jumping horses we used to make screw in corks. We would drill and tap holes on the toe and on the heels . We then hard faced the bolts with Boron rod, sharpened them as best we could and screw them in. When we did not need them we unscrewed them and plugged the hole with material we could dig out or screw out and put the corks back in. I always wanted to try it on a drawing horse but never did. I saw in another one of your video's you using the big pads. They should be a great help and in rough bush work good protection for the horses feet. Hope that is of some interest. Cheers Ron
Pansy looks like a hydrangea 😍 She looks a little lost at the moment but she'll grow to love her more natural life.
Awe just love your new addition to the family Pansy. What a fun video. Love following your day to day adventures on the farm. What lucky animals you have. You two are truly blessed. Hope you have a great day.
Pansy is going to need a companion to share her stall - if not another cow, maybe a goat..?
Pansy is gorgeous and I’m super excited to hear about her life on the farm!
Jersey cows are the cutest with those big beautiful eyes. I used to make butter from sour cream, it does't get that funny smell like sweet cream butter.
Gosh, I bet that butter is delicious on a baked potato!!! Yum!
Brenda, I envy you your grooming job. The smell of horses and just the feel of their muscle under the brush is an absolute joy.
We had a house cow who was a 'kicker', She upset the Milk Bucket several times so Uncle Burt used to 'hobble' her. No more trouble after that.
Hobbles will definitely stop kicking the milk bucket over!
I really like the clip clopping sounds at the end of the videos now
Liked the team milking and your thoughtfulness on what the young horses can manage in plowing compared to Bill.
“Milking Pansy with Brenda” :-) Great video. I love how Ken backs up the spreader. I bet he could maneuver it in there without any direction.
Hi, I can't believe a cow doesn't know how to eat grass by herself, sigh of the times,she looks small for a Jersey. I'm sure she will injoy her life for now 😊 Linda 🇬🇧
I love watching Jim with horses, I am beginning to realize they are gentle giants.
I'm sure she will be fine, she has a great home, bring on the butter, be well,
You are not afraid of work!
yes judging the length of time to milk by hand might be a good idea to get a milking machine.
Loved this video it took me back to my childhood here in Scotland where our family had a house milk cow house meaning not a herd cow but her milk was used by the family we made our own butter and cheese it really was a very special treat
Ahh Pansy is cute ! I wish I could have a cow for milk! What a great decision getting Pansy
I used to visit Gruyere Switzerland from Lausanne Switzerland with my family. Gruyere Cheese was made there. In summer the village restaurant serves wooden bowls of strawberries at outdoor tables on nice days. The Waiters come around and ask if you want cream on your strawberries and if you do, they pour it from a pitcher above your head and not one drop of cream misses your bowl. They are proud professionals in that profession.
Absolutely love the cheese.
Got the love from my Father.
Mom would buy at store and we would gobble up😊
Strawberries and cream sounds delicious!!! I like pouring milk over my strawberries.
Wow a milk cow.... Lucky You ! I grew up drinking milk straight from the cow....its so yummy .... Great Job on the Out Door Privy 😃 I guessed a donkey lol and milking together is not crazy I think its sweet 😎
Cool! Jerseys are so sweet and give amazing milk and ohhh, the cream 🎉 I hope you’ll be able to breed her back for future milk. 🥛 🎉 I do see some homesteaders feed alfalfa pellets instead of grain at milking time.
This time I am very envious. Fresh raw milk that you personally hand squeeze from the cow yourself is the best! It has been many years since I enjoyed that treat 😎
The best milk ever!!❤
Nothing like having a good milk cow, I grew up drinking our own straight whole milk, nothing better, made lots of Butter in my teen yrs growing up !!
Just think you can have some delicious cream from Pansy on top of your apple pie ❤
This was so interesting. Thank you for sharing with us. A milk cow ! I remember the cream my mother got off our " Bossy " 60 years ago. We made butter! I don't know if I could drink fresh cows milk. It would probably taste too much like real milk!😂 Good for you. Share with us what you do with that cream Brenda. This will be a good education for those of us that have been away from this way of doing things for decades. My mother never made yogurt.
Nice milk cow we also just purchased a brown Swiss milk cow and bull 3 weeks ago, we also bought a surge belly milker we love it!
Just a reminder for William - don't forget to sandpaper the bench in that well-built outhouse !! You don't want to get a splinter in your hands after the seat has been installed !!
To put the cow on grass you could try putting the grain on the ground where there is long grain so she will gather grass in trying to get the grain.
With Bill's weight problem there are a couple of products that we have used to help put weight on. Rice bran is one of them but the other is one from Purina Mills. It is called Amplify and it has produced the best results. Feeding the Amplify according to the instructions will get Bill looking even more handsome.
Earl pins his ears back being ornery while combing when he does that he looks like a full grown moose. OMG Pansy’s rear udder looks like it fell away, it looks more like a cheap slaughter cow. At least the cats will be happy? LOL Brenda if you need a portable milker I’ve got one that was used on occasional fresh or sick cow which has a pail and pulsation that I can sell.
Love your comments Rich . Interesting different point of view .😊😊😊
That horse trotting at the end of the video sounds like it could be your farm hands horse,very light trotter ❤
I have wondered the same thing, whether that is William’s horse trotting.
@@sueboettcher It's definitely a lighter horse trotting on the pavement and sounds like a Standardbred Trotter
I assumed it was Baron.
@@sueboettcher .........Having grown up with the sound of light delivery horses on pavement, I would bet a shilling or two it was William going home in the evening. (I am 82yo)
Cheers, and kind regards.
Malcolm.
Yes l think it may have been Williams horse if not definitely a lighter horse.
Beautiful horses, beautiful life
I grab a child with Horses. I miss being around horses. I love the smell of horses.
Love your videos and enjoy watching them. May the lord bless and protect you and Brenda and the horses
Another video from you both that gives us all a "warm fuzzy". Welcome Pansy...she's a sweet addition to the farm, & company for Ken, who seems happy to have her close by 💕
Looking forward too your new arrival from Lady . Like the out house but where is the quarter moon on the door. 😂 Jim do you ever get too rest ? Like your new addition too the farm.
Thank you Jim and Brenda. ❤ Pansy. MMMM fresh home made dairy products.❤❤❤.
Ice-cream and Pie - Bill ;) .
Jim, before you said "ice cream" I was thinking that. My wife's parents had milk cows and I grew up with "whole milk". Your neighbors will love you!
Ya, I think you’re a bit crazy adding one more thing to your to do list, but love it. You know what is in your milk, and look at all the whip cream you can put on those delicious looking pies Brenda works so hard to make. Thank you for the video
Love the barn chores....and working horses in barn, Fun to watch,,,,,,,thanks
Nice looking cow, when I was a kid, dad always milked, in the morning. The evening chores I fed, and pulled the calf off and put it in a pen, Dad would release the calf in the morning, the calf would nurse all day so we only had to milk once a day, the calf took care of the rest. She provided enough milk for a growing family plus the calf, once a year we butchered the calf for our years worth of meat. I do miss that fresh milk and cream.
A milk cow ! 🐄 I love Jerseys ❤
I was just wondering, why you don’t you do all your plowing in the fall ? I grew up on a farm and my dad always wanted his plowing to be all done in the fall so it can have all winter and wet spring to break down an when its time to work it in the spring for planting it breaks up an tills up easier, so its easier on equipment tractor or in your case horses? I never miss a video i enjoy them very very much 💯👍
It is always best to keep the ground covered as much as possible. The less the ground is bare the better. Covered ground means less topsoil erosion by wind and rain. Living roots in the ground help build better soil structure.
That shedding blade was taking off quit a bit of hair so he must have put on some winter hair. I used to use them on my dogs in the spring. You both take such good care of the horses and it shows on how they look. The milk cow is a good addition to the farm. That outhouse sure looks a lot nicer than the one my grandpa's had on his farm. Thank you both for another great video thank you for all of your hard work. God bless
Hello farm fam!
Nice looking outhouse!
In Australia is an "outback dunny". This is a mighty fine one by Aussie standards.
Bravo, pour votre Passion et Amour pour vos chevaux, bon courage !
Thanks Jim for sharing your old school farm life with us! 😁
Good morning
So glad for the update and jerseys are the best also gentle thank you
Ik vind het super wat brenda doet groetjes Jan 👍🇧🇪
Jersey cows are the most beautiful giving cows there are.
Love the new addition….maybe a few recipes on the ice cream 😊 God bless.
Outhouse needs a half moon cut out on the door !
Brenda that should be a one-leg stool LoL and a strap for the lap. well done Les England
On another horse channel I watch, the woman had a shedder that was in a bar so she could shed with one hand. It worked very well and she said the horses love it. It was easier to use and the hair came out in big rolls. She lives in a colder climate and they have very thick winter coats. I had the same kind as you. I think hers is a newer version.
😁 have to love Brenda…”cute outhouse”.
Jim love your tie stalls and watering system for your heavy horses. 😊😊😊
That's what I did. My Jersey heifer was to quiet for heat cycle to ai. So I found a great Jersey bull to live with her and breed her. I loaned him out to an organic dairy herd so he had down time with her and then was gone couple months. It worked great cause he knew when she was ready...Jersey are fun...❤
Brenda, those boys love you and really enjoy you videoing them
Hi this is Jeremy from Wisconsin. I was thinking Jim was going to bring out a mule
The only thing missing on that outhouse is a crescent moon cutout for ventilation. But I imagine that would be up to the person who is buying it, to ask for.
I was thinking it needed a crescent moon🌛 cut out too!😘
Me too. Ventilation, please!
Milk by hand and after about a week or so your wrist won’t feel like they’re falling off.😅
Lots of cream in Jersey milk. Should make some good butter too.
As a dairy goat breeder, I thought you may just say a dairy goat, but a Jersey is a great choice and you already have cows so great choice. I can't help but ask, have you ever had goats? I don't recall it being brought up before but then again I you may have said before. I raised Nigerian Dwarf goats for several years and they are the highest in butterfat in the dairy goat world. They are generally considered the jersey of dairy goats. I also had LaManchas and then bred Mini-LaManchas which are a cross between Nigerian Dwarfs and LaManchas. I bred them for years and sold out of dairy goats a couple years ago. I miss the farm so much, maybe I'll get back into raising goats again one day. Not in the cards right now, but maybe one day. Congratulations on Pansy! She's beautiful!
Make the whole end of the shed into one big box stall with a door to the outside and a door to the inside. Then it can serve for both a box stall and as a run in shed. If you have a door to the inside that is the same width as the door to the outside, you can still run the skid steer straight through it, and with no wall, you will still be able to swing the skid steer around in it. Then you can take the space that is currently your box stall and put two or three tie stalls in it. You could also take that wall out to the stall where Duke is, and maybe even fit a couple of tie stalls at 90 degrees to the rest of them. That is a really pretty little Jersey. She has a really nice, strong topline.
Another cool video covered a lot of activities! That cow... I knew it! I said, they got a cow.. and sure nuff! Beautiful horses and so very well trained. Have a great weekend!
That was nice of Skippy pooping in the corner! What a consider it dog!
EARL!
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If you want that little filly too put some weight on feed her that extra cows milk it works good.
🧐Hmm another addition keeps things perking , as you were grooming the horses it occurred to me if you hadn’t been a nurse your love of animals would be a great candidate veterinarian 🤭 horses looking 👀 good Jim/Brenda 👍👋
Welcome Pansy! She’s an excellent addition! 🐄
Love your new cow. She is beautiful.
I'm glad you got William to help you.
I was thinking home made butter would be wow good if possible.
I love dairy cows! Pansy is so pretty. I've always thought Jerseys were the prettiest of the dairy breeds. Another thing to make is butter!!! Brenda, one podcast I watch the lady makes butter in her food processor, and it only a couple or three minutes in the processor. Looks like she pours maybe a quart of milk in the processor at a time. Then she rinses the butter under running water to get all the milk fat out . Also at the end she always adds a little salt to the butter to get it mixed in well as she forms it into a roll. She stores it in her freezer until ready to use. I would love to be able to buy raw milk to see how it tastes. People say it's delicious. But in TN it's illegal to sell raw milk which is a silly law I think. I myself go through a gallon of milk every other day and it's so expensive to buy milk these days. If I lived in the country I'd buy a milk cow since I drink so much milk. She's a pretty girl. I always heard Jerseys have the most milk fat. You do such a good job grooming the horses. They always look so shiny when you're finished!
Enjoyed the video as always. When I was a kid I got to milk a dozen cows. We had a couple of milking machines by then, but I milked a lot by hand as well. Used to really "love" it when you had almost a full bucket and the cow stuck her crap covered foot in it. Long time ago. How time flys.
5:56 The outhouse is awesome! That said, it's hard to concentrate on the main content when Skipper has launched himself skyward in the background.
I used to get raw milk from Amish neighbors to make cheese. Delicious! Your video brings back good memories
I miss curring down my horse. I love to watch you take care of your horses
What does William do when it’s pouring down rain at quitting time? , ( I just watched your green house video.) wasn’t Earl the colt that opened gates when he was younger? For a horse barn how about building a separate building in the barnyard with 4 more stalls in it that would extend past where the outside door is? Sort of like those sheds are built but larger? Earl looks so beautiful after you brush him, and I enjoy the videos of horses being groomed and rolling in the grass after a hard days work😊 Y’all take such good care of your horses! I appreciate that!❤ Maybe you could sell those silos for the horse barn money. Pansy is beautiful!
Good. Morning Brenda and. Jim. I'm Jerald you guys are doing great
I was able to help setup a neighbour couple with a family cow and a pail milker, the mennonites in Pennsylvania make portable units for taking to shows, not sure the name, but is was a few thousand dollars. I grew up milking Jerseys, we shipped cream in pails to Stirling Creamery. After my parents sold our dairy herd I kept a cow or two for the house, I just used our existing vacuum pump and pail milker. Leftover got fed to pail calves.
I envy you the helping hands to hold a horse by times. Weather here was good this week and able to get 20 acres of fall plowed sod disced, harrowed, sowed to oats and rolled, That is all my spring work in the can in a week.
Had to put my best horse down 2 weeks ago but a new mare I bought a couple months ago is working like a champ. We got it done shorthanded. Hope you get a nice dry stretch of weather to tackle tillage work.
Jersey cows are a cute cow even as an adult. Just as a suggestion and concern for Brenda when brushing the horses, to wear a mask as you are breathing in that fine dust and dander from the horses, a good prevention. I know I get stuffed up, sneeze and cough if I don’t wear one. All the natural products from the milk. I heard they have higher fat content than other dairy cows, is that right? Is there a big difference in the taste of the milk etc with the different feed they eat? It was a mooovaralous video🐄🤠🇨🇦
So, horses have a bare spot in their mouths where the bit goes. in general, they don't really have the bit in their teeth, and it's fairly secure in the mouth, so they can drink over a bit fairly easily. Rinsing the bit with a drink while working is probably nice for them, too. Earl was being a pain today huh?! I haven't seen him act like that before. What are some good tips for Brenda to handle him a little more easily, so he respects her space? I really haven't seen Jim's horses push her around like that. Even Baron's been a much sweeter boy.
I live in Oregon and have never seen little barn structures on top of silos. Is there a real purpose? Or mainly decorative? BTW I love Jersey cows! They are the most gentle cows ever. ❤️❤️her name too 😊
Have you considered making butter? It was one of my jobs on the farm when I was a boy. You can freeze the butter to keep it. Some people like buttermilk to drink. The butter was useful for baking and even sour milk got used for sour milk cookies. The only fly in the ointment was when cows were put out to grass, the butter tasted funny. Eventually you got used to it. Eventually you came to prefer homemade butter to store bought. Just a thought for your extra milk. And the pigs loved the whey from the butter mixed in with their feed..
She has a short milk vane up her Hind Legs, the longer (higher) the Milk vane goes up her Hind Legs, the back side of Her leges and the bigger the bag, the more mike sha will produce. Some Breeds are Bred for Cream and Butter and others for Milk. Mixed Breeds are another option. Ray King Eckert Colorado.
Awe that was sweet giving Bill kisses, Brenda, I know you love them a lot❤
Right now the box stall comes in handy, Lady will use it after delivery. Bree and Bill or Baron can use the two/standing stalls while Ken, Duke, Earl and Baron or Bill can have the 4/standing stall area.
After the foal is weaned from Lady you wont need a box stall anymore and it can be remodeled into 2/standing stalls. At that point Lady and Bill can be there. Ken, Barron, Duke, Earl can have the 4/standing stall area with Bree and your weaned foal in the 2/standing stalls...
Just a thought.
Watching the milking brings back some childhood memories. Very satisfying video folks. Thank you.
Guess Baron got her before the gelding on her foal heat or soon after. Pretty sure May is when she had Bree last year.
Yep, I remember when Jim said she was in standing heat after having Bree and bred with Baron. Should foal in June!