Tips for Getting started with Cattle!
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This video is part of a collaboration serious called “5 Things Livestock”. In our video we are talking about getting started with cattle. This video is to provide tips for those interested in getting started with cattle. We give our tips and recommendations as we are ending our 3rd year raising and breeding Dexter cattle and Jersey cattle. Our Basic “5 things” categories include: confinement areas, fencing and simple squeeze chutes, what age cows/heifers you should start with, Halter training, breeding information, and nutrition. Along with a lot of other information.
You can watch all of the “5 things videos by clicking on the playlist link below:
“5 Things” Livestock Collaboration Playlist:
• "5 Things" Livestock C...
Links to the “5 Things” Livestock Collaboration channels:
Sweet Briar Farm: / channel @SweetBriarFarmMichigan
Suburban Sodbuster: / @suburbansodbuster
@SuburbanSodbuster
GWP Homestead: / @gwphomestead
@GWPHomestead
Yogi Hollow Farm: / @yogihollowfarm
@YogiHollowFarm
The Heavenly Homestead: / @theheavenlyhomestead
@TheHeavenlyHomestead
The Old Swede's Farm: / @theoldswedesfarm
@TheOldSwedesFarm
Sage and Stone Homestead: / @sageandstonehomestead
@SageandStoneHomestead
More Cattle Videos from Sweet Briar Farm:
Teaching an Old Cow new Tricks Part 1: • Halter Breaking a Dext...
Teaching an Old Cow new Tricks Part 2: • Teaching an "old" Dext...
Why does our Bull have a Ring in his nose: • Why Does our Bull have...
Why buy a Halter Trained Bull?: • Why you should buy a H...
Milk Machine Review: • Milking a cow and goat...
Raw Milk is Dangerous! Or is it? Farm to Lab: • Raw Milk is Dangerous!...
Fermenting Pig feed but Why?: • Fermenting Pig Feed: B...
About Sweet Briar Farm
We are a small farm located in Central/Northern Michigan. We farm every inch of our 6 acres. We breed Registered Dairy Goats, Dexter Cattle, and Heritage Hogs. Clean healthy food is important to us and we like to produce the majority of our food on the farm and we grow and raise enough to sell to local customers. Producing our own food also means we forage for wild edibles such as mushrooms and tap our maple trees in the spring to make maple syrup. In 2019 we added honeybees to the farm and have had as many as 30 active hives producing honey for us.
Our goats include Nubian goats, Mini Nubians, Fainting Goats, and Nigerian Dwarf goats.
Our Heritage Hogs include: registered Berkshires, Tamworth, Kune Kune, and Hereford.
Check out more of our farm life and farm animal videos on our UA-cam Channel! Hopefully you enjoy and Subscribe to our channel. Thanks for Watching!
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Thanks for confirming for me that a Cow is not just a big goat!!!
😂
I love Millie! She is so beautiful and so sweet. She actually waned me to pet her when I was there. The problem I would have is, I would see her more as a pet. She’s just precious.
Firecracker. Always been a fan of darker colored cattle. You guys are doing great. Have a wonderful week Mike and Kelsey. 🐐🐂🐃
This is a great collaboration. There's so much information that goes along with raising animals, bees and even vegetables!
How is your snow situation?
@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan We’ve been getting hammered up here! We have 4 feet on the level in areas we can measure without drifting. This week more snow but OMG… weather report just updated and we are to expect up to 50 BELOW ZERO windchills🥶🥶🥶… we’ve been running like crazy trying to get ready so we can protect animals. This front planned on coming your way?? This storm has produced a record high pressure & soon the lowest pressure too. Just insane weather!!!!
@@rspranchinmontana oh wow. The reports we are seeing on the next storm says to early for accurate predictions on snow. Stay safe!
Hey guys! I’m so happy we did this collab, when I’m planning for an animal I check out all the books I find from the library
But the best advice I’ve always got from people with the experience!
I don’t think I’m near getting one of my own because I don’t have the room, but I do dream of a couple hundred acres 😂
Never stop dreaming
God bless!
Lety
You are so right experience is the best learning tool. Have a wonderful holiday season!
Excellent information!
I will have to have my husband watch this! He wants cattle and I need him to know what he's getting me into. Thank you! Phoenix, cause she's firey!
Isn't this just the dream?! Thank you.
Absolutely!
You look much more comfortable on video these days. I watched all your past videos. I'm pretty certain I've seen most of them previously.
Wait until Wednesdays video 😂
Brandy for your new beautiful addition to your farm. Another informative video. It will be very helpful to anyone who is planning on starting a farm.
"Scours.. another name for diarrhea", is the worst! So messy.
Good name suggestion!
We don't have the space for cows but we really learned a lot watching your video. You've got a great set-up and set of processes. Thanks for sharing all this! We subscribed to your channel! Have a great week!
Thank you! We will watch your 5 things video later today!
Woohoo! I’ve been waiting for this video.
Thank you.
Interesting comments about the temperament of Holstein and Jersey bulls. When I was young we converted our farm to dairy, with a majority Holstein herd. I didn't know about the bulls being particularly bad-tempered, but that may explain why my dad would hire a bull rather than keeping a bull of his own.
I think a lot of dairies will AI or they will have an angus bull and sell the calves for beef.
We just sorted and hauled calves to the sale barn this weekend. It's always an adventure. I came home and thanked my goats for not acting like the cows lol
We are lucky to have a local butcher come to the farm for the cows. He does some of our pigs too but if I have a large group we haul them to a different butcher. We loaded a group one time all but one went right in the trailer. Kelsey and I spent an hour trying to get the last one in. A lot of cussing lol
@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan We have a local butcher that does our processing for our freezer beef. But we sell the rest. We have 2 steers scheduled to go in after the first of the year.
@@BroqueCowgirlHomestead gotcha
Lots of great info for people interested in getting into cattle. Thanks for sharing.
This video came in just the right time for me!! I’m expecting delivery of my first Dexters right after the first of the year when the youngest will be weaned. Thanks for the great info!!
Awesome. We have a bunch of videos in our Dexter cattle playlist!
This is awesome! We are looking to add cows within the next two years. Helpful video, thank you guys!
That’s awesome!
The name Fancy popped in my head (Reba McIntyre song). Maybe Connie from Young Sheldon...she is a firecracker! :) Congrats on your addition and thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Good one!
Watched this last night and wanted to come back to comment. You guys covered so much great info in this video. Especially the hay and the bull info. Great job!
There is a lot to learn when you didn’t grow up with cattle. I worked for a cattle farmer as a kid but didn’t do much more than feed and bale hay.
That's cool! I love collaborations, especially when I'm already fallowing some youtubers. I'll go check out the others😊.
Here from Sage & Stone! Really enjoyed your video! Thank you! ❤️
Thanks for watching!
I love watching your videos,,,you guys crack me up!
You will enjoy tomorrows then lol.
I mean Wednesdays
Got worried when you went the horse trailer and it started to rock back and forth. The cow really did shot out!
I told her to make a fuss for dramatic effect😀.
Dolly!
Keeping cattle is fascinating. I wasn't sure I'd be interested in what you had to say beca i know I won't ever keep cows, but I am more curious now!
It is a lot of fun and a big investment up front. 2-2.5 year grow out for grass fed Dexter beef. We have a bunch of videos in our dexter cattle playlist. Let us know if you have any questions! We always like getting ideas for videos. Thanks for watching!
My suggestion for naming the new heifer is Pneuma which means “spirit”. Pronounced Newma. :)
A few people have suggested spirit. Pneuma is unique!
Thanks for sharing !
Names for the new heifer, Molly or Daisy or Sparkle?? The Jersey cows are so beautiful. Lol Thanks for sharing this information. I wish I could have had a homestead way back before I had kids and before I got old. Lol Thanks again for a great video.
Hiya everyone....❤ nice heifer!
This was great info. Hoping to brings coelws home in 2023! I will definitely be referring back to this! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Best of luck!
My wife Megan thinks “Penelope” would be a great name. Lots of good info here! Really like your setup for a small herd. Cattle make me nervous (big critters) but dang they are tasty. And the only way to get less nervous is with experience!
Thanks for all the great info! Really liking these Dexters the more of your videos I watch.
The only one that ever made us nervous was our first Bull. I was a bit nervous at first with Mr. President but after working with him we have mutual trust.
You are in Kentucky correct? If you get into Dexters Chaney’s in Tennessee would be the place to get your calves. If you haven’t watched our interviews with them they should be in our Dexter cattle playlist or our interview playlist.
And once you have Dexter beef you wouldn’t want anything different! Take it from this fat guy 😂
@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan Thanks for the tip on where to buy, I appreciate it. From one “fat guy” to another I think we have the expertise on what tastes good 😅.
@@GWPHomestead 😀
I would name her Addie for “Attitude” !!!! Great video and I’m now a subscriber 😊
Another good suggestion!
My husband suggested you name her Spirit because she has plenty of it. I’m thinking Lucille.
Great video! I appreciate the info
Thank you!
❤🎉Absolutely 💯 Beautiful
This is wonderful ❤️ much love from Cleveland Ohio ❤️ FarmFresh_USA
Does you butcher dispatch and eviscerate on the farm? Also when Mike went in the trailer and it started shaking, all I could think was the movie Gremlins. We talked about coming up to see your setup and still want to, but we decided to whoa the horse a bit on getting cows. Thanks for making these videos, it's giving us more info before we start out.
Yes he does all that on the farm and takes the carcass back to his shop.
I would maybe call her Junipers
I think you should name your new heifer cow Scarlett because she is red and beautiful!
Good one!
I always laugh at how loud trailers are… sounds like your fighting for your life in there lol
If you watch closely you will see her nose poke out of the window on the right side of the trailer. She apparently thought she could fit through the small bars in the window
What about feisty ?
Good vlog,did you ever consider angus for beef.haylage should smell like good whiskey.
We don’t have the land for angus. Dexters are more efficient on grass which is why we raise them. Pound for pound you get more bang for your buck with Dexters. Thanks for watching!
@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan never knew that,always found dexter very dairying and the angus super beef animal,tanx.
@@colmanlong1032 they aren’t very big with steers hanging 300-500 lbs. But they are delicious and easy on the land.
Name idea: Salsa (because she's spicy!).
26:00 Do you worry about corn or soy in grain? I'm not sure if it matters 🤔
Only the heifers are getting a grain ration. They will be weaned off that soon and only fed hay. But we don’t have any concerns about feeding soy. I would have to look at the ingredients again but I don’t think it contains soy.
HI THERE!!! I have 20 acre 15 of thos is still bush maybe 2-3 is good for pasture! but the question is what would be the best bread of cow to get for meat and milk???
As far as efficiency. You can’t beat the Dexter.
I can’t remember if we talk about that in our “All about Dexter cattle” video or not but I believe we do.
How about Reba ,since she's a firey red head lol
can a Canadien enter ? love your farm setup
I would have to look into shipping. If you win and it was too expensive we would pretend you didn’t win 😁 😉
Yes, at least for Heather's book giveaway! I watched Sage & Stone Homesteads video and she said everyone from everywhere will be entered, so subscribe to all the channels so you get notified when they post their videos, and make sure you comment on each channels video! 😉
fence your farm like a onion . well said
I'd name her Freedom
i would like you to call her "honey"
I would call her Annie cause she has red hair… or Pippi Longstocking cause she has red hair and a feisty attitude
You are the winner of the Naming contest! We decided to call the Calf Pippi! Email us at sweetbriarfarmllc@gmail.com with your address and we will send you a bottle of honey!
How about Deborah after Dexter's sister? She was definitely fiesty.
She was a bit worked up😃
don't think she's going to settle down for a long time? She's a Flare for the dramatics. So why not Flare?
She settled down. We give them a week to get used to us then start working with them
Right..let her calm down. ....how about Sassy? ❤
We ended up naming her Pippi 😄
Honey honey honey 🍯
Spirit should be here name.
She rocked the whole damn trailer...holy cow
She was a bit worked up. You can actually see her nose poke through the window in the upper right. She wanted to get out.
Later in your video you mentioned mineral feeders....this has worked well for me. ua-cam.com/video/ZlnDfWWeJd8/v-deo.html. Thx for video
ua-cam.com/video/Ff95uqUkGfY/v-deo.html
Made the same thing!