Weaning Calves - The BAR Exam
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- We wean all but 7 of the bottle calves, and one of my heifers passes what I call "The BAR Exam".
Filmed 10/14/18
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1st comment and like 😂 love learning about how yous farm in America it’s certainly different to Northern Ireland
Lol have watch them pass the bar exam an have watch them pass though the guard rail exam before talk about headache
Bar exam, I like that Ryan. It is amazing how bovine have such great high jumping skills. Put some of those horses to shame.
Hello. I am not a farmer but I like the way this channel shows how farms work
He might not pin this comment, so I want to say keep up the amazing work you are doing on this channel and in your farm
I am so glad you and your brother work well together for the better good. Another channel, Walker Farms, those brothers work hard together also. To pass on the family tradition, family gas to...too many generational farms destroyed by BS. Your family is a wonderful example of teamwork!
I love your videos!!! Can't wait for more harvest!
Hufff!! Moving cattle, hard work... but satisfactory results, means calfs are growing up as planed. Nice video Ryan!!!!
Love how we always get like 10 comments from people saying they are the first to comment. Alway a great video keep up the good work. 200k will be here before you know it.
You know what that means: Rewind video time!
First!
Hi Ryan, serious question: Do you ever think about the morality of your job RE the cattle? I recently saw a very moving video called "73 cows" (on Vimeo) about a farmer struggling with the ethics of his job which made me look at farmers in a very different light and the emotional toll it can take.
First one
Great video. If I started a beef cattle operation I would build a small bunker silo and use it for manure storage. Would that be a good idea?
like how just throw the feed guess you don't have a tractor or equipment to do that for you JUST don't understand you demo equipment right don't they have something where you don't have to walk we all done figured out unless in a cab you not going do much all you had to do was spred the feed out
Hey love what you do your the best
The BAR Exam. I like that term. I'm going to start using it in our rodeos when they try to go through the arena fence.
Shouldn't these children be drinking the milk from their mothers?
I am intrsted to get training under your supervision. For 2 months.
Just curious once again, why you don't grind your corn in a feed grinder/mixer? It looks like you only give cracked corn, and we all know cracked corn is prone to not being fully digested in a calves/cows stomach. Seems like a waste.
Just asking mind you.
A feed mill to crack the corn is all we have. We could use the feed mill to get pulverized corn, but then we're dedicating a tractor to it and at that point it would be more efficient to not even use buckets. Eventually we'll get them on to a steer stuffer.
@@HowFarmsWork Yeah, I know you will get them on a steer stuffer. I suppose it's because I am accustomed to getting all feed ground from weaning on, to maximize weight gain. In our case, we used the tractor/grinder probably once every two or three weeks. We could either store it in the mixer, or auger it into a holding bin. But yeah, it is indeed a pain to have to use buckets LoL!
Suppose it's one of those things....."Run what ya brung" !
It’s actually quite interesting, baby calves up to 300lbs are actually some of the best digesters of whole and cracked corn. Obviously they can’t digest 100% of it but they are better at it than full grown cows! That’s just something I’ve learned in my Animal science classes, but who knows for sure lol.
Lots of guy finish Holstein steers on whole corn and pellets in a stuffers.
On The Farm you are correct. I have just read a article on this subject and they claim that young calves up to 300 pounds or so digest whole corn just fine. In reality cows don’t digest hay or grass 100% either the difference is corn is yellow so it shows up in the manure more than green grass.
What is the size of that pole building with the cattle lot?
Like the video but gave it a thumbs down fo the bar
Sehr schönes Video ohne viel überflüssiges Gelaber.
thanks for sharing the video
Love you wish I had some merch
What u feeding the calf's?
Hello sir. Do you sell cows to Morocco
Ryan, it is Welker Farms....you would enjoy it I think. I believe they have 10k acres in Montana.
Nice got a link on fodder? what is it? I didn't pass the bar..... Are your cattle considered free range, they look it and you take care of them very well from this standpoint. The farm I went to camp from had me walikng in a cow pature and yes I did step ina metal muffin. We had the same water valve at the old house. Plus a 200 year old barn that got restored. The barn Became a theater for camprers. But original campers remember jumping in the hay in the loft!
Noblesse Oblige our Moto True!
Yep if they're jumpers next stop-- McDonalds LOL:)
Later! OL J R :)
FREE TRACTOR ARM RIDES AT THE FARM
Very good video
Good to see the farm manager overseeing the operation...BTW how's Fritzy ?
When I graduate high school I'll go to college and take agriculture classes and going to be a farmer like u Ryan😀😀😀😀
Moving cattle, on going activities for herd management. Calves look good. Take care, thanks for sharing!
have a 30 month old heifer that can get out of any of my pens , she got out over a 5 ft 3 inch barrier today ......is booked in on the factory lorry this week ....thats on a one way ticket .....pity they dont pay a bonus for the wild ones ......her mother is a mad yoke also ......she will be hanging up by christmas
There's nothing like a crazy heifer. Lol.
I thought you were going to announce that your little sister was going to law school.
Nice video👍
I weaned calves yesterday lol took them away from momma
Noisy eh?
PIPER DOUG yes very lol mommas was standing at the barn bawling and so was the calves
@@michaellipe4889 good thing cows have a short memory eh! 2 days and as long as they can't see the babies they just go about their business.
I'm not sure I'd sell that cow over the bar exam. It sounds to me like she has good instincts and likely the first cow in the herd to go momma bear on a coyote. Unless of course she also jumps the fence for greener grass... then sell her!
Good video! Those bobcat's are handy little devils.
Bar exam🤣 I heard a story that my great grandparents had a jersey hefier that could clear a fence like a deer they butchered it & nobody liked the way it tasted
nice looking calves , brings back a lot of memories, looks like it will be dry enough to harvest soon.
Really beautiful video. What camera are you using?
Does your truck have to have the farm tag to be a farm expense? Or is that just for the lower tag cost?
Great video always love the cattle video's! Btw you should do another day in the life!
If y'all are having trouble with a cow and it's trying to hurt, will you shoot them
High octane bovines? Yeah, they can go down the road. You don't need them turning into lawyer cattle. Thanks for showing us this step in the process of raising bottle calves. In Friday's video, you showed "the girls" back at the main farm, and they looked (to my untrained eye) a little bit like red and white Holsteins. Are they (the ones at Rockville) heifers being raised up to feeder weight and eventually sold, or are they breeding stock for the future?
Those are custom raised heifers for a dairy operation.
Thanks, Ryan. There's always something different and new with you guys.
Great job with animals but I have a question what do u do with the calves after a while love ur farm btw
need quick hitchs
Good stuff Ryan I love the farm life. I was born a farmer and will die a farmer!
@howfarms work you guys should get a loader for the 7600
and now i know why corn fed cows make my body hurt and grass fed ones don't.
Question does state highway 35 go past your guys’ farm
gotta love farm humor..love it Ryan
Can you give your opinion on your GMC truck. Thanks
that was cool how you got the dog to push the buckets of corn to you in the back of your truck. lol
where is fritzi
Ryan as always thanks for the great vids and as always keep safe.
Well we can tell which one of you is heavier by how far the lift arm went down
Why don’t you double tag the bottle calves?
They won’t be in with other cattle where it’ll matter.
Please do an update on your pet cow. Thanks!
What is weaning calves?
Getting them off milk
@@HowFarmsWork Are those steer?
They are as of about 24 hours before this video was made.
@@HowFarmsWork ouch
Is corn silage suitable for sheep?
Gasem Alnaho yes just have to watch for mold because they can get listeriosis.
It's also important to watch the dry matter intake, silage being a wet feed, can limit the amount of nutrition a ewe gets from a belly full. Especially if they are near lambing. Improperly managed they can get shorted the needed nutrition with a full stomach.
So you guys don't milk right, so is it a back grounding operation? and do you run suckler cows to feed the babies. yeah when we have Houdini heifers it means they have a bit of bush/range blood in them. we're about to wean 118 Angus so it's about to get loud, lol.
@John Haas yeah i wondered, suckler cows are more work to set up but in the long run far cheaper.
I would like to see more videos on your livestock.
Yall should really get a front loader for that tractor
Weaning calves is a LOUD job!
I have a question
I’m in the Pacific Northwest
Out this way it is hard to just farm
Someone in every farm family needs to work for if nothing else rainy day money and health insurance
I wonder if it’s better back there for the family farm
zweg1321 there are a lot of variables. I'd say your example is becoming a reality for more and more.
theme calves looked really nice ryan.
How's Fritzy doing?
Hey Ryan are You guys going to start combiining soon? I live in MN and we started combining corn yesterday.
Should be very soon
So i dont want to ask again but im still curious, what holds the round bales together? it doesnt look like metal and im still curious is there anyone who can answer? sorry for the stupid question but its one i really want to know
It's plastic net wrap. It helps reduce water infiltration as well but most importantly keeps them from falling apart.
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Hey Ryan I love your channel!
Thanks for sharing Ryan..
I'm sorry to say that I'm not going to put all those apps on my phone. It's way too busy for me to take care of.
You probably won't find more than you can find here, this is our main platform anyway. It's just for those who want to follow along with daily updates.
Doing no shave harvest again?
Great Video Ryan like it .
3:50 you can here that baby purr
Why feed them corn?
Cheap, accessible, nutritious, and abundant feed.
Rockets a bigger youtube star than all u kusters
Lol yep!
would like to see some fodder bales from the Krone
Those will come out very last. Have to use the old stuff first.
"Aggie Pride"
great video ryan
Calves
how many weeks are they on milk for?
Usually 8, sometimes longer if smaller.
Does the denile come with the scoop or did you put that on ?
Factory.
It comes with the scoop to push more air throw the engine
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Is your truck deleted
Jackson Todd I don’t think he can until the warranty is expired.
Electric barbed wire? that's illegal in Sweden!
For no good reason, either.
Well i'm assuming it's because that the AG goverment in Sweden is very strict and i know you guys don't have many strict laws... right?
SwedishGunMate Yep...it’s the same line of thinking with things like GMOs in the EU.
Yeah, agriculture is much easier in the US compared to EU/Sweden, sooo many strict laws, some good, some very bad! Agriculture in Sweden has been dropping drastically over the past years.... bankruptcy and too much paperwork...
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First bet he won’t pin this comment😂😂
Lost bet
Are those calves sold for their meat or to somebody that grows them bigger and then be a mac burger?
They'll likely be bought and then grown more.