Dairymen are the hardest working cattlemen out there. Thanks for another great video!

@ardurbin2

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!! 👍👍

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ben!

Love the old school tie-stall barns. I loved working in those style barns compared to the free stall

I DO LIKE THE DUMP TRAILER !!!!! A LOT CHEAPER THAN A TMR !! YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE LATER

Excellent video. I'm very impressed with your dedication, care of your animals and hard work. It makes me feel positive for the future of our country knowing men like these men are out there below the radar.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Richard!

@atticuskilby515

2 жыл бұрын

And these are the people who.I prefer buying products from.

Hard to believe that milk and dairy are so inexpensive at the store. Anyone who never set foot on a farm would be shocked how much work and expense goes in to a bowl of cereal! Thank you for the video and hooe your family is well! Bob

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

We do our best, hopefully the more videos like this in the world the more of the general public can realize where their food comes from!

Thank for being a dairy farmer!!! I thank you with the gallon and half of milk I drink each week. You are very appreciated!!!!! John T

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you John! We appreciate you for being a consumer!

I love that new barn you guys built. Keep the video's coming

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We Will!

One thing is cant nobody say you boys are lazy , hats off to ya

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe!

You guys have such a simple setup but yet it is efficient. Love your videos.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mike!

We used to have to clip twice a year here in Northern California!! After they stopped it, I continued clipping!! I love clean Cows just like you folks!! I just love your videos, and wish we lived closer, I would love to help you guys!! Take care for now, Vic!!

I just love how well y'all take care of your cattle. Thats a nice thing to do for your cattle. I know years ago we always had to keep the hair off their bags for milking.

Another good video. Thanks for making these. As a kid, dad fed out beef and my brother and I fed out hogs. But dad grew up during the 1930's and 40's here in SE Michigan. I remember him telling us about the dairy cows he milked along with my Grandad.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching them Larry! I would enjoy visiting a modern hog set up, never seen an operation like that in person!

Cherish the time you have with your dad. I learned so much from my dad but he is now stuck in the house and in a wheelchair. Many of the things your dad says in these videos reminds me of what my dad taught me. Love the channel. Keep up the good work.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

I won't take it for granted, Thank you for watching and commenting!

I majored in Dairy Science in college and our dairy club used to clip cows for local farmers. We would clip the tail, flanks, udder, rear legs and some of the stomach if needed. It's amazing how clean the cows looked after we clipped them.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a great program, would be nice to get people out here to do it for us!

Excellent work!. God gave man dominion over his animals. Take care of them and they'll take care of you!

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great way to put it! Thank you!

I worked on a dairy farm when I was a young for six years, Good memories. Thanks for the great videos

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we could bring back good memories thank you for watching!

Hallo from Sweden. When I was young I helpt the farmers to trim their cows in The autum. Nice job

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome, Nice! Thank you for watching!

I remember working dairy farms growing up in southern ontario canada.My neighbor raised 5 kids milking 20 cows.The cows always free ranged after milking.Sure was simple then,I'm talking late 70's to early 80.

I’m a dairy farmer from yesteryear, small 400 acre farm older equipment and about 40 milk cows and with heifers and beef cattle around 100 head total, I enjoy the older ways of common sense farming and enjoy watching your videos!!!I must say that 2nd or 3rd cutting baled hay you feed in dairy barn looks good enough for me to eat!! Definitely “milk make” keep up the good work and be safe.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Don! You too good luck to you and your farm!

Your dad really knows how to explain the proper care of dairy cattle

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You guys hiding a milking parler somewhere? Watching someone groom a cows tail is something I've never seen. And I milked cows myself a few time. Nicely done.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

LOL Nope not yet! Thank you for the nice comment we appreciate it!

I do the same thing to my cow's tails when we start keeping them in the barn during winter.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

We think it helps alot!

wow girls eating good today

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I have LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED A LONG TIME AGO ❤😊

Hi u guys, I love watching your videos! It brings back so many good memories of growing up on a dairy farm. Keep them rolling out.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we could do that for you! thank you for watching!

Great video! I appreciate all your hard work. You have content that I've never seen before.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Nice farm. I think a feed mixer wagon would be a great upgrade for you, by mixing and throwing feed to the cows it would give you more free time :)

You guys are great herdsmen! Well kept farm and some super slick old binders too!

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Aaron!

Nice to see you guys take excellent care of your heard

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I grew up on a dairy farm like this as a boy. I now feed animals on a big farm that makes its money by delivering its products to homes. Diffent way same process.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

I hear ya!

I like how you care for your cows

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Another great video! Great the way you care for your cattle!

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scott!

Just great care takers of your animal's

You need a couple brooms 18” and 24” wood blockers for the hay silage and grain since you don’t have mangers !

Love the way you care for your herd. Really enjoyed the hair cutting session and explanation.

I had a similar set up like you for feeding heifers and dry cows. Instead of a TMR, I converted an old Meyers manure spreader to a feeder wagon by extending the sides and adding the front end from an old chopper box. I put a hydraulic motor on the discharge chain. I could then discharge to either side. I could throw a few small bales of hay in, top it with haylege and or corn silage, grain or protein supplement, spread out the minerals and vitamins on top and and deliver a somewhat TMR mix. Cost of the feeder wagon was less than $1000 plus the time to make the changes. The only down side was that it was a rear discharge.

Awesome!

First time watching your videos, very informative. Love to see the care you take with your cows, I am grateful for your hard work so I can enjoy my milk.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Penny we are happy you found the channel! We do our best, thanks for consuming Dairy products!

We did the same thing with our cows it brings back memories I miss it dearly. Looks like your dad got kicked towards the end there lol

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we could bring back memories! Not sure if he did or not, thank you for watching!

On thing I notice and it’s consistent is your family is making the one family dairy work, and be able to have a good living. This is the kind of dairy my father had when I was a small boy back in the early 60’s, the only reason he got out was health reasons that prevented him from continuing to farm. My uncle and cousins built a dairy up from scratch starting in the early 70’s. How they farm and the way they survived is a totally different from your family farm. The good thing is my second cousins are continuing the farm, however it’s larger now more mechanical but it’s still there. FYI here in ( NC piedmont near Charlotte) the few remaining dairies are getting larger, in my home county there is only 3 dairies, with my cousins being the largest, but still small at 300 milking. Just a few miles away a young farmer bought up 3 family dairies several years ago and made up a 1000 cow heard. The amount of farm land to support that dairy is enormous, he has land leased all around, and just the silage operation is huge. Keep up the videos, I really enjoy sitting down and seeing your family making the family farm work

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah there isn't a lot of family farms left! Thank you for watching them, we really appreciate it!

Great video, brings back good memories of cattle

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Glad we could do that for you thank you for watching!

I'm really enjoying your videos. Thanks, from south east Manitoba.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope it's not to cold up there!

Great stuff men always like to see people take care of there animals

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again James!

Hi i am farly new to your channel and i love watching your videos we milked for over 20 some years we miss it a lot of people that havent milked would think you do things the hard way but i think you and your dad are just using what you got and it works for you all and your not in debt for some big shiny stuff thats over priced anway dont get me wrong yea you see all these other farmers with new tractors and you think man thats nice then you think well mines old but it gets the job done just as well and its paid for i would love to see your farm its so beauitful looking and clean we keep ours clean its not hard really thats what think is so funny i watch other videos of these big dairy farms and they have millions of dollars wiorth of equpiment and there farms and stuff look like shit i worked for some one else for years but i treated it like it was mine not bregging but my dairy was clean i always got a 95 or better on inspection watching your videos brings back memoeries for us keep up the great videos

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

We are very happy you found the channel and that we could bring back good memories for you! I'm glad another Dairy man is watching our videos! Thank you for the support we appreciate it!

Like your set up . And your videos

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark it means a lot!

This is a awesome video, this looks like a lot of fun the way that I thought dairy farming should be done. I worked on a run down 250 to 300 cow dairy farm through high school but it kept gas in the tank but I didnt enjoy it there. It seemed more like a factory than a farm every day it was how fast can we get the cows in and out in a double 8 step up parlor and get on with the day. The farmer who ran it was a alcoholic, many chores often went undone and the cows especially ones with hoof problems or cuts usually went untouched till they died or were sold to become dog food. I believe if I had worked on a setup like this I would still be farming hats of too you and your folks you guys are doing a great job.

The cows must love the attention how nice

Glad you included the segment about caring for the cows tails. Never knew about the process of shaving the tail and cutting the hair at the bottom. When the pump failed in the middle of your treatment, do you normally keep track of the cows number that were treated, as to not treat twice? Always enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Ya I think I have the numbers of the ones we need to treat yet! Put I do not think it would be bad to treat them twice, probaly not the smartest use of money. but I don't think it would hurt the cattle! Thank you Ben, We will do our best to keep releasing videos!

Another excellent video that brought back so many memories from my younger days on the farm. How many family members are there on your farm?

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

There are 5, but obviously we are not all fulltime!

Do y’all ever use the stave silo anymore or just the bags? Btw y’all have a nice neat clean facility. Love the way your dad describes his way of doing things. Keep up the good videos. I enjoy every one. 👌

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

We feed out of it during the summer! Thank you very much!

How many stalls does your barn have? Great video

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

40, thanks Ken!

Did not know you trimmed up dairy cows like that!! Thought that was really cool!! You guys do a great job milking!!

Olá, acompanhando o dia a dia da fazenda, daqui da cidade de Balsas Estado Maranhão Brasil. Parabéns a família.

We used to have some cows you couldn't bush there tails like that. They would shake hands with you and they were the kind one's. We kept sucklers and they were wild limason for breeding beef.

Curved pruning shears with one and a half ft handles work good for hair trimming end of tail

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

good to know thank you!

Thanks for the content !!

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Thanks for the video

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching it!

Great video. Thanks

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching it!

that was great video, thanks

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful farm

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you James!

I know you said in your video why you don't have a feed wagon but I figured I'd say this anyhow because most people haven't seen one. Kelly Ryan makes a very simple yet durable feed wagon that works well for something like you did in your video. It's called the Feed-R-Wagon. They are very cheap in comparison to other feed wagons are when used. Love the videos, keep it up.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you I will have to look that up!

Another great one! Glad i found your channel and subscribed.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome! We are glad you found it thanks for watching!

pretty cool

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

A TMR is just another expense in my opinion that box dump seems to be doing the job thats what it's about getting it done!

A Gehl self unloading cart would be nice there small also thanks.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know thank you!

Nothing like getting swatted in the face or family jewels with a sh*tty tail at 5 am when your half asleep walking in the stall with the milker!

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Lol that's so true!

Nothing wrong with shoveling that's why God gave you the ability to do it and just think no expenses when it comes to breakdowns on TMR that's money saved right there.

My father-in-law had 172 steel wheels around the front of his farm yard. My wife still talks about painting them with a brush. All white wheels and they kept their sheep in when they got to mow the lawn. lol Love the cow bells. Cows have gotten bigger since the barns were built and their flanks hang over the gutters. Do your cows have their own stanchions? We had the omes at the ends of the stanchions that had theirs and few others but we milked year around and sometimes we cow fights for their place. Not saying your cows are bad but the milk inspectors in Minnesota would go crazy with the flanks like yours. I was a fieldman for a creamery for a while here years ago and The inspector was really strict. You have a nice looking herd. Back to the flanks, years ago the inspector here would not pass the inspection because of the flanks and you would have to white wash. All inspectors are different and rules have changed over the last 3 years. Thanks for the video and enjoy them very much.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

The Steel wheels sound really cool! Almost ever cows has their own stall we have a couple that we switch out, because we typically milk more than 40! Thank you for watching and commenting!

@drdulas5055

2 жыл бұрын

@@GierokFarms We use to milk in a stanchion barn of 38 stanchions 70 cows. Milk one side and switch out and so on. And we milked year round,

I’m wondering how long your stalls are in the red barn? I’m building a barn and want stalls like the ones in your barn.

Good looking barn, also do you use that silo?

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and Yes!

Hi, enjoyed the video. We're wondering who the manufacturer of the hydraulic trailer at the 6:36 mark is?

You guys would have gotten along great with my dad. Look for the hardest way to do your work. I was surprised to see that you were using the skidsteer to do part of your feeding and a barn cleaner to clean the stall barn. I was beginning to think that you thought a scoop shovel was cutting edge technology.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

Will you share how you make your silage please?

great video. you do it exactly like here in switzerland. here in swiss the milking time is strictly adhered to, do you always do it after 12 hours? Greeting from switzerland🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome, we are so happy you commented! Thank you so much for commenting! I would love to go over there again! We try to keep it as close as possible to 12 hour intervals!

When I go for haircut, I leave a tip for the stylist, do the cows leave a TIP? 👍💪🙏

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

I wish LOL, I guess the might milk better for us lol!

I'm curious whether or not it's possible to get lice from your cows? My dad grew up on a dairy farm and continued farming until I was 8. He now shares these videos with me and I've taken a great interest in watching how you guys do things on your farm! Things are explained in a way that I understand, even though I'm not entirely familiar with dairy farming. Thanks for taking the time to educate and allow us into your day to day lives!

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

I don't you can I think it's a different kind of lice. We are glad that both of you enjoy watching the videos. Thank you both so much for watching!

I see the bobcat skidsteer in a lot of your videos. Was wondering if you had a backup for it in case it breaks down? Seems to be the most used tool on your farm.

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

No back up but it is are newest piece of equipment for that reason!

Did you guys ever hear of a mixer wagon?

Do you guys have any cows that like to try and back out when getting close to chain them up. I used to work on a dairy farm that had 49 chain cows. Some were a pain in the ass to chain up liked to back out and run around the barn. That was hard when I was most of the time the one who chained them in. I got to where they were distracted some of the time and I could grab them before they got away. We had a cow get both her front legs stuck in between where they get tied in. Had to cut one side off completely to free her. Of course letting the cows out was the worst as they saw there friend leave and wanted to try and back out while still hooked in

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes thankful we have a small enough herd so we can learn how every cow acts! But we know exactly what you mean! Sure can be a pain when the back right out just before you can tie them up!

What do you guys think cows tails foot long after they calve first time then tails will not whip you no more

Whats exactly is that stuff you were putting on the cows backs? And what is the purpose of it?

who washes all thoes work cloths?

If you dont mind me asking how do you prevent mice in the open feed? We use bagged feed in a shed and still end up with holes in bags

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Having it in a sealed box like that up off the ground helps!

How often do you need to put silage out for the young stock. Is what you feed more then one days feed? Used Eprinex for years,, felt it was a good product and helped cows both for cow comfort and improved production. .

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

It last 3 days for us, Same with my father he has be using it for a long time!

How many feedmill have you guys gone through in 30 years or sets of blades

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

One, not sure if my father has ever replace the parts on the Gehl 100 or not

i would get small rider with angle blade just suggestion

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Good Idea!

I like that dump wagon, what’s the name on it?

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Not sure, It's actually meant for rock, but my father has large side extensions!

How much is the price for 1 liters milk in you country. Good luck from Denmark !!

Do you guys feed saliage to milking too

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

Do you still use the silo

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is full of corn silage right now! We use it during the summer!

Did you explain Eprinex? Purpose?

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I did vaguely

great, and you will milk the cows

im from upstate ny wheres green bay hood ive got mine on

For only 45 milking cows you guys have a lot of young stock. Can you explain ? Keep up the good videos 👍

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

We have really good calving success! We end up selling heifers' every year that we don't need to replace the milking herd! Thank you Patrick we will!

@jeffreyhall5679

2 жыл бұрын

@@GierokFarms Do you use sexed semen ?

😮how many cow do you milk each day

How many cows 🐄 do you milk 🥛??

A guy I worked for cut half the side and roof off an old silage wagon loaded it then augered it out in front of the cows Not being critical just saying

@alanjantzi4102

2 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing works great for a feed wagon

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

I have heard that before and dose sound like a great way to feed!

How many cows are you milking. Your farm doesn't look like the usual 1000 cow herd. Or maybe I just didn't see them. Looks more like a traditional farm. Nice wood work over t.he manger

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

40 to 50. Thank you!

lmao how many times get kicked in nuts

About how many cows are you milking

@GierokFarms

2 жыл бұрын

45