GETTING A HOUSE COW - Collecting our new Rare Breed Cows 🐄

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We did it, we got our own cows and we found some Gloucesters! It's the final piece of the jigsaw and probably our biggest farming challenge yet. Keeping cows is one thing but milking and eventually switching to a calf share setup is going to be a lot of work and lots of learning.
Thanks to Jonathan Crump for his wisdom and beautiful cows, check out he's famous cheeses here. jonathancrumpsgloucesterchees...
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  • @fredsmith6725
    @fredsmith672517 күн бұрын

    The wife thinks Jo is looking radiant?🤗

  • @bigtguitars7312
    @bigtguitars731217 күн бұрын

    You must both be really proud of your eldest what a great kid so helpful and brave and clearly loves farming

  • @PeterPaul175
    @PeterPaul17517 күн бұрын

    All three children are delightful. They are so well behaved, and a credit to their parents.

  • @TravisP-UK
    @TravisP-UK17 күн бұрын

    Seems like another announcement is on the way also. 🤭

  • @Gazmaz

    @Gazmaz

    17 күн бұрын

    Yes I was wondering that ;)

  • @stephanieellis5399

    @stephanieellis5399

    15 күн бұрын

    Shhh...

  • @lesleystanley7698

    @lesleystanley7698

    14 күн бұрын

    Camera angle?????

  • @victoriabodenham6736

    @victoriabodenham6736

    4 күн бұрын

    I only came on to see if I was the only one thinking it!😂

  • @wendybeirne8597
    @wendybeirne859717 күн бұрын

    I just love the chicken in your car. 😂 what beautiful cows, and to see the girls so happy around them is just lovely

  • @colinchick2692
    @colinchick269217 күн бұрын

    i hadnt thought that an old cow would be a good idea - but I really get your choice now !

  • @diyfarm

    @diyfarm

    17 күн бұрын

    Also means that we are not overloaded with milk, a young jersey and we would be swimming in it! 3-4 litres a day off the old good still adds up though and soon to be two. 😬

  • @sharonmc5192
    @sharonmc519216 күн бұрын

    Eden is a natural at milking! So impressed! All 3 of your children are going to have a wonderful childhood growing up on your farm. Not only learning about the animals but seeing the hard work of both parents. Another chapter begins! 🐄🐄

  • @johnsisk5914
    @johnsisk591417 күн бұрын

    "What has my life become?" you asked rhetorically at the end there. Children learning life lessons on a working farm, growing up with chores and responsibilities, acres of pastures and soon to be a dream of a main house. I can only hope and work toward something similar. A simple life; maybe not. But better...maybe. You'll decide that as the years roll on. I think it'll prove to be a wonderful move for your family.

  • @davidw4970
    @davidw497017 күн бұрын

    Just woke Mrs up out loud laughing at the “pretty sure there’s a chicken asleep in my car”….and the following confirmation/shooing out. 😂😂 We have 6 chickens. One had to spend the night in our bathroom recently as was under the weather and needed to be kept an eye on. Love the idea of one of them constantly sneaking into my pickup 😂

  • @annaviola3392
    @annaviola339217 күн бұрын

    My favourite KZread family. The more of you and your animals the better!

  • @matroebuck7702
    @matroebuck770216 күн бұрын

    Ok so I'm a 36 year old man's man and this video made me cry , one day this is what I want for my children

  • @gourdarchibald6588
    @gourdarchibald658817 күн бұрын

    I'm thinking at about the 6 minute mark you either need to get better lenses that don't distort as much, or the very slender and petit Jo is working on a special "project"? Really enjoy this channel, love seeing the additions both by birth and purchase. Subscribed tonight.

  • @judyking9171
    @judyking917117 күн бұрын

    Jonathan uses the milk for cheesemaking, the smaller fat globules are ideal for that. A Jersey with bigger fat globules is ideal for cream and butter making, we had Jersey house cows and my mother made clotted cream (let the milk stand for some time and then heat on the Rayburn), this was turned into butter. A Shorthorn would be a more general purpose cow, she would also be capable of producing a really good beef cross calf, I learnt to hand milk on one of my father's Shorthorns. Both the Gloucester and Shorthorn are fairly rare, the Jersey is found in many large commercial herds.

  • @Gekite
    @Gekite17 күн бұрын

    Everyone needs a cow!

  • @justwannaridemabike
    @justwannaridemabike17 күн бұрын

    Love the cows, just worried about the horns! 😍🐄 😮

  • @helenyoung8012
    @helenyoung801217 күн бұрын

    Watched Funky Farmer a couple of days ago and learnt all about Gloucesters. Sounds like the perfect breed for a House Cow and for a Family . Good luck and look forward to watching how it all goes forward.

  • @dougf94912
    @dougf9491217 күн бұрын

    I lost count of how many times I LOL'd watching this! 😄

  • @user-bu1kp7eg8m
    @user-bu1kp7eg8m15 күн бұрын

    Nice cow

  • @Dannyp8038
    @Dannyp803817 күн бұрын

    Well what a day, great learning tool. They will be well looked after.

  • @garyonnen7634
    @garyonnen763417 күн бұрын

    Just what you need more chores.

  • @54mgtf22
    @54mgtf2217 күн бұрын

    Cows!!!!!! Looks like a few positive tests around the farm 🤔

  • @DavidB773
    @DavidB77317 күн бұрын

    Raw milk is so good for you!

  • @derekt7606
    @derekt760617 күн бұрын

    Watch those children. Livestock cause so many accidents even the docile ones can hurt you.

  • @paddyreck2818
    @paddyreck281817 күн бұрын

    Once you get used to milking her and keep her nice and friendly and well handled you could milk her standing in the field and you have nice milk for breakfast. Keep the videos coming.

  • @diyfarm

    @diyfarm

    17 күн бұрын

    Yeah it’s been outdoor morning milking all week. Probably easier to walk them up once machine milked though. 👍

  • @aussie-buzz
    @aussie-buzz9 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @jwatkins123
    @jwatkins12317 күн бұрын

    Alpacas next???

  • @athloneduke
    @athloneduke17 күн бұрын

    And so the farm family grows, pigs, sheep, goats and now a cow. Only thing missing is a horse for the girls, and not forgetting the chucks.

  • @jaymeharl3270

    @jaymeharl3270

    17 күн бұрын

    Chickens and Bunnies!

  • @petercresswell5402
    @petercresswell540217 күн бұрын

    Look grand, the horns 🤔 Theres a herd of longhorns up the road, now theyve got horns 😉 Entertaining video as ever, punctuated by Rosa's sharp succint accurate commentary...."lots of poo". And Eden looking more like one of the farm lasses every time,,,,,, eighteen months she'll but running the place, 😉 Good luck with calving hope its smooth and easy 👍

  • @claretbuck1882
    @claretbuck188217 күн бұрын

    Awesome 👍🏻

  • @iang4662
    @iang466217 күн бұрын

    “They just slip out”?? Was the swimming pool just practice for digging holes you can’t get out of???

  • @diyfarm

    @diyfarm

    17 күн бұрын

    😂 I'll be in that hole if I'm not careful!

  • @Gazmaz
    @Gazmaz17 күн бұрын

    We have cows in the field next to us, we just don’t have to look after them :) Good luck with them.

  • @diyfarm

    @diyfarm

    17 күн бұрын

    Yeah I should have been content just looking out at next door's herd but always loved the idea of micro dairying or at least producing all our own for now. Definitely quicker to pop to the shops though! 😬

  • @bobfish7699
    @bobfish769917 күн бұрын

    How on earth will you find the time to look after cows?

  • @BillsCountrysideAdventures
    @BillsCountrysideAdventures17 күн бұрын

    Not good they are not dehorned. They can hurt you and other cattle

  • @zerosilver87

    @zerosilver87

    17 күн бұрын

    Hopefully they get you

  • @kevinhackett2449
    @kevinhackett244917 күн бұрын

    You should always milk a cow from behind it cannot kick backwards

  • @diyfarm

    @diyfarm

    17 күн бұрын

    Maybe with a machine but I'm not sitting under that 💩 🚿

  • @rickmancr
    @rickmancr17 күн бұрын

    A working Bearded Collie?

  • @diyfarm

    @diyfarm

    17 күн бұрын

    3 or 4 of them. Lovely dogs. 👍

  • @simonr6793
    @simonr679317 күн бұрын

    Do you know what type of cow's are they? I really wanted the little Rose to say Steakhouse cow's 😳🫣 now that would have been hilarious 😂🤣

  • @richardstevenson2727
    @richardstevenson272717 күн бұрын

    👊🫡😊

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