Where the calves live! Beautiful new calf barn!

In my travels, I came across this wonderful new calf barn. Im jealous! I want one!

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Pets & Animals

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• calf
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• dairy
• milk
• cheese
• grain
• farm
• farmer
• holstein
• jersey
• cow

[SUMRUCUK]

but where is their mums ?

[rubytails]

@SUMRUCUK Great question! Check out the other video that I have called "what the cows are doing right after milking". On our dairy, the cows are not too far away. They are right next door in an area called a free-stall barn. They can move around as they wish, have acess to water and food at all times, lay in sand bedding, and have access to a lot outside. It is snowing today, and all the cows have chosen to be in the barn protected from the elements.

[rubytails]

Just like a beef cow, deer, or any other animal that reproduces on a yearly basis, a dairy cow has one calf a year. She usually comes into her first "heat" about 60 days after the previous calf was born. When this occurs, instead of having the danger of a bull on the farm, we use artificial insemination. This "heat" time can be very dangerous for the cow and humans because the cow becomes very aggressive. This spring I had a cow so aggressive that she broke another cows back. :(

[Saartje05]

@rubytails Almost every farmer here has a bull on the farm. And they just walk around between the cows. People can even pet them. If you take care of them properly they're not dangerous.

[rubytails]

@Saartje05 I would take caution walking through a group of cows that has a bulls. Bulls can be extremely aggressive and unpredictable. Most deaths occur from bulls that seem nice and friendly but turn. Please take caution with these animals. A friend of my inlaws was killed by a bull on their farm. The key thing to remember is that they are unpredictable. There is a wide use of artifical insemination in dairy production because of the risk bulls pose to our families.

[rubytails]

In this barn, boy calves (steers or bulls) and girl calves (heifers) are treated exactly the same for the beginning period of their life. They are eventually split into different groups - the steers get much larger than the heifers and can injure them.

[Ravenfitch82]

@seancarm I forgot to mention that my cows with calves and the rest of the herd all have access to barns and are free to go in and out as they please.

[seancarm]

@Ravenfitch82 What are they suppose to do in the winter? There's not too much green grass here today, lots of nice white snow.

[Saartje05]

No mothers, no real milk, no room to run around. Yeah, I'm sure they're happy.....

[Saartje05]

@gerrygermoney What does this have to do with how calves live in these stables? 

[Saartje05]

@gerrygermoney I wouldn´t want to live like that. No bread? No noodles? No potatoes? And I've seen what watercures can do. You know it can kill you?

[gerrygermoney]

@Saartje05 Thumb up! For me, smoking is a secondary cause with becoming ill! How can I dare? After curing massive cardiac probs by 75 % (rest in the making) simply by changing my diet and drinking a lot of r/o filtered water with shots of himalayan salt sole and still enjoying smoking, I can!!! I avoid bread, milk, noodles, potatoes, rice and sugar by up to 100 %! Life's great! See watercure dot c or wassertrinken dot d! More links on request! Greetz and hand! Gerry S.

[MegaSonicKing]

@Ravenfitch82 Yes thats pretty good.

[Ravenfitch82]

@MegaSonicKing I understand that, and luckily for me my herd is small enough that i can keep calf and mother outside in fairly large pens until the calf is big enough to join the herd. Then I wean em and sell em as yearlings. I raise Pinzgauer beef cattle which have a calm temperment and I've never had any problems. I also understand how aggressive dairy bulls can be. I personally just wanna give all my animals the best quality of life no matter what.

[MegaSonicKing]

@Ravenfitch82 Yeah my cow farm they can go into the barn and out.Are you talking about the calves .Sure they could be happier outside .But its unsafe for them.Once they are 2 years old .They can go out because they are old enough