First Days In Our NEW, HOMEMADE Milk Parlor!!!

First Days In Our NEW, HOMEMADE Milk Parlor!!!

Wholesome Living Dairy Homestead is our family farm. We are building an A2 raw milk Guernsey cow dairy farm from scratch, one nail, one glass bottle, one cow at a time. This channel chronicles our family's journey from the very beginning through the present. Follow along as we celebrate each milestone we make toward our ultimate goal of a fully functional family dairy farm offering premium quality, nourishing food.

Come and join us as we work to grow our family's new channel and connect with like minded folks within the YouTube homesteading community.

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[robertbeechy]

My dad had guernsey cows when I was a little boy I to your cows thanks for sharing God bless you

[CONNDOR]

WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE TYPE OF HALTERS ? THE FLAT NYLON ONES REALLY AGGRAVATED OUR GUERNSEYS. THOSE ROUND ONES LOOK SO MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU.

[melastymilkingmachines]

It is lovely video
Nice to see that here 🎉
Thank you so much to choose MELASTY ❤

[jerryfischer]

Keep it up. You're going to have a real nice operation.

[irishlad]

Just a small observation guys If you were to put a 10 inch platform of concrete on the area where your cows stand to be milked it would make it much easier for u to put the clusters on the teats I had that system when I was in the dairy business The cows will step up no bother once they are getting some dairy nuts I used this system up to 30 cows

[eliasbram]

Its always nice to see hard working people and their achievements. How much milk do they get per day i wonder?
(city guy, apart from chickens and dogs i know nothing of raising animals 😂)

[irishlad]

Best of luck with the new milking parlour it looks like a smooth operation 😎

[heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

You have a beautiful setup. I'm new subscriber. I will enjoy watching your videos. As I'm a small dairy farmer too. (goats). Till next time. God Bless

[doncc]

COOL Nice little parlor you have built. Like the milk bucket portable system.
Why the Angus bull?

[Adnancorner]

Have you though of hanging a wooden plank on those dividers ? to create a impression as they are separate areas for each cow ?

[jwiereng]

Do you think there is a benefit to texture the entire floor? I could see value in grooves for traction in the areas where the cows turn.

[Adnancorner]

In India, we feed them black Chickpeas, sprouted corn, brewery grain, mustard, sesame, sunflower seed cakes (you can get seed cakes for cheap from places where they extract oil from these seeds) and some dried neem leaves crushed as stomach cleanser all mixed in with rice husk or wheat husk 5 kg for each cow additionally along with green Napier grass silage every day especially in winter.

I still remember their coat become so shiny.

The breed in India for A2 milk that we had was Gyr and sahiwal. Their milk per day was 13 Liters. With the above it reached upto 15 to 17 liters.

The good thing about non hybrid cows are that they adapt very easily. I heard this breed is non hybrid compared to that common black and white Holstein.

[MrJodyh]

If you copy this design, I would suggest installing a gutter behind the cows, and also room for a trough for feed and windows for the cows as they will be less stressed looking outside while being milked. With no gutter the floor will become quite a mess.

[SMVlogs]

Nice setup. If possible can you please share the design.

[TraditionalBrewing]

May I ask how much of their hay is provided for them as opposed to pasture? I have limited space and wonder if it would be sustainable if I were to need to purchase the bulk of their feed.

[Gustav]

I think you would have been better of with a moveable milking setup moved to the cows on weekly basis depending on which paddock they would you have them planned to be in using your Holistic Planned Grazing chart, that way you wouldn't have to have all that mud and cleaning to do everyday.

[jwiereng]

7:00 Do you plan to raise your own replacement heifers? Sired by Mr. Black?

[markfolwell]

Very nice set up, your hard work is paying off . How many cows are you milking now and how long does it take you ?

[geraldsieber]

What do you do with all that rich Guernsey milk? Great temperament cows to work with.

[michaelbailey]

We milk 4 cows with a small simple pulse machine looking yo up grade can you tell me more about your Milking machine and bulk tank ?