Author Topic: milkin time (Read 1418 times)

redpowerd · « **on:** March 13, 2004, 01:33:23 am »

figgerd id start early, fore milkin
got my coffie, the weater, some amish bread do-nots
nice to see a dustin of snow.

i know theres milkers on the forum, is it startin time?
if not, dont be ashamed
the cows can allways kick you tomarro

IMERC · « **Reply #1 on:** March 13, 2004, 02:21:35 am »

Those days went away 45 years ago. Not looking for them to return any time soon...

IMERC · « **Reply #2 on:** March 13, 2004, 02:25:25 am »

Forgot to mention.....
Gonna go get some fresh trout for breakfast here in a bit.
Trout, grits and corn bread..

Norm · « **Reply #3 on:** March 13, 2004, 04:54:52 am »

Well Jon I slept in this morning, wind is blowing about 40mph and spitting rain. Those darn cows get pretty pithed if they're not milked on time, don't miss those days much. How come about the time we quit milking was when my dad finally broke down and bought an automatic one. Oh yeah my older brothers had joined the service, boy what a guy won't do to get out of work.

DR_Buck · « **Reply #4 on:** March 13, 2004, 05:21:47 am »

Sleep in, have a 2nd cup of coffee. Get BEEF. No milk'n required. Them angus just take of their selves.

Frickman · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2004, 07:00:26 am »

I haven't milked a cow in over four years. When I walk into the milking barn I kind of miss them, until I think about all the cold morning milkings. Seems too that the vacuum pump would wait till Saturday night to break down. Buck's right, those beefers keep pretty good care of themselves.

junkyard · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2004, 07:19:54 am »

We only had two so did it by hand . Hands would not take it any more fingers don't work good, have to type one finger.
Bigger farmers around here are outsourcing, Mexican and Bolivian workers to milk there cows. Guess most of us would rather draw welfare.
Junkyard

etat · « **Reply #7 on:** March 13, 2004, 03:10:50 pm »

I had a goat that lost her little one. She had a really heavy bag, and I convinced my wife that she needed to MILK that GOAT. Told her to get the kids to help. Mother and Daddy were also in the barn, and helped me convince her. It was a lot of fun watching her try to figger out how those things worked, and after a minute mother jumped in to help her get things started. My Dad and I were having a ball watching them and I'll have to say they were having fun too.

Wouldn't want to milk every day though!

L. Wakefield · « **Reply #8 on:** March 13, 2004, 04:26:17 pm »

When I milk, I handmilk. Starlight had a bull calf 2 weeks ago. His dad is Fearless Fred, and I think I'm going to name him Forklift. It cracks me up to see what Fearless has figured out he can do with his horns. (Doesn't have an opposeable thumb, y'know).

So I am dividing mom's output with li'l Forklift. He's growing fast. Days I have to work, I just leave them together.

I bust a** all day today with helpers, fencing and cleaning. They need $ and I've got lotsa work- but I'm working way harder than I would normally getting them around to what needs done.

First time I walked fence this early. It has its good and bad points. Good in that the ground is still mostly frozen in the swampy areas. I'm not sinking in the mud. Bad in that where I need to set posts I won't be doing it yet.. A lot of deadwood fell down this winter. I counted at least 8 or 9 in a mile of fence. A lot more than normal. I will have to go back out with the chainsaw tomorrow. (Ooh I am aching enough now, but donchaknow we were trying to bash em down by hand- 'chainsaw? we don't need no stinkin chainsaw!') I will have to go back to work on Monday to rest up.

In a few places it was thoroughly melted and soupy in the extreme. Wher Mike turned soil last fall near his duck puddle you could bury a tractor, easy.

We may walk the bounds tomorrow and put blazes on the trees. It looks like it will be sunny and less wind, if you can believe the weatherman.

Got to go milk yet tonight. Then maybe hot tub and ibuprofen.. lw

redpowerd · « **Reply #9 on:** March 13, 2004, 05:15:33 pm »

well i dont get to the barn untill 6 or 6:30 anyway.
a first calf heifer dropped her calf in the freestall, about 3 weeks early. this tiny thing dosent stand a chance. the heifer came right into the parlor and was gentle as could be!

with the price of fuel, beef sounds good. why bring em food when they can get it themselves?

thanks for sharin your milkin stories!
jon

bull · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2004, 05:10:43 pm »

Haven't gotten up at 3am since 1985 for milking..... sometimes i miss it but not too often.. Milked 40 head in an hour and fifteen minutes in a warm stanchion barn, Bucket milkers and a dumping station,so that wasn't all that bad.
The seven days a week with no time off was the tough part..
When i got a job w/ days off and vacation i was in shock.

redpowerd · « **Reply #11 on:** March 15, 2004, 05:45:48 pm »

that little calf died, lasted longer than i thought.

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The seven days a week with no time off was the tough part..
When i got a job w/ days off and vacation i was in shock

whatever did you do with yourself, bull?

bull · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2004, 05:24:11 am »

looked for something to do ! I joined the Fire Dept., Took a job
w/ the Police Dept. Dispatching Parttime and started a landscaping company....... The Job with all the time off was as a custodian for the local school......11am to 7pm
I was even able to p/u a steady girlfriend

and went to the beach.......

Bro. Noble · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2004, 06:37:30 am »

Bull,

I guess I better keep milking, cause if I did what you did, it would make my wife real angry

We had our 37 th anniversary a few days ago

bull · « **Reply #14 on:** March 16, 2004, 05:15:58 pm »

The girlfriend became the wife in 88 and were are still together
one woman is enough....

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2004, 05:40:31 pm »

Congrats to the Bro. and Mrs Noble

Haytrader · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2004, 08:17:57 pm »

Congrats to Mr. and Mr. Noble.
She must be a keeper, eh Noble?

Heck, I got ta addin up, and I been married 28 years, if ya count all three times.

redpowerd · « **Reply #17 on:** March 17, 2004, 05:31:38 am »

i hafta get married sometime around oct 13

Patty · « **Reply #18 on:** March 17, 2004, 08:47:05 am »

Congratulations to all you old married folk. Norm & I celebrated our 28th anniversary a few weeks ago.

October 13th, eh, Red? I'll be looking for the wedding invitation in the mail.

DanG · « **Reply #19 on:** March 17, 2004, 06:38:48 pm »

1st ex and I would have made 33 yrs in a couple of months. PERISH the thought!!

At this point, I can't even imagine what I'd be like, by now. She dumped me for some guy with hair on his head.

Kinda brings new meaning to the phrase, "No pain, no gain!

Frickman · « **Reply #20 on:** March 17, 2004, 06:46:19 pm »

DanG,
There's an story told in Pittsburgh about Iron Mike Webster, long-time center for the Steelers back in the 70's. Mike had rapidly thinning hair. Some feller comes up to him, wanting to give him a hard time. He makes a comment about Mike's lack of hair, to which Mike answered, " If you want to use your hormones to grow hair, that's your choice."

IMERC · « **Reply #21 on:** March 17, 2004, 06:56:53 pm »

My wife is departed. Her and I made it a day short of 30th aniversery.
She found some kid less than half her age and departed....
Been going down hill since...

redpowerd · « **Reply #22 on:** March 17, 2004, 09:53:06 pm »

F(orget) THAT goin downhill SHI.......

you have a bonus knowin thes folks here
what isnt downhill?
cows?
meat?
gold?

redpowerd · « **Reply #23 on:** March 17, 2004, 09:55:02 pm »

what im sayin is you have thousands of friends right here

IMERC · « **Reply #24 on:** March 17, 2004, 10:00:14 pm »

Got it Red...
This I appreciate....
Now what to do about the lawyers and not get caught....
ROAR!!!

L. Wakefield · « **Reply #25 on:** March 23, 2004, 06:27:19 pm »

Cows- been watching April, the mystery cow. Last night it got down to 2* and i checked her 3x- didn't want to find a calf frozen to the ground. Checked her at dark tonight- she hadn't come up for grain, and if April doesn't come to the dinner bell, you know something's up. She wasn't hanging where i'd seen her in the last 3 days, but when i called her she answered me back from down toward the swamp. As I got closer to her I could hear her humming that special calf hum. Sure enough, she'd had a healthy bull calf- already dried off and standing up, but shivering a little. So I went back and got Mike (it's really his cow), and had him assist. We pitched the little guy into the sled and I drug him along (he went kinda dry where there was no snow on the ground, and Mike did the feed bucket thing with April. she only lost her mind 2x and tried to go back to where we started- the flashlights confused her. We got em in the barn and closed up with all the fixins. She was hungry and thirsty.

God, what a load off! Next one's not due for awhile. lw

redpowerd · « **Reply #26 on:** March 24, 2004, 05:58:28 am »

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As I got closer to her I could hear her humming that special calf hum.

this morning i pulled the rest of the cleanings outta that heifer!
WHEEW!

i bet you could smell it under water!
shes a very patient heifer

UNCLEBUCK · « **Reply #27 on:** March 24, 2004, 08:27:35 pm »

Hey listen to my story here ! my fiance is a big limo driver in detroit mi. and I got her all charged up to leave that ritzy lifestyle and move to minnesota and live in a rough sawn 2 room shack and here is the great part , she wants to milk cows with me

, it will be like green acres the old t.v. show

she"s excited to go to the pig roast too ! I even wear new bib overalls when I go see her in michigan ! always be yourself is what the old barber in town says to me and it seems to be workin !

redpowerd · « **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2004, 03:45:10 am »

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Author Topic: milkin time (Read 1418 times)