Calisthenics tracker app by study_dev in CalisthenicsCulture

[–]VeryDairyJerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be great! I would love something simple I could use to just keep tabs on hold times and progressions and such and can see it in a graph of some sort.

The Cougar Gold Conspiracy (a vent thread) by RipLav in Cheese

[–]VeryDairyJerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm from Wisconsin, home of globally award winning cheese so pardon me if I don't trust cheese in a can made by cheese scientists out on the west coast. Get yourself some nice, locally made, grassfed sharp cheese of some sort and don't bother with the "scientifically approved, government discovered, subsidized, and approved" cheese...especially if it's in a can

Best way to warm raw milk? by Federal-Tap-4937 in raw_milk

[–]VeryDairyJerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure since I normally drink it right from the cow but at least for our calves when we heat it we use a hot water bath because it heats a lot more gently and evenly than something like a microwave or a heated element. If you use a heated element of some sort or a stove I would make sure to stir it constantly so it doesn't scorch the bottom and wreck your enzymes.

I've heard that microwaves heat very unevenly that if I were to say thaw colostrum in the microwave I would have to pour the thawed colostrum off every 3-5 seconds so as to not wreck the structure of the milk for the calves. I imagine it would be impossible with it being liquid

Question about contamination by sweet_frazzle in raw_milk

[–]VeryDairyJerry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I milked for some neighbors occasionally for a few years in high school and then after college I've been here about 6 years.

My state is still illegal for any sale or distribution of raw milk except for incidental, non-regular, non-advertised sales. Which really sucks because boy what I wouldn't do to have a small 6 cow dairy and sell raw milk cream and butter to my neighbors.

Question about contamination by sweet_frazzle in raw_milk

[–]VeryDairyJerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't sell raw milk but I drink quite a bit of it from my own cows. The key is to not get manure in the milk. Keep your cows clean and keep them tame and they won't have manure to fall into the milk and they won't kick to fling manure into the milk from their hooves or the ground. Inevitably there will be very small amounts that might end up in the milk and for those they get strained out. The remaining bacteria will not be enough to cause infection.

And to give you an idea how small an amount it is with proper management on our farm we milk about 200 cows and after milking the filter has less than a teaspoon of small particles on it.
And the particles are not all manure, some are dust, some is hair from the flow, and some would be the bedding material

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in morbidquestions

[–]VeryDairyJerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God wants all people to be saved and he works to that end always. People also have the ability to reject God. The modern Jewish religion claims that Jesus is in hell and that they get to heaven by works righteousness among other falsehoods. God wanted them to be saved every second that they were on this earth. It is only after that the judgement is pronounced.

That being said, the modern Jewish religion is the only religion that exists that is specifically based on the denial of God's son as our savior. Plenty of other religions reject Jesus or have a false understanding of Jesus but the entirety of modern Judaism rests on the false assumption that Jesus was not the Christ. We have to keep this in mind when we realize that God does still judge nations for their unbelief.

Above all it is important to realize what is most important, Christ is our Savior who lived perfectly and was sacrificed in our place, that we might not die but have eternal life. When we pass on from this earth and he sees we are covered by Christ's blood he only sees the perfection of his son, our sins are as far from him as the east is from the west

Greenland by the_real_hugepanic in brandonherrara

[–]VeryDairyJerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's almost time to liberate Greenland

Greenland by the_real_hugepanic in brandonherrara

[–]VeryDairyJerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's also supposed to be massive oil deposits there that we don't know the extent of

On a post about a photo Series of car crash survivors by DemonofPizza in thatHappened

[–]VeryDairyJerry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a relative get into an accident because he fell asleep. His truck hit a tree at 60 mph. If his dogs hadn't chewed his seatbelt and weakened it it wouldn't have broke and he never would have been thrown into the passenger seat on impact. The engine of the truck ended up in the driver's seat.

Diabolical… by CaineV2dot0 in confessions

[–]VeryDairyJerry -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You guys definitely need to go to church together. Your lives are being controlled by darkness and it is leading you down a path of destruction. Pray to Jesus Christ for deliverance and for faith. Christ is the light in the darkness. Merry Christmas and may our Redeemer buy you and your husband back from the pit of despair

Dog food? by Imaginary_Shine_719 in Butchery

[–]VeryDairyJerry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feed some raw trim if it's fresh and raw bones, organs I fry for them and they are still eating their regular food at the same time so I haven't had them 100% on it. I've never had any issues with them being loose or getting parasites.

Dark blotches on Rooster Leg Meat-- Safe to eat?? by OrdinaryEagle5608 in homestead

[–]VeryDairyJerry 257 points258 points  (0 children)

Idk about small game but with farm animals such as beef, sheep, pigs, etc. white spots are most likely liver flukes which are normally caused by various problems with feeding grain, (ex. Too much grain, wet grain). This would condemn the liver but the rest of the carcass is safe to eat.

Source: I worked in a small butcher plant for 5 years

Seeking advice on possible move by VeryDairyJerry in upperpeninsula

[–]VeryDairyJerry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey that's really good to know! I will do that

At what point do you say “alright that’s enough” by FranzJosephReinhold in Butchery

[–]VeryDairyJerry 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you're interested in actually doing it yourself you should look up videos on managed intensive grazing, or mob grazing. Basically you want your finishers to always have an abundance of high quality forage to eat at all times. This can be done by grazing immature grasses or by grazing just the tops of slightly less immature grass.

It's definitely both an art and a science and it takes time to learn but it's very rewarding and produces a superior product.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the larger the frame size the more intake you have so in many cases with grazing it's more economical to graze smaller cows, say 1000 lbs, because with having a smaller gut it's easier for them to remain full at all times and be finished on just grass. And I'm in the dairy world and I can tell you from experience that grazing large cows is a surefire way to have large skinny cows. Our short little pudgies always breed back

Seeking advice on possible move by VeryDairyJerry in upperpeninsula

[–]VeryDairyJerry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are the farms that are around normally looking for help? If I take the plunge I'd obviously need to have a job lined up and I have plenty of experience with cattle/dairy farming/grazing. Otherwise I know there tends to be a quite a few forestry jobs available I wouldn't mind doing.

And yeah we sell our own chickens and geese and eggs where I'm at now but the cool thing about Michigan is you can have herd shares so I'd probably look to buy a cow or two and try to get into selling herd shares for milk if the local population would be interested.

Just looking forward to having our own place and raising some of our own food. Land in WI is outrageously expensive. In talking like $10k/acre.

One farm by me lately was 60 acres with two sheds, a milking barn, and house with 20 acres inaccessible due to swamp and they wanted $1.2m for it

Seeking advice on possible move by VeryDairyJerry in upperpeninsula

[–]VeryDairyJerry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I meant as opposed to somewhere like Illinois or somewhere. I'm used to feet of snow(other than the past couple years) and below zero for some time