October 26, 2009

John:
Do these animals ever leave their stalls, this system looks extremely cruel.

October 27, 2009

Bert:
It does seem to be a very clean operation indeed as the 2 previous comments have said. And as a former dairy man. I can see these cows are not in the same place all the time. If you look at the 1 brown cow in the pictures. It is in the 3rd from the end, Then again 2nd from the end, And yet in another its further away from the wall at the end of the line.

October 27, 2009

Evan O'Shea:
excuse me, why are these animals chained to these bars and not moving freely?

October 28, 2009

Lore:
This makes me sick. Every life deserves dignity at least. This is deplorable.

October 29, 2009

Ryan:
I grew up on a dairy farm. All of you who are commenting on a couple of feeds without living the life, go try it. We do all that we can for the animals...

October 30, 2009

John:
As a dairy farmer's son I can only say that we never kept cows tied after milking. once milking is complete all cows are released to pasture, if they choose to go under cover a large shed is available to them.

October 30, 2009

amy:
Yea fair do's John, But they are chained up...it looks really uncomfortable . Amy

November 1, 2009

Matt:
They're food, who cares?

November 1, 2009

Dracula:
Das ist Tierqälerrei - Die haben das nicht gut....

November 3, 2009

toco:
Tissio, you are spending far too much time looking into your mirror. Find something simpler to reflect on.

November 5, 2009

Ianto:
Oh Golly Gosh, James please lend me your Super Soap Box, you are so clever.

November 5, 2009

James:
And think!

November 5, 2009

Karen:
These cows look sooo skinny !!! I lived on a farm, and had holstein cows and they were never that skinny. You can see the ribs !

November 6, 2009

James:
I myself grew up on a dairy farm in southern Idaho. We milked 250 head of Holsteins. We had a small hospital that looked similar to the shot you see on the dairy cam. The cows were tied up when being treated and yes, when they are ill they sometimes lose weight and look sick.

Our milking parlor was much different, but there are milking parlors that are on ground level, but usually there is a headstall to contain the cow while being milked. I don't see any milkers in the shot, so the most reasonable assumption is that it is the hospital portion of the operation.

November 11, 2009

shadoklove:
Bonjour,bravo pour cette superbe webcam ,mes enfants ne se lassent pas de la regarder,et surtout ne changé rien c'est parfait.félicitations et encore merci.

November 21, 2009

Diane:
I just saw the cutest little calf being born a short time ago. Two female attendants picked it up by the front and back legs and put it in a cart and took it away with the mother looking back at them. I wonder what happens to that calf next without a mother to care for it. The neck chains would not permit it to do so, along with the close quarters the cows are tied in. I continue to watch and another cow seems to be in active labor at this time. No one seems to be in attendance right now so I am hoping this little calf doesn't fall out onto the metal grate...the other cow had hay under it where her calf was born. It's interesting, but it raises a lot of questions in my mind about how this all should happen. Some how it doesn't feel right as I watch...I hope I am wrong because I know little about farm animals and how nature works for them. This does seem to be a maternity ward of sorts after tonight, but I am still wondering what those cows are doing all in a row, roped up by the neck in such a tight space. I wish I could judge better what I see but I am not at all qualified, I only know that what I see doesn't feel right to me.

December 7, 2009

shadoklove:
ARRÊTER de parler de ce que vous ne connaissez pas !!!!!!
Merci d'avance....

December 28, 2009

pbgvdad:
correction:
"...her head,...she eats."

December 28, 2009

pbgvdad:
On the other hand, they may be holding her for the vet school's large animal dissections.

January 2, 2010

Diane:
Why is this cow alone and singled out from the others- sickness? I guess it is a vet hospital/school as well. Sad looking cow anyway, it looks that way to me.