Going back on this...it was decent of your neighbor to get the word to you fast. You reacted quickly so that prevented a larger loss. Hats off to both of you.
Absolutely! Maybe a bottle of his favoured libation slipped into his mailbox with a thankyou note would be a good idea. Not every farmer(or even neighbour) would think to call and warn...
Sometimes learning is expensive, but the knowledge you how learned is priceless. Sorry for your losses. But, Good Lord will give it back to you in time.
These videos you make are so full of information and knowledge, I bet these would be great in Ag class in college....Like watch video and then discuss video. Also I think it’s great that you let the girls (cows) talk and participate in this video!
Weasel from Kentucky here. Glad you have the stress lifted off your shoulders. It’s the unknown that worries us the most. Keep on top of everything and remember an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Glad to hear you got it figured out. I've dealt with deficiencies before too, I've found that multiple sources helps a lot. I have salt and mineral lick blocks and molasses mineral lick tubs spread out around the pasture and I dump mineral pellets on top of their feed once a week to keep everyone healthy and happy. A few of my cows just refuse to lick the salt blocks so I had to seek out other methods.
I would go with free choice loose mineral. They can't get enough from the mineral blocks fast enough by licking them but with free choice loose mineral they can get what they need quickly.
I am so glad that everyone is doing good. I have been praying for you and your family. Loves and hugs from Alamogordo New Mexico USA. May God bless you and your family
I'm glad everything is finally looking good for you. Cows and calfs are looking good. Hope the rest of the year goes good for you and everyone else out there raising cattle.
Those baldy heifer calves are looking awesome! Should make awesome looking cows. Can’t wait to see which ones you keep back as replacements. Take care.
I feed a loose mineral that is custom blended by our co-op because those "Trace" mineral blocks are kind of a joke! I have loose mineral, a trace mineral block with selenium and a white salt block in the mineral feeder, this gives the cows a choice. When I started using loose minerals back in the day, the cows really went thru it at first, but after a few days the consumption went way down. Not only is a better mineral package better for your herd, but any by pass minerals are usually good for your soil as well! Glad you got the answers you were looking for Tyler
Morning Tyler Gald for your update. No #18 & 33 looking great 👍 good you have some ideas on these beautiful animals. You do a great job. Thanks for sharing. you always & animals in my prayers 🙏😇 ❣️ daily. Be Blessed take care
1:1 ratio of wind and rain and salt. My “next door” neighbors are one of the largest privately owned angus ranches in the state and they have been feeding mineral like this for a few years with great results. Hope this helps! Cheers from Nebraska.
So glad the problem is apparently over and that you got the results from Davis. This area (Caliente-Tehachapi-Lake Isabella, more or less) is also selenium deficient. Now that you mention it, the muscle weakness and failure to thrive symptoms of that calf that died do look similar to those caused by selenium deficiency in newborn goat kids. Hopefully, the measures you plan to take will keep something like this from happening again. Thanks for keeping us in the loop!
Great information video Tyler glad everything has calmed down for ya. Always knew goats to have that mineral difficiency but never the cows but it good to know now.
Wow Tyler! What an ordeal! You’re doing really well for the situation. I just pray things have started to settle down for you! Lots to learn! God’s blessings for you and your family!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank God for your Quick thinking and being a Caring Person and you pay attention to your Animals., keep doing what you do Tyler it’s a lesson learned and I know nothing about what you are doing 6-9-2022👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks Tyler for the informative video about your cows and the mineral deficiency, when pneumonia goes through the herd it's rough. Glad to hear the cows are doing good now! Take care!
I'm glad you got the answer, and your instinct/training had already taken you in the right direction. I was wondering about the bulls, gladly you answered that too. I learn quite a bit from your videos, they do more for me than most of the others. Maybe it is because your 'operation' is similar to mine.
Glad to hear you got some answers for possible causes of the cow's death. Good to see you were able to get the herd treatment & an idea of what you needed to add to their further treatments. Thanks for sharing information you've learned. Stay safe.
I'm glad you received word back from Davis. That's money well spent! If you didn't take her there you would have not realized the mineral deficiency. That's great information to use going forward! So glad this nightmare is coming to a close. Continued prayers from WI.
As difficult as this outbreak was, you now have good information going forward. I know you will thoroughly analyze options. I’m curious to know what the neighbor’s results from UCD revealed. So happy everyone is doing better. I look forward to Tuesday and Friday just to see your videos!
We give Seluim to all cows(Not bred heifers) just before calving(2 weeks). We also have tubs and blocks of minerals as well as in there ration. It's just maintainance and most Dairy farms follow this. Ofcourse Beef is a different Beast but l know a few that have mineral wagons/stations, it's really cheap insurance. I don't know if you have coyotes, but if there around they can pass on disease by there feces. They are a diseased animal causing birth defects and aborting as well. It doesn't matter whether your a large or small farm it hurts you bottom line and can affect you personally. It's hard not have emotions. Even myself at twice your age still gets upset at loosing a cow that's not even my own!!
Greetings from SE Arizona. Our soil here is selenium deficient as well and my neighbor almost lost a calf last spring to this. His wife saved it by giving it Pedialite around the clock and shots from the vet. It was touch and go, but she pulled through. She is still really small. So sad this happened to your animals. Great job of getting the antibiotics going though. I hope you guys will recover from this setback. It is so hard when animals get sick. It is nice to see that you care about them all. :)
I'm so glad you were proactive in treating the herd with antibiotics. You could have lost a lot more than you did had you not done that. I'm just so thankful everything seems under control now. Sure takes a huge load off your shoulders!👍😊🐃❤
You might consider offering your stock cafeteria minerals in a pasture feeder. They will eat what they need to strengthen their immune systems. Their manure will apply to your soil the minerals that are defiant. Good luck 🍀😷👍
Thank you for sharing this video, I think many would have been reluctant to post but it shows the reality of farming and the difficulties. Hindsight is ever wonderful when it comes to livestock. My fiancée and myself started watching your series about a month a go - we both thoroughly enjoy your videos from yourself and your wife. We have our own organic beef farm in the South of France in the foothills of the Pyrénées, its nice to see the similarities and different techniques. Looking forward to watching 2020!
Thanks James! I was a bit reluctant to post these videos but went ahead with it anyway in hopes that it might help someone else out there. I appreciate you guys watching and I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel so far!
Ty,, look into mineral tubs i use positive feeds brand molasses tubs with a igr to break the fly cycle you can really see the difference compared to trace mineral blocks ..
Farmer Tyler...You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned the word INSTINCT ! As a retired Nurse, if I saw a change in one of my patients, I ALWAYS went with my gut instinct....99 % of the time I was right ! So, keep going with your gut instincts and 9 out 10 x's you will be right about what is the right way to take care of your animals and what to do if they get sick. May you, your Family and animals be Blessed..... :)
Look into building a mineral sled to supply free choice minerals. Cows have a great sense of what they lack and will eat what they need. Have a great day!
@@maesy6730 generally just a big container that is split into sections that can be filled with minerals. You can pull it to wherever your cows are like a sled.
Kenton Decker Actually this statement reaks of Justin Rhodes. No animals do not h ave a clue that they need to lick copper in a plastic tray or manganese or selenium!!! I'd like to strangle the moron that started this idea!!! If you read any research material all mammals require basic vitamins & minerals. Without them they can have growth problems or become sick. But even humans don't know what the F they need to eat!!! That's why nutritionally balanced feed mixes are good to feed to all cattle -- so they receive micronutrients which may be deficient in the soil which their pasture grasses are growing in.
@@BrianBriCurInTheOC actually I have been studying this for quite some time, observed other people (not Justin Rhodes) using this method and it works quite well. I've seen cows use a lot of one mineral in a paddock and use a totally different mineral in a second paddock, when the soil and vegetation was tested in both paddocks, they come back as being deficient in the minerals the cows were eating the most of on those paddocks.
Kenton Decker Look please do tell me Justin Rhodes YT Videos are scientific OMG!!! JUSTIN RHODES KILLED 6 SHEEP AND A JERSEY COW BECAUSE HIS PASTURES ARE CRAP WEEDS AND THEIR BELLIES WERE FULL OF PARASITES!!! And are you next going to tell me Diatomaceous Earth is better than drugs to de-worm animals. There is no legitimate scientific evidence to back up DE as effective and the only sure manner to provide minerals is to add it to their feed. If you want to follow Justin, go right ahead! But as far as I am concerned he is a clown that does not know how to hold a real job. He tried to run a youth ministry but he failed at that. Justin Rhodes and Jesse Stafford of Pure Living For Life (TH-cam and other Social Media Platforms) are scam artists that are spreading manure on the internet.
Hey there! I just wanted to drop by and thank you for being so upfront with all of this. My dream is to own my own ranch, and , along with hours of studying, watching your videos had though me a lot. Keep up the good work and Thank you so much for all the knowledge! :)
Thank you Thais! I’m glad you’re finding the info useful, sometimes it isn’t easy sharing some of this stuff because it seems I am highlighting my failures! But hey that’s how we all learn right? I hope your ranch dreams come true one day, good luck!
@@farmertylerranch4399 thank you for the wishes! And we all go through rough patches... You not only handled it perfectly, you are teaching us all how to act when we go through it! I hope you don't go through anymore bad situations, and keep telling us how everything is going and how your day to day is!
Glad to see your herd is doing good getting back to the mineral blocks I have cows to and my buddy does this to we feed loose mineral with cotton seed meal mixed together a bag of each mixed together
Selenium is very critical. It’s low in our region. Any thing we feed we make sure that it has selenium. Lot of mineral blocks and some feed don’t have it.. I’m glad you are getting it under control. Have a good weekend
Glad you came through the worst of it! We have had mineral deficiencies in copper and selenium too! We had been using MultiMin90 via the vet, but they hated those shots (they stung I believe). We used Redmond Salt Selenium 90 free choice, but that didn't address all mineral needs and copper. We now have free choice loose chelated heifer/calf mineral from Crystal Creek in Wisconsin. It is more biologically available and has a selenium yeast that is also easier to uptake. We blood test the same cow every few months via Washington State University to monitor the levels. Not as accurate as tissue test (after harvest or via necropsy) but does show if something is going on. Best wishes as you move forward! Moo!
Thank you BCDFWA! Interesting about the MultiMin90, that’s actually what I was considering so I’m glad you chimed in here. I like the idea of a free choice mineral much better
@@farmertylerranch4399 us too! Might need a combination of things to get over initial deficiency...start with quick acting shots, and then build up more mineralization through loose minerals and feed sources....
I'd get those minerals from a vet and inject every cow and calf with them. I'd put ear tags on the calves to keep track of them. I'd probably give each cow and calf another dose of antibiotics just to be sure. Then I think I'd rest easier. I know it's expensive and work to do this, but your herd is so valuable to you. I'd replace the lost cows with some heifers which I would vaccinate the same. I am glad they seem to be doing well now.
Grate news to see you got to grips with problem it's never nice to see someone struggle with symptoms. Hope you get your rewards for your labour mind yourself. We use mineral liks buckets dear but worth it
Great info ! Thanks for the update !!! Not sure but the little baby that was in the background when you showed us number 22. Did she make it or pass too ? You right, I think your taxes went up again in California !! Thanks again for your time and video! Give brownie a treat from Vegas !!
Finally found your channel again. Have been doing searches for almost a half hour! I am subscribed but YT isn't sending me notifications.. Been wondering if you ever found out what was killing the cows... YT has been doing that with several channels I'm subbed to... I never get notifications and finally do a search and find I missed at least 20 videos! I hope I'll start getting notified now that I "liked" , shared and commented.. Glad you found out what the problem was... sorry you lost more cows, glad you aren't losing any more
Thanks NTH. If you tap the “bell” icon it should enable you to set it where you get all notifications. Sorry you missed so many videos but glad you’re back!
@@farmertylerranch4399 Yup, clicked on the bell and selected to get ALL notifications.. I had to do that a few times before I finally started getting notifications from my neighbors channel. She'd tell me she uploaded and I had never got a notification and had to go to her channel on my own. I'd un sub then resub and still didn't get notifications till I had done that a 3 or 4 times. Finally getting notified on my e-mails. I have had to look up a number of channels going back to my "liked" or favorites" list to find channels and found that YT completely unsubscribed me. I have seen other viewers are having this problem as well.
I was totally not expecting that diagnosis! Wow! You might check into goat minerals. They are loose feed that contain both the deficient minerals you mentioned, if I’m not mistaken. I’m not sure how cows would take to the loose minerals, but it might be a viable option in lieu of a prescription.
Thank you for more great and interesting information. Glad to see y'all are overcoming the situation! Also do you have any plans of going live anytime soon?
Not sure I'd go straight to injectable minerals, mainly because it's labor intensive. I adopted my grandpa's approach, and use a sack mineral in a feeder with salt blocks. He used to put out both white and yellow salt, but I only put out yellow salt. Just another idea. Glad to hear you came out mostly on top.
So glad to hear that things are going better with the health of your cows. Even though this was a hard and scary experience it sounds like you learned a lot to help you in the future. Were the cows that died mostly mothers that had a calf recently?
man funny you say mineral uptake. the last month they have been just downing the mineral. I use very high quality mineral and salts in free choice and they are eating it fast now. dad laughed and said remember they are milking a lot now and remember how when I was a kid he use to have me walk around the barn with a bucket and dixie cup to feed mineral and salt to the cows.
What a woke mentality...having only good is not good or realistic. He should have worked with his local vet to develop a vaccination plan tailored for his area to prevent this from happening again.
I use breeder's block...it's formulated for calving...has selenium and copper and all the mineral goodies are in there. A bit expensive at $17. but i'm running with it and my small operation.
Sorry about the ladies you lost. Onward & upward with the great information you gained. Vets at UCD can prescribe ya what ya need for the herd. Nice you have a good relationship with your neighbor. Vaccinate & Supplement
Good call just treating them all. Seems like slot of time and money but in outbreaks hindsight always shows singular treatment takes more time and money.
Morning Tyler. Good to hear the herd is getting over the pneumonia etal. The necropsy results are interesting. It would have been good for them to culture the lung secretions to identify the bacteria. Initially not knowing if it was bacterial, fungal or viral....really put you in a corner needing to treat the total herd but you had no choice and I would have done the same thing just glad they responded to the LA 200, more likely then not you were dealing with something bacterial. We that live here in the central valley experiences those large temperature swing, lactating mothers, maybe some mineral deficiencies...you and your neighbor fell into the "perfect storm" of disaster. Really not much you could have done to be proactive...just reactive. Keep up the good work!! As always great to see how FTR does businiess. Bob
I wasn't surprised about the selenium as we thought the calf that died was deficient like you said in the video. That means your fields are deficient in selenium and copper, but don't be surprised if their supplemental hay and grain is deficient as well because this is becoming a national crisis. Shots are a good treatment, but do your research to find ways to enrich your land. Maybe UCDavis might have some suggestions? I've heard comfrey pulls minerals from down deep to the surface, is edible, and hard to kill. But soil testing is the only way to know if you even have any down there to pull up. We'll be praying that you find the answers. 💝☀🌵
Interesting theory with comfrey. In Poland, a lot of comfrey and many other herbs grow on meadows. Where the grass itself grows is a pasture. But even there everyone tries to plant as many species of grass as possible. I have never heard of cows getting sick from eating in a meadow or pasture. Strange ... We provide mine salt rich in microelements in large lumps. Cattle like to lick it and make up for micronutrient deficiencies. For cows they are of a different composition, for sheep with a different composition and for horses with a different composition.
@@rawa5457 , the nutrients are becoming more and more stripped from the land every year and farmers do very little to replace trace minerals like selenium. That's why the cattle are sick ... not enough nutrients. Comfrey has a very long tap root, so all the green can be eaten and it will come back time after time. Because this tap root is so long, it can reach nutrients that are out of reach of other plants. 💝☀🌵
@@suzisaintjames Thanks. Alfalfa works similarly, has a long root and reaches the ingredients washed out by water in the earth. In our country, hay meadows are used for 2-3 years, then they should be plowed, fertilized with dung and cultivate something else so that it is possible to sow grass again in a while. Natural meadows are not plowed, they are durable, but they should be fertilized with intensive use for hay. Otherwise the grass grows poorly. If the soil lacks micronutrients, it means that it takes too much from it and gives too little, it should be supplemented with: composts, manure, wood ash, dolomite, basalt or stone flour. In various stone flours there is a whole range of trace elements and trace elements. I have no idea if there are such powders of crushed rocks in the US States. we have used them for a long time. Greetings.
So glad you got your upper hoof lol. Could that be something brought in on the flies or mosquitoes? I know here in NJ we have the green head flies and they bite something awful! Hoping they stay healthy!!
Going back on this...it was decent of your neighbor to get the word to you fast. You reacted quickly so that prevented a larger loss.
Hats off to both of you.
Absolutely! Maybe a bottle of his favoured libation slipped into his mailbox with a thankyou note would be a good idea. Not every farmer(or even neighbour) would think to call and warn...
Very interesting presentation. Glad the mystery is solved and agree with your deductions on contribut- factors. Glad the girls are better.
Sometimes learning is expensive, but the knowledge you how learned is priceless. Sorry for your losses. But, Good Lord will give it back to you in time.
We used to raise animals in a selenium deficient area. Every baby born was given a shot of BoSe. Now I give MultiMin to all the animals.
These videos you make are so full of information and knowledge, I bet these would be great in Ag class in college....Like watch video and then discuss video. Also I think it’s great that you let the girls (cows) talk and participate in this video!
Haha thanks Charles!
Weasel from Kentucky here. Glad you have the stress lifted off your shoulders. It’s the unknown that worries us the most. Keep on top of everything and remember an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Glad to hear you got it figured out. I've dealt with deficiencies before too, I've found that multiple sources helps a lot. I have salt and mineral lick blocks and molasses mineral lick tubs spread out around the pasture and I dump mineral pellets on top of their feed once a week to keep everyone healthy and happy. A few of my cows just refuse to lick the salt blocks so I had to seek out other methods.
I am very happy that we already know why the cows were sick. Let them graze healthy and grow large. Greetings:):):).
Thank you Ra Wa!
Glad to hear that you have the upper hand on the pneumonia outbreak in your herd.👍🏻Keep on keeping on👌🏻
So glad you choose to give the herd treatment right
I would go with free choice loose mineral. They can't get enough from the mineral blocks fast enough by licking them but with free choice loose mineral they can get what they need quickly.
A couple others have said the same thing, thanks Tex!
Well done on getting a hold of this problem. It’s sad you lost a few. At least you didn’t lose anymore.
I am so glad that everyone is doing good. I have been praying for you and your family.
Loves and hugs from Alamogordo New Mexico USA.
May God bless you and your family
Thank you!
I hate this happened to your herd, but what a learning experience for the future! Hope you have a great weekend!💕
I'm glad everything is finally looking good for you. Cows and calfs are looking good. Hope the rest of the year goes good for you and everyone else out there raising cattle.
Those baldy heifer calves are looking awesome! Should make awesome looking cows. Can’t wait to see which ones you keep back as replacements. Take care.
Thanks Jay we’ll be keeping a bunch this year!
It's good to hear things are returning to normal on FTR! I always look forward to your videos. They're informative and interesting.
Excellent recovery glad the cows are doing fine good job thanks for sharing
Best herd channel on TH-cam. Cant believe your from California. Great shit man
Thank you very much!
I feed a loose mineral that is custom blended by our co-op because those "Trace" mineral blocks are kind of a joke! I have loose mineral, a trace mineral block with selenium and a white salt block in the mineral feeder, this gives the cows a choice. When I started using loose minerals back in the day, the cows really went thru it at first, but after a few days the consumption went way down. Not only is a better mineral package better for your herd, but any by pass minerals are usually good for your soil as well! Glad you got the answers you were looking for Tyler
Thanks Brad that’s good to know. Might have to make a loose mineral feeder!
Morning Tyler
Gald for your update. No #18 & 33 looking great 👍 good you have some ideas on these beautiful animals. You do a great job. Thanks for sharing. you always & animals in my prayers 🙏😇 ❣️ daily. Be Blessed take care
Thank you so much!
You're so smart and such a good dad to all the animals. That degree paid off 😊
1:1 ratio of wind and rain and salt. My “next door” neighbors are one of the largest privately owned angus ranches in the state and they have been feeding mineral like this for a few years with great results. Hope this helps! Cheers from Nebraska.
Thank you I will try that!
So glad the problem is apparently over and that you got the results from Davis. This area (Caliente-Tehachapi-Lake Isabella, more or less) is also selenium deficient. Now that you mention it, the muscle weakness and failure to thrive symptoms of that calf that died do look similar to those caused by selenium deficiency in newborn goat kids. Hopefully, the measures you plan to take will keep something like this from happening again. Thanks for keeping us in the loop!
Great information video Tyler glad everything has calmed down for ya. Always knew goats to have that mineral difficiency but never the cows but it good to know now.
Wow Tyler! What an ordeal! You’re doing really well for the situation. I just pray things have started to settle down for you! Lots to learn! God’s blessings for you and your family!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Bravo for you being so proactive.
Thank God for your Quick thinking and being a Caring Person and you pay attention to your Animals., keep doing what you do Tyler it’s a lesson learned and I know nothing about what you are doing 6-9-2022👍🏽👍🏽
Glad to hear things are improving.
Hi FTR Family. Glad the herd is doing well. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Cheers and God Bless.
Thanks Tyler for the informative video about your cows and the mineral deficiency, when pneumonia goes through the herd it's rough. Glad to hear the cows are doing good now! Take care!
So glad you figured it all out. Good job guys
thanks for the update, I enjoy your knowledge, and your gentle ways to your Animals ,have a good day
Definitely recommend a good tub mineral. The cows really like it and it’s worth the price
Glad you got some results and hope everything goes well from here
I'm glad you got the answer, and your instinct/training had already taken you in the right direction. I was wondering about the bulls, gladly you answered that too. I learn quite a bit from your videos, they do more for me than most of the others. Maybe it is because your 'operation' is similar to mine.
Thanks for the final results!
Glad to hear you got some answers for possible causes of the cow's death. Good to see you were able to get the herd treatment & an idea of what you needed to add to their further treatments. Thanks for sharing information you've learned. Stay safe.
At least you got some answers on the problem. You took all precautionary measures for your herd. I’m glad that it was taking care of.
I'm glad you received word back from Davis. That's money well spent! If you didn't take her there you would have not realized the mineral deficiency. That's great information to use going forward! So glad this nightmare is coming to a close. Continued prayers from WI.
So glad things turned around for you. That temperature swing will certainly do some harm some times.
It's good that you got everything back on track you been doing a great job with your family ,farm and animals , keep it up
Thank you!
As difficult as this outbreak was, you now have good information going forward. I know you will thoroughly analyze options. I’m curious to know what the neighbor’s results from UCD revealed. So happy everyone is doing better. I look forward to Tuesday and Friday just to see your videos!
That sounds like good news. Big relief off you too.
Thanks for the update. Sorry you lost more cows but glad that you figured out to doctor the situation.
Tyler, glad you got a handle on it. enjoy your videos, keep it up.
Thanks for the update. Glad to hear you treated them all. That must have been a huge undertaking to do the whole herd by yourself.
I appreciate this! Yes it was it took me literally all day but I got it done!
Happy for you to have solved it.
Aww. I love the patch cows . Lol . Glad everything is ok now. 🥰
We give Seluim to all cows(Not bred heifers) just before calving(2 weeks). We also have tubs and blocks of minerals as well as in there ration. It's just maintainance and most Dairy farms follow this.
Ofcourse Beef is a different Beast but l know a few that have mineral wagons/stations, it's really cheap insurance.
I don't know if you have coyotes, but if there around they can pass on disease by there feces. They are a diseased animal causing birth defects and aborting as well.
It doesn't matter whether your a large or small farm it hurts you bottom line and can affect you personally. It's hard not have emotions. Even myself at twice your age still gets upset at loosing a cow that's not even my own!!
Could I ask u in what form are u giving your pregnant cows selenium??
Greetings from SE Arizona. Our soil here is selenium deficient as well and my neighbor almost lost a calf last spring to this. His wife saved it by giving it Pedialite around the clock and shots from the vet. It was touch and go, but she pulled through. She is still really small. So sad this happened to your animals. Great job of getting the antibiotics going though. I hope you guys will recover from this setback. It is so hard when animals get sick. It is nice to see that you care about them all. :)
Your horse in with the cows cracks me up every time!!! It's like: Wait, that's not a cow!!!
Thank you Tina!
Glad you were able to figure some things out!!
I'm so glad you were proactive in treating the herd with antibiotics. You could have lost a lot more than you did had you not done that. I'm just so thankful everything seems under control now. Sure takes a huge load off your shoulders!👍😊🐃❤
Thanks!
Thanks for the update. Sounds like you have a handle on the problem.
You might consider offering your stock cafeteria minerals in a pasture feeder. They will eat what they need to strengthen their immune systems. Their manure will apply to your soil the minerals that are defiant. Good luck 🍀😷👍
You went with your instinct. You're gonna do just fine. Glad the bulls were ok.
It is great that things are getting better ,video was informative
Awesome video very informative glad u ur able to keep it contained Tuesdays an fridays are like waiting for game day.
Haha nice!
Thank you for sharing this video, I think many would have been reluctant to post but it shows the reality of farming and the difficulties. Hindsight is ever wonderful when it comes to livestock. My fiancée and myself started watching your series about a month a go - we both thoroughly enjoy your videos from yourself and your wife. We have our own organic beef farm in the South of France in the foothills of the Pyrénées, its nice to see the similarities and different techniques. Looking forward to watching 2020!
Thanks James! I was a bit reluctant to post these videos but went ahead with it anyway in hopes that it might help someone else out there. I appreciate you guys watching and I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel so far!
Ty,, look into mineral tubs i use positive feeds brand molasses tubs with a igr to break the fly cycle you can really see the difference compared to trace mineral blocks ..
Farmer Tyler...You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned the word INSTINCT ! As a retired Nurse, if I saw a change in one of my patients, I ALWAYS went with my gut instinct....99 % of the time I was right ! So, keep going with your gut instincts and 9 out 10 x's you will be right about what is the right way to take care of your animals and what to do if they get sick. May you, your Family and animals be Blessed..... :)
Thank you!
Seeing all of them all gathered around you looking at you like what up is too cute
Ha yeah they’re pretty curious!
Look into building a mineral sled to supply free choice minerals. Cows have a great sense of what they lack and will eat what they need. Have a great day!
What is a mineral sled ?
@@maesy6730 generally just a big container that is split into sections that can be filled with minerals. You can pull it to wherever your cows are like a sled.
Kenton Decker
Actually this statement reaks of Justin Rhodes.
No animals do not h
ave a clue that they need to lick copper in a plastic tray or manganese or selenium!!!
I'd like to strangle the moron that started this idea!!!
If you read any research material all mammals require basic vitamins & minerals. Without them they can have growth problems or become sick. But even humans don't know what the F they need to eat!!!
That's why nutritionally balanced feed mixes are good to feed to all cattle -- so they receive micronutrients which may be deficient in the soil which their pasture grasses are growing in.
@@BrianBriCurInTheOC actually I have been studying this for quite some time, observed other people (not Justin Rhodes) using this method and it works quite well. I've seen cows use a lot of one mineral in a paddock and use a totally different mineral in a second paddock, when the soil and vegetation was tested in both paddocks, they come back as being deficient in the minerals the cows were eating the most of on those paddocks.
Kenton Decker
Look please do tell me Justin Rhodes YT Videos are scientific OMG!!!
JUSTIN RHODES KILLED 6 SHEEP AND A JERSEY COW BECAUSE HIS PASTURES ARE CRAP WEEDS AND THEIR BELLIES WERE FULL OF PARASITES!!!
And are you next going to tell me Diatomaceous Earth is better than drugs to de-worm animals.
There is no legitimate scientific evidence to back up DE as effective and the only sure manner to provide minerals is to add it to their feed.
If you want to follow Justin, go right ahead!
But as far as I am concerned he is a clown that does not know how to hold a real job. He tried to run a youth ministry but he failed at that. Justin Rhodes and Jesse Stafford of Pure Living For Life (TH-cam and other Social Media Platforms) are scam artists that are spreading manure on the internet.
Hey there! I just wanted to drop by and thank you for being so upfront with all of this. My dream is to own my own ranch, and , along with hours of studying, watching your videos had though me a lot. Keep up the good work and Thank you so much for all the knowledge! :)
Thank you Thais! I’m glad you’re finding the info useful, sometimes it isn’t easy sharing some of this stuff because it seems I am highlighting my failures! But hey that’s how we all learn right? I hope your ranch dreams come true one day, good luck!
@@farmertylerranch4399 thank you for the wishes! And we all go through rough patches... You not only handled it perfectly, you are teaching us all how to act when we go through it! I hope you don't go through anymore bad situations, and keep telling us how everything is going and how your day to day is!
What a scare! I'm sure glad that things have calmed down.
Glad to hear everything turned out good bud.
Glad you guys have a handle on things. Great explanation video. Take care and enjoy the last hoorah summer weekend
Thanks Ted we’re sure going to try!
Glad to see your herd is doing good getting back to the mineral blocks I have cows to and my buddy does this to we feed loose mineral with cotton seed meal mixed together a bag of each mixed together
Thank you for this video.
Great you got ahead of it!
Selenium is very critical. It’s low in our region. Any thing we feed we make sure that it has selenium. Lot of mineral blocks and some feed don’t have it.. I’m glad you are getting it under control. Have a good weekend
Thanks Jacky you too!
👌👍🙏 👍 good job FTR family!!
Thank you BTO!
You go farmer Ty!!!
Glad things are going better
Great info.
Glad you came through the worst of it! We have had mineral deficiencies in copper and selenium too! We had been using MultiMin90 via the vet, but they hated those shots (they stung I believe). We used Redmond Salt Selenium 90 free choice, but that didn't address all mineral needs and copper. We now have free choice loose chelated heifer/calf mineral from Crystal Creek in Wisconsin. It is more biologically available and has a selenium yeast that is also easier to uptake. We blood test the same cow every few months via Washington State University to monitor the levels. Not as accurate as tissue test (after harvest or via necropsy) but does show if something is going on. Best wishes as you move forward! Moo!
Thank you BCDFWA! Interesting about the MultiMin90, that’s actually what I was considering so I’m glad you chimed in here. I like the idea of a free choice mineral much better
@@farmertylerranch4399 us too! Might need a combination of things to get over initial deficiency...start with quick acting shots, and then build up more mineralization through loose minerals and feed sources....
You done great !!!! 🌿🌹🌹🌿
Good to hear Tyler
I'd get those minerals from a vet and inject every cow and calf with them. I'd put ear tags on the calves to keep track of them. I'd probably give each cow and calf another dose of antibiotics just to be sure. Then I think I'd rest easier. I know it's expensive and work to do this, but your herd is so valuable to you. I'd replace the lost cows with some heifers which I would vaccinate the same. I am glad they seem to be doing well now.
Glad you got the results back from UCDavis I was worried but things are looking up
You couldn't hire better veterinarians than these.
Grate news to see you got to grips with problem it's never nice to see someone struggle with symptoms. Hope you get your rewards for your labour mind yourself. We use mineral liks buckets dear but worth it
So did crazy #20 make it? Glad you got some answers to help you and the herd! Pet Brownie for me and have a great week!
Of course she made it, I only lost cows that I like wouldn’t you know! Thanks Karen!
Great info ! Thanks for the update !!! Not sure but the little baby that was in the background when you showed us number 22. Did she make it or pass too ?
You right, I think your taxes went up again in California !!
Thanks again for your time and video!
Give brownie a treat from Vegas !!
Thanks J. R. Surprisingly that little baby made it through just fine!
Finally found your channel again. Have been doing searches for almost a half hour! I am subscribed but YT isn't sending me notifications.. Been wondering if you ever found out what was killing the cows...
YT has been doing that with several channels I'm subbed to... I never get notifications and finally do a search and find I missed at least 20 videos! I hope I'll start getting notified now that I "liked" , shared and commented.. Glad you found out what the problem was... sorry you lost more cows, glad you aren't losing any more
Thanks NTH. If you tap the “bell” icon it should enable you to set it where you get all notifications. Sorry you missed so many videos but glad you’re back!
@@farmertylerranch4399 Yup, clicked on the bell and selected to get ALL notifications.. I had to do that a few times before I finally started getting notifications from my neighbors channel. She'd tell me she uploaded and I had never got a notification and had to go to her channel on my own. I'd un sub then resub and still didn't get notifications till I had done that a 3 or 4 times. Finally getting notified on my e-mails. I have had to look up a number of channels going back to my "liked" or favorites" list to find channels and found that YT completely unsubscribed me. I have seen other viewers are having this problem as well.
That is really weird! Hopefully you (or they) get it figured out.
I was totally not expecting that diagnosis! Wow! You might check into goat minerals. They are loose feed that contain both the deficient minerals you mentioned, if I’m not mistaken. I’m not sure how cows would take to the loose minerals, but it might be a viable option in lieu of a prescription.
Thank you!
Thank you for more great and interesting information. Glad to see y'all are overcoming the situation! Also do you have any plans of going live anytime soon?
Thanks Matthew. We’ll be doing another livestream soon!
Good job
Thanks for sharing
Not sure I'd go straight to injectable minerals, mainly because it's labor intensive. I adopted my grandpa's approach, and use a sack mineral in a feeder with salt blocks. He used to put out both white and yellow salt, but I only put out yellow salt. Just another idea.
Glad to hear you came out mostly on top.
So glad to hear that things are going better with the health of your cows. Even though this was a hard and scary experience it sounds like you learned a lot to help you in the future. Were the cows that died mostly mothers that had a calf recently?
I couldn’t notice any pattern in the ones that died
man funny you say mineral uptake. the last month they have been just downing the mineral. I use very high quality mineral and salts in free choice and they are eating it fast now. dad laughed and said remember they are milking a lot now and remember how when I was a kid he use to have me walk around the barn with a bucket and dixie cup to feed mineral and salt to the cows.
Yep I guess they let you know what they need!
Glad to hear you have it under control now would guess put out some tubs of minerals couldn't hurt Tyler.
Don’t worry about what anyone has to say negative 👎 . I’m glad you got proactive 👍🙏🏻😁 you saved your herd. That’s what is important 🙏🏻🥩😍
What a woke mentality...having only good is not good or realistic.
He should have worked with his local vet to develop a vaccination plan tailored for his area to prevent this from happening again.
Good Information video yal be safe Tyler
I use breeder's block...it's formulated for calving...has selenium and copper and all the mineral goodies are in there. A bit expensive at $17. but i'm running with it and my small operation.
Sorry about the ladies you lost. Onward & upward with the great information you gained. Vets at UCD can prescribe ya what ya need for the herd. Nice you have a good relationship with your neighbor. Vaccinate & Supplement
Good call just treating them all. Seems like slot of time and money but in outbreaks hindsight always shows singular treatment takes more time and money.
Morning Tyler. Good to hear the herd is getting over the pneumonia etal. The necropsy results are interesting. It would have been good for them to culture the lung secretions to identify the bacteria. Initially not knowing if it was bacterial, fungal or viral....really put you in a corner needing to treat the total herd but you had no choice and I would have done the same thing just glad they responded to the LA 200, more likely then not you were dealing with something bacterial. We that live here in the central valley experiences those large temperature swing, lactating mothers, maybe some mineral deficiencies...you and your neighbor fell into the "perfect storm" of disaster. Really not much you could have done to be proactive...just reactive. Keep up the good work!! As always great to see how FTR does businiess. Bob
Thank you Bob!
We put mineral out in bags. That really helps along with multi min..
I wasn't surprised about the selenium as we thought the calf that died was deficient like you said in the video. That means your fields are deficient in selenium and copper, but don't be surprised if their supplemental hay and grain is deficient as well because this is becoming a national crisis. Shots are a good treatment, but do your research to find ways to enrich your land. Maybe UCDavis might have some suggestions? I've heard comfrey pulls minerals from down deep to the surface, is edible, and hard to kill. But soil testing is the only way to know if you even have any down there to pull up. We'll be praying that you find the answers. 💝☀🌵
Interesting theory with comfrey. In Poland, a lot of comfrey and many other herbs grow on meadows. Where the grass itself grows is a pasture. But even there everyone tries to plant as many species of grass as possible. I have never heard of cows getting sick from eating in a meadow or pasture. Strange ... We provide mine salt rich in microelements in large lumps. Cattle like to lick it and make up for micronutrient deficiencies. For cows they are of a different composition, for sheep with a different composition and for horses with a different composition.
@@rawa5457 , the nutrients are becoming more and more stripped from the land every year and farmers do very little to replace trace minerals like selenium. That's why the cattle are sick ... not enough nutrients. Comfrey has a very long tap root, so all the green can be eaten and it will come back time after time. Because this tap root is so long, it can reach nutrients that are out of reach of other plants. 💝☀🌵
@@suzisaintjames Thanks. Alfalfa works similarly, has a long root and reaches the ingredients washed out by water in the earth. In our country, hay meadows are used for 2-3 years, then they should be plowed, fertilized with dung and cultivate something else so that it is possible to sow grass again in a while.
Natural meadows are not plowed, they are durable, but they should be fertilized with intensive use for hay. Otherwise the grass grows poorly.
If the soil lacks micronutrients, it means that it takes too much from it and gives too little, it should be supplemented with: composts, manure, wood ash, dolomite, basalt or stone flour.
In various stone flours there is a whole range of trace elements and trace elements. I have no idea if there are such powders of crushed rocks in the US States. we have used them for a long time.
Greetings.
So glad you got your upper hoof lol. Could that be something brought in on the flies or mosquitoes? I know here in NJ we have the green head flies and they bite something awful! Hoping they stay healthy!!
Thanks Jenni you know I’m not sure but I don’t think it’s spread via insects? We have those flies too they are nasty!!