5" of Snow + 5 Calves = 1 Busy Day
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You know you've done something right, when animals don't run away from you.
Thanks Nathan. Happy Easter to you. See ya tomorrow.
I'm hiding in the garage, stuffing easter eggs, and was just thinking about the cows when the notification popped up that the video was here!
Happy Easter, OWL family. ♡
Happy Easter to you Megan. Thanks for tagging along.
Just found your channel. Love cattle and especially Angus and Angus bulls. Grew up with an Angus herd in central Illinois.
Of course our farm was on a much smaller scale then your ranch but the same on loving this life style. We also had 3,000 layer hens. Lots of egg gathering. I remember helping to pull several calves in my day.
Thanks for sharing and showing your love for your cattle.
That's a lot of work. It feels strange watching you running around in the storm from the comfort of my home. Congrats on the 5 new calves. Waiting for the word on Faith.
Particularly, from a sunny, 20°C spot while eating ice cream :)
I hope you know that we realize all the extra work, and hours, and lost sleep, these videos cost you. We are thrilled that you do this for us. Thank you so much! I am praying for Faith on this Easter Sunday! How wonderful that you have a lower rate for one of America's heros, on the front lines. So kind of you. Happy Easter to you and your family
Everyone email him to keep the vlogs after the 30 days
I was going email and ask him that but he does deserve a lil break. Especially after doing a couple 24hr live streams during these dirty 30
Corey I was going to say the same thing. That was quite a toll on him and his family
@Daniel Kintigh or three times. I could handle three just fine! Too greedy? Yeah. Corey and Lions were right. Fine. Two would be awesome!
I used tell Mike why only 3 times a week? Everyday has been great 🙂 🍿
Should get GPS collars and put on the calf’s just in case. That way you can track them like they do hunting dogs.
Well I would need over 100 of them
Mr Bloomberg hope your enjoying your filet minngon it takes these people working round the night in A storm 7 days a week
I'm Lovin this 30 videos in 30 days, Mike. They are defiantly keeping You Busy!!!
Love the idea about socially disyancing sign in Skelton. Take pics if you do it please.
I just started watching y’all just today and I am addicted. Beautiful family and nice looking herds.😀
Hi mike. I would like to know how i can get the live cam so i could watch your cattle and ranch. Love what you are doing and wished i could have done it myself. I love farming and raising live stock. I just never had the land or money to do it. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us. One of these days we want to visit your spread. God bless youand your family.
Just go to our website and click on camera
Back in the old days grandpa use to take a mother and calf and put them in a smaller pasture or fenced in pen to keep mom with calf so she learned not to leave her calf behind . It usually only took two weeks to get her to straighten out and not leave calf be hind but then too they were dairy cows I don’t know if that makes a difference or not.
You need to get a drone to find these littles.
Just read some of the comments and answers. I am glad that Faith the calf has been found and is doing fine.
Great idea with renting the house to the nurse and family, it takes a community to make things happen. Great experience for all to have!
Great to see you tagging the calf....how it didn't put the calf or mom in any distress or pain...thanks Mike!
Hi Josh!!
Thanks Josh. Happy Easter to you and the Family.
@@OurWyomingLife what web cam equipment do you use for livestream?
Well done mike! Boy did you time that right!
I love your channel. Thank you for what you do!! Blessings to you and your family!!
Congratulations on your babies. Why does Faith's mom keep hiding her? God bless you and your family. Be safe.
Happy Easter!!!
Hope you have a blessed day♥️🇺🇸🌹
Thanks Dottie. Its a instinct thing with animals. Hide the newborn form predators while Mom goes to eat or drink. That's about the best explanation I have. Happy Easter to you and your family.
I'M ENJOYING YOUR VIDEOS AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
Great job as allway and you did not have to pull any calfs today so that's a great day in my book.
Good job 👍
Great work as always mike. Always busy! Those tweels look like they get some good bite on the snow.
I have a cow like that she has her calf hid a half mile away but went straight to it
Life of a rancher buddy. All ya need is a storm to make ya earn that paycheck. Yet another great video. Hope ya'll have a good Easter.
How great for that nurses family to be able to stay at The Farmhouse
When it snows how do the newborns deal ? I guess ok? Farmhouse guest too wow all on Easter kinda 😎
it beats me how calves dry off in really cold weather!
You should’ve titled this one “Losing Faith”. Lol
Happy Easter!
Hey Mike I hope baby Faith turns up soon I worrying like she's my calf lol keep up the good work and a Happy Easter to you and your family 🤔🤠🐇💐🐣😉
Hi I am maddox. Living just like you calving is so hard .I am 7 years old .
Congratulations
Thanks Mark.
I'm sorry Mike, it's 90f down here in Florida right now and you're up there freezing your backside off in that mess.
Mike: From experience.....Snow = Calves. It's written in the stars......a virtual law of nature.
100% agreed
@Daniel Kintigh I've observed the same thing.....I wonder why nature chose to do it that way. Doesn't seem like evolution would favor that approach.
Tom Nekuda that’s the way God created nature
in north of norway snow falling in april-may, after most of the winter snow i gone, is cald for reideeer snow, becouse if it dont snow during calfing,, many newborn wild reindeer calfs dies becouse of flies-moscitos..... but those years we dont get reindeer snow,, the wild reindeers migrate to higher ground where they can find old deep snow that have packd in say a hillside and its not melted yet.
I thought you had a drone for conducting videos. Weather permitting, the drone may have helped cover more ground to effectively search the area for the lost calf.
You can’t fly in a storm :)
Imagine just being born and sleeping outside in the snow?
A fish doesn't know its wet.
rick dees imagine giving birth yourself out in the snow. 😳
That’s why they have tough skin and fur🤦🏽♀️
Yea, like a pinguin
I know asked Mike how they do it in the snow calfskin gloves and coats I guess
Sign is good IDEA.
I worked for a couple of companies that are competitors of the equipment you use. Except for your old windrower tractor. We sold tweels on our skid steer loaders too. I enjoy your videos. You do a great job.
Thank you for the explanation of why you have wind breaks (21:05).
Question from a total city slicker: these days are there no "tags" available with chips, to locate the new calves? Seems it would be helpful for ranchers. Blessings this Easter.
There are RF tags that can be used while working the animals, a long range tracker would probably not be cheap light or small enough. Sandi Brook uses them on her sheep.
There are GPS trackers for bees; not commercially available mind. But you can get GPS tags for cats and dogs. Very small and weather proof. But would run the costs for a whole herd of cows and calves.
My understanding from the GPS collars you see on dogs and cats is that they have to be charged fairly frequently. With 100 ish cow calf pairs I can see that becoming pretty unwieldy.
come to AB
Mike, your videos have taught me to truly appreciate how hard our farmers work to put food on our table. Thank you Mike and Erin.
Have one word for you drone
If she's a first year mom then you have to worry a little. But otherwise some cows purposely stay away from their calves to keep the calf hidden and laying down. The cow looks young so I'm guessing she's first year.
Nope. She’s 4. Thanks
Dang I would sort her off then as soon as the calf can walk it after this storm. Sometimes they favor the newer calves, sometimes their milk bag gets sore and they try to feed everyone else's calves and can accidentally neglect their own calf. She may even just want out of the pasture since she's been through the process and you sort them off every year she might know she has done her part and popped it out and now she is trying to pick up any calf to get moved on away from the herd. Any which way I suggest pairing them up and sorting them off after the storm. She will keep a better eye on her own calf after she's away from the new ones.
I’ll let the armchair rancher know lol :)
Would it not be easier to use a drone to find calves, or cows for that matter?
Why don’t you have the herd more confined during calving, especially considering the weather?
We do bring them in for storms. This isn’t a big storm And bringing them in is dangerous for calves too.
That calf was sick to begin with, hope you found her.
The calf is not sick. It is typical cow behavior for the mother to hide them and yes she has been found and is doing just fine.
My dream job is working a farm/ranch. Today I woke up at 6am drove about 25min to where all the farms are located started putting myself out there as a hard worker. Tomorrow I have an interview at 8am hopefully I get the job
Happy Easter to your family. Congrats on the new calves.
Happy Easter to you and your family also. Thanks for tagging along with us.
Great video, I will not complain about finding calves in Florida anymore, get some rest.
Hello. Did you ever think of trying those calf coats they have we use them in cold weather
Happy Easter to you and your family.
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That's such a nice thing with the Nurse and you cutting the rate, that's what makes the world go round.
Congratulations on the calves YAY!
JO JO IN VT 💕😄
Looks like you need to bring 130 and calf in and confine them to a small area or stall. That cow is scatterbrained.
Debbie B that’s what cows do with there calf’s they hide them and leave them
@@BillyBob-gg4ej yes, I am a farm girl. I am aware, but I also look for signs of an inattentive mother. That cow is particularly scatterbrained.
It has nothing to do with being scatterbrained, it's instinct like the cow eating the afterbirth. deer do the exact same thing with their fawns they hide them and leave them and come back for feedings, the mother can defend itself against a predator and the baby cannot. these animals are much smarter than you give them credit for.
@@movermike2216 I am giving her plenty of credit, but having been around a lot of cattle in my life and working with them, that cow is particularly inattentive. Most will intuitively move their calves into the nursery situation of having a matriarch cow or a young cow without calf and that cow watches over a group of youngsters for a period of time. That cow is pretty wild in comparison with your others and her attempts at caution could have the reverse effect like a coyote attack. Having watched her behavior over your past videos, I would have separated her and moved her and the calf into a stall or pen. Lessens the likelihood of calf loss.
I saw where the rancher gives the mom warm water to drink after giving birth and calcium, was wondering do you do that?
Thank you for supporting the nurse lady and her family. It means a ton coming from a family of nurses and farmers.
Very welcome James. Thanks
Again, a clear view of real life on a cattle ranch. Good job. John from Louisville.
Thank you for this vid. And your efforts, you are a Good Man Mike. God Bless your Family you and the Ranch.! 👍😊👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟✔🌎⛵🐬🌠✨
Mike- happy Easter from my family to yours!
I love our wyoming life. Thank you for the videos. They fill my day.
You should do the skeleton joke
130 is not being a good mom you need to replace her
Lots of cows hide their calves for the 1st week or so of life like deer hide their fawns to hide them predators
She is a good mother. She is working on instinct right now. As she learns who and what to trust with each birth she will loosen up and play the human's game.
Congrats on the 5 new additions. Happy easter, stay safe and I hope u have the healthiest, happiest calves in all of wyoming.
Me and my wife really enjoy your videos and if you ever get a chance come and see us in Thailand. We have a home in Utah this summer we might come up and see you guys.
These videos are amazing from the kids on bikes to this one of hard real ranch work 130 is social distancing
All you need now is a dog named Boo.
Thanks for delivery my order so fast, I would like name calf #3 as Natalie, she is so cute. Great vlogs
Keep the Faith! 🐃💗
How would the drone work when looking for calves or cows. Of course, with the weather your having it wouldn't, but on average, I would think it could give a good view of a large area to look at.
A drone would not cover the 6k acres
@@jpmerrick8886
I think he said in a previous video, they are in a 400 acre pasture, not turned loose on the whole 6 thousand acre ranch.
Yes 400 acres. The drone works ok. You have a small screen but it only ever flies in nice weather. Wind, snow or rain pretty much grounds it. At least my little one :)
Right but bold bad weather I've flown drones but only in good weather and not too far unless they have return to programming which may not work well neck software I'm on the sba loan progamm for a covid loan getting nowhere nuff said
Mike replied on weather etc sorry didn't see it
Think I need to stop complaining about our winters . We had mabe 6 days in the 30's here in FL
Happy Easter! Faith just wants to surprise everyone like the Easter Bunny!
You're even funnier in these Vlogs, Mike. Love them!
I know they are great this has to be one of the best blogs in the 🌎
Hi from South West Australia. I run a few hundred acres with 40 cows and we are calving now as well. We are running into our winter and rains normally start now and run up to October then very little through summer. Love your video and how you do it in those freezing conditions
Cheers from Spring Farm York Western Australia
Thanks for sharing how things happen in your part of the world Peter112999. Thanks for tagging along with us.
Isn’t it too cold outside for newborn calves?
Yes it is awesome and I just love watching him interacting with the animals. 👏
Does the cold and snow bother the new borns?
Man how much gas do you go through in the gator in a calf-Ing month? my guess is a lot
Yeah, quite a bit. But its just the cost of calve'n and the most efficient way to take care of business. Happy Easter to ya, and thanks for tagging along.
Our Wyoming Life definitely the most efficient I wouldn’t want to imagine riding a horse or worse walking all those miles in the cold 🤷♂️
He really has no choice. The "smaller" pasture he closes them into is about 100 acres. The larger one where they are now is around 400 acres. Do you have any idea how long it takes to walk around 400 acres?? I'm guessing even at a very brisk walk it would take at least 5 hours just to walk the perimeter.
*Id like to express my appreciation for your 30 days of uploads. It allows us a glimpse into your daily life and I am enjoying every moment of it!* 👏🏻
Why not band the bulls when you tag them?forget that stupid question ... it's probably safer at vaccination time in a cattle chute right ? Thinking dairy cow again...
We band at branding. Thanks
im watchn from Big Island of Hawaii.....we will be calving in 2 months here on our farm....
Hey, #2 is a bull, you can "call him Al" 🤣🤣
#PaulSimon
Terrific content. I drive a truck for a living. I see cattle every day. They are almost my traveling companions. My favorite part of the day is to see cattle take care of each other, it’s evident. Or when calves jump up and down like children. What great animals
Quick question... have you stepped in and had to actually pull calves in the case of failed labor?
Yes. Sure have.
Put Erin in the calf warmer if shes so cold. ;o)
28:16 RIP headphone users
#130 was looking around like, "Hmmm.. I know I put that calf somewhere around here..."
Happy Easter everyone!✝️
Happy Easter Mike to you and your family and everybody it's kind of crazy you're getting the snow and today we're supposed to get tornadoes or in a tornado warning now here in Alabama and it's not supposed to get real bad until late tonight that's crazy it's already starting to storm everybody stay safe I remember my dad going out looking for Cavs back in the late sixties early seventies except he did it on horseback like I said bring back good memories thanks for sharing how pray Faith is doing good and we see her tomorrow
Thank you Ernest!!
We’ve had -14 Celsius the last few mornings here, a bit of wind, making much worse. Fortunately the cows that have calved here are good Mamas and have kept the calves comfortable too. I have put lots of bedding out there and that helps keep everyone off the cold frozen ground. Still have couple feet of snow here also.
Rancher 1963
Where the heck are you? Montana? Canada?
I'm in Florida so the very concept of a couple of feet of snow right now just hurts me!
That's gd they started dropping there calfs
Can you imagine yourself out there on a horse? I don't want to hear you complain about the cost of the Gator or a new engine.
Yes I am thankful for the gator and luxury it provides. It’s still expensive and I’m not going to apologize for it.
A couple days ago you were lamenting where are the calves where are the calves and I was thinking be careful what you wish for lol.
That partner cracked me up! Just as I was thinking how silly I was to leave my window down to find 3” of snow in my front seat. And I knew better! That hard work will keep us all young. Though our hearts go out to these calves, there is a reason they are born at the time they are. You really showed one of the he concerns ranchers go through just to keep going to supply us all with food. Mike and Erin I hope you have and your family have a very Blessed Easter
Don´t feel bad. I was airing my attic bedroom out and it snowed in my room.
Welp you Sir just earned yourself a subscriber with the good joke in regards to the BS social distance crap that’s being stuffed down our throats.
Nice to see your renting your farmhouse to nurse who's working at Campbell County Hospital. I was there quite a few times when I lived there. Exceptional hospital. Had Dr. Sara Hartsaw as my surgeon for my breast cancer. Could not have had better care anywhere in the world. Love the care you give to your cows and calves. Ranching is the hardest job you'll ever love. I miss my Wyoming life.
So humbling. I have a lot of respect on farmers and ranchers. They are the backbones of our nation.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️♥️♥️♥️
I was just waiting for you to get jumped by Jawas whilst you were looking for the calf through your FLIR scope.
Great day, but no Faith? If she's ok, would it help to put the mom and her in a smaller area so she can't get lost again? Bad mana...no cake! That leaves me stressed and I'm 900 miles away. I can only imagine what that's like for you and your family.
Please, please minimize contact with the people who are renting. This virus is to he feared and greatly respected. Ok...so we worry too much, but we truly care a lot.
At what point/temps would bring newborns in for their protection and survival.
You are freezing me out in that wet sweatshirt! Lol. Raincoat, vinyl poncho?
How many years for you doing this? Not career for sissys! Burrr!
Time for a DJI Inspire 1 with thermal Cam ;-)
Wonder how much that costs lol
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