Isaac I am really sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with the calves. Hopefully they will fnid out just what is causing it. Your honesty is appreciated and respected. Hoping for the best for you. Thanks.
Sorry for your loss. So thus far you lost 8 out of 65...that's high but not too bad. Tough year all around...calves might have been born unhealthy due to poor nutrition their mothers experienced during drought. We're having tough times in Texas...I'm going to try to carry my cattle over the winter with what little grazing there is, WCS, grains, whole corn, 20%/40% cubes, sweet oats....and any and all expired fruits, veggies, pastries, bread and pastas. Not going to buy any hay. It's a new experiment....but pencils out to be less expensive than hay.
I hope things improve and you figure things out. The sudden and no recovery sounds a bit like a new strain of pneumonia in our area within the past few years called Manheimia (Mannheimia haemolytica). Might be something to ask your vet. We have had good success using ‘Once Pmh’ which is a nazal ‘vaccine’/preventative.
Dealt with something similar. Fever is only thing that will take them down that fast. Dexamethasone, and Draxxin is what my vet had me do. The dying stopped immediately.
Something you might can try to give your calves is an antibiotic called excede. It can treat pneumonia as well as scours in calves. We have had very good luck using excede. One thing we have found is that using draxxin over and over again and not changing up classes of antibiotics is your create resistance in your herd to the antibiotic. There is several different antibiotics in different classes you can try. micotil is another good antibiotic to use for respiratory problems it’s just extremely dangerous if you get it on your skin or accident inject your self it can be fatal. We have serval 100 momma cows and use antibiotics on a regular basis to maintain a healthy herd. Another good tip is To always try to give a fever reducer when possible along with an antibiotic such as banamine.
. I am guessing your animals have to exist in winter feed lots. Prophylactic use of antibiotics is a huge cause of antibiotic resistance and not necessarily helpful in a ruminant as it may affect the necessary functional bugs in the rumen.
No we do not have a feedlot and none of our cattle are in a feedlot situation. All our cattle are rotationally grazed. We live in Georgia where one day it will be 80 degrees and sunny and 35 degrees and raining the next especially this time of year. We use antibiotics too maintain a healthy herd. We do not give antibiotics just to give them. Having sick animals is just apart of having livestock animals get sick just like people do.
@@miracleplemons7400 as a retired farmer, I am well aware of livestock disease, we can get calf pneumonia too, but we treat specific cases not the whole herd, such a policy will only promote antibiotic resistance. I am beginning to understand, along with the American use of hormone growth promotors why our country does not want to import American beef.
Never have we ever treated our entire herd at once for any type of illness. We never have had more than a handful of cases of any type of disease/illness in a Calendar year. But as a farmer who has been around cattle my entire life and treated lots and lots of cattle in my life for all kinds of illnesses not just for my self but for other farmers in my area. All I was trying to say is you do creat antibiotics resistance from treating cattle even a handful every year with the same class of antibiotics. Bacteria mutate and become resistant to antibiotics. I in no way ever said we treat our entire herd when only one calf or cow is sick or even if we have 3-4 sick the animals that are sick are the only animals on the farm who’d be treated. It doesn’t make economical sense to treat the entire herd. Antibiotics are not cheap especially ones for cattle.
@@miracleplemons7400 just to let you know, antibiotics have no effect on viruses, only vaccines will help. However a secondary bacterial infection can be treated. For livestock, vaccines have been developed for viral and bacterial infections. In my area clostridial vaccines are essential for sheep and cattle.
Never say never, you will get past this problem. Unfortunately with livestock there is always challenges. I in my farming career, had similar problems , their is always another day. I find illness in my animals frustrating. Here in UK I have had many illnesses , I had to have 6 10 month weaned calves destroyed because of the effects of DVD in a single day . I’m not a huge farming operation, this was years ago but I recovered financially. Faced many more challenges like Foot and Mouth , I was on edge of the slaughter area , both my cattle and sheep were monitored and I was unable to leave my farm for months . I know you have deep commitment to your animals , share your worries with us here or your trusted friends. Talking about your problems helps.
Sorry to hear about your recent losses. I hope you can find out what is causing the problem so you don’t lose any more calves. Hopefully we can learn from this too. Hang in there!
Few years back I had the same thing happen except it took 2 cows 2 calf’s and 2 1 year old heifers. Had some examined and had a black lung just like you said and draxin wouldn’t help at all. Never did get a answer for it and it stopped after those. I was ready to sell out.
Many year ago I was raising baby chicks, slowly they all die, couldn’t figure out why, six months late in a poultry magazine a story was published that a lot of others were having same problem, come to find out, the poultry feed plant also made fertilizer and it got mixed in the feed operation killing all the chicks that ate in. Hopefully this isn’t your problem.
I wondered if your vet supplied you with anti inlammatories which ideally should go straight into the jugular as well as antibiotics. The one thing you cannot manage on a full time job is regular surveillance of youngstock that allows you to jump in immediately with treatment. It could be that the lost calves didn’t get enough colostrum. You may still make a profit, the world is currently getting hungry.
I'm sorry that you're losing a lot of the Calves, I had this happen 2 years ago the only difference was my calves was done weaned, and a new one was brought in and gave something to the ones that I had and I lost 20 something weighing anywhere between 250 and 400 lb it was awful
Hi Isaac, only just seen this video. We contract reared calves in the UK for 20 years so I do commiserate and understand about your losses. There are peaks and troughs in any business and calf rearing certainly brings out the highs and lows. Were any of the calves you lost from the same farm? It could be poor colostrum management on that original farm is making them more susceptible. If possible try to buy calves from farms that you know have a good colostrum management system in place. If they are low on a ZST blood test you should avoid buying calves from those farms. We had a black list of ear tags that we would not accept calves from for this reason. Low colostrum intake makes them susceptible to anything going. Discuss a vaccination program with your vet when you definitely know what the cause is. The rest of the calves look well and are benefiting from the feeding system. Some comments below have mentioned overstocking but from what I see, your calves are not overstocked. Advised stocking rates are 4.9 Sq. ft/calf up to 6 weeks and 6.5 Sq ft/calf between 6 and 12 weeks. However, on ad-lib systems, keeping the bedding dry is important. I do think that you should look carefully at the forage as any fungus or mycotoxins could cause lung problems that bacteria come in on the back of. As there is no scouring, it is unlikely to be anything to do with the milk or feeding system, damage in the lungs defines where the problem originated. Good luck and thanks for the videos. Also, you mentioned in the video that you had issues with milk freezing in the tubes, there are some insulation tubes in the Heatwave box that fit round the silicone pipe you can use to stop this problem, then you can use both lines. Please let me know if I can be of any help.
I cant imagine how your heart feels right now. I am glad these calves were someone who really took them into consideration when this was happening. You are doing what you can for them and that is most important. It will pass. Hopefully very soon. You have proven you can be successful and happy doing this regardless of the pains raising healthy cows for us to use takes. Thanks for what you HAVE done.
I was dairy and switched over to freezer beef. I've raised lots of calves 3rd generation. Exceed like someone suggested is a good idea. 1 shot last 7 days. I have 2 smaller animals that lost their mother earlier than I wished to . But I found a vitamin shot called multimin90. I give that at 2 different times in their lives. Once when everyone is getting processed in early fall (cut and vaxed and preg checked) but at any time it looks like someone isn't doing well. They get a shot of that. I've seen calves that I thought wouldn't make it. But turned right around and had huge growth spurts.
We had something weird a few years ago. But it sounds like you have a good vet. I can't remember what it was called but they had ear droop and acted like they had a sore throat. Some sort of thrush . We used that D med you mentioned. We think it came from the corn mycoplasma myctoxin. But your vey sounds like it was a good diagnosis. It always pained me to pay for a necropsy. Most of those all come back as inconclusive
It is depressing, but just reevaluate the way you do it, see how you can improve, and do what you are gifted to do. Obviously you like it, not just for the business. There is always next time. Good luck. Thank you for your videos and your sincerity on them.
I am very sorry for what happened to the little calves and I share the same feelings I want you to build a closed stable with attic windows, a cement floor, and a few sterilized hay, and make it like single rooms for calves so that you can control them. I also lost a horse and changed it due to a high temperature, that's what the vet told me.
Respectfully, I think your stocking density in the barn is too high. They might have RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). The heatwave is the perfect way for it to transmit between suckling calves because the virus will be found on the ‘teats’ and in your lines. Suggest you sterilise your heatwave equipment for starters and reduce your stocking density now and in future. I’m a retired vet virologist specialist in cattle and sheep. Cheers from Australia!
I don't think the density matters in this case. He's done that before with that many calves. So have i. The only thing that has been introduced as far as a variable is the Heat wave. But I don't think the density has anything to do with it if you take the heat wave out of the equation.
I've been checking every day to see if you post an update. I currently have 9 bottle calves and I'm very interested to hear what you find out. Please don't give up on bottle calves entirely.
When it comes to calf’s. It can go great or really bad really quickly . Don’t second-guess yourself we’ve all been there when raising calves . Bad years come and go. Stick with it next year will be better. 🙏 . Last year I had a problem with the milk, replacer and lost a few calves. Had not lost a calf in four years before that. .
so I know pasture quality is a huge thing and one can only speak in generalities. But how much pasture do you need to raise a calf to sale weigh (say 1000#). Do you need as much as you'd need to keep a full size cow on pasture. I know around here the extension office estimates 4 acres per head.
Depending on what it may be. I had a bad run of mycoplasma one time. Aureomycin or ctc pellets helped a bunch. As well as maybe putting aureo in with the milk replacer may be a good option. Best of luck.
It's never good to be losing calves but so many in one go geez that's heart breaking. It would be interesting to see what comes out with the tests as you mentioned abnormalities with the lungs. We're any of the calves suffering from diahorrea in the days up to there deaths?
The loss goes far beyond the finance side of farming. The loss of an animal plays a very strong mental burden on a farmer. You have to love the job and the animals to do this. Good luck and may God bless your farm.
In your barn setup, what is the area size and in your setup what you recommend as to sq foot per calf? I really enjoy watching your channel, keep it up
Some sort of mold lung disease? It's been a hot dry year, could be dust from the ground, as humans can get, but in South-West US mainly, but could spread with climate change.
Hopefully you've got a good Farm and Ranch insurance policy through somebody like American family. Most of the time they'll cover something like that. And then you deduct the Calves off of your income tax. I know it sucks but every little bit helps.
I know in my past of raising bottle calf’s is separate in small pins for around 2 to 4 weeks until they develop their own antibody’s because if one goes down the all don’t calf huts worked best for me than a pin in a barn
I can't see why you should think that a feeding system would have a detrimental effect on the lungs! If anything, the opposite should be the case as calves that are growing quickly (as these are on an ad-lib system,) they tend to fight infections better than a calf that is hungry on a restricted feeding system.
I really haven’t had much of a problem with scours this year. The ones dying don’t have scours and are eating and drinking well. I have used spectaguard before but it has been years.
I’m not losing any of the older calves (the ones that occasionally poop in their feeder). The flies in the milk could be something and I mentioned that to the vet as well.
Hello to me it's not money lost its money spent and hopefully with higher prices your gain will be there. I know you take great care your animals keep your chin up. This will work out. You have gained experience and that's important also. See you then. You do great job your videos thanks.
If the weather was the main factor wouldn't other farmers/ranchers in the area have the same issue. If not it must be something else and , must try to discover the cause.
I feel bad for you at having bad luck I want to support you anyway I can and help you out I still think you are awesome it be an honour to talk to you on a phone or video chat your friend Ryan the farmer from Alberta Canada
Wow sorry for your loss that is depressing to lose livestock especially if you don't even know the reason well hopefully you find a reason not sure if you came up with a reason yet I'm going to watch and find out love the content love the channel God-bless
8 Weeks seem early to wean but your calves look good so I know you know what is best for you and the calves. Winter and cold weather they might need a little warm milk to keep them warm a little longer.
The ups and downs of farming, sorry to hear but it's why farmers are so tough and wise, they've seen a lot. Hope that is the last death and things turn around. Cheers.
Brother Please reply to me. My heatwave is sopost to show up today and I'm not opening it cause I'm paranoid that that's what caused your issue with your dead calves?? If your 100% sure it don't plz get back to me, I Rais bottle calves Year round , have 53 on bottle right now in 4 nice big group pens, doing very very well in these cold Nov Temps here in Alberta. So I'm scared to use it via what's happening with your calves. Start up was very amazing was very impressed that's why I ordered one.
Although I can’t officially rule it out until I get some results, I don’t think it is the heatwave. I had 10 on the milk bar and a couple I was bottle feeding individually and I lost some from both of those groups
@@FarmandHammer it's an open shed in summer time, in colder Temps I Close er all up, she stays pretty warm with all those calves inside, I have thought about the freezing lines but that's easy to pop them into warm water nd away you go, im thinking there will always be one drinking cause I have many calves nd only use 1 nibble ect, I plan on washing the lines out any how 2× a day with hot water at regular feeding times. I want this thing cause of more milk intake
@@FarmandHammer my calves are all drinking milk from a troff right now, wich works just fine, but I've experimented with 10 calves , 5 on pail, 5 in bottle, all same age, the ones on bottle outperformed, I was very pleased and I plan on keeping then in the heatwave till there weaned, just like a normal calf should, should see best results I'm thinking. Clean is key
That’s what I have been doing. I just pull the lines off and drop them in hot water for a minute or two and stick them back on. They include some cleaning tablets you add to water. I just pump that through every morning and it seems to keep it pretty clean.
You need to find a new vet. Sounds like you do not have a plan from the start, if you don't plan to save them you will lose them. I have been a calf vet for 15 years and this sounds very very common.
Well... if you do wanna quit how much for the heat waves lol. I think your problem is cleaning. Calves you can't keep things clean enough wood dirt milk hoses teats and your cloths. Just everything clean clean clean
I'm not a farmer but did u say that hot feeder is new and ur calfs are dieing? Have a look at farm Phil he does about 120 caves a year in Ireland he uses a RF reading machine to feed his and they are limited on how much they can drink each day. I'm not trying to be a bollox (dic*head) but something must have changed and don't caves cough with a lung problem and die over a few days? Have u tryed the jackets to keep them warm? Sorry of it sounds like I'm bring horrible I'm just trying to saw what I hear works over here and we have more cows that people dairy is fairly big here.
If your calves get rotavirus it can really suppress their immune system and crypto or another bugs can come in and go straight to their blood system and kill them in hours. The problem with crypto is it doesn’t respond to antibiotics. I hope you get to the route of it soon, just keep yourself healthy and know it happens to most farmers at some stage and it will pass. From a fellow farmer in Ireland 🇮🇪
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Isaac I am really sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with the calves. Hopefully they will fnid out just what is causing it. Your honesty is appreciated and respected. Hoping for the best for you. Thanks.
Brother I’m so sorry you’re going through this crap. You’ll find a way out - I’m sure of that. In the meantime, you’ll be in my prayers
Sorry for your loss. So thus far you lost 8 out of 65...that's high but not too bad. Tough year all around...calves might have been born unhealthy due to poor nutrition their mothers experienced during drought. We're having tough times in Texas...I'm going to try to carry my cattle over the winter with what little grazing there is, WCS, grains, whole corn, 20%/40% cubes, sweet oats....and any and all expired fruits, veggies, pastries, bread and pastas. Not going to buy any hay. It's a new experiment....but pencils out to be less expensive than hay.
I hope things improve and you figure things out. The sudden and no recovery sounds a bit like a new strain of pneumonia in our area within the past few years called Manheimia (Mannheimia haemolytica). Might be something to ask your vet. We have had good success using ‘Once Pmh’ which is a nazal ‘vaccine’/preventative.
Dealt with something similar. Fever is only thing that will take them down that fast. Dexamethasone, and Draxxin is what my vet had me do. The dying stopped immediately.
Thank you for sharing. I've heard of several people having the same issue with bottle calves recently. Im hoping the necropsy will give you answers.
Something you might can try to give your calves is an antibiotic called excede. It can treat pneumonia as well as scours in calves. We have had very good luck using excede. One thing we have found is that using draxxin over and over again and not changing up classes of antibiotics is your create resistance in your herd to the antibiotic. There is several different antibiotics in different classes you can try. micotil is another good antibiotic to use for respiratory problems it’s just extremely dangerous if you get it on your skin or accident inject your self it can be fatal. We have serval 100 momma cows and use antibiotics on a regular basis to maintain a healthy herd. Another good tip is To always try to give a fever reducer when possible along with an antibiotic such as banamine.
. I am guessing your animals have to exist in winter feed lots. Prophylactic use of antibiotics is a huge cause of antibiotic resistance and not necessarily helpful in a ruminant as it may affect the necessary functional bugs in the rumen.
No we do not have a feedlot and none of our cattle are in a feedlot situation. All our cattle are rotationally grazed. We live in Georgia where one day it will be 80 degrees and sunny and 35 degrees and raining the next especially this time of year. We use antibiotics too maintain a healthy herd. We do not give antibiotics just to give them. Having sick animals is just apart of having livestock animals get sick just like people do.
@@miracleplemons7400 as a retired farmer, I am well aware of livestock disease, we can get calf pneumonia too, but we treat specific cases not the whole herd, such a policy will only promote antibiotic resistance. I am beginning to understand, along with the American use of hormone growth promotors why our country does not want to import American beef.
Never have we ever treated our entire herd at once for any type of illness. We never have had more than a handful of cases of any type of disease/illness in a Calendar year. But as a farmer who has been around cattle my entire life and treated lots and lots of cattle in my life for all kinds of illnesses not just for my self but for other farmers in my area. All I was trying to say is you do creat antibiotics resistance from treating cattle even a handful every year with the same class of antibiotics. Bacteria mutate and become resistant to antibiotics. I in no way ever said we treat our entire herd when only one calf or cow is sick or even if we have 3-4 sick the animals that are sick are the only animals on the farm who’d be treated. It doesn’t make economical sense to treat the entire herd. Antibiotics are not cheap especially ones for cattle.
@@miracleplemons7400 just to let you know, antibiotics have no effect on viruses, only vaccines will help. However a secondary bacterial infection can be treated. For livestock, vaccines have been developed for viral and bacterial infections. In my area clostridial vaccines are essential for sheep and cattle.
Never say never, you will get past this problem. Unfortunately with livestock there is always challenges. I in my farming career, had similar problems , their is always another day. I find illness in my animals frustrating. Here in UK I have had many illnesses , I had to have 6 10 month weaned calves destroyed because of the effects of DVD in a single day . I’m not a huge farming operation, this was years ago but I recovered financially. Faced many more challenges like Foot and Mouth , I was on edge of the slaughter area , both my cattle and sheep were monitored and I was unable to leave my farm for months . I know you have deep commitment to your animals , share your worries with us here or your trusted friends. Talking about your problems helps.
Sorry to hear about your recent losses. I hope you can find out what is causing the problem so you don’t lose any more calves. Hopefully we can learn from this too. Hang in there!
I know nothing about calves.. but I applaud your efforts.. these calves are another farmers throw aways.. you are saving their lives IMO
Sorry to hear Isaac.... praying that things go better for you and your herd.
Few years back I had the same thing happen except it took 2 cows 2 calf’s and 2 1 year old heifers. Had some examined and had a black lung just like you said and draxin wouldn’t help at all. Never did get a answer for it and it stopped after those. I was ready to sell out.
Sorry to hear of your loss, very sad.
Many year ago I was raising baby chicks, slowly they all die, couldn’t figure out why, six months late in a poultry magazine a story was published that a lot of others were having same problem, come to find out, the poultry feed plant also made fertilizer and it got mixed in the feed operation killing all the chicks that ate in. Hopefully this isn’t your problem.
Thanks for sharing the good and bad of farming. Hard to believe how quickly can change. Best wishes in all your endeavors.
I wondered if your vet supplied you with anti inlammatories which ideally should go straight into the jugular as well as antibiotics. The one thing you cannot manage on a full time job is regular surveillance of youngstock that allows you to jump in immediately with treatment. It could be that the lost calves didn’t get enough colostrum. You may still make a profit, the world is currently getting hungry.
Sorry for you loss. Know of a couple other ranchers that had to treat calves for dust pneumonia in our area.
I'm sorry that you're losing a lot of the Calves, I had this happen 2 years ago the only difference was my calves was done weaned, and a new one was brought in and gave something to the ones that I had and I lost 20 something weighing anywhere between 250 and 400 lb it was awful
Hi Isaac, only just seen this video. We contract reared calves in the UK for 20 years so I do commiserate and understand about your losses. There are peaks and troughs in any business and calf rearing certainly brings out the highs and lows. Were any of the calves you lost from the same farm? It could be poor colostrum management on that original farm is making them more susceptible. If possible try to buy calves from farms that you know have a good colostrum management system in place. If they are low on a ZST blood test you should avoid buying calves from those farms. We had a black list of ear tags that we would not accept calves from for this reason. Low colostrum intake makes them susceptible to anything going. Discuss a vaccination program with your vet when you definitely know what the cause is. The rest of the calves look well and are benefiting from the feeding system. Some comments below have mentioned overstocking but from what I see, your calves are not overstocked. Advised stocking rates are 4.9 Sq. ft/calf up to 6 weeks and 6.5 Sq ft/calf between 6 and 12 weeks. However, on ad-lib systems, keeping the bedding dry is important. I do think that you should look carefully at the forage as any fungus or mycotoxins could cause lung problems that bacteria come in on the back of. As there is no scouring, it is unlikely to be anything to do with the milk or feeding system, damage in the lungs defines where the problem originated. Good luck and thanks for the videos. Also, you mentioned in the video that you had issues with milk freezing in the tubes, there are some insulation tubes in the Heatwave box that fit round the silicone pipe you can use to stop this problem, then you can use both lines. Please let me know if I can be of any help.
I cant imagine how your heart feels right now. I am glad these calves were someone who really took them into consideration when this was happening. You are doing what you can for them and that is most important. It will pass. Hopefully very soon. You have proven you can be successful and happy doing this regardless of the pains raising healthy cows for us to use takes. Thanks for what you HAVE done.
Ouch, and not just financially. You've got your head screwed on straight but it still hurts.
U took a chance and had a big loss. U give good advice. Hope this is all behind u. U work too hard to absorb such a loss
I was dairy and switched over to freezer beef. I've raised lots of calves 3rd generation. Exceed like someone suggested is a good idea. 1 shot last 7 days.
I have 2 smaller animals that lost their mother earlier than I wished to . But I found a vitamin shot called multimin90. I give that at 2 different times in their lives. Once when everyone is getting processed in early fall (cut and vaxed and preg checked) but at any time it looks like someone isn't doing well. They get a shot of that. I've seen calves that I thought wouldn't make it. But turned right around and had huge growth spurts.
We had something weird a few years ago. But it sounds like you have a good vet.
I can't remember what it was called but they had ear droop and acted like they had a sore throat. Some sort of thrush . We used that D med you mentioned. We think it came from the corn mycoplasma myctoxin. But your vey sounds like it was a good diagnosis. It always pained me to pay for a necropsy. Most of those all come back as inconclusive
It is depressing, but just reevaluate the way you do it, see how you can improve, and do what you are gifted to do. Obviously you like it, not just for the business. There is always next time. Good luck. Thank you for your videos and your sincerity on them.
When clean your pins might put some barn lime down before you put bedding down
Appreciate the honesty. Sorry about the crap year…
I am very sorry for what happened to the little calves and I share the same feelings
I want you to build a closed stable with attic windows, a cement floor, and a few sterilized hay, and make it like single rooms for calves so that you can control them.
I also lost a horse and changed it due to a high temperature, that's what the vet told me.
Thanks for the honesty. I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving. Keep up the great work
Respectfully, I think your stocking density in the barn is too high. They might have RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). The heatwave is the perfect way for it to transmit between suckling calves because the virus will be found on the ‘teats’ and in your lines. Suggest you sterilise your heatwave equipment for starters and reduce your stocking density now and in future. I’m a retired vet virologist specialist in cattle and sheep. Cheers from Australia!
excellent advice and especially the possibility of contaminated equipment.
I don't think the density matters in this case. He's done that before with that many calves. So have i. The only thing that has been introduced as far as a variable is the Heat wave. But I don't think the density has anything to do with it if you take the heat wave out of the equation.
Great advice here!
Heat wave?? In November?? 🤔👃✌️🥰🇨🇦
Cheak out my videos if you want to see bottle calves being raised right. Even in mid winter with the heatwave. Cheers
I've been checking every day to see if you post an update. I currently have 9 bottle calves and I'm very interested to hear what you find out. Please don't give up on bottle calves entirely.
When it comes to calf’s. It can go great or really bad really quickly . Don’t second-guess yourself we’ve all been there when raising calves . Bad years come and go. Stick with it next year will be better. 🙏 . Last year I had a problem with the milk, replacer and lost a few calves. Had not lost a calf in four years before that. .
Once the lab results reveal the cause of death, you can move to remedy and mitigate the damage. Don't despair; hang in there. We love the calves.
so I know pasture quality is a huge thing and one can only speak in generalities. But how much pasture do you need to raise a calf to sale weigh (say 1000#). Do you need as much as you'd need to keep a full size cow on pasture. I know around here the extension office estimates 4 acres per head.
Depending on what it may be. I had a bad run of mycoplasma one time. Aureomycin or ctc pellets helped a bunch. As well as maybe putting aureo in with the milk replacer may be a good option. Best of luck.
It's never good to be losing calves but so many in one go geez that's heart breaking. It would be interesting to see what comes out with the tests as you mentioned abnormalities with the lungs. We're any of the calves suffering from diahorrea in the days up to there deaths?
The loss goes far beyond the finance side of farming. The loss of an animal plays a very strong mental burden on a farmer. You have to love the job and the animals to do this. Good luck and may God bless your farm.
Have you ruled out Anthrax? It can lay dormant for years and suddenly appear on a dry year.
This was my guess, too. It fits the scenario quite well. I'm curious what those lab results will tell.
In your barn setup, what is the area size and in your setup what you recommend as to sq foot per calf? I really enjoy watching your channel, keep it up
Look out for the dangers of interbred family cattle. The puppy industry is terrible with it.
It sucks and it is just bad luck. I do hope you will atleast break even and that the worst is over now.
Some sort of mold lung disease? It's been a hot dry year, could be dust from the ground, as humans can get, but in South-West US mainly, but could spread with climate change.
Sorry n sad to hear about it but thank for your hard work and time you videos are so informative thanks
Hopefully you've got a good Farm and Ranch insurance policy through somebody like American family. Most of the time they'll cover something like that. And then you deduct the Calves off of your income tax. I know it sucks but every little bit helps.
When a barn is not used for a while, hypochlorite it? Disinfect?
I know in my past of raising bottle calf’s is separate in small pins for around 2 to 4 weeks until they develop their own antibody’s because if one goes down the all don’t calf huts worked best for me than a pin in a barn
My concerns at this point is the issues you’re having are related to something with the heatwave.
I can't see why you should think that a feeding system would have a detrimental effect on the lungs! If anything, the opposite should be the case as calves that are growing quickly (as these are on an ad-lib system,) they tend to fight infections better than a calf that is hungry on a restricted feeding system.
check for crytosporidia for we had it also and would lose several at a time just like you are and we have a cow calf operation.
Going that fast probably pmh , vaccinating with nasalgen 3 might be a good idea for the rest
For scours you can also use SpectaGuard, which is a pig scour med but works wonders with calves!!
I really haven’t had much of a problem with scours this year. The ones dying don’t have scours and are eating and drinking well. I have used spectaguard before but it has been years.
Have you thought about bio security and overall hygiene? The cattle poop in the feeding trays and flies in the milk may be spreading something
I’m not losing any of the older calves (the ones that occasionally poop in their feeder). The flies in the milk could be something and I mentioned that to the vet as well.
Do you feed palm kernel in their grain?
Esos becerritos son para la cria o para la engorda?
Hello to me it's not money lost its money spent and hopefully with higher prices your gain will be there. I know you take great care your animals keep your chin up. This will work out. You have gained experience and that's important also. See you then. You do great job your videos thanks.
At what age do you wean your calves?
Back in my days of having cows we called that dust phenomenon, and never bought dirty hay. Sorry to here this news.
I’m sorry you are going through this it’s sad. Are you growing your beard for winter? Looks nice grew in nice mine never did lol.
If the nipples to wore out milk could be getting in lungs causing pneumonia or could be part of it
So Sad they are so adorable~!
If the weather was the main factor wouldn't other farmers/ranchers in the area have the same issue. If not it must be something else and , must try to discover the cause.
So sorry for these loses, but you know me, start with some pigs!!!! Just a little humor. Peace from SW Florida!!
I feel bad for you at having bad luck I want to support you anyway I can and help you out I still think you are awesome it be an honour to talk to you on a phone or video chat your friend Ryan the farmer from Alberta Canada
No wedding ring! Hmmm Not upset about that.
You might try what Sonne Farms gives their new borns, optimizer gel, we used this year with 100% success.
Wow sorry for your loss that is depressing to lose livestock especially if you don't even know the reason well hopefully you find a reason not sure if you came up with a reason yet I'm going to watch and find out love the content love the channel God-bless
Keep your head up!
so almost wonderful beautiful video friend Isaac i love it
8 Weeks seem early to wean but your calves look good so I know you know what is best for you and the calves. Winter and cold weather they might need a little warm milk to keep them warm a little longer.
Weaning at 8 weeks is old for dairy I'm surprised he goes past 6 weeks. I do 5 and slow ones get 6.
Keep the babies with their mother, you won't have more dead ones. The mother knows when to push her babies away. Guarantee you this will help you.
@@robertkulp6277 dairy calves on bottles I never even see the mothers. For cow calf you are correct but this isn't cow calf.
So sorry. It's obvious you care about your animals. We are hoping for the best with your remaining calves.
The ups and downs of farming, sorry to hear but it's why farmers are so tough and wise, they've seen a lot. Hope that is the last death and things turn around. Cheers.
Hello it might be spreding beacuse of the heat wave, but that is just an idea
Brother Please reply to me. My heatwave is sopost to show up today and I'm not opening it cause I'm paranoid that that's what caused your issue with your dead calves?? If your 100% sure it don't plz get back to me, I Rais bottle calves Year round , have 53 on bottle right now in 4 nice big group pens, doing very very well in these cold Nov Temps here in Alberta. So I'm scared to use it via what's happening with your calves. Start up was very amazing was very impressed that's why I ordered one.
Although I can’t officially rule it out until I get some results, I don’t think it is the heatwave. I had 10 on the milk bar and a couple I was bottle feeding individually and I lost some from both of those groups
Do your barns stay above freezing most of the time?
@@FarmandHammer it's an open shed in summer time, in colder Temps I Close er all up, she stays pretty warm with all those calves inside, I have thought about the freezing lines but that's easy to pop them into warm water nd away you go, im thinking there will always be one drinking cause I have many calves nd only use 1 nibble ect, I plan on washing the lines out any how 2× a day with hot water at regular feeding times. I want this thing cause of more milk intake
@@FarmandHammer my calves are all drinking milk from a troff right now, wich works just fine, but I've experimented with 10 calves , 5 on pail, 5 in bottle, all same age, the ones on bottle outperformed, I was very pleased and I plan on keeping then in the heatwave till there weaned, just like a normal calf should, should see best results I'm thinking. Clean is key
That’s what I have been doing. I just pull the lines off and drop them in hot water for a minute or two and stick them back on. They include some cleaning tablets you add to water. I just pump that through every morning and it seems to keep it pretty clean.
I wish I knew this dude - he seems so cool
I’m sorry to see you have quit 😮. I’ve been enjoying your channel since before you were called farm and hammer
You need to find a new vet. Sounds like you do not have a plan from the start, if you don't plan to save them you will lose them. I have been a calf vet for 15 years and this sounds very very common.
What would you recommend? And what do you think it is?
U have enough on ur plate down size
Well... if you do wanna quit how much for the heat waves lol. I think your problem is cleaning. Calves you can't keep things clean enough wood dirt milk hoses teats and your cloths. Just everything clean clean clean
You should leave the calves with their mom.....its a shame so cruel to separate them ...but I guess money talks
Sounds like you have some bad hay or feed.
Crap in the trough = coccidiosis.
Good luck
So sad🙏🙏
Iii did wn if your vet allow you have
I feel for you ❤🩹
Mircoplasma?
Crypto. Ask your vet if it is Crypto.
He looks good with facial hair, no?
I'm not a farmer but did u say that hot feeder is new and ur calfs are dieing? Have a look at farm Phil he does about 120 caves a year in Ireland he uses a RF reading machine to feed his and they are limited on how much they can drink each day. I'm not trying to be a bollox (dic*head) but something must have changed and don't caves cough with a lung problem and die over a few days? Have u tryed the jackets to keep them warm? Sorry of it sounds like I'm bring horrible I'm just trying to saw what I hear works over here and we have more cows that people dairy is fairly big here.
If your calves get rotavirus it can really suppress their immune system and crypto or another bugs can come in and go straight to their blood system and kill them in hours. The problem with crypto is it doesn’t respond to antibiotics. I hope you get to the route of it soon, just keep yourself healthy and know it happens to most farmers at some stage and it will pass. From a fellow farmer in Ireland 🇮🇪
Bottle calves and Bitcoin will put you in the poor house :)
Sounds like you have some bad hay or feed.