Vitamins, Minerals and Protein and Fly Control in Cattle Nutrition
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- Cows know what they love but they don't know what they need. Its up to us to provide them with the minerals, vitamins and protein that different environments can be lacking. Along with that responsibility comes fly control and ensuring a healthy place for them to live.
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Our Wyoming Life features our Wyoming ranch and our ranch family. Giving you a look into the workings of ranching from raising cattle to raising and harvesting crops. Erin will join you weekly out of the garden, showing you how she helps provide for our family through growing produce and selling at local farmers markets, and Mike will take you along as he tends to the animals and land of ranch, from calving to fencing to planting and harvesting hay.
i have lots of old stories about cows and fences. the one i remeber most was a cow that got her head through the bottem of a slide. (no idea how the slide got in the pastur in the first place) she spooked and then the whole heard took off right through the fence. had to get horses and helpers to rope her and take the slide off. then move back into the pasture and rebuld the fence. what a day that was. i laugh now. you bring back lots of memeries. thanks mike.
oh wow, thats wild, that would have been a good one to have a camera for! Thanks - Mike
Definitely the voice of a professional broadcaster. I have been involved in a row crop operation in Eastern NC most of my adult life. I don't have allot of experience with livestock. In addition to row crops I'm a contract poultry grower. Good luck with the challenges of farming/ranching.
Thank you very much - Mike
I love the cow mounting behavior in the background. Your cows are looking terrific.
I just can't get away from it lol. Thanks Fiona -Mike
Fiona C ....clutches pearls!...😳😱🤣
I'm a firm believer in those lick tubs. Our cattle love them I have seen a big diffrence in our calfs since we started feeding then 2 yrs ago.
I agree, thanks Justin - MIke
1:42 Got some action going on in the back left, haha xD! I guess that is nature as it's finest.
Hahahaha, I was just gonna say that!-
lol. at first, i thought you were talking about the drone.....
Your voice sounds like you should be doing documentaries voice overs
Thank you and thanks for watching - Mike
lito dan do not tell him that we need him here PLEASE
He used to be in the radio business.
He would be good at that!
I agree, He could be the next voice of Agriculture with those pipes!
I was pretty suprised to see that cow jump the fence. That was a little scary. It would be bad for her to get caught up on the barbed wire. They can be pretty agile when they want to be! LOL!
Love the videos.
Those cows are fortunate to have you as their provider, Mike! Thanks for sharing.
Always striving far happy cows.
That jumper reminds us that, when you get right down to it, fences are just suggestions to their inhabitants.
Where I use to work the rules were suggestions too!
Very much so. Thanks - Mike
We keep salt and mineral blocks out all year and protein tubs out in the winter. The cows do better by adding the tubs to their diet. We also feed grain and cattle cubes. Seeing your cow jump the fence made me think about a cow my sister once had, she would jump a fence anytime she wanted. My sister named her Crazy Jumper, but called her CJ. She could raise some big calves.
Isnt it always the pain in the butt cows that have the best calves? Thanks for watching - Mike
Boy that cow couldn't wait to get her vitamins
haha, thanks John - MIke
Hi Mike! Informative video...as always! I love getting my Wyomjng prairie "fix" every Sunday morning. Thanks Mike, You, Erin and the kids have a great week! Deb
Thank you Deb! - MIke
Hey Mike great video. Thanks for teaching us something new each and everyday.
Thank you Dennis! - Mike
Thanks, Mike. I have been away from TH-cam for a few weeks just being busy with my own "stuff". Glad to see that all appears good on your farm. I will try to tune in more as the weather turns.
We are waiting for the weather too. Will things slow down? who knows :) - Mike
Another very well made video Mike! You guys a just awesome, keep it up!
Thank you very much - Mike
Another great awesome video. Keep them up!
Thank you, will do! - Mike
On the first of Animal Science 114 in college, my professor re-stated things I guess I had known my whole life but never thought of in that context. What they said was that for output of any biological system to be maximized (weaning weight, reproduction, feed efficiency, etc.), four things have to be maximized (health, nutrition, management, and genetics). This video does a great job of showing people that cattle don't just get "some of this and some of that" for feeding programs. I know for a fact that a good mineral program can make a difference. Thanks Mike for showing folks who may not know that cattle producers spend great amounts of time and A LOT of money figuring out and executing proper nutrition programs to maximize that part of the equation. I saw a creep feeder in one of your pastures, what is your operation's creep feeding program?
Thank you Jay, I really appreciate it. We should get to creep pretty soon lol - Mike
Thank you Mike! I to have learned a few things.
Me too! Going to have to google the mentioned trace minerals to see what they do.
so pretty to look at the rolling hills. great video Mike
Thank you Rodney - Mike
Once a fence jumper! My little town in Arizona has went from 1500 to almost a million. I'm going to have to find me place up in your neck of the woods. Great video
Wow, thats wild. Thanks for watching - Mike
Hi Mike , Another great video which I always look forward to watching . Pretty sad news down here in Australia which I know you can empathize with we are have a horrific drought here and the poor farmers and their live stock are suffering badly . There has been alot of funds raising from the community and the goverment has finally released a financial scemes offering to help our farmers but its to little too late. The Aussie spirit is shining through in helping our farmers by giving them donations and feed for the livestock too but that is very lkmited now too it is just a horrible and sac time which unfortunately is not uncommon down here . Coukd you please say a prayer for our farmers which would be gratefully appreciated.
Take care and blessings to you all .-
Wow, that is sad to hear. Do you have a link for donations or anything? I hate seeing it but it happens. Just part of the life I guess but not any fun to deal with. Thanks a bunch - Mike
Our Wyoming Life Hi Mike here is the Donation site for the Australian Red Cross
www.redcross.org.au/drought?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIs_OuqOTY3AIVi6uWCh1OEgssEAAYASAAEgJeUfD_BwE
The farmers would greatly appreciate your kindness
Cheers .
The cows were very talkative today. I guess they want more screen time. :-)
You are right. They didn't want me taking lol. Thanks -Mike
Great video Mike. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much - Mike
Excellent
Thanks Joel - Mike
Great video as usual mike. Keep up the good work and educating us. I still learn something from every video that I didn't know before I watched it.
Thank you very much Sir! - Mike
I LOVE YOU'R LIFE MY FRIEND!!!
I WISH I WAS Living life like urs
Thank you very much - Mike
Mike this is awesome video so educational for those that have no idea :) high five from down under as always
*SLAP* Thanks Anna! - Mike
Love your video
Thank you very much - Mike
Love the channel! Keep it up!
Thank you very much - Mike
Great Job! Learning so much from you! Ive talked to alot of farmers, and i never hear them talk about nutrition or fly control!
There is so much little stuff to it. It can be a little overwhelming at times. Thanks - Mike
I love your channel, and I love you guys! I've been a farmer down here in northern Colorado my whole life, so your content really hits home for me. Right now, I'm working at a dairy, here in Pierce, and we are milking 6,000 head, 3 times a day. I run a Cat 950K loader during the fall/winter season. And I pack the pit with a 9520 John Deere for harvest. We put 1rst, 2nd, and 3rd cutting Haylage, in the pit, and bale our 4th cut. We do around 1,200 acres in Hay, and a little over 4,000 acres in corn silage. So I know what the farming life is. I get real excited when I see that you've posted a new vid.. and sometimes, I'm even a bit late for work, because of them. I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your stuff, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next video! So, hug your family for me, and keep doing what you do. Take care, be safe! Best regards, Kevin :)
Thanks Kevin, That is alot of milking, WOW! Thank you so much for watching! - Mike
When ever we have had cows/beef we've always had minerals of some type. Those lick tube as I call them, are one of the things they love so I know the cows like them. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and video👍😊😊❤️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Thank you Mark - Mike
Can't wait to see the pig video!
Its coming, thanks Sierra ! - Mike
Keep up the good work
Thank you Sir - Mike
Erin’s garden is very impressive!!!
A healthy cow is a happy cow
Very true, thanks for watching - Mike
Love your farm and love your work and I live in Australia
Thanks for watching - Mike
I saw an ad this morning b4 your video for glasses usa and sometimes I don't see any ads , when I see an old owl video there have been ads …. 39 k subs yeah !!! keep on haying I know circle boring on a tractor with no cab and no radio very boring.... oo hoo squealers coming we used a 2 or 3 foot plywood by 4 foot to move with a handle in it to move pigs
Nice, Thank you very much - Mike
I like your way of making a video also you have a great voice for narrating.
Thank you Wayne :) - Mike
Hi again! Your cattle look great! Some don't realize you get back out what you put in! Whether it's care time feed whatever are some ways you have some control. Wow you best keep your eye on that cow. Soon she might be the cow who jumped over the moon! Lol lol Love those licks and the critters really enjoy them too. Funny when you said you were in radio because the first couple times I heard your voice I thought the same. That guy should do radio! Lol Tomorrow is the big dinner and I'm cheering for your success and complete enjoyment for all! As always thx for sharing Mike...
Another great video Mike ….at 6:04 ,looks like you need to put some rocks in your pockets to get those tubs off the truck LOL,having cows is like having kids...they always want or need something. Always looking forward to the next cooking video from Erin.Hope little Grace had the best birthday ever,tell Makenzie,Lincoln ,Grace,and Erin hello for me buddy,be safe,blessings to the ranch -Jerry
You should try putting the blocks under the fly dusters
Those things can be buggers, and on the pallet they get stuck. Glad I dont have to carry them around lol Thanks Jerry I will pass around the hugs!! - Mike
Really found what I was looking for. Having a farm is my idea for retirement. My parents are veterinarians and I have the feeling for the cattle and farm live.
Thank you very much, glad you found us! - Mike
Your vídeos are great!
Thank you Javier! - Mike
Nutrition is the most important thing to a cow. I feel if you don't feed them right then their immune systems won't work properly. Then you have a. Sick cow. Thanks for the great video
Thank you for watching - Mike
Our Wyoming Life love your videos
Thank you
A very mooing beginning and A very mooing ending. Yeap I've seen cow's jumping over fences and gate's to and I get angry when I have go after them or fixing fences because of that happening too. Right now we're having problems with flys especially the horse fly's 😡 !! cause of this weather and the thought of using a car air freshener hanging around my neck has crossed my mind but that anti fly sprayer and powder looks a better idea !!!. Lol 😆 great video Mike 👍
haha, I would try anything. I cant stand the flies! Thanks Calum - Mike
Thank You Sir!
Now, I have a mental picture of a Cow wearing a Pine tree freshner around its neck, and a crooked flat billed hat.
Great video as always😄😄 I missed the last live feed, i worked a double 😢
See ya next time!
Thank you very much - Mike
good stuff bro.....!!
Thank you Joe! - Mike
Mike just a hint put your fly bags close to your water sources more cows will use them that is what I have figured out due to them all go there once to twice a day
I put them inbetween the mineral and water, hopefully they will find them as they move through. I hope, but who knows lol Thanks Mike - Mike
From what I hear, it is very cheap to move freight by railroad, which might make it cost effective to move hay long distances by rail. We have a lot of pasture land in Eastern Oklahoma, particularly just outside of a tiny town of about 1600 people named "Westville". It is about twenty miles north of another small town of about 4500 people named "Stillwell". I read on the internet that they grow a variety of hay named "blue stem", or something like that around Westville. When we used to haul hay around Muskogee, Oklahoma we saw a lot of Lesbedesa and Fescue. They are supposed to be nearly as good as alfalfa. They're grown in a mix with grass. During the two years in which I worked hauling those square bales we only hauled alfalfa only once. It was grown on some bottom land near the Arkansas River. Just driving around in this region we see a lot of collections of 20 or 30 big round bales of hay that must have been sitting there for a good while. The hay meadows just outside of Westville are huge. Eastern Oklahoma in general produces a lot of hay.
Who who writes your script? Best I've ever seen. Congrats!
Well if you have to cull a few head due to feed cost this winter, the show jumping cow can go,, if you can catch and hold her Mike, LOL.
Shes at the top of the list lol Thanks - Mike
Or saddle her up and enjoy the ride!
Happy cows happy life.. :)
For sure, Thank you very much - Mike
That cow may be a problem for you, but that was a super jump for any cow.
It was impressive, Thanks - Mike
Great video...gotta keep them healthy or before you know it they won't be there long
I saw cow porn. HA HA. I needed a laugh today after losing my horse. My family and I love your videos. You guys are great.
Sorry to hear that Tracy, thank you very much - MIke
I tried giving my heifers loose minerals, but they wouldn't touch the stuff. So I tried the hard mineral blocks and they LOVED them! By the way, you should enter that one cow in a jumping contest or something! That was a beautiful jump! Anyways, awesome video!
She did a good job, pretty impressive. Thanks - Mike
Two Farm Boys - I was surprised she didn’t snag her bits going over!!!
Great video and timely after the " Hay Address" ,shocking as it was to see what the cost of buying hay was to the ranch there are other associated cost. For those interested go back and view Mike's video "The Cost of Ranching" .
Thank you Charles!! - Mike
I want to start raising bottole calves your videos encourage me to start because I'm worried a little bit.
Nice videos,land,cattle and overall performance.
Good stuff
Thank you Ronald-Mike
Mike every try loose mineral with garlic in it, I've been using it for fly control on my operation. not a 100% it works but my pink eye incidents seem to be less and less. Thanks for the video. Your cows look in great shape.
Great idea. I will look into it. Thanks -Mike
Or just buy the salt mineral blocks with garlic added in it at your local farm store, so much easier, no more flies after three weeks of consumption, makes life much easier. Farmers here are buying them up by pallets, the lady at the store had to save me one because they are selling faster then she can keep them in stock
place glue traps near the water spot !! that helps a lot !!!
Great video, the flies are especially bad here in Ohio this year as well, I’ve had to step up the fly control after finding several cows with pinkeye.
No pinkeye yet but I can tell you that we are keeping a close eye (no pun intended) out for it! Thanks Mark - Mike
You're living the life I would have loved to live growing up with. Instead I grew up with two PTSD narcissistic control fruit alcoholics. The reason I have any sanity left is I had a good depression era grandmother in the house to help me.
In Central Ontario Canada we use to say 1 acre per cow will last all summer. How very different it is in Wyoming.
That it is, grass doesnt regrow here after she eats it. Rain pretty much stops in July and thats it. Thanks - Mike
I like your cows speshaly the black Angus
Hi Mike ! just had me a Delicious steak, I love cows !
Hi Chris!
You might consider a cattle rub. They work if kept up. Put it where cattle cross.
Prairie cucumbers!😂
😀
Our Wyoming Life that's what I call the really long fly bags.
Your cows are so pretty
Thank you Sadie - Mike
Time to ship that "jumper" before she teaches her calf.
Her calf will be going too lol. Thanks -Mike
Here’s how hard it is to get rid of flies. During the first Gulf War I was tasked to Displace and Relocate well West. We drove down sand roads for almost 24 hours, we stopped for fuel, if you couldn’t get done with personal need during that stop, to bad. When we got to our location there was nothing around us for 200 Miles. We got there in the middle of the night so we just set the guard and slept where we fell. The next morning we broke out chow and the Dad-blam Flies followed us. All I could think of was a million of the critters holding on the bottom of the truck, in the wind, yelling at the other Flies, “You can make Buzz Bomb, hold on man” “Oh no, Blue Bot, just couldn’t hold on, and he had 5,000 kids” They don’t have regular Flies there, they were absolutely maddening.
haha, That is crazy. Thanks a bunch - Mike
Well it's true
Just buy the salt blocks with garlic added in it, works amazing, no flys after three weeks of consumption
Those flies can be nuisance. Thanks Mike
That they can, thanks - Mike
That jumping cow was unusual to see. I wouldnt have thougt it possible. No wonder you brand them in case they vanish off your farm. You certainly seem busy out there. Pity you dont have some farm workers to help out.
Just how its working out this year, thanks Peter - Mike
Thanks for the video and information Mike. Where do you truck your hay in from thanks makes the cost so high?
Well its the cost in the field plus the trucking. Price per ton on average is about 140$ and with trucking its up around 185$ Thanks - Mike
People didn't believe me when I told them I've seen a cow go over 9 wire like a gazelle. You have it on film. 😆
I find the mineral tubs and lick blocks work way better at getting the cows what they need than those mineral sleds where they have the different minerals in powder form. Hard for me to assume the cows are just supposed to freely know what they need and stay away from the ones they don’t.
Hi Ryan, Here where I live, I have enough land that I can support 2 dogs!
Matt Fencl you need more land then!! How are you going to grow your herd of dogs if you don’t have a farm!!!
2 is enough!
PLEASE let me live there to enjoy contry LIFE
haha, thanks for watching - Mike
I think I have a solution for your hay problem you said that you have two kinds of hay that are planted. Use the seed spreader on the atv to spread alfalfa seed and the alfalfa has good yield. We do this on our farm it works. Please respond thanks and please consider this idea.
We do have an alfalfa mix and it is coming back a bit, but need alot more to justify a second cutting. Thanks - Mike
Nice to see cow 4140 walk by. Do you have a cow 5150? Just wondering.
I had to check but we dont lol Thanks - Mike
Thank you for your videos and sharing your information do you cake the cows in summer ?
Usually in early and later summer as grass starts to dry. Thanks -Mike
Have you considered putting your fly tags on toward the back? Ie the opposite way your number tag is.
I actually havent seen that. I will look into it. Thanks - Mike
Interesting video. I envy you somehow about your life there.
so how many cows usually take advantage of the fly bag? curious to see. Great video, thanks.
Thats the crazy thing, I sat there for a while, no one came up to use it. Then I left, hoping to find one in it. Again no luck. Its hit and miss. I am thinking of better ways already Thanks - Mike
I think I would rather find the fence jumping cow then a fence breaking cow
That's true. No one likes fixing fence lol thanks Tony -Mike
Mike, my 10 year old son Titus and I love your videos. Keep them coming.
Hi Mike...lots of things to consider, Might it be worthwhile to place the salt licks somewhere near (not too near) the fly sacks...so that they stand a higher chance of getting dusted? … or is that yet another way to distribute fertilizer? Terry
Thanks Terry. Hard to tell from the video but the fly bags were about 100 yards from the mineral on on the way to water. Hopefully they walk right by them. :). -Mike
Great video on
min and vitamins I agree on luck tubs being expensive but in some operations it just works better we use both loose and tub mineral and think both are overpriced but I've tried mixing my own minerals just dosn t work as well thanks for the video
Thank you for watching - Mike
Where does find loose trace minerals? Thank you for your time.😊
@@amyshomesteadanimals we used to get them locally at Carol sales (wholesale feed products) think they have since closed but found by the time we mixed there mineral and vitamin packs and other stuff it didn't really save much think you could ask your local feed store or farm store think they can get them
D Bruns, I am in Oregon and unless I travel for this, the only thing within 60 miles is pellets. (Pellets seem to be popular out west). I am looking for loose minerals and hoping to find a good product/place to buy from on-line. P.S. Thanks for your reply, much appreciated!😊
@@amyshomesteadanimals dont know much about Oregon but maybe wherever you get your pellets probably can get loose mineral or mineral tubs in my opinion what you would save mixing your own mineral just not financially beneficial unless your trying to put in a fly control or medication which you can already get in loose mineral or tubs maybe even pellets
Are the lick barrels molasses based? We used to have liquid molasses type stuff brought in and pumped into feeders that the cows would lick. Really helped with the cows we had out in the woods pastures.
Yes it is molasses based. I've never tried it though lol Thanks - Mike
When you get time can you please give me a summary of your feeding routine. How much? How often? How do you change it with the seasons?
for the pigs?
Other than angus do yall run any other trype of cow like what breed was blonde cow?
I'm trying to figure out what type of cow would be best fot the herd I'm trying to start. Maybe you could do a video on that.
I just bought my first cow to raise and finish out. I’m kinda clueless. But I did it because of you guys. Love watching you guys. But I’m trying to figure out what feed to feed him. He got tons of forage. But come closer to finish I need him close to 1000-1200. How would you suggest to feed him.
How long can you keep cows in one pasture? ...I mean, is there a cow per acre per week/month formula? Or is it when one field appears to be eaten up you move them then. -Thanks!
Well it depends on the size of the pasture and how the grass looks. If I measure and get an idea of yield I can get a good idea how fast they will eat it. Alot of the times it is something you just have to judge by eye, although one part can be eaten and they havent touched another area of the pasture. Moving water helps move the herd. Thanks - Mike
can you control flies and allow cows to scratch an itch by making a big frame with rotating brush and have brush drip fed with fly spray stuff?
cows love the rotating brushes.
How long do your fly bags last. I tried one this year and it only lasted about 45 days. We have about cows head using it
It's important to keep the cattle healthy do you have much problems with sickness in the bottle calves
Actually we dont, we stay on top of them pretty good. Thanks James - Mike
Have you considered hanging the dusting bag over gate entrances?
I've thought about it. I would have to build something either removable for high enough I can get a tractor through. Thanks for the great idea -Mike
I recommend an L shape that can swing out of the way, placed in another hollow pipe so you can move it to where you want it. Thanks for the videos.
Nice! Thanks - Mike
Who do you buy your tubs from?
The local feed store -Mike