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.
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..... :)
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'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.
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
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 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!
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.
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 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
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.
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!
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.
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....
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!
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.
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.
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 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👍🏽👍🏽
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. :)
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!
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.
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.
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 ..
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
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.
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
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
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 !!
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.
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!!
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.
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
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
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?
Most land that is farmed for a long time is selineum deficient...I know the land around southern Ontario Canada is...all our goats needed selineum boosters before they kidded each year. I'm guessing cows get some from the feed that grows on your property ,but if the soil has very litttle then the cattle will need shots. Hard way to find out though. Good luck!
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.
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 do not know if there would have been enough time on the first one if you had given her LA there. The weather swings like that are hard on cattle. My experience there is very little time with pneumonia. Thanks for the videos.
@@farmertylerranch4399 its loose mineral. I'm not sure if they offer it in a block. Its about $22 dollars a bag for the high mag version at my local CO-OP.
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 Diane! That’s Hank (gelding). Originally yes he was supposed to be a cow horse but that just didn’t work out. My fault I guess. Now he’s just a pasture ornament haha!
Hi. I'm really happy that you didn't lose your herd. But given that you run a fairly small operation...you really could have. After watching your video, I was really surprised that you did not treat all of your stock with the broad spectrum, least expensive antibiotic after the first fatality. Especially considering that the owner of the herd by you had dead cows on his hands already too. I understand not wanting to throw antibiotics at everything, but when your herd members is dying...definitive treatment immediately isnt Overkill at all. When I was a child if one of us coughed, sneezed or was too Warm to the touch...every kid Caught Hell with all of those home remedies...lol Unpleasant though it was...disease containment was achieved. Take Care.
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!👍😊🐃❤
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.
Sorry for your losses and it's good that you are now on the right path. Is pneumonia able to jump species to your horse? I saw him close to the herd in one video shot.
Glad they're better, but I bet that was a lot of work. Good lesson to all of us to pay attention to our animals and take care of things quickly. Our female goat will probably not get bred this year because she had a large intestinal worm load and I didn't even know.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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'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.
It's good to hear things are returning to normal on FTR! I always look forward to your videos. They're informative and interesting.
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!
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!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Best herd channel on UA-cam. Cant believe your from California. Great shit man
Thank you very much!
I hate this happened to your herd, but what a learning experience for the future! Hope you have a great weekend!💕
Well done on getting a hold of this problem. It’s sad you lost a few. At least you didn’t lose anymore.
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!
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!
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 am very happy that we already know why the cows were sick. Let them graze healthy and grow large. Greetings:):):).
Thank you Ra Wa!
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!
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!
Excellent recovery glad the cows are doing fine good job thanks for sharing
You're so smart and such a good dad to all the animals. That degree paid off 😊
Definitely recommend a good tub mineral. The cows really like it and it’s worth the price
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.
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!
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.
Bravo for you being so proactive.
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....
Glad to hear things are improving.
Glad you got some results and hope everything goes well from here
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!
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.
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.
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 🍀😷👍
Happy for you to have solved it.
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!
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👍🏽👍🏽
Hi FTR Family. Glad the herd is doing well. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Cheers and God Bless.
Thanks for the update. Sounds like you have a handle on the problem.
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!
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!
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!
Tyler, glad you got a handle on it. enjoy your videos, keep it up.
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.
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 ..
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!
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!
So glad things turned around for you. That temperature swing will certainly do some harm some times.
Thanks for the update. Sorry you lost more cows but glad that you figured out to doctor the situation.
That sounds like good news. Big relief off you too.
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!
It is great that things are getting better ,video was informative
You went with your instinct. You're gonna do just fine. Glad the bulls were ok.
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!
So glad you figured it all out. Good job guys
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
Aww. I love the patch cows . Lol . Glad everything is ok now. 🥰
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!
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!
What a scare! I'm sure glad that things have calmed down.
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.
👌👍🙏 👍 good job FTR family!!
Thank you BTO!
Glad you were able to figure some things out!!
thanks for the update, I enjoy your knowledge, and your gentle ways to your Animals ,have a good day
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 you got the results back from UCDavis I was worried but things are looking up
You couldn't hire better veterinarians than these.
Awesome video very informative glad u ur able to keep it contained Tuesdays an fridays are like waiting for game day.
Haha nice!
Thanks for the final results!
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??
Seeing all of them all gathered around you looking at you like what up is too cute
Ha yeah they’re pretty curious!
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!
Glad to hear everything turned out good bud.
Great you got ahead of it!
Glad everything is under control. Did any of the cows you lost have calves? How are they doing?
Glad things are going better
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
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
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!
Most land that is farmed for a long time is selineum deficient...I know the land around southern Ontario Canada is...all our goats needed selineum boosters before they kidded each year. I'm guessing cows get some from the feed that grows on your property ,but if the soil has very litttle then the cattle will need shots. Hard way to find out though. Good luck!
Glad to hear you have it under control now would guess put out some tubs of minerals couldn't hurt Tyler.
Badger might got your cows sick too. Look for holes in your fields. Great video too. I am a dairy farmer. I am from Kentucky.
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.
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
I do not know if there would have been enough time on the first one if you had given her LA there. The weather swings like that are hard on cattle. My experience there is very little time with pneumonia. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks Ghil!
We lack the same minerals in north Alabama. Started using Sweetlix Copperhead mineral. Tested the cows last two years all are good now.
That sounds like what I need. Is that a tub or loose mineral?
@@farmertylerranch4399 its loose mineral. I'm not sure if they offer it in a block. Its about $22 dollars a bag for the high mag version at my local CO-OP.
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!!
Beautiful paint horse 🐴I have not seen you ride 😁. Do you work the cattle with her? Or him lol , haven’t got a good look at it side ways haha 😁👍
Thanks Diane! That’s Hank (gelding). Originally yes he was supposed to be a cow horse but that just didn’t work out. My fault I guess. Now he’s just a pasture ornament haha!
Hi. I'm really happy that you didn't lose your herd. But given that you run a fairly small operation...you really could have.
After watching your video, I was really surprised that you did not treat all of your stock with the broad spectrum, least expensive antibiotic after the first fatality. Especially considering that the owner of the herd by you had dead cows on his hands already too.
I understand not wanting to throw antibiotics at everything, but when your herd members is dying...definitive treatment immediately isnt Overkill at all.
When I was a child if one of us coughed, sneezed or was too Warm to the touch...every kid
Caught Hell with all of those home remedies...lol
Unpleasant though it was...disease containment was achieved. Take Care.
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!
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.
Thank you for this video.
Sorry for your losses and it's good that you are now on the right path. Is pneumonia able to jump species to your horse? I saw him close to the herd in one video shot.
Thanks Jeffry no I don’t believe it would have crossed species like that.
@@farmertylerranch4399 That's one less worry.
Good Information video yal be safe Tyler
Glad they're better, but I bet that was a lot of work. Good lesson to all of us to pay attention to our animals and take care of things quickly. Our female goat will probably not get bred this year because she had a large intestinal worm load and I didn't even know.
Aw bummer!
You done great !!!! 🌿🌹🌹🌿
You go farmer Ty!!!