Weasel here from down in the hollers of Kentucky. It’s nice to watch your videos on experimental farming techniques. Never know how things will turnout if you don’t try. Just like being on an online training lab. It’s very educational and interesting. Oh, just because I don’t comment very often doesn’t mean I’m not watching.
Tyler love seeing your experiments regarding feed. Sure it will take a minute to dial in but as you said knowledge of what's in the feed and cost. Peace of mind and money. Who doesn't want that? Keep it up brother😀
The great thing about mixing your own is you can add what you think is necessary. As a young boy(45 years ago) my dad would mix 1/3 bone meal, 1/3 lime (main ingredient in Portland cement) and 1/3 rock salt for our cows. Its what they always did going back over 100 years.
I just wanted to add that i greatly admire your thought pattern for this. Also wanted to ask if adding 2-4 lbs of charcoal would be a help to them as it helps to deal with tummy upsets and could help prevent bloat?
If you get into making these regularly maybe an old electric cement mix. Just wash it up so the salt doesn’t rot the metal away. Great video. I had no idea cement was used in commercial tubs. I always thought they were cured under pressure. No basis for the pressure idea just seemed logical.
Brewer's yeast...soybean meal! Go to a farm auction at some point, pick up a cheap, but working used cement mixer... you can also buy dried molasses 😉 and your minerals...
Use regular salt not trace mineral. Mix 2:1 with soybean meal. And if you’re going to mix wind and rain mineral with it you need to mix more soybean meal to allow for the salt that in it. Because wind and rain is a complete mix. And I use a 3 compartment mineral feeder with rubber top so it can be out in the field also built a 2x4 sled to drag it around
How will you know if this mix is successful? By how much is consumed? I had no idea you needed to supplement protein for the cows on the winter pasture. Very interesting. I learn something new in every one of your videos.
Good morning,I see you are taking care of what you have to do. Your lovely family and big beautiful ranch. All those pretty and healthy animals that you have. I love your videos.
In your video of the cow that died, you took it to your local vet school. They might help you come up with a formula or ideas. But tp me looks like your on the right track. I dont know of its done out there, but around. Here guys use creep feed for calves which is basically groumd corn and salt. Im interested to ser your results
I wonder if the Portland Cement serves to hold the protein supplement in the digestive system longer, thus enhancing absorption and use of nutrients by the body. Excellent videos!
I’ve visited some old timer in Florida years ago and he was using cottonseed halls mixed with salt to limit intake said it worked great I myself I fooled around buying protein tubs years ago I think they’re just don’t pan out economically at all cattle markets are so bad right now that in order to make money with cattle they just got a live off what you got
I recall hearing some news 45+ years ago about cows grazing a field down wind from a cement plant. The pasture was far from grey but obviously the cows were getting at least trace amounts of cement in their food and they put on weight in a hurry. At 25% salt I'm betting salt blocks will last longer.
👍 hope you do a follow up on this one...never thought of making my own tubs may check into this 😉 right at $109 per tub here , several people have mentioned cement mixer ..might get cha a paint mixer for a 5 gal. bucket from your home depot and use your cordless drill, come to think of it I believe the mixer I got was in the cement section for mixing mortar 🤔
I. Mix a 100 pound cotton seed mill and a 100 pound soybean mill and a 100 pound of wind & rain minerals and a 100 pound salt , and then I put it in a feed tray 20 foot long that the cow's and calfs can get all on both sides of the way a round the feed tray , that will feed 30 head of cow's and calfs a 7 to 10 days , my feed tray is 20 foot long and 2 foot wide and is 18 inches deep and it has a roof on the top keep it dry from the rain .
Tyler ,I would think the commercial mineral already has enough salt to limit the consumption I do know that when you start a mineral program cattle that are in need will hit it hard and level off as the get there requirements so check daily intake ,you might be shorting them on the trace minerals I like learning with you
Farmer Tyler Ranch yeah can’t complain. I just like making things myself for the heck of it. Just had to cost efficient as well. Hope it works out and saves you some money
What you're doing is what people who manage their deer herds (myself included) have been doing for years. We take bags of appropriate dry materials and mix them then distribute the mix at multiple locations where deer will be safe to frequent to get it. It goes straight onto the ground, then raked into the top of the soil. Once the visible ingredients are gone (and rain is actually desired), the deer will come back to that spot for YEARS to keep licking the dirt to get the minerals out of it. They will literally eat a hole in the ground. Many people pour their mix onto stumps to get the deer to basically eat the stumps down to the ground to get the mineral. Even if you buy a deer mineral block, part of it will melt into the ground and do the same thing. I put the minerals in the same spots once a year (in late Feb). Also, part of the reason for a binder is to keep the mixed minerals distributed evenly. If not, the lighter, fluffier contents will stay at the top and the salt will go to the bottom eventually, then they will eat all the other stuff rapidly (especially if you have molasses in it) and the salt won't be an effective deterrent.
I was watching and it was funny to see the ear tags 44 45 , 45 46, how many cows about 20 right how about beets for the sugar for sweetness ?........have a great weekend stay safe, hugs
Portland cement , isn't food , I would try doing something like your doing . Is the goal to have a hard protein salt lick type product , of course cheap .
Here i australia i buy the hard mineral block its meant to be a lick block but ive caught the cows chewing on it instead usually one block between nine cows lasts about just over a month
@@farmertylerranch4399 im fairly safe at the moment with fires but their everywhere this summer has been bad for fires around the country sadly theirs been quite a few that have been deliberately lit
I make my own also! Another way to mix bulk like your doing that I’ve found to be quicker and less work. Sweep your concrete floor and next time pour your ingredients out in long narrow piles side by side as even as possible. Then using a scoop or tool mix them back in forth weaving, stirring and sweeping the ingredients until you’ve reached the desired mix. Sweep into a pile and fill your tubs. Great video brother
Wow, our 200 lb 24% protein tubs are $54. Maybe in Texas our material would be less expensive than Cali. But you did give me lots to think about with this project.
Indeed the protein tubs are not cheap. We've used them in the past. Now we use sweet elite, alfalfa pellets and beet pulp(re-hydrated). This is another one of those issues you need to consider in the quest to widen the ole profit margin huh. Your topics always give me food for thought in that quest and makes me look at how I operate. Have you ever done a protein analysis of your hay?
I'm thinking about mixing 50% soybean meal and 50% corn to feed the deer near my house. I'm next to a local state park so there is a lot of dear but they're not getting enough protein and are rather small. Im assuming when a 50lb bag of soybean meal says 46% or 47.5% thats referring to the amount of protein. If corn is 8% protein per 50lb and soybean meal is 46% protein per 50lb then that means out of 100lbs 27lbs should be protein.
It looks hard to mix. It might be easier if you add the first two and mix then add the next and mix again. That way it is easier to get to the bottom. I saw you digging around pretty hard.
What did you find to be your final optimum mix? And what type of daily intakes did you achieve? In East Africa where my spouse is from, molasses cement block mixtures are made with 10% urea. It's made as a cement block to prevent over consumption of urea, which has been recommended to be less than 135 g per day for dairy cows to prevent dry matter intake depression.
Morning Tyler Your 🐄 very smart they know their know molasses mix / that food they really love that sweet tasty of Molasses. Thanks for sharing Enjoy your day
whats the deal with the yamaha-ha-ha-. hey suzi's first!! or even better my fav HONDA!! good economic thinking!! and you have better control of quality in minerals.greg judy has a smorgessboard type feeder. 10-12 diff boxes on a moveable dispenser.. did you put new tires on front of the 4 wheeler??good vid..
I often wonder how you run a ranch all by yourself.........well now I know, all the subscribers in your comments give you all the advice, tips & tricks you’ll ever need. lol
I think my wife has been slipping a little bitter ingredient into my whiskey lately. It has slowly evolved into a slightly different taste and I seem to be drinking just a tad less
