Mike, not only was this video highly informative, but it is clear you have a heartfelt affection for each one of your animals, and that you have their well-being paramount in your heart and mind. You and your family demonstrate these values as you work so hard and so sacrificially to protect them and your ranch. Thank you.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Animal welfare is our highest priority. Thanks for watching. -Mike

@johnathanrudd4714

5 жыл бұрын

@@OurWyomingLife Love your channel was born on a farm your life suulf6 have been mine.love you Mike keep it going Jonathan from Arkansas

@diskgrind3410

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you.

@johnathanrudd4714

4 жыл бұрын

@@diskgrind3410 Thank you

@OurWyomingLife

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Sounds like you are the one lacking compassion.

Mike, your a natural teacher, broadcaster, and rancher. Keep up the good work. Your educating America. Thanks.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir. Mike

@trumanhw

3 ай бұрын

No joke, I'm guessing he was a writer // copy editer or something. TOO good to just be 'chance.'

Great research into branding and why. Thanks Mike.

You do an EXCELLENT job explaining the process and necessity of branding. There is so much thought that goes into the process of inflicting pain on something to try and make it as seamless as possible especially when it means keeping what's yours identified as yours. Thank you for keeping you and your family's values so high!

Mike, great video as always! Branding is truly a tradition of the American West and is a part of the "cowboy" way of life. This spring I helped with several brandings in the Nebraska Sandhills (one of the great ranching regions of the world along with the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming where your at) and it was a great experience. Its always great to see neighbors helping neighbors gather, sort, brand, vaccinate, cut, and yes even celebrate together. Being one of the guys of got to hold down calves, let me tell you it is not an easy job but it has to get done. I'm glad you brought up the subject of cattle rustling as it is still a major issue. I hope as a producer myself that my family and I never experience it in my lifetime. I know too many people who have had thousands of dollars worth of cattle stolen out from under them. I hope that you never have to experience it either and that Brand Inspectors keep doing their job, even though they may seem like a burden at times.

Another informative, useful video. You have a lot of practical knowledge! Grandpa would be proud of the way you manage the ranch/herd.

Your way of explaining is to the point, precise and very well executed. I am a city dweller but I can understand your work schedule, life and all. Stay bless my friend. May God protect you and your family.

Fantastic video! History, current events, the why and you do it so well!

Ron Tiemens comment says it all, what a great video as always Mike. Hope all is going well for Erin and the farm store sure wishing I lived closer. Big thanks for taking us along with you have a blessed week.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Tricia- Mike

This was very informative, and you did a great job addressing individual questions/concerns people may have. Thank you for taking us along!

Great video Mike. I always learn something new when I watch your videos

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching. -Mike

@dieseljacobbrown4511

5 жыл бұрын

@@OurWyomingLife anytime

Another great and informative video, Mike! Have a great day and a great week!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thank You Debrah, and same to you- Mike

I watched a lot of the live feed of branding day. You could see how carefully y'all attend to the health of your cows and calves. That was heavy, dangerous work. Thank goodness for the squeeze chute thing. Today's video answered a lot of my questions! I have chickens. The heaviest equipment we use is a fishing net lol.

Great video guys. Very educational to those who don’t understand the concept of branding. My brothers and I really do enjoy watching your videos.

So much great information, compassion and lots of hard work...great video Mike!!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Susan. Mike

Thank you Mike I really enjoy your quick videos and information thank you

Regards from The Diamond Cross Ranch in Birney MT!! Good video neighbor!

Great video!! Very informative! Thanks again for your time !

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching- Mike

Glad to see you guys back Mike!!!! I thought u had a live stream this morning

Mike, can you guys do a video about the lead steers? Whats the purpose? How do you pick them? How long do you keep them on the ranch?

Man i REALLY LOVE the way he explains everything AND makes it clear to understand.... THANK YOU AND YOUR family FOR wat y'all DO! Y'all are truly a special breed of people AND God willing hopefully will NEVER EVER die OUT.... THANKS AGAIN!!

Interesting and informative as always, people who deal with animals understand this very important set of procedures, thanks for taking the time to illustrate this

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching- Mike

Hi again! Great info Mike especially for those who might not know. Hope you've gotten a little more sleep now that calving and branding is over. Thx for the vids through the processes on your place. Looking forward to what's next. Happy summer finally!!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks C C- Mike

Great explanation, Mike

I love the content, keep it up! It's amazing.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks You for watching JakeLens- Mike

Wow alot of good information I never even new about. Thanks for the insite. :)

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome Davina! Thanks for watching. -Mike

Wow, that was a great video Mike!! Like always, learning something new today. Don't know how you find time for these great videos.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John.- Mike

I really admire you and your bride, Mike. Your videos take be back 50+ years when I was involved in the cattle business. Much obliged for sharing and blessings to you and yours. 🤠

@DracoPadilla

3 жыл бұрын

You sound like a guy that would be cool to hear stories from.

This is very educating, thanks!

Great video Mike! I learned a bit today!

Thanks for the great content Mike!!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thank You and thanks for watching- Mike

Great video! Cattle rustling does happen! My friends has that happen years ago, when calves were bringing a decent price. They were stolen right out of the barn! Lucky she had pictures and ear tags to help identify her calves and the stockyard employee's thought something was odd. My friends have a small dairy in Wisconsin. Thanks again for the video.

Man I'm from Bulgaria and just wanted to see why we brand our animals. Damned lucky to have seen you. Extremely well said and done video, very informative and well-rounded.

Another great video, Mike....thanks for your Channel.

I'm watching all your videos from South America Paraguay

Thank you for helping me to understand the reasoning for branding. I didn’t think I would agree with it but I do know that you’ve explained it so well. Love Chicago grandma

Mike your voice is awesome. It’s like a Wyoming cowboy voice. No bullshiz, no filibuster. Just truth and facts. As for branding I’m only for it when my dad gives them a burn salve afterwards. I know how much getting a small burn hurts me so I wouldn’t want to burn something without some sort of pain relief.

Who knew? Not me. Thanks for information straight from the source.

My twelve year old son asked why branding, and your video was very helpful to explain to him. Thank you!

Good evening, and thank you for all this information. I've worked on a farm that confines these beautiful animals to a high density of indoor living spaces. Love a pasture-base rancher that allows animals to graze outdoors. Plus, you and Erin take the weather seriously and do whatever to protect your animals , crops and your land. I working on my on project of running a Foundation for Dairy cows.

I don’t know how I end up on this video but WOW I’m glad I did. Very well put together video. Thank you

Thanks Mike great information

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching- Mike

Great video with lots of love and care clearly devoted to the beautiful farm and stock your stepfather passed down to you three. Very informative mate! Thanks kindly, Brent Australia

I have no idea of how I ended up watching this video but I stayed through the whole thing because of how well made it is!

You give us more than we deserve, and we thank you. BTW, yesterday was also my birthday :) Best wishes and thanks again.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Happy Burthday Steve- Mike

The quality of the 2 videos I have seen on your channel is fantastic.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching- Mike

As a kid We always worked calves thrown and held on ground by two cowboys. Branding irons brought from an open fire . The words “ hot iron” got everyone’s attention. Looking back it amazing no one got branded in the process.

I love the way you present in your videos...the way you do it explaining the negative and positive side of farming, should answer everyone's questions about farming and living....

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Jeff. Mike

I just started watching your videos Mike about a week ago or so and I really enjoy your videos

Thanks Mike...very informative...hope all is going well with you and Erin and the kids...looks like you guys are super busy...always a good thing...remember things happen for a reason...we may not like it at the time...but down the road we see the reason why....Thanks again for the vid Mike...much appreciated!!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thank You for watching- Mike

Love the vids

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. -Mike

Another great video........thank you

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome, and thanks for watching- Mike

Excellent and informative. Thank you.

Very informative video. Thanks

Great video, Mike. Goooood info.

Love your videos

So educational. :)

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. -Mike

So much work!

Love your videos!

Thank you mike

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching- Mike

Great informative video as aways. Mike what was final calf count ? How many have yet to calf?

Well said!

great video--thank you

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. -Mike

The saying, "Trust your neighbors and brand your cattle" has a meaning.

Great show thanks for sharing.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Mike

Very educational video Mike. Thanks.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rick. Mike

Talk about just jumping in to see how deep it is, huh Mike and Erin(sp?)!? I think during my first calving, I would literally worry myself sick. Thank God, there are people like you out there, because I think all people could do whatever the job, but some don't have the same passion, for all the different jobs needing done. No doubt, her Father-in-Law left it to very capable people, awesome stuff guys!

Very good video, cattle rustling in kinda big out here in northern Nevada as well. We brand our cows and this year we had to brand our bottle baby calf who was getting to big to have around the house, I felt worse then normal since he is like a big pet but within 15 minutes he came on up and started rubbing and loving on me, I don't think they live in the past or think much about it after it's over.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and sharing- Mike

I believe this is my favorite video to date.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Mike H, glad you liked it, and thanks for watching- Mike

Knowledge is power. Great video Mike. That takes some big gonads to russell cattle.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Yes knowledge is power, Lorie.

Mike, you are a great communicator, you must have done this in your previous life. Good work.

You guys are brabe hanging this video here knowing it could cost you followers that thinks this procedure is kind of abuse to the animal. I find it very interesting informative and very well done. Keep making this extraordinary job you are doing with the animals, your kids and showing/teaching the rest of the world what is the ranch life.

Very Informational

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks- Mike

Great video Mike. Growing up I loved helping my uncle brand. We roped and dragged until I was in high school and then he bought a chute similar to yours. Not as much, but you were less likely to get kicked!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Getting kicked or stepped on isnt a fun experiece. Thanks for watching Mike

Good job

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ronald- Mike

Thanks again for a good video

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching- Mike

Coffee and an OWL video, morning complete !

Thanks for another great video. Always enjoy learning more about ranching. I branded a Ribeye steak yesterday. Put my grills signature on it, and then ate it. : )

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Hope that steak was good! Thanks for watching Mike

Good stuff.

Another good video 👍🏻

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim- Mike

Thanks for another great video. Don't you wish branding went as fast as this video?

So cool

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. -Mike

Great information Mike. I know the process costs and any good rancher is not going to perform a procedure that wastes money on the ranch. This is a good protection on investment. Thanks for the post and the history lesson.

Do you think you will freeze brand when the replacement heifers are getting preg check

Very good information, for how many months is it most advisable to do this in calves and what type of medications do they apply and what is their function, I await your response. Regards!

Mike, I believe we need to start branding as well. Could you tell me where you got the electric branding iron? Thanks!

@usbpphillips

2 жыл бұрын

We ordered ours through Valleyvet.com

Great content ....do you get predators if so what kind

This was an amazing video. It is sad that cattle rustling is still a serious problem. I completely understand the necessity of branding especially hot iron branding. Fortunately, the procedure does not last long.

Searing the steak when they’re young and searing the steak at the end of their life. Ahaha all jokes aside, everyone needs to know where there meat and everything else they eat come from. A lot of people don’t realize the process Farmers and Agriculturists have to go through to produce the products that are on the store shelves. Thanks for sharing this content with us. Very informative!

You are doing a great job as a Rancher love your videos. You could definitely take over for Orion Samuelson when he retires with that voice, I see why you were in Radio before you came to Ranching.

Do you not need to put some kind of salve on that brandmark to help with their pain and to head off an infection maybe. Just curious.

While I remain uncomfortable with branding and don't consider its long history to necessarily be a point in its favour (a lot of bad things have been around for thousands of years, as well), I do appreciate how informative this video is. You explain clearly why you practice branding of cattle, and while I don't think the calves truly forget it ever happened, I appreciate that you recognise their pain during the procedure and appear to do what you can to keep their pain and discomfort to a minimum, while also keeping everyone involved as safe as possible (calves included). I also appreciate that your cattle look (at least to my untrained eyes) healthy and that they get to run around lots in open fields. As long as we're eating meat from captive animals, I think the least we can do is give them the best lives possible before we literally take everything they have and are. I know a lot of places don't do this, but from this short video it looks like you try, and I thank you for that.

@glenwason7946

Жыл бұрын

EXUSE ME cattle are important this keep them safe you insulting farmers

@seleuf

Жыл бұрын

@@glenwason7946 Excuse me? Did you even read my comment or just the first six words?

@KarmasKamin

Жыл бұрын

@@seleuf I agree with you 100%. It is so painful to see this still happening today, even though he didn't mention the branding by the freezing with nitrogen, is it as painful as the burning or less, or no pain at all? could u plz clarify more to me.

@duckypolice

20 күн бұрын

freeze is shown to be less painful but still hurts like shit

2:49 the cow just causally relieving herself near everyone else🤣

Saludos desde Raleigh, NC. Good Video!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇲🇽

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Angel- Mike

I have watched a few videos and I see you have a lot of land. Whats your total landmass and what do you think the land that far north is worth per acre? If you don't mind

used to help out on a familys friends dairy farm, she once said that she would loose 5-10 calves every year do to theft before she started branding which they were initially against

I’m sorry to hear about your father-in-law. The ranch is in good hands though. Thanks for all your videos.

This was a great video. I understand why they do it. I end up with cows on my property all the time to eat grass and drink out of my pond on my 5 acres and I know where they are coming from for the most part but it helps to see the brands because I once had 5 cows come from the back portion of my property and I thought I knew who they belonged to but I was wrong. I left them and not two long the owner came down the road looking. I have a German Shepherd and she herds them in one spot and we just wait for the owners to come to get them. I'm in the process of fencing because they are big and it is just me and I don't want to get hurt. You are so right about cattle thieves and boy do we have them in Texas.

I am fascinated with your videos. I just finished taking my own blood pressure. While waiting for my three readings, I wondered, does cattle have issues with high blood pressure? What are the symptoms? Do you ever have to check cattle for high blood pressure?

Fantastic video as always, very informative. I love your analogy of leaving your TV (cow) in the field. If only people would actually write down their serial numbers for all their electronic products, i.e. phones, computer and TV's they might get them back when police recover them.