I AM SO HAPPY you bottle feed, many use buckets, however nursing a bottle helps the calf release digestive enzymes, where bucket feeding does not

As always, great vlogs. Keep em coming

Great job Mike,wont be long until sweet little Mackenzie will be out there giving the "old man" a little help with the outside chores (seems she already has the chickens under control) What a great family,Blessings to the ranch -Jerry

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

She's chomping at the bit to do more and more, I love it. thanks Jerry - Mike

I like to re-watch these videos!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. Thank you Ron -Mike

Great video and just what I needed to know. Thanks! (And I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does the shuffle.)

More great stuff !! Thank you Mike !! You all do such a wonderful job of producing these videos!! Appreciate you my friend !! Please be safe and God bless you all !!!!! Eddy

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eddy, we figure we want to put out something that people will enjoy and if you spend your time watching it, we can spend some of ours making them. Thanks again - Mike

Mike, you have a remarkable voice for these videos. It's as though you've paid for a professional voice-over. I'm impressed every time I start watching. Definitely a strength.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, those old careers coming in handy. :) - Mike

Good video as usual! I wish you guys better weather! Luckily, we have started getting good enough weather to start putting in our garden this week. So I've got plenty of footage for this week's video.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thats great, thanks for watching - Mike

Thanks for taking the time to share.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching - Mike

Hereford cattle posters in the barn, I remember when my grandfather still had herefords on the family farm when I was growing up. Sounds like the perfect day for overseeding, right before spring rain or snow. Hopefully some cool weather until the new grass gets some roots going.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly, thank you very much ! - Mike

I love the project list videos great video mike

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much ! - Mike

I know this post is old so you might not see my comment, but it worth a shot. I'm also a dry land rancher and I use to try the over seed with a broad cast seeder and had very little luck. I was able to find an old drill for $500 and it has paid for itself in wasted seed 10 times over. I would highly recommend it. My germination rates were way up. Since most drills have wider rows I do a double seeding going north to south then east to west. This fall I plan on doing one field north to south with dry land grass and then going east to west with alfalfa. Then the gaps in the rows of grass wont choke out the alfalfa. Just food for thought. Thanks for your video's

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Thank you very much Steven -Mike

Thanks for the farm vlog Mike

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching - Mike

Glad ya got it seeded before the storm hit mike.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

As am I, hope it works. Thanks - Mike

My Father used to seed Timothy grass on snow in the spring. That looks like a good mix to use. 👍🏼

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I have seeded Timothy before, it seems to work really well. Thanks Fiona - Mike

Hi Mike and Erin , I just would like to say before I joined your channel I knew little about farming and what hard work it entails. Living in a fantasy world I always had dreamt of living on a small off the grid farm that would be self sustainable hopefully using solar power and rain water or bore water if available. You Channel has certainly opened my eyes to alot of aspects that I would have never known as well as providing a great sorce of education also . Thank you for your marvelous channel and sharing your life with us green horns LOL.😀 it has given me great pleasure in watching and I look forward to watching your new Vlogs . Cheers from Down Under. 😊

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Well thank you Kylie, very nice of you to say. We love having you and look forward to hearing from you as well. :) - Mike

I like watching your videos and I am a subscriber of your videos

Hey Mike. Great job great video 👍

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Calum - Mike

Mike I love your life so much I’m coming for you:D stay blessed:)

Thought it was just me on my farm having to do the shuffle!No matter where I park something, I’ll have to move it! Love your channel!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much ! -Mike

Glad to hear you are paying attention to soil health. I googled it and I am about 3,000 road miles north west of you. We have an inch of new snow and it still coming down.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man, keep on a snowing. By the way, did you get your package? - Mike

@toddbrewer8215

6 жыл бұрын

Got the package. As soon as my car gets out of the shop I will put one in the window my old truck I am debating on because it could be embarrassing to your channel.

Hi Mike...I was waiting for you to just blast over all that tubing piled up in the shop (were you just a little bit tempted)....but then you would likely be sleeping in the shop :) That is one heck of a lot of seed slinging for one day for one Cowboy...good for you man. I had to turn on the AC tonight....getting warm in Justin Texas. Terry

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I did think about it, but you are right. I would have been outside for the night. I'm hoping to soon remember what AC stands for but for right now it alludes me :) Thanks Terry- Mike

If you've got some extra wood or metal laying about, you could probably rig yourself up a bracket to mount that seed spreader to that trailer you were using with the cake feeder jobby. That way you can cart the spreader about and seed too. Cut down on the runs back and forth to the shop. Then again, I suppose what with your wind and all you'd probably loose more seed than the saved time would be worth.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah the wind is always a factor. It usually does end up somewhere on the ranch. Thanks for the great idea! -Mikr

Hi Andy, Good 🌃 night Mike and Erin glad to be here on the project list. Good night girls hope you guys are doing 👌 OK. Erin I hope everything went well at the farmers market. Mike maintaining the ranch is a lot of work, it's amazing how you're so organized with everything.,great job. Till the next video have a wonderful 🌃 night and may it be filled with peace .👋 bye ☁⛅🏡🐂🐂🐂🐂🐮🐮💕🐔🐔🐔🐓🐓🐓🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🐷🐷🐷🐷🐴🐴.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Athea, always a pleasure! - Mike

@atheanicholls2199

6 жыл бұрын

Our Wyoming Life It's always a pleasure watching you're channel as well can't wait to see the high tunnel. 🌱🌱🐂🐂

@karanpalsingh4509

5 жыл бұрын

@@OurWyomingLife sir plz give me your content no or address I want to work with u

Mike, I too use a small seeder like yours to broadcast seed. I find putting the cow on the seeded field foe a few days help ensure seed to soil contact by virtue of hood action. I call it "trodding in the see."

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Actually that ended up happening sure to a gate not being latched. Lol. Thanks Philip - Mike

Nice job Mike.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much - Mike

I used to put down quite a bit a grass seed in the 80's with a spreader. Here's how we calibrated it. We removed the spinner on the spreader and hug a bucket. If you know your speed, distance covered and how far the seed will fly you have a certain area covered. Weigh the seed in the bucket and now you know how much seed you put down for a cover area. Homeowner grass seed expensive and didn't want to waste. I never trusted the indicators on the spreaders.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I dont trust them either, makes total sense. Thanks for the tip! - Mike

NO more snow..just rain will do fine ..good luck on your seeding.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much - Mike

Great idea using the weather to your advantage. I seeded a new section of lawn last spring and tried to get it seeded right before the spring rains. That way I don't have to water it with the hose. It's laziness on my part I think! LOL! Sometimes lazy people are the best innovators. hahaha

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Use every tool you have at your disposal, even if it makes you look or feel lazy. The time you save can be spent somewhere else. Thanks Jerry - Mike

The little gater it's so cute

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

It is, I cant wait til the girls are old enough to drive it. Yes it doesn have seatbelts. :) - Mike

@drewwilke1733

6 жыл бұрын

Our Wyoming Life you should put the cake feeder on the squirt

Great video!

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much and thanks for watching - Mike

Mike, you gotta love it when a plan come together, from Col H Smith of the A-Team, LOL.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Gotta love 80's tv. I always loved this one from Murdock "Hang on everybody, I want to try something I saw in a cartoon once!" Thanks Steve - Mike

Just reseeded my pasture the same exact way. Hoping to see some great results this spring.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I'm with ya, heres to luck for both of us! - Mike

@brianvaughn4528

6 жыл бұрын

Yessir Thank you!

Nice job man

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for watching - Mike

AWESOME BLOSSOM🌻👽

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Betty, hope all is well - Mike

When I have a project it usually seems like something is working against me, and that something is usually me.........you don't even know how brilliant that statement is.

Hopefully all goes well with the seed germination. That's how we do it with our food plots, right before a rain. Gotta work with mother nature. Chicks doing Ok? Thanks for the video

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Chicks are doing great, we are actually having a great year so far. Thanks - Mike

Great job, you do a wonderful job of ranch work

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ina :) - Mike

Yelp it's like that in Ohio. We Buckeyes say, if you don't like the weather just wait a minute and it will change! God bless.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

haha, so much fun. Thanks Brian - Mike

Looks like three projects in the garage with priorities changing:)

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

That they are. Thanks for watching - Mike

Excellent

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir ! - Mike

Keep updating.on reseeding

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Will do, it should be interesting to see what it does. Thanks Anthony - Mike

awesome spreader

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

It seems to work pretty well, would be nice if it had a bigger bin. Thanks Rodney - Mike

Mike thanks for sharing buddy. I know all about seeding we put a lot of seed every fall normally around 3 palettes plus we aerate and some lawns we will do a total kill and remove all dead grass then aerate and either power or slit seed or broadcast seed the lawn yours seems to go a little faster than ours. LOL We use push spreaders and walk behind and ride on aerators . Hope the weather is good for your seed to come up in abundance . Not sure what is going on with youtube I have stopped getting notifications from your channel I have tried unsubscribing and then subscribing again and I have the bell clicked I think this is the only channel I'M not getting notifications for I'M going to see if they come back in a couple of days. Haver a great week hope to be there thursday. God Bless!!!

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thats weird about the notifications, there system leaves alot to be desired. Thank you :) - Mike

Hi Mike. The way we over seed is. In the fall we no till tritacale in our older seedings

Wow you shore work that wrainch fast! ;)

You should get a standard pi hitch for all your equipment and go beyond 3 pt to 3.14159etc points; at least they started Thanx lovin’ your videos from left coast near the Krapitol of California

What a sexy weather u can ride hunt all the time wooo!

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching - Mike

Do you use any type of vetch? It is great for cattle feed. My Dad used vetch and brome with other natural grasses. Worked well in Nebraska sandy soil.

I don’t think I missed a video ... but little orphan Andy was quite a surprise ... 🤔 ... what happened? (We often raised bum steers and lambs for the summer and ‘converted’ them in the fall... I think my dad chose that time because my sister and I were back in school and he could do it while we were gone ... less drama!)

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Obviously we cant get everything that happens into a video. We did introduce everyone to Andy in our newsletter which comes out on Mondays and you can sign up at our website. We will probably talk about him a bit during our livestream as well. Looks like another twin Thanks Jan - Mike

Gd job on the ranch. Ever considered using a layer of woodchips to capture moisture and protect the seedling?

Oooh, this is some new content! I don't think we saw any overseeding stuff last year. Cool! Btw, why do you have all those "Herefords" banners in your garage? lol Who/what is Herefords?

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Herefords are a breed of cattle. They used to run them quite a bit on the ranch we are on. - Mike

Evening Mike my brother who lives in Canada told me about a water for cattle that takes no electricity,no heaters it stayed open even to 40 below. Just a afterthought it’s called a Bar Bar A water. Might help come next winter. As always great videos.Take care.😎

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I will check them out - Mike

Your intro reminds me of Marty Stanford’s wild American

for that 4wheeler u can just pick up the back end and turn it, i dealt w the same type of problem.

Nice voice recording in post.

Ditto on your voice. Clear, well modulated and authoritive! Why not keep your ranch as a hobby .....in the meantime there are many opportunities for a better paying and mostly fun career as voice actor. Teaching in industry would be a close second. Anyway, well done !!

Mike those fertile tracts of land are happy to take your seed also couldent you put some extra bags of seed on the atv so you dont have to run back each time?

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I actually reloaded in the shop because of the wind. The wind will blow that seed everywhere when you are pouring it. Thanks - Mike

Have you ever considered a hydroponic setup to grow grass year round. I've seen some successful examples of this. It seems a lot more controlled and reliable.

I planted grass today too, but about 200 sq feet...

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

It all works. Just different scale. Hope it all comes up -Mike

Hello, great video for sure but I have a question about F1 22 still crashes from Directx

The seeding will still work even with snow on it? I always thought snow/cold would kill it off

reseeding usually means 2 to 5 years for the grass to establish for graze or baling.? depending on hot or cool season grasses. for us anyway.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Well this wont be baled and it wont be grazed until late fall. Hopefully it works. Thanks - Mike

WOW YOUR SUPERMAN FAST!😆

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I try, thanks for watching - Mike

i advice you to make wall of trees around the farm to minimize the effect wind

Have you ever grew Sorghum Sudan grass there ? Or are the seasons too short? Here in TN we get a lot of tonnage from it, but when frost hits, its over. So may not work there. Just curious.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I have seen some varieties of sorghum grown around here although we would probably only get one cutting. I wish I would have put some in when we reseeded a couple of years ago, next time for sure. Thanks - Mike

Would you not be tempted to built another shed or extension so you have more room for the vehilces and the random bits that built up over the year?

The McRib is back

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Is it? I wonder if its regional thing? I'm going to have to check next time I am in town. haha Thanks ! - Mike

We just did the barn shuffle yesterday, just to get the plows out . It will be the disks next, then the planter. 🤔

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Sure is fun, the bad part is this time of year I keep putting stuff away and keep on playing. You think I would learn my lesson. Thanks Melissa - Mike

@melissawilliamson7907

6 жыл бұрын

Our Wyoming Life, the worst part is when nothing starts.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Been there, I have become a big fan of trickle chargers

@melissawilliamson7907

6 жыл бұрын

Our Wyoming Life, not all our storage barns have electricity. 😞

Hello! I'm new to the channel and was wondering how the seeding turned out? I couldn't find an update video. Thanks!

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

I think we did an update during a live stream. It did well. We did have a lot of weeds in it but the cows were happy to eat it in the fall

I'm am vary curious to see how it turns out

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

As am i. Thanks - Mike

Did it make a difference with the seeding?

Got about 4 if he’s of snow down here in CO! How’s the weather up there right now? Hopefully some rain!

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Not bad now. Supposed to hit 70 tomorrow. Rain is on the way. Thanks Austin -Mike

Nice easy way of reseeding do you plow any fields

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Not if we can help it. We have had a couple of hay fields get root bound and we will sometimes rip them, very shallow, only a could of inches to loosen things up. Thanks James - Mike

Man I’ve been trying to make out what is at the ‘top’ of the project list ... I was always seeing ‘FudLuck later’ ... just now realized it was ‘Fuel leak Gator’!

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

haha, Yea I should cross that off, I think I got it figured out. Thanks Jan - Mike

Hi! i am here again..you toll me you did not herard a bell about mob grazing..it is ok...but..would you try it in an small way? just an experience..i saw Gabe Brown, ..almost your latitud,..he is achieving pretty good benefit from his method,...just thinking...

First and how are you mike and no Helmut on the bike :-)

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Jacob! - Mike

Good stuff! Do y'all have to re-seed these pastures every year?

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Curt, not usually. Depends on how wet the winter is and how much they get worked. - Mike

Anyone plant winter rye in that region Mike?

I should come up there and help you clean up the building. What model is the JD parked in the corner? Take care. Gene

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I'm ready to tackle it yet lol Its a 4055 thanks Gene - Mike

Hi Mike, I noticed you have JD4055 in your storage shade, is it for sale ? thanks

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry but no, its not for sale. We use it during haying quite a bit - Mike

How long till you will seed those pasture again

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Usually we aim for every 5 years, but a really wet and sloppy winter will cause it to be done earlier. Thanks for watching - Mike

Can you buy your feed in bulk or mini bulk bags? It's $40 per ton more in little bags rather than bulk, here in Manitoba.

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Same here, the local feed store just started offering 1 ton bags so that will help Thanks - Mike

What is ur cost per acre to over seed

When over seeding scuf up ground first, if seed is just thrown on top of ground only 5% will grow .

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for watching - Mike

Can u make more vids with ur gator??

If you harrow and you seed it make more seed to soil contact

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Yup. Just harrowed it thanks -Mike

@morganvogel8524

6 жыл бұрын

If you harrow after you seed it makes more seed to soil contact

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip

Did he do an update to this?

@OurWyomingLife

5 жыл бұрын

Yes I did, I believe we talked about it in a livestream. Thanks for watching - MIke

How many acres is on your ranch mike?

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Over 5000 acres. Thanks for watching - MIke

Hey that's a nice lookin John Deere 4055 you got there sitting doing nothing, you ever think much about selling, those 4000 series JD's are good tractors 4Sure.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Not much for it to do in the winter, this summer and during haying it gets plenty of work. Thanks for watching - Mike

install a 1 ton crane in the barn. no more storage tetris

kevin cooollins

What part of Wyoming are you in

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

We are in northeast Wyoming. The closest town to us is Gillette. Thanks for watching - Mike

You should have greg judy come look at your place.....

Hey Mike. This was another great video. How do you make money from KZread?

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, once you are accepted into the partner program you make money based on the ads people watch before your video. If someone watches the full ad then you get a fraction of a cent. - Mike

@smburgess07

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Im never in a hurry when I watch your videos so I'll just let the ads finish. Just watched the Apple Tree pruning. You both rock!

You keep that white stuff over there.lol. all ours still hasnt melted😱

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

I'll try my best. Thanks Lorie - Mike

@maddog2286

6 жыл бұрын

Lorie Habel yeah

Again look at the tools Mike has.

am coming out to work on the farm for free

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

haha, wait til summer! lol - Mike

Overseeing alfalfa on existing alfalfa can be a pain. It produces autotoxins to prevent new growth. I hope you don't have this situation.

@OurWyomingLife

6 жыл бұрын

Luckily I dont have any alfalfa in that area. :) Good call though- Mike

Buy covers for your toys.