Bad Bloody day of farming

We started the day off with a weird situation were a calf's ear was bleeding from an unknown cause. Next it was discovered a calf had died over night. Upon further investigation, taking into account the situation, we are thinking it died from Clostridium Perfringens Type A. We vaccinated for type C & D. This pathogen can take a healthy critter and kill them suddenly. At the end of the day while we were box scraping our lots, we buried the tractor.
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[@melodeebadley5801]

Thank you for your video sharing. I run a small cattle operation here in southern Oregon. I am 64 year old woman who works full time as nurse practitioner then full time on my farm. I have 22 head of commercial and registered Angus. I have had some good days and bad days and watching your videos really gives me comfort that I'm doing "ok". I love raising beef and know this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. Would love to come visit your farm someday if I ever get to South Dakota.

[@cathiwim]

How many times can I like your comment!! You are a busy gal! I am a midwife, with a small mini-farm on the side, just 5 acres, but i produce some of our food, and sell some and make wine. Keep up the good work!

[@peggooo]

Melodeon how do you have time to watch Sonne Farm videos? what a woman!! bless you! 😊

[@sclivestock5943]

Sounds like Dad needs a snickers. My son and I bust each other often when working. Good video.Too bad you lost a bull.

[@deborahsimmons2414]

The daily onslaught of having a big farm. Kudos to you and your Dad!

[@Budd56]

12:38. LMAO 😂 😂. Now that's funny. You guys get along well I can tell. It's nice you two can joke around like that👍👍👍✌️

[@lloydsjostrom1054]

I like watching you feed the cattle real nice operation. My dad let the cows run the cornfield all winter long the cows stayed out the field till blizzard then in barn they went.

[@tomreyes4423]

Great video!!! More video time for dad, he's hilarious. Sad for the lost of the bull, but it shows what you guys are up against everyday and how you have to deal with it.

[@heartwoodfarms9982]

Real world ranching, the good the bad and the ugly. Well done. Too many other ag channels are turning into nothing more than long advertisements for shiny new equipment..

[@sleepyseminoob2258]

I worked at a stable where ppl boarded their horses and got the luck of finding one dead one morning... it's a shocker but saddly part of life.

[@JoSaPeMe]

Youre getting good at this edit thing. Laughed a lot at the bite scene :'') good job man, love your vids

[@jasonmalone6983]

Another great video. You are seriously a great film maker.

[@SonneFarms]

Wow, thank you!

[@justmin858]

Yes..they run a great farm...and are great at filming too... So ENJOYABLE 👍🤗👍

[@switzerblitzer2701]

It's a really sinking feeling when you lose a head of livestock. You work hard every day and do your best and still these things happen. It sucks. Once had a feeder steer get pneumonia and lost it when the vet tried to give it antibiotic in the vein. Good luck guys.

[@SonneFarms]

Thank you!

[@chriscrosby8012]

Ellie you bad bad girl biting the cows ear !! What were you thinking silly goose😊. Oh my goodness that’s awful about the bull. Sorry ☹️ Great video thanks 🙋‍♀️💗

[@roadrunnerzx7]

“ so dad what did we learn today “ long pause the funny a$$ response 😆😆

[@StephenMortimer]

The dog and dad will be sleeping outside tonite if Mom sees this video

[@valtur25]

clearly his dad doesn't learn anything since he knows everything, like mine does or any other farmer dads

[@StephenMortimer]

@@valtur25 I'd like to hear from MrsMom

[@joyceholdeman5432]

I saw the dog jumping up into the feed trough and biting the animals ears.

[@jayt6524]

I came back to earlier videos for some reason and found out that Brian appreciates you more now (December 2021). You are not a prick now. 😂awesome

[@SonneFarms]

hahaha thanks

[@michaelkoop5380]

Always fun in the winter

[@deweylauridsen1774]

Yes, dad did it again! I had to back up the film. He burned you .🤣 If he keeps making me bust up laughing, someone better send me a diaper to put on before watching. I sure enjoyed working cattle on our farm. This makes me want to ditch my career and rejoin the family farm again. My parents are about 50miles from your location. Winter completes things. And naughty Ellie 🐶 Thanks again, Professor Dewey L.

[@davidgay2679]

Much respect for you, I feed 14 cows on a small farm in SC, your feedings are a major event!!

[@bradyford6901]

David Gay i feed 2500

[@seanfabien1289]

Very good videos, a good education about farms. From Scotland

[@chasem6491]

Hey Cole! Hope all is well! These videos are great, keep it up!

[@SonneFarms]

Thank Chase!

[@uloztaycock5418]

My first Sonne Farms video.. Subscribed!! Great work guys..

[@SonneFarms]

Thank you! Welcome to the channel!

[@Eon69nc]

Too funny when your dad called you a prick and you are like yeah. Made my day.

[@jamesmarsh4957]

wow you guys do it so different to us here in the Uk , our cattle are outside but have the use of a shed if they like , reallt good watching , will film ours then so you can see

[@frankscruggs4749]

sorry about the loss of your bull and as usual- good video.

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks Frank!

[@rocksandoil2241]

Some times a cow dog just cannot resist...my border collie was the same way. Had to yield to temptation occasionally

[@fotomann40]

Sorry for the loss of the bull! If I remember right, didn't Ellie bite the ear of one of them last year too? I wonder if the cow nipped at Ellie so she retaliated! But a great video non the less! Merry Christmas Sonne Frames!

[@LiLBitsDK]

there at 12:30 I notice only one wheel spinning, don't you have a pedal to push that locks in both tires so both will spin (easier to get unstuck) I know we have that over here on most the tractors I have seen.

[@wilycat5290]

Nice editing! Thanks for the video 😊

[@dennishettinger4469]

Enjoyed and liked guys ! thank you !!!!

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks Dennis!

[@leroyschlabach3697]

3:34 The dog wanted to taste some fresh beef too.

[@CRAIGVY]

Cole this one is great , peace craig

[@saskdutchkid]

If you have live stock your gonna have dead stock to! Looked like one of those long days with everything not going to plan but at least with a KZbin channel it makes for a good video hahaha! Sweet video dude! Also sweet drone shots!

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks Jan! Yea its funny, disaster on the farm means a win for the youtube channel, always draws in more attention!

[@shaneflickinger]

What do you do with the dead animals? Bury them somewhere on the farm? Do you ever send any tissue/blood samples to a lab to figure out what killed them? Thanks for the video. Always enjoy them!

[@faberfarming]

bad doggie nice video and happy new year

[@wayneblake1886]

You said you heard shooting going on ,maybe the cow got hit .

[@StephenMortimer]

12:42 KUDOS to the KID !! If MrsMom see this... the DOG and DAD will be sharing bedding OUTSIDE for a week

[@StephenMortimer]

Now you can know who really listens to your videos

[@hampster221]

Enoying the music as you fly the drone and level the area. ;-)

[@MetaView7]

You are a very good cinemaphotographer.

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks!!

[@randaljohnson9177]

Those bale processer work great we have a highline with final cut so we grind are own bales do use it to windrow hay in the field for cows.

[@Spike643]

I wonder if the Bull had been shot, and died near the feed lot? Too bad. Hate to see sick or dead animals. But that's farming. Great video as usual.

[@herdingcats3850]

Pray for you for farming in South Dakota. Too cold for me. Best of everything in 2020..

[@SonneFarms]

Thank you!

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Finding dead critters is never good... If he was stuck in a hole and couldn't get up, at least you would know what happened... Last one we lost that we didn't really know what happened, was an awesome bull calf! Weaned off over 700#.... All we could figure out is he had his head under the fence sneaking some grass.... And got ran over by half the cow heard when we let them out.... BTW, dogs butt would have a boot in it!!! Thanks for the video!

[@SC-sf8xt]

clostridium perfringens a, b, c, d e the alphabet killers. Sometimes change in feeding from pasture to feed or stress from regrouping can trigger C. Perringens A . Like you say it happens so fast it take take an animal very quickly.

[@smithbros.syrupcompany1236]

sorry about your loss with The bull

[@matthewvoyles8658]

Hope you had a merry merry Christmas Sonne Farms

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks, you too!

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Hi Cole just watched this video again and was wondering if you found out what caused that bull to die?

[@curtisowens4588]

lol I like when he said your a prick I thought we new that 🍺🍔😂😂😂

[@danielrandolph9170]

Good video cole tell your dad that was awesome come back I see the apple don't fall to far from the tree lmao & I see yal dont need no snow but yal are good at what ya do . Did you take the bull to the vet to see why it died ?

[@johndouglasdawson7298]

Another great vid.Leg arms can fix. And save a little money.Good on you

[@Megibson]

The camera angles on this video were really good👍👍

[@SonneFarms]

Yay, thank you!

[@bobbysears6626]

You said a few days ago y’all had cows in a corn field. Do y’all shoot dove up there? Thanks for sharing

[@rancher35]

Great video. Keep them coming. Happy New Year.

[@SonneFarms]

Happy New Year!

[@CedarCreekHomestead]

Great video, I hate getting stuck.

[@garyhunter6030]

Sorry about your bull. Any loss farming is bad as it takes a lot of work and expense just to break even.

[@mikebonge7206]

Sorry for the bull. That dog is mean little critter You still going college. Nice job

[@SonneFarms]

Yea, currently on Christmas break, one semester left, graduating in May!

[@mikebonge7206]

Good. Hope you are taking first aid in last semester. Congratulations

[@albertlong1465]

Hey Cole man, U got ur nice orange hat dirty.☘🇨🇦

[@kevin.463]

Looks like a typical day Cole, at least at our place.....

[@rongrose3746]

Happy New Year to you and your families !!

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks you too!

[@FlightPlanAviation]

Hello from Sioux Falls!! 👋👋

[@SonneFarms]

Howdy!

[@tylereldridge6945]

“You’re a prick.” I want to see that incorporated into your logo. Sorry about the bull!

[@cadenoberbroekling2202]

You guys should look into a Myrenk Farm Service (Platte SD) feed wagon and box scraper.

[@piperdoug428]

Too bad guys, cattle farmer that doesn't have dead stock is obviously retired. My wife n kids have a dumb choco lab and he likes to charge at the cattle at the feed rail and i told them after wup'n him "that's it, no more warnings, next time it's a POP!"

[@timijs100]

Age of 16 after college hours I was working in farm, just to I have my own money and I loved to work on a feeder haha

[@barbarastedillie1336]

Interesting and enjoyable! You never did follow up on the sick calf tho...and did you ever find out what the bull died of, or was the sick calf mistaken for the dead bull ?

[@troypersson7630]

Dad got a little testy with junior, you have to earn the right to ask that question.

[@johnperry5102]

an other great video, thanks, really interesting and entertaining

[@troyremmers6792]

Love your cattle video

[@markissboi3583]

2:28 something interesting goin on ere! - when the cows tougues are frozen to metal poles you have a problem 🙄

[@pennyduncan9609]

Question 😉 nothing to do with calving or mommas or tractors or farming.... What music do you and Brian like....?....x

[@SonneFarms]

I like everything!

[@Pickhinke]

Good video. Never disappointed

[@bodenjackson1373]

On our scraper we have blocks so it weighs it down

[@grantbelleville3828]

Hey you lost a bull we lost 7 feedlot cattle in one day this year and it was just an situation like your bull.

[@beverlyallen5308]

So sorry

[@toshayonguard4253]

Yeah we use to have a collie that was aggressive towards our Calfs and after a few years of trying to train her to leave them alone she finally killed a calf and i took her out back and put her Ass Down some dog’s are just unruly like some people and you just have to know when to just put there Ass Down for the Greater Good.

[@nernbergfarms3935]

Nice video!!

[@alixwhite4054]

That’s a gosh darn shame that the bull died. Did you ever figure out what happened?

[@michaelbruning5786]

What did you do with the dead bull?

[@jonblais6225]

one of my neighbors was losing calf's like crazy for what seemed to be no reason and it took us awhile to find out that his donkey was grabbing them by the neck and being rough with them. he lost quite a bit of money worth of calf's that winter. It's kinda funny that the reason he has the 2 donkeys are for protection for the herd yet it ended up being worse than the wolves, coyotes and bears.

[@SonneFarms]

Thats crazy!

[@tomcurtis197]

Sorry you lost a bull!!

[@hanksfarmvideos]

Lucky you were filming as you were feeding else you wouldn't have known what caused the ear to bleed!

[@thunderball421]

what did you do with the dead bull?

[@NovoGold]

Was that dirt you put in the feed..?

[@albertlong1465]

Hey Cole man, what do u call that hound- dog? Ellie? or Ally? Every time I broke up with a Fiancé, I named my dog after her!

[@benn1851]

do you guys chop your bales with the net wrap still on? @sonnefarms

[@daniellittle1011]

Doesn’t the net wrap get wrapped up in the knives on the blue processor

[@SonneFarms]

It does, but as it builds up the knives start to cut off the wrap, it is sort of self cleaning

[@timcaffell6330]

Subscribed! Good job vlogging!

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks Tim!

[@timgear9892]

Dog gets one chance. /we once had a good collie dog that got to liking baby pigs back when we raised them in outside huts. I said "once"

[@OurNerdFarm]

Never would have known what happened to that ear without the GoPro. Crazy. Thanks for the video.

[@Aaron-ol2fm]

Did u find out what's up with the heifer? Where do u take your dead cows?

[@SonneFarms]

Hey guys, I am not sure why that one calf didn't come up that morning, but since then they all come up.

[@downhilltwofour0082]

So Dad din't learn a durn thang! LOL So Dad, why did the Bull die?

[@jeremybrooks335]

Something my pops would say about me lmao

[@jamesashley3827]

👍 to bad about the bull

[@jakenorthern9496]

Why no diff lock or 4 wheel drive to get unstuck? - Wouldn't have been an issue - I'm confused

[@SonneFarms]

I forgot to use the diff lock, haha looks like if it was engaged it would have came out a lot sooner! The 4wd was engaged

[@jakenorthern9496]

@@SonneFarms ah cool ok, just wondered thats all!

[@philipoconnor2236]

Great channel! Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪👍your silage clamp.... Is that sheeted with polythene??? Doesn't look like it but it must be or just rolled very good for it to ferment

[@SonneFarms]

We don't put a sheet over it, we do pack it, driving back and forth many times.

[@davidrollins4272]

Good video. Dumb question from a non-farmer carnivore - can you butcher the bull that passed if you found him soon enough?

[@SonneFarms]

Great question! Some people that butcher their own cattle will cut up a critter that has just died. Otherwise, some dog food companies use dead critters in their dog food

[@MattHasty]

Put the rocks in the low spot. Did ya get a rock crusher yet? make your own gravel to fill in places you get stuck!

[@ajoutdoors5687]

What was that that you used for bedding ?

[@SonneFarms]

That was soybean stover, we didn't get any corn stalks baled

[@Agsgutters1]

Why don’t you add spikes to the front edge of the scraper to breaking up soil and the. The drag will smooth it out

[@SonneFarms]

we dont want to break up the soil

[@gerrybrown]

Did ye figure out what happened to that bull? and shame looked like fine animal

[@blakejordan2694]

What do you do with animals that have died?

[@April8989]

Mike Rowe did a dirty jobs story about dealing with dead farm animals. There's a truck comes and skins the hide for leather and the meat and bones are ground up and taken to Las Vegas and is used on the dollar buffets out there. I might have two different episodes mixed up here so hope you got to laugh 😂.

[@BWYinYang]

A camera for each pen to check and watch from warmth of an office.

[@piperdoug428]

I'm saving up for a good drone for that very job, maybe Cole can do more flying.

[@BWYinYang]

@@piperdoug428 I did my research of Drones, DJI is real good brand. I start with small around $100 basic to learn of flying, before upgrade to nicer ones.

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Often thought about cameras in the barn, but unfortunately you can't see everything... Especially on a monitor, unless you use the big screen TV.. Even people who do have cameras, still make walk throughs just as often... Maybe even more often because of the camera.