Working on Alberta Ranch

[@denisedenomme361]

Merry Christmas,beautiful scenery.🎄🎅👍🇨🇦

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thank you, Merry Christmas to you.

[@wallyyuriy8912]

That’s crazy high protein bale. Last few years we’d be lucky to hit 9% in our alfalfa bales.

[@AlbertaRanch]

Caught it at the right time I guess. Surprised me too.

[@999Giustina]

That's a lot more snow than we have in St. Albert. Try some molasses on the straw.

[@AlbertaRanch]

Might just do that. Thanks

[@ianhamilton6092]

We used pea straw a couple of years ago in a drought and same result. It smelt like dirt . We put it through the shredder and shred hay on top mixed it up fed it mixed but they would still sort it, bust.

[@AlbertaRanch]

Ya I'm amazed at how hungry they will go and still not eat it.

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Nice looking cows

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great video

[@AlbertaRanch]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@pirate4ever562]

Always enjoy your videos! Watching from North Carolina, USA…

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks for watching

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@AlbertaRanch]

Merry Christmas

[@sheilam4964]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours. Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@AlbertaRanch]

Glad you like it. Merry Christmas.

[@Pam_Doddridge]

Merry Christmas!

[@AlbertaRanch]

And the same to you.

[@ronromkoz5995]

Enjoying another video of yours...Merry Christmas!

[@AlbertaRanch]

Glad to hear it. Merry Christmas

[@TheCowEmporium]

Merry Christmas to you guys up north!

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thank you, Merry Christmas to you.

[@m.gailwieterman1987]

Merry Christmas to you and yours!!

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you.

[@kellydorney3514]

Always appreciate your videos! Thank-you and may you have a Blessed Christmas and Wonderful New Year!

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@audegottoeaudegottoe363]

Have a great New Year's ! / / thanks

[@AlbertaRanch]

Same to you!

[@missouritraveler6401]

Do You face Your windbreaks to the east ? I really like the way Your squeeze chute is made. Merry Christmas !!!

[@AlbertaRanch]

Facing south to block the north wind. Merry Christmas

[@bcpfarmandtrucking6560]

Merry Christmas

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you.

[@paulreis1648]

Great looking herd. Merry Christmas to you and your family

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks, you too!

[@brentbernath7257]

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and your family

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks, Merry Christmas to you.

[@dianerobillard1044]

Really enjoy your videos. Good Canadian content.LOL! Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year to you and family.

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks, Merry Christmas

[@chadtosh6831]

I had a problem with pea straw once. It was pre harvest sprayed with regalone. Cows absolutely refused it. Had a bunch left over, but my feeder calves ate the heck out of it the next year when I was trying to use it for bedding. 🤔🤷‍♂️ I grow peas now, but don’t spray it before harvest. The cows eat it up pretty good, but is also done with a conventional combine instead of a rotary. More leaf left in it. But they definitely prefer barley straw. Merry Christmas 🤶🎅🏼🎄🎁❄️⛄️🍻👍

[@AlbertaRanch]

This was dessicated. Merry Christmas

[@GeigerFarm]

Heifer dance😂😂😂. You’re a better/more patient cow man than me. I run hfrs with my mature cows, then train them to come into a separate pen for a bite of corn everyday 😉. Never been around pea straw🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️. Merry Christmas.

[@AlbertaRanch]

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@kevinbisschop7713]

You need to get your self a mixer wagon so you can mix 2 bales together. 1 good bale and 1 peas straw

[@AlbertaRanch]

Yes. 100 head cow calf operation. Cost per cow?? Too much me thinks.

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Nice looking heifers

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks 👍

[@darrenzimmer1251]

Try a couple of pea straw with liquid molasses dumped on it that's the only way I could ever get cows to eat pea straw that was dessicated.

[@AlbertaRanch]

Might just do that.

[@3dranchmanitoba]

We generally put our 2nd and 3rd calvers with our bred heifers in 1 group so they can get some better quality feed. Suprised that they wont eat the pea straw,wondering if either tubgrinding it with some alfalfa or pouring mollases on the bales would help create a taste? Cattle look good in spite of your challenge. Merry xmas to you and your family .

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks, Merry Christmas

[@dougjones6616]

love these vids

[@AlbertaRanch]

Thanks for watching

[@rodmilas]

Where do you get those windbreak/calf shelters? I see them in Canadian ranch videos but have never seen them for sale here in the US

[@AlbertaRanch]

Home made or local welding shops make them.

[@chadtosh6831]

On a side note, not that I’m the biggest fan of buying molasses, but wonder if you could get ahold of a bit, dose a couple pea bales, and see if that will sucker them into eating it. Just a thought.

[@AlbertaRanch]

Yep

[@kellydorney3514]

Excellent idea, turn the bales on edge and pour the 40% molasses on it, letting soak in for a couple days.

[@sheilam4964]

@@kellydorney3514 - have you ever put your molasses in the deep freeze for a couple of days to see how it pours and soaks into anything after that. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chadtosh6831]

@@sheilam4964this stuff actually has salt in it and is formulated to feed to cattle. Doesn’t freeze past -40. I call it molasses but it’s got other things like minerals and vitamins in it too.

[@sheilam4964]

@@chadtosh6831 - Ohhhh. Thx.