The broken ball reminds me of a very common failure on a paintball marker (for paintball games), since it is based on a paintball marker, except it uses larger balls. So that failure in a paintball marker is typical when the bolt of the marker cracks or chops the paintball during firing, and that happens when the ball is not correctly loaded into the breach when the marker fires (almost all paintball markers are open breach designs). The reason for cleaning the barrel after a break is that the liquid in the barrel can cause range and accuracy loss as well as lead to further feeding issues, a quick fix if you don't have time to clean the barrel is to turn the marker upside down so it will not feed balls in and dry fire it a few times. There were innovations and design tricks done with the more expensive paintball markers to prevent this, but they easily triple the price of the marker. For those wondering how I know this stuff I spent too much money and time playing paintball when I was younger. I kind of wonder if there are paintball sized (0.68" or 17.3mm) insect repellent balls, obviously they would hold less repellent, but you might be able to get a better marker with some of those anti-chop features and creature comforts (burst fire markers with power feed hoppers). If those are available then go looking for someone, like me, that has a bunch of used paintball equipment they would sell for cheap.
awsome video ryan the broken ball reminds me of a very common failure on a paintball marker for paintball games since it is based on a paintball maker except it uses larger balls so thats failure in a paintball marker is typical when the bolt of the marker cracks or chops paintball during firing thumbs up and shared
Check the Crosman powerlets for their air GUNS and I'm guessing their powerlets would be a lot cheaper as I usually buy 40 in a box...worth comparing to see if you can save money...plus they sell a special oil to put a drop on the end to preserve the life of the seals....also I have found it's better to not keep the pellet guns pressurized after use as this will deteriorate the rubber seals...hope I have helped you... a little late but congratulations to you and Hannah😃👍🏻
Do you use fly tags in your cattle? Also try using Longrange for parasite control, it seems to give extra control if flies. We have 2 herds of cattle about 100 cow calf pairs each, the ones we used Longrange on had very few flies. These were ran through the chute towards the end of May.
Farmer Tyler Ranch had a very similar issue with flies, lice, pink eyes..... and seem to have sorted it out with some special formula mineral blocks he leaves to the cows in the field... his video title: The Simplest Way to Get Flies OFF My Cows...If It Works!!! He gave regular updates since....
I purchased one about 3 months ago and it only works for about 2 weeks. You have to rotate from the A capsule to the L Capsule or vice versa. All together I spent around $350 for everything and it only works about 2 weeks max.
Given that it is based on paintball markers, the answer is maybe, it depends on how cheap they made the vetgun (if they included that option), but it likely would not fix what happened as it looked like the bolt chopped or cracked the ball from a misfeed (I used to play paintball and that is exactly what that looked like).
my CO2 SART GUN I HAVE HAD OVER 30 YEARS it can sit for months not used an need it, pick it up to use it, dry fire once load up a dart and go, the oid co2 is fine, never have had to replace any seals. you should be able to recover any missed balls s i do with missed darts, paint balls are reusable so dont see why these cant. i use a 175psi charged tank,(by air compressor) to spray my cows bull, steers heifer calves up to 175 feet away, but i never have to spray them hardly at all, as i put out garlic mineral tubs for them, the garlic keeps them very clear of all flies.. but i can walk or drive right up to 95% of mine, as i am with them at least every 2 to 3 days i never let them just be wild and not looked though and bring them a treat of feed were ever feild there in, i call them and they will come running to me. they love being in the bush. pushing over poplars up to 4.5 inch at the butt. up rooting then eating the leaves and new steam growth
The main thing is that it's fun to shoot the cows. :) Couldn't you use something like a squirt-gun though? (That is if you can get a water-soluble medicine.)
That’s the cheap dart gun,,,, Pneu dart guns are the way to go. They have been in business for decades. Those balls are not as effective as an actual antibiotic. They help, but if you have pink eye you need to treat asap or as you said, it will spread.
Hey Ryan, it looks like you are having way too much fun with the vet gun. HaHa! no I hope it works for you. When I had cows 20 years ago we didn't have anything like that. Have fun and I pray it works to your satisifaction. Take Care, Take it Easy and Trust JESUS !!!!!!!
Put a small sprayer on the back of your 4 wheeler and when you are out checking cows you can spray for flys at any time.
it has the thing to hook up and paintball C02 tank to it,
The broken ball reminds me of a very common failure on a paintball marker (for paintball games), since it is based on a paintball marker, except it uses larger balls. So that failure in a paintball marker is typical when the bolt of the marker cracks or chops the paintball during firing, and that happens when the ball is not correctly loaded into the breach when the marker fires (almost all paintball markers are open breach designs). The reason for cleaning the barrel after a break is that the liquid in the barrel can cause range and accuracy loss as well as lead to further feeding issues, a quick fix if you don't have time to clean the barrel is to turn the marker upside down so it will not feed balls in and dry fire it a few times. There were innovations and design tricks done with the more expensive paintball markers to prevent this, but they easily triple the price of the marker. For those wondering how I know this stuff I spent too much money and time playing paintball when I was younger.
I kind of wonder if there are paintball sized (0.68" or 17.3mm) insect repellent balls, obviously they would hold less repellent, but you might be able to get a better marker with some of those anti-chop features and creature comforts (burst fire markers with power feed hoppers). If those are available then go looking for someone, like me, that has a bunch of used paintball equipment they would sell for cheap.
Redmond garlic blocks is best thing for flies and gets in her system they use them out west but you can get them anywhere
Hey Ryan thanks for the update on the Vet Gun I had seen one at my local farm supply store and wondered how it worked 👍🇺🇸
What a great tool. Cow comfort is an important issue. It is good to see how well you care for your livestock.
if you like it you can get a 20 oz co2 tank for a paintball gun and thay are self sealing so whean you take it off the gun you dont lose your co2
awsome video ryan the broken ball reminds me of a very common failure on a paintball marker for paintball games since it is based on a paintball maker except it uses larger balls so thats failure in a paintball marker is typical when the bolt of the marker cracks or chops paintball during firing thumbs up and shared
Redmond garlic blocks is a salt block and the great replies they get in the system the cow system and and pretty much keep flys at Bay
Used oil. On a burlap. Rub works great for flys
Check the Crosman powerlets for their air GUNS and I'm guessing their powerlets would be a lot cheaper as I usually buy 40 in a box...worth comparing to see if you can save money...plus they sell a special oil to put a drop on the end to preserve the life of the seals....also I have found it's better to not keep the pellet guns pressurized after use as this will deteriorate the rubber seals...hope I have helped you... a little late but congratulations to you and Hannah😃👍🏻
Do you use fly tags in your cattle? Also try using Longrange for parasite control, it seems to give extra control if flies. We have 2 herds of cattle about 100 cow calf pairs each, the ones we used Longrange on had very few flies. These were ran through the chute towards the end of May.
Hey Ryan!! You have all the fun toys. Hope it works well for you and the cattle.
Farmer Tyler Ranch had a very similar issue with flies, lice, pink eyes..... and seem to have sorted it out with some special formula mineral blocks he leaves to the cows in the field... his video title: The Simplest Way to Get Flies OFF My Cows...If It Works!!!
He gave regular updates since....
Please do a follow up on the effectiveness ( Long term). Great video and job! Thanks
Very interesting glad your warming up to it hope it does u well for next year
kind of thinking, wouldnt it be cheaper to use a hand pump and spray it on, give or take you got to make the right mix for it, but just a thought
Good 👍 job man dart gun can help you with pink eye as well
I'm sure you will get even better results if you apply earlier in fly season. Damn flies are big pain ! I wish I could have the money spent on them.
Will you be going to the farm progress show?
See if you can locate a salt or feed supplement with garlic in it.
Good job Ryan, You look after Your stock well, in a hot summer like this one flies are a big problem👌👍😎
I purchased one about 3 months ago and it only works for about 2 weeks. You have to rotate from the A capsule to the L Capsule or vice versa. All together I spent around $350 for everything and it only works about 2 weeks max.
Same results here
If you can get a reusable CO2 bottle that paintball guns use
Some of those medicine balls exploded right out of the barrel, before it hit anything (8:10) Can you adjust down the pressure?
I’m not sure if I can adjust down the pressure. Out of 30 I had that one explode out
Given that it is based on paintball markers, the answer is maybe, it depends on how cheap they made the vetgun (if they included that option), but it likely would not fix what happened as it looked like the bolt chopped or cracked the ball from a misfeed (I used to play paintball and that is exactly what that looked like).
Great video Ryan keep them coming please and thank you
Amazon has them!
The positive reinforcement makes since, but when the herd is this tame I'm not sure if it would make much a difference.
Hi Ryan, thanks for sharing! That was fun to watch. I hope it works well for your cattle!
Looks like you can help the cows and have fun at the same time😁👍
Nice video👍👍
this reminds me of putting a fan on an ice cube tray and selling it as an air conditioner. pretty sleazy.
Hope it works for you. Nice video
thats on my to get list as well.
Ryan, you could get people to pay you to allow them to shoot the herd.
Is there any danger from the pesticide balls that miss the cows?
A lot easier than running them through the chute.
The cartridges look like the same ones ast the daisy co2 cartridges
Good content. 👍
Hi I want buy this gun for my animal
Nice shootin Tex! 😂 Wonder if it works on smaller animals?
Good video
I'll "give it a shot" 😂🤣
Hi How Farms Work
Finally paintball where you don't have to listen to the other person complain about getting shot
Pump up sprayer with fly spray $50
my CO2 SART GUN I HAVE HAD OVER 30 YEARS it can sit for months not used an need it, pick it up to use it, dry fire once load up a dart and go, the oid co2 is fine, never have had to replace any seals. you should be able to recover any missed balls s i do with missed darts, paint balls are reusable so dont see why these cant. i use a 175psi charged tank,(by air compressor) to spray my cows bull, steers heifer calves up to 175 feet away, but i never have to spray them hardly at all, as i put out garlic mineral tubs for them, the garlic keeps them very clear of all flies.. but i can walk or drive right up to 95% of mine, as i am with them at least every 2 to 3 days i never let them just be wild and not looked though and bring them a treat of feed were ever feild there in, i call them and they will come running to me. they love being in the bush. pushing over poplars up to 4.5 inch at the butt. up rooting then eating the leaves and new steam growth
I think you like that a little too much 💯 lol 😂😂👍
It's too bad the balls don't include a little bit of dye so you could visually see which cows have been treated.
Hi
when cattle see you now on there going take off across field!
They still come running!
yes during feeding and shot don't bothered cattle too much anyway!
Too bad you couldn't mount it to your drone!
it seams like a squirtgun will be more cost effective
The main thing is that it's fun to shoot the cows. :)
Couldn't you use something like a squirt-gun though? (That is if you can get a water-soluble medicine.)
That’s the cheap dart gun,,,, Pneu dart guns are the way to go. They have been in business for decades. Those balls are not as effective as an actual antibiotic. They help, but if you have pink eye you need to treat asap or as you said, it will spread.
It wasn’t treating them for pinkeye, it was treating them for flies. Agree in the dart gun for actual treatment
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Sonne farms darts there cows says less stress on cows
This is different from a dart gun
@@HowFarmsWork yes I no but was thinking if you had to inject one cow instead of moving hole heard would cut down on time
Instead of the small cartridges you can get tanks of “green gas” that are much larger and over time save you cash.
Looks like a paintball gun. Lol
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Something to think about..........Holistic Planned Grazing.
Don’t you hate when you miss. P.S. target practice lol
Hey Ryan, it looks like you are having way too much fun with the vet gun. HaHa! no I hope it works for you. When I had cows 20 years ago we didn't have anything like that. Have fun and I pray it works to your satisifaction. Take Care, Take it Easy and Trust JESUS !!!!!!!
Does it work on politicians? Just askin'.
Like the video but dont the gun .
Are you having too much time shooting the cows your name with them.
You need to work your cattle more to keep flies in check. Can’t just turn cattle out to pasture and forget about them.
I’m working with them every day. Can’t always get close to the heifers.
Sonne Farms. uses an air gun
For tranquillizing, yes. Does he use one of these for controlling flies?