are you still serving cows?

whelan1

we took the bull out last week - had him in longer than usual due to repeats , how's everyone else doing ? i brought in a new bull 4 weeks ago and have had very few repeats so far from him , touch wood

reilig

whelan1 wrote: »

we took the bull out last week - had him in longer than usual due to repeats , how's everyone else doing ? i brought in a new bull 4 weeks ago and have had very few repeats so far from him , touch wood

Very pleased to say that the last cow bulled was over 3 weeks ago. I started giving minerals through the water system, so hopefully this will help. Anything that repeats now will be let go. I have 2 pedigree limousin heifers that didn't go in calf. I'm going to let them run until christmas before I bull them. Vet gave me 2 copper bolus' for them - said it should help them.

Looking out for a bull myself too.

Tipp Man

We were still getting repeats, and quite a few of them, until last week so the bull was still with them.

Going to have a load of late calvers this spring

whelan1

Tipp Man wrote: »

We were still getting repeats, and quite a few of them, until last week so the bull was still with them.

Going to have a load of late calvers this spring

wonder does this mean that some of the spring guys will be milking on ? or will quota stop them

Tipp Man

whelan1 wrote: »

wonder does this mean that some of the spring guys will be milking on ? or will quota stop them

We've had a disasterous year for loosing cows so we'll be lucky to fill our quota for the first time ever

whelan1

Tipp Man wrote: »

We've had a disasterous year for loosing cows so we'll be lucky to fill our quota for the first time ever

i am the same actually putting some into temporary leasing which is a first , hoping for a better year next year

5live

Putting a sup in myself. Still have bull in and prob wont take him out. Angus and very easy calving so most come bulling after a month after calving so pick up a month for most even with repeats. Bought lots of quota last year so calving in june for a year or two not a worry. Prob get 700 gal plus before i dry or sell them on:D

theroad

Took the bull out on 1 August. There's been a few repeats since then but I was reckoning on a few anyway. It's always a gamble but I hope it'll work out. 1st week of May is late enough to be calving, and we should have enough replacements coming through.

snowman707

bull taken away since 5 august , running 8% over quota , grass has got a bit strong ahead of the cows so yields are slipping a little faster than should be.

had a few may calvers this year and never seen them in heat , will have to get them scanned later, bull is old and not as active so hopefully most of them are in calf.

dar31

bull out since the 7th aug, was planned to be out 1st but one or two good cows came around just after so let him run that week longer.
scanned more cows today and will do final scan in three weeks time, as of today empty rate is 6.5%. so im hoping the final scan will result in no more than 10 -12 % empty.
conditioned scored today as well cows doing hard to hold at 2.75, a good few have sliped back 0.25 of a score in the last month, and they have been on the best grass all summer for that month. had a problem with rumen fluke earlier in the year, it might be rising its nasty little head again.

Indubitable

I had more repeats than ever before this year. It is not the bulls' fault. I must try the minerals this winter.

LostCovey

whelan1 wrote: »

are you still serving cows?

Nope, whelan1, Ah switched over ta usin' a BULL!

Call me conventional.

LC

theroad

LostCovey wrote: »

Nope, whelan1, Ah switched over ta usin' a BULL!

Call me conventional.

LC

Well, I don't know about whelan1, but most of the our cows were bulled to AI, which I did myself, so yes, in a weird way, I served the cows. "Conventional" is a flexible term!

whelan1

lc all the other posters took the thread up right of course you are different :rolleyes:

LostCovey

whelan1 wrote: »

of course you are different :rolleyes:

You say 'different', but my mammy used to say 'special'.

I know exactly what you both meant.

Thanks whelan1, I am touched.

LostCovey

LostCovey

theroad wrote: »

in a weird way, I served the cows.

....as if there was a way that wasn't weird!

LC

blue5000

Bull still in here, but only started serving cows 1st june, I like to calve them all at grass, usually start calving around paddys day, bull will be in till end sept. Sucklers, not dairying, anybody scan yet?