Farming Chit Chat

pakalasa

whelan1 wrote: »

was a bit annoyed that the lads who where out drinking friday, saturday and sunday had 5 or 6 lbs each off and me being a saint was up 3:o

Try a big bowl of porridge first thing every morning. Slow releasing energy. Nothing like it.;)

Muckit

Bizzum wrote: »

You still have a healthy cow though! Was she scanned at all?

Ya she looks as if nothing happened! No she wasn't scanned. If I knew she was carrying twins, what could/should have done differently? She was/is in good fit not fat condition.

She must have been lacking in something though perhaps coming towards the final end. I hope it's nothing more than this. No results yet

leg wax

blue5000 wrote: »

First calf from the new aubrac bull born today, a heifer. Nice calf, heifer had no problems calving. Looking forward to a few more now:)

get the pic up blue ,have to have a look:rolleyes:.

Kovu

Muckit wrote: »

Ya she looks as if nothing happened! No she wasn't scanned. If I knew she was carrying twins, what could/should have done differently? She was/is in good fit not fat condition.

She must have been lacking in something though perhaps coming towards the final end. I hope it's nothing more than this. No results yet

A lad else I work had this happen yesterday morning too, he just mentioned he'd had a bad morning as a cow meant to calve late April had dead twins that morning.
I thought it was you for a minute!:eek: Until he said they were friesian.

Kovu

AH FFS. Another section today:mad:

bbam

What a day!
Stuck in the office looking out the window like a caged animal in the zoo

whelan1

i blame the magpies, i would love to shoot the lone magpie that has been in my yard this last few days, i wish he would fook off somewhere else

leg wax

Karen112 wrote: »

AH FFS. Another section today:mad:

sorry to hear that,i had my 6th calf born backwards on monday:( and said to vet take him out side door,bull calf but cow died yesterday ffs what a fooking day i put in. tractor stopped with diesel trouble on the road,then she stalled while pushing scrub that was cut off a ditch,battery was fooked and had to walk home 15 mins away get jeep go for new bat go back to field to realise the bonnet would not go up because loader was down,off again and get jump leads start tractor,bring tractor home ,run back for jeep and off to the bus stop for kids.another cow then desides she is to posh to push and when i help the head keeps on going down ,got him out and hes fine,arms are now out in a rash from the stress i suppose.my mother always said the worst thing you ever did was pay the vet,as soon as you do hes straight back in the door,12 more to calve and my heart is in my mouth.

Muckit

leg wax wrote: »

arms are now out in a rash from the stress i suppose.

Did you wear gloves when handling the cow? A friend of mine comes out in a rash too if he doesn't. He's allergic to the slim the doctor told him

Kovu

leg wax wrote: »

sorry to hear that,i had my 6th calf born backwards on monday:( and said to vet take him out side door,bull calf but cow died yesterday ffs what a fooking day i put in. tractor stopped with diesel trouble on the road,then she stalled while pushing scrub that was cut off a ditch,battery was fooked and had to walk home 15 mins away get jeep go for new bat go back to field to realise the bonnet would not go up because loader was down,off again and get jump leads start tractor,bring tractor home ,run back for jeep and off to the bus stop for kids.another cow then desides she is to posh to push and when i help the head keeps on going down ,got him out and hes fine,arms are now out in a rash from the stress i suppose.my mother always said the worst thing you ever did was pay the vet,as soon as you do hes straight back in the door,12 more to calve and my heart is in my mouth.

I'm not going to complain looking at that list:eek:

I'll get a couple of pics up at the weekend. He's a monster. Westside Bob is throwing them big for us this year.......5 more are incalf to him too.....:(

Muckit

Karen112 wrote: »

AH FFS. Another section today:mad:

How are the cow and calf? If both are healthy it kinda takes the sting out of it

Kovu

Muckit wrote: »

How are the cow and calf? If both are healthy it kinda takes the sting out of it

Well, he's only out a couple of hours but the two of them seem grand. Fingers crossed that both keep healthy.

just do it

leg wax wrote: »

sorry to hear that,i had my 6th calf born backwards on monday:( and said to vet take him out side door,bull calf but cow died yesterday ffs what a fooking day i put in. tractor stopped with diesel trouble on the road,then she stalled while pushing scrub that was cut off a ditch,battery was fooked and had to walk home 15 mins away get jeep go for new bat go back to field to realise the bonnet would not go up because loader was down,off again and get jump leads start tractor,bring tractor home ,run back for jeep and off to the bus stop for kids.another cow then desides she is to posh to push and when i help the head keeps on going down ,got him out and hes fine,arms are now out in a rash from the stress i suppose.my mother always said the worst thing you ever did was pay the vet,as soon as you do hes straight back in the door,12 more to calve and my heart is in my mouth.

That is a sh1ty day alright but as the saying goes "it's not so bad once it's outside the door". Not that sayings like that help when you're in the thick of it...:(

tismesoitis

leg wax wrote: »

sorry to hear that,i had my 6th calf born backwards on monday:( and said to vet take him out side door,bull calf but cow died yesterday ffs what a fooking day i put in. tractor stopped with diesel trouble on the road,then she stalled while pushing scrub that was cut off a ditch,battery was fooked and had to walk home 15 mins away get jeep go for new bat go back to field to realise the bonnet would not go up because loader was down,off again and get jump leads start tractor,bring tractor home ,run back for jeep and off to the bus stop for kids.another cow then desides she is to posh to push and when i help the head keeps on going down ,got him out and hes fine,arms are now out in a rash from the stress i suppose.my mother always said the worst thing you ever did was pay the vet,as soon as you do hes straight back in the door,12 more to calve and my heart is in my mouth.

Which Bulls are giving you bother legs?

Bizzum

Muckit wrote: »

Ya she looks as if nothing happened! No she wasn't scanned. If I knew she was carrying twins, what could/should have done differently?

I wasn't asking with the purpose to suggest anything different could have been done. I was just wondering. In fact, when I seen you had her on her own I was guessing you had her scanned and was minding her!

Karen112 wrote: »

Well, he's only out a couple of hours but the two of them seem grand. Fingers crossed that both keep healthy.

It's a big ordeal on an animal. The first few days are great to get behind you.

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

@Muckit- It has happened a couple times on our farm too. Could have been a deformality internally that caused one of the calves to slip.


It's a big ordeal on an animal. The first few days are great to get behind you.

I just got back from work (early:o) as he was being lugged out of the cow. Not hugely tall but a tank of a calf.

just do it

Talking to a fella today about the quality of silage plastic. He was saying to watch how much it's being stretched by the contractor as they can really stretch it too much, especially if they are supplying it themselves:eek:.

Muckit

Bizzum wrote: »

I wasn't asking with the purpose to suggest anything different could have been done. I was just wondering. In fact, when I seen you had her on her own I was guessing you had her scanned and was minding her!

And I wasn't being thick! Am looking for answers really, perhaps there are none Thought there might be lads on here that would have an idea why she slung them. Never had any abort in years.

It was more by circumstance than a planned thing that we had her on her own

vincenzolorenzo

just do it wrote: »

Talking to a fella today about the quality of silage plastic. He was saying to watch how much it's being stretched by the contractor as they can really stretch it too much, especially if they are supplying it themselves:eek:.

Not too sure how you'd set up a wrapper to overstretch it? Unless you got custom gears made up for the PSU? But at the same time i wouldn't be a bit surprised if your source was right. Plenty of cowboys out there

whelan1

Muckit wrote: »

And I wasn't being thick! Am looking for answers really, perhaps there are none Thought there might be lads on here that would have an idea why she slung them. Never had any abort in years.

It was more by circumstance than a planned thing that we had her on her own

think twins are just finnicky, even if you had of known she was carrying twins and mollycoddled her she could still have thrown them, twins put awful pressure on the cow

pakalasa

I had a young yearling bull fall back on his back in the crush yesterday. He was lying there with his legs up straight in the air. Luckily I could pull back the side bars and I dont have a concrete walk along the side so he could get up. He took a while though, kicking like mad.

Just Like Heaven

Hey lads sorry to drop in but I didn't wanna start a new thread just for this. Basically i'm filling out my ag science project for the LC and I asked my farmer to write out a few of the brand names he uses for dosing etc. Unfortunately though I can't really read his writing and can't get throuigh to him on the phone. When I google them I can't find anything and I really can't make out his handwriting. These are in relation to beef cattle disease prevention.

So do these brands sound familiar to anybody?

"Daldrasc" - Liverfluke prevention
"Animee" - Pour on for lice.
"Ivernection" - injection against liverfluke.

I'd really appreciate it if anybody could tell me what it is i'm trying to spell

bogman_bass

I love it when a plan comes together. Heifers vacinated for lepto, bit of fencing done, veg boxes dug and manured and radishes, turnips and broad beans planted. and its only half 3:D

Bizzum

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

So do these brands sound familiar to anybody?

"Daldrasc" - Liverfluke prevention
"Animee" - Pour on for lice.
"Ivernection" - injection against liverfluke.

I'd really appreciate it if anybody could tell me what it is i'm trying to spell

Animec- Fluke & wormer, also lice. It's a pour on.
Ivermectin- Ivomec is common brand , Fluke and wormer and lice. Comes innseveral forms.

Animec is a cheaper form of Ivomec.

The first one aint ringing any bells for me. Doesn't look like Trodax, Curasol or Panacur, Probably a brand name of a Flukicide.

Hope thats some help!

whelan1

deldrax?

Just Like Heaven

Thanks so much. I really appreciate that

1chippy

scanned heifers today. should have been two months in calf. didnt see any sign of repeats and still only two of them held. so much for planned pregnancies.

whelan1

1chippy wrote: »

scanned heifers today. should have been two months in calf. didnt see any sign of repeats and still only two of them held. so much for planned pregnancies.

was it mr charming that scanned them? do you have a bull with them?

1chippy

no not mister charming got a diferent bloke. i wanted to scan a few of the cows too and he wouldnt wait, wanted in and out as fast as possible. most be a common trait. will be calling your man for next round. i know i should have had all organised but the lad that was helping crashed and left me trying to sort sucklers on my own so i went completly against my own advice and nearly lost the cool.
Didnt run the bull with any only the two that held all others were ai.
put cidrs in six cows. estrumated heifers again and just ran them with the bull, great to see them out,lovely watching them get loose from the shed.

cleaned yard, cleaned some of the straw bed sheds,, done calves for black leg, dehorned and tagged the last calves and got the power washer set up for a good cean up when alls out.
I have to say ts pretty theraputic tidying the yard with no one around..

stanflt

put out the first bit of urea yesterday-latest ever


By stanflt at 2012-03-04