calving

valtra2

so hows everyones calfing going, just hit half way here, started 10 jan 25 down 25 calves two twins, 1 pulled with jack, lmx and hex in calf to lim stock bull

simx

valtra2 wrote: »

so hows everyones calfing going, just hit half way here, started 10 jan 25 down 25 calves two twins, 1 pulled with jack, lmx and hex in calf to lim stock bull

10 calved out of 45,one lost so hopefully it will stay at that, had a bad enough calving season last year

Bodacious

valtra2 wrote: »

so hows everyones calfing going, just hit half way here, started 10 jan 25 down 25 calves two twins, 1 pulled with jack, lmx and hex in calf to lim stock bull

1 heifer calved out of 12, am blessed to have her alive, close call:-(
You're going well only having pulled 1 out of 25 calvings, So you've two sets of twins and 25 calves... Did you lose 2 calves?

case 5150

started 28th jan, 23 calved out of 130, 9 heifers, 14 bulls. all going well so far

valtra2

ya one aborted at seven months and one still born, same day and it was 2nd and third cows to calf, but all good since, just bad start

grazeaway

Week and a half down, all good so far, all calved themselves and all running around the shed. Every 2nd one going bull/heifer so far.

1chippy

1 CAESARIAN, 1 Set of twins and all calves alive, 1 dead cow (burst vessel internally). i have put the jack on everything bar 2. i have found some of the cows are not pushing and some dont seem to be bagging up fully. seem to come ok after calving. calves are a very lively bunch this year and all going well. hopefully i havent jinxed it.

Bodacious

3 live charolais calves out of an AA heifer.. the figures are good (Front of farming independent on tuesday)

Dunedin

only have 15 cows and 6 calved so far with 6 live calves.

that said, i had vet out at 5am this morning for one. vet said it was very close to Caesarian but actually took the calf fairly handy enough in the end.

head a bit swelled as should have prob moved a bit sooner but you know the way it is in the middle of the night -you will chance it on a bit hoping she will pop him out.

yellow50HX

Dunedin wrote: »

only have 15 cows and 6 calved so far with 6 live calves.

that said, i had vet out at 5am this morning for one. vet said it was very close to Caesarian but actually took the calf fairly handy enough in the end.

head a bit swelled as should have prob moved a bit sooner but you know the way it is in the middle of the night -you will chance it on a bit hoping she will pop him out.

well if both cow and calf are ok that'll do. Nothing more soul destroying then having call the vet to do a section and still lose one or both. Happened to us a few years back, cow showing no signs of calving, handled her and reckoned it was a vet job, called him and while we were waiting for him (he was in the middle of another one that bank holiday night) cow decided to lie down and start pushing. Cow couldnt stand so had to section her lying down. Pulled a dead calf and the cow never stood again. Cleaned up after the vet and just walked out of the pen in home. Think i sat in the kitchen for about 3hrs just waiting for the sun to come up afterwards.

Decided to go out and milk the cows rather then go to bed in a bad mood and was greeted by a new born calf wobbling under its mother with the dawn sun shining on him. Felt an awful lot better for seeing him and just wanted to run up and throw my arms around him.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Nearly there thank god. Just a couple of the late party arrivals left

Dunedin

yellow50HX wrote: »

well if both cow and calf are ok that'll do. .

I'll be praying when I get home that all is still there. Cow was a bit wobbly too but I think she will be ok. Calf will prob have trouble sucking 'cos the tongue is swelled.

Thank God for the neighbour to check on things during the day - and the stomach tube.....:):)

Dozer1

Only 20 cows here ten calved and all fine so far only had to pull one, cows are in poor shape though so giving them plenty meal

49801

only 7 left to calf out of 33.

leg wax

served 1st cow on the 1st of may so have not started yet but very close any day:) or night:mad:

Durrus Boy

Lads, apologies but just going off in a slight tangent for a minute!!

With the gestation lengths that a lot of continentals are carrying these days does anyone induce cows/heifers esp. those carrying bulls?
Do all heifers here at 287 days & they'll pop within 48 hrs. Find it a great job but am I in the minority???

feartuath

10 calved since 25th Dec. 22 to go .

Dunedin

Durrus Boy wrote: »

Lads, apologies but just going off in a slight tangent for a minute!!

With the gestation lengths that a lot of continentals are carrying these days does anyone induce cows/heifers esp. those carrying bulls?
Do all heifers here at 287 days & they'll pop within 48 hrs. Find it a great job but am I in the minority???

it sounds a good idea but the problem i would see is that it would only really be safe to do so when using exclusively AI - very difficult to know exact dates of service when using a bull. Very easy to miss repeats, etc.

Buncha Fives

Durrus Boy wrote: »

Lads, apologies but just going off in a slight tangent for a minute!!

With the gestation lengths that a lot of continentals are carrying these days does anyone induce cows/heifers esp. those carrying bulls?
Do all heifers here at 287 days & they'll pop within 48 hrs. Find it a great job but am I in the minority???

I have never induced a cow, nor do I know anything about it, but i would definitely consider it; we had a heifer a few weeks ago brought over 3 weeks and we had to get the vet out, it was touch and go for a caesarion but we got a bull calf out with a hard pull.

Is it just a simple injection and how much does it cost? Seems to good to be true surely there is a down side or everyone would be at it. It would be great to get a cow calving on the 9 months mark because when she carries 2/3/4 weeks it is very hard to get her back calving within 12 months

whelan1

the main concern is that the calves lungs might not be developed fully if you induce them, i prefer to leave it to nature

49801

Dunedin wrote: »

it sounds a good idea but the problem i would see is that it would only really be safe to do so when using exclusively AI - very difficult to know exact dates of service when using a bull. Very easy to miss repeats, etc.

also the problem is it screws up the cow as she wont clean properly.

grumpyfarmer

Started the 20th of Jan. 50 out of 96 calved 51 live calves , all ai bulls 1 c-section 3 uses of the jack (1 backwards 2 hard pulls) actually induced 1 for the first time everthis year, a heifer that had gone a week with her time. 1 injection and calved the finest within 36 hours no problems...

furandfeather

17 calved out off 20, two sets of twins so 19 calves. Sold the free martin hiefer calf. 1 c section fot a ET calf. Induced 2 hiefers this year at 290 days both calved unassisted 24 hours later and cleaned no bother. It was my first year calving down at 24 months so i didnt want to leave them too long.

hugo29

started last week
2 calved out of 20, 1 of each

all rest to calve by end march, hopefully in evenings or weekends as am away at work during day

leg wax

and i am off first calf and its alive:):):):):):):):):):)

micky mouse

leg wax wrote: »

and i am off first calf and its alive:):):):):):):):):):)

Im off too ,yippee,first cow,twins:)

Bigbird1

furandfeather wrote: »

17 calved out off 20, two sets of twins so 19 calves. Sold the free martin hiefer calf. 1 c section fot a ET calf. Induced 2 hiefers this year at 290 days both calved unassisted 24 hours later and cleaned no bother. It was my first year calving down at 24 months so i didnt want to leave them too long.

What breed or breeding is the et calf?

Also what did you inject to induce the heifers?

saranac1

Lovely little red lim bull calf came tis morning, 1st ever born on the farm, gud times

yellow50HX

two red lim heifer calves so far this year, both out of cows with loads of milk, will be defo kept for replacements. One of them is the 3rd red heifer in a row from the same cow, she is a FR left over from when we were milking kept her to breed replacments and she hasnt let me down.

reilig

Durrus Boy wrote: »

Lads, apologies but just going off in a slight tangent for a minute!!

With the gestation lengths that a lot of continentals are carrying these days does anyone induce cows/heifers esp. those carrying bulls?
Do all heifers here at 287 days & they'll pop within 48 hrs. Find it a great job but am I in the minority???

What about milk for the new born? For example, if you have a limousin, she could bring 300 days with her normally and it will only be on the 298th day that she will have her bag full of milk. If you induced her at 287 days then she could have nothing for the calf??

furandfeather

Bigbird1 wrote: »

What breed or breeding is the et calf?

Also what did you inject to induce the heifers?

The et was a Simmental. Had 3 and the other 2 calved on their own so not too bad I suppose.
Don't know off hand what the stuff was. There was 2 injections one to bring the heifer on and one to make sure she opened.

Bigbird1

furandfeather wrote: »

The et was a Simmental. Had 3 and the other 2 calved on their own so not too bad I suppose.
Don't know off hand what the stuff was. There was 2 injections one to bring the heifer on and one to make sure she opened.

Good stuff,are you happy enough with the quality of the calves,thinking of trying 2 or 3 charolais embryos myself.I would be buying them off another man.

furandfeather

Bigbird1 wrote: »

Good stuff,are you happy enough with the quality of the calves,thinking of trying 2 or 3 charolais embryos myself.I would be buying them off another man.

Ah I find it hit and miss really. Very happy with these 3 calves but done it few times before and was less than impressed.

delaval

Calving 15 days 30% calved cows not due till 10th but now in full swing looks like next 3 wks will be very busy. 55% of heifers now calved only 3 assists so far 1 vet. Bull:heif 50:50. Calves taking longer each day, getting calves trained to feeders but so far so good

reps4

6 so far, 5 are bulls. last 3 carried 302 days. all are calved in less than 365 too!

Bodacious

reps4 wrote: »

6 so far, 5 are bulls. last 3 carried 302 days. all are calved in less than 365 too!

Hi reps 4

What sires/ breeds of cows taking that 302 days lim/blonde?

bogman_bass

still waiting on my first. blue cow gone 10 days over her time to ADX. Dont think she'll go for another day or two either