Farming Chit Chat II

quadboy

redzerologhlen wrote: »

With the level of growth we have at the moment who knows Mcpa stunts the grass more so the killing it even when it turns yellow from my experience.

Yeah that's why I went for the mcpa instead of roundup, read on other threads that mcpa stunts the growth a bit but better that than killing it with roundup. Have plenty of rushes around so must try get a weed licker

Bodacious

[QUOTE= I would normally stay watching them until I see them find the tit, If they havent anything got after 4 hours we would bring them in and do whatever has to be done with them but its rare enough it happens. To be honest its more of a problem with the older cows that have biggish tits/bad udders.[/QUOTE]

Tis like a double bonus when i come across a calf on a cold night and he has already stood and latched on... back to bed! or he is lying but you can see a clean, wet freshly sucked tit!!:P

hugo29

whelan1 wrote: »

give the cow some chanatol -from vet- this will give her more energy... is she on antibiotics after holding the cleanings, did he give her a wash out, also a shot of estrumate to clean her out would be no harm...

He cleaned and washed her out for me, she got course antibiotics during week and again yesterday, want to let her out but weather shocking again,

redzerologhlen

Bodacious wrote: »

Tis like a double bonus when i come across a calf on a cold night and he has already stood and latched on... back to bed! or he is lying but you can see a clean, wet freshly sucked tit!!:P

It's a great feeling when they have everything done of their own accord alright. It's hard to beat Lims for the will to live, the calf last night and the one today were both standing within 15 minutes of being born and both were good sized bull calfs. Might be a different scenario with Charolais.

hugo29

redzerologhlen wrote: »

It's a great feeling when they have everything done of their own accord alright. It's hard to beat Lims for the will to live, the calf last night and the one today were both standing within 15 minutes of being born and both were good sized bull calfs. Might be a different scenario with Charolais.

It's the same with the blues, up and looking to suckle straight away

simx

hugo29 wrote: »

It's the same with the blues, up and looking to suckle straight away

yeah i tried a bb straw (rfc) there last year on a six cow, calved unassisted and up and sucking very happy might chance a couple more this year

Viewtodiefor

Anyone register twins online ?

Kovu

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Anyone register twins online ?

Yup. They just ask you to confirm if the dam had multiple births or something like that when you put in her tag again.

Bodacious

have a cow gone 296 days to same bull that threw the monster calf during the week... she could do with offloading him/her now!

whelan1

Bodacious wrote: »

have a cow gone 296 days to same bull that threw the monster calf during the week... she could do with offloading him/her now!

would you induce her at this stage?

pakalasa

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Anyone register twins online ?

I remember doing it before and just put in the same cow tag number again for the second calf. I don't remember it asking me if the cow had multiple births. But it was, maybe 2 years ago.

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

I remember doing it before and just put in the same cow tag number again for the second calf. I don't remember it asking me if the cow had multiple births. But it was, maybe 2 years ago.

I did it the same way a few weeks back, no problem doing it and no questions asked. Cards were out a few days after.

Viewtodiefor

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I did it the same way a few weeks back, no problem doing it and no questions asked. Cards were out a few days after.

Did two sets of twins used dam twice seemed no problem tnks

Bodacious

whelan1 wrote: »

would you induce her at this stage?

I might have to , have never done it but she is tithering on point of calving any hour, she headed off away from others at 6am and i said mighty here she goes snd back into front fields with the others again... also is a monster of a cow and has calved a bull out of him in 2009.. I just haven't recorded how long she took then!

hugo29

Bodacious wrote: »

I might have to , have never done it but she is tithering on point of calving any hour, she headed off away from others at 6am and i said mighty here she goes snd back into front fields with the others again... also is a monster of a cow and has calved a bull out of him in 2009.. I just haven't recorded how long she took then!

id leave her, never liked inducing cows, always seems to leave problems, retained cleaning, milk supply etc

have a doll scanned with twins gone 298 days, have me doubts about twins at this stage

Bodacious

hugo29 wrote: »

id leave her, never liked inducing cows, always seems to leave problems, retained cleaning, milk supply etc

have a doll scanned with twins gone 298 days, have me doubts about twins at this stage

If she wasn't so close I'd do it but she could calve fairly handy herself before dark ! If she wasn't so big, hairy and wild I could judge her better as I can't see yet alone touch her bones with the coat of Hair on her! She R/w/h Sh x LM x HR

hugo29

Bodacious wrote: »

If she wasn't so close I'd do it but she could calve fairly handy herself before dark ! If she wasn't so big, hairy and wild I could judge her better as I can't see yet alone touch her bones with the coat of Hair on her! She R/w/h Sh x LM x HR

yea if she that close leave her, bet she spurts out the calf, good cross as long as she brings a bit of the shorthorn breeding to the table she will calve away

bbam

Serious short sudden downpours all morning here in Cavan. Mild though, should kick off a growth.
I noticed thismorning along our lane where I strimmed last week, green shoots through the yellow tatch.

Turned out weanlings from slatted shed on Saturday morning. They were better looking by lunch. Loving being out at grass.

quadboy

noticed a crack in the corner of the slatted shed the last day, it runs all the way down to the ground, should I be worried, you can see out through it in a few places, the shed was only built a few years ago

whelan1

bbam wrote: »

Serious short sudden downpours all morning here in Cavan. Mild though, should kick off a growth.
I noticed thismorning along our lane where I strimmed last week, green shoots through the yellow tatch.

Turned out weanlings from slatted shed on Saturday morning. They were better looking by lunch. Loving being out at grass.

was watching a crow trying to fly yesterday evening wind was blowing it in the opposite direction of where it wanted to go:D going to let out 8 of the sucklers after dinner, tagged the lunatics calf this morning, jeeny your heart would be in your mouth til you are finished , all done with no fatalities

dzer2

quadboy wrote: »

noticed a crack in the corner of the slatted shed the last day, it runs all the way down to the ground, should I be worried, you can see out through it in a few places, the shed was only built a few years ago

Is the crack close to a rsj, Is there reinforcing in the wall, has it being tied properly to the steel work correctly. if yes to these then worry if no to any of these you may need to look a bit closer

bob charles

quadboy wrote: »

noticed a crack in the corner of the slatted shed the last day, it runs all the way down to the ground, should I be worried, you can see out through it in a few places, the shed was only built a few years ago

I would be worried if it looked like it continued down into the tank. was the tank built to dept of ag spec with sufficient steel used? did a engineer sign off on the work?

blue5000

Anyone sold 300kg ish weanling heifers in the mart lately, how did you get on? Have a few to go and wondering is it worhwhile taking them in or waiting till there is a bit more grass around.

bbam

blue5000 wrote: »

Anyone sold 300kg ish weanling heifers in the mart lately, how did you get on? Have a few to go and wondering is it worhwhile taking them in or waiting till there is a bit more grass around.

I heard that they were well down last week, particularly plane stock.
If possible, keep them looking good and hold till there's grass, probably more buyers then.

Muckit

Anyone see the chainsaw last night on dragon's den? It was worked off the tractor hydraulics. I thought it'd be very dangerous and an awkward c**t of a thing to use with the 2 hydraulic pipes training out of it.

http://fermanaghherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Sean-Leonard-5.jpg

quadboy

well theres definitely steal in the tank cos I saw it when they were putting the shutters together and they used the shutters again for the wall and I can see where they cut the rods. theres a steal girdor running down the corner is that what you call them. the tanks are the proper dept because they came up above ground level so they must be

Butcher Boy

blue5000 wrote: »

Anyone sold 300kg ish weanling heifers in the mart lately, how did you get on? Have a few to go and wondering is it worhwhile taking them in or waiting till there is a bit more grass around.

Hi blue i saw 3 aug born ch hef in macroom on sat not over done stock; 315 kg 795 yoyo thats 252 a kg .me thinks that was not too bad the way the weather is.

wesleysniper38

Butcher Boy wrote: »

Hi blue i saw 3 aug born ch hef in macroom on sat not over done stock; 315 kg 795 yoyo thats 252 a kg .me thinks that was not too bad the way the weather is.

Yeah thats the run of them...
unless you have choice little types that might be breeders then they're making up to 950e + but more ordinary storish types 2.50 per kg is the height of it at the moment.
I've a feeling the lift in prices may remain in anticipation, a lot of farmers with big feed bills and now looking at the cost of fertilizer may decide to sit on their hands this summer...

By the way did anyone go to Carrick on Shannon last saturday?

just do it

whelan1 wrote: »

was watching a crow trying to fly yesterday evening wind was blowing it in the opposite direction of where it wanted to go:D going to let out 8 of the sucklers after dinner, tagged the lunatics calf this morning, jeeny your heart would be in your mouth til you are finished , all done with no fatalities

I assume you separated the calf before tagging? I don't do anything to any calf with the cow in the same pen.

bob charles

blue5000 wrote: »

Anyone sold 300kg ish weanling heifers in the mart lately, how did you get on? Have a few to go and wondering is it worhwhile taking them in or waiting till there is a bit more grass around.

saw some crazy prices towards the end of last week when the sun shone, maybe hold another week