Farming Chit Chat II

whelan1

really warm this afternoon.... hope it stays like that for a while, grass is growing

delaval

Here's good news offered a ticket and a lift to Puncestown for tomorrow now that will be escapism

hugo29

delaval wrote: »

Here's good news offered a ticket and a lift to Puncestown for tomorrow now that will be escapism

That's right you fcuk off and enjoy yer self and leave the rest of us to our misery

hugo29

whelan1 wrote: »

really warm this afternoon.... hope it stays like that for a while, grass is growing

I was about to say same here, now we have hail stones,

whelan1

hugo29 wrote: »

I was about to say same here, now we have hail stones,

having a glass of wine in the sunshine:D kids out playing football in the yard, nearly feels like summer, then i look at the cows in the shed:(

ABlur

Nice evening in west Clare. The land is not yet as wet as it was in February so thats a reason for optimism.

moy83

A smasher here in galway aswell , long may it continue

charityboy

Put feb born calves out on grass they are getting 1.5 kg of calf nut per head grass is very good quality would a kilo be enough for them with grass trying to cut down costs a bit

Conor556

How old do calves have to be before they can be done for blackleg?

moy83

I think around six weeks but not 100%

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Conor556 wrote: »

How old do calves have to be before they can be done for blackleg?

10 days old
Second dose 6 weeks later akaik

kowtow

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

10 days old
Second dose 6 weeks later akaik

Do they have to be done at 10 days?

Or can we dose & vaccinate at the same time later on?

td5man

Conor556 wrote: »

How old do calves have to be before they can be done for blackleg?

Lost a calf a few years ago with blackleg despite them being vaccinated.

delaval

Long acre

delaval

Long acre

delaval

delaval wrote: »

Long acre

Try again

delaval

delaval wrote: »

Try again

My neighbour moving to silage ground

whelan1

things are looking up- a bit- had milking done and 3 bulls rang and delivered by 9 am , also sourced some pit silage, will keep me going for a few days, let out rest of stock....

hugo29

whelan1 wrote: »

things are looking up- a bit- had milking done and 3 bulls rang and delivered by 9 am , also sourced some pit silage, will keep me going for a few days, let out rest of stock....

yea weather not too bad apart from few April showers (some of hail) got 8 bales of me neighbour, he said not sure what they like as couple years old, opened them and its like hay, nearly blew away, cows munching away at it, one more week, one more week, keep telling meself that

kowtow

Having not quite got the hang of Irish weather, I just managed to get the cattle out for their brief daily reunion with grass... straight into the first cold shower of the day.

simx

hugo29 wrote: »

yea weather not too bad apart from few April showers (some of hail) got 8 bales of me neighbour, he said not sure what they like as couple years old, opened them and its like hay, nearly blew away, cows munching away at it, one more week, one more week, keep telling meself that

alot of people telling themselves that including myself

Timmaay

Cows grazing along the coastline today!

bob charles

Timmaay wrote: »

Cows grazing along the coastline today!

I hope the weather isnt getting to those cows, with a cliff that height beside them

jfh

Timmaay wrote: »

Cows grazing along the coastline today!

there's no way you'd see a B&W that close to the water on this of the country!

whelan1

simx wrote: »

alot of people telling themselves that including myself

stopped saying that to myself as it was driving me crazy:pac: so now just take each day as it comes , get that over with... slowly does it:D

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

kowtow wrote: »

Do they have to be done at 10 days?

Or can we dose & vaccinate at the same time later on?

Ten days is the minimum age a calf can be done for the dose to be effective.
(So you can leave them to be done slightly older if you like)
Second dose is 6 weeks after the first dose. Recommended in areas where there is a history of blackleg.

whelan1

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=586717508006008&set=a.475129442498149.113873.474461345898292&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

Mulumpy

Ya wouldn't want to be relying on accuweather for the long term forecast. A few days ago they were giving it to take up and now they saying more of this feckin rain.

Bizzum

You know the fodder situation is bad when you see a chap mowing his lawn and you're tempted to stop and ask him for the clippings:eek:

whitebriar

Thankfully grass here is coming on in leaps and bounds now,especially in the last 10 days,with about 28 days grass ahead of the cows.
Feeding very little silage now as they're just not interested.
There's about a span left.

Took this pic this morning.This is that paddocks 2nd grazing this year.Its had about 3k gallons of good slurry earlier in the year and 2.5 bags of nitrogen about 3 weeks ago.
Cows are out day and night.