This mild weather

buffalobilly

With this mild weather how are the cattle doing in the sheds I had to take off the vented sheets and put up boards to let some air in to our shed. The cattle are a lot happier now

Sam Kade

All cattle still out grazing here no problems with ventilation

yellow50HX

Cows only in by night for the last few days. The feed passage is just a covered slatted unit with access to the cubicles behind. A lot of them will prefer to stay out in the slats. Kept them out for as long as we could but it's starting to get wet and they would cut up the grass.

Dont be daft

buffalobilly wrote: »

With this mild weather how are the cattle doing in the sheds I had to take off the vented sheets and put up boards to let some air in to our shed. The cattle are a lot happier now

Its probably ideal for conditions for lice as well so might be worth bearing that in mind.

buffalobilly

Dont be daft wrote: »

Its probably ideal for conditions for lice as well so might be worth bearing that in mind.

It is ideal for the lice done mine last week with enospec they are still licking away going to do them with tactic in the morning

buffalobilly

buffalobilly wrote: »

It is ideal for the lice done mine last week with enospec they are still licking away going to do them with tactic in the morning

Not enospec but ectospec

jersey101

buffalobilly wrote: »

Not enospec but ectospec

did mine for lice today, see how they get on. Havent done them since June/july

Sharpshooter82

Wish I still had mine out, have to clean out shed tomorrow as I can't keep straw under them

6480

we will pay for this good weather in late spring

Sharpshooter82

6480 wrote: »

we will pay for this good weather in late spring

Now now don't be negative

jaymla627

6480 wrote: »

we will pay for this good weather in late spring

If it follows last years pattern its a nailed on cold spring, its almost like the seasons are out of whack.

Timmaay

Start calving in hmmmmm, Dec, or maybe May so ha?? But yeh, as nice as it is to have this good weather, I'd take loads of rain now if it meant I could get the cows out in early feb. Instead we could well be snowed out of it then :rolleyes:

Brown Podzol

6480 wrote: »

we will pay for this good weather in late spring

Yerrah let it sit in the current account.:D

onyerbikepat

Unbelievable weather it is. My sucklers are still out but getting silage in a yard. They head back out then to ly out on the field. Expecting the weather to turn bad at the w'end, so gate will be closed behind them then.

Sharpshooter82

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Unbelievable weather it is. My sucklers are still out but getting silage in a yard. They head back out then to ly out on the field. Expecting the weather to turn bad at the w'end, so gate will be closed behind them then.

Yeah looks like a bit of rain on saturday

feartuath

Most cows in last Friday , they could have stayed out but 5 August and sept calvers will be back out in February.
4,cows on out farm will stay there for now,5 replacements are out on grass with small bull weanling as teaser,they will get a bale of hay this week.
Hopefully this will be a short winter.

mahoney_j

feartuath wrote: »

Most cows in last Friday , they could have stayed out but 5 August and sept calvers will be back out in February.
4,cows on out farm will stay there for now,5 replacements are out on grass with small bull weanling as teaser,they will get a bale of hay this week.
Hopefully this will be a short winter.

Whilst I won't complain about this weather ,I really wish it was lashing rain or very cold,proper winter weather in winter.i don't want another spring like this year

Bizzum

I didn't find today as mild. I was skint at times today!

bogman_bass

mahoney_j wrote: »

Whilst I won't complain about this weather ,I really wish it was lashing rain or very cold,proper winter weather in winter.i don't want another spring like this year

but last spring was made 10 times worse with little or no fodder and what was there was of very poor quality.

If we went through last spring with this years silage it wouldnt have been half as bad

Timmaay

Ha, total opposite for me, and probably likes of freedom/jersey also, the drought lasted much longer here in the southeast. Only for the excellent back end I could be in big trouble come a poor spring, last may I was one of the lucky ones selling fodder! Not complaining, just saying its funny how divided the country is!

Marooned75

Plenty of rain on the way for weekend that ll put stock in, in a lot of places now

dzer2

Timmaay wrote: »

Ha, total opposite for me, and probably likes of freedom/jersey also, the drought lasted much longer here in the southeast. Only for the excellent back end I could be in big trouble come a poor spring, last may I was one of the lucky ones selling fodder! Not complaining, just saying its funny how divided the country is!

Yeah all the lighter stock still out and will stay out unless we get some of that white stuff.:cool: Could really do with spreading slurry from under the cows as when the time comes I bet I wont get out. :eek:

I think we bought this good end to the year last spring and are due a decent winter. Grass cover is now better than at the end of April.

jersey101

Timmaay wrote: »

Ha, total opposite for me, and probably likes of freedom/jersey also, the drought lasted much longer here in the southeast. Only for the excellent back end I could be in big trouble come a poor spring, last may I was one of the lucky ones selling fodder! Not complaining, just saying its funny how divided the country is!

If we get the same spring again ill be in right dire straights. Totting up what silage we have left this morning and ill have to buy over 100 bales in mid feb. Feck

Bactidiaryl

Tee shirt only today. Unreal.

bob charles

problem I see is that there are going to be serious covers of grass in the middle of Jan when I will have to start shifting slurry. Not a bad problem

mahoney_j

bogman_bass wrote: »

but last spring was made 10 times worse with little or no fodder and what was there was of very poor quality.

If we went through last spring with this years silage it wouldnt have been half as bad

With the best silage ninths world I'd still want to be out grazing with milkers from feb 1 and with maiden heifers from mid February.its cheaper and milk solids will be higher and live weight gain of maiden heifers will be better .hence why I'd prefer winter now and not in February /march

manjou

Walked fields today and if weather holds will be able to let cows out as they calve in feb.Some paddocks bit strong but cows wont mind might be glad of it by april cheaper than silage and nuts.biggest problem at moment is resisting urge to let cattle back out but think saturday will cure that.Enough silage so will hope to get them out.