Wire in silage

forgerry

I took some meadowing and made silage from it but it was only after the contractors were finished that they told me that some wire was cut into the swards by the mower and then picked up by the harvester. Seemingly it was more than a small amount. Am very worried now about small pieces of wire mixed up in the pit and somebody is after telling me that it can kill animals. What can I do?

mallethead

As far as i know there is a bolus you can us its magnetic
can be called a cow magnet
A vet told me about this one

Mad4simmental

Also any lumps of grass left in the field from the harvester spitting it out go out and pick them up and throw away. This is sum thing that gets ignored allot and the wire stayes in the field for years.

sheebadog

Magnet bolus. One per animal. Never ever give two. If unsure about whether an animal ever got one, use an old fashioned needle compass to test. Wave the compass about the rumen area and the compass needle will quickly tell you if they have got one.


Lost 6 cows to wire in feed last year. Magnet bolus to every animal over 6 months old. Job done.
Magnet bolus cost 33 cent per head.

frazzledhome

If picked by modern SP, metal detector would have stopped it getting in

Reggie.

forgerry wrote: »

I took some meadowing and made silage from it but it was only after the contractors were finished that they told me that some wire was cut into the swards by the mower and then picked up by the harvester. Seemingly it was more than a small amount. Am very worried now about small pieces of wire mixed up in the pit and somebody is after telling me that it can kill animals. What can I do?

How did it not get tangled up in the mower bed

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

How did it not get tangled up in the mower bed

I picked up a small piece of wire here on Tuesday. Got lapped up in conditioner. Easy take it out

lakill Farm

frazzledhome wrote: »

If picked by modern SP, metal detector would have stopped it getting in

the tinfoil in a cigarette box use to set the detector off on the SP

I thought lots of the trailed machines have them now also

freedominacup

Oul fella always talks about the first time he swore at an adult. He was around 15 and used to follow the single chop because he wasn't old enough to drive on the road. He was picking up first cut in early July and they were on an hourly rate. Going down this field and next thing the whole crop started surging towards him. Three strands of barbed wire cw stakes lying down under the crop. No way to see it under the mat of stuff he was cutting. Farmer wanders out to find out what the delay was seeing as he was paying by the hour. Oul boy let fly at him finishing by telling him if he didn't fcuk off back into the yard the oul boy would pack up and head off and yer man could wait until September when everyone else was done to get his silage finished. Adults wouldn't have been used to being addressed like this in the early sixties but the oul boy is foxy and the temper could be short with him when he's under pressure.

Reggie.

freedominacup wrote: »

Oul fella always talks about the first time he swore at an adult. He was around 15 and used to follow the single chop because he wasn't old enough to drive on the road. He was picking up first cut in early July and they were on an hourly rate. Going down this field and next thing the whole crop started surging towards him. Three strands of barbed wire cw stakes lying down under the crop. No way to see it under the mat of stuff he was cutting. Farmer wanders out to find out what the delay was seeing as he was paying by the hour. Oul boy let fly at him finishing by telling him if he didn't fcuk off back into the yard the oul boy would pack up and head off and yer man could wait until September when everyone else was done to get his silage finished. Adults wouldn't have been used to being addressed like this in the early sixties but the oul boy is foxy and the temper could be short with him when he's under pressure.

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