When Calving Starting

Dawggone

whelan2 wrote: »

was it full term or early?

Full term.

frazzledhome

First white head here in 20 yrs this morning. 3 more born in assisted since.

Some relief as bull hadn't any cslves on the ground before. My worry was calving ease

stretch film

frazzledhome wrote: »

First white head here in 20 yrs this morning. 3 more born in assisted since.

Some relief as bull hadn't any cslves on the ground before. My worry was calving ease

Ai ?
Code pls if so. U used a fr bull that threw an enormous amount of bull calves. What was he?
All info like that helps

Dawggone

frazzledhome wrote: »

First white head here in 20 yrs this morning. 3 more born in assisted since.

Some relief as bull hadn't any cslves on the ground before. My worry was calving ease

Is bull purebred or a scrub?

trixi2011

frazzledhome wrote: »

First white head here in 20 yrs this morning. 3 more born in assisted since.

Some relief as bull hadn't any cslves on the ground before. My worry was calving ease

last four calvings to Herford have resulted in 4 dead calves and one cow down for a week cows weren't over fat either.

Nettleman

trixi2011 wrote: »

last four calvings to Herford have resulted in 4 dead calves and one cow down for a week cows weren't over fat either.

Are we getting more dead calves this year than other years (excluding fodder crisis). Some people think the silage made in 2014 was not as good quality as normal.

trixi2011

Nettleman wrote: »

Are we getting more dead calves this year than other years (excluding fodder crisis). Some people think the silage made in 2014 was not as good quality as normal.

calves were alive when for a while but died soon after calving massive calves couldn't get your hands round the legs they were so thick. Our silage was very poor which led to some other problems this spring

freedominacup

frazzledhome wrote: »

First white head here in 20 yrs this morning. 3 more born in assisted since.

Some relief as bull hadn't any cslves on the ground before. My worry was calving ease

First of the last here last night. BB heifer out of a cow that was within a fortnight of being factoried in February 2014. Scanned not in calf oul boy got suspicious of her, said she looked like she was springing. Put her on hard rations for a few days and she calved on her own. One of the smallest cows in the place but an utter tyrant while at the same time being as quite as a lamb to handle. Hopefully the link comes through. Picture of the little one sitting on her back a couple of weeks ago.

frazzledhome

Dawggone wrote: »

Is bull purebred or a scrub?

PB Polled.

frazzledhome

stretch film wrote: »

Ai ?
Code pls if so. U used a fr bull that threw an enormous amount of bull calves. What was he?
All info like that helps

Stock bull. If choosing ai be sure calving score is less than 2

Dawggone

frazzledhome wrote: »

PB Polled.

stretch film

frazzledhome wrote: »

Stock bull. If choosing ai be sure calving score is less than 2

Less if poss . No differentiation between suckler and dairy maidens with that percentage. You would need to dig deeper into figures for comfort. High rel a must imo.

Nettleman

stretch film wrote: »

Less if poss . No differentiation between suckler and dairy maidens with that percentage. You would need to dig deeper into figures for comfort. High rel a must imo.

Some fellas think 4% is ok for maidens, I beg to differ. Another fella told me cows can take 20% no problem, I wouldn't do it meself:rolleyes:

Miname

Nettleman wrote: »

Some fellas think 4% is ok for maidens, I beg to differ. Another fella told me cows can take 20% no problem, I wouldn't do it meself:rolleyes:

I've had heifers calve down to Bulls with 11% difficulty and no issues. It's the odd big lump that catches you out. I'd be happy enough with anything under 6.

whelan2

just calved my red and white hmy heifer, she had an angus heifer calf, hope thats it for tonight

whelan2

Angus cow calved there. She first calved in October then august,last year in may and this year in march

High bike

whelan2 wrote: »

Angus cow calved there. She first calved in October then august,last year in may and this year in march

Jasus she's paying her way:o

C0N0R

whelan2 wrote: »

Angus cow calved there. She first calved in October then august,last year in may and this year in march

Jaysus do you throw her to the bull the minute the calf is out!!

stretch film

Using kiwi bull FFS on last of the cows incalf to fr. Nice square calves with a short gestation . Noticed earlier he has an easy calving rating on icbf with a high rel. DO NOT put him on heifers .
Thats the public service announcement out of the way

Dawggone

4 nice heifers calved last night. All sexed semen. All 4 up and drinking. Unaided because nobody got outa bed. Happy out.

Miname

I'm a week and a half checking a cow to calve and it's driving me cracked.full elder,she's dropping and lifting the bones like a yoyo. She has a tendency to push out her bearing a slight bit, so you have to actually put her up to see if anything is coming.

freedominacup

Dawggone wrote: »

4 nice heifers calved last night. All sexed semen. All 4 up and drinking. Unaided because nobody got outa bed. Happy out.

Absolute opposite here. Just finished now, in yard since one o'clock. Pulled a horse of a bb bull calf from a cow bad milk fever. Then handled another that had been pricking around since yesterday afternoon. Could make no sense of what I felt. Knew it was a job for the consultant. Vet arrived around 3.30. Toughest c-section I've ever seen. Vet did standard cut and no way would calf come. He had to make a six inch L cut on bottom of standard cut to get calf out. Badly feformed probably schmallamberg. Got her sorted and stitched.

Milk fever case then stood but charged straight out of calving box and slipped as soon as she hit bare concrete. It was milking time by the time we got her loaded and into a paddock. Popped up straight away once she had clay underfoot. We were due one like this. Everything ran too smoothly up to now.

Timmaay

Off skiing for the week here, only have 2 that I'd say will pop during week, bloody hope neither cause any trouble as such ha!

ellewood

Timmaay wrote: »

Off skiing for the week here, only have 2 that I'd say will pop during week, bloody hope neither cause any trouble as such ha!

U should call in for Dawg on ue way to cheer him up:-)

whelan2

Timmaay wrote: »

Off skiing for the week here, only have 2 that I'd say will pop during week, bloody hope neither cause any trouble as such ha!

enjoy,13 weeks til we go on holidays, cant wait

freedominacup

whelan2 wrote: »

enjoy,13 weeks til we go on holidays, cant wait

We'll be back in 12.

frazzledhome

freedominacup wrote: »

We'll be back in 12.

I'm taking a leaf outa Dawgs book and taking no holiday..........NOT

West Clare in July

Greengrass1

Dawned on me this morning any calf that I stomached tubed this spring were the ones that got scours
any teat fed ones have had no scours
what disenfectant are ye putting your stomach tubes in?

freedominacup

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Dawned on me this morning any calf that I stomached tubed this spring were the ones that got scours
any teat fed ones have had no scours
what disenfectant are ye putting your stomach tubes in?

Plenty of hot water immediately. Rinse again before use.

Reggie.

Timmaay wrote: »

Off skiing for the week here, only have 2 that I'd say will pop during week, bloody hope neither cause any trouble as such ha!

Enjoy


Not jealous At all