When Calving Starting

whelan2

last heifer in for calving- had a job getting her into calving pen from field- shes a lhz, they are lovely heifers

wiggy123

calf tag 100 yesterday...

mahoney_j

Remember been at Tom brownes walk last summer and nearly sure we seen a cow in the 11 thousands,be a long while before I get there !!,last tag here this year 1299

Reggie.

mahoney_j wrote: »

Remember been at Tom brownes walk last summer and nearly sure we seen a cow in the 11 thousands,be a long while before I get there !!,last tag here this year 1299

That's a lot of jacking

Nettleman

Reggie. wrote: »

That's a lot of jacking

I couldn't bring me self to put tag 113on a calf a few weeks back. its still in the box, and will likely go in the fire.

Kovu

Nettleman wrote: »

I couldn't bring me self to put tag 113on a calf a few weeks back. its still in the box, and will likely go in the fire.

The 0113 we had is still here, thirteen years old now and has thirteen calves to her name!!:eek:

Dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUN

*Kovus farm explodes*

Reggie.

Kovu wrote: »

The 0113 we had is still here, thirteen years old now and has thirteen calves to her name!!:eek:

Dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUN

*Kovus farm explodes*

You have a farm

Mad4simmental

How are the import sims going Reggie? Any easier than last year?

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

You have a farm

Well as aforementioned cow is in a pen with two of my animals, yes. Technically most of my farm explodes

Reggie.

Mad4simmental wrote: »

How are the import sims going Reggie? Any easier than last year?

Not too bad. About 7 calved so far and only one needed the jack. They seem to be a little more relaxed when calving this year.

No sections yet anyways but we have one massive girl or either twins or a monster inside her

whelan2

4 left here now, reckon 1 of them is empty, calved one there after milking calf was massive, had to jack it out , big angus heifer calf. Anyone else notice calves come alot bigger at this time of year?

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

4 left here now, reckon 1 of them is empty, calved one there after milking calf was massive, had to jack it out , big angus heifer calf. Anyone else notice calves come alot bigger at this time of year?

Was going to say you had a few big calves lately

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Was going to say you had a few big calves lately

had a massive aa bull earlier today too-well i didnt the cow did

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

had a massive aa bull earlier today too-well i didnt the cow did

Dammit bet me to it . Well if i could take more and all that

wiggy123

ah this time of year--calves can be bigger+cows mayb fatter..re lead to hard calvings

Greengrass1

whelan2 wrote: »

4 left here now, reckon 1 of them is empty, calved one there after milking calf was massive, had to jack it out , big angus heifer calf. Anyone else notice calves come alot bigger at this time of year?

Yeah last 2 calves vert big. Both to AA bull kya who spits then out these were v big

whelan2

cow calved there this evening, first may calver, angus calf , 2 left now to calve , should be done in the next few days

Timmaay

whelan2 wrote: »

cow calved there this evening, first may calver, angus calf , 2 left now to calve , should be done in the next few days

Lucky you ha, another 8 here, last one due June 1st, let's hope she is at least a day early ha. 5 or 6 calved in the past few days though, at least our Peak supply still ahead of us .

whelan2

Timmaay wrote: »

Lucky you ha, another 8 here, last one due June 1st, let's hope she is at least a day early ha. 5 or 6 calved in the past few days though, at least our Peak supply still ahead of us .

bull was out from cows here but kids favourite cow- an angus fr x - was in heat and i let bull back in and he served 3 of them, this year when bull comes out he is going straight to outfarm so i cant get sentimental

Timmaay

whelan2 wrote: »

bull was out from cows here but kids favourite cow- an angus fr x - was in heat and i let bull back in and he served 3 of them, this year when bull comes out he is going straight to outfarm so i cant get sentimental

Tell me about it, somehow got a cow due to calf mid August, my dad obviously let the bull into her some day I was away last autumn :-/

whelan2

Finally last calf

freedominacup

whelan2 wrote: »

Finally last calf

Wouldn't calving cows in conditions like that make you question the sanity of what we were at from January to March.

Timmaay

Thought I was finished ha!

stanflt

Timmaay wrote: »

Thought I was finished ha!

Finished or just starting winter milking

Greengrass1

stanflt wrote: »

Finished or just starting winter milking

One lady after drying up here hadn't planned on drying of any till mid august

whelan2

is that a kya?

Timmaay

whelan2 wrote: »

is that a kya?

Stock bull. Stan I guess it's autumn starting early, she was scanned mid August! She's a heifer who I'd sorta wrote off 2nd ha, calved last Feb but refused to go in calf, despite coils etc. I'd assumed she was empty until scanned in Dec, in fairness she milked on doing 15l/day when I dried her off about 5weeks ago!

Timmaay

Timmaay wrote: »

Stock bull. Stan I guess it's autumn starting early, she was scanned mid August! She's a heifer who I'd sorta wrote off 2nd ha, calved last Feb but refused to go in calf, despite coils etc. I'd assumed she was empty until scanned in Dec, in fairness she milked on doing 15l/day when I dried her off about 5weeks ago!

Just looked at icbf, 9400l and 767kgms! Not bad for a heifer haha.

whelan2

Timmaay wrote: »

Stock bull. Stan I guess it's autumn starting early, she was scanned mid August! She's a heifer who I'd sorta wrote off 2nd ha, calved last Feb but refused to go in calf, despite coils etc. I'd assumed she was empty until scanned in Dec, in fairness she milked on doing 15l/day when I dried her off about 5weeks ago!

just goes to show the value of the bull/natural service:)

RD10

First calf of the season. Heifer calf by frosty!