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    #62
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users Posts: 11,111 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    Kicked off today 2 cows and one heifer,2 jkf and one abo heifer calves .all calved unassisted,calves up and fed themselves and all 3 have cleaned.great start and hope it continues.heifer calved 9 days before due date


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    #63
    visatorro
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    Kicked off today 2 cows and one heifer,2 jkf and one abo heifer calves .all calved unassisted,calves up and fed themselves and all 3 have cleaned.great start and hope it continues.heifer calved 9 days before due date

    do you remember how to turn on the milking machine!!!


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    #64
    mahoney_j
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    visatorro wrote: »
    do you remember how to turn on the milking machine!!!

    What's a milking machine ted???,first milking tomorrow ,hope I remember how all the gadgets work!!


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    #65
    Greengrass1
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    SSJ heifer from a STX cow
    305 day yeild 5634l
    468kgs ms


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    #66
    whelan2
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    hurt my back calving a cow last night, she never opened up and was very tight, used jack, got calf out alive-fr bull. I am like a 90 year old today, hope I dont have to do too much today:(


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    #67
    mahoney_j
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    9 calved,9 heifer calves,calving ropes and jack untouched all cleaned perfect and in milk.heifers by ksk ,abo and jkf I'm saying no more and long may this run continue!!


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    #68
    Reggie.
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    9 calved,9 heifer calves,calving ropes and jack untouched all cleaned perfect and in milk.heifers by ksk ,abo and jkf I'm saying no more and long may this run continue!!

    Don't jinx it lad


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    #69
    Deepsouthwest
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    9 calved,9 heifer calves,calving ropes and jack untouched all cleaned perfect and in milk.heifers by ksk ,abo and jkf I'm saying no more and long may this run continue!!

    Wow, what a start. I think they generally even out over a few yrs, but it's always great to get the burst of heifers early in the yr. Nothing here yet, another few days and the dam will burst I'd say!


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    #70
    Coonagh
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    9 calved,9 heifer calves,calving ropes and jack untouched all cleaned perfect and in milk.heifers by ksk ,abo and jkf I'm saying no more and long may this run continue!!

    Had three calvings by jkf, they are big calves!!! What sort were yours Mahoney?


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    #71
    Timmaay
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    Coonagh wrote: »
    Had three calvings by jkf, they are big calves!!! What sort were yours Mahoney?

    His calving score rocketed last yr which is the downside of unproven bulls, however I've had 3 sexed heifers by him here and no problems with calving at all.


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    #72
    Greengrass1
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    I had an OCP heifer this morning from a LHZ first calvers. Heifer looks to have lots of milk


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    #73
    mahoney_j
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    Coonagh wrote: »
    Had three calvings by jkf, they are big calves!!! What sort were yours Mahoney?

    Decent sized calves,all calved unaided and 3 from heifers.only bull ive had a bit of trouble with over last few years was lhz.


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    #74
    A cow called Daisy
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    Started about an hour ago. An AA out of M.O.B (My Own Bull)
    No hassle and calf up and sucking. Just hope rest don't decide to calve at 4 in morning. Now do I stay up or back to bed.:confused:
    Grand morning but cold.


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    #75
    frazzledhome
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    Well and truly kicking off here. 9 heifers calved since midnight, 1 assist leg back.

    3 in pens with water bags out, lovinit


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    #76
    Reggie.
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    Well and truly kicking off here. 9 heifers calved since midnight, 1 assist leg back.

    3 in pens with water bags out, lovinit

    Jaysus that's some going


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    #77
    Dawggone
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    Well and truly kicking off here. 9 heifers calved since midnight, 1 assist leg back.

    3 in pens with water bags out, lovinit

    Do you have someone looking after them by night?


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    #78
    Greengrass1
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    Came out this morning this lady had calved. A bull :( would love a heifer out of her. 6k litre last yr off 500kg meal.
    And she just spat out the second calf as I was looking.
    3rd yr in a row having twins and always bulls to heifers


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    #79
    whelan2
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Came out this morning this lady had calved. A bull :( would love a heifer out of her. 6k litre last yr off 500kg meal.
    And she just spat out the second calf as I was looking.
    3rd yr in a row having twins and always bulls to heifers
    would you chance sexed semen on her?


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    #80
    Greengrass1
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    would you chance sexed semen on her?

    Not sure I had thought about it but I'm trying to tighten up calving pattern a lot more and don't want to mess up all the progress we've made inn last 3 yrs


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    #81
    frazzledhome
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    Jaysus that's some going

    That's only a warm up, 50% of herd due to calve in the next 2 wks

    Most important man here is lad snatching calves to cal pens as they calve. Tag, snatch and tube then repeat:):)


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    #82
    Timmaay
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    8 heifers calves from the 10 cows calved so far, sexed working nicely so far.


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    #83
    Timmaay
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Not sure I had thought about it but I'm trying to tighten up calving pattern a lot more and don't want to mess up all the progress we've made inn last 3 yrs

    The odd few sexed straws on your most fertile cows won't mess up your calving pattern, if it's a good cow who almost always holds to the 1st serve well worth the risk.


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    #84
    mahoney_j
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    Timmaay wrote: »
    The odd few sexed straws on your most fertile cows won't mess up your calving pattern, if it's a good cow who almost always holds to the 1st serve well worth the risk.

    17 fr heifers and 1 bb bull from 18 calvings so far.5 days in and I already have more heifer calves than whole of last year already.lovely red ksk calf there now.no sexed semen and heifers cAlving a 5 to 10 days before due date


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    #85
    frazzledhome
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    Dawggone wrote: »
    Do you have someone looking after them by night?

    There are 2 full time here. We have a contract milker who had surgery last Oct and is back to work Tomorrow.

    We have a yard man (his words) taken on for calving. He works 8 to 6 5 days a week. We also have a young lad we can call on

    For calving we do nights ourselves with yard man doing 1 per week. Feed near calvers at midnight and head to bed if nothing is calving. Back in yard a 5.30, very few night calvings.

    Well set up with a large straw bedded shed that holds 60 cows near calving. A few headlock gates with all kit to hand.

    Last year we were nearly dead moving cows, spent money on 10 well positioned and HUNG gates so now moving or drafting a cow is a one man job day or night.


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    #86
    Timmaay
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    17 fr heifers and 1 bb bull from 18 calvings so far.5 days in and I already have more heifer calves than whole of last year already.lovely red ksk calf there now.no sexed semen and heifers cAlving a 5 to 10 days before due date

    It's balancing out over 2yrs basically so?


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    #87
    Reggie.
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    There are 2 full time here. We have a contract milker who had surgery last Oct and is back to work Tomorrow.

    We have a yard man (his words) taken on for calving. He works 8 to 6 5 days a week. We also have a young lad we can call on

    For calving we do nights ourselves with yard man doing 1 per week. Feed near calvers at midnight and head to bed if nothing is calving. Back in yard a 5.30, very few night calvings.

    Well set up with a large straw bedded shed that holds 60 cows near calving. A few headlock gates with all kit to hand.

    Last year we were nearly dead moving cows, spent money on 10 well positioned and HUNG so now moving or drafting a cow is a one man job day or night.

    A proper setup is a life saver


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    #88
    frazzledhome
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    A proper setup is a life saver

    I know that now, Ffs we were killing ourselves and each other up to this. Myself and my 9yo can actually put all stock through the footbath on our own between him finishing school and milking each Friday


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    #89
    Reggie.
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    I know that now, Ffs we were killing ourselves and each other up to this. Myself and my 9yo can actually put all stock through the footbath on our own between him finishing school and milking each Friday

    Yeah if I could only get that across here


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    #90
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users Posts: 11,111 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    Timmaay wrote: »
    It's balancing out over 2yrs basically so?

    13 from 56 fr calves last year.usually anywhere from 30 to 50 % heifers never had a run like this though


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    #91
    keep going
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    There are 2 full time here. We have a contract milker who had surgery last Oct and is back to work Tomorrow.

    We have a yard man (his words) taken on for calving. He works 8 to 6 5 days a week. We also have a young lad we can call on

    For calving we do nights ourselves with yard man doing 1 per week. Feed near calvers at midnight and head to bed if nothing is calving. Back in yard a 5.30, very few night calvings.

    Well set up with a large straw bedded shed that holds 60 cows near calving. A few headlock gates with all kit to hand.

    Last year we were nearly dead moving cows, spent money on 10 well positioned and HUNG gates so now moving or drafting a cow is a one man job day or night.
    started this morning,came backwards and she was over fat so I jacked as she wouldn't settle for me and got a chance to test my little setup and it worked at treat,milked her with my bucket and stomach tubed him in no time,pity the shuff bottles don't hold another 1/2 litre.only problem parlour not finished but a couple of days will have us there............hopefully.got to go another just landed


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