Farming Chit Chat sticks it to six.

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

TGIF

If you cover the pups head it looks remarkably like a plucked chicken.

whelan2

Kovu wrote: »

Yay! It's Friday, Friday, Friday :D

*does happy dance*

And it's gonna be Friday ALL day

Connemara Farmer

whelan2 wrote: »

And it's gonna be Friday ALL day

Yeah but tomorrow is Saturday when it'll all be about #MarRef2

whelan2

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Yeah but tomorrow is Saturday when it'll all be about #MarRef2

super saturday

Reggie.

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Yeah but tomorrow is Saturday when it'll all be about #MarRef2

Trust you to put a downer on it

Connemara Farmer

Reggie. wrote: »

Trust you to put a downer on it

Hey everyone's got a talent :P

KatW4

Boyfriend broke the sprayer today. I'm very glad I'm not on the farm today, I can imagine the giving out that's going on!

Base price

I know it's early in the day but why the hell not

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

I know it's early in the day but why the hell not

is it your birthday, if so have a great day

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

is it your birthday, if so have a great day

Yes it is my birthday and a big one at that

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

Yes it is my birthday and a big one at that

30?;) hope ya get spoilt

davidk1394

Went off there this morning fencing with the father a few mile over the road. When i came back at 1 there was calves and bulls everywhere. Found out a helicopter passed over checking ESB wires and was flying very low. Drove all the animals mad and we gave the last hour rounding them up.

whelan2

has anyone ever had a bvd positive calf come back negative on a retest? Also by keeping the calf for the 3 weeks before retesting if positive would it not be shedding bvd

KatW4

Base price wrote:

Yes it is my birthday and a big one at that 

Happy birthday

Muckit

KatW4 wrote: »

Boyfriend broke the sprayer today.

Well at least you can look forward to a clean bathroom floor and a dry toilet seat!!

KatW4

Muckit wrote:

Well at least you can look forward to a clean bathroom floor and a dry toilet seat!!

Ha dirty! He's very good at aiming actually

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

has anyone ever had a bvd positive calf come back negative on a retest? Also by keeping the calf for the 3 weeks before retesting if positive would it not be shedding bvd

No experience Whelan but had a quick look on the net. Best information that I came across was here.:
http://www.animalhealthireland.ie/page.php?id=119
Point 18:
I have received a positive result for a strong, apparently healthy calf- is it definitely a PI?
Many PI calves can be deceptively healthy looking in early life, but will generally deteriorate as they grow older. You have an option to do a re-test three to four weeks after the initial sample was taken to clarify the calf’s status, with a positive result confirming it as PI. A negative result on a re-test is typically due to the calf having been transiently infected with BVD virus when the first sample was collected. Even when apparently healthy, PI calves represent a significant risk of infection to other animals in your and neighbouring herds and you are advised to isolate them prior to confirmatory testing and to cull them as soon as possible after confirmation of PI status. 83% of all calves that were initially tested positive in 2012 tested positive again on the confirmatory testing.

whelan2

had one born last saturday, came back positive this morning, gone to knackery today, very healthy calf flying around the paddock, had it sold pending test result

Reggie.

Base price wrote: »

I know it's early in the day but why the hell not

Looks cold and happy birthday missus

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

had one born last saturday, came back positive this morning, gone to knackery today, very healthy calf flying around the paddock, had it sold pending test result

Feckit and hard luck, bloody curse of a disease :mad:
I have seen some super continental calves in the abattoir which is my only experience with BVD, other than getting the two calves that were born here tested this year.
Is there no vaccine that can be given to cows to prevent it passing onto calves??
I know because we have BVD in Ireland that it has negatively impacted on FR bull calf exports to Belgium which has had the knock on effect of less calves been exported.

Reggie.

Base price wrote: »

Feckit and hard luck, bloody curse of a disease :mad:
I have seen some super continental calves in the abattoir which is my only experience with BVD, other than getting the two calves that were born here tested this year.
Is there no vaccine that can be given to cows to prevent it passing onto calves??
I know because we have BVD in Ireland that it has negatively impacted on FR bull calf exports to Belgium which has had the knock on effect of less calves been exported.

Seen that but at least France took a few thousand extra but it didn't cover the shortfall

whelan2

heard of a lad who had 3 free years, stopped vaccinating and has had 12 positives so far:eek:

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

heard of a lad who had 3 free years, stopped vaccinating and has had 12 positives so far:eek:

Why don't DAFM apply a free compulsory vaccination programme.

Base price

Heading to put on the gladrags for birthday dinner with family & friends.
Hope I don't wake up with a really bad hangover in the morning

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

Heading to put on the gladrags for birthday dinner with family & friends.
Hope I don't wake up with a really bad hangover in the morning

just dont go asleep:) enjoy

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

had one born last saturday, came back positive this morning, gone to knackery today, very healthy calf flying around the paddock, had it sold pending test result

Something like 90% of initial positives come back negative on the second test iir my vet correctly.

I had twins results with one positive and one negative in the initial test. The negatives result was 47 and the positives was 37 where 40 is the cutoff for positive and negative. So a lot of negatives are showing a weak positive which will turn up as negative if retested.

Hopefully my twin shows up as negative:(

Reggie.

Base price wrote: »

Heading to put on the gladrags for birthday dinner with family & friends.
Hope I don't wake up with a really bad hangover in the morning

Just keep drinking till your sober

I said

Base price wrote: »

Heading to put on the gladrags for birthday dinner with family & friends.
Hope I don't wake up with a really bad hangover in the morning

As long as ya wake up in yer own bed

MickeyShtyles

Tom Jones tickets came today.....
Yippeeeeeeeee!
Btw happy birthday BasePrice

Reggie.

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Tom Jones tickets came today.....
Yippeeeeeeeee!
Btw happy birthday BasePrice

Living life dangerously Mickey