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jaymla627

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Serious results there Jay, u must be things v right, take a bow!

vaccinations/boulses really seem to be paying of this year, feed the high spec 14%nut from roches too during breeding and it's payed of too....
shocked at the performance of the heifers this year, 45% heifers in the herd and heading for 530 kgs of milk solids delivered of 1.3 ton of meal, alot of the heifers are jersey cross of a high milk shottle son stock bull unbelievable 1st cross x-bred

awaywithyou

jaymla627 wrote: »

93% incalf rate here between cows and heifers, only sore points where 3 first calvers that got messed up calving due to big calves that turned up empty, and 2 heifers that where incalf but aborted due to neospora....
Only 1 empty cow from 2nd lactation up, and got 70% 1st service to sexed semen with heifers

Sexed semen works well on heifers.... Did you use it on cows?? If so how did it go?

jaymla627

awaywithyou wrote: »

Sexed semen works well on heifers.... Did you use it on cows?? If so how did it go?

used 20 straws on cows at start of breeding and got 5 confirmed incalf to it, extremely hit and miss on cows had similar results last year, am finding massive differences between sexed bulls for conception rates, some as low as 10% incalf and others running at 60%.....
Only got 40% conception rates with sexed last year on heifers, putting down the conception rates with the heifers this year due to using the one sexed bull on the majority of them, managed to get another 30 straws of him at the ploughing this year to so was happy out...

awaywithyou

jaymla627 wrote: »

used 20 straws on cows at start of breeding and got 5 confirmed incalf to it, extremely hit and miss on cows had similar results last year, am finding massive differences between sexed bulls for conception rates, some as low as 10% incalf and others running at 60%.....
Only got 40% conception rates with sexed last year on heifers, putting down the conception rates with the heifers this year due to using the one sexed bull on the majority of them, managed to get another 30 straws of him at the ploughing this year to so was happy out...

Yes I found the same.... What bull did you find worked well? Had great success with AWB here...

jaymla627

awaywithyou wrote: »

Yes I found the same.... What bull did you find worked well? Had great success with AWB here...

delta gravity (dgy), had good conception rates with the abs bull laurhill classic too last year, have some cracking heifers of him, would of used alot of classic next year aswell only for abs pulling the plug

tanko

jaymla627 wrote: »

delta gravity (dgy), had good conception rates with the abs bull laurhill classic too last year, have some cracking heifers of him, would of used alot of classic next year aswell only for abs pulling the plug

Are ABS gone for dairy and beef in Ireland?

jack o shea

Anybody milking once on a sunday yet? starting it tomorrow, its taking longer to bring them in, in the evenings than milk them lately so fcuk it.

jaymla627

tanko wrote: »

Are ABS gone for dairy and beef in Ireland?

Their gone out of the Republic anyways, would say they are still active up the north though, their's talk of progressive taking on some of their bulls, they had been getting a fairly raw deal with the department over the years with red - tape bringing in overseas bulls along with the icbf ridiculously under - rating them on ebi so it's little wonder they pulled out of Ireland. ...
It's a real shame as they are one of the most progressive ai companies in the world with research and development budgets irish ai companies could only dream off

Timmaay

jack o shea wrote: »

Anybody milking once on a sunday yet? starting it tomorrow, its taking longer to bring them in, in the evenings than milk them lately so fcuk it.

Getting in a milker for two milkings a week alot more regularly now, usually a week day and Sunday evening. Their wages (basically 100L of milk per milikng) more than cover whatever loss in production the cows would have from going OAD, what one or two lads who milk OAD sun tell me it's not until wed that the cows back up to full yeild.

leg wax

Timmaay wrote: »

Getting in a milker for two milkings a week alot more regularly now, usually a week day and Sunday evening. Their wages (basically 100L of milk per milikng) more than cover whatever loss in production the cows would have from going OAD, what one or two lads who milk OAD sun tell me it's not until wed that the cows back up to full yeild.

but the comic says ....:rolleyes:

whelan2

Timmaay wrote: »

Getting in a milker for two milkings a week alot more regularly now, usually a week day and Sunday evening. Their wages (basically 100L of milk per milikng) more than cover whatever loss in production the cows would have from going OAD, what one or two lads who milk OAD sun tell me it's not until wed that the cows back up to full yeild.

It wouldnt really work now with the few fresh calved ones, would be more trouble than its worth

Buford T. Justice XIX

jack o shea wrote: »

Anybody milking once on a sunday yet? starting it tomorrow, its taking longer to bring them in, in the evenings than milk them lately so fcuk it.

I'm going to try an 18 hour interval, 6pm saturday, 12 noon sunday and 6am monday. Last time i dropped a sunday milking, a few dried off the next 2-3 weeks.

Iirc, an 18 hour milking interval shouldn't lead to any drop in yield.

It'll give me a chance to head out on saturday with herself and have a few drinks and a bit of a lie in on sunday.

whelan2

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I'm going to try an 18 hour interval, 6pm saturday, 12 noon sunday and 6am monday. Last time i dropped a sunday milking, a few dried off the next 2-3 weeks.

Iirc, an 18 hour milking interval shouldn't lead to any drop in yield.

It'll give me a chance to head out on saturday with herself and have a few drinks and a bit of a lie in on sunday.

what about scc?

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

what about scc?

I'd normally be on 15:9 at that time of the year anyway and my scc is normally below 120 this year so I wouldn't expect much of an increase for an extra 3 hours waiting.

Having said that, it's going to go a**eways now that I've jinxed it:pac:

I'm still trying to decide what to do if any cases of mastitis show up, do I keep and milk normally or let them stay with the rest of the cows?

Timmaay

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I'm going to try an 18 hour interval, 6pm saturday, 12 noon sunday and 6am monday. Last time i dropped a sunday milking, a few dried off the next 2-3 weeks.

Iirc, an 18 hour milking interval shouldn't lead to any drop in yield.

It'll give me a chance to head out on saturday with herself and have a few drinks and a bit of a lie in on sunday.

That would take away from your drinking time sat evening, and a 5am kick in the balls alarm clock for Monday ha? I'd definitely just be hiring a milker the Sun morning ha.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Timmaay wrote: »

That would take away from your drinking time sat evening, and a 5am kick in the balls alarm clock for Monday ha? I'd definitely just be hiring a milker the Sun morning ha.

Not a big drinker so it wouldn't bother me much. And getting up time is a moveable feast here, youngest lad gets lonely around 4-5 anyway so comes over for a chat before going back to sleep again:)

Deepsouthwest

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Not a big drinker so it wouldn't bother me much. And getting up time is a moveable feast here, youngest lad gets lonely around 4-5 anyway so comes over for a chat before going back to sleep again:)

Four year old does the same here, gotta admit I love it!

Deepsouthwest

whelan2 wrote: »

It wouldnt really work now with the few fresh calved ones, would be more trouble than its worth

Surely 13/wk milking only applies to spring calving herds, and at that ideally compact calving spring, no May or June calvers.

mf240

Great way of drying off cows. Imo

Milk twice a day all year round here. Havent had a milking off since a friends wedding in 2013.

Maybe i like the misery.......

Deepsouthwest

mf240 wrote: »

Great way of drying off cows. Imo

Milk twice a day all year round here. Havent had a milking off since a friends wedding in 2013.

Maybe i like the misery.......

Saddest post of the yr!

RightTurnClyde

mf240 wrote: »

Great way of drying off cows. Imo

Milk twice a day all year round here. Havent had a milking off since a friends wedding in 2013.

Maybe i like the misery.......

Jasus, get in a young fella and give him 20€.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Four year old does the same here, gotta admit I love it!

Yeah, but must admit herself wakes up mostly:o

'Dad, wouldn't it be great if the yard scraper had wings?'

'Yeah, it sure would...'

'Coz then you wouldn't have to reverse and the scraper could fly around quickerer'

'But what would happen when the yard scraper was finished and flew up on top of the wire and dropped stinkies all over you walking under it?'

'Daaaaddddddddddddd.......' snore.....

boggerman1

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Jasus, get in a young fella and give him 20€.

There is no excuse for not getting in someone to do relief milking every now and then.any fella that says he cant/hasn't got away is only a fool and loves hardship.do some think that the job won't be done right if they get in a milker?

Deepsouthwest

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Yeah, but must admit herself wakes up mostly:o

'Dad, wouldn't it be great if the yard scraper had wings?'

'Yeah, it sure would...'

'Coz then you wouldn't have to reverse and the scraper could fly around quickerer'

'But what would happen when the yard scraper was finished and flew up on top of the wire and dropped stinkies all over you walking under it?'

'Daaaaddddddddddddd.......' snore.....

Love it, love it, love!!
Or like a guy on Twitter a few wks ago about his kids:
4 yr old - dad, can women ride motorbikes?
Dad - of course they can, women can do anything.
6 yr old - they can't swim in lava!!

Mad4simmental

mf240 wrote: »

Great way of drying off cows. Imo

Milk twice a day all year round here. Havent had a milking off since a friends wedding in 2013.

Maybe i like the misery.......

You'll be six feet under befoure you know it and no one will give a **** about us after a few years passes by. Take a step back now and agin. Enjoy life, you only get one.

whelan2

Mad4simmental wrote: »

You'll be six feet under befoure you know it and no one will give a **** about us after a few years passes by. Take a step back now and agin. Enjoy life, you only get one.

While I agree with this some people are different and if they are happy doing what they do . I count down the hours until I have a milking off

kowtow

whelan2 wrote:

While I agree with this some people are different and if they are happy doing what they do . I count down the hours until I have a milking off

"If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work"

frazzledhome

kowtow wrote: »

"If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work"

Henry IV If I'm not mistaken, my learned friend?

Deepsouthwest

frazzledhome wrote: »

Henry IV If I'm not mistaken, my learned friend?

I did Henry lV in school and I can barely remember who wrote it!

Deepsouthwest

whelan2 wrote: »

While I agree with this some people are different and if they are happy doing what they do . I count down the hours until I have a milking off

Don't get me wrong, I love farming, sometimes probably too much. But sometimes u need to think of those around u. Some farmers love to say holidays aren't for them, and in saying that they're deciding their families won't have holidays with them either, v v selfish.