Any ideas or advice please

kincaid

Have about 18 acres of land and due to work have not done much on it but interested in getting back into it.
What would be best to do on it, what should I stock. What would yield the best money..
Was thinking of getting weanling heifers or should I go for younger as would be cheaper, someone also said they are too much hassle and I should go for bullocks but hard to know...any advice appreciated

_Brian

kincaid wrote: »

Have about 18 acres of land and due to work have not done much on it but interested in getting back into it.
What would be best to do on it, what should I stock. What would yield the best money..
Was thinking of getting weanling heifers or should I go for younger as would be cheaper, someone also said they are too much hassle and I should go for bullocks but hard to know...any advice appreciated

do you have a herd number ?
any sheds/crush on the land..

how's the land? water supply etc..

depending where you are and what age you are a long term lease may be more profitable..

Future Farmer

kincaid wrote: »

Have about 18 acres of land and due to work have not done much on it but interested in getting back into it.
What would be best to do on it, what should I stock. What would yield the best money..
Was thinking of getting weanling heifers or should I go for younger as would be cheaper, someone also said they are too much hassle and I should go for bullocks but hard to know...any advice appreciated

Cheap and cheerful buy HE heifer calves out of dairy herd - sell as springing heifers.

Base price

OP has the ground been rented/utilised in the last few years. If not then I would be extremely cautious about putting cattle on it as the most common cause of red water is from grass land that has not been grazed/mowed.
I think that land that is wetter or borders a stream/river is more susceptible to harbouring ticks but I will stand corrected.

kincaid

_Brian wrote: »

do you have a herd number ?
any sheds/crush on the land..

how's the land? water supply etc..

depending where you are and what age you are a long term lease may be more profitable..

hi, got herd number, not great many sheds and in poor order, have crush though, land is good with water, neighbour had cattle on it and made silage on it up until November 2013

kincaid

Future Farmer wrote: »

Cheap and cheerful buy HE heifer calves out of dairy herd - sell as springing heifers.

could you tell me more please... and why this breed?

you think this is the way to go

Future Farmer

kincaid wrote: »

could you tell me more please... and why this breed?

you think this is the way to go

Better quality than Angus' out of dairy herd, cheap, make good cows.

Hand reared, very docile, suit small operation.

kincaid

Future Farmer wrote: »

Better quality than Angus' out of dairy herd, cheap, make good cows.

Hand reared, very docile, suit small operation.

what age should I try to buy from?

Future Farmer

Calves in April/May - from a week old.

kincaid

Future Farmer wrote: »

Calves in April/May - from a week old.

I don't really have proper sheds for many and don't they suffer more ailments and are more fragile at that age

Siamsa Sessions

What about a few sheep?

Ewe sales on at the moment everywhere.

eamor

Have you considered hoggets? They would be a good option for you for the winter to clear up your grass and you won't need much in the way of sheds for them.
hope that helps. eveanne

kincaid

some good ideas there but have not decided on what to do yet

melissak

Are you interested in the every single day responsibility of animals or would a more part time enterprise like a Fruit/veg etc that there are busy periods and not busy periods?