Dairy chit chat II

freedominacup

visatorro wrote: »

Had three calves born stillborn over the course of the season, the navals were ruptured. Calves fully formed and heifers calved themselves. Just wondering if anyone knows anything about this. All the other batch doing well. All from same bull

We had two like that and one the cow pulled the navel while I was gone for the barrow to shift the calf. I think the ruptures are caused by fighting when they're mixed in springers.

awaywithyou

Keepgrowing wrote: »

We took a silage cut last year. €150/ac for 2 cuts.
If baling it's €10/bale made

did ye fert it yereselves???

Keepgrowing

awaywithyou wrote: »

did ye fert it yereselves???

The ground for €150 was 2 cuts and we fert. Any bales taken are paid per bale made with no fert ie standing meadows

Timmaay

Keepgrowing wrote: »

The ground for €150 was 2 cuts and we fert. Any bales taken are paid per bale made with no fert ie standing meadows

Low risk of a drought on that land I assume? 80/100e a reasonable rate for a 1st cut land use, however I couldnt see the economic value in paying 50e/ac to try get a 2nd cut off it around here.

pedigree 6

Wohoo.

Cows are out tonight.

Best winter/spring ever (so far).

Mooooo

Had em out today on my dry ground, was dissapointed with the amount of cutting up done tbh. Far from the best spring here. Any day of good drying seem to end with drizzle or showers with the last week. Nothing today a small bit of drizzle an hour ago. Will be in by night for a few days yet

pedigree 6

Mooooo wrote: »

Had em out today on my dry ground, was dissapointed with the amount of cutting up done tbh. Far from the best spring here. Any day of good drying seem to end with drizzle or showers with the last week. Nothing today a small bit of drizzle an hour ago. Will be in by night for a few days yet

It's like two different countries.

whelan2

Might possibly get mine out by day on Wednesday......

Mooooo

I guess here as half the farm is wet during the wetter spells the dry ground can get overdone a bit and that can slow the recovery in ground conditions a bit.

whelan2

Slurry man coming Wednesday too. Had to pull out a few weeks ago as ground was too wet. All tanks nearly full now

Sillycave

Heifer down after calving a massive ch calf, f**king neighbours ch bull must have broke out during the summer without me seeing him, lost calf as well, had a fr bull with them but must have been beaten too it, absolutely fuming

wats the craic

whelan2 wrote: »

Might possibly get mine out by day on Wednesday......

have them out full time the last week , its enjoyable to milk again ......

Timmaay

wats the craic wrote: »

have them out full time the last week , its enjoyable to milk again ......

Till they start scuttering like fook... Afew heifers starting to act up here a bit, alongside grazing the cows the fair end of the farm, and a fair whack of fresh calvers this week, and an outbreak of mastitis, so lengthy and awkward enough milkings still, enjoyable is far from my choice of words at the sec I'll admit.

blackdog1

Timmaay wrote: »

Till they start scuttering like fook... Afew heifers starting to act up here a bit, alongside grazing the cows the fair end of the farm, and a fair whack of fresh calvers this week, and an outbreak of mastitis, so lengthy and awkward enough milkings still, enjoyable is far from my choice of words at the sec I'll admit.

Have cows out night and day, giving them 12kg wholecrop as well as feed in parlour. Everything was going great untill i got e coli mastitis in a fresh cow and heifer tonight...ill have a long day ahead of me cleaning the calving pens and disinfecting tomorrow...........

Keepgrowing

Cows out and night here. We've almost 60% grazed so happy with that. First group of heifer calves out yesterday, never this late before. There's 2 more batches going out Wednesday. We didn't let out as we dehorned and vaccinated them yesterday, just want to keep an eye on them post vaccine.

Cows on grass and 4kg 12% nuts. We've some ground cows can't get to so local contractor is zgrazing that in. Cows get brought in for this at 2pm, milked at 4 and out to graze at night. We have another 15 acres that we'll cut and carry in April when the pressure will be on.

We never had this option before till this guy bought his machine, seems to be a demand as he has 6 different farms to visit each day ATM.

whelan2

Got 3 alert texts from Glanbia after milking yesterday evening for scc- daily collections- would have been nice to get the text before milking so I could have sent a few samples with milk man this morning. First scc alert in a long long time. Have 1 who's milk I am keeping and she is going to the factory on monday when the withdrawal for zanil is up. On another note apparently cull cows are a great trade

pedigree 6

whelan2 wrote: »

Got 3 alert texts from Glanbia after milking yesterday evening for scc- daily collections- would have been nice to get the text before milking so I could have sent a few samples with milk man this morning. First scc alert in a long long time. Have 1 who's milk I am keeping and she is going to the factory on monday when the withdrawal for zanil is up. On another note apparently cull cows are a great trade

I sold 3 cull cows in the Mart today.
660kgs e910.(this was the first lot of the 3 and I think the bidders were asleep when she came in).
740kgs e1150.
650kgs e950.

How does that sound?

Mooooo

pedigree 6 wrote: »

I sold 3 cull cows in the Mart today.
660kgs e910.(this was the first lot of the 3 and I think the bidders were asleep when she came in).
740kgs e1150.
650kgs e950.

How does that sound?

Dried off or straight from parlour?

pedigree 6

Mooooo wrote: »

Dried off or straight from parlour?

Must be good so!

Dried off in November.
I had them on grass and barley for the last month.
It would have been better I think if I could have finished them out of the shed.
But I hadn't a separate pen for them.
I thought they would be heavier but I was lucky that I had the 740 cow to bring up the other two.

It's a gamble when you go to the Mart.
Suppose factory is too.:D

GrasstoMilk

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Must be good so!

Dried off in November.
I had them on grass and barley for the last month.
It would have been better I think if I could have finished them out of the shed.
But I hadn't a separate pen for them.
I thought they would be heavier but I was lucky that I had the 740 cow to bring up the other two.

It's a gamble when you go to the Mart.
Suppose factory is too.:D

You'd want that much having kept them over winter till now being honest. Handy savings acccount though

pedigree 6

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

You'd want that much having kept them over winter till now being honest. Handy savings acccount though

Ah silage is free.;)

Edit: if only.

whelan2

Cows are out, happy days, slurry man here now with umbilical spreader

Mooooo

Clean out not to my liking, left em out last night may be take a day for appetite to settle on grass, cut meal back to four should finish this load today won't go back further as calmag set for 7, new load should be on today, well was supposed to be last night. Conditions manageable with back fencing on dry ground so going back over it for an hour not an option. On the lower covers. Looks like we may escape the most of the rain this weekend please god. Bag of urea only out this week, when would ye go again without having the grass full of N?

whelan2

One of my milkers drank a bucket-20 litres- of fresh calved cows biestings-first milking milk- would I need to keep the cows milk who drank it?

Mooooo

whelan2 wrote: »

One of my milkers drank a bucket-20 litres- of fresh calved cows biestings-first milking milk- would I need to keep the cows milk who drank it?

May be safer to, could you get the lorry to test her milk when it's passing next?

Wildsurfer

whelan2 wrote: »

One of my milkers drank a bucket-20 litres- of fresh calved cows biestings-first milking milk- would I need to keep the cows milk who drank it?

Now I've never heard that one before!

whelan2

Wildsurfer wrote: »

Now I've never heard that one before!

I left the bucket at the top of the parlour but had to go back down the parlour for something. When I got back up the bucket was empty!

Mooooo

whelan2 wrote: »

I left the bucket at the top of the parlour but had to go back down the parlour for something. When I got back up the bucket was empty!

Had a fecker here that would push open the dairy or calf shed door, a cute hoor waited till your back was turned and in like a rocket

freedominacup

Mooooo wrote: »

Had a fecker here that would push open the dairy or calf shed door, a cute hoor waited till your back was turned and in like a rocket

One here atm. She got a shot of the power hose this morning when she stuck her head in a bucket with a small drop in it. Same as your one. Turn yer back for a second and she'd have it gone. Never thought of testing for antibiotics but it was never an issue. Charm test is a handy bit of kit to have around the place.

minktrapper

Neospora again. Anybody know if neospora affects breeding bulls.