Dairy chit chat II

mf240

Well this thread is gone very heavy. Spare a thought for us slower chaps

alps

I'm much more concerned with the state of Cork hurling...

Wish we weren't self governing

awaywithyou

I think I'd rather see le Pen ahead in polls coming up election.... Going back to brexit and trump.... We were told the polls were saying neither would happen.... The French might get cold feet, play safe and vote for the young lad.....

kowtow

Dwag wrote:

Brexit has opportunities but EU collapse removes the tax evasion trick that completely underpins the economy.

I suspect that the price of whatever 'special' aid ireland demands and gets from the EU to alleviate Brexit will be closer fiscal control from Brussels and a consolidated tax base, quite possibly with a financial transaction tax thrown in.

Which would be bad enough on its own... but add in tax incentives for pass through profits in the US and dollar repatriation and there are some cold headwinds ahead for the FDI economy.

pedigree 6

awaywithyou wrote: »

I think I'd rather see le Pen ahead in polls coming up election.... Going back to brexit and trump.... We were told the polls were saying neither would happen.... The French might get cold feet, play safe and vote for the young lad.....

I'm calling it now as a Le Penn victory.

I heard a great one there from Ivan Yates on Brendan O'Connor's "The Cutting Edge" the other night questioning Macron's sexuality.
It shouldn't influence these things but ........??


Edit: personally I don't care if anyone is black, white, Asian, from Donegal or gay, straight, bisexual or asexual.

2nd edit: I'm also calling it a dry summer on the weather forum it doesn't mean I want either to happen though.

whelan2

Bit od a lull in heatsthis last few days. Only one or two on. 8 this morning. How's everyone else breeding season going?

Mooooo

whelan2 wrote: »

Bit od a lull in heatsthis last few days. Only one or two on. 8 this morning. How's everyone else breeding season going?

Ok about 3 or 4 a day was very active the 2 weeks before starting so hopefully it will keep coming like that, apparently something like 3.5 % a day should be coming in for compact calving to be maintained?

freedominacup

whelan2 wrote: »

Bit od a lull in heatsthis last few days. Only one or two on. 8 this morning. How's everyone else breeding season going?

Something similar. Coming to the end of the first three weeks now. 4 on this morning only one served the rest only 4-5 weeks calved.

Buford T. Justice XIX

freedominacup wrote: »

Something similar. Coming to the end of the first three weeks now. 4 on this morning only one served the rest only 4-5 weeks calved.

Wouldn't serving them help to compact the calving season, even though the shortly calves ones would have a lower chance of going in calf?

freedominacup

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Wouldn't serving them help to compact the calving season, even though the shortly calves ones would have a lower chance of going in calf?

Based on past experience a min of 2 of them wouldn't hold. At the same time they'll be in good order on the next round.

Fixture

freedominacup wrote: »

Based on past experience a min of 2 of them wouldn't hold. At the same time they'll be in good order on the next round.

Serve them all away with a cheap straw. Guaranteed not to go in calf otherwise!

dar31

freedominacup wrote: »

Based on past experience a min of 2 of them wouldn't hold. At the same time they'll be in good order on the next round.

id serve them even if only 1 had a chance of holding:cool:

Buford T. Justice XIX

I got a laugh of of this today.

https://twitter.com/Cannerfarm/status/858970641889886208

kevthegaff

I called trump, but I reckon le pen won't make it (hope she doesn't either )

Wildsurfer

Fixture wrote: »

Serve them all away with a cheap straw. Guaranteed not to go in calf otherwise!

I don't think freedom would even contemplate using a cheap straw in his cows!

Timmaay

Wildsurfer wrote: »

I don't think freedom would even contemplate using a cheap straw in his cows!

Used a je straw on a cow here today, 1st for this farm! (good few bought in jex but none home bred!) Picking up a pure br fr bull over the next day or so, mixed feelings consider every replacement has been AI bred in probably 30 yrs here! But progress in my mind, labour definitely the limiting factor now!

freedominacup

Wildsurfer wrote: »

I don't think freedom would even contemplate using a cheap straw in his cows!

We use beef straws all the time. We wouldn't be using anything trendy so prices are fairly middle of the road. I'm our experience cows like the three yesterday just don't hold to an early head like that so we don't bother serving them anymore. They'll be eight weeks calved next time and still have two more heats to go in calf before the bulls come out.

whelan2

Timmaay wrote: »

Used a je straw on a cow here today, 1st for this farm! (good few bought in jex but none home bred!) Picking up a pure br fr bull over the next day or so, mixed feelings consider every replacement has been AI bred in probably 30 yrs here! But progress in my mind, labour definitely the limiting factor now!

Will you put the br/fr with the cows or heifers? Best thing I ever did here was buy a br/fr bull

Keepgrowing

Starting serving heifers on Friday and cows on Monday. This is the busiest few weeks of the year here. 6 weeks AI or 5 if we get fed up then mop up with a He Bulls

visatorro

whelan2 wrote: »

Will you put the br/fr with the cows or heifers? Best thing I ever did here was buy a br/fr bull

For the quality of stock? I'm using bulls here for years, I reckon it's costing me at least five litres per cow. But then again it's impossible for me to AI so I can't really give out because it's my own doing.

whelan2

visatorro wrote: »

For the quality of stock? I'm using bulls here for years, I reckon it's costing me at least five litres per cow. But then again it's impossible for me to AI so I can't really give out because it's my own doing.

Ye put a bit squareness back into the stock. Calves are alot hardier and fertility improved alot.

Buford T. Justice XIX

I'll be finished AI next week.

Started yesterday, 20% of the cows presented for AI as of this morning:D

Yeah, it'll never last but it's nice to see a lot of heats and strong ones at that:)

Water John

That must have been a bit of a circus.

Mooooo

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I'll be finished AI next week.

Started yesterday, 20% of the cows presented for AI as of this morning:D

Yeah, it'll never last but it's nice to see a lot of heats and strong ones at that:)

Did you synchronise any of them? Or are you just keeping replacements from the first 3 weeks?

Dwag

kevthegaff wrote: »

I called trump, but I reckon le pen won't make it (hope she doesn't either )

She won't.
Centre right and left parties have come out and encouraged their members to abstain from voting. Same with some unions.
That suits Macron perfectly. The blue rinse brigade will vote in droves to protect their pensions and savings...big push of late to explain what the new franc would do to savings and the banks. It's always about the banks isn't it...

Buford T. Justice XIX

Mooooo wrote: »

Did you synchronise any of them? Or are you just keeping replacements from the first 3 weeks?

No syncronising done yet, just lucky. Only one in heat tonight so there goes my plan:-(

whelan2

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

No syncronising done yet, just lucky. Only one in heat tonight so there goes my plan:-(

Ah wait until the morning there could be loads.... do many here do their own ai? Ai man is normally here at half 8 in the morning so cows aren't waiting around for long, only serve in the morning here

Buford T. Justice XIX

Water John wrote: »

That must have been a bit of a circus.

Not too bad. They generally come down between the crush and parlour from a holding yard and keep everything with tail paint gone or disturbed. Then filter off the ones without chin ball paint and AI the rest.

There is some foul language used at times though, fekkin heifers.

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

Ah wait until the morning there could be loads.... do many here do their own ai? Ai man is normally here at half 8 in the morning so cows aren't waiting around for long, only serve in the morning here

Only milking now so was hoping for a few more. Morning AI here as well. Full as a tick now after confirmation.

Mooooo

whelan2 wrote: »

Ah wait until the morning there could be loads.... do many here do their own ai? Ai man is normally here at half 8 in the morning so cows aren't waiting around for long, only serve in the morning here

Do ai myself here as well do once a day most days, have occasionally gone with an aa the following day if I thought one may have been just starting