When's calving starting 2022

Dunedin · 06-03-2022 01:35PM

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I have good night vision on cameras so don’t leave on lights.

tellmeabit · 06-03-2022 11:29PM

Had a cow due here March 10th, throw a calf there. Looked like she was calving the last couple days. No springing but hunched back, tail oit from her and passing bits of water. Calf not formed fully, no hair that i could notice. Small bit at the naval. No smell, no smell off the cow either. Normal temp by the cow last few days.

The calf must be dead a while inside if due in few days. Don't think big enough for the age it should be.

Would they hold a dead one long? Wondering if it possible that there is another in there.

Hard Knocks · 06-03-2022 11:43PM

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Get a vet to check the cow and take some bloods. I think your cow got a puck awhile back. I think the cow releases the dead calf when she’s ready, nothing to do with due date or date of injury

squinn2912 · 07-03-2022 02:05AM

We’re on 8 calved here so far just thought I’d send a couple to show you guys. This guy is Ivor came very big and ended up a section, vet took a full hour to come I was amazed we got him living

other one is a bought pedigree heifer that calved on the out farm. Mammy took her time bonding but ok now.

let 5 out today.

any tips on a dull bulb make? Bright ones are a pain with camera

James2022 · 07-03-2022 01:38PM

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An hour waiting on a vet feels like 10. I'm shocked he's fine too after such a long labour.

Watched a cow on the camera the other day. 3 hours pacing round and round the pen. She only sat down once during the first hour. Put her up the crush and pulled the calf out. What was strange is she had no contractions when she was in the crush. Same thing the 3 years in a row.

Easten · 07-03-2022 03:37PM

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How much are C-sections costing now. The last one for me cost over €260 back in 2020

JustJoe7240 · 07-03-2022 03:57PM

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€270 for a section last week.

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Great shout, Large farm I worked on stored colostrum in the large freezer bags you get in Ikea, each one held 2L. Double bagged after the seal opened in 1 while it was thawing they're still cheap as chips and you can always reuse the outside one. Colostrum was tested with a refractometer and dated. Still have a couple of bags of 25 left at home.I know some lads will say it's bad luck but I start thawing one as soon as I see a blister because cows here are PB charolais and have little milk at the best of times.

tellmeabit · 07-03-2022 04:26PM

Was slow to handle or inject cow when she wasn't sick with it, but she passed another a while ago. So that's surely that so he lined me up a few shots for her. I'd say she has cleared it all but just in case. From what I see, she would have been on day 280 today,and the calves had very limited hair, on tail and bit on face. Would say the lad today was a little more developed. Probably a puck more than anything else

squinn2912 · 07-03-2022 11:09PM

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Aw hi dont be talkin. I was livid but when the calf lived its all forgiven. Couldn’t believe it. Camera definitely saved him. She wasn’t in the calving pen just in a pen on her own and lying out. I got my hand in and didn’t;t think she had room. Waiting on my father for another opinion but should have phoned that 20 mins earlier and didn’t. She wasn’t fit to stand at all and we had to do the op with her lying down. Hoping to keep her on but will have to go easy calving. Expected a small calf from Ivor. That’s an off one

I think £180 in sterling. With the help of God Almighty there won’t be any more to pay for this year!! Again, with 2 pulses at the end of it I’m happy enough.

Dunedin · 07-03-2022 11:26PM

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€250 here including the injections.

Sugarbowl · 08-03-2022 12:28AM

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It’s not bad considering you can spend 100+ between the call out fee and any injections for your average sick cow.

Dunedin · 08-03-2022 08:13PM

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It’s never an issue when all is alive. Expensive if not……

one of the most satisfying things of farming for me is calling the vet which saves an animal and knowing you did the right thing calling the vet.

tanko · 08-03-2022 08:42PM

I wouldn’t consider waiting an hour for a vet at this time of year a long time to wait, i’d consider it fast.

golodge · 08-03-2022 10:26PM

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Me too. I myself took an hour to come to the farmer to do a c section. It might be a long time for the farmer, but it's not to the vet. It takes time to make sure that you have taken everything you might need. Quite many people call to the only veterinary clinic in my country and, for example, it is a good 2 hour ride to come here. The whole preparation might take close to hour too, so usually you had to wait abit over 3 hours for them to arrive.

Base price · 08-03-2022 11:27PM

A pic of a couple of calves from the weanling shorthorn bull I bought in 2020. A bull born in the early hours of Friday morning out of a rwh second calver and a heifer born on Sunday night out of a nine year old lmx cow. Both unassisted and I just helped the calves to suck. One of the pbr Shorthorns had a heifer calf in the early hours of Thursday but I don't have a good picture as the shed that she is in is dark and doesn't have electricity. We've had unexpected busy few days making temporary pens when three Fr feeding cows started springing last week but thankfully they all had live calves over the weekend - an angus bull, a heifer and a bwh heifer.

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older by the day · 09-03-2022 01:28AM

Lovely photos. The first bull I got for my dairy herd was a Shorthorn. Easy calving and very long lasting cows. I have seen lovely Shorthorn calves at the mart recently but only middling sellers if they don't have color. If I was buying I would have bought

Easten · 09-03-2022 01:04PM

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Is there any point in breeding stuff like that. To me they are the same as Dairy cross except you don't have the benefit of selling the milk from the cow. Yes they look nice and are easy calved etc but it's when they hit the ring the problem is. The wh is going to be sub €350 on a Charolais, the shorthorn maybe worse.

tellmeabit · 09-03-2022 02:12PM

Are they not the roany colours that people are going nutts for?

ABitofsense · 09-03-2022 02:21PM

1st landed last night, 11 days early backways & upside down. Thought it was twins at first but luckily only small heifer so a neighbor was able to turn her & take her out backwards. She's off Knell LM4217. Can't complain once it's alive.

Lime Tree Farm · 09-03-2022 07:00PM

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We had similar, a bruiser upside down and backwards. Wouldn't have survived without the Vet. Ones like that I would have put in the frog position to resuscitate, but Vet said no leave him on his side and keep working on him. He gave him an inj to stabilise him

whelan2 · 09-03-2022 09:46PM

Up at 5 this morning, had a lot on today. Heifer calving. Got calf out but calf was under pressure. Calf fine later in the day. Went to local as daughter passed her driving test today. Mother of calf lying on calf when we got home. Ffs

Dunedin · 09-03-2022 10:02PM

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Ffs jayus that’s a sickner.

albeit the daughter passing her test was a big thing though so well done her.

patsy_mccabe · 11-03-2022 01:13PM

Just a quick question on using a calving gate. What way do ye work the chain at the back when using the jack? If you put the jack over the chain and the cow goes down suddenly, won't the jack get caught on the chain?

Lime Tree Farm · 11-03-2022 01:16PM

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Chain here has a rope section that can be cut in a hurry - always have a sharp scissors hanging on a nearby hook, if you can't release the chain under tension

minerleague · 11-03-2022 02:23PM

Off we go for another year; hardy bucks here

Bit of green where grazed mid jan

endainoz · 11-03-2022 02:27PM

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It's a fair question alright, the few times I needed to use the gate I wouldn't have the chain on at all. I have had a couple of occasions when the cow gets their head caught in the head stock alright and I'm not overly sure how to avoid it happening.

patsy_mccabe · 11-03-2022 03:05PM

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Well, as I have cattle on the outside of the gate I came out a few mornings to find a cow with her head locked into the headgate. It happened as they were looking in at a young calf tru the gate and another must have pushed the bar to lock it. I put some stockboard held on with resealable cable ties. No problem since.