Grazing 2023

endainoz

The fault finder also tells you the severity of the fault as well as the direction. A very handy tool. Have had a forcefield one for a few years now and all I had to do was replace the battery in it.

tiegan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121162159#Comment_121162159

So bought one of these this morning at vast expense and it doesn't seem to work at all!!!!!!! Very frustrating

mr.stonewall

Check at a few points on the line in your typical herding routine. You will get the picture quickly. The top number are the Amps of current leakage and the bottom are the strength of the fence. If a wire is covered in crap it's drawing current from numerous pints.

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I bought the one from Ali Express, €40, they are a great job.

A side note, how long after spreading lime can you graze?

Spread before the storm last week.

Cavanjack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121172970#Comment_121172970

Can graze straight away. If they’ll eat it.

mr.stonewall

Looks like grazing here will be finished in the next day or 2 here. Serious rain to fall between now and the weekend. Going to go from 0% to 75% housed by Friday. Ground under pressure. I still have a few paddocks to graze out some with heavy covers. I might chance these with spring dairy bred calves. If not the plan is to wait for a dry spell and let out some light stock to finish these out. Grass wise it's about 10 days ahead for every beast.

Its has been one tough year on the grazing front for man and beast.

Tileman

Yea absolut sick of it. Every time it just dries out enough to graze or even spread dung etc a months rain falls in a day again and brings it back to square one.

mr.stonewall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121247157#Comment_121247157

Its like 2 steps forward with drying 4 steps back with rain

Say my name

Cows in at night here. Heifers nearly for the shed too. Even weanling heifers could be looking for the shed soon if this weather continues.

It's never been as early here for housing with all types of stock. Have some ground still to cut a third cut on.

Looked at the situation seriously last week and then bought in silage. Been drawing it here today with the fine day where the bales were placed in a field.

A contrary second half of the year. See where some people who are measuring rainfall are saying they are nearly at their yearly average total at this stage.

grange mac

Bullocks in tonight... Gonna be long winter here in South West Cork ... Every field that they were in previous are swimming so no point making pure shyte of place.

Think they better off inside as feeding in grass long gone.

Sacrificing 12 acres grass that ground underneath just too wet... It be no worse off next April than it is at this stage.

Sami23

Looks like the grazing season is going to come to an abrupt end this weekend due to all this rain despite plenty of grass still left to graze.

My question is would it be ok to put in cows and calves if they are wet or do they need to be dry going into the shed ?

Dunedin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121256792#Comment_121256792

Beggars can’t be choosers. Ideally go in dry but I’ve often put them in wet and they were fine. And try not to pack in too many into pens. Suppose it depends on the ventilation of the shed they go into.

Bass Reeves

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121256792#Comment_121256792

Try to house over 3-4 days if possible so you do. It fill a poorly ventilated shed full with wet cattle. Leave doors open if possible

Good loser

Doesn't matter if wet.