Drystock -How often do you herd

Kevhog1988

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123528114#Comment_123528114

Herding or sheperding here

Bass Reeves

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123528162#Comment_123528162

Checking, looking at or feeding

Siamsa Sessions

"Count the cattle" is the description here.

I'd see calves/weanlings twice a day as I split their meal into two feeds.

If I saw older cattle in the distance every day, then I'd be happy. They'd let you know themselves if something's wrong! There's nothing wrong with walking in around them every day as long as you realise that's mostly for your benefit rather than theirs.

Diarmuid B

I’d check mine twice a day, morning and evenings. Find it’s good for suckler calves to be walking around them every day so there used to you. Mad how the days you wear a different colour jacket they do be on edge or very flighty.

I’d bring 1/2 a packet of digestive biscuits (60c in Tesco) for the cows, or a head of lettuce.. cheaper than a bucket of nuts and great to get there attention.. they’d come running to you when they see you coming.

SodiumCooled

Once a day here generally this time of year. Father is around all the time but would only herd once a day mid morning unless something is up. If he is away and I am doing it it's evening between getting home and the dinner. I wouldn't have time in the morning to be going off around the fields with kids to be got ready etc. We would generally walk through the cows and calves to check a bit more closely for scour or anything else. Store bollocks/heifers might be walked though or might just be looked at from the road passing as they are generally in a block of land that can be seen easily from the road. There might be an odd day they don't get checked if the father is away and I end up not getting a chance but it's fairly rare.

patsy_mccabe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123528371#Comment_123528371

I'm a fan of Tesco's Milk Chocolate Oaties myself.😁 I dunno if I would I run for them though.

Diarmuid B

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123528811#Comment_123528811

my lot would go through a 6000v fence for them 🤣🤣

ABitofsense

I walk mine every morning and evening, enjoy it tbh. With only a small herd and im close to the farm so 15min in the morning & longer in the evening. I've sucklers so you have to keep an eye more so on the calves (scour etc) but with the cows i'd typically know if something if wrong with how they behave.

There would always be someone around or passing who would be looking over the ditch so if something is wrong id get a call. One advantage of having nosey neighbors

_Brian

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123528114#Comment_123528114

“Checking Stock”

Or

“Feeding up” in winter

Siamsa Sessions

I assume there's no one here drives into the field and beeps the horn at them once a week???

Kevhog1988

Need a few hill sheep farmers in 😅

Melodeon

Herding, or 'doing the herding'.

50HX

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123529293#Comment_123529293

No one that would admit it anyway😁

whelan2

Checking /counting cattle. All checked every morning and eldest lad goes through the sucklers in the evening. Edited to say was always drummed into me how important water is,so check that too

WoozieWu

i just fly up the drone and count all the dots

Anto_Meath

All cattle would be counted once a day. Then sucklers would be twice a day to check for anything abulling or often you ll see a calf a little off in the morning then when you look at him in the evening checking to see is the cow drank and that, as 24 hrs is a long time on young animals... I love just walk through my cattle giving each one a good looking at if the weather allows. I do have my hand out looking for them to lick it or rub the odd one. Sometimes I ll break an ash branch off the ditch to give it to them. It's all to try and keep them quite and easy managed. I ll usually have 1 of the kids with me & I get them to do the same. That way both the cattle & the kids are used of one another... I think its important that children understand and respect cattle...

Dunedin

’counting the cattle’ here

on average 6 out of 7 days. Always one day of the week that I’m late home from work and have to go straight to a kids game/training.

I love farming more than most, too much at times but it’ll always be second to kids activities/family.

limo_100

do the sucklers here twice a day for ai purposes. Any stock getting meal would be seen once a day and year old stock every 2days is fine for me.