Morris Moss wrote: » Anybody any advice on high milk urea, my last two tests were 50 and 51, cows are only getting half a kg of meal but going into good grass.
freedominacup wrote: » Get some starch into them asap. Rolled barley/wheat/maize. You're wasting a lot of protein. How long since fert was spread where they're grazing? Milk yield? Fat and pr%?
blackdog1 wrote: » Not anymore. An post have changed it. Went into the main office in town because I got a letter from enfer telling me they had to pay to get my samples released and passed on the charge to me....
Mooooo wrote: » Anyone else's girls not happy in paddocks. Not cleaning out great in covers of circa 1500? They seemed to be doing a better job in higher covers. And this is standing at the gap giving out or waiting as opposed to lying down content and not finishing
Mooooo wrote: » Yeah no silage here so dunno, this paddock wasnt topped or mown all year so may be that. Alltho they were in a nice cover of 1400 after being topped and I thought they were at the same craic. Trying to work the paddocks so i'll have a few nice covers for the autumn calvers relatively close by. Will keep the two herds separate while outside to give the autumn calvers a good start with less pressure. Not starting till the 14th Oct but last one due the 7th Nov so will be coming fast please gid once they start
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Mooooo wrote: » Yeah no silage here so dunno, this paddock wasnt topped or mown all year so may be that. Alltho they were in a nice cover of 1400 after being topped and I thought they were at the same craic. Trying to work the paddocks so i'll have a few nice covers for the autumn calvers relatively close by. Will keep the two herds separate while outside to give the autumn calvers a good start with less pressure. Not starting till the 14th Oct but last one due the 7th Nov so will be coming fast please gid once they start What sort of empty rate had you with such a short bredding season? Were they synced?
Mooooo wrote: » Not sure as I dropped from calving 40 in autumn to 29 this year so the breeding period isn't as good as it sounds. Should be 31 but one cow got hurt and lost an in calf heifer to tb. 2 heifers out of 14 didn't hold to first service and I just ai'd the cows for 3.5 to 4 weeks. I'd have to go thru them again some of the cows would have been late spring calvers. I chose not to serve some as well. A lot of the first calvers at the time didn't hold to first service so rolled them over if I had gone for 6 or 8 weeks they may well of held at second service.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Mooooo wrote: » Not sure as I dropped from calving 40 in autumn to 29 this year so the breeding period isn't as good as it sounds. Should be 31 but one cow got hurt and lost an in calf heifer to tb. 2 heifers out of 14 didn't hold to first service and I just ai'd the cows for 3.5 to 4 weeks. I'd have to go thru them again some of the cows would have been late spring calvers. I chose not to serve some as well. A lot of the first calvers at the time didn't hold to first service so rolled them over if I had gone for 6 or 8 weeks they may well of held at second service. Autumn calving here too. Breed for 6 weeks. 5 less to calve this year because I let heifers roll into spring herd. Contemplating putting a cidr in all and fix time Ai them to calve mid to late October. Know a few at it and get on well up on 80% conception to 1st serve
Mooooo wrote: » Fix time cows as well? I find heifers do well inside as the consistency of diet once they are the right weight males 80 to 90% conception to first service achievable. Never get near that in spring, probably more down to me than the heifers tho
Timmaay wrote: » For better or worse I didn't use one coil or estrumate injection this year to try bring around any cow. Instead I just accepted a nice long breeding season (which has only just finished ha), and all the late calvers will fill the winter bonuses.
Keepgrowing wrote: » It's 9.30 pm and I'm moving cows to new paddock. Weren't finished coming in this pm for milking. Were all back in there since 5.30 pm. Well grazed now
leg wax wrote: » anyone at the lisduff sale in cork last year, just wondering how were the spring calving heifers money wise.
farmertipp wrote: » You have only 2 weeks to wait for the next one
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » I think that's why he's asking the question now?:)
freedominacup wrote: » They travel for lisduff stock legs. When we sold the old herd here there were a few sashas on the catalogue. They ended up local but the lads had their work cut out to get these animals.
leg wax wrote: » so will 1450 /1550 buy the jan calvers?
mahoney_j wrote: » Going on other years no ,seriously good breeding in that herd
