pedigree 6 wrote: » Well I just use it for the yards and either too dry or too wet is perfect for it. I have the scraper for the tractor as well. I'd mostly use the scraper as the brush can be a bit hard on the yard and won't be long showing up cracks in the concrete. By that I mean it'll take the dirt out of the cracks, where the scraper hides them. I sometimes have the brush on the loader with the scraper on the back of the tractor. But it would handle wet slurry easily. The more rows of bristles the better obviously and you can get replacement bristles when those ones wear out. They just slide out. On my one it is 3 sets of brushes wide. It was made by Prodig and I wanted it wider than the tractor. You get some made for pallet forks but i'm not sure how they work when you want to reverse the tractor using it. Would they fall off?? More info here........http://prodigattachments.com/index.php/item/29-agri-prosweep/9-1700-prosweep.html
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Does she do as good a job as a road brush P ?
whelan2 wrote: » Started milking early as we have to be in in laws in Dublin for 6. Fecker of a cow got herself stuck up the front in the dutch comfort cubicles. Had to put a rope on her legs and drop her and pull her out. Cant wait to knock those cubicle sheds.
trixi2011 wrote: » whelan2 wrote: » Started milking early as we have to be in in laws in Dublin for 6. Fecker of a cow got herself stuck up the front in the dutch comfort cubicles. Had to put a rope on her legs and drop her and pull her out. Cant wait to knock those cubicle sheds. Handy tip for you if this happens you again, get someone to grab the cow by the nose and twist her head back against her back hold her for a minute and she should drop , then just point her in the write direction and she will get out. Could have one cow a day stuck here when sheds are fully stocked
C0N0R wrote: » Cubicles, now there's something I don't miss about farming in Ireland!!
GrasstoMilk wrote: » There 3 heifers in it there were incalf and lost them 2 very big ones - I'd say 580 kilos 6 dry well over a month and the. 5 just gone dry. All going tomorrow All fairly well fleshed
freedominacup wrote: » How'd the heifers go? Sold three in Ross today. Scanned empty around the first of Nov. Put them on good silage and 5 kg of a 14% blend since. Two @ 575kg made €975, the other @ 600kg made €1050. Mar '15 calves. They didn't leave too much debt behind them. I think the 50 quids worth of meal was money well spent. The extra weight brought a lot of extra cash. They were the smallest of the heifers so I'd be happy enough that their peers are where they need to be for calving in.the spring.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » 2 heifers made 950 for us other went for 900 Good cows made 150 with there weight and the jex didn't even get there weight........ Happy enough though, a good share of them were 06 cows. There gone and will pay for something
freedominacup wrote: » How accurate were you with your weight assessment? Always good to calibrate your eye.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » The 2 bigger ones were 600kg Smaller heifer was 540kg Wasn't too far offInteresting how one of those heifers left yesterday along with her mother who was only a 2nd lactation animal. No point in keeping that in the herd
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Neospora? I had a family like that that disappeared in two years between abortions and not being in calf.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Mother was the only cow that didn't come bulling this year. Daughter, as well as the other 2 heifers got one serve in the 2nd week of may and never came bulling again till they arrived home
freedominacup wrote: » In the past the three that went yesterday would have had an excuse made for them and been "given a chance" with the Autumn heifers. Only procrastinating really esp with heifers.
Timmaay wrote: » Talking about culls, I got about 10 ready to go over the next month. I also want to buy in the same in incalf heifers. Tax wise what am I better off doing, flogging the culls now (extra income in this low milk price year), then buy the incalf in Jan? Or try to maximise the 25% stock relief, get the incalf now and hang onto the culls till early January? Most the culls are in reasonable shape from the maize, so shouldnt be too much disadvantage flogging them immediately.
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Definitly. Clean up time now. Kept yokes over the last few years that shouldn't have been. Mostly temperamental yokes and slow milkers. Took out the worst this year and going to take out a few more next year too. Will look after cows as best as we possibly can here but going forward intervention is going to be little to none. Did none this year and got on better than years we cidrd and drugged cows. Different years I know to
whelan2 wrote: » Did you blood the heifers to find a cause? No estrumate or cidrs used here and we get on fine. Scanning man doesn't agree with estrumate. Reckons animal own heat is the best.
Signpost wrote: » At long last a second supplier - http://www.farmersjournal.ie/second-cattle-tag-supplier-fully-approved-242159 Website doesn't seem to be live yet thou
kowtow wrote: » Is that an everyday job? - do you go straight at the slurry with it or some kind of scraper in advance?
Sillycave wrote: » Got silage results finally from pit (only do one cut) DM 31.6 DMD 71 P% 11.6 ph3.9 What do ye make of it? Am happy with DM & DMD but is p low? No winter milking.....thankfully
Keepgrowing wrote: » Knock yere selves outhttp://www.dairyherd.com/magazine/big-cows-aren%E2%80%99t-efficient-cows
Mooooo wrote: » I guess it's capacity that should be focused on really. Have cows small in stature but would have plenty space for lungs and gut so would push out as much as others. Do you think the aAa thing would be better to improve some traits as it isn't fixed on one breed?
