degetme wrote: » she got one of them at 2pm today when she was up
mahoney_j wrote: » Use one of these on any problem cows when they are An hour or so off calving .calcium bolus
awaywithyou wrote: » Make a note of that cow and when she's sick to calve next year give her a calcium bolus.... bovikalc I think there called.... You feeding ration while there dry?? My vet is adamant no cow under 7 yrs old should be getting milk fever
degetme wrote: » Young cow calved at 3am this morning no problems and up and about. Went to milk her at seven and she couldn't get up. Vet out then. She was up for a few hours. She ate 3kg dairy ration morning and evening. Milked her mid day. Purposely left clusters on her for bare minute so as not to milk her out and she down again there again. Vet out again. Two mag bottles into vain. She didn't get up yet but is bright and alert
degetme wrote: » Lads 46% of herd calved and 6% went down with milk fever. Never have it so bad. No change in dry cow mineral. There are slightly flesher than other years. Any of ye with milk fever? using bottle under skin on any older fleshy cows. The two that went down we're 2012 born with three lactation done.
degetme wrote: » Where you get straight magnesium? Asked a local merchants and they didn't hear of them
GrasstoMilk wrote: » degetme wrote: » Young cow calved at 3am this morning no problems and up and about. Went to milk her at seven and she couldn't get up. Vet out then. She was up for a few hours. She ate 3kg dairy ration morning and evening. Milked her mid day. Purposely left clusters on her for bare minute so as not to milk her out and she down again there again. Vet out again. Two mag bottles into vain. She didn't get up yet but is bright and alert We used to have an issue with that even a week after calving Get straight magnesium and dust silage of the cows that are 7-10 days away
degetme wrote: Young cow calved at 3am this morning no problems and up and about. Went to milk her at seven and she couldn't get up. Vet out then. She was up for a few hours. She ate 3kg dairy ration morning and evening. Milked her mid day. Purposely left clusters on her for bare minute so as not to milk her out and she down again there again. Vet out again. Two mag bottles into vain. She didn't get up yet but is bright and alert
ted_182 wrote: » degetme wrote: Agritech dry cow elite. No problem with it before. All calved cows passing cleaning no problem and all calves going well so far An old cure would be not to milk suspect cows out fully for the first couple of days
degetme wrote: Agritech dry cow elite. No problem with it before. All calved cows passing cleaning no problem and all calves going well so far
Mooooo wrote: » degetme wrote: » Lads 46% of herd calved and 6% went down with milk fever. Never have it so bad. No change in dry cow mineral. There are slightly flesher than other years. Any of ye with milk fever? using bottle under skin on any older fleshy cows. The two that went down we're 2012 born with three lactation done. Wasn't there extra k put out for silage?
darragh_haven wrote: » I'll play the role of your father. *clears throat* "What kind of an eejit are ya"
GrasstoMilk wrote: » I laid out 30 stakes by our river last week. It burst its banks today all washed away I'd say
Timmaay wrote: » Lovely day for some fencing...
Timmaay wrote: » Pm done finally. 1st year I've properly paid myself. Between all drawings, like for my dad also they come to 10c/l. Sobering enough that they are that high, anyone calling likes of 20c/l their cost of production must love beans on toast every day of the week ha.
mf240 wrote: » Have a few cubicles here not roofed yet . Cows have access to them and an existing shed. On a really wet day like today they all lie in the roofed shed but if it's anyway middling weatherwise they don't seem bothered.
Keepgrowing wrote: » Muppet ;(
mahoney_j wrote: » Mine were out and back in just before rain Arrived at 11.30 .be back out again after milking till 9 tonight .not arsed with been on front page of anything ,but am arsed setting my farm up for year and taking any chance to get grass into cows jack
jack o shea wrote: » The wind and rain today will be a big blow to the muppets in the race to be on the front page of the journal with the cows out this Thursday, or were they on it last Week?
