Mooooo wrote: » Bucket with a few nuts in it give it a shake? My feckers knocked me into the trough the other day
Timmaay wrote: » Any easy way to flush a 6 month old calf outa a 10ac field of maize?? Sunday afternoon also of course!
awaywithyou wrote: » Did ya get the calf?
kerry cow wrote: » Do they just overwinter them on silage and sell to grass or finish off grass ??
Sillycave wrote: » Dosed calves about 4 weeks ago with Albex 10%. There is still some coughing in the bunch and was going to dose again now with Albex again, what are people's thoughts?
freedominacup wrote: » We change doses during the season in an effort to reduce resistance developing in the parasites. We find albex good though. Try a levamisole.
Sillycave wrote: » How often do u leave between doses, wouldn't normally dose this soon after the last dose Thought maybe the coughing was down to the last dose??
Keepgrowing wrote: » Sadly decided to say good bye to one of our young Hereford Bulls. He got pneumonia 1 month ago. He picked up after treatment each time but relapsed after 2-3 days. He's blowing again and I've just given him a pain killer to keep him comfortable till knacker collects him Monday. I should've listened to my 12 yo when he said send him to the factory instead of treating. I didn't want to do that as we only bought him this spring. Phuck it anyway
K.G. wrote: » There s an open day in Bandon tomorrow on the gurteen farm.this set up as a share farming trial to give a blue print that would be more revelent to ireland than basing it on nz plans.interesting set up that was built on a green field site on a farm that had no dairy infastructure.just thought any young farmers or people thinking of stepping back might be interested
The part time boy wrote: » Are u involved in it . Was half thinking of popping in
Timmaay wrote: » Another piece in the expansion jigsaw here. 2days of pure hardship with unexpected dodgy ground under the tank, and a serious amount of rain last night, but hopefully the worst part of it done now.
K.G. wrote: » The part time boy wrote: » Are u involved in it . Was half thinking of popping in No involvement other owning probaly.00001% of it as coop shareholder.always been curious about it so heading tomorrow.
The part time boy wrote: » Mighy see ya there so even though 2 of us dont have a clue what each other look like lol
visatorro wrote: » You weren't worried about going close to the existing shed?
K.G. wrote: » Interesting day in bandon.a couple of points-nice setup a couple of things i might do different but the entire project cost 260 k but that includes water parlour bulk tank farm roads slurry storage and cubicles.milked 92 cows last year on 34 hectares and hoping to milk 105 next year.all stock belonging to the operater but most bills and milk sales split 60 /40 to land owner.on last years production owners got a return 4.6%on capital invested and the operater had 37.5k.out of this he had to live and pay for his stock.not a great return but it struck me that outside of the calving season he would be under very little pressure.every thing done by contractor and it wouldnt make sense for him do it as owner is paying for 40% of it.he has no infrastructure work or spend so from now u til christmas he would be under no pressure.i could see this year he would have well over 50k for himself and the jist i picked up is if he had a living and a 100cows paid for he d be happy enough.the next step would be to move to a larger set up.the other big advantage for him is he is marketing his skills in a big way to potential suiters in a way that would not be possible in a private setup
