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Dairy chit chat II

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  • #5462
    Mooooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,577 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Snowfire wrote: »
    Ya, I'm seriously considering it this yr, I had to cull a couple of heifers in the spring that picked up ecoli mastitis, I know improved hygiene could have helped, but it was during peak calving days. Thinking of calling in the hoof paring lad wit the turnover crate to insert the sealers this yr.

    A few lads in group did it and said it reduced cases to 0 for them. Got a lad in with crate to to them. Will prob do it as well myself


  • #5463
    orm0nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    leg wax wrote: »
    getting 1 on thur night ,going to guzzel all the free wine and dinner,about the only thing i will ever get from glanbia, my scc was 60 last year, around 70 this year..


    will be over at 1 of the arrabawn tables if you want to call over, that's if I can find it, those glanbia folk seem to take over the whole frigging room :rolleyes:

    great venue btw


  • #5464
    K.G.
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,512 Mod ✭✭✭✭K.G.


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Anyone teat sealing heifers?
    in my opinion better off spraying your heifers regulary prior to calving than doing that.heard there was research done in nz that said it was just as effective


  • #5465
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    whelan2 wrote:
    How many units?


    Twenty


  • #5466
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭visatorro


    Any advice for calves showing signs of rota virus ?


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  • #5467
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    orm0nd wrote: »
    will be over at 1 of the arrabawn tables if you want to call over, that's if I can find it, those glanbia folk seem to take over the whole frigging room :rolleyes:

    great venue btw

    wear a red dicky bow so i will know ya :D


  • #5468
    Willfarman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭Willfarman


    Looking at today's farming independent. Darragh mcculloch is farming his land again after the championing of the big dairying farmer that was leasing it?


  • #5469
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,726 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    visatorro wrote: »
    Any advice for calves showing signs of rota virus ?

    I’d of phoned the vet rather than post here .....sorry no better answer ,life aids ,electrolytes etc


  • #5470
    blackdog1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭blackdog1


    mahoney_j wrote:
    I’d of phoned the vet rather than post here .....sorry no better answer ,life aids ,electrolytes etc
    +1

    Also find gut protectors like the green top milkshake if feeding whole milk good. I use a milk replacer with a gut protector in it. Have you tested the dung? Could be something else too that's why it's best to call the vet.


  • #5471
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,392 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    blackdog1 wrote: »
    +1

    Also find gut protectors like the green top milkshake if feeding whole milk good. I use a milk replacer with a gut protector in it. Have you tested the dung? Could be something else too that's why it's best to call the vet.

    Defo dung test, the main worry would be that it's crypto also.


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  • #5472
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,806 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Can you source any rotavec treated biestings?


  • #5473
    orm0nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    visatorro wrote: »
    Any advice for calves showing signs of rota virus ?

    fluids . fluids and more fluids


    vital to retain body heat as well .jacket etc even in mild weather


  • #5474
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭visatorro


    Yeah contacted vet also, just looking for nuggets of info. All cows were vaccinated, this one must have slipped thru the net. The dung was pure water. Calf was dead at eleven. I wasn't here until ten, too late at that stage.

    All the other calves got vaccinated milk. No issues. Halocur programme here so fairly confident it's not crypto. Calves born since all seem fine. Touch wood.
    Thanks for all replies.


  • #5475
    blackdog1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭blackdog1


    visatorro wrote: »
    Yeah contacted vet also, just looking for nuggets of info. All cows were vaccinated, this one must have slipped thru the net. The dung was pure water. Calf was dead at eleven. I wasn't here until ten, too late at that stage.

    All the other calves got vaccinated milk. No issues. Halocur programme here so fairly confident it's not crypto. Calves born since all seem fine. Touch wood.
    Thanks for all replies.

    i lost calves after halocur before...in my experience if your using halocur crypto usually hits the calf at 19 days on if your not it hits them at about 12 days. i find rota scour tends to be more pasty whereas crypto is pure yellow water.


  • #5476
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭visatorro


    blackdog1 wrote: »
    i lost calves after halocur before...in my experience if your using halocur crypto usually hits the calf at 19 days on if your not it hits them at about 12 days. i find rota scour tends to be more pasty whereas crypto is pure yellow water.

    Calf less than week old


  • #5477
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,806 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    visatorro wrote: »
    Calf less than week old

    I had this. Well my calves did. Norodine injection, effydral tablets and milk. Need to get them early. How much halocur are you giving? My ones that didn't get halocur got sick


  • #5478
    Keepgrowing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Keepgrowing


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Anyone teat sealing heifers?

    Yes, we'll be sealing all in calf heifers Christmas week. Took that decision last spring


  • #5479
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,682 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    Willfarman wrote: »
    Looking at today's farming independent. Darragh mcculloch is farming his land again after the championing of the big dairying farmer that was leasing it?
    Didn't get the Indo today. I remember the episodes of ETTG where he went into partnership with a dairy farmer and they were extending farm roadways to cater for the cattle. I wonder what happened?


  • #5480
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭visatorro


    whelan2 wrote: »
    I had this. Well my calves did. Norodine injection, effydral tablets and milk. Need to get them early. How much halocur are you giving? My ones that didn't get halocur got sick

    14 mls over seven days, I think. Everything gets it


  • #5481
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    Base price wrote:
    Didn't get the Indo today. I remember the episodes of ETTG where he went into partnership with a dairy farmer and they were extending farm roadways to cater for the cattle. I wonder what happened?


    For what I remember was their an overpass over a main road, everything seemed to be going well at that stage. I'd like to know how many partnerships last ten years


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  • #5482
    Sillycave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭Sillycave


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    Delaval, cluster removers, dumpline and auto gates

    Best of luck with the new machine


  • #5483
    yewtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 811 ✭✭✭yewtree


    kevthegaff wrote: »
    For what I remember was their an overpass over a main road, everything seemed to be going well at that stage. I'd like to know how many partnerships last ten years

    A lot of partnerships will naturally come to an end for different reasons. Its important to have a clear exit plan with any partnerships.


  • #5484
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,682 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    yewtree wrote: »
    A lot of partnerships will naturally come to an end for different reasons. Its important to have a clear exit plan with any partnerships.
    Stand corrected but from memory this particular partnership was intensively promoted in media circles (Farming Independent and ETTG) as the way forward in adding value to both a neighbouring smaller drystock/veg farm and the neighbours dairy farm. Basically it was the way to go for marginal farmers - get into a partnership with your local dairy farmer and your on the pigs back!
    I don't remember hearing or reading about a clear exit plan at the time.


  • #5485
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,479 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    Willfarman wrote: »
    Looking at today's farming independent. Darragh mcculloch is farming his land again after the championing of the big dairying farmer that was leasing it?
    Don't think so. Haven't seen the paper but not all the land was leased out


  • #5486
    Willfarman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭Willfarman


    I remember the ear to the ground episode. Labour units grazing platforms and driving on. Yada yada yada! 500cows or something like wasn't it?


  • #5487
    Floki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Floki


    Willfarman wrote: »
    I remember the ear to the ground episode. Labour units grazing platforms and driving on. Yada yada yada! 500cows or something like wasn't it?

    Fair play to him.

    He's gone back fulltime farming.
    Has a good few on farm projects on the go.
    Full story is in the ear to the ground magazine.


  • #5488
    Keepgrowing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,485 ✭✭✭Keepgrowing


    Floki wrote: »
    Fair play to him.

    He's gone back fulltime farming.
    Has a good few on farm projects on the go.
    Full story is in the ear to the ground magazine.

    An ETTG magazine? Not only are we exposed to their shyte aurally it's also available to read.

    My head now hurts


  • #5489
    Willfarman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭Willfarman


    I be able to put on my yellow golfing jumper, my stylish scarf, sit by the fire and read all the wonderful "current issues" affecting Irish rural life..


  • #5490
    Snowfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭Snowfire


    See today's GDT auction took another 3.5% dive.
    Surely going to be price reductions for Nov milk now.


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  • #5491
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,806 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Floki wrote: »
    Fair play to him.

    He's gone back fulltime farming.
    Has a good few on farm projects on the go.
    Full story is in the ear to the ground magazine.
    Is he still doing the daffodils? Is some of the land still leased out. What full time farming is he doing?


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