Reggie. wrote: » A lot of moisture held in snow tho
Keepgrowing wrote: » The majority of cows are springing or so it appears. I'm sitting here wishing they'd just bloody get on with it and also in dread of what's around the corner. I'd say Sun/Mon the seal will break. Will start off with 5/6 a day and reach 24/30 in the absolute peak. Its handling the calves that takes the real effort, the cows are the easier bit. Calf sheds updated with a new she'd just finished. Slurry pipes coming in the morning, last big job, well not really as they don't need any input from us bar where to go. Cows out then with fert next when soil hits 8 and rising Bring it on.
Mooooo wrote: » Do you start ai on cows and heifers the same day? I know some lads do heifers first to get them sorted b4 cows just thinking myself it would be easier milking with the cows calving at same time at the start? Breeding even more critical with switch to spring milk now for me
K.G. wrote: » lads are scaring me with cows calving early,held off bulling and first due 8th as i knew id be stuck in building and due to past experience things are always down to the wire.new roof on parlour,cublcle house and calving shed base in for the bin but no bin:mad:feeders will hopefully go in when bin comes:mad:.new dairy plastered and will have lights vacumn pump and tank compresser operational by tues evening.new feed troughs in and adjustable head rail.roof on new calf house, side sheeting and inside fit out to do.accounts finsihed monday night with bord bia inspection tuesday so a few close outs to send in and read herd test yesterday.things are getting on track but being honest im flat out to get it there.only started clearing calving house this evening.slurry tanks full and no urea in the yard.
K.G. wrote: lads are scaring me with cows calving early,held off bulling and first due 8th as i knew id be stuck in building and due to past experience things are always down to the wire.new roof on parlour,cublcle house and calving shed base in for the bin but no bin:mad:feeders will hopefully go in when bin comes .new dairy plastered and will have lights vacumn pump and tank compresser operational by tues evening.new feed troughs in and adjustable head rail.roof on new calf house, side sheeting and inside fit out to do.accounts finsihed monday night with bord bia inspection tuesday so a few close outs to send in and read herd test yesterday.things are getting on track but being honest im flat out to get it there.only started clearing calving house this evening.slurry tanks full and no urea in the yard.
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » https://twitter.com/eamon_sheehan/status/959529080537473025?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E1 Cheeky bugger of a fox. I've heard of an injured cow getting attacked a few weeks ago outside.
kevthegaff wrote: » K.G. wrote: lads are scaring me with cows calving early,held off bulling and first due 8th as i knew id be stuck in building and due to past experience things are always down to the wire.new roof on parlour,cublcle house and calving shed base in for the bin but no bin:mad:feeders will hopefully go in when bin comes .new dairy plastered and will have lights vacumn pump and tank compresser operational by tues evening.new feed troughs in and adjustable head rail.roof on new calf house, side sheeting and inside fit out to do.accounts finsihed monday night with bord bia inspection tuesday so a few close outs to send in and read herd test yesterday.things are getting on track but being honest im flat out to get it there.only started clearing calving house this evening.slurry tanks full and no urea in the yard. Similar to myself, bord bia inspector giving out about the mess. I replied that's the electricians gear for the wiring. Yed think they d have a bit of leeway for a lad putting in a new machine?
Keepgrowing wrote: » We're off, calving 2018 is here. 7 calved between 7pm and midnight. Nothing after 12am very obliging cows
White Clover wrote: » Will you get some grass into them shortly?
whelan2 wrote: » 30% calved now. Have more fr heifers born so far than I got for the whole spring last year
alps wrote: » What's people's opinions on cows to grass the day they calve? Some in our DG (aggressive grazers) are now decidedly against it, and hold for 2 or 3 days... We don't have facilities to keep fresh calvers separate, but we don't have the mob numbers and walking distances of the others, and havnt had issues...
Timmaay wrote: » Straight out by day here, but getting maize and grass silage by night still. Still got 28 may calvers milking who are going out also, the way I see it is take every single day of grazing you can get in the spring, ground is dry now but definitely won't be all plan sailing.
whelan2 wrote: » Is it not abit harsh to send them out just after calving on a cold day?
atlantic mist wrote: » were on a run of bulls at moment 11 heifers and 24 bull calves getting hit with smallemberg virus here lost 4 to it so far, anyone else getting hit, horrible thing altogether cows wouldnt get out here till mid march, ground is sopping
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Are calves born deformed or are cows aborting? I’ve the t-shirt. There’s pretty much nothing you can do only sit back and watch it rattle through the herd. You’ll need to be very careful come breeding season. There’s a few things you can help with at breeding if grass is very rich.
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Cows out on grass by day since Monday. Milk tank took a hit of well over 1k litres a day. I told them to hold tough and the milk would rise. It hasn’t. Back in full time from tomorrow. Nearly €2k lost in finding out that there’s feck all value in grass at this time of year. Drys and beef heifers out instead to set up paddocks for grazing later when there’s some feed value in grass.
freedominacup wrote: I had a look at paddocks last weekend. Covers upto 14/1500kg on some but I'm very slow to go out atm. I just couldn't see the same feed quality available outside. Where would sugars come from. Probably have to increase conc levels when we do go. Hitting the 30% by 01/03 will force our hand.
freedominacup wrote: » I had a look at paddocks last weekend. Covers upto 14/1500kg on some but I'm very slow to go out atm. I just couldn't see the same feed quality available outside. Where would sugars come from. Probably have to increase conc levels when we do go. Hitting the 30% by 01/03 will force our hand.
