Keepgrowing wrote: » Grass growth is surging ahead. Paddock I walked yesterday has 100 more on it today. I'd say gr. could be hitting 50-60 today. Glad of early N now. If only we could get a few dry days together to allow ground soak. Soil temps were 10c at 10am and 12c at 5pm If it stays dry here I'd say well be cutting out buffer and then consider dropping parlour feeding to normal levels.
K.G. wrote: » The exact figure is 3.6%of an increase
whelan2 wrote: » Does it just send you one text that the teaser was with animal x or do you get multiple texts about the same animal?
GrasstoMilk wrote: » This is our plan for it here. Tag all our heifers, stick the collar on one of the teasers and let him into them. The collar records which animal the teaser is interacting it and determines if she's bulling or not and sends you a text. I'll know in the morning before I go milking what's bulling and I can send the tech a text saying how many I've on It will save me all the messing around we do with kamars etc that work some years and don't others. It's 1500€, the price of one extra heifer incalf and I can switch it to the cows if I wish to
Wildsurfer wrote: » Well fair dues to be able to get into breeding mode in the midst of this weather. Can you talk us through moocall heat, pricing etc. I think I read it has to be used in conjunction with a vasectomised bull with a transponder?
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Cows all tail painted tonight. 2 weeks till breeding kicks off here. Won't be long coming around! Heifers will be coming home off silage ground as soon as grass takes off here. All to be tagged with moocall tags for the moocall heat. Hopefully take the guesswork out of them and get rid of all the fooling around with scratch cards and kamars!
Mooooo wrote: » Had a displacement op there on a cow, vet was saying a serious amount of them happening, anyone feeding a lot of ration or after getting loads of maize try and make sure enough roughage and fibre in diet be it straw or whatever. On another note vet had a veterinary student with him, from the states, will make a super vet some day she was very good in fairness to her
GrasstoMilk wrote: » It'll be last week of April at the very earliest before maize will be sown over here I'd say! That's if the weather stays good! A lot of ploughing to be done yet fir spring cerals never mind the sowing. Lovely evening walking cows in for milking,all very content and lying down. Got away for a few hours today aswell. Great to finally get a break
Reggie. wrote: » First a major lack of water and now too much
Timmaay wrote: » Didn't sow the maize till May 1st last year, was plenty soon enough, very good crop. But yeh great day, amazing how quick everything springing to life, the sycamore leaves opening up and willow catkins growing unbelievably quickly.
cosatron wrote: » K.G. wrote: » Everyone likes to bang on about increased numbers but the problems started with poor qaulity silage and has been amplified by cold stressing this year.i have tow bouths of calf sickness this year and i can relate both to two weather events.had two cases of pneumonia showing up in cows that had an issue as a calf but had sailed through previous years.had a couple of ecoli mastitis cows with cysts.my point is animals are under cold stress this year abd its showing.im led to belive that hospitals are seeing a higher rate of their older and more vulerable patients passing on. Out of curiosity, did you increase in numbers from last year to this
K.G. wrote: » Everyone likes to bang on about increased numbers but the problems started with poor qaulity silage and has been amplified by cold stressing this year.i have tow bouths of calf sickness this year and i can relate both to two weather events.had two cases of pneumonia showing up in cows that had an issue as a calf but had sailed through previous years.had a couple of ecoli mastitis cows with cysts.my point is animals are under cold stress this year abd its showing.im led to belive that hospitals are seeing a higher rate of their older and more vulerable patients passing on.
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Farmer I do a straw-for-muck swap with, rang me earlier saying he had to be rid of turkey litter today. I told him to stockpile it at his and I’d collect it later, when weather clears up...too late he says I’ve already tipped and I’m badly buried. Off I go with a chain and the biggest tractor to hand...not a hope. He’ll have to get tracks to dig him out. I had to scrounge some foul smelling old plastic from a local farmer to cover it. Jeep reeks and I’m drowned to the skin. Lovely. That’s very dry land. Last year it’d already gotten 30mm of irrigation and maize was at 5leaf stage. Cover crop is only struggling and is swimming in water. Be a while before maize is planted.
jaymla627 wrote: » whelan2 wrote: » Vet was telling me there effydral tablets are very hard got at the moment. I'm getting the last box they have. Cant be got this last 3 weeks Had vet up last night for a swollen up calf, asked him where lads having much bother with calves his reply was everything's giving bother this year, and reckoned with increased numbers combined with poor facilities the whole lot has blew-up this year given the weather woes.... Will be interesting to see what tally calf/cow deaths come in for 2018 it could be pretty horrific
whelan2 wrote: » Vet was telling me there effydral tablets are very hard got at the moment. I'm getting the last box they have. Cant be got this last 3 weeks
whelan2 wrote: » Did you get them yet?
wrangler wrote: » yea, salt, bread soda, and glucose,.....was what we used potassium chlorate if we could scrounge it some where as well.....;)
Mooooo wrote: » This is it
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » I ordered a box from agridirect the other day. Might be worth a try?
