Dairy chit chat II

Dakota Dan · 12-05-2018 11:16PM

Mooooo wrote: »

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Wha?

Water John · 12-05-2018 11:21PM

Just another, silent contribution, from Moo. They occur occasionally, with him.

Mooooo · 12-05-2018 11:32PM

First few posts don't seem to come up for some reason couldn't see your reply until a certain number of posts on pagedunno why. On the bb prices seems to be the way things are going this year. Exporters keeping the price up for later fr calves it seems. Haulier reckons the smaller buyers of calves are disappearing as well with more land going for silage or leased to the lad next door so the suck calf isn't in as much demand

whelan2 · 13-05-2018 10:08AM

Last one calved at home last night. Nearly a month since the one before her. A heifer with a big backwards calf. A baptism of fire for the young lad. Calf was dead when he got it out

thisyear · 13-05-2018 10:30PM

Lads how's breeding going? Seems to be slower this year or is it just me?

topgeas · 13-05-2018 10:38PM

thisyear wrote: »

Lads how's breeding going? Seems to be slower this year or is it just me?

75% in first 3 weeks. Last 5 days 10%. Zero repeats so far. Bulls out today.

thisyear · 13-05-2018 10:40PM

topgeas wrote: »

thisyear wrote: »

Lads how's breeding going? Seems to be slower this year or is it just me?

75% in first 3 weeks. Last 5 days 10%. Zero repeats so far. Bulls out today.

How many bulls? Are you not worried about them overworked?

topgeas · 13-05-2018 10:52PM

thisyear wrote: »

How many bulls? Are you not worried about them overworked?

72 cows.I've 3 bulls.only 2 with cows at any 1 time. Also aa with heifers.

oxjkqg · 14-05-2018 08:21AM

About 70 cows/103 done here in 2 weeks,

alps · 14-05-2018 11:29AM

thisyear wrote: »

Lads how's breeding going? Seems to be slower this year or is it just me?

Home from 3 weeks on the road, and the OH has been minding the show...was really concerned with breeding, but class job done...day 13 today and percentage bang on to get them all by day21

Massive relief..

She's looking for a day off now....

Timmaay · 14-05-2018 04:43PM

Am I wasting my time spaying silage ground for docks now? To be cut in about 2wks.

Say my name · 14-05-2018 05:35PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Am I wasting my time spaying silage ground for docks now? To be cut in about 2wks.

Read the label. But I'd say it would be too chancy with the spray ending up in the silage.

Keepgrowing · 14-05-2018 09:13PM

Timmaay wrote: »

Am I wasting my time spaying silage ground for docks now? To be cut in about 2wks.

Yes, plant too strong. I’d wait till they’re at lettuce stage in aftergrass

Gawddawggonnit · 15-05-2018 04:09PM

Got an offer of AN 34.5% BB €188 and €180 for June.

Tempted to buy for next year...

Mooooo · 15-05-2018 04:14PM

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Got an offer of AN 34.5% BB €188 and €180 for June.

Tempted to buy for next year...

What way do you see it going? Hard to know what trumps carry on will result in if he does anything re import tariffs etc. Would bulk be cheaper for you than big bags?

Gawddawggonnit · 15-05-2018 05:05PM

Mooooo wrote: »

What way do you see it going? Hard to know what trumps carry on will result in if he does anything re import tariffs etc. Would bulk be cheaper for you than big bags?

It’s imported in BB so no choice Mooo.
Hard to call what way it’ll go, but the Urea that ye used this year was bought last Aug for sub €180. Some touch.

K.G. · 15-05-2018 10:09PM

alps wrote: »

thisyear wrote: »

Lads how's breeding going? Seems to be slower this year or is it just me?

Home from 3 weeks on the road, and the OH has been minding the show...was really concerned with breeding, but class job done...day 13 today and percentage bang on to get them all by day21

Massive relief..

She's looking for a day off now....

You better mind her

Gawddawggonnit · 15-05-2018 10:19PM

https://www.cfr.org/blog/ireland-exports-its-leprechaun

Punching above our weight.

cosatron · 17-05-2018 10:31AM

In the latest round of ebi scoring, lwr has jumped from 111kg to 490kg and this time last year he was at -11kg. I'm not complaining as I've used a good bit of him this year but its very frustrating to have bulls ebi jumping up and down and like this

Timmaay · 17-05-2018 11:23AM

cosatron wrote: »

In the latest round of ebi scoring, lwr has jumped from 111kg to 490kg and this time last year he was at -11kg. I'm not complaining as I've used a good bit of him this year but its very frustrating to have bulls ebi jumping up and down and like this

Makes a farce of the whole thing in my view, I in general am trying to lower the milk in the herd here (coming from a liquid HO herd), one cow for AI today with plenty HO in her, and big bag of milk apparently has a milk kg of - 20, pure br fr straw for her still though. At the stage where I think I'll start using more daughter proven, plenty with high ebi figures.

alps · 17-05-2018 11:33AM

cosatron wrote: »

In the latest round of ebi scoring, lwr has jumped from 111kg to 490kg and this time last year he was at -11kg. I'm not complaining as I've used a good bit of him this year but its very frustrating to have bulls ebi jumping up and down and like this

It's a pisstake...

Look at the genomic predicted figures if YAD attached, and how the solids actually came through as daughters produced...unfortunately, I've used more of him again this year.

He is one of the new "daughter proven" offerings...

Gawddawggonnit · 17-05-2018 12:42PM

Question.
Cow calved on Mon with twins with no bother. Calved herself, and cleared, and is in good bcs, even though she wasn’t scanned with twins.

She’s milking only 5 litres per day...no temp and is scoffing her grub. Her last lactation did over 12k litres.
What to do?

Mooooo · 17-05-2018 01:00PM

There's more clarity on how new info comes in and changes the figures so much needed.

Mooooo · 17-05-2018 01:00PM

Repost

Mooooo · 17-05-2018 01:04PM

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Question.
Cow calved on Mon with twins with no bother. Calved herself, and cleared, and is in good bcs, even though she wasn’t scanned with twins.

She’s milking only 5 litres per day...no temp and is scoffing her grub. Her last lactation did over 12k litres.
What to do?

Strange one. Normally they would be off form if not giving the milk. I assume she doesn't have much of a springing or is it that she is only releasing 5L? If she has a full bag possibly not producing oxytocin to drop the milk so possibly a shot of that may help

jaymla627 · 17-05-2018 01:33PM

alps wrote: »

It's a pisstake...

Look at the genomic predicted figures if YAD attached, and how the solids actually came through as daughters produced...unfortunately, I've used more of him again this year.

He is one of the new "daughter proven" offerings...

Brilliant health figures too haha, using no bull less then plus 14 euro for health, funny thing is it automatically rules out 99% of high ebi bulls

freedominacup · 17-05-2018 01:37PM

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Question.
Cow calved on Mon with twins with no bother. Calved herself, and cleared, and is in good bcs, even though she wasn’t scanned with twins.

She’s milking only 5 litres per day...no temp and is scoffing her grub. Her last lactation did over 12k litres.
What to do?

Is she scoury? A dose of a rumen stimulant?

cosatron · 17-05-2018 02:25PM

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Question.
Cow calved on Mon with twins with no bother. Calved herself, and cleared, and is in good bcs, even though she wasn’t scanned with twins.

She’s milking only 5 litres per day...no temp and is scoffing her grub. Her last lactation did over 12k litres.
What to do?

we had two girls like that last year after having twins, vet came out and said that the calves took her store off minerals so we gave them injections for cal and mag and we actually gave them two bolus's each and they came around, took them a while mind you but they came.

mahoney_j · 17-05-2018 02:38PM

cosatron wrote: »

In the latest round of ebi scoring, lwr has jumped from 111kg to 490kg and this time last year he was at -11kg. I'm not complaining as I've used a good bit of him this year but its very frustrating to have bulls ebi jumping up and down and like this

He has cause daughters on ground now and more figures through .forst of my lwr calved this spring and can’t fault them ,def have lots of milk and daughters doing up to 3.9% p on first recording .the advice to pick team of bulls needs to be adehered to .

alps · 17-05-2018 03:04PM

mahoney_j wrote: »

He has cause daughters on ground now and more figures through .forst of my lwr calved this spring and can’t fault them ,def have lots of milk and daughters doing up to 3.9% p on first recording .the advice to pick team of bulls needs to be adehered to .

"Team" is a great analogy..

In a team you can normally substitute the player not contributing...

In dairy....you're stuck with the runt...

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