Dairy chit chat II

freedominacup · 24-05-2018 12:09PM

K.G. wrote: »

Cow goin to dairy yesterday has a big lump on her side just above udder in front of leg .the milk vein dosent appear to run through it but i suspect its still blood in it and its the size of a rugby ball.shes un comfortable with it but i think its not vet but a factory job .anybody see anything like it

Not a factory job. All you'll get is a bill. Vet job. Had something similar earlier this year. Diuretics, painkillers and antibiotics. Took a look good time to subside. Vet would not drain it due to fears of infection. Might not be the same thing as you are dealing with.

Gawddawggonnit · 24-05-2018 12:10PM

blackdog1 wrote: »

You'd want to know the fine details.. Is it animal fats? Lard etc or vegetable? But it looks good. Thought you had some super stuff last year is this it?.

The fats are from palm oil and coconut oil. Milk products are 71% overall with 57% skim.

Reads much the same spec as the powder I’m using but nearly €400/t cheaper...that adds up to a good few thousand of savings per year.
Manufactured close by also and they’ll fix the price for a year.
Think I’ll try a couple of ton and see.

Gawddawggonnit · 24-05-2018 12:14PM

K.G. wrote: »

Cow goin to dairy yesterday has a big lump on her side just above udder in front of leg .the milk vein dosent appear to run through it but i suspect its still blood in it and its the size of a rugby ball.shes un comfortable with it but i think its not vet but a factory job .anybody see anything like it

Haematoma?

yosemitesam1 · 24-05-2018 02:29PM

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

The fats are from palm oil and coconut oil. Milk products are 71% overall with 57% skim.

Reads much the same spec as the powder I’m using but nearly €400/t cheaper...that adds up to a good few thousand of savings per year.
Manufactured close by also and they’ll fix the price for a year.
Think I’ll try a couple of ton and see.

Is it cold pressed coconut oil? 😋

Timmaay · 24-05-2018 06:39PM

Lobbing a fair few excess paddocks into the front of the pit same time as the 1st cut next week (as I don't want as many bales), so effect SR at the minute is 5.22!, cover/lu 135, farm cover 705. Sailing very close to the wind here, I could well be feeding some of that pit silage back out in 10days time ha.

atlantic mist · 24-05-2018 07:51PM

hope the palm oil is from a sustainable source:)

freedominacup · 24-05-2018 09:47PM

We got €1000 each for 7 culls this morning. 5 straight out of the parlour. Most had a way to go to get them finished. A nice touch. Hard to see any upside in keeping them to finishing weights. Feeders love the pedigree holsteins.

Mooooo · 24-05-2018 10:07PM

freedominacup wrote: »

We got €1000 each for 7 culls this morning. 5 straight out of the parlour. Most had a way to go to get them finished. A nice touch. Hard to see any upside in keeping them to finishing weights. Feeders love the pedigree holsteins.

Were they long calved? Sent 9 10 days ago to factory all rollovers from last spring, bar one who threw a calf this spring. Taking out a small cow with eyesight issues sent with them they averaged over 1k straight from parlour. Milk covered the ration they ate anyway

freedominacup · 24-05-2018 11:59PM

Mooooo wrote: »

Were they long calved? Sent 9 10 days ago to factory all rollovers from last spring, bar one who threw a calf this spring. Taking out a small cow with eyesight issues sent with them they averaged over 1k straight from parlour. Milk covered the ration they ate anyway

About half rollovers.

visatorro · 25-05-2018 12:04AM

freedominacup wrote: »

Mooooo wrote: »

Were they long calved? Sent 9 10 days ago to factory all rollovers from last spring, bar one who threw a calf this spring. Taking out a small cow with eyesight issues sent with them they averaged over 1k straight from parlour. Milk covered the ration they ate anyway

About half rollovers.

Think I'll roll over here meself

Mooooo · 25-05-2018 10:00AM

Going thru third round now, can really see where the spring damage is having am effect now, 12 hrs less grazing in some paddocks and docks coming on like fcukers

whelan2 · 25-05-2018 02:23PM

Are Norwegian Red cattle polled,?

Say my name · 25-05-2018 02:34PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Are Norwegian Red cattle polled,?

Some are. Some aren't.

simx · 25-05-2018 03:04PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Are Norwegian Red cattle polled,?

Any I've here aren't snyway

whelan2 · 25-05-2018 07:18PM

Dehorning calves today and none of the nr had buds.

Mooooo · 25-05-2018 07:21PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Are Norwegian Red cattle polled,?

Bought one in here and her butt of a horn is tap tap taping away at the pipe for the nuts. Can't get any as rubber between pipe and auger but must have worked in her previous home

whelan2 · 25-05-2018 07:27PM

Did the deal of the year today. 20 calves debudded, 8 cows hoof paired for an Angus heifer calf

Buford T. Justice XIX · 25-05-2018 07:48PM

The lad we get to dehorn the calves is knocked out till the end of the year so we had to get a dehorner and crate ourselves this year for the first time in years.

Only 2 late heifers left to dehorn now and no excuse of forgetting to ring to get them dehorned anymore:rolleyes:

whelan2 · 25-05-2018 07:50PM

Dehorning always caused a row here when we were doing it ourselves.

Say my name · 25-05-2018 08:46PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Dehorning calves today and none of the nr had buds.

https://oksekatalogen.geno.no/en/Display-pages/Sire-detail-page/?bullid=10540

In the link above.
Go up to the menu in the top left corner click on it and enter the sire of your calves.
The horned status will be shown then for that bull when you scroll down.

What bull is it as a matter of interest?
Not a bad trait to have.

whelan2 · 25-05-2018 08:57PM

Say my name wrote: »

https://oksekatalogen.geno.no/en/Display-pages/Sire-detail-page/?bullid=10540

In the link above.
Go up to the menu in the top left corner click on it and enter the sire of your calves.
The horned status will be shown then for that bull when you scroll down.

What bull is it as a matter of interest?
Not a bad trait to have.

LEK a pg bull

Say my name · 25-05-2018 09:08PM

whelan2 wrote: »

LEK a pg bull

Yep.
Came up polled.

johnnyw20 · 25-05-2018 09:10PM

I’ve a NR yearling that I bought as a calf last year. He had horns. How do I find out who his sire was?

whelan2 · 25-05-2018 09:14PM

Say my name wrote: »

Yep.
Came up polled.

Ai man ordered more straws of him for me the other day and he was out of stockk so they sent nothing instead of him. I'd normally use nr on repeats at this time of year. Good few repeats from icbf sexed trial thingy

Say my name · 25-05-2018 09:20PM

johnnyw20 wrote: »

I’ve a NR yearling that I bought as a calf last year. He had horns. How do I find out who his sire was?

Go into the icbf website.

https://www.icbf.com/wp/

Go down to the very bottom and put in the tag number of the animal.
You might be lucky.

Mooooo · 25-05-2018 09:32PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Ai man ordered more straws of him for me the other day and he was out of stockk so they sent nothing instead of him. I'd normally use nr on repeats at this time of year. Good few repeats from icbf sexed trial thingy

Do they cover the repeats?

whelan2 · 25-05-2018 09:34PM

Mooooo wrote: »

Do they cover the repeats?

I dOUBT it, 3 more repeats for the morning

Mooooo · 25-05-2018 09:45PM

whelan2 wrote: »

I dOUBT it, 3 more repeats for the morning

You think they would if it was a trial, they had as much to gain as you but not as much to lose, or were the sexed straws paid for?

whelan2 · 25-05-2018 09:47PM

Mooooo wrote: »

You think they would if it was a trial, they had as much to gain as you but not as much to lose, or were the sexed straws paid for?

sexed straws same price as normal afaik. Supposed to scan 30 days after service , wont be too many to be scanned here :rolleyes:

Gawddawggonnit · 26-05-2018 08:58AM

We thought that planting was finished last night but found out that hailstones destroyed about 4-5ha in one side of a 33ha field of sunflowers. They were the first planted and just up when the thunderstorm hit. Couldn’t find any seed so I bought a bag for bird food and being planted now... most difficult and late spring here in generations.
It’ll be interesting to see if bird feed at €20 for 25kg will compete with hybrid seed at €288 for 4kg.

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