Calving 2019 - Advice and Help thread

whelan2 · 20-03-2019 10:34PM

Waiting on vet here again. Have 2 upside down front legs and no head

Limestone Cowboy · 21-03-2019 10:51AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Waiting on vet here again. Have 2 upside down front legs and no head

Did ye get to straighten him or had ye to do a section Whelan?

whelan2 · 21-03-2019 12:18PM

Ye all good. Angus bull calf

patsy_mccabe · 21-03-2019 03:07PM

Had one just calve there now. Out in a small paddock near the shed. Middle of the day, super quiet cow, bull calf up and sucking on his own. What else could you ask for?

Parishlad · 21-03-2019 03:28PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Had one just calve there now. Out in a small paddock near the shed. Middle of the day, super quiet cow, bull calf up and sucking on his own. What else could you ask for?

If only he could tag and dehorn himself.....:D

charolais0153 · 21-03-2019 05:14PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Had one just calve there now. Out in a small paddock near the shed. Middle of the day, super quiet cow, bull calf up and sucking on his own. What else could you ask for?

Twins

Lady Haywire · 21-03-2019 05:16PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Had one just calve there now. Out in a small paddock near the shed. Middle of the day, super quiet cow, bull calf up and sucking on his own. What else could you ask for?

20 more just like it :pac:

grassroot1 · 21-03-2019 05:52PM

patsy_mccabe wrote:

Had one just calve there now. Out in a small paddock near the shed. Middle of the day, super quiet cow, bull calf up and sucking on his own. What else could you ask for?

If she could just give birth to a wad of 50 notes

visatorro · 22-03-2019 09:20AM

Greyish green solid dung out of 2 week old calves. Is that coccidiosis?

tanko · 22-03-2019 11:45AM

visatorro wrote: »

Greyish green solid dung out of 2 week old calves. Is that coccidiosis?

Coccidiosis cant appear until 20 days old i think, usually blood in watery dark scour with it.

High bike · 22-03-2019 02:14PM

visatorro wrote: »

Greyish green solid dung out of 2 week old calves. Is that coccidiosis?

if it’s solid I wouldn’t be concerned

patsy_mccabe · 22-03-2019 02:23PM

I was thinking the other day, I spend most of this time of year just looking at calf dung.

Lady Haywire · 23-03-2019 03:01PM

This lad can be weaned next month :pac: JKS bull. Tested the jack so he did!!

Mooooo · 23-03-2019 04:02PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

This lad can be weaned next month :pac: JKS bull. Tested the jack so he did!!

Jex is it?

High bike · 23-03-2019 04:19PM

A bear of a calf she’s some cow to push him out, how many days overdue??

Lady Haywire · 23-03-2019 04:57PM

Mooooo wrote: »

Jex is it?

Darn, how did you know!

High bike wrote: »

A bear of a calf she’s some cow to push him out, how many days overdue??

She wouldn't have done it herself tbh, i knew she was very heavy though so she was watched carefully. Has a handy habit of calving during the day too.
Due 9th of march so about a fortnight. Cow is 13yrs, lim/sim and british friesian in her.

charolais0153 · 23-03-2019 05:42PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Darn, how did you know!

She wouldn't have done it herself tbh, i knew she was very heavy though so she was watched carefully. Has a handy habit of calving during the day too.
Due 9th of march so about a fortnight. Cow is 13yrs, lim/sim and british friesian in her.

283 days on 9th of march or 9 months?

Lady Haywire · 23-03-2019 05:46PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

283 days on 9th of march or 9 months?

9 months on 9th.

charolais0153 · 23-03-2019 06:40PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

9 months on 9th.

She didnt bring too much time with her so.

golodge · 23-03-2019 08:33PM

If only they were all growing like this... 10 days old bull calf out of a small cow.

Waiting for the first heifers to calve with blonde calves. Will be interesting to see how it goes. The first one is on 281st day already. And some charolais calves from cows are on the way too.

golodge · 26-03-2019 07:09PM

Have this boy born today. 297days gestation. Really was wondering maybe cow hasn't held to AI and we should wait for the calf from the stock bull...
Bull calf by piedmontese bull, out of 3/4lim cow. Would think he's around 55-60kg.

Average birth weight this season is at 52kg for now.

High bike · 26-03-2019 08:50PM

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golodge · 27-03-2019 06:04AM

High bike wrote: »

Do they come out tagged an all��

I wish they would... Better tag them young when they're born outdoors.

High bike · 27-03-2019 10:58AM

Always did the tagging within 24hrs but didn't do it this year, it's no fun trying to tag a 3 week old calf full of beans.Will be back to the old system next year

golodge · 27-03-2019 04:05PM

High bike wrote: »

Always did the tagging within 24hrs but didn't do it this year, it's no fun trying to tag a 3 week old calf full of beans.Will be back to the old system next year

Yes... Had a couple calves to tag at ~1-2weeks age last year when taggers had broken. Tried to catch calves when they were sleeping. Not one man work for sure.

Dozer1 · 28-03-2019 01:41PM

Had a heifer calving this morning, she was making no progress and I was at work.

Rang old lad and vet and I swear to god if I could was nearer than 30 miles I'd have done for the vet, he was useless to watch on the camera, no stock skills.
by the end he opened a gate that nearly let her run out of the shed...
thankfully she is a super quiet animal

I've had him on 3 calls now and I definitely will be refusing him to take him on another call. other 3 vets are super but this guy is a liability.

calf is fine she just wouldn't do it herself......rant over

charolais0153 · 28-03-2019 02:22PM

Dozer1 wrote: »

Had a heifer calving this morning, she was making no progress and I was at work.

Rang old lad and vet and I swear to god if I could was nearer than 30 miles I'd have done for the vet, he was useless to watch on the camera, no stock skills.
by the end he opened a gate that nearly let her run out of the shed...
thankfully she is a super quiet animal

I've had him on 3 calls now and I definitely will be refusing him to take him on another call. other 3 vets are super but this guy is a liability.

calf is fine she just wouldn't do it herself......rant over

Animal should be restrained properly imo for anybody strange coming into the farm. Animals get super excited with strangers

Dozer1 · 28-03-2019 04:04PM

Heifer was a total lamb with them, she walked every step of the way she was supposed to, totally docile all they had to do was put her into a chute she was isolated and on straw since yesterday.

if she was wild or excited with them then fair enough but she was probably too quiet

patsy_mccabe · 28-03-2019 07:55PM

Had a cow calf there, her 14th calf. She's 15 years old and calved as a 2 year old. A pet of a cow, small, butty and always pig fat. Would love to know her breeding as I bought her in. Reckon there is AA in there somewhere.
ICBF have her at €158 Replacement. That's in the top 1%. If you saw her in a mart, you wouldn't give her a second look.

charolais0153 · 28-03-2019 09:11PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Had a cow calf there, her 14th calf. She's 15 years old and calved as a 2 year old. A pet of a cow, small, butty and always pig fat. Would love to know her breeding as I bought her in. Reckon there is AA in there somewhere.
ICBF have her at €158 Replacement. That's in the top 1%. If you saw her in a mart, you wouldn't give her a second look.

Are the calves in the top 33%

Calving 2019 - Advice and Help thread

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