Dairy Chitchat 3

Keepgrowing wrote: »

A good read

https://nzfarmlife.co.nz/burnout-on-road-to-success/

I think he just needed less cows. Funny the ideas of success some people have.

straight wrote: »

I think he just needed less cows. Funny the ideas of success some people have.

Not quiet what I took from the article.

back from brinnginng in cows... (was in killarney at match) one cow left in field.. she one of this yrs heifers.. she is deranged... out of her mind.. charged at the quad twice has wrecked one side of it.... she is stone mad... any ideas... father says a deficiency? shes not usually like this btw

awaywithyou wrote: »

back from brinnginng in cows... (was in killarney at match) one cow left in field.. she one of this yrs heifers.. she is deranged... out of her mind.. charged at the quad twice has wrecked one side of it.... she is stone mad... any ideas... father says a deficiency? shes not usually like this btw

Are you sure it wasn't the bull. Did you have a few pints in the Shire, Jimmy ó Brien or the Tatler?

whelan2 wrote: »

Meningitis or similar?

Red water. Iv had it happen to me.

awaywithyou wrote: »

back from brinnginng in cows... (was in killarney at match) one cow left in field.. she one of this yrs heifers.. she is deranged... out of her mind.. charged at the quad twice has wrecked one side of it.... she is stone mad... any ideas... father says a deficiency? shes not usually like this btw

Meningitis? Listerosis?

awaywithyou wrote: »

back from brinnginng in cows... (was in killarney at match) one cow left in field.. she one of this yrs heifers.. she is deranged... out of her mind.. charged at the quad twice has wrecked one side of it.... she is stone mad... any ideas... father says a deficiency? shes not usually like this btw

Did you get the vet

Two council lads walking around field this a.m, never asked permission, from water section wasn’t in yard at time but guessed where leak was and told brother to tell them where to look, got home and they had gone no joy finding leak, walked down and had it copped in 2 mins, they where to lazy to hop over the barbwire fence in the forestry section where it’s burst....
Their drawing up water with artics now, you’d have no hope for this country going forward when you examine the public sector and sheer-waste and money been wasted

straight wrote: »

People talk of them running a nuclear power plant. Could you imagine. What could possibly go wrong

It gets better, the pipes are absestos lined, the leak has been going on for months but the pipe is are after totally blowing out now, so they’ll be drawing water for the foreseeable unless Irish water divert the pipeline around the forestry and link it in further up, of course they’re going to have to compensate ourselves if they want to access our land to do these works, expecting a phone call I’m the morning of some highly paid suit

Say my name wrote: »

Just had a 3 year old hol/fr bull loaded up on a lorry with charolais bullocks for the factory.
Only for the colour he matched them up perfectly.
No meal fed to this fella either only as a calf. I'll post up the results of this lad when I get them.
*charolais weren't mine.

How did he do?

Say my name wrote: »

No cheque yet. It's usually near 10 days now before it comes.

We collect it the next day.

Water John wrote: »

Great to see a man from Urhan become the Chairman of Carbery. Now that is truly a West Cork man, Urhan is out beyond Castletownbere. Great footballing country.
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/carbery-group-reveals-held-milk-price-for-june/

I thought at first glance he was from some Arabian country!

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Long story short...
English couple moved to the south of France 5yrs ago, bought a dairy farm, but wants out now to move back to the UK. Says he can’t handle the shyte and regulation...
They produce 900k litres. Cows are a mix of pure Hol and also hol x Swedish red. Anyone any experience of the hol/Swedish Red cross?

He wants to sell the herd complete with followers. What’re they worth?

85 cows in milk most in-calf to BB.
34 in-calf heifers. Sexed semen.
40 maidens.
33 calves.

Have a couple of brilliant ones here but all are of a particular bull A Linne, used a few other sr bulls and they where a pure disaster bad feet/temperament/yield and poor bags they where all culled down through the years

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

That doesn’t warm the cockles...
Are the SR crosses worse than pure Hol with regards their feet and mobility?

The bad ones are a lot worse but the good ones have great feet
These 3 are all 3rd lactation plus doing 32-36 liters at the minute

jaymla627 wrote: »

The bad ones are a lot worse but the good ones have great feet
These 3 are all 3rd lactation plus doing 32-36 liters at the minute

You’ve 3 left out of how many originally?