jfh wrote: » I rang a lab a couple of weeks back and the guy advised me to leave it until the end of the year for the dung sampling, I rang again there now as I'm anxious just to get it done but they're so busy, not taking any further samples, anyone recommend a lab?
emaherx wrote: » At £350 it was hardly that crazy of an investment, handy thing to have around too.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Industrial-Warehouse-Weighing-Digital-Livestock/dp/B00OZUFO52/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=weigh+beam+scales&qid=1601191388&sr=8-3IMG_20200926_172121 by Farmer Ed's Shed, on Flickr I already had the portable cattle crush, but many lads get platforms folded or just use a few scaffold planks bolted together. I've calves to be weighed on 3 different blocks of land, so I'd find it very hard to get them all weighed on a single day or even a single weekend so it would cost me more than €50 to rent scales. If this scheme continues for a few years then the beam scale will be well worth it, but I had been considering getting a scale for a while anyway.
minerleague wrote: » Has that to be calibrated/inspected to be used for BEEP scheme?
mr.stonewall wrote: » Much easier to weight with a portable crush than the platform. Experience of both and would avoid the platform at any cost. Put one in with a tams job wouldn't have done it otherwise. Hassle of having to rent one collect, wash drop back. Then having to weight all on the one day, add up the 50s for renting over the years and the ability to weight other cattle when you want, with grant aid. Doesn't be long getting to the price of buying one. Weighted and dosed 130 cattle this summer in 3hrs solo. Proper handling facilities payoff.
Anto_Meath wrote: » Left samples into Oldcastle yesterday and got a call with the results today, both liver and rumen fluke detected, not surprised as I seen a few of the cows have become scuttery in the last two - three weeks. Whats the best dosing to get rid of this a they would have gotten levafas diamond earlier in the year. Think trodax or Closamectin but the withdrawal of 60 days is a pain in the ass.
franglan wrote: » Hi All, two questions on two jobs after weighting which I did two months ago. If I collect the dung samples and send to local accredited lab do I need to input any results received via ICBF or is that done by lab on my behalf? Secondly for the meal feeding where do I input/confirm that I've completed that element on ICBF? Apologies if answered already.
emaherx wrote: » Well Its calibrated and I've tested with some known weights. It's registered for the beep scheme and available if they choose to inspect it. It doesn't need to be inspected to be used but can be inspected if they choose. The scheme conditions only state a suitable scales must be used. It's a certified scales that can weigh upto 3 tonne.
Aravo wrote: » Vaccination bovipast RSP x2 and 1IBR.
Count Mondego wrote: » Do you have to do both? I would normally do Bovipast x 2 and assume that's enough for the scheme.
Earnshaw wrote: » For the faecal sampling option - is it possible to sample a selection of weanlings instead of doing the cows?
trg wrote: » I weighed the cows and calves on Saturday and uploaded to icbf but got a weanling performance report today with the 2 youngest excluded cos they're under 100 days old. Does this make any difference regarding payment? Didn't think it did
Lime Tree Farm wrote: » you will be paid for all weighed.
trg wrote: » Thanks be to jaysus
Aravo wrote: » When were they born. To be eligible animals to be born in the herd between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020.
Sugarbowl wrote: » The same thing happened to me the last 2 years as I weighed them young and didn’t make the ICBF report. Got full payment last December anyway regardless of age at weighing.
Lime Tree Farm wrote: Result - some rumen fluke eggs seen, negative for liver fluke. Surprising as the cows were last dosed Dec 2019 with Albendazole. I wouldn't have thought they could have rumen fluke and not have liver fluke as well.
pure breed wrote: » Got the same result here. What will you give them for the Rumen Fluke.
