Had a fr heifer calf born this morning in cubicle shed. Cow due 15th January. I served a few in early April as I was penalised for not supplying enough milk last January. A sexed mo salah calf. All good. Best of luck for calving 2022
Nice, red angus? Heifer looks top quality
Great looking heifer, no sparing the feed!
Yes...was wondering the red also!!! 🤔 was supposed to be Dovea AA4303. Think that bull has red streak?
Heifers and cows are bit fat, fingers crossed when the bigger bulls arrive.
Is that Davy in the background?
Lovely type of heifer.
It is - 885.
Heifer calf out of same AA bull, gave wee pull, big difference in calf size compared to one other day. Mother is AA heifer also. Not huge milk yet but very quiet.
Heifer calf. LOKI bull.
Had ai man here last night to a lapon 20 month heifer. Selection was poor choice between loki and isl or an aubrac. Loki and isl were 10 and 13 pm heifers the aubrac was 6. Could I have chanced Loki on her
Official start date isn't for another week but 6 landed so far all out of heifers, 3 bulls 3 heifers
I would go with the Aubrac anyday and leave the ch bull until the second calving. I presume that’s what you did? A Dovea aubrac was it?
I don’t know anything about Loki but putting any CH bull on a CH heifer is hardly a great idea, something like Ivor or Brooklands Marco would be a lot better imo, surely any Dovea tech should have plenty of them.
On a roll, 3 more bulls🤦
Went to outfarm this morning. Angus heifer calved. Served 4/5/2021. 270 days. She's not 2 until 3rd of May . calf sucking her. Young lad bought her from drumcrow herd before Christmas
Best of luck to him, has he his own prefix now
He uses the prefix we always had. Priestown
Your Dad must be very proud that he is continuing the pedigree herd.
Ye, we were reducing numbers up until last year. Back up to what it used to be now
Was it Priestown Jupiter that used to be in AI. I remember that name, though I never used him.
Had 2 in ai priestown Jupiter and priestown tornado
I hope your son can achieve similar
had a cow calf two nights ago. Calved alone, no bother. But calf was slower than usual to stand and when she did- her hind left leg was wonky- I thought it was either broken or dislocated hip.
vet made out it’s a tendon thing and hopefully they will tighten. Calf is flying around but you’d worry her leg would break easily.
Hi Kollege I have often had that with the front legs on a calf, had a cow one time and every calf she had was like that. Never done them a bit of hard. Vet here told me it happens from the way the calf lies in the cow especially if it's a big calf. Keep them in a good bedded shed or very sheltered paddock. In 3 weeks to a month there wouldn't be a bother on that calf.
Would it be worth giving the calf a shot of but B?
I gave her a multimin shot. The vet had me told to do it. She is improving daily.
Exactly the same diagnosis from the vet. They are in a Well bedded shed and the plan would be to fire them out into a paddock.
Multivitamin is brilliant for calves that are slow at drink. Thanks for reminding me as I am out of it at the minute & must pick up a bottle of it as it was very hard to get last spring.
Lost calf at weekend left to long to calve cow didn't open fully an must been pushing for while.anyway got foster calf an skinned dead calf cow took til it straight away.how long would I need to keep skin tied on for..
Had a 2 year old heifer calve on her own during the night. Had her outside ad she was a bit lame. A tiny gamin Bull. Not due for another 12 days. I was worried about her as she is small enough. Bring her I'm this morning and calf started to go for her teats. He drank her dry. Great when it works put like that.
She is a bit short of milk though.
There’s hardly another one in her?
I’d say once the cow smells her own milk passing through the calf then you will be ok
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