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For some more context. 2 weeks before we dosed them Liv got onto the vet and the problem was put down to the changeable weather as it was previously sick calves that were giving trouble. We had some coughing but due to overdosing in the past over calves coughing leading to an ivermectin resistance we work off dung samples rather than coughs and we weren’t due to take the next samples for another 2 weeks.

on the product we used. We weighed the 1st batch of calves we doses to get an accurate measurement and used the average of them to dose the other batches.

we got our dung samples back during the week and they were 270 320 and 60 egg count. The 4th batch we had the autopsy for. We’re trying to figure out why one batch over the others is relatively fine over the others and apart from being on the multi species sward for about 4 days before sampling we’re at a loss

we run paddock system with the calves changing paddocks anywhere from 3 to 7 days and we used the bulls to eat down heavy covers ahead of the calves back in the end of June

My assumption would’ve been the dose would’ve killed the worms they’d of picked up after the bulls?

Phil I would keep the calves to there own paddocks and use a block grazing type system on the paddocks

fresh grass every 2 days and back fence them off the previous break

top the grass behind them instead of getting the bulls to do it if need be but once you get them in on it and have a handle of it yourself they should peal the break and no need for topping or bulls grazing behind them, bulls would make shite of the fences too? If the calves had their own block it would be less fences to be maintained all the time ?

those cattle are the lifeblood of your business seeing as you put all the crops through them

I don’t want to come across as critical but those calves should be tipping 200 kgs now. If you can get there weights right as weanlings going into the shed you’ll have 600/650kg of beasts going to the factory instead of nearer the 500-550 bracket the following year

I saw the video of them finishing up today. How many units again? Was it 14 or 14 a side or something, I forget?

14 a side i think.

No that's just machine, no building or tank

I see @farmerphil135 made the 1 o'clock news. Fair play

That's a witch-hunt in fairness, the glorification of that prick is something else, the Andrew Sachs incident that got him sacked from the BBC tells you all you need to know about his character

I saw him a few times today at the ploughing, don't know how he kept going.

Had the 6499 and butterfly & front mowers - some set up

A big line waiting to take selfies with him today, you'd want the patience of a saint

Farm Theory on TikTok and YouTube having a good ding dong with Red Tractor, has my sympathies dealing with that misery.

Red tractor is just a assurance bod, have no power once you've an outlet for non assured produce.

Meat and grains aren't too overly affected you have options freely available, at a discount but then your saving ALOT of assurance costs and admin. Every bit of food packaging is plastered in red tractor nonsence and then they just mix in imported non assured to the recipe that magically also becomes redtractor and assured.