Killer with the investment involved
Lost the plot when I got the less than 1% failure rate line and noting like this has happened before in 10 years, system was bought on the understanding they fully stood over their product with lifetime warranty on the system and any faulty tags etc that fail, and are replaced foc, shouldn't have to be fighting the toss with them over a defective product
Did u get contract and are those details in it …..company haven’t much to fight with you on if so
Those salespeople would sicken your sh1t. They will promise you the sun, moon and stars just to get your money. I guess you have to see where it is written down
I was talking to a few of the heat detection lads at the dairy show the other day. They're pushing them hard now with the TAMs. They all said their products work flawlessly anyway.
Did you not install a tag system a few years back ?
Wasn't there a farmer that had collars and lost a few cows from lead poisoning when they started eating or chewing a collar or collars Co op stopped taking the milk and he couldn't sell to the factory for a time either. A big hit to take
You're exactly right. Plasic covered lead weights rubbing on the concrete head feed, began to drop scraping of lead onto the silage.
Milk couldn't be processed foe a number of months. I know the farmer was really appreciative of his coop who collected and disposed of the milk for the period, so whoever ended up covering him, either the coop or the collar manufacturers, though traumatic...I think he may have come out OK financially.
Had the scr tags, only lasted 4 years, with the batteries dying and tag losses, was going to go with their collars again but went with this other crowd, due to promised back-up and replacement policy, its a lot dearer system then the scr when you add up the costs over its lifetime
2.5 years with scr collars here and happy with them
No bulls? Conception improve along with submissions?
No bulls. 10 weeks breeding
had 14% empty on the cows
poor conception rate this year here. Had a phosphorus issue. Nothing to do with the collars
Whatever happened to good stockmen 3 percent empty here this year no collars or apps on phone do ai myself bulls clean up seems theresca generation now who need a text when a cow is sick Biggest problem i see with ai is guys thawing out a heap of straws at once and on once only per day ai.
i don’t know how I manage to get them incalf at all being honest
Whatever happened to punctuation.
Left schol at sixteen
Why dont u use a bull i dont see them as a major cost on the farm i lose about 800 when i cull them but its nice to be finished calving replacements and selling beef calves also ai is shorter
Fair play ladddddddd that’s savage going …..
One round of Dairy ai on heifers and select cows and beef straws on anything not selected for dairy from day one
bull won’t solve an issue with phosphorus. I have a bull for the heifers
Thanks mate
We always get pica around my area and in my experience it does not affect fertility. I know what the experts say.
You be surprised. Neighbour here had a similar problem ten+ years ago finding it impossible to get cows incalf and a drawn out breeding season. Nutritionist and advisor he had blamed everything from minerals, vitamins, nutrition at different stages. His problem was trying to breed replacement's when the mop up bull went in he would have a glut calving mid/late March.
His cows were high genetic HO milking 1700 gallons in old money. He manage to buy a very well bred FR bull that was badly dehorned. He pulled his calving pattern back by 3-4 weeks.
He did go back to AI after 4-5 years due to having to replace the bull every two seasons ( he be too cross) and he hated having FR bull around the place
You the mannn ladddd……we can learn so much from a good farmer like you ….please keep the info comming
Six or sixteen? Your foundations of spelling and grammar are wrapped up by the time you leave primary school. Whether you like it or not your credibility is severely tarnished by your posting style. Please read over your comments before posting.
Thanks, we're keeping a closer eye on this thread now, we'll do the moderating, attack the post not the poster ok.
Sixteen after junior cert straight home to help dad on the farm.
Id never use stock bull to breed relacements theres always a fault with them slow milkers high scc temprament. Id also never use high ebi bulls as there health traits are terrible feet like putty
How many years ago was that. Are you thinking of hanging up the overalls soon and buying the Villa
A bull is not the issue.
Phosphorus was. I bolusedthe cows this year instead of using usual mineral block and the phosphorous dropped in the cows causing weak embryos
we’ve had very high incalf rates up till this year
Phosphorus proably didn’t help but just a pig of a year. …grass was shore feeding most of year and weather was same ….throw in poor quality concentrates on top …10 week breeding too another week or 2 could of seen that figure under 10 …..also no stock bulls ….using all Ai and no bulls to clean up even with heat detection aids going to cost a few % too grand to do 6/8 weeks Ai and have stock bulls to clean up …
Is there many of you 100% ai?..understand that heifers away from the yard might not suit ai but if your only serving cows comming in and out for milking surly a tight calving pattern is possible?
