Calving 2024

That's great hard to beat a whitehead heifer in fairness always had a soft spot for them. Would you keep a whitehead on to be a cow? I have 3 whiteheads left but they are being cut one after the other not sure I will have them again.

I will see what she turns out like. She is a red whitehead but showing more friesian traits than hereford.

What bull is she off?

A fair size blondex heifer born today in early morning. Sired by the bull called Gazou, 290 days gestation. Found her stuck on hips in time luckily. Cow always throws good calves, but her all bull calves needed bigger or smaller assistance. Her two previous heifers, limx and blondex, were born without any help.

it’s looks a brilliant place to calve or Outwinteted stock

Bluex heifer born yesterday in the evening. Sired by Newman du blanc dos.

Lampon heifer calf, in to the oven on the 26th June and out of it 30th March, so happy enough with that. I looked at the cow at 11pm, you would know she was in the humour but that was about all. Looked again at 2am the calf was standing up sucking... isn't that they way we would love to get them all.

Was thinking the same,As dry as a cork

Calving cows out in the fields is ideal when all goes well but when the cow gets into bother it’s not much fun especially at night and it bucketing down.

have you tried tying a suckler cow to a tree lately…………

With Fiston gone a lot of farmers are using Lapon, he’s a good bull, generally easy calved but he has a tendancy to throw an odd big calf also. Yeah, i’ve stopped using Sim bulls, used them for a few years to put milk back into the cows and they did that job, have some nice cows off Direct debit, Derreen Declan, fifty cent and Earp but i’ll use Saler and Lim bulls from now on for replacements, Simx’s make nice cows but tend to have more feet problems and are harder fed. I always sold the Sim bullocks as stores and was happy enough with how they sold but i can see how they’d be harder finished alrite.

Suckler cow here who starts kicking her calf preventing sucking in last few years, so far calf has been old enough to best her and/or sneak some off other cows. Started much earlier ( almost from immediately after calving ) this year and calf was drinking from only one quarter and looked a bit thin. Put them in and tie up cow and let calf suck and turns out cow doesn't have much in 3 other quarters. Started giving calf milk from carton ( may get some from dairy farmer if this works ) but how much should calf get per day? (Hoping to leave calf on cow and let her get some there too) I know obvious option is to put calf on milk replacer but awkward mixing for one calf.

I have never seen the white head be a draw back to any cattle I sold and top price heifer in Roscommon on fri was a lim with a white head. I think it looks well on them tbh

You're right about Lapon CH4321. Pulled a very big Lapon calf for a neighbour last night. He thought calf was dead when he called me. Head half out and tongue swollen up. Both head and legs were stone cold. I've never seen this before. I though it was dead too. Came handy enough with just the ropes.

Couldn't get beastings anywhere so had to milk 3 lts from cow in crush tru the bars. Crazy but luckily she never kicked. A quiet simmental.