Dairy Chitchat 4, an udder new thread.

Worst year here for losses in a decade, to the point 22/23/24 combined are now better than it, the highlight Sat night was a cow managing to put the head and one leg fully out in the time it took us to milk, head had to be chopped off, cow lifted with hip clamps and calf pushed back in to free the other leg, new calf shed is turning out to be a disaster as east wind is going through it, have it boarded up, but now the issue is lack of air flow, lots of pneumonia, usually had 2-5 cases a year in old shed, running at 80% of calves needing treatment to date.

so how much is the correct amount

I see that maize/beet mix for sale on DD, would that not heat mad as soon as its tipped.

Jesus 80%. I actually couldn’t cope with that. Hope the worse is behind you

I’d do them in reverse jay ….intranasal ibr live at birth and bovipast at 7 days

calving camera turned off for 2025 😀

That's the problem with farming, you take it with you 24hrs a day. I can remember a cow that died with ecoli mastitis back 20 years ago. I can't remember being happy because I got a big milk check last June.

But you are right of course. How is the OH doing these times, I hope things are improving

It's the time spent lifting cows and trying to get them going that's the soul destroying part I find, in fairness of the 4 that went down I got 3 going...

Got great news today, to lift the spirits sent 15 culls to the factory, the first cattle I slaughtered since been locked up in August and they're was no legions, was dreading the call to say I was locked up again if they had went down in factory

DDavid Feed your cows in March as if they were going to give you 8500litres apiece same for part of April when the weather can be very very changeable. 8kg to a fresh calf cows would be my minimum......if there's no other feed bar silage and grass

Nasal swabs and bloods ASAP something going on there and it’s not the eastern wind

yes i am here changed band last year nothing has changed for me so far ,if they bring in platform rates my 2 cows to the acre will be under pressure , now where is that loop hole….