Farming Chit Chat

bbam · 13-03-2012 06:08PM

I know burnt oil isn't approved by everyone but it has worked for us in the past, 3 years ago I had a 6 month old suckled calf that got a few spots and the oil cleared it up in a few weeks.
It didn't work last year but it was a heavier contamination. I will follow with the imravol but I wanted to get started with something.

pakalasa · 13-03-2012 06:44PM

whelan1 wrote: »

put a bar behind her, put a halter or nose piece on her and pull her through... and stay calm:rolleyes: other think would be to give her a jab of a needle or prod of something in the butt

I put a halter on her and tied her head up to the top side bar. Did her then, no problem. Thanks for the tip.
I didn't want to be beating her and roaring like a lunatic. She's a grand quiet cow and I want to keep her that way.

whelan1 · 13-03-2012 07:00PM

pakalasa wrote: »

I put a halter on her and tied her head up to the top side bar. Did her then, no problem. Thanks for the tip.
I didn't want to be beating her and roaring like a lunatic. She's a grand quiet cow and I want to keep her that way.

have come across very stubborn cows and bulls when you are ringing them, alot of them are not fooled by meal:rolleyes:

stanflt · 13-03-2012 07:57PM

sprayed some paddocks for docks today- will do silage ground tomorrow

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whelan1 · 13-03-2012 08:22PM

we sprayed on sunday, used pastor, what did you use?

johngalway · 13-03-2012 08:37PM

Jesus but these long days are just fantastic

stanflt · 13-03-2012 09:04PM

whelan1 wrote: »

we sprayed on sunday, used pastor, what did you use?

eagle

bob charles · 13-03-2012 11:39PM

pakalasa wrote: »

Thanks guys,
I have tried a bit of meal just outside the gate but no go. Maybe I will have to try her over a few days. I had the bar behind her too and prodded her aswell. I think a halter and pull her through might be the easiest.
A lot to be said for these pour-ons eh? :mad:

why not just use a hook drencher

bogman_bass · 13-03-2012 11:59PM

bbam wrote: »

I know burnt oil isn't approved by everyone but it has worked for us in the past, 3 years ago I had a 6 month old suckled calf that got a few spots and the oil cleared it up in a few weeks.
It didn't work last year but it was a heavier contamination. I will follow with the imravol but I wanted to get started with something.

I had a calf with a bad dose of it. injected her with ringvac and nearly completly gone after 2 weeks

pakalasa · 14-03-2012 08:57AM

bob charles wrote: »

why not just use a hook drencher

Don't have one.

Thinking of getting one now though.

whelan1 · 14-03-2012 09:28AM

bob charles wrote: »

why not just use a hook drencher

that would be too easy:)

bbam · 14-03-2012 09:30AM

Bodacious wrote: »

hi bbam,

it's a complete pain alright. I'd get a couple of bottles Imaverol e22 a bottle in coop in Monaghan, my vet was more like 30/32 and a knapsack and spray the lot of them... and disinfect the hell out of barriers/ pens etc

Picked up 2 bottles from the Vet yesterday, €23 each. Perhaps they're all not a bunch of money grabbing so and so's after all..:)

Muckit · 14-03-2012 09:40AM

My vet reckons don't bother with it unless your selling in mart. It'I clear up itself

redzerologhlen · 14-03-2012 09:53AM

2 more calfs this morning sucked and all when we found them :cool:

5live · 14-03-2012 10:32AM

pakalasa wrote: »

I spent nearly 40 mins yesterday trying to get a cows head through the chute gate. In the end I had to give up before one of got a heartattack. I wanted to dose her with Zanil. You'd think I was trying to kill her. I did them all last July with it , no problem.
Anyone got any tips? It's an old style gate like those on a calving gate, not the automatic type. I tried lifting her tail and everything. Even poured some zanil on her feed. She wouldn't eat it because of the smell. Christ I had sweat pouring out of me for a finish. A red limmy, very quiet but stubborn.

I had the same problem with a milker. Quiet cow but wouldnt put her head through the gate. So i climbed over the gate and caught her head and dosed her. Then she bucked and headbutted me, knocked me off the crush and down on the ground, dazed. I looked like i was after going a few rounds with Rocky Balboa. OH reckons it improved my looks. Sympathy is in short supply around here:(.

Not going to do that again

blue5000 · 14-03-2012 03:34PM

I've a sheltered paddock near the yard, use it for calving. Had 8 springers in there last night. Got up this morning, had 3 calves, all ok, a blonde heifer, and 2 heifers had aubrac calves one bull, one heifer. Nice start to the day:pac:

Finno59 · 14-03-2012 05:24PM

Can someone tell me how i go about registering a pedigree friesian bull calf. Have never done it before. Was looking at the ihfa website and it said something about upgrading herd and pedigrees, do i need to do this, dont milk record. And how much does it cost. thanks

Bodacious · 14-03-2012 08:45PM

bogman_bass wrote: »

bbam wrote: »

I know burnt oil isn't approved by everyone but it has worked for us in the past, 3 years ago I had a 6 month old suckled calf that got a few spots and the oil cleared it up in a few weeks.
It didn't work last year but it was a heavier contamination. I will follow with the imravol but I wanted to get started with something.

I had a calf with a bad dose of it. injected her with ringvac and nearly completly gone after 2 weeks

did you not find that very expensive? And did you give second injection?

I vaccinated 4 with it and in fairness with it but the lad that had a few spots got 4 ml I think and it brought it out worse on him
had to revert back to Imvarol wash with him

bogman_bass · 14-03-2012 10:55PM

I dunno. it worked. I was able to vacinate the others (2x2ml) and didnt have to do multible washes with Imvarol. only one 4ml dose to the one with ring worm. It was the worst case I ever saw and it cleared up lovely

Bodacious · 14-03-2012 11:22PM

bogman_bass wrote: »

I dunno. it worked. I was able to vacinate the others (2x2ml) and didnt have to do multible washes with Imvarol. only one 4ml dose to the one with ring worm. It was the worst case I ever saw and it cleared up lovely

thats what i gave this lad and the problem ballooned, lesions doubled.. mixed results i suppose Bog!!

stanflt · 15-03-2012 08:13PM

Bodacious wrote: »

thats what i gave this lad and the problem ballooned, lesions doubled.. mixed results i suppose Bog!!

time is the cheapest healer. got it on about 50 replacement heifers in december. when the journal were out shooting in january i took the bad ones out and left them in collecting yard it was that bad- by second week in feb it was all cleared up

vet said not to treat them as i was only wasting my money-stress is the main cause he said

bogman_bass · 15-03-2012 08:16PM

sunlight is the best job. The longer days will sort it out. If this calf wasnt a pedigree I wouldnt have bothered my backside

stanflt · 15-03-2012 08:20PM

bogman_bass wrote: »

sunlight is the best job. The longer days will sort it out. If this calf wasnt a pedigree I wouldnt have bothered my backside

mine are all pedigee- three fresh calvers for carnaross next thursday

whelan1 · 15-03-2012 08:27PM

make sure ye wear gloves when handlling ringworm animals... i lost my hair when i was young with ringworm, it grew back but is very light!

Bizzum · 15-03-2012 10:57PM

Is anyone else getting pissed off with these advertisements dressed up as threads appearing on the smart phones?

just do it · 15-03-2012 11:15PM

Bizzum wrote: »

Is anyone else getting pissed off with these advertisements dressed up as threads appearing on the smart phones?

boards.ie was bought by someone a while back (can't remember who) so now it needs to make money!

lakill Farm · 15-03-2012 11:35PM

just do it wrote: »

boards.ie was bought by someone a while back (can't remember who) so now it needs to make money!

I wonder what the advertising fees are like. Reilig/Rovi any good deals;)

Bizzum · 15-03-2012 11:49PM

lakill Farm wrote: »

I wonder what the advertising fees are like.

Are you thinking of selling a trailer?:D

Muckit · 16-03-2012 09:25AM

Let a batch of weanling heifers out yesterday evening. Had them in a well fenced gathering area for about an hour until they had let off steam. They got a few rattles of the mains (nice snap off it

) so I felt they were ready for the field I wanted to put them in :rolleyes: .... but oh no... two of them decided they liked the other side of the fence more... and the rest followed!

Now they were still on our own land and nobody died, but there's nothing that boils my blood more than cattle breaking through elec fence! :mad: :mad: :mad:

whelan1 · 16-03-2012 10:10AM

had a dry cow calved in the cubicle shed , decided iwould leave them there til the end of milking, calf was gone, no sign at all.... fecker got under the gate and went with the milkers , who are in the furthest field away:o anyways he's back now and fast asleep

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