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whelan1

thought i might start this about daily goings on. last night went to check kids during the night as they are all sick:eek: anyways there was a cow out having a stroll in the yard:rolleyes: lucky enough as the road isnt far away

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Kovu

Marooned75 wrote: »

Hello new to this enjoy reading posts find it very helpful will attempt to join in threads if i have anything useful to post

Welcome indeed, we're a friendly bunch

Also...very apt username for today's flooding:pac:

freedominacup

kevthegaff wrote: »

i had cows out until today, def putting up another shed this year. never again am i outwintering

I kept 10 or a dozen cows on a 20 acre stubble close to the yard before Christmas trying to keep pressure off housing big mistake. Everything a lot easier once they were housed.

whelan1

another cow calved there now was very surprised to see she had a red and white friesian heifer, all my cows are black and white apart from 1 i bought in... calf out of hmy

whelan1

Marooned75 wrote: »

Hello new to this enjoy reading posts find it very helpful will attempt to join in threads if i have anything useful to post

welcome to farming and forestry

Marooned75

Hello new to this enjoy reading posts find it very helpful will attempt to join in threads if i have anything useful to post

kevthegaff

i had cows out until today, def putting up another shed this year. never again am i outwintering

bogman_bass

checked stock this moring and have about 5 acres of a lake in one field. outwintered stock looking misrible in these conditions

hugo29

Had to drive to dublin yesterday, young lad has hospital appointment, left home to light snow, got to midlands and the snow was unreal, then dublin to a cold wet day, it was lashing up there,

redzerologhlen

just do it wrote: »

Good luck with the inspection, although it's probably finished now. I presume it went well?

Ya, everything was in order for them and I have got the go ahead to start the work for 2013.

freedominacup

just do it wrote: »

Was that due to just one cow with mortellaro infection? Just shows how close to sterile milk is now being collected at considering she hadn't mastitis and you've the dilution effect of the other cows milk (although you mightn't have that many milking at the mo).

Three or four had it fairly bad and the rest of them were showing signs of it. Washed hooves and treated with linco then copper footbath. Need a kick in the hole for not spotting it sooner, only excuse is it blew up over Christmas.

whelan1

Timmaay wrote: »

Ouch, go treat yourself to calving gate/headlock inside in the calving shed!

have a calving gate in a shed that we dont use for calving anymore:rolleyes: must move it

Timmaay

Ouch, go treat yourself to calving gate/headlock inside in the calving shed!

whelan1

was watching a cow to calve all evening- calving shed is just across yard from house... went out about half an hour ago and the calf was coming backwards:eek::eek: brought her over to crush, with snow pelting down.... now its bad enough when a fr calf is coming backwards but to be faced with the arse of a blue is not my idea of fun on a friday night, anyways slow and steady i got him out alive and well... so having a glass of wine now ... cheers, he's an akh

AntrimGlens

bob charles wrote: »

I dont, but find i constantly am, keeps the crows at bay feeding at night

looks like you'll deffo be feeding the cows after 9 tonite bob

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Awful rain here last night too. Have a Burren Life inspection now, I hope all my work was up to scratch for them.

Good luck with the inspection, although it's probably finished now. I presume it went well?

just do it

freedominacup wrote: »

I thought it was 300. Ours spiked from 170 to 470 over a couple of colections no sign of mastits. Then we spotted a fairly severe mortellaro infection treated it for 3 days and footbathed a couple of times, problem treated and second collection cell count back down to 150.

Was that due to just one cow with mortellaro infection? Just shows how close to sterile milk is now being collected at considering she hadn't mastitis and you've the dilution effect of the other cows milk (although you mightn't have that many milking at the mo).

bob charles

Managed to get the inside sidewall cut on the feeder tyre, Plugged it as I only have to go about 5miles with a load. no chance, whipped it off and 'new' one back on. Its lashing and I have a long night ahead for my sins

Tipp Man

delaval wrote: »

How do I stop Boards sending an email each time there is a post in thread I'm following?

At the bottom of the thread - beside all the page numbers - is a button called "Unfollow Thread"

That should do the trick

delaval

How do I stop Boards sending an email each time there is a post in thread I'm following?

bbam

bbam wrote: »

Blizzard here all afternoon..
About 10-15CM of snow on the ground..
Twould cut the face of ya..

All foddering done and stove hopping

Phone line came down with the weight of snow on it and ESB was out for an hour too...

Just love the snow.. :D

Power gone again.
Early bed so

bbam

Blizzard here all afternoon..
About 10-15CM of snow on the ground..
Twould cut the face of ya..

All foddering done and stove hopping

Phone line came down with the weight of snow on it and ESB was out for an hour too...

Just love the snow..

whelan1

snowing heavy here now and sticking:eek::eek:

Kovu

If anyone needs to stay awake for a cow calving, reading this may help

blue5000

Good luck with that redzer.

redzerologhlen

Awful rain here last night too. Have a Burren Life inspection now, I hope all my work was up to scratch for them.

chippie1

have cows due to calve in late april (outside hopefully) and have access to a cubicle behind them, how many is recommended per bay as have seven at mo and have no where to put a store heifer to be put in calf around march.

freedominacup

whelan1 wrote: »

kind of same here spoke about scc and an hour later got a glanbia alert text:mad: was halved by the next collection and i did nothing different.. has the glanbia limit been reduced to 350?

I thought it was 300. Ours spiked from 170 to 470 over a couple of colections no sign of mastits. Then we spotted a fairly severe mortellaro infection treated it for 3 days and footbathed a couple of times, problem treated and second collection cell count back down to 150.

mf240

whelan1 wrote: »

kind of same here spoke about scc and an hour later got a glanbia alert text:mad: was halved by the next collection and i did nothing different.. has the glanbia limit been reduced to 350?

it's going down 25 a year to 300 it was 375 last year

whelan1

kind of same here spoke about scc and an hour later got a glanbia alert text:mad: was halved by the next collection and i did nothing different.. has the glanbia limit been reduced to 350?

freedominacup

kevthegaff wrote: »

feckin tanks are all full, the joys of it!

+1 every hostage to fortune I took in the past forthnight has got me into trouble, cell counts, grazing and slurry. I'll try to keep the gob shut in future:(