hugo29 wrote: » had a lad in to look at coppicing a load of trees for me, too busy at work to go at me self. 100 euro a day or he keeps the firewood, how much is a load of firewood these days, (hawthorn trees)
reilig wrote: » They send you the kit, you clip off hair and send it off. Don't know who pays - I'm have no doubt its me though!! if they don't match, you won't be able to register the calf as pedigree anyway.
td5man wrote: » Who does the dna testing your vet or dept? I have to test a calf hope the calf and cow match, wonder what happens if they dont.
vanderbadger wrote: » will be interested to hear how you find the dna testing. i had to do my bull there last year and sent off sample, heard nothing back for ages, rang them and they couldnt really tell me anything, next thing they rang me back to say everything was fine..just found the whole thing very unsatisfactory know another chap near me who had the same experience, never sent out any kind of documentation either
reilig wrote: » Registered a pedigree bull calf last week. AI details supplied to ICBF show cow being inseminated on 08/04/2012. AI docket has an almost unreadable 08/05/2012 which shows the cow up on the pedigree society system as having brought over 6 weeks with her time. It was the only ai record that appeared on ICBF from AI company. The rest had to be entered manually for ICBF. Have to DNA test the bugger now!
freedominacup wrote: » A drop of rain is no real harm but just makes loading and the loading area messy, dry overhead if possible. Lime after slurry on strong grass covers would concern me slightly maybe scorch the other way around I don't think would be any problem.
whelan1 wrote: » was thinking the same
freedominacup wrote: » There's a good chance you'll see where he was on the news later.
whelan1 wrote: » have cows in since 8 to be tb tested , vet got called to a county council emergency, still waiting on another vet to come:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
hugo29 wrote: » Another heifer, that's 3 in a row, level pegging now with bulls, Weather still holding, hope to get lime out tomorrow, does drop of rain make any difference to take and is there a time line between slurry and lime
whelan1 wrote: » what do you go into on icbf to get your calving interval?
Muckit wrote: » get off donedeal!!:p sees to be a lot of lads on it at the mo.... it's crashing constantly on me.... grrrr.... I need my fix!
just do it wrote: » Cards will be a thing of the past in a few years;)
whelan1 wrote: » just spent 20 minutes going through cattle cards to get card for a cow going to factory in the morning, last time i was looking for a card it was the top card on the pile, so knew my luck would change:mad::mad: went through them 5 times, it was stuck to another card
whelan1 wrote: » probably not but if you where buying a bb calf would you not prefer to have bb on the card not fr
Manoffeeling wrote: » Not being smart, but would it matter?
whelan1 wrote: » rang bandon and registrations have gone through, will get cards tomorrow and send the ones i want changed back
reilig wrote: » If it got a whack, then it could be ok. It it sucked in, then you could be in trouble in the future. Are there reinforcing rings inside it? It may have just moved until it met the ring.
td5man wrote: » One here but i'd say it'll be a while before she does anything. :rolleyes:
Grecco wrote: » Anyone else up for the night with cows calving? Just had one calved a while ago and 2 more sick for calving now. Its going to be a busy night ......
