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delaval · 15-07-2013 10:25PM

bob charles wrote: »

why bother with the duals, consolidation is totally over rated. bang it all up in a big heap, fire the sheet over and get out all the air and you will have perfect silage, all be it, that the pit will fall about 50% , No messing. it was called stacking in the old days and I had to do it once in a real awkward shed and there wasnt a inch of waste

Pit is full and I need to climb, will prob need to call air traffic for last two fields and I'm a big blouse!!!!
Consolidation much better without duals they spread the weight too much.
Two wagons on in the morning so my priority is to keep it out of the way

pakalasa · 16-07-2013 08:08AM

mikeoh wrote: »

..Springer to calf within the next week. Carrying way too much condition, I foresee trouble.thats not trouble ...this is trouble time up in 4 weeks she has been in a bare paddock all yearand still gets fat!!!!

Well, did she calve ok? My own one calved during the night. No problems, thank God.

Dampintheattic · 16-07-2013 08:16AM

pakalasa wrote: »

Well, did she calve ok? My own one calved during the night. No problems, thank God.

Good. How many days since insemination?
I have three due next month. Two red lims (grand daughters of BF cows). Mighty frames on them now. One of them is ballooned up with bulk,. Expecting big calf.
I have a blue also. First time putting a blue in calf.

reilig · 16-07-2013 08:19AM

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Good. How many days since insemination?
I have three due next month. Two red lims (grand daughters of BF cows). Mighty frames on them now. One of them is ballooned up with bulk,. Expecting big calf.
I have a blue also. First time putting a blue in calf.

Is the blue off a BF? We have a couple for years. And we have kept many of their daughters who all have good milk. First year we usually put an easy calving LIM on them and then after that there's no bother with the CH Stock Bull.

pakalasa · 16-07-2013 08:22AM

Just 290 days, I think. Handy bull calf.

freedominacup · 16-07-2013 08:28AM

delaval wrote: »

Pit is full and I need to climb, will prob need to call air traffic for last two fields and I'm a big blouse!!!!
Consolidation much better without duals they spread the weight too much.
Two wagons on in the morning so my priority is to keep it out of the way

I drove a loader for a silage crew for a couple of seasons back in the day.
There's plenty of blouses out there amongst the farming community you're not alone. At some point in the day on most farms the farmer would end up sitting/half standing in the door of the cab, cue a sudden urge to give the edges a good roll. Some of the places we worked left a lot to be desired in the walls dept or space for that matter. They usually had a bitch to make about something but none of them had the stomach for hanging over the edge of a 10 or 15 foot drop while they ranted:eek: in fact most of them quickly shutup and left as soon as they thought they could get away with their dignity intact.:D:D

Dampintheattic · 16-07-2013 08:32AM

reilig wrote: »

Is the blue off a BF? We have a couple for years. And we have kept many of their daughters who all have good milk. First year we usually put an easy calving LIM on them and then after that there's no bother with the CH Stock Bull.

She is grand daughter of a BF cow. Dam is a black lim.
In calf to CWI lim.
Not the easiest calver according to the stats on ICBF.
My own experience, has been good with CWI. Easy calved so far for me.

reilig · 16-07-2013 08:43AM

Dampintheattic wrote: »

She is grand daughter of a BF cow. Dam is a black lim.
In calf to CWI lim.
Not the easiest calver according to the stats on ICBF.
My own experience, has been good with CWI. Easy calved so far for me.

I find that your own experience of a bull is usually what he is like. CWI probably suits your system, the way that you feed your cows and the way that they are bred. There's no reason why he shouldn't continue to be a good calver for you if you keep doing what you're doing.

delaval · 16-07-2013 08:52AM

freedominacup wrote: »

I drove a loader for a silage crew for a couple of seasons back in the day.
There's plenty of blouses out there amongst the farming community you're not alone. At some point in the day on most farms the farmer would end up sitting/half standing in the door of the cab, cue a sudden urge to give the edges a good roll. Some of the places we worked left a lot to be desired in the walls dept or space for that matter. They usually had a bitch to make about something but none of them had the stomach for hanging over the edge of a 10 or 15 foot drop while they ranted:eek: in fact most of them quickly shutup and left as soon as they thought they could get away with their dignity intact.:D:D

I occasionally get called by local contractor when pressure is really on. I do exactly what you do I call it staining the jocks gets rid of them fairly fast. When they're in the buddy seat and you see them going for their brake that's the time to really do a good job on the edges.

Did a bit for neighbour last week 3 lads with sprongs on the pit, really annoying. My solution was to flick a bit over the wall and when it's cleaned up another little bit. Keeps them busy and out of the way!!

Username John · 16-07-2013 01:28PM

Seeing as everyone is putting up photos of lovely cut fields, with heavy crops...

I said I'd post some pics of my "Grass 2013 kick-off"

Hay down...
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(I'd bet some of ye have bigger lawns, its really only a small square of grass in front of the house)

The machinery

And it only took a few hours... (remember I said it was small patch)

:rolleyes:

a load of stopping and starting cos the blade got all blocked / clogged...

a whole load of cursing.... :mad:
a breakdown cos of broken sections...

more cursing... :mad:

Sure what else would I be doing on a Sunday afternoon

Ahhhhh.... the satisfaction of looking out at it now, and it all patchy and quare looking, uncut bits coming up through it...

Richk2012 · 16-07-2013 04:27PM

reilig wrote: »

I find that your own experience of a bull is usually what he is like. CWI probably suits your system, the way that you feed your cows and the way that they are bred. There's no reason why he shouldn't continue to be a good calver for you if you keep doing what you're doing.

Dunno would i agree totally with that .
He has never calved a blue before .

Some of them throw double muscled calves from bulls that other cows like simmentals or charlaois would have no problem with .
And the shape or size of a blue cow wont really determine the size of the calf .
More down to genetics .

naughto · 16-07-2013 07:40PM

Username John wrote: »

Seeing as everyone is putting up photos of lovely cut fields, with heavy crops...

I said I'd post some pics of my "Grass 2013 kick-off"

Hay down...

(I'd bet some of ye have bigger lawns, its really only a small square of grass in front of the house)

The machinery

And it only took a few hours... (remember I said it was small patch) :rolleyes:

a load of stopping and starting cos the blade got all blocked / clogged...
a whole load of cursing.... :mad:
a breakdown cos of broken sections...
more cursing... :mad:

Sure what else would I be doing on a Sunday afternoon

Ahhhhh.... the satisfaction of looking out at it now, and it all patchy and quare looking, uncut bits coming up through it...

u would have being better off using a syide(i have no idea how to spell it)the yoke death carries with him

moy83 · 16-07-2013 07:53PM

Driving lessons for the young lads !
My father never had time or patients to stay in the cab with me when I was learning but in fairness he would spend all day long with my two now .

naughto · 16-07-2013 08:15PM

moy83 wrote: »

Driving lessons for the young lads !
My father never had time or patients to stay in the cab with me when I was learning but in fairness he would spend all day long with my two now .

is that a mayo hat the young lad is wearing??

moy83 · 16-07-2013 08:20PM

naughto wrote: »

is that a mayo hat the young lad is wearing??

No its some kind of mohawk wolly hat that he decided was to the fashion today .
We dont follow hurling or football in this house , its all rugby . We were in the ospreys clubhouse the weekend and he was in his element

stanflt · 16-07-2013 08:40PM

a few cows

a cgh 2nd calver just gone 3yo

a 2yo flt

a 3rd calver 4yo ramos- FLT HALF SISTER

a 4th calfer roumare

a 3rd calver RUU my favourite cow

some autumn and spring calving 2yo

Kovu · 16-07-2013 08:46PM

stanflt wrote: »

a few cows

Something I've always wondered. How can you tell them all apart?! Just by the tags?

Although seeing as I can tell 6 pb lm apart from looking at their rear ends, maybe I've answered my own question

moy83 · 16-07-2013 08:58PM

Is that a simmental you have in the front of the group stan ?:D I didnt have you down a dual purpose kinda guy :P
My favourite looking one of the cows is the 4yr old ramos - half flt sister .
If I was a judge of dairy cows would I be anywhere right with her being the best of the pictures you put up ?

whelan1 · 16-07-2013 09:06PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Something I've always wondered. How can you tell them all apart?! Just by the tags?

Although seeing as I can tell 6 pb lm apart from looking at their rear ends, maybe I've answered my own question

every animal is different, know most of mine by the look of them:) even the pb angus all look different

stanflt · 16-07-2013 09:08PM

maize 7ft tall in mid july

reilig · 16-07-2013 09:11PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Dunno would i agree totally with that .
He has never calved a blue before .

Some of them throw double muscled calves from bulls that other cows like simmentals or charlaois would have no problem with .
And the shape or size of a blue cow wont really determine the size of the calf .
More down to genetics .

Don't know if I'd agree totally with that.
Have often calved down a bb heifer to a bb bull. Double muscle on a newborn calf comes from too much feeding when he's in the cow/heifer. A proper diet can determine an awful lot!! If the man is calving other heifers and cows to this bull, then there is good reason to assume that his bb is on a similar diet and should calve just as easy as the rest. Genetics have a bit to do with it, but as the supplier of the feed, the farmer can do far more than genetics to control the size of the calf in the womb!

Odelay · 16-07-2013 09:15PM

stanflt wrote: »

maize 7ft tall in mid july

How much are you charging to let the kids free in the "Maze" for an hour or several.......:pac:

btw nice crop, from the movie Ghost, "Grow it, they will eat" or something similar......

Timmaay · 16-07-2013 09:27PM

The neighbours maize has hit 7ft also, he's just about to start feeding silage to the cows with the drought, so is very thankful to have the maize, he is expecting a yeild of 22ton. Well tempted myself to go for afew acres next year, might buy in 100t or so this November.

Richk2012 · 16-07-2013 10:16PM

reilig wrote: »

Don't know if I'd agree totally with that.
Have often calved down a bb heifer to a bb bull. Double muscle on a newborn calf comes from too much feeding when he's in the cow/heifer. A proper diet can determine an awful lot!! If the man is calving other heifers and cows to this bull, then there is good reason to assume that his bb is on a similar diet and should calve just as easy as the rest. Genetics have a bit to do with it, but as the supplier of the feed, the farmer can do far more than genetics to control the size of the calf in the womb!

How 'often' would you calve a Belgian Heifer to a BelgianBlue Bull :eek: ???

Id never put anything else other than an easy calving Limo or an Angus into a maiden Blue .

Double muscle doesnt come from over feeding either .
Its a gene called mystatin(forgive spelling) carried by Belgian Blues .
If you cross blue on blue and both are carrying the gene , there is a could chance the calf will inherit this trait too .

If you over fed a simmental or charlaois cow carrying a Limousin , your not going to get a double muscle calf .
You will prob get a big fat calf with a difficult calving thrown into the bargain but chances are he wont be carrying the gene and bulging with muscle on the hips like blue calves do be .

On the diet end of things i agree , nobody wants cows over fat at calving , and a restricted diet before calving will help greatly , but this man may have left it a bit late for that as were half way through july and they are due next month although i didnt see an exact date

moy83 · 16-07-2013 10:26PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

How 'often' would you calve a Belgian Heifer to a BelgianBlue Bull :eek: ???

Id never put anything else other than an easy calving Limo or an Angus into a maiden Blue .

Double muscle doesnt come from over feeding either .
Its a gene called mystatin(forgive spelling) carried by Belgian Blues .
If you cross blue on blue and both are carrying the gene , there is a could chance the calf will inherit this trait too .

If you over fed a simmental or charlaois cow carrying a Limousin , your not going to get a double muscle calf .
You will prob get a big fat calf with a difficult calving thrown into the bargain but chances are he wont be carrying the gene and bulging with muscle on the hips like blue calves do be .

On the diet end of things i agree , nobody wants cows over fat at calving , and a restricted diet before calving will help greatly , but this man may have left it a bit late for that as were half way through july and they are due next month although i didnt see an exact date

No time like the present to start the diet , its in the last few weeks that the calves start to really grow

quadboy · 16-07-2013 10:41PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Something I've always wondered. How can you tell them all apart?! Just by the tags?

Although seeing as I can tell 6 pb lm apart from looking at their rear ends, maybe I've answered my own question

I could always spot the next cow in the shed whose turn it was for milking without looking at their tag although most would know their turn and be waiting by the gate and others would come when you called there number, they were well trained

just do it · 16-07-2013 11:20PM

Dealing with the impending 2014 fodder crisis! Picture below is cows and calves returning to paddock this morning.

I've started bringing them in to the shed in the morning so I can creep feed the calves. They were well used to calf nuts when turned out so knew straight away what was waiting for them in the trough in the creep area!

Cows must be back in milk and grass is limited so plan is to start weaning cows in about a fortnight and reserve best grass for weanlings.

Timmaay · 16-07-2013 11:39PM

Field burning up, took this at the wkend.

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I just happened to see this below photo now from a flash flood of the very same field, about 20m lower down in it, from back in Feb this year! Some year its been

And had this on my phone also. Hmmm time to spend money on more concrete, lucky it didn't fall down fully, definitely on borrowed time!

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delaney001 · 17-07-2013 03:06PM

That roadway and drainage looks very well J.D.I

I'd say your delighted with it now

kowtow · 17-07-2013 03:10PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Delaval has finally run out of grass and opened up a desert oasis. Luckier than a black cat that lad, he got the weather for opening day and all!

Too much structure altogether for deLaval.

It has a roof for one thing.

And all those idlers standing around it.. not one of them milking.

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