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redzerologhlen · 21-07-2013 12:44PM

Muckit wrote: »

Jaysus Redz your the stanfit of hay!! Great machinery there and not a haybob in sight!!

I think the tedder is in a different league to the haybob to be honest muckit, Spreads it way more even and fluffy and it will pick up the sops stuck to the ground that a haybob wont. The rake will definatley pick up those sops too and you dont really want them inside in the middle of a bale of hay.

Muckit · 21-07-2013 12:48PM

Ya haybobs are a disaster.

stanflt · 21-07-2013 01:52PM

bob charles wrote: »

thats very green redzer, dont go moving them bales for awhile

there wont be any problem with them cause of the weather we got- i baled some second cut silage as hay- pure leaf and put into the shed 3hours after baling- no heating and a lovely smell in the yard

great hay redzer-

stanflt · 21-07-2013 02:01PM

its been a very busy week-silage for the uncle at the start of week, scanning, made some more hay which i got baled this morning- this time last year there was a foot of water on the same ground

blanket spread 30 units nutri- booster as hadnt spread fert in 21days due to weather

and finally got the nursery finished this week-life changer on the way shortly

leg wax · 21-07-2013 02:08PM

just do it wrote: »

You happy with your parts leg wax? (I know you've posted about them previously but I wasn't tuned into them at the time).

I've been looking through the icbf herdplus mag that came in the post yesterday and noticed in the table on breed averages for terminal and maternal/replacement index parts score well on both traits (on page 80 for anyone that got it). I'd have a concern veering away from the well known breeds as you mightn't have as many buyers from them at the ringside.

yes i am happy with the calves, as with any stock bull ,he crossed great with some cows and bad with others, if the bad shaped calves were all heifers i would be very happy.

hugo29 · 21-07-2013 02:14PM

stanflt wrote: »

its been a very busy week-silage for the uncle at the start of week, scanning, made some more hay which i got baled this morning- this time last year there was a foot of water on the same ground

blanket spread 30 units nutri- booster as hadnt spread fert in 21days due to weather

and finally got the nursery finished this week-life changer on the way shortly

Stan you could be sleeping in there before the baby is,

just do it · 21-07-2013 03:30PM

Best of luck stan, it's a great life changer

bob charles · 21-07-2013 03:50PM

stanflt wrote: »

there wont be any problem with them cause of the weather we got- i baled some second cut silage as hay- pure leaf and put into the shed 3hours after baling- no heating and a lovely smell in the yard

great hay redzer-

grand putting them in that way with air having access all around them, Anytime I have shifted bales of hay from meadows they have being stacked 5 high on ends as I dont have time/space to be restacking or handling etc. Stack fresh green hay and you might as well notify the fire brigade. 12 to 14 days after hay getting stacked inside is the danger period

Manoffeeling · 21-07-2013 05:21PM

Best of luck with the new arrival. Hope all goes well.

reilig · 21-07-2013 07:42PM

Seriously productive dry spell. Rushes licked about 3 weeks ago, slurry out on top on friday and mole ploughing done yesterday. It's a bit rough. I brough up sod in places. I think I was driving too fast. Lesson learned.

This was the weapon. R & M's finest!

The leg and mole.

Happy camper. It should make some difference to the land when the wet weather comes again.

reilig · 21-07-2013 07:47PM

One of my bulls. Feeding him for slaughter rather than breeding.

Heifer off a black limousin cow and Millbrook Tanko. She's in calf to THZ.

renandstimpy · 21-07-2013 07:47PM

reilig wrote: »

Seriously productive dry spell. Rushes licked about 3 weeks ago, slurry out on top on friday and mole ploughing done yesterday. It's a bit rough. I brough up sod in places. I think I was driving too fast. Lesson learned.

This was the weapon. R & M's finest!

The leg and mole.

Happy camper. It should make some difference to the land when the wet weather comes again.

Hey reilig what you use to pull the mole plough and roughly what depth were you at

reilig · 21-07-2013 07:49PM

renandstimpy wrote: »

Hey reilig what you use to pull the mole plough and roughly what depth were you at

15 inches pulled by 97 HP New Holland

bob charles · 21-07-2013 08:12PM

Anyone spot anything strange, photo take a little bit ago, before the sun came out

Kovu · 21-07-2013 08:16PM

bob charles wrote: »

Anyone spot anything strange, photo take a little bit ago, before the sun came out

Time to build up our zombie cow protection?

Odelay · 21-07-2013 08:20PM

bob charles wrote: »

Anyone spot anything strange, photo take a little bit ago, before the sun came out

It's that odd that I'm a little afraid to post it! Are we both looking at the LHS of the pic? Maybe i'm seeing things:P

darragh_haven · 21-07-2013 09:28PM

The MF and the wagon was the weapon of choice yesterday. and the other pic is the results

Muckit · 21-07-2013 09:48PM

Was the wagon able to back up with it?? or how did you buck up?

darragh_haven · 21-07-2013 09:57PM

Muckit wrote: »

Was the wagon able to back up with it?? or how did you buck up?

I filled it from the back with our own loader, a 1987 MF50ex.The back wall is 8ft high and the landing area is off the top of this. And my dad rolled it with the tractor as it was coming in. We always pack wagon stuff with an extra tractor. The contractors MF is some animal, 220hp.

redzerologhlen · 21-07-2013 10:01PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

I filled it from the back with our own loader, a 1987 MF50ex.The back wall is 8ft high and the landing area is off the top of this. And my dad rolled it with the tractor as it was coming in. We always pack wagon stuff with an extra tractor. The contractors MF is some animal, 220hp.

I was just about to ask if he was looking for a good driver

I'd say there's some purr off it!

delaval · 21-07-2013 10:25PM

bob charles wrote: »

Anyone spot anything strange, photo take a little bit ago, before the sun came out

8 if them are grazing

darragh_haven · 21-07-2013 10:27PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I was just about to ask if he was looking for a good driver I'd say there's some purr off it!

He drives it himself if the self propelled unit isn't out. There's some gurgle off her with a full load on, she'd be under no pressure at all. My fiancé (who is a townie) doesn't get the fascination I have for this sort gear.

bob charles · 21-07-2013 10:38PM

Odelay wrote: »

It's that odd that I'm a little afraid to post it! Are we both looking at the LHS of the pic? Maybe i'm seeing things:P

You were exactly like myself when I took that photo. I saw nothing.

delaval wrote: »

8 if them are grazing

your nearly right with the number. Picture was taken about 2 to 3 days before I noticed something was up that bunch as they were inhibited with IBR infection. I have often fought IBR in the past but nothing like this time and especially given the temperatures. I lost 6 so far of that bunch of 30 and will loose another 1 if not 2 from the bunch. Around 70% of my cattle would be vaccinate for IBR but usually the young ones outside I dont do. Costly cost saving as it turns out. There is no better way to learn a lesson than being hit in the pocket:). Just goes to show how potent IBR can be.

delaval · 21-07-2013 10:45PM

bob charles wrote: »

You were exactly like myself when I took that photo. I saw nothing.

your nearly right with the number. Picture was taken about 2 to 3 days before I noticed something was up that bunch as they were inhibited with IBR infection. I have often fought IBR in the past but nothing like this time and especially given the temperatures. I lost 6 so far of that bunch of 30 and will loose another 1 if not 2 from the bunch. Around 70% of my cattle would be vaccinate for IBR but usually the young ones outside I dont do. Costly cost saving as it turns out. There is no better way to learn a lesson than being hit in the pocket:). Just goes to show how potent IBR can be.

Did you treat the intransally?

just do it · 21-07-2013 10:52PM

reilig wrote: »

Seriously productive dry spell. Rushes licked about 3 weeks ago, slurry out on top on friday and mole ploughing done yesterday. It's a bit rough. I brough up sod in places. I think I was driving too fast. Lesson learned.

Happy camper. It should make some difference to the land when the wet weather comes again.

Great work there reilig. That land looks familiar i.e poached wet land! Seems like you got a great kill with the licker and perfect weather for the mole plough. You have a nice slope down to a trench?

What's the management plan with it now? Roll with ring roller when it softens a bit again, fertiliser etc?

Rush licker coming to me this week, just sorry I didn't get him a few weeks ago although I was plenty busy with other jobs to be done. Rome wasn't built in a day!

bob charles · 21-07-2013 10:54PM

delaval wrote: »

Did you treat the intransally?

came so quick that we split up what looked perfect and what looked in trouble. so had 20 okay and 10 showing signs of dullness etc. all that died were from the 10 group, vaccination was going to be too late so just started treating and soon stopped as we were at nothing. Lead time. 2 im treating at the moment were vaccinated 3 weeks ago after initial outbreak

just do it · 21-07-2013 10:55PM

bob charles wrote: »

Anyone spot anything strange, photo take a little bit ago, before the sun came out

Grass;)

just do it · 21-07-2013 11:00PM

Bob

Have now read the subsequent posts. IBR - do you think it's an issue for you because you buy in stock? I've never given a respiratory vaccine as it's practically a closed herd, low stocking rate and open sided slatted shed has good ventilation.

bob charles · 21-07-2013 11:16PM

just do it wrote: »

Bob

Have now read the subsequent posts. IBR - do you think it's an issue for you because you buy in stock? I've never given a respiratory vaccine as it's practically a closed herd, low stocking rate and open sided slatted shed has good ventilation.

Its usually easy to pinpoint where a problem come from, but this was a strange one as most of those animals were on farm around 2 months with a few later. all stayed in the one bunch and thankfully problems were confined to that bunch. when cattle are out in a field they would be lowly stocked compared to a shed and max ventilation. Imagine if this happened indoors how many would have gone. Im assuming that there was some animal within that bunch that was a latent infection and shedding a huge load of IBR and maybe not showing sickness herself. Closed herd should minimize the risk but then paddy next door could cause you problems. For the cost of the vaccine I think its madness not to do them, it was just laziness on my behalf and the "its never being a problem before" attitude.

just do it · 21-07-2013 11:43PM

bob charles wrote: »

Its usually easy to pinpoint where a problem come from, but this was a strange one as most of those animals were on farm around 2 months with a few later. all stayed in the one bunch and thankfully problems were confined to that bunch. when cattle are out in a field they would be lowly stocked compared to a shed and max ventilation. Imagine if this happened indoors how many would have gone. Im assuming that there was some animal within that bunch that was a latent infection and shedding a huge load of IBR and maybe not showing sickness herself. Closed herd should minimize the risk but then paddy next door could cause you problems. For the cost of the vaccine I think its madness not to do them, it was just laziness on my behalf and the "its never being a problem before" attitude.

Any chance a BVD animal started it all off i.e. had it under control and then mucosal disease started to develop -> massive jump in IBR virus production -> outbreak? I suppose it possible, but you'll never know the exact cause.

All things being equal in a closed herd is vaccination necessary? Yes if you want to hedge your bets but what about if you're willing to take the hit when a particular virus enters your farm for the first time. Sure you'll have an outbreak and losses but over time herd immunity will build up and hopefully you've a herd with a subsequent better immunity?

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