jack o shea wrote: » lads just back to the grants again, could someone put in a sraper now and claim the grant in 6 months time or whenever the nxt timeframe is if the reciepts were backdated or is there any way around it?
Timmaay wrote: » 2nd abortion this morning. Alongside a very sick cow from the other day, enough to set alarm bells ringing, Brought the fetuses to ucd, and vaccinating all the cows for salmonella tonight.
whelan2 wrote: » had a cow served yesterday morning still standing this morning. Would you serve her again?
Greengrass1 wrote: » Heifers are home. Well some of them are. By far my favourite batch we've had here
Greengrass1 wrote: » I have a bit of problem lads. It's a good one to have though. I gave 12 autumn born heifers born last sept/Oct. I wasn't going to breed these until May because I don't want any more autumn calvers but need more spring calvers. But there massive. Easily 350 kgs. One girl not far off 400. And I wouldn't class out herd as big. Av cow 550 kgs. Secondly I've no where to put my spring born heifers - 25 of them. Brought them to out farm today thinking there would be loads of room in shed there but it will be way too cramped with 37 heifers in one side so I let them into a paddock for tonight till we think of something. Any ideas? We have a big 35ft by 60ft hay shed here but it's full up with straw
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » Can you move some of the straw home to replace what's been used already and fire them in there?
Greengrass1 wrote: » Well that straw shed in my post is at home here. But there is a straw shed there. It's about 25ff x 45ft. Roughly 150 bales in that and we'll over 400 in one at home. I possibly should have sown kale in out farm and reseeded some of it if I was thinking right
mahoney_j wrote: » Sell them and buy back calved or incalf heifers next spring ???.if that weight now they'll be fat as fools come next May
Greengrass1 wrote: » Haven't bought stock here in 10 yrs mj. Would like to keep it that way.
whelan2 wrote: » not being smart but part of expansion plans are housing, bit late being stuck today for housing.
freedominacup wrote: » Need the stock first. Housing will look after itself once the stock is there and earning.
whelan2 wrote: » we sit down each year and work out were everything goes, no use realising on day of housing you dont have enough room. ye all must have fantastic county council inspectors that let ye wait until last minute to worry about housing
Timmaay wrote: » On dry farms youngstock barely need any housing, my aim moving forward would be only to house them during exceptional bad weather, hopefully no more than say 10days over the winter. I'm looking at alternative uses for the weanling shed moving forward, will probably use it for dry cows instead. With block spring calving you got the calving pen free for other stock until Feb also.
mahoney_j wrote: » Then just sell ,if you've no place fo put them your slim on options .have you plans for next winter as I know ur moving up in nos ??,
Greengrass1 wrote: » Certainly do. 130 cubicles lagoon and 18 unit parlour in the pipeline
whelan2 wrote: » no use being in the pipeline if you need it now
Greengrass1 wrote: » I thought I would have the space . I've to get what we owe atm down before we take on more debt. Simple as.
