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We're on/off grazing here. Ground very tender and covers high.
Our version is
Cows out to break at 8.30 in to cubicles 12
Milk 3.45 and back to new break, gap closed at 4.15 or so. Cows brought back in to cubicles at 7.30pm.
Cows on 5kg 12%p nuts with no silage. Cows were kept in on Tues night as was spilling, got a tiny bit if silage.
We were feeding limited silage last week and clean out was crap. Vastly improved with silage out of diet.
Every time we move the break its a compromise between small enough to clean out and big enough not to plough.
I'm doing the break fences morning and evening myself, it's easier than eating the bollix off some one else if it's wrong
10% grazed to date, way behind target. I think the consequence may be a tonne less grown this year. Can't have it all I suppose.
Slurry is becoming a right pain, moving drops here and there to get relief.
Our official start of calving was Feb 14 for cows and Feb 7 for heifers and we have approx 35% calved to date. Unreal amount of bull calves.0 -
frazzledhome wrote: »We're on/off grazing here. Ground very tender and covers high.
Our version is
Cows out to break at 8.30 in to cubicles 12
Milk 3.45 and back to new break, gap closed at 4.15 or so. Cows brought back in to cubicles at 7.30pm.
Cows on 5kg 12%p nuts with no silage. Cows were kept in on Tues night as was spilling, got a tiny bit if silage.
We were feeding limited silage last week and clean out was crap. Vastly improved with silage out of diet.
Every time we move the break its a compromise between small enough to clean out and big enough not to plough.
I'm doing the break fences morning and evening myself, it's easier than eating the bollix off some one else if it's wrong
10% grazed to date, way behind target. I think the consequence may be a tonne less grown this year. Can't have it all I suppose.
Slurry is becoming a right pain, moving drops here and there to get relief.
Our official start of calving was Feb 14 for cows and Feb 7 for heifers and we have approx 35% calved to date. Unreal amount of bull calves.
Have you autumn and spring in one group? Do you have a fresh group/ out of tank group inside full time? No space to keep.a fresh/ out of tank group here something I think I'll work on if I can. Any worries with body condition with on off grazing without silage?0 -
frazzledhome wrote: »We're on/off grazing here. Ground very tender and covers high.
Our version is
Cows out to break at 8.30 in to cubicles 12
Milk 3.45 and back to new break, gap closed at 4.15 or so. Cows brought back in to cubicles at 7.30pm.
Cows on 5kg 12%p nuts with no silage. Cows were kept in on Tues night as was spilling, got a tiny bit if silage.
We were feeding limited silage last week and clean out was crap. Vastly improved with silage out of diet.
Every time we move the break its a compromise between small enough to clean out and big enough not to plough.
I'm doing the break fences morning and evening myself, it's easier than eating the bollix off some one else if it's wrong
10% grazed to date, way behind target. I think the consequence may be a tonne less grown this year. Can't have it all I suppose.
Slurry is becoming a right pain, moving drops here and there to get relief.
Our official start of calving was Feb 14 for cows and Feb 7 for heifers and we have approx 35% calved to date. Unreal amount of bull calves.
I had an unreal amount of bulls this year too but that's life still should end up with 30% replacement rate in 2 years time. Nothing grazed yet because I still have a week of soya to use. Half the farm is spread with urea . Probably leave the cows out into land thats going to be used for whole crop first . Doesn't matter too much if they do much damage0 -
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frazzledhome wrote: »We're on/off grazing here. Ground very tender and covers high.
Our version is
Cows out to break at 8.30 in to cubicles 12
Milk 3.45 and back to new break, gap closed at 4.15 or so. Cows brought back in to cubicles at 7.30pm.
Cows on 5kg 12%p nuts with no silage. Cows were kept in on Tues night as was spilling, got a tiny bit if silage.
We were feeding limited silage last week and clean out was crap. Vastly improved with silage out of diet.
Every time we move the break its a compromise between small enough to clean out and big enough not to plough.
I'm doing the break fences morning and evening myself, it's easier than eating the bollix off some one else if it's wrong
10% grazed to date, way behind target. I think the consequence may be a tonne less grown this year. Can't have it all I suppose.
Slurry is becoming a right pain, moving drops here and there to get relief.
Our official start of calving was Feb 14 for cows and Feb 7 for heifers and we have approx 35% calved to date. Unreal amount of bull calves.
One thing I should add is Scc is gone to pot. Cmtd whole herd on Monday and all cows released are also tested. Can't find a thing.
But feck it, we'll get it sorted. Eldest boys birthday today, he had s difficult time last few yrs with some other boys but thankfully it's sorted this year with a few changes being made. I'm going to celebrate the fact that he's now thriving and enjoying being at school again with Mrs Frazz and the kids.
Things do work out. 0 -
Does scc not always rise at this time of year, mine went up to 301 the other day, back down to 221 today , had been under 150 for ages before that. Happy birthday to your son. Eldest lad here went through crap at school too but is flying now, very stressful at the time thoughfrazzledhome wrote: »One thing I should add is Scc is gone to pot. Cmtd whole herd on Monday and all cows released are also tested. Can't find a thing.
But feck it, we'll get it sorted. Eldest boys birthday today, he had s difficult time last few yrs with some other boys but thankfully it's sorted this year with a few changes being made. I'm going to celebrate the fact that he's now thriving and enjoying being at school again with Mrs Frazz and the kids.
Things do work out.0 -
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Do you pass much faith in yr.no?WheatenBriar wrote: »In westmeath? More like a risk of 25 or 30 mm unfortunately theres going to be a very active cold front stuck over the country all day Saturday and Sunday
It will be a few hundred miles wide wiggling a bit north and south and those stuck under it for both days will see floods of rain
Its general movement eventually will be to the east
To the north and south of it therell be huge temperature contrasts,up to 13c on the south coast and only 5c in the far north
Ulster and North Connacht will see least rain and the south coast might clear at times while the rest of us are still wet
We'll play it by ear see how it goes.
Cows gone out tonight any way.
Out from 8 am to 4 today and did minimal marking.
Had no bloody water though
We have a 2 inch main line here and reduces to 1 inch and then 3/4 inch. Join blew off on 2 inch line right over a headland drain.
75 cows had the 200g through well emptied.0 -
If wheatenbriar says its going to rain it will, he knows his stuff. Did you use up all the maize?Greengrass1 wrote: »Do you pass much faith in yr.no?
We'll play it by ear see how it goes.
Cows gone out tonight any way.
Out from 8 am to 4 today and did minimal marking.
Had no bloody water though
We have a 2 inch main line here and reduces to 1 inch and then 3/4 inch. Join blew off on 2 inch line right over a headland drain.
75 cows had the 200g through well emptied.0 -
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