frazzledhome wrote: » Couldn't agree with you on that one. When things were really bad 3hrs morning and 3 hrs evening grazing with no silage worked really well. I know that can't be continue long term with out silage or you'd skin your cows. We brought them back in at 8pm, a real pain in the whole but worked well and cows did well.
darragh_haven wrote: » Used to do similar to that when we were dairying. Bringing in cows in cold dark evenings is hard to face into after sitting down for the evening (or flat out calving cows) My dad said it was hardship but it got easier as the kids got to workable age. The more kids the longer the rota...
keep going wrote: » But from what I gather fellas that are getting out are having to pencil silageinto budget due to lower growth rates.what are people thinking for finishing up grass in those herds getting out , im thinking 20th april as I have only 50%ground bagged and that may even have been washed away.
RightTurnClyde wrote: » Mine used to get a touch loose sometimes on the switch over, especially younger ones.. Treat them as you usually would, it's more than likely just a digestive. After a few days and the curdling gets going in their stomachs they'll tighten up. I've often wondered is this caused by the younger calfs rumen not ready yet for the yogurt. They'll adjust after 24-48 hrs, you won't look back.
Base price wrote: » I'm posting this here as ye dairy farmers have more experience rearing calves. We have an ongoing problem with bloat in suck calves. We only buy calves from the same 5 or 6 dairy farmers every year and we never had the problem before. One day you could have 2 calves out of a pen of 9 bloating and the next day a different calf. So far I have been giving them a dose of bread soda or liquid paraffin to relieve the symptoms and hand feeding/tubing them the next day with live yoghurt/milk replacer mix or glucose/yoghurt mix. The milk replacer that we use is the same one that we have used for the last 10 years. I phoned the agent in Ireland to see if they had changed the ingredients. In fairness he got a guy from the manufacturers in Holland to phone me and he assured me that there was no change in the ingredients. The calves have ad-lib access to calf crunch, water, hay and good quality barley straw which is what we always do.
RightTurnClyde wrote: » BP, what's the yogurt/milk replacer mix you are using?
Base price wrote: » 125grms of milk replacer in two litres as per directions plus two dessert spoons of natural yoghurt.
RightTurnClyde wrote: » First night back in for the girls in 11 milkings. Forecast is looking better from tomorrow morning on, so hopefully this is their last night ondoors for a long time.
Dawggone wrote: » AWFULLL outside now. Deadliest catch kinda stuff. Over 50mm forecasted. Lovely.
freedominacup wrote: » How much will you harvest? Will your soils retain much of it, is it a boost for your spring cropping?
bogman_bass wrote: » I've heard a few lads say they'll calve a week later next year. Anybody else thinking along those lines?
Dawggone wrote: » It's a PITA. The last thing I need is rain like this. I wouldn't say no to it in summer though. I'm cutting spring planting to the absolute minimum, anything planted will be to fill existing contracts. I dodged a bullet last year by letting land idle...honestly, dairy lads don't realize that tillage is waaay worse off for the last three years. The last while has taught me the importance of added value, way beyond boosting 'solids'.
Timmaay wrote: » My maize supplier was telling me that his orders from dairy farmers are well down this year, and he's seriously considering selling a good chunk of it on contract for use with a biodigester plant up north instead now. I don't want to know what he'll be left with after haulage is accounted for on that. How any tillage lads are paying anything like 150e/acre for rent I don't know.
darragh_haven wrote: » He should be getting £50 to £55/ton (€65ish) landed in the digester site. Depending on quality of coarse.
td5man wrote: » They were shipping fodder beet from Cork to Derry a couple of years ago.
darragh_haven wrote: » I'm pretty sure that never happened as the plant was never built. It was supposed to be a big 4 megawatt plant and the figures didn't stack up. Altho I'm not fully sure.
keep going wrote: » Decision making here today.had a spin around the out blocks and grass is scarce.debating wether to graze one block with cows and put weanlings on silage for a few days or graze it now with the weanlings and keep milkers in by night for a bit longer.a bit of work in grazing with cows and the weanlings need every bit of help after a rough winter out .
td5man wrote: » Farmer in cork was telling that beet was scarce because it was going to Derry, t hats all I know.
Milked out wrote: » Would it be worth leaving the yearlings out and giving them a bite of meal to stretch the grass to end of first round and keep them on target?
visatorro wrote: » Tbc was 50 last collection, did usual, hot washes, descale. TBC 75 this morning. In serious bother. Tank seems to be washing OK. Cooling a little bit slow maybe. Any other tips or things to check. Glanbia lad was here and said plant wasn't too bad. Will I change liners and tubing?? Also who do lads get to service tanks in the north east area. PM if you like.
pedigree 6 wrote: » Are they the milkbar teats (the black inverted teats). If so they're designed to be very slow and calves can get tired sucking on them. Especially if very young. I changed the teats on my feeders to the black peach pull through teats and much faster and no problems.
