Dawggone wrote: » I spent the day spreading fym with the big spreader...four shearbolts and many prayers said. Covered in shyte from head to toe...I'm too old for this craic. Off now to try and clean. I'm thinking the aftershave will have to be used as off to a fancy restaurant (don't need to stink the place).
visatorro wrote: » Brute I'd say!!
Dawggone wrote: » Lol. Many moons ago while in a niteclub in NY I remember commenting on a lady's perfume 'It's called Available' she said...
ted_182 wrote: » Does anyone know if you lease a slatted shed will it count as slurry storage even if you don't have any cows/cattle in the shed, just leasing it to have enough storage on paper? If ye can make sense of what I'm trying to ask?
visatorro wrote: » 22 litres, 3. 87 fat, 3.33, protect. Urea 18. Still housed by night. Most cows getting 3 kg of 18% maize nut in parlour and another half kilo thru diet feeder with middling quality silage. 40 % calved before 15 Dec. Just over half paddocks grazed. Lost 15% of milking platform. Could do with another warm week. But think it's rain for the week.
kevthegaff wrote: » Where are u vis?
visatorro wrote: » In bed
visatorro wrote: » Well there's four in the bed tonight. Mammy is snoring and two lads keep slapping me in the face. I may throw abit of straw in a hutch or something for myself
mahoney_j wrote: » What's age profile of herd ??,diet looks lacking in energy .3 .5 kg of 18 and average quality silage is hardly sufficient I reckon
visatorro wrote: » It's not an old herd, fairly even spread from heifers upward. Although there's no ten year old cows!! I think you are right but cows are showing strong heats and look in good order. Is urea not OK. I wouldn't have the quality of cows as you and an building from a low point solid wise. I'm thinking about dropping the grade of the nuts. No point in going too mad firing nuts into for no return. Silage quality is an ongoing row here!!
mahoney_j wrote: » Urea at 18 is low and a signal of low p and more important energy in diet .youd like to see urea levels of 25/30
Timmaay wrote: » If you get asked during a cross compliance check, of course you do use it when needs be, you transport the slurry down to it and then back to yourown place for spreading etc.
Dawggone wrote: » Yes on protein, but not a metric for energy. 28 to 32 would be ideal.
freedominacup wrote: » As usual dawg is on the money. If you're not hitting 25 you need to look at diet pr.
pedigree 6 wrote: » I was thinking ye were coming back with some high levels of milk urea. My last test was 26. So I had a look back at the milk urea levels for last year. It averaged 18 for april and 17 for may. Going from 25 to 10. Then I had a look at what glanbia say about milk urea. Low MU levels may indicate lack of protein in the diet relative to energy. This may lead to a low volume of milk being produced. High MU levels may indicate excess protein or lack of energy in the diet. This may lead to a low volume of milk being produced. It may affect fertility and milk production. Now last breeding season was the best season I ever had for conception and if I can replicate it again this year i'll have a good sup of milk in the tank again next feb and march.
C0N0R wrote: » If you divide your protein by your fat and get anything bellow 0.8 then you lacking energy in the diet is what I was taught.
jaymla627 wrote: » Very low milk urea, trundling along 14-17 cows on 7kg 16% nut 82dmd silage 15%p and nice leafy covers of grass during the day.... Last test results where 3.39p/3.9bf 29 litres, dont really think I need to up p as I'll strip condition of cows and noting wrong with yield per cow, reckon when growth kicks in and I start second round it will rocket back up
Dawggone wrote: » Too much high soluble proteins...you're leaving liters after you Jay, but if your happy with that... Protein doesn't strip BCS from cows, lack of energy does. What protein source in the 16% nut?
