keep going wrote: » a fella today was telling me you cant give away fr heifer calves,any truth in it .to mind they are the animals most likely to make alot of money in the near future
Sam Kade wrote: » Some crazy prices for maiden heifers on done deal, I think the sellers think milk is still at 40 cent/litre. How much are heifer calves going for?
Injuryprone wrote: » How long do people generally keep calves on starter crunch for? It's expensive stuff. And what type of nut (protein/ingredients etc) do ye progress them onto?
whelan2 wrote: » I wonder how many of them actually sell though. Asking a price and getting it are 2 different things
whelan2 wrote: » Vet was telling me last week calf crunch causes dipteria(sp) as its too hard on their gums, never heard it before
Sam Kade wrote: » The only thing I see with prime calf starter in Dairygold is that it is laced with molasses to get them eating it and when they are eating enough of it it will scour them.
kevthegaff wrote: I'm putting some heifer calves up for 200 tom on dd if anyone's interested :-) I'm a realist!
Injuryprone wrote: » I presume you're talking about the krispi calf starter. I was tipping away grand with the coarse starter, got a bag of the krispi by mistake, scoured them almost straight away. Took me a while to cop it, knocked them back about a week Would I be right in saying DG don't carry a calf pencil?
kevthegaff wrote: » I'm putting some heifer calves up for 200 tom on dd if anyone's interested :-) I'm a realist!
Sam Kade wrote: » Yes you are right no calf pencil in DG. It was a few years ago that I used it prime coarse calf food or prime elite it was called they also have krispi kaf.
kowtow wrote: » What breed? Pm me by all means. Need to fill a few gaps, maidens + nice late / first calvers also. Only after a few of each.
Dawggone wrote: You'd get 10 here for the price of one of his...in fact I'll throw a dozen for €200 if you collect.
Dawggone wrote: Much cheaper to buy than rear.
kowtow wrote: » Its tempting enough, we could have a bilingual herd..
Dawggone wrote: » You'd get 10 here for the price of one of his...in fact I'll throw a dozen for €200 if you collect. Much cheaper to buy than rear.
kevthegaff wrote: » Jes dawg your not helping me :-D
kowtow wrote: » Bought a rotbunt today, quiet as you like, walked into the parlour Milked quietly and then - while her companion was being Milked- escaped across the yard bellowing "this place even as a swimming pool' and dived headfirst into a slurry lagoon which was thankfully only full of washings and the run off of about 50 tonnes of dung. So after an hour of moving dung from the ramp and another hour waist deep coaxing her out she's lying quietly in a pen drinking warm water and chewing silage. What an entrance. She'd better produce a bit of milk.
C4d78 wrote: » Bit worrying here with milk yield. Cows were heading for 29L prior to being housed weekend before last. Were in for 3 milkings on 72 dmd pit silage. Yield fell next collection to 25 but the worrying thing is its hovered around there & is failing to rise. Had thought once went back to grass and 5.5 kg of meal it'd bounce. Protein has recovered. Haven't started serving yet. Median calving was 10/2. Have they missed peak or might they they still rise? How have others faired out. Have they recovered from dip?
Milked out wrote: » Lucky, had you anyone with you kowtow? Those situations can go from awkward to dangerous very quick so no harm to get a neighbour or some one even if it's just to call for help if anything goes wrong or hold a rope or even they suggest a way of solving an issue without having the temper or panic one might get when something like that goes wrong in ones own place. Similar scenarios happened here too and have often been grateful for neighbours help or advise
Dawggone wrote: » Got a call from the Cops last night at around midnight that 64 drys and a bull (lively chap!) were tearing up a busy National Road...lovely. Excellent for focusing the brain.
Milked out wrote: » Shir just tell them they were protesting at the price of milk
freedominacup wrote: » I think grass hasn't had the gas in it up to now to drive yield. That and low pre grazing covers curtailing intakes is suppressing yield. Cows here still getting 2kg dm of first cut and 5kg meal for around 27l but we're still calving so not too worried about yield yet.
