Dawggone wrote: If you have a second tractor...get your dad to drive down the line you just came up, and you drive parallel with him while you spread
kowtow wrote: »
whelan2 wrote: » The lad who was telling me about them said the cause of it was them being overcrowded in the sheds
visatorro wrote: » 100 cows in 65 cubicle spaces, would that be considered overcrowding?!
blackdog1 wrote: » Was having problems all winter with this. Kept on getting the occasional cow with swelling just above the hoof. 1 shot of nexaI think the name of the drug is and they were fine. It goes into the fat of the ear with no withdrawal period. Expensive 30 a shot and if you hit a vein can kill the cow. Noricillin worked great too. 10 euro a bottle cash but 4-5 day withdrawal.
Dawggone wrote: Wish I'd thought of that yesterday.
Dawggone wrote: Pas grave.
Timmaay wrote: » Ah here, I hope that is sarcasm! I'm struggling to remember a good rule of thumb I heard last yr, ir was that cows should only be standing around 10% of the time on slatts/concrete, rest of the time they should be either eating or lying on the cubicles. If you got cows waiting continuously for either you are overcrowding. I've about 60 cubicles in the home yard and really am not comfy with any more than 70 cows in there, I'll only have that many for afew short weeks of the spring if it's proper wet.
whelan2 wrote: » http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/pics-behind-the-scenes-on-teagascs-greenfield-dairy-farm/
Dawggone wrote: » Second cut. No fertiliser. Luzerne to be dropped tomorrow.
Dawggone wrote: » I thought that was pneumonia?? Cows are perfectly sound...ground is rock hard alright. If no rain this w-end will irrigate next week.
freedominacup wrote: » Very Irish looking sky in that pic.
greysides wrote: » This link will explain Mycoplasma better than I could. The lack of lameness doesn't sound like Mycoplasma is to blame. The hard ground may well be responsible but again some signs of, even slight, soreness could be expected to accompany the swelling. I wonder if it could be dietary related, mycotoxins in feed or some 'weed' at pasture. One other suggestion would be mild photosensitisation if the affected legs are white.
Milked out wrote: » I see they are going banning glyphosphate in France dawg regardless of EU decision, any effect on your practices?
Dawggone wrote: » Yes, I'll have to pay the transport from IRL/UK. PITA.
Dawggone wrote: » Thanks Greysides. If I added a bit of bicarbonate of soda to buffer, would it help?
Waffletraktor wrote: » Banning glyphosate is purely about stopping gm before it gets going and the big bad Monsanto etc rather than any public health what-aboutery. Ban fags/booze/all forms of maize starches will save many billions on health spending. Let's see how much more Eu can handicap it's farmers and wonder how to fix the food shortages when self sufficiency tips the wrong way.
Dawggone wrote: » Bang on the money. There's no appetite whatsoever for GM in Brussels, and they're just killing it dead before it takes hold. However there's no problem importing GM soya... If maize starch was banned the western world would starve to death...or slim down a lot.
Dawggone wrote: » If maize starch was banned the western world would starve to death...or slim down a lot.
Dawggone wrote: » I've got an outbreak of Rotavirus in the calves...even though all cows are vaccinated 2mts before calving and calves get their mothers milk for 7 days before being put on auto feeder. 18 dead calves in the last two days and this will go higher fast! This follows on from an outbreak of Coronavirus last week but no losses. This Rotavirus is a bast*rd. I've never seen calves to die so fast in my life. From being noticed and treated they are dead within 4hrs... Action today. I'm planning on fumigating the calf house with a vaporisator with the strongest disinfectant I can buy. Any suggestions? Active ingredient please, as names will not be the same here. I'm going to fumigate again tomorrow and the day after. Also calves will stay in the shed whilst being fumigated. Thanks. Also got 4punctures on tractors and machines yesterday. No call out service here. Lovely.
Buford T. Justice V wrote: » I saw this earlier and thought it or something similar might suit you.http://calfigloo.com/
kevthegaff wrote: » Moved on from done deal;-)
Waffletraktor wrote: Banning glyphosate is purely about stopping gm before it gets going and the big bad Monsanto etc rather than any public health what-aboutery. Ban fags/booze/all forms of maize starches will save many billions on health spending. Let's see how much more Eu can handicap it's farmers and wonder how to fix the food shortages when self sufficiency tips the wrong way.
Waffletraktor wrote: » They're already selling the ag chem companies to the Chinese. So it's a case of now we don't make stuff, sell the intellectual property for tupence, how long does the Eu think it can sustain its self really? David Cameron is on record saying Zumba instructors are more valuable to the British economy than farm workers. Surely kowtow can give us a time scale of the big corrections of scarey proportions to standards of living? Or are they close to safe nuclear from thorium salts yet.
Waffletraktor wrote: » Nah the yanks would just take 1/3 of their crop area from corn to other cheap grains.
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