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Dairy Chit Chat- Please read Mod note in post #1

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  • #6152
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,399 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Well Timmay, like Cinderella, it is midnight, time for you to go to bed. LOL


  • #6153
    ted_182
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭ted_182


    Buford T. Justice V wrote:
    8 and 5 here but one neighbour is milking at 7 and 4 and another at 9.30 and 7.30.


    8 and 5 here as well, I try to be earlier in the morning during AI though so I'm ready for tech when he arrives, milking late in the evening is a bolix alright although tho


  • #6154
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    6 and 5 here when the mornings are bright ,but as soon as it gets dark my hibernation genes kick in:rolleyes:


  • #6155
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,803 ✭✭✭stanflt


    Neighbour up the road can be seen bringing in cows at 9.30 am- he also has 450 milked in different groups before that so sometimes what you see isn't the full story


    I brought a group in at 8.30 this am- cows split into 2 herds as it's taking 3 hours to milk and by the time the last cows were milked all the good nice grass was gone


  • #6156
    jaymla627
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,128 ✭✭✭jaymla627


    stanflt wrote: »
    Neighbour up the road can be seen bringing in cows at 9.30 am- he also has 450 milked in different groups before that so sometimes what you see isn't the full story


    I brought a group in at 8.30 this am- cows split into 2 herds as it's taking 3 hours to milk and by the time the last cows were milked all the good nice grass was gone

    Any plans for new parlour our is it shelved with current milk price....


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  • #6157
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,803 ✭✭✭stanflt


    jaymla627 wrote: »
    Any plans for new parlour our is it shelved with current milk price....

    No new parlour in the pipe line- may reduce cow numbers going forward- stop rearing young stock and let leased land go- milk 100 cows with about 20 heifers kept- total Spring calving herd
    Work off farm to make a living
    I've a young family and I don't see milk paying the bills for the foreseeable future

    Farming may only be a hobby going forward


  • #6158
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭visatorro


    stanflt wrote: »
    No new parlour in the pipe line- may reduce cow numbers going forward- stop rearing young stock and let leased land go- milk 100 cows with about 20 heifers kept- total Spring calving herd
    Work off farm to make a living
    I've a young family and I don't see milk paying the bills for the foreseeable future

    Farming may only be a hobby going forward

    No Stan, you have to double cow numbers, take more land. That's only way to survive. Surprised you didn't get that memo!!


  • #6159
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,803 ✭✭✭stanflt


    visatorro wrote: »
    No Stan, you have to double cow numbers, take more land. That's only way to survive. Surprised you didn't get that memo!!


    Forgot to say that I will slowly have to start selling off some parcels of land to support milk price


  • #6160
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭visatorro


    stanflt wrote: »
    Forgot to say that I will slowly have to start selling off some parcels of land to support milk price

    Sounds like a plan.
    Sure look if your stuck I'll borrow a few cows off you there for a few lactations. Just to give you a dig out ya know!


  • #6161
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,803 ✭✭✭stanflt


    visatorro wrote: »
    Sounds like a plan.
    Sure look if your stuck I'll borrow a few cows off you there for a few lactations. Just to give you a dig out ya know!



    Jeez that would be great cause I doubt I would get someone to buy them


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  • #6162
    Dawggone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,506 ✭✭✭Dawggone


    stanflt wrote: »
    No new parlour in the pipe line- may reduce cow numbers going forward- stop rearing young stock and let leased land go- milk 100 cows with about 20 heifers kept- total Spring calving herd
    Work off farm to make a living
    I've a young family and I don't see milk paying the bills for the foreseeable future

    Farming may only be a hobby going forward

    Joking right??

    Btw will you pm me a price for 4 young bulls? Go easy on me.....


  • #6163
    Milked out
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭Milked out


    Dawggone wrote: »
    stanflt wrote: »
    No new parlour in the pipe line- may reduce cow numbers going forward- stop rearing young stock and let leased land go- milk 100 cows with about 20 heifers kept- total Spring calving herd
    Work off farm to make a living
    I've a young family and I don't see milk paying the bills for the foreseeable future

    Farming may only be a hobby going forward

    Joking right??

    Btw will you pm me a price for 4 young bulls? Go easy on me.....
    Dawg positioning himself to be selling a load of hol heifers/ expanding mad in 2 years time I wonder.....


  • #6164
    Sillycave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭Sillycave


    Hi all, sorry to go off topic slighty, just wondering what are the regulations regarding movement of calves i.e. is there a certain age they have to be before movement allowed, how long can you move before tb test required, is there any other restriction on movement (know calf has to be BVD free), thanks


  • #6165
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,789 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Sillycave wrote: »
    Hi all, sorry to go off topic slighty, just wondering what are the regulations regarding movement of calves i.e. is there a certain age they have to be before movement allowed, how long can you move before tb test required, is there any other restriction on movement (know calf has to be BVD free), thanks
    under 42 days before tb test required, once you have bvd result you can work away, edited to say you need a valid permit to move them


  • #6166
    Dawggone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,506 ✭✭✭Dawggone


    Milked out wrote: »
    Dawg positioning himself to be selling a load of hol heifers/ expanding mad in 2 years time I wonder.....

    Simple really..
    I'm getting paid the same money for limxhol calves as purebred hols.


  • #6167
    pedigree 6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭pedigree 6


    Dawggone wrote: »
    Simple really..
    I'm getting paid the same money for limxhol calves as purebred hols.

    And you want to get into the best black and whites in the world. #differentbreed


  • #6168
    Sillycave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭Sillycave


    whelan2 wrote: »
    under 42 days before tb test required, once you have bvd result you can work away, edited to say you need a valid permit to move them

    thanks whelan


  • #6169
    kowtow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    Just used up the last two straws my AI guy has of HMY, mainly to get a red and white minx out of my red and white minx.

    I make that 5 days breeding, 50% served, no synchronisation. Tiny herds make every statistic except SCC look better.


  • #6170
    browned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 661 ✭✭✭browned


    keep going wrote: »
    If i remember rightly there was a piece of that farm up the road , did ye buy that as well,I wont have time to call , too busy milking

    Yeah bought the whole farm. 'Twas a shame 50 acres of the original farm was planted as I reclaimed poorer ground than that planted. Not to worry If I'm around Youll find me chilling in the hammock


  • #6171
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    kowtow wrote: »
    Just used up the last two straws my AI guy has of HMY, mainly to get a red and white minx out of my red and white minx.

    I make that 5 days breeding, 50% served, no synchronisation. Tiny herds make every statistic except SCC look better.

    You could be 50days trying to catch and successfully breed the second 50%!! AI and small herds....


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  • #6172
    kowtow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭kowtow


    Muckit wrote: »
    You could be 50days trying to catch and successfully breed the second 50%!! AI and small herds....

    I don't doubt it, I've told the AI guy he can expect to still be coming on Christmas day.

    By then they'll have every sort of patch in every sort of position, and at least a dozen neck collars on.


  • #6173
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,803 ✭✭✭stanflt


    kowtow wrote: »
    Just used up the last two straws my AI guy has of HMY, mainly to get a red and white minx out of my red and white minx.

    I make that 5 days breeding, 50% served, no synchronisation. Tiny herds make every statistic except SCC look better.

    Still only a 25% chance of getting a red calf

    Hmy is a carrier of the recessive gene so only has 1 allele trait

    Your red cow could either be a carrier or a homozygous- if she is homozygous this would increase your chance to 50%

    If you used a homozygous on a homozygous you would get a 100% red calf

    I'm no geneticist so maybe I'm wrong


  • #6174
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    stanflt wrote: »
    No new parlour in the pipe line- may reduce cow numbers going forward- stop rearing young stock and let leased land go- milk 100 cows with about 20 heifers kept- total Spring calving herd
    Work off farm to make a living
    I've a young family and I don't see milk paying the bills for the foreseeable future

    Farming may only be a hobby going forward

    Go way to phuck will ya !!!!!!!


  • #6175
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,789 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    kowtow wrote: »
    Just used up the last two straws my AI guy has of HMY, mainly to get a red and white minx out of my red and white minx.

    I make that 5 days breeding, 50% served, no synchronisation. Tiny herds make every statistic except SCC look better.
    use norwegian red either, got a lovely red and white BULL calf from my red and white hmy cow this year.


  • #6176
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,789 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Long day here hoofcare man here and debudded all calves. He was well impressed with my mortellaro programme, which involves a 2 litre plastic bottle and the top from a sippy water bottle and linocin powder, all mortellaro is dead:) he said people are moving away from foot baths as it spreads it more so than cures it.


  • #6177
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,890 ✭✭✭mf240


    Stan if your selling a few cows let me know.

    How much a kg were ya thinking.?


  • #6178
    mf240
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,890 ✭✭✭mf240


    kowtow wrote: »
    Just used up the last two straws my AI guy has of HMY, mainly to get a red and white minx out of my red and white minx.

    I make that 5 days breeding, 50% served, no synchronisation. Tiny herds make every statistic except SCC look better.

    Have you looked at brown swiss or montys.?

    The brown swiss are supposed to produce ideal milk for cheese.


  • #6179
    pedigree 6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭pedigree 6


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Long day here hoofcare man here and debudded all calves. He was well impressed with my mortellaro programme, which involves a 2 litre plastic bottle and the top from a sippy water bottle and linocin powder, all mortellaro is dead:) he said people are moving away from foot baths as it spreads it more so than cures it.

    It's the same with teat dip and spray.
    Spray don't dip.


  • #6180
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    mf240 wrote: »
    Have you looked at brown swiss or montys.?

    The brown swiss are supposed to produce ideal milk for cheese.
    That's if they survive being fed as calves.

    They are absolute ************* ***** ******* to feed as calves.

    I banned the AI man from even coming into the yard if he had Brown Swiss straws in his tank in case he got one mixed up with my straws.

    Sweet mother of Christ, I'm getting flashbacks now:(


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  • #6181
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    Buford T. Justice V wrote: »
    That's if they survive being fed as calves.

    They are absolute ************* ***** ******* to feed as calves.

    I banned the AI man from even coming into the yard if he had Brown Swiss straws in his tank in case he got one mixed up with my straws.

    Sweet mother of Christ, I'm getting flashbacks now:(

    We had a limo bull back in the eighties that threw calves like that. Every one of them had a deathwish. He still comes up in conversation from time to time. The fckn flashbacks are horrendous.


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