All things Dairy

[Beef farmer]

The posts look too shiny, are they new? I reckon you could give @jimmer a run for his money if the concrete was second hand too

New uprights and new bottom rail. The rest is pre loved. Made the beds fit the shed, so we only needed to lay 2x scrape ways. Should come in at sub 70 quid a bed all in.

 

[Happy hillbily]

My little fluff balls
This year's heifers

Reminds me of me and my cousin doing the calf rearing competition for the young farmers rally years ago. Worked hard halter training washing etc. Got to the rally, may ish time, all the others from down the lowlands of north Wales had their Holsteins all dolled up looking prim and proper, and there's me and my cousin with these two fluff balls still in their winter coats

 

[In the pit]

when we restarted, milked some beef hiefers and tried a few suckler cows, a couple of limos, were 'unmilkable' and very determined. 2 cows were ok, aa and hfrds were ok, but yield was appalling, low fats/protiens.
now, and wonder how we managed it,

were due to collect the first 6 proper cows, the day F&M closed the country up, couldn't sell beef cattle, no ready cash, and looking like no milk cheque worth having, pretty well finished us off, before we began !

worked on through it, ups and downs were common, first milk collection, 279 litres, from 5 milkings, bought any cheap cows, and moved on.

you collected your first proper milk cows the day f & m closed the country down
Doesn’t make sense ,2007 you restarted milking ,,f & m was in 2001 ??you must of had them for 6 years before you milked them

 

[Wesley]

you collected your first proper milk cows the day f & m closed the country down
Doesn’t make sense ,2007 you restarted milking ,,f & m was in 2001 ??you must of had them for 6 years before you milked them

2007 was from a lab in Pirbright

 

[In the pit]

2007 was from a lab in Pirbright

Never shut country though like 2001

 

[betweenthelines]

New uprights and new bottom rail. The rest is pre loved. Made the beds fit the shed, so we only needed to lay 2x scrape ways. Should come in at sub 70 quid a bed all in.

Do you do all the work in house or do you get a builder in?

 

[Beef farmer]

Do you do all the work in house or do you get a builder in?

Shed man layed the concrete and altered the gable ends, and put the posts in. We did the cubicles. Unfortunately we had to cut and drill most of the cubicles!

 

[Wesley]

Never shut country though like 2001

Maybe he got something wrong. Oh well, I won’t lose any sleep over it.

 

[Wesley]

New uprights and new bottom rail. The rest is pre loved. Made the beds fit the shed, so we only needed to lay 2x scrape ways. Should come in at sub 70 quid a bed all in.

Doubt you could get the metal work for that now. After gaining our old cow cubicle building for youngstock I want to get even more in cubicles. So much easier than loose housing. Parlour & collecting yard would convert nice when we can sort out another place for a handling system.

 

[In the pit]

Maybe he got something wrong. Oh well, I won’t lose any sleep over it.

No need to reply then

 

[In the pit]

Shed man layed the concrete and altered the gable ends, and put the posts in. We did the cubicles. Unfortunately we had to cut and drill most of the cubicles!

My old boss picked up 150 cubicles for £35 each ,which had hardly bend used .Used them and put sand beds in to make very cheap cow places

 

[dinderleat]

Doubt you could get the metal work for that now. After gaining our old cow cubicle building for youngstock I want to get even more in cubicles. So much easier than loose housing. Parlour & collecting yard would convert nice when we can sort out another place for a handling system.

Plenty on Facebook for sale s/h or here was

 

[FarmerWasty]

have some portables left if you fancy moving them

 

[som farmer]

you collected your first proper milk cows the day f & m closed the country down
Doesn’t make sense ,2007 you restarted milking ,,f & m was in 2001 ??you must of had them for 6 years before you milked them

another scare 2007, this one the gov experimental establishment leak ? I don't think it was Porton Down, but Hampshire way.

Had the beef cows catalogued for a sale at Shaftsbury, cancelled, bills to pay, nowt to sell, and tiny amount of milk. SCA got them away privately, for less money, but that's life.

Our calculations were out, costed milk in at 19ppl, first milk cheque, £1,050 @21.5ppl. All helped, 4 weeks from decision to milking, a very hectic month !

 

[som farmer]

2007 was from a lab in Pirbright

well done, knew it wasn't porton down.
just shut down the south, area included us. Pretty certain it was the whole country for a short time, till they worked out where it started ............ Then x number of miles radius.

 

[som farmer]

cut our egyptian clover today, sown 28aug after wheat, dd into stubble, bit variable, rather exposed up there, and you can see where the wind caught it. Estimate 3.5 ton/ac, varies in height from 6ins, to 30ins.

well worth doing, next time we will drill at 5kg/ac, this was a bit light at 4kg, tiny seed, bit out with calibration. If drilled earlier, and a better field, would be a lot better. One surprise, not much volunteer wheat

Maize next to it, turning nicely, and looking like a massive crop. Reckon there will be an outside heap. Cut 5th today, as well, don't think there's any chance of running out of grub !!!

 

[Mart.benfro]

When your village wins the postcode lottery, but you’ve never taken part , and your cowshed is in the publicity pictures!

 

[In the pit]

Grass sample taken friday

 

[debe]

Fair udder on this one. Lambs obviously not pulling their weight.

Anyone know what the F means? And yes, got a few hundred tags to put on the parlour pc

 

[Beef farmer]

That time of year again. Soon comes around