Thick Farmer
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- Location
- West Wales
We've concentrated on breeding quieter ones; earlier today my son cut out a Limousin bull calf (which has a touch of NFE and a snuffle) from a management group that was got in from grazing, put the calf through the handling system, treated it with Orbenin and Hexasol, put it into a pen with other calves, then cut out the dam from the group, put her in the same pen - all on his own.
Years ago, that would've been a major operation involving; now, a youngster can do it safely on his own. I'd like to pretend that the improvement is down to better breeding, but it's just down to management and infrastructure.
Having seen the pics of your new setup. I am rather jealous - its a little better than the rusty gates, tyres filled with concrete with an RSJ sticking out, pallets and baler string setup that I currently enjoy!