40mm upto yesterday morning,probably another 25mm yesterday till this morning,cows in yesterday,out again today after a lot of bawling persuasion!!!
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My cows look a picture in the shed,no mud in there.
Now slurry on the other hand,I've got loads,going to give in and try and umbical my driest field tomorrow,I'm fed up of jetting slurry over the hedges,been a terrible wet March here I'll be glad to see the back of it.
Be a bit more positive. They will all be in calf, and hang the bulls up.
multi power
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What you need is a bigger lagoon, and it's the same here, far too much slurry wasted when it's wetMy cows look a picture in the shed,no mud in there.
Now slurry on the other hand,I've got loads,going to give in and try and umbical my driest field tomorrow,I'm fed up of jetting slurry over the hedges,been a terrible wet March here I'll be glad to see the back of it.
Will be waiting for the parlour by Wednesday
Cows 'n grass
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Will you have a house up by the time you start milking or will you have to commute?
Should be all ready month before we wish to use. Frame arrived today, and over site is finished. There gob smacked by the speed the shed builders Work, it's sparked a competitive rivalry.
Cows 'n grass
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Have you seen evolution dairy's new side by side herringbones on fb? They keep putting up photos and it looks like the countries slowest dairy build (apart from @Agrispeed )
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Yeah I'd loose my rag, just crack into it, unless your doing it yourself(evo aren't) it won't cost anymore. Just put more people at it for less time.
@Agrispeed is going to be ready for May, but started calving in Feb. How is it progressing @Agrispeed
How is it progressing @Agrispeed
buffalo_soldier
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New parlour gone in near here.
Started on Monday cows going through it tomorrow apparently.
Started on Monday cows going through it tomorrow apparently.
Might be a few prints in the concrete..... or is it in an old shell?
buffalo_soldier
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Old taken out and a larger new one in. So there must be some fresh concrete somewhere
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Headless chicken
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What are other autumn calvers feeding through the parlour now they've gone out? By rights they don't need anything but we did that last year and they were arseholes so we shall be feeding a dribbling of something. My cake Rep recons wheat is through the roof so wheat distillers is out. He recons go to a lower grade high NDF cake to slow things down through them.
Cows 'n grass
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If you've got plenty of grass I'd definitely still feed at least 3 kg on the first round of grazing and then drop to 2 on second round and 1 on 3rd. If you're still short on grass then I'd give upto 5 if it meant you could stop feeding silage.
Wheat feed and pke with minerals, all in a pellet @14% protien. Dropped it another 10% today, if the weather sharpens up, then il drop it even more.
What does he mean wheat is through the roof? Price wise? Still be cheaper than any HDF cake.
Cows 'n grass
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Who do you get to make up feeds like that?
Harpers.
Baling Hay
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How much is it?