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Cows 'n grass

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Location

Modbury, South Devon

• Feb 17, 2018

• #18,661

Beef farmer said:

You rounding up colostrum mob? How's calving going? Your big hutches look just the job.

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Today's only day 3 but it's pretty slow going so far, a steady 8 a day so far. 3 week in calf rate was nothing special last year but 6 week wasn't bad so I think we're due a pretty steady 10 or so a day until late march.

 

Dead Rabbits

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Location

'Merica

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,662

Cows 'n grass said:

Today's only day 3 but it's pretty slow going so far, a steady 8 a day so far. 3 week in calf rate was nothing special last year but 6 week wasn't bad so I think we're due a pretty steady 10 or so a day until late march.

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Who feeds your calves?

 

Ducati899

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Location

north dorset

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,663

My favourite heifer at the minute,50 dim giving 45kg...should make a cracking cow

 

Beef farmer

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Livestock Farmer

Location

North cornish coast. It's always windy here

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,664

What a cow. Credit to you

 

pappuller

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Livestock Farmer

Location

M6 Hard shoulder

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,665

Perfecto el robotica

 

Ducati899

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Location

north dorset

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,666

pappuller said:

Perfecto el robotica

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come on down and cross my palm with silver young man

 

farmertom

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Location

Staffs/ches

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,667

Ducati899 said:

come on down and cross my palm with silver young man

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Don't tempt him , he doesn't need any encouragement , he's got no willpower as it is when it comes to buying heifers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

pappuller

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Livestock Farmer

Location

M6 Hard shoulder

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,668

Ducati899 said:

come on down and cross my palm with silver young man

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Would you do a p/x for a screw and a kicker ?

 

Ducati899

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Location

north dorset

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,669

pappuller said:

Would you do a p/x for a screw and a kicker ?

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i'll take a rain check on that

 

pappuller

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Livestock Farmer

Location

M6 Hard shoulder

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,670

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Ducati899 said:

i'll take a rain check on that

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Don't hang around, the offer wont be on the table for long

 

Ducati899

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Location

north dorset

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,671

pappuller said:

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Don't hang around, the offer wont be on the table for long

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Video call me this week,I’m out the office but I’m sure we can chew the fat on a deal over a pint [emoji23][emoji1303]

 

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Bob c

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Cotswolds

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,672

Ducati899 said:

Video call me this week,I’m out the office but I’m sure we can chew the fat on a deal over a pint [emoji23][emoji1303]

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often deals sound so much better after at least two pints

 

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TomB

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Location

Wiltshire

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,673

Empty cubicle sheds can only mean one thing - grazing season 2018 is finally here!

 

pappuller

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Livestock Farmer

Location

M6 Hard shoulder

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,674

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Ducati899 said:

Video call me this week,I’m out the office but I’m sure we can chew the fat on a deal over a pint [emoji23][emoji1303]

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Laters

 

Princess Pooper

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Location

East Mids

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,675

Showing the youngsters how it should be done: A Netherside Dynamo daughter gives us her 9th calf (she had twins in 2015),a smart Angus bull. At 7.30 am she was building the most impressive nest in deep loose straw that I have ever seen. At 8.30 am she was happily eating silage and fodder beet. At 9.30 am she was lying in her nest cudding but no sign of a water bag or anything else. At 11am she was on her feet licking a calf off. By noon, calf bottled with 4 litres stored colostrum, Mum happily cudding and cleansed shortly afterwards. Milked through the parlour and gave us some top quality colostrum for the freezer for when the sexed semen calves start arriving in August.

3 stragglers left to calve. One looking suspiciously heavy and thin so I hope she's not bound for twins.

 

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PREES

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Location

SW Wales

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,676

I put this on another thread but I thought it would be interesting to see what the general view would be regarding this flooring idea? With straw the price it is today and for us it would free up a store area, save 30 minutes every day and save the cost of a straw chopper if we could use it for our calving shed which then doubles up as a post weaning calf rearing area.

http://www.highwelfarefloor.com/e

It appears to be some sort of matting that allows the urine to pass through leaving a more solid muck that can be collected by the robot. The video seems to be showing heifers but they are trialing it out with cows at the Dairy Campus in Holland. In this situation it is being targeted as a welfare flooring with the added benefit of lower ammonia loss as urine collected separately. They claim lower cost I guess through no cubicles and it can be added to a flat concrete floor.

 

Blue.

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Livestock Farmer

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,677

TomB said:

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Empty cubicle sheds can only mean one thing - grazing season 2018 is finally here! View attachment 635414

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I can't believe how green it looks,everything is grey round here,not a blade of grass anywhere.

Been jetting slurry this morn,fortunately my dad has gone on holiday to South Africa some I'm covering his farm while he's away.

 

Scholsey

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Location

Herefordshire

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,678

Foot trimmers new homemade crush.

 

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Beef farmer

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Livestock Farmer

Location

North cornish coast. It's always windy here

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,679

Dosent look complicated at all.

 

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Happy at it

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Location

NI

• Feb 18, 2018

• #18,680

Am I being stupid, or is that an i pad stuck on the side of it ?