they could be in a high health scheme and not be very healthy LOLNo I mean their in a Hi Health scheme & are tested for Bvd & Johnes, also a closed herd for 10yrs so get very few issues.
All cow's & heifers Ai'd so I mean a proper closed herd.
they could be in a high health scheme and not be very healthy LOLNo I mean their in a Hi Health scheme & are tested for Bvd & Johnes, also a closed herd for 10yrs so get very few issues.
All cow's & heifers Ai'd so I mean a proper closed herd.
Very true @Henarar , have seen cattle advertised as Hi Health but when you find out a bit more information their still culling out due to Bvd or something, very misleading in my opinion.they could be in a high health scheme and not be very healthy LOL
Portequip do a panel you can add to the trough so sheep can't get at creep. A bit of 6x2 with coach screws in the end would do a similar job. I used to have bother with sheep in the creep, but they learned very quickly to not even hang about trying to get in. I normally start calves in a field without sheep so they can get used to trough without the panel on, then add it later.Its defo an opportunity to make a few quid more, needs to be looked at as an investment, Adding value etc , seems to beat anything on offer at banks etc etc i just need to figure out how to keep the land lice out the creep feeders.
Same here no creep, last year best steers weaned at 8 months 370kg, average wean weight 320kg (rubbishy old Angus )straight on to arable and clover silage no concentrates, grew like stink
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think some need to remember a lot of suckler men work on much poorer pasture and shorter grazing period than some of you down south working on ground that up here would be classed as arable
and some don't]
think some need to remember a lot of suckler men work on much poorer pasture and shorter grazing period than some of you down south working on ground that up here would be classed as arable
Yes did realise part way through the thread that most of the creep feeders were up North.]
think some need to remember a lot of suckler men work on much poorer pasture and shorter grazing period than some of you down south working on ground that up here would be classed as arable
I crunched the numbers creeping calves years ago, and I couldn't make the labour bill stack up, (unless you were going to see them anyway, which we don't....can't find the blighters some days).Yes did realise part way through the thread that most of the creep feeders were up North.
Forgot,All SDA land 800 to 1100 ft North facing, not the hardest ground but certainly not easy..Same here no creep, last year best steers weaned at 8 months 370kg, average wean weight 320kg (rubbishy old Angus )straight on to arable and clover silage no concentrates, grew like stink
heifers calve down at 24 to 28 months,
still have much softer weather !!!!!!!!!!and some don't
I agree with you, it's best to spend money when you're making money, because it's not easy to spend it when you're not making it.So you’d rather give the tax man money than invest it in your farm and business?
Same here no creep, last year best steers weaned at 8 months 370kg, average wean weight 320kg (rubbishy old Angus )straight on to arable and clover silage no concentrates, grew like stink
heifers calve down at 24 to 28 months,
what more snow ?still have much softer weather !!!!!!!!!!
It certainly goes against most business structuresAs for anyone who argues against investment in case it means they make more profit and they have more tax to pay, I would think they aren't familiar with having to future proof their business in case of harder times.
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I think I'm right in saying that you are keeping sucklers on what was a dairy farm up until quite recently. Where our sucklers run, the last time a cow would be milked for human consumption was probably over a hundred years ago.That would be a canny galloway, tied in the byre for the winter, to provide a few squirts of milk for the shepherd's porridge in the morning.what more snow ?
yep use to milk cows here but the implication was that it was arable land and so a couple of the best fields [8 acres] were for the war ag the results of which dad said were not very goodI think I'm right in saying that you are keeping sucklers on what was a dairy farm up until quite recently. Where our sucklers run, the last time a cow would be milked for human consumption was probably over a hundred years ago.That would be a canny galloway, tied in the byre for the winter, to provide a few squirts of milk for the shepherd's porridge in the morning.