That's the one. Used 30 of the posts here as a guinea pig, easy enough to hammer in with the post driver. Obviously heavier and perhaps a bit slower to work with than timber posts. Too expensive which I have told them but seems to be falling on deaf ears at the moment.
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That's the one. Used 30 of the posts here as a guinea pig, easy enough to hammer in with the post driver. Obviously heavier and perhaps a bit slower to work with than timber posts. Too expensive which I have told them but seems to be falling on deaf ears at the moment.
Roof blew off half of shanty town last night.
Luckily the next 56 are ready to depart.
Luckily the next 56 are ready to depart.
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
How much they drinking a day each?
Stuart1
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Can't put a price on a lifetime job
Strainers are 32 ish, final price of post to be set but likely around 8 quid.
Pricy enough! Have you a photo of the bottom of the posts?
8 liters at 2 weeks. Whole milk
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
Cold milk?
No but post are pointed on 3 sides, strainers have a round point like timber ones.
We don't heat it.
Shite,we suffered with timing,kept pulling lots out bulling but they kept on coming over,bull came back after a rest and more or less stopped them all,I’ve 75 straws of blue I need to use but not a lot of confidence in going back to the tech.
Wishful Thinker
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
Pity an ex workmate couldn’t get me decent discount.Pity you didn't buy some proper strainers and posts to staple it to. These bad boys should outlast the wire
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Could you not drop the next batch coming out of the beds, I’ll take a punt on the seconds then, I’ve another wee stretch to do.
Join the queue sir, current employees get first choice.
Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Don't you just hate hormonal cows.
1 calf, 1 mother 3 wannabe mother's
Half an hour later
1 calf, 1 mother 3 wannabe mother's
Half an hour later
Ad lib or twice a day? They look well
Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Feeling quite chuffed for myself this morning, managed to get the heifer and calf out of the field before the three cows realised there was a calf for the taking 
Twice a day, they sometimes struggle in the evenings to clear it all.
Thank you
- Location
- Northern Ireland
What age?
2-3 weeks
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
Always satisfying when a job goes well when sometimes it can go so very very badly!!!Feeling quite chuffed for myself this morning, managed to get the heifer and calf out of the field before the three cows realised there was a calf for the taking
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Got a third calver and her calf out of the 11 - cow maternity unit no problems yesterday but instead of walking to the collecting yard, she then did 3 circuits of the shed and adjacent barns, ploughing through the 'pretend' electric fence (baler twine) that is supposed to guide her, charging through undergrowth and even venturing into the scrap heap. Wasn't even running after her calf that just stood still for 15 minutes - and she saw it every time she did a circuit!
- Location
- Northumberland
and not just bovines
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Credit due. Looking bloomy. I can't seem to get that sort of level into calves on twice a day without putting them off. Three litres is about my limit.