Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
They don't get buffer in the evening only in the morning whilst they are waiting to be let out across the road, in the evening the gates are left open and they can head straight to grass
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Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
Not one case per year, one outbreak per year, each outbreak could have affected multiple people (26 outbreaks - 343 people, so 12 outbreaks likely more than 12 cases!)
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- Location
- Shropshire
To be honest selling unpasteurised milk is asking for trouble I know most of us drink it but we are also messing about with cows all the time and have probably got resistance to most things they carry
- Location
- somerset
l expect you could have the same customer base, with pasteurised, but not homogenised milk, the main selling point, is the cream 'on the top' of the bottle.
Milk is an ideal medium, for all sorts of 'nasties' to rapidly grow in, and @Cowmansam is perfectly correct, we are well used to lots of 'nasties', where customers have had no exposure to them, completely different matter.
@Princess Pooper is so right, food poisoning can affect loads of people, from 1 case, and some can easily be fatal. On the other hand, people(some) live in such a sterile environment, they have no natural resistance to everyday bugs. Science through it's desire for better health, has probably gone slightly to far. However we can be certain people wont stop eating food for long !
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- Location
- Shropshire
We do sell pasteurised and it goes well i would imagine you are open to all sorts of claims selling raw intact I seem to think you can’t sell it and must instead ask for a donation or some such side step off the law
- Location
- Northumberland
We sell pasteurised, but not homogenised milk. Absolutely no difference in the taste between it & raw milk. It's homogenisation and whatever messing about the big dairies do that buggers the taste
- Location
- Shropshire
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Just emptied the calf house and it's pretty much full again 
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
I thought your a spring calver chap
stock looking fab!
pine_guy
Member
- Location
- North Cumbria
Wasn’t the plan to find these in the far offs tonight
Well they’ve both had a sup, 2 miles from home, they can wait to morning.
nice sunset as well.
Well they’ve both had a sup, 2 miles from home, they can wait to morning.
nice sunset as well.
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
So did I, but they seem to be calving everywhereI thought your a spring calver chap
Thanks as well, trying to look after them as best I can!
BELOWAVERAGE
Member
Definitely not a criticism, called in to see some friends today who'd had some stores off mq, not a good advert, and lovely people. (They'd had them 5 months and the one would have been worth a good £600 less than they paid for him)not sure whether too take that as a compliment or a criticism
Evening calving checks from the lounge. Easy.
Martyn
Member
- Location
- South west
Are you feeding a load of roughage along side that grass? I would be fearful of milk fevers if we dint.
Yeah a fair bit. Grazed it once too many times and it hasn't really gone to hay. Feeding some baled hay and dry silage to compliment. Few buckets and plenty of mag flakes
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I got milk fevers from feeding mag flakes last year and none when I stopped feeding them
pine_guy
Member
- Location
- North Cumbria
That looks better than my milkers are getting
Durry cows
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
Why was this? I’ve had a couple recently never usually feed mag flakes but had a milk fever so started putting in water trough and had one since and a couple retained cleansing?
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Snap. It's been pretty tough here this past week, regrowth has been slow after the dry spell and the cows aren't very satisfied. However I have measured tonight and hopefully we've turned a corner.That looks better than my milkers are getting
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I don’t know
Open to opinions