Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
- Start date
- Location
- South Molton
Could lose the heifer at calving.....sorry hard to be positive just at the minute.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Induce ?
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
More likely to cause problems by doing that as the calf isn't going to grow much more but it could mean the heifer doesn't open up correctly, tb really is sh!t
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Totally agree. Not sure what the rules are on welfare. Or what removal times are either.
- Location
- somerset
PNC autumn calvers yesterday, very pleased, nothing much wrong at all, 1 cystic, 2 bit dirty, and 1 immaculate conception ! Obvious how, bought in cow, that calved 8 weeks before due date, vets, so about 14 days dry, and if vet is right, got caught in the first week, post calving, it will be interesting to see what comes out, no bulls here !
RT today, not to badish, one point, any 'off' silage, we discard into a corner, not allowed, somebody might feed the cows with it, we have no outside labour, otherwise the usual bits of tin etc.
Next, TB herd test 17th always a worry, next doors down again, bugger all we can do though, just hope for best.
1 cow, with obvious 'lung' problems, get shot, before, or after ? Vets opinion, doesn't think it's TB, so wait, till after, if she fails at abattoir, worth b-all, if fails test, worth £1200 or whatever they are paying.
RT today, not to badish, one point, any 'off' silage, we discard into a corner, not allowed, somebody might feed the cows with it, we have no outside labour, otherwise the usual bits of tin etc.
Next, TB herd test 17th always a worry, next doors down again, bugger all we can do though, just hope for best.
1 cow, with obvious 'lung' problems, get shot, before, or after ? Vets opinion, doesn't think it's TB, so wait, till after, if she fails at abattoir, worth b-all, if fails test, worth £1200 or whatever they are paying.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
When we did ours, had to wait 1 week after calving before the cows could be removed, welfare is the same as any other cow, cow comes first. I felt like worming them all so they couldn't enter the food chain due to withdrawal just to give 2 fingers to the arseholes who create the rules.
You can do emergency slaughter as well and still get the tb compensation which is something to bare in mind @Sid if something goes wrong at calving - really sorry fir your test, tb is sh!t.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Quick question regarding tb, I've got to have my test fairly soon, if I go down do I still have to have the bloody woman from apha come around and tell me it's my fault we've gone with tb? Or have they scrapped that sh!t?
Ducati899
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- Location
- north dorset
ours went this morning,tested day before Christmas Eve
- Location
- South Molton
I asked if I could open the cow after she was shot on farm due to being heavily pregnant and remove calf rather than watch it suffocating
Was categorically told I would not be paid for that cow.
This cow stayed on farm longer than the ones that went to slaughterhouse. But I was refused permission to wait until calf was born because it was further than 28 days from calving IIRC. Ended up being a week off calving
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Think so. Maybe just on phone though due to COVID. We were meant to have one after the second test but they’ve not been but did have to have an hour long phone call telling me my wrongs.
We had one shot on farm, we cut open and pulled calf had to just stitch back up.
Was a horrific day really
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Pre milking tea and toast. Should have started already but tanker only just arrived due to snow higher up 
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
@Bald Rick have you been visiting? I have somehow acquired a flock of starlings today?!?!
There's no maize near me that I'm aware of
There's no maize near me that I'm aware of
- Location
- South Molton
We have before but annoying that APHA won't allow
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Had TB reactor collected here this morning, driver said busy as ever, 60 days will soon fly by to start bloody testing again!
- Location
- South Molton
Farm report.
I did mine via teams.
Can be useful as long as the person doing it isn't condescending.
I was curt with one a few years who accused me of being high risk because I bought in pre tb test. I told them I wouldn't have had to if they didn't take false positives with gamma and put restrictions on purchases after a breakdown.
She backed down then
- Location
- South Molton
How long between read and collect
Ducati899
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- Location
- north dorset
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
The last one told me I should have planned for this to happen, I responded it's nearly impossible to plan for it, she flew off the handle and told me I'm being an idiot basically. Happened to have a heifer bulling that day, I turned to her and said so 1001 is bulling today she's from one of my best cows, do I ai her or not bother because she's going to go down with tb at the next test, after all I need to plan?
She also backed off then