lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Yeap as soon as we have 5 or 6 calved they will go out. Milked once a day until March 1st
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
- Start date
Don't have the the luxury of sheds
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Had a lush afternoon in the sunshine tidying up fallen willow branches whilst listening to Jeremy clarkson recite his Diddy squat book on my new wireless headphones. Happy days.No good, it’s way too fibrous if you need a chainsaw!
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Far enough. Though if your prepared to sort them as they begin to calf is surprising how small a shed you actually need.Don't have the the luxury of sheds
Would have a small amount of space until cows start calving, as that space turns in to calf pens, works well, with the use of jackets for calves and good colostrum protocol, just will go wrong with snow
, day is OK and more and I don't sleep muchJdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Will you buffer them with silage or just grass at that point?
lazy farmer
Member
- Location
- som/dor border
If they stay out 24/7 only a tiny bit of buffer for minerals.
Dead Rabbits
Member
- Location
- 'Merica
Just open the gate. It’s fine.
lazy farmer
Member
- Location
- som/dor border
On some soils in some locations undoubtedly. here on a hill on heavy clay. It’s easier to calve in a shed
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
I find it easier to calve in a shed in September
frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
Oh and where is your hill. It can't be any more than a mound
Dead Rabbits
Member
- Location
- 'Merica
No doubt. I’ve had some miserable miserable days in the mud, ice and snow.
- Location
- somerset
better than our 8th calver, serious hard calving - bb, rather poor, pushing out 30 l, then bad mastitus £167, don't expect she owed us much. 3 hard calvings to BB, 3 screws out, bugger the BB's
Happy hillbily
Member
- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
Really need to repair the pipe that tops up the water for the cubicle shed 
The wife was working late tonight and came home with a surprise
God that was good
The wife was working late tonight and came home with a surprise
God that was good
No, as @som farmer said they've restarted routine spot checks! Haven't seen one for years, he said we are on the 10 year rota. The last one that came was a bit if git but this chap was fine, got a bit of dusting to do .....
The FHI which he was do from the cow to the tank, local authority environmental health do from the tank to the customer if you retail.
How are you getting with your plans?
Princess Pooper
Member
- Location
- East Mids
We used BB for the first time last AI season and they have all calved now. I was nervous about difficult calvings (on Holsteins). Not a single problem, had more with the Sims in the past. We made sure we chose an easy calving one but it went better than I had dared hope. It's all in the bull not the breed.
- Location
- Northumberland
Couple heavy cows you had there! Mine would be a good 200kgs lighter!
£960 average.
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
I was told it was 10 year inspections, unless you have an ab failure.
Selling raw so see the DHI every 6 months, but he's a decent bloke and I get on well with him. Soon pulls me up if somethings not quite right mind.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Alex got his claws into you lancashire boys too, they be through gisburn ?
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