Covered with grass, yes.
Covered to prevent rainfall ingress, no.
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- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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Covered to prevent rainfall ingress, no.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Nice to see
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Making some progress with the oopf
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
cattow
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- Location
- Leicestershire J11 M42
Keep the cows out until it’s working or they will not be interested when it is
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Thanks I'll do that
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Very fresh heifer calved in, with a nice heifer 
one of the most enjoyable things is seeing my own heifers coming through now
one of the most enjoyable things is seeing my own heifers coming through now
frederick
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- Location
- south west
I can see why people pay big money to have professionals take cow photos.Very fresh heifer calved in, with a nice heifer
one of the most enjoyable things is seeing my own heifers coming through now
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Zooming in and scrolling round she doesn't look bad but first impression wasn't great but totally accept it's the photo not the cow.
- Location
- somerset
the difference between on farm, and cleaned and tidied up for the ring, is quite large !
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Completely agree. If i was selling any I'd 100% have them clipped, washed and someone decent doing photos. The difference it make sis astounding. Even sassy the expensive one from Aintree has a thick woolly coat atm, is dry and a bit dirty on her back legs, she looks far from being worth a fortune atm ! The amount you can hide/promote with a set of clippers and a bucket of water really is astonishing.
I did try and get some nice photos but I'm far from a professional photographer and she was far more interested in eating/drinking!
She's not my best heifer, she's good, she'll put milk in the tank, I doubt she will be here in 10 years probably a cow that will do 3-5 lactations before calling it a day. I'd like better rear udder attachment and width, teat placement is good, rump width is ok, chest width is ok/meh would like a bit more width and spring in the rib, can't comment on milk yield and constituents yet obviously nor fertility which are probably more important in the long run.
Having said all that about her, she's very very fresh and has quite a lot of nurturing to her, be interesting to see what she looks like in a month. I suspect a lot better than how she currently looks. I think she'll milk well too.
frederick
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- Location
- south west
Out of interest why would you expect her to look better in a month. She will have lost condition over the next month. My heifers take probably 4 months to have grown and put in extra condition from calving to look much better
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
She'll have lost her pot belly underneath and her udder will be settled out, she'll be calmer in herself and I would hope she cleans up a bit - I keep the dry cow shed as clean as possible but always find they end up with dung on their legs and stomach when loose housed.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
do you do GTH photography ?Very fresh heifer calved in, with a nice heifer
one of the most enjoyable things is seeing my own heifers coming through now
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dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Just hold the camera phone at shoulder height not belt buckle height cattle look a lot better looking down than trying to make them look bigger looking up.Very fresh heifer calved in, with a nice heifer
one of the most enjoyable things is seeing my own heifers coming through now
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Put sheep on it 🫣
- Location
- somerset
not so funny, seen 2 covered lagoons, that haven't been used for years, with good growth on top of the sheet/covering. Neither looked like lagoons, what would happen if animals, or a person tried to cross ? One of those lagoons had bushes growing on top.Put sheep on it 🫣
When's it meant to start?
1st Feb
TheRanger
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- Location
- SW Scotland
Struggling with a bacto of mid 30s-mid 40s for the last month. Tanker was earlier than usual tonight so got in for a look after spending most of the last week checking everything else, absolutely spotless except one tiny bit of cheese on the back of the paddle. Looks like a milk sample bottle blocking the spray ball has caused it 
Should bring the bacto down a bit hopefully.
Should bring the bacto down a bit hopefully.
