Recent content by BobbySusie

I got a 3.5ton Rob Lew silo new at small money, they are well built and good value

I have just started calving a jersey cross herd for OAD milking, i'll calve 60 this spring if all goes to plan, 3 calved so far. If you have a beef type animal I think your wasting your time, it wont be efficent. I also think with fleckvieh you will have an animal that can produce good volume...

I built my storage for 57m3 per cow. But I plan to expand. I believe our requirement in Ireland is 18m3 per cow

Sorry had a hectic weekend, calves all over the place now. Vet called friday, gave cow calcium and antibiotic, she was up eating an hour later. The vet reckons she has a lung infection and stress on her body may have aborted calf. Thanks for the replies, and advice.

I did that last night, would you do it again.

I have

Hi I had a cow abort a calf, about a month early. No reason why, vet has taken bloods from cow. I milked her the day she calved, all ok. Yesterday she was not great looking so vet tubed her with recovery drink and gylcol. I went to the yard this morning and she milked a small amount, but Is not...

Thats what i am thinking, can they be sharpened

Hi I bought the Ergo Pro clippers last year for shaving backs and tails. The first day out I clipped 40 backs and tails. All went well. I oiled it and on Monday I clipped 40 tails. It was oiled up but the quality of the cut was terrible, it looks like I did it by hand. It took 3 hours to do 40...

I was doing the yard scraping myself at the weekend, and she takes a few turns to fire, then will run fine, doing the 10 mins yard scraping. Next day its wont start as battery has not enough power, would it be the dynamo, or maybe the battery

Its a grey fergie

I got one as a christmas present, very well made. I also have a crush from Bo Steel. The headgate on the crush has been disappointing, it still works but you have to close it yourself when the cows is in it, plus if the cow puts any backward pressure on the headgate it wont open. I nearly had an...

Great stuff, I bought a second hand bin at the weekend, its a 3.5ton bin. I wont get an auger until a gather a few pond, but its better that digging out of tote bags.

10.5% solids is special if you are being paid for your solids. It would be in the top 1% of producers In Ireland anyway for solids. 6.48% bf, 3.92% protein. I wonder what affect it has on a cow with a 2.56% swing from Butterfat to protein. Is there a lot of fiber in the grass silage, and what...

Your not too far away, You might tip on down to me?