Interesting thread. We’ve struggled a bit with blind quarters in heifers in the past, crossed our minds to put nose spikes in the whole lot to avoid cross sucking but not keen on this. We catch quite a few when we serve as we part out bullers as they get served and they spend the night shouting...
Try rolling the pulsator line by 15 degrees, stops moisture sitting on top of the diaphragm. Seem to remember this sorted the issue after messing around injecting antifreeze into them and all sorts. Or change pulsators 🤷♂️
It’s been a really tough winter ever for established farmers. Best of luck @Jdunn55 with whatever you decide to do. In the short term you’ll certainly find plenty of opportunities with cows in the south west either milking or AI etc and this will be your best bet in terms of earning the most...
We let the cow lick the calf dry but then remove the calf from the cow and bottle feed with pasteurised colostrum. Calf takes to the bottle really easily if you do that straight away then saves time on second feed, usually on the teat bar. Busy time but plenty of good staff who all know what...
There’s just quite a bit of work with newborns whichever way you do it… put the work in there and calves generally do well, cut corners and you get problems. We’ve ended up using the perfect udder bags to pasturise and re-heat as needed but they are slow to fill and we wash and re-use as they...
Thanks all, EA have been out on routine scheduled visit and not flagged anything as a problem but the clamps are a bit tired and really ought to be on the list for investment. No earth bank against the retaining back wall makes it really difficult on our site as the ground rises quite steeply so...
We have a typical old school silage clamp setup which we want to improve. It’s earth bank at the back with occasional springs then free standing pre-cast panels dividing the clamps.
The option we’re looking at is to put a sealed wall against the earth bank (drainage stone and drain to catch...
We get good service and rates from NatWest other than a few minor issues with online banking, however we are heavily borrowed so it’s in their interest to keep in touch.
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