Recent content by rhuvid

If the sheep are being walked onto your field and it’s away from your buildings, then there’s no need to do any paperwork etc. K.I.S.S

I’ve got my calves on ad-lib creep, try not to let it go empty. But selling most straight off the cow. Char heifers an steers, an Saler Bulls. The calves that won’t be sold in autumn will be parted out now soon an have access to creep, but not ad-lib. You just want them to be eating abit, ready...

Depends on when you plan to sell the calves? Bulls or Steers?

Best thing to do is make one

Manual yoke. Never miss a beast

I’ve got the Bateman Manual squeeze an yoke crush. It is the business. 3 mates bought same crush after seeing mine. No complaints.

Quads still cheaper to run than a Gator etc. £1200 to service I got told other day. FML.

Had a litter of 3 dogs an a bitch Monday, out of my 2 workers. They’ll work day an night, an Lie by house door when you go in for dinner.

Any decent fabrication chaps would be able to Do it. Mate has done a couple for local lads. His also made custom made shearing trailers an mobile dippers.

If you’ve got it for a good length of time, it be worth putting up a permanent style pens. Sleepers an rails. An feed them in there.

What weights you have? Which market?

We creep feed spring born calves from June onwards. Sell over half straight off the cow.(next week hopefully). The ones left are crept till weaned. Then just get some up the feed barrier. Store buyers that are going to turn them out for summer, don’t want them on ad-lib as they take a check.

How many cows? When calving? Spring calving here, BVD jab, high iodine bolus an fluke/worm drench soon after housing. Then high iodine bolus at turnout. Helping with tightening the calving an cows in calf.

How many bulls to go in that shed? That concrete looks too smooth. No grip for cows to get up.

Update. After taking ill on the Monday I was in bed till the Thurs. Couldn’t face eating, just drinking water. No spewing, but the sh1!s. Went for Covid test on the Fri an was clear. Had some homeopathic stuff on the Fri night, was already feeling tad better. Managed to get out on Sat an do...