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    richy reacted to FarmerWasty's post in the thread Holstein Bulls with Like Like.
    As heifers then as cows. Infact I do believe I posted these two on here last year when they calved down. 5593 vg85 as hfr. 5568 81.
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    richy replied to the thread Holstein Bulls.
    2 renegade heifers that have calved in the last 3 weeks . Has anyone Altamater heifers calved. I have some young stock that look decent.
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    richy replied to the thread Holstein Bulls.
    Don’t have any envoys but I have renegade heifers calving now as well as his son logistics . Heifers look good so far will take pictures...
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    richy reacted to More to life's post in the thread Holstein Bulls with Like Like.
    The variation in what people consider a good bull is enormous, everyone has different goals and if asked everyone is correct. I’ve had a...
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    richy reacted to grim's post in the thread New toy day with Like Like.
    new 6r215
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    richy reacted to crashbox's post in the thread How many kg of concentrates? with Like Like.
    Regardless of concentrate, it is easier for the cow metabolically (energy demand) to produce the same milk solids over fewer litres. So...
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    richy replied to the thread How many kg of concentrates?.
    I have a solids based contract. Would it be correct to say that if I have 2 cows each producing 700 kilograms of solids, 1 cow does...
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    richy reacted to Headless chicken's post in the thread How many kg of concentrates? with Like Like.
    For me I tend to agree. We were multicut for a good while and I felt we made reasonable silage with a hefty bill. We now make reasonable...
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    richy reacted to Stuckingeneva's post in the thread Robotic milking with Like Like.
    You need lots of staff. We made the mistake of not having enough, especially at night, its a long hard slog and you need to keep morale...
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    richy reacted to ollie989898's post in the thread Robotic milking with Like Like.
    Some years back I bet my friend that he would have at least one cow (out of an existing herd of over 200) which wouldn't take to the...
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    richy reacted to upnortheast's post in the thread Robotic milking with Like Like.
    Starting cows on robots, by putting in the hard yards in the 1st month to get them properly trained, you can save a lot of hassle later...
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    richy reacted to Wesley's post in the thread Robotic milking with Like Like.
    12528kg so far in 217 days
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    richy reacted to Jdunn55's post in the thread Robotic milking with Like Like.
    Don't be disheartened when you start the bots up, I've assisted with 2 different farmers and 1 farmer twice when they started their bots...
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    richy reacted to upnortheast's post in the thread Robotic milking with Like Like.
    One of the defining moments is 3 month or so after start up. You calve a cow that was trained before dried off. She goes in the box...
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    richy reacted to Gerbert's post in the thread Robotic milking with Like Like.
    Yeah I put it a bit wrong, meant to say that every big change will give a dip in yield but it might recover quickly. 48 hours is...
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