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Incalf hiefers on the hill tops
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farmerste

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Livestock Farmer
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Other than getting rid, how would you stop cows throwing silage onto their backs? Have one at the moment that is really bad for it, she makes a considerable mess and is wasting quite a lot of the stuff :banghead:

Also makes scraping up a PITA with a hand scraper.
we used to have one that did the same, the amount she could chuck out was unbeleivable,trouble was she was a good cow so had to put up with it for a few years, She went eventually as couldnt get her back in calf one year.
 

Stuart1

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Other than getting rid, how would you stop cows throwing silage onto their backs? Have one at the moment that is really bad for it, she makes a considerable mess and is wasting quite a lot of the stuff :banghead:

Also makes scraping up a PITA with a hand scraper.

I have one, put a anti suckle ring in her nose and she stopped
 

Monty

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A few pics from fetching the cows up today
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Dozy Rosy at the far end of the field bringing up the rear. Rosy really loves her apples :)
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Not sure what's so special about this hedge:unsure:
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Betty following me in the orchard
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Last heifer to calve (milo). Still likes to kick the units off before she's fully milked out after 8 weeks :rolleyes:
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Some weaned heifers
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It's not feeling very autumnal here right now. The grass is all wilting again after lunch, I think it's only the heavy dews that are keeping it green.
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PDd all the cows this morning. 10% empty, not brilliant but I shortened the block from a drifting 15/16 weeks this year back to 11 weeks so if you ignore the ineligible cows then empty rate would have been near 5% with zero intervention.
 
It's not feeling very autumnal here right now. The grass is all wilting again after lunch, I think it's only the heavy dews that are keeping it green.
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PDd all the cows this morning. 10% empty, not brilliant but I shortened the block from a drifting 15/16 weeks this year back to 11 weeks so if you ignore the ineligible cows then empty rate would have been near 5% with zero intervention.
All i read there was you have 55 cows for sale. So about 30 1st-3rd lactation 4 quater cows..
 

Rossymons

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Cornwall
It's not feeling very autumnal here right now. The grass is all wilting again after lunch, I think it's only the heavy dews that are keeping it green.
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PDd all the cows this morning. 10% empty, not brilliant but I shortened the block from a drifting 15/16 weeks this year back to 11 weeks so if you ignore the ineligible cows then empty rate would have been near 5% with zero intervention.

If you didn't include them at the start then don't include them at end. Those are good results, you and your team deserve a pat on the back for that.

Cracking pictures too
 
It's not feeling very autumnal here right now. The grass is all wilting again after lunch, I think it's only the heavy dews that are keeping it green.
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PDd all the cows this morning. 10% empty, not brilliant but I shortened the block from a drifting 15/16 weeks this year back to 11 weeks so if you ignore the ineligible cows then empty rate would have been near 5% with zero intervention.
You gone organic?
 

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