- Location
- South Molton
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
- Start date
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
home made gates behind? Look handy!
- Location
- South Molton
I wonder what the real reason why his Mrs bought him the magnifying glass for Christmas?
I thats it
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Just dropped her 6th. She's been a good un.
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
A comment on the gates. What kind of jersey do you have that those will keep in? Ours would call it a jungle gym, not a gate.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Maybe that's the intention? Distract the red haired ninjas with jungle gym gates that they wont get wrapped up in so they dont tackle the 7 bar gates that they will get wrapped up in
- Location
- somerset
bidding through marteye, really isn't the same as eyesight, Kivells are good, in that they produce a catalogue for every sale, so you have some idea of the stock, but they don't post the catalogues out so much ! How it would work at sedge, without one, don't know, it's not hard to miss bits of the auctioneers banter. A useful trick, told to me many years ago, is to learn the height of the rails, rostrum or similar, so you can judge the size of the stock, yeovil mkt, had 5 different heights, around a 12 inch difference, after 'driving' them around the ring, he would 'hold' them on the 'best' level, while standing in his 'best' level, auctioneers tricks. Exeter yesterday, there were some cows sold, worth the money, especially the oct/nov last calvers, and i could hear mark davis, a lot clearer than mark bromell. A new way of buying, no doubt we shall all get used to it. Those sussex ones, some did look worth the money.
That’s our transition shed. Really just cheap dividers from the strawed area and the feed face
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
Saw a few go through. The Irish tagged ones were cheaper.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
I wouldn't bid through marteye, had someone at the sale who would buy for me and he knows what type I require, £50/60 transport and £2/300 to keep them to calving at £1k there would be some good profit in them, at £1200 less so.
More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
act like a cat flap
Oddly enough they treat them like a barrier.
- Location
- somerset
always handy to know the 'right' people, we always get 'the' call, if anything to suit. Yesterday was mean't to be a flier, before the auction, but not so sure it was that good, having to stay indoors most of the time, it's great for me to watch, and i jot down starting bid, and last bid, interesting to look at both, anything 'not right', started really low, and stayed low, or shot up. The dispersal held some interest, the vendors sold a, 'not very well looked after, food wise' spr herd at exeter 4/5 years ago, we bought a double deck artic load, then av £410, and payed us very well. Secondly we bought a bunch of bulling hfrs, (£231), which we found out later, were sold because a share farming agreement had gone awry, and there were a lot of young cows, same herd no, in yesterdays sale, that young lad's been caught twice.
The irish cows don't get so knocked on cull price here, as down west, 1 huge cow was sold at £660, up here, she would have made close to a £1000, in the barren ring.
The irish cows don't get so knocked on cull price here, as down west, 1 huge cow was sold at £660, up here, she would have made close to a £1000, in the barren ring.
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Big achievement tonight, been 15 years since he last milked a cow but managed to convince the old man into the pit once again 
Milking in your own right now?Big achievement tonight, been 15 years since he last milked a cow but managed to convince the old man into the pit once again
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Not yet hopefully by this time next month
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Training the old boy to renew his life of servitude?
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Hes been keen to remind me that he is NOT doing relief milking for me and tonight was to see the cows rather than train him upTraining the old boy to renew his life of servitude?
I reckon I'll have trouble keeping him away ina day or two He liked the cows @Friesianfan Said they were strong cows that would go on for years, took a particular shine to 15 and the new heifer 1231
- Location
- Shropshire
be another 15 nowBig achievement tonight, been 15 years since he last milked a cow but managed to convince the old man into the pit once again