Honda tornado 250.
Got it from a farm sale, electric start, easy to ride. Perfect for a Sunday Potter about.
Cant find anymore for sale on the Internet in this country. Lot more frugal than the quads for just out checking stock/water/stuff
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Got it from a farm sale, electric start, easy to ride. Perfect for a Sunday Potter about.
Cant find anymore for sale on the Internet in this country. Lot more frugal than the quads for just out checking stock/water/stuff
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
We definitely cull harder as a flying herd, as buying mixed aged cows you do end up with some Monkey cows, make a quick decision as you've purchased it and you don't want it to go on the knacker truck and lose all the money on her.
I beg to differ. Working with flying herds my experience is that they don't mess about. If shes good she stays, if she isn't she goes.
I know of at least one unit where the cut off for services is after 8 and they rear everything.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
If pd- at 200dim they go on the cull list here, regardless of cost
- Location
- somerset
snap, drilled ours last friday, and just popping through, ideal conditions, will accelerate growth, and will soon catch up.
how hard do you cull ? The answer varies from farm to farm, influenced by health, food and replacement cost. As long as they are 'ticking over' with no problems, they stay, throughout the summer, soon as feeding begins, then different reasons apply. We acquired a big bunch of milkers a while back, containing the good, bad and ugly. Some of which, are not back i/c, having calved last sep/oct/dec, we have served them, but at what stage, do you say, enough is enough ? The ugly are easy, dry off, turn out, and fatten, 1st time doing that for years ! The bad, depending on whether they hold, or we sort out some foot problems, giving 22 l/d, or a mastitus case, then above. The good, is really the 'problem', there are some very smart cows there, av 25, calved dec to march, the later ones easy, the early ones ? Pretty certain 'bull' problems, from where they came from, as in not fertile. With the Ayrshires not getting back i/c, escalates the problem, would mean carrying 25+ cows over, the ugly and bad, will fatten if necessary, on some uncuttable pp. Just interested in other farmers advice/thoughts.
On fertility side, we have done our usual, serve to scratchies for 8 days, then jab, and serve to scratchies, of those that calved in our 'window', and excluding the carry over, and bought in bunch, that calved out side of our window, day 18, 3 not served, out of 67 cows, 1 of which, might be i/c ! Whether conception rate is good, is a different matter, we have to wait and see. Of those outside of block, other than the 'no hopers' most have been served.
- Location
- somerset
one answer to my question, though l admit we have run odd jerseys around, if they give enough milk, really because cull price on them, could be less than £125, that has probably gone up, sweeper bull usually stops them.
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Anyone had there milk protein% higher than fat %
Your upto 5% protien now?Anyone had there milk protein% higher than fat %
Yep, had a massive outbreak of acidosis late May when trying to push to much hammered Maize into themAnyone had there milk protein% higher than fat %
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
3.45 fat 3.53 protein 36l sold feeding some high n first cutYour upto 5% protien now?
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
No acidosis here cows shitting nice.Yep, had a massive outbreak of acidosis late May when trying to push to much hammered Maize into them
Just low fibre silage I assume
no bloody tickers that's for sure, fertility is in 10.5 week ,culled or maybe this year bull in for 3 week then send down to Wadebridge
, fertility here is single figure for 12 years now. Have a plan a stick to it
- Location
- Northumberland
It's not that your protein is high its the fact your bf is so low I'd be concerned about!3.45 fat 3.53 protein 36l sold feeding some high n first cut
St merryn mèat is in bodminno bloody tickers that's for sure, fertility is in 10.5 week ,culled or maybe this year bull in for 3 week then send down to Wadebridge
Probably pay more for cows.
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Zat is le q
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Yes I’m not a numpty my fat is normally above 4 and protein around 3.4
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Was getting closer than I’d like, but mine is related to grazing and the spring. We really struggled with butterfat last year till Xmas. The grass they are on at the minute and their sh!t says it’s not a fibre issue. Interestingly the new heard which is nearly half our milk volume has lifted us nearly 0.5% bf. I’ve no idea what they where doing before they came here. Be nice if I can hold it there.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
