Sounds like you're rearing your FiL calves then.
That the calf owner is only texting you rather than ringing - or better yet seeing you face to face - speaks volumes.
Contract Calve rearing
- Thread starter Smokey16
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Sounds like you're rearing your FiL calves then.
That the calf owner is only texting you rather than ringing - or better yet seeing you face to face - speaks volumes.
- Location
- North devon
Yes it does
Rich_ard
Member
You are very unclear. Is that 2 people *5hrs or 2 people*2.5 hrs. Either way probably still not enough.
Enry
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
so 10 man hours a day - i.e. 2 of you for 5hrs every day? and you have had calves all the time this year - say 40 weeks....so you have had £500 a week for water, electric, consumables, using machine to move straw, pallets, muck out, pressure wash, etc and 70hrs a week of labour.....
- Location
- North devon
It's 2 5hours each of us
- Location
- North devon
Yes
Enry
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
ok, if you take £13/hr as self employed rate, you have £45/week to cover everything else, you need to work out your electric and running costs pronto - should be going from 60p to 75p not 45p
Rich_ard
Member
Enry
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
Im totally confused now, because you are saying 2 x 2.5hr in one reply and replied "yes" when I asked if it was 10hrs a day?
I would suggest you all keep a timesheet for a week and log every 15 mins you spend doing calf stuff, at your normal pace etc. Check electric use for water etc and I assume you have to pay for water? Then work out your costs and a margin and go from there
I would suggest you all keep a timesheet for a week and log every 15 mins you spend doing calf stuff, at your normal pace etc. Check electric use for water etc and I assume you have to pay for water? Then work out your costs and a margin and go from there
- Location
- North devon
2 5 hours each
Rich_ard
Member
Reading between the lines I think it's 10 man hrs a day. This to me seems excessive but it's what he is saying
- Location
- North devon
Sorry. Right there always 2 of us down doing the calves it takes us 5 hrs a day.
- Location
- North devon
ollie989898
Member
The number of hours required is almost a non-issue. The fact is you have to be there on site daily whether you spent 5 minutes a day or 5 hours a day. Either the guy with the stock pays sensible money or it becomes a waste of time.
Enry
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
ok....let's try another way....if 1 person did it how many hours would it take?
- Location
- North devon
Probably 4 hours am n pm time milk is mixed and feeders and cart washed out topped up straw racks fed blend and checked waters
Rich_ard
Member
That's all day! For 150 calves.
- Location
- North devon
Yes if one person was doing it as we bed up every thing by hand as I don't like bedding up the pens with straw chopper
- Location
- North devon
We start at 6am and finish about 10am and in the afternoon 4pm and finish around 7.45pm
ollie989898
Member
This is a significant bind and will invariably be taking up your time- time you could be spending doing more lucrative work. You need to get a price per beast out of someone who is prepared to value your input and results.