- Location
- Pembrokeshire
And your last bcs you didn’t believe cos it said they were to thin ,which a few on here commented at the time that photos of your cows showed them to be thin
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Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Im yet to find it! But im not really looking for it.
But I think consistency of nutrition is a massive factor and consistency in general. In terms of daily routine, monthly routine etc
Having someone unbiased out every month monitoring condition score is massively important to me now for all the reasons you've said. Im aiming to calve in at 3.25-3.5 and ideally drop as little as possible. Custom spec minerals has helped, repairing the feed passage to improve intakes along with parlour board on the floor is on my list too
An independent nutritionist is next on my list to really push the cows the way I want them to go.
Next year all cows will be only grazed by day and then fed with maize by night so that I can support them better - as has been said on here before 60 litre cows + just grazed grass isn't easy. I will be aiming for an average yield all year round though of about 30 litres+
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
I sent a cow from that scoring session off to cull that was scored 1.5, she made £1,300. I know cull price is good but a cow on deaths door (which is what a score of one is) will never ever make that amount of money.
The next session nearly all cows jumped by over 1 whole condition point. I like to think I'm improving but leaping that amount is nigh on impossible.
Holsteinfriesian90
Member
- Location
- Cornwall
Why the big push for yields? All fine when everything is ok but cows like that are like a racing car always in need of something. You’ve got a good farm to grow grass why not make the most of it.
- Location
- somerset
dm 38.4
cp 15.7
dv 73
me 11.7
the benefits of multi cut.
this weeks 4th cut, isn't going to analyse quite the same, only excuse, fecking rain.
we do try and make good silage, and in a moist year, we can grow grass, as we seem to be able in a dry one.
was hoping for a 6th cut, only managed that once, would have done it again, this year, if it hadn't rained.
Very interested to know what Red Tractors opion was on the calf pens. Haven't seen that design before. Really like tthem for individual feeding without sucking each other / transmitting disease but our Red Tractor inspector would have had palpitations if we had had hutches like that. She was VERY insistent that tactile and visual contact was all important despite us having proof that contact between baby calves is not always good health management.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
That’s one cut ,but what about your other 5 cuts and that doesn’t tell @Jdunn55 anything because his silage analysis could be totally different
The focus seems to be on “I’m going to do x yield and everything else is irrelevant”
- Location
- somerset
l think Tesco's insist on calf-calf contact, and/or no single calf pens.
- Location
- somerset
av of 1st and 2nd cut
3rd cut baled, and 4th cut, didn't go quite as planned, and will require some careful balancing.
5th cut, weather permitting, should be quality again.
but analysis are only an indication of the pit, its only a few grams, from 100's of tons of silage.
that reality was confirmed when we tried t analysis rye/vetch silage, and 12 samples varied from 4% protein, to 48% protein, and everything in between.
once feeding 'proper' starts, we face sample every 2 weeks, which gives us a better degree of accuracy. Although there isn't a great deal of variance from the initial pit sample.
Martyn
Member
- Location
- South west
Put hot wash around parlour as fitted new liners as part of annual clean/service then heard a crack/bang
Not ideal at the weekend.Put hot wash around parlour as fitted new liners as part of annual clean/service then heard a crack/bang
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Looking good.Just a sink to install and give the tank a quick polish the day before and the dairy should be all done and good to go
Watch out for gaps around doors.
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
One of my favourite families
Newbarton cameron Maggie
Back in-calf 2nd service to Gemini Norseman on a cogent contract
Dam of Newbarton King-of-hearts by Jake on-test with cogent currently
Dam was VG87 and did yields to 10,000 litres
No chad, jingle, centurion, pinnacle, and only minimal hylke and glenalbyn on her sires side
Also have a sister and niece by Seb and another milking sister by lad
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Oversees some clover into that
It's on the list for next spring. Put 3kg in every new ley at the moment.
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