Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
Mine didn’t look so perky this morning. First I’ve ever lost grazing alfalfa though
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Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
She’s up and looking like nothing has happened! Bloody lucky I went down when I did as I found her in a pile of mud neck back near enough dead.
Always use Calciject 5 (may and cal) here.
I agree, should not be be cal well after calving. Cake supplier assures me they up mag in cake this time of year to prevent deficiencies...
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
We had one with milk fever 2 months after calving last year. Was bulling the day before she went down.
Cows 'n grass
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- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Has anyone ever killed a cow with mag in the vein?
When we got hit by the beast from the east in 2018 I had a cow break her leg. All roads were impassable and it would have been a 4 or 5 mile walk through 3 feet of snow to get a gun so I tried to euthanize her with mag. It was a few years ago but I think I squeezed 3 bottles into a vein as fast as I could and she just looked at me blankly.
When we got hit by the beast from the east in 2018 I had a cow break her leg. All roads were impassable and it would have been a 4 or 5 mile walk through 3 feet of snow to get a gun so I tried to euthanize her with mag. It was a few years ago but I think I squeezed 3 bottles into a vein as fast as I could and she just looked at me blankly.
We’ve had them quite a way into lactation before. Not common but can happen.
I want to move my lagoon out of the yard and into the centre of my farm,it won’t cost a great deal just where I want it may not suit planners.
I had one 6 weeks off dry in Feb,had into the teens this winter all mid lactation.
Farm I worked on, gave a cow 3 bottles in Vein of mag to euthanise a trapped cow which couldn't be shot and still didn't died, vet arrived with bule jab to do it after.
Yep,
When I was young. In the milk vein, dead before the bottle was empty.
I’m pretty sure the vet mag to kill cows is super saturated with mag , unlike the farm spec to cure cows!
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
My father did it here years ago, rushed off to treat a cow down with milk fever, lifted a bottle of magnesium instead of calcium without realising, injected into the vein and she was dead within 5 minutes. He felt absolutely terrible about it.
Ever find out the cause?
No,I think it’s my 2nd cut,just started into 1st cut but daren’t lower the limestone flour,yet…
Had forages tested a few years back and was told short on calcium and to feed limestone flour,have always had problems with low phosphorus during lactation and at calving but not since using limestone flour,had to use double this winter though coincided with starting feeding 2nd cut and feeding carrots,stopped with carrots lowered limestone flour then bang cows coming in with mf,lost one it was so bad.
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
If you can dig a hole at the most 30k with a liner be fair thing.
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
yes we have had this at bulling too.
mixed farm
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It happened me once, I realised half way through the 1st bottle and while taking it out she died. That was not a good day.
Rough costs are £30k to dig 1M, liners are around £25k for that size. You can scale up or down, but nothing is cheaper than an earth lagoon, even cheaper if you have clay.
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Cheapest option is to use land fill to build one so nearly get paid to build one.
Barmyfarmer
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Anyone ever got permission for a lagoon away from the main farm? Would make more sense for me to have one in the middle of the silage block than at the yard
Yep. 2
Both 400m from nearest house