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Sprayed our cattle twice in 8 weeks with Flypor to no avail.... anyone else having success keeping them away? 3 cases of NFE so far and don't want any more.... thinking of using garlic buckets??

Had 2 cows that have calved within a week of eachother that have presented normally, calved within an hour of waters breaking, but calves have been stillborn and I would say dead for a good few hours as eyes had already begun to whiten over.....any thoughts?

Its the time of year when leggins come back on 24/7..... I'm fed up with taking them off at the end of a long day to find my trousers wet through with sweat.... does anyone have any leggins that don't make them sweat. I've looked on Kiwikit, the kiwis seem to have most other workwear sussed out...

Has anyone used the Quietwean nose tags? Thinking of using them this year, but had mixed reports looking online. People saying that as much as 50% fell out, and calves still called for their mums once seperated. Got about 150 calves to wean next month, so was thinking about putting these on the...

I'm getting a few maiden heifers with warts growing on thier teats. Is there any particular reason for them growing & does anybody have any good solutions on prevention and cure??

Can anyone shed any light on what happened at the AA AGM in Feb? Shocked to hear that it caused Johnny Mackey to resign days after Chrissie....

Does anybody know of any spray/marker that one could put on the teats of cows who have freshly calved, which would come off once the calf has sucked? For example, you spray a coloured (safe/edible) marker on the teats, and when the calf feeds, the colour disappears and hence you would have an...

Maybe a taboo subject for some farmers, but how is everyone else's calving going? I'm at 57/100 at the moment, lost 5 unfortunately, a couple born in the bags in the early hours of the morning, then just big calves getting stuck etc. Just be interesting to see how everyone else is getting on....

I am wanting to bolus my cattle with iodine supplement, for pre-calving and pre-bulling. The only ones I can really find have other trace elements in with them, and we have just spent a small fortune on getting in feed minerals to compensate for silage mineral analysis. If I bolus them with...

My wife has just given birth, and whilst in hospital I was reading a leaflet about the benefits of waiting two minutes after birth before cutting the cord. Got me thinking - does anyone know/heard of the benefits of not snapping the calfs umbilical cord straight away? Obviously would only work...

I have a few people interested in buying a couple of 2 y.o texel rams from us, nice shapely tups but have no idea what they would be worth....any ideas?

I have always put out mineral buckets for my cattle, but am thinking of bolusing them instead this year (with either Agrimin 24/7 or Coseicure). Are the boluses enough on their own? When you look at al the ingredients on the lick buckets, there are a lot more than just the 4 ingredients in the...