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Thanks everyone for your replies, thankfully the calving pens are ready!!!

Our cows are calving 2-3 weeks early, the calves are definitely premature, all AI’d so dates are correct and in the absence of any disease or metabolic disorder our Vet has come up with Heat Stress. Anyone else have the same experience?

We have an exciting and varied position for our 380 cow herd on a simple forage based system. If you are in the early stage of your career or ultimately looking to progress to a Herd Manager you will have every opportunity to learn and hone your skills. We are a friendly 4 person team with...

Ours issue was Selenium which we bolused for.

Just to add confusion to the melting pot, our sick calves were between 1-7 weeks old, some on ad lib cows milk some on powder, all on teats from day 1.Colostrum levels were good, no tubing but calf left with cow for 12-24hrs, and with no temp, nothing on scour test and they looked fit and...

We need help to get us over 2nd dairyman leaving and new one starting, 390 cows, herringbone Parlour, outside work done by other staff. No overnight accommodation, start 3/4 Jan. Between Dorchester and Blandford. PM me for more details with contact number

Likewise I am not too sure what worked, Betamox was a waste of time and eventually I used Synulox bolus, AS mix ( has pectin) electrolyte in the morning milk because they were drinking and then my homemade version at lunchtime and evening in buckets as they would not take commercial brands or...

Have had the same issue with my last lot of AAx, no temp, go off afternoon feed but drink from teats happily in the morning and then electrolytes in warm water which they love, at this stage they are quite lively. Had 3 pm’s with nothing found!. The scour comes after a few days but not always...