teat

Quick question….. How many days / weeks before lambing would you see a teat appear? Some due to lamb from next week but next to no teat on them yet. Been getting fed 5 weeks pre lambing steadily increasing each week and now at the limit getting 2lb a day split evenly over 2 feeds (morning and...

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https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/RedTractorStakeholder/ I have just had this bought to my attention. Red tractor survey to ‘inform’ the reviewers. first I have heard of it, nothing in the latest member matters, on any email or on social media. feels like they are trying to keep it quiet as usual.

With 30 cases of STEC and the same strain as that in the cheese it looks more like the 2 are linked Their website says they are the last Lancashire cheese using raw milk. There is possibly a reason for that. No doubt some on here will have been drinking raw milk since infancy and make spurious...

met a lady who had just retired.She was telling me she her two sisters and parents ran a 15 acres holing in Shropshire,which they still have today.These few acres were used to milk fifteen cows and provided a living for the father throughout his life .Today they tell you a minimum of 200 acres...

Is there an alternative to these? I use the foam cups to pre dip and the bottle part of them keeps splitting. The last one has been in use for just a few weeks and is starting to split. Not through misuse, just where you squeeze them to use. Or can you buy just the bottles to replace as it seems...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The parlour training of your in-calf heifers, is a job that can begin over the coming days and weeks on dairy farms. As the milking production season winds down, and most farms are either fully dry or only have a small number still milking – the...

I am investigating potential risk factors associated with ischaemic teat necrosis in first lactation Holstein Friesian heifers on UK dairy farms. I have created a survey to gain feedback from UK dairy farmers on their experiences with ITN, heifer management and milking protocol. The survey...

We are thinking about putting up a slatted shed. We would calve in March on straw, so was wondering what age would the calves need to be before putting the cows back on to slats with the calves having a bedded pen to creep into? Also what would be the most efecient shed to build? Thank you

Anyone using these on rotaries? Guessing that you need an extra person monitoring? Any tips … other than installing in direction of flow?

For my undergraduate dissertation, I am investigating potential risk factors associated with ischaemic teat necrosis in first lactation Holstein Friesian heifers on UK dairy farms. I have created a survey to gain feedback from UK dairy farmers on their experiences with ITN, heifer management and...

How much is everyone feeding their milk calves? Looking at doing a trial with our milk calves feeding between 2-4 litres each feed to see what diff makes on Daily weight gains. Interested to see what everyone else is feeding?

Ive been crossing my jersey and crossbred herd to bf for good few years cus of calf issues anyway the bf is ok but as a small trial i used nr.The nr are my best cows and am tempted to go all nr has anyone done this i know culls will be less but still ahead of jersey x.Calves i found some...

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I have recently taking over the head herdsman role in a 450 AYR calving herd the scc and bactoscan was 360 and 120 back in July I have now dropped it to 190 and 35 I’m just wondering what’s the average for a herd of this size

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland As we move into November planning must get underway for drying-off cows and ensuring that you have all the required equipment. Planning for drying-off is vital to ensure that the job is completed in an efficient and hygienic manner. When drying-off...

I'm in the very early stages of considering a new milking set up (still at the stage I come out in a cold sweat when thinking of the cost) I think the best solution would be a rotary for the usual time efficiency reasons and to provide a great environment to work in. I'm currently milking 330...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland As cows enter the shed and preparation is getting underway, a job that should be completed over the coming weeks is tail clipping. It is a task that is completed on many dairy farms, with the main aim of preventing contaminants from entering the milk...

I have a calve born out in the field unassisted by a cow that’s had two calves previously three weeks ago. It has never sucked. It was tubed the first few days then it started to drink from the bucket. We strip the cow every day and let it drink from the bucket. However now that it’s eating meal...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Heifer mastitis can be an issue on some farms, with heifers often calving down with cases or developing them shortly after calving. A case early into your replacement heifers‘ milk production career can be threatening to production along with udder...