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10 in 7 milking + summer diet
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<blockquote data-quote="gone up the hill" data-source="post: 8050369" data-attributes="member: 1048"><p>Nothing in livestock farming ever goes to plan ( regardless of which sector you are in ) there are alway's problems that crop up, quite often you solve one issue today just to get another one tomorrow and everyone makes mistakes so stop being so hard on yourself. </p><p></p><p>From reading your posts on here its clear that you have achieved a hell of a lot for someone of any age let alone your young years in the last few months. </p><p></p><p>For the current situation and in the short term. </p><p></p><p>You need to cut out any jobs that take up time but which are not critical to be done for a few weeks ( ie the calves for example, just tube/ bottle feed the ones that are not smart/do not suckle, let the rest suck the cow, yes you are concerned with Jhones ( or whatever the spelling is ) but for now forget about that issue untill you get back on track! </p><p></p><p>Call the FCN, they will be able to listen and maybe get you help/ point you in the right direction to find a decent relief milker or may even know of a retired dairy farmer/worker who would love to do a few hours a week relief milking etc. </p><p></p><p>Also ref your dads sheep etc, tell him that either he sells them or gets someone in to do the work looking after them, tell him that from the end of this month you cannot help him unless a one off emergency! </p><p></p><p>Go back to milking the cows 2x day but milk at sensible times, ie say 6 am and 4 pm, make sure you have done all the jobs by milking time other than milking the cows and feeding the calves so you can be done by 6 pm ish, then go out and check for calving cows at 9 pm then go to bed. </p><p></p><p>Also find a hobby [USER=81760]@Jdunn55[/USER] that will take you off farm a few hours a week be that playing golf/ going to the gym or whatever, time spent off farm for yourself a few hours a week is worth 2x the hours you are not at home working!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone up the hill, post: 8050369, member: 1048"] Nothing in livestock farming ever goes to plan ( regardless of which sector you are in ) there are alway's problems that crop up, quite often you solve one issue today just to get another one tomorrow and everyone makes mistakes so stop being so hard on yourself. From reading your posts on here its clear that you have achieved a hell of a lot for someone of any age let alone your young years in the last few months. For the current situation and in the short term. You need to cut out any jobs that take up time but which are not critical to be done for a few weeks ( ie the calves for example, just tube/ bottle feed the ones that are not smart/do not suckle, let the rest suck the cow, yes you are concerned with Jhones ( or whatever the spelling is ) but for now forget about that issue untill you get back on track! Call the FCN, they will be able to listen and maybe get you help/ point you in the right direction to find a decent relief milker or may even know of a retired dairy farmer/worker who would love to do a few hours a week relief milking etc. Also ref your dads sheep etc, tell him that either he sells them or gets someone in to do the work looking after them, tell him that from the end of this month you cannot help him unless a one off emergency! Go back to milking the cows 2x day but milk at sensible times, ie say 6 am and 4 pm, make sure you have done all the jobs by milking time other than milking the cows and feeding the calves so you can be done by 6 pm ish, then go out and check for calving cows at 9 pm then go to bed. Also find a hobby [USER=81760]@Jdunn55[/USER] that will take you off farm a few hours a week be that playing golf/ going to the gym or whatever, time spent off farm for yourself a few hours a week is worth 2x the hours you are not at home working! [/QUOTE]
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