Advice putting more cows on

[Nh6050]

as says putting more cows on.
But I'm in abit undecided.
Either irish Fressions 3rd/4th calvers

Or
Dutch Holstein Fressions which are more like British Fressions 1/2nd calvers and correct cows.

We feed silage grass and 1 1/4?ton of cake.

I do fancy the Dutch cows but will they do on my system.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

What system are you running? High yielding.

 

[Nh6050]

7000 litres very basic all year calve

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

I would think both would work. The Dutch cows I have seen are strong cows.

 

[Nh6050]

Yh the man told me they are good strong correct cows and a bit more milk wouldn't go a miss to be honest.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Is there much price difference?

 

[Nh6050]

£50

 

[Rossymons]

For £50 go for the one you want.

 

[multi power]

What do you hope to achieve by milking more cow's?

 

[upnortheast]

What do you hope to achieve by milking more cow's?

Higher borrowings
More work
More sh!t
Sounds good in the pub
Anything else ?

 

[vulcan]

Sounds like a few people round here

Higher borrowings
More work
More sh!t
Sounds good in the pub
Anything else ?

 

[jockthethistle]

What are the cows costing from both countries. .. ta. jtt

 

[Bald Rick]

Higher borrowings
More work
More sh!t
Sounds good in the pub
Anything else ?

Have you seen the size of my hampton??

 

[William Mellor]

as says putting more cows on.
But I'm in abit undecided.
Either irish Fressions 3rd/4th calvers

Or
Dutch Holstein Fressions which are more like British Fressions 1/2nd calvers and correct cows.

We feed silage grass and 1 1/4?ton of cake.

I do fancy the Dutch cows but will they do on my system.

I've got couple of Irish cows and Dutch cows, would say that the Dutch cows would perform better on a high input system where as the Irish ones are brilliant at grazing and milking off grass.
If it was me I'd go with the Irish but choice is yours

 

[lazy farmer]

disease status would be a big issue for me.

 

[straw bale]

as says putting more cows on.
But I'm in abit undecided.
Either irish Fressions 3rd/4th calvers

Or
Dutch Holstein Fressions which are more like British Fressions 1/2nd calvers and correct cows.

We feed silage grass and 1 1/4?ton of cake.

I do fancy the Dutch cows but will they do on my system.

i agree with William ive no experience of irish cows but the dutch ones were terrible at grazing to the point where they just wouldn't eat grass an just started drying them selves off.

 

[Headless chicken]

We've got a bit of everything here. Just watch the Irish fresh cows normally means she was ones fresh and second calver means she's only calved twice in the last 2 years but they ignore the ones before that

 

[mf240]

Higher borrowings
More work
More sh!t
Sounds good in the pub
Anything else ?

If you have time to go to the pub you haven't enough cows!

 

[Sid]

If you have time to go to the pub you haven't enough cows!

Put more cows on so you can afford more rounds in the pub ...but with more cows you may have less spare time to goto the pub