Ducati899
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Depends on the supply and demand situation, meat scarce makes no difference, meat plentiful you get a spanking
Some would pay to get their meat spanked
Depends on the supply and demand situation, meat scarce makes no difference, meat plentiful you get a spanking
Or rubbed with rice wine ?Some would pay to get their meat spanked
With a happy endingOr rubbed with rice wine ?
Some would pay to get their meat spanked
So crappy week last week, lost one cow and heifer calf with Hydrops. Had a nice frisian x jersey calf off my jersey cow, but then lost both of them, i think to milk fever with the cow possibly falling on the calf, as the were found side by side in the field the morning after, but with no visible signs of distress on either.
I was hoping this year to get some decent silage, and get it at the begining of june, its done nothing but chuck it down since the begining of the month, had 5 inches last week, and had another inch over night, and the forcast not looking any better !
Oh I just love farming
Anyway to cheer me up no 8 gave me a nice heifer calf, drumarush endurance x brown swiss ( born on saturday but didnt post as i didnt didn to jinx her) so feeling better this week
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- The highs and lows of farming! Sometimes the lows all come together unfortunately. Onwards and upwards
So crappy week last week, lost one cow and heifer calf with Hydrops. Had a nice frisian x jersey calf off my jersey cow, but then lost both of them, i think to milk fever with the cow possibly falling on the calf, as the were found side by side in the field the morning after, but with no visible signs of distress on either.
I was hoping this year to get some decent silage, and get it at the begining of june, its done nothing but chuck it down since the begining of the month, had 5 inches last week, and had another inch over night, and the forcast not looking any better !
Oh I just love farming
Anyway to cheer me up no 8 gave me a nice heifer calf, drumarush endurance x brown swiss ( born on saturday but didnt post as i didnt didn to jinx her) so feeling better this week
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I've had 5 limo bull calves on the bounce
So crappy week last week, lost one cow and heifer calf with Hydrops. Had a nice frisian x jersey calf off my jersey cow, but then lost both of them, i think to milk fever with the cow possibly falling on the calf, as the were found side by side in the field the morning after, but with no visible signs of distress on either.
I was hoping this year to get some decent silage, and get it at the begining of june, its done nothing but chuck it down since the begining of the month, had 5 inches last week, and had another inch over night, and the forcast not looking any better !
Oh I just love farming
Anyway to cheer me up no 8 gave me a nice heifer calf, drumarush endurance x brown swiss ( born on saturday but didnt post as i didnt didn to jinx her) so feeling better this week
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Vet bloods back today, completely clear of Johnes and Fluke. She's back out with all the others, has picked up a bit although lost lots of condition, is eating and cudding, no milk and still not eating all her cake, so really not sure what to make of her. As we will now have plenty of grass and as long as she doesn't get worse we'll probably keep her, dry off, hopefully get the Simm calf she's expecting in the autumn and then send her up the road. Obviously if she loses her calf then she's gone.Johnes is a right pig ,hiding away till stress comes a calling !! One of my favorites with 3 daughters and a granddaughter has just come back high for the first time (she was going dry , I think I read that as they dry up theres more chance of a milk test coming back high ?!!)
I hope your cow improves . We are lucky having round bales left and this year we have carried on bufferfeeding that, in a TMR , with blend and molasses, so the cold wet day or 2 , hasnt knocked them too bad !
Use a strip wire, make them deck it and they wont get too fat.Does this pass as standing hay? Never had the weather to make any nice belly fill for the dry cows, will they be ok grazing this? Hasn't got much structure but it's old grass that's not had any stock for a while and no fertiliser, just don't want to end up with a load of fat dry cows
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Use a strip wire, make them deck it and they wont get too fat.
This. Move the fence a yard every day and offer good quality ad-lib straw.Use a strip wire, make them deck it and they wont get too fat.