Are you serving out of the field?
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- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Probably he likes to do weird things
A quiet one.
We've had good success with Devon bulls - quiet, fertile, get the job done without too much.
Heifers just cough and the calf is out. Then the calf just shakes it's head and it's latched on. Doesn't need much more than a gallon of a milk and some oxygen and off they go.
We've had good success with Devon bulls - quiet, fertile, get the job done without too much.
Heifers just cough and the calf is out. Then the calf just shakes it's head and it's latched on. Doesn't need much more than a gallon of a milk and some oxygen and off they go.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I know of two outfits paying good money for Wagyu calves. Might be worth looking into by the shape of them they will slip out no problem and be a quiet bull I would think
Careful not to confuse a Devon with a South Devon which are massive giraffe type things.
Our Devon bull would be about 600kg. Our previous one was slightly heavier but he last used just shy of a decade.
buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
It's a bit convoluted. When the cows come in, the hfrs move onto the platform.
From there I bring them in for a conc feed, draft and serve. Then back out.
I have a feed pad out there where they get whole crop, plus access to fresh grass by way of a gate system.
Oh for a ring fenced farm
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buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
Whatever native breed takes your fancy really.
I've gone Hereford as the breeder ticked all my health requirements.
Just make sure easy calving as a trait goes back a couple of generations at least.
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Stage two of cow tracks
Any reason for using splash plate when dribble bar is available?
His neighbour doesn’t like his neighbours!
I use it home,not keen on wearing the macerator when in effect dumping the slurry.
Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
Holsteins, it’ll never work.
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Apologies for the poor picture but this is Jackie, one of our first two Jerseys to arrive here back in March 2018. Both were empty and dry when we bought them and whilst the other got in calf reasonably quickly, Jackie had other ideas. Eventually she was pd+ but I guess she slipped it and being a bit soft I ran her on, and it looks like a change of bull did the trick.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
So we had our 12 months Tb test last week 1 reactor and 6 ir had a letter today saying that they have changed the reading to severe and now they want to take 5. So bloody frustrating. Has anyone else had this? Had 4 ir last year and they went clear on second test.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
We have had lesions in the past but not in last 3 years I don’t think.
They seem to be getting a bit keen at the moment, mate lost 1 fat Bullock and they are wanting to do gamma ( they've had no tb for 10 year's)