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Tasty bit of Jersey x blue. Hard too judge scale from the photo but that board is 30 x 50cm. Wife and I barely ate half.
Looks a nice bit of steak. Reckon I could force it down on my own but I am a fat barsteward!Tasty bit of Jersey x blue. Hard too judge scale from the photo but that board is 30 x 50cm. Wife and I barely ate half.
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We did our first Jersey steer back in November, was a bit sceptical but it was very nice. Sold it through our shop and got a lot of good feedback too. Downside was there wasn't much of it.Tasty bit of Jersey x blue. Hard too judge scale from the photo but that board is 30 x 50cm. Wife and I barely ate half.
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Doesn't look like it, c&g got a whole one on a chopping boardWe did our first Jersey steer back in November, was a bit sceptical but it was very nice. Sold it through our shop and got a lot of good feedback too. Downside was there wasn't much of it.
We did our first Jersey steer back in November, was a bit sceptical but it was very nice. Sold it through our shop and got a lot of good feedback too. Downside was there wasn't much of it.
Are you pleased with your decision to going into milk you must have a few cows if you have a herdsmansorting out cows for drying off, nearly done a full circle, a year next week since I secured a contract agreed to buy the cows plunging myself into being a dairy farmer.
So the current debate is do we go selective dry cow based purely on CMT at dry off? Vet not overly keen but think that is from the problems they get from poor hygiene at sealing, herdsman is keen, done a lot of it in NZ. I’m always keen to try things as it’s the only real way to know. Neighbour suggested when he’s seen guys do it, results are sketchy. Anybody on here got first hand experience, would love some views
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Or regrets his decision enough to need 1Are you pleased with your decision to going into milk you must have a few cows if you have a herdsman
Are you pleased with your decision to going into milk you must have a few cows if you have a herdsman
watching your new setup with interest....... the entrepreneur in me really enjoys the set up bit the mostOr regrets his decision enough to need 1
100 is not that ambitiousslightly different with a new bought in herd, history unknown. The best way to know, is recording/sample.
not quite brave enough to not a/b any though, but that may come, our vets seem to be having difficulty in actually getting the tubes, choice of 1 milking, and 1 dry cow, orbaseal has gone to ubroseal, and ubrolexin for milk, and ubro red is now orbenin extra dc. Anything under 100, no d/c tubes.
I find it funny (and I might be wrong) how you criticise others, but then put on here how you have to teat seal your heifers as your cubicle management is so poor.100 is not that ambitious
We will allow 300 on the last recording as long as the rest of lactation was sub 200.100 is not that ambitious
Lazy to his cost has had issues with mastitis in freshly calved heifers. He has found a method that will get his incidence down to really good levels that works for him. He's shown you photos of heifers lieing backwards in cubicles which will unfortunately never be a great starting point.I find it funny (and I might be wrong) how you criticise others, but then put on here how you have to teat seal your heifers as your cubicle management is so poor.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure he said his cubicle management was poor because no one was there during January, presumably because he/they are off on jolly's to find out how to make more money, while he neglect's what's at home, so therefore actually costing/loosing money instead, I find it ironic to criticise others when you are neglecting your own at one of the most critical times of the year.Lazy to his cost has had issues with mastitis in freshly calved heifers. He has found a method that will get his incidence down to really good levels that works for him. He's shown you photos of heifers lieing backwards in cubicles which will unfortunately never be a great starting point.
Now he has removed the vagaries of cubicle management and the effect that a damp spell might have and reliably achieves good results at a financial cost he regards acceptable.
got to start somewhere, but drying cows off, to go out on kale/mud, without tubes, ,doesn't appeal much, 1 cow lost, more money than the tubes. Drying aut block off, going out on to dry clean ground, totally different. Years ago, the system was milk x1 day, for a week, then we went to dry/off, straw and water only, today tube and out, perhaps we should look at those 'old' ways again. Even with the lower yielding spr calving cows, it's suprising how udders bulk up on some.100 is not that ambitious
years ago we had a really bad time with summer mastitus, in roughly a 100 i/c hfrs, vet advised us to tube them with drying off tube, 1/2 were ours, the others my cousins, agreed he would do his, i would do ours, he went first, definitely not something to try, it was stupidly dangerous, and only the 1 was partially done. We then used liquid colodyon, better known as liquid skin, dead easy to put on, and very effective. Looked on the net for some recently, could only find very small bottles, at a ridiculous price. But, using it after tube/seal, would keep the teat end hygienically sterile, and serve as a stronger seal, for the 'danger' period, straight after tubing.I find it funny (and I might be wrong) how you criticise others, but then put on here how you have to teat seal your heifers as your cubicle management is so poor.
Antibiotic dry cow tubes are far more limited in preventing mastitis Than a sealant. Their use should really only be for clearing up an infection and a sealant and management practices should stop the infection in the dry period.got to start somewhere, but drying cows off, to go out on kale/mud, without tubes, ,doesn't appeal much, 1 cow lost, more money than the tubes. Drying aut block off, going out on to dry clean ground, totally different. Years ago, the system was milk x1 day, for a week, then we went to dry/off, straw and water only, today tube and out, perhaps we should look at those 'old' ways again. Even with the lower yielding spr calving cows, it's suprising how udders bulk up on some.
i know, but brought up in a time a/b dry cow tubes, were an absolute must, the magic cure ! Really don't like the thought of them walking through the muddy bits. Will get there in the end. Read an article that seemed sensible a few years ago, basically saying, in the high yielding holstiens, by the time the udder had 'dried' completely out, it was starting to prepare for the next lactation, thus not allowing the cows natural ability to overcome the mastitus.Antibiotic dry cow tubes are far more limited in preventing mastitis Than a sealant. Their use should really only be for clearing up an infection and a sealant and management practices should stop the infection in the dry period.
Don’t have issues with just sealing cows with a cell count below 200. That was my point. Very very rarelyDo we get fresh infections at the point of calving. So I know the value of sealing. Hence why we now seal heifers.Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure he said his cubicle management was poor because no one was there during January, presumably because he/they are off on jolly's to find out how to make more money, while he neglect's what's at home, so therefore actually costing/loosing money instead, I find it ironic to criticise others when you are neglecting your own at one of the most critical times of the year.