All things Dairy

[Jdunn55]

Wholecrop is looking good hasn't seen a sprayer as of yet!
One of my favourites goonhilly hilton winnie, pumping the milk out now

 

[pine_guy]

@lazy farmer

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Nothing eyebrow raising. 6.5/7k

 

[som farmer]

no bloody tickers that's for sure, fertility is in 10.5 week ,culled or maybe this year bull in for 3 week then send down to Wadebridge , fertility here is single figure for 12 years now. Have a plan a stick to it

l really know that, there's some really smart young cows, and pretty certain previous bull firing blanks, still, had their chance, so milk and kill, or this year, milk, dry off, fatten and kill, oceans of grass, for a change !

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Week 3 of dry off and last week of b/w pregs and I know it's the kiss of doom but this one is one of the picks of my hfrs this year.

 

[HasthorpeGrange]

Week 3 of dry off and last week of b/w pregs and I know it's the kiss of doom but this one is one of the picks of my hfrs this year.

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What percentage did you get incalf in the first 3 weeks? Also, how long is your block?
Your heifer looks well.

 

[More to life]

Week 3 of dry off and last week of b/w pregs and I know it's the kiss of doom but this one is one of the picks of my hfrs this year.

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Go on then how many liters?

 

[buffalo_soldier]

What percentage did you get incalf in the first 3 weeks? Also, how long is your block?
Your heifer looks well.

I'm a mere pretender compared to the proper block calvers on here. Be sub 50%, 45% maybe.
I sacrifice a bit of % for a bit of output.
Think about 90% calved after 9 weeks this year. Which handily takes me to max cows this year.

Go on then how many liters?

Smidge over 9k in 290 odd days. 4.4/3.4.
Not just that though, she's in a slightly smaller package...well for me anyway

 

[organicguy]

I'm a mere pretender compared to the proper block calvers on here. Be sub 50%, 45% maybe.
I sacrifice a bit of % for a bit of output.
Think about 90% calved after 9 weeks this year. Which handily takes me to max cows this year.



Smidge over 9k in 290 odd days. 4.4/3.4.
Not just that though, she's in a slightly smaller package...well for me anyway

She look like a BF

 

[buffalo_soldier]

She look like a BF

She'll be a Perseus, if you like her you'll go nuts for my Bloomfield's. They're like battleships

 

[Jdunn55]

She'll be a Perseus, if you like her you'll go nuts for my Bloomfield's. They're like battleships

I always liked perseus, do you have any penmanship daughters?

 

[som farmer]

got some bernard 26 hfr calves, not to far behind a good beefx calf, certainly well built.

 

[In the pit]

Had these heifers calve in the autumn and between 1-6 months they go dry on numerous quarters,no mastitis ,cell count low.I had similar issues on my last farm .any ideas??

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[pine_guy]

Had these heifers calve in the autumn and between 1-6 months they go dry on numerous quarters,no mastitis ,cell count low.I had similar issues on my last farm .any ideas??View attachment 967542View attachment 967543H

Cluster not fitting properly on close back teats resulting in not milking out properly and then drying itself off? I’ve one like that anyway

 

[In the pit]

What about the front teats
There’s one there with loadsa milk in right side but front and back dry on left side

 

[Cowmansam]

I’ve had this and never got to the bottom of it

 

[In the pit]

Some dry up quite quick others through the lactation
Milk doesn’t go funny
I can’t remember what happens next lactation

 

[Cowmansam]

They come back but on a shrunken quarter

 

[Cowmansam]

Vet said micoplasma was a possibility but found nothing in samples

 

[In the pit]

We’ve got that

 

[Cowmansam]

Was it just heifers you had it on I’ve had it on cows more than heifer but just one quarter Normaly