All things Dairy

[Farmer Keith]

Waste of time electric fencing, just mob graze the lot.

 

[Bald Rick]

Patching a bit of fencing to keep far offs and a few maidens away from neighbour

And haven't made up our minds to keep or sell our home grown Red heifers yet.

 

[Jdunn55]

Patching a bit of fencing to keep far offs and a few maidens away from neighbour

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And haven't made up our minds to keep or sell our home grown Red heifers yet.

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Put them in-calf and calve them, then sell them as fresh if you don't like them? Look nice heifers to look at!

 

[Bald Rick]

Put them in-calf and calve them, then sell them as fresh if you don't like them? Look nice heifers to look at!

They are in calf

 

[som farmer]

keep them, comparisons are always good, to have.

 

[pappuller]

They are in calf

when are they due ?

 

[Bald Rick]

when are they due ?

130 days in calf I believe
Got a few of them knocking around plus some Reds x Jersey
51:49 we keep them

 

[Tirglas]

Any pics of the crossbreds

 

[Maxxum120]

3rd cut growing nicely

 

[vantage]

Second cut on the go.

 

[vantage]

High quality grassland management locally. @Spudley

 

[Bald Rick]

Any pics of the crossbreds

Homebred HoJo example

Jersey x Red example

 

[Happy hillbily]

Fingers crossed planning going in for lagoon next week. I've two questions for the collective.
I need to get the slurry from a reception pit left arrow in pic. To the lagoon which hopefully be built in the field on the right , the other side of the road.

What will be the best way to get the slurry the 30m from the reception pit to the lagoon, I've probably a good 3m of fall between both.
Also the best way to cross under this unclassified road ?

 

[vantage]

Fingers crossed planning going in for lagoon next week. I've two questions for the collective.
I need to get the slurry from a reception pit left arrow in pic. To the lagoon which hopefully be built in the field on the right , the other side of the road.
View attachment 972585 What will be the best way to get the slurry the 30m from the reception pit to the lagoon, I've probably a good 3m of fall between both.
Also the best way to cross under this unclassified road ?
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Easy. Concrete ramp down over the road with the scrape!
Seriously, know of a two farms with large twin wall pipe under the road, one is a busy A road, the other the road to Newport Sands beach.

 

[Headless chicken]

Fingers crossed planning going in for lagoon next week. I've two questions for the collective.
I need to get the slurry from a reception pit left arrow in pic. To the lagoon which hopefully be built in the field on the right , the other side of the road.
View attachment 972585 What will be the best way to get the slurry the 30m from the reception pit to the lagoon, I've probably a good 3m of fall between both.
Also the best way to cross under this unclassified road ?
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Big pipe, say nothing, do it quick

 

[Jdunn55]

Another good PD session today, 12/12 in-calf to sexed semen with only 1 to recheck
A couple of my favourites (although I've quickly realised i don't have many who aren't my favourites )

 

[bigw]

Big twin wall pipe as said, make sure there are no services in the road if you dig it up though!

 

[bigw]

Another good PD session today, 12/12 in-calf to sexed semen with only 1 to recheck
A couple of my favourites (although I've quickly realised i don't have many who aren't my favourites )

Is the big girl back in calf @Jdunn55

 

[organicguy]

Fingers crossed planning going in for lagoon next week. I've two questions for the collective.
I need to get the slurry from a reception pit left arrow in pic. To the lagoon which hopefully be built in the field on the right , the other side of the road.
View attachment 972585 What will be the best way to get the slurry the 30m from the reception pit to the lagoon, I've probably a good 3m of fall between both.
Also the best way to cross under this unclassified road ?
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We have a smaller problem yet bigger.
Need to replace galvanised water pipe with 50mm poly. B road with medium pressure gas main in middle of road.
Suggestions, helpful only please!

 

[Jdunn55]

Is the big girl back in calf @Jdunn55

Not yet bulling again today, had the vet check her and all normal so given her a holding injection, I'll serve her tonight and then inject her again in 11 days time and crossing fingers and toes