All things Dairy

[Cows 'n grass]

What are they and what are they meant to do? I just assumed it was a type of bolus for minerals but from the above they're a bit more specialised? Something to do with ketosis??

Monensin alters the rumen flora to improve feed efficiency. I don't think it's a hormone but it's a bit close to being an antibiotic. It's widely used as a feed additive in most countries outside Europe.

 

[Jdunn55]

Perhaps they would be useful
On your fatty carry round @Jdunn55

watch who you're calling fat! Shes just big boned!
I'll speak with my vet about them as I dare say they'll have had experience with them and I am going to guess that they're probably not cheap... I'm not keen on having metal springs anywhere near my cows though, are there other types or are these the only ones?

 

[Cowmansam]

They are pretty cheap and actually would benefit cows like her

 

[pappuller]

They are pretty cheap and actually would benefit cows like her

By putting more condition on her

 

[Cowmansam]

By putting more condition on her

Price of beef these days only sensible haha

 

[Will Blackburn]

Kexxtone are good, we use them very, very selectively and sometimes retrospectively, seem to be effective in both circumstances.

 

[Wishful Thinker]

I’ve used them on twins, the odd cow i was worried about or vet recommended them after a cow had a LDA. Get regurgitated, mine are usually at the front of cubicles

Tried one to see if it would go through, to be fair if it was stood on yes it would have but for all I’m using I don’t see it as a problem. I have a lot of roadside fields, finding all sorts of rubbish in the silage worries me more.

 

[Beef farmer]

Perhaps they would be useful
On your fatty carry round @Jdunn55

She take about 6

 

[Jdunn55]

She take about 6

She will weigh an extra kg just in kexxtones in a minute

 

[bigw]

She will weigh an extra kg just in kexxtones in a minute

Is it today that she gets pd'd?

 

[Jdunn55]

Is it today that she gets pd'd?

A week today, getting increasingly nervous now shes either in calf or run out of eggs to cycle

 

[lazy farmer]

Is it today that she gets pd'd?

 

[Cowmansam]

A week today, getting increasingly nervous now shes either in calf or run out of eggs to cycle

Won’t run out of eggs I don’t reckon

 

[Jdunn55]

Started self feeding silage this week apparently

 

[In the pit]

I did some of the research /trials for the ketosis boluses and found that they would have been of no use on 99% of the cows I was working with
There were 450 spring calvers

 

[Cowmansam]

Started self feeding silage this week apparently

Keep an eye out for cows looking bad in a day or two someone’s probably ate the net and wrap

 

[Jdunn55]

Keep an eye out for cows looking bad in a day or two someone’s probably ate the net and wrap

The bales they've eaten from were already ripped luckily/unluckily (depending on how you look at it!) So hopefully they'll be fine, We had to clear a path to a drain cover because the drain was blocked which meant tunneling through a stack of bales and unfortunately cut a couple of them with the tractors tires on the way in

 

[Cowmansam]

Ah these things happen

 

[Martyn]

We are away for week befor calving kicks off on the 12th got this photo message today plus lots udders showing cows due before Weeknd

 

[Will Blackburn]

Tops on.