All things Dairy

[Jdunn55]

I've decided my cows hate me and are trying to kill me
Luckily they weren't up there long and doesn't seem to be too much brown stuff up there

 

[sjt01]

Anybody know the dose rate for metacam in people, twisted my ankle this morning, wasn’t too bad till I took welly off a lunch time, evening feeding up is a tad painful

Withdrawn as human medicine as side effects (slow acting) were too dangerous. I think it either gets the liver or the kidney.

 

[In the pit]

I've decided my cows hate me and are trying to kill me
Luckily they weren't up there long and doesn't seem to be too much brown stuff up there

Self feed at its best

 

[Spudley]

Friend of ours (like you a lone farmer) was on the silage late one night and didn't chain the gate to the silage clamp before he went to bed. Of course the cows ended up in there - and one impaled her udder on a tine of the buck rake. She was fine and hopefully he never forgot to chain the gate again!

 

[vantage]

I've decided my cows hate me and are trying to kill me
Luckily they weren't up there long and doesn't seem to be too much brown stuff up there

Count your blessings that you hadn’t followed best practice and sheeted the pit immediately!

 

[Spudley]

Count your blessings that you hadn’t followed best practice and sheeted the pit immediately!

Now that would be worse.

 

[Tim G]

I've decided my cows hate me and are trying to kill me
Luckily they weren't up there long and doesn't seem to be too much brown stuff up there

I didn't realise you could get black and white Jerseys. It's just the sort of thing our's would do.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

I've decided my cows hate me and are trying to kill me
Luckily they weren't up there long and doesn't seem to be too much brown stuff up there

That’s they type of thing that normally happens to us.

 

[Jdunn55]

Count your blessings that you hadn’t followed best practice and sheeted the pit immediately!

It's not often being a sh*t farmer pays off

 

[Jdunn55]

That’s they type of thing that normally happens to us.

All I can say is thank god I'm in a good mood today

 

[vantage]

It's not often being a sh*t farmer pays off

You’re not alone!

 

[som farmer]

I've decided my cows hate me and are trying to kill me
Luckily they weren't up there long and doesn't seem to be too much brown stuff up there

just like us, cows like warm beds, dad drove through the wire again ?
remember coming across an article years ago, where suckler cows were bedded down, on top of their silage, gradually swapping, as the pit went back, to ground level. Sounds a great idea, not sure about the practicalities of making it work.

 

[Jdunn55]

just like us, cows like warm beds, dad drove through the wire again ?
remember coming across an article years ago, where suckler cows were bedded down, on top of their silage, gradually swapping, as the pit went back, to ground level. Sounds a great idea, not sure about the practicalities of making it work.

They did seem very comfy
Not dad this time, not exactly sure how they got there if I'm honest, wire still in tact and kicking well, gates all closed only thing I can see is that the dung pile has crept out recently and is now under the fence so maybe they manged to stand on the dung and hop over the fence (would explain why there was only a dozen of them)

 

[som farmer]

perhaps, like many, they enjoy taking the pi55 out of you.

 

[Jdunn55]

@Rossymons just taken these for you, some of my older calves

 

[Rossymons]

@Rossymons just taken these for you, some of my older calves

I'd be proud to put my name against those, cracking job!

You must be in a good mood today! Where did you go after you finished silage and what's she called?

 

[Cowwilf]

I measured today, growth rate 57 but it was 80 last week and fields grazed in the last week haven't moved at all.

Not managed to hit 60 yet here, I measured on Friday growth was 56 up from 53 the previous week plenty of grass to go at but not as lush as it should be for the time of year, it looks more like mid summer grass. It's been a slow growing spring, cold and dry.

 

[Happy at it]

I'd be proud to put my name against those, cracking job!

You must be in a good mood today! Where did you go after you finished silage and what's she called?

Funny i was thinking along those lines, and was going to say to him, the silage is in,get milked up and get out a run.

A while back I used to think I didn't work hard enough when I was late teens and early 20's, now I'm near 40 I'm sure I worked far too much.

 

[Jdunn55]

I'd be proud to put my name against those, cracking job!

You must be in a good mood today! Where did you go after you finished silage and what's she called?

Thanks and she's called sleep, it does wonders finished at 11 last night and collapsed in a pile on the sofa where I remained all night without waking up once, it was heaven

 

[Rossymons]

@Rossymons just taken these for you, some of my older calves

Remind me again as I've probably definitely forgotten - what's wrong that shed for calf rearing? It looks damn near perfect with the bales like that!