All things Dairy

[Scholsey]

Anybody farm near Newport/Fishguard, Pembs? Quite a few dairy farms in the area, just interested if any of them are on here.

 

[Tim G]

View attachment 1056231Is there anything more hateful than the “aw that’s a lovely looking sexed heifer, o wait there’s a set of balls” feeling.

Did you put the straw in the wrong way round?

 

[Happy hillbily]

Couldn't understand why the cows were bunched up in the corner just before milking ?

Had to go up to fetch them, usually they come to the gate if we're late starting.

It was the only place in the whole field where there was a breeze !

 

[sidjon]

Couldn't understand why the cows were bunched up in the corner just before milking ?
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Had to go up to fetch them, usually they come to the gate if we're late starting.View attachment 1056284
It was the only place in the whole field where there was a breeze !View attachment 1056285

Ours are the same, paddock has trees at the bottom and the cow's are stood out in the heat quite happy in the breeze

 

[Wishful Thinker]

Genus?

No. Don’t think I’ve had once since last July so not too bad tbf.

 

[___\0/___]

No. Don’t think I’ve had once since last July so not too bad tbf.

We had a run of 5 or 6 in a row from a Genus bull, wasn't fun at all. Don't know if it was just one of those things or a batch problem.

 

[Spudley]

Anybody farm near Newport/Fishguard, Pembs? Quite a few dairy farms in the area, just interested if any of them are on here.

We're about 11 miles inland from Newport

 

[FarmerWasty]

Having an add one at the moment with our calves. Had about 90% heifers off conventional Angus in the last 30 angus. And conventional b&w has given us 3 batches of heifer twins and sexed has given us 1 mixed set (last 4 cows to calve in a row).

 

[Scholsey]

We're about 11 miles inland from Newport

Got a holiday cottage in Dinas Cross, love it around here, serious amount of badgers about here mind.

 

[Spudley]

Got a holiday cottage in Dinas Cross, love it around here, serious amount of badgers about here mind.

We walk the coast path a lot.... the whole area is polluted with them.

 

[Spudley]

Pembrokeshire County show is on Wednesday and Thursday if you need a fix

 

[Scholsey]

We walk the coast path a lot.... the whole area is polluted with them.

Going to bring my thermal spotter down next time and see how many are actually about!

 

[organicguy]

Deangate Quentn. We had 60 straws and got 7 heifers.

Never checked his figures but always wondered why I hadn't used him more, maybe I did.

 

[Spudley]

Never checked his figures but always wondered why I hadn't used him more, maybe I did.

He was heavily used around here for one year....

 

[organicguy]

Had a Quentin daughter her way wife's favourite. When she took school kids into field she would leave herd to be petted by kids.
Bad day when she went
Not happy about cow either.

 

[vantage]

We're about 11 miles inland from Newport

I must be about 9 then!

 

[vantage]

@Hill Dairy , how’s the parlour going?

 

[Happy hillbily]

Don't know how many of you still use the deosan type of reusable milk filters. I have been looking for a new container to keep them in the filter cleaner between milkings. Mrs hillbily bought this back from IKEA the other day and it does the job perfectly. It a 10 litre bin with lid.

 

[Jdunn55]

Why do they insist on doing things like this?
5 minutes of pushing, pulling and a bit of swearing she waddled out a bit stiff but apart from some minor cuts she's otherwise OK thank god

 

[sjt01]

Has anyone used urea as a maize silage additive? It has been suggested to me as a way adding crude protein as well as preserving the silage. It looks like about 5 kg of prills per tonne would be used.