All things Dairy

[Cows 'n grass]

Boxing Day Breakfast.
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Looking great. Are they just on grass?

 

[easy farming]

Looking great. Are they just on grass?

Yes, usually around Xmas day they go onto bales and deferred grazing. But this year we will have enough grazing to go around another 14 days. Probably won't last until the PFC, but will be close. Went all AI on the cows this year and so we haven't had any R2 bulls around, made a surprising difference.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Ahh but I'd had 11-7pm off with the family so got back late, if I'd started at 4 I would have finished by 6/half 6 but couldn't see a lot of point in front of the tv to fall asleep!

One day I'll hopefully save enough money for new sheds, robots and an army of staff but atm I make do with what I have, which is far from perfect...

Exactly that. We finished earlier last night well what a load of crap on tv.

 

[Martyn]

Exactly that. We finished earlier last night well what a load of crap on tv.

Well I started scraping at 10.15 got back in a just gone 2! Cogent van in the yard 6.15 had a super Christmas Day though

 

[In the pit]

Super boxing day

 

[Ducati899]

Super boxing day

I thought the penalty was soft imo

 

[In the pit]

I thought the penalty was soft imo

Gotta have some luck

 

[pappuller]

Ahh but I'd had 11-7pm off with the family so got back late, if I'd started at 4 I would have finished by 6/half 6 but couldn't see a lot of point in front of the tv to fall asleep!

One day I'll hopefully save enough money for new sheds, robots and an army of staff but atm I make do with what I have, which is far from perfect...

No army of staff here just keep things simple

 

[Jdunn55]

No army of staff here just keep things simple

Who does your evening milking?

 

[Ducati899]

Who does your evening milking?

he’s got 4 staff members for that

 

[Scholsey]

he’s got 4 staff members for that

4 big Dutch buggers

 

[coomoo]

Easy to forget the help a family/kids give when getting work red up.... it all takes time as one man band. The simple things AI a cow or two, feed a new born calve pen it up and put a cow in a calving pen etc etc all after milking and the time slips away....

Cows looking a real credit to you @Jdunn55....

 

[Beef farmer]

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Milking is shorts at Christmas. Isn't Scotland meant to be cold ?

 

[coomoo]

Milking is shorts at Christmas. Isn't Scotland meant to be cold ?

Should be but it’s been an oddly mild one so far. Santa’s transport to milking never even marked the lawn. We’ll pay for it come spring time tho.

 

[pappuller]

Who does your evening milking?

Same team that does morning and afternoon and midnight

 

[Mr Mackay]

Meant to put this up the other day - my niece was getting creative with Santas hat

 

[Gulli]

We will have Herefords available next year, they are from our small suckler herd, they have never been inside and we don’t feed anything other than grass so nothing show like or flash/big but the team we have bread our selves deliver the goods. We never have luck buying bulls, always dropped in condition/etc View attachment 1154989View attachment 1154990

Are they pedigree? Drop me a message if you're looking for any new genetics.
Mine stay out on grass most the winter, never seen hard feed

 

[Happy hillbily]

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Meant to put this up the other day - my niece was getting creative with Santas hat

Daughter tried the same here

 

[Beef farmer]

Are they pedigree? Drop me a message if you're looking for any new genetics.
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One of them could have done with some hard food.

 

[Mr Mackay]

Daughter tried the same here
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Heres another -her 'pet' cow