All things Dairy

[Jdunn55]

U going to be selling lots of fresh cows soon then @Jdunn55 ? Or will you keep one block and sell the other fresh?

A lot depends on next weeks tb test tbh

If it goes OK my bull should head off to genus and then hopefully I'll premovement test anything I want to sell in August when the majority should have calved in so theyll be sort of 10-120 days calved I guess

 

[Martyn]

A lot depends on next weeks tb test tbh

If it goes OK my bull should head off to genus and then hopefully I'll premovement test anything I want to sell in August when the majority should have calved in so theyll be sort of 10-120 days calved I guess

I’d sell as fresh as you can if you’re going to sell.

 

[happycows]

Agree. Flying trade at Holsworthy today.
Try and get a nice bit of condition on them and push them for 2 weeks and get them in market.
People want a instant return on their purchase and if you spend £2k you don’t want someone else to have had 3500/4000l of milk off them.

 

[Cowwilf]

Agree. Flying trade at Holsworthy today.
Try and get a nice bit of condition on them and push them for 2 weeks and get them in market.
People want a instant return on their purchase and if you spend £2k you don’t want someone else to have had 3500/4000l of milk off them.

And avoid the risk of another tb test.

 

[sidjon]

60ml of rain overnight, plus some of my own tears as 25 acres of rye and vetch gone flat and have had to put jackets on some 6 weeks old calves which seem to have caught the weather wrong, apparently its May

 

[Martyn]

What fun! Trying to get water to heifers in May🫣 and iv had some blocked colters just to make my day

 

[sidjon]

What fun! Trying to get water to heifers in May🫣 and iv had some blocked colters just to make my dayView attachment 1179553View attachment 1179554View attachment 1179555View attachment 1179556

Looks like tramlines .......

 

[Green Grass]

Not sure id worry about extra water today.

 

[Martyn]

Not sure id worry about extra water today.

They drink 300-400l daily

 

[Purbeck]

Our ladies seemed quite relaxed about awaking to the new Riviera...

 

[Jdunn55]

I've got a bulling heifer (never calved) who's in standing heat.

I'm going to ai her again now regardless but she was standing heat (and served) last Wednesday.

She was given estrumate around the 10th of April as she was 3 months incalf (by accident - had a bull escape for a few days and managed to get 6/20 incalf in that time) and I wanted her incalf to ai (one of my best heifers)

Thoughts on why or what? Shall I offer her to vet at next herd visit (end of month)

 

[FarmerWasty]

2ml of gonavet along with service should sort her out.

 

[More to life]

I've got a bulling heifer (never calved) who's in standing heat.

I'm going to ai her again now regardless but she was standing heat (and served) last Wednesday.

She was given estrumate around the 10th of April as she was 3 months incalf (by accident - had a bull escape for a few days and managed to get 6/20 incalf in that time) and I wanted her incalf to ai (one of my best heifers)

Thoughts on why or what? Shall I offer her to vet at next herd visit (end of month)

probably cystic shot of Overlin with along with the service. I've learnt over the years that PG pregnant hiefers is always a bad idea.

 

[Headless chicken]

can confirm doing this

To avoid this

in may is absolute bulls**t.

second pic taken at the most forgiving angle. 279 cows were all huddled on that patch this morning in the pissing rain

Looking for the positives though my zero fossil fuel approach to min till has to score some points with the socks and sandals brigade

 

[Spudley]

Ours didn't even go out today. It's bulls**t. They're on the second round now and the fields are just too tender. It's bulls**t.

 

[Spudley]

Someone posts rainfall in Crymych on Twitter. They've recorded nearly 2300 mm in the last 8 months.

 

[Happy hillbily]

can confirm doing this
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To avoid this
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in may is absolute bulls**t.

second pic taken at the most forgiving angle. 279 cows were all huddled on that patch this morning in the pissing rain

Looking for the positives though my zero fossil fuel approach to min till has to score some points with the socks and sandals brigade

Is the fiddle serviced and ready to go ?

 

[Sylution]

can confirm doing this
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To avoid this
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in may is absolute bulls**t.

second pic taken at the most forgiving angle. 279 cows were all huddled on that patch this morning in the pissing rain

Looking for the positives though my zero fossil fuel approach to min till has to score some points with the socks and sandals brigade

Just got ours in now, been on off grazing since Monday. Different situation to @Spudley we are on 1st round still, about 8days to go, not much second round coming back yet, hope for a growing 8 days. However due to the larger covers they have to be grazed pretty tight, but the weather and ground conditions are horrendous. More like late October. We are about 6 miles from Crymych and I know it has rained a lot, up to 60 mm since Monday here. 2024 spring is a challenge.

 

[jimmer]

60mm here yesterday/early hours this morning
Housed last night and today, out again tonight

 

[Headless chicken]

Ours didn't even go out today. It's bulls**t. They're on the second round now and the fields are just too tender. It's bulls**t.

we’ve been out for 6/7

Is the fiddle serviced and ready to go ?
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going to need a bigger sized one at this rate I think