All things Dairy

[coomoo]

Do you ever footbath them with anything else? Am I wasting my time putting them through a copper bath?

Not this year solely been formalin. Last year washed an linco sprayed monthly and used some copper and can’t say I’ve seen it any worse this year.

 

[Headless chicken]

MEMBER: 3701500, 22/01/2018, LABEL = 035, FAT = 4.46, PROTEIN = 3.27, SCC = 169, , BACTOSCAN = 35, UREA = 0.027 FPD = 519

@Beef farmer you were asking how things were when on turnips. That’s the most recent sample fairly representative other than the F&P lower than it has been

 

[happycows]

How are you all managing with mud blindness and slurry with all this rain. Pits must be getting full up now.

Emptied my pit with umbilical 12 days ago. Fingers crossed it’s dryer in 6 weeks when I need to empty it next and hopefully start thinking about zerograzing.

 

[jondear]

once ot twice a week here In the winter. Have found since we changed to Envirobed and it’s inclusion of lime Digi is a lot better. We mainly footbath to keep feet hard.

Emptied my pit with umbilical 12 days ago. Fingers crossed it’s dryer in 6 weeks when I need to empty it next and hopefully start thinking about zerograzing.

Your not in an NVZ then!

 

[Milkcow365]

Not this year solely been formalin. Last year washed an linco sprayed monthly and used some copper and can’t say I’ve seen it any worse this year.

What dilution rate roughly will you be using?

 

[Rossymons]

Pits have been getting full up regularly since beginning of the month. Regularly sucking up loadss of dirty water and just dumping into the field.

As for mud blindness? Well I'd need to loose something out for that. No danger of that happening anytime soon.

 

[lazy farmer]

are people using the bvd notching eartags ?

 

[Stuart1]

are people using the bvd notching eartags ?

Yes I'm using them, super handy.

 

[Big_D]

View attachment 624998 Got a heifer bagging up to calve with 5 teats as can be seen! Sod’s law looking at it she’s gonna milk on it and it’s gonna cause grief..any ideas?

Hopefully if you ignore it and don't draw it, it will just dry itself off?

 

[pappuller]

View attachment 624998 Got a heifer bagging up to calve with 5 teats as can be seen! Sod’s law looking at it she’s gonna milk on it and it’s gonna cause grief..any ideas?

that would send my bots into meltdown

 

[Durry cows]

that would send my bots into meltdown

Special deal she’s 10% off to you

 

[More to life]

Special deal she’s 10% off to you

I was thinking £500 per tit

 

[Durry cows]

I was thinking £500 per tit

Sold for £2500 then! I’ll even deliver her at that...

 

[pappuller]

Special deal she’s 10% off to you

TFF discount I think you called it last time

 

[pappuller]

Sold for £2500 then! I’ll even deliver her at that...

At least you know where your going

 

[coomoo]

What dilution rate roughly will you be using?

Have two 200litre baths in row get 5 litres in each so 2.5%. 100 cows through am and pm then cleaned.

 

[betweenthelines]

That five titter has made me think.

Why do cows have 4 teats when sheep only have two?

 

[Manney]

The new calf feeding toy has arrived in time for the start of calving

 

[supercow]

Got two brothers, I’m the middle and a new entrant 5 years ago we bought a farm already milking 160 cows I left school the day we taken the farm on. We have a few different business interests

U sound very mature for your age, far more mature than some of the 30+ fruitcakes on here!! Did u do college?

 

[Beef farmer]

U sound very mature for your age, far more mature than some of the 30+ fruitcakes on here!! Did u do college?

Mr nz?