All things Dairy

[Sid]

Outwintering is fine, saves us a lot of money, but, in a wet time, to the general public, it looks awful. All of us, have seen cattle, in fields, grazing kale/roots, and thought, that looks a big mess. Some are outwintering, in fields not really suitable for it. Speaking to a min vet recently, the two most common complaints, are, starving cattle, by giving them not enough grass, strip grazing ! And cattle being kept in awful conditions, and starving them, outwintering, on kale.
We accept these as normal, and certainly not a welfare issue, while the public see it as a big issue, and vocally raise it with min vets, and presumably, the RSPCA. I don't have an answer, and accept, in a wet time, it looks bad, but, if enough members of the public, complain, legislation, will follow. So, perhaps a little more thought, about the fields we use for outwintering.

And the biggest issue with the public's pets is......obesity!

 

[TomB]

Can you leave stock out all year @TomB that looks incredibly dry.

Yes in places. Have to pick the field a bit. Things look much better after a dry week. And as with most social media pictures I only showed the nice bits!

 

[som farmer]

Yes in places. Have to pick the field a bit. Things look much better after a dry week. And as with most social media pictures I only showed the nice bits!

much drier today, even got some bales hauled.
no f###ing hfrs through the kale fence,
cows on kale, didn't want to come in, buggers
but probably the best bit, met a local couple walking our fields, never ever seen them walking our way, name brought up in conversation, he will have 60ish acres to rent out soon, been wondering the best way 'to bring the subject up', absolutely ideal chance, have to visit him, when tenant gives his notice in, which shouldn't be to long.

 

[Sid]

Might have a go at zero grazing today, had a test yesterday with my lads......

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[Jdunn55]

Should do for scraping up!

 

[Milkcow365]

12 pedigree Ayrshire heifers for sale
Pm for more info
Sw Scotland tb4

 

[Beef farmer]

12 pedigree Ayrshire heifers for sale
Pm for more info
Sw Scotland tb4

Call them hojo and send to baldy

 

[Durry cows]

12 pedigree Ayrshire heifers for sale
Pm for more info
Sw Scotland tb4

When due to calve?

 

[Milkcow365]

Call them hojo and send to baldy

When due to calve?

Sorry should of said fresh calved sorry , will find out bulls tomorrow and hopefully get some pics

 

[Milkcow365]

Call them hojo and send to baldy

My hojo calves due next week,

 

[pappuller]

Call them hojo and send to baldy

They'd mix in a treat[emoji23]

 

[Dead Rabbits]

My hojo calves due next week,

I’ve seen a couple snaps of the heifer raising enterprise. How are ya finding it? Out wintering this year?

 

[coomoo]

My hojo calves due next week,

Keep your Ayrshire’s first HoJo here pumping 35l out

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Some HoJo

 

[MrA.G.]

You’d wonder how that would be comfy

 

[Cows 'n grass]

View attachment 918734bast bast Ards got through the fence for second time. 7 kw going through it

There's 500+ out there somewhere. Fun afternoon. Full swear vocabulary used.

 

[Jdunn55]

There's 500+ out there somewhere. Fun afternoon. Full swear vocabulary used.

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You've made me feel better about the 70 that got through on stubble turnips yesterday... atleast I could see the bloody things

 

[betweenthelines]

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You’d wonder how that would be comfy

Don't know what you expect. The beds are clearly not long enough

 

[The Agrarian]

I entered the yard yesterday morning to find about 60 cows running all over the place, bulldozing bales of straw and shitting everywhere. And 30 made it into a not very dry field on the laneside, for a wreck around, by flattening a section of fence. Blood pressure was elevated...

This was the week for it!

It was entirely our fault though. We were distracted day before and forgot to replace the R clip in a door bar.

 

[The Agrarian]

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You’d wonder how that would be comfy

Have you seen any of them standing all four feet on the bed?