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The one that calved early outside (2nd calver) was immediately adopted by the wrong cow and if we have a mismothering in the yard, at the very least I can hoick the calf out quick on my own, as they all get bottle fed colostrum anyway. Far easier for me to take colostrum into a yard 100 yards away than 400 yards down the field in the dark. We also have calving cameras so if one is calving at midnight I can at least look at it from the comfort of my bed, as well as being easier to check them as calving progresses.I’d say calving outside is better for the cows and calves less mis mothering less assisting calvings and milk fevers far less chance off calves pickin up bugs in the field than a shed
Depends how it’s done be no different than someone calving inside and not beddingHaving seen how some dry cows are kept on standing hay I would say the last point may not always be true!
Perhaps this explains why some people have so much mastitis - we hardly get any!Depends how it’s done be no different than someone calving inside and not bedding
We will pull some cubicles in for dry cows. Can house 70 loose. Will draft once a week at 14-21 days precalving which is a bit tight. Will be about 160 in 3 weeksCan be depends how many you need to be dealing with we can loose house probably 120 cows at a push if needed too but then I’d be incroaching into beef calf sheds I’ll have 180 odd cows through my calving field in the first 3 weeks it would be constant bedding up in a shed
Time for calving bingo.Pre milking rush, there was another one in the far offs, all well though, just cow not bagged up much. 3 cows 4 calves. View attachment 978211
We have only 88 to calve, 27 in first 2 weeks, then the rest at roughly 12 per month to end Feb. In early October we have to use the bigger yard for the bulling heifers for the winter and so we can only calve in a smaller yard adjacent that can only take about 6 at a time.We will pull some cubicles in for dry cows. Can house 70 loose. Will draft once a week at 14-21 days precalving which is a bit tight. Will be about 160 in 3 weeks
Same here, never a full house although we have had one only dry a week. Bloody old Angus was a discrete little chap..I’ve had the line a few times never a full house yet
Perhaps this explains why some people have so much mastitis - we hardly get any!
Dry matters are low. Plate meter says we are growing 80-90. Demand is only 50ish. Yet the grass is only just keeping up. So to answer your question nearly twice as much as you think.Is anybody else falling out with their platemaker these last couple of weeks?
It seems to be over reading or it may be that the cows have upped their appetite!
Could I ask what allocations of DMI spring calvers are giving at the minute?
A line would be going some today as currently have 4 groups of dry cows (including a batch of beef) . but an unintentional beef heifer popped this out as I was heading out to pick Friday night super up. Got back and milkers through electric fence So was dark when I got back to it. Mother last seen creeping a barb wire into an adjacent barley field Calf adopted itself onto this dairy bred bullock that is with them as cut its legTime for calving bingo.
A line is a calf born in every group of dry cows.
A full house is one in the milking herd as well.
We've achieved a full house 2 times in the last 3 years.
Hopefully heat eartags might remove the bull inaccuracy but I'm still sure we'll get 1or 2 we pull out wrong.
My wedge is showing the same - should be taking many fields out but there's no chance it's anywhere near right.Dry matters are low. Plate meter says we are growing 80-90. Demand is only 50ish. Yet the grass is only just keeping up. So to answer your question nearly twice as much as you think.
Can’t say that here. Currently weather reminds me of a cooler Florida.. humid and 10ml of rain in a shower every afternoon.!My wedge is showing the same - should be taking many fields out but there's no chance it's anywhere near right.
That makes sense. I should test the grass. That said, with the very dry weather I would have expected dry matter to be fairly high?