All things Dairy

[Headless chicken]

Day 45 here.
96% submission @21days
99%@27days
Overall non return rate 82%
90% in cows to sexed
75% in 1st lactation to sexed
Needless to say i’m delighted and a full on heat detection tech convert.

What system please?

 

[Farmer Keith]

Serving 1x or 2x day?

2x it suits my limited AI stalls to do it that way

 

[Farmer Keith]

What system please?

Cow manager

I've gone to twice. We now know we were serving a lot that were only just starting. If you look for bullers you can pick them up two hours earlier than the tags. We won't serve anything that hasn't been in heat for at least 6 hours on the tag.

I think I’ll of served a lot of cows 12 hours later than I would of done with tail paint, it gives you a lot of confidence to wait when you can see all the data.

 

[Happy hillbily]

Got to use my Christmas present to myself tonight, the old on had just about had it !

Just a new handle and brush head, I've reused the saddle, so technically it's the same brush my grandfather used 30 years ago

I wonder what the Queen uses her brush for, cleaning up after the corgis ?

 

[Chimera]

We only hear good reviews on tech now, have they refined it that much?
@Grassman247 @Cows 'n grass have seg gates they where not happy with. What's changed?

Having been debating a lot about using technology, I can wholeheartedly be thankfull we are on RMS this week, having lost 2 staff members to illness. (Including the herdsman). Managing to milk and keep everyone alive is enough of a struggle!!

 

[Headless chicken]

Those who are using technology on heifers., how do you identify them to serve ? Ie we tail paint so their personal ID is almost irrelevant and easy to spot but how’s this achieved with no visual aid?

 

[Beef farmer]

Having been debating a lot about using technology, I can wholeheartedly be thankfull we are on RMS this week, having lost 2 staff members to illness. (Including the herdsman). Managing to milk and keep everyone alive is enough of a struggle!!

Auto draft and genus arrive at 9am. No need for any people?

 

[frederick]

Those who are using technology on heifers., how do you identify them to serve ? Ie we tail paint so their personal ID is almost irrelevant and easy to spot but how’s this achieved with no visual aid?

This was my headscratcher this year. 80% are fairly obvious. My solution has been to still use chalk but just one line and not maintained as much. Then look for rubbed heifers and check back to cm list.
However having the data gives you confidence in the rub.
My heifers can easily be marked walking around them

 

[Surface Tension]

Got to use my Christmas present to myself tonight, the old on had just about had it !
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Just a new handle and brush head, I've reused the saddle, so technically it's the same brush my grandfather used 30 years ago

That reminded me of this......

 

[Beef farmer]

Got to use my Christmas present to myself tonight, the old on had just about had it !
View attachment 1005603

Just a new handle and brush head, I've reused the saddle, so technically it's the same brush my grandfather used 30 years ago

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I wonder what the Queen uses her brush for, cleaning up after the corgis ?

That saddle was the newest part of the old brush that's for sure.

 

[Headless chicken]

Finger update, anaesthetic hurt way more than the actual accident. Managed to only have the one nail removed and finger stitched up. Surgeon reckoned my thick skin saved it for making more of a mess. Under 30 mins from anaesthetic to job complete.Top job by the nhs once again.

 

[Happy hillbily]

That saddle was the newest part of the old brush that's for sure.

I replaced the saddle on the old brush when the old saddle rotted out, truth be told it's probably had a handle or two and a few heads but it still the same brush

 

[Jdunn55]

I replaced the saddle on the old brush when the old saddle rotted out, truth be told it's probably had a handle or two and a few heads but it still the same brush

Went to buy one the other day as I snapped my handle in a fit of rage (it was either going to be the handle or someone's neck ) went in to get a new one and was cheaper to buy a new brush than a new handle

 

[dinderleat]

Those who are using technology on heifers., how do you identify them to serve ? Ie we tail paint so their personal ID is almost irrelevant and easy to spot but how’s this achieved with no visual aid?

Ear tag use last 3 digits to correlate with collars

 

[Beef farmer]

Ear tag use last 3 digits to correlate with collars

So go in a shed of 100 bullers and look for no 939?

 

[Repeat]

So go in a shed of 100 bullers and look for no 939?

We stick a collar on from cowno.co.uk on our bulling heifers numbered 1 to 100 ,match the number to the last two digits on the ear tag.
I tag our eighty odd heifers with a consecutive run of tags.
Helps massively to ldentifiy whose who.

 

[dinderleat]

So go in a shed of 100 bullers and look for no 939?

Yep normally tell who’s bulling

 

[PREES]

Have any Cow Manager users had any tags just stop working?

 

[Jdunn55]

❤

 

[frederick]

Have any Cow Manager users had any tags just stop working?

It warns you what ones are going down and need changing. The only one that's stopped is a heifer that I ignored the warning.