Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
To be fair, my heifer from woodmarsh has kept up fine with my frieisans!You'll have to build a cow palace first, she won't last long in the field with the rest of them.
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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As a buller/incalf or she milking?
Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
Only got the one milking, she's doing well but likes cake A LOT and is very naughty because of it
think there's 8 bulling, 1 maiden and 2 calves from memory
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I think I'd rather a field of these, she's as round as she is tall and never any bother
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Nothing wrong with either of them, if they do what you want and make you smile when you see them that's all that mattera
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Nothing at all, I have a soft spot for pretty cows too but they take a lot more looking after.
This one always makes me smile.
This one always makes me smile.
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Cows, grass and some trees to remind @Beef farmer what they are
Another arrival. 19 cows left this month to finish the spring block. And a batch of heifers after last years disastrous mating 
Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
What's her breeding? Looks like an Ayrshire but somethings telling me that she's actually of Scandinavian descent?!
Spudley
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- Pembrokeshire
Passport says Norwegian Red Cross... bought as a baby calf from a spring calving flying herd that had bought in some in calf heifers. We bought all the heifer calves and 5 years later 12/13 are still here. They are proper cross breds, I think just about every breed is represented.
Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
1 hour 30 minutes later I have finally managed to get this little sh*t in the shed
Speed of light in the field and then shoved the brakes on as soon as I managed to grab the little bugger
Feel like I've ran a marathon
Thought limousins were soooo quiet
Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
I can assure you it's just as much of a task bringing in the friesian calves!Thought limousins were soooo quiet
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
Bike and trailer
I can’t even comprehend how many miles we used to walk when calving trying to fetch calves in carrying them on our shoulders etc.
cattow
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- Location
- Leicestershire J11 M42
Friesians follow their mothers as good as gold you must be using the wrong ones
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- somerset
well, what do you expect ? limmy cross.1 hour 30 minutes later I have finally managed to get this little sh*t in the shed
Speed of light in the field and then shoved the brakes on as soon as I managed to grab the little bugger
Feel like I've ran a marathon
took us 6/7 weeks to final catch a limmy nut case, that killed her calf, and decided to revert to feral, and she was seriously good at it, couldn't get anywhere near her. Solved it in the end though, friend shot her, with a .347, at 400 m, and reckoned there was no way, to get closer, that shot was taken, over a river, and through a gap in two hedges, and she knew he was there, shot as she started to run. Hung her up, and into the freezer, she had the last laugh, been eating OSR, and tainted the meat, we had to curry the lot. She cost me £310, and at the time, l was pissy about losing it, on reflection, hand great fun regaling the story, so probably got my moneys worth.
But, it highlighted one thing, we don't appreciate, all our stock are basically wild animals, we have domesticated, but they can revert back to feral, very quickly, those instincts are still there.
perhaps ought to start a mad limmy thread.
Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
Unfortunately the quad is very poorly atm
Should have it back this week though, and a trailer is on the list of things I would like, along with a milk cart + pump
Bring calves in like this is nothing short of a nightmare
makes me cry every time there's a new calf Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
Knew it was my breedingFriesians follow their mothers as good as gold you must be using the wrong ones
Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
The problem is its a 4 day old calf that's never had human contact and now has some strange man running after it, the breed is irrelevant!
50% + of dad's sucklers come from limo x friesians, they're quiet as mice! I've got photos of me sat on the back of my pure limo, as they calved in I used to milk them and check their quarters were OK, and didn't calve in with mastitis etc
I've certainly never had to shoot a mad one!
