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<blockquote data-quote="Hay Farmer" data-source="post: 6907442" data-attributes="member: 552"><p>Cattle advice needed please - sorry for all the questions, but it’s a bit difficult to chat to my neighbours for advice at the moment.</p><p></p><p>I’m considering buying a few native breed cows / heifers, possibly polled and certainly docile. They will live outside all year round, on permanent pasture rotationally grazed with sheep, on cover crops and on herbal leys. It will be a very low input system and the beef would be sold direct. Plan to end up with a small closed herd turning excess grass and cover crops into meat with minimal cost and intervention from me. </p><p></p><p>My local breed is Hereford, so was thinking of tradition Herefords but also like the look of White Park, Longhorns, and some of the ancient cattle of Wales. Welsh black also look nice to my untrained eye. I imagine ease of handling, and suitability for a low input system would be the most important factors. Any thoughts?</p><p></p><p>I don’t want to spend a much on this, but what sort of handling setup do I need for safe Tb testing etc? You can buy an old cattle crush on ebay for £75 or spend 150 times that. What would be a sensible small setup to cope with a few cows.</p><p></p><p>Footpaths, any issues with these? One of the PP fields has one running through it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Electric fencing - the arable fields don’t have complete fencing. Can you sensibly keep cattle behind just an electric fence?</p><p></p><p>Buy heifers or cows with calves?</p><p></p><p>Buy / hire a bull or ai?</p><p></p><p>Anything else I should know as a beginner. I’m not interested in the more commercial breeds and I intend to sell the beef direct.</p><p></p><p>Many thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hay Farmer, post: 6907442, member: 552"] Cattle advice needed please - sorry for all the questions, but it’s a bit difficult to chat to my neighbours for advice at the moment. I’m considering buying a few native breed cows / heifers, possibly polled and certainly docile. They will live outside all year round, on permanent pasture rotationally grazed with sheep, on cover crops and on herbal leys. It will be a very low input system and the beef would be sold direct. Plan to end up with a small closed herd turning excess grass and cover crops into meat with minimal cost and intervention from me. My local breed is Hereford, so was thinking of tradition Herefords but also like the look of White Park, Longhorns, and some of the ancient cattle of Wales. Welsh black also look nice to my untrained eye. I imagine ease of handling, and suitability for a low input system would be the most important factors. Any thoughts? I don’t want to spend a much on this, but what sort of handling setup do I need for safe Tb testing etc? You can buy an old cattle crush on ebay for £75 or spend 150 times that. What would be a sensible small setup to cope with a few cows. Footpaths, any issues with these? One of the PP fields has one running through it. Electric fencing - the arable fields don’t have complete fencing. Can you sensibly keep cattle behind just an electric fence? Buy heifers or cows with calves? Buy / hire a bull or ai? Anything else I should know as a beginner. I’m not interested in the more commercial breeds and I intend to sell the beef direct. Many thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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