Cow Signals

[Sandpit Farm]

I saw on Twitter that AHDB have a load of Cow Signals workshops planned for June/July...

http://dairy.ahdb.org.uk/events/jun...ows-telling-you-gloucestershire/#.Wv77yuSovIU

Looks like there are lots all around the country. I'm going

 

[Scholsey]

is cow signals just a snazzy name for basic stockman skills?

 

[Turboman]

Not "basic " skills but more like "advanced" skills. A very rewarding and thought provoking course.

 

[Clay52]

Not "basic " skills but more like "advanced" skills. A very rewarding and thought provoking course.

I’m amazed at how some dairy farmers that have been doing it for decades that don’t have even the most basic stock handling and stock observational skills.

Bloke that worked for US. Run his own farm, worked with cows for over 50 years and he could not work out how to move cattle. Would always be in the wrong place. He also couldn’t pick a sick cow even if it dropped dead in front of him.

Then I had a girl working for us. With no dairy training, new to the job and she could pick out any sick cow usually before I saw them.

 

[Scholsey]

We will probably all need to be qualified in ‘cow signals’ to pass farm assurance soon.

Always thought it was a course for feed reps and cubicle salesman to learn which end it goes in and which end it comes out from.

 

[Sandpit Farm]

We will probably all need to be qualified in ‘cow signals’ to pass farm assurance soon.

Always thought it was a course for feed reps and cubicle salesman to learn which end it goes in and which end it comes out from.

Will let you know if I learn anything.

 

[organicguy]

Met the vet in Holland who invented it. Was quite eye opening but very simple. It trains you to notice things that you would not normally, and then relate it to a cause.

 

[Scholsey]

I've booked a place and am happy to be proven wrong and have to eat my words.

 

[crashbox]

I've booked a place and am happy to be proven wrong and have to eat my words.

What was the verdict?

 

[Scholsey]

What was the verdict?

I honestly can’t remember if went or not, majority of these meetings/courses seem to just blur into one.