Dirty stores

[Forever Fendt]

I have a few stores that insist on lying behind the feed barriers will this be a huge problem and Is

it likely to discount them can be split and moved into a pen on there own but will cause a lot more work

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Just clean them off with the clippers

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Linseed Straw will clean them up but clipping will also help

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Linseed Straw will clean them up but clipping will also help

Or rape straw

 

[Agrivator]

It depends how much pride you have, but I have seen muck sell at £2.25/kg.

 

[DKnD]

We would just sell as is, however it always is a little ...should probably get some cattle combs

 

[TelesnaAg]

Talk about a disappointment, i thought the title was dirty ladies....carry on...

Ant...

 

[Nithsdale]

Run the clippers over them. Or, get one of these rake combs for cattle dressing

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It usually pulls off dirt pretty well

 

[kmo]

They'll sell just as well as they are. Don't risk getting hurt for the sake of a few lumps. Cattle that have had the clags raked off them always look a grade poorer.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Sheep Combes I found better for stuff like that -the cattle ones clog up

 

[Forever Fendt]

They'll sell just as well as they are. Don't risk getting hurt for the sake of a few lumps. Cattle that have had the clags raked off them always look a grade poorer.

Good point it would be a disaster if anything got broke

 

[Gedd]

By the time they are ready to sell fat it will have dropped off

 

[Nithsdale]

They'll sell just as well as they are. Don't risk getting hurt for the sake of a few lumps. Cattle that have had the clags raked off them always look a grade poorer.

That'll be because they don't have the sh*t 'adding' false shape.



It's funny you say don't risk getting hurt for a few lumps, yet if you sell fat you have no choice but to clean them

 

[Northeastfarmer]

That'll be because they don't have the sh*t 'adding' false shape.



It's funny you say don't risk getting hurt for a few lumps, yet if you sell fat you have no choice but to clean them

Exactly...you couldn’t sell them for slaughter like that so someone will have to knock the clarts off

 

[Skintagain]

I actually think they sell a bit better like that. People get excited about improvers and think they are being really sharp buying them and often get into a war for them

 

[bobk]

There will plenty of dirty cattle come March

 

[Northeastfarmer]

There will plenty of dirty cattle come March

It won’t take that long for them to get dirty

 

[thorpe]

straw use will be down this year because it aint there. look for any alternative but it wont be cheap.

 

[bobk]

straw use will be down this year because it aint there. look for any alternative but it wont be cheap.

Bet you can buy some rough hay at reasonable money , they keep much cleaner on it imo