How do you fetch your cows in?

[FonterraFarmer]

I generally take scraper tractor, shift fence and generally catch up with them nearly back at the yard
I'm seriously thinking of buying an electric push bike for this year

What about the Ecorider?

 

[FonterraFarmer]

never have enough pics

 

[multi power]

This is my major concern and I don’t know how I get round it other than a bollPicking if i see it once and the second time they walk

Electric dog collar

 

[multi power]

What about the Ecorider?

It's sick at the moment

 

[bigw]

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That's a nice photo, roll on summer!! It looks like you have had plenty of rain.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

That's a nice photo, roll on summer!! It looks like you have had plenty of rain.

Errrm , that pictures a few years old, but the one with cows and the CTX200 It is summer.... November and December were very dry here, be lucky if we had 20-25 over the two months Went OAD on the 8th of December.
But we had 75mm in the first four days of January and another 24mm last Thursday

 

[vantage]

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That photo makes me feel a lot better.Blue sky ,green grass,full cows and dry soil and tracks.Better than the 8 dry days we've had in five months and then the icing on the cake going down with TB. Bravo NZ

 

[FonterraFarmer]

That photo makes me feel a lot better.Blue sky ,green grass,full cows and dry soil and tracks.Better than the 8 dry days we've had in five months and then the icing on the cake going down with TB. Bravo NZ

Bugger I've often thought of getting some T-shirts screen printed to wear if I ever go back to the UK, with "TB Free UK" and "Support Vector Control" but would that cause me any problems at customs?

 

[vantage]

No,doubt it .Agri here not valued at all,complete opposite of NZ!

 

[Whitepeak]

Just do like my dad did when we were kids. Wait for us to land home from school, get mum to drive us to the top of the field round by the road and let us walk the cows down the fields whilst he waited in the parlour!

In Lancashire it is howp howp howp! Always understood it was derived from cow up cow up.

We use kwup kwup kwup here in Derbyshire, not sure if other farmers in the area use it though.

 

[Clay52]

Do you loose much milk when it gets that hot?

Depends. Hot nights are more of an issue because cows don’t have time to cool down from the day before. We have lost 8lt a cow in hot spells before.

 

[mixed farm]

Furthest paddocks are 2 km away from the dairy so I use the quad most of the time. Funny enough i would be happy to walk a lot of the time, not today at 45C, but others here seem to think you are just wasting time doing that.


When other people get the cows up you really need to get it through their head that the cows determine the speed. The quad isn’t there to ram up the arse of the cows to get them to move faster. You would be amazed at the people that do this. Guys that have been farming for 60 years do this shît. Then you get the comment of “geez their are a few lame ones”.

"geez THERE are a few lame ones" their is possesson . As in their feet are lame.
No need to thank me for this lesson!

 

[Clay52]

"geez THERE are a few lame ones" their is possesson . As in their feet are lame.
No need to thank me for this lesson!

Yep, know that. Saw it after I replied and couldn’t be bothered editing it because I assumed everyone would have understood anyway and people would have better things to do than correct grammar on a farming forum. You can thank fat fingers, cover on the iphone and autocorrect but I’m sure that correction made you feel all nice and smart. Glad I could help.

 

[multi power]

Bugger I've often thought of getting some T-shirts screen printed to wear if I ever go back to the UK, with "TB Free UK" and "Support Vector Control" but would that cause me any problems at customs?

Customs ! Don't be silly they don't take any notice

 

[Happy hillbily]

Years ago before we got a quad we had a Yamaha v80 scooter to go round the stock and get the cows in for milking, knobbly tyres front and rear, and changed the sprockets to lower the gearing. Would Do 30mph max but would climb these hills like a mountain goat ! A cracking little bike

 

[holywell farmer]

Our feeder tractor becomes the rounding up tractor when the feeder gets dropped of in summer. A working horn is essential. Seems to have worn a few horns out over the years!
And its great to have a cab when its raining.

You don't want wind cows up before go into the parlour, walk them in. Nice and calm

 

[betweenthelines]

My school bus used to drop me off beside the field the cows were grazing.

Open the gate and follow them home through the village.

I'd change out of school uniform before I helped with the milking.

 

[Stinker]

Ubco electric bike looks good fun. Not sure I would want to spend £4000 though. Apparently only cost a few pence to charge.

http://www.ubcobikes.com

 

[jimmer]

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/John-Deere...735743?hash=item3d55c149bf:g:0FcAAOSwD39aV8tI

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Or if safety is a big concern you could try one of these..

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