When it's sunny and there giving 15 liters and having very little cake, they forget there selves and think they are suckler cows
When that happens this year I'm going OAD
Walk with a dog, the going for them is fast and the journey back is only as fast as your slowest cow so don't see the point of a quad. And while you walk check on the farming forum
thinking about it having the farm split in half this yr will become an advantage as the aim after the bulls go in is to run the farm with one person after lunch once the teaser bulls go in. so moving fences in the morning will become a plus.our farm is split in half by a lane so we run a day and night block which whilst not ideal in terms of regrowth means we don't have to move fences immediately. the only time we leave cows behind is in November when the tracks go to sXXt and they loose motivation. hopefully we have rectified that problem. So no nobody goes back for stragglers.
things to remember we run a small lame group so no lame animals are asked to walk any distances. Our cows are xbreds so tend to want to crack on with things(unless they've had a break out!) and thirdly our cows are xbreds so very rarely/never get sick in the field and unable to come home. Last season we had one occasion where an animal had staggers for the second season running she was treated and came home with herd the following day. she has been culled...........
bugger knew i was doing something wrong...........We’ve had a quad bike for as long as I can remember. 25years maybe. We are on our third one. Had it New last year.
How can anybody farm without one
If you actually had a hill you'd change your mind.bugger knew i was doing something wrong...........
We’ve had a quad bike for as long as I can remember. 25years maybe. We are on our third one. Had it New last year.
How can anybody farm without one
This as well + a bat latch so most are up before we leave the yardQuad here.
Lift any cows that aren't waiting.
Then set my fences for the next grazing.
By the time that is done they have plodded most of the way back themselves.