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[livestock 1]

Be careful with iodine. Recent research by the Mordun is seeing a link between over dosing with iodine and cryptosporidium infection.

Ok thanks for this I will try to look into it.
It all came to light when we had an excellent vet here Tb testing some cattle when I asked her about a problem we had with a fair number of cows not letting their calves suck. She told us to try this and within three days all the cows that were penned up individually were away with their calves. We bolus now and pour iodine on the iffy ones. One neighbor culled a large number of cows that were doing this and when I told him to pour it on the cows backs he laughed at me but he tried it and it worked and is now furious that he’s culled good cows that seemingly were iodine deficient.
How is the iodine connected to the crypto?

 

[shearerlad]

@livestock 1 looks like you are definitely deficient!!
Iirc its something to do with too much iodine making the gut lining too open and porous allowing the crypto to enter the blood stream. It’s very new research but I’m sure findings will be published in due course.
It backs up the argument to blood test before treating

 

[livestock 1]

@livestock 1 looks like you are definitely deficient!!
Iirc its something to do with too much iodine making the gut lining too open and porous allowing the crypto to enter the blood stream. It’s very new research but I’m sure findings will be published in due course.
It backs up the argument to blood test before treating

Yes we didn’t blood test at the time as it was mid March fairly busy and Rome was already burning so to speak we just followed the vets advice and it was cured. We then bloused all cows and have done ever since with Coseicure or similar. It’s a right performance having half a dozen cows penned up to suck on at least twice a day at any one time and we were delighted to get rid of the problem. We should blood test and see what’s going on definitely. The vet did tell us that iodine levels would be corrected within a day or two after treatment and it was self limiting in other words the animal would only take what it needed. I’ve had a few of my friends with similar problems and this has sorted all of the cases. I always previously thought it was more to to with the attitude of the cow. Obviously not. With having mainly limmy x cows here bad attitudes are common so it would be easy to think this.
I am often wary of giving advice on here incase I’m wrong but on the other hand don’t want to see other folk chewing on when there’s a simple solution been there done it

 

[liammogs]

Had one, mothering pens great, large pen fine......turned her out wouldn't let the lambs suck ends up with mastitis and two pet lambs

 

[milkloss]

Yes we didn’t blood test at the time as it was mid March fairly busy and Rome was already burning so to speak we just followed the vets advice and it was cured. We then bloused all cows and have done ever since with Coseicure or similar. It’s a right performance having half a dozen cows penned up to suck on at least twice a day at any one time and we were delighted to get rid of the problem. We should blood test and see what’s going on definitely. The vet did tell us that iodine levels would be corrected within a day or two after treatment and it was self limiting in other words the animal would only take what it needed. I’ve had a few of my friends with similar problems and this has sorted all of the cases. I always previously thought it was more to to with the attitude of the cow. Obviously not. With having mainly limmy x cows here bad attitudes are common so it would be easy to think this.
I am often wary of giving advice on here incase I’m wrong but on the other hand don’t want to see other folk chewing on when there’s a simple solution been there done it

I’ve taken note so thank you. Should we have trouble I’ll give it a go with the iodine

 

[Man_in_black]

than a ewe that rejects one of its own lambs

A ewe rejecting both of her lambs! Had that this year. Best thing she ever did was being diced & vac packed.

 

[Jim75]

Most annoying for us has been once they’ve mothered up and been in a small pen and all good they’re ringed/tagged/numbered before either being turned out if weather good or into another communal pen. Marker spray seems to have put several off there own lambs this year

 

[Bill dog]

Just been trying to get 2 calf’s to sook their mothers in the crush.
Whoever designed that orange Ritchie crush with the split door and feckin foot high lip will not be sharing any of my Easter egg! Dangerous dang thing !

 

[Nithsdale]

Just been trying to get 2 calf’s to sook their mothers in the crush.
Whoever designed that orange Ritchie crush with the split door and feckin foot high lip will not be sharing any of my Easter egg! Dangerous dang thing !

We have the same... very good crush but aye, not designed for getting young calves to sook in doors aren't really an issue it's just that high lip the calf has to straddle

 

[milkloss]

Just been trying to get 2 calf’s to sook their mothers in the crush.
Whoever designed that orange Ritchie crush with the split door and feckin foot high lip will not be sharing any of my Easter egg! Dangerous dang thing !

We’ve got an iae with an inch and a half lip and the calves don’t even like that. Need a crush with no floor ideally.

 

[Bill dog]

Mammy’s swinging legs as I milked them was also part of the joy ! Back half open, you’ll get clattered into the front gate. Front half open you can’t reach the udder ! Such fun !

 

[Sharpy]

We’ve got an iae with an inch and a half lip and the calves don’t even like that. Need a crush with no floor ideally.

Self locking feed yoke.

 

[Sharpy]

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Mammy’s swinging legs as I milked them was also part of the joy ! Back half open, you’ll get clattered into the front gate. Front half open you can’t reach the udder ! Such fun !

Put a halter on them. Pull tight , ie like a violin string, tie off, milk cow or suckle calf.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Mammy’s swinging legs as I milked them was also part of the joy ! Back half open, you’ll get clattered into the front gate. Front half open you can’t reach the udder ! Such fun !

Put a baler band around their middle just in front of their tits...and pull it as tight as you can

 

[livestock 1]

Put a baler band around their middle just in front of their tits...and pull it as tight as you can

Does that stop them kicking?

 

[livestock 1]

Something annoying here in the last few days. Ewe lambs one big tit other tit nowt in it. Lamb will only suck the tit with nowt in it all day long. Suck it on at two three times a day then he’s back on the dead tit

 

[Gator]

When you fall out with the dog and she runs off leaving you to move sheep by yourself
And then you wish you hadn't shouted at her and told her she was a useless because she let a lamb run the wrong way because she really isn't useless. She reminds me every time she does her run away trick
I usually have to go to the yard and get her and be her best friend again damn dog knows exactly what she is doing

the mrs does the same

 

[Forever Fendt]

Just been trying to get 2 calf’s to sook their mothers in the crush.
Whoever designed that orange Ritchie crush with the split door and feckin foot high lip will not be sharing any of my Easter egg! Dangerous dang thing !

Calving gate is the best thing find to try and get calfs to suck

 

[Forever Fendt]

We’ve got an iae with an inch and a half lip and the calves don’t even like that. Need a crush with no floor ideally.

This works very well for putting calves on and as @Northeastfarmer says string in front of udder and over the back pulled tight stops them kicking, You can put a knot in the string at the right spot it holds itself once pulled through

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Does that stop them kicking?

Yes, before I got a squeeze crush that’s all I used