Letting out cows and calves

Most of the dry cows are still in but all milkers out full time for a couple of weeks now. All heifers out wintered so they're still out.

Made a bit if mud yesterday though......
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Kildare

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Location
Kildare, Ireland
Dairy farmers would be starting grazing around now.My brother in law had his dry dairy cows out grazing all winter on beet and now on grass as they calve. Its the calves i would be concerned about not the cows
 

hillman

Member
Location
Wicklow Ireland
Once you have a sheltered field and cakves have a full tummy , all should be ok could put bale off hay out with them if worried
Dairy cows have been out around me for the last fortnight
Ewes and lambs will be going out so no probs :whistle:
 

The Ruminant

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Hertfordshire
Once you have a sheltered field and cakves have a full tummy , all should be ok could put bale off hay out with them if worried
Dairy cows have been out around me for the last fortnight
Ewes and lambs will be going out so no probs :whistle:
I had a jersey calve outside in early February. Next day was sleeting, windy, pretty damn horrible. I hunted everywhere for the calf and eventually found it curled up under a bit of hedge, fast asleep. I roused it, it stretched and then found the cow and started feeding, perfectly happy!

Went back under the hedge and went to sleep!
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Ashtree

Member
Would normally let out a few early calvers and any two year old heifers which have calved around now.
Nothing beats getting them out early and on a bite of spring grass to get them bulling early.
However we just had the four worst days of the winter so far, and more to come.
Wouldn't mind but a few paddocks closed late October up to mid November have good covers. Even though they are old leys.
 

james ds

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Location
leinster
The ground is wetter now that anytime in the last 14 mts , more rain fell this week than in the last two mts. I'd be waiting for an improvement before I'd let too many out , but I would chance a couple of fresh called cows and calves , it would free up shed space and keep disease down.
 

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