- Location
- Scottish Borders
65 out of 66 cows in calf. All hfrs in calf ( 28 ) . Well chuffed considering the hellish weather they had to put up with !
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Suckler scanning
- Thread starter Spartacus
- Start date
What time period was that over?
Impressive, well done.
- Location
- Scottish Borders
9 weeks . 13 July to 14th September.
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Thanks!
Not without the usual dramas though. I bought a new Simmy bull at stirling in Feb . After watching him faf about and show little interest for 2 weeks, I flung the old AA bull out with him. The Angus I think served all 35 cows. I will find out by colour of calf come Apri. I hope to get some Simmy calves on the ground, but if none appear , the Simmy will be gone ! The joys of buying Shiny corn fed Stirling Bulls !
wellingtonfarmer
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
What are people putting good scanning results down to. I bolused all the cows this year and had a pretty good pd session 8% barren in 9 weeks!
Shocking tb test but thats another story
Shocking tb test but thats another story
. Pretty good that. Do you have any cows you don't put to the bull or does everything go to the bull.
I have about 5% which I keep away from the bull due to any number of reasons, let them rear their calves and then they are off at weaning.
that's a good point
It makes sense for me to keep them away from the bull as those old cows you hope won't get in calf invariably do and you either need to kill an in calf cow or let her calve down then live to regret it with her not rearing the calf well then going backwards.
Might not work for everyone but we have space for a small group so can do it.
- Location
- Scottish Borders
I kept 4 old dears away from the bull this year , and they ran with the tups until weaning, then straight to the slaughter house . As you say it’s always the ones you don’t want in calf that hold !
You laugh but i have seen lleyn rams try and serve a limo heifer and she just stood there!Do you think they got them in calf I mean lamb
- Location
- sw scotland
56/58 in calf so happy with that. One of them took off with her calf every time she saw me so I suspect the bull got fed up chasing her.
Know the feeling.
Know the feeling.
Onwards and Upwards
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- Location
- Warwickshire
58/61 55 in first six weeks according to pd. We will wait and see on that one though.
choochter
Member
- Location
- aberdeenshire
Nobody's posting crap figures,
I did 40% empty in one group 13 % overall. In 11 weeks. You have to be realistic can't get it right all the time.Nobody's posting crap figures,
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Major crisis last year - Bull fertility issue and only 10% in calfNobody's posting crap figures,
A rapid rethink and use of Dads bull along with culling the oldest NIC cows led to the remainder all calving this August/September except 2 late ones.
Shite happens - you deal with it!
Previous years we were 95%+.
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We scanned ours yesterday!
13 empty cows out of 135
5 empty out of 40 heifers!
Not as good as last year but scanner says the average he is seeing is around 15% Empty!
4 of the younger cows are ones that either slipped there calf or died stillborn so regretting giving them that one more chance now!
13 empty cows out of 135
5 empty out of 40 heifers!
Not as good as last year but scanner says the average he is seeing is around 15% Empty!
4 of the younger cows are ones that either slipped there calf or died stillborn so regretting giving them that one more chance now!
Dave6170
Member
- Location
- Watten, caithness
2 empty out of 86. 9 week bulling. Delighted. All heifers in calf.