when are you turning cows out?

[Chasingmytail]

Temp looks good this week, grass is okish. Hay low low, strawing getting a pain and due to calve soon. Whats everyone elses plan?

 

[tr250]

Not yet or for at least a month. Too many sheep

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Far too wet, be mid May at the earliest

 

[Whitepeak]

Hoping to get some out next weekend, bulling heifers and cows & calves. Got our TB test next week so we won't open the gate before then in case they don't want to come back in
Turn out has usually been towards the end of April for us

 

[JMTHORNLEY]

Weened off last weekend and if the grass round the house keeps growing like it is I'll have them youngsters out in the next two weeks just to reduce some workload. Heifers are starting to bag up so with some luck I should be calving in the next 2 weeks then boot them out as they calve. They only came in in December but I feel this winter has been the most taxing yet

 

[Wbarker96]

First lot out today

 

[Davy_g]

Tuesday. I am away on Monday so will let them out during the day from Tuesday. That will let the bull catch the back end and early calvers and they can clean up the early (or late?) grass.
Keep them coming in every night for silage in case it turns too wet ( which it always does at some stage).

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Big packet of stores going out in the morning

 

[som farmer]

cows out grazing by day, 10 feb earliest ever, out by night next week, got to be careful, grass growth not up to full speed yet,

 

[Shann_mann]

15th May at the earliest.

 

[Al R]

Only got a few calves thank god but they went out towards the end of February

 

[milkloss]

If you listen to some on here they never came in . Turned our lot out and it’s a bit too wet yet to be fair but the head gasket has gone on the tractor and it’ll be a while before I get it running to go get more straw.

 

[Chae1]

Cows and calves out today. Just one lot, they can run in and out to shed. Must be happy because none in again tonight.

 

[willie waver]

6-8 weeks

 

[Sharpy]

Hopefully 6 weeks, realistically could be 8 weeks, latest was 28th May.......

 

[DB67]

If my ground was so wet/bare on a regular basis that I couldn’t get a good chunk of cows out in early April I wouldn’t keep them.

 

[Sharpy]

If my ground was so wet/bare on a regular basis that I couldn’t get a good chunk of cows out in early April I wouldn’t keep them.

What do you suggest then?

 

[case 5140]

Calving from 1st april then turn as they calve.
Haylage runs out next week!... got half a bay of hay left but still got 370 ewes in left to lamb eating it too..
Back up plan is 75 bales of wheat straw and nuts...

 

[puppet]

20 managed to get out last night and thankfully found an open gate and some grass. Might not bother to round them up

 

[DB67]

What do you suggest then?

I wouldn’t personally keep cows if winters were into mid May. If you have access slats or something then fair enough but we don’t.