Who's got cows inside now

[Bootneck]

My clay fields are too wet, grass is a bit short so I've got all my cattle inside now. A bit earlier than I had hoped. Who else has got them in?

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Folk around here have made them in for a least 3 week. They won't be out till May, along long winter.

 

[Sharpy]

As above. Roll on spring...

 

[Nithsdale]

Our first sucklers came in yesterday. A week earlier than last year - last year was a fortnight later than the year before.

So pretty much same time as other years.

 

[muleman]

Ours came in yesterday, usually try to keep out till 1st nov but didnt want to let them into some good sheep grass, the silage used with having them in sooner will hopefully be evened out with not having to feed the sheep outside quite as soon. The cows have paddled their field up a bit but land is actually drying up really well here in cumbria compared to 2 or 3 weeks ago.

 

[Bob the beef]

Ours came in 18th, weaned and dried off. Don't have facilities here to run calves with the cows sadly.
First ones are now back out to tidy up some rough grass. If stays relatively dry will get a few more out for a couple of weeks after we scan.
Ground dried up pretty well round here last 7 days

 

[Northeastfarmer]

If this rain comes on Friday mine will be in

 

[Henarar]

got about 2/3 of the cattle in and hoping this will let us run the rest round for longer outside, its not as wet as it was

 

[Tarw Coch]

Milkers have been in night and day for 3 weeks here, the earliest I can remember, they were making far too much mess trapsing in and out.
Close to calving dtycows came in last week, makes life easier keeping an eye on them and just as well as I’ve had 3 difficult carvings after an uneventful summer.
Other dry cows along with youngstock are still out, and as they’re not moving about so much aren’t making any mess and have an abundance of grass ahead of them

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

Here in cumbria ours have been in a month and we weren't the first round here to bring them in.

 

[Lazy Eric]

All came in here last week. Heavy clay land round here that soon becomes a swamp.

 

[M-J-G]

Nothing in

 

[jendan]

If this rain comes on Friday mine will be in

If i had to house sucklers as early as this,i just wouldnt bother keeping them.The costs will be horrendous.Mine are always out till Dec 1st,and i try and pinch half of the month outside even then.If its a normal March,they are back out by the 15th or so.Doesnt matter about grass,as long as it is dry enough to take their feet. Last Winter was great,they were hardly in at all.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

If i had to house sucklers as early as this,i just wouldnt bother keeping them.The costs will be horrendous.Mine are always out till Dec 1st,and i try and pinch half of the month outside even then.If its a normal March,they are back out by the 15th or so.Doesnt matter about grass,as long as it is dry enough to take their feet. Last Winter was great,they were hardly in at all.

I don’t want them in but can’t bare to see them make a mess in the fields especially when their plunge holes fill with water!
I haven’t started feeding mine yet but if it turns wet and cold they’ll be in....I have plenty of bait

 

[CharcoalWally]

No cows in here. The Autumn calvers with young calves at foot are going on to the hill tomorrow. They can stay there 'til either the weather gets horrendous, or the Spring calving cows are heading out there.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Last lot will come in tomorrow.
But I have plenty of sheep to eat any grass.

 

[John Chance]

Thought we had made a mistake taking silage and not leaving deferred grazing for a late autumn outside, but we had to house them because of the ground so we need the silage and we would have wasted the grass if we hadn't cut it. So didn't make a mistake after all, but it was luck not judgement.

 

[Matt77]

Just over half of mine in, just a bog in the gateways on this clay. The others are fine on the marsh land but as the nights get colder they’ll surely put all their effort into staying warm rather than gaining weight.

 

[wellingtonfarmer]

Just over half of mine in, just a bog in the gateways on this clay. The others are fine on the marsh land but as the nights get colder they’ll surely put all their effort into staying warm rather than gaining weight.

Why do you want them gaining weight? They thin at the mo?

 

[Matt77]

Why do you want them gaining weight? They thin at the mo?

Not thin, in good nick at mo but because I want them sold fat by April, there’s good grass down there but it’s the cold nights, I’d like some sort shelter down there but there’s nothing, it’s all sssi ground.