Bull or heifer?This little red head landed this morning. Makes a change of looking at black and white
Bull or heifer?This little red head landed this morning. Makes a change of looking at black and white
I'd say with the drought last may it was still in the grassFortunately we have had no case of milk fever yet, lots of it around, high K silage seems the be the issue. Slurry out too late and too much and silage cut too early.
I think that's the real science in breeding. They can breed a small calf that's born well before the due date. And still when the calf gets going, it will grow into a fine animal.
Kya was a great bull for that, throw out little kittens and then grow like mushrooms afterI think that's the real science in breeding. They can breed a small calf that's born well before the due date. And still when the calf gets going, it will grow into a fine animal.
We ran a pair of shorthorn bulls with the cows to clean up last year. We'll see how they go in a couple of weeks.If I were milking I'd say I'd go shorthorn or something abit different.
Heifer.Bull or heifer?
Always thought he was a good looking bull. Good thing I didn't buy one of his offspring soKya calves are lunatics though
I'd be inclined to agree. I've always liked Fleckvieh myself.If I were milking I'd say I'd go shorthorn or something abit different.
Farm relief in Today, for extra supervision.
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I'm bored.. no cows in tonight.If I hear I'm bored once more I'll crack.
We used to get that here but nowadays their terrified to even look bored never mind say it out loud. You may invest in a pack of paint brushes and lots of paint.If I hear I'm bored once more I'll crack.
I don't think there are any such miracles. Looking at the fleckvieh AI leaflets there seems to be a negative correlation between hip width body size and calving ease of the sites progeny, but inversely if you have a more difficult calf to calf it generally leads to a cow that can calf a bigger calf.I think that's the real science in breeding. They can breed a small calf that's born well before the due date. And still when the calf gets going, it will grow into a fine animal.
A self inflicted product.Nothing worse than high Potassium silage for giving issues.
We've been looking at it for years, but that's about all we can do!If guys are going high in k they should be looking at their soil CA and mg. Putting mg chloride in water isn't great for animal health either if done constantly.
Have you looked at an Albrecht test? Will give you % of calcium and magnesium in the soil. It might be as simple as spreading mg lime or some kieserite to balance things out.We've been looking at it for years, but that's about all we can do!
High K silage is a product of high K available to the plant. Our K is high in our silage but particularly high this year as a wet late Spring meant there was a lot more slurry and we were spreading it later than normal also. After the 1st cut there was another round of slurry spread. Soil would be 3 + 4 for K. Only straight Urea used otherwise.
Silage made in 2021 will, be high in K also, not much we can do about that.
Yes, we have. We have too much Mg in our soil.Have you looked at an Albrecht test? Will give you % of calcium and magnesium in the soil. It might be as simple as spreading mg lime or some kieserite to balance things out.
Is the recommendation for calcium lime then?Yes, we have. We have too much Mg in our soil.
Yes, that's all we've been using for 10yrs now. pH is pretty good. Just too much Magnesium.Is the recommendation for calcium lime then?