No. Its recommended that they be 150 days + but not required. They can be any age and with that isn't it better that they get weights from a range of ages?Do the calves need to be a certain age before you can weigh them. I was at a Teagasc meeting one night and I'm sure he said they needed to be a certain age, I was reading through the terms and conditions but can't see anything
My scales isn't fussy how old they are:scratchhead:Do the calves need to be a certain age before you can weigh them. I was at a Teagasc meeting one night and I'm sure he said they needed to be a certain age, I was reading through the terms and conditions but can't see anything
Where are u? There's a lad in tarmonbarry on the Longford Roscommon border with onetl to hire. A few around here have hired his.I have spent the last week looking to get scales to hire but no one has heard anything about it. ICBF haven't even anything organized yet :scratchhead:and I was planning to go to the mart tomorrow
I'm in Donegal about 3 hours away from there, no one hiring anything around here yet, there is a chance something will be organised in a week or twoWhere are u? There's a lad in tarmonbarry on the Longford Roscommon border with onetl to hire. A few around here have hired his.
How much spare cable is between the loadcells, can you modify it by cutting the beam and push the load cells further apart?... I have to say I would not recommend those beam scales for cattle - get one probably made that has load cells on each corner or buy the beam scales and move the load cells.
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Rented an O'Donovan Eng TruTest EW7i from FRS. Very nice scales. Locked in the weights. Only had it a few hours though!All of the beep hire scales in this area were tru test models. Coop near us had 3. Speaking to the manager there, they gave very few problems. With the tams approval, I think this will be the model we will go for. I know somebody who supplies them, so it would be logical for backup to buy from them.
I got the same scale thought it good. Wonder will these scales be sold off again?Rented an O'Donovan Eng TruTest EW7i from FRS. Very nice scales. Locked in the weights. Only had it a few hours though!
Was there talk of them doing BEEP again though? Will depend on that maybe.I got the same scale thought it good. Wonder will these scales be sold off again?
I got the same scale thought it good. Wonder will these scales be sold off again?
Was there talk of them doing BEEP again though? Will depend on that maybe.
We've gone with option 3 and meal feeding. I forget what a single test is but it ain't cheap and will be the bulk of the payment unless they get a decent discount from some of the labs.Looking at this year's BEEP-S
Action 1 - weighing
Action 2 (optional) - meal feeding or vaccination
Action 3 (optional) - faecal egg testing
Anybody thinking of doing Action 3?
What do these tests cost and who does them? Be interested in results but a shit job
Going to do the meal feeding alright. The weighing was handy enough last year. Will probably do Action 3 as well and curse it when collecting!We've gone with option 3 and meal feeding. I forget what a single test is but it ain't cheap and will be the bulk of the payment unless they get a decent discount from some of the labs.
Still happy enough to go with it as try to keep dosing and treatments to a minimum so any incentive to see what's going on with stock is fine with me
Looking at this year's BEEP-S
Action 1 - weighing
Action 2 (optional) - meal feeding or vaccination
Action 3 (optional) - faecal egg testing
Anybody thinking of doing Action 3?
What do these tests cost and who does them? Be interested in results but a shit job
That sounds a lot simplerI picked the meal feeding and option 3, I think for option 3, I think you collect about 10 samples for every 10 cows and put them all in one container, the lab then takes one sample and does one test from the container and the test might cost 10 euro. That's what the teagasc adviser was saying at our last discussion group call the last night
I picked the meal feeding and option 3, I think for option 3, I think you collect about 10 samples for every 10 cows and put them all in one container, the lab then takes one sample and does one test from the container and the test might cost 10 euro. That's what the teagasc adviser was saying at our last discussion group call the last night