Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I know there are many large farmers on the forum, but I thought I would post some pictures of the last few weeks in Killeshandra! Just the other day we were thaughing out some pipes in the sheds and forgot to turn off the taps...... The next day I went in and the bedded area in the shed was flooded !!!! So had to call our neighbour who is a contractor and get him to dig out all the sawdust out and get a silage load of sawdust ( next week ) which I will put into the shed with our mf590 and the fleming power box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 More pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Our neighbour came with his renault and pulled the mf e 50 out and then cleared out the shed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 calves and the shed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FNHIR Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Are the fields still green and leafy in Killeshandra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Nice pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Are the fields still green and leafy in Killeshandra? They surely are !!! Still have a few heifers out and a belguim blue bull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Nice pictures Thanks light land I will have more pitures next week when i'm bedding the shed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Pics from summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Clean shed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jdeere6910 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Nice photos there how do you find the sawdust as bedding? and is feed intake increased over straw bedded cattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Nice photos there how do you find the sawdust as bedding? and is feed intake increased over straw bedded cattle Hi Patrick, I feel sawdust does a great job bedding because not like straw it can be left for longer. And to be perfectly honest we don't have the herd of cows on the bedded area only calves and cows in calf, All the heifers are left on the slats At the moment we have a charolais heifer that fell and sprained her ankle in one pen ( more pics being uploaded) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hi Patrick, I feel sawdust does a great job bedding because not like straw it can be left for longer. And to be perfectly honest we don't have the herd of cows on the bedded area only calves and cows in calf, All the heifers are left on the slats At the moment we have a charolais heifer that fell and sprained her ankle in one pen ( more pictures being uploaded) Thanks for the reply. We have a heard of sucklers ourselves so anyone elses cows and methods of farming them interest me a lot. A neighbour put some of his cows onto sawdust after being on straw and he said much the same although they were eating a 4ft silage bale extra every 2 days. \ are all your heard charolais or charolais cross? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Thanks for the reply. We have a heard of sucklers ourselves so anyone elses cows and methods of farming them interest me a lot. A neighbour put some of his cows onto sawdust after being on straw and he said much the same although they were eating a 4ft silage bale extra every 2 days. \ are all your heard charolais or charolais cross? No we also have belgium blues, limousins but a good few charolais Have ye many cows??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 No we also have belgium blues, limousins but a good few charolais Have ye many cows??? We have 30ish sucklers, mainly Bonde d'Aquitaine and crosses, also a few blues and a few various. We finish all their offspring on a cereal based system. We also rear black and white bull calves from 2 weeks up to 14-16 weeks and have 80 in two batches of 40, one on milk and the other weaned. I also work weekends at my neighbours dairy farm where we have 200 pure holstien milkers and followers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 We have 30ish sucklers, mainly Bonde d'Aquitaine and crosses, also a few blues and a few various. We finish all their offspring on a cereal based system. We also rear black and white bull calves from 2 weeks up to 14-16 weeks and have 80 in two batches of 40, one on milk and the other weaned. I also work weekends at my neighbours dairy farm where we have 200 pure holstien milkers and followers We have 50 or so now sold 2 a while back we're feeding the heifers on silage all winter and the younger stock silage dairy nuts and new borns calf nuts hope to expand over the years maybe buy a mounted mower sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmermilkin82.050 Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 When he got stuck had to call another neighbour!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jdman Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 where abouts in ireland is killeshandra great pics by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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