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- Sat May 09, 2009 12:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Bulls in Fields with Public Footpaths - Bulls in Fields with Public Footpaths
- Replies: 10
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Farmers over here have taken to putting up a sign at their entrance gate, warning that the person was entering a 'multiple hazzards' area and that entry was at their own risk. Any visitors are advised to check with the owner of the possible dangers (stock, water reservores, other water hazzards and...
- Sat May 09, 2009 12:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: colouring - white socks
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6741
DNA profiling will help you find out if the bull you thought was the sire, actually is the sire. The NZ Dexter Society has now made it compulsory to file the DNA profile of any bull calf being registered, before it can have full registration. This way, if there is a query as to the sire, the profil...
- Sat May 09, 2009 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: putting cow back wit bull - query
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5181
Ours don't seem to cycle until a couple of months after calving, depending on the weather. One Spring it was so wet all the time (you know that kind of Spring) that it was common amongst a lot of the farms up our way, especially the dairy farms, for the cows to start cycling late that year. The sun...
- Sat May 09, 2009 9:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: colouring - white socks
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6741
- Wed May 06, 2009 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: The Great British Menu
- Replies: 56
- Views: 43442
Just wanted to let you know Clive, we received the DVD in the mail today and watched the two programmes this evening. Caroline's beef and mushroom pie looked great, even if she was a bit nervous about the pastry. The Menu on the 'Great British Menu' looked incredibly complicated. I'm amazed they pu...
- Sat May 02, 2009 11:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Downer calf - Any advice?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8569
- Sat May 02, 2009 8:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Weaning a Bull Calf early
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16188
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: So Excited!!
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- Views: 3242
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: The Great British Menu
- Replies: 56
- Views: 43442
It would be nice to be able to 'finish' beef. If only we had the suitable grazing. Our best market is for weaner steers and if the steers aren't long-legged (non-carriers) they won't sell at the sales yards. The agents suggest that we don't try. Better to sell short-legs privately. Commercially, it...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: DCS Survey - wasting more money than Alister Darling?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5832
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Society Sales - Where Are They?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3394
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Calving cows - After they are born
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4288
Have you had a wet Winter? I've talked to a number of farmers who have had just the same, from a number of their cows. I myself had a cow who pushed her calf into the world and had no interest in it thereafter. We ended up hand-raising it. The previous year she had reared her bull calf fine. The on...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: colour of calf?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9900
A lack of copper can bring about that brownish colour SteveM. A few years ago, I had to give our 1 year old heifers a copper salt block, as they all had a brown tinge to their coat. They turned shiny black in time and their conception rates were fine. Making sure your stock has access to a good mul...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: York Sales - Poor
- Replies: 32
- Views: 27826
We find that we can get good prices for our long-legged (6-7 month olds) weaners at the salesyards, if we time the selling at the right time of the year. The sales are weekly, but there are also special weaner sales a couple of times a year. We got just over $2 per kilo for our four weaner steers. ...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: New Calf
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6419
She's looking good now. Is it worth tying the mother up and making her feed the calf twice a day? She may eventually let the calf feed on her own. After her hormones settle down, her mothering skills might improve. We had a heifer that treated her calf like a punching bag as well, she came right an...