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two whole frozen ones near Huntingdon....if thats of any help...

not sure how many people this concerns but payment for any livestock sold will be made by bacs next Tuesday, 30th September...not sure what the delay is...maybe this is normal. Seems a long time to me

Well there has been a lot of talking but not much action in our household with regard to having our herd linear scored...wished we had done it sooner. Very pleased to say our senior bull cosmos Draco is now judged to be an EX93 and our young bull, Cosmos Taurus (who is for sale at Melton sale in Sep...

we need one too! Had a look at the website but no one registered in the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire area.... It seems too that you can not contact the NACFT as there is no contact details on the website...obviously not enough dairy herds over in the east! 13 Aug I have been back to the website you r...

check with your vet...ours will not come out unless there is a crush...now we have bought one not sure how we ever coped with out one!

Marjoram & Harry 10 July.jpg Thought you might like to see the progress our little foster pair have made. Day three and now we can tie Marjoram to a ring feeder whilst the calf dances around her and feeds...the next photo is of him tentatively approaching from the side...a couple of half hearte...

Thats what we have decided to do Louisa.. We took Ann's advice and took the heifer into the crush and milked her from behind which she didnt seem to mind too much. We then went to collect the calf this morning and put the heifer back in the crush and put the calf to her from behind. We did have to '...

Hello Stephanie...thanks for your comments. The farmer was recommended by the vet who helped with our heifer this morning...so although I dont know him myself, I do trust my vet. The heifer is quiet and hasnt minded us handling her udder but of course its an unknown area. I would have preferred a be...

Lost a calf this morning ...I have chance of getting a 24 hour old dairy bull calf to foster on to this first time heifer.
Any opinions, is this a good idea? I am a little concerned about drying her off at this time of year

Im afraid Grantham does not grade...he was carrying a little extra but not too much...butcher seemed happy enough...

could not agree more...the clover in the picture has 'calmed' down ....first two years after oversowing the clover it was hard to spot the grass! Now there is a better balance, with more grass than clover. The grass being fed by the clover and looks really healthy for it...

Draco..aged 7.jpg twilight (1).jpg Other non shorts usually come in around 210 - 240 deadweight...this one was particularly tall... wish I had taken a photo now! We do not have mum anymore but she is a short red cow..from the bull Elmwood Jacob..Dad is our own bull who does throw beefy stock...who ...

Linked to the thread below, we decided to sell our lastest steer to a local butcher in Nottingham. He weighed in at 142kg a side at just 27 month...on grass! Probably not a record but must be getting up there perhaps. Butcher is shocked...glad Im a member of the beef certification scheme!

well we have an application and a foil pack...a new skill to add to Deans CV??

Using a prid on a heifer for the first time...any hints or tips? thanks