Beep scheme - anyone joining

Aravo wrote: »

Mine showing and I was in for weighing, vaccination and dung sampling.

Same here.
A neighbour did the weighing and meal feeding and his is there also.

One thing I liked about the weighing was being able to see the weight then after the calves were sold in the mart & see if the DWG added up! Two we sold in the mart after we'd weighed them at home gained 30kg each so both were fairly spot on for the average gain.

Just showing on mine now. Wasn't there earlier today.

Same here. Money for jam.

Why are you moving away from milky type cows

Sugarbowl wrote: »

Why are you moving away from milky type cows

Find as they get older udder and teats harder for newborn to latch on, also want a calf drinking from all 4 quarters within 2- 3 weeks, ( any longer and cow sometimes gets sore on one or two quarters and mightnt let calf suck. Weaning and drying up also easier ( Almost zero mastitis last few years) May lose a bit of weaning weight but see no difference when cattle go to factory.

893bet wrote: »

Good to see that scheme also being renewed for a third year. Money for Jam this one.

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/mcconalogue-to-launch-new-beep-s-in-next-couple-of-weeks/

just signed up for this year, did BPS same time, sign of the times but 60 - 70 % of profit for year with a few clicks of keyboard is hard to stomach somehow

Sugarbowl wrote: »

Anybody able to rent scales yet through the co-op? The link for scales rental doesn’t work for me through the ICBF website.

Got mine off kerry co op pain on the hole if I can I'll try buy my own this year
But it should be gone through automatically from coop to icbf mine took 3 days to sort out
I wrote down every cow calf and weights just in case they were lost

High bike wrote: »

Can we weigh Autumn born calves now,and Spring calves again in Sept /Oct or do we have to weigh all together

To weigh Autumn born calves now and Spring born calves in the Autumn is ideal.
As long as you weigh each cow and her unweaned calf on the same day.

Oldcastle labs are €35 also for now, they’re going to charge the last minute clients more as they don’t want an avalanche of dung at the last minute like last year.
Their sample bottles are only half the size of last year also.
Left mine in a couple of weeks ago.

pure breed wrote: »

If a calf dies suddenly a week after being weighed for the scheme, does anyone know if you'll still get paid in this scheme for that cow and calf.
Found a dead calf unfortunately this morning in the field, in perfect health and suckling last evening at 8pm.

Was he vaccinated for blackleg?

Dropped the samples for fluke in yesterday for testing (Farmlab). Took an hour to gather 10 samples from the cows in the morning, think they knew what I was at!

Results back last night, all negative. Surprised how quickly they tested & sent out

Just took the dung samples this morning and have them posted off. Like all things now a rise in prices.

Used noromectin injection back in June.

Last year I used Leavas diamond which was very hard on the stock so I wasnt inclined to use it again

The only downside to Levafas is it only does adult fluke

We used Zanil a few years ago and at that time it was the only dose that killed rumen fluke.

Yep that will require a second dose. Always a better outcome, when dosing for adult fluke. 2 chance to hit them, provided you leave approx 6-8 weeks between doses. Usually dose within 2 weeks of housing and approx 2 months after housing.

I'd say neighbour would have to book it ( and pay for it ! ) themselves for the same day wherever you get it.

Can enter 2nd herd number as additional herd when booking

Try amending your booking... might be able to add it then.

Or else the co op or whatever might add it on when you’re collecting. It shouldn’t be an issue.

Thanks, I’ll look into it on Monday.