When's calving starting 2022

Last one calved this morning so that’s it. She was a straggler one month behind the last one so interest was low on her!!!

update on the calf that wouldn’t suck the cow. Never did suck the cow in the end. Tried everything with him and no good. It’s like a pet lamb now. Have him and the mother gone to the field with the bullocks as not carrying the cow and she not keeping a calf. It’s some nuisance having to feed him every day though.

She got 4 tubes of dry cow and she’ll get 10ml of spotinar in July.

I’d be fairly confident of the cull price holding and a few months of grass will finish her.

We had a heifer like that last year.

Put a calf jacket on him, he should be fine in a day or too. I got the Dairygold one (breathable fabric) with a red trim, they are easier to remove later.

He's probably sore from the calving. Patience will get him going. I had one like that, this year. Keep at it.

If you take the calf off her and just leave her alone will she not just dry up by herself.

I’d still put a tube of dry cow in her.

Thanks for the advice. Vet said to feed her straw and should be okay, but contact them again if things don't look right.

The calf was a bit slow to suck and gave it a steroid injection. Thankfully, the switch has been turned on and is sucking from bottle now. Not sure how much of that can be attributed to the injection but it has a chance now.

Is the daddy a Lim bull?

Nice fiston heifer out of zag

Oh, the old sucking while still lying down trick. Done it here a few times.

Some ordeal this morning!

Loyal heifer, incalf to Ivor, went calving this morning in the calving paddock, picked the one spot where there wasn’t sheep wire, must have rolled over and slipped down a bank onto her back. Got her pulled down handy, sitting up straight but wouldn’t get up. Went for the jack, but she was gone swollen at the back and calf wasn’t budging so rang the vet.

Just as the vet pulled in she got up so got her into the calving gate and cue the photo!

Thankfully all went well, fine bull calf, swollen head from all the forcing so thank god we didn’t keep pulling. Got an injection to help the swelling.

Never a dull moment😅 last one til the next batch in June

Have a 4th calver cow here. She got caught up in the cubicles and ended up sitting in a squatting position for a while. When she got up, there was 2 young bulls mad after her as if she was bulling. I was 50/50 if she was incalf or not.

Checked her there today and she is bagging up and starting to soften.

You'd wonder at times. What would cause this?

Ya that’s him. Don’t have any fear of him on heifers, very easy calved. The only reason she didn’t calf him was that she was swollen behind and so was the calf’s head. Have used him on any heifers I’ve to bull the last 2 years and all have calved with relative ease. They come light boned and turn shapey after. Ideal for heifers in my opinion. A lot easier than Eby. Probably to easy for cows, you’d have better bulls out there for them, the likes of Gamin in Bova, or Maddison/ Newton in Dovea

Yeah, I’ve put Ivor on cows and i’d have no problem doing it again, he breeds stylish, shapey cattle and brings a bit of extra length that some Lim bulls dont. You don’t need to use hard calved bulls to breed good quality cattle. Last September i sold some Highfield Odran bullocks out of heifers to a neighbour, he sold them today as two year olds, made between €1800-1850. I wouldn’t mind having some Odran straws now, he was a serious bull and very easy calved.

Lovely outfit Alan, when outside calving works which it does most of the time it is always the best I find. Cows are more comfortable and relaxed calving outside. They seem to calf quicker too, plus the calf seems to get up quicker as the get better grip in a field than the straw bedded shed. Plus you can bet a LM calf to be up quick sucking. Really noticed it this year as I put a few Sim on cows and the Sim calves are a lot more dopey / sleepy.

thanks Yep agree - certainly calved fast, checked 3am on calving camera (I have set up so it covers paddock outside as well as all inside - great job) all quiet, 5am she started 5:05 all over! Had to check was I dreaming 😂. Used a lot KJB over years and liked but found bit lively to keep as replacements. Only this cow this year. Don't notice huge diff in Sim/LM vigor in general

I had an usual scour that spread through about 6 calves. I don't like to interfere when calves are on grass with their mother unless its a real problem so after 4-5 days it all cleared up.

Ch4637 heifer

Quick as a flash.

Day 290

Thanks tanko, will give him a shot so this season. Yep, this KJB was 11 days over.

Ya off LIS-NA-RI GUCCI

Bull. May try a few more SIM this year

Eby bull born yesterday from a Dbz first calver.

Thats a sickner,had the same here 3 weeks ago.Went to feed cows one morning and there was a little limo bull calf in the slats a full month early.Tiny little fecker,had to tube him for 4 days before he could suck.Hes out the field with the cow now still only half the size he should be but Hardy out.Dont know if he'll ever come to anything but he's alive at least

No a commercial, would have been a cracker. That's the way it goes. Have a cow at 300 days to hurricane gonzo, she would want to calve fairly lively to lift the mood.

Well, this cow just calved there now. That ends my wondering if she was incalf or not. Fine Gamin (ZGM) bull. Was hoping for a heifer as she is a great cow.

I've a 3rd time calver that's 18 days over, she is a tidy cow now but looks big at the mo. Calf still moving inside. Should I wait on on her or chance the vet for a shot? Bull is ch2218. Only used him once before carried 14 days and a bit of a pull. This cow would be smaller