Weaning Beef Calves | Mustering in with the drone.
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2022
- Mustering in our Beef cows and Calves off the hills with the DJI Drone. Then weaning the calves and loading onto a truck ready to be sold via auction.
My Name is Alistair Bird and My wife Genna and I farm on 'The Grange" near Oxford, North Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Join me as I document our daily life bringing you the highs and lows on a New Zealand Sheep and Beef farm.
Thanks so much for watching.
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Our on-farm accommodation is listed on Air BnB www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/20445220
Email: ak.gkbird@xtra.co.nz
Mail: 211 Ashley Gorge Road, Oxford, New Zealand. 7495
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Great video Alastair keep them coming 👌
Great video once again Alistair 👍
Thank you.
Great views over the Plains. Can you see rangiora from up there? Thanks for the video!
It is a great view. Yep we can. It sticks out at night with the lights.
💚 Good luck and continued success, 💚
Good luck and success 👍🌸 Great video
What Animal health treatments to you give the replacements at weaning, drench, vaccine etc?
We give them an oral drench, and a 5 in 1. Then later, before winter they will get a second 5 in 1 and a multimin injection.
Godo evening! amazing uploading.Kiwi! =)
Definitely a truly magnificent day at the office mate. 😊.
Not bad ae.
Love seeing the cattle videos.
Thanks for watching.
Great video Alistair.
Thanks!
We are just finished calving up here in the northern hemisphere, last one yesterday, we normally don't keep the April calvers but we had a serious cull last autumn as the price was good and kept twenty young April calvers, they were all supposed to be calved by the 17th but as we run Charolais bulls they carry a bit longer. We had the best calving that I can remember 157 calves out with 156 cows with a bit of fostering we have only one cow rearing twins and only lost three cows . And only two sections, wish the lambing had gone as well,only good side is that dry ewes are making great money here.
Good to see your calving went well. Our cull cow price is a bit back here due to the works not being able to process them fast enough. Our cull ewe price is also good. Thanks for watching.
Nice video as always Alistair. Will you bring a new bull for those replacements?
Yea we will. In the market for 2 new bulls this winter, Spring.
Looks like a successful day!
Good too see the bee hives tucked away there safely. How are they being managed, percentage of product/profit or just for the diversity and pastoral benefits
Just an old fella. We dont require much just a tub of honey every now and again.
What sort of done are justing
How many dogs to do have on your farm please
Dji mavic air 2.
We have 6 dogs here.
Thanks for the vid. Really enjoy your stuff! Yards must work good for you to be able to work 115 cows by yourself, here in SA I think somewhere between 5 and 10 guys is standard! Winter coming on strong this side, heavy frost and some snow in Lesotho, started giving winter lick to our 170 cows... What's your lick program like? Guessing lots of phosphate with all your green grass? Thanks! Keep up the good work!
The yards do work well. I have updated some bits to make it easer to work cattle by myself. We try and give salt blocks year round with trace elements (Cu, Zn, Co, I, Se) the will use a molasses based block over winter and high Magnesium block for calving.
You seems to be very relaxed as sheep brought in money and now beef cattle.
Now good money in the hands of my brother. Ha ha ha. Ram from India 🇮🇳
Hi Ram, Yep takes the pressure off paying some Bills.
@@kiwifarmernz that's a great news brother. Keep going towards success. One day i wish to hear from you that u got ur loans etc cleared.
Great vid Alistair what would be the target mating weight for the heifers. What age and carcass weight would the steers and heifers sold be at the end. One of our climate change targets are reducing the slaugther age of cattle Angus and Hereford are being looked at more 20 cent/kilo bonus is a big incentive.
We aim to get the heifers to a minimum of 320kg before mating. The best of the steers here will be sold before their second winter, so 18 months old. Heifers are generally a bit longer, say 2 years old. As long as the carcass is over 220kg then you are getting the best money. That's a good insentive you have to sell them early.
@@kiwifarmernz. Thanks Alistair under 230kg we are penalised 280 to 360 is what factory's/retailers wants over 430kgs penalties. At the the minute such is the demand you'd get away with heavy cattle.
What is this sorcery. Using a flying machine to bring in the cattle!
You’ll be telling me there are tractors that steer themselves next, And there are Governments that actually care about farming.
Ok the last one is a bit far fetched right.
Hope they sell well. 🤞
Haha we can hope and wish for the last one can't we?