Great video very interesting, good to hear the change of system has brought the passion back to you, farmings not for everyone but can be the best job in the world when that passion is their for it👍🏻
Great video Gavin thanks for sharing it ,definitely worth thinking about, I think the most important thing is the trust/partnership you must have with the dairy man that there not breathing down your neck, i guess that knowing something about each other first is vital.
Great video Gavin, very good to get a insight into that job, I’ve a few questions, 1. When you get in the animals as calves off milk, would they be long off milk before you get them , say they were 8 weeks old before they’re off milk 2. Once the calves arrive on the farm do you bed them down on straw for a few weeks or are they straight out to grass 3 do they get anything bar grass when outside to keep them pushing on 4 are you at max stocking rate with those two lads animals or could you keep a few of your own cattle as well if you wanted 5 do you see this as a full time business for yourself and the farm or is it the best thing to be at in the present , bar sitting on a 3 legged stool , (though milk prices are all dropping now too,)as maybe the longer your at it , the harder it will be to walk away from your two customers as they become dependent on you and perhaps you on them, basically I’m asking have you a long term goal for the farming like milking or do you have the best of both worlds with your present set up
Off milk a good few weeks before the arrive probably 4-6 weeks.. no straight out to grass keep them in the paddock around the sheds for a week to keep an eye on them and as well if the want they can go into the shed at night and easy to run them in as well if I need too.. the get meal around 1kg per head and they get hay/staw just a square between them to nibble on need to be on older stronger grass just for the first while.. I'm close to it I have a few plans in the pipeline but hoping to get to 140/150 heifer (70ish small ones 70ish bulling heifer) no I personally don't have any plans to go milking this suits me the best don't want to face calving 100 150 cows.. if I got more land I'd like to have a few pedigrees but with nitrates the way they are going I don't think I'll be able to better to have animals paying you
Great video very interesting. When are you putting up the parlour?😉 You spoke about heifers going into calf, do you injector heifers to get a few in heat? And is all AI? Keep the good work up 👍
No no parlour mick ill be sticking to the rearing I'd say 😄 some will go on a full hormone program prids etc but vast majority are done on natural heats or one injection to bring them around.. its all ai but I'm going to get a bull this year to mop up to make sure I can get as many as possible in calf as quick as I can
How far away are you from the farmer that you raise the cows for. I know a young lad who wants to get into farming but he is aiming for suckler and this seems like a better option for him. He is in the west of Ireland where there isn’t many big dairy farmers, could he take in animals from, eg the northeast, southeast, south or would the dairy farmers like to keep their heard local
Yes same here in mayo, this is a great option for the likes of my friend who has ambition to farm just not the pocket, this would allow him to follow his passion while also making a reasonable income and not have to endure some of there hardships of suckler farming
Hi I’m thinking about going contract rearing. I have sheep 🐑 on the farm and they are not paying there way so I’m going to get rid of them. Would make any difference them being on straw bedding because I have loads of shed space. I have sucklers on another farm so I have mobile handling facilities. Do you think it would be a good idea to go contract rearing???
Yea I couldn't see any issue with that as long as the owner was OK with it and you kept the bedding fresh and clean so there's no dry mastitis forming if you had loads of shed space you could even put in cubicals not needed but something to think about
@@DM-eq1fq they go back between 3-4 weeks so they can get put through the parlour a few time and get used to their environment before calving and milking reduces stress on them
Great video Gavin. Love the honest straight up chats. Great help to others.
Keep it going 👏👏
Cheers hopefully might be of use to someone
Fantastic informative video 👏 well done canning farms 🚜 👏 👍
Thank you so so much
Great video very interesting, good to hear the change of system has brought the passion back to you, farmings not for everyone but can be the best job in the world when that passion is their for it👍🏻
Yea John farming is the worst thing in the world when your heads not in it and the best thing in the world when you enjoy it
great video
Cheers 😁
Great video, well done for putting it out there
very interesting video gavin. everyone do what suits them best. i keep pedigree simmentals they are very quiet and easy to work with.
Yea simmental would be my breed of choice love them.. had a good few pedigree cows when I was sucking only animals to leave money behind them
Super video so informative ...keep up the good work
Thanks gerry
Well done Gavin, great video
Cheers Patrick 👍
Great straight forward video
Cheers joe
Great video Gavin very interesting 👌
Cheers Gary 👍
Great video Gavin thanks for sharing it ,definitely worth thinking about, I think the most important thing is the trust/partnership you must have with the dairy man that there not breathing down your neck, i guess that knowing something about each other first is vital.
Yea Denis it's the first thing you need to work on is the relationship between both parties.. I'm very lucky the lads let me work away thank god
Fantastic video 👏
Thanks so much 😄😄
Interesting video Gavin good job 👏 👍
Cheers nigel
Great video very interesting 👍
Thank you David
really good video, very interesting
Thank you
Great video 🐮🐄
Great video 👍
Thank you Rick
Great video Gavin, very good to get a insight into that job, I’ve a few questions,
1. When you get in the animals as calves off milk, would they be long off milk before you get them , say they were 8 weeks old before they’re off milk
2. Once the calves arrive on the farm do you bed them down on straw for a few weeks or are they straight out to grass
3 do they get anything bar grass when outside to keep them pushing on
4 are you at max stocking rate with those two lads animals or could you keep a few of your own cattle as well if you wanted
5 do you see this as a full time business for yourself and the farm or is it the best thing to be at in the present , bar sitting on a 3 legged stool , (though milk prices are all dropping now too,)as maybe the longer your at it , the harder it will be to walk away from your two customers as they become dependent on you and perhaps you on them, basically I’m asking have you a long term goal for the farming like milking or do you have the best of both worlds with your present set up
Off milk a good few weeks before the arrive probably 4-6 weeks.. no straight out to grass keep them in the paddock around the sheds for a week to keep an eye on them and as well if the want they can go into the shed at night and easy to run them in as well if I need too.. the get meal around 1kg per head and they get hay/staw just a square between them to nibble on need to be on older stronger grass just for the first while.. I'm close to it I have a few plans in the pipeline but hoping to get to 140/150 heifer (70ish small ones 70ish bulling heifer) no I personally don't have any plans to go milking this suits me the best don't want to face calving 100 150 cows.. if I got more land I'd like to have a few pedigrees but with nitrates the way they are going I don't think I'll be able to better to have animals paying you
Thanks for that ,
@@cteehan anytime
Great video very interesting.
When are you putting up the parlour?😉
You spoke about heifers going into calf, do you injector heifers to get a few in heat? And is all AI?
Keep the good work up 👍
No no parlour mick ill be sticking to the rearing I'd say 😄 some will go on a full hormone program prids etc but vast majority are done on natural heats or one injection to bring them around.. its all ai but I'm going to get a bull this year to mop up to make sure I can get as many as possible in calf as quick as I can
Good man fair play, 👍
@@Canningfarms How much of a say do you get in the bull choice?
@@DM-eq1fq ai straw is the completely the owner bull then is usually and Angus
How far away are you from the farmer that you raise the cows for.
I know a young lad who wants to get into farming but he is aiming for suckler and this seems like a better option for him. He is in the west of Ireland where there isn’t many big dairy farmers, could he take in animals from, eg the northeast, southeast, south or would the dairy farmers like to keep their heard local
Hi paddy, I'm in mayo lads are from cavan.. distance isn't a major factor like you said most big herds down the country
Yes same here in mayo, this is a great option for the likes of my friend who has ambition to farm just not the pocket, this would allow him to follow his passion while also making a reasonable income and not have to endure some of there hardships of suckler farming
@@PaddyGun exactly paddy just makes it that he can put the money into the fencing reseeding and buildings he needs and he be set for life then
Hi I’m thinking about going contract rearing. I have sheep 🐑 on the farm and they are not paying there way so I’m going to get rid of them. Would make any difference them being on straw bedding because I have loads of shed space.
I have sucklers on another farm so I have mobile handling facilities. Do you think it would be a good idea to go contract rearing???
Yea I couldn't see any issue with that as long as the owner was OK with it and you kept the bedding fresh and clean so there's no dry mastitis forming if you had loads of shed space you could even put in cubicals not needed but something to think about
Do to need stalls to get them used to them for when they go back to the owner?
No when the go back they have a few weeks to get used to stalls if they are there obviously it's a bonus but not essential
@@Canningfarms that make it more interesting. I thought you had to have them cubicle trained.
How close to calving do they go back to their home farm?
@@DM-eq1fq they go back between 3-4 weeks so they can get put through the parlour a few time and get used to their environment before calving and milking reduces stress on them
Throw down a few cubicle mats on the slats and they’ll discover what they are. Makes them easy to cubicle train
@@philiptyndall4968 yea I have rubber on the slats and at the back like 3 4 foot of solid rubber they love lying there
Did I hear you say you only have 2 wheel drive tractor on the farm or have you changed that? I thought i saw a big john deere in another video?
Yea that's all no any big tractors are all contractors some day maybe I will go bigger 😅
@@Canningfarms Lot of us around the country getting by with 2 wheel drive to be fair long as they keep ticking over!
Good video,
But need to but the pen down. 😀
Is that your baler in the background
No I wish 😅 only being stored there for the winter
@@Canningfarms lol
@@evannagle4352 don't think my yoke could move it let alone run it 🤣
Well done good man, if you ever have a beast that pop's her shoulder out I'm your man only farm up the road from ya
Cheers John 👍