The Bulls Are Out & One Of Them Is Starting To Turn Angry! Potential Contract Calf
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- Опубліковано 4 гру 2023
- The bulls are out and doing their thing but one of them is starting to turn a bit grumpy so I'm keeping my distance from him, Only a couple more week then they will go to the works, I'm pretty sure I'll only do 9 week mating this year.
Calves are getting ready to head to Grazing and got bit of a surprise in the mail with a potential contract...how ever I don't think the calf is that good so have pretty low expectations - Розваги
Please be careful around the bulls, when I was farming we worked with Hereford bulls, I was told that all the dairy breeds are dangerous but the most dangerous is the Jersey!
Love to hear about your system and choices
I haven’t worked with too many other breeds but jersey ones certainly are notorious for being worse than the others. Wait till I have to get them on the truck soon 😅
If your not keeping any replacement from your bulls, could u keep back 6 or 8 bull calves of your own every year save ye buying them ??? Keep up the hard work, watching from ireland
Wow you got some goldfish in your trough great
Hi I like your video
Good to see your scc is better, what’s your season average so far? Better than last year? Yeah I think you are a bit light on bull power. Have you thought about leasing bulls? Great video and yes I love the south👌
103 STD compared to 130 last year, so pretty happy with that.
Yeah I always get told that haha but it seems to work alright, I have thought about it and probably a good option but then you don’t know what bulls your getting temperate wise, would be way easier though 👍
What happens to the fish when you clean the troughs? Do the fish produce dirt? What kind of fish and from where?
What kind of gates do you have in the shed? Do the first cows ever shy away from them and what do you do to push them up?
Great videos Andrew
Put them in a bucket and then tip them back in at the end. They are just gold fish, they sort of clean the trough a little bit.
Just normal gates on hinges, you get the odd cow that really doesn’t like being in the front but they’re usually pretty good
Thanks Andrew. We’re in Koromatua. Really helpful and entertaining
👀🙄🐾👍Great video Andrew have you thought about Low Line Angus bulls for your heifers and tailing out the milking herd?
These cows can be infertile, don't you know that?
Hey mate, what are your key contributing factors to getting mastitis this time of year up in the north ? Are conditions more wet than normal for you guys ? I'm down here in northern southland (near gore). Good to hear ssc is doing well, for comparison in southland @ this time of year we are sitting 100-120. The vids are great! Cheers
Hey man, and interested topic! I’ve only had the odd case in the young herd, like 2-3 cases in the last couple of years so I think maybe the feed pad has something to do with it, they pick it up from that at time to time. And also when we do get the odd shower or rainy day I’m sure they’re more prone to getting it then.
That’s pretty good, you’d be happy with that?
Another good one Andrew. My Jersey bull- two and half years old- spends his days rolling logs into fences, turning over water troughs and shoving machinery up against gates so that I can't open them, and growling and threatening every time he sees me. He's off on a big adventure to the saleyards next Tuesday. The agent asked me what weight I reckoned he'd be- no idea. What say you Andrew? What weight do yours usually go?
Good time to see the back of him! I was trying to find last years weights but I must of deleted the email, so I really don’t know sorry.
This is truly a stupid cow, greedy for food, lazy to work
Yeah personally I wouldn't get between a cow on heat and a bull, lol😂
Hi what song do you use for when you put your drone up??
What is the cost of doing an auto drafting gate? Seems that it would really do you well getting one not just for AI(ie:drafting mastitis cows) seems that you have everything else to make it it work , Really enjoy the videos keep well
Drafting gates about 40k plus all the pipe work etc.
would be really really cool having one but we don’t have the room out the front to make it work, you need quite a long race once the cows exit.
If we extend the shed in the next couple of years it’s definitely something to take into consideration though.
Thanks Michael appreciate it 👍
Don’t move south, your place is way nicer! Winter sucks down south.
Haha yeah that’s the one thing I don’t like about it down there..and that’s the winter, nice on a good day 👌
@@TheOnceADayFarmer not to mention the 💨, NW, SW etc. Etc.
Andrew I had to stop watching the parts with the angry bull. I have been attacked by a bull years ago and I knew 4 guys that were killed by bulls they kept around like that one instead of getting rid of them..
Andrew you and your family just have to stay where you are lol
On the AI as good as technology has become more and more nope we have bulls for a reason not just beef I won’t go into how the male population would feel but that’s another can for another day , the bulls you have are all good looking and should turn out some great calves, which are looking good I would be a rubbish farmer I’d just not want to get rid of any great video x😊
Sweet as Andrew.
Question for ya.
How do you and your dad pick your Bull's? Are they good stock like what you choose for a.i -ing?
That buck in the field really didn't want you in there with his women.
It’s easy as, I ring the stock agent and say I want 4 then he buys them for us 👍
I think they’ve come from the same place for the last couple of years and they have been really good.
We don’t keep any heifers from him so it doesn’t matter to much about them
Nah he’s getting a lot worse 😅
@@TheOnceADayFarmer Thanks Andrew.
Why not keep heifers from them, do you mind me asking?
Do you select your stock bulls specially for their milk potential? If you were able to get a beef bull what breed would you choose as suitable for a Jersey given their size?
No, bulls aren’t selected on anything, only keep replacements from AI cows.
I think there’s a lot probably suitable, angus is pretty popular but bulls have to have low birthweight so calves are a bit smaller.
I think charolais are good too, as they throw smaller calves but have good growth rates
I've seen difficult calvings in pure charollais herds so wouldn't dare use one on a small heifer
How many acres do you farm
Do you test the bulls before mating? You should have more than one bull in with the cows incase one is not working
Use black angus for clean up bulls we use them on our lower quality heifers because angus calves come out of them no problem
Ai cows keep 1 bull to cover
Are your cattle registered
Yes sure are
Why are there fish in the water trough?
They eat the grass and other feed that falls out of the mouth of the cows when the cows are drinking, this keeps the water clean
They are just good fish but I’ll explain it more in another video
Ÿour bulls making a loud racket fer sure.
If u went with a beef bull u could keep him for 8-9 years if he stays in good condition
I see your point, but I still need to buy yearling bulls for the heifers so might as well just carry them over and then sell them as we’re doing now. Plus I don’t really want big bulls like that around sorry.
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AI is much safer.
Aren't Jersey bull notoriously dangerous? I know when my father farmed a neighbor of his was killed by one.
Any of them can be but jerseys do have but of reputation for having small man syndrome, they can change very quickly 😅
Esse Touro meio que te odeia rsrsrs,tem um desejo enorme de lhe pegar 😅😅😅
He certainly does! 😂
Hi tag your cows
Why dont you freezebrand your cows
Don’t need to, it’s not very common in NZ
@@TheOnceADayFarmergreetings from N.Ireland.
Why do NZ farmers not freeze brand?How do you ID cows from.the pit?
Think you're risking your life working with those Jersey bulls
Have you considered sexed semen from the best genetics for replacements, and run a beef bull with the remainder for better calf return, Ie: Belgium Blue, limosine, are these available to you? Im from U K,
Hi I like your video