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Um so yeah they were not tired haha. Ended putting 4 bulls with 100 heifers and they got 81% in 21days. Very happy

One of our farms soil varies significantly from sand rises to silt loam flats. We've been planting veldt grass on the rises and phalaris on the flats. Just wondering how much this affects animal performance when they go from one to the other within a week or few days etc.?

Thanks for all the replies. We've never fed these cows grain. They get hay but it's already generally in place. I've got them on some pretty rain damaged swath grazing at the moment and they're not too excited about cleaning it up so I'm wearing earplugs each move! They're fat just missing fresh...

They're rotated in They're rotated on pretty good pasture although it's drying up. Approx 20acre cells. I thought they needed to replenish semen after a certain period?

They ate 2 They are 2

Have had 3x young bulls in with 70heifers for 45days and am looking at buying another 90 heifers to mate and trade. Thinking about resting bulls for 6weeks and then putting them in. This is a bit out of season for us but think they will sell well. Nice heifers. Is 6weeks long enough? They...

We move cattle often sometimes everyday but more often I try to stretch it to between 3 and 5 days. I like having them trained but I don't like the behaviour of them all carrying on whenever the motorbike starts up. I'm thinking about going to automatic lift up hotwires so they don't associate...

Thanks guys. I have tried direct burying it and it gets eaten through pretty quick. I was thinking the skid steer and just dig a trench with the bucket would be quite quick just don't want to mess around with the pvc. But maybe best option. I was going to go 20ft high with overhead abd they're...

I'll have to price conduit. It would be quite good. I was thinking about just using poly but worried about the termite issue. Cheers

Thanks guys. I hadn't really thought about muddy gates but that'd be a good reason to go over as well. I just don't like the idea of putting hotwire under ground we have termites that chew and forever chasing leaks under ground. Plus it's a big job trenching everything. We've refenced a whole...

We've been using a single wire with two insulated handles either end in front of steel gates to join electric fence sections. It's a bit of a pain to open and fails at times from kinking. Thinking about going overhead instead of underground. Anyone got any tips? Similar to pic

Yeah ok that's a lot of space maybe I'm better off doing some feedlot cable style fencing. Thanks

Hi everyone, we are looking to build a new holding yard to receive cows off pasture. As our herd is increasing we have outgrown out current temporary panel setup. How much room per cow/calf do they need? They don't come into the yards very often so I'm thinking a little more than average...

What age do you do this at? No miss mothering? Must be noisy overnight :lol: Cheers

Ah ok no worries. So wait because they will work an re mother better when a bit older? Thanks

Have been castrating at birth last few years and this year decided to do them all at once at around 4-6 weeks age. They've just finished calving and am keen to get them done before grain harvest (or else leave them till January). Only trouble is its just me and my brother and im not sure we can...

Thanks everyone. Prob worrying about nothing. Have traditionally been autumn calving here, so not used to having calves this size around hay. Cheers Will

3-4month old calves seem to be eating a lot of hay. They're still drinking from mum adequately I think, but starting to look a bit full in the gut of hay. Can this be an issue. Undeveloped rumen? Or nothing to worry about.

Great, thanks for the comments Ken. Just wishing we bought them 12 months ago!

I am new to this forum and apologies if this post is in the wrong place. We are mixed farmers on Kangaroo island SA and have been thinking about increasing our cattle numbers for a while now. We have been buying light young animals to fatten and trade on. This has been working well but are...