charlie01
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wbvs58, lol yeah im 16 in yr 10. and male lol :lol:
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Suzie Q
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We are getting ready for beef week as well. However I am going to take my folder of photos to the stud where I bought my bull and cows rather than have people come here. I also probably won't stay all day as will have to deliver hay but I might try and work something else out instead. It depends on if hubby has to work on the Saturday of course.
My bull is supposed to be sold, I guess I will find out in the next month or so.
A big day yesterday. Hubby dropped me off at my neighbours at 6.15am and into Town to pick up some other people and most people arrived at the bus at the same time, So we were on the road pretty quick.
We did stop for a comfort stop after 2 hours and it did take a bit to get into the Nambour Garden Expo with all the traffic. They did have police directing traffic to help.
Very easy with going in by a bus. Prepaid and driven right into the grounds so didn't have to walk to get there.
Not as big as Farmfest, but that has probably ruined me!!! I did spend way too much, but aaah well. It will give me some things to play with.
Solar butterflies that fly around and hover. Very like my butterfly in a bottle but of course they fly all day while the sun is up. I am still pondering whether to put it inside or outside. The sun just ruins everything and the kitchen has a lot of light so I might put it in there. I bought one for my Mum as well for her Birthday.
Swirl pink crystal soil for a vase and bought one for Mum's birthday as well.
Brown and white mushrooms to grow in a box. That was way heavy and we were able to leave it at a plant coat room so that was fantastic.
I did buy giant pansy seedlings as I was a little disappointed at the mini pansy ones that I have in my garden and only $2.00 each. I also hopefully bought a beautiful red dianthus as it wasn't marked and another plant that looked lovely in the picture that I can't remember.
Oh and then I bought some more worms. I know I didn't need them and expensive, but there were 3 different kinds, red, blue and tiger so I bought them.
It was a much longer bus drive home as caught in peak hour traffic ove and over again and that was with us leaving and on the road before 3pm.
We arrived back after 6pm and totally dark.
So today I get to play with planting, worms, mushrooms and butterflies!!!
Sadly Jackie's calf died yesterday. I brought him up the day before and warmed him up, fed him, etc but something was terribly wrong with one of his eyes. Rolled the wrong way in his head and maybe he was blind in the other eye
Maybe kicked by a cow or trampled by the herd or attacked by a dog or something. He was very weak but I tried and a friend helped me and looked after him for me yesterday, but alas he didn't make it. So I will play here until a phone call from her to say she is home and I will go and help her take him up the back to bury or cremate him or something. RIP little one.
My bull is supposed to be sold, I guess I will find out in the next month or so.
A big day yesterday. Hubby dropped me off at my neighbours at 6.15am and into Town to pick up some other people and most people arrived at the bus at the same time, So we were on the road pretty quick.
We did stop for a comfort stop after 2 hours and it did take a bit to get into the Nambour Garden Expo with all the traffic. They did have police directing traffic to help.
Very easy with going in by a bus. Prepaid and driven right into the grounds so didn't have to walk to get there.
Not as big as Farmfest, but that has probably ruined me!!! I did spend way too much, but aaah well. It will give me some things to play with.
Solar butterflies that fly around and hover. Very like my butterfly in a bottle but of course they fly all day while the sun is up. I am still pondering whether to put it inside or outside. The sun just ruins everything and the kitchen has a lot of light so I might put it in there. I bought one for my Mum as well for her Birthday.
Swirl pink crystal soil for a vase and bought one for Mum's birthday as well.
Brown and white mushrooms to grow in a box. That was way heavy and we were able to leave it at a plant coat room so that was fantastic.
I did buy giant pansy seedlings as I was a little disappointed at the mini pansy ones that I have in my garden and only $2.00 each. I also hopefully bought a beautiful red dianthus as it wasn't marked and another plant that looked lovely in the picture that I can't remember.
Oh and then I bought some more worms. I know I didn't need them and expensive, but there were 3 different kinds, red, blue and tiger so I bought them.
It was a much longer bus drive home as caught in peak hour traffic ove and over again and that was with us leaving and on the road before 3pm.
We arrived back after 6pm and totally dark.
So today I get to play with planting, worms, mushrooms and butterflies!!!
Sadly Jackie's calf died yesterday. I brought him up the day before and warmed him up, fed him, etc but something was terribly wrong with one of his eyes. Rolled the wrong way in his head and maybe he was blind in the other eye
Maybe kicked by a cow or trampled by the herd or attacked by a dog or something. He was very weak but I tried and a friend helped me and looked after him for me yesterday, but alas he didn't make it. So I will play here until a phone call from her to say she is home and I will go and help her take him up the back to bury or cremate him or something. RIP little one.
wbvs58
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Thanks for that Charlie, that is probably spot on what I thought by talking to you, but sometimes I can be way off the mark, it helps to know for sure, you have plenty of time to get up and running what you want. I am 60 and retired and play with cattle as a hobby (treechanger). While their is a lot of life left in the old dog yet, it sometimes influences decisions like do I buy black or galvanised steel pickets, at least 20years out of black might just about see my farming days out. I was a veterinarian in my past life, did little to no cattle work and some horse work but mostly small animals on the outskirts of Brisbane, while I did do a couple years part time work in a mixed practice in Stanthorpe, I now just work fulltime on my little block. I have a bit over 300acres and get to use another 600 odd acres of scrub. I have a great life, I do all the things a fulltime farmer does but do not have the financial worries most farmers have as my living expenses are covered by my superanuation. This year I will calve 37 cows, 12 registered Angus, the rest commercial Angus.
Have you considered buying a couple of stud cows, this would give you a good base to breed hybrid bulls from. Shorthorn cows would be a terrific base. Most studs will turn over their cows as they are constantly bringing in new heifers to keep up genetic gain. My stud cows would have cost on average $2000 PTIC to good AI sires and they will calve within a couple of months of bringing home, I think they are good value. Anyway an AI course I think would be very worthwhile, being young you would pick it up quickly.
Suzie, are you going fishing with the worms? How do you stop the butterflies from flying away? I am a bit lost, must have missed something about the calf that died, which one was that?
I have 6 calves on this block now, all heifers, it's not looking good for my pen of steers.
Ken
Have you considered buying a couple of stud cows, this would give you a good base to breed hybrid bulls from. Shorthorn cows would be a terrific base. Most studs will turn over their cows as they are constantly bringing in new heifers to keep up genetic gain. My stud cows would have cost on average $2000 PTIC to good AI sires and they will calve within a couple of months of bringing home, I think they are good value. Anyway an AI course I think would be very worthwhile, being young you would pick it up quickly.
Suzie, are you going fishing with the worms? How do you stop the butterflies from flying away? I am a bit lost, must have missed something about the calf that died, which one was that?
I have 6 calves on this block now, all heifers, it's not looking good for my pen of steers.
Ken
Suzie Q
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I didn't post a piccie of the calf that died, so it wasn't one that you met. It had drunk as mothers udder was not full and teats were not full and calf did poop. So I have to put it in the I don't know basket.
The worms are for the garden. I have had worms for years. You feed them anything organic but not meat, onions, cirtrus, tomatoes and things like that. Anything organic and if you have your worm farm up and running correctly they will go through a pair of blue jeans in a week. The castings are good for the garden and so is the worm juice. I had reds. This one has reds, blues and tigers.
Yes some people do use them for fishing, but these ones are really not big enough and I am attached to my wormies!!!!!! No they are not named like the cattle!!
The butterflies are not real. They are plastic and run by solar. They are on a wire and flutter and go around in circles or hover. The one I have in a bottle is orange and not solar. It flutters and tries to escape depending on how many times you tap on the lid. This one is solar and I bought a yellow one for me and an orange one for my Mum.
The worms are for the garden. I have had worms for years. You feed them anything organic but not meat, onions, cirtrus, tomatoes and things like that. Anything organic and if you have your worm farm up and running correctly they will go through a pair of blue jeans in a week. The castings are good for the garden and so is the worm juice. I had reds. This one has reds, blues and tigers.
Yes some people do use them for fishing, but these ones are really not big enough and I am attached to my wormies!!!!!! No they are not named like the cattle!!
The butterflies are not real. They are plastic and run by solar. They are on a wire and flutter and go around in circles or hover. The one I have in a bottle is orange and not solar. It flutters and tries to escape depending on how many times you tap on the lid. This one is solar and I bought a yellow one for me and an orange one for my Mum.
Sorry about your calf Suzi. Perhaps it had a syndrome of pestivirus - do you vaccinate for pesti? We don't - no one does out here that I know of - in fact most people have given up vaccinating for anything, even lepto.
Ah to be 16 again like Charlie and full of youthful enthusiasm.....Agewise I'm in between Suzi and Ken. Will have to save up any dog and cat questions for you then Ken if they're your speciality! This place is ruled by a tortoiseshell cat who is quite crazy in that she loves to ride on the motorbikes. It began when I came across her too far from the house a few times and gave her a lift back - she loved it! That was a few years ago and she loves a lift over to the hayshed (her main hunting ground) and if she's in there and hears the bike, she'll come out to get a ride back home. Vehicles are cool with her also. However it causes the little dog to go into a depressed "funk" so we have to be sure she has her quota of bike-time. I've known my big tough hubby to be out riding round and round on the bike at night cheering her up! Animals....
Major housework today - too cold to be mopping floors I say.
Ah to be 16 again like Charlie and full of youthful enthusiasm.....Agewise I'm in between Suzi and Ken. Will have to save up any dog and cat questions for you then Ken if they're your speciality! This place is ruled by a tortoiseshell cat who is quite crazy in that she loves to ride on the motorbikes. It began when I came across her too far from the house a few times and gave her a lift back - she loved it! That was a few years ago and she loves a lift over to the hayshed (her main hunting ground) and if she's in there and hears the bike, she'll come out to get a ride back home. Vehicles are cool with her also. However it causes the little dog to go into a depressed "funk" so we have to be sure she has her quota of bike-time. I've known my big tough hubby to be out riding round and round on the bike at night cheering her up! Animals....
Major housework today - too cold to be mopping floors I say.
wbvs58
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I guess you would have to be carefull she doesn't hitch a ride to somewhere remote unknown to you Jilleroo. I don't know about speciality, I'm a bit of a jack of all trades but master of none.
I had a bit of a letoff from housework on Friday, my sister was supposed to be coming for the weekend but had to cancel. I keep looking at my floor every night and think I will have to sweep that in the morning but it never seems to get done. It gets very messy with firewood coming in all the time, it is a bit of a lost cause. I need visitors to get me into gear.
I have a couple of cows going over their due dates, so I hope that means bull calves. I find if their early, it's a heifer, late then it's a bull.
I'm going to have a clean up of my sheds tomorrow and next day or two. Most of my tools live in shed at the other block. They then gradually migrate to this place and end up carefully placed on the floor of shed here until I then have a big clean up and we start over again. Once everything is sorted I am going to start replacing my entrance gateways, rehanging the gates on steel posts, just tidying it up a bit. First impressions are important with visitors coming to look at my cattle. How your gates are hung says a lot about how you run the place.
Ken
I had a bit of a letoff from housework on Friday, my sister was supposed to be coming for the weekend but had to cancel. I keep looking at my floor every night and think I will have to sweep that in the morning but it never seems to get done. It gets very messy with firewood coming in all the time, it is a bit of a lost cause. I need visitors to get me into gear.
I have a couple of cows going over their due dates, so I hope that means bull calves. I find if their early, it's a heifer, late then it's a bull.
I'm going to have a clean up of my sheds tomorrow and next day or two. Most of my tools live in shed at the other block. They then gradually migrate to this place and end up carefully placed on the floor of shed here until I then have a big clean up and we start over again. Once everything is sorted I am going to start replacing my entrance gateways, rehanging the gates on steel posts, just tidying it up a bit. First impressions are important with visitors coming to look at my cattle. How your gates are hung says a lot about how you run the place.
Ken
Suzie Q
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I googled pestivirus symptoms and it said:-Symptoms of Pestivirus infection include diarrhoea, respiratory problems and bleeding disorders.
This calf did not have diarrhoea and when I saw it it didn't have any respiratory problems and no bleeding. We vaccinate with 7 in 1 to make sure they have lepto because of us flooding. We were told to do that by the previous owners of the property so we do.
When I say there was something wrong with the eye I mean physically, so it could have been born that way, I don't know.
Hubby and I went up Tamborine Mountain to Papa's house. We have to have everything out by Sunday. There were boxes packed in the garage and he reversed up to the garage to make it easy to load them in. When I went to pick up a box he said, "No I have another job for you."
So I followed him up the stairs and he took me into a room and removed the bottom draw from the wardrobe. There were coins from I don't know when.
So I picked them all out and put the 50 cent pieces in one box and the rest in the other. There were round 50 cent coins which I have never seen before. (Hubby is older than me).
So this morning I have left him his 50 cent pieces (I didn't have the heart to take them) and sorted and took the rest down and put off our credit card. $339.00!!!!!
This calf did not have diarrhoea and when I saw it it didn't have any respiratory problems and no bleeding. We vaccinate with 7 in 1 to make sure they have lepto because of us flooding. We were told to do that by the previous owners of the property so we do.
When I say there was something wrong with the eye I mean physically, so it could have been born that way, I don't know.
Hubby and I went up Tamborine Mountain to Papa's house. We have to have everything out by Sunday. There were boxes packed in the garage and he reversed up to the garage to make it easy to load them in. When I went to pick up a box he said, "No I have another job for you."
So I followed him up the stairs and he took me into a room and removed the bottom draw from the wardrobe. There were coins from I don't know when.
So I picked them all out and put the 50 cent pieces in one box and the rest in the other. There were round 50 cent coins which I have never seen before. (Hubby is older than me).
So this morning I have left him his 50 cent pieces (I didn't have the heart to take them) and sorted and took the rest down and put off our credit card. $339.00!!!!!
wbvs58
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Suzie, those symptoms of Pesti are for older cattle, although in a paddock situation it is rare to see any symptons at all. In a feedlot, especially on induction, when young animals are under stress you may see symptons, but more likely other diseases will show such as pneumonia as Pesti lowers the immunity to other diseases, and it is the other diseases that kill them, a bit like AIDS.
What Jilleroo would be referring to is the possibility of your calf being born a PI (persistently infected). If a cow gets Pesti while pregnant between a certain no. of days, I can never remember exactly, and if she doesn't lose the calf then it will usually be born a PI. It's immune system not being developed when infected, it treats the virus as being part of itself, ie friendly and will not develop antibodies to it and be always infected.
These calves when born are often weeds or have something wrong with them, they usually do not grow as well as their cohorts. A t weaning many good judges can pick them out from the rest. Occaisionally they can appear normal, in fact there have been show champions that have been found to be PI's.
In my 1st lot of calves I had 1 definate PI, he did not grow well so I held him over the winter, a couple of new cows I got were exposed to him, they had their first calves ok, but the following year the younger one had a very small weedy heifer that was born without an anus, another great cow had a very small bull calf, in fact he could walk under the belly of other calves, he survived but never did well. Their were another couple of suspects, but I suspect all of these were from Pesti. I then tested the cows and all had antibodies to Pesti, a couple showed evidence of recent infection.
Most of my cows have lifetime immunity now, but all heifers are now vaccinated before going in calf, then a yearly booster after calving. Otherwise since the herd is now clean, as the older cows are replaced with young, the herd would gradually become susceptible again setting up for a big crash from socialising over the fence for example.
Got 3 calves today, the first two were heifers, the 3rd a bull, he was a heifers calf, I had to give a bit of a hand, in fact had to get the chains on both legs and walk him out, a moderate pull, my feet against her buttocks, but all is well, I can't afford to lose any bull calves, they are a bit scarce.
I think I got mange, an itchy rash on my leg just getting worse, my little foxie Jamie is very itchy and she sleeps with me, she swings off the pigs that Bo gets then I handle them, usually throw them up onto the truck with help from my leg. Anyhow I am going to get a scalpel blade out tomorrow and do a scraping, see if I can find any mites under the microscope. I will go into town tomorrow and see what I can get for them. I might just go to CRT and pick up some Equimec, for the dogs at least, but I might work out a dose rate for me.
Suzie you must be a bit of a youngster not having seen round 50c coins, your hubby must have been a bit of a cradle snatcher. Anyhow that was a fortunate discovery, amazing how the loose change adds up. Aren't the round ones worth a bit more now? I have a couple of the paper $100 notes in the filing cabinet, they are supposed to be worth a bit more too. A few years ago afellow brought them in to pay his bill, he had been keeping them, I felt real bad about taking them from him, I couldn't bring myself to bank them, so they are sitting there for my grandchildren.
Ken
What Jilleroo would be referring to is the possibility of your calf being born a PI (persistently infected). If a cow gets Pesti while pregnant between a certain no. of days, I can never remember exactly, and if she doesn't lose the calf then it will usually be born a PI. It's immune system not being developed when infected, it treats the virus as being part of itself, ie friendly and will not develop antibodies to it and be always infected.
These calves when born are often weeds or have something wrong with them, they usually do not grow as well as their cohorts. A t weaning many good judges can pick them out from the rest. Occaisionally they can appear normal, in fact there have been show champions that have been found to be PI's.
In my 1st lot of calves I had 1 definate PI, he did not grow well so I held him over the winter, a couple of new cows I got were exposed to him, they had their first calves ok, but the following year the younger one had a very small weedy heifer that was born without an anus, another great cow had a very small bull calf, in fact he could walk under the belly of other calves, he survived but never did well. Their were another couple of suspects, but I suspect all of these were from Pesti. I then tested the cows and all had antibodies to Pesti, a couple showed evidence of recent infection.
Most of my cows have lifetime immunity now, but all heifers are now vaccinated before going in calf, then a yearly booster after calving. Otherwise since the herd is now clean, as the older cows are replaced with young, the herd would gradually become susceptible again setting up for a big crash from socialising over the fence for example.
Got 3 calves today, the first two were heifers, the 3rd a bull, he was a heifers calf, I had to give a bit of a hand, in fact had to get the chains on both legs and walk him out, a moderate pull, my feet against her buttocks, but all is well, I can't afford to lose any bull calves, they are a bit scarce.
I think I got mange, an itchy rash on my leg just getting worse, my little foxie Jamie is very itchy and she sleeps with me, she swings off the pigs that Bo gets then I handle them, usually throw them up onto the truck with help from my leg. Anyhow I am going to get a scalpel blade out tomorrow and do a scraping, see if I can find any mites under the microscope. I will go into town tomorrow and see what I can get for them. I might just go to CRT and pick up some Equimec, for the dogs at least, but I might work out a dose rate for me.
Suzie you must be a bit of a youngster not having seen round 50c coins, your hubby must have been a bit of a cradle snatcher. Anyhow that was a fortunate discovery, amazing how the loose change adds up. Aren't the round ones worth a bit more now? I have a couple of the paper $100 notes in the filing cabinet, they are supposed to be worth a bit more too. A few years ago afellow brought them in to pay his bill, he had been keeping them, I felt real bad about taking them from him, I couldn't bring myself to bank them, so they are sitting there for my grandchildren.
Ken
Suzie Q
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Yes hubby is older than me, but we didn't meet until he was in his early 40's and me in my early 30's. All my friends were telling me to go out with him and when I said no because he is too old, they didn't believe me as he is young looking. He hasn't gone grey yet!!!! We will keep his 50c pieces. There is no need to sell them..... yet.
Thank you for the run down on pesti. This calf was only 2 days old. The eye was there but as I said just not right but could have been because it had been kicked. This was this cows 3rd calf to the bazadais bulls and 2 before that to our Droughtmaster bull. She was bought from a sale so she is not that young. We will probably send her off now as we are overstocked.
I ripped up some cardboard and paper for my worms yesterday and soaked them a little bit before I put them in the metal tub. I will do the same for the ones in the plastic worm farm today. I have decided that the poor things are really neglected and will give them some TLC. I have some mulch hay in a wheel barrow so will give them some of that as well.
Hubby came home while I was giving them their feed and asked what I was doing. I just said feeding my babies and then wandered around to the shed to see what he was doing.
He was fixing the top of one of the hydrants. You have to take off the rubber on it and then glue on the new one. He couldn't find his goggles so I handed them to him and he pulled the wrong one and pulled it through instead of tightening it so I fixed it for him.
Once that was off you have to glue the new rubber on. He had a tube of contact cement and he put my name on one side and his name on the other side and then 'married' them together!!!!! Bahahahahahahahaha!!!
Thank you for the run down on pesti. This calf was only 2 days old. The eye was there but as I said just not right but could have been because it had been kicked. This was this cows 3rd calf to the bazadais bulls and 2 before that to our Droughtmaster bull. She was bought from a sale so she is not that young. We will probably send her off now as we are overstocked.
I ripped up some cardboard and paper for my worms yesterday and soaked them a little bit before I put them in the metal tub. I will do the same for the ones in the plastic worm farm today. I have decided that the poor things are really neglected and will give them some TLC. I have some mulch hay in a wheel barrow so will give them some of that as well.
Hubby came home while I was giving them their feed and asked what I was doing. I just said feeding my babies and then wandered around to the shed to see what he was doing.
He was fixing the top of one of the hydrants. You have to take off the rubber on it and then glue on the new one. He couldn't find his goggles so I handed them to him and he pulled the wrong one and pulled it through instead of tightening it so I fixed it for him.
Once that was off you have to glue the new rubber on. He had a tube of contact cement and he put my name on one side and his name on the other side and then 'married' them together!!!!! Bahahahahahahahaha!!!
wbvs58
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Coolest morning for a couple of years here, minus 5 at the house, minus 8 at my other block, you wouldn't know it though, fairly dry and no wind. No calves today but a bit of a bonus though, one I thought was a heifer is a bull calf. I took a few photos today, gee it is hard to photograph black cattle. I'll see if I can get them to go in the right place without cutting out some of the text.
This is the frost this morning.
Although cold, the cattle have plenty of treed and sheltered ridges to get amongst.
This is the calf I pulled last night, none the worst for wear.
A heifer and her 2nd calf, they waste a bit of milk with it all over their face.
I had to go to town today to pick up my mange treatment, when I got back water was running from a busted pipe on my roof. Actually it was just two pipes had seperated where joined after freezing and then thawing, but it emptied out my hot water system. I am just wating for the stove to heat up the water now so I can have a shower before I rub the mange lotion into my legs.
I shift the cows tomorrow to next paddock, always a challenge with all the young calves, getting them all to go through together.
Ken
This is the frost this morning.
Although cold, the cattle have plenty of treed and sheltered ridges to get amongst.
This is the calf I pulled last night, none the worst for wear.
A heifer and her 2nd calf, they waste a bit of milk with it all over their face.
I had to go to town today to pick up my mange treatment, when I got back water was running from a busted pipe on my roof. Actually it was just two pipes had seperated where joined after freezing and then thawing, but it emptied out my hot water system. I am just wating for the stove to heat up the water now so I can have a shower before I rub the mange lotion into my legs.
I shift the cows tomorrow to next paddock, always a challenge with all the young calves, getting them all to go through together.
Ken
wbvs58
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I got two more calves today, both bull calves. I bought these two cows together as heifers, these are now their 6th calves, all 12 calves have been bulls, all 12 calves including their first have weaned at 300kg, one of them was the mother of the bull I sold last week, they are ones that I would not mind a heifer from, but still I'll gladly take the bull calves.
I shifted the cattle today, all except one that calved this morning went through, and the bull calf that I had to pull early in the week. When I went down this arvo, the heifer (his mother) was one side of fence, calf the other side. I managed to grab him, cows coming from all directions including cow with new born, she thought it was hers, bearing down on me, I quickly grabbed his furtherest legs to cast him and roll him under the fence, he jumps up on the right side of the fence, sees the cow coming at me so goes straight back through the fence. The cow realises it is not hers, leaves me alone and I am able to get him back through. There is only cow and calf to get through now, I will give her a day or two to get sorted and she will probably end up down laneway for me to open gate.
I should get another calf tonight, this cow produced the star performer from last year, heifer or bull would be ok.
Ken
I shifted the cattle today, all except one that calved this morning went through, and the bull calf that I had to pull early in the week. When I went down this arvo, the heifer (his mother) was one side of fence, calf the other side. I managed to grab him, cows coming from all directions including cow with new born, she thought it was hers, bearing down on me, I quickly grabbed his furtherest legs to cast him and roll him under the fence, he jumps up on the right side of the fence, sees the cow coming at me so goes straight back through the fence. The cow realises it is not hers, leaves me alone and I am able to get him back through. There is only cow and calf to get through now, I will give her a day or two to get sorted and she will probably end up down laneway for me to open gate.
I should get another calf tonight, this cow produced the star performer from last year, heifer or bull would be ok.
Ken
Suzie Q
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Wow Excitement wbvs, I am glad you weren't hurt.
We have had severe frosts here too, so our grass looks like yours.
We have now had 51 live calves with no assistance since buying a Bazadais Bull.
Rio and Sterio. Dejavu lol maybe I should call the calf that instead of Sterio. Dejavu. See cow separated, go down to see that she has just started calving but seeing me upsets her so she gets up, so I leave her to calm down and birth and go down a few minutes later to get a photo of the calf minutes after birthing with Mum with afterbirth!!!! 2 photos of that with same Mum and 2 different calves.
So this photo I then went around the other side of her to get her front.
We have had severe frosts here too, so our grass looks like yours.
We have now had 51 live calves with no assistance since buying a Bazadais Bull.
Rio and Sterio. Dejavu lol maybe I should call the calf that instead of Sterio. Dejavu. See cow separated, go down to see that she has just started calving but seeing me upsets her so she gets up, so I leave her to calm down and birth and go down a few minutes later to get a photo of the calf minutes after birthing with Mum with afterbirth!!!! 2 photos of that with same Mum and 2 different calves.
So this photo I then went around the other side of her to get her front.
Suzie Q
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As far as I know animals have mange and when we get it it is called scabies. You need a permethrin cream I think it is called and you have to rub it in to every bit of skin you can. More easily done by a second person and don't forget in your belly button and under your finger and toe nails.
wbvs58
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Yep Suzie, I got some Benzyl benzoate lotion from the chemist. I prefer to call it mange, I can relate to the animals better, and I am sure I got it from the pigs. The smaller ones, I put on the foot rest of the quad bike with my leg over the top to stop them falling off, and that is where it started. I googled Sarcoptes and some photos showed it on what I wouldn't like like to get it on. If topical doesn't work, I will by some Equimec (Ivermectin) and work myself out a dose.
That certainly looks like a good strong calf, is it a bullcalf? Most of my calves have been fairly small, I guess being a lot of heifers would contribute to that.
You are getting a lot of calves at the moment. Your bull running continuously with cows, I would have thought they would have been more spread out. I like to have as tight a calving period as possible, although if I miss them with AI, then I have lost 3wks, guess I will just have to get better with inseminating. I am going to go to the local abatoir next week and see if I can get some female genital tracts to practice on.
I spent the day on the old tractor today, pushing up the last part of my roadway. It was still pretty sticky, but I was happy with the roadway I was able to form. I thought I better get in and do it before it rained.
Ken
That certainly looks like a good strong calf, is it a bullcalf? Most of my calves have been fairly small, I guess being a lot of heifers would contribute to that.
You are getting a lot of calves at the moment. Your bull running continuously with cows, I would have thought they would have been more spread out. I like to have as tight a calving period as possible, although if I miss them with AI, then I have lost 3wks, guess I will just have to get better with inseminating. I am going to go to the local abatoir next week and see if I can get some female genital tracts to practice on.
I spent the day on the old tractor today, pushing up the last part of my roadway. It was still pretty sticky, but I was happy with the roadway I was able to form. I thought I better get in and do it before it rained.
Ken
Suzie Q
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The cream worked for us. You don't stop itching straight away as the critters themselves do not make you itch. It is their dead bodies that do. So once putting the cream on they die which makes you itch a bit, however it said that week 3 was the worst and I think we were only into week 2.
That and I was giving us the green telfast tablets so that helped with not itching as much and I also applied a lotion from the chemist that had calamine lotion in it along with other stuff. So we didn't suffer too bad I guess.
Yes we calve all year around. We usually have at least one calf each month, but looking back last year February and June didn't have a calf.
We are only small, although getting bigger and with me home all the time it is easier for us to wean in small lots. The BIG guys don't do that as they have to get in help and would rather do it all at once.
I don't know any more than you at the moment as to the sex of the calf. I took the photos you saw and just checking through binoculars to make sure it is up and running around. I might feed out round bales again today as they are predicting rain and I will get them out before that, and go down and open the gate to the creek. The grass is dead from the frost but they might find something to nibble on.
I am meeting with the people who are setting up the feed lot for animals with Bazadais in them at the Bazadais Open Day on Sunday.
That and I was giving us the green telfast tablets so that helped with not itching as much and I also applied a lotion from the chemist that had calamine lotion in it along with other stuff. So we didn't suffer too bad I guess.
Yes we calve all year around. We usually have at least one calf each month, but looking back last year February and June didn't have a calf.
We are only small, although getting bigger and with me home all the time it is easier for us to wean in small lots. The BIG guys don't do that as they have to get in help and would rather do it all at once.
I don't know any more than you at the moment as to the sex of the calf. I took the photos you saw and just checking through binoculars to make sure it is up and running around. I might feed out round bales again today as they are predicting rain and I will get them out before that, and go down and open the gate to the creek. The grass is dead from the frost but they might find something to nibble on.
I am meeting with the people who are setting up the feed lot for animals with Bazadais in them at the Bazadais Open Day on Sunday.
wbvs58
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Hey Suzie, are you going to be home on Monday? I have got to go down to Willowbank to pick up some soil conditioner, I estimate I would be coming back past your way early afternoon, I would like to drop in if you are going to be around.
It has stayed under 10 degrees here today with a bit of a stiff Easterly breeze, always make it feel a lot colder than it is. No calves so far today, one old girl has been going off by herself all day but nothing yet. She is the mother of my best calf last year so am looking forward to seeing something safely on the ground.
I am off to my friends for dinner tonight so better make it short and sweet, I have to check that cow too.
Ken
It has stayed under 10 degrees here today with a bit of a stiff Easterly breeze, always make it feel a lot colder than it is. No calves so far today, one old girl has been going off by herself all day but nothing yet. She is the mother of my best calf last year so am looking forward to seeing something safely on the ground.
I am off to my friends for dinner tonight so better make it short and sweet, I have to check that cow too.
Ken
Suzie Q
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Oooh exciting, I hope she has calved by herself with you with no problems.
Monday pilates in the morning and I will be home. I look forward to seeing you.
I am playing it by ear with the people I am meeting at the Open Bazadais Day. Depending on when we meet and what happens they will be either coming to inspect our herd on Sunday afternoon or Monday. So I might leave them in until you have seen them as well. Then I can let them down to across the other side of the creek.
A bit of a drizzle this morning. Let's hope it drizzles for long enough to water the lucerne and my gardens.
I fed out some round bales yesterday and then took the top of the hydrant down and screwed it on to the hydrant. I now realise that the modification that hubby made to the hydrant will probably be useless and have to be taken off as we won't be able to open the hydrant with it and I don't know if we can put the hydrant on with it already open. Maybe we can.
Then I checked the fence on the other side of the creek and sigh no electricity there, so I left it as I was being picked up by a friend and that could take hours to fix. I closed the gate to the creek until I have fixed it.
Into Beaudesert with my friend and boy didn't he spend up. More than me!!!! I found him a GORGEOUS jacket at Vinnies - $15.00 which is way more than it would have been if it was at the Salvos in Boonah, but ah well. Same with the boots I bought, but they were new looking leather boots for $20.00 so I couldn't resist. That was a wonderful find. My little rubber boots are past their best and now have holes in front and back. You can't notice them yet, but of course no longer waterproof and will probably hang down soon when on a horse!!!
He also bought a dressy pair of boots with a zipper for $20.00.
Then I took him to my chiropractor. He was suffering. He hit a stump with a quad 18 months ago and it has been exacerbated with him using a chainsaw this week.
When he went in he couldn't pull down on the steering wheel to the left or change gears, coming home his arm didn't hurt at all to move the steering wheel or change gear.
Then to Aldi's and he was amazed that he bought a trolley full of food for under $100.00. Of course he is comparing that to Boonah, which is more expensive than Coles and Woolworths in Beaudesert and Aldi is cheaper than them. Sigh not Australian, but when struggling you take every short cut that you can. They do sell Australian honey and fruit and veg and stuff.
Then driving home he remembered that he wanted socks, so went into a shop there and he bought 4 pairs at $5.00 each and then a leather pair of boots for $100.00.
We arrived home after dark.
Monday pilates in the morning and I will be home. I look forward to seeing you.
I am playing it by ear with the people I am meeting at the Open Bazadais Day. Depending on when we meet and what happens they will be either coming to inspect our herd on Sunday afternoon or Monday. So I might leave them in until you have seen them as well. Then I can let them down to across the other side of the creek.
A bit of a drizzle this morning. Let's hope it drizzles for long enough to water the lucerne and my gardens.
I fed out some round bales yesterday and then took the top of the hydrant down and screwed it on to the hydrant. I now realise that the modification that hubby made to the hydrant will probably be useless and have to be taken off as we won't be able to open the hydrant with it and I don't know if we can put the hydrant on with it already open. Maybe we can.
Then I checked the fence on the other side of the creek and sigh no electricity there, so I left it as I was being picked up by a friend and that could take hours to fix. I closed the gate to the creek until I have fixed it.
Into Beaudesert with my friend and boy didn't he spend up. More than me!!!! I found him a GORGEOUS jacket at Vinnies - $15.00 which is way more than it would have been if it was at the Salvos in Boonah, but ah well. Same with the boots I bought, but they were new looking leather boots for $20.00 so I couldn't resist. That was a wonderful find. My little rubber boots are past their best and now have holes in front and back. You can't notice them yet, but of course no longer waterproof and will probably hang down soon when on a horse!!!
He also bought a dressy pair of boots with a zipper for $20.00.
Then I took him to my chiropractor. He was suffering. He hit a stump with a quad 18 months ago and it has been exacerbated with him using a chainsaw this week.
When he went in he couldn't pull down on the steering wheel to the left or change gears, coming home his arm didn't hurt at all to move the steering wheel or change gear.
Then to Aldi's and he was amazed that he bought a trolley full of food for under $100.00. Of course he is comparing that to Boonah, which is more expensive than Coles and Woolworths in Beaudesert and Aldi is cheaper than them. Sigh not Australian, but when struggling you take every short cut that you can. They do sell Australian honey and fruit and veg and stuff.
Then driving home he remembered that he wanted socks, so went into a shop there and he bought 4 pairs at $5.00 each and then a leather pair of boots for $100.00.
We arrived home after dark.
wbvs58
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Suzie, it sounds like you have all those good boutiques stitched up. I don't mind shopping at those places either, though I am not much of a shopper, I just get in and get out. I usually go there for my winter jumpers, though this year I went to an army disposals and got a couple of army jumpers, they are real good and fairly durable.
We had 5mm rain overnight and probably another 10mm today. That cow calved last night, I think it is a heifer, but it is very goofy so it would not surprise me if it turned out to be a bull, I should get a better look at it tomorrow. I got the bulls in this morning and gave them their first shot of Vibrio vaccine, it is just over a week since the older bull shipped out. I have noticed since then, they are doing a lot more grazing instead of argy bargy, sleeping and trying to root each other, their weight gain has jumped up to about 2kg/day from around 1. I think the big boy was a bad influence on them, well I hope he did give them a few pointers.
Seeing it was so wet and cold today I did my tax return, not a real lot to do, but I do have some shares for my grandkids. In the past I have had to pay tax on their dividends, this year I get all the franking credits refunded.
I have decided to go to Brisbane tomorrow arvo if nothing looks imminent calving. I will stay the night, pick up a couple of things, then the fertiliser. I should still be coming through about the same time, maybe a tad earlier, but around the middle of the day to early afternoon.
Ken
We had 5mm rain overnight and probably another 10mm today. That cow calved last night, I think it is a heifer, but it is very goofy so it would not surprise me if it turned out to be a bull, I should get a better look at it tomorrow. I got the bulls in this morning and gave them their first shot of Vibrio vaccine, it is just over a week since the older bull shipped out. I have noticed since then, they are doing a lot more grazing instead of argy bargy, sleeping and trying to root each other, their weight gain has jumped up to about 2kg/day from around 1. I think the big boy was a bad influence on them, well I hope he did give them a few pointers.
Seeing it was so wet and cold today I did my tax return, not a real lot to do, but I do have some shares for my grandkids. In the past I have had to pay tax on their dividends, this year I get all the franking credits refunded.
I have decided to go to Brisbane tomorrow arvo if nothing looks imminent calving. I will stay the night, pick up a couple of things, then the fertiliser. I should still be coming through about the same time, maybe a tad earlier, but around the middle of the day to early afternoon.
Ken
Suzie Q
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If you are on you way to Brisbane today and go via Beaudesert you will be going past the Bazadais Open Day!!!! They said they will have plenty of signs up.
Suzie Q
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Hi WBVS, I am sending you a pm. We sold our weaners today at the Bazadais Open Day and we are delivering them tomorrow. We have to go to Tagoolawah, so we might not be home when you go past as we have to put them through the race and put NLIS tags on, etc before we leave.
