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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1176977" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>Yeh things just seem to get busier and busier Jilleroo. All the cows have calved now apart from one straggler, got some ripper calves, heaps of bull calves to select about 10 to keep on. I have done the first round of AI on the heifers and they are due back in next Saturday. I pulled the cidrs on the first calvers today and will pull them on the first group of cows on Tuesday and put another lot in. We have got pretty dry again though I think there is still a bit of moisture down a bit, just need to join it up. I am rotating the cows very rapidly through the paddocks just to clip the small bit of growth there. I am still feeding them a bit of grain and I think I have just arrested the weight loss which is what I need to have a chance to get them back in calf.</p><p>I sold my last bull today via Gumtree, not much money but he is gone and I just have my 8 yearling bulls to look after now. We always think next years are going to be better and that is what sucks you in.</p><p>I always reckon Sept and Oct are our toughest months. If we got an early storm we would get a pretty good response but you have to be very lucky it's usually not until late Oct.</p><p>I made a good contact with the people that bought my bull, very nice people and they grow and sell grain and will have stubbles and straw available from time to time and not too far away.</p><p>I got my calf registrations in last week so I'll start getting hair samples from any that are potential carriers of genetic defects. I plan to get rid of most of my carriers when they rear these calves so any calves that show up +ve the cow and calf can go sooner rather than later.</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1176977, member: 16453"] Yeh things just seem to get busier and busier Jilleroo. All the cows have calved now apart from one straggler, got some ripper calves, heaps of bull calves to select about 10 to keep on. I have done the first round of AI on the heifers and they are due back in next Saturday. I pulled the cidrs on the first calvers today and will pull them on the first group of cows on Tuesday and put another lot in. We have got pretty dry again though I think there is still a bit of moisture down a bit, just need to join it up. I am rotating the cows very rapidly through the paddocks just to clip the small bit of growth there. I am still feeding them a bit of grain and I think I have just arrested the weight loss which is what I need to have a chance to get them back in calf. I sold my last bull today via Gumtree, not much money but he is gone and I just have my 8 yearling bulls to look after now. We always think next years are going to be better and that is what sucks you in. I always reckon Sept and Oct are our toughest months. If we got an early storm we would get a pretty good response but you have to be very lucky it's usually not until late Oct. I made a good contact with the people that bought my bull, very nice people and they grow and sell grain and will have stubbles and straw available from time to time and not too far away. I got my calf registrations in last week so I'll start getting hair samples from any that are potential carriers of genetic defects. I plan to get rid of most of my carriers when they rear these calves so any calves that show up +ve the cow and calf can go sooner rather than later. Ken [/QUOTE]
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