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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1283158" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>The three cows I'm waiting on calving are big and fat in spite of restricted rations - 2 hrs is about right, I think it might be 2.5 hours for a dairy. At 3.5 hours grazing a heavily pregnant dairy cow can maintain weight.</p><p></p><p>We had some minor damage from the flooding, nothing too serious. The annoying bit was where I fixed up the tracks and most of the new metal got washed away again a month later.</p><p>In June the cows were grazing the driest part of the farm, much to my relief, That relief soon evaporated when we started calving in July and the rain never stopped long enough for the soil to dry out, so in spite of best efforts there's significant soil damage around the farm which will likely reduce growth for the next several months. Two paddocks that got damaged early on were designated sacrifice paddocks, the older calves live in one and the other the cows overnight on every time it's really wet, to protect the rest of the farm. </p><p></p><p>You'll be glad of that hard pad. Just driving the tractor around in these conditions, anywhere I go every day that doesn't have metal underneath it has been torn right up. Usually I move the calves to a new paddock every two or three days but this year I just fed them on a big patch of mud in the gateway of two paddocks, one for the older calves one for the younger. </p><p>And of course, after a few days fine weather and some nice firm ground at last, we got around an inch of rain today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1283158, member: 9267"] The three cows I'm waiting on calving are big and fat in spite of restricted rations - 2 hrs is about right, I think it might be 2.5 hours for a dairy. At 3.5 hours grazing a heavily pregnant dairy cow can maintain weight. We had some minor damage from the flooding, nothing too serious. The annoying bit was where I fixed up the tracks and most of the new metal got washed away again a month later. In June the cows were grazing the driest part of the farm, much to my relief, That relief soon evaporated when we started calving in July and the rain never stopped long enough for the soil to dry out, so in spite of best efforts there's significant soil damage around the farm which will likely reduce growth for the next several months. Two paddocks that got damaged early on were designated sacrifice paddocks, the older calves live in one and the other the cows overnight on every time it's really wet, to protect the rest of the farm. You'll be glad of that hard pad. Just driving the tractor around in these conditions, anywhere I go every day that doesn't have metal underneath it has been torn right up. Usually I move the calves to a new paddock every two or three days but this year I just fed them on a big patch of mud in the gateway of two paddocks, one for the older calves one for the younger. And of course, after a few days fine weather and some nice firm ground at last, we got around an inch of rain today. [/QUOTE]
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