Re: calves running with the herd
I tried it for three years running with a herd about that size. It worked very well the first year, not so good the second year and the third year dambed near imposible to wean them off. I even had those big calves getting through sevenwire battened sheep proof fences. thats why this calf raising method didn't make it to the fourth year. Best wishes , Peter. - Original Message - From: I K Buckingham To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 2:50 PM Subject: Re: calves running with the herd Have occasionally left the odd calf on its mum in the milking herd. Our experiencehas been very good calves and very little milk. regardsIan BuckinghamMaungatawhiriNew Zealand Subject: calves running with the herd I milk 150 cows and have been thinking of leaving the calves on the cows in the herd for 3 months but don't know enough about it. Can anyone shed any light on this at this herd size Thank you Kym
Re: calves running with the herd
Have occasionally left the odd calf on its mum in the milking herd. Our experiencehas been very good calves and very little milk. regardsIan BuckinghamMaungatawhiriNew Zealand Subject: calves running with the herd I milk 150 cows and have been thinking of leaving the calves on the cows in the herd for 3 months but don't know enough about it. Can anyone shed any light on this at this herd size Thank you Kym
calves running with the herd
I milk 150 cows and have been thinking of leaving the calves on the cows in the herd for 3 months but don't know enough about it. Can anyone shed any light on this at this herd size Thank you KymJoin the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here
Re: calves running with the herd
In theory if you are calving all year round, it shouldn't be too difficult. All you need is well fenced paddocks and raceways, and a calf 'creep' , so they can have somewhere to go to when the herd is being milked, pref. with some meal and hay. It would lessen the potential damage if the herd cows are dehorned ! An organic Armish farmer in PA (USA) was doing it when I was out there, and he reckoned it was pretty simple, changing his head was the hardest part. Gideon. - Original Message - From: K M Davey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 7:25 AM Subject: calves running with the herd I milk 150 cows and have been thinking of leaving the calves on the cows in the herd for 3 months but don't know enough about it. Can anyone shed any light on this at this herd size Thank you Kym Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here
