Outwintering Cows.... Is it really worth all the hassle??
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- āđāļāļĒāđāļāļĢāđāđāļĄāļ·āđāļ 14 āļ.āļ. 2024
- This week we put the last of our cows to the mountain.
We also get a new ring feeder
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Great video aye your right cattle do a lot better outside far healthier ð
Cheers Gary. ð
Totally agree with cows are alot happier too to be out should put a concrete slab down for feeding them and then bobs is your uncle ð
@@DonalKelly-wf1tp ah a concrete slab would be an unreal job. Would be a lot cleaner ð
Great video, very nice cows
Where is the mountain?
Just behind our yard, aye happy enough with the cows, throwing good calves every year
Cheersð itâs only 2 mins away from our farm here. Very handy
That's a busy road behind u.
Aye thatâs the main motorway from Belfast to Dublin.
Cows have a great time there. If u had shed there for feeding them they could go in and out and it be cleaner.
@EdwardBrady-ls6up that wouldnât be a bad idea. Would be easier for feeding minerals and all also
@Clarkesfarm it be great job only problem the price of ready-mix is high .they say its 140 a metre.
@@EdwardBrady-ls6up It has got to be an awful price. Go to do any bit of work at all and it costs a small fortune.
Love the video's and yes cattle way healthier out. Do you think weanlings would do better out and selling in the spring
Honestly Im not sure. Da would have always told us to take the weanlings in so we could keep an eye on the weight gains. Might be worth trying next year maybe
I tried a few most years . Last year i kept them in a tighter amount of ground less walking silage and meal 16% with a touch of barley and found they average weight gain about .85 kg more in some but main thing s were good shelter , warm place to lay and well dosed and plenty of minerals. They flew in the mart when out wintered and clean . Just seemed good. Decision this year will i sweeze or leave as bulls for selling in march
@@walterhalloran-p9x .85 is good going for them to be outside. They would be hardy animals. If I could get all my weanlings sold in October I would keep none over the winter to be honest. We were getting great money for the ones we did sell. We do ring all our bulls when they are born. Saves any need for squeezing.
I would like to clear my name, i never left the gate open, i went to the other entrance ð
You can see in the videoâĶ.it was clearly your faultâĶðĪĢðĪĢ
Ya i sell most of them off the cow sep / October but i try and have good shape on them. Averaging over 1250 across the board for bulls and heifers but calving dragged on from march to may. I find great results from multimin. They trive great after it . U use it. Bullock weanlings worth more in spring i think than bulls..
Aye we would be creep feeding the weanlings from the middle of July. Average weight for the ones we sold were around 275-320kg. I was fairly happy with that. ÂĢ1250 is super money for weanlings. Multimin. No ive never used it. But I would be keen to give it a go. At what stage do you give it to them?
Cattle do well outside. Are the replacement cows from dairy stock.
The Angus heifers? They are our own calves from last year. But all our cows would mostly be fresian cross cows. Great milk with them
@@Clarkesfarm do you find you compromise with the shape of your cald?
@@mannionjonny695 our calves? We do get some great calves out of the smallest of cows. Our best performing cow every year is our smallest. But in saying that, we have bought in 2 more beefier animals this year to see how they do.
Cattle do fare better out out and heather
No doubt about it. Itâs hard to beat