They are getting scarce on the ground but trouble is there are too many black and white to bring down the price

Thanks John

👍thanks paddy

It is a good to do weights if you can it’ll show you how they are doing if you don’t know it’s hard to make improvements. A scale can pay for itself quickly

What vaccine did you use we had issues last year with a lot of coughing on the early born calves none so far this year tg. It’s a hard place to be when you do everything right and still getting issues from this weather. We have a lot of things to improve on far from being perfect

@@Grahamkavanaghfarming Bovalti Respi 3 was the vaccine and they got a shot up the nose at 6 days old as well, don’t think it was a vaccine issue as they were easy enough cured with a couple of shots and we didn’t lose any, I think myself it was just the weather and the fact that they were in a place that is high and exposed ( normally good for calves as little issues with flies and pinkeye) . Stuck them back in the shed last Tuesday week just in time for the few nice days but they were still as happy as Larry and I think they are doing better than they were outside, either way they can stay there until after the second cut and we have a bit of aftergrass , actually I am just back from having a look at where they were and there’s not much grass after growing back even though it got a good shake of fert 10 days ago. Weeds are doing well though!

There are loads of extra costs esb diesel machine and upkeep etc just working off feed costs in that

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Just so there’s good surprise

That cost is just for finishing period so over lifetime would be a lot less but once they have a good cover there no point feeding more than gains €

Have thought about that a few times but it may be a lot more hassle and the stars wouldn’t be great on our fattening heifers. I don’t agree with these stars but that the system we have now

It was expensive enough but they are a good job compared to an ad lib feeder you can cut them back a bit