Calving [BE.RA.CA]
Calving at 3: Bulling Management
We revisit Billy Graham at Craigdarroch Farm to discuss bulling preparation and bull selection for calving at 3 years old. More in our Calving Bulling Management Vlog series: Calving…
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Calving at 2.5: Bulling Management
We revisit Stewart Stronach at Berryleys, Keith to hear how he manages his heifers at bulling and what he looks for when selecting bulls for calving heifers at 2.5 years…
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Calving at 2: Bulling Management
We revisit Tom Hopkinson at Lindertis Farm at Kirriemuir, to hear how he manages his heifers at bulling and what he looks for when selecting bulls for calving heifers at…
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Choosing the Right Age to Calve Heifers with Stevie Rolfe
In this short video, Stevie Rolfe from SR Cattle Services provides an overview of the range of heifer management practices he commonly sees across the country. He also provides some…
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Remember The Golden Rule Of Calving!
We are getting reports of large numbers of twins currently being born. This makes it even more important to check for a second calf, especially for cows which have had a small calf and are leaner. It is often the second calf which takes longer to be born, has the highest chance of being mis-mothered and hence has the higher risk of dying.
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Calving Equipment Checklist
Are you ready for the start of calving? Do you know where your calving ropes are? Is your medicine cabinet well stocked? With the first calf often arriving quicker than expected it’s a good idea to have checked that your calving equipment and essentials are ready for use.
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Spring Calving Checklist
As calving approaches, it is a great time to take stock, and look at your management over the spring calving period. Ensuring the management is tight over calving, will have…
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Preventing Scour In Calves
Calf scour (diarrhoea) is one of the biggest issues associated with illness, poor growth and mortality in calves. The most common causes of calf scour in the first 3 weeks of life are rotavirus and coronavirus (both viral), cryptosporidiosis (parasitic), E.coli (bacterial) and Salmonella (bacterial). An outbreak of infectious scour is costly, in terms of calf losses, treatment costs and labour.
Read More >Colostrum for Calves
The management of calves at birth and immediately after has the biggest bearing on the future productivity of the calf. The importance of getting good quality colostrum into the calf…
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