👀🙄🐾👍The early born animal's are always the best the tailend are always playing catchup

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

More milk for longer I thijk

It’s been a great 3years watching your channel grow 100x since I put that comment on Toms channel. Congrats buddy, you deserve every bit of success you’ve achieved. From Scott sub no.278.

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

I’m forever grateful honestly! Thanks Scott 👍

@scottbradley2494

2 ай бұрын

@@TheOnceADayFarmer just wish that one day we’ll meet and have beer, also congrats on the new little one.

As a keen breeder myself. The variables are stature and live weights of the sire. As the nz BVs are across breed then you do have some short jersey bulls and naturally lighter live weight BVs.

I'd look up the mother's of the light heifers, and the dates of birth and the sires and see what patterns emerge

Good video love the landscape

Farming is a good job. Cows play a very important role in our lives. I pray to Allah that you have a good life🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

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@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Awesome thanks!!

Grass is Looking good.

Hi good idea

Great job on the vid... your grass is looking good.. cattle as well.. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Awesome video as always Andrew! Answering your question in my opinion some of it is down to genetics but same cow and bull can have bigger offspring and some could be smaller, and I believe some of it is down to there feeding as a calf. I find my later calves just never do as well as the July born calves. They eventually catch up after one season of milking.

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

I think that’s due to the earlier ones being fed milk for longer. I did talk about that a bit a while ago, I spoke to my cousin who said we need to feed milk for longer to get more calcium into them for growth which makes sense. Definitely agree with what you’ve said 👍

Holy cow, that grass , 😮😂

I would like to say that I love your videos ❤ most of them are very helpful as I want to be a dairy farmer when I grow up❤❤❤

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate and good luck, I hope you come into the industry 🐄 👌

@Blazeisamazing112

2 ай бұрын

@@TheOnceADayFarmerthanks have a good day or night mate

Like humans we are all different. You should be teat sealing your cows too. Great video

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Yep that’s true, I’ve debated it with Martha in the past and have opted not to do it as I don’t think I get to many mastitis issues around calving, but definitely one to look into again

Hi I like your video

Dear Andrew Size and uniformity of heifers and cows is a combination of genetics , sires used and management of the cows from calves to heifers and cows . Broadly speaking on genetics it comes down to cow model of the bull used American Sires tend to be taller in stature , whilst European Bulls from Holland , Scandinavia , Australia tend to be shorter and suited to pasture based systems . On the management side it comes down to growing out the animals consistently until fully grown . Once calves are weaned you would want to start feeding and working towards a high energy carbohydrate diet ration to enhance growth of the cows . So ask your feed consultant and nutritionist to tweak the ration in favour of more carbs and the correct ratio of protein and fats . Useful feed additives and buffers would work well to promote growth uniformity which would prepare the cows for their upcoming first lactation and still be able to grow fully . As a general rule of thumb look for the happy lines in the cows as a visual to indicate cows are in top condition . Looking at the cows in your parlour they do seem to be in good shape , maybe include a bit more silage and concentrate in their ration for height and size .

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the answer! Very detailed and much appreciated 👍

Lots of grass for nearly mid winter 😮

@mattnielsen6309

2 ай бұрын

Winter doesn’t start until June in the Waikato😂

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Haha yeah winter hasn’t really started yet 😅

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Also you could apply some basics of the aaa system. I use this in its simplest form, short cows get sire that adds stature and tall cows get a shortish bull that adds capacity to add width. Other traits all bulls must have is wide rumps and strong udders. I understand your looking for uniformity in your heifers and it's annoying have such extremes

Another thing you mentioned at the end about your heifers variation is some mature later. So they Mayne average heifers that become better producers with age. Think we all get then variables you mentioned. There's the rule of thumb and then there's always those exceptions to the rule in breeding 😂

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Haha I like that, good line 👌

Do you teat seal the cows?Because a cows teats are open but heifers teats are sealed naturally

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

No don’t do the cows, something to maybe revisit again 👍

@dbg9226

2 ай бұрын

@TheOnceADayFarmer I am in UK and even cows who get dry tubes get sealant as well.

can you make some bales of wrapped silage or hay with the extra grass? Pretty sure you've thought of this already but just curious what goes into that decision.

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Not at this time of the year, I couldn’t get it dry enough to bale 👍

I think you genomic tested those heifers, I would be checking those results of the empties to see if any had genetics potential to carry over, but wouldn't keep them if low for fertility.

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Haven’t got any genomics done as of yet but from next season all dna sample include genomics which will be good 👍

Andrew ex farmer your question you only have to look at your kids same sire and dam but different outcomes dont worry about all being the same in your line of heifers

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Haha that’s true! Never though of it like that but it makes sense 👍

I never worried about size, I just hated getting those scungy poor doers you would get a few of every year Those seemed to be the ones that struggled Those ones seemed to be later in AB and not looked after properly by there mothers early on with a bit of bad weather around

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree, if they are good condition then I’m not too worried 👍

Hi new bigger cowshed

You should send those 5 heifers up to mervs with next years heifers and give them a second go

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m thinking about it, not worth much at the works so probably a good idea

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In shed feed system will solve your shed issues

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Haha cheaper to mix it myself 😉

Please don't whack your heifers.

Genetics feed starch

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

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Carry them over and milk them from next season? ( the better ones)

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Good idea 👍

Are there no export for jersey heifers in nz.

@pixie706

2 ай бұрын

Seems a shame to kill an empty heifer who may not actually be matured enough to carry a calf at time of insemination

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Don’t think so, but I’m not sure

@kirkforster5254

2 ай бұрын

Worth finding out I sold 1 jersey yearling here I'm aus to export and got 1100

Genetics. Body condition will give you.an idea of where they are at mor than an average size

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Yep I agree 👍

Hi empty cows into steak

What causes the heifers size difference? Genetics Milk allowance as calf & how long Feeding up to breeding/calving

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Yep probably agree there, need to feed milk for a bit longer 👍

What plece teat sealing in heifers?

@TheOnceADayFarmer

2 ай бұрын

Just plugging the teats to stop bacteria getting in there 👍