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countryman

Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 137
Location: Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 5:40 pm Post subject: TB tests and cattle

Firstly, hello too you all

Weve just had the first part of our yearly TB test on the cattle today.
The second and most crucial part is on Thursday though, which means a great few days of worry to come as our neighbouring farm is currently under restrictions as they lost 6 animals last month at there test

Its a worry really, mostly over this one;

May(Mayhem) our little Jersey house cow.
Weve got other cattle,Herefords that we rear for beef, and it would be gutting to loose any of them but i dont think id let May go if she was positive. Fingers crossed anyway!
Looks like a nice little community youve got here.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 5:55 pm Post subject:
Take a look at the test site to see if any reaction is happening. No/little reaction no worries. Justme PS were abouts are you as your profile is not filled in?

countryman

Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 137
Location: Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 6:13 pm Post subject:
Im down in Cornwall. Been having these tests for a number of years now, but it still scares the hell out of me! Am going to attend to the profile!

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 6:24 pm Post subject:
Aww, she's a sweetie I'm in West Cornwall btw.

Suzie

Joined: 10 Oct 2006
Posts: 206

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 6:43 pm Post subject:
Fingers crossed for clear results. May's gorgeous - am up to £20 in my jersey fund so a long way to go for me Suzie

countryman

Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 137
Location: Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 6:44 pm Post subject:
Do you know where Ludgvan is?

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 6:45 pm Post subject:

countryman wrote:

Do you know where Ludgvan is?

Certainly do - I'm in Nancledra

countryman

Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 137
Location: Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 6:56 pm Post subject:
Just had a look at your website, an admirable vocation. We produce beef boxes from our traditional herefords all year round and i sell good quality firewood at this time of year. I have a customer in Nancledra actually, lives in an old converted chapel.

countryman

Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 137
Location: Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 7:02 pm Post subject:
Suzie, Your well on your way really. Bought May for £100 as a calf, bottle fed her and waited a while ended up with a house cow! Best way to go about it in my opinion, as your not buying a "milking cow" on faith. They also become part of the familly far more readilly when youve watched them grow up.

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 7:17 pm Post subject:

countryman wrote:

We produce beef boxes from our traditional herefords all year round and i sell good quality firewood at this time of year.

Ahh, sounds good. We have a couple of sussex cross cows - their mother died at the end of last year. I don't know what we'll replace her with if we stay here

Anna-marie

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 980
Location: West Wales

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 11:43 pm Post subject:
I know what you are going through Countryman! My Dexters were done last week - all OK, thank God! But, they have to be done every year, here, as considered to be a high risk area. Mayhem is a little sweetie. They are so much nicer, aren't they, when you get them young, and watch them grow up? Take care, Anna-marie

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 07 4:26 pm Post subject:

We are a very low risk area but we still have to have yearly testing as at first we were a new herd & now they say we are heifer raisers as we cant Guarantee we will either kill them all for beef or only raise bulls (not sure how we can guarante either as our cow does not produce to order & when some one buys one of our cattle I cant insist that they will only kill it for beef & not decided to breed from it). They just wont listen to our plea. From what they are telling me everyone should be tested every year as no one can make the guarantees they want unless you are so big you send ALL you cattle of to slaughter your self except home raised replacements which is ok.

Justme

Suzie

Joined: 10 Oct 2006
Posts: 206

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 07 8:07 pm Post subject:

Countryman said

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Suzie, Your well on your way really. Bought May for £100 as a calf, bottle fed her and waited a while ended up with a house cow! Best way to go about it in my opinion, as your not buying a "milking cow" on faith. They also become part of the familly far more readilly when youve watched them grow up.

Oh No! Fancy telling me that! I thought I'd have to wait a couple of years or so - now I'll be collecting pennies from down the sofa to hurry it along.

I did wonder whether it would be better to buy a calf although as I'm a complete novice we'd be learning together

Suzie

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 07 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: TB tests and cattle

countryman wrote:

Firstly, hello too you all

Weve just had the first part of our yearly TB test on the cattle today. The second and most crucial part is on Thursday though, which means a great few days of worry to come as our neighbouring farm is currently under restrictions as they lost 6 animals last month at their test

Its a worry really, mostly over this one;

One of our local farms just up the road lost 80 head of their dairy herd to TB just before Christmas. Utterly devastating to them as you can imagine...poor buggers.

Anna-marie

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 980
Location: West Wales

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 07 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: TB tests and cattle

Mary-Jane wrote:

countryman wrote:

Firstly, hello too you all

Weve just had the first part of our yearly TB test on the cattle today. The second and most crucial part is on Thursday though, which means a great few days of worry to come as our neighbouring farm is currently under restrictions as they lost 6 animals last month at their test

Its a worry really, mostly over this one;

One of our local farms just up the road lost 80 head of their dairy herd to TB just before Christmas. Utterly devastating to them as you can imagine...poor buggers.

God!! That's terrible

I can't imagine how that must feel. It's bad enough just going through the test!
Good luck, again, Countryman. Please let us know how you get on.
Anna-marie

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