Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:34 pm
OK. Drastic Action.
Those of you who have been following my problems may like to know that with the herd now standing at 84 I have had to make difficult decisions to bring it down to a more manageable size.
My plan is this:
Next Monday I will have all the outstanding dehorning and castrations done. I will also have pre-movement testing on all my pure-bred but unregistered cattle and their calves. And PD on any I'm not sure about.
By the following Thursday I will know their status. If all is well they go to market as soon as it can be arranged.
This will amount to about a dozen cows with calves/in calf and about 10 '06 heifers. I have 12 '06 steers but will probably keep these for beef or selling finished. A couple of registed cows will probably go too.
I am aware that this is not a financially rewarding solution but it cannot be helped.
It goes without saying that if anyone in a one year testing zone is interested in these cattle they should e-mail me but I'm not holding my breath. I am also avoiding thinking what nice animals some of these are. I cannot take this number through the winter so that is an end to it.
Those of you who have been following my problems may like to know that with the herd now standing at 84 I have had to make difficult decisions to bring it down to a more manageable size.
My plan is this:
Next Monday I will have all the outstanding dehorning and castrations done. I will also have pre-movement testing on all my pure-bred but unregistered cattle and their calves. And PD on any I'm not sure about.
By the following Thursday I will know their status. If all is well they go to market as soon as it can be arranged.
This will amount to about a dozen cows with calves/in calf and about 10 '06 heifers. I have 12 '06 steers but will probably keep these for beef or selling finished. A couple of registed cows will probably go too.
I am aware that this is not a financially rewarding solution but it cannot be helped.
It goes without saying that if anyone in a one year testing zone is interested in these cattle they should e-mail me but I'm not holding my breath. I am also avoiding thinking what nice animals some of these are. I cannot take this number through the winter so that is an end to it.