The beauty of cross breeding. Although it’s a slower process to get to purity however, it’s one way to grow/upgrade your herd into better genetics.
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ScrubbsFarm
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ScrubbsFarm
@ScrubbsFarm
Scrubbs Farm, based in Mash Central in Zimbabwe. Specialising in commercial livestock farming cattle, goats and sheep. Please follow us on Facebook Scrubbs Farm
Zimbabwe, Bindura Katılım Ocak 2022
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Dipping day! By the way, it’s not easy driving goats to the dip tank, it has to be by force.
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Cuddling boys! They’re telling us we’re not rivals in this camp however, we have a mission to accomplish collectively. “United we stand, divided we fall”. It’s core concepts lies in collaboration, unity, coalition, alliance. Together, united we stand!
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@KariksFarm We use a surfer 2mm gauge. If you take out the sieve they come out un crushed
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@ScrubbsFarm @ScrubbsFarm when using the hammer meal when crushing the wheat straw is there any surfer you are using or it's straight grinding no surfer?
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Wheat straws, soya beans straws and maize stalks all going into the hammer mill to further break it down. Grinding it helps in the the following: 1.Makes the feed more palatable to animals.
2. Easier to mix with other ingredients such as cake, salt, molasses etc
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Cattle going through a spray race for tick control. Animals are showered with an acaricide rather than immersion. Animals walk through the race with 36 nozzles fitted in the aluminium cabin at particular angles. This method has its own advantages/disadvantages over plunge dipping
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@Padrino_Hobs Adv
1. Uses less dipping chemicals
2. Can easily alternate dipping chemicals
3. Safe for animals
4. Can easily drain water, clean and replenish easily
5. Uses less water
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1. It requires highly skilled labour to operate and maintain
2. it is only economical with large herd
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@Victorious_111 Adv
1. Uses less dipping chemicals
2. Can easily alternate dipping chemicals
3. Safe for animals
4. Can easily drain water, clean and replenish easily
5. Uses less water
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1. It requires highly skilled labour to operate and maintain
2. it is only economical with large herd
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@ScrubbsFarm what are the advantages and disadvantages
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@NgilishTito It’s a rubber wheel that rotates in the drum dipping into the molasses hence the name, molasses wheel lick.
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Wheat straws, a light snack supplement in the goat pen. What supplements do you use at yours?
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@MulindwaIsaac05 @KisekkaRogers It’s personal preference really. This is cheaper it uses less chemicals than a plunge moreso, you can alternate your chemicals easily, safer and it’s the new now if you want to move with time.
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@KisekkaRogers That's something else but isn't immersion better
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@MulindwaIsaac05 do you copy?
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Cattle going through a spray race for tick control. Animals are showered with an acaricide rather than immersion. Animals walk through the race with 36 nozzles fitted in the aluminium cabin at particular angles. This method has its own advantages/disadvantages over plunge dipping
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Mombe mumashanga! Harvesting is over, cattle enjoying the dry maize stover.
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@MaxNMoyo1 We also give winter blocks called Elite block from Molatek. It’s composition is as follows
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Goats and sheep on winter snacks/supplements. This is required as the veld is now poor, improvising with winter supplements being it nutrient blocks, molasses wheel licks, hay/wheat straws etc all helps to maintain a good body score.
What supplements do you give at yours?
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@EdwardZhakata @klipranch @chasurachasura @Tunga37823016 @Farm215Z @BousteadCsc @ke_beef Ndiri kuuya nditorewo one ☝🏿 zvayo pane idzo sahwira
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Calving in Winter is no joke cdes. We soldier on, but hey!!!
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@klipranch Excellent condition. You’re on top of the game farmer
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@FMadlongwe Frame 1 and 2 shows the simplest way. Stand at the gate or any fixed position of a single lane passage then allow a few animals walk in a line restricting as much overflow as possible
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How many times should you do a herd count?
A. Once a week
B. Once a day
C. Twice a week
D. Twice a day
E. At random
D. Twice a day. A roll call should be contacted when animals are going out the pen and when coming back.Should there be any missing ones it can be spotted soon
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