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Julia Wadeson

1 year

Averaging just over 900g/d 🤓 Simple dietary and management changes have really brought these girls on 👌🏻 Can I play with calves all day? 🐄 #teamdairy #teamcalf @ARN_Home

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

Calving a heifer at 2 years old is more productive and economic💰 The average cost for rearing a heifer is £1819 or £2.31 a day. The national average AFC is 26 months. Reducing AFC by 2 months, to 24 months, could decrease rearing costs by nearly 16%. #youngstock @AHDB_Dairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Guess the breed? 😉

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

The best sight 😍 and great feedback from a new spring calving customer. Going out on a high… 🙏🏼🥺 #pasturesnew #endofanera #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Great couple of days at my first @royalwelshshow , even if I did melt 🥵 Dinner run and 39 degrees means straw hats and palm tree slushes 😂

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

A 5* calf shed seen yesterday! This farmer had visited one of our customers up in Scotland to get some inspiration for his new calf building and this was the outcome! The tube has been modified by a professional to ensure that the holes are placed correctly for that building.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

Super exciting! 😁 2 months ago I applied to Tesco Future Farmers Foundation and out of over 400 applicants I was 1 of 100 chosen for the selection days (hence the PP)! 🐮 Today I got the email that I’ve been offered 1 of 50 places for next years programme!! 🥳 #dairy #tesco

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

It’s an enjoyable job when your customers are THIS CUTE 😍

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

10 months

🐄 Good Moorning 🐄

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

Went for a look round one of the local farms that opened it's gates to the public for Open Farm Sunday 🐮 How cute are these guys?! 🥰 #happycalves #calfrearing #OpenFarmSunday

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

Anyone else get emotional when you realise your baby moo is no longer a baby moo and she is about to have her second calf 😂🥺😍 Fed on @FeedForGrowth

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

I visited this farm as the calves were suffering badly from crypto and rotavirus. After a 2 hour discussion of things to implement, I said I’d come back in 2 weeks time to see how things were going. I can’t believe the difference in them in such a short space of time!!

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Every day starts with a glass of milk 🥛 Protein, healthy fats, vitamins and minerals all in one glass AND it’s 100% natural 🐮 #teamdairy #teammilk

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Chuffed that I’ve got my first university qualification! I decided to go straight into work after A-Levels and began a distanced MSc on the side in 2020. 4 months per module has been intense, on top of a full-time job, but a chunk is complete! 3 modules and a diss to go! #PgC

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

The best co-worker 😍

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

working on farm vs. working from home 😂 Literally look and feel like a giant marshmallow… 😵‍💫

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Always a pleasure visiting @Beckside_Farm . Temperature and humidity controlled calf shed. Slatted individual/paired housing for the first 7-10 days, spacious group pens on automatic feeders (feeding volumes up to 12L per day) and a bright airy environment. #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

100% natural. No additives. No preservatives. No flavourings. Just healthy, creamy milk!

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Tucking in to her chopped straw to encourage her rumen to develop 😍 Provide straw, ideally chopped (2cm length), to calves on milk, alongside palatable starter feed and fresh water. Straw acts as a “tooth pick” to prevent rumen papillae sticking together, and as fibre.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

How many people have grass in already??

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Great @WomenInDairy trip to @GenusABS bull stud in Ruthin 🤩🐮

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

The day is finally here!! 😍 We have got the keys to our first house 🔑💖 I never thought I would be a home owner at the age of 20 but if you work hard and save hard it is possible! 🤘🏼 Here’s to a busy month or two turning our house into a home! 🏡 #firsthome #homeowner

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

Just been to visit these lovely girls! Vitality, Sprinter+ pellets and Heifer Rearer Blend working their magic 🐮⭐️ #youngstock #investinyoungstock #teamcalf #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Colostrum - 4L in 1st feed followed by another 2L within 12 hours. Milk - high fat, 100% dairy protein fed at 8L/d with a 3 week wean to encourage starter intake. Straw, water and quality starter feed provided from day 1. Healthy, happy, well-developed heifers 🐄🐄 #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

9 months

When the girls are trying to take a photo… that’s me at the bottom 🙋🏻‍♀️

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Love being a woman in agriculture, and one that chose to come into the sector due to love and passion for the industry and not because that is what my family has always done 🐮❤️ #womeninag

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Jules: What is that? Farmer: It’s a bag of grass seed. Jules: Oh right… a new method of keeping birds away? Farmer: No, just stops the mice from getting it. Fair enough 😭

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

Had a fantastic time last week at @UniofNottingham checking out their dairy unit and new state-of-the-art calf shed 🐮 Can’t wait to see it when it’s full of calves and delivering results 😍 #teamcalf #teammilk #teamdairy #februdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

Happy World Milk Day!! 🐮🥛 A day of celebrating these wonderful girls and the delicious, nutritious milk that they supply us with ❤️ #teamdairy #worldmilkday #teammilk #dairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

When you're out with the girls and the photographer appears 📸

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Heartbroken. Devastated. No words describe this feeling. Losing your fur brother after 14 years really hurts. Such a beautiful boy that’s been mum’s sidekick since I moved out 4 years ago. We will always love you and remember you, and will forever miss your erratic barking 💙💙

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

👩🏻‍🌾 STRAW 👩🏻‍🌾 Fibre promotes development of the muscular layer of the rumen wall. “Scratch Factor” helps to prevent the papillae from clumping together - improves absorption efficiency. Feed straw over hay to keep intakes lower - higher intakes of starter feed essential.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

11 months

The sun was shining for a change☀️ One of my favourite views is happy, healthy calves skipping about 🐄 #teamdairy #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

#Februdairy let’s be having ya!! 🐮🥛

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Thankyou @CarrsBillington for the experience and opportunities 🧡💚💙💗 New venture begins with @ARN_Home on Monday! 🐄

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Februdairy is here again! 🥛 Throwing it back to skinnier days where cow snuggling was in my daily to-do list (well...🤫😂). #Februdairy #February2021

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

🐮 Fellow Twitter Farmers! 🐮 Have any of you got photos of your calf sheds/set ups that you’d be willing to share with me?? Every farm is different so would love to see the variation in sheds that work! 😁 #calfrearing #calfshed #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Approx 50% of calf deaths on farm are due to scours (caused by poor hygiene). To reduce the risk: - harvest colostrum hygienically - 4L colostrum at 50g IgG/L - snatch calves off dam - bucket/equipment/staff hygiene - isolate sick calves - vaccination of dry cows - quality CMR

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Show me nicer calves… I’ll wait ✋🏻😍 @CarrsYoungstock @FeedForGrowth

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Name a better sight… #cowcomfort

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

The Calf and Youngstock Team are here at @UKDairyDay ! Hall 1, near the show ring 🐮 @CarrsYoungstock @Lucy1Shaw @norburymilkmaid

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

A beautiful Bradnick heifer 😍 Seen a few WWS heifers this week and it’s given me flashbacks! I used Pepper, Bradnick and Mardi Gras before I left my herdsman job so seeing them on farm growing up really makes me smile!

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Found my first 4 leaf clover 🍀

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

8 months

Fresh out the oven 🥧 - Snatch calf after it’s been licked - Keep calving pens clean, dry and well bedded - 4L colostrum @ >22% ASAP after birth - Dry and put calf jacket on - Put in disinfected, straw individual pen - 2nd colostrum feed - Transition milk then high-fat CMR

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

I may be biased but don't @tedstractor 's heifers look amazing! Vitality calf milk and Sprinter+ pellets then onto straw and 18% rearer nut. Discussed putting straw out with them at turnout to reduce the risk of set backs in weight gain whilst they transition to grass.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

9 months

She’s always easy to spot 😂

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

A customer’s gorgeous montbeliard youngstock, fed on Vitality 🥛 Key take home messages for productive calves: - colostrum sets a calf up for life - look at your milk replacer label! - feed 6-8L per day - feed at least 900g per day - clean, dry, warm environment - hygiene!

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

Peekaboo! 👀 This little Fleckvieh was keeping an eye on me whilst I dropped some milk off this morning! 🐮🥛 #calfandyoungstock #dairy #teamdairy #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

When rearing calves, we must focus on: 1) Nutrition 2) Environment 3) Health In order to provide young calves with enough energy to move and breathe, to fight off disease, to keep warm, and to grow. #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

This is so sad but today I took my first silage sample and sent it off for mineral analysis to do my first dairy mineral quote! 🐮 If you don't celebrate your little wins then who will 😂👍 #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

My first SOLO trip… in my favourite city 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Another 2 days of food, festivities, and frightening money spending 🫣

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched?? 👀 The R2s were keen to see who the lady in the @CarrsBillington jacket was 😂

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

I’m sure you’ll all agree that these girls look amazing! Highly digestible, top-quality milk replacer and rearer nuts paired with great attention to detail and fantastic management. ✅ Amazed at the improvements we have seen since I started working with them in 2019. 🥰

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

They make my heart melt ❤️ Had to grab a couple of pictures of these weaned girls. They are such an even group and look at the depth on them! 🤩 One girl just fancied the limelight a little more than the others 📸 #vitality #ecm @CarrsBillington @TrouwNutr_GB

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

#NewProfilePic

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

✨Gorgeous gorgeous girls✨ have deep straw beds, top management, and high quality nutrition 🐄 - 40% skim milk replacer - 20% protein rearer nut - straw and water - attention to detail - regularly weighed and monitored @ARN_Home #teamcalf #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Finally home after a very long day ending a very busy week! 🐮 One thing’s for sure - if you are a customer of mine, I will not leave you without milk replacer! No matter what time of day, day of the week, or where you are (within reason) 😂 Ready for a brew and my bed! #oldbird

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

How lazy I’m feeling this Sunday morning 🙃 A night of food and mocktails and I’ve still woken up with a sore head!

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Tried out the new humidity meter this afternoon. 💦 Humidity wants to be as close to 50% as possible, or below. A humid environment can suggest poor ventilation and it allows airborne bacteria and viruses to thrive. This shed was reading high 50’s/low 60’s. #measuretomanage

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

Testing ventilation yesterday with some smoke bombs! 💨 As you can see, the smoke rose from vents of the igloo and cleared within the minute ✅ These are also very useful tests to determine air flow within a shed. Fresh air is the best free medicine! ⭐️ #teamcalf #youngstock

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

A nice 2-page spread about how well Tom's calves are performing on Vitality 🐮 He has been on ECM for nearly 2 years, and the in-calf heifers look amazing! From birth - 70d they averaged 0.85kg/d, and from 7 - 70d averaged 0.92kg/d. #teammilk #teamdairy @CarrsBillington

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Feeding accelerated levels of milk but weaning at 10 weeks achieves the heaviest liveweight and ensures a smooth transition from milk to feed. Give calves at least 2 weeks to wean to encourage starter intake and rumen development. #NationalYoungstockConference @CargillAnimalUK

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Nature at its finest! My old show calf, now in her 3rd lactation, has given birth to a Delaberge Pepper heifer 😍 #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Having a great weekend in Dublin so far! One year older and one more grey hair to the head 👵🏼 Here’s to my 23rd year being better than the last… though I’m not sure that’ll be hard to beat 😅🤦🏻‍♀️

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Been to see my customer this morning and he’s just put a new milk vending machine in 😍🥛 Glass bottles or cups for fresh milk or milkshakes on the go! Carreg-y-llech, CH7 4NZ #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Name a better sight than a shed full of shining, sleeping calves? 🤩 So content after their morning feed. Don’t skimp and save in the first 2 months of life. Feed conversion efficiency is 50% pre-weaning, dropping to 10% by 12 months old. More you put in = more you get out!

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

Everyone seems to be getting engaged, getting married, having a baby, and all I’m asking for is a pupper companion 🐶 You’d think I was being unreasonable!! 😂 #lifeinyour20s #priorities

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

Looking forward to a day of learning at Muller!🥛🐮 #februdairy #tescofff @Tesco @CarrsBillington

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Awesome trip to Italy visiting a 500-cow Holstein farm and a Grana Padano factory. AA balancing used in the diets and all calves offered an electrolyte feed at dinner time for the first 14 days of life. Coming back a stone heavier but keen to know more about AA in UK diets…

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

All ready for @cowmanagement National Youngstock Conference 🐄 Ready to talk all things management and nutrition 🥛 #teamdairy #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

The typical car boot of a Calf and Youngstock Manager 😂🐮🍼

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

More Vitality-fed beauties in Ayrshire this morning! Quality Nutrition + Excellent Management = 🐮🤩👏🏼

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

I went and visited my favourite girl yesterday 😍 It’s been nearly 2 years since I last saw her and she came straight over to me for a head scratch and snuggle 🥰 She was the calf of the first cow I ever calved, and my show calf at local shows. Now in her 2nd lactation 🥛🐮❤️

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

Went to visit these beautiful heffys this afternoon and they are looking very healthy and well grown! 😍 Vitality, Sprinter+ Pellets and Blendzmart Heifer Rearer 18 doing their job 👍 @CarrsBillington @TrouwNutr_GB

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Same diet, same management, different genetics 🐮🤨 What are you breeding for in your heifer replacements? #teamdairy #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Chuffed to bits with these weaned calves after great management and @CarrsYoungstock Vitality milk replacer 🥛 Also got my baby coo fix with the newest tiny tot 🥰😂 @colinjmurd #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

I was that annoying person who made all the cows super friendly 🤪🐮🤍

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Happily chewing their cud! Provide water, starter and straw from birth. Starter = Starch = VFAs = Rumen Development and Calf Growth. Straw = Toothpick/Fibre = Increased SA and Rumen Health. Water = Perfect Rumen Environment = Improved Digestion = Increased DMI and FCE.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

Super pleased having visited one of my customers to see that the suggestions and protocols I put together a month ago have worked a treat! These calves are pampered! Happy, healthy calves!! 😁🐮 And look at all those @CarrsBillington calf jackets 😍 #teamcalf #dairy #youngstock

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

When you try to take a nice photo with your puppy...

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

10 days old and chewing it’s cud 🐮 These calves are being fed Astralac+ at a rate of 150g/L, 6L a day. They are also on our calf rearer nuts and taking to them well in the first week. Calves are growing between 0.8-1.2kg/d. #teamdairy #teamcalf

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Went to get a second weight for a customer’s calves yesterday and this girl was top of the class! 🐮⭐️ She’s done 1.56kg/d since we came 4 weeks ago. We also weighed the bucket of feed given and found they were on 5kg/h/d of rearer, so we have cut this back to 3.5kg plus hay.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

I really do love cows 🐮😍

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Tell me you’re #proud2farm without actually saying you’re #proud2farm . I nominate Georgie Haston, @FGHannahBinns and @CowDocGrace . You have 24 hours! @CarrsYoungstock @CarrsBillington

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Always enjoy a cow-filled landscape 🫶🏻

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Newest piece of wall art is certainly my favourite!

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Testing ventilation yesterday with smoke bombs. Calves bought in from different sources, not arriving til 3 weeks of age. - Current fan being repositioned so no direct draught on calves. - More fans to be added. - Swabs to be taken by vet to find cause/s of respiratory disease.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

Couple of snaps from some short videos going on digital media. I do love my job🐮💙

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Awesome couple of days so far on the @Zinpro FirstStep academy 🐄 A mixture of cows, nutrition, foot health, and talking calves with Alex Bach = my perfect week! 🖤 @ARN_Home #teamdairy #cpd

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Temperatures are still fluctuating and way below a calf’s lower critical temperature of 12-15 degrees. - Ensure a nesting score of 3 (all legs covered) - Calf jackets on calves <4 weeks - Keep milk volumes high to increase energy intake Energy = maintenance, growth, immunity.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

The UK... where we can experience all 4 seasons in 4 days 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

So my first module is complete! 🐮🐑🥰 Only 5 more modules and a dissertation to go 😂🥸🤞🏼 #MScLife #fortheloveofcows #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Great day at @WomenInDairy at @HaltonFarms seeing how they rear their calves and manage their youngstock 🐮 The protocols and great teamwork seen on this farm are reflected in the health and performance of these calves. #teamdairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

5 years

No filter needed this morning!

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Bit of stock judging over the border 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Happy Valentine’s Day from this little cutie from one of my customers in Staffordshire 🥰

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

2 years

Tongue Out Tuesday 🤪

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

1 year

Interesting to hear about NSAIDs at calving to prevent lameness and metabolic disease, as haven’t heard much on this since Total Dairy 2 years ago. - We MUST grow them well pre & post-calving. - Heifers are not cows! - Target 5 lactations. - 17% of heifers exit. @AHDB_Dairy

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

3 years

📐 Measure To Manage 📐 Yesterday we weighed 40 calves for a customer in Cumbria. The calves were a mix of Holstein, Jerseys and BB and had a great environment. We used the Tru Test Eazi Weigh 7 and scales to get accurate results and they were so easy and simple to use.

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Julia Wadeson

@WadesonJulia

4 years

In our matching coats 😍 @CarrsBillington

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