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All the livestock teams made their final presentations April 13, 2017 in Vermilion's Alumni Hall Theatre.
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* Pre-calving & Post-calving care
* Feeding management
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The team manages the college's purebred Angus herd and this year introduced Red Angus to the herd. It's their recommendation to continue to develop a Red Angus herd.
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* Breeds
* Housing management
* Pre-calving & Post-calving care
* Feeding management
* Vaccination
* Deworming
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Keeping Better Records
1. Peter & Amy Vingerhoeds
RR 1 Hensall, ON
NOM 1X0
519-229-8810
avingerhoeds@quadro.net
Keeping Better Records
2. Humble beginnings
Ran 20-30 commercial meat does for 10 years in an old bank barn
Few records kept:
(1) Feed Purchased (2) Market Kid Sales (3) some genetic lines
9. NEED Ear Tags to manage more than 20 does
Sheep tags
better
UKAL tags too
small
RFID tags hard to
read with eye
We now replace old
tags with orange
swine tags...
** EASIEST TO SEE**
10. Pilot Herd – O.G. Traceability Project
•RFID eartags on 100 animals in herd
•OPPORTUNITY to try out tag system before we have to invest
•Roughly 1 ½ years after trial, 80-85% retention, and a few
ripped ears from sheep clips
•Use RFID tags as secondary ID if management tags lost
IDEAL USE for us – WEIGHING & SCANNING with Digital scale
12. LAMBING DIARY
Pocket size and simple
RECORD ALL KIDDINGS
100 + kiddings/booklet)
Probably can pick up at
OMAF display today
NO COST!
13. New Kid Protocol
first 12-24 hours, kids are weighed on hanging scale
Colours and identifying markings are written down
Sire and dam are recorded as well as pen #
EAR TAGS applied to right ear
Sequential tag order used
14. Started with simple kidding records
DOES: ID tag, pen #, sire and date of kidding; note any issues
KIDS: new eartag ID, gender, colouring and birth weight at 1 day
15. TAG ALL NEW KIDS and
RECORD BIRTH WEIGHTS ON FIRST DAY
1) Don’t mix up any kids and mothers
2) Keep running tally of # kiddings and # kids
3) Easy to keep a few notes on health /
mortality in early days
ENTER DATA LATER ON Excel SPREADSHEET
Benefits of using the LAMB DIARY
18. Developed own template:
About 10 handwritten entries per page
Print/photocopy form on heavier paper
Use a designated colour, easy to find pages
Use sheet protectors for older pages
(ring holes rip out)
Leave empty space – easier to read
19.
20. HAVE A RECORD OF:
- every sick animal
- id# & pen#
- problem described briefly
- treatment – when & what product
- not all animals are treated
WITHDRAWAL
have proof that animal is safe to ship
21. Helps to Keep on top of
MULTIPLE-DAY TREATMENTS
•Does with retained placenta
•Scours on market kids
•Secondary infections of pneumonia
WHEN GOAT’s HEALTH IMPROVES,
MAKE SURE WE FINISH TREATMENT
23. BUILD A GOAT LIBRARY
•Save all vet scripts and vet recommendations
•Save diagnostic / treatment info from reliable
sources
•Save any test results
•Save vaccination lists
•CRITICAL RESOURCE with so few registered
medications for goats
26. FEED SHEETS originally prepared as instructions
for our relief chore person
Update every couple months
Record of amounts fed to each group
Goat numbers/stage in each pen
Get a snapshot of feed consumption & costs
33. ONE PAGE DOE TEMPLATE
Left side contains identification, age, genetic lines
34. ONE PAGE DOE TEMPLATE
Right side contains more management info
Leave lots of empty boxes to add handwritten notes
Print on cardstock – REPRINT 3-4 times a year to update
35. CAN KEEP TRACK OF:
SIRES in & out
Sire & dam info, parity info
Breeding dates, preg checks & DUE dates
Doe numbers
TAKE PAGE OUT to use AS CHECKLIST FOR:
Preg checks
Vaccinations and treatments
Hoof trimming
NOTE ANY OTHER ISSUES – i.e. Weak pasterns, body
condition, poor mothering, CL, poor-doers, etc.
Using a 1-Page DOE TEMPLATE
36. How does our record keeping improve
doe management in barn?
37. Cull Does BEFORE they get thin
3 STRIKES – YOU’RE OUT !
1- OPEN 2- udder/foot issues 3- productivity falling
Value of Cull doe in good body condition
150 lbs x $ .80 = $ 120
170 lbs x $ 1.30 = $ 230
Value of Cull doe when thin or lame
120 lbs x .50 = $ 60
38. Select Replacements on
DOE PERFORMANCE
• Age & Parity achieved
• Number kids born / raised
TARGET: 15 kids raised by 5-6 years age
• Higher ADG of kids
TARGET: average .5 - .6 pound/day gain
• Days to market
TARGET: 100 to 120 days
39. Have enough info to figure out:
• Regularity of Hoof clipping
• Vaccinations & boosters
• Breeding dates & Sire info
• Movement between pens
40. How does our record keeping improve
market kid production?
41. MARKET KID Template – 1 PAGE per PEN
Set up a page with id, birth weights and parentage
Handwrite additional weights, comment on any problems
Enter weights on computer - calculate ADG
Leave empty boxes to write down selling dates & weights
42. SORT A LIST OF GOATS by WEIGHT
• weigh kids 2 weeks to 1 day before shipping
• quicker to pick out next load of goats from list
FEWER LAST MINUTE DECISIONS TO
THROW IN LIGHT KIDS THAT DON’T
MAKE YOU MONEY
50 lb x $2.30 = $ 115
70 lb x $2.30 = $ 160
Seasonal high market: 60 lb x 3.00 = $ 180
43.
44. Predict more accurately
when market kids are ready to be shipped:
We know top 15 % are ready in 95 to 100 days (65 lbs)
We know 70% of our kids are ready in 120 days (65-70 lbs)
We know bottom 15% are ready in 150 days
45. Track Weights of MARKET KIDS by PEN
CALCULATE average birth weight, average wt around 50 days
CALCULATE ADG, average selling weights, price per goat
46. How long to feed market kids ?
TARGET WEIGHT 60 to 75 lbs
Value of Market Kid at Price of $2.30
60 lbs x 2.30 = $ 138
75 lbs x 2.30 = $ 172
DIFFERENCE $34
COST TO GAIN 15 lbs takes 1 month (ADG = .5 lb/day)
Feeding pellets for 1 extra month, COST = $5
KEEP EXTRA $ 30+ NET PROFIT per KID
48. Selecting Replacements
•start watching at 6 weeks of age
•highlight good dams, good birth weights,
•Use 50, 100 day weights to calculate ADG
•Note issues
49. FEEDING COSTS – per DOE
2013 2014
HAY: 25 bales per doe / yr $109 $ 137
Pellets 280 kg /
doe
$ 101 325 kg /
doe
$ 104
Grain Ration: 113 kg /
doe
$47 125 kg /
doe
$ 41
TOTAL COST TO FEED DOE / yr
(all feed costs less pellets for kids)/ # does
$256 $282
$ Feed per month per doe $ 22 $24
50. KEEPING A DOE TOO LONG:
COST TO FEED for 8 months - $190-$200
COST TO FEED for 1 year - $285-$290
COST to PREG CHECK $2 - $3
Cull Value: $ 130 - $200
51. DOE PRODUCTION
2010- 2012
Old barn
2014
Accelerated
Kidding
TOP
DOES
2014
COST TO FEED DOE / YR $282 $282
# Does (average for year) 30-35 80 10
Breeding Cycle: Mostly Spring
kidding
7-8 month
cycle
Continuous
Kiddings / yr TOTAL 35-45 125
Kiddings / Doe / yr 1 – 1.2 1.5 1.7
Kids raised / Doe / yr
total # kids / (total age – 1)
1.8 2.8 – 3.0 4.0
Revenue at $165 per kid $300 /doe /yr $ 460-$490
/doe/yr
$660
/doe/yr
52. Market Kid Production
2013 2014
Average Birth Weight (lbs) 9.2 Lbs 8.9 lb
Size at 50 Days 36 Lbs 31-33 Lbs
Average Selling weight (lbs) 64 Lbs 67 Lbs
Average age at selling 100 days 125 days
AVERAGE DAILY GAIN
(mkt wt – birth wt) / days to mkt
.58 lb/day .50 lb/day
FEED CONVERSION
While still nursing from doe
2.2 lb pellets
1 lb gain
53. Market Kid Profits after Feed Costs
2013 2014
Average Cost to feed 1 kid to market
ALL FEED COSTS / (# mkt kids + replacements + culls sold)
$ 126 $110
Average $ per head
received at market
$ 150 $ 167
Net Profit per kid after Feed $ 24 $ 57
NOTE: Housing, Vet & supplies not included
54. 1. Sell goats at: optimum weight for optimum price
YES - Selling more kids at higher weights,
YES – Selling more kids at higher price / head
GOAL is CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Do records help us reach
OUR FARM GOALS ?
55. 2. Select best replacements to increase herd
YES – select higher ADG doelings
YES – select from parents with proven
production
YES – track goat diseases in herd
Do records help us reach
OUR FARM GOALS ?
56. 3. Know our production – numbers & costs
YES – track production cost changes
YES – know cost per doe & cost per kid
MAKE BETTER DECISIONS
Do records help us reach
OUR FARM GOALS ?