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Guiding farms to EXCEL from Calf to Cow 🚀

Offering bespoke, industry-leading, independent nutrition & management advice 🐮

Serving Dairy, Beef, and Rearers across UK👩🏻‍💼
(online consultancy available)

Building Better Businesses - One calf at a time

16/04/2026

High humidity = silent calf killer ❌

Some farms focus only on temperature, whilst humidity is contributing significantly to disease, poor growth, and inefficiency in calf buildings.

If your shed feels damp and cold, smells stale or strong, or calves are constantly dirty, humidity could be your biggest issue.

What high humidity is doing:

• Increasing survival of bacteria, viruses, and parasites
• Raising pneumonia risk through poor air quality
• Making calves colder, even at moderate temperatures
• Reducing bedding quality and hygiene

Key warning signs:

• Condensation on walls or roof
• Wet, heavy bedding
• Lingering ammonia smell
• Calves coughing and/or sweating

How to fix it:

1) Ventilation
Fresh air in, stale air out.
You cannot bed your way out of poor airflow.

2) Dry bedding
Kneel test: if your knees get wet, your drainage is not good enough and your nesting score needs to be higher.

3) Stocking density
Too many calves increases moisture load and airborne pathogens.

4) Water management and drainage
Fix leaks and reduce standing liquid around automatic feeders and water troughs.

Target humidity: Below 70%.

If you’re not sure whether humidity is an issue, you can check using a Hygometer 🌡️

If you want help assessing whether your calf building is hindering performance, send me a message or comment “AIR” 👇🏻

15/04/2026

Quick overview on the difference between Pre- Pro- and Post-Biotics 🦠

Pre, pro, and postbiotics all play different but equally important roles in gut health and overall wellbeing.

🔥 Prebiotics are the fuel. They are types of fibre that feed the beneficial bacteria in their gut, helping them grow and thrive.

🦠 Probiotics are the live bacteria. These are the beneficial microbes that support digestion, immunity, and hormone balance.

🚀 Postbiotics are the result. They are the beneficial compounds produced when probiotics break down prebiotics. These include short-chain fatty acids, which reduce inflammation, support gut lining integrity, and influence overall health.

In simple terms:
Prebiotics feed the bacteria
Probiotics are the bacteria
Postbiotics are what the bacteria produce

For optimal gut health and immunity, we need all three working together 🌟

13/04/2026

Calf Jackets… beneficial or not? 🧥🔥

Whilst studies vary in results, from no benefits seen to improvements in health and performance, it’s hard to know what’s best to do.

Calves have a lower critical temperature of 12-15 degrees celcius. This means that below these temperatures, they burn energy to keep warm.

Energy being diverted towards thermoregualtion means less energy is available for growth and immunity.

In my opinion, calf jackets are a beneficial component of a calf rearing system. Especially if calves are in a building that is “less than ideal”. If the shed is drafty, exposed, cold, or wet, calves may be more susceptible to cold stress.

The important thing with jackets is:
🌟 Take them off when calves out grow them
🌟 Clean them between calves
🌟 Ensure fastenings are working and can’t cause any accidents
🌟 Correct sizing for breed of calf
🌟 Have a set protocol for when jackets are put on and taken off

What’s your opinion on calf jackets? 🤔

02/04/2026

If you want your bulling heifers to look like these, we need to work together this year 🤝🏼🐮

“We’re getting some big heifers now!”
“They’re about as big as the cows”

Is exactly what we want to hear 😉

Heifers should be 90% of mature bodyweight at calving, and at least 90% of mature stature.

When you walk through a shed of milkers, you shouldn’t be able to pick the first calvers out easily.

Yes, they will be younger in their faces. They won’t be as deep bodied as the cows. And they still have an extra 10% of bodyweight to grow.

BUT, on glance over a building, they should not stand out 🙂‍↔️

Ensuring heifers are big enough at calving means:

1️⃣ Heifers are stronger and more robust when integrating into the herd.

2️⃣ Transition and calving issues are minimised.

3️⃣ Heifers last longer.

4️⃣ More milk is produced.

5️⃣ Fertility is improved.

If a heifer calves in underweight, it has a knock on effect on everything ele.

She’s a lot of catch-up growing to do whilst trying to milk for the first time, settle into a new environment, mix with older cows, get used to new beds, utilise a new diet, and also get back in calf 🙈

5% of heifers are lost in the first 3 months.
14.5% don’t make it to 1st lactation.
17% then don’t make it to 2nd lactation.

Considering the industry is losing approximately 20% of our heifers before the middle of 2nd lactation (by the breakeven point), we have to ask ourselves…

Have we brought back target calving age but not actually changed our rearing methods to support that elevated growth? 🤔

If you feel like your heifers are caving in too small at 24 months, a dedicated youngstock consultant might be just what you need 😇

First day on the new job x 🫶🏻🌟🐟
01/04/2026

First day on the new job x 🫶🏻🌟🐟

It is with a heavy heart… 💔But I have to do what’s best 😌
01/04/2026

It is with a heavy heart… 💔

But I have to do what’s best 😌

27/03/2026

It has to be said 🙈

I wish more farmers knew that having sick, hairy, lean calves is NOT normal 😢

Just because something is common, it doesn’t mean it’s normal. It doesn’t mean we should just accept it and turn a blind eye.

Over recent months, I’ve been repeatedly reminded of the struggles that farmers face…

❌ Under-conditioned calves
❌ High morbidity and/or mortality
❌ Low growth rates
❌ Respiratory disease
❌ Regular scours
❌ Poor heats and fertility
❌ Beef calves on farm longer than wanted…

If you can resonate with any of these, so can most farmers! 🙁

As an industry, we have made great improvements in calf rearing, but we still have a way to go.

The reason I do what I do is because I want to see calves THRIVE 🌟

I want to help as many farmers as I can raise healthier, stronger youngstock to help their businesses grow 🚀

Together, we can:

✅ Improve growth rates
✅ Reduce morbidity and mortality
✅ Raise strong and healthy calves
✅ Improve your bottom line

DM me “CALF” for more information 🤝

*THIS VIDEO IS TO SHOW THAT HEALTHY, HAPPY CALVES IS POSSIBLE 😁

25/03/2026

Helping dairy, beef and calf rearers to produce 🌟EXCEPTIONAL🌟 calves since 2019 😎

Jules is the name… calves is the game 🏅🐮🌟

Offering both consultancy-only and nutrition & consultancy options, I provide a hands-on and tailored approach to your farming system.

If your goal is to:
✅ Improve growth rates
✅ Reduce antibiotic usage
✅ Reduce age at first calving
✅ Improve morbidly and mortality
✅ Finish beef earlier
✅ Top the market with your calves
✅ Have the SHINIEST calves in the country…

Then we need to work together 🫶🏻

Nutrition, management, and environment are the 3 fundamental pillars to calf performance.

Are you ready to take it to the next level? 🤠🚀

Another challenge ticked off!! 🥹😭🌟🏛️🏅🇮🇹I completed my first marathon on Sunday, and despite only getting up to 24km in t...
25/03/2026

Another challenge ticked off!! 🥹😭🌟🏛️🏅🇮🇹

I completed my first marathon on Sunday, and despite only getting up to 24km in training due to a knee injury, I actually managed to get to the finish line without a wee or walk break 🤣🙊🚀

I don’t plan on doing another, and I’m currently feeling a huge come down after the weekend, but I’m so proud that I’ve completed it ❤️

And thankyou to everyone who’s supported me in the lead up to it and for your kind words since!!

18/03/2026

One of the most frequently asked questions… 👀

“Do you have any hands-on experience or have you just gone into nutrition out of uni?”

Well…

I did things a little differently to most people my age…

My plan was to do Biomedical Science at Manchester Uni and specialise in Histopathology.

I got my place confirmed but as the date was approaching, I had a gut feeling that it wasn’t right.

I started looking for farm jobs instead, having done bits of milking from the age of 15, and I got my first full-time job on a robotic dairy in 2017.

I spent 2 years there learning so much! Calf rearing, lambing, sheep work, foot trimming, AI, machinery work, robotics, cow husbandry…

But even though I LOVED working with the animals, I knew I still wanted to pursue a career in something science-related, so I looked towards nutrition and genetics.

After applying for a couple of nutrition jobs, I was offered the job as a Calf and Youngstock Speciaist at Carr’s Billington, and the rest is history…

I studied an MSc on the side of work in Ruminant Nutrition, but most of my knowledge has definitely come from on-farm experience, learning on the job, and researching myself.

And now, here I am! 7 years into my calf consultancy career 😎 owning my own business and working with incredible people in the industry ❤️

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