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Richk2012 wrote: »

Your wasted as a farmer jd.
Should have been a barber

I'm not sure how lads would react to having their head in the head gate

redzerologhlen

2 2 year old Lim x sim breeding heifers. Were out of 2 old cows which calved late and thats why they arent calving as 2 year olds.



cf61 heifer on the left and parati heifer on the right. Belong to the girlfriends father. Cf61 heifer is a smasher, I asked him a few times if he'd sell her but he isint having any of it :rolleyes:

delaval

pakalasa wrote: »

Any holidays planned?:P:P

delaval

just do it wrote: »

Someone was on about clipping weanling's head hair a while back. This fella looked a bit like jedward so while he was in this morning I did a little trimming

You clearly weren't busy today;);)

blue5000

Yearling bulls having part of their '5 a day'

leg wax

blue5000 wrote: »

Yearling bulls having part of their '5 a day'

you seem tight on grass?

1chippy

pakalasa wrote: »

CVV is gone now, isn't he. I used him for the first time last year. Got a super weanling bull by him. Sorry I didn't use him more in the past.

I am pretty disappointed in the calf to be honest. hes squaring up a bit but i dont think he will be anything special.

Also has ayone used the new Limousin bulls in NCBC, TVR, EFZ or GWO. Would liek to see pics of any calves.

Anything limo here will be sticking with the stock bull, hes throwing better calves than a lot of the ai ones i tried. Ai i will be putting on more blues and parts and i might try a few shorthorn or blondes on the heifers.

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blue5000 wrote: »

Yearling bulls having part of their '5 a day'

Handy system you've going there. There's a blue barrel knocking around the place here that has just been earmarked for a new job .

What's the plan with the yearlings blue?

blue5000

leg wax wrote: »

you seem tight on grass?

No, where they are is bare ok, but I move them to a fresh block about every day or two. I set up the fence for the next block while they eat the meal. They were moved to a new block just after they finished the meal.

just do it wrote: »

Handy system you've going there. There's a blue barrel knocking around the place here that has just been earmarked for a new job .

What's the plan with the yearlings blue?

Going on the hook, starting in about 4wks, in a bit of a catch 22, some of them will be over 16mths, and are not fat enough now to get the QA on the grid bonus.....

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delaval wrote: »

You clearly weren't busy today;);)

It's funny he's by HCA out of a heifer and he's developed a nice bit of shape and plenty muscle. However the picture doesn't do the mop of hair on his head justice. It has been annoying me for the last few weeks as it really catches the eye and distracts the eye from the fact he's a decent weanling bull. And then I saw the suggestion to trim head hair....

Sure look it it didn't cost me anything and probably won't make any difference to his price, but at least now it won't be a distraction for any would be buyer.

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Redzer

Nice looking heifers alright. Alot to be said for knowing the source and breeding, you don't get that at the mart. Out of interest, what value would you put on them?

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blue5000 wrote: »

No, where they are is bare ok, but I move them to a fresh block about every day or two. I set up the fence for the next block while they eat the meal. They were moved to a new block just after they finished the meal.



Going on the hook, starting in about 4wks, in a bit of a catch 22, some of them will be over 16mths, and are not fat enough now to get the QA on the grid bonus.....

Fair duece finishing them off grass. I see you were listening that night in Ennis trying to get them off before their 16m. Is there a premium/penalty in place if their under/over 16m?

Bodacious

redzerologhlen wrote: »

2 2 year old Lim x sim breeding heifers. Were out of 2 old cows which calved late and thats why they arent calving as 2 year olds.



cf61 heifer on the left and parati heifer on the right. Belong to the girlfriends father. Cf61 heifer is a smasher, I asked him a few times if he'd sell her but he isint having any of it :rolleyes:

CF61 bred some great stuff round here commercials and he was brought in as a char with milk in his pedigree.. would really love a PB char heifer out of him

Dampintheattic

Bodacious wrote: »

CF61 bred some great stuff round here commercials and he was brought in as a char with milk in his pedigree.. would really love a PB char heifer out of him

Are his straws still available?

Bodacious

just do it wrote: »

Someone was on about clipping weanling's head hair a while back. This fella looked a bit like jedward so while he was in this morning I did a little trimming

It was me that clips the faces... think I gave my fella a bit of an army crew cut

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Just looking again, should have done the ears as well while I was at it

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Cows heading into a new paddock of, eh hem, fresh grass :rolleyes:. This is a wet field of bottomless peat. I'd gotten on top of the rushes 2 years ago but access was difficult last year and this spring. The new roadway will be a big help in this regard. I'd no option at stages to graze it and poach it and hey presto it's worse now that ever!

Had a lad lined up to lick it a few weeks ago but he failed to appear:rolleyes:. I've been following rellig's drainage job with interest and have decided spraying/ licking is somewhat pointless until I sort out drainage. It's 6ac and there are 3 obvious lines for drains, but how to drain it has always been the question. It's peat so over time stone will migrate away from shore drains. There's iron ore in the land so pipe blockage is a possibility. In the end I'm verring towards stone and pipe as I just don't have the confidence that the connaught agri will still be patent 10yrs down the line. At least with the stone and pipe I should get 10 years out of it and rellig will be able to tell me if the connaught agri pipes are still doing the trick;).

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

Cows heading into a new paddock of, eh hem, fresh grass :rolleyes:. This is a wet field of bottomless peat. I'd gotten on top of the rushes 2 years ago but access was difficult last year and this spring. The new roadway will be a big help in this regard. I'd no option at stages to graze it and poach it and hey presto it's worse now that ever!

Had a lad lined up to lick it a few weeks ago but he failed to appear:rolleyes:. I've been following rellig's drainage job with interest and have decided spraying/ licking is somewhat pointless until I sort out drainage. It's 6ac and there are 3 obvious lines for drains, but how to drain it has always been the question. It's peat so over time stone will migrate away from shore drains. There's iron ore in the land so pipe blockage is a possibility. In the end I'm verring towards stone and pipe as I just don't have the confidence that the connaught agri will still be patent 10yrs down the line. At least with the stone and pipe I should get 10 years out of it and rellig will be able to tell me if the connaught agri pipes are still doing the trick;).

OH THANK GOD/JDI. I was sure I was doing something wrong and was so envious of Whelans whimsical quotes of pasture :pac:

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Kovu Murr wrote: »

OH THANK GOD/JDI. I was sure I was doing something wrong and was so envious of Whelans whimsical quotes of pasture :pac:

And it's lashing out there now, better get them back out of there first thing in the morning:rolleyes:.

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

And it's lashing out there now, better get them back out of there first thing in the morning:rolleyes:.

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Kovu

Better call the cats in

Kovu

Miaow

bob charles

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Miaow

what noise do you make for the goat?

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Kovu Murr wrote: »

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Jeez Kovu, you've lost me there

Kovu

bob charles wrote: »

what noise do you make for the goat?

BIAOW. It's great. Very Nostralmutic.

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

Jeez Kovu, you've lost me there

You've never been on Reddit then?

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Kovu Murr wrote: »

You've never been on Reddit then

Never heard of it!

bbam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBS6xeWqGk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Something lighthearted I found on YouTube.
Maybe it's been posted before.

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bbam wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBS6xeWqGk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Something lighthearted I found on YouTube.
Maybe it's been posted before.

Excellent bbam, love it

redzerologhlen

just do it wrote: »

Redzer

Nice looking heifers alright. Alot to be said for knowing the source and breeding, you don't get that at the mart. Out of interest, what value would you put on them?

Im completely out of sync with the trade at the moment, havent been near a mart in a few months so in all honesty I couldnt say jd.

redzerologhlen

Bodacious wrote: »

CF61 bred some great stuff round here commercials and he was brought in as a char with milk in his pedigree.. would really love a PB char heifer out of him

Ya, I never thought much of him to look at in the picture in the book but couldnt fault the calf, great power to her.

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Are his straws still available?

Nope, he was going to use him again this year but he couldnt be got.

Midlandsman80

BBQ heifer out of Red Lim Cow
CH heifer out of big white head cow, both approx 16 months, plan to calve both down next autumn, the CH for sure, will see how the BB develops in the next few months

Third pic of some rushes licked 6 wks ago, great results, will never Top rushes again without a plan to lick regrowth, been just topping for years and waste of time.. suppose the very dry summer has stunted them as well but great to see totally dead buts all over the fields...

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pakalasa

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

Third pic of some rushes licked 6 wks ago, great results, will never Top rushes again without a plan to lick regrowth, been just topping for years and waste of time.. suppose the very dry summer has stunted them as well but great to see totally dead buts all over the fields...

Great job. Was that with Round Up?

beef burger

nice heifers great job done on the rushes used to just top them meself an awful waste but got a licker mighty tool what ya put in your mix.

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Midlandsman80 wrote: »

pic of some rushes licked 6 wks ago, great results, will never top rushes again without a plan to lick regrowth, been just topping for years and waste of time..

Said I'd display that photo for you;) You've just finally sold me on getting a licker .

Both nice heifers by the way. Why are you undecided on the blue? She looks the better of the two to me.

Midlandsman80

Used "Buggy", hired the licker on a Friday evening and back Monday morning for €50.
Got it in Roco Engineering, buggy is what they sell, same strength as Roundup, think the 8kg bag of was €100.

Some rushes that were very heavy did not get as good a kill, just because the licker didnt get to hit everything, some got a great kill where I was turning and got them from both sides, will top everything next April and lick it all again 6-7 weeks later.

Not undecided in the blue, just not sure if she will be ready for putting in calf for calving next autumn.
See she has one horn, bought "horn up" dehorner, great yoke but once they go over 4wks old its too late and full dehorning is required, she was done at 5-6 weeks.

Conmaicne Mara

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

Third pic of some rushes licked 6 wks ago, great results, will never Top rushes again without a plan to lick regrowth, been just topping for years and waste of time.. suppose the very dry summer has stunted them as well but great to see totally dead buts all over the fields...

On my regular travels I see one particular field. Always a tractor with topper parked up in it, and it gets cut fairly often. Always struck me as a waste of diesel. Grows many fine crop of rushes a year

I see another family more local to me, obsessed with cutting. Any weed, they cut. They've more bracken, thistles, rushes now than when they started

Kill him right and keep after his descendents

whelan1

needs some work

jersey101

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

Used "Buggy", hired the licker on a Friday evening and back Monday morning for €50.
Got it in Roco Engineering, buggy is what they sell, same strength as Roundup, think the 8kg bag of was €100.

Some rushes that were very heavy did not get as good a kill, just because the licker didnt get to hit everything, some got a great kill where I was turning and got them from both sides, will top everything next April and lick it all again 6-7 weeks later.

Not undecided in the blue, just not sure if she will be ready for putting in calf for calving next autumn.
See she has one horn, bought "horn up" dehorner, great yoke but once they go over 4wks old its too late and full dehorning is required, she was done at 5-6 weeks.

if you put roundup on a weed licker will it just kill the weeds or grass and all??

Muckit

whelan1 wrote: »

needs some work

Is that part of a field that's poached Whelan? Hard to make out from photo. No doubt you'I do a rousin' job on it when you get a chance

Conmaicne Mara

jersey101 wrote: »

if you put roundup on a weed licker will it just kill the weeds or grass and all??

The idea is to lick when the weeds are higher than the grass, as roundup will harm/kill most everything it touches. It will certainly kill grass.

jersey101

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

The idea is to lick when the weeds are higher than the grass, as roundup will harm/kill most everything it touches. It will certainly kill grass.

Ah now i know, didnt know how the lickers worked.
Thanks

whelan1

Muckit wrote: »

Is that part of a field that's poached Whelan? Hard to make out from photo. No doubt you'I do a rousin' job on it when you get a chance

its part of a field i want to reseed, runs along the river. not sure if its a spring or water leak, wasnt this wet last year and water pressure hasnt reduced... council sewerage line also runs along there... dug and let it into river today... will wait a few days and investigate

leg wax

whelan1 wrote: »

needs some work

whelan any chance we could see a pic with your leg and thigh in it just so we can get a scale of the problem;););)

Muckit

you want to wax it or wha? :pac:

whelan1

leg wax wrote: »

whelan any chance we could see a pic with your leg and thigh in it just so we can get a scale of the problem;););)

i will give you an idea, water went in over the top of my wellie:o wont post a pic as it will go arseways, was saying it to my da a few weeks ago how wet it was and he said it was a spring, showed him yesterday and he was:eek::eek: strange as its right beside the river and there is a dry track between it and the river

leg wax

whelan1 wrote: »

i will give you an idea, water went in over the top of my wellie:o wont post a pic as it will go arseways, was saying it to my da a few weeks ago how wet it was and he said it was a spring, showed him yesterday and he was:eek::eek: strange as its right beside the river and there is a dry track between it and the river

only wanted the thigh but will look at the arseways no problem, i am not a gynaecologist but i will have a look:)who wants to look at drainage problems on a sat night.

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used crash barriers to close off bits of yard, local fencing contractor used 8ft treated posts to hold them up

bob charles

hard to beat crash barriers for such a job, What are they costing nowadays

moy83

Nice job vander . What heigt is it to the top of the third barrier from the ground ? They wont clear it anyhow !