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Bodacious

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Cf61 heifer I bought off the girlfriends auld lad, Great power about her

good man redz and good luck with her, she a beauty and for E400 you could look at it two ways 1) a topic of conversation with the father in law for years to come and 2) a kind of dowry!! :-)

Bodacious

one of my springers none too impressed with being on the mountain!!

onyerbikepat

Bodacious wrote: »

one of my springers none too impressed with being on the mountain!!

She don't look happy, does she?

Bodacious

onyerbikepat wrote: »

She don't look happy, does she?

no .. she giving me evils..

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

How do you find those stones for building with? Stones in my place are dog heads, in that's how a lot of them are shaped, pure f'kin useless for doing anything with.

Might'nt be the stones Con , you could be just like me and just cant see the right opportunities for the shapes
Ive often throw my hat at fixing up a wall because I cant get the stones to fit any which way at all , then the father has it up perfectly a few days later from the same stone

moy83

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one of my springers none too impressed with being on the mountain!![/QUOTE]
Are you feeding the silage yet that you got dropped onto the mountain ?

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

Might'nt be the stones Con , you could be just like me and just cant see the right opportunities for the shapes
Ive often throw my hat at fixing up a wall because I cant get the stones to fit any which way at all , then the father has it up perfectly a few days later from the same stone

Tis the feckin stones :mad:



Mind you, the great thing about stone walls is the fences I've put on top. The stakes last forever, even the shítty ones they make now.

redzerologhlen

My mother is mad for naming cattle, I'll leave it to her!! She cost enough now but I got a good luck penny alright. Stones are lovely for building, really grip into each other.

Bodacious

moy83 wrote: »

Are you feeding the silage yet that you got dropped onto the mountain ?

No hopefully hold out into December anyway depending on the weather. just threw 8 cows onto another part of it, ran single strand of temporary electric fence and make them eat it, furze taking over.. only try them out for 2 weeks .. if they start to melt ill take them in off of it as wouldn't let them go backwards these time of year and couple of them (one in pic) start calving mid january

reilig

Bodacious wrote: »

No hopefully hold out into December anyway depending on the weather. just threw 8 cows onto another part of it, ran single strand of temporary electric fence and make them eat it, furze taking over.. only try them out for 2 weeks .. if they start to melt ill take them in off of it as wouldn't let them go backwards these time of year and couple of them (one in pic) start calving mid january

Last year with the fodder shortage we rented rough rocky ground (17 acres) and left the cows out on it till end of December. 8 cows. Instead of putting bales in, we gave them 20kg of meal a day. It worked the finest - they actually put on condition. We also had no calving problems in spring with them.

bbam

Bodacious wrote: »

one of my springers none too impressed with being on the mountain!!

Give her a few days up to her knees on our heavy daub ground and she'd be much happier to be on the mountain..

Pharaoh1

A few of my store bullocks grazing a fresh paddock this morning - only about 8 days grass left now

vanderbadger

Pharaoh1 wrote: »

A few of my store bullocks grazing a fresh paddock this morning - only about 8 days grass left now

fine looking bunch of cattle and great looking land

Marooned75

Pharaoh1 wrote: »

A few of my store bullocks grazing a fresh paddock this morning - only about 8 days grass left now

Nice cattle are they getting anything at grass

Pharaoh1

I'm fortunate to have well drained land no poaching but I'm strip grazing a bit every day.
I was giving this group of 15 a 25kg bag of ration every day for the last 4 weeks or so.
They are getting a bag and a half now - a little over 2kg per head and will be sold in the next week.
Last group sold a week ago weighed 530kg avg and made 1225 euro.
Happy enough with weight gain at grass at around 230kg

Muckit

Pharaoh1 wrote: »

A few of my store bullocks grazing a fresh paddock this morning - only about 8 days grass left now

Hard to believe it's well into November in that photo. Only the angle of the sun giving it away. Lovely stock. I'll take those golden charolais off ya at that money :-)

stanflt

starting new shed




a bit of drainage and ditch cleaning

Pharaoh1

Muckit wrote: »

Hard to believe it's well into November in that photo. Only the angle of the sun giving it away. Lovely stock. I'll take those golden charolais off ya at that money :-)

I think this bunch are a bit heavier overall so I might want a bit more.

Richk2012

CF52 cow with 3 week LGL bull calf .

These 3 ladies all calved within 6 hours of each other on Friday .
Heading for the last of the grass before being housed

Muckit

stanflt wrote: »

starting new shed

Hi Stan. Are they pads for the pillars? Can't really make out what your at from photos. Will the shed have a floor?

stanflt

Muckit wrote: »

Hi Stan. Are they pads for the pillars? Can't really make out what your at from photos. Will the shed have a floor?[/QUOTE

yeah pads are for pillars 120*78 with a 9"6 by 14"6 by 160 feet tank going in the opposite direction at the fromt which will also be covered eventually

Sharpshooter82

Big shed

darragh_haven

stanflt wrote: »

starting new shed




a bit of drainage and ditch cleaning

Is that a Macrete tank stan?
If so, are they 4, 5 or 6 meter high panels.

stanflt

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Big shed

120 cubicles and 6 loose bedded pens for calving or leaving a bull with a cow overnight

steel work only this year- tank next and finished in 2015- cashflow permitting

stanflt

darragh_haven wrote: »

Is that a Macrete tank stan?
If so, are they 4, 5 or 6 meter high panels.

only 5

Sharpshooter82

stanflt wrote: »

120 cubicles and 6 loose bedded pens for calving or leaving a bull with a cow overnight

steel work only this year- tank next and finished in 2015- cashflow permitting

impressive

stanflt

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

impressive

milk price needs to remain good

Sharpshooter82

stanflt wrote: »

milk price needs to remain good

i was gonna say something like that but didnt want to jinx it

Muckit

stanflt wrote: »

120 cubicles and 6 loose bedded pens for calving or leaving a bull with a cow overnight

steel work only this year- tank next and finished in 2015- cashflow permitting

Wow. Will you be operating as a one man show? Seems you'I be milking a lot of cows if your expanding by 120!! I suppose some of these are for heifers

stanflt

Muckit wrote: »

Wow. Will you be operating as a one man show? Seems you'I be milking a lot of cows if your expanding by 120!! I suppose some of these are for heifers

myself my brother and my father
hope to go to 240

will need the same for heifers

Sharpshooter82

stanflt wrote: »

myself my brother and my father
hope to go to 240

will need the same for heifers

best of luck with the plans

just do it

stanflt wrote: »

myself my brother and my father
hope to go to 240

will need the same for heifers

Other than the zero we've about the same herd size

stanflt

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

best of luck with the plans

thanks

currently have 120 cows and 140 heifers under 2yo

just do it

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

best of luck with the plans

+1

tismesoitis

stanflt wrote: »

myself my brother and my father
hope to go to 240

will need the same for heifers

If there's 3 families to be kept you'll need at least the 240 cows i would have thought!! Best of luck with the plans!!

bob charles

stanflt wrote: »

steel work only this year- tank next and finished in 2015- cashflow permitting

is doing capital work with cashflow a wise idea especially with expanding herds, personally dont think it is and much prefer to have a loan spanning the lifespan if possible of capital work.

Sharpshooter82

Inside and nice a cosy for a few months

Timmaay

bob charles wrote: »

is doing capital work with cashflow a wise idea especially with expanding herds, personally dont think it is and much prefer to have a loan spanning the lifespan if possible of capital work.

Stan mentioned before that the shed is only costing him 18k, with the milkprice like it is now that sort of money would be very manageable straight from cashflow with his volume of milk. Actually Stan do ya mind giving a rough breakdown of what the rest the job will cost, if you have worked that far forward yet!

stanflt

Timmaay wrote: »

Stan mentioned before that the shed is only costing him 18k, with the milkprice like it is now that sort of money would be very manageable straight from cashflow with his volume of milk. Actually Stan do ya mind giving a rough breakdown of what the rest the job will cost, if you have worked that far forward yet!

tank is 200euro a foot including slats

if no superlevy than it will be finished by april

td5man

stanflt wrote: »

tank is 200euro a foot including slats

if no superlevy than it will be finished by april

That's a good price, what size of slat is that?

just do it

stanflt wrote: »

a bit of drainage and ditch cleaning

I notice the way he's piled the spoil well in from the ditch. I'll be getting my man to do it that way any more as tracking it in along by the ditch only causes an obstacle to surface water trying to run into the ditch.

jaymla627

Timmaay wrote: »

Stan mentioned before that the shed is only costing him 18k, with the milkprice like it is now that sort of money would be very manageable straight from cashflow with his volume of milk. Actually Stan do ya mind giving a rough breakdown of what the rest the job will cost, if you have worked that far forward yet!

The sheds only a after-thought when you go dropping concrete and digging out tanks/slats etc thats where the money add-up, we put in 90 cubicle spaces into an existing shed this year came to 20,000 all-in but that was just for cubicles/mats/concrete for cubicle beds and passageway with us doing all the labour except for a local lad that done the finishing on the concrete

td5man

just do it wrote: »

I notice the way he's piled the spoil well in from the ditch. I'll be getting my man to do it that way any more as tracking it in along by the ditch only causes an obstacle to surface water trying to run into the ditch.

It also means you can clean any bits that gather up in the bottom with tracking the other stuff allover the place

jersey101

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Inside and nice a cosy for a few months

where did you get the trough sharp? If you dont mind me asking.
Been looking for one like that.

limo_100

jersey101 wrote: »

where did you get the trough sharp? If you dont mind me asking.
Been looking for one like that.

it looks like an 8foot gibney one cause i have one

jersey101

limo_100 wrote: »

it looks like an 8foot gibney one cause i have one

seen tge plastic jfc ones and there 80 euro.

bob charles

Timmaay wrote: »

Stan mentioned before that the shed is only costing him 18k, with the milkprice like it is now that sort of money would be very manageable straight from cashflow with his volume of milk.

irrespective I still like to keep my cash for running the business, if next year came as a disaster (hope not) then you can be really caught with your pants down. Funding capital with cash will get up the noses of lots of financial buffs:rolleyes:. I can think of better things to do with cash that will generate money at farm level than pouring it into the ground, this is what I use long term loans for. The longer the better. I have never found sheds to build expensive its whats underground or the fit out that cost the serious bucks. I priced up a tank last week 120* 28 and its costing €50k incl vat all in for full spec, allowing 6k for digging and rock breaking and 2k for engineer/insurance, which must be on the money as it works out similar price to 200 a foot that stan gave.

limo_100

jersey101 wrote: »

seen tge plastic jfc ones and there 80 euro.

the gibney is around 50 or 60 and the 4foot one is 35 so there good value i think. JFC are very expensive for everything

just do it

jersey101 wrote: »

where did you get the trough sharp? If you dont mind me asking.
Been looking for one like that.

Only for use with light stock though like in the picture. I speak from experience :rolleyes:

Sharpshooter82

jersey101 wrote: »

where did you get the trough sharp? If you dont mind me asking.
Been looking for one like that.

its a gibney 8ft trough, cost 50 euro so good value. As mentioned before it is a little light and wouldnt take a 400-500kg animal landing on it but not bad for the money in fairness and asyou see the pen aint too tight so the weanlings shouldnt be on top of it