Livestock/General Farming photo thread ***READ MOD NOTE IN POST #1***

jersey101

Timmaay wrote: »

She give a heifer? What sire?

Bull. LHZ. small enough calf

reilig

RobinBanks wrote: »

Here ya go Bizzum. I am not able to get a better pic of the calf because he still cant stand up. He will try to stand when I lift him but he falls down as soon as he puts weight on his legs. I am still feeding him with the stomach tube he wont even suck the bottle for me now. I will give him till tomorrow evening and then I will call the vet. He seems happy enough besides though.

Find it fierce hard to get a calf to go back to sucking once you feed him more than 3 or 4 times with the stomach tube. Have had 1 or 2 calves with similar problems to yours in the past - will normally prop them on a square bale to get them to suck. Not much good to you now i know.

Might be worth talking to the vet. He might be able to give you something to administer yourself - might save the call out fee!

towzer2010

RobinBanks wrote: »

Here ya go Bizzum. I am not able to get a better pic of the calf because he still cant stand up. He will try to stand when I lift him but he falls down as soon as he puts weight on his legs. I am still feeding him with the stomach tube he wont even suck the bottle for me now. I will give him till tomorrow evening and then I will call the vet. He seems happy enough besides though.

Hi robin. Great calf and its a pain about his legs but I had a similar problem a few months ago with a twin bull calf. I had to prop him up to suck and his front legs were a bit fcukd for a week or so. I used an old mortone drum cause there was more give to it and it was easier moved to balance him than a bale

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87132233&postcount=6354

Here he is now on the right so where there's life there's hope

adne

Hard to look beyond a hardy angus on first calvers

dh1985

adne wrote: »

Hard to look beyond a hardy angus on first calvers

Lovely bit of white in your heifer. Supposed to be a sign of milk. Nice looking animal

gozunda

Just saw this ... Photoshop?


http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/four-cows-pictured-car-boot-3001038

Reggie.

gozunda wrote: »

Just saw this ... Photoshop?


http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/four-cows-pictured-car-boot-3001038

Has to be

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Has to be

It's not, the car hasn't been changed in any way. They're just little cows.

Reggie.

Kovu Murr wrote: »

It's not, the car hasn't been changed in any way. They're just little cows.

Some job to squeeze them in there

vanderbadger

bogman_bass

Great tank except for the annoying lid latch

Conmaicne Mara

Some video for a change, mink I spotted in the shore while repairing a storm damaged fence & wall (That's the farming link!).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/11894610006/

Bizzum

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Some video for a change, mink I spotted in the shore while repairing a storm damaged fence & wall (That's the farming link!).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/11894610006/

Good choice of soundtrack for a Mink! Though I'd prefer Tom Petty:)

Conmaicne Mara

Bizzum wrote: »

Good choice of soundtrack for a Mink! Though I'd prefer Tom Petty:)

My fingers were less than 12 inches from him at the end, that was close enough. Had to cut out a lot of good stuff, was too shaky with the camera phone, ye'd be sea sick

moy83

Nice thing to see , I wouldn't have been as brave getting in as close at the end in case he would have had my fingers !

Bizzum

Excellent! It's a real game of two halves Muckit:eek:


WTF?????????? Where's it gone????????

just do it

HCA calf out of a bb heifer mentioned in one of the threads yesterday.

RobinBanks

just do it wrote: »

HCA calf out of a bb heifer mentioned in one of the threads yesterday.

Fine calf JDI. Looks like he is fairly tall. Is it a bull? Should be a good calf at the back end. The blue cross will bring a bit of muscle you would imagine.

just do it

RobinBanks wrote: »

Fine calf JDI. Looks like he is fairly tall. Is it a bull? Should be a good calf at the back end. The blue cross will bring a bit of muscle you would imagine.

I'd say he's average height. Photo makes cow look smaller than she is. He's a nice frame for putting on muscle alright. Photos too follow come the back end

Muckit

8 June 2013



11 Jan 2014

Reggie.

Ah the grass won't be thirsty anyways

Muckit

Reggie. wrote: »

Ah the grass won't be thirsty anyways

Are you any good adjusting the ballcock on a water trough!?!

just do it

Has it always been that way muckit? I heard the black plastic has blocked underground rivers and created flooding where it wasn't previously.

Reggie.

just do it wrote: »

Has it always been that way muckit? I heard the black plastic has blocked underground rivers and created flooding where it wasn't previously.

Black plastic?

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

Are you any good adjusting the ballcock on a water trough!?!

If I messed with that I would only make it worse

just do it

Reggie. wrote: »

Black plastic?

Baled silage plastic

onyerbikepat

Subsoiler not much use there I suppose.:o

Reggie.

just do it wrote: »

Baled silage plastic

Couldn't see it getting into underground rivers, could it

just do it

Reggie. wrote: »

Couldn't see it getting into underground rivers, could it

They come overground in places

Conmaicne Mara

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Subsoiler not much use there I suppose.:o

Doubt Muckit would be able to lay hands on an outboard powerful enough to work it.

Muckit

This land always floods, just depends on the rainfall as to by how much and for how long. You can see the gaps in the hedges from the yearly floods (and possibly a lack of maintenance :rolleyes:). Levels totally based on water table and underground turloughs. Despite the flooding, this land had no rushes and would be bone dry in a 'normal' summer.

Reggie.

just do it wrote: »

They come overground in places

Ah

Marooned75

I've a 17ft lake boat with 10hp outboard any use for ya muckit

Damo810

So Muckit, when are ya starting the slurry?

hugo29

You could try a bit of fish farming for the winter muckit

Muckit

hugo29 wrote: »

You could try a bit of fish farming for the winter muckit

Ducks and swans mostly!

Bodacious

Got photobucket working again, No more mountain for these ladies

http://s1054.photobucket.com/user/bodacious30/media/Snapbucket/5BA29CD1_zpse338e19d.jpg.html

GrandSoftDay

Bodacious wrote: »

Got photobucket working again, No more mountain for these ladies

http://s1054.photobucket.com/user/bodacious30/media/Snapbucket/5BA29CD1_zpse338e19d.jpg.html

Are you doing a bit of salmon farming on the side Bodacious?

Bodacious

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Are you doing a bit of salmon farming on the side Bodacious?

Hi GSD

More money and less trouble in the salmon I'd say ;-)

Marooned75

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Are you doing a bit of salmon farming on the side Bodacious?

Welcome back

hugo29

Bodacious wrote: »

Hi GSD

More money and less trouble in the salmon I'd say ;-)

they are in great nick Bod,

bob charles

Bodacious wrote: »

Got photobucket working again, No more mountain for these ladies

the lovely long hair on them are like cattle from the past.

I have a highlander cross charalois here and you should see the hair on her. she is a picture

GrandSoftDay

Marooned75 wrote: »

Welcome back

Was I here before?

Bodacious

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Are you doing a bit of salmon farming on the side Bodacious?

I deleted photos by mistake

Conmaicne Mara

Fly is clearly scandalised by the storm damage.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/11980651946/

The sea pulled plenty of rock out of the land and down the shore.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/11980665256/

munkus

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Fly is clearly scandalised by the storm damage.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/11980651946/

The sea pulled plenty of rock out of the land and down the shore.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/11980665256/

Jasus, I think our dogs are related, and you're at the wrong side of the bay! Hope your fella isn't as thick and cowardly as my lad.

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Fly is clearly scandalised by the storm damage.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/11980651946/

The sea pulled plenty of rock out of the land and down the shore.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/11980665256/

Can you reuse the wire . I dont envy you of that job , its a tough spot to fence

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

Can you reuse the wire . I dont envy you of that job , its a tough spot to fence

Yeah I'd say most of it is reusable. Had to cut it in a few places as I'd be half an hour digging out staples from some strainers.

The picture with all the rock, the fence will have to be relocated on top of the rock to the right. There's zero depth there, but sure there's none down low either now so it'll at least be safer from the next big storm.

Conmaicne Mara

munkus wrote: »

Jasus, I think our dogs are related, and you're at the wrong side of the bay! Hope your fella isn't as thick and cowardly as my lad.

Any Kelpie in your lad, ours is half and half with collie. I reckon I prefer collies TBH, more biddable. Our fella wasn't long in tucking tail and running when the ram challenged him the last day but I wouldn't blame him for that given the horns pointed at him :pac:

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Yeah I'd say most of it is reusable. Had to cut it in a few places as I'd be half an hour digging out staples from some strainers.

The picture with all the rock, the fence will have to be relocated on top of the rock to the right. There's zero depth there, but sure there's none down low either now so it'll at least be safer from the next big storm.

Will you have to concrete the posts to the top of the rock where there is no ground for them ?