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

Conmaicne Mara

Had to reposition the hay feeder today in this lovely weather. Only three days of use had turned the previous spot into a mud bath. While disassembling it I needed to remove two wood screws joining the feeder to the stakes. To do this I needed to prop up the tin sheet "roof" with a bit of timber to get at the screw heads. No problem usually, except today we had a strong Easterly wind, it's usually coming from the West, which pulled the 8 long screws joining the roof to the frame timbers right out and flipped the roof 15 feet away. Luckily nothing and no one was standing in the way. Minor roof repair tomorrow I think.

Greengrass1

The branches and trees would fall into a reseed wouldn't they?https://imageshack.us/a/img208/1682/p3zw.jpg

mikeoh

found this big boy this am he is by MBP cow is my biggest believe it or not she by fl22 hence the milk

tanko

Well done to that cow, MBP puts serious muscle into calves.

mikeoh

tanko wrote: »

Well done to that cow, MBP puts serious muscle into calves.

Jesus don't say that ...just looking at ai dockets have 2 handy cows incalf to him and one is massive with a month to go !!!

tanko

mikeoh wrote: »

Jesus don't say that ...just looking at ai dockets have 2 handy cows incalf to him and one is massive with a month to go !!!

Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Three years ago,I had four calves off him, three heifers and a bull. The heifers landed no bother. The bull was off a small cow who was overfat at calving. Myself and the vet bent a jack getting him out but all turned out well. I don't consider him easy calving but as long as you're about when they're calving I'm sure all will be well.

mikeoh

Time for diet and exercise so!!!

Muckit

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Out for a walk of the ranch today and found this couple off for a dip for valentine's weekend They mate for life apparently. 8 others in another group. My phone would have to die. Another day. This water ain't going anywhere soon.

Bodacious

mikeoh wrote: »

found this big boy this am he is by MBP cow is my biggest believe it or not she by fl22 hence the milk

fine cow that .. is fl22 good for milk?

Conmaicne Mara

Muckit wrote: »

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Out for a walk of the ranch today and found this couple off for a dip for valentine's weekend They mate for life apparently. 8 others in another group. My phone would have to die. Another day. This water ain't going anywhere soon.

Still not fixed that drinker by the looks of the photo

Muckit

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Still not fixed that drinker by the looks of the photo

Went on take the some photos from the same location, but wouldn't you know phone battery near dead. Bloody smartphone. Anyway trough nowhee to be seen now, totally submerged and there's a ripple on the top of water indicating there's a good depth there now

moy83

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Still not fixed that drinker by the looks of the photo

He mustn't be on the meter yet

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

He mustn't be on the meter yet

Sure isn't it because of lads like him they're going to meter the rest of us

RobinBanks

mikeoh wrote: »

found this big boy this am he is by MBP cow is my biggest believe it or not she by fl22 hence the milk

Some calf mike. Looks a savage altogether. Have you many MBP calves. I'm thinking of using him this year

Buncha Fives

mikeoh wrote: »

Jesus don't say that ...just looking at ai dockets have 2 handy cows incalf to him and one is massive with a month to go !!!

Wouldn't get too concerned about that, calved six heifers that were in calf to MBP last august and they all calved handy enough...think I only jacked one, have to say the calves are exceptional I must put up a few pictures. The calves were muscly and long, surprised this bull isn't talked about a lot more.

mikeoh

RobinBanks wrote: »

Some calf mike. Looks a savage altogether. Have you many MBP calves. I'm thinking of using him this year

He is my first....put them in tonight and he is the same size as a decent 10 day old pb aa bull calf i have

moy83

Buncha Fives wrote: »

Wouldn't get too concerned about that, calved six heifers that were in calf to MBP last august and they all calved handy enough...think I only jacked one, have to say the calves are exceptional I must put up a few pictures. The calves were muscly and long, surprised this bull isn't talked about a lot more.

Same as that , we had no bad pulls with MBP . He gave the best calves that we ever had and from middling cows aswell

rushvalley

Buncha Fives wrote: »

Wouldn't get too concerned about that, calved six heifers that were in calf to MBP last august and they all calved handy enough...think I only jacked one, have to say the calves are exceptional I must put up a few pictures. The calves were muscly and long, surprised this bull isn't talked about a lot more.

have to agree with you MBP was the only limousin we used for ai in 2012 and most cows calved on their own last year. then after 2/3 weeks the calves were filling out very well. have a few due to calve off him very soon too

Figerty

Muckit wrote: »

Went on take the some photos from the same location, but wouldn't you know phone battery near dead. Bloody smartphone. Anyway trough nowhee to be seen now, totally submerged and there's a ripple on the top of water indicating there's a good depth there now

How many LU/Ha do the count for?

Muckit

A great job. Doing very little poaching. Could be the way to go. Just need to get them used to the electric fence!

Conmaicne Mara

Bit of easy fencing

mikeoh

Bodacious wrote: »

fine cow that .. is fl22 good for milk?

He was!..rip now

tanko

I'm just wondering was FL22 any good for milk?:D:D I see MBP has a calving difficulty of 7.4% which isn't too bad at all. Suppose I shouldn't be judging him on one small fat cow.

on the river

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Bit of easy fencing

You could make a fortune on seaweed fertiser;)

Conmaicne Mara

on the river wrote: »

You could make a fortune on seaweed fertiser;)

Nice weed there now alright. Though anyone looking for a bit of seaweed to throw out didn't have to go off road at all around here lately!

GY A1

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Bit of easy fencing

are ur stakes upside down

Reggie.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Bit of easy fencing

It ll crown ya

Conmaicne Mara

GY A1 wrote: »

are ur stakes upside down

Is this where I have been going wrong all these years :eek:

They're set in concrete, had to quarry out the stones from the top of the shore years ago to make pots for the concrete, then a wall running under the fence, was a lot of fun.......... But it held well in fairness.

Reggie.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Is this where I have been going wrong all these years :eek:

They're set in concrete, had to quarry out the stones from the top of the shore years ago to make pots for the concrete, then a wall running under the fence, was a lot of fun.......... But it held well in fairness.

Bloody hardship. A lot to be said about a post driver in a field :cool:

Conmaicne Mara

Reggie. wrote: »

Bloody hardship. A lot to be said about a post driver in a field :cool:

Had to be done, the sheep were going down into the shore past the fence and going miles. Didn't think the stakes would have lasted this long tbh.

Reggie.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Had to be done, the sheep were going down into the shore past the fence and going miles. Didn't think the stakes would have lasted this long tbh.

Did something similar next to a lake but we just had to reverse the tractor as far back as it would go into the water

Conmaicne Mara

Reggie. wrote: »

Did something similar next to a lake but we just had to reverse the tractor as far back as it would go into the water

Lol, while I was slipping & sliding in the shore I was wondering how a tractor and post banger would get on

Lots of fencing jobs on this week. Pretty much every fence the ould fella has near the sea has been damaged or destroyed. Six places I can think of.

Reggie.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Lol, while I was slipping & sliding in the shore I was wondering how a tractor and post banger would get on

Lots of fencing jobs on this week. Pretty much every fence the ould fella has near the sea has been damaged or destroyed. Six places I can think of.

Just looked out across the paddocks yesterday and noticed a good few strands were loose so I've to go out with the hammer and a few staples myself at some stage.

freedominacup

Reggie. wrote: »

Just looked out across the paddocks yesterday and noticed a good few strands were loose so I've to go out with the hammer and a few staples myself at some stage.

The last few posts bring this to mind for some reason

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5kZ4uIUC0

Reggie.

freedominacup wrote: »

The last few posts bring this to mind for some reason

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5kZ4uIUC0

Cheeky bugger

onyerbikepat

:rolleyes:

Conmaicne Mara

onyerbikepat wrote: »

:rolleyes:

That's ETTG agenda sorted for next week

Reggie.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

That's ETTG agenda sorted for next week

Yeah suggesting merging the farming sectors together, our saviours

bbam

Make me mad...
And the times I had the arms kicked of me trying to get a heifer let her own calf suck !! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

on the river

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

That's ETTG agenda sorted for next week

good cross saler piggy. ham and beef sorted

Greengrass1

https://imageshack.us/a/img839/4142/sv9d.jpg
Stretching the silage a bit

bogman_bass

I had a dream once that we put a cow in claf to a pig because it would be easy calving. made perfect sense at the time :rolleyes:

Conmaicne Mara

The hay & Straw load height derogation was put into effect immediately

delaval

Ready for more heifer calves?????

Greengrass1

Should have fixed them pins when I found out https://imageshack.us/a/img24/2350/svo9.jpg

f140

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Should have fixed them pins when I found out https://imageshack.us/a/img24/2350/svo9.jpg

what is she. be careful with those blocks under it- there not fierce strong.

Greengrass1

f140 wrote: »

what is she. be careful with those blocks under it- there not fierce strong.

She's was resting on the loader at the time.
Casec4240
May find and axle now.
This is why I hate machinery. Just the bar basic amount and a good easy maintained tractor. Having said that its my own fault. She has done a lot if work and not looked after properly.

Muckit

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Should have fixed them pins when I found out https://imageshack.us/a/img24/2350/svo9.jpg

Just be thankful your not putting pins in you arms. Get rid of that 9" cavity and use timber blocks or stumps like a good man.

f140

Muckit wrote: »

Just be thankful your not putting pins in you arms. Get rid of that 9" cavity and use timber blocks or stumps like a good man.

yes I remember a few years ago the health and safety man came and did an unannounced inspection and was trying to convince me to get a set of axle stands. I stood firm and told him there was nothing safer than solid timber blocks to have under something like that and wasn't going to change at this hour of my life

Muckit

I'm not really mad on metal on metal. Very weary of it sliding off. Timber will bed in. I know they are rated but always think those rachets on stands ain't up to much either. Give me a good round of larch any day, if it'll hold up a tree, it'll support tractor axle!