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Kovu

blue5000 wrote: »

Sorry about quality of my camera phone, U=3- Aubrac X angus bull cashed in last week. One on left is not mine.

I was wondering why there was carcass pictures coming up on my facebook feed! :D

What sort of age was he?

sheebadog

moy83 wrote: »

I think they had a few counts on hills closer to me Con and found a few .

It would really be a shame to lose them.

moy83

sheebadog wrote: »

It would really be a shame to lose them.

It would . I never knew they were there until there was they did a few searches for them

blue5000

moy83 wrote: »

Have you many of them killed now blue ? And are you happy with that cross ?

Just two killed so far, nice cross, first heifers calving soon.

tanko wrote: »

Very nice, what age and weight was he?

23 months, bit light, 355kg, killed one off grass last autumn 295 kg. Poor grass last spring set them back as I stopped the meal last january aiming to go to grass early march, but didn't happen till nearly may, plus silage last yr was poor.

.Kovu. wrote: »

I was wondering why there was carcass pictures coming up on my facebook feed! :D;)

What sort of age was he?

Kovu

The steaks have never been higher:cool:

Mad4simmental

Maby there is loads of copper in it! Lol

GrandSoftDay

And we're off!! She was meant to be calving to a limo bull in April :rolleyes: Another springer to calf tonight aswell id say....yellow weather warning aswell, lovely

Kovu

Looks to be off a CH! Was she off galavanting on you:P

Conmaicne Mara

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

And we're off!! She was meant to be calving to a limo bull in April :rolleyes: Another springer to calf tonight aswell id say....yellow weather warning aswell, lovely

Let me guess, the shed is on another bit of land?

GrandSoftDay

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Let me guess, the shed is on another bit of land?

Whats a shed

Genghis Cant

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

....yellow weather warning aswell, lovely

Toughen up there......... It's only yellow, a stiff breeze:D

Off to a nice start there, grand thick looking calf.

Conmaicne Mara

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Whats a shed

Ah ! Sorry, was Bodacious I was thinking about with the shed

GrandSoftDay

.Kovu. wrote: »

Looks to be off a CH! Was she off galavanting on you:P

I have a feeling she was acting the slut alright!!

GrandSoftDay

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Toughen up there......... It's only yellow, a stiff breeze:D

Off to a nice start there, grand thick looking calf.

Handy enough little heifer calf in all honesty but shes alive anyway, amazing considering the night we had. Cant see the calves being too big with us this year, the cows are only eating to keep themselves warm since December. No let up in this sh1tty weather at all. Hopefully the springer will hold out for the night but her dug is bursting and her baren is hanging off her.

Kovu

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Handy enough little heifer calf in all honesty but shes alive anyway, amazing considering the night we had. Cant see the calves being too big with us this year, the cows are only eating to keep themselves warm since December. No let up in this sh1tty weather at all. Hopefully the springer will hold out for the night but her dug is bursting and her baren is hanging off her.

Jesus, you've lost me completely! I know what you're saying but I have never ever heard those terms before:eek:

GrandSoftDay

.Kovu. wrote: »

Jesus, you've lost me completely! I know what you're saying but I have never ever heard those terms before:eek:

Different parts of the country I suppose, those are the terms I was brought up with anyway and everyone else around seems to use them. No more than if you were talking to someone from Mayo/Sligo/Roscommon they would be talking about some buck they knew. Never heard anyone called a buck around here.

Genghis Cant

.Kovu. wrote: »

Jesus, you've lost me completely! I know what you're saying but I have never ever heard those terms before:eek:

The baren (or as we would pronounce it bearings) I know fine well, but I never heard of a dug? Is it the elder?

Around us a dug would be something fairly poor, or crocked, or big/heavy or crude. You'd call it an oul dug of a yoke:)

Kovu

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Different parts of the country I suppose, those are the terms I was brought up with anyway and everyone else around seems to use them. No more than if you were talking to someone from Mayo/Sligo/Roscommon they would be talking about some buck they knew. Never heard anyone called a buck around here.

We have very weird ones in Leitrim:D I never notice it until I'm with my other half as he's not Irish and it's baffling for him to understand me!

Buck, gosan, agraith.....all our terms for people. When a cow is flagging or leaping, bottles instead of teats/tits. Lots more too but I'd only confuse ye:P

munkus

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Handy enough little heifer calf in all honesty but shes alive anyway, amazing considering the night we had. Cant see the calves being too big with us this year, the cows are only eating to keep themselves warm since December. No let up in this sh1tty weather at all. Hopefully the springer will hold out for the night but her dug is bursting and her baren is hanging off her.

Howya GSD, would you leave then out or put them in a shed for a few days? I'm only a few miles from ya and If I left them out I'd be picking them up the following day in the digger bucket.

Nekarsulm

.Kovu. wrote: »

We have very weird ones in Leitrim:D I never notice it until I'm with my other half as he's not Irish and it's baffling for him to understand me!

Buck, gosan, agraith.....all our terms for people.

Head a little north of Kovu, and the childer are wayans!

GrandSoftDay

munkus wrote: »

Howya GSD, would you leave then out or put them in a shed for a few days? I'm only a few miles from ya and If I left them out I'd be picking them up the following day in the digger bucket.

Always leave them out, I headed them down towards a more sheltered spot with plenty of bushes after I took the pic. Never had a problem really once they have sucked.

naughto

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Different parts of the country I suppose, those are the terms I was brought up with anyway and everyone else around seems to use them. No more than if you were talking to someone from Mayo/Sligo/Roscommon they would be talking about some buck they knew. Never heard anyone called a buck around here.

use buck a bit my self

Reggie.

naughto wrote: »

use buck a bit my self

+1

Greengrass1

https://imageshack.us/a/img33/3775/25d5.jpg
Out cleaning up a piece of land we have leased.
Why do lads fence off corners like this?
Its pure waste

Timmaay

Greengrass1 wrote: »

https://imageshack.us/a/img33/3775/25d5.jpg
Out cleaning up a piece of land we have leased.
Why do lads fence off corners like this?
Its pure waste

Get the hedge cutter on.

Greengrass1

Timmaay wrote: »

Get the hedge cutter on.

https://imageshack.us/a/img534/5966/g62z.jpg
Been ar it since Saturday

Greengrass1

What's that rig worth Reggie?

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

What's that rig worth Reggie?

what year is the landini? depends on the condition of the hedgecutter, welds and such

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

what year is the landini? depends on the condition of the hedgecutter, welds and such

99.
Hedge cutter is immaculate. New set of flails and she would be same as the day she was bought

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

99.
Hedge cutter is immaculate. New set of flails and she would be same as the day she was bought

cant see the picture anymore for some reason but thhe landinis are going for anything from 10000 to 15000 from garages without loaders.
the hedgecutter could be around 3000-4000 at a guess. These are mostly off the top of my head now so i could be way off too

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

cant see the picture anymore for some reason but thhe landinis are going for anything from 10000 to 15000 from garages without loaders.
the hedgecutter could be around 3000-4000 at a guess. These are mostly off the top of my head now so i could be way off too

Lord the hegee trimmer is only 5 yrs old and has only done our own work

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Lord the hegee trimmer is only 5 yrs old and has only done our own work

dont know hedgecutters that well but they can be a mine field when buying as just to balance the head can cost upto 500 euro so the resale can sometimes be bad as lads are afraid of hidden demons

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

dont know hedgecutters that well but they can be a mine field when buying as just to balance the head can cost upto 500 euro so the resale can sometimes be bad as lads are afraid of hidden demons

I'd gladly sell it to fund a cow roads or slurry tanks but its there now so might as well keep her. Only costs us the diesel

reilig

Got a new locking barrier. Should make training bulls and heifers a lot easier. Handy for AI, injecting and pour ons too!

nashmach

Greengrass1 wrote: »

https://imageshack.us/a/img534/5966/g62z.jpg
Been ar it since Saturday

Landini looks very well there Greengrass!

Reggie.

reilig wrote: »

Got a new locking barrier. Should make training bulls and heifers a lot easier. Handy for AI, injecting and pour ons too!

Sweet get up there

Greengrass1

nashmach wrote: »

Landini looks very well there Greengrass!

Everything looks good from the back :P its the front you need to look at.
Needs a new grill on front

nashmach

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Everything looks good from the back :P its the front you need to look at.
Needs a new grill on front

Top or bottom piece - they are not that dear.

Greengrass1

nashmach wrote: »

Top or bottom piece - they are not that dear.

I mean the whole front bonnet. The fibre glass piece

nashmach

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I mean the whole front bonnet. The fibre glass piece

Oh right - oh dear

Parishlad

First calf last Saturday. Handy little heifer from our own CH bull.

just do it

Parishlad wrote: »

First calf last Saturday. Handy little heifer from our own CH bull.

Nice shape though. The only day you want them looking good is the day of sale

dh1985

Parishlad wrote: »

First calf last Saturday. Handy little heifer from our own CH bull.

Handy is the way you want them

Parishlad

dh1985 wrote: »

Handy is the way you want them

Very true. It was her first calf and I changed the bull last year so was very happy not to see a monster of a calf.

Parishlad

And here's the rest of the ladies for the maternity ward.

moy83

Parishlad wrote: »

And here's the rest of the ladies for the maternity ward.

Fine shed Parishlad

dh1985

Parishlad wrote: »

And here's the rest of the ladies for the maternity ward.

Fine set up and good looking stock

Reggie.

moy83 wrote: »

Fine shed Parishlad

+1

Parishlad

Thanks all. Not long built...first winter in it. Cattle always outwintered until this year. Seriously glad of it for the last few months! Makes life a lot easier as I work off farm and have a young family that needs/deserves plenty of attention.
Have to say though that I am fairly nervous of cows calving on slats. I was pretty okay at picking out a cow close to calving when they were outside and even if I didn't spot one on time they generally calved away grand.....even if they did so in the best hiding place possible.
A few are due around now so keeping a close eye on them.

TITANIUM.

Parishlad wrote: »

And here's the rest of the ladies for the maternity ward.

Christ thats a big change from out wintering. If you don't mind me asking P what that set up set you back?
Slatted unit here isn't big enough with some cattle still out wintered. Cheers. ...