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Buncha Fives

BZB bull calf five days old out of a white head heifer, he is fairly small but as I often heard said...better off with a small live one than a big dead one!! He should start filling out soon as the heifer has a lot of milk so much so that I am not sure if he will be able to drink her out.

Greengrass1

Buncha Fives wrote: »

BZB bull calf five days old out of a white head heifer, he is fairly small but as I often heard said...better off with a small live one than a big dead one!! He should start filling out soon as the heifer has a lot of milk so much so that I am not sure if he will be able to drink her out.

Would lads consider buying milky beef calves from dairy farmers and stick a second calf on them?
Would ye make any more money?

moy83

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Would lads consider buying milky beef calves from dairy farmers and stick a second calf on them?
Would ye make any more money?

It would be more profitable alright , whether it would be worth the extra work is debatable . Its all grand when the calves take to the cow and the cow lets the extra calves suck her but when doesnt work out it is one sickening job .

Greengrass1

moy83 wrote: »

It would be more profitable alright , whether it would be worth the extra work is debatable . Its all grand when the calves take to the cow and the cow lets the extra calves suck her but when doesnt work out it is one sickening job .

I've to big AA heifers here 15 mths old now we don't know what to do with them yet tbh but I was thinking of putting a lim in them and put a fr bull on them when they calve and sell.
I'd say we will end up milking them though

moy83

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I've to big AA heifers here 15 mths old now we don't know what to do with them yet tbh but I was thinking of putting a lim in them and put a fr bull on them when they calve and sell.
I'd say we will end up milking them though

Oh put up pictures of them going through the parlour , we milked a few of them when I was younger .

Greengrass1

moy83 wrote: »

Oh put up pictures of them going through the parlour , we milked a few of them when I was younger .

Father has milked charolais, Angus and Belgium blue in his time when he needed to build cow numbers ha.

moy83

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Father has milked charolais, Angus and Belgium blue in his time when he needed to build cow numbers ha.

Id say he is a happy man now to be able to buy fr and jerseys cheaper than beef cows .

Greengrass1

moy83 wrote: »

Id say he is a happy man now to be able to buy fr and jerseys cheaper than beef cows .

Ye I don't know how he came up with the notion of putting cows in calve to beef breeds ha

moy83

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Ye I don't know how he came up with the notion of putting cows in calve to beef breeds ha

Maybe keeping his options open at the time

Greengrass1

moy83 wrote: »

Maybe keeping his options open at the time

I think that's how he managed to start his SFP by keeping bullocks

moy83

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I think that's how he managed to start his SFP by keeping bullocks

There certainly was a method in his madness so .

Kovu

Have a common visitor to a garden most nights. Martins are supposed to be timid but this one is so cheeky he comes up to about a metre in front of the door to where there is cat food spilled. Can even open the door and he won't scamper off in a hurry!:eek:

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Have a common visitor to a garden most nights. Martins are supposed to be timid but this one is so cheeky he comes up to about a metre in front of the door to where there is cat food spilled. Can even open the door and he won't scamper off in a hurry!:eek:

Did ya ever hear the phrase, don't feed the wildlife :rolleyes:

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Did ya ever hear the phrase, don't feed the wildlife :rolleyes:

Ah now, I'm hardly going to go clean up after the cats outside!

moy83

.Kovu. wrote: »

Ah now, I'm hardly going to go clean up after the cats outside!

He is probably in the bushes at feeding time warning the cats to leave a bit for him

Greengrass1

.Kovu. wrote: »

Have a common visitor to a garden most nights. Martins are supposed to be timid but this one is so cheeky he comes up to about a metre in front of the door to where there is cat food spilled. Can even open the door and he won't scamper off in a hurry!:eek:

He'd make a nice sandwich :D

Kovu

Greengrass1 wrote: »

He'd make a nice sandwich :D

Ya, if you want to get prosecuted!

moy83

Greengrass1 wrote: »

He'd make a nice sandwich :D

Would you believe I have one in the freezer here . I found him dead on the road and thought I might get him stuffed but if you want a taste ill post him up .

Kovu

moy83 wrote: »

Would you believe I have one in the freezer here . I found him dead on the road and thought I might get him stuffed but if you want a taste ill post him up .

The poor missus, I can just imagine her going to the freezer to take out a lump of steak for your dinner and being greeted by a frozen pine martin:D:D

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

The poor missus, I can just imagine her going to the freezer to take out a lump of steak for your dinner and being greeted by a frozen pine martin:D:D

Or the missus cooking it up instead of the steak to get at him

moy83

.Kovu. wrote: »

The poor missus, I can just imagine her going to the freezer to take out a lump of steak for your dinner and being greeted by a frozen pine martin:D:D

I didnt take any chances with the missus , I put it in the parents freezer .

Reggie.

moy83 wrote: »

I didnt take any chances with the missus , I put it in the parents freezer .

Lack of trust.....ohhhh

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Lack of trust.....ohhhh

Poor parents! My father nearly killed me for keeping whole squid in the freezer.

Greengrass1

moy83 wrote: »

Would you believe I have one in the freezer here . I found him dead on the road and thought I might get him stuffed but if you want a taste ill post him up .

That reminds me I've a hawk that I found dead in the yard two yrs ago that I was going to get stuffed ha

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

Poor parents! My father nearly killed me for keeping whole squid in the freezer.

Not gonna even ask how you managed to get that

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

That reminds me I've a hawk that I found dead in the yard two yrs ago that I was going to get stuffed ha

Well rotted now green

moy83

.Kovu. wrote: »

Poor parents! My father nearly killed me for keeping whole squid in the freezer.

Im sound , they never get to the bottom of their freezer and I hid it well down . Did you eat the squid ?

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

Well rotted now green

Lost I'd say. Bjg chest freezer and the mother has it full to the brim

Reggie.

Hardly ate is it

moy83

Reggie. wrote: »

Hardly ate is it

Twas a tough chicken

Kovu

moy83 wrote: »

Im sound , they never get to the bottom of their freezer and I hid it well down . Did you eat the squid ?

Of course! Reggie I get it off a Donegal man every week

Their heads make the oddest noise when you pull them off.
Squid that is, I don't go around killing Donegal men.

Greengrass1

.Kovu. wrote: »

Of course! Reggie I get it off a Donegal man every week

Their heads make the oddest noise when you pull them off.
Squid that is, I don't go around killing Donegal men.

Now we know what happened bob :0

Kovu

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Now we know what happened bob :0

Alas, poor bob! I knew him, Horatio

J.O. Farmer

.Kovu. wrote: »

The poor missus, I can just imagine her going to the freezer to take out a lump of steak for your dinner and being greeted by a frozen pine martin:D:D

Anybody else getting an image of the type of thing a health inspector looking in the freezer of a dodgy eating establishment might see.
That type of place might want to stuff him too.

Nekarsulm

As a small child (long time ago) one year, all the Holly was covered in berries in October. thinking ahead, bagged up a big bunch and left in the freezer for Christmas. the mother was reaching in some time later, and ran a holly spine up under her fingernail. I was very lucky that I was fast at the oul running, when I was younger!

Nekarsulm

moy83 wrote: »

Would you believe I have one in the freezer here . I found him dead on the road and thought I might get him stuffed but if you want a taste ill post him up .

Mind you don't get his ID chip stuck in your teeth, when you get round to eating him!

bogman_bass

moy83 wrote: »

Oh put up pictures of them going through the parlour , we milked a few of them when I was younger .

We milked HE AA and BB crosses in the past. HE were probably the best

Still you'll get 900 gallons out if an Angus cross

biddy2013

bogman_bass wrote: »

We milked HE AA and BB crosses in the past. HE were probably the best

Still you'll get 900 gallons out if an Angus cross

we have an aax out of our highest ebi cow, great milker and shes the kids favourite cow, she has had 3 fr heifer calves so far with lovely markings. Had a limx years ago she was a great milker but a bit nervous

Bodacious

biddy2013 wrote: »

we have an aax out of our highest ebi cow, great milker and shes the kids favourite cow, she has had 3 fr heifer calves so far with lovely markings. Had a limx years ago she was a great milker but a bit nervous

morning biddy,


would the FR daughters of the AA X FR be right up there in yield terms with rest of the herd? just curious

GrandSoftDay

Some pull with this lad yesterday out of a springer. Legs still a little sore. Mother only took to him there an hour ago when I brought the dog into the pen with me.

on the river

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Some pull with this lad yesterday out of a springer. Legs still a little sore. Mother only took to him there an hour ago when I brought the dog into the pen with me.

fine animal what bull is that. the calf is massive.

GrandSoftDay

on the river wrote: »

fine animal what bull is that. the calf is massive.

Limo stock bull, iv seen bigger but he was a big calf for a springer to be trying to push out.

hugo29

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Some pull with this lad yesterday out of a springer. Legs still a little sore. Mother only took to him there an hour ago when I brought the dog into the pen with me.

whats that timber thing beside him,

mayota

hugo29 wrote: »

whats that timber thing beside him,

Is it a golf bat?

GrandSoftDay

hugo29 wrote: »

whats that timber thing beside him,

A Hurley....you might'nt have ever stumbled across one in Sligo :P

Muckit

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Some pull with this lad yesterday out of a springer.

Is that one of those hurlogs ?!

hugo29

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

A Hurley....you might'nt have ever stumbled across one in Sligo :P

oh right i thought it was some sort off a fancy shovel,

GrandSoftDay

hugo29 wrote: »

oh right i thought it was some sort off a fancy shovel,

It a kind of multitool. Slashook, herding stick, back up kayak paddle, garden spade and ball hitter. Endless uses really, you should invest!! I made that one myself, do you a good deal for one

bogman_bass

where did you find a 24" hurl to stand up against the calf?

munkus

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

It a kind of multitool. Slashook, herding stick, back up kayak paddle, garden spade and ball hitter. Endless uses really, you should invest!! I made that one myself, do you a good deal for one

Not too much hurling done in your neck of the woods either :-)