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GrandSoftDay

moy83 wrote: »

Think will you have a few hard pulls or was it just that she was a springer . Hope he is lucky for ya

He's a fair horse of a calf even it was a cow that had him. He wasn't rated too bad on ICBF for calving but you never know for sure until a few hit the ground. The other springer calved no bother and had a handyish sized calf to him.

Genghis Cant

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

He's a fair horse

He's a bear of a calf. Great to get him out and goin ahead. How many days did she carry him do ya know?

LivInt20

golodge wrote: »

I've a hand held scales for sheep, so it fits for just borned calves.
Looks like this:
http://ykzhengya.en.alibaba.com/product/524160320-209565437/200kg_hand_held_weighing_scale.html
When calf is lifted and can't touch the ground there is nothing calf can do.

What do you put the calf in to weigh?

GrandSoftDay

Genghis Cant wrote: »

He's a bear of a calf. Great to get him out and goin ahead. How many days did she carry him do ya know?

I haven't a notion, never bother writing down dates unless I'm ai'ing but I'd still have a fair idea of what's bulled and what's not. Anything no matter how good gets the road if not in calf any more.

cristeoir

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

I haven't a notion, never bother writing down dates unless I'm ai'ing but I'd still have a fair idea of what's bulled and what's not. Anything no matter how good gets the road if not in calf any more.

Hi GSD , I don't want to worry you or anything but a few years ago a neighbour of mine had a bull who got coccodosis and he became infertile, now it may have been the medicine he was treated with( medicil - which is now off the market afaik) or something completely unrelated but just for your own sake you should jot down when you see a cow in heat.
Hopfully I am totally wrong and well done , that is a super calf!

rancher

cristeoir wrote: »

Hi GSD , I don't want to worry you or anything but a few years ago a neighbour of mine had a bull who got coccodosis and he became infertile, now it may have been the medicine he was treated with( medicil - which is now off the market afaik) or something completely unrelated but just for your own sake you should jot down when you see a cow in heat.
Hopfully I am totally wrong and well done , that is a super calf!

A high temperature can kill all the semen in a ram and they can take six weeks to become fertile again....a bull is probably the same

GrandSoftDay

cristeoir wrote: »

Hi GSD , I don't want to worry you or anything but a few years ago a neighbour of mine had a bull who got coccodosis and he became infertile, now it may have been the medicine he was treated with( medicil - which is now off the market afaik) or something completely unrelated but just for your own sake you should jot down when you see a cow in heat.
Hopfully I am totally wrong and well done , that is a super calf!

He won't have any work again until next June but I'll keep an eye on it. Would never have figured what was wrong with him if I hadn't rang the vet to take a faecal sample off him. Only ever seen it in calves before.

cristeoir

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

He won't have any work again until next June but I'll keep an eye on it. Would never have figured what was wrong with him if I hadn't rang the vet to take a faecal sample off him. Only ever seen it in calves before.

Yea I thought it was only calves that got it too until that, the poor fella had nine 18 month old cattle take it aswell at the same time .Vet put it down to contaminated water from the stream they were drinking from but it was some amount of work to cure them.

golodge

LivInt20 wrote: »

What do you put the calf in to weigh?

I've a special S shape metal hoop. One its side is tied to the weighing scales.

Milton09

I was like a **** this morning, went out at 7 o clock to put a bale into the shed. The bales are stored right beside the shed so we get away with using a 35 most of the year for feeding. There is one line of bales left beside a drain so I decided to chance spiking the bale thinking I would not be stupid enough to let it fall into the drain. (Usually I'd pull them over first with a rope to ensure they wouldnt go into drain) Anyway even worse happened as you can see in the photo, front of tractor went in and back was only a whisker away from going too. Of course the father is away for the weekend so I had to go get the 4wd myself to pull it out. If the father did this I'd be telling him to cop himself on a bit

moy83

Thats a fine cab on it

Greengrass1

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

At one week old now, still wondering how I got him out route 1. Animal of a calf.

Would you bull ever have a tussle with the cows or any fighting?
My JE teaser got into cows today and he went attacking a few cows

GrandSoftDay

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Would you bull ever have a tussle with the cows or any fighting?
My JE teaser got into cows today and he went attacking a few cows

No never a bother with him, he's as quiet as a snail.

Greengrass1

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

No never a bother with him, he's as quiet as a snail.

This lad of mine us a bold little ****. Never stops growling. I'll keep him till the spring AI is over and get rid of him then.
Have two younger teasers coming on now

Timmaay

Greengrass1 wrote: »

This lad of mine us a bold little ****. Never stops growling. I'll keep him till the spring AI is over and get rid of him then.
Have two younger teasers coming on now

Send him on his way asap I'd say. Too much of a risk, and you'll have him in with the milkers etc I assume, so surely you'll be in the holding yard etc same time as him often etc?

Greengrass1

Timmaay wrote: »

Send him on his way asap I'd say. Too much of a risk, and you'll have him in with the milkers etc I assume, so surely you'll be in the holding yard etc same time as him often etc?

Ah he's soft enough little lad. Just a bit noisey.
Just don't like him fighting with cows.
He gets a Clip of a stick if I cananage it when I see him doing it

GrandSoftDay

Greengrass1 wrote: »

This lad of mine us a bold little ****. Never stops growling. I'll keep him till the spring AI is over and get rid of him then.
Have two younger teasers coming on now

Never handled one but all the dairy bulls seem to have a bad rep regards temperament, espically jerseys.

Greengrass1

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Never handled one but all the dairy bulls seem to have a bad rep regards temperament, espically jerseys.

Ye jerseys are cross little lads.
But never had any trouble with thus lad. He's 2 yrs old now so might be getting too big for his boots

Muckit

There must be such a thing as 'small bull syndrome.'

Bodacious

golodge wrote: »

New heifer calf borned this morning. Sire the same AI Charolais bull, dam 1/2 Limouisne, 1/2 dairy.
Attachment not found.

are you farming in the U.S. ? that doesn't look like ireland

Round Bale

Milton09 wrote: »

I was like a **** this morning, went out at 7 o clock to put a bale into the shed. The bales are stored right beside the shed so we get away with using a 35 most of the year for feeding. There is one line of bales left beside a drain so I decided to chance spiking the bale thinking I would not be stupid enough to let it fall into the drain. (Usually I'd pull them over first with a rope to ensure they wouldnt go into drain) Anyway even worse happened as you can see in the photo, front of tractor went in and back was only a whisker away from going too. Of course the father is away for the weekend so I had to go get the 4wd myself to pull it out. If the father did this I'd be telling him to cop himself on a bit

What's that regulation about storing silage bales and watercourses? -:)

onyerbikepat

Muckit wrote: »

There must be such a thing as 'small bull syndrome.'

"What are you looking at? I'll bust ya".

Milton09

Round Bale wrote: »

What's that regulation about storing silage bales and watercourses? -:)

Had 2 inspections and never an issue, I think theres something in the rules about water in the drain for less than three months of the year - then its ok,
Sure we get feck all rain in the NW !!!

Conmaicne Mara

onyerbikepat wrote: »

"What are you looking at? I'll bust ya".

You starrrtin', are ya? are yaa?

Reggie.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

You starrrtin', are ya? are yaa?

Oh lord

Conmaicne Mara

Reggie. wrote: »

Oh lord

Dad has a monster of a Cheviot ram, we have him penned in a room in an old house on part of the farm. I put a 6 foot gate in the door, inside that there's a fishbox with his water and feed buckets. Also have a bag of hay tied to the gate, so if Dad has to feed him alone, he doesn't have to go into the pen (room).

This buck will belt anything passed in over that gate, feed, hay, water, anything at all, and he's got plenty of weight behind him, mighty lump of a sheep though.

Damo810

Muckit wrote: »

There must be such a thing as 'small bull syndrome.'

You'd see it regularly on a Saturday night with 'de bois'

Greengrass1

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Dad has a monster of a Cheviot ram, we have him penned in a room in an old house on part of the farm. I put a 6 foot gate in the door, inside that there's a fishbox with his water and feed buckets. Also have a bag of hay tied to the gate, so if Dad has to feed him alone, he doesn't have to go into the pen (room).

This buck will belt anything passed in over that gate, feed, hay, water, anything at all, and he's got plenty of weight behind him, mighty lump of a sheep though.

Would he attack ye in the field?
He sounds like a right little lad

Conmaicne Mara

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Would he attack ye in the field?
He sounds like a right little lad

No, I don't believe so. I caught him outdoors with a bag of feed. Mind you, any ram that flattens his head and starts backing tends to get the toe poke of justice from me. Dad is another story, he'll be 80 this year, I don't take chances in that regard.

Reggie.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Dad has a monster of a Cheviot ram, we have him penned in a room in an old house on part of the farm. I put a 6 foot gate in the door, inside that there's a fishbox with his water and feed buckets. Also have a bag of hay tied to the gate, so if Dad has to feed him alone, he doesn't have to go into the pen (room).

This buck will belt anything passed in over that gate, feed, hay, water, anything at all, and he's got plenty of weight behind him, mighty lump of a sheep though.

Reinforcements on a sat night

golodge

Bodacious wrote: »

are you farming in the U.S. ? that doesn't look like ireland

No. I'm farming in Lithuania. :rolleyes:

bogman_bass

How did you end up on this site may I ask? Have you any conections with Ireland? Just curious.

The Real Elmer Fudd

CWI bull calf - Sod's law always a bull when ya want a heifer but I don't mind he's a live calf, she calved unassisted and he was up sucking in no time.

Reggie.

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

CWI bull calf - Sod's law always a bull when ya want a heifer but I don't mind he's a live calf, she calved unassisted and he was up sucking in no time.

best of luck with him

Seaba

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

CWI bull calf - Sod's law always a bull when ya want a heifer but I don't mind he's a live calf, she calved unassisted and he was up sucking in no time.

You'd have a job convincing someone that calf is a limousin!

RobinBanks

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

CWI bull calf - Sod's law always a bull when ya want a heifer but I don't mind he's a live calf, she calved unassisted and he was up sucking in no time.

Have you any other CWI calves? I have 2 this year (bull and heifer) and both are very poor. Really tall and narrow. I had a bull calf last year out of a blue cow and he was a very good calf.

RobinBanks

A few heifers I let out early March. I bulled the 2 outside heifers just before they went out. The blue will be 2 in June and the red was 1 in Nov. The other 2 are March calves from last year. They are on my driest ground but have still done a bit of damage. Probably should have left them in the shed.

tanko

Fair play to ya Robin, lovely stock. Can you say what bulls they're off?

RobinBanks

tanko wrote: »

Fair play to ya Robin, lovely stock. Can you say what bulls they're off?

Oh god ya sorry I should have done that Tanko. Starting from the left, DEP, CXY, SIX & MBU

towzer2010

RobinBanks wrote: »

A few heifers I let out early March. I bulled the 2 outside heifers just before they went out. The blue will be 2 in June and the red was 1 in Nov. The other 2 are March calves from last year. They are on my driest ground but have still done a bit of damage. Probably should have left them in the shed.

Lovely heifers Robin

Are you looking at Neiphin from the north or the south?

Round Bale

RobinBanks wrote: »

Oh god ya sorry I should have done that Tanko. Starting from the left, DEP, CXY, SIX & MBU

Ah, great stock:cool: What weight is your CXY heifer?
I have a March born one here. 385 kgs when I weighed her there about a month ago.

Genghis Cant

RobinBanks wrote: »

A few heifers I let out early March. I bulled the 2 outside heifers just before they went out. The blue will be 2 in June and the red was 1 in Nov. The other 2 are March calves from last year.

Super stock Robin. What did ya AI them with?

mikeoh

. New best friends!!

Round Bale

mikeoh wrote: »

. New best friends!!

What's that green stuff they are lying on?

mikeoh

Its called......scarce!!

RobinBanks

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Super stock Robin. What did ya AI them with?

The blue got LSX and the Lm got KOY

Damo810

mikeoh wrote: »

. New best friends!!

Is that one of those Jersey X Friesian bull calves they do be on about?

Genghis Cant

RobinBanks wrote: »

The blue got LSX and the Lm got KOY

Where did ya get the straws of LSX and are there any more?

Tyson Lannister

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0o07wg3wpkgnsne/Photo%20Mar%2025%2C%2020%2023%2007.jpeg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8nigi2hsrqmx8bc/Photo%20Mar%2025%2C%2020%2022%2037.jpeg
9 weeks old bull, posted pic of him earlier in thread, shaping up well.

GrandSoftDay

Tyson Lannister wrote: »

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0o07wg3wpkgnsne/Photo%20Mar%2025%2C%2020%2023%2007.jpeg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8nigi2hsrqmx8bc/Photo%20Mar%2025%2C%2020%2022%2037.jpeg
9 weeks old bull, posted pic of him earlier in thread, shaping up well.

Nice!!