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redzerologhlen

Pie Man wrote: »

I say its not too easy to top that field.

We let the cows top it pie man, It'll be as bare as your kitchen floor by march. You might be suprised but it is actually a very good winterage, alot of them only have heather and long white dead grass.

reilig wrote: »

Wow, they're in great shape. Nice low cows like that are suited to that type of ground and I'll bet they bring good calves? They're like the mountain cows around here only mountain cows are usually half starved thin animals.

The are so far and havnt got an ounce of feeding yet. There is a lot to be said for it. Alot of people would think its good for nothing but I think we are at a great advantage to people on heavy ground that might have to house cows for 5 months. They breed ok, We could be carrying better cows to be honest. I find the younger cows we have which would be mainly charlaois out of sim cows arent breeding great and the older cows are breeding well but getting too old, That sim cow in the first pic has a button tag and I would say she is around 14 years old and there is older than her there. Most of our cows would want to be replaced over the next few years to be honest. There is no doubt they are fine and healthy though. It makes farming full time around here possible for a lot of lads.

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

We let the cows top it pie man, It'll be as bare as your kitchen floor by march. You might be suprised but it is actually a very good winterage, alot of them only have heather and long white dead grass.



The are so far and havnt got an ounce of feeding yet. There is a lot to be said for it. Alot of people would think its good for nothing but I think we are at a great advantage to people on heavy ground that might have to house cows for 5 months. They breed ok, We could be carrying better cows to be honest. I find the younger cows we have which would be mainly charlaois out of sim cows arent breeding great and the older cows are breeding well but getting too old, That sim cow in the first pic has a button tag and I would say she is around 14 years old and there is older than her there. Most of our cows would want to be replaced over the next few years to be honest. There is no doubt they are fine and healthy though. It makes farming full time around here possible for a lot of lads.

I'd love a few acres of winterage like that! You're sure to get a few extra years out of the cows, and therefore a few extra weanlings per cow with it. Sure beats been cooked up in a slatted shed for the winter! Makes for pleasureable farming;)

Farmer Pudsey

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Taking a rest in molls gap



The view down the gap of dunloe. Some scenery but I wouldnt like to be trying to herd it.



The connor pass on the way to dingle. It was so foggy you couldnt get a proper picture up there but there is some view of it, Would love to be up ther on a clear day. Tis a tuff sheep that would survive above on it. Spent a few hours looking for the dexters on mount brandon but no sign:(

Now you know why Kerry farmer's are sucessful when they leave Kerry

redzerologhlen

just do it wrote: »

I'd love a few acres of winterage like that! You're sure to get a few extra years out of the cows, and therefore a few extra weanlings per cow with it. Sure beats been cooked up in a slatted shed for the winter! Makes for pleasureable farming;)

Sure we are lucky to have it and we dont have a slatted shed so we dont know any different. Once they have teeth they will be grand above in it is the auld lads motto:rolleyes:

Suckler

redzerologhlen wrote: »

A few of the cows in the winterage.

Good solid looking cattle alright.

redzerologhlen

reilig wrote: »

Wow, they're in great shape. Nice low cows like that are suited to that type of ground and I'll bet they bring good calves? They're like the mountain cows around here only mountain cows are usually half starved thin animals.

Got a few pics of some of their calves today. These are the heifers I had picked out for breeding. Some of them may be lacking a bit in conformation but there is piles of milk in all of them.



The only heifer in the group that was bought off a neighbour for €600







My favourite heifer out of the group. A bit light on the shoulder but she is out of a super cow. Checked her up on icbf a few years ago and all her calves had graded u's. The makings of a super breeding cow.





Our new motorway finished. Going building a crush now where the digger is.

RobinBanks

This is a 2 week old RYP calf out of a red lm cow. I am amazed at how quickly he is filling out. From the minute he was born i thought he looked a good square calf. He is thriving well now. It is nice to have the odd decent calf for a change.

Kovu

RobinBanks wrote: »

This is a 2 week old RYP calf out of a red lm cow. I am amazed at how quickly he is filling out. From the minute he was born i thought he looked a good square calf. He is thriving well now. It is nice to have the odd decent calf for a change.

Jaysus, he's a maker Robin I'd say. Look at the low tail on him and the width at kidneys. Ever show cattle??

same 130

a nice one for cash brown

Bizzum

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Some man to cast a shadow Redzer:D.

Lovely healthy stock too!
Would you consider using an AI bull with good maternal traits to breed your own replacements?

Bizzum

RobinBanks wrote: »

This is a 2 week old RYP calf out of a red lm cow. I am amazed at how quickly he is filling out. From the minute he was born i thought he looked a good square calf. He is thriving well now. It is nice to have the odd decent calf for a change.

Thats a serious calf. Look at the depth of body on him:eek:.

Tipp Man

RobinBanks wrote: »

This is a 2 week old RYP calf out of a red lm cow. I am amazed at how quickly he is filling out. From the minute he was born i thought he looked a good square calf. He is thriving well now. It is nice to have the odd decent calf for a change.

Lovely calf, quality animal

Muckit

RobinBanks wrote: »

This is a 2 week old RYP calf out of a red lm cow. I am amazed at how quickly he is filling out.

A serious calf. Hope he's lucky for ya Milk is a mighty man

JohnBoy

Fine cattle there redzer, everyone should have a bit of winterage by the looks of things.

Tipp Man

JohnBoy wrote: »

Fine cattle there redzer, everyone should have a bit of winterage by the looks of things.

Would love a couple of hundred acres of winterage like Redzers to winter the cattle. Best way to keep an animal over the winter IMO

Have kept a few weanlings out all winter in a paddock we are going to reseed - they are in some condition and have done a terrific job on the paddock, cleaned it bare.

redzerologhlen

Bizzum wrote: »

Some man to cast a shadow Redzer:D.

Lovely healthy stock too!
Would you consider using an AI bull with good maternal traits to breed your own replacements?

I have my life documented through photos:rolleyes: Would you believe I actually have done the ai course and have my own tank and all the gear but I go cutting turf with a lad in april and I go at silage then with another lad for the summer and to be honest I dont have the time at the moment to be pricking with them. Did it two years ago with 15 cows and I was going out the field at 2 in the morning trying to bring in cows and do them. There is no doubt I had good calves from it but it wasnt worth the hassle of it I thought. Our bull got hurt then and he couldnt clean up and we ended up with 2 dry cows. Its all well and good to be producing great quality calves from A.I but you need them all in calf, its not worth it otherwise. Our facility's arent suited to it at the moment either, its always a 2 man job to bring in the cows and I am of the opinion if you cant do something by yourself it's not worth doing. You cant rely on someone the cows are used to to turn them in every time there is one bulling and god forbid you bring a stranger into the field!! All those heifers are out of very milky cows and the bull has 4 stars for milk so the should be ok. Like I said they are probably lacking a bit in conformation but they are our own, I know all their breeding, I dont need to be worrying about them getting redwater and they are as quiet as mice, They are worth one whip of the bull anyway and if they dont breed great they can get the hook.

redzerologhlen

RobinBanks wrote: »

This is a 2 week old RYP calf out of a red lm cow. I am amazed at how quickly he is filling out. From the minute he was born i thought he looked a good square calf. He is thriving well now. It is nice to have the odd decent calf for a change.

Powerful looking calf there robin, Nicely marked too!!

countryjimbo

reilig wrote: »

Here's some pictures from 9 acres of bog that I started to reclaim last October. I walked it today and it is very wet with a lot of surface water sitting on top. Hopefully by late spring, it will have dried out sufficiently for me to be able to get a digger and dozer back into it. I have a lot of soil stockpiled which I hope to push into the lower parts of the fields. I'll then fence and reseed it. Whe it develops a bit of a drier skin on top, I intend draining it with connacht agri pipes - this could be 2 years time.

Hi Reilig,

Whats your thinking in not putting in the Connaught agri pipes after the dozer and digger are finished but before you reseed?

If you do it at this stage it won't matter if the ground is dug up a bit but it will if its nicely growing after reseeding?

pakalasa

Redz,
Some fine looking heifers there. I especially like the look of the one you bought from the neighbour. She looks big and square at the hips.
Have you many LimXSimm cows, and how do you find them?
It's just that I'm going down that breeding route myself. I have a few heifers I bred myself, to calve in the next few weeks.

reilig

countryjimbo wrote: »

Hi Reilig,

Whats your thinking in not putting in the Connaught agri pipes after the dozer and digger are finished but before you reseed?

If you do it at this stage it won't matter if the ground is dug up a bit but it will if its nicely growing after reseeding?

Its loose bog. I have moved a lot of clay into the wetter places. I think it would be better if the clay that I moved had time to settle. If i put the pipes in before the clay settles, the drains will be up and down and there will be no flow in them. Also, i'd prefer to let the whole thing soak out so that I am able to know where the drains will be most needed.

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

Its loose bog. I have moved a lot of clay into the wetter places. I think it would be better if the clay that I moved had time to settle. If i put the pipes in before the clay settles, the drains will be up and down and there will be no flow in them. Also, i'd prefer to let the whole thing soak out so that I am able to know where the drains will be most needed.

will the new regulations regarding drainage and applying for planning effect you reilig or is that in place yet? Ive some drainage planned for this year, can you just go ahead with it or does anyone know the story?

countryjimbo

reilig wrote: »

Its loose bog. I have moved a lot of clay into the wetter places. I think it would be better if the clay that I moved had time to settle. If i put the pipes in before the clay settles, the drains will be up and down and there will be no flow in them. Also, i'd prefer to let the whole thing soak out so that I am able to know where the drains will be most needed.

Yes that makes sense, especially about knowing where the drains are needed, after leveling bog the wet spots can move.
We used a subsoiler in a very wet field and the wet spots all moved but didn't disappear! There was a reasonable hill right through the field so it should have worked out better, now I think it would have best to leave it alone.
We ploughed it afterwards which left the top very loose for the first year, couldn't put cattle on it as they would have just dug it.

reilig

vanderbadger wrote: »

will the new regulations regarding drainage and applying for planning effect you reilig or is that in place yet? Ive some drainage planned for this year, can you just go ahead with it or does anyone know the story?

The regulations are in now I think. I don't know anything about them though.

I checked with my planner last october to see if I needed planning or to give notice about my intention to clear it off and make new drains. I didn't at the time, but was advised to start the job before the new year.

I'm sure somebody on here knows a bit more about the new rules and can fill us in??

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

Redz,
Some fine looking heifers there. I especially like the look of the one you bought from the neighbour. She looks big and square at the hips.
Have you many LimXSimm cows, and how do you find them?
It's just that I'm going down that breeding route myself. I have a few heifers I bred myself, to calve in the next few weeks.

Dont have any at the moment but hoping the heifers will work out. Have a good few charolais crossed with sim but I would prefer a sim cow to them to be honest, they lose a lot of milk. If theres milk in the bull which there is supposed to be they should be the finest.

redzerologhlen

How to warm a fiat:D

naughto

13spanner

Not the normal North Clare sunrise.

Kovu

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Here's our little/big bull.
A section with our vet + follow on injections is €255.

redzerologhlen

13spanner wrote: »

Not the normal North Clare sunrise.

Jaysus, You must have been up earlier than me:D

13spanner

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Jaysus, You must have been up earlier than me:D

That was about 8 o clock before school, was alot colder than it looks there there's more hazel being cleared in Lemanagh, we mightn't get to knock it all but sure we'll try

weefarmer

13spanner wrote: »

Not the normal North Clare sunrise.

Only time ive ever seen that, i've been too drunk to remembr

redzerologhlen

13spanner wrote: »

That was about 8 o clock before school, was alot colder than it looks there there's more hazel being cleared in Lemanagh, we mightn't get to knock it all but sure we'll try

Trevor said that to me alright. He said he was looking at the maps and that he would be the rest of the year there:p

13spanner

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Trevor said that to me alright. He said he was looking at the maps and that he would be the rest of the year there:p

The way it is he'll be lucky to be out of there before the silage starts up again!

vanderbadger

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Dont have any at the moment but hoping the heifers will work out. Have a good few charolais crossed with sim but I would prefer a sim cow to them to be honest, they lose a lot of milk. If theres milk in the bull which there is supposed to be they should be the finest.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2967416
well redzer , these must be up your direction?

redzerologhlen

vanderbadger wrote: »

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Dont have any at the moment but hoping the heifers will work out. Have a good few charolais crossed with sim but I would prefer a sim cow to them to be honest, they lose a lot of milk. If theres milk in the bull which there is supposed to be they should be the finest.

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/2967416
well redzer , these must be up your direction?

2 miles away vander!! Lovely bunch of heifers, the same man always has smashing bunch of weanlings, his bull is by nelson I think.

vanderbadger

redzerologhlen wrote: »

2 miles away vander!! Lovely bunch of heifers, the same man always has smashing bunch of weanlings, his bull is by nelson I think.

i see one of them in the pic has a black nose, its either ****e or a bit of parthenaise perhaps, jees the world of people are advertising in donedeal before mart now, good idea i suppose, i like the way he puts in the pen numbers, easy find them down there

Bizzum

vanderbadger wrote: »

i see one of them in the pic has a black nose, its either ****e or a bit of parthenaise perhaps

We have a Lim (Highlander) X Shorthorn cow with a black nose that always brings a black nose in her calves!

redzerologhlen

vanderbadger wrote: »

i see one of them in the pic has a black nose, its either ****e or a bit of parthenaise perhaps, jees the world of people are advertising in donedeal before mart now, good idea i suppose, i like the way he puts in the pen numbers, easy find them down there

Iv seen no parts round this side yet. I know he has a few angus cows though so that could be it. Good idea with the pen numbers alright. Some timber under them heifers!!

redzerologhlen

Yard built:D Few gates, Few loads of shale and a crush now and we will be away with it!!






Kilshanny calf for you here vander!!



August/Sepetmber calves that are still sucking, Could nearly be weaned now.

mgwhelan

stonehenge crush

Bizzum

Fred Flintstone would be proud of ya!

I can't wait to see the finished article.

redzerologhlen

Bizzum wrote: »

Fred Flintstone would be proud of ya!

I can't wait to see the finished article.

Nor can I. Hasnt cost me a cent yet:D Must get a load of handy stones and top off the wall to take the rough edge off it. He put in a few stones as big as my jeep, dont know how he moved them at all.

Rovi

You DO realise that in 100 years time, that'll have a preservation order slapped on it?
And in 200 years time, it'll be the subject of a thread like this!: Fairy forts

LostCovey

Rovi wrote: »

You DO realise that in 100 years time, that'll have a preservation order slapped on it?
And in 200 years time, it'll be the subject of a thread like this!: Fairy forts

There should be a preservation order put on it right now.

An Taisce should incorporate it into their logo.

I could well believe that 30 years of bad luck and crooked calves might befall anyone that would disturb a cultural wonder like that.

It makes Anglo/Angry Joe/ Joe-the-Trucker's effort on Achill island look like a caravan.

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14391:no-december-21-sunlight-shining-on-achill-henge&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

Redzer for Taoiseach. He's a one-man stimulus plan.

Cheered me right up anyway!


LostCovey

redzerologhlen

Rovi wrote: »

You DO realise that in 100 years time, that'll have a preservation order slapped on it?
And in 200 years time, it'll be the subject of a thread like this!: Fairy forts

LostCovey wrote: »

There should be a preservation order put on it right now.

An Taisce should incorporate it into their logo.

I could well believe that 30 years of bad luck and crooked calves might befall anyone that would disturb a cultural wonder like that.

It makes Anglo/Angry Joe/ Joe-the-Trucker's effort on Achill island look like a caravan.

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14391:no-december-21-sunlight-shining-on-achill-henge&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

Redzer for Taoiseach. He's a one-man stimulus plan.

Cheered me right up anyway!


LostCovey

Haha, I take it this isint the common way to build a crush up the country so. Everyone around here does it with big stones!!

pakalasa

It will be part of an archaeology dig in the future alright. It will probably be lumped in with Stonehenge and the likes. They wont be able to figure what the plastic tags are for though.

Rovi

pakalasa wrote: »

They wont be able to figure what the plastic tags are for though.

They're obviously part of the ceremonial garments worn by the sacrificial maidens.

LostCovey

If they find any of these small round ones, they will come to the conclusion that belief in the God BVD flourished in the early 21st century.

Clearly this structure is a rare example of a BVD temple.

pakalasa

...or what the engraving "Redzer waz ere" means

Kovu

13spanner wrote: »

Not the normal North Clare sunrise.

Do you by any chance live in The Lion King film?:p