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johngalway

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Your place is grand and rich looking for connemara land john!!

Thanks Redzer Get's a bit of 18.6.12 and 0.7.30 every year and as good a rest as I can give it between end of tipping and start of lambing. Plenty of bad bits in it yet though!

redzerologhlen

Karen112 wrote: »

I always get the name wrong but I think it's Kilmoney Bruce. No problems at all calving, dam is a PB with Ullysus on dam side and Navarin is her sire.

Good to hear no problem calving and a nice thick looking calf he is. Keep the pics coming as he grows!!

johngalway wrote: »

Thanks Redzer Get's a bit of 18.6.12 and 0.7.30 every year and as good a rest as I can give it between end of tipping and start of lambing. Plenty of bad bits in it yet though!

It has all the appearance of it too john and not a rush in sight. Have spent a good bit of time exploring connemara with herself and dont think I ever seen fields that green up there!!

johngalway

redzerologhlen wrote: »

It has all the appearance of it too john and not a rush in sight. Have spent a good bit of time exploring connemara with herself and dont think I ever seen fields that green up there!!

I hid the rushes before I took the photos Still got some spraying and cutting to do in that dept., got to keep after them or pointless starting to begin with. There's a few corners of lovely green land scattered through out Connemara, some I wouldn't mind rolling up and bringing home to be honest, need a car with a bigger boot first Ya just need to know where to look.

just do it

I think she's a bull'en! Cow well marked by vasectomised bull.
First attempt at embedding a photo from smartphone so fingers crossed:-)

just do it

Yeah!, photo worked

pakalasa

just do it wrote: »

I think she's a bull'en! Cow well marked by vasectomised bull.

Is this your first year using a vasectomised bull? Just one thing to be careful off, even though they can be well marked like that, she may not be in true standing heat yet. A young eager bull will try and mount them before they are in standing heat. I made that mistake the first year I had a teaser. I'd AI them, say in the morning, to find them standing that evening.
Although judging by the photo, I think you're safe........:D

just do it

pakalasa wrote: »

Is this your first year using a vasectomised bull? Just one thing to be careful off, even though they can be well marked like that, she may not be in true standing heat yet. A young eager bull will try and mount them before they are in standing heat. I made that mistake the first year I had a teaser. I'd AI them, say in the morning, to find them standing that evening.
Although judging by the photo, I think you're safe........:D

Agree with you there. This is my second vasectomised bull as the first one turned nasty in the middle of his second season. This lad is ~15m old but was picked as he's been good at picking out cows since he was about 6mo. He's getting bullish as well so he'll be going after this Spring.

I'd the same problem with you AI'ing the cows too early. I now AI about 24hrs later than I was before and last Spring got good results. The bull started at this cow Monday morning and she was well marked by Monday night - definitely enough to make you think of AI'ing here in the morning. As it is I AI'd here Tuesday evening (i.e. 36hrs after bull showing first interest) having booked here in Tuesday morning. The bull was still after her at the time of AI so I'm not sure have I gone too early. I can't say for sure but I think she was standing late Monday night. If I hadn't booked her in and had been around Tuesday (away with work) I may well have left her till Wednesday morning. The one thing I've come to realise with AI is better late than early!

I'll know in 21 days;)

just do it

Just to add the bulling cows get some hardship when in the slats. The fecken bull has realised that if he waits for them to stick their head out the feed barrier he has them trapped! And he can be after them for 48 hours!

redzerologhlen

Found a few pics I had saved on the labtop from ages back.

This is doncombe aga khan, Lovely looking blonde bull, I think eurogene have him. AI code DGK



A tank of a part bull I came across for sale in france.



And a silage rig out that was for sale on donedeal

Kovu

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He's shaping up well after a couple of weeks.:D

johngalway

Got half of my 18.6.12 out, 0-7-30 on Friday if I can lay my hands on some. Used my Earthway EV-N-Spread, fancy machinery indeed It's basically a canvas bag with a spinner underneath, there's a hatch under the bag that can have it's opening adjusted for various types of material, granular fert, grass seed and such.

It worked quite well, very different from using the bucket but it gave a nice even spread. One problem I found because there's no agitator inside any clusters of granules stuck together tend to block the hatch and cause problems. I'd also avoid any granular fert that had wet bits in it. Happy out though, no sore shoulder from spreading this year Sorry for the dark photo, took it getting near dark.

just do it

johngalway wrote: »

Got half of my 18.6.12 out, 0-7-30 on Friday if I can lay my hands on some. Used my Earthway EV-N-Spread, fancy machinery indeed It's basically a canvas bag with a spinner underneath, there's a hatch under the bag that can have it's opening adjusted for various types of material, granular fert, grass seed and such.

It worked quite well, very different from using the bucket but it gave a nice even spread. One problem I found because there's no agitator inside any clusters of granules stuck together tend to block the hatch and cause problems. I'd also avoid any granular fert that had wet bits in it. Happy out though, no sore shoulder from spreading this year Sorry for the dark photo, took it getting near dark.

That looks like a nifty device there john. I take it you wear it on your back? How much land would you cover with it? It looks like a handy thing for grass seed as well.

johngalway

You'd do a lot in a day if you were of a mind to. I done over 7 acres (grass I'm saving for lambed ewes) over two evenings, but I didn't time myself. If you wanted to spend all day at it I can't see why one person couldn't do 20+ acres a day, bearing in mind I had my 50kg fert bags already distributed around the farm.

There's a strap that goes over my shoulder, so it doesn't go on my back as such. One good thing is to wear a hoodie, I used my hood to protect my shoulder from the strap, worked well.

It was windy yesterday evening here and I noticed that affected the spread, so with grass seed a person would want a very calm day. I'm glad I bought it over all.

Muckit

johngalway wrote: »

Got half of my 18.6.12 out......used my Earthway EV-N-Spread, fancy machinery indeed

Seems like a handy little device. I really don't know how the older generations sowed seed and fertiliser literally by hand!! And they were deadly accurate by all accounts.

We're using a variation on the 18-6-12 here this year. Goulding Replenish (18-2.5-14 and trace elements) I thought It would be a good choice as I seem to have locked up minerals what with spreading lime on the whole farm last year.

johngalway

Muckit wrote: »

Seems like a handy little device. I really don't know how the older generations sowed seed and fertiliser literally by hand!! And they were deadly accurate by all accounts.

We're using a variation on the 18-6-12 here this year. Goulding Replenish (18-2.5-14 and trace elements) I thought It would be a good choice as I seem to have locked up minerals what with spreading lime on the whole farm last year.

I think they would have had seed fiddles and other types of devices. Saw photos of them before when I was looking up how to save myself bother

Fert is easy enough to put out by hand, there's nothing hard to it besides the work. Aim by hand improves greatly if the person spreading ends up burning a place

Username John

Muckit wrote: »

Seems like a handy little device. I really don't know how the older generations sowed seed and fertiliser literally by hand!! And they were deadly accurate by all accounts.

We're using a variation on the 18-6-12 here this year. Goulding Replenish (18-2.5-14 and trace elements) I thought It would be a good choice as I seem to have locked up minerals what with spreading lime on the whole farm last year.

That kinda device is an old design Muckit. I saw an old one that worked from on a fiddle-like bow.
I remember cos when I was in school, a class ahead of me had to make one as their leaving cert engineering project.

just do it

johngalway wrote:

Earthway EV-N-Spread

How much did it set you back? I have to say the idea of getting one is growing on me;). A quad with small spreader would work great for me but I just can't justify the expense of it. Saving like mad at the moment as I'm starting a new build in the next few months:eek:

johngalway

just do it wrote: »

johngalway wrote:

Earthway EV-N-Spread

How much did it set you back? I have to say the idea of getting one is growing on me;). A quad with small spreader would work great for me but I just can't justify the expense of it. Saving like mad at the moment as I'm starting a new build in the next few months:eek:

Good luck with the new build!

I think it cost £50 to buy and £15 to post over, got it on Ebay. Their name is earthway if you Google it their site shows the different models. Quad wouldn't work spreading for me, to many obstacles to drive around.

Muckit

Got a quick snap of these guys passing the road today. Are they rare breed sheep? The fences were at least 6' high!



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5live

Muckit wrote: »

Got a quick snap of these guys passing the road today. Are they rare breed sheep? The fences were at least 6' high!



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Jacobs?

redzerologhlen

5live wrote: »

Jacobs?

Friesans

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just do it

FL22 heifer born on sunday from this nice 25mo SIM springer. She calved herself unassisted. But, but, but the heifer is not accepting the calf and I'm doing this twice a day. I hope I don't have to keep doing it for much longer! I'd much prefer to let them out....

Bizzum

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Found a few pics I had saved on the labtop from ages back.

This is doncombe aga khan, Lovely looking blonde bull, I think eurogene have him. AI code DGK

I used him a couple of times. Got him through Eurogene as you say!

Indubitable

Been a while since I have seen Jacob ewes. Mad looking with 4 or 6 horns. They seem to be decent mothers.

redzerologhlen

Bizzum wrote: »

I used him a couple of times. Got him through Eurogene as you say!

How did he breed for you bizzum? Havnt seen or heard of anything he bred.

Bizzum

redzerologhlen wrote: »

How did he breed for you bizzum? Havnt seen or heard of anything he bred.

I know this calf popped out. Nice enough little fellow. Pic is poor quality I'm afraid!

Bizzum

Pic 0018: I put this pic up on the Sim thread but said I'd show her here too. A Sim bull calf off T-Bone out of a Limx cow. Was hoping for a heifer, maybe next year:)

Pic 0020: Our own young bull, in his sins, by Alcazar. 14/15 mths old and outwintered. He has bulled two cows in the last week so will know soon if they are holding to him.

vanderbadger

Bizzum wrote: »

Pic 0018: I put this pic up on the Sim thread but said I'd show her here too. A Sim bull calf off T-Bone out of a Limx cow. Was hoping for a heifer, maybe next year:)

Pic 0020: Our own young bull, in his sins, by Alcazar. 14/15 mths old and outwintered. He has bulled two cows in the last week so will know soon if they are holding to him.

another whopper of a cow you would want good ground for those cows you have bizzum

vanderbadger

redzerologhlen wrote: »

How did he breed for you bizzum? Havnt seen or heard of anything he bred.

is that your wrapper on the back page of the journal redzer?

redzerologhlen

Bizzum wrote: »

I know this calf popped out. Nice enough little fellow. Pic is poor quality I'm afraid!

Good to hear he was easy calved, hes a nice scopey looking calf too!!

vanderbadger wrote: »

is that your wrapper on the back page of the journal redzer?

Didnt see it yet vander, will let you know in the evening!!

mgwhelan

Two month old LMX bull






Week old LMX bull

dar31

first batch of calves out to grass full time.
had been in a field with run back to shed.

RobinBanks

Bizzum wrote: »

Pic 0018: I put this pic up on the Sim thread but said I'd show her here too. A Sim bull calf off T-Bone out of a Limx cow. Was hoping for a heifer, maybe next year:).

Is there a touch of blue in that cow Bizzum. The calf looks to be built like a blue. Lovely looking cow and calf. I wish you all the best with them

Bizzum

RobinBanks wrote: »

Is there a touch of blue in that cow Bizzum. The calf looks to be built like a blue. Lovely looking cow and calf. I wish you all the best with them

I dunno whats in the cow, I often thought BB alright. Good medium sized thick cow.

Here's a pic of her last years calf off our own CH bull, a job getting him out so we said no more CH on her!

redzerologhlen

vanderbadger wrote: »

is that your wrapper on the back page of the journal redzer?

Im afraid that is the competition on the back page vander!! They seem to have a thing going that if one buys a new machine the other one has to get the same one :rolleyes: Suprising he gave such a good review of it with all the trouble it gave him....the man in headford must have slipped him a few notes.

vanderbadger

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Im afraid that is the competition on the back page vander!! They seem to have a thing going that if one buys a new machine the other one has to get the same one :rolleyes: Suprising he gave such a good review of it with all the trouble it gave him....the man in headford must have slipped him a few notes.

gas
well ive yet to see big brand machine get bad press in the journo

redzerologhlen

vanderbadger wrote: »

gas
well ive yet to see big brand machine get bad press in the journo

True vander, After wrapping 12000 bales with it I dont think I would have given it the same review. The cut and tie is better on the mchale's too I think, split table is a disaster for nicking the ends of bales when your tipping them off, the axle isint strong enough and the wheels have kicked out in it from loading heavy bales. Too many fiddly sensors and if one fails you cant move any part of the wrapper and it cant be put back into the transport position, the list goes on. I'd take the 991bjs any day before it!!

redzerologhlen

After 5 years of waiting for the shorthorn cow to have a heifer she produced



2 more heifer calves





A proper picture of the heifer I bought off one of the neighbours for €600 last year, lim x sim, going to be a huge cow.

mattthetrasher

jeez redzer youd want to pick a few stones:D

redzerologhlen

mattthetrasher wrote: »

jeez redzer youd want to pick a few stones:D

Ha, I bring a full box of blades with me when im mowing it....havnt had to change one yet

just do it

just do it wrote: »

FL22 heifer born on sunday from this nice 25mo SIM springer. She calved herself unassisted. But, but, but the heifer is not accepting the calf and I'm doing this twice a day. I hope I don't have to keep doing it for much longer! I'd much prefer to let them out....

Still not letting the calf suck unless her head is in the gate and I'm hovering around. Thanks be to J*s*s she's a quiet one! What do you reckon lads, how many more days before she'll let the calf suck?

(I'd bet on 5;))

aghead

Thoughts on INRA '95? 3 week old heifer calf, first calver,along with a KIB and two TUZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-urEpqies4

aghead

Thoughts on INRA '95? 3 week old heifer calf, first calver,along with a KIB and two TUZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-urEpqies4

aghead

Thoughts on INRA '95? 3 week old heifer calf, first calver,along with a KIB and two TUZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-urEpqies4

aghead

Thoughts on INRA '95? 3 week old heifer calf, first calver,along with a KIB and two TUZ calves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-urEpqies4

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

Still not letting the calf suck unless her head is in the gate and I'm hovering around. Thanks be to J*s*s she's a quiet one! What do you reckon lads, how many more days before she'll let the calf suck?

(I'd bet on 5;))

Old way of thinking but if you give her half a bucket of crunch and then have time to let her smell it in your hand and put it on the calf so she licks him?

Bodacious

aghead wrote: »

Thoughts on INRA '95? 3 week old heifer calf, first calver,along with a KIB and two TUZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b-urEpqies4

Fine calf that inra that took off into the cow. Whats type of cow is the dam. The two leggier reds are Salers? TUZ?

whelan1

just do it wrote: »

Still not letting the calf suck unless her head is in the gate and I'm hovering around. Thanks be to J*s*s she's a quiet one! What do you reckon lads, how many more days before she'll let the calf suck?

(I'd bet on 5;))

had a cow had twins on tuesday, one miute she was loving them the next beating the crap out of them:mad: so seperated them for the night... next day we let them out in the yard, stayed with her for a good while, then seperated them again, let her stay with them for longer and longer and today she is loving them... hope to let them out to field today

aghead

Bodacious wrote: »

Fine calf that inra that took off into the cow. Whats type of cow is the dam. The two leggier reds are Salers? TUZ?

Ya slightly disappointed with those two TUZ's my first time experimenting with said bull but calves are still quite young, the 4 dams are all fairly similar salers heifers/2nd calver dams, we just needed an outcross to our own imported salers breeding lines.

https://picasaweb.google.com/104615288857731262209/AshburySalers