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redzerologhlen

dar31 wrote: »

where do you start.
redzer would love it....

Im getting slightly aroused alright

redzerologhlen

I nearly had ye convinced I had no good land



Old shorthorn cow with a button tag and her calf from last year underneath. Calf a bit raggedy after the winter outside.





It will never fail to amaze me how much cattle can improve in the space of a month.
From this



To this

vanderbadger

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Thats my uncles bull I'd swear vander!! I took this pic of him 2 weeks ago. 1150 kgs, €2200

looks like him alright, why did sell him do you mind me asking. he looked a serious animal, looked good on his feet also, i wonder did he go to factory

Kovu

If he's sold on I can check his tag no to see where he ended up. Provided that's ok by the nephew!

johngalway

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I nearly had ye convinced I had no good land

Is that the lawn Redzer? I don't think I've that much flat land put together :pac:

Muckit

johngalway wrote: »

Does your neighbour do expensive horseback tours by any chance Muckit?

No John. He has a stud

redzerologhlen

Karen112 wrote: »

If he's sold on I can check his tag no to see where he ended up. Provided that's ok by the nephew!

He was 7 years vander and he had a few heifers out of him and he got a bit heavy over the winter so he said he'd trade in for a young lad. I have his number written down at home Karen because I was checking him up on icbf, I will put it up there tomorrow.

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I nearly had ye convinced I had no good land

It's like the Bull McCabe's field!

redzerologhlen

Karen112 wrote: »

If he's sold on I can check his tag no to see where he ended up. Provided that's ok by the nephew!

Karen its IE18-13021-5-0077

redzerologhlen

johngalway wrote: »

Is that the lawn Redzer? I don't think I've that much flat land put together :pac:

As good as John, its right in front of the house, 20 acres is a big lawn though

just do it wrote: »

It's like the Bull McCabe's field!

I was waiting for that!!

pakalasa

Some amount of back breaking work, over the years went in to making that field alright. Any idea how deep the soil is there?

pakalasa

A few of this year's calves from our huge herd...:D

Bulls first.

HWN - Cow : Muscley Red Simm
CF85 - cow : Plain White Simm
FHZ - Cow : Big red Lim by MBU
NHL - HKG Heifer :this is the 'stupid calf' that I posted about earlier

pakalasa

and heifers...

IDB - 2 days old, good frame for a BB, nice calf overall,no musle yet
IS4 - born early Jan, from best cow (Yellow Char in pic), hope to breed for this calf
NHL - very small when born but muscle coming now

blue5000

Pakalasa, great calves there, how old are the bulls?

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

Some amount of back breaking work, over the years went in to making that field alright. Any idea how deep the soil is there?

There is well over a foot in it pak!! That seppa teejay heifer is lovely looking. Nice long and growthy. Has the makings of a fine cow yet!!!

Met a bit of a traffic jam early this morning, Feckin wild goats!!

pakalasa

blue5000 wrote: »

Pakalasa, great calves there, how old are the bulls?

Thanks Guys. I did get down low to take pics, as 'Snowman' recomended...
Age bulls
HWN - 3 weeks, FHZ & NHL - 4 weeks, CF85 - 6 weeks,

dar31

took a spin up the wicklow hills to deliver some cows this morning

leg wax

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redzerologhlen

Let the 15 heifers off with a blonde bull yesterday, will let ye know next year whether it was a good or a bad idea. Hes meant to be very easy calving and breeding good quality calves!!

johngalway

redzerologhlen wrote: »

There is well over a foot in it pak!! That seppa teejay heifer is lovely looking. Nice long and growthy. Has the makings of a fine cow yet!!!

Met a bit of a traffic jam early this morning, Feckin wild goats!!

My trigger fingers a-itchin

leg wax

whats the blonde bull by and when would you expect them to start calving

redzerologhlen

leg wax wrote: »

whats the blonde bull by and when would you expect them to start calving

Around the start of February I suppose given they bring a bit of time. I only have the loan of him to bull them and never asked what he was by. I know two different lads that have calves out of him and they said they are very good calves and easy calved too. Hes shook enough after the winter but I'll get a proper pic of him in a few weeks time when hes looking his best.

vanderbadger

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pure bred ch heifer, ai'd to thrunton bonjovi the other day, thought she was in calf to osi but saw her bulling the other day :mad:

tismesoitis

Jasus i love this thread great pics and great stock lads!! keep them comin. I must try puttin up a few me self only prob is i'd nearly have to take a half day to do it i'm that ****e wit d google machine:D

leg wax

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josephsoap

Spotted this passing through North Leitrim the other day

Muckit

leg wax wrote: »

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Nice blues there Legwax. The grass must be sweet, they've it well grazed out. Do you keep sheep?

leg wax

Muckit wrote: »

Nice blues there Legwax. The grass must be sweet, they've it well grazed out. Do you keep sheep?

well spotted no sheep here yet ,yes grass gone scarce down here but not as bare all over the field,they are very happy and the cows and calves are in super condition.

Muckit

leg wax wrote: »

well spotted no sheep here yet ,yes grass gone scarce down here but not as bare all over the field,they are very happy and the cows and calves are in super condition.

That's 'golfball grazing' at it's best Great dry land there for this time of the year too, not a poach mark to be seen. Cows are great to clean out so long as you don't spoil them moving them on too quick. Once growth picks up again you'I have great quality grass coming

Richk2012

leg wax wrote: »

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Super shapey calves . What age are they???

leg wax

Richk2012 wrote: »

Super shapey calves . What age are they???

sept- oct

johngalway

Well, Dad keeps on saying he doesn't want twins...










I just can't figure it why he's unhappy with this situation
















They're never happy!

First triplets ever for us

leg wax

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some of the heifers i bought for the bull ,something for everone a blonde,aubrac,part.

leg wax

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Kovu

leg wax wrote: »

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some of the heifers i bought for the bull ,something for everone a blonde,aubrac,part.

Super cattle on both the posts legwax. I'd love the second heifer in the first post. What will you cross them with? And dare I ask about the price if they were bought in:p

redzerologhlen

Rocky purebred cow with Tanko bull at foot. Turning into a powerful calf!!

blue5000

leg wax wrote: »

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some of the heifers i bought for the bull ,something for everone a blonde,aubrac,part.

Does this mean you've changed your mind on Aubracs then? What bull(s) will you be using?

leg wax

Karen112 wrote: »

Super cattle on both the posts legwax. I'd love the second heifer in the first post. What will you cross them with? And dare I ask about the price if they were bought in:p

the part bull is going with them,aubracs weighed 450kilo 1120.blonde 455 kilo 1400 euro,part 420 kilo 980 euro,lim 460 kilo 1420 euro.

leg wax

blue5000 wrote: »

Does this mean you've changed your mind on Aubracs then? What bull(s) will you be using?

they are out of lims so i said i would give them a go ,they are not my type of heifer but i took them and if i see something better they will get the gate,part bull going in with 20 heifers soon.

Richk2012

Rocky purebred cow with Tanko bull at foot. Turning into a powerful calf!!
Whats the rocky cow like for milk ???

Muckit

johngalway wrote: »

First triplets ever for us

Congrats with the triplets John! Will she be able to rear them herself?

johngalway

Muckit wrote: »

Congrats with the triplets John! Will she be able to rear them herself?

I wanted to farm the smallest guy out onto a single bearing ewe, but Dad wants to give her a go with them. She's certainly got a big bag of milk, all the same the three (two rams and a ewe)between them swamped a 500ml bottle of milk replacer. We agreed to see how she goes, if things aren't great I'll try to adopt out the small guy, Dad wanted to make a pet of him in that case so I figure there's nothing to be lost in trying.

redzerologhlen

Richk2012 wrote: »

Rocky purebred cow with Tanko bull at foot. Turning into a powerful calf!!
Whats the rocky cow like for milk ???

Shes belong to one of the friends. He asked me to put up the pic of her. He should be along soon so I will let him fill you in. She doesnt seem too milky to me but the calf is doing well.

Muckit

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Shes belong to one of the friends. He asked me to put up the pic of her. He should be along soon so I will let him fill you in. She doesnt seem too milky to me but the calf is doing well.

I hope he is going to leave him entire. He has the makings of a nice bull

redzerologhlen

Muckit wrote: »

I hope he is going to leave him entire. He has the makings of a nice bull

If he took the birdizoo to that lad I would take the birdizoo to himself :)

Bizzum

Serious quality cattle and pics since I was on here last. If I was to thank them all, the trigger finger would wear out!
So I'll thank you all now.
I must get going with a few pics myself again soon.

LiosDuin

how ye boys!there'll be no burdizoo used on him,might let him bull a few heifers this time next year all goin well,hatcliffe dancer next for the cow im thinkin

LiosDuin

Richk2012 wrote: »

Rocky purebred cow with Tanko bull at foot. Turning into a powerful calf!!
Whats the rocky cow like for milk ???

she's slack enough now in fairness but has him reared well so far,have other cross bred heifers by rocky,not sure if they'l be much good in the line of milk goin by his figures

Muckit

Bizzum wrote: »

Serious quality cattle and pics since I was on here last.
I must get going with a few pics myself again soon.

Don't worry Bizzum. You're still in the top three

Seaba

I always love looking at other peoples stock so I went a bit mad with the iPhone and here are a few of ours.

1st & 2nd pic is of the C sectioned heifer and black bull calf. Disappointed she had not a better bag of milk but she was just 2 yrs old last week - at least thats what the date of the card says! Lovely quiet heifer tho. Might bag next year.
3rd pic - a DEZ bull calf off a shorthorn cow.
4th pic - a 12 yr old cow LM & BB (AZL) calf. Pic does calf no justice. Cow is what she always was - a bit scrawny but brings a good calf and good bag of milk
5th pic - daughter of 12yr old - 8 yr old LM with BB (AZL) calf. Quiet animals but they kept moving on me so thats as close as I could get! Serious calf. Great back/arse and a great shine off him.