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moy83

AntrimGlens wrote: »

windows went in today, just waiting on roofers to get ridge tiles on and replace slates which are stained with lead which they didn't paint. Pity i'm not going to be in for lambing..

Fine house , you will have a bit of covering to do when the chimneys are getting plastered if you want to keep them slates clean though !

1chippy

I know that house. been up that way a few times. get the chimneys plastered before you change the slates. The efflourescents on the slates can be removed on some of the brands with a cloth dampened in petrol. dont smoke when your doing it though.

dealerman

new creep gates for calves patent pending

Muckit

dealerman wrote: »

new creep gates for calves patent pending

BIC razor job that .... use it a few times and throw it away.... !

AntrimGlens

1chippy wrote: »

I know that house. been up that way a few times.

Hi 1chippy, what brings you up this way can i ask?? We don't get many monaghan men here

The Real Elmer Fudd

Two 29 month old heifers out wintered on silage only. Both in calf to dovea Mbp, the ch heifer is due mid feb but the sim isn't due until end of march.

bob charles

aaahhhhh

Conor556

bob charles wrote: »

aaahhhhh

No it goes like this. Awwwwwww!!

Juniorhurler

Conor556 wrote: »

No it goes like this. Awwwwwww!!

In my head it goes aaahhhhhh, how will I home all the hoors.

bob charles

Juniorhurler wrote: »

In my head it goes aaahhhhhh, how will I home all the hoors.

I think he is right because it would be -
aaahhh for F... S...,
whereas it would be -
aaawww thats lovely

Bizzum

bob charles wrote: »

aaahhhhh

How come I cant see this Pic? Is it just me or what? If I guess right do I get a prize?

(A bitch with a litter of pups?)

bob charles

us poor posters down here in the boglands of the south are going to give you guys up the country with your fancy pictures of lush grass and lovely grazing conditions last year a run for your money this year:D:D


there is currently good growth:eek:, as the cattle came of this field only 2 weeks ago and there are still a couple of lame guys in it. If we were still allowed to spread N as we choose, I would have given it a bag on xmas week! we had poorer growth during the summer. will get N if we can travel in 2 weeks

just do it

Shorthorn calf by LYJ out of a LM heifer by OMA. 1hr old.

Seaba

just do it wrote: »

Shorthorn calf by LYJ out of a LM heifer by OMA. 1hr old.

Nice. Bull or heifer? They make lovely quiet cows. Going to give one or two to ours this year in the hope of getting a replacement. I think I mentioned this before but we have one that has kept first time, every time, to the AI and she is on her 8th calf. First to calf every year, quiet as a mouse, nice bag of milk and ad R3/U3 calf every year.

just do it

just do it wrote: »

Shorthorn calf by LYJ out of a LM heifer by OMA. 1hr old.

Seaba wrote: »

Nice. Bull or heifer? They make lovely quiet cows. Going to give one or two to ours this year in the hope of getting a replacement. I think I mentioned this before but we have one that has kept first time, every time, to the AI and she is on her 8th calf. First to calf every year, quiet as a mouse, nice bag of milk and ad R3/U3 calf every year.

That's good to hear. She's a heifer calf which is what I wanted. The mother has 83% LM in her breeding according to ICBF so that is why I bred a few of my springers to SH last spring. They make great cows and I hope this one is as good as your one above .

The springer is 25months old and as quiet as a lamb. I've saved her eurostar report so it will interesting to see how it changes over time.

porter shark

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

Two 29 month old heifers out wintered on silage only. Both in calf to dovea Mbp, the ch heifer is due mid feb but the sim isn't due until end of march.

have you used mbp on heifers before? i'd have thought him a bit strong?

The Real Elmer Fudd

"have you used mbp on heifers before? i'd have thought him a bit strong?"

Ye i had heifers calve down at 24 months to him in spring 2012. When I AI'd them in 2011 MBP's easy of calving figures where lower than they are now. I only had one tight pull with them and was happy with the claves so used him again. i put up a couple of pic's of the calves on page 192 of this thread.

I had intended calving these to dolls in 2012 but it was very late in 2011 when they started to look the bull which would have left them calving very late in 2012 so i decided to let them run on and calve in spring 2013. I ran them with their comrades who had calves on them in 2012 and it is interesting to note that the heifers who reared calves in 2012 while they obviously have slightly less condition on them have grown to the same size as the heifers which will now be calving at 30 months instead of 24 months

JohnBoy

Posted way back in may a door I was making, decided to galvanise it which meant fabricating it 100% right before fitting. Got it finished over christmas.....

just do it

JohnBoy wrote: »

Posted way back in may a door I was making, decided to galvanise it which meant fabricating it 100% right before fitting. Got it finished over christmas.....

Nice job johnboy

PatQfarmer

bob charles wrote: »

will get N if we can travel in 2 weeks

Me too, Bob. If it stays dry, I'll spread mid-Jan, out mid-Feb:rolleyes:

1chippy

AntrimGlens wrote: »

1chippy wrote: »

I know that house. been up that way a few times.

Hi 1chippy, what brings you up this way can i ask?? We don't get many monaghan men here

We only sneak in at night, we would be gone by the time you boys get up.

redzerologhlen

Finished thank f**k, one day before the deadline and all

stanflt

grass taking off well




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ground to wet to carry cows



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just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Finished thank f**k, one day before the deadline and all

stanflt wrote: »

grass taking off well




ground to wet to carry cows

Compare and contrast :D

Bizzum

just do it wrote: »

Compare and contrast :D

Ya beat me to it! I was gonna tell Redzer it wont be finished 'till he has it like Stan:D

bogman_bass

stanflt wrote: »

grass taking off well

Sometimes I wnder how we could be in the same county!

redzerologhlen

Bizzum wrote: »

Ya beat me to it! I was gonna tell Redzer it wont be finished 'till he has it like Stan:D

I'll have to ask the bull McCabe how he went about doing it

td5man

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I'll have to ask the bull McCabe how he went about doing it

At least you wouldn't sink in Redzers field.

bob charles

Redzer take a picture of some of the grass fields in the burren and most on here will be surprised how fertile they are. Its dream fattening land IMV

bob charles

stanflt wrote: »

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a bit of soluble P and it will take the yellow tinge off it, or is it graze first and dump slurry on it to get it kickstarted

pakalasa

just do it wrote: »

Compare and contrast :D

I was thinking how well both would work together. Produce some very cheap milk then.:D

Tipp Man

pakalasa wrote: »

I was thinking how well both would work together. Produce some very cheap milk then.:D

Well thats it exactly

would love some of Redzers land for outwintering cattle on

leg wax

Tipp Man wrote: »

Well thats it exactly

would love some of Redzers land for outwintering cattle on

i would love some of it as well,i see some lads down this way instead of putting up the fancey shed they are buying extra land for outwintering on and then bringing in a better reseeding program for the over all farm by letting stocking rates drop.

redzerologhlen

bob charles wrote: »

Redzer take a picture of some of the grass fields in the burren and most on here will be surprised how fertile they are. Its dream fattening land IMV

As you wish bob, this was last February on a bit of our summer ground.

bob charles

redzerologhlen wrote: »

As you wish bob, this was last February on a bit of our summer ground.

maybe its just the contrast in the burren, but the greenness of the grass fields in the burren is something else from a distance. Most of the green fields are also landmarks, for giving directions:D

Richk2012

Two heifer calves .


One by Blonde Bull KCE Kilmoney Bruce .

The second is a week old Limousin by ERE Elite Erasmus .

just do it

10Hr old CH heifer calf by DZP, one of the gene ireland bulls.

Richk2012

just do it wrote: »

10Hr old CH heifer calf by DZP, one of the gene ireland bulls.

Is that the lad you watchin on the phone last night JD??????

just do it

Richk2012 wrote: »

Is that the lad you watchin on the phone last night JD??????

That's the one Rich, she fustered around until 1.05 am. Then she lay down properly and 5mins later job was done. Great comfort with the camera. I didn't go near the shed between 8pm and 1.30 am.

Richk2012

just do it wrote: »

That's the one Rich, she fustered around until 1.05 am. Then she lay down properly and 5mins later job was done. Great comfort with the camera. I didn't go near the shed between 8pm and 1.30 am.

Thats dead handy , and you know yourself , if your arriving in every half hour or so to keep an eye on them , sometimes you cant help but disturbing her , and putting her off calving , and only prolonging the whole procedure :rolleyes: .

Yea that one of mine calved no bother last night around 11:30pm .
2nd calver . Had a fairly average Blue heifer .
Il throw a pic up of her tomorrow when i get a chance

leg wax

!cid_cidImage_P__D615.jpg better keep her warm,when she comes in from work:D.

JohnBoy

there's no fear of you bending that splitter any time soon

leg wax

JohnBoy wrote: »

there's no fear of you bending that splitter any time soon

no she will outlast me ,tyre rim,fly wheel from silage harvester made the platt form , the rest you can see:rolleyes:

td5man

leg wax wrote: »

!cid_cidImage_P__D615.jpg better keep her warm,when she comes in from work:D.

Buy her an axe that'll keep her warm although she'd probably use it on you.

stanflt

you cant beat an irish winters day





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Muckit

stanflt wrote: »

you cant beat an irish winters day

Nice photos. You're dead right, love it when it's nice and frosty.

Can I ask what had you were doing out the fields Stanfit? Grass measuring??

...........Go on..... sicken us!!

massey265

Muckit wrote: »

Nice photos. You're dead right, love it when it's nice and frosty.

Can I ask what had you were doing out the fields Stanfit? Grass measuring??

...........Go on..... sicken us!!

He cant help but show them off!:p

redzerologhlen

In calf heifers in the winterage, getting nuts with a few months but no silage or hay yet.



the heifer on the left is one I bought as a weanling and will be a 3 year old in march, the one on the right will be calving down as a 2 year old and will end up a bigger cow I think.



2 calves I seen selling in ennis tuesday in the one lot, If memory serves me correctly the were 340kg and sold for 1080.

Muckit

No silage or hay??!! What are they eating..... stones??

redzerologhlen

Muckit wrote: »

No silage or hay??!! What are they eating..... stones??

They havnt much else left at this stage to be honest, I will have to take the round feeder put of retirement shortly!!