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Kovu

This bruiser arrived in style early this morning, surprising us all.



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V lucky that the mother is a good calver as he's HUGE!:o



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pakalasa

Kovu Murr wrote: »

V lucky that the mother is a good calver as he's HUGE!:o

Are you sure he didn't jump in from the neighbours. He looks more like 6 wks old.

Kovu

pakalasa wrote: »

Are you sure he didn't jump in from the neighbours. He looks more like 6 wks old.

I know! Couldn't believe it when I seen him on the slats this morning. Lucky there was no problems. He's off PIO.

Kovu

pakalasa wrote: »

Are you sure he didn't jump in from the neighbours. He looks more like 6 wks old.

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There's a better pic of him. If they all arrived like him I'd be happy:pac:

adne

Has anyone any feedback on the calves the sim bull APZ is leaving.

His icbf figures are not great.

Had a handy heifer from a small aa cow off him this am.

bogman_bass

have a smashing bull calf off him born in early Oct. and had a big lump of one last night

td5man

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I know! Couldn't believe it when I seen him on the slats this morning. Lucky there was no problems. He's off PIO.

Did the alarm cat not go off this morning?

redzerologhlen

adne wrote: »

Has anyone any feedback on the calves the sim bull APZ is leaving.

His icbf figures are not great.

Had a handy heifer from a small aa cow off him this am.

A neighbour has 2 calves off him, both very handy when born but filling out nicely. One of them is very lively though whether she will quieten or not I dont know. I would have no problem using him on heifers from what I have seen.

Kovu

td5man wrote: »

Did the alarm cat not go off this morning?

The alarm cat is off making more alarm cats

just do it

adne wrote: »

Has anyone any feedback on the calves the sim bull APZ is leaving.

His icbf figures are not great.

Had a handy heifer from a small aa cow off him this am.

Mixed. My best calf is by him (bull calf) and I've a few heifers that are average. All born unassisted. Having said that I was looking at them this morning and they are coming on nicely. What they're like at 9-10m is all that matters!

just do it

just do it wrote: »

Pink wart-like growth on the eyeball. Only spotted it today.



Here's a close up

The photos above were posted on 25th of Nov. And here she is today! It never got any bigger and it obviously fell off at some stage in the last few weeks.

Bizzum

Kovu Murr wrote: »

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There's a better pic of him. If they all arrived like him I'd be happy:pac:

If they all arrived that size, you'll end up with with your cows in bits!
Great calf. Right type of a cow too, being able to calve him!

Muckit

just do it wrote: »

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God she has lovely eyes..... I can see how lads fall in love with suckler cows...Justin Mc just never got it!

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

If they all arrived that size, you'll end up with with your cows in bits!
Great calf. Right type of a cow too, being able to calve him!

I mean arriving alive and no problems calving.:pac: I'd be kicking myself if I'd missed her and something went wrong. The dam is great, her mother was half br fr bred and v small handy cow with a nice elder and good temperament.
Sure we'll see how he goes! Have a heifer kept off the cow last year too and she's the spit of this fella in colouring.

kboc

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

Had noticed that. Think they bought a curaheen bull. I randomly came across their website a while back n have just kept an eye on it since.keep meaning to go up to that sale every year but something always comes up. They had a lovely charlaois bull alibaba that dovea bought I think but from what I hear he was very hard calved

These boys are hunting the marts of the north for Saler cows in the recent 12 months. Paying top dollar for them.

They came to our local mart one night and bought every single Saler female there.

Bizzum

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I mean arriving alive and no problems calving.:pac: I'd be kicking myself if I'd missed her and something went wrong. The dam is great, her mother was half br fr bred and v small handy cow with a nice elder and good temperament.
Sure we'll see how he goes! Have a heifer kept off the cow last year too and she's the spit of this fella in colouring.

The right sort of a cow to be keeping a heifer off. Handy, milk, good calver.
What's the heifer from last year out of her off?

pakalasa

kboc wrote: »

These boys are hunting the marts of the north for Saler cows in the recent 12 months. Paying top dollar for them....

Maybe they want them for embryo transfer.

moy83

pakalasa wrote: »

Maybe they want them for embryo transfer.

What is the attraction be towards a saler cow for embryo transfer ? I would have thought that their reputation after calving would go against them

just do it

moy83 wrote: »

What is the attraction be towards a saler cow for embryo transfer ? I would have thought that their reputation after calving would go against them

Easy calving.

moy83

Do many of the embryo transfers end up in sections ? I know a couple of lads that do this to get blues but I think they nearly always section them out just in case . Maybe this is just with blues though

aghead

moy83 wrote: »

What is the attraction be towards a saler cow for embryo transfer ? I would have thought that their reputation after calving would go against them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRLlExX3so

Calved unassisted out of a salers dam, docile and with plenty of milk, who wouldn't be attracted.

mikeoh

just do it wrote: »

The photos above were posted on 25th of Nov. And here she is today! It never got any bigger and it obviously fell off at some stage in the:................so it was a skin tag very good just aswell u didn't write her off too quick!!

Muckit

aghead wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRLlExX3so

Calved unassisted out of a salers dam, docile and with plenty of milk, who wouldn't be attracted.

sweet one

Seaba

I had to laugh/cry when "Just do it" put up a pic of his last cow to calf a few weeks back when our 1st was only just calving (when Dad gives me the reins proper that will all change), until then........here is a pic of our 1st calf:

3 week old AZL BB bull off a shorthorn cow. Smashin calf if I do say so! She normally brings a good calf but this is her best shape-wise. Will give her a shorthorn this year (should have done it earlier) in the hope of getting a heifer.

Got another very good AZL BB in the shed but the mother is mental - tried to do myself and Dad a few times when she was sick for calving and after. Getting rid this year. Will try and get a pic when she turns her back along with a nice Limousin PAM heifer calf, just calved (mother alot quieter thank God)

Bizzum

Seaba wrote: »

I had to laugh/cry when "Just do it" put up a pic of his last cow to calf a few weeks back when our 1st was only just calving (when Dad gives me the reins proper that will all change), until then........here is a pic of our 1st calf:u

3 week old AZL BB bull off a shorthorn cow. Smashin calf if I do say so! She normally brings a good calf but this is her best shape-wise. Will give her a shorthorn this year (should have done it earlier) in the hope of getting a heifer.

Got another very good AZL BB in the shed but the mother is mental - tried to do myself and Dad a few times when she was sick for calving and after. Getting rid this year. Will try and get a pic when she turns her back along with a nice Limousin PAM heifer calf, just calved (mother alot quieter thank God)

Super outfit. I'd bull her to a Lim or a BA. There's enough SH in her.

Bigbird1

Super looking calf Seaba, didn't think a shorthorn cow like that would throw such a well shaped blue,especially from AZL as he wouldn't be the heaviest muscled blue bull available,if goin for a heifer i would go with a lim or char,a lim bull like ADX would bring shape and decent maternal traits.

Bigbird1

aghead wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRLlExX3so

Calved unassisted out of a salers dam, docile and with plenty of milk, who wouldn't be attracted.

Is this your heifer what age is she in the video

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

The right sort of a cow to be keeping a heifer off. Handy, milk, good calver.
What's the heifer from last year out of her off?

Same bull. PIO. Had a grand time last harvest trying to find PTQ in any book. Our AI man has a sig like a doctors!

Edit- I'll get a pic of her up later to show the similarities.

johnpawl

Lookin for replacements off this one but another pt bull calf
Aaxbrfr
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Richk2012

johnpawl wrote: »

Lookin for replacements off this one but another pt bull calf
Aaxbrfr
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Would you ever double suck the likes of that cow JP .??
Her elder is nearly bigger than the calf

td5man

Richk2012 wrote: »

Would you ever double suck the likes of that cow JP .??
Her elder is nearly bigger than the calf

If i had her she'd be in the parlour and the calf would be making do with a bottle

johnpawl

td5man wrote: »

If i had her she'd be in the parlour and the calf would be making do with a bottle

She makes some job of her calf at weaning tbh alot of my cows would be like this

td5man

johnpawl wrote: »

She makes some job of her calf at weaning tbh

Theres no beating a good suckled calf,bucket fed just arent as good

johnpawl

td5man wrote: »

Theres no beating a good suckled calf,bucket fed just arent as good

The aaxbrfr do well for me, loads of milk and great mothers and can be bought off the dairy lads as calves. I intend to always have them to breed replacements off to keep milk in the herd. Also when they have bull calves they always do very well, so can't really lose and no need for big amounts of ration to replace milk.

just do it

johnpawl wrote: »

The aaxbrfr do well for me, loads of milk and great mothers and can be bought off the dairy lads as calves. I intend to always have them to breed replacements off to keep milk in the herd. Also when they have bull calves they always do very well, so can't really lose and no need for big amounts of ration to replace milk.

Do you source direct or go to the mart?

johnpawl

just do it wrote: »

Do you source direct or go to the mart?

Direct

just do it

johnpawl wrote: »

Direct

Regulars?

johnpawl

just do it wrote: »

Regulars?

Off the neighbours whenever I want them

AntrimGlens

AntrimGlens wrote: »

Couple of first calvers and bull calves for the suckler ring tomorrow - first of this years drafts for sale. All pb and off our own stock bull, calves are feb born. Don't know what trade will be like but i had them entered and advertised and the auctioneer rang today to make sure i was bringing them as he had a man taking a day off work to come - at least one persons interested!

Got £2000 and £1975 for the two yokes on Friday. Happy enough and two less mouths to feed.

Richk2012

Got a few twin ewes and lambs out today .
Grass isn't wonderful but will have to make do .

Munster Magic

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4765837

Purebred Limousin heifer for sale at Premier heifer sale in Roscrea on Saturday April 27th

pakalasa

Munster Magic wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4765837

Purebred Limousin heifer for sale at Premier heifer sale in Roscrea on Saturday April 27th

Nice heifer. Plenty of muscle anyway. Is she yours?

Munster Magic

Ardlea Dan heifer calf out of an Orly cow with plenty of milk. She also has Vivaldi and Nenuphar breeding.

Born 3rd of October 2012 she is a very docile, square calf with the potential to make a quality cow.

Munster Magic

pakalasa wrote: »

Nice heifer. Plenty of muscle anyway. Is she yours?

Thanks, she is indeed, nice heifer alright. Muscle score of 138

Munster Magic

An Orly cow Vicky was one of the first purebreds purchased and has gone on to breed a number of quality bulls and heifers. A square cow with plenty of milk she has an Ardlea Dan heifer calf at foot and she is scanned in calf to Haltcliffe Dancer

dar31

first calf on right is a lmx, second and fourth are jersey twins, the jersey are actually a week older!!

Munster Magic

Wilodge Vantastic heifer out of a Malibu cow born in September 2010. Purchased in Roscrea October 2012 and served to Ampertaine Abracadabra and scanned in calf

Munster Magic

Tonka heifer out of a Ferry cow with Ideal 23 also in the breeding. Born on the 4th of September 2011 Gina was bought at the Premier heifer sale in Roscrea in November 2012 and has since been served to Ampertaine Abracadabra and is scanned in calf

Bizzum

Some lovely stock there Munster Magic.
I particularly like the ADX heifer.

pakalasa

Munster Magic wrote: »

Tonka heifer out of a Ferry cow with Ideal 23 also in the breeding. Born on the 4th of September 2011 Gina was bought at the Premier heifer sale in Roscrea in November 2012 and has since been served to Ampertaine Abracadabra and is scanned in calf

Nice heifer. I was there when she was sold. You bought her handy enough.