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The Real Elmer Fudd

moy83 wrote: »

We wouldnt have the best of cows . Alot of aax and that bull is bringing the best of calves from them I must say

Have to agree he's throwing pretty good calves here too. Bringing good size n muscle to them. How do u find him on calving ease?

moy83

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

Have to agree he's throwing pretty good calves here too. Bringing good size n muscle to them. How do u find him on calving ease?

Grand for calving TG I had a fine bull calf out of a blue cow that wouldnt be widest yoke in the shed and she had no bother with him .
The camera is shagged in my phone but if I can swop the sim card into the wifes phone for an evening Ill throw up a pic of him and I have a heifer from a aax cow aswell that I think has a nice bit of style to her from MBP .
We use all ai on our cows and he is the first bull that gave us above average calves from below average cows

just do it

moy83 wrote: »

We use all ai on our cows and he is the first bull that gave us above average calves from below average cows

Sounds like magic!:)

moy83

just do it wrote: »

Sounds like magic!:)

I know , I should get a few free straws for such a glowing reference

red bull

whelan1 wrote: »

had one like that, used to feed herself, let herself and her comrades into into the parlour one night and fed them all, in the end she got stomach ulcers from too much feed, her own fault really:D

I have one like that on video, love to post it but dont know how to, its priceless, help?

RobinBanks

We went for a scenic drive yesterday and came across this. Coincidence or Planned???? Well done either way!



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redzerologhlen

2 year old heifer we had a nice pull with a few days ago. Not the best looking heifer in the world but her mother is a great breeder, pic of her and last years calf below





3 year old heifer with a fairly handy heifer calf the same evening



2 year old heifer ready to pop any minute, all fine and milky god bless them.

mikeoh

redzerologhlen wrote: »

2 year old heifer we had a nice pull with a few days ago. Not the best looking heifer in the world but her mother is a great breeder, pic of her and last years ]:..................................are they out of the blonde bull u had last year?

mikeoh

redzerologhlen wrote: »

2 year old heifer we had a nice pull with a few days ago. Not the best looking heifer in the world but her mother is a great breeder, pic of her and last years ]:..................................are they out of the blonde bull u had last year?

1chippy

Redzer Thats not bad looking ground for the burren. is there much of a skin on it?

redzerologhlen

mikeoh wrote: »

redzerologhlen wrote: »

2 year old heifer we had a nice pull with a few days ago. Not the best looking heifer in the world but her mother is a great breeder, pic of her and last years ]:..................................are they out of the blonde bull u had last year?

Nope, he was as good as infertile...have one calf out of him :rolleyes: I bought a young lim bull to get myself out of trouble.

1chippy wrote: »

Redzer Thats not bad looking ground for the burren. is there much of a skin on it?

At least 2 feet of topsoil with white sand under it, very free draining type ground. Theres fields like that in the vallleys in most parts of the burren.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Well its nice to see the calves enjoying their freedom

Munster Magic

Halter training started:)

delaval

Jesus lads you're making me sorry I'm not in sucklers.

Often wondered, if you are not getting €1000 for the weanlings how do you make money from sucklers? I'm only asking as I see what our dry cows eat for the 6-8 weeks. I really resent what they eat as it costs so much to feed them but needs must.

redzerologhlen

delaval wrote: »

Jesus lads you're making me sorry I'm not in sucklers.

Often wondered, if you are not getting €1000 for the weanlings how do you make money from sucklers? I'm only asking as I see what our dry cows eat for the 6-8 weeks. I really resent what they eat as it costs so much to feed them but needs must.

Outwintering probably saves a lot of cost for us, very fragmented farm too and most of our land wouldnt be good enough for finishing cattle so options are limited enough in regards enterprise. I think a high percentage of suckler farmers are on marginal land.

tismesoitis

Munster Magic wrote: »

Halter training started:)

Breeding MM???

Munster Magic

tismesoitis wrote: »

Breeding MM???

Full sister to the heifer I had in Roscrea on Saturday. Elite Erasmus X Ideal 23

Mac Taylor

MM, any tips on halter training would be appreciated. I am hoping to train a few bulls this year to give me more options when it comes to selling. Any advice eg age to start would be great.

redzerologhlen

redzerologhlen wrote: »

2 year old heifer ready to pop any minute, all fine and milky god bless them.

legs out with 3/4 of an hour now and no progress made...Im afraid the jack beckons

tismesoitis

redzerologhlen wrote: »

legs out with 3/4 of an hour now and no progress made...Im afraid the jack beckons

Well How'd u get on?All ok i hope!!

redzerologhlen

tismesoitis wrote: »

Well How'd u get on?All ok i hope!!

Pulled him and he's grand, b1tch doesn't want to know anything about him though, anyone know how to get her to take?

pakalasa

Throw a bit of bran (or loose meal) on the calf. I saw my older neighbour doing this, when cow wouldn't lick calf. Licking might get her switched on. Leave them locked up together aswell.

just do it

Out at last. Still tight on grass so will be in by night for a while yet.

just do it

Just playing with the phone

Munster Magic

Mac Taylor wrote: »

MM, any tips on halter training would be appreciated. I am hoping to train a few bulls this year to give me more options when it comes to selling. Any advice eg age to start would be great.

Will be easier for yourself if you start them as young as possible. That calf is 3 months old and has been caught a few times already. We can walk into the pen now and put the halter on her.

We nearly always tie them up whenever they are in. You are better off catching them a few times for 5mins rather than once or twice for 20mins

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

Throw a bit of bran (or loose meal) on the calf. I saw my older neighbour doing this, when cow wouldn't lick calf. Licking might get her switched on. Leave them locked up together aswell.

Tried it straight away pak but no good

vanderbadger

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Tried it straight away pak but no good

pure nuisance when it happens, will you try and keep them indoors for a bit of confine them to some corner?

Richk2012

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Pulled him and he's grand, b1tch doesn't want to know anything about him though, anyone know how to get her to take?

Get them into shed and plenty of patience .
You can break some of them in a short time , others are more difficult .

Easier said than done , but dont let the calf get too many kicks or he wont have any confidence going for suck.

good luck :cool:

pakalasa

Redz, You could try introducing a dog too. I brought a young Jack Russell counting last night. Man, sent the cows into a mad panic. he loved it though. First dog we've had with no fear - but no sense either.

The Real Elmer Fudd

My new purchase lim 1st Calver wit handy sim heifer calf at foot. She's a bit low on the milk side of things but I'm hoping that will improve when she hits some good grass

Kovu

Anyone feel like branching out to a specific market?

Bizzum

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Anyone feel like branching out to a specific market? Quote]

Did you try any of it on your travels?

redzerologhlen

vanderbadger wrote: »

pure nuisance when it happens, will you try and keep them indoors for a bit of confine them to some corner?

Richk2012 wrote: »

Get them into shed and plenty of patience .
You can break some of them in a short time , others are more difficult .

Easier said than done , but dont let the calf get too many kicks or he wont have any confidence going for suck.

good luck :cool:

pakalasa wrote: »

Redz, You could try introducing a dog too. I brought a young Jack Russell counting last night. Man, sent the cows into a mad panic. he loved it though. First dog we've had with no fear - but no sense either.

I have her in the shed and I think she has taken now, she wasnt too pleased to see sheba coming and was smelling the calf and mooing at it when I brought her in, she let him suck too but her eyes were glued to me so much I dont even think she knew the calf was sucking her. I threw a bit of salt on the calfs back and she licked him a small bit too so its looking fairly good.

Kovu

Bizzum wrote: »

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Anyone feel like branching out to a specific market? Quote]

Did you try any of it on your travels?

Bear meat? Yea, it is ridiculously expensive though. Up to 60 euro for a lb of 'sirloin' type of steak. Think I'll stick to the reindeer! That was tasty

Dampintheattic

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Bizzum wrote: »

Bear meat? Yea, it is ridiculously expensive though. Up to 60 euro for a lb of 'sirloin' type of steak. Think I'll stick to the reindeer! That was tasty

Hope to fug, it wasn't Rudolf!! Could be consternation in the camp next Christmas!!

mikeoh

Mac Taylor wrote: »

MM, any tips on halter training would be http://db.tt/O3f54DdE I hope this link opens its well worth a look

Bodacious

i reseeded a few patches that didnt take so well last autumn, chain harrowed and rolled!!.. ive grazed it twice already and it just keeps coming back.. will reseed whole place in time:)

pakalasa

that looks like a Ranger Grass harrow, made by Hackett. How do you find it?

Bodacious

pakalasa wrote: »

that looks like a Ranger Grass harrow, made by Hackett. How do you find it?

i bought it in longford ... i thought the lad said it was dutch... pallet and cement stake and couple of old window weights give it more tilth.. great yoke though

fishfarmer

Bodacious wrote: »

i reseeded a few patches that didnt take so well last autumn, chain harrowed and rolled!!.. ive grazed it twice already and it just keeps coming back.. will reseed whole place in time:)

Lovely view

Bodacious

fishfarmer wrote: »

Lovely view

of the fish farms!?;)

Richk2012

These communions are becoming more like weddings .
Got invited to one next week , and the dinner is in a hotel 50 miles from the church , with some of the guests staying the night there too

darragh_haven

Richk2012 wrote: »

These communions are becoming more like weddings .
Got invited to one next week , and the dinner is in a hotel 50 miles from the church , with some of the guests staying the night there too

Wtf .... I thought this was a time of austerity! !! Thats just mental.

just do it

Bodacious wrote: »

i reseeded a few patches that didnt take so well last autumn, chain harrowed and rolled!!.. ive grazed it twice already and it just keeps coming back.. will reseed whole place in time:)

Looking good. How did growth compare during the cold spell to old swards? Also when you say a few patches didn't take so well, does that mean you put out seed a second time?

Bodacious

just do it wrote: »

Looking good. How did growth compare during the cold spell to old swards? Also when you say a few patches didn't take so well, does that mean you put out seed a second time?

I seeded it by hand and missed few patches .. Human error ... So yeah wont be doing that again as wasn't as precise as I thought I was.. Boring job too.. Only 1.7 acres in that paddock and far too much work went into it

Sprayed off aug 10th

Several runs of chain harrow plus weights... Couldn't get enough of a tear on the old grass so got tractor and springtine harrow then chain harrow to finish

Seeded sept 22nd plus 10-10-20 and rolled( got ground lime last year)

Too wet to graze it in harvest but grazed twice so far this year and yes it's recovery and response to manure is very impressive

Next time I'm going to spray off and try to get contractor to direct drill in few acres with disc thing and avoid all the harrowing

delaval

All freshly painted for Communion

just do it

delaval wrote: »

All freshly painted for Communion

Handy bottle for applying it isn't it!
Another handy use for the locking barriers

just do it

Vasectomised bull lying down resting the chin ball on a cow. He's rested his head like this on a few cows around the tail head. It had me confused for a few mornings as cows were marked but I didn't think they were bulling

just do it

just do it wrote: »

The Curragh this morning

Same spot 3 weeks later!

Muckit

same here, different colour, still no grass!!