Livestock/General Farming photo thread ***READ MOD NOTE IN POST #1***

Muckit

There's one for the IFJ calendar!

Milton09

Putting the finishing touches to the new bale pad/roadway. Will store silage bales on this for the winter and then use as a road for exiting the meadow field above in the spring when spreading slurry.

Base layer of rough gravel and daub, blinded off with fine sand.
Not solid enough to drive much on now but this time next year it will be like concrete.
Only cost was our own time and diesel as the materials were all river spoil
left behind after the OPW cleaned the river 50 years ago :-)

orchardfarmer

just do it wrote: »

Orchardfarmer.
No doubt great to see the improvement after all the work. What kind of soil structure was it?

soil structure is completely different at either side of the field. the near side had a nice coarse well draining sub soil, solved the drainage problem fairly handy. it was the very far side of the field (as you look at the photo) that was the main problem. soil structure very poor, thin layer of topsoil on top of blue gley and then a layer of pure rock. the rock meant i could not put in deep drains to lower the water table, had to work with shallow shores instead. i have me own digger so i also stripped the top soil off, increased the fall into the drain and then put the topsoil back over. i had some spare topsoil from another job so i also put it on top. its a bit soft yet but im guessing it will take a few months to tighten up.

vanderbadger

orchardfarmer wrote: »

yea shes in good order, the wet weather meant it was pure hardship getting the drains backfilled, but it was well worth it now!!

did you spread a bit of seed after the disc?

TEAT SQUEEZER

Bodacious wrote: »

picture postcard stuff.... make a nice framed pic imo

orchardfarmer

vanderbadger wrote: »

did you spread a bit of seed after the disc?

not yet - as i said i put new topsoil on half it, some of which was a 5 year old dung heap which had rotted down nice but would still be full of weed seeds! sitting tight now waiting for the weeds to sprout and then going to hit them with roundup and then sew some seed. takes a bit of patience but ive been working at it 14 months now, another 2 weeks wont make much difference!

just do it

Milton09 wrote: »

Putting the finishing touches to the new bale pad/roadway. Will store silage bales on this for the winter and then use as a road for exiting the meadow field above in the spring when spreading slurry.

Base layer of rough gravel and daub, blinded off with fine sand.
Not solid enough to drive much on now but this time next year it will be like concrete.
Only cost was our own time and diesel as the materials were all river spoil
left behind after the OPW cleaned the river 50 years ago :-)

Smashing looking job. Ye took ye're time deciding what to doo with the spoil!

Milton09

just do it wrote: »

Smashing looking job. Ye took ye're time deciding what to doo with the spoil!

Cheers, we were never known to rush into things

Ah no, this is on a few acres that I bought about 3 years ago, left neglected for years I'm still trying to get on top of it!

redzerologhlen

Set up a few paddocks in a 20 acre field today, going to turn 20 cows and calves into it in the morning. First time ever grazing paddocks here so will be interesting to see how it works. Grass is getting a bit strong so will probably cut half of it in a few weeks time. Left the paddocks about an acre in size.



A few nice bits of ass from the highland show

Muckit

Milton09 wrote: »

Putting the finishing touches to the new bale pad/roadway. Will store silage bales on this for the winter and then use as a road for exiting the meadow field above in the spring when spreading slurry.

Base layer of rough gravel and daub, blinded off with fine sand.
Not solid enough to drive much on now but this time next year it will be like concrete.
Only cost was our own time and diesel as the materials were all river spoil
left behind after the OPW cleaned the river 50 years ago :-)

Could you not just have used the road to the left?! :pac:

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Set up a few paddocks in a 20 acre field today, going to turn 20 cows and calves into it in the morning. First time ever grazing paddocks here so will be interesting to see how it works. Grass is getting a bit strong so will probably cut half of it in a few weeks time. Left the paddocks about an acre in size.

Takes a bit of getting used to but you won't look back. I hope your cows and calves have seen twine fencing before, nothing worse than when they take off on a blind run when turned into a new field and take all in front of them!

A few nice bits of ass from the highland show

What the heifer in the second last photo? The poor auld herefords are shown up as flat arses!

redzerologhlen

just do it wrote: »

Takes a bit of getting used to but you won't look back. I hope your cows and calves have seen twine fencing before, nothing worse than when they take off on a blind run when turned into a new field and take all in front of them!

What the heifer in the second last photo? The poor auld herefords are shown up as flat arses!

. They are chalk and cheese but your not going to find a double muscled whitehead, she would make a fine cow for me anyway The cows are hungry this evening so I dont think they will do a whole lot of running and just get straight down to business.....hopefully!!

just do it

A few calves born Jan/Feb this year. SIM by APZ and CH by gene ireland bull DZP.

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

A few calves born Jan/Feb this year. SIM by APZ and CH by gene ireland bull DZP.

Look at you! Grazing your aftergrass and us not even cut anything yet:o

Muckit

Afergrass? That's just the headlands! I hope those photos were taken 2weeks ago!

Kovu

Muckit wrote: »

Afergrass? That's just the headlands! I hope those photos were taken 2weeks ago!

GAH! That's what I meant.

Seaba

Love the CH? heifer, with the bit of white on her head, in the 2nd last pic. Must have some milk in her background? One for the bull?

just do it

Seaba wrote: »

Love the CH? heifer, with the bit of white on her head, in the 2nd last pic. Must have some milk in her background? One for the bull?

Yup her cow's a SIM with plenty milk so she's a keeper. DZP, whilst not great for milk, is 3.5 stars within breed so that should be enough. In time she should produce a good calf to a terminal bull.

I've 3 shorthorn heifers off maiden heifers that are very plain in comparison to these ones. However they may just turn out to the best of cows yet!

hugo29

Seaba wrote: »

Love the CH? heifer, with the bit of white on her head, in the 2nd last pic. Must have some milk in her background? One for the bull?

Spotted that girl me self

hugo29

just do it wrote: »

Yup her cow's a SIM with plenty milk so she's a keeper. DZP, whilst not great for milk, is 3.5 stars within breed so that should be enough. In time she should produce a good calf to a terminal bull.

I've 3 shorthorn heifers off maiden heifers that are very plain in comparison to these ones. However they may just turn out to the best of cows yet!

What is shorthorn cross

just do it

hugo29 wrote: »

What is shorthorn cross

I used LYJ on the heifers. They've a lot of LM in them so I felt a shorthorn cross was a good option for first calving. I'll stick up some pics at some stage.

just do it

This lady will test the value of the icbf ratings. She has a maternal value of €229 and is due to calf in Sept to HCA. She's by the BB ELZ out of the SIM cow that produced the bull calf in the last picture above.

Milton09

Muckit wrote: »

Could you not just have used the road to the left?! :pac:

I dont think the neighbours would appreciate being locked in for a few months until I used all the bales

pakalasa

just do it wrote: »

A few calves born Jan/Feb this year. SIM by APZ and CH by gene ireland bull DZP.

So are these 2 by APZ? Nice cattle.

Dampintheattic

It's great to see these pictures of calves, etc, which give the sire name. Gives a fella an idea of what to expect from AI bulls.

Often think, it's a shame more of this information, is not available at mart sales.
Particularly at weanling sales, it would be great to see the name or code of the bull, up there along with the other data, such as DOB, weight, owner etc,.

reilig

Bigbird1 wrote: »

what breeding is your bull Reilig,seems to be breeding super stuff,AI standard

He was an embryo sired by a french bull called Leader and off a show winning French cow. Bred by a sligo CH Breeder. He's 5 star on ICBF.

Seaba

hugo29 wrote: »

Spotted that girl me self

I saw her first :-)

hugo29

Seaba wrote: »

I saw her first :-)

, ok you can have first try but if she blows you out let me know;)

hugo29

just do it wrote: »

I used LYJ on the heifers. They've a lot of LM in them so I felt a shorthorn cross was a good option for first calving. I'll stick up some pics at some stage.

they could make good replacements, make a smashing cow to cross back to Charolais

just do it

Seaba wrote: »

I saw her first :-)

Ah but lads, she's mine

just do it

pakalasa wrote: »

So are these 2 by APZ? Nice cattle.

Top one is by DZP and bottom one by APZ. The APZ bull is the best calf I have but DZP has produced an even batch of quality calves. I've a few heifers calves by APZ but they're not as good as this fella. Will be kept as replacements though.

The cow's influence can't be ignored. The two you're picked out are out of my two best cows

just do it

hugo29 wrote: »

they could make good replacements, make a smashing cow to cross back to Charolais

And I think that's where I'm heading with my breeding programme. Continue with AI for replacements and get a stock charolais terminal sire.

hugo29

just do it wrote: »

And I think that's where I'm heading with my breeding programme. Continue with AI for replacements and get a stock charolais terminal sire.

where i have ended up after years of AI, then BB stock bull and now Charolais stock bull

although I buy in my replacements

Dampintheattic

15 month old heifer. Off stock bull, son of CF52. Out of small, plain Char X Shorthorn cow, with a creamery of milk. This cow, consistently rears my best price weanling year after year. This is first heifer calf off of her. Kept for breeding.

just do it

Dampintheattic wrote: »

15 month old heifer. Off stock bull, son of CF52. Out of small, plain Char X Shorthorn cow, with a creamery of milk. This cow, consistently rears my best price weanling year after year. This is first heifer calf off of her. Kept for breeding.

Hi damp. The link isn't working, any chance you could fix it? I'd love to see her

Dampintheattic

just do it wrote: »

Hi damp. The link isn't working, any chance you could fix it? I'd love to see her

Ah, fouk it. I'll never figure how to insert an image:rolleyes:

Here it is, the simple Simon way.

Kovu

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Ah, fouk it. I'll never figure how to insert an image:rolleyes:

Here it is, the simple Simon way.

Subscribe to imageshack/photobucket etc. Any free online image host will do. Upload your photo and it will show you image links to embed the image.

Copy the forum code and paste to your reply here. Simples! I'd do up a pic tutorial but am off to strim rushes for a few hours.:(

hugo29

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Ah, fouk it. I'll never figure how to insert an image:rolleyes:

Here it is, the simple Simon way.

nice heifer, will breed great stock from char

redzerologhlen

just do it wrote: »

Takes a bit of getting used to but you won't look back. I hope your cows and calves have seen twine fencing before, nothing worse than when they take off on a blind run when turned into a new field and take all in front of them!

What the heifer in the second last photo? The poor auld herefords are shown up as flat arses!

They stayed inside the confines of the wire........just about mind you

Kovu

redzerologhlen wrote: »

They stayed inside the confines of the wire........just about mind you

That's a lovely shapey red calf in the bottom pic at the front.

delaval

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Subscribe to imageshack/photobucket etc. Any free online image host will do. Upload your photo and it will show you image links to embed the image.

Copy the forum code and paste to your reply here. Simples! I'd do up a pic tutorial but am off to strim rushes for a few hours.:(

I take it the weedlicker is still phucked

delaval

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Subscribe to imageshack/photobucket etc. Any free online image host will do. Upload your photo and it will show you image links to embed the image.

Copy the forum code and paste to your reply here. Simples! I'd do up a pic tutorial but am off to strim rushes for a few hours.:(

Would you please do tutorial I can only do Simple Simon

redzerologhlen

Kovu Murr wrote: »

That's a lovely shapey red calf in the bottom pic at the front.

Shes nice alright, heifer calf out of a springer, had a nice bit of a pull with her too.

Kovu

delaval wrote: »

Would you please do tutorial I can only do Simple Simon

Ok, I'll do one now. No, we fixed it, just one bit of land that remains a bit boggy.

Kovu

Right lads, I used this link as it's a large image so open it in a new tab/window and use zoom. Read from left to right i.e. go clockwise. Forgot to number them.

If you get stuck, just ask! And ignore my bookmarks! :pac:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3352/pxm3.jpg

naughto

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Right lads, I used this link as it's a large image so open it in a new tab/window and use zoom. Read from left to right i.e. go clockwise. Forgot to number them.

If you get stuck, just ask! And ignore my bookmarks! :pac:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3352/pxm3.jpg

:pac::pac::pac:

Kovu

naughto wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac:

:rolleyes:

naughto

i no what it is just dident want to post such a big pic

Kovu

naughto wrote: »

i no what it is just dident want to post such a big pic

I was trying to get the echo in

naughto

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I was trying to get the echo in

a i see my bad.great show to watch
new show out called under the dome
have it downloaded but havent watched it yet
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