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

Kovu

naughto wrote: »

a i see my bad.great show to watch
new show out called under the dome
have it downloaded but havent watched it yet
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1553656/

I'm about to start walking dead. Under the Dome looks good though. WTF is up with the post above yours?

naughto

Kovu Murr wrote: »

I'm about to start walking dead. Under the Dome looks good though. WTF is up with the post above yours?

hes a trool
walking dead is very good as well
another one is falling skies
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462059/

munkus

Thinking of entering Dragon's Den with my latest invention. Capable of dropping 80 tyres over silage pit. Serious labour saving.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

here is a few photos I took in the last few days

5 month sim x limo Bull


First time calver with a nice quite heifer. One to keep an eye on for replacement


hereford x limo, On my watch list but a little nervous so must make sure she doesnt turn into a daft b****


Caught this guy sunbathing

just do it

And here are my three shorthorns. All by LYJ out of limousin 2yo heifers born in January. Being housed to mid-May meant they didn't get much milk or grass early in life :rolleyes:

just do it

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

here is a few photos I took in the last few days

Nice calves Zetor. Stock bull or AI?

Caught this guy sunbathing

Jeez, I thought he was dead!!

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

Nice calves Zetor. Stock bull or AI?



Jeez, I thought he was dead!!

Glad I'm not the only one who was thinking that!!

just do it

3 heifers by APZ. Wasn't too impressed with these early on but they're all starting to shape up nicely now. The last one in particular was the size of a rabbit when it was born but is starting to turn inside out. The 3 of them are also out of average cows so my impression of APZ is improving.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

just do it wrote: »

Nice calves Zetor. Stock bull or AI?

Jeez, I thought he was dead!!

They are off the stock bull. First time with a limo. Will try a few ai next spring hopefully

I thought the calf was in trouble until i poked his dangly bits

naughto

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

They are off the stock bull. First time with a limo. Will try a few ai next spring hopefully

I thought the calf was in trouble until i poked his dangly bits

it looked like the calf had a belly full off gass,a neighbour of mine lost two cows last yr to it,nothing wrong with the cow when he checked them in the evening ,went out in the morning to check they where dead with massive blowed up bellies on them.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

naughto wrote: »

it looked like the calf had a belly full off gass,a neighbour of mine lost two cows last yr to it,nothing wrong with the cow when he checked them in the evening ,went out in the morning to check they where dead with massive blowed up bellies on them.

Jeez yeah tis quick the way you can lose a cow.
Left the cows into lush grass after strip grazing and had one go down with a build up of gas.
Caught her on time, vet injected (cant remember the damn name) fine after a few hours.

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

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!!

I missed this post previously. Good idea to have them hungry when moving alright. One of the best tips I got when starting out from a local.

just do it

Edit: Both by DZP

redzerologhlen

Another springers heifer calf, right happy with the way they have bred this year.

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Another springers heifer calf, right happy with the way they have bred this year.

No doubt about it redzer, you're doing something right up there

delaval

just do it wrote: »

No doubt about it redzer, you're doing something right up there

JDI, it's the bull. I know he's ginger but come on:P:P:P

redzerologhlen

delaval wrote: »

JDI, it's the bull. I know he's ginger but come on:P:P:P

Superior genetics :P:D

ordinary farmer

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Another springers heifer calf, right happy with the way they have bred this year.

what age did these springers calve down and how do you think they done since calving?

redzerologhlen

ordinary farmer wrote: »

what age did these springers calve down and how do you think they done since calving?

Most of them calved at 23-25 months and there was a few that were 3 year olds that I bought as very handy weanlings. They are the finest now, bulling away at the moment and making a nice job of the calves. They are handy enough size wise but but not enough to justify leaving them another year i think, The calves out of the 2 year olds are every bit as good as the ones out of the 3 year olds.

redzerologhlen

ordinary farmer wrote: »

what age did these springers calve down and how do you think they done since calving?

Just to add on another bit, the pic will give you an idea of the size of them. That heifer calved around the middle of April as did the one on the left of the pic with her head chopped off.

pakalasa

Redzer,
Were all these by you Lim stock bull? Is he gone now?
Fine heifers. You'll have your pic of replacements there.

redzerologhlen

pakalasa wrote: »

Redzer,
Were all these by you Lim stock bull? Is he gone now?
Fine heifers. You'll have your pic of replacements there.

The springers were out of our old stock bull we sold last year pak. He was by Genial. The calves are out of a young bull I bought last year, hes sarkley pepsi x ferry x ideal 23. Should be a few nice heifers there for breeding alright and I have another few nice ones out of the old bull. Should be no need to buy in any for next year anyway.

ordinary farmer

nothing better then seeing pictures of them nothing wrong with them at all doing as good a job as any cow would!

moy83

Mini black bales

delaval

moy83 wrote: »

Mini black bales

Collective noun; a litter of bales:P:P

Conmaicne Mara

moy83 wrote: »

Mini black bales

:eek: He wrapped them in bin bags!

moy83

We are at pit silage today , I'll stick up a couple of pics later wait till you see our loader delaval its very like the one you showed us !

moy83

Swop delaval ?

iverjohnston

Nothing wrong with that loader, Moy83! Clutch or Torque?

Our front lawn had got completely out of control, so ran the big lawnmower over it yesterday morning!

https://imageshack.com/scaled/large/836/1i8b.jpg

moy83

iverjohnston wrote: »

Nothing wrong with that loader, Moy83! Clutch or Torque?

Our front lawn had got completely out of control, so ran the big lawnmower over it yesterday morning!

https://imageshack.com/scaled/large/836/1i8b.jpg

Torque . Its going perfect thank god . You're as good as me with the lawn , them small bales were taken off mine !

Kovu

iverjohnston wrote: »

Nothing wrong with that loader, Moy83! Clutch or Torque?

Our front lawn had got completely out of control, so ran the big lawnmower over it yesterday morning!

https://imageshack.com/scaled/large/836/1i8b.jpg

HENRY THE HOOVER!!:D

Conmaicne Mara

Not a bad day on the Costa, handy to have three mins from the farm!

Damo810

Kovu Murr wrote: »

HENRY THE HOOVER!!:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CmC62Eg82E8

Kovu

Damo810 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CmC62Eg82E8

I knew what that was going to be before I clicked it!

just do it

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Not a bad day on the Costa, handy to have three mins from the farm!

I think I recognise that beach! Nice spot alright

delaval

just do it wrote: »

I think I recognise that beach! Nice spot alright

You would need a lowloader to bring plant for the kids to build sandcastles:D:D

Conmaicne Mara

just do it wrote: »

I think I recognise that beach! Nice spot alright

It'd be fairly well known Someone put forward an idea that Greece should sell some of it's islands to pay for their debt. David McWilliams was on a radio programme and mentioned that beach as one of Irelands "assets", don't think knows what he'd be letting himself in for with the locals if he was serious mind :cool:

delaval wrote: »

You would need a lowloader to bring plant for the kids to build sandcastles:D:D

The two of them had great plans on the way down, man sized hole in the beach, walls all around and fill it with sea water. They weren't long giving up once they found out water goes through sand, the plan went all to sh*te :pac:

hoseman

This is what happens when you give a 16 year old a power washer and has interest in what he is doing,While I was drawing in round bales.Even went off washing machinery after the slats,will definitely be getting him again,to do the small jobs for the next couple of Saturdays.

Dalfour

Well Lads,

Long time onlooker, first time poster

April born TVR calf shaping up nicely

pakalasa

Dalfour wrote: »

Well Lads,

Long time onlooker, first time poster

April born TVR calf shaping up nicely

Good stuff. Nice to see how those new bulls in NCBC are breeding.
I see you are farming some difficult land yerself.:rolleyes:

mf240

Jaysus pak what's difficult about that.

pakalasa

joking. Fine looking land.

redzerologhlen

No waste with the paddocks, a lot to be said for spending a few hours arsing with wire, stakes and troughs.

Conmaicne Mara

Still waiting on my smartfences to arrive, have most of the rest of it ready but the grass is starting to get away on me now.

hugo29

redzerologhlen wrote: »

No waste with the paddocks, a lot to be said for spending a few hours arsing with wire, stakes and troughs.

What length of a rotation are you on red, you going to follow behind with any fert

redzerologhlen

hugo29 wrote: »

What length of a rotation are you on red, you going to follow behind with any fert

I havent gone into the technical side of it yet hugo tbh, I only set them up the other day. Its getting strong for them now so I'll graze them there for another few days and bale the rest of it I think, have nice grass a bit up the road thats too rough to mow so want to graze that before it starts to go stemmy too. I will put a bag of can to the acre on whats grazed during the week.

hugo29

redzerologhlen wrote: »

I havent gone into the technical side of it yet hugo tbh, I only set them up the other day. Its getting strong for them now so I'll graze them there for another few days and bale the rest of it I think, have nice grass a bit up the road thats too rough to mow so want to graze that before it starts to go stemmy too.

Only started paddocks myself this year, was just wondering as I am not grazing that bare,

redzerologhlen

hugo29 wrote: »

Only started paddocks myself this year, was just wondering as I am not grazing that bare,

Iv no topper and ground conditions are good so I let them go as bare as possible, should thicken it up a bit.

just do it

Dalfour wrote: »

Well Lads,

Long time onlooker, first time poster

April born TVR calf shaping up nicely

Jeez that's some first post! Smashing calf. Out of a PBR cow?

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Iv no topper and ground conditions are good so I let them go as bare as possible, should thicken it up a bit.

No turning back now redzer. It doesn't take long to see the benefits.