Livestock/General Farming photo thread TAKE #2 ::::RULES IN 1st POST::::

Irish Beef

A couple more here, All by limo stock bull, late March and early April bulls.

whelan2

This lady calved about half a mile from the yard. Both walked fine until they got to the yard.

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

This lady calved about half a mile from the yard. Both walked fine until they got to the yard.

What happened when they got to the yard?
Hopefully all is good with both of them.

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

What happened when they got to the yard?
Hopefully all is good with both of them.

Cow just stopped, had to push calf up the yard. All fine

Hard Knocks

charolais0153 wrote: »

Big lad is lzf and purebred.
Smaller lad is csq.

Super bulls
Good bone & size to LZF & lovely muscle to CSQ
What age are they

Hard Knocks

Irish Beef wrote: »

A couple more here, All by limo stock bull, late March and early April bulls.

Nice calves, looks to be a nice young bull, will you keep any of the heifers?
Nice 1 in the first pic

croot

whelan2 wrote: »

This lady calved about half a mile from the yard. Both walked fine until they got to the yard.

Lovely looking cow. Reminds me of the cows we had years ago when we milked. Is there any British Fresian in her?

whelan2

croot wrote: »

Lovely looking cow. Reminds me of the cows we had years ago when we milked. Is there any British Fresian in her?

ye out of FAE 90% FR, 9% HOL

charolais0153

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Super bulls
Good bone & size to LZF & lovely muscle to CSQ
What age are they

November for lzf. Feb/march the other lad

Hard Knocks

charolais0153 wrote: »

November for lzf. Feb/march the other lad

LZF is a good size, but CSQ has a great size for his age, he'll be big

pure breed

sonnybill wrote:

Yeah I'd second that height may be an issue with FSZ. I kept a Nov born weanling out of him but she out of my biggest cow so I'll judge Fiston on her as cow, bundles of rep stars and super heifer but hope she grows a bit more

Have kept a heifer too from Fiston and hoping to breed her too cos of her figures, great animal except for the height.

Irish Beef

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Irish Beef wrote: »

A couple more here, All by limo stock bull, late March and early April bulls.

Nice calves, looks to be a nice young bull, will you keep any of the heifers?
Nice 1 in the first pic

Probably wont, the bull is very young, only have him a couple years, don't want a load of his heifers around yet he's a nice quite bull, very much a terminal bull, want to keep him for a while yet.

Lady Haywire

€15 wood+an hours work earlier=new trough!

wiggy123

will it last..how u join to crush--can they lift it with there heads?

Muckit

What's the plan for those girls LHW?

Muckit

wiggy123 wrote: »

will it last..how u join to crush--can they lift it with there heads?

I would agree. Nothing timber ever lasts with cattle and Irish weather! Hard beat blue plastic barrells or JFC pipe ripped up the middle. You have to think about moving them easily. I've gone away from trough with legs also. A pure waste of time unless in yard.

Lady Haywire

wiggy123 wrote: »

will it last..how u join to crush--can they lift it with there heads?

Muckit wrote: »

What's the plan for those girls LHW?

It's only outside for 2 weeks, going into the shed in the lying area which has a weanling gate. We normally put the creep feeder up against the sliding door but we'll have some calves in the middle pen this year so needed a trough for them. Doubt it'll last but if I get a winter out of it, it'll be grand! Needed a tough to train the cows too as we've a test in a couple weeks and they'll learn to come for nuts each day.

All incalf Muckit, outer two are suckling strong calves, middle one is that skeletal purebred I showed ye last winter so want flesh on her before the shed. She's due in Jan too so don't want her going back once she hits silage.

Muckit

Would you wean the calves soon? Hard on cows this time of year. No value in grass and questionable if it pays to meal them. It's inevitable that they will go back on silage.

Lady Haywire

Muckit wrote: »

Would you wean the calves soon? Hard on cows this time of year. No value in grass and questionable if it pays to meal them. It's inevitable that they will go back on silage.

Yea we're just waiting til after the test, can't get the tractor into the land to load them so the cows til then. They're on the driest ground we have but the way in to the land is through a mucky pass/young bog. Typical!

wiggy123

ground has gotten very wet.. is grass--just tramping it at present

croot

These are what kept me busy this week.

Twin OEO bulls. The cow is a is a third calver CH x SIM. I knew she was sick and was keeping an eye on her in the field and out popped the outside one. He was pretty weak and needed help to suck. Got him sorted and saw she was forcing so I handled her and found that a second one was coming. The legs and head were there ok so I left her to it but was hovering in the background. When he was born I went over and he had the shroud over his head and was gasping. Hung him up by the back legs and gave him a swing and he coughed out the gunk and she started licking him. He was the stronger better calf of the two but I had a job getting him to suck. He kept putting his head down but eventually he got going.

I figured they were away with it but the following day I noticed she wouldn't let the second fella suck. Lifting him with kicks when he went near her so every morning before work and evening I had to put her in and tie her for him to suck.

Eventually this morning when I went up to the farm before work he was sucking away and she was licking him. Great when it works out but a nuisance up to that.

patsy_mccabe

In all my years, I've never seen a leg tied like that. Looks a good idea. We've always tied the 2 legs together.
Would you still call that a spancill?

croot

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

In all my years, I've never seen a leg tied like that. Looks a good idea. We've always tied the 2 legs together.
Would you still call that a spancill?

I wouldn't because I never heard of a spancill. This was day two so in fairness to her she wasn't kicking as much. I'd usually tie both together but this way I kept the leg pulled back a bit so the second calf could suck as well if he wanted.

tanko

sonnybill wrote: »

4 fistons gettin a bit to eat before departure

How did they get on?

Who2

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

In all my years, I've never seen a leg tied like that. Looks a good idea. We've always tied the 2 legs together.
Would you still call that a spancill?

id always tie them like that, but would usually use a strap wrapped on the flat. its how the auld man done it here anyway.

sonnybill

tanko wrote: »

How did they get on?

April calves so no weight in them muscley one on right was best per kilo €3.31 235kg E780
White lad 302kg E930
White lad 278kg E885
Took that heifer in middle home 240kg e700 too young and she from a right good cow IMO with milk and height

charolais0153

charolais0153 wrote: »

Big lad is lzf and purebred.
Smaller lad is csq.

Sold the csq calf. 410kg 1080.

CHOPS01

The Last Supper!
Hanging in the morning

Reggie.

CHOPS01 wrote: »

The Last Supper!
Hanging in the morning

If only they knew

tanko

What age are those?