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

CHOPS01

tanko wrote: »

What age are those?

6 of them celebtrate their 30th month birthday tomorrow/Thursday!

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Spent the last week trying to keep this 8mth old fella alive. Unfortunately he developed pneumonia after dosing and went downhill fast. Thanks to our Vet and the speedy feeder he is now on the road road to recovery and bawling (for his feed) in the paddock beside the house.

patsy_mccabe

Base price wrote: »

Spent the last week trying to keep this 8mth old fella alive. Unfortunately he developed pneumonia after dosing and went downhill fast. Thanks to our Vet and the speedy feeder he is now on the road road to recovery and bawling (for his feed) in the paddock beside the house.

Did you dose him with an ivermectin?

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patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Did you does him with an ivermectin?

No, used fastinex super across the herd and he was the only one that had an issue.

CloughCasey1

Not bad for dairy stock!

furandfeather

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Not bad for dairy stock!

Super stock. You buy them or rear them?

CloughCasey1

furandfeather wrote: »

Super stock. You buy them or rear them?

Reared the bwh's and bought the rwh as a yearling. Just 24mts this mt so will hang for Christmas.

CloughCasey1

8wks sown yeaterday. Ready for grazing.

Muckit

great grass and great stock!!

Get rid of that trough for the sake of your back!!

CloughCasey1

Muckit wrote: »

great grass and great stock!!

Get rid of that trough for the sake of your back!!

Put it standing on edge and let it fall onto back of your neck/back, balance and walk.

Grueller

Just going to say what muckit said there. Powerful stock.

Muckit

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Put it standing on edge and let it fall onto back of your neck/back, balance and walk.

When u are block grazing like that you end up moving it around the farm!! We all need to work smarter not harder.

A blue barrel (€15?) cut in two and placed along by elec fence would do same thing. Or length of 12" corripipe cut in two. You have two 20' troughs that will feed up to 8 cattle each.

Even bringing meal to them. Use tractor in dry weather to leave bin in a central location that can be fenced off.

After a day at work the less hassle the better that gets the same results!

patsy_mccabe

Know what you mean. Had to lift a meal trough across a field yesterday. Have a blue barrell here. Must cut it in half.;)

Lady Haywire

Indeed, work smarter, not harder!:D Made two little ones for the shed this morning, calves were roaring for nuts.

Hard Knocks

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Indeed, work smarter, not harder!:D Made two little ones for the shed this morning, calves were roaring for nuts.

Nice stock.
Were you on holiday when the red cow was been dehorned?

CHOPS01

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Nice stock.
Were you on holiday when the red cow was been dehorned?

Attention to detail when debudding calves seems to be gone out the window. A lot of what you'd buy now has a screw of a horn/horns.
Out of 8 bullocks sent off on Tuesday 5 had yokes of horns. One lad the horn was turned in above his eye. Since last week it had started to pierce the skin and was starting to weep.

patsy_mccabe

You could take the top of the horn off with a hacksaw without any discomfort to the animal.

Lady Haywire

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Nice stock.
Were you on holiday when the red cow was been dehorned?

Ha! You're not wrong though, she's one of the last ones Dad did before he realised he wasn't able to do them properly any more with his shaky hands.
Only two animals here with horns and both are from the last few he did.

CloughCasey1

Muckit wrote: »

When u are block grazing like that you end up moving it around the farm!! We all need to work smarter not harder.

A blue barrel (€15?) cut in two and placed along by elec fence would do same thing. Or length of 12" corripipe cut in two. You have two 20' troughs that will feed up to 8 cattle each.

Even bringing meal to them. Use tractor in dry weather to leave bin in a central location that can be fenced off.

After a day at work the less hassle the better that gets the same results!

Ara i usually move it with the 35 and front loader. Leave it at wire dividing paddock and roll it to far side when changing stock. Anyway made the big decision that anything on second grazing was getting no meal this yr. Only anything bought in as sucks or light weanlings get meal until first winter. What ive learned from that is less mess, better cleanout of paddocks and a heavier pocket!! Only reason these 4 getting meal starting this week is they will be finished over next 8 wks. They dont look hungry anyway.☺

Muckit

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

You could take the top of the horn off with a hacksaw without any discomfort to the animal.

Saw wire is better l find. You can take off handle and work the wire inside, put back on handle and then you are sawing outwards. Here is one l had to do this year.

Who2

Still can't beat a new tenon saw and an egat on a set of thongs.

PMU

Who2 wrote: »

Still can't beat a new tenon saw and an egat on a set of thongs.

must be uncomfortable skulling in thongs

Who2

PMU wrote: »

must be uncomfortable skulling in thongs

ive a female vet here, it keeps the blood pumping.

CloughCasey1

Who2 wrote: »

ive a female vet here, it keeps the blood pumping.

Youd want to be careful or your own horn might be skulled!!

CloughCasey1

Three more gardens overseeded 4 weeks ago.

CloughCasey1

Got last of the dung out yesterday.

Muckit

You're on great ground there lad!

patsy_mccabe

This Tricia Kennedy is making a name for herself with all these cattle videos. Here's one done for the Gerrygullinane Pedigree Limousins.

Anyone ever use GERRYGULLINANE GLEN , LM4044. He's with Eurogene.

Muckit

Great quality. Them heifers have unreal power

tanko

Isn't Gerrygullinane Glen €60 a straw?