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

Lady Haywire

Av 2.67 a kg which was grand, two heifers calves were light which I was expecting. And considering that chap at 285kg tried to die twice he did ok Chatting to a chap in the mart that buys private off us and he bought a sister of the blue last year. Was sure he'd have her killed by now but he has her bulled instead!

Edit- top was the ch, then the blue, then thz heifers calf, then eby heifers calf, then thz second calver.

Say my name

Two pictures.

One of recently resurfaced roadway.

Other of ground reseeded 1st Sept last year.
Weanlings grazed it for 12 days in Oct.
It grew well over the winter.

adne

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Av 2.67 a kg which was grand, two heifers calves were light which I was expecting. And considering that chap at 285kg tried to die twice he did ok Chatting to a chap in the mart that buys private off us and he bought a sister of the blue last year. Was sure he'd have her killed by now but he has her bulled instead!

Edit- top was the ch, then the blue, then thz heifers calf, then eby heifers calf, then thz second calver.

What mart did you sell in. Nothing wrong with those prices

Genghis Cant

Say my name wrote: »

Two pictures.

One of recently resurfaced roadway.

Other of ground reseeded 1st Sept last year.
Weanlings grazed it for 12 days in Oct.
It grew well over the winter.

Serious work in both pictures!

Genghis Cant

Lady Haywire wrote: »

top was the ch, then the blue, then thz heifers calf, then eby heifers calf, then thz second calver.

Hard to beat a good Charolais. Good weight for a calf born in late April.

Reggie.

Say my name wrote: »

Two pictures.

One of recently resurfaced roadway.

Other of ground reseeded 1st Sept last year.
Weanlings grazed it for 12 days in Oct.
It grew well over the winter.

Wait till the dust is cutting the eyes of ya in the summer

valtra2

Say my name wrote: »

Two pictures.

One of recently resurfaced roadway.

Other of ground reseeded 1st Sept last year.
Weanlings grazed it for 12 days in Oct.
It grew well over the winter.

A lot of shoveling in that roadway

Say my name

valtra2 wrote: »

A lot of shoveling in that roadway

I put down the basalt dust first with the loader and then graded with the land leveller. Then i shovelled out lime on top after out of the tractor loader. Took me 3 full days with a shovel.
But stupid me I used the wrong type of lime. But it is gradually hardening up.

ganmo

Better than any council crew

Say my name

ganmo wrote: »

Better than any council crew

Don't know about that but the cows should be able to run on it.
(If they want).

Lady Haywire

adne wrote: »

What mart did you sell in. Nothing wrong with those prices

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Hard to beat a good Charolais. Good weight for a calf born in late April.

Carrigallen. Always like it for weanlings. Ch sell very there. He's actually a brother of the animal tanko got off me, goes back to br fr breeding so plenty of milk.

The Real Elmer Fudd

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Carrigallen. Always like it for weanlings. Ch sell very there. He's actually a brother of the animal tanko got off me, goes back to br fr breeding so plenty of milk.

Do you creep feed them? If so how much meal would you have in them?

Lady Haywire

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

Do you creep feed them? If so how much meal would you have in them?

About €70 a head, maybe a wee bit more for the older ones.

valtra2

Say my name wrote: »

I put down the basalt dust first with the loader and then graded with the land leveller. Then i shovelled out lime on top after out of the tractor loader. Took me 3 full days with a shovel.
But stupid me I used the wrong type of lime. But it is gradually hardening up.

I though I saw you out with shovel alright.

Reggie.

valtra2 wrote: »

I though I saw you out with shovel.

Unusual sight was it

The Real Elmer Fudd

Lady Haywire wrote: »

About €70 a head, maybe a wee bit more for the older ones.

Thanks! I would be getting similar weights and prices for my weanlings, but they would be slightly older and getting no meal. Generally born March and sold in December. Often wondered if I creep fed them would it push them into heavier weights and higher price. My biggest problem would be time moving creep feeder every few days.

Say my name

valtra2 wrote: »

I though I saw you out with shovel alright.

Was that you with a bale trailer?

Lady Haywire

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

Thanks! I would be getting similar weights and prices for my weanlings, but they would be slightly older and getting no meal. Generally born March and sold in December. Often wondered if I creep fed them would it push them into heavier weights and higher price. My biggest problem would be time moving creep feeder every few days.

We'd normally sell in December too but these got a virus about a week before we planned to sell so had to readjust our plans. Not our best quality either, was chasing grass all year! Hopefully better this year, have a lot more ch.

Say my name

Reggie. wrote: »

Unusual sight was it

I was only stopping to look at the tractors going the road.;)

The Real Elmer Fudd

Lady Haywire wrote: »

We'd normally sell in December too but these got a virus about a week before we planned to sell so had to readjust our plans. Not our best quality either, was chasing grass all year! Hopefully better this year, have a lot more ch.

I have mainly stuck with lims over the last few years as I don’t live on the farm and they tend to get up and getting going fairly quickly. Found the few ch I tried very sluggish and slow to get up and suck. Hope to try a lot more ch over next few years as I’m building on the farm at the min.

Lady Haywire

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

I have mainly stuck with lims over the last few years as I don’t live on the farm and they tend to get up and getting going fairly quickly. Found the few ch I tried very sluggish and slow to get up and suck. Hope to try a lot more ch over next few years as I’m building on the farm at the min.

Ah we don't have many issues with sluggishness as we put ch on the unreg limos. Problem is getting them out at times!!

Lady Haywire

ZXT heifer born on Saturday, big enough but she calved herself thankfully



And here's mammy! She's the one that pined away almost to nothing last winter so am proud of her now!

RobinBanks

Lady Haywire wrote: »

ZXT heifer

I think ZXT is gone now is he? I thought he was very easy calved but depends on what he's crossed on. That's a fine calf of yours

RobinBanks

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charolais0153

RobinBanks wrote: »

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Attach a photo like normal. Copy the link for that attachment. Paste it into the message and put after it

Lady Haywire

RobinBanks wrote: »

I think ZXT is gone now is he? I thought he was very easy calved but depends on what he's crossed on. That's a fine calf of yours

Dunno! Thought he was a young enough bull? First time I've used him anyway.

TITANIUM.

Does my ass look big in this?

furandfeather

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Does my ass look big in this?

Some calf, he out of your stock Bull?

TITANIUM.

furandfeather wrote: »

Some calf, he out of your stock Bull?

Nope we haven't kept a stock bull since we have the milkers. 100% AI now. She's outta fiston. Dam is a blue cow outta a Freasian. Kinda surprised how she's packing on the muscle for a heifer of 3months.

furandfeather

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Nope we haven't kept a stock bull since we have the milkers. 100% AI now. She's outta fiston. Dam is a blue cow outta a Freasian. Kinda surprised how she's packing on the muscle for a heifer of 3months.

Sorry I'm confusing you with someone else, thought you ran a blue bull.
Some muscle on her