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

tanko

Rushy Fields wrote: »

Three Boyo's ready for the Mart this evening in Roscommon...... Not sure if i should hold them another while or let them off. Two CWI (White ones) and one EBY (Red). Mid March (white guessing 400kg) late April (Red guessing 370kg) and Early May (other white 360kg). Anyone know what the trade is like at the moment?

Lovely stock, the white ones are hardly off CWI (Castleview Casino) tho.

furandfeather

sonnybill wrote: »

First one of the year .. White LZF bull from Ch X BA 2nd calver unassisted

Very nice. If you did have to assist what would be the plan up there?

Muckit

Rushy Fields wrote: »

Sold last night. A bit dissapointed with the LM. He had a bit of style i thought. Buyers were mad for good Charlois.
Big char was 435kg....€1145
Other char was 330kg..€935...
Lm. ..360kg. ...€820

Well done. You had lovely stock out.

Rushy Fields

tanko wrote: »

Lovely stock, the white ones are hardly off CWI (Castleview Casino) tho.

I'm afraid so.... couldn't believe they came that colour.... Have the AI Dockets.
Mad. Unless technician made a boo boo. I'm in the genomics and was putting CWI in most of my stock last year with a few EBY and SI2469. Have a serious CWI heifer out of a 96%CH cow. shes a cracker, but i have to keep her as i need her for replacement.

patsy_mccabe

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Ah he'll get a nice bed for the next few nights alright, can't be wasting it with the price!!

Is he entered in Carrick On Shannon on Saturday? I see the catalogue up on the Limousin website.

Lady Haywire

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Is he entered in Carrick On Shannon on Saturday? I see the catalogue up on the Limousin website.

Yep that sale. Had someone looking at him in the yard today though....they left it late enough!

valtra2

Rushy Fields wrote: »

I'm afraid so.... couldn't believe they came that colour.... Have the AI Dockets.
Mad. Unless technician made a boo boo. I'm in the genomics and was putting CWI in most of my stock last year with a few EBY and SI2469. Have a serious CWI heifer out of a 96%CH cow. shes a cracker, but i have to keep her as i need her for replacement.

What was si2469 like have a few of him this year.

Say my name

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Yep that sale. Had someone looking at him in the yard today though....they left it late enough!

Not sure what it's like for bulls but in goresbridge horse sales if you entered a horse in the sale and it was on the catalogue and you sold it before the sale at home privately and Donahue's (the auctioneers) found out about it you could be banned for life from ever selling a horse in the sales again.

Lady Haywire

Say my name wrote: »

Not sure what it's like for bulls but in goresbridge horse sales if you entered a horse in the sale and it was on the catalogue and you sold it before the sale at home privately and Donahue's (the auctioneers) found out about it you could be banned for life from ever selling a horse in the sales again.

Nope, not here, you forfeit the entry fee of €35 though. He's dad's animal so up to him in the end but I'd like to see how he looks up against others his own age & breeding (there's an On-Dit bull of a similar age in particular I want to see) and how he'd fare in the show part.

Hard Knocks

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Nope, not here, you forfeit the entry fee of €35 though. He's dad's animal so up to him in the end but I'd like to see how he looks up against others his own age & breeding (there's an On-Dit bull of a similar age in particular I want to see) and how he'd fare in the show part.

Good luck in the show, hope the roads are better that for the pre Christmas sale

Lady Haywire

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Good luck in the show, hope the roads are better that for the pre Christmas sale

Thanks! I'll just be happy if he doesn't bulldoze me through a row of bulls arses on the way to tie him up

Buford T. Justice XIX

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Thanks! I'll just be happy if he doesn't bulldoze me through a row of bulls arses on the way to tie him up

My last experience of halter training an animal involved a 2yo Limousin heifer walking me, pushed into and along a barbed wire fence so every stitch of clothes I had was shredded on the way down.

She was grand on the way back though:rolleyes:

Hard Knocks

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

My last experience of halter training an animal involved a 2yo Limousin heifer walking me, pushed into and along a barbed wire fence so every stitch of clothes I had was shredded on the way down.

She was grand on the way back though:rolleyes:

Did you use the nose leader? Would it help for controlling the heifer

Buford T. Justice XIX

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Did you use the nose leader? Would it help for controlling the heifer

No nose leader, she was just a stubborn wagon. And the boss man walked her during the show she was sold at so I never had to look at her again:mad:

patsy_mccabe

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Thanks! I'll just be happy if he doesn't bulldoze me through a row of bulls arses on the way to tie him up

Take him in a circle if he acts up. That's the only advice I can give, from my limited experience.

Lady Haywire

Oh I know, ain't my first rodeo but he's the strongest I've ever had to lead and didn't manage to bring him to a mart to tie him up and get him used to the sounds. He'll prob be fine though as the saying goes......never work with children or animals

I used to find that the tongs/pincers for the nose could drive some heifers nuts and they walked far better without it. Maybe it was just our weirdo cattle though.

Base price

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Oh I know, ain't my first rodeo but he's the strongest I've ever had to lead and didn't manage to bring him to a mart to tie him up and get him used to the sounds. He'll prob be fine though as the saying goes......never work with children or animals

I used to find that the tongs/pincers for the nose could drive some heifers nuts and they walked far better without it. Maybe it was just our weirdo cattle though.

When I was training show animals I used to leave the clip on snaffle hanging loose from their nose when they were tied up. Start with 5 minutes and build up over a few days - it acclimatises the sensitivity in their nose.
Best of luck in the sale, I hope he behaves himself.

sonnybill

furandfeather wrote: »

Very nice. If you did have to assist what would be the plan up there?

I can handle them, they all my own breeding and quiet.. Have taken calves out there before with calving Jack .. When pressure comes on her she will lie down .. If they play up I can run them down to crush (not easy alright, turn the lot of them down, impossible to take 1 on her own)

Rushy Fields

valtra2 wrote: »

What was si2469 like have a few of him this year.

They are nice stock. Not used of having SI cattle around here. Usually CH or LM. smaller but grand. but took a chance and put SI2469 into two CH Cows and ended up having two sets of twins..... could you believe it!!! male and female in first and two female in the other. Will keep the two female twins and see how the develop. The other two are better looking twins but they will get the road in Late March or April.

Never wrestle with pigs

Love this time of the year.

Who2

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Love this time of the year.

If I had a pen of sims like that I’d guarantee they’d be all bulls.

Never wrestle with pigs

Who2 wrote: »

If I had a pen of sims like that I’d guarantee they’d be all bulls.

Ha I got a good few bulls two years ago, got a good run of heifers last year and I don't want to jinx myself yet, but I'm fairing out ok this year. Got some heifers off cows I really wanted heifers off to keep.

CHOPS01

Hopefully he'll grade ok on the fat score !

tanko

Ad-lib feeding!!!

Reggie.

tanko wrote: »

Ad-lib feeding!!!

How long will that last him?

tanko

Ah 600kgs would have done him a few lifetimes i suppose, i lifted him out and he ran away but he was back in the following night. Brought him down the fields then, havent seen him since.

Reggie.

tanko wrote: »

Ah 600kgs would have done him a few lifetimes i suppose, i lifted him out and he ran away but he was back in the following night. Brought him down the fields then, havent seen him since.

Bet he's raging:D

High bike

Zag heifer out of a sim x cow,first of the year

Lady Haywire

I use the tonne bags to haul straw from the hayshed to the slatted shed. Fresh load this morning and I did the two calf beds in their pallet huts.
But nooooooo, that's not good enough for Nelly. Oh no. :pac::D

patsy_mccabe