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

Mooooo

High bike wrote: »

if you had to Jack a Kya calf u better keep the Jack at hand again😀

Yeah but with a bulk used so much even if 99% calving difficulty figure there is always the chance of the 1%

Lady Haywire

:)
Fresh outta the oven!

patsy_mccabe

Summer here at last. Ran the chain harrow over the small paddock near the shed. You had to drag your boots through this during the winter.

patsy_mccabe

Transplanted this whitethorn bush last march 12 months. All last year it was dead. This year it came back to life.

Say my name

Lady Haywire wrote: »

:)
Fresh outta the oven!

That's a nice stand of a chestnut foal.
Good model.

Lady Haywire

Say my name wrote: »

That's a nice stand of a chestnut foal.
Good model.

Lovely blaze on her as well, have had an eye on her myself but sure every chestnut mare i've ridden has daft tendencies :pac:

New Mammy wasn't too impressed with her wanting to play with the new foal too!:D

Reggie.

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Transplanted this whitethorn bush last march 12 months. All last year it was dead. This year it came back to life.

Seen that here with a few of them myself. Nearly pulled them outta the ground earlier in the year

Say my name

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Lovely blaze on her as well, have had an eye on her myself but sure every chestnut mare i've ridden has daft tendencies :pac:

Handle them when they're young. The earlier the better. Get them used to leading properly and feet picked with mammy. Then forget about them until they come back into the house in the winter and give them a comrade of their own age for the winter.

Now saying all that a bad finicky temperament is heredity too.

You can always mostly tell how a foal between 3 - 6 weeks will turn out when it's finished growing. Outside of that and they're ugly ducklings.

funkey_monkey

Does anyone on here have any experience with Stabiliser cattle?

bogman_bass

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Does anyone on here have any experience with Stabiliser cattle?

Only experience I have is a neighbour got a stockbull and he was harder calved than expected

grassroot1

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Does anyone on here have any experience with Stabiliser cattle?

Yes we have bred to stabiliser since 2011 if you want to visit pm me you are more than welcome.

Pidae.m

grassroot1 wrote: »

Yes we have bred to stabiliser since 2011 if you want to visit pm me you are more than welcome.

Can I come too!!! My claim to fame is I met Edward rook once

johnnyw20

Reared calves for the first time last year starting out with 6 of them. Fairly proud of this lad, weighing 420kg. He’s 13 and half months. Banded him last week

funkey_monkey

grassroot1 wrote: »

Yes we have bred to stabiliser since 2011 if you want to visit pm me you are more than welcome.

Thanks - just looking for some general feedback on the breed. When do you calf them? Do you feed them all meal (inc cows) or just those you are finishing? How many interventions do you perform during calving? Are they all docile or are there some flighty ones in the breed? Do you cross them?

TITANIUM.

johnnyw20 wrote: »

Reared calves for the first time last year starting out with 6 of them. Fairly proud of this lad, weighing 420kg. He’s 13 and half months. Banded him last week

And we'll you can be proud. And a tasty job done on that she'd in the background as well.

johnnyw20

TITANIUM. wrote: »

And we'll you can be proud. And a tasty job done on that she'd in the background as well.

Thanks. Shed had trees growing out of it so it’s nice to have it restored now on land we bought 3 years ago

Muckit

johnnyw20 wrote: »

Reared calves for the first time last year starting out with 6 of them. Fairly proud of this lad, weighing 420kg. He’s 13 and half months. Banded him last week

Impressive animal. But I'm equally impressed with the restoration of that shed. Fair play. Would have been very easy to pull it down. But that looks well.

CloughCasey1

johnnyw20 wrote: »

Thanks. Shed had trees growing out of it so it’s nice to have it restored now on land we bought 3 years ago

How ya find the banding on the stronger cattle?

johnnyw20

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

How ya find the banding on the stronger cattle?

First time I ever had it done. I think it’s a right job. No set back to the cattle and they have thrived along great since they were done 10 days ago. It’s quicker than squeezing too

golodge

Some heifers for AI this summer. Will use Blonde, Piedmontese and for one AngusxSalers.




And one of the elder heifers. She has injured her right back leg after weaning and we had doubts about keeping her. Luckily she's doing fine now. She's incalf to Angus, due in November. Would have been very sad to cull her.

furandfeather

Top quality as usual. I love seeing your cattle. That last heifer is a beaut

Lady Haywire

Superb golodge, really like seeing photos from you. Like that first animal in particular.

Got this pic for L1985 in particular, worried about her teen cow. This girl here on the right was a well fed blue who calved to a ch bull at 16 months. That red calf is now her 4th and not had to have a hand to help calve any year so far.
The girl on the left is the first calf in question, now a second calver herself! Or is it third, I get confused with them.

Jeez, just looking at that pic now, must take a look at her head, she wasn't dehorned as a calf and might need to get those chopped off.

Say my name

Not sure where to post?

But I think I missed a trick if these guys are getting funding.

https://youtu.be/G1WZloWgpAw

60t of basalt here going out next week.

golodge

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Superb golodge, really like seeing photos from you. Like that first animal in particular.

Thanks. The first heifer is 75%Limo, 12.5%Char. Will use an easy calving Blonde on her. Her dam should have bbx calf next year, hopefully a heifer.

golodge

We had two teen cows too. Both calved at 15 months age. Both were really small at calving, maybe 400kgs.
One was mainly Angus, with some Limo and blue. Got incalf by our AngusxCharx bull. Had a 30kg heifer very easily. Sold the cow after her 4th calf, weighed almost 600kgs taken straight from the calf. Her calf weaned at 303kgs at 6months age. Was a really good cow, never had to assist calving (usually her calves were around 50kgs at birth) and despite her tiny udder, calves were growing like weeds. Have both her heifers in the herd and they are very good cows too.
Another was Limo, Char, Angus cross mainly. Got incalf by pbr Limousine. Had to assist her calving abit, but it needed just one person and ropes. She is still in the herd, 4th calver, had almost 50kgs bull calf unassisted this year, just like her previous two calves. Have her first daughter in the herd, waiting for her second calf. Great udders and calving abilities.

Pidae.m

Pain the hole of a year

TITANIUM.

Pidae.m wrote: »

Pain the hole of a year

True that. That looks like some ground around there. Is that around the Macroom coachford area?

Limestone Cowboy

Pidae.m wrote: »

Pain the hole of a year

Are they full bulls?

High bike

298 days and still waiting

Lady Haywire

High bike wrote: »

298 days and still waiting

Powerful cow. There's a funny lip on her!