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

patsy_mccabe

It's the breeding that fascinates me. Selective breeding over hundreds of years to produce the aggression. Kinda the opposite of what I'm trying to do with limousins .

Say my name

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

It's the breeding that fascinates me. Selective breeding over hundreds of years to produce the aggression. Kinda the opposite of what I'm trying to do with limousins .

They pick the wildest cows and breed from them for the ring.

Agressive dog breeding is frowned upon now. So just saying. ...It's complete friggin madness.

Sticking arrows in and then swords breaking and then lighting the arrows and horns on fire. :rolleyes:
Not good.

Base price

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

It's the breeding that fascinates me. Selective breeding over hundreds of years to produce the aggression. Kinda the opposite of what I'm trying to do with limousins .

Since you posted the original video back a few weeks ago I have been watching other videos from that farm in the Azores. The men that herd the bulls must be the quietest bunch of lads in the world. They hardly raise their voices especially when the bulls are in the "handling" areas of the yards. If that was in Ireland the lads would be roaring and shouting their heads off.

patsy_mccabe

Ya, I found it myself on Google Earth. Portuguese island way out in the Atlantic. YouTube can take you on a journey of its own some times. Ended up watching wildebeest crossing the Mara river last night. Don't ask......:D

Parishlad

The boss.....Bull.png

Lady Haywire

Parishlad wrote: »

The boss.....Bull.png

Christ, he's a powerhouse!!

Parishlad

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Christ, he's a powerhouse!!

And whats better.......he's as quiet as a lamb!

High bike

Parishlad wrote: »

The boss.....Bull.png

Fine animal what’s the breeding

Simmental.

My favorite of the year, a parthenaise (BZB) calf out of a BBx cow. Born mid March

Parishlad

High bike wrote: »

Fine animal what’s the breeding

His sire and dam were both bred locally. Sire is a bull called Pelletstown Excel with Graham’s Unbeatable and Graham’s Poncho in back breeding. There is Honeylodge Admiral and Ronick Hawk in the dams line.

charolais0153

Usufruit bull calf 6 months old

Lady Haywire

Usufruit, he a culard? My brain is telling me culard for some reason. Nice calf.

Introduced the cows to strip grazing. Not impressed

gozunda

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Usufruit, he a culard? My brain is telling me culard for some reason. Nice calf.

Introduced the cows to strip grazing. Not impressed

Had one old cow who could limbo dance and refused to cooperate

Lady Haywire

gozunda wrote: »

Had one old cow who could limbo dance and refused to cooperate

Oh they broke through this morning.....so I went & bought a new battery for the fencer. Have remained behind it since:D

charolais0153

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Usufruit, he a culard? My brain is telling me culard for some reason. Nice calf.

Introduced the cows to strip grazing. Not impressed

Ya hes a culard

patsy_mccabe

Amazing how they always find a safe cubby hole.
She's in at the back and to the right of the tree in the first pic. I was moving the cows and calves to another field today and no sign of the calf. Cow doubled back to check for her. Once she knew where she was, she joined the others. I had to leave the gate open.

serfspup

From the ballina herald september 1918
ballina herald sf.jpg

Track9

serfspup wrote: »

From the ballina herald september 1918
ballina herald sf.jpg

Wow , Superphosphate of Slag, Sulphate of Ammonia & Catch Crops .
From Sept 100 yrs ago & I thought this must be from the Journal 2018 .
( is there a saying " The more things change the more they stay the same )

Say my name

Track9 wrote: »

Wow , Superphosphate of Slag, Sulphate of Ammonia & Catch Crops .
From Sept 100 yrs ago & I thought this must be from the Journal 2018 .
( is there a saying " The more things change the more they stay the same )

What I got from that was they knew how to sow companion crops together and saw the benefits of it.
Rye and vetches.
Winter oats and vetches.

Que then 70 years of the chemical fertilizer revolution and all that knowledge is only just starting to be rediscovered again by "innovative" farmers.

Super phosphate then was probably the best natural fertilizer ever made available to man --- Guano.

serfspup

the slag would have had a lot of trace minerals and lime was filthy stuff,but with less artificial nitrogen plenty of fym and less compaction soil would be healthier.


the demise of catch crops and livestock on tillage land has been driven by cheap food at the cost of the environment.


Ironic that a fodder shortage was on the cards then because of light crops......maybe climate change?

Lady Haywire

I'll bash yer fookin' head in, I swear on me Mum

bogman_bass

PB Parthenaise heifer by ATA Sante due in a month.

The Real Elmer Fudd

Anyone ever come across this?

Came up over the last month. At first I thought It was an abscess. Got the vet to look at it and all they could say was they think it’s a cancerous growth. And it’ll either stop growing or it won’t. So far it’s continued to grow. 🙈

Typical as well, she’s a 17mth old 5 star heifer €142 on replacement index and she’s 2 months in calf.

Lady Haywire

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

Anyone ever come across this?

Came up over the last month. At first I thought It was an abscess. Got the vet to look at it and all they could say was they think it’s a cancerous growth. And it’ll either stop growing or it won’t. So far it’s continued to grow. 🙈

Typical as well, she’s a 17mth old 5 star heifer €142 on replacement index and she’s 2 months in calf.

Could it be this? Looks nasty though & the fact that it came up so quickly would be suspicious to me.

The Real Elmer Fudd

Could it be this? Looks nasty though & the fact that it came up so quickly would be suspicious to me.

I don’t think so. It Started growing out of her hock. It’s not coming from between her cluth. She was initially lame on it at the start but it’s not really bothering her at all now.

Lady Haywire

Looks sore alright. Was she sore with the vet poking it?

The Real Elmer Fudd

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Looks sore alright. Was she sore with the vet poking it?

Vet didn’t do any poking at it. She just took one look at it while the heifer was in the crush and said it’s a cancerous growth. If it stops growing she’ll be fine, if not off to the factory with her.

However I have poked at it and it doesn’t bother her. Feels like a hard mass of muscle or tissue. You can’t really see from that picture but it’s growing out from the base of her leg and down across her foot.

whelan2

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

Vet didn’t do any poking at it. She just took one look at it while the heifer was in the crush and said it’s a cancerous growth. If it stops growing she’ll be fine, if not off to the factory with her.

However I have poked at it and it doesn’t bother her. Feels like a hard mass of muscle or tissue. You can’t really see from that picture but it’s growing out from the base of her leg and down across her foot.

Would a cable tie or something really tight make it fall off.

Lady Haywire

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

Vet didn’t do any poking at it. She just took one look at it while the heifer was in the crush and said it’s a cancerous growth. If it stops growing she’ll be fine, if not off to the factory with her.

However I have poked at it and it doesn’t bother her. Feels like a hard mass of muscle or tissue. You can’t really see from that picture but it’s growing out from the base of her leg and down across her foot.

:pac: Handy call out for her!
I dunno, if I really liked the heifer I'd prob see if it could be removed under local anesthetic, then make a decision if it grows back or not.

The Real Elmer Fudd

Don’t think a cable tie would work.

My vet is a brave age and took a bit of a turn so he had another vet in covering. Was a bit disappointed in her efforts to be honest.

She told me if it didn’t stop growing it would be a UCD vet hospital job to have it removed or off to the factory.