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

golodge

My favorite heifer this year. Limox out of 12 years old BBxdairy cow. 3.5months old. Had plans about culling the cow this year, but have changed our mind for now. Will give her a couple more years. Trying to reduce number of half dairy cows in the herd.

Never wrestle with pigs

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Month old Glorieux (XGL) heifer calf. Never had one here before. His stars not great, but good muscle and docility.

Nice outfit. If you sold as a team in a good sucklers sale and got 1500, I know it wouldn't make you up but would you be nearly getting the same price all things considered and no wintering of her at all?

golodge

We've been using herd bulls for quite a while now. With the herd growing decided that it would be good to use AI again, for some fresh blood. The first AI calves hit the ground this weekend. One heifer, 272days gestation and one bull calf, 276days gestation, out of Limox heifers, sired by two Red Angus bulls. Good to have shorter gestations and small calves. Our calves from Limo bull most of the time were 40-45+, and 290+gestation.



Will have two more heifers calving with Red Angus this fall, two heifers with Limousine and two Charx cows with BB calves. It should be fun.

golodge

Sorry for many posts. Just didn't expected to get calves this early.
So the first BBx calf was born today. Unassisted, out of Charolaisxdairy cow, 274days gestation, should be ~45kgs. And, of course, it's a bull...

The sire:
http://www.netbbg.com/netbbg.site/index.php/bull/sorcier/

Hard Knocks

golodge wrote: »

Sorry for many posts. Just didn't expected to get calves this early.
So the first BBx calf was born today. Unassisted, out of Charolaisxdairy cow, 274days gestation, should be ~45kgs. And, of course, it's a bull...

The sire:
http://www.netbbg.com/netbbg.site/index.php/bull/sorcier/

If it was a heifer would you keep her for breeding?
Would she not be too muscly?

golodge

Hard Knocks wrote: »

If it was a heifer would you keep her for breeding?
Would she not be too muscly?

Yes, that was the idea from the start. We AI'd with BB those cows, which are big, has great calving ability, that we could leave their heifer. I really like bbx cows and their daughters, but now have only one left, so needs to bring some new ones. I'm pretty sure that he heifer from this cow wouldn't be that extreme as the cow is pretty plain looking and more of a dairy type.

bogman_bass

Ayh out of a Limo cow. Hard to beat the Parthenaise for a bit of shape.

Say my name

The sugars are quare high in this year's silage...

Lady Haywire

Ped Feb KZH bull.



'Tiny' Feb Crossmolina Jupiter bull with the repaired stifle joint. (Plus Alwent Hitman cow, not his dam, hate her, bould cnut)



4 month old culard :pac: TBH I've done nothing with him ropewise, maybe I'm just doubting myself but he's very fine in the bone & his back legs are quite straight. Opinions? Be a bad calf at a fatstock sale or a great calf at an average weanling sale?

Never wrestle with pigs

That kzh is a super animal. Savage length to him. He pb?

Lady Haywire

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

That kzh is a super animal. Savage length to him. He pb?

Yea, pb fella. He's nice to look at but I really like his temperament. He's quiet & curious but respectful iykwim.

Never wrestle with pigs

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Yea, pb fella. He's nice to look at but I really like his temperament. He's quiet & curious but respectful iykwim.

How do you get on selling bulls with lower stars? I've a few smashing heifers low on the stars. Dosnt bother me but I'm in the predicament of using the best bulls to match the Heifers for a nice animal or use a limited number of bulls with very high stars and reliability. I'd rather breed for the animal iykwim. Is everyone fixated on replacement bulls or is their customers out there for good terminal bulls with easy calving?

Lady Haywire

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

How do you get on selling bulls with lower stars? I've a few smashing heifers low on the stars. Dosnt bother me but I'm in the predicament of using the best bulls to match the Heifers for a nice animal or use a limited number of bulls with very high stars and reliability. I'd rather breed for the animal iykwim. Is everyone fixated on replacement bulls or is their customers out there for good terminal bulls with easy calving?

We only have a few pb cattle here, so usually only a few registered a year. Have 2 bulls & one heifer this year & tbh I'd be embarrassed to show the other bull :pac: Heifer can be seen earlier in the thread though, zxt calf.

I'd be hoping everyone would breed for the animal too but it doesn't always work out that way. I looked at loads of bulls, high & low stars, selected kzh again as the last bull was nice off him & again.....fcuking again, was dealt a low blow with stars. Can't say I know much with terminal buls.

charolais0153

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Ped Feb KZH bull.



'Tiny' Feb Crossmolina Jupiter bull with the repaired stifle joint. (Plus Alwent Hitman cow, not his dam, hate her, bould cnut)



4 month old culard :pac: TBH I've done nothing with him ropewise, maybe I'm just doubting myself but he's very fine in the bone & his back legs are quite straight. Opinions? Be a bad calf at a fatstock sale or a great calf at an average weanling sale?

Savage cattle. Ecolo calf probably too straight for showing as u said.white calf is quite plain in all honesty ....jupiter wont be used again here...pics of 2 calfs below

Lady Haywire

charolais0153 wrote: »

Savage cattle. Ecolo calf probably too straight for showing as u said.white calf is quite plain in all honesty ....jupiter wont be used again here...pics of 2 calfs below

Yea, same here with Jupiter, plain but will be great stores! Won't use him again but keeping a heifer of his off a milky cow.

rushvalley

rushvalley wrote: »

Mbp heifer from last year

Full sister born this year hopefully she turns out as good

golodge

A newborn bbx heifer out of 3/4Char cow. It's nice when everything goes well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWBbH4yS8Ic

Hard Knocks

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Ped Feb KZH bull.



'Tiny' Feb Crossmolina Jupiter bull with the repaired stifle joint. (Plus Alwent Hitman cow, not his dam, hate her, bould cnut)



4 month old culard :pac: TBH I've done nothing with him ropewise, maybe I'm just doubting myself but he's very fine in the bone & his back legs are quite straight. Opinions? Be a bad calf at a fatstock sale or a great calf at an average weanling sale?

Will you try the culard next Saturday?

Lady Haywire

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Will you try the culard next Saturday?

What's on Saturday? I can't plan anything with him until after the herd test next week. Though as he's only 4 months there's not much i can do with him really :pac:

Hard Knocks

Lady Haywire wrote: »

What's on Saturday? I can't plan anything with him until after the herd test next week. Though as he's only 4 months there's not much i can do with him really :pac:

Isn’t the show & sale on

Lady Haywire

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Isn’t the show & sale on

In carrigallen? He's too young! Think you have to sell in order to get the prize as well though could be wrong there.

patsy_mccabe

Purebred Lim heifer from cow I bought in local mart for €1500. By my own bull. Her stars are poor but she has a nice shape to her. Growth too.

Never wrestle with pigs

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Purebred Lim heifer from cow I bought in local mart for €1500. By my own bull. Her stars are poor but she has a nice shape to her. Growth too.

She's nice, real cow maker, not to extreme.

Mac Taylor

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Purebred Lim heifer from cow I bought in local mart for €1500. By my own bull. Her stars are poor but she has a nice shape to her. Growth too.[/

Is that the same cow from which you sold the bull? She is doing well for you if it is?

High bike

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Purebred Lim heifer from cow I bought in local mart for €1500. By my own bull. Her stars are poor but she has a nice shape to her. Growth too.

niice heifer patsy what age is she...?

patsy_mccabe

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

She's nice, real cow maker, not to extreme.

Ya, she's got great width at the hips. She should make a good working cow alright.

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Is that the same cow from which you sold the bull? She is doing well for you if it is?

Ya, that's her. She's been lucky alright.

High bike wrote: »

niice heifer patsy what age is she...?

Mid february. Cow has plenty of milk.

adne

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Purebred Lim heifer from cow I bought in local mart for €1500. By my own bull. Her stars are poor but she has a nice shape to her. Growth too.

Nice animal Patsy. Seems to have decent length and not too muscly

furandfeather

Few curaheen dickens calves, he puts a good stamp on his calves,I like that in a bull

Pidae.m

furandfeather wrote: »

Few curaheen dickens calves, he puts a good stamp on his calves,I like that in a bull

That last heifer in Australia is sensational

High bike

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