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

Parishlad

Had a fair pull with this lad this evening! In fairness to him though, he was up and sucking by himself within the hour.

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Parishlad

And that’s it for 2019. Last cow calved earlier tonight. She calved a small little heifer outside but I decided to bring them in with the way the weather is. After I got them in I was pottering about and noticed the cow pushing again. To cut a long story short I decided to handle her before I left and sure enough there was a second but the right leg was tucked down so she was never gonna get him out. Got the leg up and was able to pull him out with no trouble. Grand little bull calf. Took a while for him to stand but eventually got him up and sucking. Good end to calving 2019 ! ��211FDCA5-9853-4EC3-9A27-F6F2251843C5.jpeg

Hard Knocks

Parishlad wrote: »

And that’s it for 2019. Last cow calved earlier tonight. She calved a small little heifer outside but I decided to bring them in with the way the weather is. After I got them in I was pottering about and noticed the cow pushing again. To cut a long story short I decided to handle her before I left and sure enough there was a second but the right leg was tucked down so she was never gonna get him out. Got the leg up and was able to pull him out with new trouble. Grand little bull calf. Took a while for him to stand but eventually got him up and sucking. Good end to calving 2019 ! 😀211FDCA5-9853-4EC3-9A27-F6F2251843C5.jpeg

Good few twins around here too this year
All mixed sadly

Parishlad

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Good few twins around here too this year
All mixed sadly

I had another set a couple of weeks ago too but unfortunately both were born dead. They weren't presented correctly so the cow showed no signs of calving until it was too late. I was gutted tbh but that's the joys of it I suppose!

Lady Haywire

Parishlad wrote: »

I had another set a couple of weeks ago too but unfortunately both were born dead. They weren't presented correctly so the cow showed no signs of calving until it was too late. I was gutted tbh but that's the joys of it I suppose!

Don't beat yourself up about it. We'd have lost 2 sets this year only for we have a small herd & know the cows so well so knew they were sick to calve.
Shocking amount of them this year!

golodge

We'd no twins this year, yet. Usually have at least one set. Was pretty sure that one cow will have twins, as she was very big and had two sets from three calvings, but she only had a fair size bull calf this time.

Say my name

That's another bit of fencing done by Smn enterprise's. 400 metres done.

Almost nationwide.

Dinzee Conlee

Say my name wrote: »

That's another bit of fencing done by Smn enterprise's. 400 metres done.

Almost nationwide.

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You don’t have sheep do you Say? Why use sheep wire - it’s expensive enough stuff...

Grueller

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

You don’t have sheep do you Say? Why use sheep wire - it’s expensive enough stuff...

Maybe the neighbours do

ganmo

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

You don’t have sheep do you Say? Why use sheep wire - it’s expensive enough stuff...

Maybe he's thinking of upgrading to become a shepard

Say my name

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

You don’t have sheep do you Say? Why use sheep wire - it’s expensive enough stuff...

The neighbours have sheep. Plus it keeps out or in other animals.
Piece of mind. And making the boundaries trouble and maintenance free.
I won't have to worry about a power cut or price increase of grazon or round up now.

Base price

Say my name wrote: »

The neighbours have sheep. Plus it keeps out or in other animals.
Piece of mind. And making the boundaries trouble and maintenance free.
I won't have to worry about a power cut or price increase of grazon or round up now.

IMO using sheep wire doesn't make the boundaries trouble and maintenance free, in fact it has the opposite effect - every briar, thistle, dock etc will do their upmost to pull it down as well as cattle/calves shoving their noses under it to reach the really tasty bits on the ditch. Unless you run a couple of strands of electric fence (standing off the sheep wire fence) then your going to end up with the posts broken and the sheep wire rolled up into a tangled knot.

Say my name

Base price wrote: »

IMO using sheep wire doesn't make the boundaries trouble and maintenance free, in fact it has the opposite effect - every briar, thistle, dock etc will do their upmost to pull it down as well as cattle/calves shoving their noses under it to reach the really tasty bits on the ditch. Unless you run a couple of strands of electric fence standing off the sheep wire fence then your going to end up with the posts broken and the sheep wire rolled up into a untangled knot.

You won't stretch this wire anymore or break any of these posts. I can guarantee you.
I've a similar fence up the last three years and it's perfect.
Then again I've dairy stock and not elephants. :pac:

Albert Johnson

Say my name wrote: »

Base price wrote: »

IMO using sheep wire doesn't make the boundaries trouble and maintenance free, in fact it has the opposite effect - every briar, thistle, dock etc will do their upmost to pull it down as well as cattle/calves shoving their noses under it to reach the really tasty bits on the ditch. Unless you run a couple of strands of electric fence standing off the sheep wire fence then your going to end up with the posts broken and the sheep wire rolled up into a untangled knot.

You won't stretch this wire anymore or break any of these posts. I can guarantee you.
I've a similar fence up the last three years and it's perfect.
Then again I've dairy stock and not elephants. :pac:

I'm a bit OCD when it comes to fencing of any type and like to see it well done be it a temporary or permanent fence. Sheep wire needs to be adequately strained from the beginning and this is where lads often make the first mistake imo. Secondly I find that placing a strand of barbed wire alongside the top of the sheep wire and alongside the second horizontal row from the ground greatly strengthens the sheep wire. If a bit of tying wire is used to join the barbed and sheep wire together the end result is a sturdy barrier that will withstand plenty of abuse.

Base price

Say my name wrote: »

You won't stretch this wire anymore or break any of these posts. I can guarantee you.
I've a similar fence up the last three years and it's perfect.
Then again I've dairy stockand not elephants. :pac:

What do you mean. I rear/feed dairy stock and although your fence looks pretty it wouldn't last a grazing season on my farm.

Say my name

Base price wrote: »

What do you mean. I rear/feed dairy stock and although your fence looks pretty it wouldn't last a grazing season on my farm.

This is how you tighten sheep wire Base.

charolais0153

Don’t think you are meant to put the staples in that far, should be room for the wire to move iykwim

Say my name

charolais0153 wrote: »

Don’t think you are meant to put the staples in that far, should be room for the wire to move iykwim

Nooo. By having each staple buried in every post.
Even in the unfortunate event that a section gets stretched after. All the other sections between posts stay taught.

Stretch the bollocks off it putting it up and then drive em home!

Base price

Say my name wrote: »

Ahh, stop the lights.
So you have just discovered an innovative method for straining sheep wire :eek:

I helped my late Uncle fence the farm in the 90's using a simular system and at the end of the day a calf could push their nose under the fence.
** If you have cows/cattle then you need to have one or two strands of live wire offset from sheep fence.

Say my name

Base price wrote: »

Ahh, stop the lights.
So you have just discovered an innovative method for straining sheep wire :eek:

I helped my late Uncle fence the farm in the 90's using a simular system and at the end of the day a calf could push their nose under the fence.

Did you use a chain puller to tighten the wire?

(I'm starting to see why Reggie got fed up posting on here.)

gozunda

Base price wrote: »

IMO using sheep wire doesn't make the boundaries trouble and maintenance free, in fact it has the opposite effect - every briar, thistle, dock etc will do their upmost to pull it down as well as cattle/calves shoving their noses under it to reach the really tasty bits on the ditch. Unless you run a couple of strands of electric fence (standing off the sheep wire fence) then your going to end up with the posts broken and the sheep wire rolled up into a tangled knot.

This: neigbour put up sheep wire about 6 years ago. No electric on his side. Stock breaking through on bank and destroying planted trees and bushes at every opportunity.

charolais0153

Say my name wrote: »

Nooo. By having each staple buried in every post.
Even in the unfortunate event that a section gets stretched after. All the other sections between posts stay taught.

Stretch the bollocks off it putting it up and then drive em home!

If it gets stretched , take out the end staples stretch it again and put them back in? Nice fully taunt fence again,

Say my name

Oh great. More experts.

That's me finished posting pictures.
Sitting on the other side of the fence and criticising every one else's pictures is going to be more fun.

Seriously though why the phuck did any of ye think I posted up the pictures of the fencing and then the pullers?

I posted the fencing because I was proud of a job well done. And the pullers so that other posters may benefit from it, if they hadn't used it before.
Jaysus..

Edit: that's not directed at you charolais btw. That's helpful constructive criticism.

Limestone Cowboy

Say my name wrote: »

Oh great. More experts.

That's me finished posting pictures.
Sitting on the other side of the fence and criticising every one else's pictures is going to be more fun.

Seriously though why the phuck did any of ye think I posted up the pictures of the fencing and then the pullers?

I posted the fencing because I was proud of a job well done. And the pullers so that other posters may benefit from it, if they hadn't used it before.
Jaysus..

Edit: that's not directed at you charolais btw. That's helpful constructive criticism.

Looks a fine job to me.

Say my name

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Looks a fine job to me.

Ah it is.

I must post up a picture tomorrow of the grass growth where the cows were fed with round feeders during the drought last year.

Dinzee Conlee

Looks a fine job to me too Say... looks a good strain on it, and good posts too...
You could get sheep now too anytime you wanted to, if you wanted to endear yourself further to the neighbours

Albert - Putting barbed wire ‘over’ the sheep wire at the bottom as you describe seems a bit mad to me.

Been a long while since we had cattle, but our bounds would have always been fenced similar to Say (well, only prob done worse, not much emphasis on straining wire)
But we never had any major issues with cattle breaking out. Maybe two strands of barbed on top of we wanted to push the boat out

Say my name

Lovely job fencing from Lorna Sixsmith here on Twitter. Two strands barb.

https://twitter.com/LornaESixsmith/status/1135096380169568256?s=20

Base price

Say my name wrote: »

Oh great. More experts.

That's me finished posting pictures.
Sitting on the other side of the fence and criticising every one else's pictures is going to be more fun.

Seriously though why the phuck did any of ye think I posted up the pictures of the fencing and then the pullers?

I posted the fencing because I was proud of a job well done. And the pullers so that other posters may benefit from it, if they hadn't used it before.
Jaysus..

Edit: that's not directed at you charolais btw. That's helpful constructive criticism.

It is a fine job but all I suggested is that offset an electric fence wire or two to stop cattle pushing under it.

Never wrestle with pigs

Are those the imported posts smn ? Looks a good job.

Say my name

Base price wrote: »

It is a fine job but all I suggested is that offset an electric fence wire or two to stop cattle pushing under it.

As I posted earlier I've the same job up 3 years already elsewhere on the farm with none of the issues you post of.
I know you mean well but I don't think you really quite grasp how tight the wire on the fencing is.
I had a tractor drive into a section of that previous job with contractors wrapping and he never made a dent in the wire.