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

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High bike wrote: »

Just wondering would this lady be a bit too muscley to breed off,could I run into problems calving?

Grand shape on her bud

tanko

High bike wrote: »

Just wondering would this lady be a bit too muscley to breed off,could I run into problems calving?

I think you’ve answered your own question there. Good chance of a side door job with the likes of her. that doesn’t seem to bother some tho.
An R grade like the cow at the back of the pic would be better imo.

Track9

Super job & the soil looks rich & good quality. Best of luck with it.

patsy_mccabe

Glad to have this one calved. She'd gone 298 days but still a handy heifer. Another Gamin (Zgm) .

tanko

Gamin is great for calving, never had any bother calving him even on well muscled cows.
Serious length to that cow, she’s hardly off On-Dit is she?

Mac Taylor

Serious bag of milk aswell...I’ve 2 to go will be glad when there done.

patsy_mccabe

tanko wrote: »

Gamin is great for calving, never had any bother calving him even on well muscled cows.
Serious length to that cow, she’s hardly off On-Dit is she?

No, she's by Ampertaine Foreman x Fieldson Alfy. She's fair big alright. Lovely and quiet though.

Anto_Meath

tanko wrote: »

If she was mine i'd put Curaheen Earp on her if going for a Sim.

Took your advice on this today Tanko. My AI man who is very good with advice said he is the best sim bull for cows.

tanko

Anto_Meath wrote: »

Took your advice on this today Tanko. My AI man who is very good with advice said he is the best sim bull for cows.

I like him anyway, breeds a nice type of heifer and very good bulls/bullocks. He’s well worth a try.

High bike

A 2 day old THZ bull,cant get any closer due to visiting restrictions by mammy

tellmeabit

High bike wrote: »

Just wondering would this lady be a bit too muscley to breed off,could I run into problems calving?

I've a couple showing good shape that I'm going to keep all things going well. Can try something handy on them. SP or BA 1st time round and see from there. Surely they can calf them handy ones

Anto_Meath

They were painting the bell tower on the church beside where I have some land, so when the hoist was up they took photos of the of the area. They got this nice one of some of my stock..

Reggie.

Anto_Meath wrote: »

They were painting the bell tower on the church beside where I have some land, so when the hoist was up they took photos of the of the area. They got this nice one of some of my stock..

Few nettles there lad :P

wrangler

Reggie. wrote: »

Few nettles there lad :P

Hedges nicely kept though

Anto_Meath

Reggie. wrote: »

Few nettles there lad :P

They are thistles grow like hell this year, but I topped them yesterday..

whelan2

Loads of thistles here too. Does topping only spread them? Thinking spraying them next week when cattle are finished in that field

Anto_Meath

I don't know, I know spraying them is the only way to get rid of them but the fields are full of lovely clover flowers at the minute so don't want to spray them.. I think if you top before the flower seeds on the thistle then it doesn't spread them. I hear if you top around now and again in September it is meant to check them but I don't know. I might do that field again in September and then I will know for next year hopefully.

Dozer1

lawn here is after been taken over with Clover last few weeks it is literally like a white bee palace the noise from so many of them them buzzing around is mad, will leave it a few weeks before I'll cut it as be a shame to loose them for the sake of a "pretty" lawn

kollegeknight

Dozer1 wrote: »

lawn here is after been taken over with Clover last few weeks it is literally like a white bee palace the noise from so many of them them buzzing around is mad, will leave it a few weeks before I'll cut it as be a shame to loose them for the sake of a "pretty" lawn

I’m the same. I leave the blades at the highest and it saves most of the flowers. The Aldi wild flower seeds I planted last year are still popping up. Great to see.

kollegeknight

14/15 months old- heading to Ennis today.

patsy_mccabe

kollegeknight wrote: »

14/15 months old- heading to Ennis today.

Very nice. best of luck with them.

893bet

What weights are they and what are you expecting?

Lovely cattle.

funkey_monkey

Good luck!

Do you find that the holly works?

kollegeknight

893bet wrote: »

What weights are they and what are you expecting?

Lovely cattle.

No clue what I was expecting because usually make feck all from cattle. This crew got some nuts and across the board it paid for them. I sold 3 bullocks in feb off the yard for €900 each for 2 and €800 for the last one. I had one April born lad that was pure weedy and never thrived after his mother died. He turned inside out on grass and went to mart today.

He was April born. A bullock weighed 390kg and made €1050 so was delighted.

3 of the 4 heifers matched but I split them in pairs.
Pair 1- averaged 378kg and sold for €970
Pair 2 - averaged 350kg and sold €1090

Delighted to be honest. First time I averaged a grand an animal on a day. The online has improved my prices no end.

My cattle are small and cheap to run. Those cattle didn’t see right good grass either.

kollegeknight

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Good luck!

Do you find that the holly works?

I dunno to be honest. It cleared up quick. I mineraled them and cleaned the place too. A BAX I bought brought it in. No signs now.

kollegeknight

The three I kept.
The bullock is LM off a spx heifer- figured he’d make nothing so I’m keeping him for the freezer.

The roan lady is off a SP cow- I want her for a replacement and the grey is a BA off a Fr cow I bought in to put on a heifer that lost a calf.

The BA has stars for scheme and I want to try the breed out with the lm bull as I’ve a good source locally.

Omallep2

whelan2 wrote: »

Loads of thistles here too. Does topping only spread them? Thinking spraying them next week when cattle are finished in that field

I had them bad. I fertilised a week before I sprayed with thistlex and that was 10 years ago. None back since. No woolly animals either though

Hard Knocks

kollegeknight wrote: »

The three I kept.
The bullock is LM off a spx heifer- figured he’d make nothing so I’m keeping him for the freezer.

The roan lady is off a SP cow- I want her for a replacement and the grey is a BA off a Fr cow I bought in to put on a heifer that lost a calf.

The BA has stars for scheme and I want to try the breed out with the lm bull as I’ve a good source locally.

The should make super cows, the LM calves should be nice

funkey_monkey

Just seen Gerry6420 bought a small batch of Stabilisers. Will be interesting to see how they work for him.

High bike

Its that time of year again