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

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    #722
    Mad4simmental
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    Farmer Pudsey wrote: »
    http://www.donedeal.ie/beefcattle-for-sale/out-wintered-weanling-bulls-for-sale/8371760

    This lad would not want to get an inspection

    Lol sum scutter. I remember all of ours out like that years ago an me standing on the diff-lock on the tractor to get to and from the ring feeder. I never want to see that hardship agin.

    I'd love to know how them boys would do over summer compared to comrades that are on slats over winter. I bet 30/50 kg more live KGs on them lads outside.


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    #723
    jimmy G M
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    Outwintering 17 of these girls in 2 batches rotating over circa 35 acres of rented ground this winter.

    They'll get aprox 1kg nuts and a bale of hay every day. Average cost of €681 @ average weight of 266kg in November/early Dec. Photo's taken in Nov.

    Probably sell as stores next Oct. Hoping to make a fortune. ;)


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    #724
    Muckit
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    Looks like great ground. They should thrive well!


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    #725
    Deepsouthwest
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    Milton09 wrote: »
    Pic inside shed today - 9 bales of hay left, we stacked about 30 in the feed passage during the summer, fierce handy feeding and no smell of silage in the house !!

    How did u find performance on hay only instead of silage?


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    #726
    Miname
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    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    Lol sum scutter. I remember all of ours out like that years ago an me standing on the diff-lock on the tractor to get to and from the ring feeder. I never want to see that hardship agin.

    I'd love to know how them boys would do over summer compared to comrades that are on slats over winter. I bet 30/50 kg more live KGs on them lads outside.
    I was caught for sheds a few years back and had animals in very similar circumstances and there wasnt a bother on them, they went way ahead of the ones that were housed and kept a great shine on themselves all the following year compared to the others. i was reseeding so wasnt overly fussed about the ground. i had the local environmental co. co. one driving past every day too. luckily no repercussions. with the autumn that was in it this lad may have taught he could hold theem out a bit longer and just got caught.


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    #727
    jimmy G M
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    Muckit wrote: »
    Looks like great ground. They should thrive well!

    It's heavy enough ground Muckit, grows a few rushes and there's aprox 7 acres of it very rushy and wet. Grand on a dry year but was a disaster in 2011 & 2012. Could definitely be improved if it was your own though. I have it on a 7 year lease, finishing up in April this year, so will have to see what happens over the next few months.


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    #728
    I said
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    Different year same silage


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    #729
    Milton09
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    Deepsouthwest wrote: »
    How did u find performance on hay only instead of silage?

    No noticable performance difference yet, cows will start calving at end of Jan so that might tell a different tale. Water supply is much more important on the hay though!!


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    #730
    Limestone Cowboy
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    Out wintered weanlings getting 4kg meal and no silage. Thriving really well I think!


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    #731
    dh1985
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Out wintered weanlings getting 4kg meal and no silage. Thriving really well I think!

    They look very well. Id say you get some blasts of wind coming across there.


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    #732
    Limestone Cowboy
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    dh1985 wrote: »
    They look very well. Id say you get some blasts of wind coming across there.

    Ya, it's fairly bleak here alright, only 2 miles from the Atlantic so it's to be expected I suppose!


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    #733
    tanko
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    Lovely stock LC, better out there than in any shed. The big red one with the horns is a serious animal, is it a heifer for breeding?


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    #734
    towzer2010
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Out wintered weanlings getting 4kg meal and no silage. Thriving really well I think!

    Nice bunch limestone. What sort of meal are you giving?


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    #735
    Bullocks
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Out wintered weanlings getting 4kg meal and no silage. Thriving really well I think!

    Thats a grand bunch of weanlings LC , how much will it cost to meal them over the winter ?


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    #736
    Limestone Cowboy
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    tanko wrote: »
    Lovely stock LC, better out there than in any shed. The big red one with the horns is a serious animal, is it a heifer for breeding?

    Ya she's a cracker. Going to bread her alright, she's out of a lim x sim springer. Miles ahead of the rest of the bunch.


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    #737
    Limestone Cowboy
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    Bullocks wrote: »
    Thats a grand bunch of weanlings LC , how much will it cost to meal them over the winter ?

    100/head give or take a few euro, hope to get them to grass early if the weather plays ball.


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    #738
    TITANIUM.
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Out wintered weanlings getting 4kg meal and no silage. Thriving really well I think!

    A grand bunch of weanlings there alright LC, 618 must have been buried in the rushes the day you were dehorning.


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    #739
    Mad4simmental
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    Very handy size blonde heifer calf but very lively and hardy. These heifers are teaching me a lesson this year, you think they are a day away from calveing and bang the bag is out ha.


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    #740
    Bullocks
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    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    Very handy size blonde heifer calf but very lively and hardy. These heifers are teaching me a lesson this year, you think they are a day away from calveing and bang the bag is out ha.

    Stylish looking calf . It's the opposite here , I see a few taking a week longer to calve after I thought they would go within a day or so


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    #741
    limo_100
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    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    Very handy size blonde heifer calf but very lively and hardy. These heifers are teaching me a lesson this year, you think they are a day away from calveing and bang the bag is out ha.

    thats a fairly decent looking calf what bull you use? did you put blonde on many heifers?


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    #742
    dh1985
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    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    Very handy size blonde heifer calf but very lively and hardy. These heifers are teaching me a lesson this year, you think they are a day away from calveing and bang the bag is out ha.

    Thats a nicely marked heifer and she seems to have a nice bit milk too especially, if you had her on the hay that I see there. Best of luck with her


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    #743
    Mad4simmental
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    Used our blonde stock bull on all the heifers and they'll get sim after that.

    Ya their getting hay to try keep the straw bed dry. The few that have calved are showing good signs for milk tank god. The next pen over there is a black sim that brought the same color. Thought that was strange thought it would be a black or dark calf for sure.


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    #744
    dh1985
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    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    Used our blonde stock bull on all the heifers and they'll get sim after that.

    Ya their getting hay to try keep the straw bed dry. The few that have calved are showing good signs for milk tank god. The next pen over there is a black sim that brought the same color. Thought that was strange thought it would be a black or dark calf for sure.

    I was speaking about the heifer/cow that calved. Shes a beaut. Yeah thats the problem I find with the black cattle, they do tend to bring a darker calf which dont be as good of seller as the browns or whites. I have no experience with blondes so maybe they come different than charolais from black cattle


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    #745
    tomieen jones
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    Kovu wrote: »
    Bluestone used on everything here. Any cut we see almost, easy to dilute in a spray bottle and use in the field. Use it on calves navels in place of iodine too.
    what strength you dilute to ? this would be a great alternative to iodine maybe ?


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    #746
    Kovu
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    tomieen jones wrote: »
    what strength you dilute to ? this would be a great alternative to iodine maybe ?

    Pm'd you back :)


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    #747
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Not farming but anyway. The new house in progress. The house is to the left. It's a 2 story and the bottom floor is in place. Not a bad old view we'll have :)
    7NiZzP.jpg


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    #748
    Bullocks
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    just do it wrote: »
    Not farming but anyway. The new house in progress. The house is to the left. It's a 2 story and the bottom floor is in place. Not a bad old view we'll have :)
    7NiZzP.jpg

    Lovely views JDI. You will be happy to be finished building by the time the new parlour and house are finished!


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    #749
    TITANIUM.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,313 ✭✭✭TITANIUM.


    just do it wrote: »
    Not farming but anyway. The new house in progress. The house is to the left. It's a 2 story and the bottom floor is in place. Not a bad old view we'll have :)
    7NiZzP.jpg

    Christ tis a lovely site. What neck of the woods is that in jdi?


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    #750
    Reggie.
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    just do it wrote: »
    Not farming but anyway. The new house in progress. The house is to the left. It's a 2 story and the bottom floor is in place. Not a bad old view we'll have :)
    7NiZzP.jpg

    Lovely spot JDI. Nice to see you got the shed up first...

    I like your style :D


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    #751
    just do it
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    Lovely spot JDI. Nice to see you got the shed up first...

    I like your style :D

    My hideout :)


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