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

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Dozer1 wrote: »

First piedmontese calf born here, shaping up well now

one word of advice reg him as a bb, worth a lot more money with that on card . you cant beat a blue mammy......

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

Only saw that now. Whats the plan for them?

Sold off as forward stores later in the year

Miname

Miname wrote: »

Sea view Tommy calf with a more sociable mammy.

Sorry checked the ai dockets and she's actually a vio calf.

Limestone Cowboy

Sold 2 heifers to a neighbor at home. 4&5 star maternal, 15 months €1250. The one on the left in the first pic and the one with her side facing the camera in the second one.

Mac Taylor

Nice stock LC and not a bad price either.

Limestone Cowboy

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Nice stock LC and not a bad price either.

They are 2 good long square heifers for breeding. You'd nearly want the most of it but it's another job to try and get it.

TITANIUM.

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Sold 2 heifers to a neighbor at home. 4&5 star maternal, 15 months 1250. The one on the left in the first pic and the one with her side facing the camera in the second one.

There quality heifers, worth every penny and Abit with it I'd say. The new owner should do well outta them. Great length to them and they've abit of growing to do yet. They'll make serious cows.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Hi Everyone, I haven't posted photos in a good while so here it goes

Attempt number four at embedding pictures!

Simx Heifer in the middle of April


Now in July


HCAx Heifer


Stock bull Heifer


HCAx Heifer


HCAx Bull


Cow getting robbed :pac:


Bull by Stock bull


Heifer by stock bull


Bull by stock bull


Strip Grazing (pity they don't clean it as good in wet weather)



First cut in May, quantity back on normal years but hopefully quality is there



Phew it works!!

Kovu

Well done

Nice stock, I like that hairy heifer by the stock bull.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Kovu wrote: »

Well done

Nice stock, I like that hairy heifer by the stock bull.

Thanks, she is shaping up to be a nice animal alright. Only downside is that she is a 2 star. (passed on from her mother) Can't understand that really when her mother returns nice u grade bulls and r grade heifers.

She might be lucky yet as I have enough animals to cover me for the data scheme so she might sneak in yet

dh1985

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

Thanks, she is shaping up to be a nice animal alright. Only downside is that she is a 2 star. (passed on from her mother) Can't understand that really when her mother returns nice u grade bulls and r grade heifers.

She might be lucky yet as I have enough animals to cover me for the data scheme so she might sneak in yet

Lovely animals zetor. What kind of ages are they. Surprised at the quality and power of the HCA calves. Has some heifers off him last year and I was not impressed. Your own stock bulls calves are as good though.

Kovu

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

Thanks, she is shaping up to be a nice animal alright. Only downside is that she is a 2 star. (passed on from her mother) Can't understand that really when her mother returns nice u grade bulls and r grade heifers.

She might be lucky yet as I have enough animals to cover me for the data scheme so she might sneak in yet

Wouldn't worry about that, majority of our cows are two star! Some of those produce far better calves than the four/five star lassies :rolleyes:

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

dh1985 wrote: »

Lovely animals zetor. What kind of ages are they. Surprised at the quality and power of the HCA calves. Has some heifers off him last year and I was not impressed. Your own stock bulls calves are as good though.

Thanks. The Simx and all Hcax calves are ranging 6-7 months.

My own bulls off spring would be the same age bracket with some at 5 months.

I would agree about the size of hca off spring. When they were born the were incredibly light framed. They were noticeably lighter to my stock bulls off spring . But their growth rate is impressive they caught up in size once they hit grass.

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

Kovu wrote: »

Wouldn't worry about that, majority of our cows are two star! Some of those produce far better calves than the four/five star lassies :rolleyes:

I can vouch for that here! I have 2 and 3 star cows here and they ain't going no where

Mac Taylor

Sold these two ladies tonight. Twin lmx out of bbx cow. The first one weighed 340kgs and made €900, the second weighed 380kgs and made €980. Both will be 12 months at the end of this month. Happy out.

Limestone Cowboy

CloughCasey1

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Did you bring those limo bullocks to mart LC?

Limestone Cowboy

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Did you bring those limo bullocks to mart LC?

No and I won't for a few more weeks either. Have herd test end of August and need them gone before then though.

Mac Taylor

Purebred heifer possibly a little too musely for breeding. Time will tell. March born out of mpb.

Muckit

Genie Mac! Great cattle!

Mac Taylor

New stock bull. Bred from ardlea Dan with abi and sympa on the dam side. Home bred not pushed 15 months old.

Farrell

Mac Taylor wrote: »

New stock bull. Bred from ardlea Dan with abi and sympa on the dam side. Home bred not pushed 15 months old.

Nice bull, great breeding.
What you think of the ABI dam

Mac Taylor

Mereside favouri heifer, 20 months old, a bit older bulling her than I would like. Have had a bit of interest in her but not for sale. 5* maternal. Tanko in her back breeding.

Mac Taylor

Final picture:D a few of ye might remember I bought a few hca calves for breeding. Well they grew up and 3 of the 4 have been bulled. Roll on 9 months. Not a great picture but am impressed with hca calves.

Genghis Cant

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Purebred heifer possibly a little too musely for breeding. Time will tell. March born out of mpb.

Not a bit too muscly. She's a beut. If she's enough milk she'll be a great cow.

Tyson Lannister

PT bull calf off a chxAA heifer

tanko

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Purebred heifer possibly a little too musely for breeding. Time will tell. March born out of mpb.

That's a serious heifer. Have you any heifers off MBP calved? I had a couple of them, they were very poor for milk even tho they were off milky cows.

Hoping to have three heifers off Favori calving next spring, plenty of size and length to them anyway. It'll be interesting to see if they've much milk. Have you used FZF much? He breeds big cattle.

Mac Taylor

Farrell wrote: »

Nice bull, great breeding.
What you think of the ABI dam

Very underrated bull. Very poor figures. Have 2 cows off him, nice bag of milk not too big and breeding well. Being with Eurogene doesn't help as they haven't got a great presence ( around here anyway)

Mac Taylor

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Not a bit too muscly. She's a beut. If she's enough milk she'll be a great cow.

Gc, nail on the head. Vantastic females don't seem to have a cup of milk. Her dam has a nice bag. Only 2* star to cap it all.

Mac Taylor

tanko wrote: »

That's a serious heifer. Have you any heifers off MBP calved? I had a couple of them, they were very poor for milk even tho they were off milky cows.

Hoping to have three heifers off Favori calving next spring, plenty of size and length to them anyway. It'll be interesting to see if they've much milk. Have you used FZF much? He breeds big cattle.

First time to use mpb and Fzf. I wouldn't mind the Fzf heifer is off a tank of a cow. Already she is a fair tank and she ain't going to get smaller.