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Livestock/General Farming photo thread TAKE #2 ::::RULES IN 1st POST::::
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This is not strictly a photograph.
But I was looking at the different effects you can do to pictures on the camera itself and there is a painting effect. I never knew.
This is the result from a picture I took of one of the heifer calves this year.
Edit: I had it up first but the full tag number was too obvious. So I had to do a little doctoring.:D
Who needs painters.:p;)0 -
Lady Haywire wrote: »I think Dawn needs a bleedin' diet :eek::pac:
Is that a KJB heifer in front of/behind the Hippos?0 -
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Limestone Cowboy wrote: »Full sister of the good bull calf I put up last week at 14 months.
Serious stock in any of your photos lad.0 -
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pedigree 6 wrote: »And winter has started. The heifers are in.
they`ll be glad to be in this morning0 -
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pedigree 6 wrote: »What day is it? It's Christmas Day McGregor. Now eat your dinner.
(Breeder gave him that name).
Il take it he's aggressive0 -
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In calf heifers doing nicely. Will move home next week to socialise with cows before calving starts in early Feb
Pic 2 is some weanlings out on grass since 4 weeks old and hopefully going to AI in May 17
Sorry about all the photos but I'm doing the rounds at my leisure today
Heading to the pub shortly to shout at the telly.
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Just for a bit of contrast a much much much much smaller setup !!
12'6" slat with ~1.5' toe space back and front. Originally designed with ~6' meal passage at back. I took out diag barrier this year and trying out bedding it with straw. Working well for weanlings. I throw in a plastic tub to meal at back, then remove after 10min when gone.
Have 11 200-250kg weans in this pen and could easily fit up to 15. Have used shy of 1 round bale/mth per pen.
Thought it a lot of work at start to bed as doing it every second day but now that straw has built up, twice a week is sufficient. This is day 4 since last bedded and as you can see it's going down a treat even though its pure brown and not yellow and fluffy.0 -
Just for a bit of contrast a much much much much smaller setup !!
12'6" slat with ~1.5' toe space back and front. Originally designed with ~6' meal passage at back. I took out diag barrier this year and trying out bedding it with straw. Working well for weanlings. I throw in a plastic tub to meal at back, then remove after 10min when gone.
Have 11 200-250kg weans in this pen and could easily fit up to 15. Have used shy of 1 round bale/mth per pen.
Thought it a lot of work at start to bed as doing it every second day but now that straw has built up, twice a week is sufficient. This is day 4 since last bedded and as you can see it's going down a treat even though its pure brown and not yellow and fluffy.
By God they look cosy.
Secret to straw bedding is to put in loads at a time. We've 20 cows separated as were lying in passages or elderly and pregnant but to be culled after we hopefully get a heifer. To look at shed 1 bale would do but you'd be bedding every 3rd day. We put in 3 and get full week, no easier on straw but only needs doing weekly0 -
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Keepgrowing wrote: »In calf heifers doing nicely. Will move home next week to socialise with cows before calving starts in early Feb
Pic 2 is some weanlings out on grass since 4 weeks old and hopefully going to AI in May 17
Sorry about all the photos but I'm doing the rounds at my leisure today Heading to the pub shortly to shout at the telly.
Hon Leinster
How'd the shouting at de telly go for ya
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Hon Munster0
It's a young half blonde heifer, only about 5 1/2 months. 
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