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Livestock/General Farming photo thread ***READ MOD NOTE IN POST #1***

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  • #152
    13spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭13spanner


    Cut under the legs of a pylon, yer man on the mower is good at his job! :)


  • #153
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,057 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Nice calves Vanderbadger. what bull are they out of?


  • #154
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    13spanner wrote: »
    Yer man on the mower is good at his job! :)

    I hape he hadnt a pacemaker :D


  • #155
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Nice calves Vanderbadger. what bull are they out of?

    just my own stock bull


  • #156
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    couple of parthenaise calves this evening
    Fine looking calves i might try a few parths myself are you happy with them ? Do you sell them in the mart or finish them yourself


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  • #157
    Tipp Man
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    Top quality calves there Vander


  • #158
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    moy83 wrote: »
    Fine looking calves i might try a few parths myself are you happy with them ? Do you sell them in the mart or finish them yourself

    these are some of my first PT calves, i dont finish cattle and would be hoping to sell as weanlings, I have ch bull running with cows this year, I still have same PT bull and he was with heifers, very very easy calving. I think with the right cow he would bring grand calves, have a lot of ch cows though which may not be ideal, he would work very well with red limo cows I reckon. black cows arent a good cross either as they bring a dirty browny black color from PT bull


  • #159
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    these are some of my first PT calves, i dont finish cattle and would be hoping to sell as weanlings, I have ch bull running with cows this year, I still have same PT bull and he was with heifers, very very easy calving. I think with the right cow he would bring grand calves, have a lot of ch cows though which may not be ideal, he would work very well with red limo cows I reckon. black cows arent a good cross either as they bring a dirty browny black color from PT bull
    Let us know how you get on at the mart with them . I am going to chance a few black cows with the parth bull i thought the browny black colour looked well . Any one else like or dislike that colour ?


  • #160
    johnpawl
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    Fine calves there, when were they born?


  • #161
    johnpawl
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    This is how the 2 calves I put up earlier in the thread when they were just born turned out. 1st pic is the heifer out of piemontese x cow.


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  • #162
    johngalway
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    Set up my lamb feeder today. Should have done it ages ago but I was in two minds about what I was at this year :rolleyes: I had to add the horizontal rails to the gaps to keep the ewes out, three of them made their way in at first attempt. They can still get their heads and both front legs inside the feeder area, but when they try to shove in the horizontal boards are lower then their hips :D Going to have to watch out for lambs inside there, some training to be done with the smaller gaps.

    Image0383.jpg


  • #163
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    johnpawl wrote: »
    Fine calves there, when were they born?

    bull on 19th mar , heifer on 8th if I have the right heifer


  • #164
    johnpawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭johnpawl


    Must get a look at that bull calf again before you sell him, if possible. When you plan to sell?


  • #165
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    johngalway wrote: »
    Set up my lamb feeder today......

    John,
    That's some great scenery there in the background. I know they say 'You can't eat scenery', but it must be a pleasure to work in a lovely area like that.


  • #166
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    pakalasa wrote: »
    John,
    That's some great scenery there in the background. I know they say 'You can't eat scenery', but it must be a pleasure to work in a lovely area like that.

    Sure is, can see lots of interesting things as well as Aran, and Mt Brandon down in Kerry when the conditions are right.


  • #167
    naughto
    Registered Users Posts: 7,316 ✭✭✭naughto


    have a 1 year old pure breed lim bull that has bulled 2 cows so far want to know what ye think of him

    balls pic got currupt will take a new one tomorrow


  • #168
    johngalway
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    Shearing today, done about 30 of Dads. Mostly ewe hoggets, a few two year olds, a few wethers, and a ewe & lamb.

    Image0385.jpg


  • #169
    stanflt
    Registered Users Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭stanflt


    may calves


  • #170
    johnpawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭johnpawl


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    these are some of my first PT calves, i dont finish cattle and would be hoping to sell as weanlings, I have ch bull running with cows this year, I still have same PT bull and he was with heifers, very very easy calving. I think with the right cow he would bring grand calves, have a lot of ch cows though which may not be ideal, he would work very well with red limo cows I reckon. black cows arent a good cross either as they bring a dirty browny black color from PT bull

    Do you think the PT on Ch cows wouldn't bring as good a calf?


  • #171
    doctor evil
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    What do you do with the wool? Is there any market in Ireland for spun Irish wool for knitting.


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  • #172
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    doctor evil wrote: »
    What do you do with the wool? Is there any market in Ireland for spun Irish wool for knitting.

    I think it goes to make carpets. The wool on our sheep is a lot coarser than lowland breeds.


  • #173
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    johnpawl wrote: »
    Do you think the PT on Ch cows wouldn't bring as good a calf?

    ah I just think you wont bring much muscle from Ch cows as Lims but that bull calf is from a ch x sim cow


  • #174
    weefarmer
    Registered Users Posts: 141 ✭✭weefarmer


    Hi all, ive been lookin here and cant seem to be able to attach photos from my phone or wil I have to do it on computer. Thanks


  • #175
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    weefarmer wrote: »
    Hi all, ive been lookin here and cant seem to be able to attach photos from my phone or wil I have to do it on computer. Thanks

    The link below may be of help to you, bottom of the page:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055376129


  • #176
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,615 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    weefarmer wrote: »
    Hi all, ive been lookin here and cant seem to be able to attach photos from my phone or wil I have to do it on computer. Thanks

    Have a look here, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=27

    in the photo section under arts, someone might be able to help you there,

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #177
    weefarmer
    Registered Users Posts: 141 ✭✭weefarmer


    johngalway wrote: »
    weefarmer wrote: »
    Hi all, ive been lookin here and cant seem to be able to attach photos from my phone or wil I have to do it on computer. Thanks

    The link below may be of help to you, bottom of the page:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055376129
    Thank you, i'll have to get one of the brothers onto it then, have some pics of a nice CH heifer we have!


  • #178
    JohnBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,343 ✭✭✭JohnBoy


    johngalway wrote: »
    Set up my lamb feeder today. Should have done it ages ago but I was in two minds about what I was at this year :rolleyes: I had to add the horizontal rails to the gaps to keep the ewes out, three of them made their way in at first attempt. They can still get their heads and both front legs inside the feeder area, but when they try to shove in the horizontal boards are lower then their hips :D Going to have to watch out for lambs inside there, some training to be done with the smaller gaps.


    John you need to get yourself a welder.

    You're doing some damm tidy woodwork there, if you could transfer those skills to an angle grinder and welder then get the stuff galvanised you'll be set for life.


  • #179
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    Meet "Fly", we just got him today. 9 months old, knows his left from his right (always useful in a dog), comes back when asked :D Seen him work for the previous owner and he looks like he'll make a good working dog. He's a bit on the thin side so we'll need to address that and by the looks of him he's been in the odd scrap or two, he was with other dogs so it's to be expected I guess. Have had him out for a while and around the house, seems to have a lovely temperament about him. Mother is a collie and Dad is a Kelpie, both working dogs also.

    Image0388.jpg


  • #180
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    Thanks JB, very kind of you to say so. Funny enough but I was talking with herself about learning to weld a couple of months back. Really would need a decent shed to practice in I imagine. Was reading on BFF a perfectly flat floor is a great aid in that pursuit. I done metal work in school and ended up making everything out of wood, ironic :D


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  • #181
    JohnBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,343 ✭✭✭JohnBoy


    A level smooth floor is worth the world for fabrication alright, but it depends on the size of the stuff you're making.

    You could make a good solid, level bench fairly handy too.

    but yeah a shed is probably the most important starting point.

    If you can tolerate the looks then a 20 foot container would make a nice secure starting point, just buy a set of earmuffs.


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