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Pie Man wrote: »

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She hasnt tagged too many calves I would say, You would think someone would have told her she was putting them on backwards!!

Karen112 wrote: »

i noticed that first thing. Really annoys me to see people still do that, nevermind that the photographer missed it too.....:rolleyes:

can understand it when theres a massive mad cow up your butt, you're just happy to get the tag in full stop:o but in a scenario like the picture there's no excuse

whelan1 wrote: »

can understand it when theres a massive mad cow up your butt, you're just happy to get the tag in full stop:o but in a scenario like the picture there's no excuse

I could never look so serene while having a calf backed up between my legs against a corner.

vanderbadger wrote: »

I wish my calves would lie down like that when Im doing them

TBH, I prefer the calves tht put up a fight......regardless of strangers taking my picture for the comic.

(although fair play to her for winning it, I feel sorry to make fun of it.......but stillll.....show yer good side ladies, not the effin' scan side):D

Karen112 wrote: »

I could never look so serene while having a calf backed up between my legs against a corner.

Finbarr Saunders would have a field day with this one!......Fnarr Fnarr!!:D

Muckit wrote: »

I don't know the lady, but I'd say she's tagged more calves in a year than some of us on here will do in 10years!(she's milking 180cows and God knows how many heifers she calves down each year) Her husband has some form of disability which means that she does the lion's share of the work on the farm.

I don't think there's one of us that hasn't EVER put a tag on wrong at some stage. And that's without a camera stuck in your face! If you wanted to be picky her posture is all wrong too. She should be kneeling down over the calf with her back straight!

But I suppose we wouldn't be Irish if we weren't knocking the doers.

Your dead right she probably has tagged a lot more but im just saying you would think someone would have spotted it before it was put on the front page of the paper. I wasnt having a go at her by any means.

i dont see the mart as a burden or even work. i think its more like a live version of boards where you discuss different aspects of farming, compare stock and watch whats bringing in the dough.

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first timer that calved a bit early, nice heifer but had a tiny calf, she calved on slats and was half perished when i found her, is coming around now but heifer wont let her suck unless i lock her up, she wont kick her once she is locked but wont stand for her otherwise..the joys of it :rolleyes:

towzer2010 wrote: »

Lovely heifer vander. I have a cow that does the same thing every year when she calves for the first two days and after that she lets the calf suck no problem.

ya im waiting for it to click with this cow but no joy yet

Karen112 wrote: »

What's the sire out of interest?

50 quid says its a part:D

Karen112 wrote: »

I say an easy LM :D

you owe redzer 50
in fairness to him he is easy calving but that calf is particularly small, she is a bit before her time. Took me a while to figure out who had actually calved her!
cow has no particular breeding, her mother was same build black cow, couldnt say for sure if she was lim cross or angus cross, lots of milk, culled her this autumn as she had bad mastitis. this cows sire would have been cf52 bull, ive kept on plenty of my own heifers from him and have not had issues with milk and this cow seems ok in that regard as well

Karen112 wrote: »

Dagnammit! Redzer, I'll give you 50 commission off a christmas dinner! If I could only have seen the calf's nose... Are you big into the Parts then Vander? You sold a couple there recently at a good price. Any idea who bought them?

no not big into them at all, those few I sold were my first PT calves. i think they are nice cattle, not convinced that they will have huge impact in ireland. I used bull only on a few heifers this year and left a CH bull with main herd. not sure what i will do next year, might leave some with PT and some with CH.

Karen112 wrote: »

From what I've heard over the years I've worked with cattle, not many Irish :pfarmers like black noses I am still bemused to hear people say that but it goes on. The Irish are a feckin' stubborn breed, CH cattle are the top!
In all fairness though, it's very hard to beat a good CH store. Were you aiming for the export with the parts?

nah, my CH bull got wicked there in his 2nd season out of the blue, I suppose I just wanted to try something different at the time and was considering a blue and a few other breeds, I had seen the Pt cattle somewhere and like them and kinda went from there. the purebred PT cattle are lovely, must buy a few heifers at some stage. But as you say they are not everyones cup of tea

Karen112 wrote: »

I'm a Blonde woman myself (My dad hates them) so I have no experience with PT. I was undecided between PT/MA or BA to put on a PB LM this year, so far she's thrown heifers for 6 years...... Sod's feckin law if I get a bull this year!

ya dont know much about blonde but they are interesting, seem to really produce when crossed with blue

I just wondered what the limit any of ye lads would spend on a good bulling heifer?

Some people not moving with the prices IMO ie. take E900 to E1200 for a right good weanling straight off of the cow (bit of meal alright) yet begrudgingly go 1200 but not over 1300 on a right good heifer fit for the bull?! someone has been feeding her somewhere for two winters like ?!!

Bodacious wrote: »

I just wondered what the limit any of ye lads would spend on a good bulling heifer?

Some people not moving with the prices IMO ie. take E900 to E1200 for a right good weanling straight off of the cow (bit of meal alright) yet begrudgingly go 1200 but not over 1300 on a right good heifer fit for the bull?! someone has been feeding her somewhere for two winters like ?!!

Went to 960 on a 340kg weanling a few weeks ago.....more out of thickness than actually wanting her at that money, Theres always some hoor up the back. Too much moneys for me tho and to be honest I bought nicer last year for around 600, Didnt go to the mart since:o

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Went to 960 on a 340kg weanling a few weeks ago.....more out of thickness than actually wanting her at that money, Theres always some hoor up the back. Too much moneys for me tho and to be honest I bought nicer last year for around 600, Didnt go to the mart since:o

That was a fair rattle alright Red but its what the fancy ones are going alright. Saw some great heifer weanlings sold here last year for round 6-650 same lads that sold them buying back bulling heifers this year at probably double the money! A crystal ball would have been wild handy last year, id have bought the world of good heifer weanlings

takeing something from another chat site across the water,i am thinking of putting up a number of photos of my cows with seperate pics of their calves and asking you to guess the mother and calf comp.now i will put up a prize of money to the winner who guesses the right combination as who is the mother of which calf.now the rules how many pics of cows would be fair , i was thinking that for every guess the money drops gives me a chance save money:rolleyes:,but the thing is i want the person who guesses right or maybe the nearest if no one gets it right is to pick a charity to donate the money too,now if no one trusts me the winner can send me on their name and address and i will forward the prize to them to pass on. now i will start off this and i was thinking that some other people might join in as its for a good cause, and maybe we could do something like this every year around this time.if i said that i will put up 50 euros for the first guess how does that sound, i would hope that others will follow but here goes,what do tou think,it will be a bit of fun , and maybe if the winner wants to guess the sire we can double the amount for the crack any suggestions welcome.

Heifer I bought off the neighbour in the middle with the white head for 600 yoyos:D

Juniorhurler wrote: »

You must have left the conscience at home Redzer:D I wish I had neighbours like that. What weight is she roughly?

About 320kg:)....I wasnt brought up to have a conscience:D

Fine heifer, must be worth at least 850 yoyos. :rolleyes:
Has she simmental breeding in her?

Bodacious wrote: »

nice growthy animal.. Lifted at that price!! Do you have a couple of spots of ringworm there to left and right of photo?

No, Its strange cause our bull bred a few solid red calves like that with one tiny white dot on their side.