Farming Chit Chat

johnpawl

I wonder would these be a good breed of cattle?
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/3888963

Richk2012

johnpawl wrote: »

I wonder would these be a good breed of cattle?
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/3888963

The French BelgainBlue . Never seen any of them apart from pictures

wesleysniper38

saranac1 wrote: »

we have 15 heifers in total.all were bulled in feb 2012. only scanned them 9th august (stupidly not knowing i should have done it much earlier)and 10 were in calf @ 3/4 months.the other 5 are being bulled by 2 charlaois bulls now and will be scanned nov1st 2012. i intend to house these in calf heifers soon (weather depending) and i have hay,silage and haylage also. what dosing would you recommend ? the heifers were treated with blackjack( tarry stuff applied to their tits to prevent warble flies) back in august also....

Well this last couple of years we drench with levafas diamond about 3/4 weeks after housing plus any of the 10ml lice pourons every 4/6 weeks to keep the lice away. the tar on the teats is a good idea but hateful stuff to handle. some of your heifers will be calving in 6/7 weeks so nearly time to get them on the hay.
pre-calver bolus' should also be considered but vet will know best about that.
5 heifers with 2 charolais bulls..........are u kiddin?:rolleyes:

wesleysniper38

johnpawl wrote: »

I wonder would these be a good breed of cattle?
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/3888963[/QUOTE]

a neighbour of mine has some. they are lovely cattle, cows are monsters!
They were introduced into s/horn in the 60s/70s to add power and shape...
If you see a p.b. s/horn with 10% m.a. then thats what it means.

limo_100

wesleysniper38 wrote: »

Well this last couple of years we drench with levafas diamond about 3/4 weeks after housing plus any of the 10ml lice pourons every 4/6 weeks to keep the lice away. the tar on the teats is a good idea but hateful stuff to handle. some of your heifers will be calving in 6/7 weeks so nearly time to get them on the hay.
pre-calver bolus' should also be considered but vet will know best about that.
5 heifers with 2 charolais bulls..........are u kiddin?:rolleyes:

do you prefer levafas diamond to trodax?? i normally use trodax 4weeks after they are housed and use a drench in the summer

Bodacious

Went out to a farmer tonight that breeds The Best and fanciest weanlings that I've ever seen .. Year after year! I knew going out id fall in love with some of his heifer calves... Had to scull what I'd describe as a horse of a Saler X Ai lim heifer calf afterwards he told me he had hoped I'd have bought her horns n all... I'm gutted I'll have to buy her in Mart now .. Super animal ... As good a cross bred weanling for breeding as you'll see in the country ... Quiet as a lamb, dam is huge powerful cow with oceans of milk

vanderbadger

johnpawl wrote: »

I wonder would these be a good breed of cattle?
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/3888963

dovea have a bull in their catalogue, they look nice cattle

Muckit

johnpawl wrote: »

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speaking of cattle, I was looking back through pics thread and seen that a lof of your pics have been wiped for some reason....?

saranac1

Muckit wrote: »

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speaking of cattle, I was looking back through pics thread and seen that a lof of your pics have been wiped for some reason....?

saranac1

Yes we have 5 running with 2 charlaois bulls (born march 2011). If the heifers are 3/4 months in calf now, how long more will it take for them to calve, 9 months no?????
Why should I be putting them on hay or haulage now?
Is it a requirement to give the mother a bolus or helpful for the calf?

Kovu

Just when you mention Maine Anjou, I seen two breeds last night that I had never seen before, Stabiliser and Speckle Park. Stabiliser looks to be a nice breeding animal.

wesleysniper38

limo_100 wrote: »

do you prefer levafas diamond to trodax?? i normally use trodax 4weeks after they are housed and use a drench in the summer

yeah, we did the trodax thing for years but now prefer the drench.
Trodax is powerful stuff but not so good on rumen fluke. (not to mention what it does to you if u get it on your skin) .
I wouldnt change from the drench after seeing the results in the stock.

whelan1

alot off topic , but r.i.p. jill meagher there are some sicko's out there... my brother went to school with her, god help her husband and family.....

just do it

Jeez fencing is a slow slow job. I'd a lad with me today from 12 till 6 so that we could tear into it. Unfortunately I'd a cow that I weaned this morning decide she wasn't happy where she was so fencing came to halt at 4.30. Piddley weather as well which didn't help. We only got about half of what I've to re-fence done after having the track machine in! Having someone with you though is a God-send. It will be piece-meal for the rest of it - early morning and evening time as I can't afford any more time off work:(.

bbam

BBC2, Thur @ 8pm

Anyone watch it...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mmt8t

Havent seen all the episodes but it is both interesting and entertaining... Watching yer man putting the clusters from a bucket plant onto a cow for the first time was class..

Their nettle silage was rough looking stuff too...

bogman_bass

saw a bit of it. was pretty good. The stuff going into that pit did look a bit dodge alright!

whelan1

fantastic day here, long may it last

keep going

was putting up fences in old silage ground today and spotted that those little green beetles were attacking the docks:):):)

1chippy

any nerves yet muckit?

Juniorhurler

keep going wrote: »

was putting up fences in old silage ground today and spotted that those little green beetles were attacking the docks:):):)

Start breeding them and send me some please

Muckit

1chippy wrote: »

any nerves yet muckit?

Nerves.... cool as a cucumber 1chippy......! :D

This night two weeks I'I be a married man and dancing me socks off at reception. Paid enough for the band, so might aswel get me moneys worth

Is it you that's getting married soon too?

I got to throw in a bit of a farming theme aswel. Instead of table 1, 2 etc at reception, we're naming them after tractors...! So there's the Fendt table, Massey Ferguson table , Fiat etc.... Bit of a talking point if nothing else!

redzerologhlen

Muckit wrote: »

Nerves.... cool as a cucumber 1chippy......! :D

This night two weeks I'I be a married man and dancing me socks off at reception. Paid enough for the band, so might aswel get me moneys worth

Is it you that's getting married soon too?

I got to throw in a bit of a farming theme aswel. Instead of table 1, 2 etc at reception, we're naming them after tractors...! So there's the Fendt table, Massey Ferguson table , Fiat etc.... Bit of a talking point if nothing else!

I spose ye have the bridesmaids wearing wellies and oilers too

Muckit

And they say it's only farmers that are big into GAA......:)



Some photos from Ballinasloe Town....

1chippy

Muckit wrote: »

Nerves.... cool as a cucumber 1chippy......! :D

This night two weeks I'I be a married man and dancing me socks off at reception. Paid enough for the band, so might aswel get me moneys worth

Is it you that's getting married soon too?

I got to throw in a bit of a farming theme aswel. Instead of table 1, 2 etc at reception, we're naming them after tractors...! So there's the Fendt table, Massey Ferguson table , Fiat etc.... Bit of a talking point if nothing else!

Next week for me. i was gonna name the tables after cows. short people on the angus table big arses on the blue and so on . it got shot down pretty quick.
currently wasting my time looking at calving jacks, any suggestions?

simx

going to look at ram tomorrow,anyone in dungarvan monday? hows store heifers going?

just do it

Chippy, Muckit

Best of luck the pair of ye, it's a great day

I'd be interested to see who was picked to sit at the zetor and limousin tables

Muckit

redzerologhlen

1chippy wrote: »

Next week for me. i was gonna name the tables after cows. short people on the angus table big arses on the blue and so on . it got shot down pretty quick.
currently wasting my time looking at calving jacks, any suggestions?

The auld lad had one of THESE for years and he made a hoop of it one day calving a wicked cow. He bought a technal one after and he said its a c**t of a thing in comparison. Big difference on the money front though.

pakalasa

Agree with above. I borrowed a Vink from a neighbour a while back. Easy to use. I then bought a Technal one, from Magenta Direct.
The Technal is fine, but more akward to use.

whelan1

justin mc carthy is taking over from matt dempsey as editor at the farmers journal:eek: