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

adne

Milton09 wrote: »

Thats just some 2" all in, we ran into a very soft spot when digging and needed to build up the bottom of the drain a bit to get it level. We didn't put any stone on top of the pipe.

Should work grand as long as your not putting it on top of pipe

Milton09

Muckit wrote: »

I hope this works out for you. From photos, it doesn't seem like you've gone down far. Will there just be stock on this? Would you be worried about machinery or stock damaging the pipe or upsetting the levels?

Seems to be a lot of lads draining wet spots this spring. Been ideal for it.

Thanks, this is my first experiment using these pipes. Unfortunately the ground was falling away from the open drain so the land drain is a lot deeper at the start than at the end , but there is still a fall on the pipe if you know what I mean. Its about 2' deep at the very end. Theres a 18" mains water pipe less than 20' away from it so there wont be any heavy machinery there, probably only let very light cattle and sheep on it for grazing down the line.

Richk2012

Username John wrote: »

Yesterday seemed to be the first day where the ewes and lambs weren't perished looking, instead they were lying enjoying the evening sun...

Made a very pleasant change



Hopefully the bit of heat we're getting will stay, badly need grass... After this field, there isn't much to go, and they wont last too long more there... (and as you can see, some are a thin )

All the hardship and problems at lambing seems worth it when you get that to that stage John . Great pic

Butcher Boy

This lad was born yesterday 26 days over.... There was nothing slow about him this morning!!

earnyourturns

Me and my new Jersey friend.

Muckit

Butcher Boy wrote: »

This lad was born yesterday .......

Ahhh .... so you rear your own... 'Butcher Boy'!!

Butcher Boy

Muckit wrote: »

Ahhh .... so you rear your own... 'Butcher Boy'!!

Ya from stable to table.:D

leg wax

earnyourturns wrote: »

Me and my new Jersey friend.

where are you based earnyourturns

just do it

earnyourturns wrote: »

Me and my new Jersey friend.

Looks like you'll be sticking with the farming

earnyourturns

just do it wrote: »

Looks like you'll be sticking with the farming

Actually, this is from when a friend and I were looking after a smallholding for a week while the owner was on holidays, and we had to milk two Jersey cows every morning. Nothing to do with any fellas! Bit smitten with Jerseys now though.

I'm in New Zealand, actually. Plenty of farming here for sure!

reilig

A miniature addition

redzerologhlen

Another sizeable lump of a lim bull calf a few hours ago, the cows a bit worse for wear looking after carrying him for the winter.

bogman_bass

wow! he's a bit of a bruiser alright!

Muckit

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Another sizeable lump of a lim bull calf

Now that's what you call a calf All the more impressive when you see the setting they are coming out of. Nice one Redz. Keep them coming!

Is he AI or out of your own bull?

redzerologhlen

Muckit wrote: »

Now that's what you call a calf All the more impressive when you see the setting they are coming out of. Nice one Redz. Keep them coming!

Is he AI or out of your own bull?

Heres the daddy Muckit, didnt bother ai'ing any cows last year, might do some this year on the first heat and let them run with the bull after, I have to bring the cows across the road to the crush and its a bit of a balls to get them in unless I have someone with me. Sold the bull last october for 2k at a 7 year old, he was bought for breeding.

limo_100

clever heifer doesnt like the slats she never goes into the pen so she gets the best of everything

ps its the shorthorn cow that shes sucking

limo_100

heres a DEP heifer calf landed yesterday shes a avarage calf so hopefully she will do well in the next few weeks

leg wax

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redzerologhlen

leg wax wrote: »

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redzerologhlen

4 heifers I bought for breeding lads. 2 charolais I bought of a friend at home knowing they will have a bit of milk. I bought the red lims off another neighbour, both are out of sim cows and a malibu stock bull so should be ok for milk too. The charolais are around 430kg and the lims are around 360.

Tipp Man

Good luck with them Redzer

Are you increasing in numbers or are they just replacements?

redzerologhlen

Tipp Man wrote: »

Good luck with them Redzer

Are you increasing in numbers or are they just replacements?

Sound, No just replacements for the auld biddys. I dont think theres too many thinking about increasing numbers at the moment.

Tipp Man

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Sound, No just replacements for the auld biddys. I dont think theres too many thinking about increasing numbers at the moment.

I'd say there will be a fair fall in suckler cow numbers in Ireland in the next few years, bar something dramatic happens

redzerologhlen

Tipp Man wrote: »

I'd say there will be a fair fall in suckler cow numbers in Ireland in the next few years, bar something dramatic happens

Well if this summer goes like the last a lot of suckler lads will be put to the pin of their collar. Theres no grass around here yet and everyone I have talked to in the last week is either out of silage or a week away from it. Im lucky that my uncle had a few surplus bales and i can get them off him because theres no silage to be got otherwise. If this weather trend continues lads will have no choice but to reduce numbers. We never had cows in the winterage as late before.

Manoffeeling

From experience, there is no money in producing middle of the road weanlings. I used to buy batches of fr bulls. Way handier, more even, less acres invested, no cows going down or starts. A lot to be said for it.

bob charles

redzerologhlen wrote: »

4 heifers I bought for breeding lads. 2 charolais I bought of a friend at home knowing they will have a bit of milk. I bought the red lims off another neighbour, both are out of sim cows and a malibu stock bull so should be ok for milk too. The charolais are around 430kg and the lims are around 360.

I just love those Nth Clare animals, as honest as the day is long they are. best of luck with them, dont pamper them too much with whats in front of them

Muckit

Great shape and cut to those heifers alright. Nearly a shame to make cows of them (in a way). You've a great eye Redz no doubt about it.

If lads in Meath and the likes got their hands on them for fattening, can you imagine what way they'd look heading to the factory.

Muckit

With the way the spring has been so far weather and fodder wise, you'I get plenty of anonymous 'hoof kickers' from here anyway!!

pakalasa

Great looking heifers there, Redzer. Nothing like the Burren to get the bone right in them.

just do it

Redzer

Best of luck with them. A lot to be said for knowing where you sourced them from.