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

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    #8462
    Muckit
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    Heifers enjoying their 3rd day of freedom :)


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    #8463
    mayota
    Registered Users Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭mayota


    Muckit wrote: »
    Heifers enjoying their 3rd day of freedom :)

    Lovely looking bunch.


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    #8464
    Reggie.
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    Muckit wrote: »
    Heifers enjoying their 3rd day of freedom :)

    Nice lock of grass too


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    #8465
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Those heifers are a mix of ~12-24mth. Some of the weanlings l bought last back end l just can't believe how well they've sprouted up. You'd get it hard to pick out the older ones.

    Re grass. That's one of my best grazing fields. I've subdivided it up with extra troughs and whte tape reels, so hoping to get good rights out of it this summer.


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    #8466
    whelan2
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    Muckit wrote: »
    I think l've stopped the leak :D
    whats this field like now?


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    #8467
    Muckit
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    whats this field like now?

    16 April


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    #8468
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Muckit wrote: »
    16 April

    Do you do anything to freshen it up now muckit or just eat what comes ?


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    #8469
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    24 April - no fertiliser

    26 April (Saturday) - it got 'a nice dash' of slurry (l'l calculate gallons/acre again :))

    Will post follow up pic in 2 weeks or so


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    #8470
    Kovu
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    Muckit wrote: »
    24 April - no fertiliser

    26 April (Saturday) - it got 'a nice dash' of slurry (l'l calculate gallons/acre again :))

    Will post follow up pic in 2 weeks or so

    I hope you found shelter before that shower hit!


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    #8471
    Conmaicne Mara
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    A light bit of stone picking, Connemara style.


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    #8472
    Conmaicne Mara
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    They started appearing everywhere like mushrooms, will leave bar at home next day :o


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    #8473
    Conmaicne Mara
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    Lifted some wall, it sure ain't pretty, but all it needs to do is keep stones off the ground and provide a little shelter. Horrible building stones, small and roundy.


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    #8474
    on the river
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    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Lifted some wall, it sure ain't pretty, but all it needs to do is keep stones off the ground and provide a little shelter. Horrible building stones, small and roundy.

    great job. whatS that mountain CALLED ?


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    #8475
    visatorro
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    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Lifted some wall, it sure ain't pretty, but all it needs to do is keep stones off the ground and provide a little shelter. Horrible building stones, small and roundy.

    Jaysus fair play to ya


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    #8476
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    on the river wrote: »
    great job. whatS that mountain CALLED ?

    Errisbeg hill, too short to be a mountain by about 16 feet!
    visatorro wrote: »
    Jaysus fair play to ya

    Thanks, got a LOT more to do. Will be nice when done though.... some time in 2050 :D


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    #8477
    on the river
    Registered Users Posts: 1,527 ✭✭✭on the river


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Errisbeg hill, too short to be a mountain by about 16 feet!



    Thanks, got a LOT more to do. Will be nice when done though.... some time in 2050 :D
    near roundstone a beautiful part of the country .

    so much sheep their.


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    #8478
    dh1985
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    October heifer. Happy with her progress so far


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    #8479
    Odelay
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    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    They started appearing everywhere like mushrooms, will leave bar at home next day :o

    Nice job Con, must have great ground there, hardly a mark left by the track machine:pac:


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    #8480
    Farrell
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    dh1985 wrote: »
    October heifer. Happy with her progress so far

    Nice heifer, is she off your own bull or ai. Cow looks good too. Would she be a keeper?


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    #8481
    dh1985
    Registered Users Posts: 586 ✭✭✭dh1985


    Farrell wrote: »
    Nice heifer, is she off your own bull or ai. Cow looks good too. Would she be a keeper?

    Off my own charolais bull. Won't hold her as would probably be lacking in the milk department plus wouldn't work with the current bull


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    #8482
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    A light bit of stone picking, Connemara style.

    Lash that up on top of the chainharrow now to get a good bite on the ground :D


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    #8483
    Farrell
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    dh1985 wrote: »
    Off my own charolais bull. Won't hold her as would probably be lacking in the milk department plus wouldn't work with the current bull

    Pity, looked a suitable for 2yo calving.
    Will you keep till autumn, or sell earlier?


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    #8484
    dh1985
    Registered Users Posts: 586 ✭✭✭dh1985


    farrell wrote: »
    Pity, looked a suitable for 2yo calving.
    Will you keep till autumn, or sell earlier?

    Not sure to be honest. Initially intended holding her until october/november and sell with rest of our weanlings but not too sure. Will play it by air. Hard keeping her on good grass whilst holding her away from the rest of the herd and bull. Will depend alot on yields from first cut silage to see if there is ground available for splitting the herd up a bit


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    #8485
    Farrell
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    dh1985 wrote: »
    Not sure to be honest. Initially intended holding her until october/november and sell with rest of our weanlings but not too sure. Will play it by air. Hard keeping her on good grass whilst holding her away from the rest of the herd and bull. Will depend alot on yields from first cut silage to see if there is ground available for splitting the herd up a bit

    Can the bull be taken away?
    She is a nice heifer, & would be nice to see you do well with her.
    Sold some WH bulls in July sales for a few years (October calves), did alright, wouldn't of made much extra, holding out till October


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    #8486
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,385 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Another bull calf today
    ........ and once again another section :mad:


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    #8487
    dh1985
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    Another bull calf today
    ........ and once again another section :mad:

    Lovely looking cows


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    #8488
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,385 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    dh1985 wrote: »
    Lovely looking cows

    They are very tight in the back end tho


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    #8489
    dh1985
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    Farrell wrote: »
    Can the bull be taken away?
    She is a nice heifer, & would be nice to see you do well with her.
    Sold some WH bulls in July sales for a few years (October calves), did alright, wouldn't of made much extra, holding out till October

    Would manage keeping her from the bull alright. Yeah its tough to know when is the best time to sell the likes of her. Will run her to 400kg anyway. Will see what prices are like at that stage


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    #8490
    dh1985
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    They are very tight in the back end tho

    Surprised at that. Would have mostly sim x cows and rarely have any problems. They look like big lumps of calves though. Are they ai or stock bull


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    #8491
    Reggie.
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    dh1985 wrote: »
    Surprised at that. Would have mostly sim x cows and rarely have any problems. They look like big lumps of calves though. Are they ai or stock bull

    Stock lim bull. Told the boss an angus may have been better last year and he's regretting it now. The calves are huge.i can barely hold them for tagging at 2 days old they are that strong.


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