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GrandSoftDay

Nice bull calf out of a 2 year old lim springer and stock bull born the end of May. Had a nice bit of a pull with him too!

just do it

.Kovu. wrote: »

Easiest thing is to show you! She's out of the LIM bull Paco, prob long dead. Dam was a LM/brfr/sim mix.
Perfect cow for Leitrim land, small, light and good milk.

Ideal suckler cow for most of Ireland! I see she's white socks. Tell me, has she a white star on her forehead? I've one or two like her and they're the best cows in the place.

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

Ideal suckler cow for most of Ireland! I see she's white socks. Tell me, has she a white star on her forehead? I've one or two like her and they're the best cows in the place.

Nope, just the two socks. He dam was the same actually. Someone asked me about her before and I have a photo of her dam too. That's her below. The family is definitely not the showiest looking cows but they breed crackers of animals.

Genghis Cant

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Nice bull calf out of a 2 year old lim springer and stock bull born the end of May. Had a nice bit of a pull with him too!

Very fancy tags;)

just do it

Kovu
I wonder if you kept the calf would a lot of that muscle fade after a few years as a cow? I suppose the milk might be disappearing from the genes at this stage as well

Genghis Cant

just do it wrote: »

Kovu
I wonder if you kept the calf would a lot of that muscle fade after a few years as a cow? I suppose the milk might be disappearing from the genes at this stage as well

We bulled an odd heifer with as much muscle as that, and yeah it does tend to be less extreme as the cow developes, infact we had two identical (to the eye) half sisters, bulled one and beefed the other. From very shortly after the heifer was bulled he comrade walked away from her condition wise. So the act of carrying a calf in itself will supress the development and expression of muscle I've found.
As mentioned already, the bigger issue for me here would be milk. If I thought she'd milk the arse wouldn't bother me!

Kovu

Genghis Cant wrote: »

We bulled an odd heifer with as much muscle as that, and yeah it does tend to be less extreme as the cow developes, infact we had two identical (to the eye) half sisters, bulled one and beefed the other. From very shortly after the heifer was bulled he comrade walked away from her condition wise. So the act of carrying a calf in itself will supress the development and expression of muscle I've found.
As mentioned already, the bigger issue for me here would be milk. If I thought she'd milk the arse wouldn't bother me!

I don't know JDI, CMX wouldn't be the best one for leaving milk in heifers. Although this ones mother has great milk, I don't think it would carry through to her, although she does have plenty of room for it underneath. The only thing she does that bugs me is climbs ditches and walks through everything to eat trees. She's like a giant goat, the calf does it too. Although it's not harming their condition!!

I have a Blonde with a giant butt that's galloping away from 4 other heifers on an outfarm. I'll have to put up a photo of her and get all your wisdom about what bull to put on her!

just do it

.Kovu. wrote: »

I don't know JDI, CMX wouldn't be the best one for leaving milk in heifers. Although this ones mother has great milk, I don't think it would carry through to her, although she does have plenty of room for it underneath. The only thing she does that bugs me is climbs ditches and walks through everything to eat trees. She's like a giant goat, the calf does it too. Although it's not harming their condition!!

I have a Blonde with a giant butt that's galloping away from 4 other heifers on an outfarm. I'll have to put up a photo of her and get all your wisdom about what bull to put on her!

KAN, otherwise known as Kanye West Docility rating isn't the best though :rolleyes:

Kovu

just do it wrote: »

KAN, otherwise known as Kanye West Docility rating isn't the best though :rolleyes:

Christ, we'll have the strangest named cattle in Ireland at this rate.

Although I don't think anyone can beat our youngest calf, affectionately named Nuts. He has an extra lump of tissue hanging under his ear. I think you can figure out where he got his name from

131spanner

Some days just don't go to plan

GrandSoftDay

131spanner wrote: »

Some days just don't go to plan

Haha I have seen that before Chopped bales and stingy with the net, if they are left sitting for a half an hour they all start bursting in the middle.

Reggie.

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Haha I have seen that before Chopped bales and stingy with the net, if they are left sitting for a half an hour they all start bursting in the middle.

Had that problem last year with the bales

ganmo

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Haha I have seen that before Chopped bales and stingy with the net, if they are left sitting for a half an hour they all start bursting in the middle.

any other issues with chopped bales?
trying to convince the ould lad to make chopped ones

Reggie.

ganmo wrote: »

any other issues with chopped bales?
trying to convince the ould lad to make chopped ones

They can be as heavy as hell when stacking:D

stanflt

131spanner wrote: »

Some days just don't go to plan

what are you baling-doesnt look like grass that im used to

Muckit

Still going around with the head in the clouds l see. Mind you don't tread on us small people down here.

Zr105

131spanner wrote: »

Some days just don't go to plan

What a ba***rd when that happens, and always seems to be the bale thats full of big lumps of oul thistles etc....

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

What a ba***rd when that happens, and always seems to be the bale thats full of big lumps of oul thistles etc....

Time to man the fork/pike

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

Time to man the fork/pike

Ha i wish, when your off in the middle of no where wrapping and no one else to be seen/ get a fork off...

td5man

Reggie. wrote: »

Time to man the fork/pike

GRAPE ;-)

darragh_haven

td5man wrote: »

GRAPE ;-)

Why.... do you want to make wine!

Genghis Cant

darragh_haven wrote: »

Why.... do you want to make wine!

^^^^^^^^^^^ Drive ya to drink alright:D

Reggie.

td5man wrote: »

GRAPE ;-)

Trust you :rolleyes:

Reggie.

Reggie. wrote: »

Time to man the fork/pike/GRAPE

Are ya happy now

ABlur

Reggie. wrote: »

Are ya happy now

Dont forget 'sprong'!

Reggie.

ABlur wrote: »

Dont forget 'sprong'!

Oh to hell with ye

Kovu

Happy heifers on the outfarm. (Not seen, unhappy kovu stuck in a ditch after getting soaked in a shower)

Figerty

ABlur wrote: »

Dont forget 'sprong'!

two, three, or four prong????

gozunda

Figerty wrote: »

two, three, or four prong????

Would one prong be defined as a 'stick' ?

just do it

Just did this:


So I hope this is right:



However this looks dodgy:



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