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

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    #2072
    leg wax
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    vanderbadger wrote: »
    is that spotty one the calf from ploughing?
    thats her alright:rolleyes:


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    #2073
    pakalasa
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    Legs,
    Super weanlings there. Fair play!
    What AI bulls were doing the business for you out of that bunch, STQ ?
    Were most of them from Blonde cows?


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    #2074
    reilig
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    leg wax wrote: »
    no they are going to carnew mart.

    There was a special export sale in Elphin last week. There was huge demand for quality blues and exceptional prices paid!! If demand in carnew is as good, you'll come home a happy man!


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    #2075
    Kovu
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    leg wax wrote: »

    Lovely cattle Legwax! You should sort out those jackdaws though, they must get annoying!!

    (johngalway, won't eat you, just bite a little:p)


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    #2076
    Kovu
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    Second calving heifer, looking a bit daft as the cat was in the field.

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    And just because it's raining and miserable- our new mouser & mum.

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    #2077
    leg wax
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    pakalasa wrote: »
    Legs,
    Super weanlings there. Fair play!
    What AI bulls were doing the business for you out of that bunch, STQ ?
    Were most of them from Blonde cows?
    stq all the way for me i bought 200 straws of him.yes most are off blonde cows.the bull at 2,43 on video is the tiny calf that was born to the big blonde cow that i put up at the time.


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    #2078
    johnpawl
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    leg wax wrote: »
    stq all the way for me i bought 200 straws of him.yes most are off blonde cows.the bull at 2,43 on video is the tiny calf that was born to the big blonde cow that i put up at the time.

    Serious quality cattle, fair play. Is it mainly blonde cows you have those calves out of?


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    #2079
    leg wax
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    johnpawl wrote: »
    Serious quality cattle, fair play. Is it mainly blonde cows you have those calves out of?
    yes


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    #2080
    johnpawl
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    leg wax wrote: »
    yes

    you must give us a look at that cbq calf you mentioned earlier....


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    #2081
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    leg wax wrote: »
    cattle that are going on sat.
    Gr8 cattle there leg wax. I see now what you were saying about mine a few weeks back. Did you post weight gain of these a few months back? I recall being well impressed at the time.

    It will be interesting to compare prices in a few weeks time when I've also sold mine. Thanks for tip off about ennis mart by the way. After talking to a few lads it appears there's a better trade for BB's in sixmilebridge.

    Is there anything you do with these pre-sale? The advice I'm getting is WEP is dead in the water - no better price having it.


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    #2082
    pakalasa
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    just do it wrote: »
    ... Thanks for tip off about ennis mart by the way. After talking to a few lads it appears there's a better trade for BB's in sixmilebridge......
    I am surprised at that. Both marts are very near one another so why would sixmilebridge be any better. Is it something to do with the saturday sale, I wonder?


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    #2083
    leg wax
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    just do it wrote: »
    Gr8 cattle there leg wax. I see now what you were saying about mine a few weeks back. Did you post weight gain of these a few months back? I recall being well impressed at the time.

    It will be interesting to compare prices in a few weeks time when I've also sold mine. Thanks for tip off about ennis mart by the way. After talking to a few lads it appears there's a better trade for BB's in sixmilebridge.

    Is there anything you do with these pre-sale? The advice I'm getting is WEP is dead in the water - no better price having it.
    getting me mixed up i think with someone else i think,:confused:,weight gain as much as possible:D.


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    #2084
    Seaba
    Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭Seaba


    johnpawl wrote: »
    Serious quality cattle, fair play. Is it mainly blonde cows you have those calves out of?
    leg wax wrote: »
    stq all the way for me i bought 200 straws of him.yes most are off blonde cows.the bull at 2,43 on video is the tiny calf that was born to the big blonde cow that i put up at the time.

    Just wondering Legwax if you found STQ hard calved or not? Thanks


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    #2085
    porter shark
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭porter shark


    pakalasa wrote: »
    I am surprised at that. Both marts are very near one another so why would sixmilebridge be any better. Is it something to do with the saturday sale, I wonder?


    i'd say mitchell in sixmilebridge buying blues for tlt but probably not in ennis. when he is keen it makes all the difference


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    #2086
    just do it
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    porter shark wrote: »
    pakalasa wrote: »
    I am surprised at that. Both marts are very near one another so why would sixmilebridge be any better. Is it something to do with the saturday sale, I wonder?


    i'd say mitchell in sixmilebridge buying blues for tlt but probably not in ennis. when he is keen it makes all the difference
    Yes, he's the man that's making the difference!


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    #2087
    redzerologhlen
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    porter shark wrote: »
    pakalasa wrote: »
    I am surprised at that. Both marts are very near one another so why would sixmilebridge be any better. Is it something to do with the saturday sale, I wonder?


    i'd say mitchell in sixmilebridge buying blues for tlt but probably not in ennis. when he is keen it makes all the difference
    And I wonder why he doesn't buy in Ennis :rolleyes:


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    #2088
    Kovu
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    And I wonder why he doesn't buy in Ennis :rolleyes:


    LOL:P


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    #2089
    porter shark
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭porter shark


    easy now.


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    #2090
    Juniorhurler
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    A few more photos of calves.
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    Above is a heifer from a limX cow after our old stock bull
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    A bull from another lim X a first calver also after old stock bull
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    Pedigree bull calf. 11 weeks old after Important de la Hasse. Recipient mother behind him in the photo
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    The new boss man in the field
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    Blue heifer off a blonde X Lim first calver
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    Another heifer off a Blonde X lim 061.jpg
    One of the best calves of the batch but my photography is selling him short
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    Another one off a blonde X lim with a very bad photographer.


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    #2091
    redzerologhlen
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    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    And I wonder why he doesn't buy in Ennis :rolleyes:


    LOL:P
    Sounds like you know what I know Karen :)


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    #2092
    Juniorhurler
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    Sounds like you know what I know Karen :)

    Let us in on the joke?


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    #2093
    redzerologhlen
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    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    Sounds like you know what I know Karen :)

    Let us in on the joke?
    Not on a public forum I'm afraid!! Reilig will be following me with the banstick.


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    #2094
    Juniorhurler
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    Not on a public forum I'm afraid!! Reilig will be following me with the banstick.

    Never mind Reilig, Rovi was on you before you even thought of posting it.:D


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    #2095
    pakalasa
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    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    Let us in on the joke?
    Not so funny when you know a lot of people who have shares in a certain mart.:mad:


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    #2096
    Muckit
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    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    A few more photos of calves.

    Meanwhile back to the photos.... Savage animals Junior. Putting it up to Legwax there big time ;)


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    #2097
    johngalway
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    Furze that I sprayed last year with Grazon 90: (I did miss a little one as you can see)...

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    Furze that I sprayed this year, about a month ago now I guess, these got 5.5 - 6 hours of heavy drizzle right after I finished spraying that day :rolleyes: They're well on the way to the next world though.

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    And some rushes I've sprayed with Mortone, just cos I love killing rushes...

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    #2098
    Juniorhurler
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    Muckit wrote: »
    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    A few more photos of calves.

    Meanwhile back to the photos.... Savage animals Junior. Putting it up to Legwax there big time ;)

    No I know my stock Muckit and I saw Leg wax stock in the sale yesterday. Leg wax beats me comprehensively.


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    #2099
    moy83
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    Do you have to deal with the timber in the furze bushes after they have died john ? Or will it rot away by itself . You got a great kill with it , I must get the father a litre and and send him off with the knapsack for a couple of days :D


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    #2100
    leg wax
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    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    Muckit wrote: »
    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    A few more photos of calves.

    No I know my stock Muckit and I saw Leg wax stock in the sale yesterday. Leg wax beats me comprehensively.
    great looking heifer junior and she's growthy as a bonus, whats the stock bull by.and legs beats nobody.


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    #2101
    johngalway
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    moy83 wrote: »
    Do you have to deal with the timber in the furze bushes after they have died john ? Or will it rot away by itself . You got a great kill with it , I must get the father a litre and and send him off with the knapsack for a couple of days :D

    Joyces in Recess have it for €49 if you're out that way, Magenta is a little cheaper (€46 + postage) but not enough for me to not buy local.

    The furze in the photos I'll just let die away. I suppose you could take the scythe to them or something :D

    I spent a Winter reading up on them and there's two lines of thought on burning after spraying:

    1. Spray, wait 18 months/two years then burn. You'll have to spray again as the seeds under the plant will germinate and you'll have new and more furze coming back up. They reckon though that tactic helps kill off a lot of the seed bank that's built up under the furze.

    2. Spray and let them die away naturally. To be honest that's what I'm doing. What I have read tells me that the first option 1 above will see a person treating re-infestations for half the time that option 2 will take (15 versus 30 years was mentioned).

    I just can't bring myself to burn what I've sprayed :o I'll probably end up paying for it down the line.

    Taller stuff I cut down and process for firewood outside of the nesting season, then I spray the regrowth on the stumps.


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