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Richk2012

whelan1 wrote: »

not being smart but when do ye tag your calves, i tag as soon as they are born... was at a farm today and there where 4 angus calves in a pen a few weeks old, none tagged , how do you remember the dam , especially for specifics like bvd tagging? all 4 calves looked the exact same

That fella was done today .
Tag and dehorn together usually at a week old .
Always do them in the morning so i can keep an eye on them throughout the day.
Learnt that lesson once when i had dehorned couple one afternoon and left them with cows . Came back late that night to check on springers and the calf dead in a pool of blood . Cow must of started licking his head and you know the rest yourself :rolleyes:

jimmy G M

whelan1 wrote: »

not being smart but when do ye tag your calves, i tag as soon as they are born... was at a farm today and there where 4 angus calves in a pen a few weeks old, none tagged , how do you remember the dam , especially for specifics like bvd tagging? all 4 calves looked the exact same

Spring calving suckler herd, calve indoors, usually kept indoors in loose shed/pens until they harden up, tag, then out. Every second saturday round up a bunch of 2-4 week old calves and dehorn them. Hate that job, stress for animal & man. Nothing goes out the door of the shed without a tag.

whelan1

the calves i saw today where dairy calves off dams, i can understand in suckler herds as you will see dam with calf but these 4 calves where identical, fully black

Richk2012

jimmy G M wrote: »

. Nothing goes out the door of the shed without a tag.

Or a blackleg vaccine , with me anyway

johnpawl

vanderbadger wrote: »

jeez he is a fair old block for an april calf, what do you creep them on johnpawl?

They're getting greenvale calf ration and the good grass ahead of the cows with through a creep gate. He'll be sold on at 11 months old so be interesting to see how he does

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

johnpawl wrote: »

They're getting greenvale calf ration and the good grass ahead of the cows with through a creep gate. He'll be sold on at 11 months old so be interesting to see how he does

What weight is he JohnPaul?
How much ration is he on?

johnpawl

ZETOR_IS_BETTER wrote: »

What weight is he JohnPaul?
How much ration is he on?

He's eating 2kg a day with the past month or so, I'm poor enough at estimating weights tbh i'd be guessin something above 300

ZETOR_IS_BETTER

johnpawl wrote: »

He's eating 2kg a day with the past month or so, I'm poor enough at estimating weights tbh i'd be guessin something above 300

He is fine n' healthy with ya. good luck with him

Seaba

Richk2012 wrote: »

Blue Bull calf at 8 days old .
Out of a BBxFR , the cow certainly isnt much to look at but none of the BBxFR ever are .
If she keeps throwin calves like this and has a good bag of milk she can look how she likes :cool:

Lovely calf. What bull is he out of?
Looks like an RWS calf Pakalasa put up a pic of a few weeks back.

Bizzum

Pic 463: A black Lim heifer about 30 mths old, by Ardlea Uboy (UBY) calved down a few day to FL22, calved unassisted. The blue/grey cow in the picture is the dam of the black heifer.

Pic 476: An FL22 weanling bull off a BAX heifer. Nice enough shape and size, lacks volume though, typical of some of the easy calving bulls. He'll never break the scales.

Pic 471: A ten month old weaned Lim/Ch bull by Brigadeer (ABI). He is 500kgs and out of a heifer from our own Ch bull. ABI should never be put on a heifer. We have a few ABI calves and they are very good.

Bizzum

Pic 466: A 16/17 mth old PB Charolais heifer by Roundhill Doc (RHI) out of a Sylvain dam. Fancy enough heifer.

Pic 474: A nice Lim cow by Juguar (RSJ) out of a CHX cow. Good breeding cow, calving next spring, I think carrying to our own CH bull this time.

tismesoitis

Heres the part bull thats goin to the ploughing. He was weighed about 2-3 weeks back by icbf 354kgs born on the 22nd of feb.

Seaba

Great stock Bizzum and Tis.
Love looking at other lads/lassies fancy cattle but at the same time its a bit depressing, especially when I think of the yokes we have!

Only negative thing I can think of in all the pictures is of Bizzums second picture....one ragwort in the field - disgraceful - call yourself a farmer! :-)

tismesoitis

whelan1 wrote: »

not being smart but when do ye tag your calves, i tag as soon as they are born... was at a farm today and there where 4 angus calves in a pen a few weeks old, none tagged , how do you remember the dam , especially for specifics like bvd tagging? all 4 calves looked the exact same

tag dehorn vaccinate and bvd tag every 2-3 weeks any calf over a week.

Muckit

Lovely animal tismesoitis. Great shape and depth. He'I carry some weight before he eventually gets the hook. You look to be farming some good fattening land there too. Best of luck at the ploughing with him

Richk2012

Seaba wrote: »

Lovely calf. What bull is he out of?
Looks like an RWS calf Pakalasa put up a pic of a few weeks back.

He is a Ballyfin Borat calf .
Took a bit of a pull to get him but he flyin now . The cow has too much milk so thats why they still in shed .
Just in from outside , another couple of nights like that and the fly population will see a sudden decrease .

Richk2012

Bizzum wrote: »

Pic 466: A 16/17 mth old PB Charolais heifer by Roundhill Doc (RHI) out of a Sylvain dam. Fancy enough heifer.

Pic 474: A nice Lim cow by Juguar (RSJ) out of a CHX cow. Good breeding cow, calving next spring, I think carrying to our own CH bull this time.

A classy looking RHI heifer .
I have a heifer around the 9 month mark by him this year and id say she prob the worst one in the place , never took off from day one .
No shape or frame to her whatsoever , and came a light brownish colour out of a white Charlaois cow

Bizzum

Seaba wrote: »

Only negative thing I can think of in all the pictures is of Bizzums second picture....one ragwort in the field - disgraceful - call yourself a farmer! :-)

There's more than one I can tell ya. It's an awful year of them!

Bizzum

Richk2012 wrote: »

A classy looking RHI heifer .
I have a heifer around the 9 month mark by him this year and id say she prob the worst one in the place , never took off from day one .
No shape or frame to her whatsoever , and came a light brownish colour out of a white Charlaois cow

Could it be a medical issue do you think? Or milk?

Sometimes a bull and cow just wont suit and wont breed well. How did she breed before RHI or was this the first?

The colour is normal enough. I've seen the odd off white one!

just do it

Richk2012 wrote: »

A classy looking RHI heifer .
I have a heifer around the 9 month mark by him this year and id say she prob the worst one in the place , never took off from day one .
No shape or frame to her whatsoever , and came a light brownish colour out of a white Charlaois cow

Did the cow breed well previously?

johnpawl

tismesoitis wrote: »

Heres the part bull thats goin to the ploughing. He was weighed about 2-3 weeks back by icbf 354kgs born on the 22nd of feb.

serious animal to be fair

stanflt

that time of year

moy83

Fair play stan great pics again ,making me jealous as usual

bob charles

powerharrowing before ploughing :rolleyes:, I never get it. unless your going working deep for spuds or beet I can see the logic. Makes any ploughman look good at burying trash though.

Richk2012

Bizzum wrote: »

Could it be a medical issue do you think? Or milk?

Sometimes a bull and cow just wont suit and wont breed well. How did she breed before RHI or was this the first?

The colour is normal enough. I've seen the odd off white one!

just do it wrote: »

Did the cow breed well previously?

Yea its her 4th calf . She herself is a huge big animal by cf52 . Il stick up a pic of her when i get a chance.
She has had two great KLU calves last year and the year before .
I honestly dont think its a medical problem , just think its a poor calf . Considering her breeding i wouldnt imagine she is a great milker but hasnt been an issue with the 3 previous calves

1chippy

stuck the tags on nearly before i'd put the ropes on this year. only got the last of the cards back after a lot of talking with the department this year. too much messing with dates otherwise, and lads recognise the animals that are not tagged on time (the ones at 600kg and 8 months old). i just dont think its worth the extra hassle. dehorn about a week to two weeks, but always seem to miss a few. i reckon its just a better way of keeping proper records on the farm.

Manoffeeling

stanflt wrote: »

that time of year

You would be better to roundup it than grub it.

stanflt

Manoffeeling wrote: »

You would be better to roundup it than grub it.

no weeds in it-and was getting late for spraying

i usually always spray with roundup

bob charles

stanflt wrote: »

no weeds in it-and was getting late for spraying

i usually always spray with roundup

I would have stuck roundup on it, even an up to a day before ploughing, you will be surprised the amount of the live grass that will re appear. suppose that why ploughmen were better back in the day as they had to bury their work and couldnt rely on roundup. boys land you have there

Manoffeeling

He would have buried it better if he didn't grub it first. It looks very loose with the some grass peeping.