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bob charles

stanflt wrote: »

what a day here today- best weather in ages.cows very happy and grass still growing very well

Erra will you stop posting pictures of sunshine, its hurting my eyes it been so long since we had any. Grass might be growing well, but is it of much value, my opinion is anything that has grown in my area over the last 30 days has being ****e, and the tests have confirmed my taughts. Talking to a boy that was up around Louth yesterday earlier, and he couldnt believe the weather compared to down here. Here cattle been buffer fed on our grass were at a standstill, much happier having them inside and thriving as they should be, stores can mop up what growing at present. Dairy cows are much better utilizers of moderate quality grass at the shoulders of the year so maybe thats why you lads think much more of grass than I do.

dar31

looks like good stuff stan,
nice to have a bit of after grass at this time of year, is it long since it was cut and what cover is on it now.

stanflt

dar31 wrote: »

looks like good stuff stan,
nice to have a bit of after grass at this time of year, is it long since it was cut and what cover is on it now.

its not aftergrass- was grazed 32days ago

Username John

Savage day here as well today.

Not sure if you can make it out in the pic - but there is a field of silage cut in the background, was picked up this evening. (Sorry, pic quality isn't great)




Put my two lads in the ewes today... the romancing started straight away

bob charles

do the girls like the facial hair of the hampshire downs

Kovu

bob charles wrote: »

do the girls like the facial hair of the hampshire downs

Sure some of them always do

blue5000

Stan when are you going to fess up that you are actually farming in New zealand?:P

stanflt

blue5000 wrote: »

Stan when are you going to fess up that you are actually farming in New zealand?:P

no but my brother is- he was on ear to the ground-

bob charles

a few of my stores grazing just as the fog lifted this a.m . grass now making a bad battle as they only went into this field 6 days ago. grass looks allot better than what it actually is, filling their bellies with green water

just do it

Tipp Man

Just do It - that looks like a fine crush and holding yard - put up a few more pics of it

just do it

Tipp Man wrote: »

Just do It - that looks like a fine crush and holding yard - put up a few more pics of it

All done with the grant! Hard to see another one of those for a while:rolleyes:. The place is due a decent washdown, I'll take a few more pics when I've that done...

Muckit

stanflt wrote: »

what a day here today- best weather in ages.cows very happy and grass still growing very well

You are very lucky Stanfit. The local dairy lad beside me has his 90 cows all tucked up in the shed for the winter

Have all out yet myself, but mostly light stock. Only getting around to cleaning off aftergrass from meadow cut in late June !! I kid you not

Muckit

just do it wrote: »

All done with the grant! Hard to see another one of those for a while:rolleyes:. The place is due a decent washdown, I'll take a few more pics when I've that done...

Yes stick up a few pics. That grant was the biz alright. Have you the posts on the inside of the bars in the holding area??!

Richk2012

Username John wrote: »

Savage day here as well today.

Not sure if you can make it out in the pic - but there is a field of silage cut in the background, was picked up this evening. (Sorry, pic quality isn't great)




Put my two lads in the ewes today... the romancing started straight away




Ewes getting a flush of decent grass before and during tipping ... Always a great job .
Your ewes are in good form john ..
Are the Hampshire Downs easily finished??

Username John

Richk2012 wrote: »

Username John wrote: »

Savage day here as well today.

Not sure if you can make it out in the pic - but there is a field of silage cut in the background, was picked up this evening. (Sorry, pic quality isn't great)

Put my two lads in the ewes today... the romancing started straight away

Ewes getting a flush of decent grass before and during tipping ... Always a great job .
Your ewes are in good form john ..
Are the Hampshire Downs easily finished??

Hi Rich,
Yeah, they have a good run of after grass ahead of them now (it would want to be good, its closed up with bloody weeks, months actually )
So I should be ok for grass for the next 5-6 weeks. After that, its gets a bit dodgy

The ewes are looking good enough, maybe one or two are a bit too good...
I gave em cobalt and a dose of Levafas about 3 or 4 weeks ago and it made a great job I think. Before they got the dose, they were inclined to be a bit dirty, but it cleared em right up.

As for the Hampshire downs, I dont know. This is my first year with em, so we'll see how we do next summer. They are apparently easier finished off grass... We'll see...

How did you get on with those lambs you posted up a while back?

Richk2012

Username John wrote: »

Richk2012 wrote: »

Hi Rich,
Yeah, they have a good run of after grass ahead of them now (it would want to be good, its closed up with bloody weeks, months actually )
So I should be ok for grass for the next 5-6 weeks. After that, its gets a bit dodgy

The ewes are looking good enough, maybe one or two are a bit too good...
I gave em cobalt and a dose of Levafas about 3 or 4 weeks ago and it made a great job I think. Before they got the dose, they were inclined to be a bit dirty, but it cleared em right up.

As for the Hampshire downs, I dont know. This is my first year with em, so we'll see how we do next summer. They are apparently easier finished off grass... We'll see...

How did you get on with those lambs you posted up a while back?

Had all the lambs sold by the 1st week in Sept .
Forgot i had posted picture of some of them . Looked back at the dockets yesterday .
Them lads in the picture were the last of them sold in 2 lots . Weathers and Ewes .

Weathers weighed 48 made 104
Ewes weighed 46 made 104 also . They weren't really breeding quality though so went straight for the hook id imagine .

I never keep lambs any later than early Sept as the growth is slowing down at this stage , and the lambs are only eating into what i need for Autumn calvers , so whether they are sold as finished or stores , they all get gate at that time .

jerdee

Update on crush rearrangement

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s462/jerdee1/7B7F64FB-772A-48E7-AD7B-61A2F7504B4F-978-000001705A5AEC4A.jpg

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Hopefully work now I have it up!!!!!!!

bob charles

a medal to an animal that manages to damage the two front pillars the head gate is bolted onto. better be safe than sorry

vanderbadger

jerdee wrote: »

Hopefully work now I have it up!!!!!!!

nice job, fair play, its fair strong looking alright

pakalasa

Great Job there Jerdee. Hard to beat a crush where you have access from both sides and the sides can be removed in an emergency.

JohnBoy

you put a lot of thought, and work into that.

lash a few more coats of paint onto it and it'll last a lifetime. (ok, the front pillars will last a lifetime by themselves )

Tipp Man

thanks for the photos Jerdee

That is 1 serious crush you have there - and well thought out

jerdee

Thanks lads what you think of the sliding pipes need to be able to stop them before they go al the way but would like something that hasn t any corners or sharp ends .

pakalasa

You could have put the sliding bar internal. Then have a slot cut on the outer bars, with a bit of bar (handle) welded onto the inner bar, so that you could slide it back and forth. Like a latch on a gate, I suppose. Still not much wrong with it, the way it is.

JohnBoy

you can still do that. If you cut a slot in each sliding outer pipe to the amount of slide you want then drill a hole in the inner pipe. either tap that and put a bolt in it, or weld in a small stud.

that way they cant slide either in or out too far.

time consuming though, unless you have a milling machine (in which case I hate you) then you're looking at various techniques which are either rough, time consuming, or both