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Irish moiled cattle

  • 29-01-2013 6:27am
    #1
    Crann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭


    I was wondering does anyone have any experience with irish moiled cattle? I was thinking of buying a few but have no experience with them. Thanks for any help.


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  • #2
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Very few breeders left, seen a few for sale on donedeal now and again.
    http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4440262

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #3
    irish moiled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭irish moiled


    Crann wrote: »
    I was wondering does anyone have any experience with irish moiled cattle? I was thinking of buying a few but have no experience with them. Thanks for any help.
    They are a very hardy breed easy to keep and outwinter very easily. Bulls are docile and have the advantage of bringing the polled gene when crossed with horned cattle. Cows are milky. Calves are hardy and trouble free. Breeding them last five years, never lost one to sickness. Easily calved.
    There are a large number of breeders in Ireland. Don't advertise alot. Check out www.irishmoiledcattlesociety.com and their facebook page for a detailed list of breeders.


  • #4
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    irish moiled wrote: »
    They are a very hardy breed easy to keep and outwinter very easily. Bulls are docile and have the advantage of bringing the polled gene when crossed with horned cattle. Cows are milky. Calves are hardy and trouble free. Breeding them last five years, never lost one to sickness. Easily calved.
    There are a large number of breeders in Ireland. Don't advertise alot. Check out www.irishmoiledcattlesociety.com and their facebook page for a detailed list of breeders.

    What kind of weights would you get the bulls/bullocks to?
    What kind of kill out would they have?


  • #5
    irish moiled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭irish moiled


    Steers can be fattened economically on good quality forage without the need for concentrates and achieve carcass weights of 220-260kg at typically R and O grades


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