Farming Chit Chat III

jersey101

freedominacup wrote: »

There must be a cert there for some ancestor somewhere. You at least have ICBF records? With HO 3 generations give you full pedigree.

oh the father has them from all the ancestors but stopped registering them about 10 year ago. All the ancestry is on icbf aswell.

freedominacup

jersey101 wrote: »

oh the father has them from all the ancestors but stopped registering them about 10 year ago. All the ancestry is on icbf aswell.

Then Timmays post holds.

jersey101

I tried getting them tested before by AI companies but got no where

simx

contractor spreading dung here at moment, first time getting lad with rear discharge, i think hell be back, will definetly work out cheaper too

redzerologhlen

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Has he 2 tails or what?

Its a hermaphrodite!!

whelan1

hugo29 wrote: »

After getting a phone call to say I have reps inspection tomorrow, sweet fcuking jayus

how did it go?

hugo29

whelan1 wrote: »

how did it go?

just havin some lunch, been at fencing all morning, he arriving later, always think ya have place in good nick till ya start looking for problems,

bob charles

simx wrote: »

contractor spreading dung here at moment, first time getting lad with rear discharge, i think hell be back, will definetly work out cheaper too

Can I just G myself up and say TOLD YOU SO.

Side spreaders are the equilivent to dung, as a haybob is to drying grass

bob charles

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Has he 2 tails or what?

one tail and that hairy is hanging from where her duog is/should be :rolleyes:

simx

bob charles wrote: »

Can I just G myself up and say TOLD YOU SO.

Side spreaders are the equilivent to dung, as a haybob is to drying grass

well im not going to throw away the haybob yet as it might be handy if i make a bit of hay but that happens seldom enough, reckon if i got side slinger contractor in it would have cost 250e more and maybe more, thatll buy me a few pints

bob charles

simx wrote: »

well im not going to throw away the haybob yet as it might be handy if i make a bit of hay but that happens seldom enough, reckon if i got side slinger contractor in it would have cost 250e more and maybe more, thatll buy me a few pints

the quality pattern of the spread alone is 10 times better, but hey - there is a place for every machine. past a fellow outside cork city a few weeks ago with a bucket of scrape looking side spreader up on and Ifor Williams trailer and wondered where he was going with such a piece of crap, I stopped up the road for a half hour and continued on my way and I passed the same fellow again in Portlaoise :eek:

dzer2

bob charles wrote: »

the quality pattern of the spread alone is 10 times better, but hey - there is a place for every machine. past a fellow outside cork city a few weeks ago with a bucket of scrape looking side spreader up on and Ifor Williams trailer and wondered where he was going with such a piece of crap, I stopped up the road for a half hour and continued on my way and I passed the same fellow again in Portlaoise :eek:

so it was you who was stalking me.:D

whelan1

bob charles wrote: »

the quality pattern of the spread alone is 10 times better, but hey - there is a place for every machine. past a fellow outside cork city a few weeks ago with a bucket of scrape looking side spreader up on and Ifor Williams trailer and wondered where he was going with such a piece of crap, I stopped up the road for a half hour and continued on my way and I passed the same fellow again in Portlaoise :eek:

he was probably going to a scrapyard

Richk2012

Got a txt of ICBF about a beef breeding open day this Saturday at Tully .

Anyone going ?????

hugo29

whelan1 wrote: »

how did it go?

All sound, no penalties, have to say inspector was sound,

Exhale loudly, time for a beer:D

Conmaicne Mara

hugo29 wrote: »

All sound, no penalties, have to say inspector was sound,

Exhale loudly, time for a beer:D

Some relief I'd say, well done.

bob charles

whelan1 wrote: »

he was probably going to a scrapyard

Scrap yard 120km away, suppose its possible considering it was a cork man:D:D. If he was he could have weighted in the jeep and trailer aswell such was the condition

Milked out

First heifer calf arrived while ago, black axn calf off a heifer with not enough black on her to freeze band, calved unassisted but was 7 days early but the calf isn't too small either thank god. hopefully they'll keep on coming now

Timmaay

Milked out wrote: »

First heifer calf arrived while ago, black axn calf off a heifer with not enough black on her to freeze band, calved unassisted but was 7 days early but the calf isn't too small either thank god. hopefully they'll keep on coming now

How do ya get on with the mostly white HOs? It must be just the family of them we have, but there are 4 or 5 of them in our herd at the second, and they are the worst runts I've come across, all have some problem or other, between lamness, mastitis, poor fertility and just a lack of milk. I've culled out 2 and the rest will be going as soon as I can afford to cull them out. I sort of fear seeing a mostly white heifer calf being born now as a result ha!

1chippy

i seen a hermaphrodite heifer go through the ring in carnaross tonight. is there much of an issue with this, id never seen it before.

Milked out

Timmaay wrote: »

How do ya get on with the mostly white HOs? It must be just the family of them we have, but there are 4 or 5 of them in our herd at the second, and they are the worst runts I've come across, all have some problem or other, between lamness, mastitis, poor fertility and just a lack of milk. I've culled out 2 and the rest will be going as soon as I can afford to cull them out. I sort of fear seeing a mostly white heifer calf being born now as a result ha!

Grand really, can't say any different to the rest bar the lad doing the milk recording putting it down to the wrong cow. Have about 5 in the herd at the moment with a few more to join. 1 has fert issues alrite but just keeps on giving the milk, another calved down as a heifer blind in 1 quarter but milks well and goes back in calf, her mother was pure white as well and completed 9 lactations, the other 3 are grand, all young cows with no issues so far touch wood.

funny man

I have several Hairy Breiz and they are some of the best Holsteins i have, they are almost all white. i'd say its more to do with your cow family and less to do with the colour.

bob charles

1chippy wrote: »

i seen a hermaphrodite heifer go through the ring in carnaross tonight. is there much of an issue with this, id never seen it before.

depends, many dont thrive as well as a proper animals, same with a freemartin - poorer thrivers on average

Milked out

funny man wrote: »

I have several Hairy Breiz and they are some of the best Holsteins i have, they are almost all white. i'd say its more to do with your cow family and less to do with the colour.

The heifer that calved 2nite is rdu off a hairy briez cow as well, good cows

quadboy

Whats the best plan for 20 month old bullocks, iv plenty of silage so no problem keeping them for the winter, would they need much nuts

Timmaay

funny man wrote: »

I have several Hairy Breiz and they are some of the best Holsteins i have, they are almost all white. i'd say its more to do with your cow family and less to do with the colour.

Your probably right, hairy breiz never did well here for some reason, lots of ruu, rdu and lbo tho. Lbo has proved excellent for survivability with us. The most for them are fairly black, probably about 3/4.

bob charles

hugo29 wrote: »

All sound, no penalties, have to say inspector was sound,

Exhale loudly, time for a beer:D

ah here, fess up, how much twine did you leave for him under the biscuit plate:rolleyes:?

hugo29

bob charles wrote: »

ah here, fess up, how much twine did you leave for him under the biscuit plate:rolleyes:?

ah bob you need a break, your getting cynical in your old age,

He was just a sound down to earth fella, small suckler farmer himself, if things were right or you looked like you were trying he was fair

Can't ask for more than that, he prob a one off though which is a pity

bob charles

hugo29 wrote: »

ah bob you need a break, your getting cynical in your old age,

He was just a sound down to earth fella, small suckler farmer himself, if things were right or you looked like you were trying he was fair

Can't ask for more than that, he prob a one off though which is a pity

I find the Dept of Ag fair and straight to deal with as they understand the farming way. Go deal with the Co Co's and you will soon consider the boys in the Dept of Ag like godsends. Most of the Ag boys dont want hassle whereas the Co Co seek hassle. Always looking out for some that might be wrong and never comment on anything right. Last time I had the Dept of Ag here there were 4 of them. We had a right chat and they couldnt understand the reason why they were in my yard. Long story. only knock they gave me that day was 5 cattle in the yard from any other herd while paperwork for transfer went through. Having mixed herds is a serious offense

hugo29

bob charles wrote: »

I find the Dept of Ag fair and straight to deal with as they understand the farming way. Go deal with the Co Co's and you will soon consider the boys in the Dept of Ag like godsends. Most of the Ag boys dont want hassle whereas the Co Co seek hassle. Always looking out for some that might be wrong and never comment on anything right. Last time I had the Dept of Ag here there were 4 of them. We had a right chat and they couldnt understand the reason why they were in my yard. Long story. only knock they gave me that day was 5 cattle in the yard from any other herd while paperwork for transfer went through. Having mixed herds is a serious offense

yea i know, lad i know had them out and they went to town on him, he took over from his auld lad few years back, auld man still keeps a few cows and has a few fields in his name, he had his calves in his old mans field as it is beside shed as calves were being weaned and they hammered him