What age is your oldest animal (Cow/Bull)

Mac Taylor

We have a cow here born in May'99. Since her first calve, she has calved every 365 days and touch wood have only lost one calf from her. She is a red lm x wh. Any one got older?

GrandSoftDay

Just checked the cards, oldest two were born in March and April 97

Ltrvale

We have a cow born december 98 calved everyyear but is empty this year so will be fattened

Miname

Sold a march 95 suckler last october. She left 15 calves behind her and was still going strong only i wasnt going to chance her another year. i got 1175 for her for further feeding. A neighbour has one thats 28 this year, he has been onto the ifj but aparently shes not the oldest floating about.

GrandSoftDay

Miname wrote: »

Sold a march 95 suckler last october. She left 15 calves behind her and was still going strong only i wasnt going to chance her another year. i got 1175 for her for further feeding. A neighbour has one thats 28 this year, he has been onto the ifj but aparently shes not the oldest floating about.

She didnt owe you anything in fairness!!

Miname

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

She didnt owe you anything in fairness!!

i have nothing left that will touch her for age, i think about 04 is the oldest now. i have her last heifer in a pen for fattening and im half tempted to keep her now when the subject arose.

Genghis Cant

01 red Lim (ULE) cow. Goes in calf easy, pops out the calf rapidly, breeds well. She's in great order this year in particular but I suppose she can keep goin on forever!

simx

Have a dec 97 ch cull here very fresh cow for age feet perfect on slats at moment

Damo810

Oldest animal here would be the ripe old age of March '12. Hopefully within the next few months it'll be only '14 cattle here to hah!

farmersfriend

Mac Taylor wrote: »

We have a cow here born in May'99. Since her first calve, she has calved every 365 days and touch wood have only lost one calf from her. She is a red lm x wh. Any one got older?

Got a brass tag cow here. Arrived in 2001 as a third calver and this is first time she is not in calf. looks fresh although she is toothless

mikeoh

Have 3 00 lady's here a BB , SH and a LM.....the blues getting a bit old looking her feet slowing her down the other 2 would pass for young ladies

mikeoh

Have 3 00 lady's here a BB , SH and a LM.....the blues getting a bit old looking her feet slowing her down the other 2 would pass for young ladies

mikeoh

Have 3 00 lady's here a BB , SH and a LM.....the blues getting a bit old looking her feet slowing her down the other 2 would pass for young ladies

Blue Holland

Seems to be plenty of cows around in there teens, anyone got an oul bull still doin the business into his teens?

delaval

Just checked, 12 yrs 300 days, 10 calves and pregnant. 1 heifer:mad::mad:

freedominacup

'98 ex ho. The bull got her thankfully. Just hope she lands a heifer.
ps her ebi jumped up 30 points when she turned 14.

dh1985

07 is our oldest.

farmersfriend

Blue Holland wrote: »

Seems to be plenty of cows around in there teens, anyone got an oul bull still doin the business into his teens?

Have just sent off a fella almost 12. Limousin. All Heifers in calf to him for this year. Shoulder was playing up but he was willing just gettin slow at the job.!!!

biddy2013

Blue Holland wrote: »

Seems to be plenty of cows around in there teens, anyone got an oul bull still doin the business into his teens?

had a white head bull. think he was 12 when we sold him. he was a pet , if ya had a stick he would close his eyes as if to say dont hit me

Base price

I was asked to sort out herd register last summer for an elderly farmer. His younger brother used to look after the paperwork but he had died a few years before and the register was in a bit of a state.
He had a 23 year old cow that had left him 19 live calves and she was back in calf again. I must check with OH to see if he still has her.
The oldest that I ever had was a 18 yo BAxSH.

mikefoxo

Dad has two Sim cows. He's bring one to the fatstock show in a months time and hopefully he'll send the other one with her. I won't be sad to see them go!! He got the vet to AI the second one last year because she was "outta the best cow I ever had" but nothing came of it so off she goes

Birdnuts

The oldest suckler cow we've had here went to the factory at 15. Her last calf took it out of her and nearly all her teeth had gone. Sad to see her go,she was a lovely quiet girl.

hugo29

00 Angus x bb doll here, great cow,

Culled a 19 year old doll 2 years ago, she signed off with twins

knockmulliner

One cow born 99 Ho with a small bit of short horn in her, 13th calf due may, hard to get ic this time. Probably her last. Still sound feet and udder wise. Will try her again.

Mad4simmental

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Just checked the cards, oldest two were born in March and April 97

That's pretty impressive. What breed are they?

bbam

11 months

Livestockmad

I had a black limousin cow that got to 21.. she had 19 calves and never had twins.. when u looked at her u would think she was a young cow got small bit shook in her last six months tho..

GrandSoftDay

Mad4simmental wrote: »

That's pretty impressive. What breed are they?

2 red and White simmentals and I'd say they were most likely out of red whitehead cows. They are showing their age a bit now to be honest but we'll knock this year out of them. The last of the best breed of cows we ever had.

joejobrien

Oldest cow here is 17 years old, 15 lactations with almost 25000 gls produced.;)
Homebred by our own stock bull. 11 females. ICBF never gave her recogition until they finally gave more weighting to longitivy

Bulls Notion

Have our own 17year old bb cow, still calving every year.Neighbour has a Hereford around 22 years of age.

KatyMac

Oldest here is 17, she is a LIM, has had 16 calves (twins) and is due again this coming March. Probably this will be her last year as she is getting slow on her feet - doesn't stop her being first to the nuts though! I have a SIM heifer from her, a neighbour has one as well, we are comparing notes on how they are doing.

freedominacup

That oul '98 vintage girl I posted about turned up bulling yesterday, pity.....

Mad4simmental

freedominacup wrote: »

That oul '98 vintage girl I posted about turned up bulling yesterday, pity.....

Ahh give her a go, ha

freedominacup

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Ahh give her a go, ha

If she was any other cow she'd have been on the hook long ago. She's had too many chances.

RobertKK

My oldest was sold recently a dairy simmental cow who was just short of 16 years old, she was empty, after a few atempts to get her in calf, decided her time was up....

My oldest now is a 9.5 years old dairy cow, she calved yesterday.

Timmaay

freedominacup wrote: »

That oul '98 vintage girl I posted about turned up bulling yesterday, pity.....

Shoulda kept your big bloody mouth shut! Oldest here at the min is 13yrs. Had a 14yr old who I let onto the factory last yr, only got 280 for her, which I would have been annoyed with other than she utterly owed me nothing! I'd close on 1/4 of my current herd are direct descendants of her, you just cannot buy that sort of survivability!

mallethead

brother still has his first cow she's 29 in March
we got two calveswhen he was 6 and i was 9
she had a calf every year except last year and three sets of twins in her time
no amount of money will make him sell her

freedominacup

Timmaay wrote: »

Shoulda kept your big bloody mouth shut! Oldest here at the min is 13yrs. Had a 14yr old who I let onto the factory last yr, only got 280 for her, which I would have been annoyed with other than she utterly owed me nothing! I'd close on 1/4 of my current herd are direct descendants of her, you just cannot buy that sort of survivability!

Too much attention is paid to bulls and not enough to cow families. Survivability and fertility is down to cows and cow families imo. I think the best you can hope for from a bull is that he won't compromise it.

Blue Holland

freedominacup wrote: »

Too much attention is paid to bulls and not enough to cow families. Survivability and fertility is down to cows and cow families imo. I think the best you can hope for from a bull is that he won't compromise it.

Was looking through records recently, just over 20% of cows to calf this year are direct descendents from a pure bred calf we bought in 97 for 400 pounds, that was only time we ever bought a dairy animal an only got the one, was'nt that impressed with this one at first as she was no better than average of our own heifers.

onyerbikepat

mallethead wrote: »

brother still has his first cow she's 29 in March
we got two calveswhen he was 6 and i was 9
she had a calf every year except last year and three sets of twins in her time
no amount of money will make him sell her

It's not all about money.

Stationmaster

We have an Oct 98 cow at home still. Great calves every year. Dangerous bitch though and even worse the first few months after calving. We were moving a few of them last week and I said to the auld lad did he ever think of selling her and he said 'yea, nearly every day but she'd more than likely only kill someone and I'd get no luck for it'!
She's not in calf this year though so factory I'd say next August.

blue5000

Oldest cow here is a 13 yr old lim x fr she is a twin, lots of good daughters and so on from the pair of them.

joejobrien

freedominacup wrote: »

Too much attention is paid to bulls and not enough to cow families. Survivability and fertility is down to cows and cow families imo. I think the best you can hope for from a bull is that he won't compromise it.

Definitey agree with you on that , cow familys are foundation stock.
Alot of oldest cow on here are sucklers. Unfortunately we are not seeing dairy stock lasting , many factors possible at play

Mac Taylor

Mac Taylor wrote: »

We have a cow here born in May'99. Since her first calve, she has calved every 365 days and touch wood have only lost one calf from her. She is a red lm x wh. Any one got older?

Just an update on the above lady. She calved a red Lim bull this morning. Calf and mother doing fine!!! Was planning on culling her this year, but we might go again with her, kinda finding it hard to sell her. Will put up a photo at the weekend.

feartuath

My 1997 cow was culled last year a black limo but she left a very small weanling heifer she hadn't enough milk for her.
Her 2010 calf is on her 2nd calf now.

Farmer Pudsey

I have a 3 yearold AA bullock. However he on the next load hopefully. Another AA that has hit the target of about 450grams/day:mad:

simx

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

I have a 3 yearold AA bullock. However he on the next load hopefully. Another AA that has hit the target of about 450grams/day:mad:

I hope he was cheap enough to make up for the poorer performance

Farmer Pudsey

simx wrote: »

I hope he was cheap enough to make up for the poorer performance

Part of a job lot rest gone not one of the bettere lots I bought.

simx

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Part of a job lot rest gone not one of the bettere lots I bought.

Always the problem with lots of cattle, generally a couple of lesser on the bunch

Mac Taylor

Well my oldest cow did the business again this morning, a lovely red lim heifer. Not bad for a 16 yo:D

Farrell

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Well my oldest cow did the business again this morning, a lovely red lim heifer. Not bad for a 16 yo:D

Ours went to the mart and earned €1250