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heat detection for heifers

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  • 08-04-2014 10:57am
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    Greengrass1
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    Bulling heifers in out farm this year so won't see them as much as usual.
    Have crayons here from the winter that didn't work indoors.
    Will they work on heifers?
    Anyone use them before?
    I'm not seeing anything bulling at the moment


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    Timmaay
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Bulling heifers in out farm this year so won't see them as much as usual.
    Have crayons here from the winter that didn't work indoors.
    Will they work on heifers?
    Anyone use them before?
    I'm not seeing anything bulling at the moment

    Bring them home for 10days or so and ai whatever you see then, use sexed, and afterwards let an AA bull run with
    them! That's the easy part, getting your dad to agree though ha :(


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    TEAT SQUEEZER
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    vas bull with chin ball.... only job .. scratch cards over kamars,tail paint and crayons for heifers .. tail paint best for cows plus vas bull...


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    Greengrass1
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    TEAT SQUEEZER wrote: »
    vas bull with chin ball.... only job .. scratch cards over kamars,tail paint and crayons for heifers .. tail paint best for cows plus vas bull...

    Have a vas bull here alright. was thinking crayons bbecause they don't go as hard as paint and are a bit easier rubbed off


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    mahoney_j
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Bulling heifers in out farm this year so won't see them as much as usual.
    Have crayons here from the winter that didn't work indoors.
    Will they work on heifers?
    Anyone use them before?
    I'm not seeing anything bulling at the moment

    I'd be more worried about the fact ur seeing nothing bulling?how are they weight wise and mineral wise.


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    Greengrass1
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    mahoney_j wrote: »
    I'd be more worried about the fact ur seeing nothing bulling?how are they weight wise and mineral wise.

    All over 320 bar two April ones which are 280.
    There at the block but but hopping off it like I've seen before.
    They only eat the block if there lacking is what we have found.
    I'm worried too that I'm not seeing anything bulling. They were hopping when they left the shed


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    Deepsouthwest
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    All over 320 bar two April ones which are 280.
    There at the block but but hopping off it like I've seen before.
    They only eat the block if there lacking is what we have found.
    I'm worried too that I'm not seeing anything bulling. They were hopping when they left the shed

    Scratch cards all the way, an absolute must for maiden heifers. Using them on all cows and heifers here for the second yr in a row


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    Greengrass1
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    Here they are..moved them on yesterday.
    That ground was bare on 1st Feb
    Got 2bags of phisolith and a bag of can
    Do the heifers look fit for the bull?
    https://imageshack.us/a/img839/4001/kmpk.jpg


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    mf240
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    Would you not let a bull off with them? save a lot of messing.


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    Greengrass1
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    mf240 wrote: »
    Would you not let a bull off with them? save a lot of messing.

    Don't agree with using a stock bull on heifers.
    Plus I don't have one


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    C4d78
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    Scratch cards great job on heifers. Well worth it


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    frazzledhome
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Have a vas bull here alright. was thinking crayons bbecause they don't go as hard as paint and are a bit easier rubbed off

    I've a spare chinball and harness here if you want to borrow it.


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    Greengrass1
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    I've a spare chinball and harness here if you want to borrow it.

    Are they a good way of picking up heifers?
    I can buy one if they are. No point in me running up to you if they are


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    Round Bale
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Are they a good way of picking up heifers?
    I can buy one if they are. No point in me running up to you if they are

    In any case it mightn't fit you:D


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    frazzledhome
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    Round Bale wrote: »
    In any case it mightn't fit you:D

    I haven't used mine since I got married


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    Greengrass1
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    Round Bale wrote: »
    In any case it mightn't fit you:D

    Might be a help in Kilkenny of a Saturday night :D:D


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    Round Bale
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Might be a help in Kilkenny of a Saturday night :D:D

    Make sure to put the same colour in as the rest of the bucks. There's safety in numbers!


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    Damo810
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    Round Bale wrote: »
    Make sure to put the same colour in as the rest of the bucks. There's safety in numbers!

    Well if they used different colours the poor women would look like a rainbow by teh end of the night :D


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    frazzledhome
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    Round Bale wrote: »
    Make sure to put the same colour in as the rest of the bucks. There's safety in numbers!

    Fake tan?


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    Greengrass1
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    Fake tan?

    And white shirts tell tales......


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    moy83
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    And white shirts tell tales......

    The wife got a spray tan done yesterday and I investigated when I got home ! Thought no more of it till this evening when the sisters dog took a chunk out of my knee and I dropped the pants to see the damage . The sister , mother and father all saw the brown knees and thighs on me . They thought gangrene had set in until the sister put 2+2 together


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    Greengrass1
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    Teagasc kilworth breeding plan for heifers,

    Kamars sit in between the hipbones on the heifers back don't they?


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    J.O. Farmer
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    moy83 wrote: »
    The wife got a spray tan done yesterday and I investigated when I got home ! Thought no more of it till this evening when the sisters dog took a chunk out of my knee and I dropped the pants to see the damage . The sister , mother and father all saw the brown knees and thighs on me . They thought gangrene had set in until the sister put 2+2 together

    Funniest post I've seen in a while. Thank you for that.


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