Pictures of your cattle?

onyerbikepat

I was talking to a guy last week that had cattle stolen from his farm. He said he happened to have a picture on his phone of one of the cows.
I know - I can hear the Dairy guys laughing now !!:).........But for suckler farmers with all sorts of coloured cattle, would it be worth taking pictures of all your stock.
He was telling me that the theft of cattle was very common now, according to the guards.

Muckit

Be hard to pick them out after they're butchered!!

'I'd recognise that steak anywhere! !'

Mad4simmental

Would freeze branding tag numbers be any good? They probably end up as beef within a few hours.

Genghis Cant

Muckit wrote: »

Be hard to pick them out after they're butchered!!

'I'd recognise that steak anywhere! !'

The clever thieves are dying them different colours and attaching fake moustache etc.
You couldn't be up to them :-)

weatherbyfoxer

Amazing the things you could do with a pallet of black shoe polish!

Reggie.

Ya cant beat locks on a gate

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

Ya cant beat locks on a gate

Not really, a lock will only keep an honest man out...

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Ya cant beat locks on a gate

pain in the butt opening a lock to go in and out. If they want to take them they will

Kovu

whelan2 wrote: »

pain in the butt opening a lock to go in and out. If they want to take them they will

And this is why we need kids, they love opening and closing gates

whelan2

.Kovu. wrote: »

And this is why we need kids, they love opening and closing gates

yes, eldest lad was complaining the other day that no 2 gates open the same around here:)

Reggie.

.Kovu. wrote: »

And this is why we need kids, they love opening and closing gates

Why when are ya starting to produce

gozunda

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

Amazing the things you could do with a pallet of black shoe polish!

A number of years ago a horse appeared over night in a rented field. No one knew who owned said horse and land owner living abroad. Nice looking TB bay horse with no markings. Come winter horse still in field no food and no water - neighbour started feeding it but something strange, the same horse now appeared to have a star and three white socks - the hair dye had washed out. Garda contacted.

weatherbyfoxer

gozunda wrote: »

A number of years ago a horse appeared over night in a rented field. No one knew who owned said horse and land owner living abroad. Nice looking TB bay horse with no markings. Come winter horse still in field no food and no water - neighbour started feeding it but something strange, the same horse now appeared to have a star and three white socks - the hair dye had washed out. Garda contacted.

the hair dye was probably worth more!

gozunda

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

the hair dye was probably worth more!

The identify of the horse was discovered - it had been stolen and was valuable...
Some cute hoor thought that disguising the horse was foolproof.

Reggie.

gozunda wrote: »

The identify of the horse was discovered - it had been stolen and was valuable...
Some cute hoor thought that disguising the horse was foolproof.

Reward?????

gozunda

Reggie. wrote: »

Reward?????

No comment

Genghis Cant

gozunda wrote: »

The identify of the horse was discovered - it had been stolen and was valuable...
Some cute hoor thought that disguising the horse was foolproof.

Did his name start with a sher and end with a gar? :-)

gozunda

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Did his name start with a sher and end with a gar? :-)

Don't think so - that one probably ended up 12 feet under with hooves pointing skywards ......

onyerbikepat

Cows and very young calves were stolen, so I doubt if they were butchered.
Gates were locked too.

Kovu

I'd say they might be looing in a northern accent by now.

As for pictures of our cattle, I not only know all of their heads by heart, I can tell them apart from their behinds too Even goes to the point that I know some of their moos as well.

moy83

.Kovu. wrote: »

I'd say they might be looing in a northern accent by now.

As for pictures of our cattle, I not only know all of their heads by heart, I can tell them apart from their behinds too Even goes to the point that I know some of their moos as well.

I'm shagged if anything is stolen , I can hardly tell which calf belongs to which cow most of the time and its not like we have alot .

Kovu

moy83 wrote: »

I'm shagged if anything is stolen , I can hardly tell which calf belongs to which cow most of the time and its not like we have alot .

You should start spray painting them with numbers like the sheep men

whelan2

moy83 wrote: »

I'm shagged if anything is stolen , I can hardly tell which calf belongs to which cow most of the time and its not like we have alot .

even with the angus, they are all different , i know them all to see. Wouldnt know the younger ones aswell though

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Why when are ya starting to produce

Unsuitable for breeding, docility too low :eek:

Zr105

.Kovu. wrote: »

Unsuitable for breeding, docility too low :eek:

Ah sure there no use if there not a little wild, no thrive in em

moy83

.Kovu. wrote: »

You should start spray painting them with numbers like the sheep men

I find it hard enough to do what I should with them not too mind an extra job .
I just let two heifers in with the cows and calves there to be bulled and I spotted a new calf . Told the father about it and he said I know I asked you to tag him over a week ago :rolleyes:

Miname

If your animals were thrown into a field with forty other animals of the same breed it would be a hard call to definatively pick them out. It may be of use with sims or something where there may be differnces in markings or such but if you had a field of limos or chars it might be a different story.

whelan2

Miname wrote: »

If your animals were thrown into a field with forty other animals of the same breed it would be a hard call to definatively pick them out. It may be of use with sims or something where there may be differnces in markings or such but if you had a field of limos or chars it might be a different story.

if i had a bucket of meal with me it wouldnt be hard to identify them:)

greysides

.Kovu. wrote: »

As for pictures of our cattle, I not only know all of their heads by heart, I can tell them apart from their behinds too.

I was with a farmer one day. I asked what was the number of the dairy cow we were standing beside as I couldn't see it and he should have been free to go and read it.

He surprised me by stooping down and looking at her udder, he then gave me the correct number.

Kovu

greysides wrote: »

I was with a farmer one day. I asked what was the number of the dairy cow we were standing beside as I couldn't see it and he should have been free to go and read it.

He surprised me by stooping down and looking at her udder, he then gave me the correct number.

Be a grand trick for a man if he had a few women on the go.:D

greysides

.Kovu. wrote: »

Be a grand trick for a man if he had a few women on the go.:D

:eek:
You can say that and get away with it.........................

Kovu

greysides wrote: »

:eek:
You can say that and get away with it.........................

Dunno if I'd get away with it, one of them may realise I wasn't the farmer:D:D

just do it

gozunda wrote: »

Don't think so - that one probably ended up 12 feet under with hooves pointing skywards ......

I think I saw it recently, and Elvis was riding it

KatyMac

whelan2 wrote: »

if i had a bucket of meal with me it wouldnt be hard to identify them:)

You'd have mine with you as well. They just need to hear me take the lid off the bin!:)