Livestock/General Farming photo thread TAKE #2 ::::RULES IN 1st POST::::

tanko

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

No, by Sympa. Bought her as a yearling at a society sale. She was even more muscley back then.

What kind of money would a yearling heifer similiar to that cost, hyporhetically speaking???

Pidae.m

You've shurly the cleanest left hand on boards patsy!

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Pidae.m wrote: »

You've shurly the cleanest left hand on boards patsy!

:D

patsy_mccabe

Pidae.m wrote: »

You've shurly the cleanest left hand on boards patsy!

Working with a guy one day and he said I had the cleanest hands he ever seen on a farmer. Told him we had this great stuff at home called soap.

patsy_mccabe

tanko wrote: »

What kind of money would a yearling heifer similiar to that cost, hyporhetically speaking???

She was one of the cheaper heifers on the day I bought her. She's got about 10 generations of AI breeding behind her. Goes way back to a Thomastown cow. I had my research done before I bought her. Price, around the €2.5k mark.

RobinBanks

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Glad to have this girl calved. As you can see she was gone very fleshy, despite having her in a bare field the last few weeeks. Bit of a surprise this morning when I found her calved. Checked her last night and no sign of the pins being down. Bavardage bull calf. Really wanted a heifer as she lacks a bit of milk.
So easy calf them outdoors. Cow is lovely and quiet, so no bother help the calf to stand up and latch him on to drink.

Now that is a lovely pair. Great power to that cow.

Lady Haywire

Posers :P

Say my name

Bringing the last few straglers in for milking.


(Apologies for pic quality).

A bit of food for cows and soil there. As well as some soil armour. No fert spread in last round on that field and should need none in this round. Maybe dirty water from collecting yard.

Cow's averaging 26 litres on 4kg meal.

whelan2

Say my name wrote: »

Bringing the last few straglers in for milking.


(Apologies for pic quality).

A bit of food for cows and soil there. As well as some soil armour. No fert spread in last round on that field and should need none in this round. Maybe dirty water from collecting yard.

Cow's averaging 26 litres on 4kg meal.

What cover was on that when cows went into it?

Say my name

whelan2 wrote: »

What cover was on that when cows went into it?

High.

Don't measure. Just all by eye.
High. Medium and none.

A guess. 2400?

whelan2

Say my name wrote: »

High.

Don't measure. Just all by eye.
High. Medium and none.

A guess. 2400?

Will they clean it out fully or will you top?

Say my name

whelan2 wrote: »

Will they clean it out fully or will you top?

No they won't clean it out fully and no topper will be used either.
I want to try and leave a bit of cover on the soil in case we get a drought.
I've a feeling they'll have no trouble cleaning it out themselves the next round if I want them to.

Say my name

Cool!

https://youtu.be/qzCStYVq7Oc

Limestone Cowboy

I think I posted a pic of these 2 before. 2 yearling bullocks that were left over from last year. Were born late and weaned at 3 and a half months old and looked awful all the winter. Can't get over the thrive they have done all the summer.

CloughCasey1

My type of stock. Buy them shook and let time and quality grass bring them on.

CHOPS01

First batch for the factory later in the week hopefully. Humble stock compared to LC !!

tanko

Nothing wrong with them, a fine bunch of cattle.
What's the average age of them?

Cavanjack

tanko wrote: »

Nothing wrong with them, a fine bunch of cattle.
What's the average age of them?

And have they much meal in them?

Buford T. Justice XIX

Nice friesian bullock below...
https://twitter.com/BioBeef/status/1150516946787434496?s=19

Limestone Cowboy

CHOPS01 wrote: »

First batch for the factory later in the week hopefully. Humble stock compared to LC !!

I'd gladly swap for a few whiteheads this evening. Spent 4 hours trying to round up my year and a half heifers and the neighbours bullocks. Another neighbours bull called and bulled one of them today aswell. There's a lot to be said for quiet stock

CHOPS01

tanko wrote: »

Nothing wrong with them, a fine bunch of cattle.
What's the average age of them?

28- 29 months. First heading over 30months second week of August.

CHOPS01

Cavanjack wrote: »

And have they much meal in them?

Getting 3kg for the last 3 and a half weeks. Have done very well in the last 6/7 weeks like all stock I suppose

Lady Haywire

My pick of the calves this year is the Cavelands Jolly heifer.
6/7 weeks old now & the cow is in heat today so going for a repeat of this lady

patsy_mccabe

I was dehorning calves yesterday and this fella was the youngest of the lot. Just gone 2 weeks so thought him too young to do. It wasn't till I grabbed him that I realised how big he was. He'll be a monster I think. Horn buds plenty big too.

High bike

Z

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I was dehorning a calves yesterday and this fella was the youngest of the lot. Just gone 2 weeks so thought him too young to do. It wasn't till I grabbed him that I realised how big he was. He'll be a monster I think. Horn buds plenty big too.

you worked up a bit of a sweat ther Patsy, plenty power in that lad is he purebred?

High bike

Lady Haywire wrote: »

My pick of the calves this year is the Cavelands Jolly heifer.
6/7 weeks old now & the cow is in heat today so going for a repeat of this lady

shes a cracker

patsy_mccabe

High bike wrote: »

Zyou worked up a bit of a sweat ther Patsy, plenty power in that lad is he purebred?

Ya purebred. He's the third calf out of a cow I bought in the local mart. She breeds great stock but poor stars, so I decided to hell with it and went with XGL as he has is good for size and muscle and I seen a lot of good stock from him. Well, he delivered that anyway.

Lady Haywire

Has the cow height? Smashing calf for sure Patsy, similar to an XGL we have, length & shape, ours just lacks a bit of upward momentum :pac:

patsy_mccabe

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Has the cow height? Smashing calf for sure Patsy, similar to an XGL we have, length & shape, ours just lacks a bit of upward momentum :pac:

Ya, she is a big framey type. Not muscley though. XGL does scrore 74% for height.

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One of the pedigree heifers was bulling this evening so tomorrow morning heralds the dawn of a new chapter in pedigree breeding for me.
I bought straws of this bull and hopefully he works out.
Edit: Oops, for some reason the pic was too big to attach. Straws are from SH4748 Buncraggy Fire Fox (RO) (P)