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

Bullocks

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

1st of December and still able to do the herding from the jeep, unthinkable in a normal year!

It's brilliant weather so far . I'd go so far as to say that today is actually a growthy type of day here .
Hopefully we won't pay for it in spring time when we want it more though

Miname

towzer2010 wrote: »

Creaga dice is a shorthorn and isn't available any more I think.

He is a shorthorn yes and I've managed to tangle a couple of straws.

mf240

mf240

Bullocks

mf240 wrote: »

You must be under quota when you're even trying to get a drop out of him !

Reggie.

mf240 wrote: »

That fella reckons he's a wolf or something

mf240

Reggie. wrote: »

That fella reckons he's a wolf or something

He was eating an ivy bush that was growing in the top of the wall. He fell off shortly afterwards:D:D

darragh_haven

Just a pic from my time in Germany many moons ago, for those of you with a machinery addiction

Limestone Cowboy

darragh_haven wrote: »

Just a pic from my time in Germany many moons ago, for those of you with a machinery addiction

Mmmm....fendt!! Drove one once, like a space ship with all the buttons and the joystick, I was as happy as a pig in sh1t inside in it!

leoch

Tell us more darragh did U spend long over there is that wat U were working at or is it just a photo taken while passing bye

darragh_haven

leoch wrote: »

Tell us more darragh did U spend long over there is that wat U were working at or is it just a photo taken while passing bye

i was working in Germany end 2010/start 2011 for the AD company i'm still working with, worked on the Maize harvest on the weekends that any farmer or contrator needed help.

bogman_bass

Do you think the blade is a better system on the pit than an industrial loader?

darragh_haven

bogman_bass wrote: »

Do you think the blade is a better system on the pit than an industrial loader?

When i saw it first i thought it would be a balls of a job, but after using it i'd definatly go for the Blade.

Heres a pic of a fendt favoutite with a snow plough blade on my companies own Ad plant.
and the Deutz on the pit with a O&K Loader

Zr105

darragh_haven wrote: »

When i saw it first i thought it would be a balls of a job, but after using it i'd definatly go for the Blade.

Heres a pic of a fendt favoutite with a snow plough blade on my companies own Ad plant.
and the Deutz on the pit with a O&K Loader

only really an option for maize tho isnt it? cant imagine it would be much use for grass?

Deepsouthwest

Mad4simmental wrote: »

The new boss man around here. 16 months old by DRU

He looks to have quite an opinion of himself!!

darragh_haven

These lads are for the factory in Jan. Getting 4.5kg of beef nut per day. Hopefully a base of €4/kg in Jan.

tanko

I'm no expert on finishing cattle but 4.5 kgs per day doesn't seem like a lot for animals within a month or two of killing?

darragh_haven

tanko wrote: »

I'm no expert on finishing cattle but 4.5 kgs per day doesn't seem like a lot for animals within a month or two of killing?

They'd be over fat in the 3rd week of January if we gave much more. On very good silage also

tanko

darragh_haven wrote: »

They'd be over fat in the 3rd week of January if we gave much more. On very good silage also

Fair enough, what kind of carcase weights and grades would you be hoping for?

tanko

A few weans

Greengrass1

tanko wrote: »

A few weans

Fine stock. No matter what the enterprise ye have to admire good stock and effort put into them

Kovu

The scut of a ch looks out of place

tanko

Kovu wrote: »

The scut of a ch looks out of place

Don't worry, I'm going to dye her red;)

naughto

Kovu wrote: »

The scut of a ch looks out of place

Prob the best of the lot

tanko

naughto wrote: »

Prob the best of the lot

I can't take the credit for her:)

Robson99

darragh_haven wrote: »

They'd be over fat in the 3rd week of January if we gave much more. On very good silage also

I would be feeding them 10kg. . They don't look fat and it would take a while on 4 r 5 kg for contenintals to get fat.
Have a batch of contenintal heifers on 7.5kg day and they weigh 680 - 700kg. Will up to 10kg in a fortnights time and will kill mid Jan. On ad lib silage as well. Hopefully base of € 4 plus at that stage

Genghis Cant

tanko wrote: »

I can't take the credit for her:)

Don't mind them, she's not that bad. Would you take 825 for her?

tanko

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Don't mind them, she's not that bad. Would you take 825 for her?

Ah now, you offered more for her a few weeks ago;)

Genghis Cant

tanko wrote: »

Ah now, you offered more for her a few weeks ago;)

I'm running out of funds with the build up to Christmas. A heifer like that would turn inside out on the good land in Offaly. 850 and a shake of luck will buy her?

tanko

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I'm running out of funds with the build up to Christmas. A heifer like that would turn inside out on the good land in Offaly. 850 and a shake of luck will buy her?

If you think it's bad here you should see where she came from:D