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

patsy_mccabe

kollegeknight wrote: »

I love the English long horn. Drove through a herd of them near London one time in one of those large estates. Amazing animals.

Like most things, they would struggle to survive on my land.

They seem to be a big breed alright. I love the square shape of them. The horns would get caught in everything though.

You'd have to poll them.

bogman_bass

Albert Johnson wrote: »

There one of the few Irish or English breeds of cattle I've never seen coming through the mart. It's surprising what you'll see at times, Highlands and Galloway's wouldn't be that unusual and there's one man that keeps Lincoln Red's which I'd say would be very much a minority breed in this country. Speckle parks have become very popular in recent years and I saw a Romagnola bullock a few weeks back. I've a fondness for roan coloured cattle although the horns aren't very practical around a feeder or in shed's.

I picked up a few red Devon straws as an experiment this year.

Base price

bogman_bass wrote: »

I picked up a few red Devon straws as an experiment this year.

They are nice looking cattle.

funkey_monkey

https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/taking-stock/world-record-350000gns-tup-sold-at-lanark

350,000gns for a Texel ram lamb.

There's money in farming yet boys

Say my name

funkey_monkey wrote: »

https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/taking-stock/world-record-350000gns-tup-sold-at-lanark

350,000gns for a Texel ram lamb.

There's money in farming yet boys

They're all going mad about it on social media across the water.
Hiding off farm money from the taxman, giving the poor sheep farmers a bad name, 345k being returned as luck money, etc, etc all being mentioned. :rolleyes:

kollegeknight

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

They seem to be a big breed alright. I love the square shape of them. The horns would get caught in everything though.

You'd have to poll them.

Kinda goes against the name- a rhino with no horn.

TheRe was a woman in uk that has awful trouble with tb had a pedigree herd of them.

Limestone Cowboy

A few of the replacement heifers enjoying a rare bit of sunshine. They are all in calf to the sim however it will work out. There's a good few of them out of sim cows themselves.

Track9

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

A few of the replacement heifers enjoying a rare bit of sunshine. They are all in calf to the sim however it will work out. There's a good few of them out of sim cows themselves.

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Super Healthy cows on nice grass .
Is the ground deep ploughed or what was done to bring the ground into the good grass ..

Albert Johnson

Albert Johnson wrote: »

There one of the few Irish or English breeds of cattle I've never seen coming through the mart. It's surprising what you'll see at times, Highlands and Galloway's wouldn't be that unusual and there's one man that keeps Lincoln Red's which I'd say would be very much a minority breed in this country. Speckle parks have become very popular in recent years and I saw a Romagnola bullock a few weeks back. I've a fondness for roan coloured cattle although the horns aren't very practical around a feeder or in shed's.

I see that one of the highland cow's and calves advertised for sale in Dowra today made €2300. The online bidding has a been a revelation to those sort of niche stock once there well advertised beforehand.

Donegalforever

funkey_monkey wrote: »

https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/taking-stock/world-record-350000gns-tup-sold-at-lanark

350,000gns for a Texel ram lamb.

There's money in farming yet boys

For a selective few....not the majority.

Say my name

And that's straw 2020 finished for mise.
(falls in a heap)

Say my name

I'm not sure which is 'weirder'?

That I've dropped all vaccinations these past few years.
Or that I'm infrared treating water prior to foliar feeding grass.
Or that this year's calves haven't required deworming yet.

Dinzee Conlee

Say my name wrote: »

I'm not sure which is 'weirder'?

That I've dropped all vaccinations these past few years.
Or that I'm infrared treating water prior to foliar feeding grass.
Or that this year's calves haven't required deworming yet.

Why are you infrared treating water Say?

Say my name

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Why are you infrared treating water Say?

I read about 'EZ' water in John Kempf's book and decided to see if there's anything for plant growth myself.

patsy_mccabe

Definitely a WTF moment;

https://twitter.com/AnthonyJMitche1/status/1303104853057642497/photo/1

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patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Definitely a WTF moment;

https://twitter.com/AnthonyJMitche1/status/1303104853057642497/photo/1

Reminds of the punk bands in the 80's

furandfeather

1, nice surprise this morning
2, new bull filling out nicely
3, I'd say I'll want the jack well oiled up for this lady

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furandfeather wrote: »

1, nice surprise this morning
2, new bull filling out nicely
3, I'd say I'll want the jack well oiled up for this lady

I'd love to be the owner of the cow with the calf at foot. She is a cracker with length and depth.

CloughCasey1

Plenty of clover anyway.

Reggie.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Plenty of clover anyway.

You could say that

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

You could say that

Was a pity to let the bullocks in to graze it. 🙂

Base price

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Was a pity to let the bullocks in to graze it. ��

Keep a good eye on them for bloat. The only time I've ever had a issue with bloat in cattle was at this time of the year when clover would be growing well.

Lime Tree Farm

Base price wrote: »

Keep a good eye on them for bloat. The only time I've ever had a issue with bloat in cattle was at this time of the year when clover would be growing well.

make sure they are not hungry going in - they wont gorge on it if they have full bellies.

tanko

furandfeather wrote: »

1, nice surprise this morning
2, new bull filling out nicely
3, I'd say I'll want the jack well oiled up for this lady

Is that bull as long as he looks?
What’s his breeding?

furandfeather

tanko wrote: »

Is that bull as long as he looks?
What’s his breeding?

Hes a decent length alright.
Hes by curaheen tyson out of a kilbride farm Bantry cow out of a samack superman cow

CloughCasey1

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Plenty of clover anyway.

Grazed and last of dung out.

Say my name

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Grazed and last of dung out.

Did that get fert out with the spreader before Clough?
Was it a new reseed?

CloughCasey1

Say my name wrote: »

Did that get fert out with the spreader before Clough?
Was it a new reseed?

Fert before deadline yes.
That was sown after 2018 drought. I cut hay and then fed silage bales in ring feeders on it sparyed and guttler.

Limestone Cowboy

Today's fun.

Dozer1

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