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pedigree 6

Anyone buying stock from abroad.
Go into it with your eyes wide open. You will get a red card instead of a blue card. Plus there's only certain meat factories that will take imported stock and then you won't get the same price as irish stock.

atlantic mist

the flec's are lovely, hope they go well

mahoney_j

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Anyone buying stock from abroad.
Go into it with your eyes wide open. You will get a red card instead of a blue card. Plus there's only certain meat factories that will take imported stock and then you won't get the same price as irish stock.

Had a chance to buy some pedigree je earlier in year from Holland ,that was a big negative for me also .left them go

whelan2

Greengrass1 wrote: »

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NUcPnUtsHlg

wonder how much would they cost delivered to your door?

Greengrass1

whelan2 wrote: »

wonder how much would they cost delivered to your door?

2k? There a dual purpose breed but imo there not top of the class in either beef or milk

atlantic mist

i was looking into getting a few a couple of years ago, they are still on my wish list, hope they start breeding here

we have friesian cows here but as the years go on their starting to look more Holstein, wouldnt mind adding a few flecs to the mix

alps

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Much meal Stan?
730 kgs here

Gulp.......2 cows in 1...

Dawggone

Last grazing. Going to bring them in full time tomorrow.

Cow Porter

when do you think you'll have them out again, have many in your area added days to grazing or are they saying "il ne peut pas etre fait" (hope that means it cant be done) :rolleyes:

frazzledhome

Has 2nd part of SFP been paid yet?

Brown Podzol

frazzledhome wrote: »

Has 2nd part of SFP been paid yet?

Yes. Mine came before Christhas.

orm0nd

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Anyone buying stock from abroad.
Go into it with your eyes wide open. You will get a red card instead of a blue card. Plus there's only certain meat factories that will take imported stock and then you won't get the same price as irish stock.

imported twice after being depolulated

would do it again in the morning if I had to, though you'd need to bringning large numbers to justify

no problem getting the stock slaughtered

Timmaay

Used 7sets of gloves today! It's been a busy but bloody freezing cold day!!

pedigree 6

orm0nd wrote: »

imported twice after being depolulated

would do it again in the morning if I had to, though you'd need to bringning large numbers to justify

no problem getting the stock slaughtered

We bought imported fr heifer calves from france.
When we were getting them slaughtered only 1 factory in Carlow would take them. The factory in wexford and Waterford wouldn't take them. This was 10 years ago. Glad to hear that it's changed.

atlantic mist

Dawggone wrote: »

Last grazing. Going to bring them in full time tomorrow.

dont see many with freeze brand or collars how do you identify all your ladies?

frazzledhome

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Yes. Mine came before Christhas.

Well phuck it, first row of new year so

RightTurnClyde

frazzledhome wrote: »

Well phuck it, first row of new year so

Count your blessings, haven't even got the 1st instalment here yet. All paperwork in order, system issues apparently.

Brown Podzol

orm0nd wrote: »

imported twice after being depolulated

would do it again in the morning if I had to, though you'd need to bringning large numbers to justify

no problem getting the stock slaughtered

Imported in calf heifers almost twenty years ago now. I sold them them as culls when their time came to dealers by hand. Felt I got as much for them as I would have got for Irish stock.

pedigree 6

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Imported in calf heifers almost twenty years ago now. I sold them them as culls when their time came to dealers by hand. Felt I got as much for them as I would have got for Irish stock.

Glad to hear that. The point I was making was not every factory will take imported stock. Maybe it's changed now but I read a while ago about someone in meath who bought a belted Galloway bull from the north and her normal meat factory who she goes to wouldn't take him and she had to go somewhere else. Look as I say this was 10 years ago actually could have been more but maybe it was just a different factory but there was definitely a difference of about 200 between our own stock and these at the same weight/ grade.
I'm not trying to discourage anyone from importing stock i'm just saying what happened to me. These were great French stock and they're bloodines will always hopefully be in the herd.

atlantic mist

what sort of Friesian bloodline did u get out of france, think most of ours were holland based current bulls running with herd are cpa and jrb

i know of lad who finishes animals buys from dealers and he finds it hard to get rid of imported animals, if he sends large batch they will take but always slaughters in boarder regions with imported animals, he told me he factors that in when buying

Dawggone

atlantic mist wrote: »

dont see many with freeze brand or collars how do you identify all your ladies?

We use freeze brands.
The cows without brands were bought in lately. Freeze branding man is going doing them in a fortnight.

pedigree 6

atlantic mist wrote: »

what sort of Friesian bloodline did u get out of france, think most of ours were holland based current bulls running with herd are cpa and jrb

i know of lad who finishes animals buys from dealers and he finds it hard to get rid of imported animals, if he sends large batch they will take but always slaughters in boarder regions with imported animals, he told me he factors that in when buying

I should have said Holstein. Have no idea what they were by. We bought them from a dealer who exported sheep out to france and bought a load of heifer calves and filled the lorry for the return journey. At the time we put every thing in calf to Hereford and would buy heifer calf replacements. But they were good stock that went back in calf and gave a lot of milk. One of them was here for 14 lactations.

Bull I have running with herd for this year is LHZ x laurel. Young bull is PSZ x TIH.

Greengrass1

http://www.cnbc.com/2014/11/11/etts-nine-rules-for-running-a-business.html

For anyone who likes Warren buffet

Greengrass1

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/11191956

Anyone come across this before. Wonder with it take a lash of a kick off a cow?

trixi2011

Greengrass1 wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/11191956

Anyone come across this before. Wonder with it take a lash of a kick off a cow?

looks like a toy for someone with too much money.

Greengrass1

trixi2011 wrote: »

looks like a toy for someone with too much money.

I need to see it being driven o er with s tractor and still work 😂😂

Greengrass1

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I need to see it being driven over with s tractor and still work 😂😂

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/10954365
That would be a much better buy

atlantic mist

we used a lot of TIH going back, good 60% of herd has his blood, some bull youl be very happy with offspring

trixi2011

Greengrass1 wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/10954365
That would be a much better buy

defiantly would be better you thinking of buying

trixi2011

atlantic mist wrote: »

we used a lot of TIH going back, good 60% of herd has his blood, some bull youl be very happy with offspring

is there much milk in your tih girls some in the herd here very square and blocky but they have serious fertility