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

Farmer Dan · 18-09-2017 04:56PM

blue5000 wrote: »

Hope to get a few more years out of this lad,

Blue5000

That's a fine looking bull.
Parthenaise?
Do you use him on dairy or sucklers?
Been thinking about getting one myself for sucklers next year.
How do you find them re calving etc.

charolais0153 · 18-09-2017 04:57PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I think it's time to wean her :pac:

Are u keeping her. Any stars. Have used a lot of jupiter this year also instead of csq who wasnt that stylish and were big calves

Lady Haywire · 18-09-2017 05:13PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Are u keeping her. Any stars. Have used a lot of jupiter this year also instead of csq who wasnt that stylish and were big calves

Yea we're keeping her, she's €67 repl so may go up or down but dam is a great breeder with plenty of milk. Only prob is she's already come in heat and a 10mnth old limo covered her! Hope he's not fertile yet

charolais0153 · 18-09-2017 07:24PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Yea we're keeping her, she's €67 repl so may go up or down but dam is a great breeder with plenty of milk. Only prob is she's already come in heat and a 10mnth old limo covered her! Hope he's not fertile yet

Estrumate

Lady Haywire · 18-09-2017 07:31PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Estrumate

Nah I'll chance her, last time I injected a heifer with it she went totally backwards. Have it marked on the calendar so will keep a good eye on her at the 19-21 day mark. If she is incalf I'll prob just take her off feed and restrict her, she'd be 19 months at calving which isn't ideal but the bull is bred to be easy calving and is 5 star at least!!!

Floki · 18-09-2017 09:00PM

Not sure where to put this?

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Limestone Cowboy · 22-09-2017 08:55PM

Hard to credit this one, plain lim x Hereford cow and her march born bull calf. Best calf I have this year out of one of the worst looking cows.

tellmeabit · 22-09-2017 08:57PM

Smasher

patsy_mccabe · 22-09-2017 09:26PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Hard to credit this one, plain lim x Hereford cow and her march born bull calf. Best calf I have this year out of one of the worst looking cows.

Nice. What were her calves like other years?

Limestone Cowboy · 22-09-2017 09:37PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Nice. What were her calves like other years?

Thats only her second calf, had a nice but handy calf enough as a 2yo springer last year.

tellmeabit · 22-09-2017 10:23PM

my favs, white to calf at xmas and other in march/april.

tellmeabit · 22-09-2017 10:32PM

moving on the stock bull shortly, from AI - Mozart. A pet.

patsy_mccabe · 24-09-2017 01:26PM

Bought a PBR Limousin cow near calving before Christmas for €1500. This is the bull calf she had. Qualifies for the BDGP scheme and genotyped. Exceptionally quiet too.

kollegeknight · 24-09-2017 03:46PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Bought a PBR Limousin cow near calving before Christmas for €1500. This is the bull calf she had. Qualifies for the BDGP scheme and genotyped. Exceptionally quiet too.

I thought you had his tail docked in the first photo. It grew by the second.

Lovely bull. Where did you buy he cow?

patsy_mccabe · 24-09-2017 03:55PM

kollegeknight wrote: »

I thought you had his tail docked in the first photo. It grew by the second.

Lovely bull. Where did you buy he cow?

SMB mart.

kollegeknight · 24-09-2017 04:05PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

SMB mart.

You got the cow at a good price- was she old?

patsy_mccabe · 24-09-2017 04:08PM

kollegeknight wrote: »

You got the cow at a good price- was she old?

Going on 5 year old when I bought her.

Lady Haywire · 24-09-2017 04:29PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Bought a PBR Limousin cow near calving before Christmas for €1500. This is the bull calf she had. Qualifies for the BDGP scheme and genotyped. Exceptionally quiet too.

Moon

What a name! Ours this year was Milly, only reg'd the one heifer.
He's going to have a great topline, nice neat head on him too. Is he AI? Very similar to a calf we have here off EBY.

patsy_mccabe · 24-09-2017 04:38PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Moon What a name! Ours this year was Milly, only reg'd the one heifer.
He's going to have a great topline, nice neat head on him too. Is he AI? Very similar to a calf we have here off EBY.

Out of a 5 star, terminal and maternal, stock bull. He has Vantastic and Gamin in his breeding. Cow has Ramses, Roundhill Dara, Pelltsown Newman & Epson in hers.

Lady Haywire · 24-09-2017 04:54PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Out of a 5 star, terminal and maternal, stock bull. He has Vantastic and Gamin in his breeding. Cow has Ramses, Roundhill Dara, Pelltsown Newman & Epson in hers.

That could be why he looks like one of ours! The calf here that looks like him is by a RHF cow:) Calf has exact same head to yours.