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

charolais0153 wrote: »

Looks fantastic for a young bull after running with cows

Never looked back since he came in fairness.

I could sell this picture to an ag company promoting some miracle fertilizer as a treated paddock and untreated sort of thing. :pac:

Paddock on left grazed yesterday.
Paddock on right be grazed tomorrow.

No water applied by myself only what fell or didnt fall naturally. No fertilizer applied on this round either.
They got 27 units CAN and 6 units liquid urea applied in the round before that alright with a shot of watery slurry @ 2000 gallons/acre in early June.

Edit : to anyone going out with fert now with the rain coming. Make sure there's p and k in the fert and not just nitrogen.

MfMan wrote:

Noticing a number of cattle with a dry cough these past few days. Putting it down simply to the very dry dusty conditions? They would be well dosed and it's definitely not wormy/fluky weather....

When did you dose them and what with
Greysides has already flagged possible lungworm issues

charolais0153 wrote: »

Hoose

Even in older cattle?

Dribble bar 12 days ago, comparing it to a section that got splashplate which isn't pictured (slurry too thick) I can really see the benefits of it now. Feck all growth on the plated one unlike here.

Say my name wrote: »

Any farms for sale up there?

You won't be saying that next summer i bet. Rarity that ours is greener tbh. Plus...ya know....Leitrim people. Bleugh.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Dribble bar 12 days ago, comparing it to a section that got splashplate which isn't pictured (slurry too thick) I can really see the benefits of it now.

I won't say l told you so! Really showing its value this summer.

Just goes to show how mad our little country is. But only for we got a few heavy showers that field and others wouldn't be looking like that.
If all cattle were allowed to roam like in Africa sure Ireland would tip in at the west/North West right now I reckon! Am sure normal service shall resume soon enough. Am as well take photos to remind me cause by the time it happens again my auld memory might be gone.

grassroot1 wrote: »

Where are all the rushes gone
And you telling us ya had a difficult farm
Looks very well fair play to you

Sure the rushes haven't had time to grow back yet!!:D
But a good bit of mulching & licking has helped. Though not on the wetter areas, can show you plenty there!

grassroot1 wrote: »

Where are all the rushes gone
And you telling us ya had a difficult farm
Looks very well fair play to you

There's your rushes now :D

Meadow vs pasture. This was drained last year, got the mulcher stuck about halfway up the pasture side last spring too :pac:

Lady Haywire wrote: »

ZXT heifer born on Saturday, big enough but she calved herself thankfully

Doing well. She's on milk only, bar a few nuts to get them used to the pen like this so am rather impressed!

Pidae.m wrote: »

His nibbs

Wow

That heifer second from the left looks lovely and square from that pic, are they handled much? Bit more close contact and she might quiten down

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Shot him at last.

Twould be more in your line to sort that ditch.

I says wrote: »

Did ya take him of the mantle piece to get that close to him.

Drove right up to him on the tractor. Couldn't get within 100 yards of him otherwise.