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

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Pic I came across on Coolmore twitter .

Wouldnt be a fanof horses but the thoroughbreds are some animals. Some power in that lad

Upstream wrote: »

You got the milk and sugar alright you just forgot the teabags

In all seriousness fair play, would you try a compost tea or something like that in the mix?
Looks like the fungi are already active in the soil which is good, but I thought the usual reason for applying a tea was to add some extra biology to the soil with a compost tea extract or something like that.

Speaking of which is anyone else heading to the Biological Farming Conference in Tullamore on the 12th & 13th of November?
Say My Name you'd get a few brownie points for that spray mix there.

I wouldn't be telling a lie if I said I've thought about all of the above.

I don't really know if I'm going or not. If there's tickets still available next week then maybe??
Good to see a teagasc representative will be there. So at least it shows that they're amenable to the growing evidence of biological farming. My interest comes from I've learned the abc's in ag college.
I might as well find out what's after d now.

Heifer due with Limo calf soon. The sire of the calf is sired by Ryde Uranos, maternal sire- Nenuphar. Should be quite a nice calf.

High bike wrote: »

Lovely stock as usual , why don't you dehorn your cattle?

Horns never been a problem, so we never thought about dehorning. And at this moment I prefer horns a bit more. We have a very bad situation with wolves in the whole country. I would think a horned cow could do a bit more damage to he wolf than a polled one.

golodge wrote: »

Horns never been a problem, so we never thought about dehorning. And at this moment I prefer horns a bit more. We have a very bad situation with wolves in the whole country. I would think a horned cow could do a bit more damage to he wolf than a polled one.

true enough , are ye allowed shoot them?

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

golodge wrote: »

Horns never been a problem, so we never thought about dehorning. And at this moment I prefer horns a bit more. We have a very bad situation with wolves in the whole country. I would think a horned cow could do a bit more damage to he wolf than a polled one.

Feck, is it a danger for yourself going out alone? Do you need to carry a gun? I know in Oz it's becoming more of a problem with wild dogs stalking people and there has been a few close ones.

No people attacks yet, but it's just a matter of time. People living near forest are scared to go out at night, or even go into a forest at the day time. Wolves aren't that scared of people and there are way too many of them. Many livestock and dogs were killed a couple metres from houses, in the middle of villages.

Birdnuts wrote: »

How is that figure arrived at?? Have u tried using livestock guard dogs of the type used in Turkey, Italy etc.??

7 years ago the number was over 700. Since then they somehow can't count the real number of wolves, so says that there are only 300. Here you can't keep a dog running free. One farmer already got a fine for keeping his dog unleashed, his guard dog guarding sheep. That farmer had over 100 sheep killed this year and his Angus herd bull was attacked and injured. His dog was injured too. Very rare dog can stand against a wolf. I've done some research on this topic. Usually those breeds are aggressive to other people and trust only their owner. Can't imagine such dog herding sheep in the middle of the village. People have seen packs of 8-12 wolves. Would need quite many dogs.
By a law we can't shoot a wolf, even if we see it slaughtering our livestock. Will need to do it illegally. Our cows are kept outside during winter, calving will start in January...

Birdnuts wrote: »

They would need to have a look at that rule cos I've been to rural Turkey and those guard dogs appear to work well and are not particulary agressive as I've seen them on the outskirts of villages, including tourist/ski resorts .  I've no problem shooting "problem" wolves  but how do you tell a wolf attack from a dog attack??  Maybe if might be better given that a certain number of wolves can be shot in season that hunters concentrate on "problem" animals while wolves in stable packs that stick to wild prey like Wild Boar, Deer etc. are left alone.

PS. Suprised to hear livestock are kept outside there in winter - can't think of many Irish breeds that would do well in such a hard winter climate without some sort of housing, especcially when calving early in the year

Can't remember hearing about dog attack here. It's extremely rare. People see wolves all the time. There even is a group in facebook about wolves, where everybody shares all the news, photos, videos. Many of footmarks found and people have seen wolves attacking livestock. 60 wolves can be hunted during their hunting season- August 15th- February 15th. During the first weekend on the hunting season 12 wolves were hunted...
Cows have a shed, where they can come in if they want. Earlier cows used to calve outside, now with bigger herd, bring those near calving in the shed and keep them there until better warmer weather. Usually until March.

golodge wrote: »

Can't remember hearing about dog attack here. It's extremely rare. People see wolves all the time. There even is a group in facebook about wolves, where everybody shares all the news, photos, videos. Many of footmarks found and people have seen wolves attacking livestock. 60 wolves can be hunted during their hunting season- August 15th- February 15th. During the first weekend on the hunting season 12 wolves were hunted...
Cows have a shed, where they can come in if they want. Earlier cows used to calve outside, now with bigger herd, bring those near calving in the shed and keep them there until better warmer weather. Usually until March.

We have a big problem here with dog attacks which is why I mentioned it. - electric fencing could be a usefull cheap option for paddocks with vulnerable livestock and can be set up remotly from farm buildings now with the introduction of solar powered fencers. Saw a programme about them being used to keep Lions/Leopards out of livestock bomas in Kenya. Seemed to be very effective in that situation as they are even used to keep elephants out of crop fields!!

Bridging the disconnection of modern urban life and bringing it back to where life begins.

https://youtu.be/FdrCg6cm1og

Hi BP, nice looking stock, was it a shorthorn sale?

Base price wrote: »

We headed to Roscommon mart today and I picked up these two for myself
The pics aren't great as it was dark inside.

That first one is a beauty! Love the marking on her side, it's like a St Brigids cross.

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Nice. I love those Shorthorns. They make great sucklers. What price/age weight?:rolleyes:

Tom stauton has pb shorthorn cows the likes I’ve never seen, they would put ch and Simms to shame, savage looking cows and great weanlings off them. Wouldn’t mind a few of them.