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

White Clover · 26-07-2019 10:57AM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Breakfast is served.

Smashers there Patsy. Fair play.

patsy_mccabe · 26-07-2019 05:17PM

https://twitter.com/HayMapApp/status/1154613350279589888

50HX · 27-07-2019 11:25AM

Figerty wrote: »

Have dogs with years, been feeding long lawn grass with years.. obviously the dog don't do their stuff there.
Never a problem with the cattle.

Just a bit of advice regarding this. ...I used to throw lawn cuttings to cattle as well

Ended up with neospora a few years back and had to Cull 4 smashing cows

Dogs& foxes are the transmitters through their faeces

Can never be sure the dog doesn't do something in the lawn

patsy_mccabe · 31-07-2019 07:47AM

Would I get a job as a Floral Arranger?:rolleyes:
Serious infestation in one corner of the field near the road. Hopper of spreader ideal for collecting them. Some of them were shoulder high.

Lime Tree Farm · 31-07-2019 08:08AM

Dandelions growing on headlands, showing their unloved hearts to everyone. (Patrick Kavanagh).

Buford T. Justice XIX · 31-07-2019 09:02AM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Would I get a job as a Floral Arranger?:rolleyes:
Serious infestation in one corner of the field near the road. Hopper of spreader ideal for collecting them. Some of them were shoulder high.

She'll be delighted when you bring home a bouquet of flowers that size to her:D

Not so happy when you bring them out to burn them after:pac:

High bike · 31-07-2019 10:01AM

It’s the only thing that works with it , it has to be pulled

Limestone Cowboy · 31-07-2019 10:14AM

Picked up the dark red yearling saler lady in the Mart a few weeks ago. 360kg, 840. Checked her on Icbf the other day and shes by zla out of an eby cow. Didn't think her too dear.

patsy_mccabe · 31-07-2019 11:38AM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Picked up the dark red yearling saler lady in the Mart a few weeks ago. 360kg, 840. Checked her on Icbf the other day and shes by zla out of an eby cow. Didn't think her too dear.

Should make a good cow. Pity the last guy couln't use a tagger.

Pidae.m · 31-07-2019 12:52PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Picked up the dark red yearling saler lady in the Mart a few weeks ago. 360kg, 840. Checked her on Icbf the other day and shes by zla out of an eby cow. Didn't think her too dear.

Cracking heifer for the bull

johnnyw20 · 31-07-2019 01:44PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Should make a good cow. Pity the last guy couln't use a tagger.

Thought I was the only one who was anal about tagging ha

wrangler · 31-07-2019 01:56PM

johnnyw20 wrote: »

Thought I was the only one who was anal about tagging ha

Same with the sheep, when they're tagging for sale they don't give a shi..

johnnyw20 · 31-07-2019 02:44PM

Tags that are backwards on a calf is my pet hate

High bike · 31-07-2019 03:22PM

johnnyw20 wrote: »

Tags that are backwards on a calf is my pet hate

I always turn one backwards that way it's easier to read it from behind an animal

Albert Johnson · 31-07-2019 04:59PM

High bike wrote: »

johnnyw20 wrote: »

Tags that are backwards on a calf is my pet hate

I always turn one backwards that way it's easier to read it from behind an animal

That's something I hadn't considered but I find there more prone to loosing tags when the button is on the outside as opposed to the inside of the ear. From the perspective of reading cattle in the mart I think since they moved the check digit down onto the larger font bottom line it's easier to read the tags especially in bundles of stock with similar numbers. I'd always try and tag with the button on the inside and the tag in as close to the head as possible so as to go through the thickest part of the ear.

High bike · 31-07-2019 05:28PM

Albert Johnson wrote: »

That's something I hadn't considered but I find there more prone to loosing tags when the button is on the outside as opposed to the inside of the ear. From the perspective of reading cattle in the mart I think since they moved the check digit down onto the larger font bottom line it's easier to read the tags especially in bundles of stock with similar numbers. I'd always try and tag with the button on the inside and the tag in as close to the head as possible so as to go through the thickest part of the ear.

yes your right but in the field some breeds can have very hairy ears in front and next to impossible to read even the large no's

Albert Johnson · 31-07-2019 05:37PM

[quote=High bike;110847067[/QUOTE]yes your right but in the field some breeds can have very hairy ears in front and next to impossible to read even the large no's[/quote]

I agree about the hairy ear's and I find the same problem with dirty tags during the winter and spring time. Once cattle get a few weeks on grass the tags tend to clean off and are much easier to read. The font on the back of the tag is very small and is hard to read up close never mind in the field, especially on wilder stock.

patsy_mccabe · 31-07-2019 05:39PM

Anyone remember the old brass tags. Lads reading them used to be spitting on their thumbs and rubbing the tags to try and read them. Job a lot easier now, that's for sure.

High bike · 31-07-2019 05:42PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Anyone remember the old brass tags. Lads reading them used to be spitting on their thumbs and rubbing the tags to try and read them. Job a lot easier now, that's for sure.

unfortunately I do Patsy and more often than not caked in sh1t:D

tanko · 31-07-2019 06:47PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Picked up the dark red yearling saler lady in the Mart a few weeks ago. 360kg, 840. Checked her on Icbf the other day and shes by zla out of an eby cow. Didn't think her too dear.

Nice heifer, neither of those two bulls would be the biggest, will be interesting to see if she grows and stretches out a bit as she gets older.
When you think what it costs to keep a cow for a year and feed the heifer over the winter and spring, the farmer selling has lost money but that just the way it is i suppose.

Limestone Cowboy · 31-07-2019 08:47PM

tanko wrote: »

Nice heifer, neither of those two bulls would be the biggest, will be interesting to see if she grows and stretches out a bit as she gets older.
When you think what it costs to keep a cow for a year and feed the heifer over the winter and spring, the farmer selling has lost money but that just the way it is i suppose.

Ya but that's the way the trade is at the moment sure, I have a few to go myself and I will have nothing out of them. She'll grow enough I'd say.

50HX · 31-07-2019 08:49PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Anyone remember the old brass tags. Lads reading them used to be spitting on their thumbs and rubbing the tags to try and read them. Job a lot easier now, that's for sure.

Yeah use to be some craic the day of the herd test:D

Fairly choice language in our yard that day esp when we had the madder limo's

orm0nd · 31-07-2019 08:59PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Anyone remember the old brass tags. Lads reading them used to be spitting on their thumbs and rubbing the tags to try and read them. Job a lot easier now, that's for sure.

I can go back a bit further :rolleyes: the silver type tag , with the cows tied in the stalls for winter and half the figures rubbed off from the wall ,

cards were all handwritten and often a digit was changed to suit the tag

Albert Johnson · 31-07-2019 09:15PM

orm0nd wrote: »

I can go back a bit further :rolleyes: the silver type tag , with the cows tied in the stalls for winter and half the figures rubbed off from the wall , cards were all handwritten and often a digit was changed to suit the tag

I often heard of those goings on, if the card didn't suit the beast then a quick rub in the dirt and the issue was resolved. If anything we're probably too far in the opposite direction now, no room for any manipulation of the figures.

Muckit · 01-08-2019 11:48AM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Anyone remember the old brass tags. Lads reading them used to be spitting on their thumbs and rubbing the tags to try and read them. Job a lot easier now, that's for sure.

I hear what you are saying. Great for picking out cattle in the field on a summers day. But the yellow tags can still get blackened with crap and hard to read when cattle few months in a shed. Vet nearly needed a nailbrush at some last March!

patsy_mccabe · 01-08-2019 07:25PM

If like me you do a small bit of DIY hoof trimming and would like to learn a from an expert, this is a good one.

patsy_mccabe · 01-08-2019 07:34PM

Not to be viewed during meals.

Base price · 01-08-2019 08:23PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Not to be viewed during meals.

That is the worst I've seen but think of the relief the cow got after it was drained.

Figerty · 01-08-2019 08:49PM

Base price wrote: »

That is the worst I've seen but think of the relief the cow got after it was drained.

That is mad. I remember a cow getting a bone infection just above the hoof. If flared quickly and the vet dealt with it. He said she was in severe pain and the weight would fall off her as a result. It did.
That cyst was incredible.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 01-08-2019 09:27PM

Base price wrote: »

That is the worst I've seen but think of the relief the cow got after it was drained.

We discovered Dr Pimple Popper on TLC on Sky a few weeks back. It's a bit like that video but with humans. And strangely fascinating.

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

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