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

Grueller · 24-08-2019 08:35PM

Farmer Dan wrote: »

Thanks. I know it's hard to judge from a photo.
Would ye take a stab at approx. weights?
Haven't been to a mart lately, how are these type of cattle going.?

€2 per kilo is the best of it today in Carnew. Saw 430kg lim/fr bullocks at 14 months make €650 a head.

sandydan · 25-08-2019 12:13PM

Grueller wrote: »

€2 per kilo is the best of it today in Carnew. Saw 430kg lim/fr bullocks at 14 months make €650 a head.

saw 540 kg limx make €500 plus weight in skib friday, bullocks. Frx were hit and miss .

Anto_Meath · 26-08-2019 08:43AM

Carnaross Mart last week for AAx bullocks 600 -700 Kgs. Things like movements will have a big impact on price.

Farmer Dan · 26-08-2019 09:22AM

Anto_Meath wrote: »

Carnaross Mart last week for AAx bullocks 600 -700 Kgs. Things like movements will have a big impact on price.

Thanks for that. Big variation in prices there.
As you said movements & dob has a big effect

AntrimGlens · 28-08-2019 12:51PM

Haven't had the phone out with me for a while, took a few pics of this years calves off the stock bull.

The bulls might lack a bit of height but he's putting good shape and good ends to them so far.
2:1 ratio of heifers to bulls this yr though :mad:

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Say my name · 28-08-2019 06:04PM

2:1 ratio of heifers to bulls

This might sound crazy but I was giving Osmonds mineral boluses to the stock for the last God knows how many years.
But I found that if you gave two of their copper boluses to the bull 3 weeks before mating there was a tendency for bull calves. If you gave two of their high fertility boluses there was a tendency for heifer calves.
Osmonds are gone out of business now but maybe there's something similar with other brands.
Anyways keep that to yourself there..

whelan2 · 10-09-2019 09:19AM

Eldest lads heifer calved this morning

annubis · 10-09-2019 09:22AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lads heifer calved this morning

nice looking pair

grassroot1 · 10-09-2019 09:50AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lads heifer calved this morning

Another suckler farmer!!!! One more of us one less of them.
Hope she is lucky for him

Base price · 10-09-2019 11:57AM

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lads heifer calved this morning

It's nice to hear a good news story with all the doom and gloom about.

Best of luck to them.

CHOPS01 · 10-09-2019 12:25PM

Any idea what these legions/scars are ?
29 month old bullock here with 2 or 3 on each side of the belly. Saw them a few weeks back but thought they had cleared up however I noticed them back last evening. Are they ringworm ?

Base price · 10-09-2019 12:37PM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Any idea what these legions/scars are ?
29 month old bullock here with 2 or 3 on each side of the belly. Saw them a few weeks back but thought they had cleared up however I noticed them back last evening. Are they ringworm ?

They don't look like ringworm to me. They look more like infected wounds especially the top one as it appears to be raised. I wonder is he scratching himself with the hind hoof or rubbing off something sharp.

CHOPS01 · 10-09-2019 01:51PM

Base price wrote: »

They don't look like ringworm to me. They look more like infected wounds especially the top one as it appears to be raised. I wonder is he scratching himself with the hind hoof or rubbing off something sharp.

When I noticed it first I actually wondered were they like some type of bite mark so am inclined to think it is infected sores.
Probably totally unrelated but he has been somewhat lame since about a week after he arrived which I was putting down to a hurt from pucking. Def not a scald but had given him LA antibiotic just in case. He is a poor enough animal but has good appetite and despite never looking full is putting on flesh. One of those odd types !

Lady Haywire · 10-09-2019 01:55PM

Is there any animal with a sharp horn in with him? Doesn't look like ringworm to me either.

Base price · 10-09-2019 02:07PM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

When I noticed it first I actually wondered were they like some type of bite mark so am inclined to think it is infected sores.
Probably totally unrelated but he has been somewhat lame since about a week after he arrived which I was putting down to a hurt from pucking. Def not a scald but had given him LA antibiotic just in case. He is a poor enough animal but has good appetite and despite never looking full is putting on flesh. One of those odd types !

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Is there any animal with a sharp horn in with him? Doesn't look like ringworm to me either.

If he is a new introduction to the herd then he is probably bullied by other animal and as Kovu posted possibly by another bullock with a stub of a horn.

CHOPS01 · 10-09-2019 02:41PM

Base price wrote: »

If he is a new introduction to the herd then he is probably bullied by other animal and as Kovu posted possibly by another bullock with a stub of a horn.

Nothing horny around here !

grassroot1 · 10-09-2019 02:53PM

Tis hardly warble fly scars is it or do they only come out through the back?
Read somewhere that imported cattle had re-introduced them
maybe Greysides might enlighten us?

Muckit · 10-09-2019 07:50PM

grassroot1 wrote: »

Another suckler farmer!!!! One more of us one less of them.
Hope she is lucky for him

I'd say she'll be ran through the parlour

Lime Tree Farm · 11-09-2019 10:56AM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Any idea what these legions/scars are ?
29 month old bullock here with 2 or 3 on each side of the belly. Saw them a few weeks back but thought they had cleared up however I noticed them back last evening. Are they ringworm ?

Treatment and control of bovine sarcoptic and psoroptic mange infestation with ivermectin long-acting injectable (IVOMEC(®) GOLD). ...

The current LM stock bull seemed to be developing something similar this Spring (wintered indoors), Ivomec Super Inj cleared it up, he also got Ectospec pour on.

patsy_mccabe · 15-09-2019 09:38AM

Seven year old cow sells for €9,800 at the Charolais Skidoo Dispersal sale;

Anyone go?

https://twitter.com/ajwwoods/status/1172855164652445702

Hard Knocks · 15-09-2019 10:45AM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Seven year old cow sells for €9,800 at the Charolais Skidoo Dispersal sale;

Anyone go?

https://twitter.com/ajwwoods/status/1172855164652445702

Didn’t get as would be kid in a sweet shop
Was following there was a good few around the 2k mark
That one has good breeding and must of been exceptional

CHOPS01 · 18-09-2019 06:57PM

Lads I know ye are old enough but ye are not going to the factory and that's final ! !

CHOPS01 · 18-09-2019 06:59PM

Lads I know ye are old enough but ye are not going to the factory and that's final ! !

CloughCasey1 · 18-09-2019 07:01PM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Lads I know ye are old enough but ye are not going to the factory and that's final ! !

I want some if the pills you are taking Chops.

Are they gone over the 380kg mark?

CHOPS01 · 18-09-2019 07:17PM

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

I want some if the pills you are taking Chops.
Are they gone over the 380kg mark?

Hard to say. Definitely reckon 3 of them are north of 360. One of them 30 months tomorrow rest next week !

CloughCasey1 · 19-09-2019 04:51PM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Hard to say. Definitely reckon 3 of them are north of 360. One of them 30 months tomorrow rest next week !

Balls. You are on the tipping point of age, weight and fat score so.

CHOPS01 · 19-09-2019 07:51PM

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Balls. You are on the tipping point of age, weight and fat score so.

Yip. But wont be going anywhere until things are sorted. In fairness my few wont make any difference but shur it's a bit of solidarity.

kollegeknight · 22-09-2019 02:53PM

Mammy,daddy and baby. (Mid March)

patsy_mccabe · 29-09-2019 10:47PM

Muckit · 30-09-2019 05:43AM

Looks good Patsy! Only watched first few min. Have to wait for again.

It could be an idea though for another protest.... a "fair" day...... a day where you look for a "fair" price!!

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

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