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

kollegeknight · 06-07-2021 01:54PM

893bet wrote: »

What weights are they and what are you expecting?

Lovely cattle.

No clue what I was expecting because usually make feck all from cattle. This crew got some nuts and across the board it paid for them. I sold 3 bullocks in feb off the yard for €900 each for 2 and €800 for the last one. I had one April born lad that was pure weedy and never thrived after his mother died. He turned inside out on grass and went to mart today.

He was April born. A bullock weighed 390kg and made €1050 so was delighted.

3 of the 4 heifers matched but I split them in pairs.
Pair 1- averaged 378kg and sold for €970
Pair 2 - averaged 350kg and sold €1090

Delighted to be honest. First time I averaged a grand an animal on a day. The online has improved my prices no end.

My cattle are small and cheap to run. Those cattle didn’t see right good grass either.

kollegeknight · 06-07-2021 01:57PM

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Good luck!

Do you find that the holly works?

I dunno to be honest. It cleared up quick. I mineraled them and cleaned the place too. A BAX I bought brought it in. No signs now.

kollegeknight · 06-07-2021 02:57PM

The three I kept.
The bullock is LM off a spx heifer- figured he’d make nothing so I’m keeping him for the freezer.

The roan lady is off a SP cow- I want her for a replacement and the grey is a BA off a Fr cow I bought in to put on a heifer that lost a calf.

The BA has stars for scheme and I want to try the breed out with the lm bull as I’ve a good source locally.

Omallep2 · 06-07-2021 05:22PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Loads of thistles here too. Does topping only spread them? Thinking spraying them next week when cattle are finished in that field

I had them bad. I fertilised a week before I sprayed with thistlex and that was 10 years ago. None back since. No woolly animals either though

Hard Knocks · 06-07-2021 08:20PM

kollegeknight wrote: »

The three I kept.
The bullock is LM off a spx heifer- figured he’d make nothing so I’m keeping him for the freezer.

The roan lady is off a SP cow- I want her for a replacement and the grey is a BA off a Fr cow I bought in to put on a heifer that lost a calf.

The BA has stars for scheme and I want to try the breed out with the lm bull as I’ve a good source locally.

The should make super cows, the LM calves should be nice

High bike · 30-07-2021 09:06AM

Its that time of year again

rushvalley · 30-07-2021 02:49PM

Eby bull out of cavelands jolly x charolais first calver

893bet · 07-08-2021 04:55PM

These two fat girls are getting road next week or week after. They are both around 710-730kg. Not sure there is value in keeping them and them gaining but the price dropping back a little then.

Prob go to mart. Ennis or six mile bridge

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patsy_mccabe · 13-08-2021 01:19PM

I wonder would this work in the Burren?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD5pxbpu3kA

893bet · 15-08-2021 05:37PM

A lot of talk on the forum about suckler vs dairy beef vs whatever.

All I know is AI suckers allows cattle like the below to pop up.

Quiet as lambs as a bonus.

jaginsligo · 15-08-2021 06:03PM

Their serious stock. What age are they?

This is my first year farming so I got 7 fresians just to tick the boxes & keep the grass down. Mine are 18 months old & would take 3 to match 1 of yours

tanko · 15-08-2021 06:06PM

Very nice, what bulls are they off?

893bet · 15-08-2021 07:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117758786#Comment_117758786

They are November calves so 9 months old. Hard to beat the autumn calves. Hit the grass and able to use it.

893bet · 15-08-2021 07:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117758804#Comment_117758804

Lm is off Lm2214. Dam is a second calver (dam is 50 %LM and 25%bb )and her first calf was of similar quality last year. Definitely a breeding line to be developed there! Her calf from the previous year is in calf her self and due around Xmas so lucking forward to seeing what happens.

BB is from FSN. Dam is serious piece also, 97% LM and always produces the goods.

patsy_mccabe · 15-08-2021 10:50PM

Neighbour here has an FSN calf and he is great quality too. Serious width to him.

Grueller · 16-08-2021 01:46PM

Very few funkey.

What is drop calf if you don't mind me asking? Not a phrase I've ever heard used here in Wexford.

Grueller · 17-08-2021 06:45PM

To be honest funkey, I never heard them called anything other than dairy cross cattle or "narrow *unts" my father used to call tham.

Albert Johnson · 17-08-2021 07:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117762284#Comment_117762284

Drop calf seems to be more of a northern term in my experience. We'd call them suck calves or just sucks locally. I also hear northern lads referring to suck cows meaning what we'd traditionally call suckler cow's or springers.

Dozer1 · 19-08-2021 01:57PM

First Part ever on this farm...calving Sept to a Piedmontese

19-08-2021 05:42PM

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Little beguin bull calf.

tellmeabit · 04-09-2021 11:16AM

Trying to stary them on meal.

Black and white is my SFL lady.

valtra2 · 12-09-2021 11:03AM

About time to wean again.

valtra2 · 12-09-2021 02:14PM

Cow are 3/4 lim with with he in the background. Started with si cross lately and some bb. Sire is lm stock bull

jaginsligo · 12-09-2021 04:51PM

They look in great condition, fair play. Plenty of grass at their feet as well

dh1985 · 12-09-2021 08:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117879886#Comment_117879886

Great weanlings as per every year you post to be fair. How do you think those heavier bulls will go. Have bulls similar but afraid the market will not want them this year due to the u16 bull market kind of dying.

valtra2 · 12-09-2021 08:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117882260#Comment_117882260

Well this year I have squeezed half of them and only have 10 of the heaviest and left as bulls. I have only started feeding them about 3 weeks ago, I would usually start feeding 6 weeks earlier. I have had a lot of inquiries about them this year so not sure if that is a indication of what's to come. In two minds as to maybe keep a pen of them bulls in the future and finish myself, cutting down on cow numbers,