whelan2 wrote: » One of our Angus bulls had a pig tail post wrapped in his ring this morning
How's the red angus doing for you?
We normally sell the best of them as weanlings and keep the others for stores. We don't finish anything.
would a LM bull not be a better buy ?
still have easy calving, good confirmation, you will have to dehorn though.
I’ve CH bull here who’s getting on a bit now but have been thinking if getting a LM bull next time.
I would have mostly SI LM and a few CH cows.
LM can carry and when crossed with CH cows can bring both muscle and bone. Which gives super weanlings but can be an issue at calving
He is grand and quiet, no calves yet .
If you're selling weanlings be prepared for a big drop in prices even for good cattle. If finishing yourself good stock off of those type framey cows and easy fleshed.
Could try source a polled Limousin easy calver too?
Got this in post today
quick question- smart meters yah or nah? They’re not mandatory yet and you’d read the bad.
I’ve a air to water system of that makes a difference
Run a mile from them & don't fall for salespeople telling you once you have it you must activate it.
Better plans on non smart meters
Once youactivate a smart meter you must remain on a smart meter plan
I have it, absolutley no issue with it. Handy to have the app and see when power is being used. You'd notice the likes of the water pump at night, easy to see if its clicking in too often.
we got it in as we were getting solar panels anyway. Two sisters have the smart meters and very happy with their new rates.
Yes, happy with the smart meter. Solar panels and A2W heating, 2 EVs. Charge the two cars at night. They use about 73% of our electricity. Night rate is 14.81c and solar selling for 24c.
Are you on a smart plan too?
Easiest way for calving cows is management pre calving, crossed Char on to Lim and the other way back never worried about calving problems keep minerals and right amount of feed to the cows, with costs now it’s all about the cow earning her keep and only way this done with a quality weanlings or stores to sell or finish.
Even at that, a suckler cow plus her calf/weanling (Autumn calvers) eats a bale of silage about every 12 days by my calculation. My winter this year has been 214 days and counting. That is 17-18 bales of silage at €30 a bale, being conservative, that is over €510 before any other cost.
Parents are gone on their first foreign holiday since before covid. Great to see them getting away again
Oops I lied, heifer calved yesterday, unfortunately calf lost an ear when I cropped the photo to make sure that they are the right way up on boards.
'Calf lost an ear', I flinched, it re-attached as I read on
Ground wouldn’t be suitable for a disc mower.
Having gotten 8 acres mulched last year there is no comparison in how grass returns, mulching let’s grass up and rushes rotted down much quicker.
Again maybe silly question but on open areas in a field could you not just travel the ground faster with the mulcher to top and then slower if there was heavy rush to mulch.
No, just the normal plan.
Smart meter here this last 6 months,
Asked my neighbour who got it month before that whether I should refuse.
He's not slow, but answered that I should let them change it, as their is enough headaches in this life without debating over a meter, which probably will be mandatory in the future and now I don't have to leave access to the meter man or mess about with estimated billing.
So I let them at it. No annoyance since.
The major cyclone topper/mulcher looks a good job, doe s anyone know any thing about them.
Thats gas I've opposite experience here, mulcher beats the grass and leaves dense mulch, disc mower just clips the grass and the rushes lie flat and loose like straw.
Rough ground is it? We've more of the flat muddy type.
It'd depend on how heavy a cover too I suppose.
what app do you use. We’re with EI but didn’t think we’d access to the info without a smart plan
Dont like that demo it's a not a true reflection of the tractor speed to horsepower ratio.
He's driving on mulching the grass and a clump of rushes & then he's nearly in a crawler gear for the low furze bush that's not mulched right either.
You need a min of 150hp to drive a decent sized mulcher to cover any reasonable ground.
Ive come across 2 lads that had 6ft munchers on 100hp tractors & got rid of them
Land near me was mulched last summer. Comple waste of time. Fine crop of rushes in it again.
Drain, lime and fertiliser. Works every time.
We've had Lm bulls for years.
Don't know if you need to be on a smart plan or not but you could try setting up an account on the ESB Networks website, it gives you data regardless of your supplier.
I'm on a smart plan myself and find it grand. Free electricity on Saturdays, so the washing machine and dryer go most of the day, along with my sons 3d printer and maybe a bit of welding if there's something to be done. We run the dishwasher and immersion if it's needed at night.
Anything that can be automated is set to not run during peak hours like the heating, thermostats are set to go up before and down during so the house won't go cold either.
I think the smart plans will definitely cost more if you ignore the peak usage times but can work well with a bit of planning.
Have a 2.2metre mulcher/verge mower and find it good. Great for bushes,whins, rushes, scutch grass and everything else.
Really asking for bigger HP 120+ in green grass but manageable with 95hp in everything. Forward speed just lowers to compensate .
The Major Cyclone trades proper mulching and lower HP requirement for forward speed. But the finished job is not comparable to a mulcher. And the dirty thing is an awful price.
Had TB test here Wednesday and I have a 9 week old calf with 2 lumps, a big one on top and a very small one below. Vet coming back tomorrow, you'd wonder where a bucket fed calf would get TB and her never outside yet.
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