Livestock/General Farming photo thread ***READ MOD NOTE IN POST #1***

By vanderbadger at 2012-04-05

nothing special about this fella
he has had a tough run though, had the worse scour ive seen,for over a week i just couldnt dry him up , last tues morning he was so bad he kinda flopped down, he has had so much life aids, bimistat, gel lyte, bactidyrl that he actually seems to swell up a bit, i thought he would never make it but bicarbonate drip and effydral tablets seem to have helped, this morning after lifting him up he sucked the cow, first time he has done that by himself since early in the week..still weak and not out of the woods but hopefully he makes it now

vanderbadger wrote: »

By vanderbadger at 2012-04-05
pic does no justice, one of he biggest bulls i ever saw, down at ennis yesterday, didnt see how he got on though

Looks like yerman on the walkway is doing the riverdance.......or maybe I'm just not awake yet:D

Hope the calf keeps going forward for you, the bond with the mother will help him if he can keep sucking her.

Does anyone know the link for sending in photos to the journal for the calander.

bull or heifer?

dar31 wrote: »

jersey cross born last night.

What does the red tape mean? Just calved? So no milk into the container? My father used to milk but this would have been early 90's so excuse my stupity

dar31 wrote: »

every thing that gets antibiotics get red tape on ankles and tail, so there is no confusion,
the one in the picture is a dry cow still so calve,the tape wont come off her till she calves and is tested clear of antibiotics

Thanks, I had an inkling it was something like that. Suckler farming has a lot easier management at times.......until you get a finisher at the mart looking for the last medical records of a cow:(

stanflt wrote: »

co meath traffic jam


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My ovaries just exploded:D

just do it wrote: »

By jeez she's some producer - there's 17 of them!

QUICK!, Get the sire No!

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First pic- Calf with pneumonia that kicked the hell out of me while injecting and giving him scour powders today ( potieen incl)
Second- Sectioned Ped Lim out with her bull.
Third- My pick of the calves for showing this year, off WTB.
Fourth- Same calf as above next to dam. Another WTB calf in the background.
Fifth- Calves in a range of ages. Furthest calf is the PB LM, middle is our first blonde and the front is a PIO CH off a good milky dam.

Richk2012 wrote: »

Has your sectioned cow come back bulling karen ???

Not yet unfortunately. Had to let out a litre of pus from the CH cross there the last week. All healthy though. Thank feck.

Was up the farther land today looking at the cattle. This heifer has turned out to be a smasher, 20 months and off BYQ and a CF42 dam. EDIT- The mother was 11 when she had her, my father wouldn't let the cow til she had a heifer. And just seen the cow behind her has no tags.....whoops...... :O



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Haha, no, that's not our land, I just stopped there to open a gate. They were dug by machine. I'll take a photo of my handiwork tomorrow