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

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    #1892
    jerdee
    Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭jerdee


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    whelan1 wrote: »
    my husbands toy :)

    Without saying it.......we're all thinking!:rolleyes:



    probably truckers porn .......143 highline....


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    #1893
    jerdee
    Registered Users Posts: 383 ✭✭jerdee


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    whelan1 wrote: »
    my husbands toy :)

    Without saying it.......we're all thinking!:rolleyes:



    probably truckers porn .....mighty ..143 highline....


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    #1894
    whelan1
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    jerdee wrote: »
    probably truckers porn .....mighty ..143 highline....
    yup...
    pride and joy... keeps it immaculate


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    #1895
    Kristopherus
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    yup...
    pride and joy... keeps it immaculate

    Hey, Whelan 1, your photos are lovely but can you fix the datestamp in your camera? Its showing 2008 as the year:eek:


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    #1896
    johngalway
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    Have ye spuds up lads :pac: :pac:

    My "earlies" that I put in on St Patricks day. I've got maincrop in to the left of them but they went in just a week ago or so, so they'll take a while if they come up at all, kinda well chitted :o First time planting any veg, meant to do a lot more but never made the time!

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    #1897
    tismesoitis
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    leg wax wrote: »
    thats what i was trying to say in a nice way,i dont think by the photos that they are for the boat.

    i was thinking the same about the calves but maybe posters should share their opinions on wheather or not animals are of "export quality". We're off to carnaross on tuesday with 4 bb weanlings 2nd pic is a RSW 9mts old approx 440 kgs. I think hes export quality.(please correct us if you think otherwise and give reasons we all could learn a thing or 2). 1st weanling by EKB approx 480 again i think EQ. 3rd weanling 550kgs by BYU not for the boat me thinks but he has serious weight for age so should be ok. 4th calf is 470kgs FHZ i think border line for the boat job. jUST DO IT has great cattle there for certain markets maybe not the export one but there are some well established export producers posting here so show us and teach us what we need! Thanks;)


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    #1898
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    You'd be surprised what is "export" quality. I was looking through the AGFOOD.ie website and a few of our weanlings that did go for export weren't exactly fancy. Remember not all of them go to Italy. A lot of plain R types go to Spain.


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    #1899
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    leg wax wrote: »
    Muckit wrote: »
    What makes you so sure they are export quality? Don't set yourself up for a fall
    thats what i was trying to say in a nice way,i dont think by the photos that they are for the boat.
    Muckit, Leg wax
    Ah lads you've pulled the rug out from under me! Yeah to be honest 1 is, 2 are only possibly and the 4th isn't. I don't really care if they go on the boat once I get good money for them. Fingers crossed and time will tell.


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    #1900
    just do it
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    tismesoitis wrote: »
    leg wax wrote: »
    thats what i was trying to say in a nice way,i dont think by the photos that they are for the boat.

    i was thinking the same about the calves but maybe posters should share their opinions on wheather or not animals are of "export quality". We're off to carnaross on tuesday with 4 bb weanlings 2nd pic is a RSW 9mts old approx 440 kgs. I think hes export quality.(please correct us if you think otherwise and give reasons we all could learn a thing or 2). 1st weanling by EKB approx 480 again i think EQ. 3rd weanling 550kgs by BYU not for the boat me thinks but he has serious weight for age so should be ok. 4th calf is 470kgs FHZ i think border line for the boat job. jUST DO IT has great cattle there for certain markets maybe not the export one but there are some well established export producers posting here so show us and teach us what we need! Thanks;)
    Agree with tismesoitis. Can only improve by taking on board some critical comment, which is the whole reason of posting ;)


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    #1901
    JohnBoy
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    Lads ye're killing me with the spuds.

    only got our veg in last weekend. been too busy, or the garden's been too wet. have roosters, peas, beans, carrots, lettuce and onions.


    that said we got a truckload of gravel a few weeks ago and chatting to the driver about the garden he said they may as well be in the box as in the ground with things being so cold, so hopefully I wont be too far back with them.

    and since we got a dedicated sprayer in lidl for the diathane hopefully we wont kill them like we did a few years back!!


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    #1902
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    just do it wrote: »
    Muckit, Leg wax
    Ah lads you've pulled the rug out from under me! Yeah to be honest 1 is, 2 are only possibly and the 4th isn't. I don't really care if they go on the boat once I get good money for them. Fingers crossed and time will tell.

    I think you know I wasn't tryin to make a pr**k of you. They are lovely cattle, but I wouldn't call them exceptional cattle. I don't think they are extreme enough in the muscling. Have a look at juniorhurlers photos he posted recently , lovely white calf....now there's a blue ;)

    But look, I never had or prob ever will have cattle for export.

    All i can say is that I was quitened manys the time I had notions about our cattle. Until you take them down the ramp and in beside other pens of similar age/breed cattle you're only guessin and comparing to your own best lad which may or may not be all that great....

    If you set too high of goals, you are only setting yourself up for a fall because if you don't acheive them you think you've failed.

    Best to say...

    'I'I take out my nice cattle (which they are) and try to get the best price I can for them on the day'


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    #1903
    Juniorhurler
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    Muckit wrote: »
    I think you know I wasn't tryin to make a pr**k of you. They are lovely cattle, but I wouldn't call them exceptional cattle. I don't think they are extreme enough in the muscling. Have a look at juniorhurlers photos he posted recently , lovely white calf....now there's a blue ;)

    But look, I never had or prob ever will have cattle for export.

    All i can say is that I was quitened manys the time I had notions about our cattle. Until you take them down the ramp and in beside other pens of similar age/breed cattle you're only guessin and comparing to your own best lad which may or may not be all that great....

    If you set too high of goals, you are only setting yourself up for a fall because if you don't acheive them you think you've failed.

    Best to say...

    'I'I take out my nice cattle (which they are) and try to get the best price I can for them on the day'

    Thanks for the compliment Muckit, but like I said in an earlier post, they don't all make the boat. Everybody has a tail on their stock. mind you i have saw leg wax selling blues and any tail he had was attached to a very shapely and extreme muscled rear end;)!!


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    #1904
    leg wax
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    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    Thanks for the compliment Muckit, but like I said in an earlier post, they don't all make the boat. Everybody has a tail on their stock. mind you i have saw leg wax selling blues and any tail he had was attached to a very shapely and extreme muscled rear end;)!!
    but the bad ones were still at home junior and the lorry was full,we all have bad ones, jesus i have 6 yokes on meal at the moment and i will be putting my head down going into the box when they are been sold,as said by pakalasa spain take the plainer type of cattle,but the problem is that the irish fool is buying them to try and make money from our factorys,and they are costing too much


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    #1905
    pakalasa
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    Don't make the mistake of thinking that high weanling prices equal high profit. The two don't necessary go hand in hand. It's like high yielding cows in dairying.


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    #1906
    johngalway
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    JohnBoy wrote: »
    Lads ye're killing me with the spuds.

    They're not on the plate yet :D

    I must get something for blight too, just to have it on hand. I picked up a couple of cheap sprayers from Lidl/Aldi when they had them last. They've some gardening stuff coming up on Thursday if I'm not mistaken.


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    #1907
    tanko
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    pakalasa wrote: »
    You'd be surprised what is "export" quality. I was looking through the AGFOOD.ie website and a few of our weanlings that did go for export weren't exactly fancy. Remember not all of them go to Italy. A lot of plain R types go to Spain.

    I could be wrong about this but if a weanling is sold to northern ireland i think it says "exported" on agfood.ie just the same as if the calf went to italy or spain. Does anyone know?


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    #1908
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    tanko wrote: »
    I could be wrong about this but if a weanling is sold to northern ireland i think it says "exported" on agfood.ie just the same as if the calf went to italy or spain. Does anyone know?

    Yes Northern Ireland = exported.


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    #1909
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Muckit wrote: »
    I think you know I wasn't tryin to make a pr**k of you.
    Sure I know that Muckit and I appreciate the feedback.

    To be honest I'm moving away from the Blues as it's too specialised a market. Fair duece to the lads that have cracked it. I'm persisting with AI for this spring (except the heifers I've only used gene ireland CH and SIM straws) but seriously toying with the idea of getting a CH bull for next year. I'll see how these ones go and the few spring calves later in the year and decide what's the strategy at that stage.


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    #1910
    redzerologhlen
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    After getting a right shock lads. Was on the phone to the neighbour and was looking across the valley to a place we have a few cows near calving. Was thinking I could see a calf in front of one of the cows so went away over and sure enough she was calved. Then I spotted another cow acting funny and looked in the briars behind her and she had calved aswell. The auld lad looked at them yesterday and told me they werent going to calve for at least another week :rolleyes: I think tis nearly time to retire him!!

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    #1911
    Bodacious
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    After getting a right shock lads. Was on the phone to the neighbour and was looking across the valley to a place we have a few cows near calving. Was thinking I could see a calf in front of one of the cows so went away over and sure enough she was calved. Then I spotted another cow acting funny and looked in the briars behind her and she had calved aswell. The auld lad looked at them yesterday and told me they werent going to calve for at least another week :rolleyes: I think tis nearly time to retire him!!

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    good calf redzer and serious bag of milk waiting for him:pac:


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    #1912
    redzerologhlen
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    Bodacious wrote: »
    good calf redzer and serious bag of milk waiting for him:pac:

    Them auld simmental cows were never left wanting for milk, I hope their daughters will be the same ;)


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    #1913
    redzerologhlen
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    There must be a bit of proof in the rushes lads, the heifers are still going forward anyway :P

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    #1914
    ZETOR_IS_BETTER
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    One of this years heifers I'm hoping to keep

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    ZETOR_IS_BETTER
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    There must be a bit of proof in the rushes lads, the heifers are still going forward anyway :P

    Nice animals :cool:


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    #1916
    Muckit
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    Captured this photo on my phone only last week.... I was stopped at the time.... obviously:rolleyes:


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    #1917
    bogman_bass
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    My huge pedigree herd. She's a nice shape of a calf but she never really grew. you can see in the second picture the reason why. Just shows the importance of milk


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    #1918
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Muckit wrote: »
    Captured this photo on my phone only last week.... I was stopped at the time.... obviously:rolleyes:

    Is that a Santa Fe you're driving? Just guessing by the look of the bonnet....


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    #1919
    johngalway
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    Dusted off the cobwebs...

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    #1920
    vanderbadger
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    bogman_bass wrote: »
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    My huge pedigree herd. She's a nice shape of a calf but she never really grew. you can see in the second picture the reason why. Just shows the importance of milk

    nice animal all the same


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    #1921
    leg wax
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    bogman_bass wrote: »
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    My huge pedigree herd. She's a nice shape of a calf but she never really grew. you can see in the second picture the reason why. Just shows the importance of milk
    when bucket fed calves are taken off milk at 6-8 weeks old or more do they stop growing ???????


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