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

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  • #2252
    dar31
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    commandeered from the other side of the pond

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  • #2253
    Bodacious
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    dar31 wrote: »
    maize sown around 7th may
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    kale sown 5th june
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    15 months old this week
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    Im so jealous of your kale i had great plans to try out an acre of it this year but got too busy workwise and time just got away from me... definitely next year .. it needed lime anyway which it got so should be better next year :)


  • #2254
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    just do it wrote: »
    Heifer calf born today out of a 3yo 2nd calver. She'd an OMA heifer last year on 28th July who is turning into a smasher (first one in this post). I was hoping she'd have another heifer and she obliged, happy days:D. This one is by SIX. I'd one previous calf by him and was impressed. Gestation of 291d and calving interval of 347d, plenty milk, normal docility.

    Nice outfit. Thats the cow to be keeping breeding heifers from giving her stats!


  • #2255
    dar31
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    Bodacious wrote: »
    Im so jealous of your kale i had great plans to try out an acre of it this year but got too busy workwise and time just got away from me... definitely next year .. it needed lime anyway which it got so should be better next year :)
    that field looks good alright, great feeding for the winter, espically if you are tight on shed space.
    should have shown a pic of a 4ac field of kale i had to burn off at the start of the week, full of weeds, half it didnt grow, the rest was eaten by every thing going, going to try put in some forage rape next week


  • #2256
    pakalasa
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    Had to laugh at this? On a Donedeal add.


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  • #2257
    just do it
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    dar31 wrote: »
    Bodacious wrote: »
    Im so jealous of your kale i had great plans to try out an acre of it this year but got too busy workwise and time just got away from me... definitely next year .. it needed lime anyway which it got so should be better next year :)
    that field looks good alright, great feeding for the winter, espically if you are tight on shed space.
    should have shown a pic of a 4ac field of kale i had to burn off at the start of the week, full of weeds, half it didnt grow, the rest was eaten by every thing going, going to try put in some forage rape next week
    Do you need a decent amount of top soil for it? I've a 2 acre dry hilly field in mind that's good at growing grass but the amount of top soil on it would be variable!


  • #2258
    Tora Bora
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    Muckit wrote: »
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    That's gas! Eerlier on you posted a number of picture of mighty work you had done connecting up water troughs. You must be thinking now, what a waste of money that was, looking at all the freely supplied surface water:p


  • #2259
    vanderbadger
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    lads question about the kale, would the cattle need a real sheltery type field during the worst of the weather or would they need to go back indoor occasionally? and for example what number of cattle would 20 acres of kale support and for how long?


  • #2260
    Muckit
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    Pics of when I was at the fencing back in April....
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056612955&page=6

    Pics of recent floods.... note the 6-12" of water up around the stakes at hedge
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056212709&page=75

    Compare and contrast :o

    I was thinking I'd see the benefit of using concrete stakes next winter when the place floods proper, but never thought I'd be posting pics in JULY!! :eek:


  • #2261
    redzerologhlen
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    The breeding heifers today. I dosed them 3 weeks ago and moved them onto a new place, they throve a terror since.

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  • #2262
    vanderbadger
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    The breeding heifers today. I dosed them 3 weeks ago and moved them onto a new place, they throve a terror since.


    did you give them the blonde bull


  • #2263
    Muckit
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    Are the first pics of them a few weeks ago?? Lovely ones there in the last 2 pics!

    p.s. can you cart up a few loads of those rocks to put a footin' under our place here!!


  • #2264
    redzerologhlen
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    vanderbadger wrote: »
    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    The breeding heifers today. I dosed them 3 weeks ago and moved them onto a new place, they throve a terror since.


    did you give them the blonde bull

    I did indeed, should be a nice cross but im afraid the calves might be a bit light. Probably be a better cross with charolais heifers from what I have seen. Any landmarks standing out in the photo to you, not a million miles away from you at all!!


  • #2265
    vanderbadger
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    vanderbadger wrote: »

    I did indeed, should be a nice cross but im afraid the calves might be a bit light. Probably be a better cross with charolais heifers from what I have seen. Any landmarks standing out in the photo to you, not a million miles away from you at all!!

    kilmoon ?


  • #2266
    redzerologhlen
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    Muckit wrote: »
    Are the first pics of them a few weeks ago?? Lovely ones there in the last 2 pics!

    p.s. can you cart up a few loads of those rocks to put a footin' under our place here!!

    No I only took them half an hour ago. The only difference with the 2 in the last 2 pics is they are going to be 3 calving down and the others will only be 2. As for the rocks......If I could open a quarry we wouldnt need any cows I think. Typical too they would be standing in the few rushes I hadnt sprayed when I would go taking a picture :rolleyes:


  • #2267
    redzerologhlen
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    vanderbadger wrote: »
    redzerologhlen wrote: »

    kilmoon ?

    Spot on!!


  • #2268
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    vanderbadger wrote: »

    Spot on!!

    i didnt recognise it really, the trees and the rock was making me think it might be, a while since i was up that road, they had some heap of trees cut at the time by the side of the road


  • #2269
    leg wax
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    vanderbadger wrote: »
    lads question about the kale, would the cattle need a real sheltery type field during the worst of the weather or would they need to go back indoor occasionally? and for example what number of cattle would 20 acres of kale support and for how long?
    vander on the shelter side,i had heifers out in a center paddock with no ditch or lie back area and they were fine, and they were not angus or whiteheads.


  • #2270
    redzerologhlen
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    vanderbadger wrote: »
    redzerologhlen wrote: »

    i didnt recognise it really, the trees and the rock was making me think it might be, a while since i was up that road, they had some heap of trees cut at the time by the side of the road

    Thats kilmoon in the background. Its only about a mile outside the spa where they are. I thought you might spot the mast on slieve elva. The place looks like a bomb site now where they cut all the trees.


  • #2271
    vanderbadger
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    leg wax wrote: »
    vander on the shelter side,i had heifers out in a center paddock with no ditch or lie back area and they were fine, and they were not angus or whiteheads.

    interesting, i have never seen it grown in clare, is it easy crop to grow or would you need good ground


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  • #2272
    Bizzum
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    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    vanderbadger wrote: »
    should be a nice cross but im afraid the calves might be a bit light. Probably be a better cross with charolais heifers from what I have seen.

    They will breed nice stock, if a bit light they will make up for it in quality.
    When are they calving? This coming spring?


  • #2273
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    vanderbadger wrote: »

    Thats kilmoon in the background. Its only about a mile outside the spa where they are. I thought you might spot the mast on slieve elva. The place looks like a bomb site now where they cut all the trees.

    never noticed the mast high nor dry :rolleyes:


  • #2274
    redzerologhlen
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    Bizzum wrote: »

    They will breed nice stock, if a bit light they will make up for it in quality.
    When are they calving? This coming spring?

    March and April mainly Bizzum. The younger heifers have a good do ahead of them. I was afraid they would come a bit narrow but time will tell sure.


  • #2275
    Richk2012
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    photo-147.jpg[/QUOTE]

    Im already thinking of the stylish calves those two limos in the last picture would have on their second year if they got a Blue Bull like Ross Alo or FHZ . .


  • #2276
    redzerologhlen
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    Richk2012 wrote: »
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    Im already thinking of the stylish calves those two limos in the last picture would have on their second year if they got a Blue Bull like Ross Alo or FHZ . .[/QUOTE]

    Maybe the would but I dont think they will ever see a blue here. Better picture of the tall one here, huge heifer and must be 600kg.

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  • #2277
    just do it
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    Bizzum wrote: »
    Nice outfit. Thats the cow to be keeping breeding heifers from giving her stats!
    I agree completely, I wish I'd more like her! What she highlights for me is how difficult it is to source replacements, particularly when you've little time to spare. In '09 I bought 10 3yo first calvers with calves at foot. This cow was one of the calves at foot. 7 looked to be of good quality with the other 3 being fairly average. I wanted to increase numbers and my logic at the time was (and not having the time to be going here and there to source replacements) if the bunch were half decent they were all young and with AI I'd build a decent herd. Looking at my herd profile on agfood.ie I now only have 3 of the 10 in the herd, and whilst 2 of these are as good as I have, the 3rd one is for a terminal sire only!


  • #2278
    just do it
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    Seaba wrote: »
    Just throwing up a few pics of two of our 2 best calves and a CVV bull calf.
    Great stock there Seaba. What type of breeding is behind the cow the second calf is out of giving that great shine/ look?

    CVV is a looker alright, I've a low set AAX cow that he might suit next time round;).


  • #2279
    just do it
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    Muckit wrote: »
    Pics of when I was at the fencing back in April....
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056612955&page=6

    Pics of recent floods.... note the 6-12" of water up around the stakes at hedge
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056212709&page=75

    Compare and contrast :o

    I was thinking I'd see the benefit of using concrete stakes next winter when the place floods proper, but never thought I'd be posting pics in JULY!! :eek:

    Are those the right links? No pictures on either:confused:


  • #2280
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    The breeding heifers today. I dosed them 3 weeks ago and moved them onto a new place, they throve a terror since.
    Smashing selection of heifers there redz. I saw the post earlier on the phone but waited till this evening to have a proper look on the big screen ;). Smartphone is great, but you need the PC for this thread!

    What mix have you between home breeding and bought-in? That limestone land you have is coming into it's own this summer!


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  • #2281
    just do it
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    leg wax wrote: »
    vander on the shelter side,i had heifers out in a center paddock with no ditch or lie back area and they were fine, and they were not angus or whiteheads.

    Similar to that there are some coastal fields close by with no shelter with a free draining sand base that cattle really thrive on when out-wintered. I'd love to have a few acres of that land or the limestone land of the Burren!


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