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Farming Chit Chat

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  • #7202
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    O I have never been so frozen in my life as I was clerkin today. My poor tootsies were numb at the bull ring and then I was unceremoniously lifted down off the table by the auctioneer:o

    Trade was iffy. Plainer animals had no buyers worthwhile, good stock went up to 3550 on the heifer side. But down to 830 I think.
    Highest on the bulls was 2110.

    Sorely tempted to buy a red roan heifer....must think of Christmas! Have to buy a horse yet:eek:

    never mind the horse, you need thermal socks and a hip flask

    tell us any good simmental heifers about and if so what were prices like


  • #7203
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,569 ✭✭✭Rovi


    [MOD]

    Come on folks, you should know better than to go throwing ethnic stereotypes around! :mad:

    Getting snarky and personal with each other isn't very becoming either.

    Have a read of section 1 of the forum charter:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=73710780&postcount=2

    Some posts have been deleted, but no-one has been sanctioned in any way.
    Yet! :mad:

    [/MOD]


  • #7204
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,392 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    One of the cows just calved a week early there herself today! Stuck my head in for a look, twin friesian calves sitting there! Quickly checked them to see what they were, both females! Phew!


  • #7205
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    !cid_cidImage_P__8083.jpg

    !cid_cidImage_P__D26E.jpgfirst cut silage results just back,have not tested in years,new clover grass brought up from wexford at 14 euros a bale looks super value.


  • #7206
    Bean_Flicker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭Bean_Flicker


    Bizzum wrote: »
    CH 470kgs €1425
    CH 490kgs €1430

    !

    Serious money for them two lads Bizzum ;)

    Were they full bulls or did you castrate them?


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  • #7207
    Bean_Flicker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭Bean_Flicker


    What would old cull holstein cows be roughly making in the factory?


  • #7208
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    leg wax wrote: »
    !cid_cidImage_P__8083.jpg

    !cid_cidImage_P__D26E.jpgfirst cut silage results just back,have not tested in years,new clover grass brought up from wexford at 14 euros a bale looks super value.

    Results look good.
    I'm waiting on results from ours at the moment as I suspect it's not up to scratch.
    Did you take the sample from many bales.. I was told two baked would be enough to sample.


  • #7209
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    Rovi wrote: »
    [MOD]

    Come on folks, you should know better than to go throwing ethnic stereotypes around! :mad:

    Getting snarky and personal with each other isn't very becoming either.

    Have a read of section 1 of the forum charter:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=73710780&postcount=2

    Some posts have been deleted, but no-one has been sanctioned in any way.
    Yet! :mad:

    [/MOD]

    You've lost me there bud..what was that about?


  • #7210
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    Bean_Flicker wrote: »
    What would old cull holstein cows be roughly making in the factory?

    id be going mart if i was you


  • #7211
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    wesleysniper38 wrote: »
    You've lost me there bud..what was that about?
    It was about 'Those from across the water'.:rolleyes:
    Accusations of racism, but more like xenophobia.


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  • #7212
    wesleysniper38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭wesleysniper38


    pakalasa wrote: »
    It was about 'Those from across the water'.:rolleyes:
    Accusations of racism, but more like xenophobia.

    Ah bugger! I missed that.
    U snooze u lose...nothing like a bit of controversy to get the blood up in some folk..
    Then again I guess this is Farming Chit Chat, not after-hours!


  • #7213
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    hugo29 wrote: »
    [QUOTEBizzum, great prices, 14 or 15 0f those would be a bonus,what is that old bull breeding out off

    Pic attached. He was by Newlook (NWK) and shy of 3yo at that time.
    Bean_Flicker wrote: »
    Serious money for them two lads Bizzum ;)

    Were they full bulls or did you castrate them?

    Full bulls.


  • #7214
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    More Bull.

    About 18mths old.


  • #7215
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    Still more Bull. Around 5/6mths. It's not the best shot of him, but he was never extra fancy as a calf, but then he would have never been overfed!

    Sorry about all the posts, I should have put them all in the one but it didn't occur to me at the time.

    There's a lesson there to be learned lads about all these pumped up bulls at shows, and it's not always the one that shows the early promise that throws the best calves.


  • #7216
    whelan1
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    thats a load of bull:D


  • #7217
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    whelan1 wrote: »
    thats a load of bull:D

    And not a black hair on him:p


  • #7218
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    Results back on last calf. vet says he had pneumonia, i didnt agree, i thought it was just a soft answer from the lab. i had seen no signs of any blowing or runny nose and he was thriving well.
    The vet called out this morning when i rang about the other one, checked every animal. He reckoned everything was in good condition and everything vaccinated as could be.
    I took all the outlyers in and gave them another shot tribovax t and all the weanlings that are in were done too, just in case i missed something.
    All weanlings are getting ctc through the meal.


  • #7219
    whelan1
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    Lovely full moon this morning and tonight


  • #7220
    adne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭adne


    1chippy wrote: »
    Results back on last calf. vet says he had pneumonia, i didnt agree, i thought it was just a soft answer from the lab. i had seen no signs of any blowing or runny nose and he was thriving well.
    The vet called out this morning when i rang about the other one, checked every animal. He reckoned everything was in good condition and everything vaccinated as could be.
    I took all the outlyers in and gave them another shot tribovax t and all the weanlings that are in were done too, just in case i missed something.
    All weanlings are getting ctc through the meal.

    Very sorry to hear of all your misfortune chippy. How many stock have you lost over the past few weeks, sounds like the vet needs to be more proactive.


  • #7221
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Still more Bull. Around 5/6mths. It's not the best shot of him, but he was never extra fancy as a calf, but then he would have never been overfed!

    Sorry about all the posts, I should have put them all in the one but it didn't occur to me at the time.

    There's a lesson there to be learned lads about all these pumped up bulls at shows, and it's not always the one that shows the early promise that throws the best calves.

    Never mind the bull which is a cracker, that's some field of grass, no wonder you got prices like that


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  • #7222
    funny man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭funny man


    1chippy wrote: »
    Results back on last calf. vet says he had pneumonia, i didnt agree, i thought it was just a soft answer from the lab. i had seen no signs of any blowing or runny nose and he was thriving well.
    The vet called out this morning when i rang about the other one, checked every animal. He reckoned everything was in good condition and everything vaccinated as could be.
    I took all the outlyers in and gave them another shot tribovax t and all the weanlings that are in were done too, just in case i missed something.
    All weanlings are getting ctc through the meal.

    why do you not agree, you don't have to see symptoms it can come quite sudden, raised tempetures clear runs from nose is sympoms of IBR. if your not happy go look for another vet but get advice from other particually large farmers who would have no option but to follow up problems like this all the time like feed-lots or large dairy farms.


  • #7223
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    funny man wrote: »
    why do you not agree, you don't have to see symptoms it can come quite sudden, raised tempetures clear runs from nose is sympoms of IBR. if your not happy go look for another vet but get advice from other particually large farmers who would have no option but to follow up problems like this all the time like feed-lots or large dairy farms.
    I have been onto others, a couple a lads out and looked at animals. the lab said that the pneumonia looked like it was there for a long time. If it was there were absolutaly no signs. at this stage we are having anyone with a decent understanding of animals look at them. everything has been done for ibr. we had a few vets check animals and the 2 we heard heavy lungs on got draxin and have cleared. the vet has said to open up one of the sheds to allow more air flow so we will.


  • #7224
    redzerologhlen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭redzerologhlen


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Pic attached. He was by Newlook (NWK) and shy of 3yo at that time.



    Full bulls.

    Nwk bred some great stock Bizzum. This is a pic of my neighbor's bull by newlook aswell, he breeds very shapey calves and they have great weight for age too. He looks a bit set in himself in the pic but the calves out of him have good size.

    photo-171.jpg


  • #7225
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    redzerologhlen wrote: »
    Nwk bred some great stock Bizzum. This is a pic of my neighbor's bull by newlook aswell, he breeds very shapey calves and they have great weight for age too. He looks a bit set in himself in the pic but the calves out of him have good size.

    That's a good lenghty bull too.
    I saw Newlook in the flesh over at Enfield a few years ago and he was a tank of a bull. Big, long, wide and impressive.


  • #7226
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    1chippy wrote: »
    I have been onto others, a couple a lads out and looked at animals. the lab said that the pneumonia looked like it was there for a long time. If it was there were absolutaly no signs. at this stage we are having anyone with a decent understanding of animals look at them. everything has been done for ibr. we had a few vets check animals and the 2 we heard heavy lungs on got draxin and have cleared. the vet has said to open up one of the sheds to allow more air flow so we will.

    Chippy what Vaccines have you given the animals? Was draxin the only product that seemed to be good a treating sick animals. Results should be back for the lab quickly. I know my vet can get stuff back a very short notice, some of it is even sent to the Netherlands and back within days. knowledge is power when dealing with such problems. Have you a closed herd or are you buying in stock? So can you just state the vaccines used and this should allow allot of things to be crossed of the list


  • #7227
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    the blonde cow that has and had the super bb heifer that made the big money,dead in her cubical this morn,fookit when will it stop.


  • #7228
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    leg wax wrote: »
    the blonde cow that has and had the super bb heifer that made the big money,dead in her cubical this morn,fookit when will it stop.

    sorry to hear leg wax


  • #7229
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    leg wax wrote: »
    the blonde cow that has and had the super bb heifer that made the big money,dead in her cubical this morn,fookit when will it stop.
    Our young cow that aborted at the weekend - I asked the VET that took the blood sample , would they be testing for the schmallenberg virus. It's the Dept that do the testing, so he reckoned they propably would.


  • #7230
    jomoloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 859 ✭✭✭jomoloney


    1chippy wrote: »
    I have been onto others, a couple a lads out and looked at animals. the lab said that the pneumonia looked like it was there for a long time. .
    bob charles wrote: »
    Chippy what Vaccines have you given the animals? Was draxin the only product that seemed to be good a treating sick animals. Results should be back for the lab quickly. I know my vet can get stuff back a very short notice, some of it is even sent to the Netherlands and back within days. knowledge is power when dealing with such problems. Have you a closed herd or are you buying in stock? So can you just state the vaccines used and this should allow allot of things to be crossed of the list


    it can take up to 6 weeks to culture some samples , Labs giving fast returns are sometimes more harmful that no pm

    sounds like IBR to me & the vaccines most likely shrouding the symptoms, I would re vaccinate and treat any animal the slightest sign with Micotil today IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO MORROW ,

    I had an IBR outbreak some years ago and only for the vet adopting this approach would have lost dearly , initial results from the lab all showed -, and 2 months later come the final culture from the lab showing IBR

    leg wax wrote: »
    the blonde cow that has and had the super bb heifer that made the big money,dead in her cubical this morn,fookit when will it stop.

    always the good one !! sorry to hear, keep the chin up and move on.


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  • #7231
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    leg wax wrote: »
    the blonde cow that has and had the super bb heifer that made the big money,dead in her cubical this morn,fookit when will it stop.

    Sorry to hear leg wax

    Our best cow died last night, exactly 7 days after a section. She had a serious infection and we just couldn't get her to eat.

    Haven't had a section around the place in 20 years. Worried about the rest of the autumn calvers now. We weined them early and gave them a good run in the back end because we thought they needed it because of the bad summer. It was a mistake. They are all on a diet of mainly rolled oats and straw now :o


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