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

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    #3242
    ABlur
    Registered Users Posts: 817 ✭✭✭ABlur


    Had great plans for the few days off but only work done is carpet farming!


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    #3243
    Milton09
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    ABlur wrote: »
    Had great plans for the few days off but only work done is carpet farming!

    Traffability looks good :-) where did you get the massey?


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    #3244
    td5man
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    Milton09 wrote: »

    Traffability looks good :-) where did you get the massey?
    It could do with a wash.


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    #3245
    ABlur
    Registered Users Posts: 817 ✭✭✭ABlur


    td5man wrote: »
    It could do with a wash.

    Thats what my son says! Expect to see it the sink with washup liquid!
    Santa shopped in Smyths toys, its a Siku model comes with Ifor williams box and 2 norweigan reds.


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    #3246
    td5man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,081 ✭✭✭td5man


    ABlur wrote: »

    Thats what my son says! Expect to see it the sink with washup liquid!
    Santa shopped in Smyths toys, its a Siku model comes with Ifor williams box and 2 norweigan reds.
    Siku make nice tractors but their cows leave a bit to be desired


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    #3247
    red bull
    Registered Users Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭red bull


    Like the henley stove insert ? How do like it


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    #3248
    ABlur
    Registered Users Posts: 817 ✭✭✭ABlur


    red bull wrote: »
    Like the henley stove insert ? How do like it

    Its a Mulberry Stoker model. Great yoke probably a bit small for average sized logs. Saving bigtime with gas heati.g bills. Cleaning of chimney is a bit of a pain as its not flue lined.


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    #3249
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    Grecco wrote: »
    2012+-+1

    Busy Christmas Day, but I aint complaining :D

    Looks a nice one Grecco ;) .
    A Blue or Charlaois ???


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    #3250
    AntrimGlens
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    windows went in today, just waiting on roofers to get ridge tiles on and replace slates which are stained with lead which they didn't paint. Pity i'm not going to be in for lambing..


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    Dupont
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    AntrimGlens wrote: »
    windows went in today, just waiting on roofers to get ridge tiles on and replace slates which are stained with lead which they didn't paint. Pity i'm not going to be in for lambing..

    Nice house,looks like you'll have great views from there. What plaster finish are you putting on I just notice your chimney arnt done yet. Hard to get weather for plastering this time of year


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    #3252
    moy83
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    AntrimGlens wrote: »
    windows went in today, just waiting on roofers to get ridge tiles on and replace slates which are stained with lead which they didn't paint. Pity i'm not going to be in for lambing..
    Fine house , you will have a bit of covering to do when the chimneys are getting plastered if you want to keep them slates clean though !


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    #3253
    1chippy
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    I know that house. been up that way a few times. get the chimneys plastered before you change the slates. The efflourescents on the slates can be removed on some of the brands with a cloth dampened in petrol. dont smoke when your doing it though.


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    #3254
    dealerman
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    :D new creep gates for calves patent pending


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    #3255
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    dealerman wrote: »
    :D new creep gates for calves patent pending

    BIC razor job that .... use it a few times and throw it away.... !


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    #3256
    AntrimGlens
    Registered Users Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭AntrimGlens


    1chippy wrote: »
    I know that house. been up that way a few times.

    Hi 1chippy, what brings you up this way can i ask?? We don't get many monaghan men here ;)


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    #3257
    The Real Elmer Fudd
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭The Real Elmer Fudd


    Two 29 month old heifers out wintered on silage only. Both in calf to dovea Mbp, the ch heifer is due mid feb but the sim isn't due until end of march.


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    #3258
    bob charles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    aaahhhhh


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    #3259
    Conor556
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭Conor556


    bob charles wrote: »
    aaahhhhh

    No it goes like this. Awwwwwww!!


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    #3260
    Juniorhurler
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    Conor556 wrote: »
    No it goes like this. Awwwwwww!!

    In my head it goes aaahhhhhh, how will I home all the hoors.


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    #3261
    bob charles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    In my head it goes aaahhhhhh, how will I home all the hoors.

    I think he is right because it would be -
    aaahhh for F... S...,
    whereas it would be -
    aaawww thats lovely


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    #3262
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    bob charles wrote: »
    aaahhhhh

    How come I cant see this Pic? Is it just me or what? If I guess right do I get a prize?

    (A bitch with a litter of pups?)


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    #3263
    bob charles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    us poor posters down here in the boglands of the south are going to give you guys up the country with your fancy pictures of lush grass and lovely grazing conditions last year a run for your money this year:D:D


    there is currently good growth:eek:, as the cattle came of this field only 2 weeks ago and there are still a couple of lame guys in it. If we were still allowed to spread N as we choose, I would have given it a bag on xmas week! we had poorer growth during the summer. will get N if we can travel in 2 weeks


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    #3264
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Shorthorn calf by LYJ out of a LM heifer by OMA. 1hr old.

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    #3265
    Seaba
    Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭Seaba


    just do it wrote: »
    Shorthorn calf by LYJ out of a LM heifer by OMA. 1hr old.

    Nice. Bull or heifer? They make lovely quiet cows. Going to give one or two to ours this year in the hope of getting a replacement. I think I mentioned this before but we have one that has kept first time, every time, to the AI and she is on her 8th calf. First to calf every year, quiet as a mouse, nice bag of milk and ad R3/U3 calf every year.


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    #3266
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    just do it wrote: »
    Shorthorn calf by LYJ out of a LM heifer by OMA. 1hr old.
    Seaba wrote: »
    Nice. Bull or heifer? They make lovely quiet cows. Going to give one or two to ours this year in the hope of getting a replacement. I think I mentioned this before but we have one that has kept first time, every time, to the AI and she is on her 8th calf. First to calf every year, quiet as a mouse, nice bag of milk and ad R3/U3 calf every year.

    That's good to hear. She's a heifer calf which is what I wanted. The mother has 83% LM in her breeding according to ICBF so that is why I bred a few of my springers to SH last spring. They make great cows and I hope this one is as good as your one above :).

    The springer is 25months old and as quiet as a lamb. I've saved her eurostar report so it will interesting to see how it changes over time.


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    porter shark
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    The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »
    Two 29 month old heifers out wintered on silage only. Both in calf to dovea Mbp, the ch heifer is due mid feb but the sim isn't due until end of march.


    have you used mbp on heifers before? i'd have thought him a bit strong?


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    #3268
    The Real Elmer Fudd
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭The Real Elmer Fudd


    "have you used mbp on heifers before? i'd have thought him a bit strong?"

    Ye i had heifers calve down at 24 months to him in spring 2012. When I AI'd them in 2011 MBP's easy of calving figures where lower than they are now. I only had one tight pull with them and was happy with the claves so used him again. i put up a couple of pic's of the calves on page 192 of this thread.

    I had intended calving these to dolls in 2012 but it was very late in 2011 when they started to look the bull which would have left them calving very late in 2012 so i decided to let them run on and calve in spring 2013. I ran them with their comrades who had calves on them in 2012 and it is interesting to note that the heifers who reared calves in 2012 while they obviously have slightly less condition on them have grown to the same size as the heifers which will now be calving at 30 months instead of 24 months


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    #3269
    JohnBoy
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    Posted way back in may a door I was making, decided to galvanise it which meant fabricating it 100% right before fitting. Got it finished over christmas.....

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    #3270
    just do it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    JohnBoy wrote: »
    Posted way back in may a door I was making, decided to galvanise it which meant fabricating it 100% right before fitting. Got it finished over christmas.....

    Nice job johnboy


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    #3271
    PatQfarmer
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    bob charles wrote: »
    will get N if we can travel in 2 weeks

    Me too, Bob. If it stays dry, I'll spread mid-Jan, out mid-Feb:rolleyes:


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