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Farming Chit Chat

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  • #9452
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


      td5man wrote: »
      Its people like you that give farming a bad name, protesting about milk prices last week and off on winter holidays this week :-)

      did you protest about milk price ? Annual holiday here. think i work hard enough during the year to justify 4 days away


    • #9453
      simx
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


      calf this morning,heifer out of very milky cow :) lambing off to a start with twin lambs this evening, going to chance letting out weanlings tomorrow happy days :D


    • #9454
      just do it
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


      bogman_bass wrote: »
      we have plenty of bbx cows. HCA or ahz. wouldnt use OZS. angus could be a good option too. maybe GJB
      Went with HCA. And would you believe her compatriot is for AI in the morning as well. Will go with HCA again.

      The AI man said this morning's one had a dirty discharge. Don't really know how she came to have it. Lets see what 21 days brings...


    • #9455
      just do it
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


      whelan1 wrote: »
      greetings from spain:D enjoying happy hour cheers
      Have a good one Whelan1. But you do realise your missing the best week of weather in about 9 months!!!


    • #9456
      DMAXMAN
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭DMAXMAN


      pakalasa wrote: »
      Fair play for a bit of initiative;
      http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4043920
      know that chap,only a young lad but mad keen about stock. parents
      breed brilliant stock too. chap is keen , has posters everywhere in marts and merchants trying to drum up business.see he renewed his ad on donedeal before 7 this morning


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    • #9457
      hugo29
      Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


      whelan1 wrote: »
      greetings from spain:D enjoying happy hour cheers

      See if they have any good bodywarmers:D


    • #9458
      Mac Taylor
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


      Does anyone know if the bull sales in Carrick are haltered or unhaltered. I have a few ped bulls for sale but just did'nt have the time to train them.


    • #9459
      Bodacious
      Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


      bogman_bass wrote: »
      we have plenty of bbx cows. HCA or ahz. wouldnt use OZS. angus could be a good option too. maybe GJB

      hi Bogman

      would you be afraid of him calving when crossed with the blue? his calves are quality though, ive seen a couple of good HCA calves too though but will be smaller musclier type

      A60A37EB_zps3a02b1cc.jpg


    • #9460
      limo_100
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭limo_100


      Bodacious wrote: »
      hi Bogman

      would you be afraid of him calving when crossed with the blue? his calves are quality though, ive seen a couple of good HCA calves too though but will be smaller musclier type

      A60A37EB_zps3a02b1cc.jpg

      which bull r you on about bod that ud b afraid of??? whats that calf by good end on him


    • #9461
      Bodacious
      Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


      limo_100 wrote: »

      which bull r you on about bod that ud b afraid of??? whats that calf by good end on him

      OZS calving figures went up from what originally anticipated but only IMO no big muscley calves born that I saw anyway normal lim size calf but develop well after.

      A friend of mine was worried alright as he gave him to an E grade show heifer but she calved him no bother either but Bogman would have much more info on him I'm only basing my opinion on 6 calves! Good 2 year old heifer be sound for him but safer if extreme muscle in her pedigree to try an easier calving lad


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    • #9462
      reilig
      Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


      Mac Taylor wrote: »
      Does anyone know if the bull sales in Carrick are haltered or unhaltered. I have a few ped bulls for sale but just did'nt have the time to train them.

      Its all haltered. In reality, you would need to have a bit of work done with the bull on the rope as he has to be tied in one of the open stalls for viewing and then lead to the top of the sales yard and lead around the ring. Have seen many's a bull flip as he was going into the ring and it has a detremental affect on price.

      Some of the local marts have had unhaltered sales in the past - Dowra and Elphin being 2, but I don't knwo if they will have any this year. To be honest, the quality at the unhaltered sales doesn't be the best.

      Would you not try and sell them on Donedeal. I'm not long in pedigrees, but have sold 2 bulls on it with ease!


    • #9463
      bbam
      Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


      td5man wrote: »
      Its people like you that give farming a bad name, protesting about milk prices last week and off on winter holidays this week :-) :D

      Indeed. If we were to listen to the general public we wouldn't ever;
      Have a holiday.
      Have a new car
      Send kids to college
      Marry someone with a job, particularly not a nurse or teacher.
      Buy more land
      Put up sheds
      Spread slurry
      Bring a tractor on the road
      Have an animal bawl, ever
      Use chemicals
      Have an accountant to reduce tax liability

      Jebus, it would be hard to get much done and a dull life.


    • #9464
      freedominacup
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


      just do it wrote: »
      Have a good one Whelan1. But you do realise your missing the best week of weather in about 9 months!!!

      I think we should organise a whip around and try to get the funds together to keep her out there for another few weeks. As soon as she left the weather improved it's probably gonna start p**sing down as soon as she come home:D


    • #9465
      bogman_bass
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,142 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


      Bodacious wrote: »
      OZS calving figures went up from what originally anticipated but only IMO no big muscley calves born that I saw anyway normal lim size calf but develop well after.

      A friend of mine was worried alright as he gave him to an E grade show heifer but she calved him no bother either but Bogman would have much more info on him I'm only basing my opinion on 6 calves! Good 2 year old heifer be sound for him but safer if extreme muscle in her pedigree to try an easier calving lad

      its not that he is hard calved but he isnt out and out easy either and I would always err of the side of caution with heifers, especially when there is blue in them. Maybe thats just me.
      I think OZS would be a fantastic bull for second calvers or if you had a big roomy heifer.

      Maybe I'm overly cautious. what do people think?


    • #9466
      kevthegaff
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


      jes got stuck in a field there, just got the neighbour to pull me out. havin a nice bowl of microwaved chicken soup:)


    • #9467
      GoodMan55985
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭GoodMan55985


      bogman_bass wrote: »
      its not that he is hard calved but he isnt out and out easy either and I would always err of the side of caution with heifers, especially when there is blue in them. Maybe thats just me.
      I think OZS would be a fantastic bull for second calvers or if you had a big roomy heifer.

      Maybe I'm overly cautious. what do people think?

      I'd agree with you bogman. I wouldn't give the heifer OZS. I bulled a few Charolais Heifers at Christmas to Achile (AHZ). He is easy calving. With any heifer try to go as easy calving as possible and sure as you say when you see what they like at calving you can adjust for future years.


    • #9468
      whelan1
      Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


      freedominacup wrote: »
      I think we should organise a whip around and try to get the funds together to keep her out there for another few weeks. As soon as she left the weather improved it's probably gonna start p**sing down as soon as she come home:D
      all donations gratefully accepted, around 15-17 degrees here, whats it like at home? getting rid of the cracks on my hands while i am here


    • #9469
      dzer2
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭dzer2


      Lads anyone sell cull cows lately have a lad coming to look at 2 tomorrow just wondering what price per kilo they are making as I can weigh these in the morning.


    • #9470
      Manoffeeling
      Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭Manoffeeling


      whelan1 wrote: »
      all donations gratefully accepted, around 15-17 degrees here, whats it like at home? getting rid of the cracks on my hands while i am here

      http://www.magicmum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=813932


    • #9471
      1chippy
      Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


      bogman_bass wrote: »
      its not that he is hard calved but he isnt out and out easy either and I would always err of the side of caution with heifers, especially when there is blue in them. Maybe thats just me.
      I think OZS would be a fantastic bull for second calvers or if you had a big roomy heifer.

      Maybe I'm overly cautious. what do people think?
      Calved him out of an average heifer this year. cracking calf easily calved.


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    • #9472
      limo_100
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭limo_100


      heres a interesting ad on fb anyone buy of these they have some nice stock

      http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4415177

      http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/beefcattle/4443759#


    • #9473
      hugo29
      Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


      Any one ever have a hoarse cow, she trying to call calf and all that coming out is a whimper :confused:


    • #9474
      pakalasa
      Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


      Anyone ever have this problem - I have sucklers calving now. I seperate them to calve but let the cow back with the rest of the cows for a few hours a day, to eat silage stretch the legs etc. Well all hell breaks out when I do it. There's only a gate seperating them when calving, so it's not like they are being re-introduced. What you reckon, jealousy ?? Seriously, I nearly got injured trying to seperate them this evening. They had a cow that calved yesterday pinned down to the ground this evening.


    • #9475
      GERMAN ROCKS
      Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭GERMAN ROCKS


      kevthegaff wrote: »
      jes got stuck in a field there, just got the neighbour to pull me out. havin a nice bowl of microwaved chicken soup:)

      what happened you?


    • #9476
      Bizzum
      Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


      pakalasa wrote: »
      Anyone ever have this problem - I have sucklers calving now. I seperate them to calve but let the cow back with the rest of the cows for a few hours a day, to eat silage stretch the legs etc. Well all hell breaks out when I do it. There's only a gate seperating them when calving, so it's not like they are being re-introduced. What you reckon, jealousy ?? Seriously, I nearly got injured trying to seperate them this evening. They had a cow that calved yesterday pinned down to the ground this evening.

      We have one or two cows who never miss an opportunity to assert themselves. They seem to spend most of their time warmongering.
      Is it always the same cow/s that cause the trouble?


    • #9477
      just do it
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


      Pak

      It's not just calved cows. It seems the hierarchy is reasserted even after the shortest period of time.


    • #9478
      1chippy
      Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


      just do it wrote: »
      Pak

      It's not just calved cows. It seems the hierarchy is reasserted even after the shortest period of time.
      We keep a pen of what you can only call tramps togethter. They all seem to be the older cows which have a tendancy to bully any younger ones. you will find there is always one thats worse than the rest.
      People will probably say by putting them together i am just looking for punishment but they settle very quick and learn their places.


    • #9479
      freedominacup
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


      whelan1 wrote: »
      all donations gratefully accepted, around 15-17 degrees here, whats it like at home? getting rid of the cracks on my hands while i am here

      Atrixo regenerating cream serious jungle juice. But chanelle udder cream sorts the wheat from the chaff.


    • #9480
      hoseman
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭hoseman


      :)the pleasure of farming in this weather,no wet coats and NO F>CKING WELLINGTONS yipee,boots overalls and a good old wooly hat!


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    • #9481
      pakalasa
      Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


      Bizzum wrote: »
      ..Is it always the same cow/s that cause the trouble?
      The gang is led by a young cow that lost her calf early in the year. She wouln't be the matriarch or anything. I reckon it's pure jealosy. Christ it got savage yesterday. I'd say they would have killed her if I didn't seperate them again. Might be a problem yet as more cows calve and I run out of shed space.


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