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

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Keeping the BBQ flag flying here Richk :-)


    He looks a great calf .
    What blue bulls are you calving to this year or is it all bbq??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Marooned75


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    3am up looking at a cow and was sitting down next to the range putting on my boots.

    I look up and see this.
    Fook sake. I almost had a heart attack:(

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    Hello mog


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Marooned75


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    3am up looking at a cow and was sitting down next to the range putting on my boots.

    I look up and see this.
    Fook sake. I almost had a heart attack:(

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    Hello mog


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


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    3am up looking at a cow and was sitting down next to the range putting on my boots.

    I look up and see this.
    Fook sake. I almost had a heart attack:(

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    Them Trocaire boxes scare me too :-)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    The Trocaire box was the first thing I spotted too , at this stage there should be poor boxes in Africa to send over here when they're full :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Them Trocaire boxes scare me too :-)

    Good thing it's empty!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


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    Spotted this lad heading off to do a bit of spreading near knock Co.Clare. :D


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


    Muckit wrote: »
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    Spotted this lad heading off to do a bit of spreading near knock Co.Clare. :D

    Wheres knock? :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    next to killimer ;)


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


    Wheres knock? :confused:

    Where's Co. Clare:p:p

    I may get me coat................:D


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


    On the coast, 2 miles on the Ennis side of Kilimer. Had to look it up on Google Earth myself.:D


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


    pakalasa wrote: »
    On the coast, 2 miles on the Ennis side of Kilimer. Had to look it up on Google Earth myself.:D

    never heard of Knock either in Clare, is it on the Ennis side of the toll bridge or the far side:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    never heard of Knock either in Clare, is it on the Ennis side of the toll bridge or the far side:rolleyes:

    Never knew there was a knock in Co. Clare either until recently when heading from Ennis to Killimer to catch the ferry. It's only a little village right on the coast.

    Spotted a few small dairy farmers near Killimer. Then saw the Kerry Co-op bulk tank coming off the ferry


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


    Muckit wrote: »

    Never knew there was a knock in Co. Clare either until recently when heading from Ennis to Killimer to catch the ferry. It's only a little village right on the coast.

    Spotted a few small dairy farmers near Killimer. Then saw the Kerry Co-op bulk tank coming off the ferry
    Some great land there along the Shannon estuary particularly on the Clare side as it has a lot of it a good South facing slope.


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


    Muckit wrote: »
    Never knew there was a knock in Co. Clare either until recently when heading from Ennis to Killimer to catch the ferry. It's only a little village right on the coast.

    Spotted a few small dairy farmers near Killimer. Then saw the Kerry Co-op bulk tank coming off the ferry

    there would be a dozen loads or so of milk coming across on the ferry each day during milk season, heading for Kerry plant in Listowel. I hope they checked your passport on crossing the ferry before entering the Kingdom


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    just do it wrote: »
    Some great land there along the Shannon estuary particularly on the Clare side as it has a lot of it a good South facing slope.

    South facing slope is right. I reckoned the cows must have hooks for hooves....fair steep!

    But it seems to throw off the water and catch the sun and grows good grass


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    I hope they checked your passport on crossing the ferry before entering the Kingdom

    Oh it was needed they said. Dick Mack, Muiris Dan and foxy John had great welcome for the man from Galway :D


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


    was scanned and was expecting a heifer so happy out

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 533 ✭✭✭towzer2010


    Two new arrivals last week. The first one is one of my best cows. Calved at 24 months in 2009 and has a calving interval avg of 366 days since. I have her first three calves as cows now as well. Big pull for this one though cause she was too fed I think

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    The second is a AA heifer out of Whelans bull PTJ. She was meant to be in calf to MLJ but she calved at 289 days and the calf does not look like his daddy could gave been an AA. Must have had a visitor.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    towzer2010 wrote: »
    Two new arrivals last week. The first one is one of my best cows. Calved at 24 months in 2009 and has a calving interval avg of 366 days since. I have her first three calves as cows now as well. Big pull for this one though cause she was too fed I think

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    Was she british fr bred? The blackish nose used to be on ours after we got out of milking. Gave our best calves!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 533 ✭✭✭towzer2010


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    Was she british fr bred? The blackish nose used to be on ours after we got out of milking. Gave our best calves!

    I bought her as a weanling so I dont know but she could be. She is quiet for a LM but is the undisputed title holder of the biggest bully at the same time....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭limo_100


    There's the Simmental calf I bought on Saturday hopefully make a cow some day.


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


    limo_100 wrote: »
    There's the Simmental calf I bought on Saturday hopefully make a cow some day.
    Out of interest, what AI bulls are you thinking of using this year?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭limo_100


    just do it wrote: »
    Out of interest, what AI bulls are you thinking of using this year?

    well so far I have being using the charolais bull LGL and the limousin bull ADX. Iv also used OZS on the heifers.

    Im gona use OZS and APZ on the rest of the heifers. and I am probably going to use AGZ and TVR and maybe GWO aswell. Im also tempted to try out ZBF aswell on a cow or two. What bulls are you gona use? what have you got good results from so far?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    Did some fencing at the weekend, raised the roadway a lot last year

    The old stakes are at least a foot lower than the new 1's

    Also a photo of the new roadway, you'd have no problem running a marathon on it barefoot


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


    limo_100 wrote: »
    well so far I have being using the charolais bull LGL and the limousin bull ADX. Iv also used OZS on the heifers.

    Im gona use OZS and APZ on the rest of the heifers. and I am probably going to use AGZ and TVR and maybe GWO aswell. Im also tempted to try out ZBF aswell on a cow or two. What bulls are you gona use? what have you got good results from so far?
    These year's calves are by
    • HCA - born small but is maturing well, more than happy with calf,
    • LYJ - 3 heifers out of young heifers. Ok but I don't think the mothers have much milk and are still indoors probably for another 3-4 weeks,
    • Charlois DZP - some nice calves with good growth rate and putting up good muscle, and
    • Simmental APZ - 1 smashing bull out of one of my best cows - best calf this year, other 2 middling, but the 2 mothers are poor on milk.
    For better or worse I'm using a good few gene ireland straws. This year I've gotten GJB which is a quality looking AA bull with strong milk figures. He's for a good number of my cows that are low on milk. Also have CH FYB, and two LMs EFZ and FTH. FTY is another gene ireland bull that I'm kind of sorry I didn't order some straws for.


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


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Also a photo of the new roadway, you'd have no problem running a marathon on it barefoot
    Smashing looking roadway and nice lush grass either side of it. Has it got lime/ slurry/ N ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    just do it wrote: »
    Smashing looking roadway and nice lush grass either side of it. Has it got lime/ slurry/ N ?

    Urea on the left as you look at it, on the right wasn't given urea

    In reality the right hand side has a brown tinge to it, don't think it really comes out in the photo

    Not much difference in quantity of grass between fertilised and Non fertilised

    No lime recently, both sides regularly get watery slurry, last was back in mid jan, if I remember correctly


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


    Tipp Man, great surface on that road. What did you blind it with?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    pakalasa wrote: »
    Tipp Man, great surface on that road. What did you blind it with?

    We used some dust product from Kereen Quarries in co Waterford, i don't know the exact name of it. Was sceptical when we first used it but it is absolutely brilliant. We covered all the roadways with it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,307 ✭✭✭tanko


    limo_100 wrote: »
    well so far I have being using the charolais bull LGL and the limousin bull ADX. Iv also used OZS on the heifers.

    Im gona use OZS and APZ on the rest of the heifers. and I am probably going to use AGZ and TVR and maybe GWO aswell. Im also tempted to try out ZBF aswell on a cow or two. What bulls are you gona use? what have you got good results from so far?

    If you want bull calves you should use OZS. I have eleven calves off him so far and only two heifers. Have ten more to go so maybe it'll even out. Anyone have this "problem" with him?


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


    tanko wrote: »
    If you want bull calves you should use OZS. I have eleven calves off him so far and only two heifers. Have ten more to go so maybe it'll even out. Anyone have this "problem" with him?
    ICBF has him at 50% male births....1547 births, 776 male births.:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Urea on the left as you look at it

    Great fencing and roadways there Tippman. Were those paddocks behind the fence grazed off lately? Will you be fencing both sides of that roadway?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭limo_100


    just do it wrote: »
    These year's calves are by
    • HCA - born small but is maturing well, more than happy with calf,
    • LYJ - 3 heifers out of young heifers. Ok but I don't think the mothers have much milk and are still indoors probably for another 3-4 weeks,
    • Charlois DZP - some nice calves with good growth rate and putting up good muscle, and
    • Simmental APZ - 1 smashing bull out of one of my best cows - best calf this year, other 2 middling, but the 2 mothers are poor on milk.
    For better or worse I'm using a good few gene ireland straws. This year I've gotten GJB which is a quality looking AA bull with strong milk figures. He's for a good number of my cows that are low on milk. Also have CH FYB, and two LMs EFZ and FTH. FTY is another gene ireland bull that I'm kind of sorry I didn't order some straws for.

    are the APZ calves easy calved? do they start growing straight away?
    i also have one HCA calf hes a good calf but hes a bit plain. Will you use LYJ again??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭limo_100


    tanko wrote: »
    If you want bull calves you should use OZS. I have eleven calves off him so far and only two heifers. Have ten more to go so maybe it'll even out. Anyone have this "problem" with him?

    im lucky so far have one calved to him and its a heifer calf. I will have 1 or 2 more next month. He throws good stylish calves so he does


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


    limo_100 wrote: »
    are the APZ calves easy calved?
    No issue calving but I'd no issue with any calving. Introduced straw for last 6 weeks and less than top quality silage ensure the calves weren't too big.
    do they start growing straight away?
    I'd a look at them there again today and they're doing fine. The bull is the biggest calf in the place.
    i also have one HCA calf hes a good calf but hes a bit plain.
    The HCA I have was born very plain but is is shaping up nicely now. Is nearly 3mo.
    Will you use LYJ again??
    Proably not but too early to say. Just wanted to vary the breeding in the few heifers I had as they were predominantly LM. Will only be able to comment on them in a few years time as they'll be held as replacements and it's the calves they produce that will dicate whether using LYJ has been a success or not. It's often a plain cow that produces the good calf;).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,654 ✭✭✭Cavanjack


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Did some fencing at the weekend, raised the roadway a lot last year

    The old stakes are at least a foot lower than the new 1's

    Also a photo of the new roadway, you'd have no problem running a marathon on it barefoot
    I see your plagued with rushes down there too!!!


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


    Some furze that I sprayed last year
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    And some that I missed
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,081 ✭✭✭td5man


    just do it wrote: »
    Some furze that I sprayed last year
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    And some that I missed
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    There so beautiful when in flower ;-)
    what did you spray with jdi?


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


    td5man wrote: »
    There so beautiful when in flower ;-)
    what did you spray with jdi?
    Grazon


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭Suckler


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    We used some dust product from Kereen Quarries in co Waterford, i don't know the exact name of it. Was sceptical when we first used it but it is absolutely brilliant. We covered all the roadways with it

    We used the same stuff I think; few different names for it - Quarry fines / Quarry dust / Maintenance gravel

    It's great if you aren't turning on it; put a good heavy roller on it and it goes near solid. Cattle never mind walking on it either.


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


    This is the end of a new trench I've put in to drain a wet corner of a silage field. You can see the land to the right is wet and the far corner is lower than where the photo is taken from. Water will flow from the far corner towards the camera. The trench is about 5ft deep where I'm standing and shallows out to 2.5ft up at the corner.
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    Then it turns a slight corner along the boundary wall and flows down here. Last photo and this photo taken from same spot.

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    Initially there want enough depth when he opened the trench as he hit stone/ gravel at this point. He brough a narrow two tooth bucket the following day and got another 2-2.5 ft depth. Photo shows the profile. Pencil gravel sitting on top of stone

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    Then from here there is a great fall down another 80m to an open 6ft main open trench. The first 50m will be piped and filled with stone. This is in the next photo. Then the last 30m will be open along another boundary wall into the open trench.

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    There is a dip in the middle of the field as well that is slow to dry so with this trench I now have the option of running a 120m piped and stoned drain to it. I'll leave this trench bed in for this year though and so how it works. I'm keen to reseed this silage field as it's beside the shed but want to get the drainage job done first. Might place the collector drain after a second cut of silage and go for an Autumn reseed.


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


    put a creep gate on one of the slatted bays this year, got easi fix mats in, moved the stronger calves to that side of the shed, has worked grand, calves stay clean, they seem to go in their to lie down rather than stay with cows and they get meal in there as well, has saved alot of mucking out


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


    autumn calf
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,625 ✭✭✭limo_100


    autumn calf

    Are they all autumn calves in them two photos? I have a few autumn calves aswel what weight are your calves? mine would be over 200kg but under 250kg just wondering if they should be heavier. plus mine are all heifers


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


    limo_100 wrote: »
    Are they all autumn calves in them two photos? I have a few autumn calves aswel what weight are your calves? mine would be over 200kg but under 250kg just wondering if they should be heavier. plus mine are all heifers

    4 or 5 of them would be older than the rest , they would be around aug time and would be a good deal heavier


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭johnpawl




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,307 ✭✭✭tanko


    Nice calves there john, whats the story with the white heifer/cow in the last pic? she's a fair tank of an animal.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭johnpawl


    She's a ch off a big aaxbrfr cow, 2 years old in calf heifer. She's a huge heifer, nothing wrong with the ch off aax imo


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,307 ✭✭✭tanko


    Super looking heifer, what's she in-calf to?


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