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bob charles · 03-08-2013 07:35PM

Muckit wrote: »

I have a chauffeur that I hire in especially for the cone season! :pac:

Some spotty young fellow that gets a cone for his troubles and also gets associated with the legendary muckit

Kovu · 03-08-2013 07:43PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Tamworths 2 days old.
Hardy little bucks already

I am coming to visit you and I may be leaving with a bonham shaped tummy.:p

Muckit · 03-08-2013 08:45PM

Some stuff had set aside for second cut, but decided to strip graze it to help build up cover on rest of grazing.

And yes I put up reels to back fence straight after these photos were taken!

valtra2 · 04-08-2013 04:28PM

Hi

The Real Elmer Fudd · 04-08-2013 07:32PM

Pic 1 MBP bull calf born 18 April

Pic 2 MBP bull calf born 5 June

Pic 3 MBP heifer calf born end of may. The grey heifer in the pic is also by MBP and born at the end of April 2012 I think

The Real Elmer Fudd · 04-08-2013 07:43PM

Some heifers to calve down next year at 24 to 26 months.

pakalasa · 04-08-2013 08:04PM

Nice heifers. What breeding is in them?

valtra2 · 04-08-2013 08:07PM

the creep feeder back out with a few new addations

Marooned75 · 04-08-2013 08:09PM

Tis a hoor put ear tags on him lol

The Real Elmer Fudd · 04-08-2013 08:12PM

pakalasa wrote: »

Nice heifers. What breeding is in them?

They are supposed to be purebred non reg sim from a milking sim herd in Germany. Bought them at 8 weeks old and reared them on a bucket. Bought a few more this year and will have them for bulling next year.

renandstimpy · 04-08-2013 08:51PM

valtra2 wrote: »

the creep feeder back out with a few new addations

Fair dos to ya Valtra was wondering what the waste pipe was for first till I looked closer ..clever .. I take it your letting the calves graze ahead with the side door

renandstimpy · 04-08-2013 08:51PM

valtra2 wrote: »

the creep feeder back out with a few new addations

Fair dos to ya Valtra was wondering what the waste pipe was for first till I looked closer ..clever .. I take it your letting the calves graze ahead with the side door

renandstimpy · 04-08-2013 08:53PM

Marooned75 wrote: »

Tis a hoor put ear tags on him lol

A prick of a job :-)

renandstimpy · 04-08-2013 08:54PM

The Real Elmer Fudd wrote: »

They are supposed to be purebred non reg sim from a milking sim herd in Germany. Bought them at 8 weeks old and reared them on a bucket. Bought a few more this year and will have them for bulling next year.

Some very nice stock there

moy83 · 04-08-2013 08:58PM

Good thinking Valtra , a lovely job

valtra2 · 04-08-2013 09:12PM

just figuring out how to up load pic so bear with me, here is the new bull running with young herd, this was back 3 monts ago, woking well scanned last week and he has 75% of the cows in calf in first 8 weeks,

valtra2 · 04-08-2013 09:14PM

renandstimpy wrote: »

Fair dos to ya Valtra was wondering what the waste pipe was for first till I looked closer ..clever .. I take it your letting the calves graze ahead with the side door

ya calfs creeping ahead, just started hoping to wean some mid sept without all the noise

The Real Elmer Fudd · 04-08-2013 09:19PM

renandstimpy wrote: »

Some very nice stock there

Thanks. I'm only really starting in suckers in my own right. This year being my second year with calves. Trying to build a herd of quality cows over a number of years. Start as you mean to go on so to speak. I'm hoping the sims will bring size milk and docility for a number of generations. Figuring it'll be easier to breed muscle into the cows later than milk if needs be

1chippy · 04-08-2013 10:16PM

Just messin with the phone trying to post a pic if this works it should a pic of the bull

massey woman · 04-08-2013 10:33PM

Like you Reilig we put in a few hundred metres of these pipes last year
Like yours they ran and ran for weeks on end and consequently the ground dried significantly esp where ther was a good fall into the main drain
However I noticed this year that the ends of them seemed to be silting up with rust coloured iron oxide type material .We got a length of wavin and shoved it up and they started running again.I specifically asked Connacht Agri if this would happen at the outset and they said no that oxidation occured as a consequence of air getting down to the bottom of the shore through the conventional stones. When I went back into the store and discussed my findings they accepted that they would silt up at the ends and that I would have to water jet annually. Have to say I am less than confident about their long term success. I intend to take the spade and dig down some day and see how far the silting has stretched. Has anyone else a similar experience.

nashmach · 04-08-2013 11:04PM

With all drains regular rodding is worthwhile and not with piping, get a cork screw attachment for sweeping rods.

Muckit · 04-08-2013 11:19PM

valtra2 wrote: »

the creep feeder back out with a few new addations

Side exit. ...posh!!!!

redzerologhlen · 04-08-2013 11:22PM

1chippy wrote: »

Just messin with the phone trying to post a pic if this works it should a pic of the bull

Hes a fine beast. You were right, hes like the lad i got, big front on him and a big behind and strong bone for a lim. Hows he breeding?

Bodacious · 04-08-2013 11:27PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Hes a fine beast. You were right, hes like the lad i got, big front on him and a big behind and strong bone for a lim. Hows he breeding?

she has the tail out:D

Milton09 · 05-08-2013 06:53AM

massey woman wrote: »

Like you Reilig we put in a few hundred metres of these pipes last year
Like yours they ran and ran for weeks on end and consequently the ground dried significantly esp where ther was a good fall into the main drain
However I noticed this year that the ends of them seemed to be silting up with rust coloured iron oxide type material .We got a length of wavin and shoved it up and they started running again.I specifically asked Connacht Agri if this would happen at the outset and they said no that oxidation occured as a consequence of air getting down to the bottom of the shore through the conventional stones. When I went back into the store and discussed my findings they accepted that they would silt up at the ends and that I would have to water jet annually. Have to say I am less than confident about their long term success. I intend to take the spade and dig down some day and see how far the silting has stretched. Has anyone else a similar experience.

Yes, I put down a small amount of these a few months ago. One drain was completely blocked at the exit when I checked it a few weeks ago. (Red iron like deposit- even though its in bog ground) If this acculumation starts to travel back from the exit, they will be useless in a short time. I'm waiting to see what happens over the coming months.

reilig · 05-08-2013 07:23AM

Milton09 wrote: »

Yes, I put down a small amount of these a few months ago. One drain was completely blocked at the exit when I checked it a few weeks ago. (Red iron like deposit- even though its in bog ground) If this acculumation starts to travel back from the exit, they will be useless in a short time. I'm waiting to see what happens over the coming months.

I think this red deposit is localised to specific areas?

The connacht agri pipes that we saw laid before we bought ours had been laid for almost 3 years and they were flowing perfectly with no red deposit on them. I've seen this red deposit on ordinary stone drains - but it doesn't happen in this area.

Floody Boreland · 05-08-2013 07:59AM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Tamworths 2 days old.
Hardy little bucks already

Is she rooting much for the bracken. I hear they love the roots.

stanflt · 05-08-2013 01:18PM

co meath

who the fug · 05-08-2013 03:12PM

reilig wrote: »

I think this red deposit is localised to specific areas?

The connacht agri pipes that we saw laid before we bought ours had been laid for almost 3 years and they were flowing perfectly with no red deposit on them. I've seen this red deposit on ordinary stone drains - but it doesn't happen in this area.

West Cork red deposit was a good give away when walking along a drain or stream for old stone drains that covered up

1chippy · 05-08-2013 06:58PM

Smaller red one to the front of the first one and the backend you see in the second one . He's breeding stylish enough from average cows there's a couple of better ones but a lot of mine would be a bit camera shy

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