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just do it · 19-08-2013 01:32AM

Great work dar. Give us the full ins and outs of what you did. Any drainage?

leg wax · 19-08-2013 07:45PM

well i sold the pt calf tonight in new ross and it was a great sale,he weighed360kg and made 1220,a kyr calf weighed 380kg made 1350, a cuckoo weighed 395kg made 1400, dbz 390kg 1250 ,mazerati (bad yoke) 395kg made 950, pt bull 410kg made 1100,and bucket reared pt (even worse yoke) made 780.

dar31 · 19-08-2013 08:00PM

nashmach wrote: »

Fair play Dar, I'm sure you thought it would never be done!

Did you get a mulcher in or just track digger the lot?

just do it wrote: »

Great work dar. Give us the full ins and outs of what you did. Any drainage?

track machine pulled all the hazel trees and scrub, we only really worked on this field as we got time, as the better land was tidied up and roads and fencing was done.
once the scrub was cleared we cleaned the drains around the whole field and deepened them we then pulled some wide open drains through the wet areas and then left for the winter, this allowed the areas to dry a bit as well as letting us see where all the water was coming from.

then this summer we pulled new drains to catch any water we could find, leveled, sprayed, pulled with ripper and then powerharrowed and sowed.
we used westerwolds as there was a lot of well established weeds and rushes, as well as it will probably need more drainage next year as more/different springs open up, will burn off in 12-18 months and do full reseed then

red bull · 19-08-2013 08:31PM

leg wax wrote: »

well i sold the pt calf tonight in new ross and it was a great sale,he weighed360kg and made 1220,a kyr calf weighed 380kg made 1350, a cuckoo weighed 395kg made 1400, dbz 390kg 1250 ,mazerati (bad yoke) 395kg made 950, pt bull 410kg made 1100,and bucket reared pt (even worse yoke) made 780.

Many or the exporters there ?

leg wax · 19-08-2013 08:34PM

red bull wrote: »

Many or the exporters there ?

tlt,murpy hunter,collins,mallon.:)

Richk2012 · 19-08-2013 08:38PM

leg wax wrote: »

tlt,murpy hunter,collins,mallon.:)

Do you have many dbz calves .
Have one due in a fortnight to him and two after her .
How was he calved ???

red bull · 19-08-2013 08:51PM

leg wax wrote: »

tlt,murpy hunter,collins,mallon.:)

paul or colm collins did not see them around in a while

Kovu · 19-08-2013 08:59PM

Eh.......not meaning to butt in but I don't think names should be mentioned here.:o

red bull · 19-08-2013 09:04PM

I don't see why not, they are great weanling buyers

Kovu · 19-08-2013 09:15PM

red bull wrote: »

I don't see why not, they are great weanling buyers

Speaking as a person who knows a few of them, I don't think they would like being mentioned in a forum.

leg wax · 19-08-2013 09:16PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Eh.......not meaning to butt in but I don't think names should be mentioned here.:o

all companies as far as i am concerned,and its great advertisement for them.

red bull · 19-08-2013 09:18PM

leg wax wrote: »

all companies as far as i am concerned,and its great advertisement for them.

Thats what I thought TOO

leg wax · 19-08-2013 09:19PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Do you have many dbz calves .
Have one due in a fortnight to him and two after her .
How was he calved ???

i think thats the only 1 i had, and he was very handy when born,out of a red lim cow.

Kovu · 19-08-2013 09:19PM

leg wax wrote: »

all companies as far as i am concerned,and its great advertisement for them.

Until someone discriminates against them. We can tip-toe around it all we like but certain companies have been mentioned in a bad light before!

leg wax · 19-08-2013 09:21PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Until someone discriminates against them. We can tip-toe around it all we like but certain companies have been mentioned in a bad light before!

anyone who buys my cattle is a friend of mine:):)

red bull · 19-08-2013 09:23PM

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Until someone discriminates against them. We can tip-toe around it all we like but certain companies have been mentioned in a bad light before!

I for one don't understand you're problem:(

Kovu · 19-08-2013 09:27PM

Each to their own. Personally I wouldn't like my company name to be on a forum as it could come up in a search thereafter.

Also, some of those buyers can be fairly picky about their name use.

Neddyusa · 19-08-2013 09:29PM

Couple of pics of a mixed sward from July. This field was sown May 2012 after turnips with a mix of Puna chicory, red and white clover, plantain and tetraploid ryegrasses. Suffered a bit with the drought as very sandy ground last month but flying it again now.

Currently block grazing fattening lambs on it with electric fence...powerful stuff and super growth rates with just 56 units N all year:D

moy83 · 19-08-2013 09:37PM

leg wax wrote: »

well i sold the pt calf tonight in new ross and it was a great sale,he weighed360kg and made 1220,a kyr calf weighed 380kg made 1350, a cuckoo weighed 395kg made 1400, dbz 390kg 1250 ,mazerati (bad yoke) 395kg made 950, pt bull 410kg made 1100,and bucket reared pt (even worse yoke) made 780.

Fairplay to you legs , super prices . Whats the story with the bucket fed pt ? Did moma die or was he bought off a dairy cow ? If he was only young 780 was good enough going

bob charles · 19-08-2013 10:04PM

red bull wrote: »

I don't see why not, they are great weanling buyers

They might be good buyers but how good a payers are they? Without discriminating against any of them I can say that not all of them are allowed buy cattle in the marts in the south.:D

just do it · 19-08-2013 10:09PM

leg wax wrote: »

well i sold the pt calf tonight in new ross and it was a great sale,he weighed360kg and made 1220,a kyr calf weighed 380kg made 1350, a cuckoo weighed 395kg made 1400, dbz 390kg 1250 ,mazerati (bad yoke) 395kg made 950, pt bull 410kg made 1100,and bucket reared pt (even worse yoke) made 780.

Fair duece leg wax. Did the buyers get the usual tip off that you were going to have stock there?!

bob charles · 19-08-2013 10:16PM

Neddyusa wrote: »

Couple of pics of a mixed sward from July. This field was sown May 2012 after turnips with a mix of Puna chicory, red and white clover, plantain and tetraploid ryegrasses. Suffered a bit with the drought as very sandy ground last month but flying it again now.

Currently block grazing fattening lambs on it with electric fence...powerful stuff and super growth rates with just 56 units N all year:D

Chicory is suppose to be the dogs for lambs. You farming in Ireland Neddy?

AntrimGlens · 19-08-2013 10:28PM

Neddyusa wrote: »

Couple of pics of a mixed sward from July. This field was sown May 2012 after turnips with a mix of Puna chicory, red and white clover, plantain and tetraploid ryegrasses. Suffered a bit with the drought as very sandy ground last month but flying it again now.

Currently block grazing fattening lambs on it with electric fence...powerful stuff and super growth rates with just 56 units N all year:D

i reseeded six acres in 2011 with a chicory, red and white clover puna mix with timothy and it did well in 2012 but i think i reseeded it too late and never got the benefit out of it. Wasn't able to get onto it for a post emergence spray and anything that i wanted to spray to kill chickweed was going to kill the clover. The brother turned cows into it last september and poached the fcuk outa the field and theres not a bit of chicory has come through this year. I didn't see any great improvement in lambs getting ready earlier with it and i've just mowed it tonight for a second cut, didnt bother trying to fatten the lambs on it this year. i think i'm too far north and too exposed for it to be a success here.

Neddyusa · 19-08-2013 11:02PM

AntrimGlens wrote: »

i reseeded six acres in 2011 with a chicory, red and white clover puna mix with timothy and it did well in 2012 but i think i reseeded it too late and never got the benefit out of it. Wasn't able to get onto it for a post emergence spray and anything that i wanted to spray to kill chickweed was going to kill the clover. The brother turned cows into it last september and poached the fcuk outa the field and theres not a bit of chicory has come through this year. I didn't see any great improvement in lambs getting ready earlier with it and i've just mowed it tonight for a second cut, didnt bother trying to fatten the lambs on it this year. i think i'm too far north and too exposed for it to be a success here.

Poaching wouldn't have helped it right enough. Was it heavy ground? Ya need dry warm ground to be able to mind the chicory. Spring sowing be better. Grazing it tight in a wet autumn would leave it shook over the winter too. Did the timothy and the clover survive alright?

Neddyusa · 19-08-2013 11:07PM

bob charles wrote: »

Chicory is suppose to be the dogs for lambs. You farming in Ireland Neddy?

Yep, I'd say around 90 miles north from ya Bob...Tis great stuff for driving on the milk in ewes with doubles and triplets early in the year too..

red bull · 20-08-2013 12:00AM

bob charles wrote: »

They might be good buyers but how good a payers are they? Without discriminating against any of them I can say that not all of them are allowed buy cattle in the marts in the south.:D

The people I asked about are pure gentlemen, sold lots of weanlings to them, just asked were they buying again cause I have not met them in the last few years.

nashmach · 20-08-2013 12:32AM

Great prices there leg wax, sounds like a good turn out too considering the weather.

Is it every fortnight now from here on in?

Midlandsman80 · 20-08-2013 07:01AM

leg wax wrote: »

well i sold the pt calf tonight in new ross and it was a great sale,he weighed360kg and made 1220,a kyr calf weighed 380kg made 1350, a cuckoo weighed 395kg made 1400, dbz 390kg 1250 ,mazerati (bad yoke) 395kg made 950, pt bull 410kg made 1100,and bucket reared pt (even worse yoke) made 780.

Congrats, great prices leg, would you have pic's of the cows that had the KYR, DBZ and cuckoo (saw PT already)? give the likes of me an idea of the cow required to achieve those kind of results... also what cuckoo bull? looked an ICBF and there are a few Lim and CH's returning with that in their name...

yellow50HX · 20-08-2013 07:47AM

leg wax wrote: »

anyone who buys my cattle is a friend of mine:):)

anyone who buys mine and cheque dosent bounce is a friend of mine

leg wax · 20-08-2013 07:55AM

moy83 wrote: »

Fairplay to you legs , super prices . Whats the story with the bucket fed pt ? Did moma die or was he bought off a dairy cow ? If he was only young 780 was good enough going

his mother calved down with mastitis in all of her last 3 tits.

just do it wrote: »

Fair duece leg wax. Did the buyers get the usual tip off that you were going to have stock there?!

nashmach wrote: »

Great prices there leg wax, sounds like a good turn out too considering the weather.

Is it every fortnight now from here on in?

i dont know,

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

Congrats, great prices leg, would you have pic's of the cows that had the KYR, DBZ and cuckoo (saw PT already)? give the likes of me an idea of the cow required to achieve those kind of results... also what cuckoo bull? looked an ICBF and there are a few Lim and CH's returning with that in their name...

will get pics later, spelt it wrong:o coucou code s818:o

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