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johnpawl · 16-09-2013 08:34PM

Ya they're pedigree, in calf due in January. Put pics of them up here before as calves. Hopefully they'll do the business

just do it · 16-09-2013 08:47PM

Towzer
Nice stock there and a good comparison between the LMxFR and SM cow. I suppose alot depends on the breeding of the LMxFR, particularly the FR. Simmental cows are great except for they can get a bit too big for marginal land. Hard to get it perfect!

moy83 · 18-09-2013 01:35PM

Log splitting . It will split them 38" long and I block them with the tractor saw after . It saves alot of chainsawing and splitting

moy83 · 18-09-2013 01:37PM

The splitter

againstthetide · 18-09-2013 01:50PM

Got out from behind my IT office desk to return this to the dealership yesterday
2 handy hours overtime

redzerologhlen · 18-09-2013 02:34PM

Fine rig!!

againstthetide · 18-09-2013 02:44PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

Fine rig!!

second smallest at the factory!
They have a TS115 on verge trimming duty

Richk2012 · 18-09-2013 03:47PM

Anyone else having a problem with these fcuking things this year

bbam · 18-09-2013 03:53PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Anyone else having a problem with these fcuking things this year

:eek::eek::eek:
What the hell is that !!

moy83 · 18-09-2013 04:01PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Anyone else having a problem with these fcuking things this year

Are they tics ?

Richk2012 · 18-09-2013 05:19PM

moy83 wrote: »

Are they tics ?

ticks and big ones at that

pakalasa · 18-09-2013 05:44PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

Anyone else having a problem with these fcuking things this year

I remember these from years ago when I milked a cow by hand. They're blood sucking ticks. I thought the pourons got rid of them. They cause redwater in cattle too, so watch out for it.

Conmaicne Mara · 18-09-2013 06:09PM

September and May (I think) are the worst months for them. Lyme disease is something people should be aware of. I use Youngs Vector on the ewes and lambs, don't have problems with them. Some use Spot-On early on lambs but it's dear stuff. Think there's Spot-On for cattle too.

Richk2012 · 18-09-2013 06:15PM

pakalasa wrote: »

I remember these from years ago when I milked a cow by hand. They're blood sucking ticks. I thought the pourons got rid of them. They cause redwater in cattle too, so watch out for it.

I know I'm keeping a close eye for red water after seen these . I gave her an ivermectin injection , I'm not sure will it kill them tho

moy83 · 18-09-2013 06:47PM

Richk2012 wrote: »

I know I'm keeping a close eye for red water after seen these . I gave her an ivermectin injection , I'm not sure will it kill them tho

I have cattle in a dry kind of mountain thats full of them at the minute . I had a heifer with redwater in there last year but spotted her in time and gave her a shot that cured her . I dont know the name of the stuff but I think it was injected half the rate to cure them and full shot for prevention .

Bizzum · 18-09-2013 07:37PM

moy83 wrote: »

I have cattle in a dry kind of mountain thats full of them at the minute . I had a heifer with redwater in there last year but spotted her in time and gave her a shot that cured her . I dont know the name of the stuff but I think it was injected half the rate to cure them and full shot for prevention .

Imazol was it?

moy83 · 18-09-2013 07:43PM

Bizzum wrote: »

Imazol was it?

I'm a hoor to remember names like that , but I recall its like the stuff we use for blackleg but it covers eight things instead the seven in one that the blackleg shot covers for . Am I making sense ?

18-09-2013 10:26PM

tribervax T?

towzer2010 · 19-09-2013 02:02AM

just do it wrote: »

Towzer
Nice stock there and a good comparison between the LMxFR and SM cow. I suppose alot depends on the breeding of the LMxFR, particularly the FR. Simmental cows are great except for they can get a bit too big for marginal land. Hard to get it perfect!

Thanks JDI. They are alright but not enough of them yet. Yes I agree but in a way I was pointing out that you can't really specify any one breed like derrypatrick are doing because there are so many variables. Best cow I have according to ICBF isn't my best cow by along way.

moy83 · 19-09-2013 02:50PM

We didnt have grass like this last year . They didnt knock a week out it till they had it walked into the ground/water

hugo29 · 19-09-2013 03:00PM

moy83 wrote: »

We didnt have grass like this last year . They didnt knock a week out it till they had it walked into the ground/water

nice one Moy, what stock you got earmarked for that

moy83 · 19-09-2013 03:57PM

hugo29 wrote: »

nice one Moy, what stock you got earmarked for that

About twenty cow and eight or nine calves I had them in a mountain for the last 5/6 weeks and they were doing great clearing unt it got wet . If I can cough up diesel money the father will clear bushes and blackthorns off ten acres of it that I should be able to cut silage off in the future

hugo29 · 19-09-2013 04:02PM

moy83 wrote: »

About twenty cow and eight or nine calves I had them in a mountain for the last 5/6 weeks and they were doing great clearing unt it got wet . If I can cough up diesel money the father will clear bushes and blackthorns off ten acres of it that I should be able to cut silage off in the future

good stuff, looks ideal spot for weanlings with a trough of meal each day, they would do well on it

Sharpshooter82 · 19-09-2013 04:22PM

Nice bit oh grass lad

pakalasa · 21-09-2013 12:21PM

Seepe Tee Jay (IS4) heifer that I had to get rid of, earlier in the year. She aborted on her 2nd pregnancy and then tested positive for Neospora. Out of probably my best cow too. Thems the breaks.

bogman_bass · 21-09-2013 12:50PM

That's a shame paka. Nice looking animal

towzer2010 · 21-09-2013 01:23PM

pakalasa wrote: »

Seepe Tee Jay (IS4) heifer that I had to get rid of, earlier in the year. She aborted on her 2nd pregnancy and then tested positive for Neospora. Out of probably my best cow too. Thems the breaks.

Pity. She's a nice animal. What did you do with her. Not familiar with that disease. Was it to the factory or can you send them there?

pakalasa · 21-09-2013 02:41PM

towzer2010 wrote: »

Pity. She's a nice animal. What did you do with her. Not familiar with that disease. Was it to the factory or can you send them there?

It was a new disease to me too. I had 2 heifers abort in the one year so decided to get her tested. I had to test her mother too (clear) as it can be passed mother to daughter, but not across the herd. They get it from dogs and foxes. Its the most common cause of abortion in Ireland. You dont hear much about it as there is no cure or vaccine, so drug companies cant make money from it.:mad: I fattened her up and sold in mart, as 'not suitable for breeding'.

pakalasa · 21-09-2013 02:51PM

Went mad with camera today. These are the gate brackets for the railway girders. Different shape from the normal RSJ ones. Went tru a lot of stores before I found them. Got them in Dan McInerneys in Ennis. Mullinahone COOP do them too.

fredweena · 21-09-2013 04:44PM

Do you know if you can test your dog for neospora? I know they can pick it up off ingesting aborted materials and infected cattle parts.

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