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Farming Chit Chat III

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  • #2912
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    mf240 wrote: »
    Myself and the father get on very well, I am terrified of the day coming when he's not around.

    Same here


  • #2913
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Same here

    Cleaning out an old shed at home and found a plastic bag with all dockets and receipts .
    Milk receipts and calf sale dockets from 1979 .
    32pound for calves in maynooth


  • #2914
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    Richk2012 wrote: »
    Cleaning out an old shed at home and found a plastic bag with all dockets and receipts .
    Milk receipts and calf sale dockets from 1979 .
    32pound for calves in maynooth

    maynooth was a serious mart back those days, the family used to show allot of cattle there. I wouldnt like to be facing that journey back then with bad unreliable lorries


  • #2915
    Mulumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Mulumpy


    whelan1 wrote: »
    Same here

    Appreciate them when ye have them lads. Has such an impact when they're gone.


  • #2916
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    Was dosing all the calves there this morning. Broke up after 3 AA heifers i kept. Pure demons they are


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  • #2917
    Timmaay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,391 ✭✭✭✭Timmaay


    Hmm AAs usually ok I thought. Have to send the dad off to the mart with afew calves next week, not keeping anymore beef animals here from now on at all! He use to send me with the calves, but was never bloody happy with the price (he said I was too soft with the auctioneer ha), so I said to go himself! Suits me fine as I hate wasting the day at the mart ha, if I was here on myown I'd be letting a dealer take them from the yard.

    Still moaning about old lads still ha, Had another heifer calf to a FR, traditionally heifers always get easy calving AAs here, I need more replacements so I managed to talk my dad into letting me AI afew with FR last year. Anyways was another bull calf, big enough chap and need abit of assistance. We have had 2 heifers calf to FR now, and both large bull calves, so my dad is moaning that I shouldn't have listened to him and gave them all AAs. Ya can't win ha, I just let him have his rant, hopefully he will have forgotten about it when it comes to the breeding season again ha!


  • #2918
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    Timmaay wrote: »
    Hmm AAs usually ok I thought. Have to send the dad off to the mart with afew calves next week, not keeping anymore beef animals here from now on at all! He use to send me with the calves, but was never bloody happy with the price (he said I was too soft with the auctioneer ha), so I said to go himself! Suits me fine as I hate wasting the day at the mart ha, if I was here on myown I'd be letting a dealer take them from the yard.

    Still moaning about old lads still ha, Had another heifer calf to a FR, traditionally heifers always get easy calving AAs here, I need more replacements so I managed to talk my dad into letting me AI afew with FR last year. Anyways was another bull calf, big enough chap and need abit of assistance. We have had 2 heifers calf to FR now, and both large bull calves, so my dad is moaning that I shouldn't have listened to him and gave them all AAs. Ya can't win ha, I just let him have his rant, hopefully he will have forgotten about it when it comes to the breeding season again ha!

    im hoping to put limos in these three and sell em. Keeping no bull calves here from now on.

    Id say the bulls and the heifers will balance out it usualy does. Ive calved 14 winter cows now and i have had 7 heifers. So it should balance out for you


  • #2919
    jersey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭jersey101


    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AMpZ0TGjbWE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAMpZ0TGjbWE


  • #2920
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Got soaked moving a ram today, ho-hum, come back July all is forgiven. I hate rain.


  • #2921
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Anyone use Closivet pour on here? Was doing the last few today and they're heavy incalf, first is due xmas eve. Didn't give them the full recommended dose as we had one a couple of years ago that aborted a few days after we used a pour on with her. It was 1ml per 10kg so I gave them about 40-50ml each, they're all between 500-680 kg animals. Will do them again after they've all calved anyway, should I run down and top them up or should it be ok to start them off with?
    Bearing in mind they haven't been fluke dosed since they were last housed....:rolleyes:


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  • #2922
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    Bearing in mind they haven't been fluke dosed since they were last housed....:rolleyes:

    Glad im not the only one ! I did a few fr bullocks today . They were about 550 kg , still didnt get my dosing hook so there was a bit of wrestling involved . Good craic


  • #2923
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    Anyone use Closivet pour on here? Was doing the last few today and they're heavy incalf, first is due xmas eve. Didn't give them the full recommended dose as we had one a couple of years ago that aborted a few days after we used a pour on with her. It was 1ml per 10kg so I gave them about 40-50ml each, they're all between 500-680 kg animals. Will do them again after they've all calved anyway, should I run down and top them up or should it be ok to start them off with?
    Bearing in mind they haven't been fluke dosed since they were last housed....:rolleyes:

    Ya not be better waiting till they are 5 weeks min housed then just do them the once, often done them couple weeks before calving with no problems


  • #2924
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Anyone used Hereford cross cows, seen a few nice Hereford x sim heifers
    What Hereford like


  • #2925
    Richk2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Richk2012


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Anyone used Hereford cross cows, seen a few nice Hereford x sim heifers
    What Hereford like

    Herefords are good hardy cows for marginal ground .


  • #2926
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Ya not be better waiting till they are 5 weeks min housed then just do them the once, often done them couple weeks before calving with no problems

    Was just handy to finish all of them as this group were being split into a separate pen so we can have all the first calves together. We always do a follow on dose with them as the pour on doesn't kill all stages of fluke, a repeat treatment will get the majority of them.


  • #2927
    jomoloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 859 ✭✭✭jomoloney


    crazy busy to day and just catching on the news ,

    sad news from donegal


  • #2928
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    Was just handy to finish all of them as this group were being split into a separate pen so we can have all the first calves together. We always do a follow on dose with them as the pour on doesn't kill all stages of fluke, a repeat treatment will get the majority of them.

    Closamectin done 5 weeks post housing will get all stages and will get lice too,


  • #2929
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    hugo29 wrote: »
    Closamectin done 5 weeks post housing will get all stages and will get lice too,

    Did them with closamectin the last 3 years so we felt like a change this year to give the little feckers a shock:D


  • #2930
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    did anyone go to the sale in wicklow of 55 autumn calvers?


  • #2931
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    jersey101 wrote: »
    Was dosing all the calves there this morning. Broke up after 3 AA heifers i kept. Pure demons they are

    Dosing here today too..
    Just over three weeks in, would usually wait longer but today suited..


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  • #2932
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Do lads feed minerals along with beef nut?
    We fed straights last winter and so gave minerals along with them..

    Feeding nut at the moment which of course is supposed to have mineral included.. I fed mineral on the silage there for two days and holy crap lads it loosened them shocking :eek:

    I'm thinking of just leaving them do with what's in the nut ??


  • #2933
    hugo29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭hugo29


    bbam wrote: »
    Do lads feed minerals along with beef nut?
    We fed straights last winter and so gave minerals along with them..

    Feeding nut at the moment which of course is supposed to have mineral included.. I fed mineral on the silage there for two days and holy crap lads it loosened them shocking :eek:

    I'm thinking of just leaving them do with what's in the nut ??

    Usually put the mineral block on the dividing gates,


  • #2934
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    bbam wrote: »
    Do lads feed minerals along with beef nut?

    We don't do fattening bullocks or hf but we do give the cows the bag of minerals on the silage every evening from now on. About 2 pints of powder scattered over it.
    It was interesting to see the few cows and heifers on our out land who had no mineral lick or nuts all summer were mad for it, literally eating the powder out of our hands. They had plenty of grass all summer but we prob should have had a hi mag or GP lick up with them at least. Whoops.:o


  • #2935
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    We don't do fattening bullocks or hf but we do give the cows the bag of minerals on the silage every evening from now on. About 2 pints of powder scattered over it.
    It was interesting to see the few cows and heifers on our out land who had no mineral lick or nuts all summer were mad for it, literally eating the powder out of our hands. They had plenty of grass all summer but we prob should have had a hi mag or GP lick up with them at least. Whoops.:o

    I had copper in the water for a lot of the summer. Didn't give them anything else.


  • #2936
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    reilig wrote: »
    I had copper in the water for a lot of the summer. Didn't give them anything else.

    The land they were on is always great for summer grazing heifers, dunno if it makes sense but we always used it to rear the heifers to keep on as it turned them inside out. Must be something about the soil!
    I presume you mean the bolus you leave in the water tank, how do you find those? Looked into them a while back but as we move the cattle around so much it was more practical to move the bucket with them in the end:pac:


  • #2937
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    Kovu Murr wrote: »
    The land they were on is always great for summer grazing heifers, dunno if it makes sense but we always used it to rear the heifers to keep on as it turned them inside out. Must be something about the soil!
    I presume you mean the bolus you leave in the water tank, how do you find those? Looked into them a while back but as we move the cattle around so much it was more practical to move the bucket with them in the end:pac:

    I'm sure that if you have good soil with good minerals, it transfers through to the grass and ultimately into the animals that eat it.

    They work fine. I just drop new tabs into the drinker when I move the cattle. Find the buckets expensive - a group of 10 cows could have a bucket gone in a week.


  • #2938
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    reilig wrote: »
    I'm sure that if you have good soil with good minerals, it transfers through to the grass and ultimately into the animals that eat it.

    They work fine. I just drop new tabs into the drinker when I move the cattle. Find the buckets expensive - a group of 10 cows could have a bucket gone in a week.
    As far as I can see the buckets are bad value.
    They seem to be 90% or more molasis and stock just can't resist it.
    And it's damn expensive molasis too, it's costing about €1000 a ton if you take the time to work it out.


  • #2939
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,036 ✭✭✭✭Birdnuts


    Richk2012 wrote: »
    Herefords are good hardy cows for marginal ground .

    Got some Hereford Xs on my place in North Mayo and they certainly are the standout performers among our sucklers


  • #2940
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    reilig wrote: »
    I'm sure that if you have good soil with good minerals, it transfers through to the grass and ultimately into the animals that eat it.

    They work fine. I just drop new tabs into the drinker when I move the cattle. Find the buckets expensive - a group of 10 cows could have a bucket gone in a week.
    we use the buckets for the suckler cows, have 15 cows , during the summer we would get at least 2 weeks from a bucket, at this time of year 10 days max. This is the time of year we always loose one with tetany so we are very vigilant at the moment. Last year we bought cheaper buckets and 3 days was all we where getting out of them, lesson learnt


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  • #2941
    delaval
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭delaval


    whelan1 wrote: »
    we use the buckets for the suckler cows, have 15 cows , during the summer we would get at least 2 weeks from a bucket, at this time of year 10 days max. This is the time of year we always loose one with tetany so we are very vigilant at the moment. Last year we bought cheaper buckets and 3 days was all we where getting out of them, lesson learnt

    Have you ever tried Calmag dust. Guaranteed intake. We find it really good


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