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moy83 · 26-01-2014 10:20AM

Reggie. wrote: »

You may do the lotto now aswell

Thats a thought , the local one is 20 k too

RobinBanks · 26-01-2014 10:31AM

delaval wrote: »

These xbreds aren't up to much

Hi delaval. Just wondering, are dairy herds normall all pure bred or is it common to have cross bred?

tismesoitis · 26-01-2014 10:46AM

Tyson Lannister wrote: »

Had ye a good success rate with the Embryos? Were they born by section or naturally? Any chance of a pic?
Wk old bourvil bull calf, first Calver calved no prob.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l1zjuojw1b0rc25/Photo%20Jan%2021%2C%2023%2030%2038.jpeg

Pics of 3 PB Parthenaise calves

1st 2 pics are the little Coquin Heifer calf
2nd 2 are the Sirex bull
and last pic is Coquin bull. This lad is'nt getting the greatest doing because his mother a mad bast*@d of an FL22 heifer rejected him at birth and we thought she was going to kill him so we hand reared him for the 1st couple of weeks and eventually got him on another cow

Kovu · 26-01-2014 11:40AM

Fine calves, making me think about varying our AI this year!

Just noticing the cows stitches, our vet does them completely differently, not the X but a = the whole way up.
Was taking stitches out of a bitch yesterday and the catgut was so fine I could hardly find it. When your used to these big hoers of large animal stitches it's a shock seeing the tiny versions :P

onyerbikepat · 26-01-2014 11:47AM

moy83 wrote: »

Surprise here this morning . I bought a aa x cow with a blue heifer weanlin at foot last year . The father rang last night to say the heifer looked to be bagging up and to gather a few pound for a section .
She started calving this morn so I called the vet to be on the safe side , handy pull and out popped what looks to ba a part bull calf all healthy . Id say the heifer is about 20 months and bursting with milk .

Judging by the second picture she doesnt seem to have much condition on her. If she had any condition on her, i'd say you might have been in trouble. Nice one all the same.;)

moy83 · 26-01-2014 12:08PM

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Judging by the second picture she doesnt seem to have much condition on her. If she had any condition on her, i'd say you might have been in trouble. Nice one all the same.;)

They werent the best of pics , but she was is in good enough nick . If she was getting nuts and a bit chubbier things might have been different alright .

Tyson Lannister · 26-01-2014 01:39PM

Quality calves you have there. Best of luck with them.
Will you keep any heifers for breeding?
I might chance buying a few embryos next year.
Do you buy the embryos and implant them yourself or how does it work?

tismesoitis wrote: »

Pics of 3 PB Parthenaise calves

1st 2 pics are the little Coquin Heifer calf
2nd 2 are the Sirex bull
and last pic is Coquin bull. This lad is'nt getting the greatest doing because his mother a mad bast*@d of an FL22 heifer rejected him at birth and we thought she was going to kill him so we hand reared him for the 1st couple of weeks and eventually got him on another cow

delaval · 26-01-2014 05:19PM

RobinBanks wrote: »

Hi delaval. Just wondering, are dairy herds normall all pure bred or is it common to have cross bred?

By far the majority are BW pbnr, then you'll have purebred Bw followed by xbred

just do it · 26-01-2014 05:39PM

moy83 wrote: »

They werent the best of pics , but she was is in good enough nick . If she was getting nuts and a bit chubbier things might have been different alright .

Feed her on well now though and she'll make a grand cow.

dh1985 · 26-01-2014 06:19PM

First calf of the year landed thursday

dh1985 · 26-01-2014 06:40PM

dh1985 wrote: »

First calf of the year landed thursday

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rushvalley · 26-01-2014 08:55PM

nice little calf creep there aswell

dar31 · 26-01-2014 08:59PM

6 hmy and 1 abo(2nd from right), all heifers
hmy, 7 out of 8 heifers almost 90% so far and all 8-12 days early
calving has started but wont really kick off til tue/wen

Greengrass1 · 26-01-2014 09:04PM

dar31 wrote: »

6 hmy and 1 abo(2nd from right), all heifers
hmy, 7 out of 8 heifers almost 90% so far and all 8-12 days early
calving has started but wont really kick off til tue/wen

The brown and white one us unique. Nice calf

dar31 · 26-01-2014 09:08PM

about 10% of the herd is red and white year on year,
like having them around

Greengrass1 · 26-01-2014 09:11PM

dar31 wrote: »

about 10% of the herd is red and white year on year,
like having them around

Know a lad with a herd of British Friesian cows and sells stock bulls. Two yes ago he get 3 red bulls. He was going to get rid if them just for the fact they were red and white

bogman_bass · 27-01-2014 01:25PM

tismesoitis wrote: »

Pics of 3 PB Parthenaise calves

1st 2 pics are the little Coquin Heifer calf
2nd 2 are the Sirex bull
and last pic is Coquin bull. This lad is'nt getting the greatest doing because his mother a mad bast*@d of an FL22 heifer rejected him at birth and we thought she was going to kill him so we hand reared him for the 1st couple of weeks and eventually got him on another cow

I really like that Coquin Heifer! Little smasher!

tismesoitis · 27-01-2014 09:08PM

Tyson Lannister wrote: »

Quality calves you have there. Best of luck with them.
Will you keep any heifers for breeding?
I might chance buying a few embryos next year.
Do you buy the embryos and implant them yourself or how does it work?

Thanks Tyson.Ye we going to keep the little heifer for breeding. Using Part (Mainly LRY Carlo from Bova) on some commercial cows and keeping all them for breeding too!!Had our 1st part heifer calve down with a CZH limousin bull calf and very happy with the calf!!
Bought the embryos and had them implanted in our own heifers by Richard Duff of champion embryos in ballyfin in Laois. Still have 1 to implant by DAX out of the same dam as the Coquins.
How many part cows you have Tyson? great looking stock!!

RobinBanks · 27-01-2014 10:00PM

An RYP bull calf born this morn. Off a Maine Anjou second calver.

Genghis Cant · 27-01-2014 10:13PM

RobinBanks wrote: »

An RYP bull calf born this morn. Off a Maine Anjou second calver.

Christ almighty, some calf. I seem to remember something about the MA cow from last year, remind me again what she had?

A Malibu heifer calf?

Nekarsulm · 27-01-2014 10:52PM

She deserves a lie-down after that calving !

RobinBanks · 28-01-2014 01:03AM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Christ almighty, some calf. I seem to remember something about the MA cow from last year, remind me again what she had?

A Malibu heifer calf?

By jasus your right! Here she is now a year older!

just do it · 28-01-2014 07:51AM

Nice heifers Robin. Replacements?

RobinBanks · 28-01-2014 08:18AM

just do it wrote: »

Nice heifers Robin. Replacements?

Only the MBU heifer JDI. The other 2 are a bit beefy. I don't think they would have much milk

Genghis Cant · 28-01-2014 10:05AM

RobinBanks wrote: »

Only the MBU heifer JDI. The other 2 are a bit beefy. I don't think they would have much milk

The MBU heifer aint lacking in the beef dept either;)

Will ya bull her this spring? Do you finish your heifers or sell as stores?

RobinBanks · 28-01-2014 10:15AM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

The MBU heifer aint lacking in the beef dept either;)

Will ya bull her this spring? Do you finish your heifers or sell as stores?

I hope to bull her in Apr. she would be 25 months at calving then.

I usually sell the weanling heifers at the start of the summer and keep on some I think might breed well.

Conmaicne Mara · 28-01-2014 01:17PM

A change from showing ye the bottom of a drain

Seeing as I have cut down the furze, which in fairness were good for shelter, I now have to replace them. Starting to lift old stone walls. Sheep don't need much height to shelter behind so every bit helps. Would like to put in trees too but there is SFA depth up this part of the farm.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/12188558385/

Panch18 · 28-01-2014 02:50PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

A change from showing ye the bottom of a drain

Seeing as I have cut down the furze, which in fairness were good for shelter, I now have to replace them. Starting to lift old stone walls. Sheep don't need much height to shelter behind so every bit helps. Would like to put in trees too but there is SFA depth up this part of the farm.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/111758162@N02/12188558385/

That photo with your dog sitting on the edge of the rock pool looking out into the countryside is absolutely amazing

that would win prizes

Brown Podzol · 28-01-2014 02:57PM

Panch18 wrote: »

That photo with your dog sitting on the edge of the rock pool looking out into the countryside is absolutely amazing

that would win prizes

He's been published.:p

Panch18 · 28-01-2014 05:20PM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

He's been published.:p

Not surprised there are some excellent shots on there

The dog 1 really caught my eye though

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