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Reggie. · 31-01-2014 11:17PM

hugo29 wrote: »

Logic and farming in the one sentence:D

yeah thats as strange as making great money and farming

Genghis Cant · 31-01-2014 11:46PM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Now that you brought it up, what was the logic!!!!!

We had tried a bit of Simm to get replacements with milk, out of a few real good cows, and got 3 bulls and only the one heifer. We took a fair hit on the bulls, (2 of them in particular, 1 was very Lim like) and sorta decided not to bother with Simm after that. And even before that we had used Newry a bit and got 1 heifer, I knew he was breeding very well and that straws were very scarce so chanced it!

hugo29 wrote: »

What do you hope to cross back to them evantually genghis , nice heifers btw

Ultimately Charolais. Easy Lim first or maybe BA. Lim/BA second. Charolais then. Maybe the odd straw for a replacement or something exotic:pac:

Genghis Cant · 31-01-2014 11:48PM

hugo29 wrote: »

Logic and farming in the one sentence:D

I feel I should quote that icon of sanity..... Charlie Manson:

No sense makes sense;)

Mac Taylor · 31-01-2014 11:56PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I feel I should quote that icon of sanity..... Charlie Manson:

No sense makes sense;)

You'll be quoting Donald rumsfeld next "known knows and the unknown knowns"

Conmaicne Mara · 31-01-2014 11:57PM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

You'll be quoting Donald rumsfeld next "known knows and the unknown knowns"

That's actually a favourite quote of mine, and one that makes sense if examined. I think the fun poking was aimed at the man and not the statement.

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2014 12:00AM

Here's another heifer off our own Ch bull out of a Lim/Simm cow. To look at her she's more Simm looking than the white heifer that is half Simm. Photo was taken 7th Oct last, she's a serious heifer now 420/440kgs and not a year old yet. We won't bull her, she's very beefy and likely won't milk.
This years crop of heifers are as probably the best we had.

Mac Taylor · 01-02-2014 12:03AM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

That's actually a favourite quote of mine, and one that makes sense if examined. I think the fun poking was aimed at the man and not the statement.

I agree, if anyone else said it and probably in a different context it would be up there with the best of the iconic statements. Imagine if JFK had come out with it around the time of the issue with the Russians and Cuba

freedominacup · 01-02-2014 12:31AM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

You'll be quoting Donald rumsfeld next "known knows and the unknown knowns"

But it's the unknown unknowns that'll get you every time. The test is in how you deal with it when the slurry hits the splashplate.

tanko · 01-02-2014 12:48AM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Here's another heifer off our own Ch bull out of a Lim/Simm cow. To look at her she's more Simm looking than the white heifer that is half Simm. Photo was taken 7th Oct last, she's a serious heifer now 420/440kgs and not a year old yet. We won't bull her, she's very beefy and likely won't milk.
This years crop of heifers are as probably the best we had.

Don't suppose you have a pic of your CH bull. As you use euro gene bulls, do you know anything about TUT?

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2014 12:57AM

tanko wrote: »

Don't suppose you have a pic of your CH bull. As you use euro gene bulls, do you know anything about TUT?

Never used TUT. We would use very few AI Charolais bulls cos we run a CH bull ourselves (Out of a few PB CH cows).

I'll rummage out a pic of the Charolais bull, (now gone to the big field in the sky:)). He was nothing special to look at, in fact he was shortish, and needed every inch of height he had. But he was easy calved, easy handled, great thickness, bred very well.
He was by Alcazar (AZA) in Dovea out of a Sylvain (SLV) cow.

Sorta sorry he's gone now. But we have a new pretender that is a lovely looking bull.

Base price · 01-02-2014 01:24AM

Was routing through the filing cabinet earlier on today and found an old pen drive that I had forgotten about. Only got a chance to look at what was on it a while ago. Came across these pics from May 2008.
These two were the last of the line from a weanling heifer that I bought with the money I got for my 21st birthday. Unfortunately neither of them went in calf despite several attempts with AI. They headed to the factory in June 2008.
Pic one is of a third calver
pic two is of a first calver.
Can any of ye stock people guess what weights they killed out at or graded?
I know the pics are not the best.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/686347/291807.JPG
https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/686347/291808.JPG

Base price · 01-02-2014 01:27AM

Feck - I though I had figured out how to make the picture be seen in the post but apparently no

tanko · 01-02-2014 02:20AM

Base price wrote: »

Feck - I though I had figured out how to make the picture be seen in the post but apparently no

Those pics came out fine. They're R+ cows and killed out at 380kgs, made about 1320 euros?

Base price · 01-02-2014 12:25PM

tanko wrote: »

Those pics came out fine. They're R+ cows and killed out at 380kgs, made about 1320 euros?

They did a bit better than that.
The cow pic 1, killed out at 668 kgs (U+3+) and the first calver pic 2 killed out at 562 kgs (U-3).
Cow came into €2244 and the other one €1886 at 3.36 a kg. Wish I had a few more of the around the place.

sea12 · 01-02-2014 12:27PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Attachment not found.
River getting full... Field has a cover of 800 on it. Not good

I've a few sheep green that would sort that problem out for u.

Midlandsman80 · 01-02-2014 12:37PM

Three heifers i hope to AI in The coming 4-7 weeks....

Conmaicne Mara · 01-02-2014 01:49PM

sea12 wrote: »

I've a few sheep green that would sort that problem out for u.

And you wouldn't charge him much for the lend of them either

Greengrass1 · 01-02-2014 02:30PM

She's up.

tanko · 01-02-2014 02:33PM

Base price wrote: »

They did a bit better than that.
The cow pic 1, killed out at 668 kgs (U+3+) and the first calver pic 2 killed out at 562 kgs (U-3).
Cow came into €2244 and the other one €1886 at 3.36 a kg. Wish I had a few more of the around the place.

Jaysus, I really misjudged the size of them cows :eek:.

biddy2013 · 01-02-2014 03:00PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

She's up.

is she putting weight on all legs, amazing the time you use up on a cow like that

Base price · 01-02-2014 03:00PM

tanko wrote: »

Jaysus, I really misjudged the size of them cows :eek:.

In fairness the pictures were not great. They had serious length and it all adds up.

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2014 03:04PM

Base price wrote: »

In fairness the pictures were not great. They had serious length and it all adds up.

I didn't want to guess cos I know it's a minefield trying to judge anything off a pic, and also there are times I'd tell lads what some of our cows would kill out as and I'd get the impression they thing I'm bull****ting them. :rolleyes:
What live weight would you have called them two cows?

Base price · 01-02-2014 03:17PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I didn't want to guess cos I know it's a minefield trying to judge anything off a pic, and also there are times I'd tell lads what some of our cows would kill out as and I'd get the impression they thing I'm bull****ting them. :rolleyes:
What live weight would you have called them two cows?

OH reckons the cow was around the tonne mark. When he brought them to the factory he told the guys on the shoot not to run her through the crush gate at the front cause she was so big. He went into the office with paperwork and a few mins later one of the lads came running in looking for him.
The lads had let her out through the crush gate and she got stuck :mad:. Big panic all around with Dept vet on hand etc. They had to get an angle grinder and cut the posts of the crush to get her out.
Luckily no damage done to her. A pity in one way we didn't weigh her, would have been interesting to see what percentage she killed out at.

Greengrass1 · 01-02-2014 03:32PM

biddy2013 wrote: »

is she putting weight on all legs, amazing the time you use up on a cow like that

Yep putting weight on her legs. Father is delighted

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2014 03:34PM

tanko wrote: »

Don't suppose you have a pic of your CH bull.

Here he is. By Alcazar AZA out of a Sylvain cow. Something around 2yo at that time.

tanko · 01-02-2014 03:48PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Here he is. By Alcazar AZA out of a Sylvain cow. Something around 2yo at that time.

Nice bull. Just wondering is all your land as flat as a table:D:D

Genghis Cant · 01-02-2014 03:53PM

tanko wrote: »

Nice bull. Just wondering is all your land as flat as a table:D:D

Yep. The views don't be great, ya can only see as far as the next hedge:)

onyerbikepat · 01-02-2014 04:11PM

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Yep. The views don't be great, ya can only see as far as the next hedge:)

I could live with that. You cant eat scenery. :rolleyes:

Muckit · 01-02-2014 06:17PM

Base price wrote: »

They did a bit better than that.
The cow pic 1, killed out at 668 kgs (U+3+) and the first calver pic 2 killed out at 562 kgs (U-3).
Cow came into €2244 and the other one €1886 at 3.36 a kg. Wish I had a few more of the around the place.

They were fine animals. Fair play, did you breed them yourself?

Base price · 01-02-2014 07:45PM

Muckit wrote: »

They were fine animals. Fair play, did you breed them yourself?

Yes.

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