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Livestock/General Farming photo thread ***READ MOD NOTE IN POST #1***

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  • #7562
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    A BYU bb x lim heifer I bred myself calved down @ 280days (must be taking short gestation from BB sire)


    Right good calf for a heifer's calf and nice bit of white in forehead


    photo_zpsdc670c1a.jpg


  • #7563
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Bodacious wrote: »
    A BYU bb x lim heifer I bred myself calved down @ 280days (must be taking short gestation from BB sire)


    Right good calf for a heifer's calf and nice bit of white in forehead


    photo_zpsdc670c1a.jpg

    Looks like a tidy shelter there Bod. They fecken need it at the moment. Does it open out onto the winterage?


  • #7564
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    just do it wrote: »
    Looks like a tidy shelter there Bod. They fecken need it at the moment. Does it open out onto the winterage?



    Its in the winterage ... I posted pics of it when we were building it ..its only 22ft by 14ft but ive divided it into two .. ive a left hand side crush gate and a regular gate mounted on it (my own calving gate).. when weather dries up I need to put floor in and set crush gate/calving gate into floor.. its a gift @ 4.30am in lashing rain.. calf up onto the petrol tank of the quad and in ta fxxk
    photo_zps6bdd30b2.jpg

    yesterdays blonde heifer calf in other pen

    photo_zps46d53ebc.jpg


  • #7565
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    coming to the end of the first pit

    What's the idea with all the forks dar?


  • #7566
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    Muckit wrote: »
    What's the idea with all the forks dar?

    They are old forks that are worn down and have half rotten handles, we use six or seven or them across the pit to make sure the sheets don't unravel forward in the high wind. We are in a fairly exposed area right on the coast.


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  • #7567
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Heifers to calve in autumn having there grub
    https://imageshack.us/a/img191/5200/p9ok.jpg opt_IMG_20140209_123825.jpg
    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/bzs8.jpg
    Think this lad will be getting the high road, starting to chase cows that join the herd after calving


  • #7568
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Bodacious wrote: »
    Its in the winterage ... I posted pics of it when we were building it ..its only 22ft by 14ft but ive divided it into two .. ive a left hand side crush gate and a regular gate mounted on it (my own calving gate).. when weather dries up I need to put floor in and set crush gate/calving gate into floor.. its a gift @ 4.30am in lashing rain.. calf up onto the petrol tank of the quad and in ta fxxk
    Did you do the stone work yourself? Tidy job. What ever about how you feel at 4.30am in the lashing rain, I'd say the calves are delighted:):)


  • #7569
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Few hardy girls out for their daily fix of meal..
    Its not as tough as it looks.. They have a straw bedded shed and access to a paddock too...

    cjvh.jpg


  • #7570
    Mac Taylor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


    Bbam, totally off topic and apologies if you updated already but how did you get on with your recent car trouble?


  • #7571
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    Bbam, totally off topic and apologies if you updated already but how did you get on with your recent car trouble?

    Had to get injectors rebuilt and that was it. With labour it was a €700 mistake :(


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  • #7572
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,684 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    bbam wrote: »
    Had to get injectors rebuilt and that was it. With labour it was a €700 mistake :(

    Bad enough but could have been worse i suppose


  • #7573
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    bbam wrote: »
    Few hardy girls out for their daily fix of meal.......

    howw do they all get their heads into the bucket??? :D


  • #7574
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Muckit wrote: »
    howw do they all get their heads into the bucket??? :D
    Saves on meal ;)

    Seriously... trough is behind them..

    Hate foddering in the dark after work... this way I get them beside me in the light where I can get a decent look at them..


  • #7575
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,684 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    bbam wrote: »
    Saves on meal ;)

    Seriously... trough is behind them..

    Hate foddering in the dark after work... this way I get them beside me in the light where I can get a decent look at them..

    +1


  • #7576
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Anyone able to teach me how to rebuild a stone wall??https://imageshack.us/a/img819/7029/537f.jpg
    https://imageshack.us/a/img849/8400/i016.jpg


  • #7577
    Panch18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭Panch18


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Anyone able to teach me how to rebuild a stone wall??https://imageshack.us/a/img819/7029/537f.jpg
    https://imageshack.us/a/img849/8400/i016.jpg

    you are part of an old estate there I would say? Looks like a lovely setting


  • #7578
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Panch18 wrote: »
    you are part of an old estate there I would say? Looks like a lovely setting

    Some up keep on it


  • #7579
    on the river
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,528 ✭✭✭on the river


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Anyone able to teach me how to rebuild a stone wall??https://imageshack.us/a/img819/7029/537f.jpg
    https://imageshack.us/a/img849/8400/i016.jpg

    firstly you might as well take the whole wall down because it will all fall down eventually.

    secondly use the base stones from the previous wall to have a good steady foundation which is crucial.

    Thirldly slowly with accurcery place each stone on top of each other accordingly. try to have smooth flat stones which fit tightly together.

    Take your time to do a proper neat job otherwise you will be back to square one . Here is some additional help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXdAr2WkgA good luck


  • #7580
    Panch18
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭Panch18


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Some up keep on it

    I can only imagine


  • #7581
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    on the river wrote: »
    firstly you might as well take the whole wall down because it will all fall down eventually.

    secondly use the base stones from the previous wall to have a good steady foundation which is crucial.

    Thirldly slowly with accurcery place each stone on top of each other accordingly. try to have smooth flat stones which fit tightly together.

    Take your time to do a proper neat job otherwise you will be back to square one . Here is some additional help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMXdAr2WkgA good luck

    Ye all we have been doing for the last while is putting fallun stones back in.

    That will take a good while to rebuild. Ideally you would want to keep piles of different stomlbe sizes.

    How much would a stone mason want to do such a job?
    There could be 100 metres of walls there


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  • #7582
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    The trees there are going to be a problem no matter what wall you put next to them . Could you reroute the wall a few feet behind them so the movement wont be shaking the wall in the wind . Or maybe replace that section with post an rail .
    Im no expert but some stone walls in olden times would have been built in 18" layers to allow for movement like that , maybe a good expierenced stone mason would be worth chatting to anyhow just to get an idea


  • #7583
    Miname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭Miname


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Ye all we have been doing for the last while is putting fallun stones back in.

    That will take a good while to rebuild. Ideally you would want to keep piles of different stomlbe sizes.

    How much would a stone mason want to do such a job?
    There could be 100 metres of walls there
    A good stone mason will cost anywhere from 40-70 per square meter. I'd agree with what was said beforestrip back and rebuild. The other option would be slap them up and slobber them with morter but that would look desperate, they dont look like that easy a stone to build.


  • #7584
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Anyone able to teach me how to rebuild a stone wall??https://imageshack.us/a/img819/7029/537f.jpg
    https://imageshack.us/a/img849/8400/i016.jpg

    You're not in too bad a shape there, you've a bank behind them to work with. Agree they don't look great to work with, so use the bank to give a very slight lean back and you'll get them back up just fine.


  • #7585
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Ye the trees are the problem alright. But the entrance wouldn't look near as nice with out the wall.
    Were no stone masons but we'll do our best. Aldo have a a dozen trees to cut up as well.
    A lot on roadways


  • #7586
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Darragh I think we have the same sheargrab


  • #7587
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,292 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    moy83 wrote: »
    Darragh I think we have the same sheargrab

    A Parmiter grab on an Australian International! :cool:


  • #7588
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    A Parmiter grab on an Australian International! :cool:

    I never knew it was australian . The father pulled it out of a bog hole at least 15 years ago after two brothers had a row over land and one of them sunk it on the other purposely and left it rot for a few years in spite !
    She is a miser on juice and pretty reliable


  • #7589
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,292 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    moy83 wrote: »
    I never knew it was australian . The father pulled it out of a bog hole at least 15 years ago after two brothers had a row over land and one of them sunk it on the other purposely and left it rot for a few years in spite !
    She is a miser on juice and pretty reliable

    Sorry Moy, I was just being a smart-ar5e, the picture appears upside down on my laptop....


  • #7590
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Sorry Moy, I was just being a smart-ar5e, the picture appears upside down on my laptop....

    No bother , I was thinking tis a long way from Australia now anyhow !


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  • #7591
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    moy83 wrote: »
    Darragh I think we have the same sheargrab

    Yeah moy, same one. We have a 4 and a half foot (or is it a 5ft) parameter on the 50B. Could never find fault with it.


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