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Username John · 13-02-2014 03:35PM

moy83 wrote: »

Darragh I think we have the same sheargrab

Is that the wall problem i see fixed in the background Moy?

moy83 · 13-02-2014 04:26PM

Username John wrote: »

Is that the wall problem i see fixed in the background Moy?

Himself fixed that by welding 4 lads across and screwed sheeting on the outside .
The sheargrab was blocking the feed passageway while we we reading the test ( all clear thank god )

moy83 · 13-02-2014 04:33PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

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.

I think ours is 4' 6" aswell . Couldnt fault it but it could do with a full set of prongs and new cutting edge at this stage . And I think a good secondhand one could be got cheaper than replacing all them bits .
She is not leaving the face too bad yet though

just do it · 13-02-2014 08:04PM

Username John wrote: »

Is that the wall problem i see fixed in the background Moy?

You've a fair memory John. Had to go back and take a sneaky look

Reggie. · 13-02-2014 08:45PM

moy83 wrote: »

Darragh I think we have the same sheargrab

Must be a pain feeding in the rain

moy83 · 13-02-2014 08:50PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Must be a pain feeding in the rain

Not for me

. The father does 90% of the silage feeding . He is getting on though , he wouldnt roll back the plastic on the pit yesterday because of the weather so threw them in a bale with the tractor instead and got me to roll it back today .

Miname · 13-02-2014 09:33PM

moy83 wrote: »

Not for me . The father does 90% of the silage feeding . He is getting on though , he wouldnt roll back the plastic on the pit yesterday because of the weather so threw them in a bale with the tractor instead and got me to roll it back today .

Your alright mine decided to cut covers and all with the grab right in the middle too after me spending ages trying to keep them neat and some way reuseable.

moy83 · 13-02-2014 09:56PM

Miname wrote: »

Your alright mine decided to cut covers and all with the grab right in the middle too after me spending ages trying to keep them neat and some way reuseable.

We must have plastic going back 15 years :rolleyes: . One new cover every year and the previous 2 ontop of that . He keeps the others neatly bundled up till they go brittle and then gets rid of them .
I think I would get the road if I cut it with the grab

Base price · 13-02-2014 10:20PM

moy83 wrote: »

We must have plastic going back 15 years :rolleyes: . One new cover every year and the previous 2 ontop of that . He keeps the others neatly bundled up till they go brittle and then gets rid of them .
I think I would get the road if I cut it with the grab

One never knows when ye need to cover something with old silage covers, be it a cow down after a hard calving, a roof blown off a shed or in our case on Tuesday the roof of the 50b. The roof was blown down a hill about 700 yds and only for the sheep wire would have settled in the bottom of the lake.

darragh_haven · 14-02-2014 12:16AM

moy83 wrote: »

I think ours is 4' 6" aswell . Couldnt fault it but it could do with a full set of prongs and new cutting edge at this stage . And I think a good secondhand one could be got cheaper than replacing all them bits .
She is not leaving the face too bad yet though

Our one has still the original cutting edge but its on its 3rd or 4th set of prongs.

Conmaicne Mara · 14-02-2014 04:13PM

Had to reposition the hay feeder today in this lovely weather. Only three days of use had turned the previous spot into a mud bath. While disassembling it I needed to remove two wood screws joining the feeder to the stakes. To do this I needed to prop up the tin sheet "roof" with a bit of timber to get at the screw heads. No problem usually, except today we had a strong Easterly wind, it's usually coming from the West, which pulled the 8 long screws joining the roof to the frame timbers right out and flipped the roof 15 feet away. Luckily nothing and no one was standing in the way. Minor roof repair tomorrow I think.

Greengrass1 · 15-02-2014 04:30PM

The branches and trees would fall into a reseed wouldn't they?https://imageshack.us/a/img208/1682/p3zw.jpg

mikeoh · 15-02-2014 06:31PM

found this big boy this am he is by MBP cow is my biggest believe it or not she by fl22 hence the milk

tanko · 15-02-2014 06:56PM

Well done to that cow, MBP puts serious muscle into calves.

mikeoh · 15-02-2014 07:50PM

tanko wrote: »

Well done to that cow, MBP puts serious muscle into calves.

Jesus don't say that ...just looking at ai dockets have 2 handy cows incalf to him and one is massive with a month to go !!!

tanko · 15-02-2014 08:17PM

mikeoh wrote: »

Jesus don't say that ...just looking at ai dockets have 2 handy cows incalf to him and one is massive with a month to go !!!

Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Three years ago,I had four calves off him, three heifers and a bull. The heifers landed no bother. The bull was off a small cow who was overfat at calving. Myself and the vet bent a jack getting him out but all turned out well. I don't consider him easy calving but as long as you're about when they're calving I'm sure all will be well.

mikeoh · 15-02-2014 08:27PM

Time for diet and exercise so!!!

Muckit · 15-02-2014 08:38PM

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Out for a walk of the ranch today and found this couple off for a dip for valentine's weekend

They mate for life apparently. 8 others in another group. My phone would have to die. Another day. This water ain't going anywhere soon.

Bodacious · 15-02-2014 08:38PM

mikeoh wrote: »

found this big boy this am he is by MBP cow is my biggest believe it or not she by fl22 hence the milk

fine cow that .. is fl22 good for milk?

Conmaicne Mara · 15-02-2014 08:45PM

Muckit wrote: »

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Out for a walk of the ranch today and found this couple off for a dip for valentine's weekend They mate for life apparently. 8 others in another group. My phone would have to die. Another day. This water ain't going anywhere soon.

Still not fixed that drinker by the looks of the photo

Muckit · 15-02-2014 08:54PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Still not fixed that drinker by the looks of the photo

Went on take the some photos from the same location, but wouldn't you know phone battery near dead. Bloody smartphone. Anyway trough nowhee to be seen now, totally submerged and there's a ripple on the top of water indicating there's a good depth there now

moy83 · 15-02-2014 08:55PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Still not fixed that drinker by the looks of the photo

He mustn't be on the meter yet

Conmaicne Mara · 15-02-2014 08:56PM

moy83 wrote: »

He mustn't be on the meter yet

Sure isn't it because of lads like him they're going to meter the rest of us

RobinBanks · 15-02-2014 09:20PM

mikeoh wrote: »

found this big boy this am he is by MBP cow is my biggest believe it or not she by fl22 hence the milk

Some calf mike. Looks a savage altogether. Have you many MBP calves. I'm thinking of using him this year

Buncha Fives · 15-02-2014 09:31PM

mikeoh wrote: »

Jesus don't say that ...just looking at ai dockets have 2 handy cows incalf to him and one is massive with a month to go !!!

Wouldn't get too concerned about that, calved six heifers that were in calf to MBP last august and they all calved handy enough...think I only jacked one, have to say the calves are exceptional I must put up a few pictures. The calves were muscly and long, surprised this bull isn't talked about a lot more.

mikeoh · 15-02-2014 09:39PM

RobinBanks wrote: »

Some calf mike. Looks a savage altogether. Have you many MBP calves. I'm thinking of using him this year

He is my first....put them in tonight and he is the same size as a decent 10 day old pb aa bull calf i have

moy83 · 15-02-2014 09:40PM

Buncha Fives wrote: »

Wouldn't get too concerned about that, calved six heifers that were in calf to MBP last august and they all calved handy enough...think I only jacked one, have to say the calves are exceptional I must put up a few pictures. The calves were muscly and long, surprised this bull isn't talked about a lot more.

Same as that , we had no bad pulls with MBP . He gave the best calves that we ever had and from middling cows aswell

rushvalley · 15-02-2014 09:42PM

Buncha Fives wrote: »

Wouldn't get too concerned about that, calved six heifers that were in calf to MBP last august and they all calved handy enough...think I only jacked one, have to say the calves are exceptional I must put up a few pictures. The calves were muscly and long, surprised this bull isn't talked about a lot more.

have to agree with you MBP was the only limousin we used for ai in 2012 and most cows calved on their own last year. then after 2/3 weeks the calves were filling out very well. have a few due to calve off him very soon too

Figerty · 15-02-2014 09:45PM

Muckit wrote: »

Went on take the some photos from the same location, but wouldn't you know phone battery near dead. Bloody smartphone. Anyway trough nowhee to be seen now, totally submerged and there's a ripple on the top of water indicating there's a good depth there now

How many LU/Ha do the count for?

Muckit · 15-02-2014 09:49PM

A great job. Doing very little poaching. Could be the way to go. Just need to get them used to the electric fence!

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