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

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  • #9242
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,684 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Miname wrote: »
    Another bit done

    That's the cleanest that's gonna ever be ;)


  • #9243
    Miname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭Miname


    just do it wrote: »
    Well ware. Did you leave the tank cure for long before backfilling?
    Ten days, no hassle with it, i had to get it filled in their were cattle to go through the yards and i didnt want to chance leaving it open, with suckler calves.


  • #9244
    visatorro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,096 ✭✭✭visatorro


    Little farm buried in the wicklow hills. Driving round this morning. Some lovely views but alot of barren landscape too


  • #9245
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Weaned 2 weeks, or so I thought!

    2014-07-08%2001.14.39_zps4bfkfndj.jpg


  • #9246
    Damo810
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Damo810


    just do it wrote: »
    Weaned 2 weeks, or so I thought!

    2014-07-08%2001.14.39_zps4bfkfndj.jpg

    I see they're both drinking, is that some kinky cow 69 or what!


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  • #9247
    naughto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,471 ✭✭✭naughto


    Why would you have the welean in the field so soon after taking him of the cow?


  • #9248
    Mad4simmental
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭Mad4simmental


    naughto wrote: »
    Why would you have the welean in the field so soon after taking him of the cow?

    It's two cows.


  • #9249
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    It's two cows.

    Yes, and they don't do it while I'm around like as if they know they're doing something wrong!


  • #9250
    Mad4simmental
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭Mad4simmental


    just do it wrote: »
    Yes, and they don't do it while I'm around like as if they know they're doing something wrong!

    Ha they are bitches when they start at it. Do you dry off naturally or do you tube them? We ust to tube all the time but might try hay and the naturall way this year.


  • #9251
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,537 ✭✭✭tanko


    just do it wrote: »
    Yes, and they don't do it while I'm around like as if they know they're doing something wrong!

    Summer mastitis is a big risk now, are you taking any steps to prevent it?


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  • #9252
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    There was a fella making cocks out this way maybe a month ago. Must have been mowing with a fingerbar, had cocks in one field but was mowing in another but start stop all the time.

    In the absence of a young fella to follow the blade , it will always be stop start with a fair few fecks.


    If a young fella is following the blade , patricide is justifiable


  • #9253
    Charliebull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,487 ✭✭✭Charliebull


    who the fug wrote: »
    In the absence of a young fella to follow the blade , it will always be stop start with a fair few fecks.


    If a young fella is following the blade , patricide is justifiable

    that was a hatefull fcuking job


  • #9254
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    I have 9 dry cows to shift on at the end of the summer lads. Most are at the same stage as the cow in the pic. Have good grass to move them onto now and was going to start mealing them from now on. Do ye think it would be long until they are fit? Would normally sell them on but we are restricted at the moment. EBA7FFF0-D789-49ED-BC79-0D696D050601_zpsdibhsjyb.jpg


  • #9255
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    GrandSoftDay wrote: »
    I have 9 dry cows to shift on at the end of the summer lads. Most are at the same stage as the cow in the pic. Have good grass to move them onto now and was going to start mealing them from now on. Do ye think it would be long until they are fit? Would normally sell them on but we are restricted at the moment. EBA7FFF0-D789-49ED-BC79-0D696D050601_zpsdibhsjyb.jpg

    she is in fairly good shape already


  • #9256
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,466 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    She's fit to take a bit more weight. 3 weeks of rolled barley on good grass would turn them inside out


  • #9257
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    she is in fairly good shape already

    Ya, if they're all like her they'll soon be there. Are they all agey like her?

    I always use the tail butt as a good indicator of flesh and if they'll carry much more.


  • #9258
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    she is in fairly good shape already

    Not too bad now in fairness but she has another bit to go yet. Your neighbour would get another 50kg on her! The young bull I had last year as at the bottom of your driveway too I see...minus his testicales!


  • #9259
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    GrandSoftDay wrote: »
    Not too bad now in fairness but she has another bit to go yet. Your neighbour would get another 50kg on her! The young bull I had last year as at the bottom of your driveway too I see...minus his testicales!

    ya have noticed him several times, thought him a nice looking animal, why castrate him?


  • #9260
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Ya, if they're all like her they'll soon be there. Are they all agey like her?

    I always use the tail butt as a good indicator of flesh and if they'll carry much more.

    No, she's 18 and the oldest by a good shot along with one more. The rest are about 10-12, still not young I suppose.


  • #9261
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    ya have noticed him several times, thought him a nice looking animal, why castrate him?

    Lunatic!!! He had a good go at trying to kill me last year.


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  • #9262
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    She's fit to take a bit more weight. 3 weeks of rolled barley on good grass would turn them inside out

    How many kgs of barley would you feed bb?


  • #9263
    Genghis Cant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,979 ✭✭✭Genghis Cant


    GrandSoftDay wrote: »
    How many kgs of barley would you feed bb?

    Rolled Barley ain't measured in kilos. It's double handfuls! :-)
    About 5 double handfuls would be a start.


  • #9264
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    GrandSoftDay wrote: »
    Lunatic!!! He had a good go at trying to kill me last year.
    oh feck
    he is in the right place so
    jeez ordered a bit of meal today for weanling, fecking thing hasnt come down a bit since the winter


  • #9265
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Charliebull wrote: »
    that was a hatefull fcuking job


    Good training if you wanted to be an extra in The Walking Dead , dead slow walk, hands moving side to side and an extreme urge to kill someone


  • #9266
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,466 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    GrandSoftDay wrote: »
    How many kgs of barley would you feed bb?

    2-3kg would be plenty in my book


  • #9267
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    tanko wrote: »
    Summer mastitis is a big risk now, are you taking any steps to prevent it?

    Holy water and I never miss the Angelus ;):)


  • #9268
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    she is in fairly good shape already


    She is, could she be eating for two?:cool:

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #9269
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    greysides wrote: »
    She is, could she be eating for two?:cool:

    Only seen grass so far!


  • #9270
    GrandSoftDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 743 ✭✭✭GrandSoftDay


    vanderbadger wrote: »
    oh feck
    he is in the right place so
    jeez ordered a bit of meal today for weanling, fecking thing hasnt come down a bit since the winter

    Rather there than here anyway :) He made a nice bullock but he's there a long time now, can't see him leaving much €. Haven't bought any in a while apart from a few bags of crunch.


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  • #9271
    LivInt20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭LivInt20


    This years Bull weanlings for sale.


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