Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Livestock/General Farming photo thread TAKE #2 ::::RULES IN 1st POST::::

1…5354565859…240

Comments

  • #1652
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,832 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    Lovely stock and pics reggie.
    Prices are good at the moment.
    Test the market and see what interest there is.


  • #1653
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,702 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Base price wrote: »
    Lovely stock and pics reggie.
    Prices are good at the moment.
    Test the market and see what interest there is.

    That's the issue I'm playing with. Good prices now or let them put on more weight and take my chances later on in the year


  • #1654
    Mac Taylor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


    Reggie, are they your bucket fed animals? Lovely looking stock


  • #1655
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,702 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    Reggie, are they your bucket fed animals? Lovely looking stock

    Yeah all bucket fed


  • #1656
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,832 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    My attitude has always been - sell when prices are high (take your cut), buy when prices are low (in anticipation of making a killing) and pray that you have enough to keep going in between :rolleyes:
    Only time I ever got caught out was the beef crises of 2013/2014. Had too many factory ready stock and no outlet :mad:


  • Advertisement
  • #1657
    Farrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    On September 19th heifer visited neighbours yearling Bulls, today we got the result

    EC9C4F8D-FA50-429F-ADC8-6EEDEDB302F5_zpsdztflhnq.jpg
    Friesian Heifer


  • #1658
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Be a grand one to keep and stick an extra calf on every year. Ya selling her in six months? ;)


  • #1659
    CloughCasey1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,747 ✭✭✭CloughCasey1


    Farrell wrote: »
    On September 19th heifer visited neighbours yearling Bulls, today we got the result

    EC9C4F8D-FA50-429F-ADC8-6EEDEDB302F5_zpsdztflhnq.jpg
    Friesian Heifer

    What breed is cow? That heifer calf might rear a good a calf as any suckler.


  • #1660
    CloughCasey1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,747 ✭✭✭CloughCasey1


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Decisions to be made...hold on for Sept/Oct or sell in a few weeks. Currently 18 months old.
    AAX
    20150705_123954.jpg
    photo sharing websites
    HEX
    20150705_123918.jpg
    imgur
    FR
    20150705_124438.jpg
    picture host

    Prices will hold hopefully and yours will be well over 500kg by then.


  • #1661
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,702 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    CloughCasey1 wrote: »
    Prices will hold hopefully and yours will be well over 500kg by then.

    I think the top two are over 500 at the min


  • Advertisement
  • #1662
    Farrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    CloughCasey1 wrote: »
    What breed is cow? That heifer calf might rear a good a calf as any suckler.

    She's LM (UBY) of a BBX. dam had lots of milk, but not as tall.
    Would it be a waste of a good Milker?
    The sire is from a good milking herd


  • #1663
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    A Jan born KOY heifer from a MBU 1st calver.

    ToZOoCI.jpg


  • #1664
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Beaut of a heifer RobinBanks!

    Kovu the bull here loves a bit of posing, showing off his arse.

    Oh ya, the blue in the background is in heat! Lugs up and roaring like a lunatic.


  • #1665
    TITANIUM.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭TITANIUM.


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    A Jan born KOY heifer from a MBU 1st calver.

    ToZOoCI.jpg

    Jesus that's a serious calf


  • #1666
    White Clover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭White Clover


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    A Jan born KOY heifer from a MBU 1st calver.

    ToZOoCI.jpg

    A smasher. Well done !


  • #1667
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    Kovu wrote: »
    Kovu the bull here loves a bit of posing, showing off his arse.

    Shapely calf. What's his breeding?


  • #1668
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Shapely calf. What's his breeding?

    Nowhere near as good as your heifers! Um, let me think a sec.....he's a pb. Cow is off PAM, grandmother is Navarin. Sired by ere. So may be difficult to sell re calving. He's a wally!


  • #1669
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    Kovu wrote: »
    Nowhere near as good as your heifers! Um, let me think a sec.....he's a pb. Cow is off PAM, grandmother is Navarin. Sired by ere. So may be difficult to sell re calving. He's a wally!

    I'm on the look out for an ere heifer if ya hear of any for sale let me know


  • #1670
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    I'm on the look out for an ere heifer if ya hear of any for sale let me know

    I have one, a bulling heifer, not bulled yet. We're overrun with heifers this year. I'll pm you pics.


  • #1671
    Base price
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,832 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    A Jan born KOY heifer from a MBU 1st calver.
    When you say KOY, I assume you mean Kilboy Frank. I didn't realise that he was still on the go.
    Never used him as he was too short for PB's.


  • Advertisement
  • #1672
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    Base price wrote: »
    When you say KOY, I assume you mean Kilboy Frank. I didn't realise that he was still on the go.
    Never used him as he was too short for PB's.

    Ya kilboy frank (KOY). I have a few straws of him left with my ai man but I'd say there are very few straws left. This heifer has incredible length but her grand mother is a Maine Anjou who is a couple of feet longer than any other cow I have. Maybe that's where the length comes from and nothing to do with the bull.


  • #1673
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    Ya kilboy frank (KOY). I have a few straws of him left with my ai man but I'd say there are very few straws left. This heifer has incredible length but her grand mother is a Maine Anjou who is a couple of feet longer than any other cow I have. Maybe that's where the length comes from and nothing to do with the bull.

    Was just in touch with my AI man, he has a...A....straw left. Better find a fertile cow.....


  • #1674
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Kovu wrote: »
    Beaut of a heifer RobinBanks!

    Kovu the bull here loves a bit of posing, showing off his arse.

    Oh ya, the blue in the background is in heat! Lugs up and roaring like a lunatic.

    Now Kovu I'm disappointed with you. You're an expert at embedding photos and you just go and attach it :rolleyes:


  • #1675
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    just do it wrote: »
    Now Kovu I'm disappointed with you. You're an expert at embedding photos and you just go and attach it :rolleyes:

    I can't embed on the phone dearie :P


  • #1676
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,702 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Kovu wrote: »
    I can't embed on the phone dearie :P

    Why not


  • #1677
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Why not

    Too many fingery bits.


  • #1678
    Farrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    Could be time to wean
    20279708-AF16-448D-A464-2C7101FF0079_zps8gkfgwb2.jpg


  • #1679
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,547 ✭✭✭tanko


    I think that cow would agree. Quality stock, what's the breeding?


  • #1680
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Ah what's the dob of that 'calf'? :D only joking, super stock.


  • Advertisement
  • #1681
    Farrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Farrell


    tanko wrote: »
    I think that cow would agree. Quality stock, what's the breeding?

    He's by UBY, the dam is bringing the yellow Charolais colour


Advertisement