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

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  • #5282
    Mac Taylor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


    PB cwi bull calf out of one of my abi cows. She calf’s every feb for the last six years. She is as quite as a mouse.


  • #5283
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,921 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    PB cwi bull calf out of one of my abi cows. She calf’s every feb for the last six years. She is as quite as a mouse.

    Lovely outfit & great to be outside
    What the granddad off?

    Have a good milky CH due end of next month, hopefully a heifer


  • #5284
    Mac Taylor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


    Hard Knocks wrote: »
    Lovely outfit & great to be outside
    What the granddad off?

    Have a good milky CH due end of next month, hopefully a heifer

    Lino and Nestor on the dam side, abi is a very underrated bull.


  • #5285
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,681 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Belted Galloway cattle in the Burren National park near Mullaghmore mountain. Anyone know what breed the last cow is?

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #5286
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,870 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Belted Galloway cattle in teh Burren National park near Mullaghmore mountain. Anyone know what breed the last cow is?

    Irish Moiled?


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  • #5287
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,681 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Albert Johnson wrote: »
    Irish Moiled?

    Thats what I was thinking. I thought they had a bit more red in them.

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #5288
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,203 ✭✭✭tanko


    A Shorthorn maybe.


  • #5289
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,870 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Thats what I was thinking. I thought they had a bit more red in them.

    I'd have thought so too, usually have a white stripe along the back bone and mostly red across the ribs. The head and red mottling seem similar to a Moiled though. There a breed I'd like to help preserve although prices for pedigrees seem quite high.


  • #5290
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,681 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Those belted galloway cattle are smashing looking animals. If the jeep was any nearer I would have grabbed that calf.:D He was like a little teddy bear.

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #5291
    Base price
    Registered Users Posts: 11,132 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Belted Galloway cattle in teh Burren National park near Mullaghmore mountain. Anyone know what breed the last cow is?
    I reckon she is a Droimeann.
    https://www.thatsfarming.com/news/droimeann-aug-2018


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  • #5292
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,517 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Thats what I was thinking. I thought they had a bit more red in them.

    She's a shorthorn. Know the fella that owns her.


  • #5293
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭High bike


    Look at the coats an them compared with housed cattle


  • #5294
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,681 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    She's a shorthorn. Know the fella that owns her.
    I'd feeling you might know. Is it a case of 'Cowboys Ted' ? :rolleyes:

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #5295
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,517 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    I'd feeling you might know. Is it a case of 'Cowboys Ted' ? :rolleyes:

    Down with that sort of thing.


  • #5296
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,517 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    High bike wrote: »
    Look at the coats an them compared with housed cattle

    If only there was a bit of weight in hair.


  • #5297
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭High bike


    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    If only there was a bit of weight in hair.
    you can’t beat the outwintering if the conditions are right, those cattle have a good head start on housed stock


  • #5298
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,057 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Especially this year. Never had such comfort with cattle outside


  • #5299
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭High bike


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Especially this year. Never had such comfort with cattle outside
    same as that had weanlings on kale and they were happy out expect them to fly when they get grass


  • #5300
    charolais0153
    Registered Users Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    Ufr heifer out of cwi cow. 7 days early but bigger than the ch4160 calf that was on time
    474300.jpg


  • #5301
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭High bike


    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Ufr heifer out of cwi cow. 7 days early but bigger than the ch4160 calf that was on time
    474300.jpg
    great back end on her


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  • #5302
    charolais0153
    Registered Users Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    High bike wrote: »
    great back end on her

    Ya especially out of a limx fr cow.


  • #5303
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭High bike


    Should be plenty milk so to make her srse even bigger


  • #5304
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Bejaysus Leitrim. You're looking well :D

    zvrcuFbh.jpg


  • #5305
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users Posts: 922 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Ufr heifer out of cwi cow. 7 days early but bigger than the ch4160 calf that was on time

    What do you make of CH4160? Will you use him again?


  • #5306
    charolais0153
    Registered Users Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    What do you make of CH4160? Will you use him again?

    Maybe. Easy calved. Time will tell. Grand for a 2nd calver or a big maiden. People use him on pedigree maidens.


  • #5307
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    June bull has hit a bit of thrive now, still needs to fill out over the ribs & back though.

    Xwn32zXl.jpg


  • #5308
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Spring is in the air, the big fella roaring at the cows this evening :D

    4bAeAhfl.jpg


  • #5309
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,681 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Handy tip for milking sucklers. Heard of this at the suckler demo at Ennis Mart. This cow would break your hand if you went near her.
    Killed two birds with one stone today and paired one of her feet too. She's just calved a few days and too much milk for the calf. Teats were too full for him to drink, so milked her out. She didn't budge with the leg hoisted up.

    'The Bishops blessed the Blueshirts in Galway, As they sailed beneath the Swastika to Spain'



  • #5310
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,870 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Handy tip for milking sucklers. Heard of this at the suckler demo at Ennis Mart. This cow would break your hand if you went near her.

    I find a rope around the cow's abdomen just in front of the udder and the hook bones has a similar effect. Pass it around the body and tightened adequately it takes the power out of any beast, I'd imagine it work off the same principle as putting up the tail for squeezing. I'm yet to see it to fail, they might lift the feet but there's no power to kick.


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  • #5311
    Mac Taylor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Mac Taylor


    Albert Johnson wrote: »
    I find a rope around the cow's abdomen just in front of the udder and the hook bones has a similar effect. Pass it around the body and tightened adequately it takes the power out of any beast, I'd imagine it work off the same principle as putting up the tail for squeezing. I'm yet to see it to fail, they might lift the feet but there's no power to kick.

    That’s what we do here, handy when trying to get a calf on a cow aswell.
    When done tightly there is no power in the kick and after one or two attempts they give up.


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