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

High bike · 21-08-2019 12:44pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

A PBR Foreman x Afly heifer I bought recently. Just gone 2 years. She's grand and quiet and 5 stars for milk. She's a bit leggy but we'll try and pick a bull to suit.:rolleyes:

fine heifer plenty height and length,Hamlet or Gamin might suit her

patsy_mccabe · 21-08-2019 12:52pm

High bike wrote: »

fine heifer plenty height and length,Hamlet or Gamin might suit her

I have both. She was running with a good bull on the farm but i don't know if she is in calf.

Never wrestle with pigs · 21-08-2019 1:58pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

A PBR Ampertaine Foreman x Fieldson Alfy heifer I bought recently. Just gone 2 years. She's grand and quiet and 5 stars for milk. She's a bit leggy but we'll try and pick a bull to suit.:rolleyes:

Both herself and her mother are genotyped.

Have a foreman X Regis (spelling?) That's the spit of her. Incalf to gamin calving around Paddy's Day hopefully.

Dozer1 · 21-08-2019 10:29pm

Was she out of Gortalea Patsy? He was a fine Bull, couldn't understand why they weren't scanned

patsy_mccabe · 21-08-2019 10:33pm

Dozer1 wrote: »

Was she out of Gortalea Patsy? He was a fine Bull, couldn't understand why they weren't scanned

Yep, Gortalea. Don't know if he was the bull or not as they had 2 bulls. They should have had a proper ICBF pedigree catalogue aswell. Could have done that very easily. Unless you looked up each individual animal, you wouldn't know their breeding.

funkey_monkey · 22-08-2019 11:16pm

Anyone know anything about Bó Riabhach cattle. Was just reading about them, down to 30.

Say my name · 23-08-2019 2:56pm

Stealth mode activated!!

Reggie. · 23-08-2019 3:40pm

Say my name wrote: »

Stealth mode activated!!

Great idea till she kicks the bumper off

Farmer Dan · 24-08-2019 7:18pm

What would you do with these, mart or Factory?
29 month old, AA. Not getting meal.
What do ye think if them.?

bogman_bass · 24-08-2019 8:12pm

Are they fat enough for the factory? I think so.
Which would get the better price? Good question....

High bike · 24-08-2019 9:03pm

Mart you can brim them home if ur not happy

Farmer Dan · 24-08-2019 9:32pm

Thanks. I know it's hard to judge from a photo.
Would ye take a stab at approx. weights?
Haven't been to a mart lately, how are these type of cattle going.?

Grueller · 24-08-2019 9:35pm

Farmer Dan wrote: »

Thanks. I know it's hard to judge from a photo.
Would ye take a stab at approx. weights?
Haven't been to a mart lately, how are these type of cattle going.?

€2 per kilo is the best of it today in Carnew. Saw 430kg lim/fr bullocks at 14 months make €650 a head.

sandydan · 25-08-2019 1:13pm

Grueller wrote: »

€2 per kilo is the best of it today in Carnew. Saw 430kg lim/fr bullocks at 14 months make €650 a head.

saw 540 kg limx make €500 plus weight in skib friday, bullocks. Frx were hit and miss .

Anto_Meath · 26-08-2019 9:43am

Carnaross Mart last week for AAx bullocks 600 -700 Kgs. Things like movements will have a big impact on price.

Farmer Dan · 26-08-2019 10:22am

Anto_Meath wrote: »

Carnaross Mart last week for AAx bullocks 600 -700 Kgs. Things like movements will have a big impact on price.

Thanks for that. Big variation in prices there.
As you said movements & dob has a big effect

AntrimGlens · 28-08-2019 1:51pm

Haven't had the phone out with me for a while, took a few pics of this years calves off the stock bull.

The bulls might lack a bit of height but he's putting good shape and good ends to them so far.
2:1 ratio of heifers to bulls this yr though :mad:

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Say my name · 28-08-2019 7:04pm

2:1 ratio of heifers to bulls

This might sound crazy but I was giving Osmonds mineral boluses to the stock for the last God knows how many years.
But I found that if you gave two of their copper boluses to the bull 3 weeks before mating there was a tendency for bull calves. If you gave two of their high fertility boluses there was a tendency for heifer calves.
Osmonds are gone out of business now but maybe there's something similar with other brands.
Anyways keep that to yourself there..

funkey_monkey · 08-09-2019 7:50pm

Does anyone here have a Lister pasture pump?
Is it suitable for sheep?

whelan2 · 10-09-2019 10:19am

Eldest lads heifer calved this morning

annubis · 10-09-2019 10:22am

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lads heifer calved this morning

nice looking pair

grassroot1 · 10-09-2019 10:50am

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lads heifer calved this morning

Another suckler farmer!!!! One more of us one less of them.
Hope she is lucky for him

Base price · 10-09-2019 12:57pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Eldest lads heifer calved this morning

It's nice to hear a good news story with all the doom and gloom about.

Best of luck to them.

CHOPS01 · 10-09-2019 1:25pm

Any idea what these legions/scars are ?
29 month old bullock here with 2 or 3 on each side of the belly. Saw them a few weeks back but thought they had cleared up however I noticed them back last evening. Are they ringworm ?

Base price · 10-09-2019 1:37pm

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Any idea what these legions/scars are ?
29 month old bullock here with 2 or 3 on each side of the belly. Saw them a few weeks back but thought they had cleared up however I noticed them back last evening. Are they ringworm ?

They don't look like ringworm to me. They look more like infected wounds especially the top one as it appears to be raised. I wonder is he scratching himself with the hind hoof or rubbing off something sharp.

CHOPS01 · 10-09-2019 2:51pm

Base price wrote: »

They don't look like ringworm to me. They look more like infected wounds especially the top one as it appears to be raised. I wonder is he scratching himself with the hind hoof or rubbing off something sharp.

When I noticed it first I actually wondered were they like some type of bite mark so am inclined to think it is infected sores.
Probably totally unrelated but he has been somewhat lame since about a week after he arrived which I was putting down to a hurt from pucking. Def not a scald but had given him LA antibiotic just in case. He is a poor enough animal but has good appetite and despite never looking full is putting on flesh. One of those odd types !

Lady Haywire · 10-09-2019 2:55pm

Is there any animal with a sharp horn in with him? Doesn't look like ringworm to me either.

Base price · 10-09-2019 3:07pm

CHOPS01 wrote: »

When I noticed it first I actually wondered were they like some type of bite mark so am inclined to think it is infected sores.
Probably totally unrelated but he has been somewhat lame since about a week after he arrived which I was putting down to a hurt from pucking. Def not a scald but had given him LA antibiotic just in case. He is a poor enough animal but has good appetite and despite never looking full is putting on flesh. One of those odd types !

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Is there any animal with a sharp horn in with him? Doesn't look like ringworm to me either.

If he is a new introduction to the herd then he is probably bullied by other animal and as Kovu posted possibly by another bullock with a stub of a horn.

CHOPS01 · 10-09-2019 3:41pm

Base price wrote: »

If he is a new introduction to the herd then he is probably bullied by other animal and as Kovu posted possibly by another bullock with a stub of a horn.

Nothing horny around here !

grassroot1 · 10-09-2019 3:53pm

Tis hardly warble fly scars is it or do they only come out through the back?
Read somewhere that imported cattle had re-introduced them
maybe Greysides might enlighten us?

Muckit · 10-09-2019 8:50pm

grassroot1 wrote: »

Another suckler farmer!!!! One more of us one less of them.
Hope she is lucky for him

I'd say she'll be ran through the parlour

Lime Tree Farm · 11-09-2019 11:56am

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Any idea what these legions/scars are ?
29 month old bullock here with 2 or 3 on each side of the belly. Saw them a few weeks back but thought they had cleared up however I noticed them back last evening. Are they ringworm ?

Treatment and control of bovine sarcoptic and psoroptic mange infestation with ivermectin long-acting injectable (IVOMEC(®) GOLD). ...

The current LM stock bull seemed to be developing something similar this Spring (wintered indoors), Ivomec Super Inj cleared it up, he also got Ectospec pour on.

patsy_mccabe · 15-09-2019 10:38am

Seven year old cow sells for €9,800 at the Charolais Skidoo Dispersal sale;

Anyone go?

https://twitter.com/ajwwoods/status/1172855164652445702

Hard Knocks · 15-09-2019 11:45am

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Seven year old cow sells for €9,800 at the Charolais Skidoo Dispersal sale;

Anyone go?

https://twitter.com/ajwwoods/status/1172855164652445702

Didn’t get as would be kid in a sweet shop
Was following there was a good few around the 2k mark
That one has good breeding and must of been exceptional

CHOPS01 · 18-09-2019 7:57pm

Lads I know ye are old enough but ye are not going to the factory and that's final ! !

CHOPS01 · 18-09-2019 7:59pm

Lads I know ye are old enough but ye are not going to the factory and that's final ! !

CloughCasey1 · 18-09-2019 8:01pm

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Lads I know ye are old enough but ye are not going to the factory and that's final ! !

I want some if the pills you are taking Chops.

Are they gone over the 380kg mark?

CHOPS01 · 18-09-2019 8:17pm

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

I want some if the pills you are taking Chops.
Are they gone over the 380kg mark?

Hard to say. Definitely reckon 3 of them are north of 360. One of them 30 months tomorrow rest next week !

CloughCasey1 · 19-09-2019 5:51pm

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Hard to say. Definitely reckon 3 of them are north of 360. One of them 30 months tomorrow rest next week !

Balls. You are on the tipping point of age, weight and fat score so.

CHOPS01 · 19-09-2019 8:51pm

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Balls. You are on the tipping point of age, weight and fat score so.

Yip. But wont be going anywhere until things are sorted. In fairness my few wont make any difference but shur it's a bit of solidarity.

funkey_monkey · 20-09-2019 5:55pm

Has anyone been using herbal leys or anything away from the standard grasses when reseeding?

We have some flat fields which are due reseeding and was considering something beyond the standard grass mix. The fields can poach easily and I think a run over with a subsoiler or aerator would be of benefit.

From reading and listening to folk a subsoiler is a better implement to the aerator. However, what I was thinking/wondering was if the seed mix included some deep rooted mixes such as chicory (no others come to mind) would this be the better option in the long term? The compaction is due to animals, not machinery.

Not really sure what to do, but I'm interested in reading about what others have done and how it turned out.

kollegeknight · 22-09-2019 3:53pm

Mammy,daddy and baby. (Mid March)

patsy_mccabe · 29-09-2019 11:47pm

Muckit · 30-09-2019 6:43am

Looks good Patsy! Only watched first few min. Have to wait for again.

It could be an idea though for another protest.... a "fair" day...... a day where you look for a "fair" price!!

Base price · 30-09-2019 10:14am

Thanks for putting that up Patsy, it brought back memories of going to the fair when I was a child.

Muckit · 30-09-2019 11:49am

God almighty that porter would put a thirst on a man!!!!

I wonder had the lad with the volkswagen beetle his BE licence?! Ha!

Base price · 30-09-2019 1:47pm

Muckit wrote: »

God almighty that porter would put a thirst on a man!!!!

I wonder had the lad with the volkswagen beetle his BE licence?! Ha!

Seeing the calves without any tags looks strange. Roll on 40 odd years and the amount of hoops we have to jump through.

High bike · 30-09-2019 3:29pm

Amazing how quiet the cattle are, I wish mine would stand around like that

Say my name · 30-09-2019 3:51pm

High bike wrote: »

Amazing how quiet the cattle are, I wish mine would stand around like that

Run them 15 miles to the fair and they'll stand on your head if you want them to.

Albert Johnson · 30-09-2019 4:10pm

Base price wrote: »

Muckit wrote: »

God almighty that porter would put a thirst on a man!!!!

I wonder had the lad with the volkswagen beetle his BE licence?! Ha!

Seeing the calves without any tags looks strange. Roll on 40 odd years and the amount of hoops we have to jump through.

I watched a video lately on Hannah Hauxwell's life in the Yorkshire Dale's set some time during the 1970's. It showed the sale of a bullock that made up the bulk of her annual income. The main difference that struck me regarding the cattle compared to today was how much smaller they were at the time. None of the store bullocks at the sale we're heavier than 350kg at a guess despite being 18 months old or more. I'd heard of "belt buckle" cattle and that's the best description I could use, the introduction of continental's must have been a revolutionary time for cattle breeding. Perhaps it's a return to these smaller stock that's needed to fulfill the requirement for smaller carcasses and lower maintance type animals in the future.

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

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