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

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    #5732
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    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


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    #5733
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    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.


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    #5734
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,701 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


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

    Anyone go?


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

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5735
    Hard Knocks
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    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


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    #5736
    CHOPS01
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    Lads I know ye are old enough but ye are not going to the factory and that's final ! !


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    #5737
    CHOPS01
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    Lads I know ye are old enough but ye are not going to the factory and that's final ! !


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    #5738
    CloughCasey1
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    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?


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    #5739
    CHOPS01
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    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 !


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    #5740
    CloughCasey1
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    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.


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    #5741
    CHOPS01
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    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.


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    #5742
    funkey_monkey
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    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.


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    #5743
    kollegeknight
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    Mammy,daddy and baby. (Mid March)


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    #5744
    patsy_mccabe
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    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5745
    Muckit
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    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!!


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    #5746
    Base price
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    Thanks for putting that up Patsy, it brought back memories of going to the fair when I was a child.


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    #5747
    Muckit
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    God almighty that porter would put a thirst on a man!!!!

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


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    #5748
    Base price
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    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.


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    #5749
    High bike
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    Amazing how quiet the cattle are, I wish mine would stand around like that


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    #5750
    Say my name
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    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.


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    #5751
    Albert Johnson
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    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.


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    #5752
    Panch18
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    Albert Johnson wrote: »
    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.

    We bought in some black baldies a few years ago - they were light when bought but turned into absolutely super cattle and were all killed by end of june - and they never saw a nut.

    When you take in the fact that you'd have a hardy cow as well that would be my choice of breed if i was to do a suckler to beef enterprise i think


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    #5753
    Limestone Cowboy
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    A few of ye might remember this lad from the spring.


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    #5754
    Limestone Cowboy
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    Nice little heifer born the middle of May.


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    #5755
    funkey_monkey
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    They are both great shapes. What ages?


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    #5756
    Limestone Cowboy
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    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    They are both great shapes. What ages?

    The mousey fella was born the 20th of March.


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    #5757
    patsy_mccabe
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    A few of ye might remember this lad from the spring.

    Did you sell any weanlings yet?

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5758
    Limestone Cowboy
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Did you sell any weanlings yet?

    No I'll leave it for another fortnight.


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    #5759
    Hard Knocks
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    No I'll leave it for another fortnight.

    They should sell well for you but a Show & Sale should help


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    #5760
    patsy_mccabe
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    6 month old Ampertaine Commander limousin bull. 5 stars milk, fertility & docility. Was hoping for a heifer.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #5761
    patsy_mccabe
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    492189.jpg
    Only a day old, but enough cop on to find a snug place away from Lorenzo

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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